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EDITED  BY 
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VOLUME  XXVIL 
1902. 


NEW  YORK 

D.   O.   HAYNES  &•  CO, 

PUBLISHERS. 


INDEX  TO  VOLUME   XXVll 


JANUARY    2    TO   JUNE    26,  1902. 


*'A   Little    Knowledge,    etc.,"    334. 

Accounts    Payable,    Sjstem    o£    Keeping,    112. 

Acid,  Acetyltropic,  535. 

Ai'seuic,    Acidimetry,    3. 

Boric,    Food    Preservatiye,    14. 

Carbolic,    Use  and  Aljuse,   10. 

Chromic,    Test,    482. 

Glyoeroarseuic,    243. 

Glyconic,   478. 

Hydrocyanic,    Odor,    59. 

Isanic,    144. 

Oxalic,    0.    P.,    67. 

Silicic.    Fused,   14. 

Salicylglycollc,     31. 

Salicylic,       Uerivatives,  0U7,   C34. 
Glycerin  Ester,  634. 
Aciditago,    290. 

Adulteration  in  New  York,   Bill   to  Prevent,   94. 
Advertisers,    Why  Some   Fail,    459. 
Advertising,    242. 

Judicious,    607. 

Logical,    32. 

Novel   Displays,   84. 

Prescription   Department,    379. 

Public,    356. 

Special    Sales,    32. 

Spring  Medicine,  478. 
Agar-Agar,  Russian,  383. 
AguriD,    557. 

Albolene,     Red     Coloring,     435. 
Alooliol,   ActioD  on  Metals,  635. 
Methyl,   Amblyopia,   268. 

Use     in     Pliarmacopoeial     Preparations, 

Reduction  of  Tax,   618. 

Wood,    518. 
Aldeliydes,     Reaction,     333. 

Reagent,   64. 
Alkaloids.     Intluence     upon     Chemical     Reaction. 
505. 

Micruchemical    Tests,    535. 

Solubility,    Test.   579. 
Alloys,     Ancient,     361. 
Alsol,    1«. 

Alumiuum    Caseinate.    144. 
Ammonia,    Solid,    244. 
Ammonium    Ichthyolate,    Asphalt,    3. 

Sulphoschistiolate,  6. 
Amyloform,    557. 

An  Oral  Examination  in  Practical  Pharmacy,  60. 
Anabanum,     557. 
Anaesthesin,    536. 
Analan.    288. 

Anno:ntmeut  of  Kine  Edward  VII,  630. 
Ant    Exterminator.    118. 

Gopher,    Extermination,   532. 
Antipyrine    Camphorate,     268. 
Antisputol,     288. 
Antitoxin.    Free   Distribution,    222. 

Hearing    before    Mayor    Low,    411. 

Manufacture   by    Municipalities,    355. 

Manufacture,   Municipal,    387. 

Poisoning  In   St.   Louis,    325. 

Sale    by    Board    of   Health,    16,    342. 
Apprentice    Question,    582. 
Argemoue  Mexican,  604. 
Aristochinin,    557. 
Arlstol.    Purity,    453. 
Arrhenal.    557. 

Arrowroot,     Preparation,     380. 
Artemisin,  83. 

Oxidation  Products,  335. 
Atomic    Weights,    361. 
Atoms,    and    Electrons,    535, 
Atoxyl.    536.    557. 
Atrosclne,   83. 

Aurin     Pro    Injectione.     657. 

ASSOCIATIONS,  PHARMACEUTICAL  (Clubs. 
Societies,  Drug  Clerlis,  Paints,  Alumni, 
etc.) 

Alabama   Pliamsaceutlcal.    397. 

American    Advertisers.    488. 

American    Chemical    Society,    21,    47,   613. 

American  Cliemical  Society,   New  York  sec- 
tion, 71,  514. 

American     Cliemical     Society,     Philadelphia 
Section,    20.    98,    251, 

American     Pharmaceutical,     247,     397,     461, 
517,    538. 

American    Therapeutic     Society,     491. 

Annapolis,     Md,,     Druggists,     300. 

Apothecaries'    Bicycle    Club.    388,    539,    589. 

Arkansas    PharmacifltR,     610. 

■Boston    Druggists,    150.    250.    413. 

Brooklyn    College  of   Pharmacy   Alumni,    95, 
319.    387.    462. 

Buffalo     Pharmacists'     Club,     2B5. 

Bushwick     Pharmaceutical,     122,     248,     296, 
•402.  514,  C.38, 

California    University    Department   of   Phar- 
macy   Alumni,    ."inc. 

Central    New    York    Alumni.    53, 

Chemung   Co.    (N.    Y.)    Pharmaceutical,    317, 
518. 


ASSOCIATIONS,    Etc.— Continued. 

Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  Alumni,  349, 
446. 

Chicago  Drug  Clerks'  Association,  102,  180, 
205,    324,   497. 

Chicago    Drug    Trade    Club,    101,    520. 

Chicago  Retail  Druggists,  205,  253,  301, 
324,    394,    419,    408,    570,    .596,    619. 

Chicago  Twenty-third  Auxiliary  DSJstrict, 
418. 

Chicago    Veterau    Druggists,    128,    349. 

Cinchona    Club,    396. 

Colorado  Pharmacal,  636. 

Counecticut  Pharmaceutical,  469,  576,  589. 
638. 

Connecticut    Valley    Drugggists,     96. 

Cony,    Pa.,    Retail    Druggists,    296. 

Detroit  &.  Wayne  Co.  (Mich.)  Retail  Drug- 
gists'    Association,     43,     323. 

District  of  Columbia  Retail  Druggists' 
Association,    269,    300. 

Drug    Clerks'    Circle,    95,    174. 

Drug  Merchants'  Association  of  New  York, 
341,    388. 

Franklin    lustitute,    345. 

German  Apothecaries,  71,  94,  148,  270,  363, 
538,  566,   630. 

Greater  New  York  Pharmaceutical  Society 
(ProiMsed),    537. 

Hol.\oke  (Mass.)  Drug  Clerks'  Protective, 
414,  539. 

Uolyoke    (Mass.)    Druggists,    73. 

Illinois    Drug   Clerks.    129,    154,    277,    349. 

Illinois    Pharmaceutical,    400,    544. 

Indian    Territory,    586. 

Indiana    Pharmaceutical,    496. 

Iroquois   Co.,   111.,    Retail   Druggists,   269. 

Jersey    City  Retail   Druggists,   412. 

Kansas  City  Drug  Clerks,  521. 

Kansas   Pharmaceutical,   469,   622. 

Kings  County  (N.  Y.)  Pharmaceutical  So- 
ciety.   71,    93,    199,    294,    386,   512,    612. 

Louisville    (Ky.)    Drugggists.    444. 

Lowell   (Mass.)   Druggists,   176, 

Lynchburg,    Va.,    Druggists,    293. 

Macomb  Co.   (Mich.)   Retail  Drugggists,   126. 

Manhattan  Pharmaceutical,  121,  149,  200, 
317,  363,   388,  412.   438.   511,   564,   589,   613. 

Blauufacturing  Perfumers  of   the   U.    S.,    68, 


Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  Social  Club, 

347. 
Maryland    Pharmaceutical,    21,    49,    74,    99, 

443,    570,    618. 
Massachusetts    Pharmaceutical,     493.    591. 
McKinley    Memorial    Committee,    95. 
Micliigan  Drug  Clerks,    75,   229,   323. 
Michigan     University     School    of    Pharmacy 

Alumni,    595. 
Minneapolis  Retail   Druggists,   77. 
Minnesota   Pharm.aceutical,   325. 
Minnesota  Retail  Drug  Clerks,   77. 
Minnesota    University,    College  of   Pharmacy 


Alumni,    597. 

Pharmaceutical,     350,     522,     572, 


598,     621. 
National    Association    of    Retail    Druggists, 

43.    76,    154,    223,    269,    293,    385,    484,    563, 
611.    637. 
National    Wholesale    Druggists'    Association, 

247,    461,    538. 
New    ?;nglaud    Paint   and    Oil    Club.    226. 
New    Jersey    Pharmaceutical.    538,    590. 
New    Orleans    Retail    Druggists,    269. 
New   Y'ork   Board  of  Trade  and  Transporta- 
tion,   Drug    Trade    Section,    93,    224,    248, 

271,     295,     411,     438. 
New    York    College    of    Pharmacy    Alumni, 

94,    173,    294.    386.    437.    513,    564,    614. 
New   Y'ork   Drug   Trade   Club,    71,    149,    174, 

224,    514. 
New    York     Medico-Pharmaceutical    League, 

New    York    Retail    Druggists,    17,    122,    173, 
438,   513.  612,  639. 

New    York    State    Pharmaceutical.    462,    470, 
North     Adams     (Mass.)     Drug    Clerks,     175, 

22B,    592. 
North    Carolina    Pharmaceutical,    574. 
Ohio    Pharmaceutical.    445. 
Ohio  Valley  Retail  Druggists.  203,  644. 
Oklahoma  Pharmaceutical.   326,  503. 
Orleans   Pharmaceutical,   350. 
Pennsylvania    Pharmaceutical.    329.    593. 
Philadelphia    College    of    Pharmacy    Alumni, 

20. 
Philadelphia    Credit    Men,    442. 
Plillrtdelplila    Drug    Exchange.     152. 
Plilladelphia   Retail   Drug   Clerks,    668.    617. 
Philadelphia    Retail    Druggists.    48,    66,    74, 

97.    98.    126.    177.    202,    227,    251,    298,    366, 

466.     494,    617.     .WS.     617. 
Proprietary    Association    of    America,    295, 

341,    463,    485. 


ASSOCIATIONS,    Etc.— Concluded. 

Rennselaer  Co.  (N.  Y,j  Pharmaceutical, 
174. 

Richmond  (Va.)  Capital  City  Retail  Drug- 
gists, 09. 

St,  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  Alumni,  52, 
231,    277,    326,    350,    420. 

St.    Louis    Drug    Clerks,    52,    131. 

St.    Louis   Druggists'    Economy    Club,    208. 

St.   Louis  Paint,   Oil  and  Drug  Club,  326. 

St.  Louis  Retail  Druggists,  131,  .'i25, 
350,    498. 

San    Francisco     Retail    Druggists,     421. 

Saturday    Night    Club,    396. 

Society  of  Cliemical  Industry.  New  York 
Section.    94.    225.    296.    412,    421,    514. 

South    Atlantic    Wholesale    Druggists,    498. 

Southern    Drug    Club.    396. 

Springtleld    (Jlass.)    Drug   Clerks.    201. 

SpringOeld    (Mass,)    Druggists,    201. 

Syracuse    Druggists,    565. 

Tennessee    State    Druggists,    43,    574,    620. 

Texas    Pharmaceutical.    521. 

Venango    Co.     (Pa.)    Retail    Druggists,    519. 

Verein    Deutscher    Chemiker,    514. 

■Washington   (D.    C)   Drug  Clerks.   71,  594. 

■Wedgewood  Club,  127.   153,   252,   367,  569. 

Wesimoreland  Co.  (Pa.)  Retail  Druggists, 
695. 

Williamson  Co.   (Ill,)  Retail  Druggists,   269. 

Worcester     Co.      (Mass.)     Druggists,     413. 

Worcester     Pharmaceutical,     297. 


Bacillol,     288. 
Baking     Powder,     506. 
Balsam    Honey,    685. 
Banana    Liquid,    339. 
Barbados,     .Mediciuai     Plants,     91. 
Bauxite,    Georgian,    78. 
"Bead"    for  Liquors,   143. 
Beeswax.    Resiu,   268. 
Beusdol,    16. 
Benzozone,    01. 
Berberine,    92. 
"Bitter  Drug,"    360. 
Bitters,   Angostura,  316. 

Blauds  Mass.   561.  ^„„      . 

BOARDS   OF    PHARMACY— Alabama,    562;    Ar- 
kansas,    574;     California,     232,    278,     489,     626; 
Georgia,    562;    Illinois,    22,    50,    102,    120,    1B4. 
155     ISO,   205,    254,    468,   489,    520,    585;    Indiana, 
515;     Kansas,    471,     585;    Kentucky,    207,     522; 
Louisiana,    25,    268,     548;    Maryland,    443,    468, 
495,    56!),    600,    618;    Massachusetts,    26,    46,    72, 
73,    96,    97,    150,    250,    465,    515,    587;    Michigan, 
134,   292;   Minnesota,   181,   419,   446;   Mississippi, 
279;    Missouri,    447;    Nebraska,    254,    548,    620; 
Nevada,  562;  New  Hampshire,  210;  New  Jersey, 
210    489;    New   York   (Eastern  Branch),   71,   225, 
271,     386,     388.     411,     612;     New    York     (State), 
18,     44,     45,     69,     91,     121,     149,     173,     294,    462, 
483      490,     504,     687.     589,     012;     North     Dakota, 
207;     Ohio,     198;     Olilahoma,     172,     474;     Penn- 
sylvania, 98.    125.   152,   279,   417,   442,   642;   South 
Dakota,     77;     Tennessee,     146;     Virginia,     420; 
West    Virginia,    255,    574;    Wisconsin,    446. 
Board  of  Trade,  Drug  Section,  638. 
Bole   Almanach,   434. 
Boletol,     377. 
Bonal,    -286. 
BOOK  REVIEWS— 

Bailey  and  Cady,  Laboratory  Guide  to  the 
Study    of   Qualitative    Analysis,    436. 

Brundage,     Manual     of     Toxicology,     609. 

Directory  of  Pharmacies  and  Drug  Stores 
in    Russia,    402. 

Eberle,     Soda     Water     Formulary,     610. 

luterualional     Medical     Annual,     and     Year 

Book  of  Treatment,    1802,   460. 

Mineral  Resources  of  the  U.  S.  for  1900, 
510. 

Neff.    Manual    of    Prescription  Writing,    488. 

Plaltuer,  Manual  of  Qualitative  and  Quan- 
tative    Analysis    with    the    Blowpipe,    509. 

Pocket  Cyclopedia  of  Medicine  and  Surgery, 
303. 

Prescolt  and  Sullivan.  First  Book  of  Quali- 
tative   Chemistry.    509. 

Proceedings,  .\meriean  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation   1901.    460. 

Proceedings,  Eighth  Annual  Meeting  Manu- 
facturing Perfumers'  -Association,  1902, 
460. 

Proceedings,  Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical 
Association,   1901,  524. 

Proceedings,  National  Wholesale  Druggists' 
Associallon,     609. 

Syphilis,    A   Symposium,    448. 
Books.    Brewing,    221. 

Massage,    13. 

Soda    Water   Dispensers,    339. 

Water    Analysis,    41. 
Boroglvoerlde.    435, 
Bottle    Filling   Machine,    13. 


INDEX 


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BOULING       DRUG      TRADE— American      Drug 
Trade  Bowllug    Associatiou,    249,    3ti4,    066,    415, 
442,   640.   Baltimore,   21,  127,   153,   179,   203,  22S, 
276,    293,    3t>7,    417,    495,    518,    542,    569;    Brook- 
lvn,95;     Chicago,    22,     102,    129,     155,    229,    324; 
New    Yr.rk,    IS,    45,    70.    95,    122,    149,    174,    200, 
225,     270,    271,     319,     342,     364,     388,     411,     462, 
613,     665,     666;     Philadelphia,     20,     48,     73,     97, 
125,     152,     177,     202,     227,     251,     274,    29S,     321, 
345,    366,    S90,    442;    Pittsburg,    417;    St.    Louia, 
02,    182,    447. 
Braniiolin,    214,    288. 
Bromide,    Effervescent,    567. 
Bronio-Taniiin    Compounds,    Tasteless,    2S8. 
Bromocoll,    557. 
Brunn.farina.     557. 
Brouiopiin,     2S8. 
Bruiize.    LiQUid,    339. 
Bufatalin,   453. 
Bufonine,    4,'»3. 
Burettes,    Jloats,    144. 
Business   and    I'rotit,    Increasing,    607. 
Business   Record,   25. 
Butter,    Rancid   Taste,   Removal,    S. 
Renovated,    Tests,    S. 


Cacao    Butter,    Composition,    406. 
Substitute,    144. 

Cachets,    287. 

Caffeine    Iodide,    5S0. 

Calciuui     Sulplio-lcUthyolate,     535. 

Calmlnum,    214. 

Cauadine,   92. 

Carbohydrates,     Reserve,    218. 

Carbon  l)io.\ide,   Solid  From  Sparklets,  036. 
Disulpliide,  Combustion,  409. 
Tetrachloride,     92,     292. 

Catgut  sterilizing,,  635. 

Carnit,    288. 

Carolinium,    5. 

Casein  Compound,    New,    189. 
Compounds,    289. 
Soluble,    144. 

Cash    Svsteni.    Ideal,   114. 

Celluloid,     365. 

Cement.    Mendin;;   Pestles,   509. 
I'estle    Handles,    534. 
Petroleum-Proof,    196. 
Rubber,    221. 

Chelidoxanthin,    64. 

China    Tree,     Medicinal    Value,    357. 

Chinese    Blue,    169. 

Chloral,   New  Compound,   557. 

Chloretone,      292. 

Chloroform   Preparation,    429. 

Cider,   Artilicial,   65,   634. 

Cigars,    454. 

Cinchona,   Alkaloids,   3. 

Plantations  in  Java,   113. 

Cinchonidine.    Carbonic  Etters,    120,    144. 

Clnchonine,    92. 

Citropliene,    165. 

Clausena   Anisata,   585. 

Clerks.    G08. 

Cloves.    Stems,    B. 

Coca    Tonic.    Soda    Fountain,    435. 

Toni<iue.    534. 
Cocktails,    O.vster,    35. 
Cocloin,    557. 

Cocoa.    Pi-oduction    in    Africa,    458. 
COIJ.CTiUS   OF    PHARMACY— Albany,   566;   At- 
lanta,  370:   Brooklyn,   70,   490,   512,   665;    Buffalo, 
4S4;     California,     421,     523;     Chicago,     229,     277. 
349,   445:    Cincinnati,    620;    Cleveland.   471;  Iowa 
UniversiH-,     ,176.     397:     Louisville,     369:     Mary- 
land, 74.  322,  367,443.518,542,  643,  Massachusetts 
493,    515;    .Medico-CUirurgical,    467,    641;    Michi- 
gan  University,   300;   Minnesota  University,   619; 
New  .lerscv.   -170:   New  Orleans,   547;  New  York, 
224,  240.  20J.  nis,  364,  424,  437,  588,  638;  North- 
western  InivcisLty,   253,   :169,   395;   Philadelphia, 
•JS.    07,    126,    202,    227,    251.    274,    299,    321,    390, 
410.    42:.,    405.     .541;    St.     Louis,    208,    326.    396. 
49S:    S.io    (Ohiol.    550;    Western    University    of 
IVnns.ilv:uiia     (Pittsburg).     217,    370,    392,     417; 
Wisconsin     University,     520. 
Collodion,    Discovery,    26. 
Cologne.     Headache.     500. 
Coltsfoot    Ruck.    143. 
Coniliiistiblc   Sulislances,   530. 

Cf.ii.ii  ■-  ri  ill    1:1;. 

Cm.  .  t.,,  i',.|Mrs,    268. 

'I  '     re,"    East    India,    435. 

r,j|,|..i     I-,,  , ,,,..,  i;,nate,    285. 

Coi.li;iI.    t.ili„,,vj,    534. 

Kola,    5:;4. 
Corpulin.    214, 

Corns.   Soft.  Treatment,  339. 

Correspondence.    3.   83,    13S,    lO.'i,    ISO,    213,    241, 
261.    2S5.     309,     333,    355,    377,     403,     504, 

.'29.   553,   629. 
Coto  Bark.    False.   167. 
Cottim  Iodised  6.3S. 
Cough  Cure,  Pine.  167. 
Crab  Apple  Perfume.   65. 
Cream.    Massage,    144. 

Tartar,    Adulterated,    .579. 

WItrh   Hazel.   Barbers'   608. 
Cuprol.    2SS. 
Curry   Powder,  260. 
Customers,     Juvenile,     6. 
Cutting    Prices.    An    Example,    85. 
Cyanides.    Kstimation   In   Presence   of   Chlorides, 

ei. 

Cyanogen,    Conductivity,    111. 


Dead    Beats,    Protection,    582. 

Debtor,     Chronic,     138. 

Decimal    System    Thirty    Years    After    Legalii 

tion,    37. 
Dental   Department    in    Drug   Stores,    142. 
Depilatory,      220. 

Liquid,    3o8. 
Derivnl,    288. 


Don 


557 


214. 


ntly    Patented,    139. 
Drug    Clerks'    Journal,    349. 
tjuestion,    582. 
Store    Problems,    14,    42,    08,    92,    119,    143, 
105,    171,     195,     219,    245,    267,    291,    315, 
340,     :st)2,     377,    384,    410,     436,    460,    482, 
510,   536,   560,  5S0,  610,  636. 

System,     33. 
Trade,    Twenty-live   Years,    380. 
Troubles,     I'reveutlve    Medication,     559. 
Druggist,    lletired,    11. 
DrUiiglsts.    Duties,    470. 
Drugs,     Cellular,     Special    Requirements,    192. 

New,    History,   607. 
Dulcite,    553. 
Dunndarm   Kapseln,    288. 
Dye.   Gray  fur  Leather,   5S5, 
Dynamite   Explosion,    Wrecks   Drug    Stores,    148. 


Ear,    Treatmoit,   338. 
Ediuol,    608. 

EDITORIALS,  1,  29,  67,  81,  109,  135,  101, 
187,  211,  237,  259,  283,  307,  331,  353, 
375,  401.  427,  461,   475,   5U1,   527,   551,   577. 

Action    of    Enzymes    in    Physiological    Pro- 
cesses,   354. 

Adulterated    Linseed    Meal,    30. 

Alimouy,    Drug    Clerks    Should    Pay,    239. 

Alumni     Gatherings    at     Association     Meet- 
ings,   003. 

American      Conference     of     Pharmaceutical 
Faculties,    4'2S. 

Anderson,    Prof.,    on    Substitution,    403. 

Anise,    Essence,    481. 

Anti-Vaccination     Legislation,     284. 

Antitoxin    Prosecutions   in   St.    Louis,   307. 

Antitoxiu,    Sales   in   New   York,   261. 

A.    I'u.    A.    Seuti-Centennial   Meeting,   428. 

Apprentices    in    Illinois,    238. 

Association   Bulletins,    259. 

Association    Meetings,     Method    of    Encour- 
aging   Punctuality,    528. 

Association    Membership,    New    Scheme    for 


452. 


Beal   Municipal  Local  Option  Law  In  Ohio, 

402. 
Bill-Boards  in  Boston,   403. 
Boric    Acid    as    a    Preservative,    528. 
Candidates  for  offices,  ineligible,  028. 
Casc.inlla   Bark  in   Cigarettes,   111. 


Cvi>  1 


rter    Hours,    528. 
402. 


Cod  Li\cr  Oil,  Sources  of  Supply  and 
Price,    377. 

Industry,  028. 

College    Graduates,    Prejudice    Against,    453. 

Coming  Meeting  of  the   A.   Ph.   A,,   528. 

Commenctments,    College,    370,    428. 

Commerce.  I'otent  in  Spreading  Civiliza- 
tion,   377. 

Commercial  Courses  in  Colleges,  028. 

"Confessions   of  a   Druggist,"   477. 

Correspondence   Courses   of   Pharmacy,    58. 

Credit  System  in  Colleges  of  Pharmacy, 
110. 

Danval    Affair,    429. 

Dearth    of    Assistants,    451. 

Directory  of  Pharmacies  and  Drug  Stores 
in    Russia,    402. 

Distribution  of  Prizes  at  Association  Meet- 
ings,   602. 

Domcf,iic  Goods  Under  Foreign  Labels,   211. 

Donations    to   Colleges   of    Pharmacy,    603. 

Drug    Clerks.    Demand,    427. 

Drug  Clerks,    Status   and   Compensation,    59. 

Drug   Clerks;   Working    Day.    601. 

Drug    Store,    Bureau    of    Information,    82. 

Drug  Store,  Consolidation,  Philadelphia, 
188. 

Drug  Store  Problem  Contest,  2,  82,  110, 
ISO,  162,  187,  212,  238,  284,  308,  332, 
370,     na.    470,     502,    553.    578. 

Druggist    and    Emergency    Cases,    137. 

Druggist.  Not  Liable  for  Injuries  Caused 
by   Goods  Sold.   2. 

Early   Closing.    Manistee.    Mich.,    332. 

Early    Closing,     St.    Louis,    3. 


30R. 


Elc.trolyiic    Dissociation.    376. 
Era    Course    In    Pharmacy,    Graduates,    354. 
Era    Price    List    Edition,     161,    562,    577. 
Eruption   of   Mount    Pelee.    503. 
Excise  Law  and  Druggists.  260. 
Excise  Law  Violations.   New  York,  237,  353. 
Food    Adulteration.    259,    308. 
Free    Alcohol,     137. 
Free  Samples.   Distributing.   ,59, 
Galveston,    Tex,.    Druggists.    332. 
Gifts    and    Betiuests    to    Colleges    of    Phar- 
macy.   308. 
Hepburn    Pure   Food  Bill.    527, 
Higiier    Education    in    Pharmacy,    300. 


Hill   Bill,    57. 

Hoffman,     Dr.    Frederick,    579. 

Hospital    Stewards    now    Pharmacists.    212. 

Hours  of  Labor  for  Drug  Clerks  in  .Min- 
nesota,   377. 

How    to    Increase    Profits,    652. 

Illegible     I'rescriptious,     551. 

Increased   Membership   in    Associations,    603. 

Index  Vol.  XXVII,,  627. 

Insurance  Classiflcation  of  Drugs  and  Chemi- 
cals,   83. 

Kelvin,    Lord,    and   the   Metric   System,    503. 

Kinds  of  Correspondence  Instruction,  629. 

Law, .  Pharmacy,     I'rotect    the    Public,    2. 

Law,  Prohibit  Manufacture  of  Soda  Water 
In  Dwellings,   333,   377. 

Leprosy,     Treatment,     284. 

Liquor    Legislation    in    Ohio,    355. 

Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association 
Withdraws    from    N.    A.    R.    D.,    109 

Marine  Hospital  Service,  Bill  to  Increase 
Efficiency,   83. 

Martindale,    William,    212. 

Maryland,     Pharmacy    Law,    29,    331 

Massachusetts,  Boards  of  Medicine  and 
Pharmacy,    Consolidation,    30. 

Massachusetts    Liqtior    Laws,    31,    428 

Metcalf    Co.'s     Store     a    Landmark,     402. 

Methyl  Alcohol  in  Pbarmacopoeial  Prepara- 
tions,   237. 

Metric   System   in   the   U.    S.,    238,    283. 

Mosquito's    Latest    Offence,    602 

Municipal  Manufacture  of  Antitoxin,   332. 

Municiiial    Pharmacy,    103. 

N.   A.   R.   D.,    a  National  Organization,   188. 

N.    A.    R.    D,,    Progress,    355. 

Navel    Oranges.     212. 

Neatness  in   Delivering  Goods,   30 

New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy,  Annual  Re- 
port,   58. 

'''',01=  ^°J'^„  ''<""'''  °'  PUarmacy,  Elections, 
135,     552,     603. 

New  York  College  of  Pharmacy's  Indebted- 
ness,  579. 

New    York    Excise    Law,    211. 
A^Ti    ^^^^      Pharmacy      Law      .Amendment 

^501  ^""^^     ^''"'■'"'"^y    L""".    Interpretation, 

New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association, 

Meeting,   627. 
Nitric    Acid   and    Nitrates    from  Air    57S 
Nux    Vomica.    Extract,    477. 
Ohio    Pharmaceutical    Association    Meeting, 


Patent    Medicine    Advertisements      16' 

I'erry,   James  C,    429. 

Pharmaceutical  Campaign  in  New  York 
578.  ' 

Pharmaceutical    Life    in    Montana      45'> 

Pharmaceutical    Weddings,    308 

Pharmacist    in    Literature,    2 

Pharmacists    in    U.    S.    Service.    130. 

Pharmacists'  Responsibility  tor  the  Quali- 
ty   of    Drugs    he    Sells,    002. 

Pharmacists'     Wages    Across     the    Atlantic, 

Pharmacopoeia,    Standard   of  Quality,   332 
Pharmacy  Fifty  Years   Ago,    332. 
Pharmacy    Laws,    Enforcement,    331. 
Preliminary  Examinations  in  Australia.   503 
Preparation     for     Commercial     Life.     528. 
Prepared  Food  Advertisers'   Enterprise,   553. 
Prescriptions,    Fixed   Prices,    82. 
Prevention  of  Adulteration  in  New  Y'ork.  81. 
Price  of  Meat  and  Cereal  Advertisers,  028. 
Proijosed  Drug  Store  on  Bunker  Hill,  285. 
Proijosed  Poison  Law  for  Ohio.  230. 
I'roprietarj-     Association,     Meeting,     475. 
Protective    Associations,    Druggists,    58. 
Pure    Pood    and    Drug    Legislation.    354. 
Rating    of    Hospital    Stewards,    363. 
Rebate    on    Exported    Alcohol    used    in    tte 

Arts.    502. 
Red   Albumin,    307. 
Registration,    New   York   Board   Certificates, 

238. 
Registration,     Ohio,     Without    Examination, 

213. 
Requirements  in   Massachusetts,   453. 
Revenue.    Massachusetts,    Fines    and    Liquor 


Lie 


110. 


Revenue   Tax.    Alcohol,    403. 

Rice   Memorial.   187.   200.   370,   .'i02,    .529,   551. 

Scarcity    of    Prescription    Clerks,    2. 

Scheffer.    Prof..    Emil.    137. 

Shorter    Hours'    Problem   Solved,    82. 

Side    Lines    Desirable.    428. 

Social    Cluba    for    Druggists.    239. 

Southern    Drug   Journal.    428. 

SiKirts    .It    Pharmaceutical    Meetings,    652. 

Springfield    iMass.)    Clerks,    189. 

Stock   Taking,    1. 

Substitution,    375,    501. 

Substltutlou.    Remedy.    470. 

Syndicates,    Tendency   Towards,    552. 

Taxation  in   Minnesota.   111. 

Ten-Cent    Versus    Twcnty.flve-Cent    Articles, 

Sales,    401. 
Texas   Association,   Withdrawal  from  N.   A. 

R.    D..    452. 
Texas    Pharmaceutical    Association    Queries. 

101. 
Tufts.    .Tames.    W..    187. 

Two- Headed   Snake  as  Window  Display.   82. 
Vaccine   and    V*acclnatlon    Accessories,    29. 


JV 


INDEX 


EDITORIALS— Vircbow,   Prof.,  Disapproves  Ger- 
mau  government's  Decision.  579. 

Visitors,    EutertainiDg  at   Association  Meet- 
ings, 5S. 

Voluntary    Agreement,    a    Remedy    for    Cut- 
rate  Disease,   188. 

Wby    Join    an    Association?,    451, 

Women  in  Pliarmacy,   29,  308. 

Worce.>^ter    Plan,    Decision,    135. 

Worcester    Plan,    Injunction,    213. 

Wordeli,    Clinton,   E.    &  Co.,   162. 

Wrecliing  as  a  Side  Line,  31. 
Eggs,    Hens',    Composition,    16S. 

Preserving,    220. 
KJaterin,  214. 
Electrons,    535. 
Elements   of   Success,    312. 
Elepizone,    288. 
Elixir,   Apium  Graveolens,   246. 

Aromatic,    U.    S.    P..    165. 

Oascara   Sagrada,   Compound,   246. 

Ciiiciiona,   40. 

Strengtiiened,    288. 

Galegae,   288. 
Olyceropiiospiiates,     1C9. 

Lactated    Pepsin,    246.    382. 

Pliospiiato  of  Iron,   Quinine  and   .Strychnine, 

witli    Pepsin.    459. 

Salicylic    Acid   Compound,    290. 

Terpin     Hydrate,     383. 
Kmetine    Hydrochloride,    530. 
"Emplast.    Kaollu,"    144. 
Emulsion    Cod    Liver    Oil,    360,    534,    557. 
Chocolate,    66. 

Copaiba,    12,    117,   221. 

Egg,    41. 

Iodoform,    244. 
Enameling.    Ice  Cream  Cabinet,   41. 
Enuresis,   Children,   41. 
Enzymes,    Action  of  Sunlight,    139. 
Ephedrae   Nevadensis,    214. 
Epigea    Repans,    288. 
Era    Course    in    Pharmacy,    Graduates,    31,    165, 

239,    361,    453,    579. 
Erepsin,    246,    261. 
Ergot,     Active     Principle,     244. 
Erodium   Cicutarium,    288. 
Erythrina    Corr-illodendron.    2SS. 
Erythrol    Tetranltrite,    288. 
Essence  Cider,,  634. 

Coffee,  314. 

Pepsin,     246. 

Sarsaparilla,     262. 
Ethacol,    288. 
Kthylol,     214.     288. 
Eubiol.    2.SS, 
Eubiose.    288. 
Eucaine   Acetate,   2SS. 
Eudermol,  288. 
Eulyptol,    288. 

Euphorbia    Heterodoxa,    MuUer,    2SS. 
Examination,    Civil    Service,    New    York,    16. 
Exchange   of   Unsalable   Goods,    582. 
Extract    Aloes.    292. 

Automobile,    288. 

Calabar  Beau,    Fluid,    Action   of  Light,    118. 

Onion.   244. 

Pineapple.    533. 

Sarsaparilla.    Compound.    41.    311. 

Witch   Hazel.   Darkened,    117,  244. 
Extracts.     Flavoring.     Choap.     533. 

Fluid,    Preparation,    535. 


Fanghi  di  Scalafiua,   107,  288,  557. 

Fennciett,    506. 

Ferrum  Picrum,   288. 

Fersan-Eis,    214. 

Files,    Cleaning   and   Sharpening,    584. 

Fish,     Require    Oxygen,     314. 

Scenting  Bait,    434. 
Flashlight    Cartridges,    366. 

Compound,    357. 

Powder,    144. 
Flies,    To    Keep    from    Stock,    418. 
Fluid   Hydrastis,    246. 
Food  Adulteration  in   Pennsylvania,   274. 
Foreign   Names    in   Pharmacy,    261. 
Foot  Powder,    634. 
Formaceton,    288. 
Formaldehyde,    378. 

Action  on  Gun  Cotton,   246. 
Formasol,    2S9. 

For  mulas  Practical,  U.  S.  P.,  629. 
Fraud,    Swindlers,    etc..    See    Personal. 
Freckles.     Remedy.     313. 
Frutll,    244,     557. 


Galen,   170. 

Galllanin,    557. 

Gelatine     and     Potassium     Bichromate,     IBB. 

Oelon,    5.35,    557. 

Gentiopicrin,    218. 

Geranin,  214,  280. 

Ginger    Boquet,    262. 

Ginseng,    American,    in    China,   379, 

Glass  Tubing,  Manufacture,  3(M. 

Glove   Cleaner.    118. 

Cleaning,    6. 
Gluton,    289. 

Glycerin,     Solidifled,    214. 
Glycerol    Plithallate,    35. 
i;lyco-Heroln.  339. 
Glycosal.    536. 
Gualac  Wood.    IBfl. 
c.nalacolterpln,    214. 
Gun   Cotton,    Solvent,    339. 


Haematofor,    289. 
IIaenioi»ho8kol,  289. 
Hair    Dye  Juvenia,    380. 

Superfluous,    Removing,    220. 

Tonic,   Quinine,   221. 

Wash,    Jaboraudi,   557. 
Bands,  Harness-Makers'  Cleaning,  434. 

Perspiring,    609. 
Headache    Cologne,    506. 

Powders,    Deliquescence,    584. 
Hectograph,    117. 
Hensel's    Tonic,.    339. 
Hermophenyl,    406. 
Hetoform,   311. 

Hexamethylentetramin   Compounds,   289. 
Hill    Bill.    70,    122,    149,    199. 
Hippocrates,    170. 

Holyoke   Municipal   Drug   Store,    124. 
Household    Remedies.    378. 
Hundred    Weight,    Value,    581. 
Hydrogen    .\rtimonide.    243. 

Dioxide,    Decomposition   by  Light,   383. 

Preparation,    434. 
Hydroxyiamine  Ilydrlodide,  3. 
Hyosclne.    83. 
Hypnotoxin,   459. 


Iblte,   410. 

Iboga.    63. 

Ibogaln,    03. 

Ichthyol,   632. 

Imperial   vs.    Wine   Measure,    221. 

Incompatibilities.     See    Prescription    Difficulties 

Indicator,    Fluorescein,    31. 

Indicators,    2-44. 

Indigo.    Solution,    66. 

luk.     Blue    Black,    65. 

Branding  Stock,  409,  459. 

Durable,   05. 

Fading,    435. 

Hectograph,    117. 

IndeliWe.    Blue.    290. 

Typewriter,    360. 
Insurance,    Drugs.    43S.    442,    463. 
Iodine,    Sea    Water.    120. 
lodoformplomhe,    558. 
Todogenol,   214. 
lodoienum.     Externum,     558. 

Internum.    558. 
Iris    Pigment.     482. 


Jamrosin,    214.    280. 

Jobbers,    Relation    ^\ith    Pharmacists,    581. 
Journals,  Chemical  in  U.  S.,  409. 
How  to  Read  Profltably,   62. 


Juice.     Lemon,     11 

Prune,    41. 
Juvenia    (llair    Dye),    358. 


Laboratory    Products,    Retail    Pharmacists,    378. 

Lactanin,     214. 

Lactart,    316. 

Lamps,    Electric,    Frosting,    168. 

Lanolin,    Substitute,    289. 

Lapis  Medicamentosus,  434. 

Mirahilis,   434. 
Law,    Cocaine,    Kentucky,    348. 

Excise,    New    York,    247,    270. 

Pharmacists,    164. 

Pharmacy,   Enforcing,   333,   403. 
Jlaryland,  346. 
Xew   York,    Criticisms,    147. 

Poison,     Proposed,     District    of     Columbia, 
67. 

Soda    Water    Manufacture,    342. 
Laws,    "Blue,"    in   Massachusetts,   440. 
Laxative   Fruit,    506. 
Lecitliol,    55S. 
Legislation,    Liquor,    Ohio,    368. 

Pharmacy,    Ohio,    323. 
Lemon  Kali,   561. 
Lenigallol,    289. 
Licorice    Juice,    350. 

Ligatures,    Surgeons,    from    Rat   Tails,   3. 
Light,,    Drug   Store,    65. 
Ligniu,    Reaction,    429. 
Lilac    Water,    508. 
Liniment.    Barbed  Wire,   91. 

Konrget's    Aromatic    Salicylate,    558. 

Witch    Hazel,    609. 
Liquor  Antiseptlcus.   40. 

Caoli    lodoferrati.    289. 
LUlilum,     Alloys.    456. 
Lotion.    Cucumber  and  Benzoin,  196. 
Lysulfol,    28il. 


Magnesium  Cacodylate,  292. 

Carbonate,  Blocks,  338. 

Ethylate.    355. 

Hydrate,    196. 
Malt    .Sugar.    481, 
Maltogen,    289. 
Mandarin,    Yellow,    314. 
Mange,    Application.    13. 
Marble,   Cleaning,   584. 


MARKET    REPORT,    28,    56,    80,    108,    134,    160, 
186,     210,     236,    258,    282,    306,     330,     352, 
374,     400,     426,    450,     474,     500,    526,     550. 
576,   600,   626,   648. 
Mai'syle,    558. 
Matches.   Safety,   143. 
Matzoon    Litigation,   295. 
Meat  Extracts,  Food  Value,  118. 
Medical   Armamentarium,    Plea   for  Greater  Uni- 
formity,   63. 
Medicine,   Requirements   for  License  to  Practice 

in    New    York,    90. 
Medlgiyciu,    14,    214. 
Mercuric  Beuzoate,   558. 

Chloride    in    Solutions,    562, 

lodocacodylate,   557. 
Metaiin,    Yellow,    314. 
Metals,   Action  of  Nitric  Acid,    189. 
Methane,   Removal  from  Air,  14. 
Methorol,    558. 
Methyl   Heptenone,   194. 

Salicylate,    Masking     Odor,    144. 
Milk.    Soluble    Powder.    289. 

Tests  for  Boiled  and  Unboiled,  314. 
Molasses.     Bleaciiing,     409. 
Money  Making,    Modes,  506. 
Morrhuol,   558. 

Mortars,    Wcdgewood,    Manufacturers,    95. 
Mosses,    Position  on  Trees,    163. 
Moth   Preventive,    532. 
Muira   Puama,    481. 
Myclocene.    456. 
Myrtocolorin,   380. 


Nall-BIeach,   459. 

Casmetics,     459. 
"Napbcin,"    16^ 

National   Commission   of  Public   Health,    178. 
Nepenthes,    Enzyme,    39. 
""    v   England   Druggist,    492. 
Remedies,    557,   558. 
v    York    Excise    Law    and    Pharmacists,    224. 
NEWS    AND    TRADE    DEPARTMENT— 

Baltimore,    21,    49,    74,    99,    127,    153,    178, 

.202,     228,    252,    275,    299,    322,    34B,    367, 

392,    417,    443,    46S,    495,     518,     542,     569, 

694,    617,    643. 

California,    104,    232,    278,    421,    523,    598. 

Chicago,     22,     50,     76,     101,     128,     154,     180, 

205,  229,  263,  277,  301,  324,  349,  369, 
394,  418,  445,  468,  497,  520,  644,  590, 
618,   643. 

Cincinnati,   23,   76,   156,   203,   230,   322,    368, 

445,  496,  644. 
Kentucky,    100. 

Louisville,   203,  348,   393,   444. 
Michigan,    22,    49,    76,     100,     129,    179,    204, 

229,   253,   276,  300,  323,  347,  368,  393,  418, 

444,  519,   543,  570,  595,   645.. 
Montreal,    326. 
New  England,   19,  46,  72,  96,   124,   150,   175, 

201,  226,    250,     272,     297,    320,    344,     365, 

389,  413,  440,  464,  492,  515,  539,  561, 
691,   616,   641. 

New    Orleans,    53,    303.    350,    420. 

New  York,  16,  44,  69,  93,  12r,  147,  173, 
199,  224,  247,  270,  294,  317,  341,  363, 
386,  411,  437,  462,  490,  511,  537,  564,  587, 
612,   638. 

Paris.   113. 

Philadelphia,    20,    47,    73,    97,    125,    151,    176, 

202,  227,    251,     274,     298,     321,    345,     366, 

390,  415,  442,  466,  494,  517,  541,  568, 
693,   617,   642. 

Pittsburg.  252,  275,  299,  371,  392.  417,  596,  644. 
St.    Louis,    23,    62,    131,    182,    208,    231,    266, 

277,    303.     325,    350,     396,    420,     447,    498, 

522,    672,    598,    644. 
The    Northwest.    23,    51,    77,    104,    130,    181, 

206,  254,  278,  302,  325,  370,  395,  419, 
440,  469,  498,  521,  646,  671,  697,  619,  645. 

The  South,  24,  53,  78,  156,  183,  256,  304, 
396,   523. 

Washington,    D.   C,   418. 
Nickel-l'latlng,   90. 
Nitrates,  Tests,  268. 
Non-Professional  Opinions,  406. 
Nurses.    Trained,    and   Druggists,    581. 
Nye    Bill,    70. 


Obituary,  See  Personals. 
Ochna    Albo-Serrata,    503. 
Odos,   558. 
Oil    Cananga,    118. 

Cassia,   91. 

Cod  Liver.   Effervescent,   26. 
lodlnized,   634. 

Corn,   609. 

Crolon,    Pencils,    668. 

Eucalyptus,   Peppermint  Odor,   120. 

Isano.    144. 

Neutral.    91. 

Olive,    Test,    558. 

"Pear,"  339. 

Spike.    316. 

Stone.    318. 

Sweet.    682. 

Tomatoes.  261. 
Ointment.    Citrine,    554. 

I<lilh.vol.   632. 

Haemorrhoids.    117. 
Oleomargarine,    Tests,    8. 
Oliluni,    Kwal.   603,   630. 

Russian,   214. 

"War."  Chinese,  316. 
Oranffcade.     .100. 
Orexlnuui,    Tannlcum,    658. 


INDEX 


Oiislnallty,  B5. 
Orris  Uoot,  603. 
Our  Aplirentlcjc'S,   335. 

UuiB,,    «J7. 
Oxygen,     New    MetUod    of    rreparatlou,    535. 
Ozouoforui,    lill. 


I'alnt,    Gold,   533. 
i'auama    Wood,    Saceharose,    246. 
i'upain,    I'reparallou,    5I>5. 
rapayotiu,   5U0. 

Faraldebjde,    Ujdrogen  Peroxide,  Jb. 
X'aramol,    558. 
Para&uroue,    li. 
Parisian   I'harmocles,    431. 
I'asta   Serosa,    Scleich,    liSU. 
I'aste,   Acelanllid,   Zinc,   557. 
Library,    220. 
fjitampooiug,    14. 
Sboe,    Uusset,    481. 
I'astes,    Xuotb.j    193. 
rastiiles,    Anti-Catarrh,    B5i. 
Fragrant,   5U1. 
lodoferrated,  2Si». 

I'ectora),    558.  ,.     ^^     _„ 

PATENTS,    TllAUE-UAKKS,    ETC.,    2r,    55,    i9, 
103,     133.     159,     185,     209,    235,    257,    281, 
305,     329,     351,     373,     399,     425,     449,     473, 
499,  525,  549,  575,  599,  625,  617. 
Peanut    liuttter,   435. 
Pearl   Buttons,   Coloring.   534. 
Pencils,   Crotou  Oil,    55.s. 

Pepper,   .\dulteratious,   214.  „      n.n 

Peppermint,  InHueuce  of  Salt  on  Urowtu,  34U. 
Pepsin,   .Vlcoholic  Solutions,  478. 
Percolations  Notes,  633. 
Perfume,    1  mproviug,    92. 

Sollil,   408. 
Perfumers.   Combine,   270. 
Peristrophe  Angustifolia,   163. 
Perles.    Sala,   608.  .  „     ,     ., 

PEKSONALS     (Including    Obituaries,     Portraits, 
Items,     of     Personal     Interest     Regarding 
Firms,     Drug     Trade     Swindler.s,     eitc.) — 
Aclierman.  Alexander  H.,  22. 
Aker,    Martin   C,    23J. 
American  Perfume  Co..   270. 
American  Soda  Fouorain  Co.,  2  to. 
Anderson,    E.    C,    441. 
Anne  of  Cleves,    605. 
Armbi-echt.   Mrs.   W.   H.,  619. 
Baei,    Jacob   M.,    599,    603. 
Baker,    George   R.,    419. 
Barclay,    James,    146. 
Barclay,    Mrs.    Mary   E.,    206. 
Barrett    Bros.    Co.,    322. 
Barry,    John,    272. 
Becliman,   Bernhard,   203. 
Beiiring,    Prof.,  190. 
licll.    Dr.   William,   126. 
Bertliollet,    M.,    607. 
HigciuH,    Clarence   O.,    588,    614. 
Billmaii.    Joseph    L.,    286. 
Borggreve,     Fred.,    412. 
Botanic   Drug   Co.,    24. 
Bouillon-La    Grange,    M.,    607. 
Boyajian,  Megerdich,  96. 
Braidich,    Adolf  F.,   271. 
Breitenbach,   M.  J.,   638. 
Brewer.   Justin  S.,   565. 
BrlU'son    Drug    Co.,    24. 
Britt,    Locffler  &   Co.,   44. 
Broderick,   John   F..   323. 
Bronsou,    D.    D.,    289. 
Bucklen   &   Co.,    n.    E.,    102. 
Bung,   Theodore,   439. 
Burt.    Frederick  N.,   398. 
Busch.    Geo.    H.,    522. 
Butler.  Le  Burton  B..  641. 
Bristeed,    Geo.    W.,    491. 
Butler,    Pharmacy.   96. 
Cadman.    Maurice    D.,    295,    615. 
Cador,   Joseph.   17. 
Caldw-ll,    Edward   P..   274,   348. 

C4llcL':..is      .I„s,.|.h.     .')23. 


rJ,    593. 
C,;,!,  ;        11  .      '   ■>  .    589. 

Cn-.,-     W  iiiiiiii    r.miiley,  26,  42. 
Castle,    llr.    i-'reclcrick    A.,    4R4. 
Caswell,    Massey    &   Co.,    557. 
Canghey.   W.   J.,   51X. 
Cawthorn.    Alex.,    396. 
Centurv    Chemical    Co..    391. 
Cliemlcal    Specialty    Co.,    249. 
Cliercv,    Louis   I..   45, 
ChrlsllcCmover   Drug   Co.,    523. 
Cliurch,    \V.   D..    130. 
Clark,    Harvey    C,    172. 
Cora    Cola   Co.,    181. 
Cochrane    Chemical    Co.,    226,    503. 
Colev.   Dr.   William,  24. 
Colgate.    Bowles.    438. 
Colonial    Drug    Co.,    61S. 
Consolidation   Drug  Co..   176. 
Coombs,    Charles  E.,  72. 
Cotter,   T.    B..   297. 
Coyev,    Miss   Ida    M..    595. 
Cowl,    George   G.,    14C. 
Croft.   Il.'nry  D.,   617. 
Crosher.    Henry    P..    310,    513. 
Crystalline     Co..     414. 
Cuddy,    Frank,    MR. 
Cuddyer.    Patrick   J..    1!). 
Dnecctt.    V.    Chapln,    491. 
Dnylsiin    Chemical   Co..   49. 
Dnv.    Dayid   Magee.    412. 
Dp'  Wilt.    E.    C,    487. 
Ce  Zelkr,  L.  W.,  513. 


PEll.SdN  AI.X,    C..[illnlled. 

Duniuilill.clKiT.    .Mile.,    584. 
Dilliii,    Virgil,    206, 
lloake,    Rouert    S.,    126. 
Dow,    Miss    Cora,    23. 
Doyle,    Miss    Mary    E.,    463. 
Drake    &    Rhodes    Co.,    Ltd.,    368. 
Draper,    A.    S.,    446. 
Eastern   Coinniission   &   Importing  Co.,    72. 
Kcclea,    David   C,   597. 
Eely,    Frank   E.,    615. 
Elmer    and    Amend,    490. 
Emerson,    Isaac    E.,    617. 
Euglehorn,   Friedrich,   296. 
Engelman,    Frank   E.,    172. 
Era   Medical   Co.,    321. 
Erb,   Charles  S.,  439. 
Fail-child,    H.    B.,    179. 
Fairman,  Geo.  F.,  393. 
Farrow,   J.    Harry,    595. 
Fell,   Jos,    633. 
Fluk,    Leon  0.,   100. 
Fisher,    William  B.,   365. 
Flags   Remedy    Co.,    150. 
Fleming,    K.    C,   222. 
Flint    licmeuy    Co.,    201. 
Franc,    Carl    B.,    491. 
Franco-American    Chemical    Co.,    365. 
F'rank,    Cliarles   P.,   201. 
French  Howard  B,  642. 
Fuller,    Henry  M.,   419. 
Gardner,    Charles    Carroll,    172. 
Garner,   John   P.,   497. 
Garver,   Walter  J.,   318. 
Gibson,    R.    C,    63. 
Gilbert   Bros.    &   Co.,    465,    618. 
Gllman,    Gorham   D.,    616. 
Goose   Grease   Liniment  Co.,   95. 
Gordin,   Dr.    Harry  M.,   546. 
Gray   Laboratory.    616. 
Grear,   George  A.,   150. 
Grifflth,    Chas.    W.,    395. 
Grove,    S.    A.,    589. 
G  rover,    Elbridge    H.,    222. 
Ilackenberger,    George    W.,    387. 
Haines,    E.   J.,    11. 
Hall,    William   H.,    19. 
Hall,  W.  W.,  46. 
Hamlin,    Bcujamia   B.,    Jr.,    343. 
Harding,   Herbert  B.,  486. 
Harding,     Miss     Mathilde     H.,     272,     318. 
Hargrave,   I'hilllp,   297. 
Harper,    John    T. ,    72. 
iliirtf.ird,  James,  614,  638. 
lliiKkin    Medicine  Co.,   261. 
Hawthorne  Drug  Co.,  414. 
I  lavs.    I'-rancis    B.,    294. 
llcbb.ird,    Harry  C,   589. 
llcu'.'iiiiui    &   Co.,    224.    639. 
H.-iiMslici-l,    E.    B.,,    520. 
11,-Hk.l,     Dr.     Chas.    B.,    533. 
llcnucoil.    Charles,    152. 
llcrl)a    Cui-a    Co.,    174. 
Ilcssii;    Kllis   Drug   Co.,    156. 
llL.ki.y.     C.     F.,     417. 
lliglnliothara,    Arthur,   319. 
Hillman    Pharmacy,    397. 
Hliies    Co..    Tlie    G.    C,    593. 
Hoag,    F.    Harvey,    343. 
Holiron    Drug    Co.,    521. 
lIoQiiiaii,   Joseph,    539. 
Ilciniii.iiiii,    Dr.    Frederick,    579. 
lIo|.Uiiis.    Samuel,   535. 
llotliMi-cr   Drug  &  Truss   Co.,   230,    324. 
Howard.   Charles  Tasker.  172. 
Hudson    Drug   Co.,    389,    414. 
Igler,    Herman,   203. 

Ingalls,    Dr.    William,    124. 
Independent    Pharmaceutical    Co.,    124. 
Irving    Drug    Co.,    388. 
Jacobs   &   Co.,    Charles,    328. 
Jacobus,     Judson    S.,     22. 
Jaiiiieson.     Thomas    N..     497. 
JclTcr.-;.    Charles  J.,    150. 

.h.hiis Mrs.    Arthur    F.,    344. 

Jolmsun,    Jason   M..    258. 
.lohusou    &   Johnson,    416. 
Jones,     Alexander    H.,    366. 
Judge,   M..   513. 

Judge   &   Dolph,    325.  • 

Kaltwas^er,   August  P.,   522. 
K.'iishcy   and  Mattison,   391. 
Kriiiii.     Edward,    17,    45. 
Kciiclriik    Chemical    Co.,    77. 
KiHii.dv,    Dr.    E.    Russell,    593. 

Ki- lySutfel    Drug    Co.,    469. 

K.'lliTiiig,    Albert    J.,    497. 
Kcv.-s,    W.    U.,    418. 
Kiiiil.crly,   Chas.   H.,   419,   480. 
KiMvc.un.  Dr.  Joseph.,  390. 
Knk.    Nelson    S..    364. 
I\lr«ihstein.    Herman,    596. 
Klein.    J.     H.,    125. 
Klelne.    Oscar    C,    Jr.,    512. 
Krepela,    Miss    Anna,    463. 
Kuemmerle,    Wm.,    Jr.,    304. 
Lack.    II.    E.    L.,    21. 

Lajole    Manufacturing    Co..    19. 
Lamar   &    Sons.    H.    J..    78. 
Lamont,    Wm.    H.,    232. 
Lnzell.    Lewis    T.,    248. 
Leilliptlcr.    Robert,   467. 
I.r.-iiiiiii;     ' luas.    364. 

I, in,    .1,.      I    li.. mi.  ill     Co.,     344. 

I  11MI-I..I,     \      .r,.    292. 
I.iiM  ,    lii-     llwirv   C,   392. 
I  ,,i  ,,,  ,:,i,      II,  niiiin   J..    .'iOO. 
I  ,.,,!     I  I    ,    613.   629. 

I,., I,'      u  ,1     I  ,  h,     614. 
I..I1,  u:       I  1 or,    44. 


PERSONALS,    Coutlnued. 
Lovis,    U.    C,    513. 

Lusk,   William   C,   381. 

Lyon,    Nicholas    U.,    292. 
Muhen,    Thomas,    537. 

Macklmmlc,    John    A.,    100. 

Macinahan,   Thomas  J.,   200. 

-Major,    Miss    Lillian,    184. 

Marshall-Mead,    16. 

Murtlndale,    William,    222. 

Masters  &  Mason,   19. 

Watthewsou,    C.    C,    100. 

.McCunn,    J.    M.,    308. 

.McElhenle,   Thos.    D.,    629. 

.McKee,    John    C,    17. 

McKesson,    Irving,   615. 

Menu,    Howard,    174. 

Menneii,    Gerhard,    146. 

Merrell  Chemical  Co.,  Wm.   S.,  53 

Merrell  Drug  Co.,   J.  S.,   208. 

Merriam,    A.    B.,    339. 

Metcalf  Co.,   Theodore,  320,  616. 

Metzger,    Matthias  C,  50. 

Millard,    David   R.,    542. 

Missildiiie,    A.    H.,    439. 

Morgan,    A.    B.,    413. 

Morisou,    Dr.    J.    L.    D.,    593. 

Morris  M.  D.,  619. 

Alosquera-Julia    Food    Co.,    129. 

Mossmyer,    Charles,    348. 

.Mothers     Remedies   Co.,    419. 
National   Chemical  Co.,   496. 

Nelson,    Walter,    230. 

Newman,   Robert  L.,  323. 

Niece,    Frederick  E.,    157. 

Nobel,   Alfred  Bernhard,   190. 

Nonpareil  Cork  Co.,  366. 

Noyes,     Daniel    R.,    51. 
Oakland   Pharmacal   Co.,   323. 

Oriental    Remedies   Co.,    593. 

Osiuun,    Charles    A.,    120. 
Parke,    Davis   Ik  Co.,    44,    75,    129, 

Parker,    Arthur  S.,   393. 

Parseghlan,    tiarabet,    263. 

Patton-Worsham    Drug    Co.,    396. 
Francis    M.,    516. 


Peck,    P.    H., 


182. 


Peckolt,    Thcodor,    239. 
Pennock,    Edward,    361. 
Pepper,    J.    T.,   404. 
Perry,    Charles    W.,    414. 
Perry,    James    C,    429,    442. 
Pfatt,    Edward    F.,    469. 
Pharmacal    Drug    Co.,    387. 
Philadelphia    Wiiolesale    Drug   Co.,    20. 
Phillips,    Edwin  F.,   276. 
Physicians'    Pharmacal  Co..   75. 
Pine  Oil   Liniment   Co.,    595. 
Piatt,    Henry    B.,    341. 
Porscb    Chemical    Co.,    205. 
Porter,    A.    H.,    369. 
Porter,    N.    A.,    440. 
Portugaloff,    J.,    122. 
Prescott,    Dr.    A.    B.,    300. 
Purdy,    Charles   W.,   146. 
Putt,    Milton,    321. 
Quandt   Bros.,   392. 
Radam,    William,    146. 
Ramsay,   George.   639. 
Read    Drug    Company,    417. 
Ueid,   Yeoiuans  &  Cubit,    490,    505. 
Relman,  Dr.  L.   P.,  21. 
Reycroft,    L.    W.,    46. 
Keycroft   Pharmacies,    19. 
Richardson,    Horace    K.,    371. 
Ricksecker  &  Co.,    Thco.,   45. 
Robinson,    C.    M.,    54. 
Rockey,   Walter  S.,   S9. 
Roentgen,   Pi-of.,  190. 
Rogers,    A.    B.,    149. 
Rosenheck,    Miss    Lillian,    494. 
Ross,   Dr.  Oscar  B.,  146,  443. 
Ryan  Drug  Co.,   302. 
St.    Onge,    .-Arthur,    407. 

Sander,  Dr.  Euno.  208,  255. 

Scandinavian    Co-Operative    Drug    Co.,    273. 

Scheiter,   Prof.  Emil,   127,  137. 

Schulte,    Chas.   J.    A.,   643. 
Schumacher,    A.   C,   323. 

Scrrlmshaw,   A.,    613. 

Seabury,    Geo.    J.,    491. 

Searby,   Wm.    M.,  232. 

Sharpe,    A.    T.,    523. 

Shaw   Remedy   Co.,    516. 

Sherburne,  Mrs.  John  W.,  250. 

Shyle,   W.   R.,   266. 

Slefert,    Chas.    A.,   421. 

Sill,    Robert  T.,   Mo. 

Slpp.  James  D.,   132. 

SIssons,    J.    M.,    336. 

Slick,    Ross    M..    73. 

Siullev.   Dr.  Edwin  R.,  125. 

Smith,    S.    Frank,    B19. 

Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  341. 

Soule  Medicine  Co..  97. 

Southern   Pharmacal  and  Chemical  Co.,   393. 

Spahma,   Herman,  318. 

Spralt.    John    C,    101. 

Spronl.    B.    Dent..    301. 

Stafford.   William  B..   146. 

Stahl.    E.    L..    .MS. 

Stall.    J.    W..    23. 

Stnmlanl   Flint   Glass    Works,    304. 

Sfeln.    Otto,    496. 

SteluGrav  Drug  Co..  230. 

Steln-Vogeler   Drug   Co.,    76,    323. 

Slevenaon    &    Co.,    Robert.    128. 

Stoddard.    Claremv   B..   444. 

Stoddart.    Thomas,    "65. 

Surgeons  &  Physicians'  Supply  Co.,  19. 

Swann,    S,    V.    B.,    123,   439. 


VI 


INDEX 


TEKSONALS,     (Jolicluded. 

Sweeny,    CUaries,    ol7. 
Tatt   Bios.    Medicine   uo.,    SO. 

Tague.    J.    K.,    HI. 

Takamine,    Dr.    J.,    615. 

Tamalou  Mediciue  Co.,  S»6. 

Tariaiit   &  Co.,    038. 

Tauutou  Urug  Co.,'5eS. 

Tcmm,   Dr.   Joseph,   2B1. 

Taylor  &  Peek  JJriig  Co.   78. 

Tiiompsoa   &    Co.,    Jf'.    A.,    022. 

Thompson  Itrug  Co.,   A.   D.,   104,   130. 

Tliomjisou,    J.    A.,    493. 

Tbornton,    Henry,  467. 

Tilden,    Amos  K,,  404. 

Titswortli,    Jobu   Davies,    56,    68. 

Toms,   Joseph  K.,   517. 

Trowbridge.    Harry   O.',    524. 

Trosell,    Dr.    W.    E.,    252. 

Truitt  Drug   Co.,   228. 

Tufts,   James  W.,   146,   183,   226,  250. 
TJmland.    Geo.    P.,    231,    278,    370,    385,    410. 

Union    Chemical    Co.,.  015. 
Van   Alen,    Benjamin  I.,   419. 

Van  der  Saude,    Cornelius,   45. 

Van    Kort,    J.     C.,    296. 

Van  Revpen,   Itear-Admiral,  136. 

Van't    Hoir,    Prof.    J.    11.,    19U. 

\-ii-kers,    J.    F.,    181. 

Vitt,  K.   S.,  52. 

Vogeler  Co.,  Charles  A.,   202. 

Vogeler,    Fredetieli,    445. 
Wainons.    Henry,    619. 

Wakelee   &  Co.,    105,    421. 

Walker,    Alfred    L.,    368. 

Ward,    Jessie   Jliller,    391. 

Warner  &  Co.,   Wm!  E.,  320. 

Warrick,    Harry,    222. 

Webber,  Arthur  H.,  456. 

Weeks   &    Potter.    389.    616. 

Weinstein,    Joseph,    514. 

Weleli   Grape  Juice   Co.,    103. 

Wettlin,    Charles  H.,   44. 

Wetzel,    H.    A.,   36S. 

Weygandt,  Wm.  H.,  463. 

White,    L.    Wister,   595. 

Wilkerson   &  Co.,   VV.    N.,   623. 

Wilson    Chemical    Co.,    P.    B.,    4GS. 
Wiscberth,  J.  G.,  630. 

Withers,  J.  H.,  513. 

Wordeu    &    Co.,    Clinton    E.,    104. 

Wray   Drug  Co.,   Geo.   B.,   463,   oSS. 

Wrede,     Henry,    76. 

Wullcr.   Daniel,    417. 

Wulllug,   Charles,  498. 
Yakel,   Louis,  179,  252,   443. 

Yeomans,   Sidney,   571. 

Young,    George,   597. 
Zeige,    Edwin   H.,    254. 

Zeller,    Max,    IS,    44. 
Perspiration,    Excessive,    Treatment,    609. 
Pertussin,    558. 
Pes.«arie8,  Ichthyol,  632. 
Petroleum,    Aromatic    Hydrocarbons,    380. 
Petrosapol,    361. 

Pharmaceutical   Impressions,   86. 
Pharmacists.    German,   Training  583. 

Preparation,    191. 

Public    Service,    101,    241. 

U.    S.    Health    Service,    138. 
Pharmacological   Assay  of  Drugs,    87. 
Pharmacopoeial    Requirements,    Special,    192. 
Pharmacy  and  Royalty,  604. 

Arab,    240^ 

Asia,  Minor,  263. 

Commercial,     Unsettled    Questions,    581. 

Par  Bast,  34. 

Fifty   Years   Ago,    309. 

AVhite  Eagle   (Berlin),   268. 
Phellandrene.  Xitrite,    361. 
Phenacetin,    Decision,    177. 
Pboenicein,    120. 
PhOLiun,    120. 

Phosphate,    Wild    Cherry,    509. 
Phosphorus,    Sale,    Liability,    15. 
Photographic   Developer,    Synthol,    13. 

Fixing  Bath,    13. 

Supplies,    116,    350. 
Physicians   and   Pharmacists,    Relations,    531. 

Induciug  to  Prescribe,  286. 

Not    Pliarmacists    in    Kentucky,    100. 
Pillars  of  tiie   Past,   170. 
Plllem  and  Symbol    Doctors,  112. 
Pills,    JlousettoB,    558. 

Sugar  Coated,  636. 

Zinc   Valerianate,   214. 
Pilocarpine,  314. 

Pineue,   Action  of  Arsenic   Acid.   453. 
Plants,    Effect    of    Salt    on    Growth,    31. 
Plaster,  New  Counter-irritant,  309. 
Pnenmine,    144. 
Poison    Cork    Bill,    122. 

Hearing,   173. 
Poisons,    Sale,    581. 
Polish,    Piano,   609. 

Shoe,   360. 
Russet,    481. 


Stov 


360. 


atlve,  B34. 

Porcelain    Crcain    Jars,    Manufacturers,    383. 
Portraits,    See   Pei-sonals. 
Potatoes,    Seed,    Treatment,    660. 
Poultice,   Pipe  Clay,   12. 
Px>wder,    Antiseptic.    06. 

Diaphoretic.    Campliorated,    13. 

Dusting.    Lanoform,    289. 

Face,  Liquid,  91. 

Foot,   as  Money  Maker,  242. 

Clove   Cleanine  6. 

Ice  Cream.   409. 

Serous,   289.. 


Prescription   Deiiartnient   Advertising,    379. 

PRESCRIPTION  Diflluulties,  Incompatibilities. 
VAr  — Bisiuutti  Subnitrate  and  Sodium  Bi- 
ca'-hoiiate.  3s3;  I'erric  Phosphate  and  Pbos- 
plKuic  .\cid,  40;  Hydrochloric  Acid,  Am- 
monia and  Oils,  383:  Hydrogen  Peroxide 
and  Decolorized  Tincture  of  Iodine,  458; 
Oil  of  Turpentine  with  Nitric  Acid,  434; 
Sodium  Salicylate  and  Ferric  Chloride,  459; 
Spirit  of  Nitrous  Ether  and  Solution  of 
Ammonium  Acetate,  91;  Strychnine  Sul- 
phate and  Mercuric  Chloride,  40;  Tincture 
of  Guaiac,  Compo.ind  Tiuctui-e  of  Cinchona 
and  Potassium  Chlorate.  40;  Tincture  of 
Iron  and  Ammoniated  Tincture  of  Guaiac, 
33. 

Prescription,   Fake,  435. 
r'ile,    356. 

Suggestion,   6. 
Symbol.    Attitude  of  Druggist,  5. 

Prescriiifions.    Card   S.vstem,    115. 
Giving   Copies,    434. 
Illeu'ible,     553. 
ReflUing,    41. 

Preservative,    Food.    Hydrogen   Peroxide.    202. 

Prolits.    How    Increase,    556. 

Protein,   Molecule,   554. 

Proteinum.   Pyocyaneum,  558. 

Pulmofovm,    144. 

Pyretine  Tablets,  634. 


QUE.STION     BOX,     12,     41,     65,     90,     117,     143, 
196,     220,     244,    266,     290,     316,    338,.   360, 
382.     408,     434,     458,    480,    60S,     533,    561,, 
584,  609,  634. 
Questions,    Examination,    New    York    Board    of 

Pharmacy,    36,    193,   456. 
Quinine  Camphorate,   504. 

Carbonic   Ester,    120,    144. 
Tablets,   Sliort-Welgbt,   104. 


Radium,  Chemical  Action,  633. 

Hat  Poison,   409. 

Rats,  Destruction,  635. 

Red    Albumen,    299. 

Registration,    Interstate,    143. 

Remedies,    Own,    608. 

Retail   Drng   Syndicate,    492. 

Retailing,    Jobbers,    6S3. 

Returning    Goods, '  582. 

Rhododendron  Chrysanthum,  165. 

Rice  .Memorial,  189,  364,  508,  529,  553,  638. 

Rose   Water  from   Oil,   169. 

Rouge.    Liquid.    481. 

Roup   in    Poultry,    US. 

Rules,    -Vpothecary,   605. 


Saffiou,     Adulterated,     216. 
al    Biomatum    Ehervescens,    558. 
Salt,    .Vrtilicial    ^Obersaizbrunneu    Kroueiuiuelle), 


San-.. 


:;14. 


Sanshol,    16. 

Test,  361. 
Sapodermin,    31. 
Sapolan,    292. 
Sapouine,    Solution,    144. 
Scliistiol,    6. 

Schools    of     Pharmac.v     in     Universities,     433. 
Scopola  Versus  Belladonna,  264. 
Sea    Foam.    506. 
Seasickness,    Remedy,    429. 
Seed,   Grass,   584. 

Sel   de    I'aris,    Thyme   Rouge,    558. 
Seleninum      Hydrogenio,      Peroxydato      Paratnrd 

558. 

Senescence,    Studies,    262. 
Septoforma,   289. 

Sermon     to    My     Professional    Brethren,     215. 
Serum    Therap.v,    262. 
Shampoo,    Barbers',    106. 

Paste,   14. 

SHOP    T.iLK.     7,     R5.     61,     85,     111,     140,     166, 
101,     215,    242,     310,     356,    378.    407,     429, 
454,   47S,   530,   554,   580,   604,   630. 
Side  Lines.    582,   608. 

Silver     Paranuclein.     Compound     Soluble,     558. 
Skin    Food.    12,    534. 
Smelling    Salts,    170. 
Smoke,    Explosive  Nature,   20. 
Snake   as   Window    Display,    83. 
Snuir,    Menthol,    13. 
Soap.    Curd,    118. 

Liquid,    5.54. 

Self-Shaving,    196. 

.Soft.    Transparent,    408. 

Teuton,    289. 
•Soda    Hints,    262. 

Mint.   Liquid,   266. 
Sodium    Phospliate.    Effervescent,    290. 

Stearlnate,    532. 
Soldanella,    Resin,    167. 
Solution.    Antiseptic.    534. 

nisinnth    and    Hydrastin,    409. 

Hypo[iliosphlte     Compound     Without     Sugar. 

Icliliiyol,  G32. 

Iron    and    Manganese    Peptonate,    382. 

Magnesium  Citrate,  635. 


548. 


.^■iiiiiirt  II    In  11^'  Journal,   294. 

^ !i~,    V;iii:iiiou   in    Size,    221. 

■  Sriili;;    .M... Urine."    311. 
Sl;iirliiii;    .MriiUUOSpilOSiS,    580. 

Slinking    Giadwyu,     434. 

Stomatol,     383. 

Sublamiii,    289. 

Substitution,    404,    504. 

Sugar,    filUk,    Test   for   Cane    Sugar,    40. 

Sulphamide,    Preparation,    455. 

Sulphur,   Corresponding  to  Ozone,   243. 

Sublimed,  85. 
Suppository   Base,   New,   378. 
Swindlers.    Drug    Trade,    See    Personals. 
Synthol,    118. 
Syrup.    Cherry,    4S0. 

Coffee,    262. 

Galega.    2S9.      . 

Glycerophosiihates,    170. 

Ileroiu-I'.romoform.    214. 

HyiioiJliospliites,   246..: 
Coinpound,    40. 

;Cloudy),  jlSO.  . 
Modilied,    40. 
Willi   Wild  Cherry,  5S5. 

lodo  Tannin.    311. 

Lecithin,    5.oS.  . 


Or: 


262. 


leapple,    262,    4S0. 
Sarsapurilla,    262. 
StrawberiT.   480. 
Terebene.    196..      . 
Thyme   Compound,    558. 
White    Pine,    167. 
Syrups,    Fresh   Fruit,   479. 


Tablets,    Mouth   Wash,    Aromatic,    558. 
Botot,    557. 
I'epperiuint,   558. 

Perfume.    408. 

Soda    Water,    561. 

Tavel,    558. 

Urosteril,   292. 
Tacliiol,  ■  286. 
Tar"  Paper    Trust,    466. 
Taxation   in   Minnesota,    130. 
Tegon,    535. 

Temperatures,   Low,    61. 
Teuton,   Preparations,   214,  289. 
Test    Paper,    Delicate,    3. 
Thebalnum  Hydrochloricum,   558. 
Thigenol,     361,     558. 

Tliyme   Rouge,    558.  ^ 

'J'inctura  Lamii  Albi,   558. 
Tincture  Benzoin,  Compound,   118. 

Blatta    Orientalis,    482,    558. 

Cimicifuga  Compound,   4S1.  -— 

Digitalis,     Stability,     358. 

Galega,    289. 

Larkspur  Seed,  118. 

Opium  Deodorized,  505. 

Sulphuric    Acid,    14. 

Tinctures,    Hall-Strength,    3. 

Tissue,    Animal,    Silica,    262. 

Tobacco,    Consumption,    532. 

Drugged,   oO  .  -'■ 

Tonic,    Glycerin,    290. 

Laxative,     338.' 
Tooth  Brushes.   Sales,  631. 

Wash,  Golden,  506. 

Wax,    12. 


169. 


■fna-Tua,    240. 
Typlioin,    453. 


Uranium    Minerals,    Nitrogen    and    Helium, 
Urinalysis    for    Druggists.    507. 
Urine.    Albumin,    Test-Paper,    266. 

Sugar  Test,  630. 
Urol,    280. 


Valerian,   Removing  Odoi",   26. 

Root,    FJuglish,    Importation,    99. 
Vallefs  Mass,   561. 
Valvl.   290. 
Vanilla.    Adulterated,    111. 

Crystals.    502. 
Vanillin.    I'rcpavation,    14. 

Synthesis,    189. 
Varnish.    Bottle,    290. 

Gold,    53. 

Pyoxylin,    339.  ' 
Vasolimentmu,   290. 

lodatuni.  55S. 
Volcanic  Dust,   631. 


w 


Wafers.    Testing,    189. 

Warning,  a  Timely,  4. 

Water   .\nalysis  and   Boiler  Compounds,    170  - 

White    Copiierds,    4.34. 

Window    Display,    Motor.    85. 

Wine.    Beef   and  Iron,   40. 

lodo-Tannln.    311. 
Witch    Hazel   Combination,    249. 
Worcester    Plan,    177.     189.    309. 

In  Pennsylvania.   151. 

Kendered    Effective   by    Injunction.    213. 


Y'ohimblne.    59. 

Young    Man   In    Business,    288. 

ZIncnm  Serosum,  290. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


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Ol'R  XE"\V  DEPARTMENT. 

In  this  issue  we  besin.  under  the  title  '^DRUG  STORE 
PROBLEMS,"  a  new  department  which  should  interest 
all  pharmacists  who  wigh  to  keep  in  touch  with  the  de- 
velopment of  their  calling.  In  this  department  there  will 
be  presented  for  solution  each  week  a  series  of  problems; 
cash  prizes  amounting  to  Seventy-Flive  Dollars  each 
month  being  offered  for  the  best  answers  sent  in  by 
sbscribers. 

The  problems  are  designed  to  be  of  especial  educa- 
tional value,  and  will  consist  of  questions  such  as  the 
druggist  may  at  any  time  encounter  in  'his  daily  practice. 
There  arc  no  doubt  many  who  have  not  completely  lost 
the  enthusiasm  of  their  college  days  and  who  will  find 
the  solution  of  these  problems  a  pleasant  exercise  for 
their  powers  of  thought.  To  the  young  pharmacist  this 
Department  offers  not  only  a  means  of  increasing  his 
knowledge  of  the  science  of  his  profession,  but  also  gives 
him  an  opportunity  of  adding  to  his  supply  of  pocket 
money.    For   particulars    sec    Advertising    Page    IC. 


EDITORIAL  COMMENT. 

The  present  issue  of  the  Era  will  reach  its  readers 
in  the  midst  of  plans  and  preparations  for  the  busi- 
ness of  another  year.  Stock  taking  quite  appropri- 
ately follows  the  holiday  season  during  which  the 
routine  of  the  drug  store  usually  suffers  more  or  less 
disturbance.  While  the  goods  are  being  overhauled 
it  is  well  to  think  of  improvements  in  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  stock  about  the  store.  Some  improve- 
ment of  this  kind  is  possible  in  nearly  every  establish- 
ment. Goods  which  are  in  special  demand  may  be  put 
into  more  convenient  places,  and  apparatus  and  furni- 
ture may  often  be  rearranged  so  as  to  effect  the  sav- 
ing  of   many  weary   steps. 


The  beginning  of  the  year  is  also  an  appropriate 
time  for'  considering  the  mistakes  of  the  past  twelve 
months.  There  is  probably  no  druggist  who  never 
makes  mistakes  and  cannot  with  profit  consider  ways 
and  means  for  preventing  them  in  the  future.  After 
determining  which  departments  of  his  business  have 
been  most  profitable  and  which  have  resulted  in  loss, 
the  thoughtful  druggist  will  also  go  about  selecting  any 
new  side-lines  which  he  may  require.  No  one  can 
afford  to  allow  himself  to  merely  drift  into  things. 
Most  successes  are  preceded  by  carefully  arranged 
plans. 

A  druggist  in  the  Western  States  evidently  believes 
in  brilliantly  illuminating  his  store,  but  he  seems  to 
be  unwilling  to  pay  for  the  necessary  electric  current. 
He  was  recently  convicted  of  stealing  electric  power 
from  a  local  power  company.  He  successfully  in- 
creased his  supply  of  current  by  fooling  the  meter, 
obtaining  considerable  quantities  of  the  "juice"  by 
a  route  unknown  to  this  stupid  instrument.  This 
case  calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  electric  current  is 
now  bought  and  sold  in  the  same  way  as  more  ma- 
terial goods.  Certain  spectacular  writers  upon 
scientific  subjects  have  been  predicting  that  in  time 
the  electric  currents  in  some  way  depending  upon  th'^ 
movements  of  the  planets  in  the  solar  system,  may  be 
tapped  and  compelled  to  do  the  work  -J  mi  dcnd. 
Whin  this  becomes  possible,  the  lawyers  will  have  an 
interesting  time  deciding  which  man,  country  or 
planet  owns  these  currents. 


The  position  which  the  pharmacist  occupies  in 
literature  is  receiving  considerable  attentiofi  at  pres- 
ent. The  druggist  seems  to  cut  but  a  sorry  figure  in 
books   of   the   entertaining   sort.     Writers   of   fiction 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1902. 


have  been  especially  hard  upon  the  poor  apothecary. 
If  he  is  not  depicted  as  a  mean  sneaking  coward,  he 
is  introduced  into  the  story  as  the  despised  assi-;tant 
of  the  villain  to  whom  his  knowledge  of  poisons  is 
useful.  Some  of  the  pharmacists  who  have  time  to 
be  interested  in  literature  have  been  trying  to  dis- 
cover the  reason  for  this  apparent  injustice.  No  one 
has  as  yet  been  able  to  explain  why  this  worthy  call- 
ing has  never  been  glorified  in  the  pages  of  a  popular 
novel.  There  seems  to  be  something  in  drugs  v/hirh 
is  incompatible  with  all  accepted  ideas  of  the  heroic 
and  the  romantic.  Even  the  author  of  "Stringtown 
on  the  Pike,"  from  whom  pharmacy  has  a  right  to 
expect  more  generous  treatment,  makes  the  hero  of 
his  story  turn  his  professional  knowledge  to  ;-.  very 
discreditable  use. 


The  first  installment  of  the  series  of  problems 
which  will  be  a  new  feature  of  the  Era,  appears  in 
the  present  number  of  the  journal.  Many  people  like 
to  study  about  things,  this  probably  being  one  reason 
why  the  puzzle  departments  found  in  many  journals 
are  so  popular.  Some  of  the  problems  which  will 
appear  in  our  new  department  are  veritable  puzzles, 
but  their  solution  does  not  depend  upon  guess-work 
by  any  means.  A  problem  is  superior  to  a  puzzle  in 
that  its  solution  does  not  depend  upon  chance,  but 
upon  careful  and  logical  thought.  The  work  involved 
in  solving  these  problems  should  be  not  only  enter- 
taining, but  also  instructive.  Those  of  our  readers 
who  do  not  themselves  wish  to  compete  for  the  prizes 
will  find  it  interesting  to  note  the  answers  to  tl;? 
various  questions  and  to  follow  the  progress  of  the 
contestants. 


The  writer  of  the  article  entitled  "A  Timely  Warn- 
ing," which  appears  in  the  present  issue,  bewaih  the 
hard  lot  of  the  drug  clerk,  and  tells  a  number  of 
amusing  anecdotes  about  the  inhumanity  of  boards 
of  pharmacy  and  proprietors,  all  apparently  intended 
to  show  that  the  young  druggist  is  the  most  abused 
being  upon  earth.  He  recom.mends  the  formation  of 
a  national  pharmacists'  protective  association  for  the 
purpose  of  securing  less  harsh  treatment  for  this 
poor  unfortunate.  No  doubt  the  troubles  of  the  drug 
clerk  are  many  and  need  attention  badly,  but  the 
writer  of  this  warning  does  not  indicate  very  clearly 
what  he  wishes  done. 


Pharmacy  boards  and  laws  are  meant  to  protect 
the  public  and  not  the  druggist;  neither  are  they  in- 
tended for  the  purpose  of  brow-beating  and  humiliat- 
in(j  the  dcag  c'erk.  A,  a  matter  of  fact  they  protect 
the  clerk,  preventing  persons  who  know  less  than  he 
does  from  crowding  him  out  of  his  job.  If  there  were 
no  pharmacy  laws  the  drug  clerk  would  be  obliged 
to  compete  with  all  sorts  of  persons  who  now  wish 
to  be  pharmacists  but  cannot,  because  they  are  unable 
to  pass  the  necessary  examinations.  In  spite  of  the 
loud  and  penetrating  wail  of  the  drug  clerk,  there  are 
still  many  who  would  like  to  have  his  chances.  A 
letter  has  just  reached  this  office  from  a  worthy  man 
who  thinks  that  he  is  no  longer  strong  enough  to    labor 


witli  his  hands  and  who  has  been  advised  by  a 
phrenologist  to  study  chemistry.  As  a  preliminary 
training  he  is  now  working  in  a  drug  store  for  the 
magnificent  sum  of  $4  per  week. 


Is  it,  or  is  it  not  the  duty  of  the  pharmacist  to 
instruct  his  customers  in  the  uses  and  dangers  of  the 
poisons  which  they  purchase  from  him?  The  Sup- 
reme Court  of  Iowa  has  just  decided  that  a  druggist 
is  not  liable  for  injuries  caused  by  materials  purchased 
from  him,  provided  that  he  supplies  the  article  called 
for  and  attaches  the  proper  label.  This  decision  is 
eminently  just,  for  it  is  manifestly  impossible  for  the 
pharmacist  to  prevent  the  improper  use  of  poisons 
after  these  materials  have  left  his  store.  Although 
not  legally  responsible,  .many  druggists  still  suffer 
keen  distress  when  any  one  comes  to  harm  through 
any  unskillful  use  of  articles  purchased  from  them. 
These  concientious  pharmacists  very  properly  do  all 
they  can  to  prevent  injury  to  their  customers  although 
they  are  not  obliged  to  do  so.  This  subject  involves 
numerous  complications.  For  instance,  it  is  difficult 
to  either  justify  or  condemn  the  action  of  our  cor- 
respondent who  deliberately  furnishes  diluted  tincture 
of  aconite  to  customers  who  insist  upon  administer- 
ing dangerous  quantities  of  this  poison  to  their 
horses,  and  in  this  way  has  saved  the  lives  of  many 
valuable  animals. 

The  scarcity  of  competent  prescription  clerks  has 
not  been  entirely  without  beneficial  results,  to  judge 
by  the  prosperity  of  those  most  interested.  The  pre- 
diction that  this  condition  would  bring  about  an  in- 
crease of  salaries  and  in  consequence  a  supply  of  more 
desirable  clerks  seems  to  be  coming  true.  At  a  State 
Board  examination  recently  held  in  Louisiana  the 
applicants  for  registration  are  reported  to  have  been 
unusually  well  qualified,  seventeen  out  of  a  total  of 
twenty  receiving  certificates.  That  the  prosperity  of 
the  clerks  is  also  greater  than  is  commonly  supposed, 
is  proved  by  a  report  received  from  St.  Louis,  which 
states  that  a  drug  clerk  of  that  town  recently  bought 
his  wife  a  piano.  Either  this  pharmacist  receives  more 
than  the  proverbial  drug  clerk's  salary,  or  the  man- 
ager of  his  income  is  a  financier  of  wonderful  ability. 


According  to  one  of  our  exchanges,  a  London 
pharmacist  is  trying  to  have  the  streets  in  his  neigh- 
borhood improved  for  a  somewhat  novel  reason.  He 
claims  that  when  the  roads  were  in  fairly  good  con- 
dition he  did  a  good  business  in  liver  pills,  but  that 
since  the  thoroughfares  have  been  allowed  to  get 
out  of  repair,  the  jolting  of  the  buses  and  coaches 
has  kept  his  former  customers  in  good  health  with- 
out his  aid.  This  druggist  deserves  great  credit  for 
discovering  another  argument  in  favor  of  good  streets. 
He  also  deserves  to  succeed  in  his  undertaking  even 
though  this  may  be  somewhat  hard  upon  the  public. 

The  annoyance  of  perfume  laden  smoke,  which  the 
firemen  experienced  at  a  recent  fire  in  this  city,  re- 
calls a  similar  occurrence  in  Berlin  a  few  weeks  ago. 
The  burning  building,  a  store  house  for  drugs,  con- 


January  2,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


tained  large  quantities  of  snuff  which  floated  out 
upon  the  air  in  a  peculiarly  pervasive  manner.  An 
atmosphere  filled  with  smoke  and  snuff,  plentifully 
sprinkled  with  vigorous  expletives  and  stentorian 
sneezes,  all  with  an  unmistakable  German  accent, 
must  have  been  decidedly  disconcerting. 

The  movement  for  early  closing  recently  inaugu- 
rated among  the  druggists  of  St.  Louis  has  been 
abandoned.  Nothing  was  accomplished  owing  to  the 
usual  inability  to  agree  upon  details.  It  is  a  pity  that 
this  reform  which  is  so  vehemently  desired  by  all 
drug  clerks,  can  not  be  brought  about.  This  failure 
again  calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  discussion  alone 
■can  accomplish  nothing.  To  do  any  good  at  all,  there 
must  be  organization — organization  of  the  most 
thorough  and  comprehensive  kind. 


ACIDIMETRY  OF  ARSENIC  ACID.— Astruc 
and  Tarbouriech  (Chem.  Zeit.)  find  that  in  the  pres- 
ence of  methyl  orange,  one  molecule  of  arsenic  acid 
is  saturated  by  one  molecule  of  potassa,  soda  or  am- 
monia, and  by  one-half  molecule  of  baryta,  strontia 
or  lime.  The  operation  yields  identical  results  wheth- 
er performed  in  the  cold  or  in  heated  mixtures.  On 
the  whole,  the  saturation  of  arsenic  acid  by  alkalis 
is  very  similar  to  that  of  phosphoric  acid.  When, 
element,  helium,  uranium,  thorium  and  rare  earths. 
a  number  of  points  of  difference  may  be  observed. 
The  trimetallic  salt  of  arsenic  acid  is  in  the  presence 
of  alkali  or  alkali  earth  chlorides  and  in  dilute  solu- 
tions in  the  cold  likely  to  be  converted  into  dimetalic 
salts  as  soon  as  the  excess  of  base  is  saturated  with 
an  acid;  with  the  corresponding  salt  of  phosphoric 
acid   in   similar   conditions   this   does   not   take   place. 


NITROGEN  AND  HELIUM  IN  URANIUM 
MINERALS.— Kohlschutter  (Liebig's  Ann.  Chem.) 
has  recently  investigated  the  mode  in  which  nitrogen 
is  combined  in  certain  minerals  which  contain  this; 
element,  helium  uranium,  thorium  and  rare  earths. 
He  studied  the  actions  of  these  elements  in  the  na- 
scent state  upon  nitrogen  under  various  conditions. 
It  was  found  that  the  metals  contained  in  uranium 
minerals  possess  a  peculiar  power  of  combining  with 
nitrogen.  LTranium  nitride  (LTsNi).  and  thorium  ni- 
tride (ThjN<)  were  obtained  as  distinct  stable  com- 
pounds. The  author  concludes  that  the  helium  pres- 
ent in  these  minerals  is  also  in  chemical  combination, 
but  no  proof  of  this  statement  has  as  yet  been  pres- 
ented. 


HYDROXYLAMINE  HYDRIODIDE,  the  hith- 
erto unknown  salt  of  hydroxylamine  and  hydriodic 
acid  (NH=  (OH)  .HI)  has  been  prepared  by  Wolffen- 
stein  and  Groll  (Ber.  d.  d.  chem.  Ges.)  by  treating  a 
solution  -of  2.8  grams  of  hydroxylamine  in  lOO  cc. 
water  with  a  molecular  weight  of  a  12.7  per  cent  solu- 
tion of  hydriodic  acid.  The  mixture  was  concentrated 
to  10  cc.  in  vacuum,  and  then  uried  over  phosphoric 
anhydride,  crystals  in  the  form  of  flat,  colorless  need- 
les being  obtained.  The  salt  may  be  recrystallized 
from  methyl  alcohol.  It  is  extremely  hygroscopic, 
and  is  rapidly  darkened  by  the  liberation  of  iodine 
when  warmed,  and  is  decomposed  with  explosive 
force  when  heated  to  83  or  84  degrees  C. 


SURGEON'S  LIGATURES  FROM  RAT  TAILS. 
— .'\ccording  to  E.  Jones  (Revue  Pharmaceutique), 
fine  and  strong  ligatures,  six  or  seven  inches  long, 
may  be  "'•epared  from  the  tendons  found  in  the  tail 
of  the  common  rat.  These  ligatures  are  said  to  be 
readily  absorbed  and  to  be  particularly  suitable  for 
use  in  delicate  operations. 


OUR  LETTER  BOX. 

We  >viMh  It  distinctly  understood  that  tills  de- 
liurtnient  Is  opt-u  to  everybody  (or  tlie  dis- 
cussion of  uny  subject  of  Interest  to  the 
druB  trade,  but  that  we  accept  uo  respousl- 
blllty  fur  the  views  and  ouluiuus  expressed 
by    coutrlbutors. 

Please  be  brief  and  always  sIku  your  name. 


HALF-STRENGTH    TlNCTl'RE. 

To  the  Editor:  The  experience  of  "Pharmakopole" 
as  elucidated  in  his  article  on  laudanum  in  your  issue 
of  Dec.  5,  is  in  all  probability  but  an  example  of  what 
druggists  might  relate  with  reference  to  many  com- 
monly used  poisons.  Even  doctors  have  been  known 
to  have  poisoned  patients  with  calomel  ointment,  but 
to  me  it  recalls  to  mind  the  havoc  played  among' 
horses  by  my  tincture  aconite  while  keeping  a  drug 
store  in  a  farming  community  out  west.  Hostlers 
thought  nothing  was  better  than  one  to  two  table- 
spoonfuls  of  aconite  for  a  sick  horse,  regardless  of 
what  the  symptoms  might  indicate.  After  unsuccess- 
fully remonstrating  with  many  of  these  farmers  in  ef- 
forts to  diminish  their  dosage,  I  began  to  dispense 
tincture  aconite  of  half  U.  S.  P.  strength,  which  gave 
excellent  satisfaction  among  the  farmers,  and  thereby, 
in  the  course  of  my  ten  years'  practice,  was  saved  the 
life  of  many  a  valuable  horse,  which  otherwise  would 
have  been  poisoned  at  the  first  symptom  of  indis- 
position. 

J.   BRYNILDSEN. 

Washington,  D.  C. 


AMMONIUM  ICHTHYOLATE  FROM  AS- 
PHALT.— A.  C.  McLaughlin  has  obtained  a  patent 
for  the  preparation  of  ammonium  ichthyol  sulphon- 
ate  from  asphalt.  In  this  process  the  asphalt  is  sub- 
jected to  destructive  distillation  and  the  distillate 
treated  with  strong  sulphuric  acid.  When  the  reac- 
tion is  complete,  the  liquid  separates  into  two  lay- 
ers; the  lower  darker  layer  containing  the  sulpho 
acids  is  then  separated  and  neutralized  with  ammo- 
nium carbonate,  forming  dark  impure  ammonium  ich- 
thyol sulphonate.  This  is  washed  with  petroleum 
ether,  dissolved  in  methyl  alcohol,  and  obtained  in  a 
purified  form  by  evaporating  the  solvent. 


DELICATE  TEST-PAPER.— An  extremely  sensi- 
tive test-paper  for  alkalis  has  been  invented  by  K. 
Dieterich  (Pharm.  Centralh).  It  is  said  to  be  capable 
of  indicating  minute  traces  of  alkalis,  as  little  as  1:1,- 
000,000  of  ammonia  being  detected.  It  is  prepared  by 
painting  an  alcoholic  solution  of  fluorescein  and  shel- 
lac upon  a  neutral  black  paper.  This  shows  in  the 
presence  of  the  least  trace  of  alkali  the  characteristic 
green  fluorescence.  The  inventor  has  applied  for  a 
patent  for  this  paper.  It  is  intended  for  the  use  of 
bacteriologists  and  food  analysts,  its  extreme  delicacy 
and  high  price  rendering  it  unsuitable  for  general  use. 


REMOVAL  OF  RANCID  TASTE  FROM  BUT- 
TER.— The  disagreeable  taste  and  odor  may  be  re- 
moved from  rancid  butter  it  is  said  by  melting,  as  in 
clarifying,  and  adding  to  the  liquid  fat  a  small  piece 
of  toasted  bread.  The  steam  evolved  from  the  bread 
carries  with  it  the  evil  smelling  compounds.  The  ma- 
terial may  then  be  poured  into  proper  receptacles  and 
cooled.  Butter  renovated  in  this  way  does  not  of 
course  regain  the  flavor  of  the  fresh  dairy  product. 


CINCHONA  ALKALOIDS— Goris  and  Reimers 
(Bull.  Sciences  Pharmacol.)  find  that  the  cinchona 
alkaloids  are  produced  in  the  leaves  of  the  plant,  and 
are  then  transported  to  the  stem,  branches  and  roots. 
In  the  root  they  are  stored  in  an  amorphous  condition. 
Strong  light  seems  to  hinder  the  formation  of  the 
alkaloids. 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1902. 


A  TIMELY  WARNING. 

By  DR.  J.  OHLY,  Denver,  Col. 

LIFE  is  not  an  easy  task.  Some  people  say  it  is 
short,  and  others,  who  find  it  too  long,  commit 
suicide.  Civilization  has  brought  about  condi- 
tions which  would  appear  almost  unbearable 
were  it  not  for  that  gift  of  nature  usually  called 
hope.  Many  a  man  becomes  a  simpleton,  while  wait- 
ing for  the  realization  of  his  expectations.  Long 
hours,  tedious  work,  small  pay,  and  vexatious  respon- 
sibility, often  augmented  without  apparent  reason, 
have  crippled  many  good  men  of  the  professions,  but 
among  them  all,  the  dispensers  of  medicine,  generally 
known  as  drug  clerks,  have  suffered  long  and  pa- 
tently, and  it  is  for  them  that  we  will  break  a  lance. 

On  entering  upon  his  career,  the  young  man,  who 
intends  to  give  his  time  to  the  drudgery  of  compound- 
ing medicines,  emulsions  and  liniments,  with  a  side 
issue  of  selling  tooth,  shoe  and  clothes  brushes,  must 
be  provided  with  a  high  school  education,  and  after 
looking  enthusiastically  into  the  future  for  a  while, 
with  occasional  glimpses  of  a  drug  store  of  his  own, 
a  wholesale  business  or  maybe  the  doctorate,  he  grad- 
ually cools  down  to  the  realization  of  actual  facts  and 
possibilities.  Four  years  of  experience  in  establish- 
ments devoted  to  the  compounding  and  dispensing 
of  phyicians'  prescriptions  and  the  attainment  of  the 
age  of  twenty-one,  qualify  him  in  most  of  the  States 
for  the  privilege  of  paying  the  usual  fee  of  five  dol- 
lars, so  as  to  be  admitted  to  a  certain  examination. 
Before  doing  so,  however,  he  is  obliged  to  answer 
a  number  of  questions  presented  to  him  in  a  sched- 
ule, and  referring  to  the  time  of  his  birth  and  the 
period  preceding  his  temporary  standing.  He  is  then 
entitled  to  "be  hauled  over  the  coals"  at  a  fixed  date, 
and  to  undergo  a  written  examination  in  materia 
medica,  chemistry,  pharmacy,  rewriting  prescriptions 
according  to  the  metric  system,  (using  directions  in 
Latin) — in  making  identifications  of  at  least  one  hun- 
dred samples  of  herbs,  roots,  leaves,  blossoms,  seeds, 
barks,  crystals,  powders  and  preparations,  and  in  writ- 
ing the  official  and  common  name  of  each  without 
abbreviation,  after  which  he  is  required  to  com- 
pound, label  and  check  a  half  dozen  prescriptions,  to 
be  finally  quizzed  on  the  medical  properties,  combi- 
nations, chemical  reactions,  and  resemblances  to  of- 
ficial preparations. 

Having  accomplished  this  rather  complicated  task 
to  the  satisfaction  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  he  can, 
if  his  appearance  is  prepossessing  and  his  demeanor 
suave,  gentle,  and  submissive,  obtain  by  good  luck 
a  position  in  a  drug  store,  which  will  bring  him  si.xty 
dollars  per  month  with  an  occasional  job  of  scrubbing 
the  floor  thrown  in.     (Colorado). 

The  written  examination  mentioned  above  is  wor- 
thy, however,  of  closer  scrutiny,  since  it  occasionally 
includes  things  marvelous  and  transcendental.  If, 
for  instance,  a  question  is  propounded  to  the  appli- 
cant relating  to  the  quality  of  the  "toxic"  effect  of 
plaster  of  Paris,  when  swallowed  in  large  doses,  the 
young  pharmacist  is  liable  to  be  stunned.  He  rea- 
lizes that  even  a  lunatic  could  not  swallow  a  pinch 
of  the  stuff  without  suffocating,  but  he  is  also  aware 
that  he  must  not  offend  the  fine  feelings  of  some  in- 
fluential member  of  the  Board,  who,  in  a  moment  of 
mental  aberration,  happened  to  strike  upon  this  cu- 
rious problem.  So  he  meditates  profoundly,  and  ran- 
sacks his  memory  for  a  plausible  explanation  of  the 
riddle,  and  maybe  tumbles  to  the  proper  solution, 
"mechanical  poisoning."  and  passes  the  examination 
with  flying  colors  in  consequence.  (Michigan).  Or 
the  auestion  is  asked:  "What  would  you  do,  if  a  baby 
swallowed  a  lead  pencil?"  Thereupon  the  candidate 
ponders  deeply,  realizing  that  neither  a  real  baby  nor 
a  real  man  can  possibly  swallow  a  lead  pencil  of  any 
len.gth,  but  finally,  and  for  similar  reasons  as  given 
above,  he  replies:  "Try  to  pull  it  out  with  a  forceps, 
if  not  gone  too  far  down  the  oesophagus:  apply  the 
stomach  pump;  or,  if  that  fails,  give  an  emetic,  pre- 


ferably apomorphine.  In  desperate  cases  call  the 
doctor."     (Missouri). 

Questions  referring  to  the  incompatibility  of  cer- 
tain chemicals  are  also  presented  to  the  applicant 
with  predilection,  but  appear  more  justifiable  than  the 
ecbolic  quizzes  mentioned  above.  Whether  sodium 
thiosulphate  can  be  mixed  with  potassium  permanga- 
nate \yithout  causing  undesirable  phenomena  to  ap- 
pear, is  one  of  the  questions  of  chronic  occurrence 
in  these  examinations,  while  others  like  the  mixing 
of  potassium  chlorate  and  sulphur  or  of  turpentine 
and  concentrated  nitric  acid  occur  with  surprising 
regularity. 

As  to  antidotes  there  is  usually  a  legion  of  ques- 
tions, though  the  successful  application  of  these  pre- 
ventives by  a  pharmacist  is  very  seldom  heard  of. 
Applicants  are  also  told  that  in  written  examinations 
the  mentioning  of  the  stomach  pump,  as  applied  in 
cases  of  poisoning,  is  considered  by  the  Board  as  an 
evasive  answer,  though  every  layman  knows  how  im- 
portant its  application  is  in  cases  of  this  character. 
Furthermore,  a  question  like  the  following:  "What 
is  the  antidote  in  case  of  poisoning  by  tartar  emetic?" 
must  necessarily  appear  as  "far  fetched"  when  consid- 
ering the  ready  emetic  effect  of  the  drug.  On  the 
other  hand  it  does  not  appear  quite  proper  to  require 
a  statement  from  an  applicant  as  to  the  manner  of 
collecting  and  curing  the  leaves  of  a  plant  like  digit- 
alis, since  he  can  hardly  have  any  knowledge  of  these 
operations,  except  accidentally,  and  cannot  apply  it, 
unless  he  establishes  a  digitalis  plantation  in  France 
or  Germany. 

Generally  speaking  chemistry  and  especially  the 
organic  branch  of  that  science  is  the  "bete  noire"  of 
the  aspiring  pharmacist,  and  a  precocious  applicant, 
who,  when  trying  to  pass  the  examination  on  this 
subject,  found  the  misprint  "chemisery"  instead  of 
"chemistry"  at  the  top  of  the  column  of  questions 
presented,  and  took  advantage  of  this  incident  by  de- 
claring that  a  science  of  that  name  did  not  exist  ac- 
cording to  his  knowledge,  but  that  the  study  of 
"chemistry"  had  caused  him  considerable  "misery," 
was,  according  to  tradition,  excused  and  allowed  to 
pass. 

The  life,  or  rather  existence  of  an  assistant  phar- 
macist of  the  age  of  eighteen  and  a  practical  expe- 
rience of  only  two  years,  is  as  a  rule  still  more  miser- 
able than  that  of  his  confrere.  Frequently  he  is 
obliged  to  perform  menial  work,  as  washing  the  shop 
windows  or  mopping  the  floor,  and  to  attend  to  the 
night  service,  when  he  is  known  among  his  colleagues 
as  the  "night-owl,"  or  "night-hawk,"  while  he  sleeps 
the  sleep  of  the  just  during  the  daytime,  to  be  on 
hand  again  for  his  nocturnal  vigil  in  the  evening. 
LTnder  such  abnormal  conditions  he  is  liable  to  resort 
to  hypnotics  and  stimulants,  especially  when  he  is  of  a 
weak  constitution,  and  to  contract  habits,  which  are 
frequently  but  erroneously  represented  as  peculiar  to 
and  characteristic  of  the  profession,  though  they  are 
readily  traced  to  the  enervating  service  imposed  upon 
him  by  his  employer.  The  latter  is  seldom  of  the 
humane  type,  and  cares  little  about  the  welfare  of  his 
subordinates,  as  long  as  he  finds  his  weekly  or  month- 
ly cash  account  in  normal  condition. 

There  are  cases  on  record,  however,  which  remind 
the  observer  painfully  of  a  lack  of  consideration  for 
the  fcllowman.  What  would  a  sympathetic  reader 
think  of  the  proprietor  of  a  drug  store,  who  induced 
a  young  assistant  to  travel  fifteen  hundred  miles 
across  country  to  take  charge  of  a  subordinate  posi- 
tion like  the  one  described  above,  and  to  discharge 
him  two  months  later  on  a  flimsy  pretext?  .-\nd  what 
would  the  verdict  of  the  public  be.  if  a  Board  of 
Pharmacy  which  proceeds  with  fastidious  severity  in 
the  examination  of  its  applicants,  is  found  to  be  len- 
ient enough  on  the  other  hand  to  allow  a  wealthy 
mining  man  to  "run"  a  drug  store,  with  the  result 
that  a  five-year-old  child  is  killed  by  an  overdose  of 
opium,  prescribed  for  curing  a  slight  cold? 

Only  strict  organization  of  the  pharmacists  can 
remedy  these  evils,  and  the  much  mooted  question  as 


January  2,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


to  examination  and  registration  at  a  certain  point, 
which  would  render  the  successful  candidate  fit  for  any 
position  in  the  States  as  assistant  or  principal  phar- 
macist, looms  up  again  in  consequence.  For  such 
whimsical  and  illegal  procedure,  as  given  above,  and 
taken  from  actual  occurrences,  have  a  reason,  and  are 
largely  based,  as  far  as  the  proprietors  of  drug  stores 
ae  concerned,  on  the  conviction,  that  the  supply  sur- 
passes the  demand.  Such  an  organization  ought  to 
be  of  a  "national"  character,  so  as  to  do  away  with 
the  preferment  in  an  underhand  manner  of  individuals 
native  to  a  certain  locality,  which  is  frequently  prac- 
ticed. As  cases  of  flagrant  abuse  come  to  the  sur- 
face day  by  day,  and  the  evil  grows  with  increasing 
vacillation,  the  necessity  of  establishing  a  "National 
Pharmacists'  Protective  Association"  becomes  more 
and  more  imperative,  and  its  inauguration  is  herewith 
recommended  to  the  serious  consideration  of  those 
interested  in  the  question. 


WHAT  SHOULD  BE  THE  ATTITUDE  OF  THE 
DRUGGIST  TOWARD  THE  SYMBOL  PRE- 
SCRIPTION HE  CANNOT  READ? 

JOSEPH  F.  HOSTELLEY,  Collingdale,  Pa. 

IT  is  common  knowledge  among  druggists  that  be- 
tween certain  physicians  and  their  favorite  phar- 
macies   there    exist    mutual    agreements    of    one 

character  or  another  whereby  monetary  compen- 
sation is  realized  by  the  prescribers  sending  prescrip- 
tions to  these  "controlled"  stores.  It  is  likewise  a 
well-accepted  fact  that  many  of  these  percentage  phy- 
sicians are  the  authors  of  cipher  prescriptions  which 
can  only  be  filled  at  the  stores  in  the  clique.  Very 
often,  however,  a  symbol  prescription  goes  astray 
and  falls  into  the  hands  of  the  "enemy" — the  unobli- 
gated druggist,  a  non-member  of  this  secret  society, 
ignorant  of  the  code.  Usually  the  promptings  of 
some  golden  principles  of  early  training,  or  some  oth- 
er influence,  actuates  this  man  to  surrender  the  hier- 
oglyphics to  the  presentee  with  the  assurance  that, 
while  he  "does  not  carry  in  stock  what  the  doctor 
designates,"  it  can  be  obtained  of  Mr.  Space,  the 
druggist  whose  name  appears  conspicuously  on  the 
prescription  blank.  Of  course  the  accuracy  of  this 
announcement  is  at  once  verified  by  the  patient.  And 
just  as  probably  the  patient  immediately  forms  a  men- 
tal estimate  of  Mr.  Space  as  a  druggist,  that  is  some- 
what to  the  discredit  of  his  unfortunate  competitor 
who  could  not  fill  a  prescription  so  easily  obtained 
at  another  pharmacy. 

Time  out  of  mind  the  writer  has  had  his  attention 
called  to  this  very  phase  of  the  percentage  injustice. 
And  invariably  the  narration  assumed  the  aspect  of  a 
problem  by  finishing  with  that  political  poser  of 
Tweed's  day:  "What  are  you  going  to  do  about  it?" 
The  writer  tentatively  offers  the  following  answer  to 
this  query. 

When  a  prescription  is  received  that  is  manifest- 
ly a  cipher  order  on  a  certain  pharmacy,  designated 
unmistakably  by  the  business  card  of  the  druggist 
printed  on  the  blank — let  the  recipient  of  the  pres- 
cription call  the  doctor  up  by  phone,  tell  him  that  one 
of  his  prescriptions  has  been  handed  in  for  some- 
thing, the  reading  of  which  is  puzzling,  and  that  a 
suggesti.on  will  be  appreciated  which  will  elucidate  the 
enigma.  Should  the  unknown  quantity  read  some- 
thing like  this:  "Pil  No.  702,"  the  druggist  might,  as 
a  subterfuge  to  gain  information,  request  the  name 
of  the  manufacturer  of  pill  No.  702.  Now.  should  the 
doctor,  in  order  to  preserve  the  secrecy  so  essential 
to  the  success  of  the  percentage  scheme,  discourage 
further  inquiry  by  simply  saying,  in  a  selection  of 
words  suited  to  his  mood,  that  the  pills  could  be  had 
of  Mr.  Space — then  let  the  druggist  approach  this 
man  for  the  exact  number  of  pills  prescribed,  and,  if 
accommodated,  dispense  the  same  promptly.  Never 
care  what  the  cost  may  be,  or  how  small  the  margin 
of  profit.     The  point  is  not  to  play  into  the  hands  of 


the  percentage  competitor,  by  letting  the  prescrip- 
tion leave  the  store,  to  be  filled  where  a  prestige  for 
knowledge  and  competence  will  be  gained  that  is  an 
unfavoraljle  commentary  upon  the  ability  of  the  first 
druggist.  Should  the  physician  appealed  to  politely 
decline  or  peremptorily  refuse  to  acquiesce  to  the 
druggist's  desire  for  inlormation,  let  the  druggist  tell 
the  patient  in  a  plain,  candid  statement  that,  for 
monetary  or  other  motives,  the  doctor  has  written 
a  prescription  in  symbols  or  characters  which  can  hi 
read  intelligently  by  only  one  druggist,  and  that  the 
doctor  has  just  refused  to  interpret  these  characters 
that  the  prescription  might  be  filled  where  the  pa- 
tient had  chosen  to  take  it.  Such  a  frank  presenta- 
tion of  facts  will  often  give  birth  to  some  mental  in- 
quiry on  the  part  of  the  customer  as  to  the  justice 
to  himself  in  such  a  course  of  action.  He  will  possi-" 
bly  wonder  why  he  should  not  be  as  much  at  liberty 
to  choose  his  druggist  as  to  select  a  doctor.  And  he 
may  question  the  propriety  of  allowing  himself  to  be 
made  the  butt  of  a  commercial  transaction.  If  the 
druggist  pleads  the  case  diplomatically,  in  many  in- 
stances the  verdict  will  not  favor  the  percentage  drug- 
gist to  the  discredit  of  the  former,  as  it  might  were 
silence  observed. 

Should  the  doctor  in  question  simoly  suggest  to  the 
druggist  making  the  inquiry  that  he  get  the  medica- 
ment from  Mr.  Space  to  fill  the  prescription,  and 
should  Mr.  Space  refuse  to  honor  the  request — then 
let  the  druggist  revise  the  text  of  the  statement  sug-- 
gested  to  suit  the  circumstances,  and  give  the  patient 
the  full  benefit  of  the  situation.  As  a  rule,  physicians 
writing  cipher  prescriptions  aim  to  keep  the  true  mo- 
tive of  this  practice  in  the  background.  And  such  an 
expose  as  suggested  may  have  a  salutary  effect. 

Some  druggists  may  argue  that,  all  things  consid- 
ered, it  is  better  to  let  a  cipher  prescription  go  to  its 
intended  destination  without  any  effort  being  made 
at  its  solution  or  its  dispensing.  The  writer  is  per- 
fectly willing  to  be  convinced  that  this  would  be  the 
preferable  and  proper  method  of  action,  but  neither 
in  experience  nor  observation  have  we  found  any 
precedent  established  that  would  justify  a  druggist 
letting  a  prescription  leave  his  store  without  an 
effort  being  made  to  fill  it.  Most  people  view  the 
filling  of  a^prescription  as  either  a  peculiar  privilege 
or  an  obligation.  Any  delinquency  on  the  part  of  the 
druggist  in  the  matter  often  creates  a  doubt  as  to 
the  qualifications  of  the  man  for  his  position.  Un- 
fortunately, public  sentiment,  particularly  in  the  unit, 
is  not  always  freighted  with  consideration  or  justice. 
And  the  druggist  must  deal  with  people  of  divers 
opinions,  moods  and  minds.  An  occurrence  that 
one  person  would  accept  without  question  or  com- 
ment, many  would  think  a  subject  for  explanation  or 
gossip.  With  these  features  of  the  percentage  prob- 
lem in  mind,  we  ask:  Is  it  not  well  for  the  druggist 
to  avoid  unfavorable  impressions  in  the  minds  of  the 
public,  to  please  customers,  if  possible,  in  every  par- 
ticiflar— especially  in  matters  that  effect  or  encourage 
prescriptions? 


STEMS  IN  CLOVES.— The  presence  of  ground 
stems  in  powdered  cloves  may,  according  to  the  An- 
alyst, be  shown  by  testing  for  chlorophyl,  the  buds 
containing  none  of  this  green  coloring  niatter._  In 
applying  the  test,  a  small  quantity  of  the  material  is 
shaken  in  a  test  tube  with  alcohol,  and  after  the  sedi- 
ment has  been  allowed  to  settle,  the  spectrum  of  the 
tincture  is  examined  for  the  characteristic  bands  of 
chlorophyl. 


CAROLINIUM,  A  NEW  ELEMENT  has  been 
found  by  C.  Baskerville  (Journ.  Am.  Chem.  Soc.)  in 
monazite  sand  associated  with  thorium.  It  appears 
to  be  a  tctravalent  element,  having  an  atomic  weight 
much  higher  than  that  of  thorium,  probably  lying 
between  260  and  280. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERa. 


[January  2,  190?. 


ABOUT  JUVENILE  CUSTOiMERS. 

By  J.S.  STOWELL,  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y. 

"Out  of  the  mouths  of  babes  and  sucklings,  Thou 
hast  ordained  praise." 

I  am  not  making  this  passage  of  Scripture  the 
text  for  a  sermon,  for  I  am  not  undertaking  to 
preach  at  this  time.  I  am,  however,  going  to  make 
it  the  basis  of  a  short  talk  along  certain  lines. 

Being  the  part-owner  of  a  drug  store,  and  stand- 
ing behind  the  counter  daily  coming  in  touch  with 
humanity,  young  and  old,  I  venture  this  conviction: 
I  find  that  it  pays  to  give  especial  attention  to  the 
juvenile  patrons  of  the  store.  Their  mere  youth  does 
not  justify  you  in  disregarding  them,  nor  does  their 
tender  years  brand  them  as  insignificant.  They  are 
going  to  grow  and  as  they  merge  into  manhood  and 
womanhood,  they  will  likely  become  steady  and  pro- 
fitable customers.  But  even  in  their  younger  days, 
it  does  not  pay  to  slight  them.  The  little  word  of 
salutation  or  the  growl  of  complaint  is  usually  car- 
ried home  to  the  parents,  and  may  have  much  to  do 
with  deciding  whether  they  will  get  their  medicinal 
necessities   of  you  or  not. 

Mothers  like  to  have  you  notice  their  babies,  and 
fathers  are  always  pleased  to  hear  complimentary 
remarks  about  their  children.  Reach  the  parents 
through  their  offspring.  This  is  legitimate  and  efifec- 
tual. 

These  little  customers  are  the  best  advertising 
medium  you  can  employ.  Treat  them  kindly  and  out 
of  their  mouths  you  will  have  ordained  praise.  Per- 
haps an  incident  or  two  will  tend  to  clinch  the  argu- 
ment I   adduce. 

I  recall  a  little  fellow  who  came  to  the  .store  one 
■day  to  have  a  prescription  compounded.  I  afterward 
learned  that  he  lived  a  considerable  distance  away. 
The  weather  was  extremely  cold,  and  my  youthful 
patron  was  nearly  benumbed.  In  fact  so  cold  was  he 
that  he  actually  cried.  I  lost  no  time  in  seating  him 
close  to  the  store.  I  then  drew  him  a  cup  of  hot 
chocolate  which  he  sipped  while  I  was  preparing 
the  medicine.  I  thought  no  more  of  this  incident 
until  one  day  a  gentleman  whom  I  was  serving  re- 
minded me  of  the  kindness  that  I  had  shown  his  lit- 
tle boy.  The  whole  transaction  had  been  gone  over 
by  the  little  fellow  as  soon  as  he  reached  home.  I 
had  made  a  customer  for  my  store  and  at  the  same 
time  secured  an  advertisement  which  cost  me  prac- 
tically nothing. 

I  have  in  mind  a  little  girl  who  is  a  frequent 
visitor  at  the  store — I  always  have  a  little  chat  with 
her,  and  am  greatly  taken  with  her  old-fashioned  ways 
and  observe  with  much  interest  the  eflfort  she  makes 
to  entertain  me.  Because  of  the  attention  I  paid  to 
her  she  very  promptly  reported  me  to  her  mother, 
who  in  turn  told  me  of  the  kind  regard  which  the 
little  one  had  for  me.  Thus  I  secured  an  audience 
with  the  mother  and  as  a  matter  of  fact  both  parents 
are  regular  patrons  of  the  store. 

I  might  cite  other  instances  of  a  similar  nature 
but  the  same  principle  would  predominate.  I  repeat 
the  exhortation — have  a  kind  word  for  the  little  tot 
and  you  will  be  amply  repaid.  If  you  are  a  druggist 
in  a  country  town,  I  invite  you  to  walk  through  the 
streets  of  your  village  and  note  the  greetings  which 
will  be  accorded  you  by  your  youthful  patrons.  You 
will    hear   salutations    like    these:    "How    do   you   do, 

Mr.    • ."     "Oh,    there's    Mr.    ."     "Why,    that's 

the  drug  store  man."  "Oh,  there  goes  our  drug- 
gist," etc.  Be  convinced  of  this.  You  will  be  recog- 
nized and  looked  up  to  by  these  little  folks  while  the 
older  ones  will  pass  you  by. 

SCHISTIOL,  sulphoschistiolate  of  ammonium  is  a 
product  extracted  from  bituminous  rocks  which  are 
found  in  abundance  in  the  department  of  I'Ain.  It 
is  obtained  in  the  form  of  a  dark  brown  mass  having 
the  odor  of  the  schists  from  which  it  is  derived.  It 
has  been  recommended  for  the  treatment  of  tuber- 
culosis and  various  affections  of  the  skin. 


SUGGESTION  FOR  A  PRESORIPTION  FILE. 

By  ANTHONY  ERTEL,  Hempstead,  L.  I. 

A  great  deal  of  interest  is  at  present  centered  on 
a  practical  prescription  file.  The  old  wire  is  cum- 
bersome and  dirty,  and  the  old  method  of  pasting 
in  books  totally  inadequate;  they  are  both  inconven- 
ient to  handle,  occupy  considerable  space  on  the 
prescription  table,  and  when  stored  in  some  unusual 
place  are  nothing  more  or  less  than  dirt  traps. 

The  writer  here  advances  a  suggestion  toward 
the  realization  of  a  really  satisfactory,  neat,  simple, 
and  compact  file,  and  method  of  disposition  and  care. 
The  method  is  one  which  the  writer  has  personally 
used  for  over  ten  years,  and  which  has  been  proved 
to  be  practical  and  to  entail  a  minimum  of  cost. 

On  the  desk  use  an  ordinary  spindle  file.  Number 
each  prescription  carefully  on  the  lower  right  hand 
corner,  and  place  on  the  file  about  three-quarters  of 
an  inch  from  the  top,  so  that  the  perforation  will  not 
damage  the  prescription  in  the  least.  When  one  or 
two  hundred  prescriptions  have  accumulated,  they 
are  removed  from  the  file  in  bunches  of  one  hundred, 
and  placed  on  the  desk  face  upward — that  is,  the 
largest  numbers  appear  on  the  top  as  on  the  file. 
They  are  then  made  into  books  of  lOO  each,  using  a 
heavy  manilla  paper  to  form  a  cover.  Through  this 
cover  force  an  ordinary  brass  fastener  (McGill's), 
place  the  prescriptions  on  this,  one  at  a  time,  begin- 
ning with  the  largest  number,  so  that  when  com- 
plete they  appear  as  a  book  with  the  smallest  num- 
bers on  the  top;  bring  top  cover  over  and  bind  with 
fastener;  this  completes  one  book.  Ten  such  books 
mel  are  applied;  when  dry  they  are  mounted  on  the 
top,  so  that  when  stood  upright  in  the  box  the  con- 
tents of  each  book  can  be  seen  at  a  glance. 

For  a  box  we  use  an  ordinary  St.  Jacob's  oil 
box,  which  we  get  from  our  jobber  for  the  asking, 
so  that  the  cost  is  small.  These  boxes  are  sandpa- 
pered on  one  end,  and  then  two  coats  of  white  ena- 
mel are  applied  when  dry  they  are  numbered  on  the 
face  and  placed  on  a  convenient  shelf  near  at  hand. 

When  a  prescription  is  wanted  for  re-filling  it  is 
quickly  located,  and  is  always  in  good  condition,  the 
books  when  opened  leave  only  one  prescription  in 
view,  leaving  the  back  of  the  opposite  one  clear  for 
penning  any  remarks  necessary,  which  often  occurs; 
it  also  lessens  the  chances  of  filling  one  prescription 
for  the  other,  or  the  using  of  some  one  ingredient 
for  another.  The  prescriptions  are,  moreover,  al- 
ways  clean,  and  as  originally  received. 

The  box  forms  a  very  convenient  paper  weight 
when  it  is  necessary  to  refill  a  prescription;  it  takes 
up  but  very  little  room,  and  is  quickly  replaced. 

This  method  is  durable,  protective,  and  very  neat; 
it  affords  a  means  of  selecting  the  desired  prescrip- 
tion in  a  minimum  of  time,  its  construction  is  simple, 
and  the  cost  small,  as  the  complete  file  of  one  thou- 
sand will  cost  about  five  cents. 

Quite  a  number  of  these  boxes  can  be  rested  on 
appropriate  shelves  or  in  a  closet.  Each  box  being 
painted  white  and  numbered  in  black,  the  desired 
prescription  can  be  located  at  a  glance,  thus  avoid- 
ing not  only  loss  of  time,  but  the  trouble  of  a  search 
through  a  dusty  file  or  book;  the  prescription  will 
always  be  found  clean  and  neat,  just  as  it  should  be 
kept. — Merck's  Beport. 


POWDER  FOR  CLE.\NING  GLOVES.— The 
following  recipe  for  a  glove  cleaning  mixture  appears 
in  the  British  and  Colonial  Druggist: 

Terre   aUba    2  ounces. 

Orri.s   root   in   powder    1  ounce. 

Curd  soap  in  powder  H  ounce. 

Powdered    bor.-^x     %  ounce. 

Sal    ammoniac     1  dram. 

!Mix:  Wipe  the  gloves  with  a  damp  cloth  and 
then  apply  the  powder  with  slight  friction;  dry,  and 
then  brush  ofT. 


January  2,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


SHOP  TALK. 


An  uptown  druggist  who  is  a  very  successful  ad- 
vertiser and  who,  by  the  way,  writes  his  own  ads,  on 
being  asked  how  he  started  his  advertising,  said: 
"The  possibiUties  of  advertising  had  never  appealed 
to  me  until  my  attention  was  called  to  its  advantages 
quite  by  accident.  I  was  having  a  sliow  window  put 
in  my  store  and  the  men  who  were  putting  the  glass 
in  left  some  putty  in  the  window  whicli  was  to  be 
used  for  flowers.  Later  the  ice  man  left  a  piece  of 
ice  weighing  about  a  hundred  pounds,  and  as  the  re- 
frigerator had  not  arrived,  he  put  it  in  the  window. 
Then  one  of  the  clerks  came  along  and  stuck  the  putty 
on  top  of  the  ice,  a  cigar  stump  in  the  meantime,  in 
some  mysterious  way.  having  been  stuck  into  the 
putty.  The  porter,  cleaning  up,  came  by,  and  found  a 
tumbler  which  he  inverted  over  the  putty  and  cigar. 
From  the  outside  it  was  a  curious  sight  indeed,  and  a 
man  who  was  passing  turned  to  a  man  leaning  against 
a  mail  box  and  asked  him  what  it  was.  The  man 
thus  interrogated  happened  to  have  a  keen  sense  of 
humor,  and  seeing  a  chance  to  have  a  little  fun  told 
the  questioner  that  the  object  under  the  glass  was  a 
'segarling.'  a  rare  insect  from  South  -A.mcrica,  and 
that  if  he  would  wait  he  would  have  the  satisfaction 
of  seeing  the  creature  walk  around  the  ice  a  perform- 
ance that  it  indulged  in  once  every  hour.  The  man 
thus  enlightened  could  not  keep  a  good  thing  to  him- 
self and  told  a  friend  who  was  passing:  he  stopped 
to  see  the  thing  walk  and  the  two  communicated  the 
information  to  others.  The  result  was  that  twenty 
minutes  later  it  took  three  policemen  to  clear  the 
sidewalk  of  a  crowd  of  curious  people  waiting  to  see 
the  segarling  walk.  Of  course  I  was  annoyed  at  the 
time  and  felt  some  resentment  towards  the  man  who 
had  caused  the  trouble  but  when  the  advantage  of 
working  on  the  curiosity  of  the  public  occurred  to  me 
I  determined  to  give  them  some  attractive  ads,  and  at 
the  same  time,  forgive  the  humorist.  I  went  to  work 
and  in  two  years  my  business  has  more  than  doubled 
itself.  However,  I  would  not  advise  anyone  to  resort 
to  fake  advertising  to  increase  his  business.  Appeal 
to  the  public  curiosity  if  you  like,  but  give  them 
something   of   interest   to   satisfy   it." 


The  number  of  attractively  gotten  up  windows  just 
now  is  legion,  and  it  is  interesting  to  note  how  some 
of  the  old  time  remedies  are  being  sold  through  the 
use  of  a  little  catchy  advertising.  One  clerk  who 
has  his  employer's  interest  at  heart  has  emptied  a 
bucket  of  horehound  candy  in  the  window  in  plain 
view  of  the  passer  by.  This  of  itself  would  not  at- 
tract much  attention,  as  it  has  been  done  the  same 
way  for  years,  but  the  clerk  has  a  neatly  printed  card 
in  the  window  to  keep  the  candy  company.  This  card 
is  changed  every  day  or  so,  and  it  is  perfectly  natural 
for  people  passing  to  look  in  for  something  new. 
The  first  placard  had  this  printed  on  it  in  large  let- 
ters: "NOW  SEE  HERE:  STOP  TH.\T  COUGH 
BEFORE  THE  COUGH  STOPS  YOU:  AN 
OUNCE  OF  PREVENTION  IS  WORTH  A 
POUND  OF  CURE:  WE  HAVE  THE  PREVEN- 
TION RIGHT  HERE  IN  THE  WINDOW.  IN 
OUNCES  OR  POUNDS;  FOUR  OUNCES  FOR 
FIVE  CENTS.  ONLY  FIFTEEN  CENTS  FOR 
ONE  POUND."  The  result  of  this  window  adver- 
tising is  that  one  man  is  kept  busy  putting  up  the 
candy  in  five-cent  packages  as  that  size  is  sold  most- 
ly. A  few  days  later  this  clerk  had  another  sign 
in  the  window  as  follows:  "SMALLPOX.  The  men- 
tion of  the  dread  disease  is  enough  to  scare  the  aver- 
age person  into  fits;  yet  it  is  not  any  more  to  be 
feared  than  a  coreh  that  mav  carrv  vou  nn  to  con- 
sumption. HOREHOUND  CANDY  WILL  STOP 
THE  MOST  OBSTINATE  COUGH  AND  WILL 
NOT    MAKE    YOU    DROWSY    AFTERWARDS" 


The  proprietor  said  the  sale  of  the  simple  remedy 
was  so  phenomenal  that  he  feared  to  tell  anyone  what 
his  profits  were— they  would  not  believe  him 


New  vLrJ  ?,°"^"^^t'°n  with  a  progressive  up-town 
sematke  L^  H™^"1  '!"=  °"^"  d^y-  the  Era  repre- 
a  four  onn.  1°/!?  °^"'^  customers  ask  the  price  of 
fifteen  ;.t  "'u'^   °^   ='''''°'"   °''-     ^hen   told   that 

fifteen  cents  was  the  sum  when  the  druggist  furnished 

le  nl?.?;" '  V^  '1''°"""'  =^'d  "I  wo?ld  like  a  bot- 
tle, please.  Then  the  customer  told  the  druggist  how 
he  had  gone  mto  Blank's  drug  store  and  ordered  I 
four-ounce  bottle  of  the  oil  and  was  asked  to  pay 
twenty-five  cents  for  it.     He  said  he  did  not  wishYt 

h  s  .=  r""  """u  f  "r^^l*"  ^°  °"'  °f  'he  store,  but 
just  as  he  reached  the  door  the  druggist  called  out 
do  you  want  me  to  give  it  to  you?"  "Now  "  said  the 
customer,  'I  have  been  buying  my  drugs  from  Blank 
for  a  long  time  and  always  thought  his  prices  were 
ow  as  those  of  anyone  else,  for  hehad  marked  down 
the  prices  of  patent  medicines,  but  I  happened  to 
know  other  druggists  were  selling  four-ounce  bottles 
of  castor  oil  for  fifteen  cents  per  bottle.  I  suppose  all 
drugs  I  have  bought  there  have  been  at  excessive 
prices,  but  I  shall  know  where  not  to  go  after  this  " 

fhe  customer^  left  the  store  with  a  satisfied  look 
and  one  of  — -  s  cards  in  his  parcel  and  then  the 
druggist  turned  to  the  Era  man  and  said:  "I  have  to 
look  out  for  this  sort  of  thing  all  the  time  and  am 
very  careful  to  instruct  my  clerks  to  always  charge 
the  same  price  for  an  article;  we  keep  a  price  list  of 
all  drugs,  and  preparations  made  by  us,  on  a  con- 
venient shelf  and  every  customer  gets  the  same  quan- 
tity and  quality  of  any  article  at  the  same  price.  I 
do  not  suppose  Blank  meant  to  overcharge  his  cus- 
tomer but  you  see  he  has  lost  his  trade.  There  was 
no  excuse,  however,  for  him  to  insult  the  customer 
by  asking  him  if  he  wanted  the  oil  given  to  him 
1  always  buy  the  best  qiiality  of  drugs  and  all  goods 
I  sell,  and  have  one  price  for  everybody.  I  occa- 
sionally have  complaints  but  am  usually  able  to  satisfy 
customers  before  they  leave." 


Druggists  of  St.  Paul— as.  no  doubt,  of  other 
cities— are  softly  chuckling  to  themselves  in  the  cases 
where  'pay"  telephones  have  been  put  into  their 
stores.  Probably  the  most  valuable  free  service  rend- 
ered by  drug  men  is  granting  the  use  of  their  tele- 
phones "without  money  and  without  price."  It  is 
amusing,  now,  to  see  a  customer  amble  into  a  store 
expecting  to  use  the  hello  box  "for  nothin'  "  to  be 
confronted  with  a  machine  which  calls  for  the  drop- 
ping of  a  dime  or  nickel.  The  shade  of  disappoint- 
ment appearing  on  the  face  of  that  customer  is  heart 
rending.  Meanwhile  the  proprietor  of  the  store  has 
in  his  private  office  a  telephone  of  the  good  old  no- 
pay  sort  which  he  keeps  for  his  own  use  and  that  of 
a  few  kind  friends  and  profitable  patrons. 


One  of  the  up-town  New  York  drug  stores  recent- 
ly had  a  window  display  which  attracted  more  than 
the  usual  number  of  passers-by.  The  window  was 
filled  with  nursery  requisites  and  baby  foods,  pacifiers, 
nursing  bottles,  etc.,  etc..  well  arranged.  A  large  sign 
with  these  words:  " '.An  old  saw  for  suckers'.  The 
little  ones"  was  placed  over  the  display.  There  was 
little  trouble  in  dressing  the  window  and  it  was  inex- 
pensive. It  caused  people  to  look  in  the  store,  how- 
ever, and  got  new  customers  and  that  was  what  the 
druggist  wanted. 

Over  a  West  End  drug  store  in  Boston  is  the  sign 
".Apothecarist."  It  is  an  antiquated  looking  place  and 
the  owner  does  not  even  carry  ci.gars  and  the  like  in 
stock.  He  does  not  believe  in  using  such  things  and 
thinks  that  no  one  else  ought  to  do  so.  There  are  no 
special  outward  signs  of  exceptional  prosperity  about 
this  store. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1903. 


HOUSEHOLD  TESTS  FOR  THE  DETECTION 
OF  OLEOMARGARINE  AND  RENO- 
VATED BUTTER. ' 

By  G.  E.  PATRICK  (Assistant  in  the  Division  of 
Chemistry). 

Itioiiovnted   or   Process   Butter, 

OLEOMARGARINE  is  no  longer  a  novehy 
to  Americans;  its  composition  and 
method  of  manufacture  have  become  com- 
mon knowledge.  Renovated  or  "process" 
butter,  on  the  other  hand,  having  been  intro- 
duced in  a  large  way  hardly  more-  than  five  or  si.x 
years,  and  being  retailed  usually  without  other  desig- 
nation than  the  general  one  of  "butter,"  is  as  yet 
hardly  known  to  the  general  public.  All  grades  of  it 
— good,  indiflferent,  and  bad — are  met  with  in  our  mar- 
kets. The  better  grades  of  it  are  made  from  miscel- 
laneous assortments  of  "country  butter,"  mainly  "far- 
mers' rolls,"  produced  by  individual  farmers  remote 
from  creameries  and  sold  or  exchanged  at  the  coun- 
try stores,  this  material  being  treated  or  "processed," 
as  the  term  is,  while  still  fresh  or  relatively  so.  The 
poorer  grades  result  from  the  treatment  of  inferior 
raw  material;  for  example,  the  aforesaid  "country  but- 
ter," or  any  other  kind  of  butter,  which,  by  too  long 
keeping,  by  abuse  in  regard  to  temperature,  or  by 
unfavorable  surroundings,  has  sufifered  great  dete- 
rioration. Experience  has  shown  that  only  a  poor  ar- 
ticle of  renovated  butter  can  be  produced  from  rancid 
"stock." 

llow  RenoTated  or  "Process"  Butter  is  Made. 

The  process  may  be  briefly  outlined  as  follows: 
Melting  of  the  butter  and  settling  of  the  curd  and 
brine,  skimming  off  of  froth  and  scum,  drawing  off 
and  discarding  of  the  curd  and  brine,  blowing  of  air 
through  the  molten  fat  to  remove  faulty  odors,  mix- 
ing of  milk  very  thoroughly  with  the  molten  fat,  rapid 
cooling  and  "granulaing"  of  this  mixture  by  running 
it  into  ice-cold  water,  draining  and  ripening  of  the 
granulated  mass  for  a  number  of  hours,  salting  and 
working  out  of  the  excess  of  milk,  packing  or  making 
into  prints. 

By  this  process,  when  used  upon  comparatively 
fresh  raw  material,  butters  of  low  grade  are  materially 
improved,  the  farmer's  revenue  is  increased,  values  are 
enhanced — in  short,  a  good  thing  is  done.  Harm  be- 
gins only  when  the  renovated  is  sold  for  the  genuine 
(that  is,  the  original)  article,  for  they  are  not  the 
same  thing.  While  the  fats  in  the  two  are  practically 
the  same  chemically,  the  nitrogenous  portions  are 
not.  Moreover,  since  the  article  known  now  and  for 
ages  past  as  "butter"  is  an  article  known  now  and  for 
whose  manufacture  is  the  churning  of  cream,  it  is 
evident  that  the  product  of  an  elaborate  subsequent 
process,  a  process  entirely  foreign  to  the  manufac- 
ture of  "butter,"  should  be  designated  by  a  distinctive 
name. 

llow  to   UisHnsnisU    Genuine    Bntter    From    Reno- 
vated, and  Bolli   From  Oleoniarftarlne. 

Several  of  the  States  have  already  enacted  laws 
requiring  the  distinctive  branding  or  labeling  of  the 
new  product  when  offered  for  sale,  and  as  a  conse- 
quence chemists  have,  during  the  last  year  or  two, 
devoted  considerable  study  to  methods  for  distinguish- 
ing between  the  genuine  and  the  renovated  article. 
One  of  the  results  of  such  study  is  the  method  of 
Hess  and  Doolittle  (published  in  igoo),  which  is  based 
upon  the  difference  in  the  relative  proportions  of  al- 
bumin and  so-called  "casein,"  as  well  as  the  different 
properties  of  the  latter,  existing  in  the  two  products. 
But  as  this  is  distinctly  a  laboratory  method,  quite  in- 
applicable in  the  household,  it  will  not  be  dwelt  upon 
here. 

Another  useful  method,  of  the  nature  of  a  prelim- 

•Farmers'  Bulletin,  No.  131,  U.  S.  Department  of  Agri- 
culture 

•'Also  known  locally  In  New  England  as  "sterilized" 
l)Uttcr. 


inary  test,  is  that  of  microscopic  examination  by 
polarized  light,  with  and  without  the  selenite  plate; 
but  for  the  reason  just  stated,  this,  too,  will  be 
passed  with  a  bare  mention.  So  also  with  various 
chemical  tests  and  the  regular  chemical  analysis  of 
the  fats. 

Honseliold  Tests. 

The  Boiling  Test. — .\nother  important  means  em- 
ployed in  distmguishing  between  genuine  and  reno- 
vated butter  is  the  boiling  test.  This  test  was  first 
mentioned  in  scientific  lirerature  by  Dr.  Henry  Leff- 
mann,  who  states  (.Report  of  State  Board  of  Agri- 
culture of  Pennsylvania  for  1892,  p.  121J  that  it  was 
shown  to  him  by  a  Mr.  Morris,  a  detective  in  oleo- 
margarine prosecutions.  It  has  been  m  use  about  ten 
years,  and  was  originally  used  only  for  the  detection 
of  oleomargarine;  but  after  the  advent  of  renovated 
butter  the  test  was  found  to  serve  almost  equally  well 
in  distinguishing  this  product  from  genuine  butter. 
Therefore,  this  test  distinguishes  between  genuine 
butter  on  the  one  hand  and  oleomargarine  and  reno- 
vated butter  on  the  other;  and,  fortunately,  it  is  so 
simple  of  execuion  that  it  can  be  employed  in  any 
kitchen  almost  as  well  as  in  the  laboratory,  and  re- 
quires no  special  skill  on  the  part  of  the  operator. 
It  consists  merely  in  boiling  briskly  a  small  portion 
of  the  sample  and  observing  its  behavior  the  while. 

In  the  kitchen  the  test  may  be  conducted  as  fol- 
lows: Using  as  the  source  of  heat  an  ordinary  kero- 
sene lamp,  turned  low  and  with  chimney  off,  melt  the 
sample  to  be  tested  (a  piece  the  size  of  a  small  chest- 
nut) in  an  ordinary  tablespoon,  hastening  the  process 
by  stirring  with  a  splinter  of  wood  (for  example,  a 
match).  Then,  increasing  the  heat,  bring  to  as  brisk 
a  boil  as  possible,  and  after  the  boiling  has  begun, 
stir  the  contents  of  the  spoon  thoroughly,  not  neg- 
lecting the  outer  edges,  two  or  three  times  at  inter- 
vals during  the  boiling — always  shortly  before  the 
boiling  ceases.  In  the  laboratory  a  test  tube,  a  spoon, 
or  sometimes  a  small  tin  dish,  is  used  in  making  this 
test.  From  the  last-named  utensils  the  test  is  often 
called  the  "spoon  test,"  and  sometimes  the  "pan  test." 
A  gas  flame,  if  available,  can  be  used  perhaps  more 
conveniently  than  a  kerosene  lamp. 

Oleomargarine  and  renovafed  butter  boil  noisily, 
sputtering  (more  or  less)  like  a  mixture  of  grease 
and  water  when  boiled,  and  produce  no  foam,  or  but 
very  little.  Renovated  butter  produces  usually  a  very 
small  amount. 

Genuine  butter  boils  usually  with  less  noise,  and 
produces  an  abundance  of  foam. 

The  difference  in  regard  to  foam  is  very  marked, 
as  a  rule.  Rarely,  a  butter  is  found  which  yields  an 
uncertain  result;  such  a  butter  should  receive  the 
benefit  of  the  doubt.* 

The  Waterhouse  Test. — This  test  for  the  detection 
of  oleomargarine  was  devised  by  Mr.  C.  H.  Water- 
house,  dairy  instructor  at  the  New  Hampshire  College 
of  Agriculture  and  Mechanic  Arts,  not  long  before 
his  death,  in  the  Summer  of  1900.  Previous  to  his 
sickness  he  described  the  test  to  Prof.  C.  L.  Parsons, 
of  the  same  college,  requesting  him  to  submit  it  to 
trial.  This  Professor  Parsons  has  done,  finding  it 
entirely  reliable  so  far  as  his  trials  extended,  and  the 
result,  together  with  a  description  of  the  test,  was 
published  in  the  March  number  of  the  Journal  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society  (p.  200). 

Following  is  Professor  Parsons's  description  of 
the  test,  with  comments  by  him: 

Half  fill  a  100  cc.  beaker  with  sweet  milk,  heat 
nearly  to  boiling,  and  add  from  5  to  10  grams  of  but- 
ter or  oleomargarine.  Stir  with  a  small  rod,  which 
is  preferably  of  wood,  and  about  the  size  of  a  match, 
until  the   fat  is   melted.    The   beaker  is   then   placed 

•A  very  few  sample.":  of  "ladlPid"  butter  have  been  ob- 
served in"  this  laboratory  to  yield  a  rather  scanty  foam. 
"Ladled"  butter  Is  the  product  obtained  by  worlcing  to- 
gether, and  washing  at  the  same  time,  several  different 
lots  of  "country  butter."  coloring  the  whole  to  a  uniform 
shade.  The  best  grade  is  sometimes  sold  for  ta,ble  use, 
lower  grade.?  go  for  coolclng;  but  it  is  becoming  less  and 
less  abundant  in  the  market,  especially  the  lower  grades, 
since  it  is  being  largely  replaceii  by  renovated  or     pro- 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


in  cold  water  and  the  milk  stirred  until  the  tempera- 
ture falls  sufficiently  for  the  fat  to  congeal.  At  this 
point  the  fat,  if  oleomargarine,  can  easily  be  collected 
together  into  one  lump  by  means  of  the  rod,  while, 
if  butter,  it  will  granulate  and  can  not  be  so  collected. 
The  distinction  is  very  marked. 

The  stirring  is  not,  of  necessity,  continuous  during 
the  cooling,  but  it  should  be  stirred  as  the  fat  is 
solidifying  and  for  a  short  time  before. 

The  milk  should  be  well  mixed  before  being  turned 
into  the  beaker,  as  otherwise  cream  may  be  turned 
from  the  top  and  contain  so  much  butter-fat  that  the 
test  is  vitiated  for  oleomargarine. 

In    conclusion,    Professor    Parsons    says: 

While  the  small  number  of  samples  (21)  of  oleo 
to  which  the  test  has  been  applied  will  not  allow  of  a 
positive  statement  of  its  universal  application,  I  am 
convinced  from  my  own  experience  that  it  will  prove 
of  value,  especially  in  the  hands  of  revenue  agents  and 
others  employed  in  detecting  illegal  sales  of  oleomar- 
garine, as  it  may  materially  lessen  the  number  of  sam- 
ples to  be  sent  forward  for  the  final  proof  of  chemi- 
cal analysis.  If  this  test  is  found  to  be  of  use,  it 
should  be  known  as  the  Waterhouse  test. 

liepartiiient   Kxperiments   AVith   fhe   AVa-terlionse 
Test. 

This  remarkable  and  simple  test,  in  a  slightly  mod- 
ified form  adapted  to  household  conditions,  has  been 
quite  carefully  studied  in  the  chemical  laboratory  of 
the  Department  of  Agriculture,  with  the  result  of  find- 
ing that  while  oleomargarine  gathers  in  the  manner 
stated  by  Professor  Parsons  (except  when  cooled  very 
rapidly  indeed,  as  by  a  large  quantity  of  ice  water, 
when  it' granulates  instead  of  gathering),  renovated 
butter  also  gathers,  but  is  prevented  from  so  doing 
and  made  to  granulate  by  a  less  rapid  cooling,  as  by 
using  a  smaller  quantity  of  ice  water;  and,  finally, 
that  some  samples  of  genuine  butter,  or  presumably 
genuine  butter,  purchased  as  such  in  the  open  market, 
will  gather  when  cooled  very  slowly  by  means  oi 
water  only  moderately  cold  and  when  partially  skim- 
med milk  is  used  in  the  test. 

These  facts  make  it  evident  that  in  using  the  Wa- 
terhouse test  extreme  care  is  essential  in  regard  to 
rapidity  of  cooling  if  oleomargarine  is  to  be  dis- 
tinguished from  renovated  butter.  We  have,  how- 
ever, found  it  quite  possible  to  make  this  distinction 
with  a  high  degree  of  certainty  by  controlling  the 
rapidity  of  cooling  by  means  of  ice  and  a  limited 
amount  of  ice  water,  as  well  as  by  a  uniform  method 
in  regard  to  the  stirring. 

The   Watrrhonse   Test,   at    Ice-^Vater   Temperature, 
Adapted    to    Honseliold    Conditlous. 

The  household  adaptation  of  the  test  which  we 
here  present  has  given  us  excellent  satisfaction  in  d 
large  number  of  trials  with  oleomargarines  and  both 
renovated  and  genuine  butters. 

Since  the  results  of  the  test  are  easily  changed  by 
rather  small  variation  of  the  conditions,  or  the  de- 
tails of  manipulation,  it  is  important  to  follow  the 
directions  carefully  in  every  detail.  If  this  is  not 
done,  erroneous  results  may  be  obtained. 

To    Distinsnlsli    Oleomargarine    From    Rienovated 
and  Genuine  Bntters. 

Utensils  Required. — The  utensils  required  in  the 
test  to  distinguish  oleomargarine  from  renovated  and 
genuine  butters  are  as  follows: 

(i)  A  one-half  pint  tin  "measuring  cup,"  common 
in  kitchen  use.  marked  at  the  half  and  quarters;  or  a 
plain  one-half  pint  tin  measure,  ordinary  narrow 
form;  or  an  ordinary  small  tin  cup.  2^  inches  in  diam- 
eter and  2  inches  in  height,  holding  about  one  gill 
and  a  half. 

(2)  A  common  kitchen  pan,  about  9^  inches 
in  diameter  at  the  base. 

(3)  A  small  rod  of  wood,  of  the  thickness  of  a 
match  and  of  convenient  length  for  stirring. 


(4)     A  clock  or  watch. 

The  Process.— The  process  for  distinguishing  oleo- 
margarme  from  renovated  and  genuine  butters  is  as 
lollows: 

Use  sweet  skimmed  milk,  obtaining  by  setting 
fresh  milk  m  a  cool  place  for  twelve  to  twenty-four 
hours  and  removing  cream  as  fully  as  possiblfe.  Half 
fill  with  this  milk  the  half-pint  cup  or  measure,  or 
two-thirds  fill  the  smaller  cup  mentioned,  measuring 
accurately  the  gill  of  milk  when  possible;  heat  nearly 
to  boiling,  add  a  slightly  rounded  teaspoonful  of  the 
butter  or  butter  substitute,  stir  with  the  wooden  rod, 
and  continue  heating  until  the  milk  "boils  up  "*  re- 
move at  once  from  the  heat  and  place  in  tlie  pan 
(arranged  while  milk  and  fat  are  heating)  containing 
pieces  of  ice  with  a  very  little  ice  water,  the  ice  to 
be  mostly  in  pieces  of  the  size  of  one  to  two  hen's 
eggs  (not  smaller,  as  small  fragments  melt  too  rapid- 
ly) and  sufficient  in  quantity  to  cover  two-thirds  of 
the  bottom  of  the  pan;  the  water  to  be  in  quantity 
sufficient,  when  the  cup  is  first  placed  in  the  pan,  to 
reach  on  the  outside  of  the  cup  to  only  one-fourth  the 
height  of  the  milk  within;  and  water  in  excess  of  that 
amount  must  be  removed.  [This  refers  to  the  condi- 
tion at  the  beginning  of  the  cooling;  later,  as  the  ica 
melts,  the  water  will  rise  to  a  higher  level.]  Stir  the 
contents  of  the  cup  rather  rapidly,  with  a  rotarv  and 
a  cross-wise  motion  in  turn,  continuously  throughout 
the  test,  except  during  the  moment  of  time  required 
for  each  stirring  of  the  ice  and  water  in  the  pan, 
which  must  be  done  thoroughly  once  every  minute 
by  the  clock.  This  is  done  by  moving  the  cup  about, 
in  a  circle,  following  the  edge  of  the  pan.  Proceed 
in  this  manner  for  ten  minutes,  unless  before  that 
time  the  fat  has  gathered  or  has  allowed  itself  to  be 
easily  gathered,  in  a  lump  or  a  soft  mass,  soon  hard- 
ening. If  it  so  gathers,  the  sample  is  oleomargarine; 
if  not.  It  is  either  genuine  or  renovated  butter. 

Thus  far  in  our  experience  the  results  obtained 
by  the  test  operated  in  this  manner,  carefully  and 
with  due  regard  to  details,  have  been  always  correct 
and  free  from  uncertainty,  with  only  two  exceptions. 
These  exceptions  were  two  very  stale  and  rancid 
samples  of  oleomargarine  that  had  been  in  the  labor- 
atory several  months  and  had  become  entirely  unfit 
for  culinary  use;  in  fact,  one  had  become  oilv  and 
moldy.  Fortunately,  such  samples  do  not  require 
testing  in  the  household,  and  a  rancid  oleomargarine 
is  easily  distinguished  from  a  rancid  butter  by  the 
sense  of  smell  alone. 

In  several  other  samples  of  stale  and  rancid  oleo- 
margarine we  have  observed  the  tendency  exhibited 
by  the  two  just  mentioned,  namely,  a  tendency  to  be 
kept  from  gathering — that  is,  to  become  granulated— ' 
by  a  temperature  slightly  less  cold  than  is  required 
to  prevent  fresh  oleomargarine  from  gathering.  But 
of  the  eight  such  samples  we  have  tested,  only  the 
two  mentioned  were  sufficiently  erratic  in  their  beha- 
vior to  escape  detection  by  the  test. 

The  boiling  test  ("spoon  test"),  enables  one  to  dis- 
tinguish in  the  great  majority  of  cases  between  gen- 
uine butter  on  the  one  hand  and  oleomargarine  and 
renovated  butter  on  the  other;  the  Waterhouse  test, 
household  adaptation  as  just  given,  enables  one  to 
distinguish  between  the  two  last  named:  and  so,  by 
the  use  of  the  two  tests,  one  can  determine  in  nearly 
every  instance  which  of  the  three  he  has  in  hand. 
There  are  many  persons  who  are  able  to  recognize 
oleomargarine,  almost  without  fail,  by  taste  and  smell 
alone.  To  those  possessed  of  this  power  the  boiling 
test,  which  is  performed  w'ith  almost  no  trouble,  will 
serve   every  needful  purpose. 

Future  Mixtures  May  Be  DiiTicuIt  of  Detection. 

It  will  be  readily  understood  that  mixtures,  should 
such  be  put  upon  the  market  at  any  future  time, 
might  be  comparatively  difficult  of  detection  by  these 
simple  tests;  also  that  possible  changes  in  the  mode 

•This  slight  departure  from  the  original  Waterhouse 
t»st  is  ir  order  to  secure  always  the  same  temperature 
of  tiie  milk. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1903. 


of  manufacture  might  liave  the  same  result;  but,  as 
the  products  are  at  present  commonly  met  with,  these 
tests  should  prove  useful  to  purchasers  and  house- 
keepers. 


CARBOLIC  ACID: 


ITS  USE  AND  ABUSE.* 

M.  D.,  Seneca  Castle, 


By  GEORGE  W.  SARGENT 
N.  Y. 

HAVING  seen  something  of  the  uses 
made  of  carbolic  acid  by  Dr.  Seneca 
D  Powell,  and  having  had  an  acci- 
dent in  handling  it,  which  would  or- 
dinarilv  have  been  somewhat  serious  but  un- 
der he  circumstances  proved  to  be  only  an  in^er- 
e.tinir  incident,  I  have  attempted  what  I  know  is  a 
:  ry  ^complete  resume  of  its  POS.biUties  or  good 
Ind  evil  especially  as  regards  the  P"[,«/"d' jf„'^ 
some  remarks   on  the  toxicology  and  the  treatment 

'"  Phe"ol°^'henf  ot  carbolic  acid,  is  one  of  our 
moft'mTe;es'Jing  and  useful  -medies^  There  is  none 
more  capable  of  harm,  or  more  commonly  used  ac 
cidentally  and  with  evil  or  suicidal  intent  It  is  em 
ployed  largely  and  carelessly  by  the  laity,  and  held 
fn  somewhat  superstitious  regard  by  many,  a  few 
drops  of  the  acid  allaying  all  f^ars  of  infection 
Everv  few  days  we  hear  of  some  accident  or  lata 
fesult  from  it  It  was  formerly  used  as  a  remedy 
[nternally  and  by  injection.  It  is  still  employed  for 
ihe  ourpose  of  a  preservative  in  preparations  of  an- 
tSox^n       ConsideHng    the    large    doses    o.    ant. tox m 

CHn^^i^wiZr^era^i^^i^^^-lfit^^ 

S^^S;h-s^^J;-£^f|ui^in 

s^^iirrt^ba^rtothe^i:  fi 

^'  Dr.  Seneca  D.  Powell,  of  New  York,  "erts  that 
alcohol  is  a  perfect  antidote  to  carbolic  acid  more- 
over that  in  connection  with  alcohol  the  acid  is  ca- 
olble  of  greater  service  than  generally  supposed 
Ol  has^emonstrated  that  the  pure  or  95-per-cent 
acid  may  be  rubbed  on  the  skin  or  held  in  the  niouth 
withTmpunitv  until  the  skin  or  mucous  membrane 
Turns  white,  if  the  parts  are  then  rinsed  with  alcohol 
Q^-per  cent  I  am  able  to  testify  to  the  truth  of  this 
from  experience,  having  unintentionally  P"formed 
he  experiment  already  alluded  to  on  my  own  hands. 
I  had  on  a  table  before  me  two  two-ounce  bottles  la- 
beled and  filled  respectively  with  «rbolic  acd  and  al- 
cohol Wishing  to  rinse  my  hands  in  the  alcohol  I 
p?cked  up  one  of  the  bottles,  poured  a  liberal  quan- 
tTy  into  one  palm,  and  rubbed  it  over  both  hands 
as  in  the  act  of  washing.  I  was  not  a  little  surprised 
to  find  by  the  greasy  sensation  and  the  silvery  color 
tC  which  my  hands  were  turning,  that  I  had  used  the 
carbolic  acid.  However,  a  thorough  rinsing  in  alco- 
hol from  the  other  bottle  to  my  satisfaction  promptly 
restored  the  normal  color  and  feeling,  with  the  ex- 
ception of  a  slight  sensation  of  dryness  and  rough- 
ness  for  the  rest  of  the   day.  ... 

Since  Powell's  paper  this  antagonism  between  car- 
bolic acid  and  alcohol  has  been  made  considerable 
use  of  in  minor  surgery  and  in  treating  carbolic  acid 

^°'ln"many  instances  the  pathogenic  germ  which  the 
physician  or  surgeon  has  to  deal  with  is  beyond  con- 
trol with  the  agents  at  hand  in  the  strengths  ordi- 
narily or  safely  used,  but  carbolic  acid  may  be  em- 
ployed with  alcohol,  in  full  strength,  and  by  its 
means  a  suppurative  or  an  ulcerative  process  can  be 
checked  and  one  of  healthy  granulation  produced 
quickly  with  rapid  healing. 

According   to    the   Therapeutic    Gazette   the    ptiri 
acid  is  relatively  less  toxic  to  the  normal  tisues  than 

<^ondPTisra  from  a  paper  reaffl  before  the  Ontario 
County  Medical   Society. 


the  diluted  acid,  its  penetrability  is  slight  during  a 
brief  application,  and  its  bactericidal  action  surpasses 
that  of  corrosive  sublimate,  from  the  fact  that  the 
action  of  carbolic  acid  is  not  materially  affected  by 
the  presence  of  acids,  alkalies,  salts,  or  albumin;  yet 
in  some  cases  may  be  thereby  considerably  increased. 
Anthrax  spores  are  destroyed  by  two-per-cent  car- 
bolic alone  in  thirty  days,  but  by  two-per-cent  car- 
bolic with  oiie-per-cent  hydrochloric  acid  in  seven 
days;  staphylococcus  pyogenes  aureus  by  carbolic 
alone  in  five  minutes,  but  by  one-per-cent  carbolic 
with  twenty-per-cent  common  salt  in  one  minute. 

Carbolic  acid  is  serviceable  in  mammary,  tubercu- 
lous, and  other  abscesses.  Here  the  cavity  is  first 
evacuated,  then  cleansed  by  irrigation,  swabbing,  or 
curetting,  and  filled  or  swabbed  out  with  pure  car- 
bolic, then  with  alcohol,  and  finally  again  irrigated. 

In  this  way  a  normal  granulating  surface  may  be 
secured  in  a  surprisingly  short  time.  A.  M.  Phelps, 
of  New  York,  uses  the  pure  acid  in  this  way  in  tu- 
berculous joints.  Empyema,  cystitis,  hydrocele,  etc.. 
are  amenable  to  carbolic  acid,  using  a  solution  of 
half  a  drachm  or  one  drachm  to  the  ounce  of  water, 
followed  with  2$  or  35-per-cent  alcohol.  In  the  case 
of  hydrocele  a  quantity  of  pure  acid  is  injected  and 
allowed  to  remain   without   further   interference. 

Erisipelas  is  successfully  treated  by  painting  the 
affected  surface  with  95-per-cent  acid,  and  when  the 
skin  turns  white,  with  alcohol.  One  of  our  members 
has  told  me  of  treating  a  case  thus,  but  found  it  very 
painful,  though  effective.  Others  who  have  reported 
cases  make  no  mention  of  pain.  The  brief  applica- 
tion of  the  acid  to  the  skin,  or  to  an  ulcer  or  other 
raw  surface,  is  not  painful. 

Ivy  poisoning  is  rapidly  cured  by  a  two-per-cent 
lotion,  and  the  lymphangitis  that  is  apt  to  occur  in 
connection  with  infected  wounds  is  usually  readily 
controlled  by  it;  also  the  redness,  pain,  induration, 
and  other  signs  of  inflammation  in  caked  breast  or 
mastitis.  In  cellulitis  of  the  hand  or  foot  an  injection 
of  pure  acid  may  be  followed  with  one  of 
alcohol,  with  a  prior  injection  of  co- 
caine to  avert  the  pain  of  the  needle.  The  pure 
acid  is  used  in  mastoid  abscesses,  in  septic  conditions 
of  the  endometrium,  ischiorectal  abscesses,  furuncles, 
and  other  conditions.  Some  persons  dread  an  opera- 
tion, and  will  submit  to  any  treatment,  though  much- 
slower,  rather  than  undergo  cutting.  With  a  spe- 
cially constructed  syringe  that  will  follow  the  sinu- 
ous tracks  of  fistula  in  ano  it  is  possible  to  accom- 
plish a  cure  without  a  knife. 

The  danger  of  poisoning  should  always  be  borne 
in  mind.  The  long-continued  application  of  phenol 
might  be  accomplished  with  absorption  and  poison- 
ing. Death  has  resulted  from  absorption  through  the 
skin.  I  may  mention  the  case  of  an  infant  seven 
days  old  dying  from  a  few  drops  on  the  fingers  of 
the  nurse.  The  proper  use  of  the  acid  does  not  con- 
template usually  protracted  or  continuous  applica- 
tions. Ignorant  persons  sometimes  wrap  the  fin- 
gers or  toes  with  the  acid  in  full  strength,  or  in  very- 
strong  mixtures,   with   subsequent   gangrene. 

There  seems  to  be  an  opinion  that  gangrene  is 
apt  to  occur  when  it  is  used  on  the  extremities  even 
in  weak  solutions,  but  this  is  doubtless  a  very  rare 
result.  An  instance  reported  where  two  brothers, 
both  young  men.  never  ill  previously,  had  gangrene 
of  the  fingers  following  the  use  of  a  solution  con- 
taining only  one  and  seven-tenths  per  cent  carbolic 
acid  was  regarded  as  due  to  idiosyncrasy.  There  is 
no  danger  so  far  as  I  now  from  the  pure  acid  fol- 
lowed  with   alcohol. 

The  treatment  of  poisoning  cases  has  been,  very 
unsatisfactory.  Woodman  and  Tidy  cite  twenty-one 
instances  during  a  period  of  five  years  with  only  one 
recovery,  the  doses  taken  being  usually  one  or  two 
ounces.  The  smallest  fatal  dose  I  have  found  noted 
is  one-half  ounce.  The  effect  of  a  poisonous  dose  is 
sometimes  extremely  rapid,  but  usually  several  hours, 
elapse  before  death. 


January  3,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


The  antidotes  printed  on  the  manufacturers'  la- 
bels and  in  the  books  have  not  proven  efficient. 

The  alkalies,  sulphate  of  magnesium,  sulphate  of 
sodium,  and  saccharate  of  lime,  in  excess,  have  some 
power.  Oils  retard  absorption.  Heart  stimulants, 
as  atropine,  strychnine,  and  caffeine,  are  useful.  In 
one  instance  2J/2  grains  of  caffeine,  dissolved  in  water 
with  the  aid  of  salicylate  of  sodium,  given  hypoder- 
mically,  and  repeated  in  an  hour,  restored  a  man 
from  a  state  of  coma.  Acetic  acid  or  vinegar  is 
claimed  to  be  eft'icacious.  Bleeding,  one  pound  of 
blood  being  taken,  was  once  successful.  Emetics  are 
of  no  service  because  the  stomach  is  benumbed  or 
paralyzed  by  the  acid. 

During  the  past  two  years,  since  the  antagonism 
between  phenol  and  alcohol  has  been  made  promi- 
nent, several  cases  of  recovery  where  the  patients 
were  apparently  moribund  have  been  reported  after 
the  exhibition  of  alcohol.  In  one  case  the  stomach 
was  washed  out  with  pure  alcohol.  A  25-per-cent  so- 
lution will  coiniteract  the  acid  on  the  skin,  and  it  is 
probable  that  whiskey  or  any  strong  alcoholic  would 
answer  for  internal  use. 

How  this  antidotal  property  of  alcohol  is  exerted 
is  not  certainly  known.  There  may  be  a  true  antag- 
onism between  the  two  substances,  or  the  alcohol 
may  act  simply  as  a  solvent,  though  its  influence 
seems  to  go  further  than  that.  However  this  may 
be,  we  have  the  fact  that  alcohol  w-ill  prevent  and 
remove  the  caustic  and  poisonous  effects  of  the  acid. 
The  primary  step  in  poisoning  is  to  wash  the 
stomach  out  with  alcohol;  then  whiskey  may  be 
given  hypodermically  with  the  idea  of  neutralizing 
the  acid  in  the  blood.  Other  heart  stimulants  may 
be  required.  As  the  acid  is  quite  rapidly  taken  up 
into  the  blood  it  has  been  suggested  that  no  treat- 
ment is  complete  without  bleeding,  but  that  has  not 
been  done  to  any  great  extent  to  my  knowledge. 

I  find  four  cases  reported  during  the  past  eighteen 
months.  There  have  been  others,  but  I  am  unable 
to  refer  to  them  at  this  time.  In  three  of  these 
alcohol  was  given  the  undoubted  credit  for  the  re- 
covery. In  tw-o  it  was  the  only  agent  used  until  the 
acuteness  of  the  attack  was  over.  In  one  sulphate 
of  magnesia  wtis  employed,  but  not  considered  as 
having  much  influence  on  the  case.  In  the  fourth 
the  act  of  drawing  forward  the  tongue  seemed  to  be 
beneficial  by  admitting  air  to  the  lungs. 

In  conclusion,  it  seems  safe  to  say  that  alcohol 
is  the  most  perfect,  the  most  certain,  and  the  most 
handy  antidote  to  carbolic  acid  that  we  possess. 


THE  RETIRED  DRUGGIST. 

The  old  fellow  has  served  his  time  well.  As  a  boy 
he  had  washed  bottles;  he  had  powdered  rosin  in  the 
old  iron  mortar  until  his  long  hair  had  stuck  to  his 
coat  collar;  he  had  made  blue  ointment;  he  learned 
the  contents  of  the  shelf  bottles  in  his  weekly  cleaning 
of  them;  in  fact  he  had  done  everything  an  apprentice 
had  to  do  in  those  days,  many  things  the  boy  of  today 
need  not  do,  duties  unknown  to  the  present  genera- 
tion; studying  in  his  spare  time,  and  always  looking 
toward  the  drug  clerk's  goal,  a  store  of  his  own.  He 
had  served  many  masters  in  the  trade,  or  profession, 
if  you  please,  and  had  finally  reached  his  ambition  in 
the  ownership  of  a  fine  city  store,  from  which  he  re- 
tired after  many  years,  not  rich,  but  with  enough 
to  assure  comfort  for  his  declining  years.  But  the 
old  habit  was  strong  upon  him;  he  was  out  of  the 
business  but  he  could  not  keep  away  from  it,  and  so 
the  big  arm  chair  in  the  back  room  came  to  be  known 
as  hiSj  and  there  he  spent  many  of  his  evenings.  He 
was  a  genial  old  chap  and  his  fund  of  reminiscences 
seemed  inexhaustable.  They  would  make  good  read- 
ing .too,  and  I  wish  I  could  remember  more  of  them. 
Speaking  about  clerks,  one  night,  he  said:  "If  I 
were  in  the  business  again.  I  wouldn't  have  one  in 
my  store  who  wasn't  a  good  salesman.  Other  things 
being  equal,   the   man   who   can   sell   goods   is   worth 


more  than  the  experienced  pharmacist  who  doesn't 
know  how  to  handle'  customers.  You  know  Smith 
has  a  good  location  and  a  pretty  fair  trade,  but  I  have 
often  told  him  he  ought  to  do  more  business  on  that 
corner,  and  I've  found  out  why  he  doesn't.  His 
clerks  don't  help  him.  Just  to  illustrate,  a  man  came 
in  and  bought  a  cigar,  stopped  to  light  it,  when  some- 
thing on  the  show  case  caught  his  eye.  It  was  just 
a  little  manicure  instrument  but  it  seemed  to  interest 
him.  Did  that  clerk  sell  him  one?  Not  much,  he  was 
then  too  busy  looking  out  of  the  window:  he  had  given 
the  man  what  he  came  in  for,  and  thought  he  had 
done  his  duty,  while  one  word  of  encouragement 
would  have  sold  something  else.  Now  I  don't  for  a 
moment  advocate  following  a  customer  around  urg- 
ing him  to  buy,  but  a  clerk  who  knows  his  business 
can  help  along  a  sale  by  a  word  or  even  a  look,  with- 
out being  officious." 

I  had  to  agree  with  him,  but  I  suggested  his  view 
of  the  matter  rather  put  the  professional  side  of  phar- 
macy in  the  background.  "Not  at  all,"  said  he,  "but 
the  sooner  the  druggist  learns  that  he  is  m  the  busi- 
ness to  do  business,  and  not  to  enforce  a  principle 
or  to  maintain  a  particular  code  of  ethics,  the  sooner 
will  come  the  happy  days  we  are  looking  for."  "Do 
you  know,"  he  continued,  "I  believe  there  is  just  as 
much  money  to  be  made  in  the  drug  business  today 
as  there  was  twenty-five  years  ago;  more,  perhaps. 
The  only  change  is  in  the  manner  of  doing  business. 
To  do  business  now,  more  capital  and  more  ability 
are  required,  but  there's  lots  of  monej'  in  it  yet." 

The  old  fellow  tipped  back  in  his  chair,  and  lighted 
a  fresh  cigar: — "I  saw  a  little  paragraph  in  the  Era  a 
few  w-eeks  ago,  about  E.  J.  Haines  and  his  collection 
of  stamps.  When  I  knew  "Ed"  Haines,  he  was  travel- 
ing on  the  road  selling  an  emulsion  of  cod  liver  oil  for 
some  dow-n  east  firm,  I  think  it  was  George  C.  Frye, 
of  Portland,  Mt.  Well,  Haines  was  a  great  hustler, 
and  he  had  a  genial  way  about  him  that  opened  many 
a  door  closed  to  other  salesmen.  In  those  days  they 
used  to  tell  a  mighty  good  story  at  his  expense.  It 
seems  that  part  of  his  duties  was  to  call  on  physicians, 
explain  the  merits  of  his  emulsion,  and  get  them  to 
prescribe  it,  detail  work,  they  call  it  now.  and  this 
work  one  day  brought  him  to  the  office  of  a  doctor 
in  Lockport,  N.  Y.,  a  man  of  considerable  reputatiori 
in  that  locality,  always  busy,  and  hard  to  get  at. 
Haines  got  his  interview  (he  always  got  that,  any- 
way), and  he  went  on  to  tell  how  superior  his  emul- 
sion was,  how  perfectly  the  oil  was  disguised,  and  all 
that,  and  that  instead  of  ordinary  emulsifiers  his  peo- 
ple used  cetraria.  The  doctor  by  that  time  had  heard 
enough,  and  thinking  to  close  the  interview,  and  at 
the  same  time  to  rattle  Haines,  asked  him  to  explain 
why  cetraria  was  used.  Now  "Ed"  was  never  an  ex- 
pert pharmacist  and  this  was  a  poser,  but  he  never 
winked  as  he  soberly  reminded  the  doctor  that  codfish 
were  caught  with  a  long  line,  that  their  haunts  were, 
near  the  bottom  of  the  sea,  and  that  as  cetraria  grew 
on  the  bottom  of  the  sea,  it  was  not  only  appropriate 
to  use  it,  but  it  would  make  the  cod  feel  more  at 
home  if  his  oil  were  emulsified  with  something  which 
he  was  familiar  with.  Haines  says  the  old  doctor 
never  smiled,  but  said  that  was  a  point  he  had  never 
thought  of,  that  his  emulsion  must  be  a  superior  pro- 
duct and  that  he  would  prescribe  it  in  future;  and  he 
did,  and  I  am  told  it  is  prescribed  around  there  to 
this  day.  But  it  tickled  the  old  fellow  so  he  told  the 
story  at  one  of  the  association  meetings,  and  it  got 
into  the  medical  journals.  Haines  told  me  after- 
wards, he  saw  the  doctor  was  trying  to  rattle  him, 
and  sprang  that  on  him,  on  the  spur  of  the  moment." 


LEMON  JUICE.— For  distinguishing  natural 
lemon  juice  from  artificial  preparations  of  citric  acid, 
determinations  of  the  quantity  and  alkalinity  of  the 
ash  are  the  most  useful  tests,  (Analyst).  Natural 
lemon  juice  contains  about  .4  per  cent,  ash,  which 
requires  about  6  per  cent,  of  normal  alkali  for  neu- 
tralization.    Citric  acid  has  no  appreciable  ash. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1902. 


QUESTION  BOX. 

The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
•crlbers  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription  work,  dispensing  difficulties,  etc. 

Requests  for  Information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mall,  and  ANONTMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  RECEIVE 
NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  qerles  In  this 
department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  Is  necessarily  made  to  Information 
published  In  previous  issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  those 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 


Copaiba  E^mnlsion. 

(R.  J.  M.)  writes:  "In  the  Era  of  December  5, 
igoi,  page  657,  there  appears  among  the  questions 
of  the  New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy  a  prescription 
calhng  for  four  drams  of  balsam  of  copaiba  to  be 
made  into  an  emulsion  with  two  drams  of  powdered 
acacia  and  two  ounces  of  water;  I  would  like  to  know 
if  this  prescription  can  be  dispensed  so  as  to  form  a 
permanent  emulsion.  I  tried  it  in  two  ways,  first  by 
mixing  the  copaiba  and  acacia,  then  adding  the  water 
and  one  dram  of  solution  of  potassa,  and  again  in  the 
same  manner  without  the  addition  of  the  alkaline  so- 
lution. The  first  mixture  separated  in  a  few  hours 
and  the  other  one  in  about  two  days." 

This  emulsion  may  be  satisfactorily  prepared  by 
first  making  a  thick  mucilage  with  the  acacia  and 
about  two  or  three  drams  of  water,  then  adding  the 
copaiba  and  water  by  degrees  and  triturating  in  the 
usual  manner.  The  addition  of  solution  of  potassa 
to  a  emulsion  of  this  character,  though  very  often 
made,  is  not  allowable  unless  it  is  so  ordered  by  the 
prescriber.  A  common  mi.xture  containing  these 
substances  is  noted  in  the  "Art  of  Dispensing"  as  fol- 
lows: 

Copaiba     2  drams 

Mucilage   of  a'cacia 6  drams 

Solution  of   potassa 1  dram 

Water    to 4  ounces 

The  emulsion  is  best  made  by  mixing  in  a  mortar 
45  grains  of  powdered  acacia  and  the  copaiba.  Separ- 
ately mix  the  solution  of  potassa  with  7  drams  of 
water;  of  this  add  70  minims  to  the  mortar-contents 
and  stir  vigorously  until  the  emulsion  is  quite 
smooth;  then  add  the  rest  of  the  solution  gradually 
and  make  up. 

"There  also  appears  in  the  same  list  of  questions 
a  prescription  calling  for  powders  of  salol  and  cam- 
phor monobromate.  At  first  glance  I  concluded  these 
substances  would  deliquesce  when,  mixed,  but  upon 
making  a  powder  I  found  that  they  did  not  do  so. 
Is  there  any  reason  why  this  prescription  should  not 
be  dispensed?" 

We  do  not  understand  why  you  failed  to  get  a 
liquid  mi.xture,  for  upon  triturating  salol  and  cam- 
phor monobromate  together  a  liquid  is  almost  im- 
mediately formed.  Of  course,  a  liquid  cannot  well 
be  dispensed  in  powders. 


(2)  Soft    paraffin '. 14  ounces 

Hard    paraffin 1  ounce 

Lanolin    4  ounces 

Water     6  ounces 

Otto   of   rose 5  drops 

A^anillin     4  grains 

Alcohol     2  drajms 

Melt  the  paraffin  on  a  waterbath,  pour  into  a 
warm  mortar,  add  the  lanolin,  and  with  constant 
stirring,  incorporate  the  water.  When  of  the  con- 
sistence of  a  thick  cream,  add  the  perfumes  dissolved 
in  the  alcohol.  This  preparation,  like  the  preceding, 
may  be  tinted  if  desired. 

(3)  Oil  of  sweet  almond 100  parts 

Wlhite  vegetable  wax 25  parts 

Spermaceti    160  parts 

Glycerin     280  parts 

Boric    acid 12  parts 

Water     600  parts 

Dissolve  the  boric  acid  in  the  glycerin,  and  mix 
the  solution  with  the  oil,  wax  and  spermaceti.  Melt 
together  with  a  very  gentle  heat,  stirring  constantly. 
When  homegeneous  pour  into  a  warm  mortar,  add 
the  water  and  beat  energetically  until  it  forms  a 
smooth  mass.  In  case  the  mass  becomes  lumpy,  re- 
melt  and  beat  up  again. 


Skill   Food. 

(W.  J.  J.)  Many  of  these  preparations  are  simply 
cold  creams  or  salves  perfumed  with  some  suitable 
odor  and  colored  as  desired.  Fat  forms  the  basis 
and  gives  them  their  hygienic  effect,  as  it  imparts 
fullness  and  softness  to  the  skin.  Try  one  of  the 
following  formulas,  the  first  of  which  is  said  to  close- 
ly resemble  those  on  the  market: 

(1)  Spermaceti     3  ounces 

Wliite   wax    3  ounces 

Nut   oil    22  ounces 

Alcohol     1  ounce 

Water    4  ounces 

Chloroform     4  drops 

Oir  of  rose  geranium 30  drops 

Oil    of   bergamot 6  drops 

Tincture  of  alkanet a  sufBlicIent  quantity 


Pipe   ClaT'  Appllca-tlon. 

(D.  J.  N.)  "In  the  following  prescription  after 
being  made  for  a  long  time,  probably  three  weeks, 
and  upon  warming  when  it  is  to  be  applied  as  di- 
rected, it  will  get  hard;  so  hard  it  is  brittle  and  can 
be  taken   out  in  pieces: 

Pipe   clay 2  pounds 

Glycerine     I14  pints 

Salicylic    acid %  ounces 

Oil  of   gaultheria 2  drams 

Mix.  To  be  applied  as  directed. 
What  causes  this  hardening  and  how  may  it  be 
remedied.  What  is  the  difference  between  kaolin 
and  pipe  clay?"  The  difficulty  is  probably  due  to  an 
imsufficient  drying  of  the  pipe  clay  before  mixing 
it  with  the  glycerine  and  also,  to  an  insufficiency  of 
the  latter  in  the  mixture.  One  who  has  had  consid- 
erable experience  in  the  preparation  of  a  mixture  of 
this  kind  informs  us  that  the  pipe  clay  chould  be 
heated  two  or  three  hours  at  212  degrees  F.,  to  sterilize 
it,  before  mixing  with  the  glycerine;  the  latter  an  equal 
quantity  by  weight,  should  then  be  added  and  the 
heat  continued  for  a  short  time,  the  whole  being  con- 
stantly stirred  until  a  smooth,  creamy  mixture  re- 
sults. When  nearly  cold  the  other  substances  are 
added,  thoroughly  mixed,  and  preserved  for  use  in 
tight  containers.  The  terms  "pipe  clay"  and  "kao- 
lin" are  used  interchangeably,  though  in  the  ceramic 
industries  kaolin  is  generally  understood  to  be  a 
"lean"  clay,  i.  e.,  it  does  not  form  a  very  plastic 
mass  when  wet,  while  "pipe"  or  "ball"  clay  is  known 
as  a  "fat"  clay,  absorbing  much  water  and  possess- 
ing great  binding  power.  Clays  are  sold  under  the 
names,  kaolin,  ball  or  potter's  clay,  and  fire  clay. 


Tooth  AVax. 

(W.  E.  T.)  One  of  the  following  formulas  taken 
from  the  Era  Formulary  will  doubtless  serve  you: 

(1)  White    wax 30  parts 

Venice    turpentine    12  parts 

Mastic,    powdered 5  parts 

Opium,    powdered    3  parts 

Chloral     hydrate 2%  parts 

(2)  Yellow   wax    60  parts 

Venice  turpentine   10  parts 

Pulverized  dragon's   blood   10  parts 

Pulverized    mastic    10  parts 

Pulverized   opium    2.5  parts 

Salicvlic    acid    5  parts 

Oil   of   cloves 5  parts 

Oil   of  cajuput 1  part 

With  a  gentle  heat  mix  into  a  mass.  Stir  while 
cooling  and  roll  out  into  sticks  weighing  2.5  grams. 
Wrap  in  paraffined  paper  and  preserve  in  stoppered 
bottles. 

(3)  Paraffin     9^  grams 

Burgundy   pitch    SOO  grams 

Oil    cloves    H  fl.  dram 

Creosote     %  fl.  dram 

Melt  the  first  two  ingredients  and  when  nearly 
cool   add   the    rest,    stirring  well.     May   be   made   in 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


small   pills   or   sent   out   in   form   of   small   cones    or 
cylinders. 

(4).  Melt  white  wax  or  spermaceti,  2  parts,  and 
when  melted  add  carbolic  acid  crystals,  2  parts  stir 
well  until  dissolved.  While  still  liquid  immerse  thin 
layers  of  carbolized  absorbent  cotton-wool  and  allow 
to  dry.  When  required  for  use,  a  small  piece  may  be 
snipped  oflf  and  slightly  warmed,  when  it  can  be  in- 
serted into  the  hollow  tooth,  where  it  will  solidify. 


Application    for    Manj^e. 

(W.  C.)  Mange  in  horses,  cattle  and  dogs  results 
from  the  attack  of  minute  acari,  which  cause  much 
itching  and  heat,  accompanied  with  scurviness  and 
baldness  of  the  skin.  The  treatment  consists,  first 
in  destroying  the  acari,  and  second  in  absolCite  clean- 
liness of  the  parts  affected.  According  to  "Veteri- 
nary Counter  Practice"  no  better  preparation  for 
horses  or  cattle  will  be  found  than  the  following, 
which  may  be  applied  twice  a  day  for  a  short  time 
and  afterwards  once  a  day: 

Sulphur   vivum    4  ounces 

Powdered  white  hellebore  1  ounce 

Turpentine   1  to  4  ounces 

Linseed  oil.  enough  to  make 24  ounces 

When  a  milder  treatment  is  required,  particularly 
for  dogs,  mercurial  ointment,  or  sulphur  ointment, 
our  a  mixture  of  sulphur,  tar,  and  linseed  oil  may 
be  tried. 

The  Era  Formulary  gives  the  following  formulas 
tinder  "Mange  Lotion": 

(1)  'WJiite   hellebore   2  ounces 

Tobacco    2  ounces 

Water     3  pints 

Boil,  strain,  and  add  when  cold  a  pint  of  fresh 
lime  water. 

(2)  Boil  4  ounces  of  white  hellebore  in  3  pints 
of  water  to  2  pints,  add  2  drams  corrosive  sublimate 
previously  dissolved  in  3  drams  of  muriatic  acid. 

(3)  Boil  2  ounces  of  tobacco  in  a  quart  of  water; 
strain  and  add  common  salt  3  ounces,  soap  2  ounces. 

(4)  Acid  nitrate  of  mercury  2  drams,  distilled 
water  16  ounces. 


Cajiiphorated  Diaplioretic  Po^rder. 

(C.  A.  M.)  There  are  a  number  of  formulas  ex- 
tant under  this  title.  One  much  used  by  eclectic 
practitioners  is  the  camphorated  Dover's  powder, 
whose  formula  is  thus  given  by  King's  "American 
Dispensatory": 

Opium     1  part 

Camphor     4  parts 

Ipecac     2  parts 

Potaisium    bitartrate   16  parts 

Triturate  the  camphor  with  a  small  quantity  of  al- 
cohol to  reduce  it  to  a  powder,  add  a  portion  of  the 
potassium  bitartrate,  continuing  the  trituration  until 
the  camphor  is  very  finely  divided;  add  the  opium 
and  afterward  the  ipecac,  both  in  powder,  and  lastly 
the  remainder  of  the  bitartrate,  and  continue  the  tri- 
turation until  a  thorough  mixture  is  effected. 

(2).  Pulverize  5  drams  camphor  with  ether;  add 
5  drams  prepared  chalk,  5  drams  pulverized  licorice 
and  17  grains  morphine  sulphate.  Used  in  various 
l<inds  of  fevers  and  as  an  anodyne.  Dose,  i  to  ic 
grains. 

(3).     Simpson's   Compound   Diaphoretic   Powder: 

Powdered    camphor    5  grains 

Potassium    nitrate    30  grains 

Powder  of  ipecac  and  opium 10  grains 

For  two  doses. 

Tincture    of    Iron    and    Amnioniated    Tinctnre    of 
Gaaiac. 

A  West  Virginia  subscriber  sends  in  his  comments 
on  the  following  prescription  which  he  says  he  saw 
in  the  Era   some   time   ago: 

Tincture   of  cantharides 1  drajn 

Tincture   of   iron 4  drams 

Ammoniated  tincture  of  guaiao 1%  ounces 

Tincture   of   aloes 4  drajms 

Syrup,  enough  to  make 6  ounces 

"I  would  like  to  say  for  the  benefit  of  readers  of 


the  Era  that  I  have  filled  the  prescription  many  times 
with  little  or  no  effervescence  and  it  leaves  a  good 
mixture,  though  not  clear.  I  proceed  as  follows: 
Use  an  e.xtra  thick  syrup  as  a  base  and  add  3  ounces 
of  it  to  the  tincture  of  iron,  tincture  of  aloes  and  the 
tincture  of  cantharides.  Shake  thoroughly.  Add 
gradually  the  ammoniated  tincture  of  guaiac,  shaking 
constantly,  and  finally  enough  syrup  to  make  6 
ounces.  I  have  filled  the  prescription  in  this  way 
many  times  and  have  never  had  trouble  unless  the 
simple  syrup  was  too  thin.  Ij'he  trouble  with  a  great 
many  druggists  is  that  they  are  too  stingy  with  their 
sugar  in   making   syrup." 


Mentbol  Snnff. 

(Thomas).     The  following  formula  has  been  pub- 
lished under  the  title  "Cephalic  or  Headache  Snuff": 

Menthol     10  grains 

Cocaine    hydrochloride 5  grains 

Sugar  of  milk 1  dram 

Triturate  for  five  minutes  and  add 

Arrowroot     6  drams 

Oompo'und  tragacanth  powder 1  dram 

Mix   and    sift   twice. 

An    English    formula    is    this    one: 

Menthol    12  grains 

Cocaine    hydrochloride 1  grain 

Ammonauim    chloride 1  dram 

Camphor     24  grains 

Lycopodium  3%  drams 

Bismuth     oxy  chloride 1  dram. 

Starch     4  drams 

Powder  and  thoroughly  mix. 


Acid   Ftsingr   Batll. 

(A.  H.  B.)     Try  one  of  the  following: 
Eder's  Acid  Fixing  Bath. 
Sodium  hyposulphite  solution  (1  to  5)..  11  ounces 

Sodium  sulphite  solution  (1  to  4) 2'^  ounces 

Tartaric  acid  solution  (1  to  2) 6  drams 

Mix  the  sodium  sulphite  and  tartaric  acid  solu- 
tions together  and  add  to  the  sodium  hyposulphite 
solution. 

Wall's  Acid  Fixing  Bath. 

Citric   acid Vi  ounce 

Sodium  sulphite   2  ounces 

Sodium   hyposulphite    8  Oiunces 

Water   to    40  ounces 

We  are  not  familiar  with  the  other  developers 
you  name. 

Boolis  on  Massage. 

(W.  J.  J.)  The  following  are  standard  works  on 
the  subject:  Kellogg,  "Massage."  $2.25;  Kleon, 
"Handbook  of  Massage."  $2.25;  Ostrom,  "Massage 
and  the  Original  Swedish  Movements,"  $1;  Ward, 
"Notes  on  Massage,"  $1;  Murrell,  "Massotherapeu- 
tics  (Massage),"  $1.25.  A  recently  published  book 
on  the  subject  is  Grafstrom's  "Text-Book  of  Me- 
chano-Therapy"    (massage   and  medical   gymnastics), 

$1.  

Dottle   Filling    Maclilnes. 

(O.  F.  J.)  Bottle  filling  machines  are  manufac- 
tured by  The  J.  H.  Day  Co.,  1144  E.  Harrison  Ave., 
Cincinnati,  C,  and  the  Edson  Mfg.  Co.,  132  Com- 
mercial St.,  Boston,  Mass.  We  suggest  you  write 
to  them  for  particulars,  telling  them  just  what  you 
wish  a  machine  to  acco'.nplish. 


Household  Ammonia. 

(O.  F.  J.)     See  this  journal  June  6,  1901,  page  622. 

SYNTHOL  is  a  new  photographic  developer 
placed  upon  the  market.  It  is  not  a  derivative  of 
metols.  ortols,  etc.,  but  is  said  to  be  a  new  combina- 
tion of  great  activity.  The  following  is  the  formula 
for  a  svnthol  bath: — 

■^■a  ter    500  grams. 

Portium   sulphite   50  grams. 

Svnlhol 5  grams. 

This  Isath  does  not  discolor  the  fingers  and  iiiay  be 
used  a  number  of  times  without  losing  its  efficiency. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1902. 


Drug  Store  Problems, 

In  this  Department  will  be  printed  each  week  a 
series  of  problems  of  special  educational  value  to  all 
persons  connected  with  the  drug  trade. 

CASH  PRIZES  to  the  amount  of  $75.00  will  be 
distributed  each  month  to  the  subscribers  sending 
us  the  largest  number  of  correct  answers  to  the 
problems  printed  during  the  preceding  month,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  given  below.  This  sum 
will  be  divided  into  twenty-four  prizes,  as  follows: 
1st  PRIZE,  $25,00  3rd  PRIZE,  $  J  0.00 

2nd  PRIZE,  $15.00  4th   PRIZE,   $5.00 

and  20  PRIZES  OF  $1.00  EACH. 


NOTE  THESE  CONDITIONS. 

1  —All  answers  to  problems  must  reach  the  Problem,  Edi- 
tor wiithln  four  weeks  of  the  date  of  the  Era  in 
which  they  appeared.  »      *, 

2 Answers  should  be  sent  in  promptly.     In  oase  of  a  tie 

the  answers  received  first  will  be  awarded  the  prize. 

3.— All  contestants  must  be  subscribers  to  the  Era. 

4._Use  note-size  paper.  Cut  out  the  problem  and  paste 
at  top  of  sheet  and  write  your  answer  below,  using 
both  sides  of  the  paper  if  necessary. 

5.— Be  sure  to  write  your  name  and  full  address  on  each 
sheet— at  the  ibottom. 

6.— All  answers  must  be  written  in  Snk. 

7— The  correct  answers  to  the  problems  of  each  weekly 
instalment   will   be   printed   in   the   Era   four  weeks 

8.— The  names  of  successful  contestants  with  the  winners 
of  the  prizers  will  be  announced  monthly. 

9.— Address  all  answers  to  Problem  Editor  The  PhaTma- 
ceutical  Era.  396  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  T.,  and 
do  not  enclose  any  other  communications  with  your 
ansvvers  to  these  problems. 


PROBliElMS,    SERJIEB    I. 

No.  I.— A  boy  hired  with  a  druggist  for  twelve  (12) 
weeks,  on  condition  that  he  should  receive  $12.00  and 
a  coat.  At  the  end  of  seven  (7)  weeks  the  parties 
separated,  when  it  was  found  that  the  boy  was  en- 
titled to  $5.00  and  the  coat.  What  was  the  value  of 
the  coat? 

No.  2. — A  wrought-iron  vessel  weighs  156  grams. 
What  will  be  the  weight  of  a  vessel  of  equal  dimen- 
sions if  made  of  pure  nickel? 

■     No.  3.— Why  does  one  kind  of  liquor  froth,  while 
another. only  sparkles? 

No.  4. — Why  can  the  temperature  of  liquids  not  be 
raised  above  the  boiling  point? 

No.  5. — In  a  drug  store  20  parcels  are  delivered 
per  hour,  and  the  clerks  use  three  inches  more  twine 
than  necessary  to  bind  up  each  parcel.  The  store 
is  open  sixteen  hours  each  week  day.  and  no  business 
is  done  on  Sundays  and  four  holidays.  Supposing 
that  twine  costs  3  cents  per  ball  of  one  hundred  (lOo) 
yards,  what  is  the  loss  due  to  this  cause  in  one  year? 

N.  6. — A  jobber  bought  a  barrel  of  distilled  ex- 
tract of  witch  hazel  containing  36  gallons  at  45  cents 
per  gallon,  and  sold  it  at  50  cents  per  gallon,  using, 
by  mistake,  a  set  of  dry  measures.  What  was  his  net 
gain  or  loss? 

No.  7.— If  the  population  of  one  district  be  21,575, 
and  the  death  rate  18  per  1,000  per  annum;  and  that 
of  another  29,864,  with  a  death  rate  of  20,  what  is  the 
death  rate  of  the  combined  districts? 

No.  8. — How  much  mercuric  sulphate  and  how 
much  salt  are  required  to  produce  one  kilogram  of 
Hg  CI=? 

No.  9.— A  roll  of  wrapping  paper  when  newly 
placed  upon  the  stand  has  a  diameter  of  ten  inches 
the  central  hole  for  the  spindle  being  i  inch  in  di- 
ameter. What  wil  be  the  diameter  of  the  roll  after 
one  third  of  the  paper  has  been  removed? 

No.  10.— In  a  pair  of  scales  it  is  found  that  a  quan- 


tity of  soda  ash  weighs  90  pounds  in  one  pan  and  40 
pounds  in  the  other;  required  the  true  weight  and 
the  cause  of  the  difference? 


SULPHURIC  ACID  IN  TINCTURE  OF 
OPIUiVI.— In  a  study  of  tincture  of  opium,  F.  H.  Al- 
cock  (Phar.  Jour.)  noticed  that  the  samples  all  con- 
tained small  quantities  of  sulphuric  acid.  Determina- 
tions of  this  acid  with  barium  chloride  in  10  cc  of 
each  of  six  samples  of  tincture,  gave,  respectively, 
.035,  .043,  0.039,  .036  and  .042  gram  of  barium  sulphate. 
Further  examination  of  one  of  the  samples  showed 
that  at  least  one-half  of  the  acid  present  was  in  com- 
bination with  inorganic  bases. 


PREPARATION  OF  VANILLIN.— M.  A.  Trillat 
has  obtained  vanillin  by  the  oxidation  of  isoeugenol 
and  eugenol.  In  a  paper  before  the  Academy  of 
Sciences,  Paris,  he  describes  a  series  of  experiments 
on  the  oxidation  of  unsaturated  alcohols  by  contact 
action.  He  finds  that  upon  subjecting  the  vapor  of 
the  alcohols  mixed  with  air  to  the  action  of  a  hot 
platinum  spiral,  allyl  alcohol  yielded  5  per  cent  of  its 
weight  of  acrolein;  cinnamic  acid  gave  a  correspond- 
ing aldehyde,  and  isoeugenol  and  eugenol  yielded  va- 
nillin. 


PASTE  FOR  SHAMPOOING.— The  following 
formula  for  a  shampoo  mixture  is  from  La  Nature: — 
112  grams  of  white  Marseilles  soap,  cut  or  rasped  into 
small  pieces,  are  dissolved  in  two  volumes  of  water 
upon  the  water  bath.  After  adding  28  grams  of  car- 
bonate of  potassium,  the  mixture  is  allowed  to  cool. 
When  nearly  cold,  56  grams  of  glycerine,  5  drops  of 
essence  of  lavender,  and  10  drops  of  essence  of  ber- 
gamot  are  thoroughly  stirred  into  the  mass.  If  ne- 
cessary more  water  may  be  added. 


PARASARONE.— Thorns  (Pharm.  Post)  obtained 
by  treating  the  crystalline  asarone  of  calamus  oil  with 
20  per  cent,  phosphoric  acid  or  go  per  cent  arsenic 
acid,  a  polymerised  asarone  which  he  has  named  paras- 
arone.  This  body  contains  three  molecules  of  asa- 
rone (CisHioOs)!.  When  water  is  added  to  the  ace- 
tone solution  of  this  compound,  it  crystallizes  in  small 
needles  which  melt  at-  173-184  degrees  C.  Unlike  asa- 
rone it  does  not  yield  asaryl  aldehyde  upon  oxidation. 


REMOVAL  OF  METHANE  FROM  THE 
AIR. — V.  Urbain  (Comptes  rend.)  calls  attention  to 
the  fact  that  while  the  evolution  of  marsh  gas  from 
the  earth  is  considerable,  the  proportion  of  this  gas 
in  the  air  remains  practically  constant.  The  author 
concludes  from  the  results  of  an  extended  study  of 
the  subject  that  plants  abstract  this  hydrocarbon 
from  the  atmosphere  as  rapidly  as  it  is  produced  in 
the  soil  and  rocks. 


BORIC  ACID  AS  A  FOOD  PRESERVATIVE. 
— M.  J.  Kister  (La  Semaine  medicale)  finds  that  boric 
acid  is  eliminated  from  the  body  very  slowly,  and 
when  taken  habitually,  even  in  comparatively  small 
quantities,  it  is  gradually  accumulated  and  is  capable 
of  producing  serious  disorders  of  the  stomach.  The 
results  of  his  investigations  show  that  the  use  of  this 
substance  for  preserving  food  should  be  considered 
dangerous  to  the  public  health. 


MEDIGLYCIN  is  the  trade  name  of  liquid  medi-> 
cinal  glycerin  soaps  placed  upon  the  market  by  a  Ger- 
man firm.  These  soaps  are  used  as  solvents  of  a 
number  of  remedial  agents,  among  others  camphor, 
carbolic  acid,  creolin,  ichthyol,  sulphur  iodide,  potas- 
sium iodide,  sulphur  and  tar. 


FUSED  SILICIC  ACID  has,  according  to  Le 
Chatelier  (Comptes.  rend.),  the  lowest  coefficient  of 
expansion  of  all  known  substances.  This  coefficient 
was  found  to  be  only  .000.000.7  between  o  (zero)  de- 
grees and  1,000  degrees  C. 


January  2,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


PattiCisiaAy  Significant 


Stypticin 

uterine  sedati\'e  and  hemo- 
static. May  be  had  in  ?i-grn.  s.c. 
tablets;  in  K-grn.  hypodermic 
tablets;  in  "dental''  tablets; 
and  as  powder. 

Dionin 

Cough  sedative  and  anodyne ; 
also  much  valued  in  treatment 
of  chronic  morphinism.  Pro- 
curable as  powder  and  in  }i- 
gm.  tablets. 

Gadtfol 

Ale.  ext.  cod-liver  oil.  Much 
employed  for  making  "  taste- 
less "  preparations  of  cod-li\er 
oil.  Sample  and  tested  form- 
ulas free. 

Bromipin 

Contains  lo  per  cent. bromine. 
Sedative  and  nervine;  free  from 
disadvantages  of  the  alkali 
bromides. 


0S.-\LESM.^N  for  a  chemical 
lunise  recently  bought  a 
drug -store  in  one  of  our 
largest  cities.  He  put  in  a  line  of 
Merck's  Chemicals  and  proceeded 
to  advertise  them  among  the  phys- 
icians of  his  neighborhood. 

He  had  been  selling  chemicals  of 
another  label  for  years,  but  when  it 
came  to  dispensing  he  preferred 
"Merck's." 

The  reason  for  his  preference  is 
that  he,  like  thousands  of  other 
dispensers,  recognizes  "Merck's" 
as  a  passport  to  favor  among  med- 
ical men. 

Are  you  taking  advantage  of  the 
possible  influence  of  Merck  labels 
on  your  prescription  business? 

Do  you  specify  ''JUi-ok's  ? " 


MERCK  &  CO. 


NEW  YORK: 
CHICAGO  : 


Urviversity  Pla.ce 
R.a..ndolpK    Street 


Creolin-Pearson 

Current  ad\'ertising  in  popu- 
lar periodicals  will  stimulate 
sales.  Doubtless  our  window 
cards  and  booklets  (sent  on  re- 
quest) will  also  help  you. 


lodipin 


Two  strengths  .  lo-per-cent. 
for  internal  use;  25-per-cent.for 
hypodermic  use.  Employt-d 
principally  in  syphilis  and 
scrofula. 


Thiocol 


A  dr\-,water-soIuble,odorless, 
extremely  assimilable  and  well- 
bome  form  of  guaiacol.  Mark- 
eted as  powder,  5-gm. -tablets, 
and  syrup. 


Dormiol 


Hypnotic  and  nerve  sedative. 
For  convenience  of  dispensers 
Dormiol  is  marketed  in  so-per- 
cent, solution  only. 


Mulford's 


Pre-Digested  Beef 


contains  only  true,  natural  peptones  and  albumoses.     It  is  a  natural  food  product; 
the  process  of  pre-digestion  is  not  a  chemical  one,  but  a  reinforcement  of  the  pro- 
cess of  digestion,  as  carried  out  in  the  human  body. 

It  does  not  contain  chemical  preservatives,  nor  are 
chemicaJs  employed  at  any  stage  of  its  preparation 

Vre-Digested  Bee/ contains  86  per  cent  of  the  total  nitrogen  content  of  beef;  in  other  words 
it  represents  the  entire  nutritive  value  of  beef.     Beef  is  four  times  as  nourishing  as  milk;  since 
Pre^Digested  "Beef  contains  the  entire  nutritive  principles  of  beef,  its  food  value  compared 
to  milk  is  therefore  fourfold  greater,  with  the  additional  advantages  of  being  previously  digested. 


PINT    BOTTLES  ' 


^MULFORD'Si 

^PRE-DIGESTED/ 
BEEF 

A  TRUE 
,  NATURALJ 

rooo 


INTRODUCED     BY 

H.  K.  MULFORD   COMPANY 

CHEMISTS 

Philadelphia  ..  Chicago 

'    *'****'^*'    r  **  LITERATURE    MAILED    UPON    REQUEST  •» 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1900. 


WYETH'S  PREPARED  FOOD 

OF ■  FOR 

MALT,  MILK  and  CEREALS,         INFANTS,  INVALIDS  and  CHILDREN 

WHOLESOME.    NOURISHING.    KCONOMICAL. 

THE  SUPERIOR  OF  MOTHER'S  MILK ;   a  combination  affording  the  physician  every  advantage 

and  embodying  the  established  principles  of  infant  feeding  and  hygiene. 

ITS  DIASTASIC  PROPERTIES  prevent  curdling,  correct  the  ills  of  malnutritioa  ard  fore  the 
weak  and  wasted  organs  of  digestion. 

WYETH'S  PREPARED  FOOD  is  not  a  predigested  Food,  but  one  that  when  prepared  for  use 
immediately  exerts  upon  itself  that  power  of  digestion  which  has  been  carefully  preserved  in  its 
constituents — the  Malt,  rich  in  diastase,  acting  in  conjunction  with  the  pancreatic  secretions,  digests 
the  fats  and  albuminoids  of  the  milk,  converting  the  starch  of  the  cereals  into  sugar  (Malto.se)  and 
neutralizing  the  tendency  of  the  acids  of  the  stomach  to  form  curds  ;  thus  rendering  the  Food  of 
infinite  value  to  the  infant  and  invalid  alike,  supplying  the  necessary  nutrition  and  material  to  strengthen 
and  build  up  the  human  economy,  at  the  same  time  relieving  the  stomach  of  the  infant  or  invalid  froro 
that  expenditure  of  energy  necessary  to  the  digestion  of  ordinary  food. 

r   GREATER    PROFIT 

Offers  every  advantage  to  the  Druggist:  <  larger  package 

C  superior  merit 

t&'TO   DRUGGISTS   ORDERING    THE   FOOD    WE    WILL   SUPPLY  PHYSICIANS'   SAMPLES."^* 


PUT     XJf    IN     GI^ASS     CONTAINERS. 


BETATT.  PEICES: 

Ib  8-OI.  bottles,  35  cen»s. 

In  I6-OZ.  bottles,  65  cents. 

Hospital  size,  6  lbs.,  $2.75. 


John  Wyeth  &  Brother, 


Incorporated. 

Manufacturinq  Chemists, 

PHILADELPHIA.   PAf 


(S.  p.  4.> 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT 


IMPORTANT   DECISION    OF   INTEREST   TO 
DRUGGISTS. 


SUPREME  COIRT  OF  IOWA  DECIDES  THAT  DRUG- 
GIST  IS   NOT   LIABLE    FOR    INJURIES   CAUSED 
BY    ARTICLES    PURCHASED    FROM    HIM. 

The  Supreme  Court  of  Iowa  rendered  a  decision  on 
Dec.  20.  1901,  in  a  case  which  is  wibhout  a  parallel  in  legal 
Jurisprudence.  It,  for  the  first  time,  defines  the  status  of 
a  pharmacist  for  liablities  in  cases  in  which  he  furnishes 
the  articles  called  for,  labeled  correctly,  and  an  accident 
subsequently  occurs  causing  bodily  injury  to  the  pur- 
chaser. The  first  trial  of  this  interesting  case  was  re- 
ported in  the  Era  of  March  29,  1900.  It  was  thrown  out 
of  court  March  14,  1900,  but  was  subsequently  appealed. 
The  circumstances  involved  in  the  case  are  as  follows: 
William  M.  Gibson,  residing  at  Fort  Dodge,  sent  to  W.  H. 
Torbert,  a  wholesale  druggist  of  Dubuque,  and  obtained 
a  quantity  of  phosp'h'orus.  When  the  sale  was  made  the 
usual  precautions  were  observed,  the  package  correctly 
labeled,  tlie  phosphorus  itself  being  immersed  in  a  vessel 
of  water,  -which  was  Carefully  packed  in  clay.  Gibson 
took  the  phosphorus  out  of  the  water,  and  was  marking 
on  a  wall,  when  by  accident  he  dropped  it  v>n  the  floor. 
and,  as  he  picked  it  up.  it  ignited  and  badly  burnt  his 
hand.  He  thereupon  sued  Torbert  for  $10,000  damages, 
his  attorneys  claiming  that  Torbert  should  have  known 
from  the  mis-spelling  and  poor  chirography  in  Gibson's 
letter  that  he  was  ignorant  and  should  have  refused  to 
send  him  the  phosphorus.  Mr.  Torbert's  attorneys  took 
the  position  that  Mr.  Torbert  had  the  right  to  suppose 
that  a  man  who  wanted  phosphorus  understood  its  dan-  . 
gerous  character.  They  claimed  that  the  accident  was 
the  direct  result  of  Gibson's  own  carelessness. 

Mr.  Torbert  has  obtained  a  complete  victory,  after 
carrying  on  for  more  than  four  years  and  without  aid 
from  any  source,  a  fight  not  only  for  his  own  interest, 
but  for  the  protection  of  every  druggist  in  this  country. 

The  opinion  written  by  Judge  J.  Sherwin  of  the 
Supreme  Court  is  as  follows: 

In  his  petition  the  plaintiff  alleges  that  he  Is  a  man 
of  middle  age  and  of  very  limited  education  and  that  at 
the  time  of  the  transaction  in  question  he  was  and  always 
had  been  ignorant  of  the  character  and  properties  of 
phosphorus.  That  the  defendant  was  a  wholesale  drug- 
gist, dealing  in  phosphorus,  and  possessed  'Of  a  scientific 
knowledge  and  was  perfectly  familiar  with  its  character 
and  properties.  That  said  drug  in  its  commercial  form 
is  but  little  used  and  its  nature  and  properties  are  not 
generally  known  to  the  public.  That  in  such  form,  it  is 
a  highly  drastic,  corrosive,  and  deadly  poison,  and  is 
highly  explosive  and  combustible,  being  liable  at  all 
times  when  removed  from  water,  "to  explosion  and  spon- 
taneous comhustion,  either  by  ignition  from  contact  with 
fire,  by  the  application  of  force,  or  from  chemical  changes 
cftectc<l  by  contact  with  air."  That  In  fact  it  is  a  "most 
dangerous  and  deadly  nu'isance."  "That  having  heard 
that  said  drug  was  employed  by  actors  and  stage  man- 
agers as  a  harmless  illuminant,  and  desiring  to  know 
more  about  it,  "he  sent  an  order  In  writing  to  the  defen- 
dant for  a  small  quantity  thereof,"  in  words  and  figures 
as  follows: 

"Iowa  Falls,   4,   3,   '97. 
W.  H.  Torbert,  Dubuque,  Iowa. 

Dear  Sur, 
Mr.  Swortz  Gave  me  your  Address  and  advised  me 
To  Rite  to  vou  .ind  that  vou  would  send  me  what  I  wanted 
as  He  had  not  Got  it  Will  you  Please  send  me  .'iOc  worth 
of  Phns  Phorus  By  Rxpress  to  Colect  on  Delever  and  if 
It  works  as  I  think  it  will.  Thare  will  Bee  A  Big  Demand 
lor  it  I,et  me  Know  Pleas  if  you  Have  not  g'ot  It  whare 
I  can  Oct  it  Bv  Return  male  your  Trulcy  W.  M.  Gibson, 
lowR  Falls.  Tnwa." 

That  said  letter  was  In  his  own  handwriting,  and  was 
poorly  written  with  a  lead  pencil. 

That  in  response  thereto  the  defendant  caused  a  glass 


bottle  "containing  three  sticks  of  plhiosphorus  Immersed 
in  water,  to  be  shipped  by  express  to  plaintiff,  labelled 
"Phosphorus,"  but  without  any  other  written  directions 
or  warning  whatsoever  accompanying  It.  That  after  re- 
ceiving the  package  he  removed  the  phosphorus  from  the 
bottle  and  proceeded  to  examine  and  handle  the  same. 
"That  while  holding  two  of  said  bars  in  his  hands,  by 
accident  one  of  the  bars  slipped  from  his  hand  and  fell 
upon  the  carpet  of  the  fioor  in  his  homo."  That  "on 
stooping  to  pick  5t  up,  it  exploded  scattering  spray  and 
molten  quantities  of  its  substance  upon  his  hand,  which 
Instantly  burned  and  at  'the  same  time  ignited  and  ex- 
ploded the  bar  which  was  beiing  held  in  his  other  hand. 

"That  defendant  was  fully  aware  of  all  said  danger, 
that  there  was  constantly  an  imminent  probability  that 
said  drug  would  act  as  herein  explained,  under  similar 
circumstances,  and  that  such  facts,  and  all  its  dangers 
were  unknown  to  the  general  public  and  probably  un- 
known to   plaintiff." 

An  exhaustive  researdh  by  the  able  counsel  represent- 
ing both  sides  of  this  case  has  failed  to  find  In  the  text 
books  or  in  the  adjudicated  cases,  a  case  presenting  facts 
exactly  parallel  to  those  In  the  case  at  bar. 

This  action  is  not  based  upon  the  statute,  section 
233.  which  require  the  labeling  of  certain  drugs  when 
sofd,  for  phosphorus  is  not  one  of  the  drugs  therein  men- 
tioned. It  is  a  common  laiw  action  alleging  negligence  in 
selling  and  delivering  to  a  customer  in  the  usual  course 
of  trade  tlie  identical  thing  ordered,  properly  labeled, 
without  informing  such  customer  of  the  dangerous  prop- 
erties of  the  substance  so  ordered  and  delivered. 

The  ciases  cited  pro  and  con  furnish  but  little  assist- 
ance in  determining  the  question  before  us  for  the  reason 
that  they  were  all  decided  on  a  different  set  of  facts,  they 
all  recognize  tfhe  general  rule,  that  where  one  person 
owes  a  legal  duty  to  another  and  fails  to  perform  it  he 
Is  liable  for  the  damage  resulting  proximately  from  his 
failure.  (Here  follows  a  lengthy  review  of  the  cases 
cited.) 

We  believe  the  true  rule  deducible  from  reason  and 
from  authorities  Is,  that  wlien  a  person  who  has  reached 
the  age  of  discretion  and  who  Is  apparently  In  the  posses- 
sion of  his  mental  faculties,  applies  to  a  druggist  for  a 
certain  drug,  he  represents  to  the  dealer  by  implication 
at  least  that  he  knows  its  properties  and  uses  and  that 
he  is  a  fit  person  to  whom  sale  thereof  may  be  made, 
and  that  unless  there  is  something  connected  with  the 
transaction  or  something  previously  known  to  the  seller,  . 
indicating  that  the  would  be  purchaser  cannot  safely  be 
entrusted  with  the  substance,  a  sale  of  the  substance 
called  for  may  be  made  without  explaining  its  properties 
or  the  manner  in  wtiich  It  may  be  safely 
used  or  handled,  and  that  under  such  cir- 
cumstances the  seller  is  not  liable  dn  dam- 
ages for  injuries  to  the  purchaser  resulting  from  the 
improper  use  or  handling  of  the  article,  no  matter  how: 
little  knowledge  the  purchaser  may  in  fact  ihave  had  of  its 
properties  or  of  the  manner  in  whidh  dt  could  not  be  safe- 
ly used  or  handled.  It  appears  clear  to  us  that  the  ven- 
dors legal  duty  to  such  a  purchaser  can  go  no  further 
than  to  give  him  the  identical  substance  ihe  calls  for. 
Let  us  now  apply  this  rule  to  the  facts  in  this  case. 

Phosphorus  is  one  of  the  elements  of  matter  that  was 
discovered  more  than  200  years  ago,  in  fact  Its  illumina- 
ting properties  were  discovered  as  early  as  1680,  and  It 
has  been  used  for  different  purposes  to  a  limited  extent 
ever  since  its  discovery.  Since  1S3.')  Its  principal  use  has 
been  In  the  manufacture  of  matches.  Por  years  this 
latter  use  has  been  a  matter  of  common  knowledge  to 
ichlldren  even,  and  there  are  but  tew  adults  of  ordinary 
observation  or  intelligence  who  are  not  familiar  with  this 
use,  and  of  its  peculiar  quality  of  emitting  liglit.  It  Is 
also  generally  known  to  be  a  deadly  poison  when  taken 
Internally.  It  is  contended,  however,  that  the  plaintiff's 
letter   ordering   phosphorus   is   so  'iinterate   that  It   alone 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1902. 


would  convey  to  a  man  of  ordinary  care  information  that 
the  plaintiff  was  not  a  suitable  person  to  entrust  with 
the  drug  without  specific  warning  as  to  its  dangerous 
properties;  but  we  caiuiot  accept  this  construction  of  the 
letter,  nor  the  inference  sought  to  be  drawn  therefrom, 
on  the  contrary,  we  think  the  letter  itself,  with  all  its 
indications  of  illiteracy,  was  an  assurance  to  the  defend- 
ant to  a  certain  extent  at  least  that  the  writer  knew  the 
substance  he  was  ordering.  It  will  not  do  to  say  that  a 
man  who  may  not  be  able  to  correctly  compose  or  to  cor- 
pectly  spell  or  whose  writing  is  poor,  is  unfit  to  be  en- 
trusted with  dangerous  substances,  for  some  at  least  of 
the  great  inventive  geniuses  of  the  world  have  been  de- 
ficient in  all  of  these  respects. 

The    claim    that    the    demurrer    was    improperly    sus- 
tained because  the  letter  should   have  been  left  for   the 


construction  of  a  jury,  we  cannot  assent  to,  because  we 
are  of  the  opinion  that  court  should  say  as  a  matter  of 
law,  that  it  does  not  disclose  facts  which  would  require 
the  defendant  to  explain  to  the  plaintiff  in  detail  the 
properties  of  phosphorus. 

It  is  questionable  whether  the  petition  sufficiently 
charges  the  defendant  with  knowledge  of  the  plaintiff's 
ignorance  of  the  dangerous  nature  of  phosphorus,  and  a 
demurrer  only  admits  matter  well  plead;  but  even  if  there 
were  no  doubt  on  this  matter,  we  would  not  reverse  the 
case,  because  of  our  firm  conviction  that  the  plaintiff 
has  no  legal  cause  of  action  taking  his  petition  as  a  whole 
in  connection  with  appellant't  argument  when  dis-closed 
that  the  only  evidence  of  thfs  fact  is  the  Inference  which 
arises  from  the  lack  of  public  knowledge. 

The  judgment  is  affirmed. 


NEW   YORK   AND  VICINITY. 


ANOTHER  SWINDLING  SCHEME. 

FAKIR    SELLING    "Sf.WPHCIX"    AVORKS    NBAV    EXG- 
LAND  DRUGGISTS. 

A  traveling  schemer  who  appears  to  have  succeeded 
in  gaining  the  confidence  of,  and  in  selling  goods  to  a 
large  number  oi  druggists  has  recently  been  visiting  the 
trade  in  N^w  England  towns,  representing  himself  as 
a  salesman  for  Marshall-Mead,  Philadelphia.  The  man 
is  said  to  be  very  smooth-tongued  and  has  a  "grand 
proposition"  for  the  druggist  in  the  shape  of  an  insec- 
tici'.le  which  he  calls  "Naphcin"  and  for  which  the  drug- 
gist is  asked  to  pay  four  dollars  a  gallon.  When  a  sale 
is  effected  the  swindler  delivers  the  "Naphcin"  imme- 
diately and  demands  the  c'ash. 

The  following  letter  was  received  at  this  office  from 
one  of  the  New  England  druggists  who  was  swindled  by 
the  Marshall-Mead  man: 

"To  the  Editor:  T  enclose  a  little  circular  which  you 
have  probably  seen  or  at  lieast  heard  of  as  a  swindle.  You 
will  see  a  pretty  good  description  dn  the  December  num- 
ber of  the  New  England  Druggist  which  answ^ers  my  case 
exactly,  excetting  that  I  got  a  gallon  of  turpentine  in 
which  naphthalin  was  dissolved.  The  article  he  showed 
me  was  entirely  different  and  would  mix  with  water  in 
all  proportions.  The  can  was  wrapped  with  paper  bearing 
the  name  of  Oliver  Johnson  &  Co.,  paints  and  oils.  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.,  who.  Mr.  Marsihall-Mead  said,  were  distribu- 
ting agents  for  New  England.  His  clajim  that  the  Stand- 
ard Oil  Company  was  connected  with  the  concern,  I 
should  think  would  make  them  look  after  him.  He 
stuck  two  or  three  stores  here.  He  is  a  slick  one.  He  is 
a  person  weighing  a'bopt  200  pounds,  full  faced  and  no 
whiskers." 

The  December  number  of  the  New  England  Druggist 
contained  a  letter  from  a  druggist  who  said  he  had  pur- 
chased a  gallon  of  the  Marshall-Mead  man's  fluid  and  on 
examining  it  found  it  to  be  about  a  five  per  cent  solution 
of  Kulpho  napthol.  He  said  the  swindler  took  his  order 
in  the  regular  way  and  then  waited  outside  until  the 
druggist  was  busy  with  a  customer  and  then  took  the 
can  of  fluid  in  and  obtained  the  money. 

The  swindler  represented  that  his  concern,  Messrs. 
Marshall-Mead  'of  Philadelphia,  'had  recently  been  bought 
out  by  the  Standard  Oil  Co.  This  was  denied  at  the 
offices  of  the  latter  company. 

H.  C.  Dusenberry,  No.  05  Gold  street.  New  York,  one 
of  the  largest  dealers  in  coal  tar  products  in  America 
and  who  makes  a  specialty  of  napthalin  and  creoleum. 
stated  to  an  Era  representative  last  Saturday  that  he  did 
not  know  of  any  such  firm  as  'Marshall-Mead  of  Phila- 
delphia, and  that  the  preparation  being  known  as  "naph- 
cin" was  probably  nothing  more  or  less  than  a  solution 
of  creoleum  or  napthalin.  lie  s.iid  'he  had  heard  of  the 
man  selling  "naphcin"  and  of  Marshall-Mead,  but  that 
he  could  not  learn  thart;  there  was  such  a  concern  in 
Philadelphia.  He  was  satisfied  the  man  was  a  swindler 
and  that  no  such  concern  as  Marshall-Mead  existed. 

The  circular  sent  out  by  "Marshall-Mead"  does  not 
appear  to  be  one  to  insure  confidence  in  the  concern.    Im 


tlie  first  place  no  street  address  of  Marshall-Mead  is 
given.  A  number  of  formulas  are  printed  which  only 
require  a  certain  per  cent  of  "naphcin"  in  water.  Each 
formula  is  given  a  name,  such  as  "Sanshol,"  "Insecthol," 
"Bensdol,"  "Shrubol"  and  Antiscepcine."  The  following 
appears  under  the  heading  "important  information": 
"Manufacturers  adopting  the  formulas  and  names  con- 
tained in  the  various  labels  for  naphcin  solutions,  as  pre- 
scribed by  Messrs.  Marshall-Mead,  are  cautioned  against 
using  coloring  matter  or  deodorants  or  dn  any  way  chang- 
ing the  standards  therein  stated.  Each  bottle  of  fluid  sold 
under  our  labels  must  correspond  to  the  label  as  in- 
dividual medicines  correspond  to  the  physician's  pre- 
scriptions." The  circular  also  says:  "Customers  desiring 
credit  on  small  quantities  are  respectfully  requested  to 
purchase  naphcin  through  their  jobbers." 


SALE  OF  ANTITOXIN  BY  BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 


Medical   Society  AVi 


fc-estigate. 


Dr.  W.  R.  Inge  Dalton,  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the 
New  York  County  Medical  Society,  suhmitted  a  resolu- 
tion in  reference  to  the  city  iBoard  of  Health  selling 
its  Antitoxin.  The  resolution  refers  to  the  deaths  that 
have  recently  occurred  in  St.  Louis  from  the  use  of  im- 
pure antitoxin  and  in  Camden,  N.  J.,  and  elsewhere 
from  tetanus  following  vaccination.  It  asked  that  a  com- 
mittee be  appointed  to  inquire  into  and  report  upon  the 
ontire  sub.iect  of  the  manufacture,  testing,  keeping,  sale 
and  distribution  of  antitoxin  serum  and  vaccine  virus, 
both  by  Boards  of  Health  and  private  manufacturers, 
and  also  report  whether  it  is  desiralble  or  otherwise  that 
Boards  of  He^alth  should  engage  in  comimercial  competi- 
tion with  regular  manufacturers.  The  alleged  unsatis- 
factory condition  of  the  stahles  where  the  antitoxin 
horses  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Health  are  kept  was 
referred  to  it  and  was  urged  that  the  committee  ap- 
pointed investigiate  the  methods  used  by  the  Board  of 
Health  in  its  manufacturing  antitoxin.  The  resolution 
was  referred  to  the  committee  on  business  to  report  on 
al  the  next  nioetin.?.  of  the  society  to  be  held  Jan'i.i-y  2. 


Civil.  SERVICE  EX.MttlNATIONS. 

The  New  York  State  and  County  Civil  Service  exam- 
in.ntions.  for  positions  in  State  and  County  departments 
and  institutions  will  be  held  about  January  18.  1902.  The 
positions  as  Apothecary  for  the  hospitals,  prisons  and 
institutions  are  aimong  those  open  for  competitive  exam- 
ination. These  positions  pay  from  forty  to  sixty  dollars 
a  month  and  maintenance,  and  are  open  to  men  or 
women.  Examinations  will  be  held  in  the  principal  cities 
of  the  Slate.  Full  particulars  and  application  blank, 
which  should  he  filed  In  the  office  of  the  commission  on 
or  before  noon  of  January  13,  can  be  had  by  addressing 
the  Chief  Examiner,  State  Civil  Ser%-ice  Commission, 
Albany. 


January  2,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


17 


EDWARD    KEMP. 

Edward  Kemp,  head  of  the  firm  of  Lanman  &  Kemp, 
No.  135  Water  street,  died  Tuesday  evening,  Decemher 
24,  at  his  home.  No.  722  Fifth  avenue.  Death  was  said 
to  be  due  to  heart  disease,  though  Mr.  Kemp,  on  account 
of  ill  health,  had  not  been  able  to  attend  to  business 
since  December  2. 

Mr.  Kemp  was  born  in  Ireland  seventy  years  ag'o,  and 
•came  to  this  country  in  boyhood  with  his  widowed  moth- 
er. His  first  experience  in  the  business  world  was  in 
1847,  with  Hussey  &  Murray,  at  Old  Slip,  this  city.  He 
later  went  with  W.  H.  Halsey,  a  shellac  importer  who 
had  a  store  on  Burling  Slip.  Here  he  became  familiar 
■with  the  East  Indian  trade  and  was  r<?cognized  as  an 
■expert  in  shellac,  indigo  and  East  Indian  products.  In 
1870  he  became  associated  witli  his  late  brother  George, 
1r  the  firm  of  ]L,anman  &  Ktmp.  his  Icnowledge  of  com- 
meroial  affairs  and  accurate  judgment  assisting  greatly 
In  malcing  the  business  highly  successful.  It  was  he 
■who  built  the  fine  building  at  No.  135  Water  street,  in 
which  the  firms'  offices  are  now  located.  Mr.  Kem" 
was  for  several  years  president  of  the  New  Torlc  College 
of  Pharmacy  and  contributed  to  the  treasury  of  that 
institution  on  several  occasions,  besides  donating  to  the 
laboratory  equipment  and  supplies   from  time  to   time. 

Mr.  Kemp  was  an  enthusiastic  member  of  the  Seventh 
Re^ment  and  he  went  to  Washington  with  the  regiment 
a.t  the  outbrealc  of  the  Civil  War.  He  was  largely  instru- 
mental in  securing  the  erection  of  the  Seventh  Regi- 
ment Armory,  and  was  the  donor  of  numerous  prizes  at 
the  various  rifle  shooting  contests  of  the  regiment.  H'S 
Summer  home  was  at  Remson  Road,  Monmoulth  County, 
New  Jersey,  where  he  was  Icnown  for  his  liberality  to- 
ward the  various  churches,  irrespective  of  denomination. 

Mr.  Kemp  was  a  familiar  figure  in  the  district  below 
Fulton  street  for  over  fifty  years  and  was  well  known  a.";  a 
philanthropist.    He  leaves  a  widow. 


firm,  at  81-83  Fulton  street,  ^Saturday,  December  21. 
Mr.  McKee  came  to  the  city  from  Bridgeport,  Conn.,  on 
Friday,  and  just  before  going  to  Mr.  Wood's  office  had 
accompanied  his  wife  to»the  station  to  talce  the  train  for 
Toronto.  He  complained  of  not  feeling  well  when  he  first 
went  into  trie  office  ;.:ki  died  about  fifteen  minutes  after 
entering.  Mr.  MoKee  was  well  and  favorably  known  in 
Canadian  drug  circles,  having  been  in  the  retail  busi- 
ness in  Peierburoufh  alicut  thirty  years.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  member  of  the  council  of  the  Ontario  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy.  He  had  been  representing  Mr.  Wood 
in  various  sections  for  about  three  years  and  had  many 
friends  in  the  drug  trade  both  in  Camada  and  the  United 
States.  A  widow  and  two  sons,  who  are  in  Toronto, 
survive  him.  The  body  was  taken  to  Peterborough  for 
interment. 


NE«-     YORK     RETAIL.    DRUGGISTS'     ASSOCIATIOJT. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  New  York  Retail  Drug- 
g<ists'  Association  was  held  at  Oddfellows'  Hall,  No.  98 
Forsyth  street,  at  the  usual  hour  of  midnight  on  Friday, 
December  20.  About  fifty  members  were  in  attendance. 
William  Hammer  of  No.  176  Monroe  street  was  elected 
to  membership. 

A  communication  from  the  secretary  of  the  National 
Association  in  regard  to  resolution  C.  was  read.  The 
members  commented  upon  the  inability  of  that  body  to 
do  something  for  the  New  York  druggists,  who  were 
said  to  be  left  practically  to  their  fate. 

The  election  of  officers  for  the  ensuing  semi-annual 
term  resulted  as  follows:  President,  J.  Weinstein;  treas- 
urer, Jacob  Pick;  financial  secretary,  J.  Bakst;  recording 
secretary,  L.  Marmor;  trustees,  G.  Ginsberg,  S.  Bock- 
shitzky  and  H.  Glassman.  Mr.  Weinstein,  in  accepting, 
stated  while  undertaking  to  discharge  again  the  duties 
of  president,  (he  did  it  with  the  expectation  that  he 
would  have  the  necessary  help  of  all  the  members  and 
especially  of  those  whom  he  would  appoint  to  committees; 
for  the  honor  bestowed  upon  hira  became  too  much  of  a 
burden  if  he  was  obliged  to  attend  to  all  of  the  work 
himself.  The  question  of  engaging  counsel  to  the  associa- 
tion was  brought  up  and  it  was  decided  to  Wave  a  com- 
mittee appointed  to  engage  a  reputable  nrm. 

The  meeting  lasted  about  two  hours  and  before  ad- 
journment the  members  were  urged  to  take  more  interest 
m  the  work  of  organization  and  to  use  efforts  to  enlarge 
the  membership  of  the  association. 


C.AJJOR    RELE.\SED    ON   SUSPENDED    SENTEBVCEl 

Joseph  Cador,  No.  284  Henry  street,  Brooklyn,  who 
pleaded  guilty  to  the  charge  of  perjury,  in  having  made 
false  statements  under  oath  on  his  application  for  exami- 
nation before  the  iState  Board  of  Pharmacy  last  May, 
was  released  last  week  under  suspended  sentence.  Judge 
Newfburger,  of  the  Court  of  General  Sessions,  who  tried 
the  case,  said  that  this  decision  was  on  account  of 
Cador  having  already  spent  two  months  in  the  Tombs. 
It  is  said  that  Cador's  friends  used  every  means  possible 
to  secure  his  release. 

Cador  applied  to  the  Board  for  examination  on  May 
22.  1901,  and  stated  under  oath  on  his  application  that 
ihe  had  been  employed  by  a  Montreal  druggist  from  1896 
to  1899  and  also  presented  what  he  represented  as  an 
affidavit  from  th-e  druggist  to  that  effect.  When  the 
case  was  tried  the  State  Board  had  the  Montreal  drug- 
gist and  the  Secretary-Registrar  of  the  Pharmaceutical 
Society  of  the  Province  of  Quebec,  as  witnesses  and  had 
little  difficulty   in  proving  Cador  guilty  of  perjury. 


DRUGGIST   DIES    SUDDENLY. 

John  C.  McKee,  for  many  years  a  prominent  druggist 
of  Peterborough,  Ontario,  but  recently  acting  as  a  travel- 
ing representative  In  the  United  States  for  W.  Lloyd 
Wood,  American  agent  for  Allen  &  Hanburys.  Ltd.,  Lon- 
don, Eng.,  died  suddenly  at  the  New  York  office  of  that 


DRUG    OIjERK    MOSESON   FINED. 
Prncticoil    Pliarniacy    on    His   Brotlier's    Certificate. 

Herman  Moseson,  No.  1813  Lexington  avenue,  was 
sentenced  on  December  23  to  pay  a  fine  of  fifty  dollars 
or  spend  thirty  days  in  the  city  prison,  for  having  falsely 
represented  himself  as  a  registered  pharmacist  and  for 
practicing  as  such  on  the  certificate  of  his  brother,  Moses 
Moseson,  who  is  employed  with  the  Yates  Drug  &  Chemi- 
cal Co.,    No.   1155  Leonard   street.    Herman   Moseson   was 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1902. 


employed  as  clerk  with  druggist  Walter  B.  Tongue,  at 
Lexington  avenue  and  Ninety-third  street,  to  whom  he 
represented  himself  as  a  registered  phai-macist  and  pres- 
ented his  brother's  certificate.  'The  Board  of  Pharmacy 
became  acquainted  with  the  facts  In  the  case  and 
charged  him  with  practicing  pharmacy  unlawfully. 
Moseson  pleaded  guilty  to  the  charge  in  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  Decemiber  23,  '  and  was  immediately 
sentenced. 


STORE  REGISTRATIOX  IN  NEW  YORK. 

Druggists  applying  for  store  registration  are  requested 
by  the  New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  furnish  the 
names  of  their  unlicensed,  as  well  as  licensed  employes. 
It  is  said  that  on  their  applications  last  year,  many  pro- 
prietors stated  under  oath  that  they  had  no  unlicensed 
employes,  and  a  few  months  later  candidates  for  exam- 
ination appeared  before  the  Board  bearing  affidavits 
from  these  same  proprtetors,  swearing  that  they  had  been 
in  their  employ  during  the  period  when  the  store  license 
was  taken  out. 

The  Board  has  arranged  so  that  druggists  can  be 
supplied  with  application  blanks  through  the  American 
Distriict  Telegraph  Company.  This  will  save  the  drug- 
gist a  lot  of  trouble  as  all  he  needs  to  do  is  to  mail  the 
am'ount  of  registration  fee,  along  witb  tbe  application 
blank  properly  filled  out,  to  the  secretary,  Sidney  Faber, 
115  West  68th  street,   this  city. 


CREDITORS   HOLD   MEETING. 

The  principal  creditors  of  Max  Keller,  whole- 
sale druggist  of  No.  37  Bowery,  who  recently 
made  an  a.=si.qnment.  met  in  the  offices  of 
Bliimenstiel  &  Hirsch,  No.  302  Broadway,  on  Friday,  De- 
cember 27.  August  Stumpf,  the  assignee,  informed  the 
creditors  that  he  had  received  an  offer  of  $13,500  for  the 
business-,  iuid  that  the  stock  inventoried  .fQ.SOO.  He  asked 
the  pleasure  of  the  creditors  in  regard  to  the  offer  and 
was  advifed  to  sell.  The  liabilities  of  Mr.  Zeller 
amounted  to  about  $110,000.  There  are  book  accounts  for 
about  $27,000  and  the  assignee  reported  a'bout  $3,000 
worth  of  goods  sold  since  the  assignment,  with  expenses 
for  stock,  etc.,  albout  $1,000.  Selling  the  stock  at  $13,500 
will,  at  the  best,  give  assets  of  only  about  $42,500,  and 
the  creditors  expect  the  book  debts  to  be  actually  worth 
about  $25,000,  so  that  it  is  thought  the  assets  will  be  little 
more  than  $40,000. 


■WHOLES.^LE     DRUG    TRADE     BOWLING    ASSOCIA- 
TION. 

The  Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Association's 
games  rolled  on  Saturday,  December  28,  resulted  as  fol- 
lows: Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  776,  against  the  National  Lead 
Co.,  756;  Seabury  &  Johnson,  721,  against  the  National 
Lead  Co.,  724;  Seabury  &  Johnson,  840.  against  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.,  854;  General  Chemical  Co.,  830,  against 
Dodge  &  Olcott,  779;  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Ohemicial 
Co.,  730,  against  Dodge  &  Olcott,  838;  General  Chemical 
Co.,  795,  against  the  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Chemical 
Co.,  686. 


NEW   YORK    NOTES. 

Frederick    H.     Finch,     formerly    with    Frederick    K. 

Ste.arns  &  Co.,  and  Edwai'd  Moor,  formerly  m.anager  of 
Younsr's  Fifth  Avenue  Pharmacy,  Brooklyn,  have  ac- 
cepted positions  with  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  No.  1.33  William 
street.  Mr.  Finch  will  represent  the  firm  in  New  Jersey 
and  Mr.   Moor  in  New  York  City. 

Mcrin  &  Pollock  are  the  proprietors  of  a  new  phar- 
macy on  Eighth  avenue,  near  Thirtieth'  street.  Mr. 
Mcrin  is  also  the  proprietor  of  the  St.  Mark's  Pharmacy, 
at  Fifty-third  street  and  Eighth  avenue  and  Mr.  Pollock 
v\as  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Wlshner  &  Pollock,  with  a 
store  at  110th  street  and  Second  avenue. 

Herman  II.  Canter,  formerly  head  clerk  with  druggist 

F.  B.  Brill,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  has  taken  a  similar  posi- 
tion with  John  H.  Eiherhardt,  at  Tenth  avenue  and 
Twenty- second  street.  New  York.  Mr.  Canter  was  one 
of  the  Eucoeseful  candidates  examined  by  the  State  Board 
last  November. 


^F.    IM;u;er,    manag-er  of  J.   M.   Harriman's  drug'  store 

at  Lynn,  Mass.,  W.  A.  Spalding,  New  Haven,  Conn., 
Gray.  B.  Sullivan,  West  New  Brighton,  S.  I.,  L.  J. 
Schlessii.'ger,  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  J.  G.  Smith,  Rahway,  N. 
J.,  and  Aaron  Lucas  of  Norwich,  Conn.,  were  among'  the 
visitors   i:;    drug   circles    last   week. 

William  J.  Piatt  and  George  S.  Piatt,  members  of  the 

firm  of  William  J.  Piatt  &  Co.,  formerly  at  New  Canaan, 
now  at  Bridgeport,  Con-n.,  were  in  New  York  last  week 
buying  a  stock  of  drugs  and  druggists'  sundries  to  add 
to   their  retail  and  Jobbing  grocery   business. 

Clifford    Ramsdell,    for    some    time    with    Daggett    & 

Ramsdell,  at  their  East  Thirty-fourth  street  pharmacy, 
is  now  in  charge  of  the  Western  branch  of  the  Fraser 
Talblet  Co.'s  prescription  store,  No.  28  Washington  street, 
Chicago. 

The  jimerican  Drug  Co.  has  recently  been  incorpor- 
ated in  New  Jersey.  The  incorporators  are:  Charles  F. 
Gorde.",  Arthur  W.  Gordes  and  Leonard  Wishart.  The 
capital  stock  is  $125,000  and  the  head  office  is  at  No.  80O 
Broad  s'treet,   Newark,   N.   J. 

Charles   A.    Loring,    New   England    representative   for 

Lehn  &  Fink  is  in  the  city  for  a  few  days.  Mr.  Loring 
says  the  druggists  of  New  England  towns  appear  to  be 
well  satisfied  ■with  the  business  done  last  year,  and  look 
for  as  good  this  year. 

H.   G.   .Shaw,   of  McKesson  &  Robbins,   has  Just  sent 

out  a  card  of  thanks,  with  New  Year's  greetings,  to  his 
many  friends  In  the  retail  drug  business  in  the  various 
cities  which  he  visits  during,  the  year. 

Steven  Wilson,  a  retail  drugg'ist  of  Little  Neck,  L.  I., 

was  ill  th'^  city  a  few  days  last  week.  Mr.  Wilson  has  re- 
cent'y  i-.cquired  the  drug  'business  of  his  former  employ- 
ers',  Sutphen   Brothers. 

B.  B.  Myer's  drug  store,  at  130th  street  and  Amster- 
dam avenue,  was  invaded  by  some  of  the  participants  in 
a  race  riot  on  Christmas  day  and  shelf  bottles  and  fur- 
niture to  the  value  of  about  fifty  dollars  were  destroyed. 

Mr.=.  Jas.   S.  Boyd  is  offering  her  drugr  store  at  Cold- 

sprirg-on-the-Hudson,  for  sale. 


Wa«  Tills  a  Good  Dinner? 

The  New  Y'ork  Tribune  gives,  in  all  the  seeming  bar- 
barity of  the   old   Saxon  language,   the  bill  of  fare   used 
at  the  elaborate  banquet  which  took  place  at  Delmonico's 
recently   in   connection   with   the   King   Alfred   millenary 
celebration.    This   great   King   of   England   died   a   thou- 
sand years  ago;  the  menu  does  not  resemble  our  modern 
ones,  and  only  boundless  faith  in  Delmonico's  could  have 
emboldened  the  many  distinguished  guests  to  partake  of 
a  portion   of   "Juncate-E'boracum,"   or   of   "Sweta-Borys- 
Heb,"   in  fact,   the  only  recognizable  name  in  the  whole 
list       is       "Apollinaris,"       which       is       in       a       double 
sense   familiar   in   millions   of   mouths,    but   even   that   is 
not  a  modern  word,  as  good  St.  Apollinaris  died  many  a 
century  before  King  Alfred  was  born. 
The  unique  menu  is  given  as: 
Aefen-Mete. 
Ostren. 
Hlaf.  Brownis. 

Baedic.  Olea.  Myrtan. 

Hyrsting  Solle. 
Beore.  Braede.  Juncate-Eboracum. 

Boletus. 
Praede-Crustulata.  Pisa-Aelfreda.  ' 

Sweta-Borys-Heb. 

Fugele.  Acetarla.  Jely. 

Juncate-Plomrae.  Confytes. 

•Cj'se.  Knutu.  Fruyte. 

Apollinaris.  Ater-Potio. 


A  GOOD  DOSE  BOOK. 

What  Is  a  dose  book  good  for  if  it  does  not  tell  the 
doses  oi  any  except  a  few  hundred  of  the  best-known 
drugs?  When  you  look  in  Stearns'  dose  book  for  a  dose 
you  will  find  It.  Over  2,500  doses  are  listed  but  the  book 
is  so  c<impactly  arranged  as  to  go  in  the  vest-pocket 
easily.  And  yet  it  costs  nothing.  Subscribe  for  The  New 
Idi-a  a  year  at  25  cents  and  you  get  the  book  for  nothing. 
Worth  while?— well,  rather! 


January  2,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


10 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


■WEST  SPRINGFIELD  DRUG  STORE  SOIyD. 

Boston,  Dec.  28.— William  H.  Hall,  proprietor  of  the  Elm 
Pharmacy,  in  West  Springfield,  has  sold  his  store  to  I.  A. 
Darling,  from  Turner's  Palls,  where  he  built  up  a  suc- 
cessful business,  starting  in  1879  after  a  previous  experi- 
ence in  North  Adams.  It  is  said  that  Mr.  Hall  is  to  resign 
from  the  postmastership  of  West  Springfield.  At  the 
time  of  the  assassination  of  the  late  President  MoKinley, 
two  West  Springfield  women  asserted  that  the  postmaster 
had,  in  their  hearing,  made  unfavorable  comments  upon 
the  murdered  President.  Their  story  was  denied  most 
emphatically  by  Mr.  Hall,  and  little  credence  was  given  to 
it  by  the  townspeople.  The  women  persisted  in  their 
statement,  and  finally  forwarded  to  the  Washington  post- 
office  department  a  formal  complaint  against  Postmaster 
Hall,  which  has  never  been  heard  from  since.  He  stated 
at  that  time  that  he  would  be  glad  to  resign  his  posi- 
tion if  the  citizens  of  T\'e5t  Springfield  so  desired,  and  if 
they  would  petition  that  this  be  done.  The  petition  was 
never  sent.  Rumor  of  the  proposed  introduction  of  free 
delivery  of  mails  in  'West  Springfield  may  have  played 
some  part  in  Mr.  Hall's  determination  to  resign.  This 
system  would  mean  the  abolition  of  the  branch  postoffice 
and  the  placing  of  the  district  under  the  control  of  the 
Springfield  postoffice.  Postmaster  Hall  has  been  anxious 
to  dispose  of  his  drug  store,  and  henry  C.  Bliss,  of  Spring- 
field who  has  o^Tied  all  the  fixtures,  aside  from  the  post- 
office  supplies,  also  has  wished  to  sell. 


DRl'G    STORE   CHAXGES   IN   CA9IBRIDGE 

IBoSton,'  Dec.  2&— Of  the  several  Reycroft  pharmacies 
In  Cambridge,  that  of  L.  W.  Reycroft,  at  the  corner  of 
Cambridge  and  Fourth  streets,  has  been  sold  to  E.  H.  Pat- 
ten, who  for  nearly  twenty  years  has  been  in  the  drug 
business  in  that  city.  He  has  had  a  store  on  the  comer 
of  Gove  and  Third  streets  which  he  will  continue  to  con- 
duct as  well  as  his  new  place.  L.  W.  Reycroft,  now  that 
he  has  sold  out  to  Mr.  Patten,  may  possibly  take  the  drug 
store  at  the  corner  of  Massachusetts  avenue  and  Brook- 
line  streets,  Cambridge,  which  was  recently  vacated  by 
his  brother.  The  three  Reycroft  stores  in  that  city  have 
been  conducted  by  the  Reycroft  Brothers,  as  a  corpora- 
tion, each  one  of  the  three  brothers  managing  a  store. 
WTiile  L/Ouis  conducted  the  East  Cambridge  store  and 
Arthur  Reycroft  one  in  Cambridgepoi^,  the  third  has  been 
conducted  by  William  Reycroft  at  North  Cambridge.  All 
three  were  heavily  mortgaged  and  this  burden  of  debt  re- 
sulted in  the  failure  of  the  North  Cambridge  and  Cam- 
bridgeport  stores.  The  sale  of  the  third  one  at  Elast  Cam- 
bridge virtually  dissolved  the  partnership. 


LOSS    OP    L.IQIOR    LICENSES    MAY   BE    FOLLOWED 
BTT  THAT  OF  CERTIFICATE  OF  REGISTRATION. 

Boston,  Dec.  28.— On  an  appeal  to  a  higher  court  after 
his  first  examination,  when  he  was  fined  $100,  Patrick  J. 
Cuddyer,  of  the  firm  of  T.  Joyce  &  Company,  druggists  at 
141  West  Broadway,  South  Boston,  has  succeeded  in  get- 
ting his  fine  reduced  to  $50.  Their  store  recently  was 
raided  with  a  large  seizure  of  liquors.  The  board  of  po- 
lice has  confiscated  the  sixth-class  liquor  license  issued 
to  the  store  and  it  now  remains  to  be  seen  if  the  Massa- 
chusetts Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy  will  take 
away  the  certificate  of  registration  for  a  long  or  short 
period,  as  may  be  done.  The  board  has  the  matter  under 
consideration.  Since  the  board  last  spring  took  away  the 
certificate  of  a  Clinton  druggist  for  ten  years,  under  simil- 
ar conditions,  it  does  not  pay  the  trade  to  be  unmindful 
of  the  laws  or  to  break  them. 


quiet  and  there  were  only  a  few  customers  abroad  that 
day,  which  hereabouts  was  most  disagreeable  as  to  wea- 
ther conditions.  In  the  general  market  trade  has  been  of 
fair  proportions,  buyers  rather  limiting  their  purchases,  as 
often  is  the  case,  because  it  not  only  is  the  last  of  the 
month  but,  as  well,  the  end  of  the  year.  Drugs  and 
chemicals  have  been  demanded  only  to  the  extent  of  ac- 
tual needs,  and  much  the  same  may  be  saad  of  dyestutfs. 
Alcohols  are  livelier,  in  comparison  with  many  other 
things.    Waxes  are  quiet  Just  now. 


HOLIDAY  TR.VDE  EXCELLENT. 

Boston,  Dec.  28— Christmas  week  has  been  on  the  whole 
a  pretty  good  one  for  the  druggists,  and  they  have  expe- 
rienced an  excellent  holiday  trade.  A  run  about  town  to 
several  of  the  "popular"  drug  stores  on  the  night  before 
Christmas  found  those  places  packed  with  customers  buy- 
ing toilet  articles  and  sundries  which  are  so  much  car- 
ried  now   by   druggists.      The    holiday   itself  was    rather 


DRUG  FIRM  DISSOLVEID, 

(Bositon,  Deo.  28.— (By  mutual  consent,  the  drug  firm  of 
Masters  &  Mason,  in  Westfield,  has  been  dissolved.  Mr, 
Masters  has  gone  back  to  his  former  home  in  Spring- 
field, where  he  formerly  was  a  drug  clerk.  Just  what  the 
future  of  the  Westfield  store  is  to  be  has  not  been  deter- 
mined, but  it  is  to  remain  in  the  hands  of  Mrs.  Mason, 
who  may  find  a  competent  manager  or  possibly  purchaser. 
If  a  new  and  enterprising  manager  could  take  this  place  it 
probably  would  be  made  a  successful  business  venture. 
The  store,  although  well  fitted  up  and  attractive  in  ap- 
pearance, has  had  rather  hard  luck  because  of  unfortu- 
nate circumstances,  and  has  not  proved  a  success. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

By  mortgagee's  sale,  the  pharmacy  until  recently  owned 

by  P.  H.  Saxton  at  Montello,  a  suburb  of  Brockton,  has 
passed  into  new  hands.  The  Home  National  Bank  held 
an  interest  in  the  place  and  brought  about  the  sale  which 
was  made  to  Leslie  T.  Adams,  a  popular  drug  store  pro- 
prietor of  that  town.  Mr.  Adams  will  carry  on  his  new 
store  in  that  town  under  charge  of  Dr.  Hamilton,  who  has 
been  the  chief  registered  clerk  there  for  the  last  year  or 
more. 

■ — -As  the  result  of  a  probable  mistake  on  the  part  of  a 
drug  clerk  at  Ux'bridge,  a  woman  in  that  town  has  been 
maxie  quite  ill.  A  member  of  her  household  went  to  the 
drug  store  and  called  for  phenacetine  to  cure  a  headache. 
iShortly  after  taking  the  medicine,  the  woman  became  ill, 
complaining  of  pains  in  the  arms  and  neck.  A  physician 
was  needed  to  relieve  the  sufferer.  Just  what  was  given 
by  the  drug  clerk  is  to  be  determined  by  examination. 

■ ^Because  of  other'business  interests  making  demands  on 

his  time,  Carl  Hydren.  a  Pittsfield  druggist,  has  disposed 
of  his  business  to  E.  C.  Engstrom,  who  for  some  time  had 
been  Mr.  Hydren's  clerk.  Mr.  Hydren  has  been  tha  owner 
of  this  pharmacy  since  1890.  Previous  to  that  he  long  was 
clerk  at  the  Atwood  pharmacy.  He  plans  now  to  give  lus 
entire  time  over  to  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  a  pro- 
prietary insecticide. 

Among  the  new  claimants  for  trade  is  the  Dajoie  Man- 
ufacturing Company,  organized  for  the  purpose  of  manu- 
facturing and  dealing  in  drugs  and  chemicals.  It  is  to 
have  a  capital  of  $150,000.  Joseph  ZoHque  Lajoie  is  to 
be  president,  while  the  treasurer  will  be  Lewis  D.  Good- 
win. The  former  lives  in  Terrebourne,  Que,  while  the 
treasurer's  home  is  at  Lawrence,  Mass. 

^^\'ith  a  capital  stock  of  $500,000,   of  which,  however, 

only  $5  was  paid  in  for  incorporation  purposes,  the  Sur- 
geons &  Physicians'  Supply  Company  of  America  has  been 
formed  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing  and  dealing  In 
medical  supplies.  Frederick  W.  Reeves,  of  Cambridge, 
is  to  be  president,  and  James  H.  Nickerson.  of  West  New- 
ton, the  treasurer  of  the  company. 

At  Harriman  &  Foster's  drug  store  in  Whitinsville,  El- 
bert McAllister  has  assumed  the  duties  of  clerk,  becomlns 
the  assistant  of  W.  H.  Lewis.  This  store  recently  was 
purchased  by  Harriman  and  Foster  from  the  Mumford 
Drug  Company.  Mr.  McAllister  intends  to  study  the 
business  and  fit  himself  for  a  registered  pharmacist. 

iBy  the  overturning  of  a  lighted  lamp  which  caused  a 

fire  in  a  building  owned  by  George  Creamer,  at  the  comer 
of  Essex  street  and  '^'ashington  Square.  Salem,  the  drug 
store  of  J.  H.  M.  Edwards,  a  druggist  in  that  city,  was 
considerably  damaged  by  water  and  smoke.  The  loss  was 
covered  by   insurance.    • 

On  Christmas  Day,  Mrs.  Susan  B.  Heath,  the  mother 

of  alderman-eleot  W.  B.  Heath,  a  prominent  druggist  in 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1903. 


the  Jamaica  Plain  district,  died  at  the  residence  of  her 
daughter  in  that  part  of  the  city.  Mrs.  Heath  had  at- 
tained the  age  of  more  than  four-score  years. 

^Charles  W.  Perry,  a  Natick  pharmacist,  is  to  have  a 

new  store  in  the  Claris  Blocit  on  the  principal  business 
street  in  that  town,  having  just  taken  a  lease  of  the  place. 
His  store  in  the  past  has  toeen  in  Central  street,  a  less 
desirable  location. 

After   an   illness   lasting  through  ^several  months,    A. 

Auctil,  one  of  the  best-known  druggist  at  Fall  Biver,  has 
died.  He  was  of  French  birth.  His  pharmacy  was  situ- 
ated at  the  oomer  of  Glotoe  and  East  Main  streets.  In  Fall 
Raver. 

. — ■"William  A.  Volkra'ar,  a  Worcester  druggist,  was  re- 
cently granted  a  sixth-class  license  for  his  store  on  Main 
street,   that  city. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

nUSIIVESS    QUIET. 

Philadelphia,  'Dec.  28.— Just  now  business  is  quiet  and  a 
bit  dull  all  over  the  city,  with  little  demand  for  articles 
outside  of  staple  lines.  The  holiday  businesis  was  some- 
what of  a  disappointment  generally,  especially  down- 
town, although  the  sales  of  fancy  perfumery  and  toilet 
articles  in  other  sections  were  very  good.  Indeed,  every 
Tnerchant  has  felt  a  falling  off  in  holiday  trade,  the  com- 
plaint being  general,  which  is  attributed  to  the  fear  of 
smallpox  so  generally  felt,  inany  persons  fearing  to  risk 
a  ride  downtown  in  the  crowded  cars  or  go  into  tlie  big 
stores.  This  feeling  made  trade  much  better  than  usual 
for  the  druggists  supplying  residential  sections,  and  they 
generally  report  having  done  fairly  well,  although  busi- 
ness outside  of  a  few  lines  was  rather  poorer  than  was 
expected. 

Jobbing  houees  also  felt  the  effects  of  the  "slump"  in 
town,  though  out-of-town  orders  were  somewhat  increased 
for  the  reason  that  many  country  people  stayed  and 
ibought  at  home.  Taking  the  month  as  a  whole,  while 
the  volume  of  trade  Is  fairly  satisfactory,  it  has  not  come 
up  to  the  expectations  aroused  by  the  brisk  Fall  trade. 
Just  now  matters  are  quiet  and  most  firms  are  busy  tak- 
ing 'account  of  stock.  The  manufacturers  are  also  gen- 
erally closing  down  for  a  few  days  for  the  same  reason. 
The  drug  market  is  firm  and  quiet,  with  light  demands  for 
most  staples. 


P.    C.    P.    ALUMNI    MEETS. 

Philadelphia.  Dec.  28.— Several  matters  of  importance 
came  up  for  action  at  the  third  meeting  of  the  Executive 
Board  of  the  Alumni  Association.  The  finances  of  the 
Association  were  reported  to  be  in  a  satisfactory  condi- 
tion. It  was  noted  with  regret  that  the  attendance  of 
alumni  at  the  "Social  Meeting"  had  become  very  small, 
and,  as  the  primary  object  of  these  entertainments  was 
to  bring  students  and  graduates  together  socially,  it  was 
urged  that  .steps  be  taken  to  create  a  wider  and  more 
active  Interest  in  these.  Acting  'on  a  recomTnendation 
from  Prof.  Remington,  a  committee  was  appointed  to 
further  the  athletic  interests  of  College  students.  In  ac- 
cordance with  the  repeated  request  of  W.  Nelson  Stem 
to  be  relieved  of  tlie  duties  of  "Business  Manager"  of  the 
"Alumni  Report."  his  resignation  was  accepted  with  a 
vote  of  thanks  for  Ms  past  services  and  Wm.  B.  Krew- 
son's  offer  to  serve  In  this  capacity  was  accepted. 

The  second  of  the  series  of  illustrated  lectures  will  be 
given  on  the  evening  of  Wednesday,  January  8,  at  the  Col- 
lege. The  subject  will  'be  "Uttle  Brothers  of  the  Air," 
an  illustrated  lecture  on  birfls  by  Dr.  S.  C.  Schmucker. 
Admission  is  by  card,  free,  which  may  be  obtained  at  the 
College. 


DRUG    BOWXING    LEAGUE    TOPICS. 

Philadelphia,  Dec.  28.— Owing  to  the  holidays,  no  games 
were  scheduled  for  this  week,  the  next  games  being  set 
for  Tuesday,  December  30,  between  Whitall  Tatum  Com- 
pany vs.  H.  K.  Mnlford  Company,  and  R.  Shoemaker  & 
Company  vs.    H.    K.   Wampole   Company.     The  standing 


of  the  teams  so  far  is:  No.  1— Whitall  Tatum  Company; 
No.  2— Smith,  Kline  &  French  Company;  No.  3— Aschen- 
bach  &  Miller;  No.  4— Wanderers;  No.  5— H.  K.  Mulford 
Company;  No.  6— R.  Shoemaker  &  Company;  No.  7— H.  K. 
Wampole  Company.  As  scyme  of  the  lower  teams  are  hot 
after  the  leaders,  an  exciting  finish  may  be  looked  for. 
On  Saturday  last  the  "Wanderers"  were  guests  of  J.  EU- 
wood  Lee  at  his  home  in  Conshohocken,  where  three 
games  were  rolled  off  between  the  \'isitors  and  the  J. 
Ellwood  Lee  Company  team,  the  score  being  two  to  one 
in  favor  of  the  "Wanderers."  After  the  games  a  lunch 
was  given  the  visiting  bowlers.  Mr.  Lee  has  one  of  the 
finest  private  alleys  an  the  country  and  is  an  enthusiastic 
bowler. 


MEETING  OP  PHIL.ADELPHIA  SECTIOIV  AiMlEiIUCAN 
CHEMICAL,    SOCIETY. 

Philadelphia.  Dec.  28. — The  usual  monthly  meeting  of 
the  Philadelphia  Section  of  the  American  Chemical  So- 
city  was  held  December  19  at  the  Harrison  Laboratory, 
University  of  Pennsylvania,  following  an  informal  din- 
ner. This  latter,  by  the  way.  Is  a  new  feature  greatly 
favored  by  meimbers  and  is  worthy  of  adoption  by  drug- 
gists' associations.  Arrangements  are  made  at  a  certain 
restaurant  for  a  dinner  at  about  fifty  cents  apiece,  to 
which  each  man  contributes  his  share,  and  after  dinner 
the  company  adjourns  in  a  body  to  the  meeting.  In 
this  way  members  meet  and  become  acquainted  with 
one  another  far  better  than  by  any  number  of  formal 
raieetings. 

The  isu'bject  of  discussion  was  adulterated  linseed'  oil 
and  meal,  which  has  been  recently  mentioned  in  the  Era. 
A  note  was  made  of  a  new  white  paint  which  is  shortly 
to  appear  on  the  market,  composed  of  the  reaction  pro- 
ducts of  'barium  hydrate  and  zinc  sulphate,  also  another 
of  barium  sulphide  and  zinc  sulphate.  As  both  of  these 
may  be  used  as  counterfeits  or  adulterants  of  white  lead, 
the  notice  is  worth  remembering. 


EXPLOSIVE  NATURE   OF   SMOKE  IN  FIRES. 

Philadelphia,  Dec.  28.— At  a  lecture  before  the  "Fire 
Insurance  Society"  recently.  Fire  Inspector  Wm.  Mc- 
Devltt  gave  a  demonstration  of  the  explosive  nature  of 
smoke  when  in  a  confined  space,  referring  the  sudden 
spread  of  the  disastrout  fire  of  last  m'Onth  at  Market  and 
Twelfth  streets  to  this  cause.  He  showed  that  there  was 
sufficient  energy  stowed  up  in  a  few  pine  shavings  to  de- 
molish a  good-sized  room  when  it  was  converted  into 
smoke  and  ignited,  and  that  much  greater  effects  would 
result  Sf  varnished  wood  were  being  consumed.  As  a 
word  of  caution  to  druggists  the  advice  of  Inspector 
McDevitt  is  worth  quoting.  He  advises  the  immediate 
bursting  in  of  doors  and  windows  in  case  of  fire  in  a  store, 
to  prevent  the  confinement  of  explosive  smoke,  the  flames 
that  might  follow  such  action  being  easier  to  control  and 
less  likely  to  wreck  the  building  from  an  explosion.  In 
large  stores  a  central  Inclosed  airshaft  and  fire-escape 
should  always  be  kept  in  readiness  for  Instant  use. 


PHILADELPHIA  WHOLESALE   DRUG  CO. 

Philadelphia,  Dec.  28.— The  Philadelphia  Wholesale 
Drug  Company  held  its  usual  annual  meeting  last  Mon- 
day. Reports  of  the  business  of  the  past  year,  etc.,  were 
received  and  officers  elected  for  1902.  These  were:  Presi- 
dent, E.  R.  Gatchel;  vice-president,  Wm.  Mclntyre;  sec- 
retary, W.  P.  Steinmetz;  treasurer,  H.  H.  Ross.  Bueinesa 
manager  F.  Rohrman  was  re-elected  to  serve  another 
year  in  his  present  capacity.  The  affairs  of  the  com- 
pany were  reported  as  being  in  quite  a  satisfactory  con- 
dition, with  many  new  applications  for  membership  dur- 
ing the  year  and  a  large  volume  of  business  transacted 
at  a  low  margin  of  expense.  The  application  of  the  Phila- 
delphia Drug  Company  to  be  placed  on  the  list  of  "legi- 
timate jobbers,"  which  will  no  doubt  be  granted,  when 
passed  on  will  put  it  Sn  a  condition  to  do  a  still  wider 
business  and  an  increase  in  membership  is  planned,  to- 
gether with  a  larger  capital. 


January  2,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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URU;  TRADE  TRAVELER  MARRIED. 

Philadelphia,  Dec.  28.— H.  E.  L.  Lack,  Pennsylvania  rep- 
resentative for  the  J.  Ellwood  L,ee  Company,  was  recent- 
ly married  in  New  York  under  very  romantic  circuim- 
stances.  While  in  New  York  making  arrangements  for 
taking  charge  of  the  J.  Ellwood  Lee  Company's  business 
there,  he  was  taken  seriously  ill,  and  in  response  to  his 
earnest  requests  his  fiancee  came  on  to  New  York  and 
the  couple  were  wedded  wliile  Mr.  Lack  lay  on  what  was 
thought  to  be  his  death-bed.  Happily,  though,  for  the 
lovers,  his  illness  took  a  turn  for  the  better  and  he  is  now 
well  on  the  road  to  recovery.  Mr.  Lack  will  represent 
his  firm  in  New  York  in  the  future. 


CELEIBRATED    SILVER    "WEDDIXG. 

Philadelphia,  Dec.  2S.— Dr.  and  Mrs.  L.  P.  Relman  re- 
cently celebrated  the  twenty-fifth  anniversary  of  their 
■wedding  by  giving  a  reception  to  their  many  friends  at 
the  North  Broad  Street  Drawing  Rooms,  followed  by  a 
banquet  at  which  over  a  hundred  guests  were  entertained. 
Dr.  Reiman,  who  is  now  located  at  Fifth  and  Poplar 
streets,  has  been  in  the  drug  business  here  since  his 
graduation  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
in  1875,  and  is  well  and  widely  known.  His  many  friends 
join  in  wisliing  the  happy  couple  another  celebration 
twenty-five  years  hence. 


AAM'AIi  MEETIXG  OF  THE   AMERICAX  CHEMICAL 

SOCIETY. 

Phladelpha,  Dec.  28.— The  25th  Annual  Meeting  of  the 
American  Chemical  Society  will  be  held  in  this  city  on 
December  30-31,  the  programme  including  two  sessions, 
one  on  edch  day,  a  reception,  smoker  and  banquet  and 
trips  to  various  manufacturing  establishments.  The  local 
section  expects  to  outdo  any  previous  meetings  -with  its 
entertainments,  and  a  large  attendance  is  expected. 


PHILADELPHIA   NOTES. 

It  is  rumored  that  the  management  of  the  Hotel  Lor- 
raine contemplate  installing  a  bar  and  cafe  in  that  part  of 
the  hotel  now  occupied  as  a  drug  store  by  J.  G.  Howard, 
the  present  location  of  these  being  unsatisfactorj'.  The 
same  authority  also  states  that  this  change  will  probably 
not  take  place  until  the  expiration  of  Mr.  Howard's  lease, 
some  months  ahead. 

S.  R.  Engle,  formerly  with  the  Miller  Drug  Company, 

has  purchased  and  ojKned  a  new  drug  store  at  1932  Ger- 
mantown  avenue,  which  he  has  fitted  up  with  handsome 
and  modem  fixtures. 

— -(B.  L.  Smedley,  who  has  been  for  some  time  located  at 
Twenty-first  and  Vine  streents,  has  sold  his  drug  store 
there  to  his  son-in-law,  Albert  Earer. 

Duvall's  drug  store,    Broad   and   Tasker  streets,    has 

just  emerged  from  the  hands  of  carpenters  and  decorators 
and  is  now  as  pretty  and  modernly  equipped  store  as 
may  be  found  downtown. 

A.   Swisher,   Pennsylvania  representative   for  Johnson 

and  Johnson,  manufacturers  of  surgical  dressings,  spent 
his  holiday  vacation  in  town  this  week  enjoyinging  the 
delights  of  home  and  marriedl  life. 

The  drug  store  at  Sixteenth  and  Moore  streets,  former- 
ly owned  by  W.  W.  Chalfant,  has  again  changed  owners, 
C.  C.  Corson  being  the  last  purchaser. 

J.  B.  Davis,  the  genial  druggist  of  Franklin  street  and 

Columbia  avenue,  has  recently  joined  the  ranks  of  the 
"Ancient  order  of  Married  Men"  and  is  kept  busy  answer- 
ing the  congratulations  of  his  friends. 


The  Remington  Still  Is  constructed  so  as  to  do  the 
most  work  in  the  least  time  and  it  is  also  durable,  with 
proper  care  it  will  last  for  years.  Everj-  druggist  who 
does  his  own  manufacturing  needs  a  Still  and  will  do 
•well  to  inspect  the  Remington  before  purchasing.  The 
Remington  Apparatus  Stand,  a  device  for  supporting  la- 
boratory apparatus  in  any  desired  position  is  also  of 
grca'.  value  to  the  manufacturing  pharmacist.  Full  par- 
ticulars of  the  Still  and  Apparatus  Stand  can  be  ha..! 
from  the  Remington  Mfg.  Co.,  417  Bourse,  Philadelphia. 


BALTIMORE. 

GETTING    RE.VDV    i'-OR    LEGISLATION. 

Baltimore.  Dec.  28.— The  city  members  of  the  legisla- 
tive committee  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion held  a  meeting  this  afternoon  at  the  office  of  Sharp 
&  Dohme  to  make  further  arrangements  for  the  semi- 
annual gathering  of  the  association  at  Annapolis  during 
the  session  of  the  General  Assembly  at  Annapolis  in  Jan- 
uary and  to  complete  the  preliminaries  for  the  agitation 
in  favor  of  the  enactment  of  a  State  pharmacy  law.  Re- 
ports were  received  at  the  meeting  of  tlie  committee 
relative  to  the  petitions  which  have  been  sent  out  to  all 
parts  of  the  State  for  signatures  in  behalf  of  the  pro- 
posed law. 

From  the  information  obtained  it  appears  that  much 
general  interest  in  the  matter  has  been  aroused  and  that 
the  petitions  hkve  been  extensively  signed.  By  the  time 
the  Legislature  meets,  it  is  thought,  a  large  number  of 
names  will  have  been  secured,  and  public  sentiment  will 
be  shown  to  stand  so  unmistakably  in  favor  of  the  pro- 
posed statute  that  the  lawmakers  will  find  it  difficult  or 
impossible  to  resist  the  appeal.  The  committee  also  con- 
sidered details  of  the  Annapolis  meeting.  A  feature  of 
the  latter  will  be  a  banquet,  to  which  the  committees  on 
hygiene  and  sanitation  of  the  General  Assembly  will  be 
invited.  In  the  course  of  the  banquet  addresses  are  to 
be  made  setting  forth  the  needs  of  a  State  pharmacy  law. 
The  city  members  of  the  legislative  committee  are  Dr.  A. 
R.  L.  Dohme,  D.  R.  Millard,  H.  P.  Hynson  and  Louis 
Schulze. 


AATTH    THE   BOWLERS. 

Baltimore,  Dec.  28.- This  is  an  off-week  for  the  several 
teams  of  the  Baltimore  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Club. 
Neither  last  Tuesday  nor  tonight  were  there  any  games 
and  the  recess  will  last  until  Friday  of  next  week.  The 
intermission  was,  of  course,  due  to  the  holidays.  The  rest 
may  be  expected  to  have  a  good  effect  in  a  way,  and  the 
bowlers  will  apply  themselves  to  the  sport  with  renewed 
energy  when  the  contests  are  resumed.  So  far  all  the 
teams  -with  the  exception  of  the  Ferrell  &  Kellam  Com- 
pany have  bowled  21  games,  the  team  mentioned  having 
three  games  less  on  its  schedule.  The  Root  and  Herbs 
are  in  the  lead  by  a  small  margin,  but  Sharp  &  Dohme 
continue  close  behind  and  may  be  expected  to  take  ad- 
vantage of  the  slightest  opportunity  to  regain  first  place. 
The  standing  of  the  several  teams  is  as  foUbws: 
TEAM  STANDING. 

Games  won.  Games  lost.  Per  cent. 

Root  and  Herbs  16  5  .762 

Sharp  &  Dohme   15  6  .714 

James  Baily  &  Son 14  7  .667 

McCormick  &  Co 14  7  .667 

Stanley  &  Brown  Drug  Co.  8  13  .381 

Armstrong  Cork   Co    4  17  .190 

Ferreli  &  Kellam  Co 1  17  .051 


TRjVDE   QL'IET  DURING  THE   HOLIDAYS. 

Baltimore,  Dec.  30. — As  was  expected,  the  interval  dur- 
ing the  holidays  has  not  been  conducive  to  activity.  In 
the  jobbing  trade  decided  quiet  has  prevailed  in  the 
course  of  the  past  week,  but  relatively  the  volume  of 
transactions  is  larger  than  for  the  corresponding  period 
of  last  year.  The  manufacturers  of  pharmaceuticals  re- 
port a  fairly  good  business  and  say  that  the  laboratory 
forces  have  been  comparatively  very  active.  It  has  not 
been  found  expedient  to  lay  off  any  part  of  it  and  the  de- 
mand for  preparations  keeps  up  well.  The  movement  of 
heavy  chemicals  is  about  as  usual  at  this  season  and  the 
market  for  botanicals  is  still  either  firm  or  on  the  upward 
trend. 


BAXTIMOR.E    NOTES. 

Mr.   Addison  Willson,   the  Philadelphia  representative 

of  ^Y.  P.  Ungerer  &  Co.,  New  York,  dealers  in  essential 
oils,  and  of  Stallman  &  Fultan,New  York,  Importers  of 
drugs,  was  in  Baltimore  last  week.     He  had  made  a  trip 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1902. 


on  the  Eastern  Shore  of  Maryland  and  reports  business 
rather  quiet. 

H.   P.  Hynson  of  Hynson,   Westcott  &  Co.,   delivered 

an  address  recently  before  the  Baltimore  County  Medical 
Society  on  "The  Pharmacy  of  Some  Newer  Remedies  in 
Relation  to  the  Prescribing  of  the  Same."  He  was  at- 
tentively listened  to  and  his  remarks  were  most  favor- 
ably commented  upon. 

ThomSTs  Conlyn   of  Croft  &   Conlyn,   the  well   known 

druggrists  at  Madison  street  and  Park  avenue,  Baltimore, 
has  been  quite  ill,  but  is  able  to  look  after  business  again. 
His  partner,  Mr.  Croft,  who  is  making  a  trip  around  the 
world  with  several  friends,  was  last  heard  from  at  Yo- 
kohama. 

Arthur  Gimpel  has  sold  his   pharmacy  at  Sykesville, 

Howard  county,  Md.,  and  accepted  a  clerkship  at  Lang's 
pharmacy,  Frederick  and  Fulton  avenues,  Baltimore.  Mr. 
Gimpel's  brother  was  the  purchaser. 


MICHIGAN. 


VETTEiRAar     pRUGGIST     GRAIVTED     lINCREASE     jINl 
PENSION. 

Detroit,  Bee.  27.— The  recent  notice  that  Alexander  H. 
Ackerman,  a  well-known  pharmacist  of  Muskegon,  has 
been  granted  an  increase  in  pension,  recalls  the  fact  that 
Mr.  Ackerman  took  an  active  part  in  the  Civil  War,  parti- 
cipating in  a  great  many  of  the  more  important  battles, 
among  which  might  be  mentioned  Fredericksburg,  The 
Wilderness.  Spottsylvania,  North  Anna  River,  Cold  Har- 
bor and  Petersburg.  At  the  end  of  the  war  Mr.  Ackerman 
went  to  Holland,  Michigan,  and  took  a  course  at  Hope 
College,  later  on  going  to  Muskegon  and  engaging  in  the 
drug  business,  which  has  held  his  attention  ever  since. 
Mr.  Ackerman  holds  the  position  of  surgeon  to  the  Phil. 
Kearney  Post  No.   7  of  the  G.   A.   R. 


DRUG  TRADE  TRAVELERS  CONGREGATE. 

Detroit.  Dec.  27. — A  number  of  the  members  of  the 
traveling  force  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  were  in  the  city 
the  past  week,  among  whom  were  Messrs.  F.  W.  O'Brien, 
of  the  New  Orleans  office;  F.  P.  Wohnlich,  of  Florida; 
P.  H.  Pinckney  and  R.  B.  Melcher  of  Kentucky, 
F.  W.  Osborne,  of  Michigan,  Harry  Miller,  of  Ohio;  B. 
Cedarholm,  Indiana;  I.  E.  \V.  Gitskey.  Louisiana;  A.  W. 
Allen,  Ohio,  and  C.  F.  Allen,  cf  the  St.  Louis  office. 
J.  C.  Spratt,  manager  of  the  traveling  service  depart- 
ment of  the  same  company,  visited  during  the  past 
week  at  the  home  of  his  parents  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  T., 
the  occasion  being  their  golden  wedding,  there  being  ten 
children   present. 


MICHIGAN    NOTES. 

. Gilbert  P.  Halls,  who  has  been  identified  with  Parke, 

Davis  &  Co.  for  a  considerable  number  of  years,  has  been 
compelled  to  relinquish  his  position  on  account  of  poor 
health  and  has  accepted  a  berth  with  Messrs  F.  W.  Braun 
&  Co.,  jobbers,  of  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

O.  C.  Diehl.  for  a  number  of  years  with  the  IBiological 

Department  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  has  severed  his  con- 
nection with  that  firm  and  accepted  a  position  with  a 
company  in  Saginaw  which  is  to  engage  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  bromine  and  its  compounds. 

^L.  G.   Blakeslee,  manager  of  the  sales  department  of 

The  Mallinckrodt  Chemical  Works,  St.  Louis,  was  In  De- 
troit last  week  on  special  business,  calling  upon  two 
or  three  of  the  more  important  customers  of  his  firm. 

The    following    members    of    the    traveling    force    of 

Messrs.  Farrand,  Williams  &  Clark  are  in  town  for  the 
holiday  season:  Messrs.  D.  A.  Harrison,  W.  F.  Griffith, 
W.  W.  Kenyon,  C.  Howard.  F.  Mosher  and  A.  Webster. 

Mr.  Marsh,  who  has  been  in  the  employ  of  Charles  H. 

Bostick,  of  Manton,  for  the  past  three  years,  intends  to 
open  a  pharmacy  of  his  own  at  Petoskey  within  a  few 
idaysL 

Chas.  F.  Mann  has  opened  his  new  pharmacy,  comer 

of  Woodward  and  Forest  avenues.  The  store  In  all  Its 
appointments  is  one  ot  the  finest  in  the  country  and  cer- 


tainly one  of  the  most  attractive  in  the  city  of  Detroit. 

W.  H.  Keill,  with  the  business  department  of  Parke, 

Davis  &  Company  tor  about  ten  years,  recently  suc- 
cumbed to  Bright's  disease. 

-^Mr.  Schoof,  of  the  firm  of  Schoof  &  Dopp,  of  Maoomlb, 
visited  Detroit  the  past  week,  making  extensive  pur- 
chases. 

^Dr.  Chas.  T.  McClintock  spent  the  Christmas  holidays 

at  his  old  home  in  Kentucky. 


CHICAGO. 

WESTERN    BUSINESS    STILL    ACTIVE. 

Chicago,  Dec.  26.— Now  that  Christmas  is  over,  drug- 
gists, wholesalers  and  inanufacturers  are  pausing  for  a 
long  breath.  The  Christmas  business  has  driven  other 
things  out  of  mind  for  a  time,  and  among  the  wholesale 
firms,  at  least,  the  next  tew  days  of  the  year  will  be 
given  over  to  taking  a  retrospect  and  casting  up  the 
accounts  of  the  year  just  past.  From  all  reports  that 
will  be  pleasant  in  its  results,  as  It  will  doubt- 
less sliow  a  very  substantial  increase  in  busi- 
ness over  preceding  years.  Business  men,  as  a  rule, 
say  that  the  first  year  of  the  new  century  has  been  one 
of  prosperity,  and  they  look  forward  to  its  continuance 
during  1902. 


BOARD     OP     PILAR5L4^Cnr     SHJETTING. 

Chicago,  Dec.  26.— Wilhelm  Bodemann  and  William  A. 
Dyche,  members  of  the  Illinois  Board  of  Pharmacy,  leave 
tonight  for  Springfield  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  board. 
This  will  be  the  annual  meeting  of  that  body,  and  the 
accounts  of  the  year  will  be  gone  over.  The  Governor 
will  doubtless  appoint  the  new  member  of  the  board  with- 
in the  next  few  days  to  take  the  place  of  the  retiring 
member,  W.  C.  Simpson,  of  Vienna. 


PIONEER    DRUGGIST    ASSIGNS. 

Chicago,  Dec.  27.— Judson  S.  Jacobus,  forty-seventh 
street  and  Ellis  avenue,  one  of  the  pioneer  druggists  of 
Chicago,  has  made  an  assignment  for  the  benefit  of  credi- 
tors. Mr.  Jacobus  is  one  of  the  best  known  druggists  in 
Chicago  and  has  the  sympathy  of  a  host  of  friends. 


CHICAGO   NOTES. 

Messrs.  J.  F.  Bruhn,  A.  W.  Clark,  F.  X.  Huffschmidt, 

J.  W.  Curtis,  F.  C.  Eornhart,  W.  F.  Bahe  and  F  M.  Bond, 
traveling  representatives  attached  to  the  Chicago  branch 
of  Parke,  Davis  &  Company,  were  in  Chicago  over  the 
holidays. 

M.  B.  Travis,  formerly  In  the  retail  business  In  As- 
sumption, 111.,  now  general  Western  representative  of  A. 
M.  Foster  &  Company,  was  called  home  this  week  on  ac- 
count of  the  death  of  his  wife's  mother. 

A.  F.  McLain,  who  recently  bought  the  drug  store  of 

Edward  Binz  at  601  West  Sixty-ninth  street,  was  for- 
merly head  clerk  at  Engle's  pharmacy.  Forty-seventh 
street  and  Union  avenue. 

^The  Chicago  Drug  Trade  Bowling  League  played  no 

games  last  monday  night,  but  it  is  ex'pected  to  resume 
immediately  after  the  holidays. 

Dennis  J.  Mahoney,  owner  of  the  Dauphin  Park  phar- 
macy at  8924  Cottage  Grove  avenue,  has  filed  a  voluntary 
petition  in  bankruptcy. 

The  wife   of  John   Lueder,   a  well-known  druggist  at 

Sixty-ninth  and  Halstead  streets,  presented  him  with  an 
eight-pound  baby  girl  last  week. 

—  -Tt  Is  reported  that  E.  B.  Charles  has  sold  his  drug 
stdii-  at  5102  Trumbull  avenue. 

Aiiim  Conrath,  of  Widule  &  Conrath,  prominent  drug- 
gists of  Milwaukee,  died  last  week. 

R.  C.  Coyner,  a  popular  Rockford,   111.,  druggist,  died 

recently. 

iW.  N.  Short,  a  druggist  of  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  has  sold 

out. 

D.  M.  Harris,  a  druggist  of  Tioga,  111.,  died  last  week. 


January  2, 1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


23 


CINCINNATI. 

BL'SINESS  PROSPEROUS. 

Cincinnati,  Dec.  27.— The  drug  business  has  been  a 
prosperous  one  during  the  year.  Both  wholesalers  and 
retajliers  have  fared  well  and  not  a  single  failure  has  oc- 
curred in  this  city.  Several  changes  will  occur  in  the 
wholesale  line  the  coming  year.  The  organization  of  the 
new  wholesale  drug  house  has  not  taken  any  definite 
shape  as  yet,  but  it  is  still  talked  about.  The  Gray  & 
Huston  Co.  wlilch  has  been  in  the  sundry  business  on 
lower  Main  street  for  the  last  twenty  years  will  move 
In  larger  quarters  on  Fourth  street  and  the  Stein- Vogeler 
Drug  Co.  contemplates  building  an  addition  to  Its  present 
location  on  East  Sixth  street. 


ST.  LOUIS. 


NOW    OW>S    SIX    DRUG    STORES. 

Cincinnati,  Dec.  27.— Miss  Cora  Dow,  proprietor  of 
five  drug  stores  in  this  city,  began  her  sixth  venture  last 
Monday,  when  she  opened  a  fine  store  at  the  northwest 
corner  of  Sixth  and  Walnut  streets.  This  store  is  a 
veritaMe  palace  of  white  marble,  which  is  used  ex- 
tensively in  the  furnishings.  The  decorations  are  mostly 
in  white,  while  incandescent  lights  in  immense  nu'mbers 
are  used  for  iluminating  purposes.  The  whole  place  was 
a.  floral  bower  Monday  when  the  doors  were  thrown  open 
for  the  first  time.  Harry  Ridge,  formerly  at  her  Grand 
Hotel  store  will  be  the  manager. 


ACCUSED    OF    STEALING. 

Cincinnati,  Dec.  27.— J.  W.  Stall,  employed  at  the 
Wm.  S.  Merrill  Chemical  Co.,  is  held  at  the  police  station 
on  the  technical  charge  of  "suspicion."  In  reality  he  is 
accused  o.f  stealing  many  dollars  worth  of  drugs  from 
his  employers.  Qpium,  cocaine  and  morphine  have  been 
missed  for  some  time,  and  when  arrested  twenty  dollars 
worth  of  the  drugs  were  found  in  his  pockets. 


CI.\CIN.\ATI    NOTES. 

Col.   Max  Fuchs,  manager  of  the  Sponge  Department 

of  the  Stein- Vogeler  Drug  Co.,  is  receiving  the  congratu- 
lations of  his  friends.  He  has  just  been  notified  that  an 
uncle  who  died  recently  had  left  him  a  small  fortune. 

T.  B.  Lee  formerly  of  this  city  has  accepted  a  position 

with  the  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.  of  St.  Louis  as  their 
Southern  representative. 

John  Bauer,    the   Walnut  Hill   druggist,   is   out   again 

after  a  severe  illness. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

iSt.   Paul,    Minn.,   Dec.   26. 

L.  Z.  Bmmert,  St.  Paul,  is  at  his  store  again,  having 

been  laid  up  a  week  with  grip  and  threatened  with  pneu- 
m,onia. 

J.  H.  Void,  of  Wisconsin,  has  gone  to  Hillsboro,  N.  D., 

to  attend  to  the  pharmacy  end  of  the  business  of  John 
Vik  &  Company,  Mr.   Vik  having  died  recently. 
—A.  B.  Peterson  is  going  to  work  for  J.  P.  Allen,  St.  Paul, 
shortly,  when  Mr.   Lueders,   his  present  head  clerk,  goes 
to  Norwood  to  engage  in  business  for  himself. 

H.  W.  Boock  &  Company,  Buffalo,  Minn.,  sustained  a 

fire  loss  this  week. 

A.  H.  Elliot,  of  Marietta,  was  in  the  city  a  few  days 

ago  on  business. 

R.  S.  Patchin  has  bought  out  George  H.  Countryman, 

Belview,    Minn. 

The   Hansen   Drug   Company   has'  started   at   Granite 

Falls,  Minn. 

A.d'aim  Conrath,   of  Widule  &  Conrath,   Milwaukee,   is 

dead. 

Gronholm  &  Oja,  Eveleth,  Minn.,  have  given  a  bill  of 

Sale. 

M.  P.  Osbume  has  opened  at  Wllsonvllle,  Ore. 

—Shaw  &  Company,  Bedford,  la.,  have  sold. 
^H.  E.  Gibbs  is  reported  on  the  sick  list. 


A  PROSPEROUS    YEAR;    REPORTED    CHANGES 
CAUSE    TALK. 

St.  Louis,  Dec.  26.— Wholesale  and  retail  druggists  of 
this  State,  so  far  as  can  be  ascertained,  consider  the 
past  year  to  have  been  a  most  successful  and  profitable 
one.  Sales  have  been  larger  in  all  branches  of  the 
trade,  and  profits  have  been  better.  There  has  been  no 
spe'oial  boom  but  It  has  been  a  good  healthy  prosperous 
condition  of  affairs  which  has  benefited  all  lines  of 
trade. 

It  is  reported  that  there  are  to  be  some  big  changes 
among  the  heads  of  the  departments  of  one  of  the  leading 
wholesale  drug  houses  of  this  city.  Even  some  of  the 
parties  whose  names  are  said  to  be  on  the  slate  ac- 
knowledge that  they  have  heard  the  reports  and  are 
afraid  they  are  true.  In  local  drug  oircles  the  reports 
have  caused  considerable  talk. 


ST.    LOUIS    NOTES. 

P.    J.    Webber   has  resigned   his   position   of   majiager 

of  the  drug  store  at  Seventh  and  Spruce  streets  and  in- 
tends to  take  a  three  months'  vacation  before  entering 
business  again.  His  former  position  is  filled  by  D.  F. 
Bennett,  who  has  been  second  clerk  in  the  store  for 
some  years. 

Chas.    Bigelow,    of    Clintonville,       Conn..,    one    of    the 

proprietors  of  The  Kickapoo  Indian  Medicine  Co.,  passed 
through  the  city  this  week  on  his  way  West  in  quest  of 
Indians  for  the  various  shows  which  traverse  the  country 
and  advertise  the  company's  remedies. 
. Ed.  R.  Burkhardt  has  purchased  the  store  at  Four- 
teenth and  Markets  streets.  He  has  been  manager  of 
this  store  for  over  fourteen  years. 

^^E.  Tritterman,  proprietor  of  the  XXX  Drug  Store, 
2000  S.  9th  street,  was  recently  married  to  Miss  Anna 
Fell  of  2927  Demp  avenue. 

A.   C.  Smith,  a  prominent  young  druggist  of  Atlanta, 

Mo.,  has  announced  his  engagement  to  one  of  the  belles 
ot    his    native    town. 

Frank  Ayers  of  Soii'thern  &  Ayers,  Atlanta,  Mo.,  was 

rixarried  last  week  to  a  charming  young  lady  of  that 
city. 

Samuel  Livingston,  for  many  years  one  of  th«  leading 

drug  clerks  of  this  city  has  been  employed  to  represent 
Merck  and  Co.,  of  New  York,  in  this  city. 

A.    Bungner  has  been   placed   in   charge  of  Doehring 

Bros,  drug  store  at  Lee  and  Neustead  avenues. 

The  Maiden  Drug  Co.,    of  Maiden,   Mo.,   is  arranging 

to  open  a  new  drug  store  at  that  place. 

Dr.  B.  P.  Beggs  is  embarking  in  the  drug  business  at 

Advance,   Mo. 

. F.  D.  Stichter  is  opening  a  new  drug  store  at  Louis- 
iana,  Mo. 

Tuley  and  Hlson  have  moved  their  store  from  Quincy, 

III.,    to   Palmyra,   Mo. 


No   cutting  on  Four  old  Liniment. 


NO   CHANCE  FOR  IMSTAKES. 

The  advertisement  of  Burr's  Prescription  Checks  on 
another  page  of  this  issue  brings  to  mind  many  instances 
in  which  more  or  less  serious  inconvenience  has  been 
caused  by  customers  receiving  somebody  else's  prescrip- 
tion. Mistakes  of  this  kind  happen  all  too  frequently,  a-irt 
al.nost  invariably  result  In  the  loss  of  a  customer,  If 
nothing  worse.  With  the  Prescription  Check,  it  Is 
claimed  that  "there  is  absolutely  no  chance  for  mis- 
takes." The  Check  Is  divided  into  three  parts,  one  of 
which  Is  held  by  the  customer  to  be  presented  when  the 
presc-'Ir.iion  Is  called  for.  These  checks  are  numbered, 
so  that  the  check  which  the  customjer  holds  must  corre- 
spond with  the  check  on  the  bottle.  A  glance  at  the 
facimiip  of  this  check  which  appears  in  the  advertise- 
ment will  make  clear  the  whole  scheme.  The  price  Ig- 
so  cheap  that  it  can  scarcely  be  accounted  as  an  item 
of  expense,  and  the  mere  fact  of  a  drug  store  having 
such  a  system  will  bring  prescriptions  to  that  store.  For 
full  information  regarding  Proscription  Checks  and  Pre- 
scription Blanks,  address  The  J.  B.  Burr  &  Co.,  Hartford, 
Conn. 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1903. 


THE  SOUTH. 


Memiphis.  Tenn.,  Dec.  28.— Dr.  Wm.  Coley  wiill  resign  Ws 
position  with  the  Van  Vleet-Mansfield  Drug  Co.,  on  the 
iirst  of  January,  and  take  a  well  earned  rest.  He  is  one 
of  the  best  known  drug  salesmen  in  this  part  of  the 
countr;.'  and  numbers  his  friends  by  the  score.  Dr. 
Coley  first  traveled  for  the  old  Mansfield  Drug  Co.,  many 
years  ago,  then  for  the  Mansfield  Drug  Co.,  and  when 
that  firm  and  the  Van  Vleet  Drug  were  consolidated  he 
continued  ro  travel  for  the  new  house.  Although  the 
doctor  will  be  no  longer  on  the  road  he  will  not  be  idle 
by  any  means,  as  he  has  extensive  business  interests  that 
will  take  up  a  great  deal  of  his  time.  Besides  being  a 
stockholder  in  the  Van  Vleet-Mansfield  Drug  Co.,  he  is 
vice-president  of  the  True,  Tagg  Paint  Co.  a  director  in 
the  Puryear,  Miller  Co.,  and,  with  liis  son  in  the  retail 
drug  bi'Siness  at  Milan,  Tenn.  He  has  been  selling  drugs 
in  this  section  for  twenty  years,  and  the  'trade  all  over 
the  Mississippi  Valley  will  regret  to  have  him  leave  the 
road. 


SOUTHERN   NOTES. 

^Wm.  B.  Pitts,  who  has  charge  of  the  Marietta  street 

store  of  the  Jacobs'  Pharmacy  Co.,  Atlanta,  Ga.,  has  in- 
vented an  improved  medicine  dropper  that  he  will  shortly 
put  on  the  market,  and  for  which  he  ha;s  taken  out  a 
patent.  The  dropper  is  said  to  be  a  big  improvement 
on  the  old  style,  and  will  be  worth  a  good  deal  of  money 
to  the  inventor. 

A  peculiarly  sad  death  was  that  of  Ed.  Wilson,  a  young 

druggist  of  Greenfield,  Tenn.,  which  occured  recently.  The 
young  man  had  made  arrangements  to  open  a  drug  store, 
with  the  brightest  sort  of  prospects,  when  he  was  taken 
ill  and  died  just  a  few  days  before  the  time  he  was  to 
oommencf  business.  He  was  with  Shannon  and  Braes- 
field  at  the  time  of  his  death. 

^W.  G.  Poole,  who  has  'been  traveling  in  this  territory 

for  Nelson,  Baker  &  Co.,  of  Detroit,  for  several  years, 
was  married  to  Miss  Carrie  Haines,  of  Oxford,  Michi- 
gan, on  Decemfoer  18.  Mr.  Poole  has  a  host  of  friends 
In  the  South  who  wish  him  and  his  bride  all  the  happi- 
ness thait  this  life  affords. 

C.   L.  Woodruff,  rj-..inBger  of  the  McClain  Phatmacy, 

Jackson,  Miss.,  heis  invented  an  ingenious  device  for 
coupling  the  aii  hose  on  freight  and  passenger  trains. 
The  invention  has  attracted  a  good  deal  of  attention,  and 
Mr.  Woodruff  has  been  offered  a  handsome  sum  for  hi" 
patent  which  thus  far  he  has  declined  to  sell. 
The  Botanic  Drug  Co.,  successor  to  the  'Barnes  Bo- 
tanic Drug  Co.,  on  Dec.  5  removed  its  entire  business 
from  Tullahoma,  Tenn.,  to  Bridgeport,  Ala.  The  com- 
pany has  extensive  herb  gardens  at  the  latter  place  and 
in  its  new  home  will  have  larger  laboratory  facilities 
and  equipment  for  handling  its  growing  business. 

^The  Memphis   City   Council   has  passed  an   ordinance 

giving  ambulances,  both  public  and  private,  the  right  of 
way  on  any  street  in  the  city;  such  vehicles  to  be  sup- 
plied with  gongs  similar  to  those  used  by  the  fire  depart- 
ment. 

T.  JVT.  iMcBeth  has  resigned  his  position  with  Parke, 

Davis  &  Co.,  and  will  go  back  to  the  mortar  and  pestle. 
He  says  that  all  who  want  it  are  welcome  to  the  road, 
but  he  has  had  enough  of  it.  He  will  be  with  the  C.  C. 
Reynolds  Drug  Co.,  A''ick9burg,   Miss.,  after  January  1st. 

B.  Dent  Sprowl,  the  young  Main  street  druggist,  was 

married  to  Mrs.  Geo'rgia  Allen  of  Shelby,  Tenn.,  Dec.  16. 
The  ceremony  was  performed  in  the  parlors  of  the  Max- 
well Hot.se.  Nashville,  Tenn.,  in  the  presence  of  relatives 
and  friends  of  the  couple. 

^-The  Brinson  Drug  Co.  has  been  organized  at  Way- 
cross,  Ga.,  with  the  following  officers:  W.  H.  Buchanan, 
president;  J.  S.  Williams,  vice-president,  and  H.  S.  Bjed- 
ding,  secretary  and  treasurer.  The  company  will  absorb 
the  G.  R.  Brinson  store  and  do  a  retail  business. 
, Claude  Stockton,  formerly  with  Gus  Kendal  Meri- 
dian, Miss.,   has  said  good  Ibye  to  the  drug  business  and 


In  future  will  be  connected  with  a  bank  of  that  city. 
The  jump  from  pills  to  irterest'and  discount  is  a  big  one, 
but  his  friends  say  that  he  can  do  it  gracefully. 

In  a  destructive  fire  at  Meridian,  Miss.,  recently,  the- 

drug  store  of  G.  C.  Kendall  was  totally  destroyed  with 
a  loss  of  $4,000.  Mr.  Kendall  was  insured  in  three  com- 
panies for  ?1,500. 

Mr.   and   Mrs.   Edward   Collins  have  the  sympathy  of 

the  entire  community  in  the  loss  of  their  infant  son,  John 
Julian,  whose  death  from  diplitheria  occured  Dec.  12.  The 
little  fellow  was  ill  only  a  short  time. 

The  charter  of  the  Pet-vito  Co.  has  been  filed  in  the 

register's  office  at  Jackson,  Tenn.  The  stockholders  are: 
C.  N.  Harris,  Sam  Baur,  H.  A.  Day,  Harry  Pinkston  and 
W.   J.   Baur,   and   the  capital  stock  is  ?5,000. 

Dr.  Chas.  LeBaron,  formerly  in  the  drug  business  at 

Yellow  Pine,  Ala.,  has  removed  to  Jackson,  Miss.,  where 
he  will  engage  in  the  practice  of  his  profession.  He  will 
make  a  specialty  of  surgery. 

The  McConnell  block,   in  which  was  situated  McCon- 

nell's    drug    store    and    business  office,    was    burned  at 
Clarksdale,   Ark.,   Dec.   IS.   All  the  buildings  belonged   to 
Mr.  McConnell  and  were  not  insured. 
C.  D.  Maggee,  of  "Meridian,  Miss.,  has  returned  from  a 

trip  to  his  old  home  at  Watseka,  111.  He  will  occupy  a 
handsome  new  store  about  Jan.  1st. 

The  Whitfield   Drug  Co.,   Meridian,   Miss.,   is  now  be- 
ing run  under  the  capable  direction  of  its  new  manager, 
John  Merrell. 
- — C.  S    Jones,  who  was  painfully  hurt  in  this  city  some 

tim«  ago,  has  entirely  recovered  from  his  fall.  He  travels 
for  Powers  &  Weightman. 

Ctecar  Lillybeck,  of  the  Lillybeck-Stein  Drug  Co.,  Me- 
ridian, Miss.,  has  returned  from  ithe  East,  where  he  has 
been  on  a  pleasure  trip. 

After   an    extended    pleasure    trip    through    California 

and  Mexico.  Lynn  Wilkerson  is  Iback  at  his  desk  at  the 

W.    N.   Wilkerson  Drug   Co. 

Dr.  Edward  Gwin,  a  physician  well  known  in  southern 

Mississippi,  has  opened  a  modern  sanitarium  at  Merid- 
ian. 

Homer  Bradford  has  resigned  his  position  with  A.  J. 

Meadows,  R:pley,   Tenn.,   and  after  January  first  will  be 

with  Askew  Bros.,  Martin,  Tenn. 

Mr.    McClure.    of    the    McClure    Drug   Co.,    Nashville, 

Tenr\.,   died  recently  after  a  short  illness  brought  about 

by   too  close  attention  to  his  business. 

. Mrs.    Tillman,    the   wife   of   a  druggist   of  Greenfield, 

Tenn  ,  was  badly  burned  a  few  days  ago  by  the  explosion 

of  a  gasoline  stove. 

The  little  daughter  of  Mr.  Taylor,  of  the  Taylor  Drug 

Co..   Dyersburg,   Tenn.,   was  badly  burned  by  flre  a  few 

days  ago. 

Messrs.  R.  M.  Spillman  and  Newton  Taylor,  for  years 

with  the  Van  Vleet-Mansfield  Drug  Co.,  Memphis,  are  now 

with  the  Hessig,  Ellis  Drug  Co. 

J.   F.   Vickers   and    W.   A.   Webster,   representing   Elf 

Lilly  &  Co.,  and  the  Wm.  S.  Merrell  Chemical  Co.,  re- 
spectively, were  in  the  city  last  week. 

The  drug  store  of  Alexander  Boyd  was  burned  recently 

at  St:i.r  City,   Ark.  The  building  and  stock  were  insured 

for  fl.OOO. 

W.  W.  Curtis,  representing  Sharp  &  Dohme.  has  re- 
covered from  a  severe  sick  spell. 

Dr.  May,  a  druggist  and  well  known  citizen  of  Hattls- 

burg.  Ark  ,  died  suddenly  Dec  10. 

B.  J.  Kleiser  has  purchased  the  Summer  street  store 

of  Robert  Sofgle,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

T.  J.  Lcvell  has  retired  from  the  firm  of  E.  T.  Jernlgan 

&  Co.,  Obion,  Tenn.    E.  T.  Jernigan  is  his  successor. 

H.  L.  Jones  has  removed  his  store  from  Halls  to  Glass, 

Tenn.,   where  he  was  formerly  in  business. 

N.    N.   Webb  has  opened   a  new  drug  store  on  Main 

street.  Nashville,  Tenn. 

—Young  &  Thompson  h.ave  succeeded  the  Franklin 
Pharmacy  Co.,   Nashville,  Tenn. 


January  2,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


25 


BUSINESS  RECORD. 

We  desire  to  make  this  a  complete  record  of  all  new 
firms,  all  changes  in  firms,  deaths,  fires  and  assignments 
which  occur  among  houses  connected  with  the  drug  trade 
in  the  United  States.  Our  readers  will  confer  a  favor 
by  rejwrtlng  promptly  such  items  from  their  respective 
lociilitieis. 

Subscribers  to  the  ERA  DRUGGISTS'  DIKEJCTORY 
can  correct  their  copies  from  the  record,  and  the  term 
"D.   D:   List,"   used   here,   refers  to   this  directory. 

We  exercise  due  care  to  Insure  the  authenticity  of 
Items  here  recorded  but  they  are  obtained  from  such  a 
variety  of  sources  Lhat  their  absolute  correctness  cannot 
be  guaranteed. 

Address,  THE  PHARMACEUTICAL,  ERA, 

New  York. 

ALABAMA.— Tuscumbia.—Tuscumbla  Drug  Co.,  succeed- 
ed   by   Gillespie   &    HiU. 
ARKjVNSAS.— Ozark.— Thomas    Douglass,    sold   to   E.    W. 

Blackburn. 
CALIFORNIA.— Norwalk.— Harold    Day,    deceased. 

San    Diego.— Chas    A.    Chase,    5th   &    F.    streets,    sold 
to    D    C.    Hazelrigg. 
COLORADO.— Denver.— E.  W.   Jordan,1381  S.   11th  street. 

sold    to    W.    J.    Wobido. 
CONNIOCTICUT.— Winsted.— W.    H.    Mills,    damaged    by 

fire;    insured. 
GEORGIA.— Cordele.— A.  M.  Stead  Cash  Drug-  Store,  suc- 
ceeded   by    Stead    &   Whipple. 
HartwelL— The    Becker    Drug   Co.,    sold    to    Morse    & 

Walker. 
La  Grange.— iW.  D.  Burke  &  Co.,  sold  to  D.  E.  Mx3r- 
gan. 
ILLINOIS.— Arthur. — J.    W.    Barmim;   damaged   by   fire. 
Oregon. — J.   W.    Charters   &  Co.,   succeeded  by  J.   W. 
Charters. 
IOWA.— Algona.— W.   J.  Studley,   Bold  ibo   E   .F.  Smith  & 
Co. 
Baxter.— C.    C.    Graliam,    sold   to    C.    M.    Forney. 
Charles    City.— A.    B.    C.    Dodd    &    Co.,    sold    to    Caxl 

Merckel. 
Ottumwa.— Clark    &     MoUison,     succeeded    toy    F.    B. 

Clark. 
Tiptxm.— L.   T...   Fullerton  &  Co.,  sold  to  F.   K.   Gregg. 
Valley   Junction.— C.    N.    Eaton   &   Co.,    sold   to   Mor- 
rison   &    Co. 
Viliisca.— W.   A.    Stillians.    sold   to  Wright  &   Flood. 
KANSAS.— Arkansas    City.— Hay    &    Co.,    sold  'to   Thomas 
Bros. 
Emporia.— E.  M.   Kramer,  522  Commercial  street,  sold 
to   Egolf   Drug   Co. 
ilAINE.— Augusta.— Devine    &    Perclval,     sujcaeeded    tiy 

James   E.    Devine..     W.   H.   Johnson,   assigned. 
MARYLAND.- Baltimore.— L.    E   Fuld   &   Bro.,    1535  Park 

avenue,    damaged    bv    fire;    insured. 
MASSACHUSETTS.— Worcester.-Mrs.     D.     F.     Maynard, 

3TG   Main    street,    sold    to    Henry   L.    Green. 
MICHIGAN.— Williamston.— James   N.    Lea.sia,    succeeded 

bv  Leasia  &  Headley. 
MISSOURI.— St    Joseph.— A.    KienzeK,  .Sixth    and    Felix, 
sold    to    F.    L.    Striblen. 
Sedalia.— A.    S.    McGowan,   230  Ohio    street,    deceased. 
MONTANA.— Pillings. — Williams  &  Baxter,  succeeded  by 
H.    G.    Williams. 
Butte.— Fanlen-Medin  Drug  Co..  W.   &  R.,  32  N.  Main, 
.succeeded   bv   J.  T.    Finlen   Drug  Co. 
NEBRASKA.- Adams.— V.    W.    Whyman,    succeeded    by 
Adams   Drug   Co. 
Butte. — Warner  &  Maxan,  damaged  by  fire. 
Humboldt.— Howe  Bros.,  succeeded  by  H.  W.  Howe. 
NEW    Y'ORK.—Andover.— Benedict    &   Van    Noy,    sold    to 
O.   E.   Vars  &   Son. 
New  York  City.— J.  H.   Caan,   1991  Lexington  avenue, 
suceeded    bv    Simon    S.    Schwartz. 
WEST     VIRGINIA.— Harrisville.—W.     O.     Marshall,     re- 
moved   to   West   Union,    W.    Va.. 


BATH   BRUSHES. 


It  is  claimed  that  the  sale  of  bath  brushes  for  the  year 
1001  has  eclipsed  that  of  any  other  year  in  the  history 
of  til's  business.  While  this  may  be  a  reflection  of  the 
treiieril  prosperity  of  the  country,  it  follows  neverthe- 
less that  the  American  people  are  demanding  toilet  lux- 
uries more  and  more  every  year.  No  bathroom  is  com- 
plete unless  it  contains  a  bath  brush,  and  of  course  that 
means  an  individual  brush  for  each  member  of  the  fam- 
ily. It  is  said  that  druggists  who  take  the  trouble  to 
make  vrirdow  displays  and  in  other  ways  bring  their  line 
of  bath  brushes  before  their  customers,  are  amply  re- 
paid for  their  pains,  since  there  is  a  splendid  profit  in  a 
line  of  this  kind.  M.  Leiner  &  Co.,  1267  Boston  Road, 
N.  Y.,  -vihose  advertisement  appears  on  another  page  of 
this  issue,  have  a  line  of  brushes  which  are  well  known 
to  the  s<'neral  trade  and  are  to  be  procured  from  all 
jobbers.  They  have  a  catalogue  containing  a  complete 
list  of  brushes  which  are  good  sellers,  which  they  would 
fee  glad  to  send  to  any  one  writing  for  it.  This  is  a 
lino  that  it  pays  to  push. 


DiECISION   OP   I>lI'ORTA>CiE   TO   LOUISIANA  PHAR- 

ACISTS. 

F.  C.  Godbold  of  New  Orleans,  secretary  of  the  Louis- 
tana  Board  of  Pharmacy,  sends  us  the  text  of  a  decision 
made  by  Judge  Baker,  in  Section  A  of  the  Criminal 
District  Court  of  that  city  recently,  which  is  of  partic- 
ular interest  to  druggists  and  pharmacists  oT  Louisiana. 
Some  time  ago,  as  was  reported  in  the  Era,  Joseph  A. 
Hardin  and  Westley  Langston  were  fined  $50  or  talrty 
days  by  Judge  Gill  of  the  First  City  Criminal  Court  for 
violating  the  pharmacy  laws.  The  case  was  appealed  to 
the  higher  court.  Judge  Baker  affirmed  Judge  Gill's  find- 
ing. The  point  involved  was  whether  or  not  the  person 
compounding  the  prescription  must  be  a  registered  phar- 
macist and  place  his  name  on  the  label  as  well  as  on  the 
prescription.  In  rendering  his  decision  Judge  Baker  said: 
"I  cannot  agree  with  the  defendant's  counsel  that  the 
word  prescription  as  here  used  refers  to  the  formula  of 
the  physician  given  to  druggists  as  his  guide  in  com- 
pounding the  medicine  and  not  the  label.  Neither  the 
purpose  of  the  law  nor  the  language  of  the  section  will 
warrant  such  interpretation.  All  this  section  has  refer- 
ence to  the  label  and  what  shall  be  placed  on  it.  and  the 
word  'prescription,'  as  there  employed,  must  be  under- 
stood in  its  popular  acceptation  as  meaning  the  medicine 
prescribed,  and  not  the  paper  upon  which  the  physician 
writes  his  directions  for  preparing  the  medicine.  The 
use  of  the  words  'in  addition  thereto'  has  nothing  to  do 
with  a  physician's  formula,  but  refers  solely  to  the  addi- 
tional requirements  as  to  the  label.  This,  it  strikes  me, 
is  manifest  by  the  requirement  that  the  prescription 
shall  contain  "the  directions  for  Its  use  internally  or  ex- 
ternally.' 

"To  simply  have  the  prescription  containing  these 
directions  filed  with  the^  druggist  would  afford  no  protec- 
tion to  the  patient  or  give  him  any  information  as  to  its 
use,  and  this  is  the  object  of  the  requirement. 

"Further  consideration  of  the  purpose  and  the  objects 
of  the  law  leaves  no  room  for  any  other  rational  con- 
struction. The  requirement  of  number  and  date  is  to 
enable  the  patient  to  identify  the  medicine  furnished  him 
with  that  ordered,  and  the  compounder's  name  is  re- 
quired to  be  placed  on  the  label  in  order  that  the  patient 
may  know  who  is  compounding  his  medicine  so  as  to 
ascertain,  if  he  desires,  his  skill  and  qualifications.  An- 
other object,  I  should  judge,  is  to  facilitate  the  exposure 
and  detection  of  those  compounding  medicines  without 
being  registered  pharmacists;  their  names  being  constant- 
ly before  the  public  they  would  be  more  liable  to  detec- 
tion than  if  unknown. 

"It  must  also  be  borne  in  mind  that  this  law  was  not 
intended  to  regulate  the  private  administration  of  drug- 
stores, but  for  the  protection  of  the  public  and  to  accom- 
plish that  end  the  requirements  of  this  section  are  not 
only  reasonable,  but  necessary. 

"A  careful  examination  of  the  law  convinces  me  that 
section  7  requires  the  date  and  the  name  of  the  person 
actually  compounding  the  prescription  to  be  placed  upon 
the  label." 


A  gentle'man  who  feels  himself  competent  to  take  en- 
tire charge  of  the  tablet  manufacturing  department  of 
.a  well  known  firm  of  manufacturing  pharmacist's,  may 
learn  of  a  desirable  position  by  addressing  "Tablets,"  care 
of  this  ofHce. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  S0:NS 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


26 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1902. 


VAPOR  BATHS   GROAVING  POPULAR. 

One  of  the  most  profitable  side  lines  of  the  druggist 
today  is  the  vapor  bath  cabinet,  and  considering  the  fact 
that  hundreds  of  thousands  of  these  cabinets  are  in  use 
and  that  they  are  being  recommended  by  physicians 
every  day,  it  is  remarkable  how  few  di-uggists  are  hand- 
ling them.  There  was  a  very  large  increase  in  the  num- 
ViT  of  druggists  selling  bath  cabinets  in  1901  over  that  of 
1900,  however,  and  tliei'e  is  little  doubt  that  there  will  be 
a  much  larger  increase  both  in  the  sale  of  these  vapor 
bath  cabinets  and  in  the  number  of  druggists  selling 
them  this  year.  The  most  naitural  question  that  presents 
itself  to  the  druggist  who  thinks  of  handling  vapor  bath 
cabinets  is  where  he  can  buy  the  most  reliable  cabinet 
and  sell  it  at  a  good  profit.  Mollenkopp  &  McCreery, 
Toledo,  Ohio,  makers  of  the  Buckeye  Folding  "Vapor  Bath 
Cabinet,  have  an  announcement  in  this  issue  of  the  Era 
which  should  interest  every  retail  druggist.  They  say 
that  over  200,000  of  these  cabinets  were  sold  by  the  drug 
trade  a:lone  last  year,  but  they  want  to  sell  more  this 
year  and  have  a  special  proposition  and  price  for  drug- 
gisits.  The  Buckeye  cabinet  retails  at  five  dollars.  It  is 
claimed  to  be  the  only  cabinet  made  with  a  completely 
removable  top  and  to  be  the  only  absolutely  safe  cabinet 
on  the  market.  It  has  no  buttons  or  fasteners  on  the  top, 
which  is  all  one  piece.  The  cabinet  is  42  inches  high  at 
the  back.  27  inches  high  in  front,  34  inches  long,  28 
inches  wide  at  the  back  and  21  inches  wide  in  front. 
These  dimensions  conform  to  the  lines  of  the  body  in  a 
sitting  position.  The  top  slants  downward  from  bacK  xo 
front,  cutting  off  all  unused  space.  The  cabinet  weighs 
only  ten  pounds.  There  are  many  features  about  the 
Buckeye  cabinet  which  commend  it  and  the  makers  guar- 
antee it,  offering  to  refund  the  purchase  money  to  any 
person  using  it  and  not  finding  it  a.s  guaranteed.  Every 
druggist  interested  in  profitable  side  lines  will  find  in  the 
Buckeye  Folding  Vapor  Bath  Cabinet  a  proposition  worth 
considering.  A  card  mailed  to  the  makers,  Mollenkopp 
&  McCreery,  10-18  Dorr  street,  Toledo,  Ohio,  will  bring 
you  full  particulars  of  their  proposition  to  the  drug  trade, 
ana  also  show  you  how  other  druggists  have  made  money 
selling  Buckeye  cabinets. 


Aliont    ^Vindow   Displays. 

The  progressive  pharmacist  is  aware  of  the  fact  that 
a  well  and  attractively  dressed  window  goes  a  long  way 
toward  selling  the  goods  so  displayed.  Not  only  this,  but 
attract  ive  windows  draw  people  to  the  store  and  get 
them  in  the  habit  of  looking  for  something  new.  Some 
of  the  most  successful  druggists  say  that  they  get  new 
customers  every  week  on  account  of  their  window  dis- 
plays. The  manager  of  a  New  York  drug  store  recently 
told  an  Era  representative  that  he  sold  five  gross  of  a 
preparation  which  he  had  displayed  in  his  window  during 
the  time  it  was  there.  One  of  the  handsomest,  if  not  the 
handsomest,  window  displays  ever  sent  out  by  a  firm,  is 
now  being  offered  by  the  Vapo-Cresolene  Co.,  of  181 
Fulton  street.  New  York.  It  is  an  eight  colored  litho- 
graph cut-out,  four  feet  six  inches  long  and  three  feet 
high,  mounted  on  heavy  cardboard.  When  placed  in  a 
window  along  with  Vapo-Cresolene  It  makes  an  exceed- 
ingly attractive  display.  The  Vapo-Cresolene  Co.  wants 
to  make  a  special  offer  to  an  enterprising  druggist,  who 
has  a  good  window,  in  every  town.  This  offer  is  well 
worth  considering,  especially  as  Vapo-Cresolene  Is  being 
so  extensively  advertised.  Any  druggist  who  has  a  good 
show  window  will  do  well  to  write  to  the  company  at 
No.  ISl  Fulton  street.  New  York,  and  get  full  particulars 
of   the   offer. 


A    Revised    Price    List. 

E.  R.  Squibb  &  Sons,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  invite  every 
druggist  to  send  for  their  semi-annual  price  list  for  Jan- 
uary, which  will  contain  changes  in  terms  and  prices. 
A  copy  wil  be  mailed  to  all  those  in  the  trade  who  apply 
for  it. 


If  every  seventy-eight  per  cent  of  the  successful  soda 
fountains  during  the  past  century  were  of  makes  now 
owned  bv  the  American  Soda  Fountain  Co.,  Tutf^,  Mat- 
thews, Lippincott  or  Hartt,  as  stated  in  their  advertise- 
ment this  week,  it  ought  not  to  take  the  intending  pur- 
chaser long  to  determine  where  to  place  his  order.  The 
resources  of  these  four  large  factories  are  now  combined 
under  one  management,  an  arrangement  which  ought 
to  benefit  the  prospective  huyer.  Henceforth,  all  appara- 
tus of  these  factories  will  have  the  name-plate  of  the 
American  Soda  J^ountain  Co. 


It  is  a  fact  not  generally  known,  that  the  principal 
pharmaceutical  machinery  used  in  the  United  States,  the 
machinery  which  turns  out  the  pills,  capsules,  globules, 
suppositories,  tablets  and  tablet  triturates  for  the  big 
manufacturers  of  these  lines,  is  made  by  Arthur  Colton, 
Detroit,  Mich.  One  of  Mr.  Colton' s  latest  achieveiments 
in  this  line  is  an  Automatic  Pill  Making  Machine  which 
rL-(iiiJics  only  one  t.ttendant  to  feed  in  the  mass,  the 
machine  turning  out  round  or  oval  pills  accurately,  any 
size  or  weight  required.  This  new  machine  is  a  complete 
pill  plant  in  itself. 


The  Featlierweiglit   Eyealiocle. 

Nearly  all  druggists  sell  eyeshades,  and  the  majority 
have  learned  within  the  la.^t  year  that  the  Featherweight 
Eyeshade  is  the  best  article  of  its  kind  ever  placed  upon 
the  market.  It  gives  entire  satisfaction  to  the  user,  and 
it  pays  a  good  profit  to  the  retailer.  See  illustration  and 
description  on  the  front  cover  of  the  Era.  Write  for 
prices  to  the  Featherweight  Eyeshade  Company,  Bayonne, 
N.  J. 


Antiphlogistine  is  becoming  a  popular  preparation  with 
physicians  and  is  being  largely  prescribed  in  cases  of 
pneumona,  pleurisy,  ©tc.  An  advertisement  of  this  prep- 
aration appears  in  this  issue  of  the  Era  and  druggist9 
desiring  any  further  information  regarding  it  should 
write  to  the  makers:  The  Denver  Chemical  Mfg.  Co., 
No.  451  Washington  street.  New  York.  Many  druggists 
have  been  supplying  Antiphlogistine  for  some  time  anil 
say  it  is  very  efteative  in  treating  sprains,  bruises,  boils, 
eryfiprlas,   felons,   inflamed  glands,  etc. 


The  Massachusetts  Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy 
held  four  sessions  for  examination,  November  12  and  19. 
and  December  3  and  10.  Thirty-three  candidates  were 
examined,  and  certificates  were  granted  to  the  following: 
Earle  H.  Lyford,  St.  Johnsbury,  Vt.;  John  B  O'Hara, 
North  Cambridge;  Berny  Selblng,  Boston;  Daniel  M. 
Clancy,  Easthampton;  Harvey  D.  Watson,  Cambridge; 
Frank  M.  Vaughan.  Windsor,  Vt.;  FraiLk  J.  Kearnan, 
Providence.  R.  I.  There  will  be  no  more  meetings  until 
January.  1902.    Amos  B.  Tilden,  Secretary. 


EFFERVESCENT  COD  LIVER  OIL.— A  chemi- 
cal manufacturing  plant  is  now  supplying  fat  oils,  such 
as  cod  liver  oil,  castor  oil  and  olive  oil  in  an  effer- 
vescent form.  The  oils  are  impregnated  with  liquid 
carbonic  acid.  By  this  means  preparations  are  ob- 
tained which  foam  and  have  a  slightly  tingling  taste, 
concealing  the  original  taste  entirely.  The  addition 
of  carbonic  acid  retards  the  decomposition  of  the  oils, 
and  also  renders  them  acceptable  to  the  stomach. 


HYDROGEN  PEROXIDE  IN  PARALDE- 
HYDE.— William  Duncan  (Pharm.  Journ.)  states  that 
he  has  found  hydrogen  peroxide  present  in  every  sam- 
ple of  paraldehyde  which  he  has  tested.  This  adul- 
teration produces,  under  certain  conditions,  very  dis- 
agreeable results;  thus,  when  potassium  iodide  is  dis- 
pensed with  paraldehyde  containing  hydrogen  perox- 
ide, free  iodine  is  produced. 


AVILLIAai  TOWNLEY  CASE. 

Just  as  we  go  to  press  information  comes  of  the  death 
of  Willia^m  Townley  Case  in  L.ondon,  England,  whither  h© 
had  gone  some  weeks  ago  on  account  of  ill-health. 
Mr.  Case  was  well  known  to  the  drug  trade  of  this  coun- 
try, having  tor  many  years  represented  Boehringer  & 
Soehne,  of  Mannheim  and  New  York.  He  w.is  born  in 
1852.  and  previous  to  his  ccming  to  thSs  country  in  18SS 
had  traveled  extensively  for  various  firms  in  the  Far 
East  and  British  India. 


January  2,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


PATENTS,   TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


C>ff.G2.(.  6ff,y^r 


6^9.  ^Cz 


PATENTS. 


Issued  Dc 


iber  24,  1901. 


Method  of 
Measuring- 


,3S1— Edgar  von  Boyen,  Hamburg-Stelnwarder.  Ger- 
many.    Process  of  manufacturing  mineral  wax. 

,3S3.— John  J.  Brown,  East  Toledo,  Ohio.  Non-Reflll- 
able  bottle. 

,3yi.— Hans  A.  Fra.sch.  Hamilton,  Canada.  Process  of 
producing  nickel  salt?. 

,461. — Adolf  Clemm,    Mannheim,   Germany, 
makfng  sulfates  and  chlorin, 

46S.— John    P.     Dobbyn,    Hayfork.    Cal. 
Faucet. 

474.— Lewis  F.  Fales,  WaJpole.  Mass..  assignor  to  F. 
W.  Bird  &  Son,  East  Walpole,  Mass.,  a  Firm. 
Package-filling  machine. 

561.'.— Samuel  Newman  and  Morris  Borsodi,  Cincinnati, 
Ohio,  assignors  to  Auto  Construction  Co..  Cincinnati. 
Ohio.     Automatic  Liquid-Vending  apparatus. 

626.— Caleb  Smdtli,  Decatur,  III.,  assignor  to  The  Com- 
bination Fountain  Company,  Decatur.  111.  Soda 
Water  fountain. 

004.- Willis  D.  Snow  and  Harry  M.  Palmer,  Blooming- 
ton.  Til.     Bottle-carrier. 

780.— Eduard  R.  Resemfelder.  Charlottenburg,  Ger- 
many. Method'  of  making  ammonia  from  waste 
products. 


DESIGNS. 


35,468.— Druggist's  Label-Case.  Alexander  S.  Baird.  New 
York,  N.  r.  Filed  Sept.  27,  1901.  Serial  No.  76,808. 
Term  of  patent  14  years. 

35,470. — Cushion.  Christian  William  Meinecke,  Jersey 
City.  N.  J.,  assignor  to  Meinecke  &  Co..  New  York, 
N.  Y.,  a  Corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Filed  Oct.  8, 
1901.     Serial  No.  78.002.     Term  of  patent  14  years. 


TRADE-RIARKS. 
Registered  December  24,  1901. 

37,499.— Soaps  and  Perfumery.  Colgate  &  Co.,  New  York. 
N.  Y.     The  word  "Dactvlls." 

37,50(1.— Catarrh  Remedies.  Walter  K.  Peek,  Neiw  York, 
N.  Y.     The  word  "Kroywen." 

37,501.— Internal  Remedies  for  Coughs,  Colds,  Bronchitis, 
and  Similar  Affiictlons.  Radcliffe  Brothers,  Hamil- 
ton. Ohio.     The  Word  "Sherrynol." 

37,502.— Bloo'd-Purifiers.  Remedies  for  Female  Com- 
plaints, and  Liver  Pills.  Lydia  E.  Pinkham  Medi- 
cine Co..  Saco.  Me.  and  Lynn.  Mass.  The  facsimile 
signature   of  Lydia   B.    Pinkham.    deceased. 

37,503.— Liniment.  ."Vustin  Roberts.  North  Collins.  N.  Y. 
The  representation  of  a  gem  or  the  word  "Gem." 

37,506.— Mineral  Waters.  William  J.  Loth.  Waynesboro, 
Va.  The  representation  of  a  male  Indian  in  a  kneel- 
ing posture  at  one  side  of  a  spring,  offering  a  re- 
ceptacle to  a  female  Indian  standing  at  the  opposite 
side  of  the  spring,  clothed  from  waist  to  ankles  with 
a  blanket  festooned  to  disclose  a  portion  of  a  fringed 
skirt,  and  a  background  composed  mainly  of  a  tree. 
Its  foliage,  and  rugged  rocks. 


Registered  December  24,  lOOl. 

8,865.- Title:  "Steinhrecher's  Celebrate!  Specific."  CFor 
a  Medicine).  Louis  Steinbrecher.  Chicago,  III.  Filed 
Nov.   16,   1901. 


(^ff.   ^7^ 


—Title:  "Preventina,"  (For  a  Medicine).  Scott  & 
Bowne,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Filed  Nov.  29,  1901. 
.—Title:  "Thomas'  Oxy-Mul."  (For  a  Medicine). 
Thomas  Axtell.  Denver.  Colo.  Filed  Sept.  24,  1901. 
.—Title:  '  Higgins'  Eczema  Cure."  (For  a  Medicine). 
William  J.  Higgins,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Filed  Nov.  25. 
1901. 

.—Title:  "Sirop  De  Goudron  D'Huile  De  Fole  De 
Morue  Et  Licorice."  (For  a  Medicine).  Bilodeau 
Freres.  Roohester,  N.  H.  Filed  Oct.  2,  1901. 
.—Title:  "Thistledown."  (For  Preparations  for 
Complexion).  Joseph  Harrie  Hogan,  Chicago,  111. 
Filed  Nov.  29,  1901. 

.—Title:  "Hiller's  Fragrant  English  Violets."  (For 
a  Perfume).  Isaac  V.  S.  Hilller.  Cranford,  N.  J. 
Filed  Nov.  2,   1901. 

.—Title:  ."Pine  Shampoo."  (For  Shampoo).  Pine 
Eye  Shampoo  Company,  Milwaukee,  Wis.  Filed 
Nov.  20.  1901. 


PRJIVTS. 

Registered  December  17,  1901. 

437.- Title:  "Hill's  Cascara  Quinine  Bromide."  (For  a 
Medicine).  The  Gray  Lithograph  Co.,  New  York, 
N.  Y.     Filed  Nov.  21,  1901. 


Druggists  desiring  to  purchase  soda  stools,  chairs  and 
tables  that  are  attractive,  cleanly,  indestructible  and  ar- 
tistic should  correspond  with  the  A.  H.  Andrews  Co., 
300  Wabash  avenue,  Chicago.  This  company  makes  a 
line  of  stools,  tables,  etc.  that  are  just  what  druggists 
need,  and  they  supply  them  at  very  reasonable  prices. 

THE    STANDARD 


OF  QUALITY  IN  RUBBER  GOODS 

WE  WANT    VOUR   ORDERS    DIRECT.     PLEASE 
WRITE  FOR  CATALOGUE   AND    PRICES. 

THE  GOODYEAR  TIRE  &  RUBBER  CO. 

EAST  AKRON  STATION,  AKRON,  OHIO. 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  2,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

BIARKET    STEADY    AND    TRANSACTIONS    LIMITED 
TO    ACTUAL,    REQUIREMENTS. 

New  York.  Dee.  31.— Stock  taking,  annual  settlements, 
and  affairs  incident  to  closing  lap  the  year's  business, 
are  monopolizing  the  bulk  of  attention,  and  transactions 
continue  limited  to  actual  current  requirements  of  the 
consuming  trade,  but  the  general  market  retains  a 
steady  undertone. 

OPIUM.— Foreign  markets  continue  firm  but  locally 
there  is  no  improvement  in  demand  and  a  quiet  feeling 
prevails  with  jobbers  quoting  the  old  range  of  $3.20@ 
3.40  for  9  per  cent  and  ?3.30(S)3.50  for  11  per  cent.  Pow- 
dered continues  to  move  moderately  on  consuming  orders 
at  $4.25@4.50  for  13  per  cent,  $4."5@5.00  for  16  per  cent 
and  $4.50(jT4.75  for  granular. 

MORPHINE.— A  continued  satisfactory  consuming 
business  is  in  progress  and  Jobbing  quotations  are  main- 
tajined  at  .?2.4O@i2.50  for  eighths  in  1-oz  boxes,  $2.35® 
2.45  in  2%-oz  boxes,  $2.15@2.25  In  ounce  Vials  and  $2.10 
<g'2.20  m  5-oz  cans,   according  to  brand  and  quantity. 

QUININE.— Conditiions  are  practically  as  noted  last 
week,  and  a  continued  quiet  but  steady  market  is  re- 
ported Tvith  jobbers  quoting  27c  for  bulk  In  100-oz  tins, 
27%0  in  50-oz  tins,  28c  in  25-oz  tins  and  34c  in  ounces. 

CUBEB  BERRIES.— Competition  ajmong  dealers  and 
a  light  consuming  d-emand  have  had  a  depressing  effect 
on  the  market  and  jobbing  prices  have  declined  to  18@ 
23c  for  whole  and  23(re28c  for  powdered. 

OHICLE.— A  higher  import  cost  has  caused  a  firmer 
feeling  among  local  dealers  and  spot  quotations  for  job- 
"bing  quantities  have  been   advanced  to  42@48c. 

ISINGLASS.— American  mamufacturers  are  said  to 
have  agreed  upon  a  higher  basis  of  values,  and  jobbers 
have  advanced  their  quotations  to  70@80c. 

SPERMACETI.— Scarcity  and  an  increased  export  de- 
mand have  caused  a  decidedly  stronger  market  and 
jobbing  quotations  have  been  advanced  to  30@33c  for 
lump   and  31@34c   for  cakes. 

CASTILE  SOAP.— Mottled  is  in  reduced  supply  and 
firmer,  the  revised  quotations  being  &/4lg)7c  for  ordinary 
by  the  box,  and  Sfiillc  for  less.  Pure  is  held  at  7i,4@Sc 
by  the  box.  and  10(®12c  for  less. 

OIL  SESAME.— Supplies  are  light  and  jobbers  have 
advanced   prices   to  90c#$1.00. 

COCOANUT  OIL.— The  market  lis  easier  in  sympathy 
■with  producing  points  and  jobbing  q.uotations  have  been 
reduced  to  15@18o  for  bulk,  18@20c  for  5-Ib  cans  and  20@ 
22c  for  1-lb  cans. 

'SANTONINE.— Reports  from  primary  markets  con- 
tinue favorable  to  holders  and  jobbers  have  advanced 
quotations  to  $6.25@6.50  per  lb  and  45<a'50c  per  oz. 

UNION  SALAD  OIL.— Manufacturers'  prices  are  high- 
er and  the  revised  jobbing  figures  are  50@51c  in  barrels 
and  601i75c  for  less. 

CODEINF;.— Pure  has  been  aidvanced  to  $4.50@4.75  In 
ounces  and  $1. 75(55.00  in  eights.  Sulphate,  muriate  and 
phosphate  45c  per  oz  less  than  pure. 

LOVAGE  ROOT.— Supplies  are  light  and  the  market 
finmer  with  select  held  at  85®95c  and  German  75@85c. 

ELM  BARK.— Stocks  are  very  much  depleted  and 
quotations  have  tieen  reduced  by  jobbers  to  15@17c  for 
5-10  bundles. 

OIL  LEMONGRASS.— Primary  markets  are  higher 
and  jobbing   quotations  show  an  advance  to  $2.85<a'3.00. 

CINCHONIDIA  —There  is  no  change  by  manufactur- 
ers but  jobbers  have  reduced  their  quotations  to  26® 
27c  in  lOO-oz  tins,  29(g31c  in  5  and  10-oz  tins  and  34@36c 
in  ounce  vials. 

CACAO  BUTTER.— The  tone  of  the  market  is  firmer 
with  an  advance  in  .jobbing  quotations  to  44@45o  for  12-lb 
boxes  and  47f(i'55c  for  less. 

GOLDEN  SEAL  ROOT.— A  continued  firm  feeling  is 
manifested  on  the  part  of  holders  and  jobbers  have  ad- 
vanced prices  to  BoST'oc  for  whole,  esmHc  for  ground  and 
70<5'80c   for   powdered. 

CANARY  SEED.^Crop  estimates  are  greatly  reduced 
and  the  market  is  stronger,  with  jobbers  Quoting  3%® 
3%  for  Sicily  by  the  t>ag  and  r.®6c  for  less,  3U@3%c  for 
Smyrna  by  the  bag  and  4V!!®6c  tor  less. 

VANILLIN.— Competition  continues  keen  and  jobbing 
prices  have  been  reduced  to  85c@$1.00. 

LINSEED  OIL.-Jobbing  quot-ations  have  been  ad- 
vanced to  55(!7)56c  for  raw  in  barrels  and  60@70c  for  less. 
Boiled    57''a58c  in  barrels  and  65(5  i5c  for  less. 


A  good  prescription  bottle  is  a  comfort  to  every  dis- 
penser.   The  Cliarleroi   Oval   Is  such   a  bottle. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

.    .^     .  Page 

Acid.   Arsenic,    Acidimentry    3 

Boric,   Food  Preservative 14 

Carbolic.   Use  and  Abuse   10 

Antitoxin,   Sale  by   Board  of  Health    16 

ASSOCIATIONS  Clubs,  Alumni,  etc.— American  Chem- 
ical Society,  21;  American  Chemical  Society,  Phila- 
delphia Section,  20;  Maryland  Pharmaceutical,  21; 
New  York  Retail  Druggists,  17;  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege  of  Pharma'cv  Alumni 20 

BOARDS  OF  PHAR'MACY.— Louisiana,  25;  Massachu- 
setts.  26;  New  York,   18;   Illinois 22 

Books,  Massage   13 

BOWLING,    DRUG   TRADE.— Baltimore,   21;    Chicago, 

22;  New  York,  18:  Philadelphia 20 

BUSINESS   RECORD    25 

Butter    Rancid  Taste.   Removal 8 

Renovated,    Tests    8 

Collodion.  Discovery  26 

CORRESPONDENCTE    3 

Customers    Juvenile   6 

DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 14 

Druggist,  Retired 11 

EDITORIALS.— Drug  Store  Problems.  2;  Druggist  Not 
Ijable  for  Injuries  Caused  By  Goods  Sold.  2;  Early 
Closing  in  St.  Louis,  3;  Law,  Pharmacy,  To  Protect 
the  Public,  2;  Pharmacist  in  I,iterature,  2;  Scarcity 

of  Prescription  Clerks,  2;  Stock  Taking 1 

Em.ulsion.    Copaiba    12 

Examination,  Civil  Service,  New  York 16 

Gloves.    Cleaning    6 

Juice,  Lemon  11 

Mange,    Application    13 

MARKET  REPORT 28 

Mediglycin    14 

"Naphcin"    16 

NEWS  LETTERS.— Baltimore.  21;  Chicago,  22;  Cin- 
cinnati, 2:1;  Michigan,  22;  New  England,  19;  New 
York,  ie;PhiladeIphia,  20;  St.  Louis,  23;  The  North- 
west,   23;    The    South    24 

Oil,  Cod  Liver,  Effervescent 26 

Oleomargarine.    Tests    8 

Par.aldelivde.    Hydrogen    Peroxide 26 

PATENTS.  TRADEMARKS.  ETC 27 

PERSONALS.  Including  Items  of  Peri^onal  Interest, 
e-c  — Ackerman,  AUxander  H.,  22;  Botmic  Drug  Co., 
24;  Brinson  Drug  Co..  24;  Cador.  Josenh.  17;  Coley. 
Dr.  William,  24;  Cuddyer.  Patrick  J..  19;  Dow.  Miss 
Cora.  23;  Haines  .E.  J.,  11;  Hall,  William  H..  19; 
Jacobus,  Judson  S.;  22;  Kemp,  Edward.  17;  Lack, 
H.  E.  L.,  21;  Lajoie  Manufacturing  Co..  19;  McKee, 
John  C;  Marshall-Mead.  16;  Masters  &  Mason.  19; 
Mos*son.  Herman.  17:  Philadelohia  Wholesale  Drug 
Co.,  20;  Reiman,  Dr.  L.  P.,  21 ;  Reycroft  Pharmacies, 
19;  Stall.  J.  W..  23;  Surgeons'  &  Physicians'  Sup- 
ply Co. .13;  Zeller  .Max 18 

Phiosphorus.  Sale.  Liability  13 

Photographic   Developer,    Synthol    13 

Poultices.  Pipe  Clay..' 12 

Powciier.    Diaphoretic.    Camphorated 13 

PRESCRIPTION    DIFFICITLTTES.     etc.— Tincture    of 

Iron  and  Ammoniated  Tincture  of  Guatac 13 

OUESTION  BOX 12 

Shampoo  Paste  14 

SHOP  TALK   ' 

Skin    Food .- 12 

Snuff.  Menthol 1>; 

Tooth  Wax   12 

Warning,  A  Timely 4 

Some  druggists  do  not  handle  paints,  because  they 
ere  too  dirty;  they  think  of  oil  and  grease  and  dirty 
clothes,  and  let  the  paint  profit  go.  But  all  this  is 
avoided  when  Lucas'  Home  Helps  are  carried.  The  sale 
of  these  package  paints  does  not  involve  any  more 
trouble  than  the  selling  of  a  bottle  of  medicine  or  per- 
fumery, nor,  in  fact,  any  more  technical  knowledge, 
w<hile  the  profit  is  greater.  These  Home  Helps  include 
Mixed  Paints,  ready  to  use.  Varnishes.  Stains.  Enamels, 
&c.,  &c.,  all  in  patent  cans  easy  to  open,  and  designed  to 
Ibe  used  from.  The  packages  are  neat,  they  lend  them- 
selves to  attractive  window  display,  and  they  are  so  easy 
to  use,  and  the  selling  pays  so  well,  every  druggist  ought 
to  be  interested.  The  manufacturers  are  liberal  in  the 
assistance  they  render  those  dealers  who  take  an  inter- 
est in  their  goods,  and  their  efforts  in  the  supplying  of 
handsomie   advertsing  matter   help   greatly. 


ARTHUR    COLTON, 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 

=^and    Appliances. »^ 

Detroit,   Mich.,     U.  S.  A. 


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PFGISTRATION  OF  POISON  SALES 
The  registry  of  poison  sales  is  required  by  the  laws  of 
most  of  the  States  and  Territories,  and  such  statutes  are, 
bath  itheoreticaMy  and  pratetically.  safeguards  of  the  in- 
terests of  the  druggists,  as  well  as  t)he  general  public.  The 
m^ere  aot  of  registery  serves,  in  some  d-egree,  to  prevent 
the  im.proper  use  af  poisons,  and  a  record  of  the  particu- 
lars relative  to  sales  is  of  utmost  value  to  the  druggist 
in  case  of  accidents  or  the  criminal  use  of  poisonoua 
drugs. 

There  is  a  great  deal  in  the  appearance  and  'manner  of 
keeping  a  poison  register  which  may  un;con.sciou8ly  influ- 
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poison  laws  of  all  the  States.  Price,  00  cents  per  copy, 
postpaid.  Address  D.  O.  Haynes  &  Co.,  39C  Broadmay, 
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Preparations  are  under  way  for  another  attempt 
to  secure  a  pharmacy  law  for  the  State  of  Maryland. 
Numerous  attempts  have  been  made  in  the  past  to 
give  the  citizens  of  this  State  legal  protection  from 
incompetent  venders  of  drugs,  but  with  the  excep- 
tion of  a  sort  of  half-and-half  law  which  applies  to 
the  city  of  Baltimore  only,  Maryland  is  still  without 
any  provision  for  the  regulation  of  druggists.  As 
a  result  of  this  condition,  there  are  many  druggists 
who  are  druggists  in  name  only,  and  a  large  pro- 
portion of  the  medicines  supplies  to  the  community 
is  dispensed  by  partially  qualified  physicians  and  by 
other  persons  who  possess  no  pharmaceutical  quali- 
fications whatever.  The  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation has  recognized  the  dangers  of  the  indis- 
criminate sale  of  drugs  by  any  one  who  feels  inclined 
to  do  so,  and  has  labored  long  and  hard  to  obtain 
relief  from  this  unsatisfactory  condition.  Members 
of  the  association  seem  to  have  reason  to  believe 
that  the  present  attempt  will  not  meet  the  fate  of  its 
predecessors.  Plans  have  been  carefully  formed,  and 
the  State  has  been  thoroughly  canvassed  with  peti- 
tions for  signatures  in  behalf  of  the  proposed  law. 
It  is  difficult  to  predict  what  any  legislative  body  will 
do,  but  we  do  not  like  to  think  that  the  law  makers 
of  Maryland  are  so  blind  to  the  interests  of  the  com- 
munity that  they  will  again  refuse  to  provide  legal 
restrictions  which  have  long  been  in  force  in  every 
civilized    country    in    the   world. 


The  adoption  of  the  profession  of  pharmacy  by 
women  no  longer  calls  for  comment  in  most  of 
our  communities.  The  opposition  which  the  woman 
apothecary  at  first  encountered  has  gradually  dwin- 
dled to  a  feeble  protest  from  a  very  few  conservative 
druggists  who  probably  feel  themselves  incompetent 
to  hold  their  own  in  competition  with  the  gentler  and 
more  adroit  sex.  There  has  been  some  fear  that  if 
woman  were  allowed  to  gain  too  firm  a  foothold  in 
the  drug  business,  the  feminine  love  of  bargains 
would  make  it  impossible  to  prevent  price  cutting. 
Whatever  may  be  her  attitude  toward  price  schedules, 
the  woman  druggist  has  shown  herself  to  be  a  for- 
midable competitor  in  business.  The  druggists  of 
Cincinnati  are  alarmed  at  the  remarkable  success  of 


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a  sister  apothecary  of  that  town  who  seems  to  be 
bent  upon  acquiring  all  the  drug  stores  within  reach. 
She  has  opened  another  store  during  the  past  month, 
and  now  owns  and  conducts  six  pharmacies  situated 
in  different  parts  of  the  city.  It  is  not  at  all  certain 
that  every  woman  druggist  is  capable  of  an  equally 
conspicuous  success,  but  most  members  of  the  pro- 
fession who  belong  to  the  other  sex  will  agree  in 
thinking  it  fortunate  that  few  pharmacies  are  directly 
under  the  control  of  women. 


Smallpox  still  seems  to  be  prevalent  in  several 
sections  of  the  country,  and  physicians  and  health 
officers  still  continue  to  urge  people  to  vaccinate. 
The  druggists  of  a  number  of  places  have  done  an 
unusual  amount  of  business  in  vaccine  and  accessories 
for  some  months  past  and  the  demand  is  still  large. 
No  one  has  as  yet  found  a  satisfactory  reason  for 
the  present  prevalence  of  smallpox.  For  some  time 
past  the  public  seems  to  have  taken  it  for  granted 
that  the  various  health  authorities  could  be  trusted 
to  keep  this  loathsome  disease  under  control.  It 
may  be  that  confidence  in  the  measures  adopted  for 
the  suppression  of  the  dreaded  malady  has  produced 
a  false  sense  of  security  and  has  caused  people  to 
neglect  the  precaution  of  vaccination.  The  protec- 
tion of  the  public  against  this  disease  demands  not 
only  full  confidence  in  the  methods  employed,  but  a 
general  recognition  of  the  necessity  of  applying  them 
thoroughly.  The  druggist  is  intrusted  with  certain 
duties  to  the  public,  and  he  will  render  his  community 
a  great  service  if  he  will  use  his  influence  in  induc- 
ing more  general  and  frequent  vaccination.  Instead 
of  pushing  the  sale  of  some  side  line,  let  him  use  his 
resources  in  advertising  vaccine  and  vaccination  ac- 
cessories, thus  advancing  the  interests  of  the  public 
as  well  as  his  own  in  a  legitimate  and  profitable  man- 


The  calling  of  the  pharmacist  is  a  peculiar  one  in 
that  his  customers  have  no  means  of  judging  of  his 
skill  except  in  so  far  as  this  is  shown  in  the  appear- 
ance of  the  articles  received  from  him.  Many  drug- 
gists do  not  bear  this  in  mind  and  give  too  little  care 
and  attention  to  the  outward  appearance  of  the  par- 
cels which  leave  their  establishments.  In  prescrip- 
tions, especially,  the  neatness  with  which  the  pack- 
age is  prepared  is  of  great  importance.  Bottles 
wrapped  and  labeled  in  a  careless  and  slovenly  man- 
ner, liquids  with  bits  of  cork  or  straw  floating  about 
in  them  and  powders  unevenly  folded  are  indications 
to  the  physician  and  patient  of  the  unfitness  of  the 
pharmacist  for  the  important  work  intrusted  to  him. 
The  ability  to  attach  a  label  neatly  does  not,  of 
course,  imply  skill  in  the  more  important  preparation 
of  the  medicine,  but  it  indicates  the  careful  attention 
to  details  which  is  essential  in  compounding  a  pre- 
scription as  well  as  in  preparing  the  bottle  for  de- 
livery. The  customer  in  whose  mind  care  exercised 
in  one  operation  is  connected  with  skill  in  another 
may  not  be  entirely  wrong  in  his  conclusions,  and 
the  pharmacist  who  values  his  reputation  will  do  well 
to  bear  this  in  mind. 


Success  in  pharmacy  depends  upon  something 
more  than  a  knowledge  of  the  science  of  the  pro- 
fession and  a  well  assorted  and  attractively  arranged 
stock  of  drugs.  A  New  York  druggist  recently 
complained  to  an  acquaintance  about  the  uncertainty 
of  the  business,  stating  that  while  his  stock  and  skill 
were  equal  in  every  respect  to  those  of  his  competi- 
tor in  the  same  block,  his  sales  were  far  less  satis- 
factory. He  could  not  understand  why  customers 
seemed  to  prefer  to  patronize  a  neighboring  store 
while  his  own  was  apparently  quite  as  desirable.  It 
was  not  long  before  the  difference  in  the  popularity 
of  these  two  pharmacies  was  explained.  It  happen- 
ed that  an  elderly  lady  was  slightly  injured  in  leaving 
a  street  car  and  was  escorted  to  the  unpopular  drug 
store  by  a  policeman.  She  was  pale  and  weak  with 
pain  and  shock,  yet  no  one  in  the  establishment 
seemed  to  be  aware  of  her  presence,  or  approached 
her  with  a  word  of  sympathy.  A  glass  of  water 
would  have  been  very  acceptable  but  none  was  of- 
fered. In  large  cities  people  are  slow  to  show  signs 
of  sympathy  with  those  who  are  in  distress,  yet  cour- 
tesies and  little  acts  of  kindness  are  as  highly  appre- 
ciated as  in  rural  districts.  This  druggist  apparent- 
ly neglected  to  cultivate  the  habit  of  kindness  and 
sympathy,  which  though  it  may  not  occupy  an  impor- 
tant position  in  the  ledger,  is  still  a  very  important 
factor  in  business. 


There  have  been  a  number  of  reports  of  late  about 
the  appearance  of  adulterated  linseed  meal  in  the 
market.  This  meal  is  said  to  resemble  the  unso- 
phisticated article  closely,  having  the  same  color,  con- 
sistency and  proportion  of  oil.  Oil  extracted  from 
this  meal  is  found  to  consist  largely  of  a  heavy  pe- 
troleum product,  and  is,  of  course,  a  very  poor  sub- 
stitute for  genuine  linseed  oil.  The  adulterated  meal 
is  probably  prepared  by  grinding  oil-cake,  from  which 
the  original  oil  has  been  removed  by  means  of  pres- 
sure, with  a  corresponding  quantity  of  a  petroleum 
oil  having  the  same  specific  gravity.  It  is  said  that 
this  spurious  meal  can  be  recognized  without  much 
trouble  by  its  odor  of  petroleum  and  by  the  appear- 
ance of  a  bluish  fluorescence  in  the  oil  extracted  from 
it. 


In  Massachusetts  they  are  discussing  the  advis- 
ability of  consolidating  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
with  that  of  Medicine.  It  seems  that  Gov.  Crane  was 
expected  to  make  a  recommendation  to  this  effect, 
but  in  this  case  the  expected  did  not  happen.  The 
Governor  did  urge  the  merging  of  certain  commis- 
sions, but  made  no  reference  to  these  two  bodies. 
He  probably  recognized  the  fact  that  each  board  has 
its  distinct  functions  which  differ  widely  in  character, 
although  they  are  in  a  way  related,  and  that  the  duties 
of  each  involve  sufficient  work  for  one  commission. 
The  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  much  to  look  after,  and 
the  Board  of  Medicine  has  enough  in  its  own  province 
to  occupy  the  attention  of  its  members.  Both  boards 
have  shown  their  value  to  the  community,  and  neither 
could  very  well  be  spared.  Since  both  are  useftll, 
and  there  is  work  enough  for  both,  the  wisdom  of 
combining  the  duties  of  these  boards  is  not  apparent. 


January  9,  1903.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


A  druggist  of  South  Boston  has  become  entangled 
in  the  comolications  of  the  Massachusetts  liquor  laws, 
and  is  suffering  in  consequence.  His  store  was  re- 
cently raided  by  the  police  who  found  and  confiscated 
a  quantity  of  liquor  which  apothecaries  of  most  other 
states  would  not  consider  more  than  a  drug  store 
ought  to  have  in  stock.  There  can  be  little  doubt 
of  the  very  serious  nature  of  this  unfortunate  drug- 
gist's offense  against  the  laws  of  his  State,  for  he  was 
promptly  convicted  of  illegal  practices  and  deprived 
of  his  sixth  class  license.  Now  the  Massachusetts 
Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy  has  suspended 
his  certificate  of  registration  for  two  years,  which 
-will  compel  him  to  employ  a  registered  clerk  or  go  out 
of  business.  Many  pharmacists  will  no  doubt  feel 
sorry  for  this  druggist  in  adversity,  for  liquor  laws 
are  apt  to  be  very  troublesome  and  difficult  to  un- 
derstand, but  his  punishment  can  not  properly  be 
•considered  unjust.  The  people  of  Massachusetts  have 
provided  such  laws  as  they  consider  necessary,  and 
it  is  the  duty  of  every  citizen  to  obey  the  laws  of  his 
State. 

A  Long  Branch  druggist  has  added  wrecking  to 
the  long  list  of  side  lines  which  may  under  proper 
■conditions  be  profitable  to  the  pharmacist.  This  en- 
terprising apothecary  recently  found  an  abandoned 
coal  barge  stranded  upon  the  beach  near  his  store. 
He  promptly  secured  a  tug  and  succeeded  in  placing 
the  vessel  in  safety.  The  profits  of  this  side  line 
-can  not  be  very  far  below  those  of  the  summer  sale  of 
«oda,  and  would  probably  not  be  unwelcome  to  other 
-pharmacists.  The  fact  that  coal  barges  which  need 
rescuing  are  usually  scarce  in  the  neighborhood  of 
most  drug  stores  will,  however,  be  a  serious  obstacle 
to  the  general  adoption  of  this  new  and  profitable  ad- 
dition to  the  activities  of  the  druggist. 


Employes  of  drug  firms  do  not  all  find  cause  for 
■complaint.  Twenty  or  more  of  the  traveling  men  of 
a  large  manufacturing  house  were  entertained  on  the 
last  day  of  the  year  by  a  representative  of  their  firm 
in  a  very  enjoyable  manner.  Others  who  are  active 
in  the  drug  business  and  are  not  complaining  at  pres- 
■ent,  are  the  employes  of  the  late  Edward  Kemp, 
whose  will  provides  for  the  distribution  of  $50,000 
among  those  who  have  spent  five  years  or  more  in 
Tiis  service.  There  are  apparently  still  many  em- 
ployers who  are  mindful  of  the  fact  that  the  laborer 
is  w-orthy  of  something  more  than  his  hire. 


FLUORESCEIN  AS  AN  INDICATOR.— Ac- 
■cording  to  Zellner,  fluorescein  is  very  useful  as  an  in- 
dicator in  alkalimetry,  especially  in  the  estimation  of 
ammonia.  It  may  be  used  in  the  presence  of  carbon- 
ates, and  is  convenient  when  titrating  dark  liquids. 
The  solution  is  prepared  by  dissolving  .4  gram  of 
fluorescein  in  50  cc.  of  absolute  alcohol,  and  adding 
30  cc.  of  water. 

SAPODERMIN  is  a  soap  which  contains  30  per 
cent  of  hydrarg.  casein.  (2  per  cent  metal)  and  which 
appears  in  the  market  in  the  form  of  cakes.  In  this 
material  the  mercury  is  said  to  be  so  firmly  bound  to 
albumen  that  it  is  not  absorbed  by  the  animal  organ- 
ism like  other  compounds  of  this  metal.  It  is  an  en- 
tirely neutral  soap,  and  is  recommended  in  a  number 
of  affections  of  the  skin. 


ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

List  of  Graduates  for  December,  igoi. 
Matriculataon   No.  Grada 

3039    Charles   E.   -Wood,   740   Cottage  Grove 

avenue,  Pullman.  Ill  82  per  cent 

267G    Albert  J.  Hartig,  687  Southern  avenue, 

Dubuque,    Iowa    85  per  cent 

2741    -^'alte-    E.    "tt'llsoHi    9    Sturgis    street, 

■Worcester,   Mass 85  per  cent 

2719    Lester  J.  Page.  Scio,  Ohio  95  per  cent 

2SS0    Michael  Saccar.  Hallettsville,  Tex 96  per  cent 

2604    John    R.    Powers,   Jersey viUe,    111 96  per  cent 

3045    J.  R.  Bryan,  Amory,  Miss 98  per  cent 

,    2810    Homer  G.  Olmsted,  719  "W.  Main  street, 

Conneaut.    Ohio    83  per  cent 

2764    Max   T.    Drayer,   99   Oakland   avenue, 

Columbus.    Ohio    96  per  cent 

3009    Raymond  G.   Lewis,   71  Prince  street, 

Boston,     Mass     95  per  cent 

299S    John  M.  Princell,  St.  Paul,  Minn 95  per  cent 

2850    T.   G.   Howard,  736  Broad  street,  Au- 
gusta,  Ga 90  per  cent 

The  al>o\'«  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a 
short  time.  A  large  and  ver>'  handsome  engraved  diplo- 
ma, printed  on  artificial  parchment,  with  the  graduates 
name  engrossed,  especially  suited  for  framing,  will  be 
furnished  to  all  who  request  it  for  the  sum  of  $2.00.  Those 
who  desire  the  latter  should  forward  the  necessary  fee 
at  once,   to  The   Pharmaceutical  Era. 

SALICYLGLYCOLIC  ACID.— A  process  for  the 
preparation  of  salicylglycolic  acid  has  been  patented 
in  Germany.  A  good  yield  of  this  compound  is  ob- 
tained by  saponifying  the  salicylglycol  ester  with  al- 
kalis at  low  temperatures.  This  saponification  is  es- 
pecially satisfactory  when  the  temperature  is  not  al- 
lowed to  rise  above  5  or  10  degrees  C.  The  warmer 
the  reacting  mass,  the  greater  the  proportion  of  sali- 
cylic and  glycolic  acids  obtained  as  by-products,  and 
when  the  mixture  is  heated  to  the  boiling  point,  these 
acids  only  are  produced.  In  order  to  obtain  a  great- 
er yield  of  salicylglycolic  acid.  10  kilograms  of  the  es- 
ter are  mixed  under  constant  stirring,  with  16  kilo- 
grams of  a  25  per  cent  solution  of  caustic  soda  and 
an  equal  quantity  of  ice.  The  clear  solution  is  poured 
into  20  kilograms  of  20  per  cent  hydrochloric  acid, 
the  mixture  being  kept  cool.  The  semi-solid  mass 
thus  formed  is  drained  and  washed  with  water.  After 
drying,  a  white  crystalline  mass  is  obtained  which 
consists  of  pure  salicylglycolic  acid. 

STRUCTURE  OF  ST.-^RCH.— W.  Symienski  (Bot 
Centralb.)  states  that  the  composition  of  starch  al- 
ways corresponds  to  the  empirical  formula  C«  Hio  O5. 
Starch  cellulose,  the  more  resistant  constitu- 
ent, he  considers  as  being  formed  from  dissolved 
starch  previously  formed.  The  action  of  KOH  or 
of  boiling  water  upon  starch  grains  results  in  the  for- 
mation of  a  number  of  substances  by  the  splitting  up 
of  the  starch.  The  simplest  of  these  substances  has  a 
composition  corresponding  to  the  formula  C^«  Hw  Oa. 
To  this  body  the  author  proposes  to  give  the 
name  amvlogen.  He  further  suggests  that  the  name 
dextrin  should  be  limited  to  the  non-sugar  products 
of  the  hydrolysis  of  starch,  those  which  are  colored 
indigo  blue  by  iodine  and  do  not  reduce  Fehling's  so- 
lution, being  know  as  amylodextrin. 

EFFECT  OF  SALT  UPON  PLANTS.— In  a  series 
of  experiments  on  the  growth  of  plants,  chiefly  wheat, 
oats  and  mai-^e,  G.  H.  Pethybridge  (Bot.  Centralb.) 
found  that  dilution  of  the  normal  nutrient  solution 
and  the  addition  of  sodium  chloride  have  the  same 
effect.  Both  modifications  of  the  normal  solution  ef- 
fect a  lengthening  of  the  root,  a  thickening  of  the 
cell-wall,  a  diminution  of  the  number  of  shoots  and 
leaves  and  of  the  length  and  breadth  of  the  leaf.  The 
diameters  of  the  root,  of  the  vessels  of  the  root,  and 
of  the  haulm  are  also  decreased.  The  stomates  dis- 
appear almost  entirely  from  the  under  side  of  the 
leaves  of  wheat  grown  in  distilled  water  or  solution 
of  sodium  chloride. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1903. 


LOGICAL  ADVERTISING. 


By  ROLLAN  G.  BOWE,  Clyde,  Ohio. 

WE  hear  much  about  "logical  advertising," 
and  countless  general  rules  are  laid  down 
by  the  doctors  of  advertising,  strict  con- 
formity with  which,  the  advertiser  is  told, 
will  enable  him  to  gain  business  publicity  in 
a  logical  manner. 

Logic  is  a  great  word;  in  its  proper  place  it  means 
much.  In  advertising,  unfortunately,  the  term  is  used 
so  much  to  gain  currency  for  meaningless,  idealess 
scribbling  about  business  publicity  that  it  has  come  to 
have  very  small  significance  for  the  average  adver- 
tiser. 

One  thing  writers  of  advertising  matter  and  also 
those  who  use  it,  have  much  to  learn  about  yet,  is  the 
extent  to  which  general  rules  may  be  employed  with 
advantage  in  special  lines  of  trade. 

The  successful  physician  is  not  the  o.ie  who  knows 
only  the  general  effect  of  a  drug  on  the  human  or- 
ganism, but  the  one  who  can  keenly  judge  of  its 
effect  upon  an  organism  with  certain  constitutional 
or  acquired  tendencies.  He  is  not  one  who  under- 
stands only  the  diagnostic  characteristics  of  human 
ailments,  but  the  one  who  quickly  and  with  precision 
differentiates  between  affections  of  a  similar  type. 
Few  men  can  tell  a  retail  druggist  and  a  hardware 
dealer,  both,  how  each  may  advertise  with  equal  pro- 
fit. 

General  rules  will  apply  to  all  lines  of  business 
enterprise,  but  these  rules  may  not  be  applied  to  each 
at  the  same  season,  or  in  the  same  way,  with  like  sat- 
isfactory results:  or,  in  fact,  without  frequent  posi- 
tively unsatisfactory  results. 

What  is  logical  advertising  for  one  business  may 
not  be  so  for  anntlier  business  in  another  line,  and  the 
same  rule  of  logic  may  not  work  on  the  advertising 
of  two  concerns  in  the  same  line.  Money  is  often 
thrown  away  in  advertising;  not  because  the  adver- 
tising is  not  of  value,  but  for  the  reason  that  the 
article  advertised  is  out  of  season,  or  that  the  de- 
mand at  that  particular  season  does  not  justify  so 
large  an  advertising  expenditure.  Most  business 
houses  can  obey  the  general  rule  to  advertise  all  the 
time,  but  some  dealers  will  make  more  from  a  small 
outlay  than  others  from  a  large  outlay.  The  general 
rule  that  one  should  advertise  for  business  when 
trade  is  slack  is  a  correct  one,  but  the  advertiser 
must  be  careful  to  announce  his  desire  to  sell  some- 
thing that  is_ easily  sold  at  that  particular  time,  else 
the  logic  which  supports  continuous  advertising  will 
prove  false. 

The  druggist  is  one  who  has  something  to  sell 
that  is  always  in  season.  His  prescription  depart- 
ment may  be  advertised  profitably  at  all  seasons,  but 
he  would  be  wasting  money  to  begin  advertising  a 
cough  cure  in  January  and  keep  it  up  in  the  same 
space  all  the  year;  or  to  advertise,  say,  fly-paper  in 
the  Winter  time. 

With  the  retail  druggist  logical  advertising  de- 
mands a  careful  diffcrentation  between  seasons  for 
advertising  certain  articles,  and  then  the  subdivision 
of  these  seasons  as  circumstances  may  seem  to  dic- 
tate. 

These  circumstances  are  his  personal  experience 
as  to  what  sells  under  certain  conditions  of  price,  of 
weather,  or  any  other  special  consideration.  Each 
week  may  bring  its  attendant  conditions  which,  to 
the  careful  business  man  ever  alert  to  take  advantage 
of  what  is  offered,  present  unusual  opportunities  for 
effective  advertising.  The  retail  druggist,  if  he  adver- 
tises the  proper  article  at  the  proper  season  in  an 
effective  style,  need  never  do  one  dollar's  worth  of 
unprofitable  advertising.  With  him  it  is  logical  to 
advertise  all  the  time.  That  is  about  as  far  as  the 
general  doctor  of  advertising  can  go  in  his  prescrip- 
tions; beyond  that  the  retail  druggist  must  decide  for 
himself. 

He  must  do  the  differentiating,  and  his  diagnosis. 


if  he  has  given  proper  attention  to  the  details  of  his 
business,  is  worth  more  than  that  of  any  one  else. 

It  is  not,  therefore,  always  the  most  profitable 
method  to  turn  over  the  department  of  publicity  of 
the  drug  store  to  an  advertising  specialist.  The 
specialist  may  be  called  in  and  is  well  worth  his  fee, 
but  his  suggestions  must  be  adapted  to  the  needs  of 
the  particular  drug  business  in  the  same  way  that  a 
prescription  of  general  value  must  be  modified  or 
increased  for  certain  cases.  The  doctor  of  adver- 
tising is  a  specialist  in  a  general  sense;  the  druggist 
must  make  his  work  effective  by  being  the  specialist 
in  a  local  sense.  It  is  the  druggist  who  must  make 
the  close  differentiation,  learn  the  constitutional  pe- 
culiarities of  the  patient  and  regulate  the  employ- 
ment of  the  remedy. 


SPECIAL  SALES  AS  A  MEANS  OF  ADVERTIS- 
ING. 

By  EDWIN  R.  MOHLER,  Ephrata,  Pa. 

Some  time  ago  we  tried  a  new  plan  of  advertising 
for  the  purpose  of  increasing  our  sales  and  attract- 
ing new  customers  to  our  store.  The  plan  proved 
successful,  resulting  in  the  sale  of  more  goods  and 
increasing  the  number  of  customers,  while  the  ex- 
pense to  us  was  small. 

Our  plan  was  to  offer,  on  Saturday  of  each  week, 
a  special  discount  of  twenty  per  cent  on  a  certain  line 
of  goods  in  our  store,  the  offer  being  only  for  the 
day  mentioned.  We  had  three  ways  by  which  we 
informed  the  people  of  these  special  sales.  The  first 
was  by  making  a  window  display  each  week  of  the 
article  to  be  sold  at  a  discount  on  Saturday  of  that 
week,  and  displaying  a  card  above  this  which  an- 
nounced the  special  sale.  The  second  was  by  insert- 
ing an  advertisement  of  the  goods  to  be  sold  in  all 
the  newspapers  of  the  town;  also  inserting  small  lo- 
cals in  different  parts  of  the  paper  announcing  the 
special  sale.  The  third  method  was  by  printing 
cards,  something  like  the  following: 


20  PER  CENT  DISCOUNT  WILL  BE 

Given   on  All 

—TOILET  SOAPS— 

— At  Blank's  Drug  Store — 

ON  SAT.,  OCT.  i8 

For  One  Day  Only. 


These  cards  or  signs  were  tacked  up  at  the  en- 
trances of  the  large  mills  and  factories  in  the  town, 
and  were  placed  in  conspicuous  places  at  about  the 
height  of  an  ordinary  sized  person  from  the  ground, 
so  that  all  those  who  entered  could  notice  them.  The 
size  of  the  cards  was  about  12x15  inches  and  they 
were  printed  in  plain  letters  so  as  to  be  easily  read. 
These  cards  had  to  be  changed  weekly,  as  different 
articles  were  advertised  each  week.  We  also  ex- 
plained our  method  to  those  who  came  into  the  store, 
and  they  would  tell  others. 

In  our  first  special  sale  toilet  soaps  were  offered 
at  special  prices.  We  arranged  all  the  different 
soaps  we  had  in  stock  in  one  of  our  windows,  and 
hung  above  them  the  following  sign: 


20  PER  CENT  DISCOUNT  ON 

ALL    THESE     SOAPS 

ON  SAT.,  OCT.  18. 


In  the   newspapers  we   inserted   the    following   ad- 
vertisement: 


January  9,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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Soap 
Caution! 


It  la  needless,  perhaps,  to  oau'tlon 
people  against  using  impure 
toilet  and  ibat'h  soaps.  No  one 
uses  harmful  soajps  willingly, 
'but  many  use  ithem  uiniwittlngly. 

Tou  are  most  apt  ito  get  right  soap 
ait  a  reliable  Drug  Store — ^for 
instance,  you  never  ©aw  a  "bit 
of  genuine  Castile  Soap  siold 
anywhere  "but  at  a  (Drug  Store. 

■VVe  are  something  of  cranks  In 
this  matter  cf  purity,  and 
guarantee  'the  quality  of  every 
soap  we  sell.  Close  prices  you 
are   also   sure   of. 


I  COUGH 
I  SECURITY. 


Tou  should  get  'Blank's  Coug* 
Syrup,  because  you  get  your 
money  Iback  if  it  (ails.  It  has 
to  be  an  unusually  good  rem- 
edy to  be  sold  that  way.  Price 
25   and   50    cents. 


C.  S.  BLANK, 

■Wholesale  and  Retail  Druggists. 

Blankville,  Pa. 


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the  fountain  not  being  in  use  during  the  winter.  Upon 
each  box  was  fastened  a  card  which  contained  the 
regular  price,  cancelled,  and  the  special  price  for  the 
day  on  which  the  special  sale  was  to  be  held. 

These  special  sales  proved  very  satisfactory  not 
only  as  a  means  of  advertising  but  also  as  an  aid  in 
selling  goods. 


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The  following  notice^  in  the  form  of  small  local 
items,  was  also  inserted  in  the  newspapers: 

"20  per  cent.  Discount  Will  Be  Given  on  All 
Toilet  Soaps  at  Blank's  DRUG  STORE,  on 
OCTOBER  i8th." 
It  is  almost  needless  to  say  that  we  sold  more  soaps 
that  day  than  had  been  sold  for  quite  a  while. 

The  next  week  we  held  a  special  sale  of  tooth- 
brushes. We  prepared  the  window  display  for  this 
sale  by  stretching  cords  from  the  top  of  the  window 
to  the  bottom.  Along  the  entire  length  of  these 
cords  were  fastened  tooth-brushes,  placed  about  four 
inches  apart.  The  cords  were  placed  across  the  win- 
dow about  six  inches  apart  and  about  a  foot  back 
of  the  glass.  In  the  bottom  of  the  window  were 
placed  tooth-powders,  pastes,  liquids,  etc.  Full  boxes 
of  tooth-brushes  were  also  displayed  about  the  win- 
dow. Advertisements  in  the  newspapers  and  signs 
tacked  up  at  the  mills  and  factories  were  also  pre- 
pared for  this  sale. 

We  next  held  a  special  sale  of  stationery,  which 
was  followed  by  one  of  perfumes;  after  this  came  a 
sale  of  all-rubber  goods,  such  as  syringes,  hot  water 
bottles,  etc.  In  this  way  the  special  sales  were  con- 
tinued for  some  weeks,  a  different  article  being  of- 
fered each  week. 

In  addition  to  the  usual  advertising,  we  also  made 
a  display  of  fine  box  papers  upon  our  soda  counter. 


SYSTEM  IN  THE  DRUG  STORE.* 

By  J.  T.  PEPPER. 

AT  THE  present  day  it  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary to  adopt  some  sort  of  system  in  order 
to    conduct   the   business   of   a   drug    store 
successfully.      When  once  the  system  is  es- 
tablished it  will  prove  itself  invaluable.      It  is  some- 
times remarked  of  a  druggist,  referring  to  the  man- 
aging of   his   business,   that   he   is   systematic   or   me- 
thodical, of  another  it  is  said  that  he  is  orderly,  sug- 
gesting what  the  following  proverbs  imply:     "A  place 
for  everything,  and  everything  in  its  place,"  and  "A 
time  for  everything  and  everything  in  its  time." 
One  Secret  of  Success. 
There   are   many   arguinents   in   favor   of   using   a 
system  in  the  proper  managing  of  a  drug  store.     Any 
reasonable   druggist  will  appreciate   system   and   cor- 
rectness  in  the   conduct   of   his  business.      No  doubt 
we  could   all   call   to   mind   some   druggist   of  our  ac- 
quaintance whose  business  affairs  seem  to  move  along 
without  a  hitch,  every  clerk  and  apprentice  doing  his 
duty  as  though  the  store  was  his  own,  and  everything 
tending  to   prosperity   and   success.      And   it   is   alto- 
gether likely  that  we  could  also  think  of  some  other 
druggist   whose   location   and   chances   for   success   in 
the  drug  business  are  equal  to  the  first,  but  who  has 
much    difficulty    in    running    his    drug    store,    whose 
goods  do   not   come   as  they  are   represented,   whose 
accounts  are  not  paid  as  promptly  as  they  should  be, 
whose  clerks  and  apprentices  neglect  their  work,  and 
who,  in  short,   does  not   seem   to   prosper.      What  is 
the    secret   that   enables   one   druggist,   possessed   ap- 
parently of  no  more  ability  than  the  other,  to  acquire 
wealth  and  honor  where  his  brother  fails  miserably? 
Annlication  to  business  in  a  systematic  way  is  one  of 
the  secrets  of  success  in  the  drug  business. 
Putting  Off  Is  a  'Wretched  Habit. 
System  is  of  great  advantage  in  any  business,  and 
most  especially  in  the  retail  drug  business,  where  the 
details  are  so  numerous  and  where  it  becomes  neces- 
sary   that    every    little    thing    should    be    attended   to 
promptly  and  systematically.  Some  druggists,  throiigh 
lack  of  svstem,  drop  into  the  very  bad  habit  of  puttmg 
off  certain  work,  or  duties,  or  business  from  day  to- 
day.      It   may  be   that   some   preparation   requires   to 
be' made  up,  some  work  in  the  drug  store  needs  to  be 
be  attended  to,  or  some  account  is  due  and  ought  to 
be  paid.      If  it   seems  necessary  to  make  tiiicture  of 
belladonna  today,  make  it.  and  do  not  put  it  off  till 
tomorrow.      If  you  put  it  off  you  will  almost  always 
be  sure  to  need  it  the  next  day  in  a  hurry,  and,  be- 
sides, you  will  be  behindhand  with  your  work.     The 
morning  will  bring  its  own  work.      It  is  this  putting 
off  until  the   next   day  the  duties  that   should  be   at- 
tended to  at  once  which  crowds  out  other  duties  that 
continue  to  come  up.  and  which  causes  these  in  turn 
to  be  put  off  until  the  day  following:  and  keeping  on 
at  this  putting-off  process  will  keep   one   always  be- 
hindhand in  his  business.  ,  .       ,  t.- 

How  often  it  happens  that  the  druggist  leaves  his 
store  at  night  promising  himself  that  the  very  first 
thing  on  the  morrow  he  will  attend  to  a  certain  duty 
tliat  h''  should  have  performe<l  to-day,  only  to  find  the 
next  morning  some  seemingly  more  pressing  duty 
that  requires  instant  attention;  the  first  duty  and  the 
good  resolution  are  both  promptly  forgotten,  and  are 
perhans  not  thought  of  again  until  the  necessity  for 
attending  to  it  presses  itself  on  the  attention.  By 
making  it  your  special  duty  to  complete  each  day's 
work  or  business  before  you  leave  the  store  at  night 

♦Bulletin  of  Pharmacy. 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1903. 


there  will  never  be  anything  in  the  way  to  prevent 
you  taking  up  any  new  work  that  may  present  itself 
on  the  following  morning. 

The  Drug  Business  a  War. 

This  putting-off  habit  can  only  be  disposed  of  by 
working  systematically  and  by  adhering  to  your  sys- 
tem. You  can  have  each  apprentice  and  clerk  to  un- 
derstand distinctly  what  his  special  duties  are  and 
at  what  time  he  is  expected  to  attend  to  them.  The 
proprietor  must  not  only  see  that  this  is  done,  but 
he  must  also  be  systematic  and  punctual  in  perform- 
ing his  own  duties.  He  can  help  and  stimulate  his 
clerks  and  apprentices  by  setting  them  a  good  ex- 
ample. In  war  the  general  who  leads  his  troops  in 
the  charge  is  more  successful  than  the  one  who  sim- 
ply commands  his  soldiers  to  go.  The  drug  business 
is  a  war,  and  the  druggist  who  attends  punctually 
and  systematically  to  business  will  set  a  good  exam- 
ple to  his  clerks,  and  he  will  receive  better  service 
from  them  by  thus  taking  the  lead  in  the  work  of 
the  store. 

Building   a    System. 

If  a  little  thinking  and  planning  is  done  a  system 
can  be  evolved  for  doing  all  the  work  and  business 
of  a  drug  store.  One  system  will  not  suit  all  stores 
or  all  druggists.  Each  must  build  his  own  system 
to  please  himself  and  to  suit  his  business.  Some 
druggists  who  are  extremely  systematic  frame  a  time 
table  of  work  for  each  clerk  and  apprentice,  contain- 
ing what  is  to  be  done  and  indicating  when  it  is  to 
be  done;  and  this  is  pasted  up  in  some  conspicuous 
TDlace  in  the  back  shop. 

I  have  often  seen  the  same  druggist  washing  and 
dressing  his  windows  on  all  the  days  in  the  week  ex- 
cept Sunday.  A  better  plan  is  to  have  one  day  set 
aside  for  this  special  work,  since  it  is  such  an  im- 
portant task,  and  since  so  much  depends  upon  wheth- 
er it  is  done  well  or  not.  Take  Friday,  say,  since 
that  is  the  day  before  good  business,  and  conse- 
quently the  day  on  which  we  should  have  our  show 
windows  looking  their  best,  so  that  they  may  help 
■us  sell  the  goods  inside. 

A  certain  day  of  the  week  should  also  be  set  aside 
tor  cleaning  and  dusting  the  shelf  bottles,  another  for 
cleaning  and  polishing  the  show-cases,  still  another 
for  making  preparations,  and  so  on. 

System  In  Dispensing. 

A  system  or  method  should  be  adopted  for  dis- 
pensing, which  is  one  of  the  druggist's  most  import- 
ant duties.  It  is  not  the  province  of  this  article  to 
lay  down  any  difficult  rules  fur  druggists  to  follow, 
but  only  to  make  suggestions.  If  a  druggist  decides  that 
when  a  prescription  is  received  in  his  store,  and  after 
it  is  read,  the  label  should  be  written  first  before  the 
prescription  is  dispensed,  then  he  should  see  that 
this  rule  is  adopted  and  that  all  his  clerks  comply 
with  that  regulation  as  well  as  himself.  If  the  drug- 
gist decides  that  after  the  prescription  is  read  it  shall 
Ije  immediately  dispensed,  and  the  label  written  .if- 
terwards,  then  let  that  plan  be  strictly  adhered  to. 
But  at  all  events  adopt  some  system  for  the  dis- 
pensing of  prescriptions,  whether  thev  be  many  or 
-few  in  your  store.  You  will  find  that 'it  will  help  to 
prevent  mistakes. 

Systematic  Buying. 

Do  not  buy  goods  at  random,  but  buy  systemati- 
cally. Keep  a  "want  book"  and  insist  that  all  clerks 
write  down  in  this  book  the  name  of  any  product 
that  is  low  in  stock.  Do  not  speculate  in  buying 
drugs.  The  market  may  decline  before  vour  supply 
is  exhausted.  It  is  better,  as  a  general  rule,  to  buy 
for  present  necessities  only.  Do  not  buy  any  quan- 
tity of  goods  but  what  you  are  sure  of  being  able  to 
dispose  of  in  a  reasonable  time,  say  three  or  six 
months,  unless  the  goods  keep  well,  are  stable  in 
price,  and  you  have  a  rare  opportunity  to  gel  them 
cheap  for  some  reason. 

Have  a  System  for  Paying  Accounts. 

Be  systematic  in  paying  all  you  owe.  Pay  prompt- 
ly.    If  you   pay   "spot"   cash,   then   pay   all   bills   the 


same  way.  If  you  pay  at  thirty  days,  then  pay  all 
accounts  promptly  at  the  expiration  of  that  time.  It 
is  easier  to  follow  a  system  in  paying  accounts  than 
it  is  in  almost  anything  else,  for  all  accounts  have  to 
be  paid  sooner  or  later,  and  if  a  certain  time  and 
way  IS  decided  upon  for  their  payment  it  seems  to 
make  payment  easier. 

More  and  better  work  can  be  done  by  working 
systematically  than  at  haphazard. 

If  every  druggist  will  adopt  some  sort  of  system 
for  managing  his  business  it  will  help  him  to  battle 
successfully  with  hard  times,  sharp  competition,  and 
small  margins. 


PHARMACY  IN  THE  FAR  EAST.* 

By  T.  E.  LESCHER. 

The  Far  East  presents  itself  to  the  traveller  un- 
der two  aspects— first,  as  the  "Last  Wonderland  of 
the  World,"  interesting  from  its  old  historic  customs 
and  ancient  civilization;  and  secondly  as  an  Empire 
of  immeasurable  extent  to  some  corners  of  which 
modern  civilization  has  not  yet  penetrated. 

In  dealing  with  the  Far  East,  however,  general 
remarks  are  not  possible;  the  chief  European  settle- 
ments are  perhaps  hundreds  of  miles  apart;  each 
place  has  its  characteristics,  the  native  element  is 
different,  and  the  climate  varies.  Among  the  sta- 
tions inadvisable  to  choose  on  account  of  its  extreme- 
ly unhealthy  climate  is  Manila,  the  chief  town  of  the 
Philippines;  the  heat  is  excessive,  and  the  islands  are 
pregnant  with  cholera  and  malaria.  Hemp  and  ci- 
gars are  its  principal  products.  Our  oil  of  ylang 
ylang  comes   from   there. 

The  Japanese  have  made  great  advances  in  Euro- 
pean methods  of  medical  treatment,  and  it  is  char- 
acteristic of  the  far-sightedness  of  these  people  that 
they  have  chosen  that  branch  of  art  or  industry  in 
which  any  one  European  country  excels  as  a  model 
for  their  own  institutio'ps ;  their  naNfy  is  a  copy  of  ours, 
and  they  send  their  sons  to  Germany  to  study  medi- 
cine. 

The  chemistry  of  the  Japanese  pharmacopoeia  is 
very  advanced.  Their  tests  for  the  purity  of  chemi- 
cals are  sometimes  more  stringent  than  ours,  and 
for  some  articles  European  manufacturers  have  to 
adopt  a  special  standard  for  import  into  Japan.  All 
drugs  and  chemicals,  before  being  admitted  into  the 
country,  are  liable  to  be  sent  to  the  Government 
laboratories  for  analysis.  Japanese  competition  was 
mainly  the  cause  of  the  recent  drop  in  iodine,  af- 
fecting iodoform  and  potassium  iodide.  In  Yoko- 
hama the  climate  is  good  and  life  is  pleasant.  To 
the  chemist,  however,  there  is  but  little  opportunity 
for  great  extension,  as  the  number  of  Europeans  is 
limited,  and  the  Japanese  largely  go  to  their  own 
druggists. 

China  is  a  country  with  numerous  possibilities, 
and  at  home  one  has  little  idea  of  the  vastness  and 
importance  of  Chinese  trade.  The  Chinese  merchant 
in  a  large  way  of  business  is  a  clever  and  large- 
minded  man.  If  he  undertakes  a  business  transac- 
tion, he  will  not  fail  to  carry  out  his  share  of  the 
bargain.     He  "keeps  face"  with  you. 

A  pharmacy  is  generally  managed  by  an  European 
with  one  or  two  English  assistants;  the  cashier  and 
book-keeper  is  probably  a  Chinese,  who  has  under 
him  "schroffs,"  who  collect  the  accounts.  Chinamen 
act  as  porters  and  put  up  the  stock,  the  dispensing 
is  done  both  by  Chinese  and  Europeans.  The  for- 
mer are  excellent  dispensers,  but  somewhat  addicted 
to  rule  of  thumb  methods — originality  in  a  native 
dispenser  is  not  usually  encouraged;  two  of  the  fin- 
est dispensaries  in  Shanghai  are  entirely  Chinese. 
In  this  town  the  climate  is  good  for  eight  months 
of  the  year,  but  the  remaining  four  are  very  hot. 
The  hours  of  business  are  from  nine  to  five  or  six, 

•Abstract  from  Paper  read  before  the  London  Chem- 
ists' Assistants'  Association  (Br.  &  CoL  Dr.) 


January  9,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


35 


with  an  hour's  interval  for  the  midday  meal.  The 
language  need  bother  no  one  who  intends  going 
out.  "Pidgeon  English"  is  a  vernacular  one  soon 
picks  up.  "No  pushee,  no  puUee,  go  like  hellee,"  was 
a  Chinaman's  description  of  an  electric  tramcar.  Life 
in  Hong  Kong,  as  in  Shanghai,  is  very  pleasant  to 
a  man  who  can  enjoy  living  abroad.  Work  is  more 
varied,  and  things  do  not  assume  such  a  serious  as- 
pect as  at  home.  The  climate  of  Hong  Kong  is 
good,  but  not  so  healthy  as  that  of  Shanghai.  The 
damp  heat  of  the  Far  East  is  very  detrimental  to 
such  articles  as  gelatine  capsules,  pearl-coated  pills, 
oiled  silk  and  rubber  goods,  and  the  waste  is  often 
disheartening.  The  finest  quality  of  Ginseng,  a  na- 
tive root,  is  used  only  by  the  Emperor  and  his  fam- 
ily, and  is  sold  for  its  weight  in  gold.  This  is  not 
to  be  confounded  with  the  American  variety,  which 
is   very   inferior. 

Rudyard  Kipling  has  described  Singapore  as  hav- 
ing "the  heat  of  an  orchid  house,  a  clinging,  remorse- 
less, steaming  sweat  that  knows  no  variation  between 
night  and  day."  There  is,  however,  little  malaria  or 
cholera  there.  One  dresses  entirely  in  white,  a  fresh 
suit  being  worn  every  day.  One  of  these  suits  costs 
about  three  Mexican  dollars,  or  6s.  in  English  money. 

There  are  two  large  English  dispensaries  in  Siam, 
with  a  number  of  smaller  Chinese  and  Siamese.  The 
climate  is  bad,  and  all  the  hard  work  is  done  by  la- 
borious but  evil-faced  Chinese  coolies.  Burmah  is 
being  opened  up,  and  Rangoon  is  a  busy  place  with 
several  fine  pharmacies.  In  Colombo  there  is  little 
scope  for  private  enterprise,  the  European  dispensar- 
ies being  in  the  hands  of  large  firms  of  general  mer- 
chants;   these   have   their   branches   up-country. 

In  conslusion,  there  are  possibly  more  opportun- 
ities of  advancement  in  the  Far  East  than  at  home. 
At  the  same  time  a  man  going  out  should  only  do 
so  with  the  idea  of  making  it  his  future  home,  and 
must  be  prepared  to  burn  his  boats  behind  him.  A 
man  seldom  leaves  without  a  desire  to  return.  Rud- 
yard Kipling  has  put  the  whole  situation  in  a  few 
lines: 

"Ship  me  somewheres  east  of  Suez, 
Where  the  best  is  like  the  worst. 
Where  there  aren't  no  Ten  Commandments, 
An'   a   man   can   raise   a   thirst." 

Mr.  Lescher,  in  replying  to  questions  asked,  said 
that  a  doctor  once  told  him  that  there  were,  gener- 
ally speaking,  two  men  who  could  not  live  in  the 
East — the  one  who  drank  too  much,  and  the  teeto- 
taler. The  price  of  a  servant  was  from  i6s.  a  month. 
Iodide  of  potassium,  in  some  places,  was  sold  in 
large  quantities  to  Chinamen  from  outlying  districts, 
who  hawked  it  for  its  weight  in  silver.  Men  going 
out  there,  of  course,  must  be  prepared  to  take  risks. 
If  Englishmen  had  not  been  venturesome  the  British 
Empire  would  never  have  been  what  it  is  today. 


GLYCEROL  PHTHALLATE>-Has  been  prepared  by 
Watson  Smith  (Jour.  Soc.  Chem.  Ind.)  by  heating  a  mix- 
ture of  g-Iycerine  and  phthallic  anhydride  near  the  boil- 
ing- point  for  a  long-  time.  The  glycerol  phthallate  ob- 
tained is  a  solid  resin-like  substance,  which  is  trans- 
parent and  strongly  refractive.  It  is  insoluble  in  water, 
but  dissolves  in  an  excess  of  glycerine  when  heated.  It 
is  almost  insoluble  in  alcohol,  ether,  petroleum  and  pe- 
troleum spirit.  The  best  solvent  is  cold  acetone.  This 
glyceride  is  a  glass-lilte  body  which  forms  a  very  sat- 
isfactory cement  for  glassware,  earthemware.  etc.  When 
treated  with  warm  or  hot  sulphuric  acid,  sulphonati'on 
takes  place. 


TNSOLTJEILITT  OF  SALTS  IN  HTDROCARBONS.— 
As  the  result  of  a  series  of  experiments,  W.  H.  Seaman 
(■Proc.  Am.  Chem.  Soc.)  finds  that  practically  all  in  or- 
ganic Falls  are  insoluble  in  hydrocarbons  of  the  paraffin 
series.  These  compounds  of  carbon  and  hydrogen  are 
found  to  effect  no^  change  in  the  salts  with  which  they 
are  brought  in  contact,  except  in  the  case  of  ammoniuim 
carbonate  in  which  a  brownish  color  is  developed.  The 
cause  of   this  discoloration  has  not  been   ascertained. 


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Why  cannot  druggists  who,  if  enterprising,  are 
always  seeking  something  new  to  interest  their  trade, 
introduce  a  new  thing  at  their. soda  fountains  during 
the  Winter  season?  Hot  chocolate  and  soda  and  hot 
beef  tea  with  a  biscuit  or  so,  such  as  many  serve,  are 
all  right  so  far  as  they  go,  but  why  would  it  not  be 
a  good  idea^  to  add  oyster  cocktails?  The  name 
sounds  a  bit  "sporty,"  yet  the  concoction  can  be  made 
as  simple  and  as  free  from  any  liquor  as  anyone  could 
desire.  At  a  reception  given  in  Boston  for  women, 
on  a  cold  day  recently,  these  cocktails  were  served 
and  made  a  distinct  hit  with  the  guests.  One  of  these 
said  that  she  had  waited  quite  a  while  in  a  drug 
store  to  get  a  car  to  take  her  to  her  destination  and 
recklessfy  stated  that  she  would  have  given  all  she 
owned,  so  fatigued  and  faint  was  she,  to  have  been 
able  to  get  just  such  a  cocktail  at  the  pharmacy.  It 
\va.>  merely  five  or  six  oysters  of  a  small  size  placed 
raw  in  a  little  glass  of  hot  tomato  ketchup  which  was 
especially  well  spiced  and  seasoned.  The  cold  oys- 
ters, which  it  is  possible  for  anv  druggist  to  keep  in 
moderate  supply,  together  with  the  ketchup,  ought  to- 
be  put  into  the  hot  ketchup  only  an  instant  before 
serving  to  anyone,  so  that  their  chill  may  not  too- 
soon  be  overcome  by  the  heat  of  the  sauce.  Some 
druggist  may  find  that  this  suggestion  will  well  repay 
hirti  for  trying  the  plan.  Moreover,  this  is  something 
which,  even  without  liquor,  will  appeal  to  most  mert 
when  patronizing  a  soda  fountain.  Considering  the 
small  cost  of  five  or  six  oysters  and  of  the  sauce,  also 
requiring  only  a  small  nuantity,  it  seems  as  if  profit 
mieht  result  from  charging  ten  cents  for  these  cock- 
tails. A  small  fork  ought  to  be  provided  with  which 
to  spear  the  ovsters  and  some  customers  probably 
will  enioy  drinkine  the  warm  sauce  afterward — and 
add  to  the  taste  of  the  ovsters. 


A  local  drummer  in  the  wholesale  drug  trade  tells 
how  he  secured  a  good  customer  who  at  first  refused 
everi  to  see  him.  He  was  extending  his  route  into 
territory  pretty  thoroughly  covered  by  rival  concerns 
and  found  business  rather  dull.  Entering  at  one  house 
he  pulled  out  one  of  his  business  cards  and  asked 
the  office  boy  to  take  it  to  the  proprietor,  who  was 
in  his  ofifice.  The  boy  did  so  and  the  head  of  the 
firm  curtly  replied  that  he  had  thorouarhly  satisfac- 
tory dealings  with  a  drummer  of  another  firm  and 
did  not  care  to  enter  into  new  relations.  Meantime 
the  drummer  had  seen  the  proprietor  tear  up  the 
card  which  he  had  asked  the  office  boy  to  present,  and 
with  ready  -wit  he  said  to  the  boy:  "Will  vou  kindly 
ask  your  employer  to  return  my  card?"  The  youth 
did  as  requested  and  the  proprietor,  who  had  thrown 
the  pieces  into  his  waste  basket,  pulled  out  a  nicket 
which  he  told  his  bnv  to  give  to  the  drummer  in  pay- 
ment for  his  card.  The  latter  took  the  nickel,  reached 
in  his  pocket  for  another  card  and  said  to  the  youth 
"Here,  take  this  in  to  your  'boss'  and  tell  him  my 
c^rds  are  two  for  five."  This  display  of  wit  so  tickled 
the  fancy  of  the  hitherto  stolid  proprietor  that  he  in- 
vited the  .drummer  into  his  office:  and  before  the  two 
parted  a  good  order  had  been  secured. 


.A.  Boston  druggist  has  hit  upon  a  clever  scheme 
to  repay  him  for  the  expense  of  keeping  a  directory 
on  view  and  sranting  any  person  the  privilege  of  con- 
sulting it.  Many  of  these  chance  callers  of  course 
never  again  come  to  this  drug  store,  and  the  drug- 
gist would  get  no  return  whatever  from  them  for  his 
courtesy,  so  he  has  had  printed  in  attractive,  bright 
colors,  pages  of  "ads"  telling  the  virtues  of  this  or 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1902. 


.that  remedy  which  is  his  own  make.  Each  page  has 
not  too  much  printing  matter  to  prove  confusing  and 
as  different  pages  are  used  to  extol  each  a  different 
remedy  there  is  opportunity  to  scatter  many  of  these 
all  through  the  directory,  for  that  is  just  what  this 
enterprising  druggist  does — inserts  them  in  the  di- 
rectory after  he  has  purchased  it.  In  looking  up  a 
name  under  almost  any  initial  a  person  cannot  fail  to 
see,  and  the  druggist  hopes  also  be  impressed  by, 
these  attractive  pages  of  advertising  matter.  It  is 
probable  that  in  the  long  run  some  benefit  comes  to 
the  druggist,  whose  idea  seems  well  worth  imitation. 

A  novelty  appeared  recently  in  a  window  in  one  of 
the  down  town  drug  stores  of  Chicago.  The  idea  it- 
self is  not  new,  but  so  far  as  we  know,  it  has  not  be- 
fore been  applied  to  the  decoration  of  a  drug  store 
-window  in  Chicago,  at  least.  The  new  idea  aforesaid 
was  nothing  more  nor  less  than  a  very  good  poster 
display  arranged  in  the  window  as  a  sort  of  back- 
ground for  the  fancy  goods,  medicines  and  toilet  ar- 
ticles shown  in  the  foreground.  The  window  was 
a  decided  departure  from  conventional  styles  of  drucr 
store  window  dressing  and  caught  the  attention  of 
the  holiday  crowds  at  once.  The  druggist  says  he 
thinks  the  idea  a  good  one  and  will  repeat  it. 

QUESTIONS 

NEW  YORK  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY 


EXAMINATIONS  HELD  DECEMBER  i8,  1901. 

LICENSED  PHARMACIST. 

PHARMACEUTICAL  CHEMISTRY. 

Questions  one  to  eight  relate  to  substances  for  identi- 
fication. 

1  (a)  Give    cO'mmion    name, 
(""y  Give    chemical    formula. 

2  (a)  How  is  this  made? 

(lb)  Name   three   preparations   into   which   it   enters. 

3  (a)  Give  official  name. 

Cb)  Name   two  drugs   from   which   it   is   principally 
obtained. 

4  (a)  Give  official   name, 
(b)  Give   official    process   for    preparing. 

5  (a)  Give   official    name. 

(b)  What    is   the   percentage   of    active    constituent 
in  this  preparation? 

6  (a)  Give  common  name. 

(b)  How  is  the  active  constituent  developed  in  this 
preparation? 

7  (a)  Give   common   name. 

(b)  Name   three   of  the   articles  that  enter  into  its 
composition. 

8  (a)  Give   common  name. 

(h)  Mention    four    ingredients    that    enter    into    its 
composition. 

9  (a)  Name  the  ingredients  in  the  blue  Seidlitz  Pow- 
der. 

(b)  In  the  white  powder. 

(c)  What  Is    the    chemical    that    is   formed   by   the 
union   of   the  two? 

10  (a)  Describe  the  process  of  sublimation. 

(b)  Mention  two  drugs   obtained  'by   this  process. 

11  What  percentage  of  acid  is  present  in  each  of 
the  following: 

(a)  Acidum   Nitricum. 

(b)  "  Hydrochloricum. 

(c)  "  Sulphurioum. 
(d)          "          Aceticum. 

12  (a)  What    are    fixed    oils? 
(ib)  What  are  volatile   oils? 

(c)  Name    three    examples    of   each. 

13  (a)  What  are  alkaloids? 

(b)  Name   three   official   alkaloids. 

14  iFrom   what  Is  each   of  the  following  obtained: 

(a)  Brandy. 

(b)  Whiskey. 

(c)  Gin. 

(d)  Rum. 

15  Specific   gravity    of    Chloroform   Is    1.48.      What 
would  be  the  weight  of  100  cc  expressed  in  grains? 


MATERIA    MEDICA,    BOTANY    AND    PHARMACOG- 
NOSY. 

1  to  5.    Of  seven  samples  shown  give— 
(a)    Pharmacopoeial    title. 
(b)    Botanical   name. 

(c)  Common    name. 

(d)  Part   official. 

(e)  Active   principle  or  constituent. 

6.  Point  out  differences  in  physical  characteristics  of 

(a)    Conium    Fruit   and   Caraway   Seed. 
(b,i     Short    Buchu    Leaves    and    Uva    Ursi. 

7.  Give  geographical  and  botanical  source  and  mode 
of   production   of — 

(a)  Gum   Opium. 

(b)  Gum   Benzoin. 

8.  Name    five    leaves    official    in    the    United   States 
Pharmacopoeia. 

Give    Pharmacopoeial    and   (Botanical    title    of 
each. 

9.  What    is   inflorescence? 

Name   three   of   the   principal    forms. 

10.  Define  Stigma,  Petal,  Cortex,  Corm,  Tuber. 

Give  an  official  example  of  each. 

11.  What   official  fat  is  obtained   from  the  hog? 

In  what  form  does  it  enter  into  most  ointments. 

12.  Name    the    O'leates    official   in   the   United    States 
Pharmacopoeia. 

Give   strength   of   each. 

13.  Give  U.  S.  P.  definition  of  Rheum. 

Name    its    official    preparation.'?. 

14.  From   what   are   the  following  obtained? 

Eserine,    Spartein,    Veratrine,    Physostigmine, 
E'metine. 

15.  What   part   or   parts   of   the   fallowing   plants   are 
official? 

Lobelia,    Menispermum,     Staphisagria,    Colchl- 
cum,   Phytolacca. 


TOXICOLOGY  AND  POSOLOGY. 

N.  <B.  In  giving  doses  Write  the  Name  of  the  Drug 
and  give  the  MINIMUM  and  MAXIMUM  dose,  unless 
otherwise  directed. 

1.  What  should  be  gi\-en  for  poisoning  iby  any  of 
the  Barium   salts?     By  any  of  the  Copper  salts? 

2.  In  Morphine  poisoning,  what  oxidizing  agent  Is 
employed  and  what  alkaloid  should  be  used  for  its  physi- 
ological  effects? 

3.  Name  two  different  substances  which  may  pro- 
duce eschars  or  stains  on   the  lips  or  mouth? 

4.  How  would  you  determine  whether  a  suspected 
powder  was  Calomeil,  Corrosive  Sublimate,  or  Morphine 
Sulphate? 

5.  How  would  you  determine  whether  a  suspected 
lirjuid  was  Croton  Oil.  Camphorated  Oil,  or  a  strong  solu- 
tion  of   Carbolic   Acid  in  iOil? 

0.  Which  one  of  the  mercurial  preparations  is  (most 
frequently  employed  for  suicidal  purposes?  What  is  the 
best  antidote  for  poisoning  by  it?  How  is  the  antidote 
used,    and   what  is   formed? 

7.  Describe  the  characteristic  symptoms  of  and  give 
the  emergency  treatment  for  Strychnine  poisoning.  For 
Carbolic   Acid   poisoning. 

8.  What  emergency  treatment  should  be  employed 
for  poisoning  by  Paris  Green?  By  Salt  of  Sorrel?  What 
IS  Paris  Green?     What  is  iSalt  of  Sorrel? 

9.  What  acid  is  considered  a  good  antidote  to  the 
alkaloids?     Why? 

10.  What  antidote,  and  how  much,  should  be  given 
for  poisoning  by  Iodine?     By  Lunar  Caustic? 

11.  What  is  the  dose,  and  antidote  for  overdose,  of 
Mercuric   Cyanide?     Of   tincture   of   Be'lladonna? 

12.  Wliat  is  the  dose  of  Benzoic  Acid,  Carbolic  Acid, 
Salicylic    Acid,    Potassium   Iodide? 

13.  What  is  the  dose  of  Creosote,  Fluid  Extract  of 
Ergot,  Oleoresln  "of  Aspidium,  Tincture  of  Ipecac  and 
Olplum? 

14.  Wliat  Is  the  dose  of  Tincture  of  Aconite,  Tincture 
of  Oolchlcum  Seed,  Tincture  of  Veratrum  Virlde,  Wine 
of  Antimony? 

15.  Hnvv  large  a  dose  of  each  of  the  following  should 
you  consider  it  safe,  as  a  rule,  to  dispense  in  a  pre- 
scription:—Antipyrlne,  Cocaine  Hydrochlorate,  Extract  of 


January  9,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


sr 


Conium.  Diluted  Hydrocyiinic  Acid.  Paraldehyde,  Strych- 
nine Sulphate,  Tincture  of  Nux  Vomica,  Deodorized  Tinc- 
ture of  Opium? 


PRACTICAL  PHARMACY. 

Compound  the  following  and  answer  the  questions  re- 
latingr    thereto:— 

B  1 

Prepared    chalk    75  g-m. 

Acacia     5()  grm. 

iSug-ar     1.25  gm. 

Mix  and  divide  into  5  equal  parts  and  make  powders. 

(a)  Give  official  title. 

(b)  State  what  other  preparation  is  made  from 
above. 

B  2 

Ferri    sulphatis     1.60  gm. 

Potassli     carbonatis     80  gm. 

Sacchari     40  gm. 

Pu'lv.    tragacanth 10  gm. 

Pulv.    alth    10  gm. 

Glycerini, 
Aquae,  as  quantum  requiritur  ut  flat  massa  in  pilulas 
decern   formanda, 

(a)    Give  common  name  of  above, 
(b)    State   in   what  order  you  raiix   the   above 
and    why? 

B  3 

Hydrargyri    oxidi     flav gr.    xxx 

Adeps   benzoin    3       ss 

Misce  flat  ung. 
(a)    In  the  absence  of  yellow  oxide  would  it  be  proper 
to  use  red  oxide?   Give  reasons   for  your  answer. 
*~    B    •  4 

Liquor,    potassii    arsenitis 3      ss 

Syrupi   ferri    iodidi 3    iss 

Spt.   aetheris   nitrosi    S     ss 

Aquae   p.   s.    ad S       ii 

Misce  flat  mJst. 

D.  S.  3i  every  three  (3)  hours, 
(a)    'State   what  reactions  take  place. 

B  3 

Solut.    acidi   boriei    (sat.)    3      iv 

Sig.    use  externallj-  as  a  wash, 
(a)    State  quantity  of  boric  acid  (expressed  in  metric 
terms)   which  you   used. 

For    INTERPRETATION,     COMMENT     and    CRITI- 
CISM :- 

B  6 

Acidi     carbolici     3J 

Collodii     . 5vij 

Misce: 

Sig.    Apply  with  camel-hair  brush  3  times  a  day. 

B  7 

Zinci    sulphatis    3ij 

Plumbi    acetati.s    3iv 

Aquae  q.    s.    ad Sxvj 

Misce: 

Sig.     Use  as  a  wash. 

B  8 

Ext.  Goulardi   3ss 

Zinci    sulphatis    gr.xl 

Tt.    catechu    comp 5ss 

Tr.    opii Jss 

Aquae  q.    s.   ad Sviij 

Misce:    ft.   mist. 

Sig.  Apply  externally. 

B  9. 

Potasli    chloratis     3i] 

Syr.  ferri  iodidi  3viJ 

Vin.    antlmonii     3ij 

Spt.    aeth.    nitrosi 3iJ 

Aquae    q.    s.    ad 5iv 

'Misce : 

Sig.  3ii  every  3  hours. 

B  10. 

Potassii    Iodidi     !J 

Acidi    tartariri    3s« 

Tinct.    aconiti     3.1 

Syrupi     • 3J 


-Viiuao   q.    s.    ad Jiij 

Misce: 
Big.  3j  every  3  hour.?. 
B  11. 

Liq.    ammon.     acet 3ij 

'Sp't.   aeth.    nitrosi ; 3iv 

Tr.   ferri   chloridi    3ij 

Antipyrini    gr.   xl 

Aquae    q.    s.    ad    Jiij 

Misce: 

Sig.  3i  as  directed. 

B  12. 

Oleatis  morphines  3  per  cent 30  gm 

iS.  Apply  externally. 

(a)  Name   materials  used   in  preparing  above. 

(b)  State   bow    much   of   the   active   constituent   is 
required. 

B  13. 

Chloratis     hydratis     3iij 

Ammonii    carbonatis    3j 

Morphinse     sulph     gr.  x 

Tinct.     Digitalis 3j 

Aquae    q.    s.    ad gij 

M.  S.  3ii  ,it  night. 

B  14. 

Digitalini    20  gm 

Atropinae     sulph     ol  gm 

Sacchari    lact 1.20  gm 

Misce  ft.  pulv.  No.  10. 

(a)  State  quantity  of  each  ingredient  (expressed  in 
apothecary  equivalents)  contained  in  one  powder. 

B  15. 

Liq.    ferri    persulph    3iv 

D.  S.    For  external  application. 

(a)     Give  official   name   of   preparation   you   would 

dispense  for  a'bove. 

(b)  State  how  it  is  prepared. 

(c)  Give   its   common   name. 


PARTIAL  USE  OF  DECIMAL  SYSTEM  THIRTY- 
FIVE  YEARS  AFTER  LEGALIZATION.* 

THE  process  of  transition  to  the  use  of  Feder- 
al money,  inaugurated  by  resolutions  of  the 
Congress  of  the  Confederation,  July  6,  1785, 
and  Aug.  8,  1786,  was  protracted  through  the 
time  of  our  grandfathers,  the  generation  following 
that  which  established  the  money.  Kelly's  Universal 
Cambist,  whose  preface  is  dated  in  1821,  thirty-five 
years  after  the  original  legislation,  is  a  standard  au- 
thority, having  had  official  support.  It  said  of  the 
United  States: 

"Accounts  are  kept  here  in  different  ways,  but  chiefly 
in  Dollars,  which  are  divided  nito  10  Dimes,  100  Cenits,  or 
1.000  Mills.  This  is  called  Federal  Money,  to  distinguish 
at  from  the  various  currencies  which  were  formerly  the 
monies  of  the  United  Slates,  and  which  are  still  partially 
letained  in  domestic  traffic,"  etc. 

The  constitution  of  Massachusetts  said  then,  and 
says  now,  in  Chapter  VI: 

"III.  In  all  cases  where  sums  of  money  are  mentioned 
in  this  constitution,  the  valme  thereof  shall  be  computed  in 
silver,  at  six  shillings  and  eight  pence  per  ounce,"  etc. 

The  United  States  Mint,  though  it  began  to  coin 
money  in  1793,  did  not  strike  many  coins  except  cents, 
half-cents  and  half-dollars  down  to  1820;  and  coins  of 
the  several  nations  of  western  Europe  continued  in 
circulation.  The  Spanish  original  of  our  dollar  was 
well  known  as  the  "piece  of  eight,"  meaning  eight 
"bits"  in  the  vernacular  tongue  of  the  United  States, 
where  the  Spanish  name  is  less  familiar;  one  bit  thus 
becomes  12}-$  cents  obviously  to  us,  but  our  grand- 
fathers knew  it  as  of  the  value  expressed  according 
to  their  long  established  custom  in  their  ditTerent 
monetary  reckonings.  John  Quincy  ."Xdams,  Secre- 
tary of  State,  in  his  celebrated  report  on  weights  and 
measures,  also  dated  in  1821  wrote  as  follows: 

•Reprinted    from    School    Science. 


88 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  190-3. 


•  •  •  "no-s^,  when  the  recent  coinage  of  dimes  is  al- 
luded to  dn  our  public  journals,  it  their  name  is  mentioned, 
it  is  always  with  an  explanatory  definition  to  inform  the 
reader  that  they  are  ten-cent  pieces;  and  some  of  them 
which  have  found  their  way  over  the  mountains,  by  the 
generous  hospitality  of  the  country  have  been  received  for 
more  than  they  were  worth,  and  have  passed  for  an 
eighth,  instead  of  a  tenth,  part  of  a  dollar.  Even  now, 
at  the  end  of  thirty  years,  ask  a  tradesman  or  shopkeeper 
in  any  of  our  cities  what  is  a  dime  or  mille,  and  the 
chances  are  four  in  five  that  he  will  not  understand  your 
question.  But  go  to  New  York  and  offer  in  payment  tht 
Spanish  coin,  the  unit  of  the  Spanish  piece  of  eight,  and 
the  shop  or  marketman  will  Cake  it  for  a  shilling.  Carry 
it  to  Boston  or  Richmond,  and  you  shall  be  told  it  is  not 
a  smiling  but  nine  pence.  Bring  It  to  Philadelphia.  Balti- 
more, or  the  city  of  Washington,  and  you  shall  find  it 
recognized  for  an  eleven-penny  bit;  and  if  you  ask  how 
that  can  be,  you  shall  learn  that,  the  dollar  beiing  of 
ninety  pence,  the  eighth  part  of  it  is  nearer  to  eleven  than 
to  any  other  number,"  etc. 

This  wa.s  characterized  by  Mr.  Adams  as  absurd, 
and  justly.  Oh,  yes— but— by  the  way,  what  is  it 
that  we  are  doing,  A.  D.  1901,  thirty-five  years  after 
the  inauguration  by  our  fathers  by  the  Act  of  Con- 
gress of  July  28,  1866,  of  the  change  to  metric  weights 
and  measures?  Our  rates  of  postage  on  foreign  mail 
matter  are  by  weights  in  grams,  and  we  try  to  look 
them  up  in  pocket  diaries  or  other  common  P'aces 
of  reference  and  find  them  inaccurately  stated  by 
weights  in  ounces.  We  turn  to  the  Revised  Statutes 
of  the  United  States,  Section  3515.  referring  to  our 
minor  coins,  and  read: 

"The  TV-eight  of  the  piece  of  five  cents  shall  be  seventy- 
seven  and  sixteen- hundredths  grain  troy": 
a  circumlocution  for  five  grams.  We  have  had  profile 
paper  printed  with  metric  subdivisions  for  its  who  e 
lentrth  and  have  measured  it  oS  in  portions  for  sale 
by  the  yard.  Imported  paper  in  rolls  of  ten  meters  we 
have  advertised  as  eleven-yard  rolls.  These  few  ex- 
amples sufTice  out  of  many  instances  of  misapp  ica- 
tion  of  units  of  quantity  in  business  and  in  publica- 

We  see  the  unreasonableness  both  of  the  Massachu- 
setts constitution  and  of  the  adherency  by  our  grand- 
fathers so  long  after  they  had  established  decimal 
reckoning,  to  Their  antiquated  book-keeping,  which 
occasioned  great  inconvenience  from  the  incongruity 
of  the  two  methods  in  use  at  the  same  time.  When 
our  grandchildren  look  back  to  1901,  what  will  they 
say  of  our  now  hanging  on  to  weights  and  measures 
that  are  out  of  date  by  consequence  of  the  substitu- 
tion   of   the    metric   units    legalized   thirty-five   years 

^^  Consider  electricity,  whose  standards  of  measure- 
ment are  fixed  upon  a  metric  basis  by  the  law  of  July 
12,  1804.     The  following  is  an  extract  from  it: 

'  "The  unit  of  power  shall  be  the  watt,  which  is  equal 
to  ten  million  units  of  power  of  the  centimeter-gram- 
second  system,  and  which  is  practically  equivalent  to 
the  work  done  at  the  rate  of  one  joule  per  second." 

Several  of  the  electric  units  have  become  familiar 
to  us  through  the  enormously  rapid  development  of 
the  applications  of  electricity.  This  is  the  case  es- 
pecially with  the  kilowatt,  a  commercial  unit  which  we 
meet  with  in  almost  every  technical  publication  we 
take  up:  but  it  has  not  yet  entirely  displaced  that 
anomalous  old  unit,  the  horse-power  (as  to  which 
reference  may  be  made  to  Engineering,  vol.  63,  pp. 
245  and  32^,  for  Feb.  19  and  March  5,  1897). 

Consider  the  matter  of  assaying  and  coinage,  m 
which  the  metric  svstem  is  established.  It  has  been 
used  in  the  Mint  for  years,  and  is  used  in  published 
tables  or  schedules  of  coins.  The  United  States  sub- 
sidiary silver  money  weighs  one  gram  per  four  cents, 
and  thus  metric  weight  is  in  everybody's  pocket.  The 
trov  pound  has  dropped  out  of  practical  use.  Never- 
theless, the  trov  ounce,  incongruous  as  it  is  with 
other  weights  and  measures,  still  comes  in  our  way 
sometimes  fin  other  places  besides  the  Massachuetts 
constitution). 


Consider  pharmacy  and  some  other  matters  con- 
nected with  chemistry.  The  United  States  Pharma- 
copoeia, the  reference  manual  of  the  apothecary,  is 
exclusively  metric.  The  Dispensatory,  the  correspond- 
ing manual  of  the  physician,  has  metric  values 
throughout.  The  use  of  the  metric  system  was  intro- 
duced in  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital  service 
about  a  quarter  of  a  century  ago  quite  thoroughly, 
and  in  the  army  and  navy  more  recently.  In  practice 
in  civil  life  prescriptions  are  to  a  large  and  increasing 
extent  written  in  metric  terms;  but  the  mysterious  old 
"apothecaries'"  Weights  and  measures  (which  for 
sales  of  candy  and  popular  wares  are  not  used  by 
apothecaries)  continue  to  be  used  in  the  prescriptions 
of  some  of  the  older  physicians,  who  in  the  natural 
course  of  events  are  gradually  passing  off  the  stage. 
Meanwhile  pharmacists  have  double  sets  of  weights 
and  measures,  and  employ  clerks  who  understand 
both,  with  extra  trouble,  cost  and  risk  of  mistake. 
In  the  sale  of  high  grade  chemicals  the  metric  system 
has  been  introduced.  E.  R.  Squibb  &  Sons,  of  Brook- 
lyn, have  used  it  exclusively  for  nine  years,  and  the 
Bausch  &  Lomb  Optical  Co.,  of  Rochester,  issues  a 
sixty-page  priced  catalogue  "G"  of  "Chemicals  and 
Reagents"  in  metric  terms,  with  a  conspicuous  notice 
at  the  top  of  each  page,  "Prices  of  Chemicals  are  by 
Metric,  NOT  Avoirdupois  Weight."  Much  glassware 
and  rubber  stoppers  are  made  to  metric  scale.  As 
to  chemical  manufacturing,  all  the  tanks  in  a  factory 
built  by  the  Merrimac  Chemical  Company,  of  Massa- 
chusetts, for  their  extensive  sulphuric  acid  works, 
were  made  on  metric  dimensions,  and  the  Pennsyl- 
vania Salt  Manufacturing  Company  have  built  a  large 
plant  entirely  upon  metric  dimensions.  The  Solvay 
Process  Company,  of  Syracuse,  makes  use  of  the 
metric  system  in  every  way  possible  in  its  works. 
Drawings  to  go  outside  of  the  works  for  construction, 
etc.,  are  not  made  in  the  metric  system.  The  com- 
pany says  it  finds  no  disadvantages,  and  would  be 
very  glad  if  its  entire  work  could  be  upon  the  metric 
system.  That  means  that  as  long  as  people  outside 
cling  to  ancient  weights  and  measures,  so  that  con- 
formity with  them  is  required  of  the  Solvay  Process 
Company,  the  company  gets  only  part  of  the  advant- 
ages naturally  belonging  to  its  system.  Chemical 
analyses  are  expressed  in  parts  per  million,  per  hun- 
dred thousand  or  per  thousand,  corresponding  to 
grams  per  cubic  meter,  per  hektoliter  or  per  liter. 
Grains  per  gallon  are  out  of  date.  Nevertheless,  in 
dealing  with  quantities  and  consumption  of  water 
there  still  lingers  some  use  of  the  United  States  liquid 
gallon,  a  unit  long  ago  abandoned  in  Great  Britain 
and  Canada,  distinguished  for  its  lack  of  connection 
with  other  measures  or  weights,  and  not  ordinarily 
used  in  the  reading  of  water  meters. 

Consider  geodesy  and  precise  leveling.  The 
metric  measure  has  been  very  extensively  used  in 
precise  leveling  or  other  work  of  the  United  States 
Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey,  the  United  States  Geo- 
logical Survey,  the  United  States  Lake  Survey,  and 
the  surveys  under  the  Mississipni  River  Commission. 
Among  other  literature  from  which  evidence  may  be 
obtained  about  this,  and  about  working  in  old  meas- 
ures incongruous  with  metric,  there  is  an  article  and 
discussion  on  "Precise  Spirit  Leveling,"  occupying 
pp.  1-206  of  Vol.  45  of  the  Transaction  of  the  Ameri- 
can Society  of  Civil  Engineers,  June,  1901. 

Bulletin  No.  26  of  the  United  States  Coast  and 
Geodetic  Survey,  dated  April  5,  1893,  contained  an  an- 
nouncement signed  by  T.  C.  Mendenhall,  Superin- 
tendent of  Standard  Weights  and  Measures,  and  ap- 
proved by  John  G.  Carlisle,  Secretary  of  the  Treasury, 
from  which  the  following  is  an  extract: 

*  *  *  "the  Office  of  Weights  and  Measures, 
with  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  will 
in  the  future  regard  the  international  prototype  meter 
and  kilogram  as  fundamental  standards,  and  the  custo- 
mary units,  the  y!\rd  and  the  pound,  will  ibe  derived  there- 
from in  accordance  with  the  Act  of  July  28.  1866.  Indeed, 
this  course  has  been  pracWcally  forced  upon  this  Office 
for  several  years,"   etc. 


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39 


The  Treasury  Department  is  the  department  to 
which  are  attached  the  Mint,  the  Marine  Hospital 
Service  and  the  Coast  and  Geodetic  Survey,  in  all 
three  of  which,  as  above  stated,  the  metric  system  has 
been  in  practical  use  for  years.  Incongruity  is  found, 
however,  in  the  fact  that  the  Treasury  Department 
continues  the  use  of  old  weights  and  measures  in 
other  branches  of  its  work;  for  example,  in  its  Bureau 
of  Statistics,  largely  occupied  with  foreign  trade 
(whereas  metric  units  have  been  introduced  to  some 
extent  in  the  Bureau  of  Foreign  Commerce  of  the 
State  Department  and  in  the  section  of  Foreign  Mar- 
kets of  the  .Agricultural  Department);  and,  for  another 
example,  in  the  Customs  Service,  where  there  will  be 
special  gain  in  the  substitution  of  the  international 
system,  and  where  its  substitution  has  been  repeated- 
ly urged,  officially  and  unofficially. 

Consider  manufactures.  The  April,  1900,  report 
of  the  American  Railway  Association's  Committee  on 
the  Metric  System  enumerated  among  manufactures 
in  which  the  metric  system  has  been  introduced 
watches,  injectors,  refrigerating  apparatus,  screw-cut- 
ting lathes,  scales,  drills,  gauges,  astronomical  and 
physical  instruments,  measuring  implements  and 
draughtsman's  supplies.  A  very  large  number  of 
manufacturers  have  had  some  call  for  the  application 
of  metric  measurement  for  goods  for  export,  if  only 
on  a  small  order;  and  goods  of  widely  diverse  char- 
acter are  among  the  metric  manufactures.  We  have 
exported  to  metric  covmtries  a  great  deal  of  ordnance 
and  machinery  for  manufacturing  ordnance,  and 
rapid-firing  guns  have  been  designated  by  their  cali- 
ber in  millimeters.  The  Baldwin  Locomotive  Works' 
illustrated  catalogue  of  narrow-gauge  locomotives  has 
printed'  on  its  title  page,  "Adapted  Especially  to 
Gauges  of  3  Feet  6  Inches  or  One  Metre."  and  on 
each  of  the  sixteen  pages  (108-38),  on  which  are  tab- 
ulated various  types  of  locomotives,  has  printed  con- 
spicuously. "Gauge.  3  Feet  6  Inches,  or  One  Metre." 
The  Library  Bureau,  of  Boston,  has  cards  and  cases 
made  of  exact  metric  dimensions.  In  the  Electrical 
Review  (New  York)  for  June  22,  1901,  Geo.  H. 
Draper  says: 

"There  is  no  (irst-class  shop  in  America  that  will  not 
undertake  to  build  machinery  according'  to  metric  meas- 
urements, and  manj'  of  them  are  at  the  present  time 
competed  to  build  stock  forms  of  machinery  in  meas- 
urements of  this  system  in  order  to  be  able  to  compete 
for  trade  in  foreign  countries  where  the  specifications  are 
given  in   round   metric   terms." 

The  following  sentences  are  quoted  from  the  Am- 
erican Manufacturer: 

"The  metric  system  is  making  some  headway  among 
American  manufacturers  engaged  in  the  export  trade. 
This  is  especially  true  of  machinery  builders.  It  will 
continue  to  make  headway  according  to  the  increase  of 
our  exports." 

"There  are  firms  that  have  adopted  the  metric  sys- 
tem, for  their  export  bu.siiness.  They  do  not  seem  to  be 
suffering  fromi  the  effects  of  having  'two  sizes  of  tem- 
plates and  dies  for  their  plants.  They  are  filling  orders 
for  export  and  are  teaching  their  workmen  the  use  of  the 
•metric  system  in  so  doing." 

The  incongruity  of  having  two  sizes,  whether  there 
seems  to  be  suffering  from  the  effects  or  not,  con- 
tinues until  the  superseding  in  domestic  trade  also 
of  old  weights  and  measures  by  metric.  A  similar 
remark  may  be  made  in  regard  to  United  States  im- 
portations of  bottled  goods,  textiles  and  other  manu- 
factures from  foreign  countries  where  the  metric  sys- 
tem is  in  use. 

Consider  bodily  measurements,  etc.  The  stature 
and  strength  of  athletic  young  men  in  the  colleges 
in  different  parts  of  the  country  are  recorded  in 
metric  units  and  are  published:  but  sometimes  the 
newspapers,  instead  of  recognizing  the  kilos,  call 
them  "points."  Dimensions  of  statuary,  etc..  have 
been  given  metrically  in  the  reports  of  the  Boston 
Museum  of  Fine  Arts  regularly  for  many  years. 
There  is  great  convenience  in  measuring  the  clothes, 


as  well  as  the  body,  in  centimeters,  not  requiring 
fractions;  and  among  men's  furnishing  goods  some 
suspenders  may  be  found  with  the  length  marked 
upon  them  in  centimeters;  but  there  remains  in  prin- 
cipal use  for  the  measurements  of  tailors  and  dress- 
makers, and  for  sizes  of  such  things  as  gloves  and 
hats,  the  old  unit  with  the  ubiquitous  fraction. 

Consider  applications  of  science.  The  metric  system 
has  been  thoroughly  adopted  for  scientific  research 
upon  all  subjects  and  for  the  diffusion  of  scientific 
knowledge  by  publications  and  educational  institutions. 
The  extent  of  its  use  for  instruction,  laboratory  sup- 
plies, apparatus,  etc.,  is  enormous;  yet  when  scientific 
knowledge  is  utilized  in  technical  work  or  for  com- 
mercial purposes  it  often  happens  that  old  units  of 
measurement  are  employed;  so  we  have  the  incon- 
gruity of  preaching  one  thing  and  practicing  another, 
of  producing  certain  effects  with  one  measure  in 
investigation  and  with  another  measure  in  business. 
Such  complications  are  now  a  characteristic  feature 
in  our  literature,  the  discussions  of  our  professional 
organizations,  reports  of  committees  of  research, 
periodical  publications,  or  books  of  the  day.  Similar 
complications  are  common  in  shops,  offices  and  prac- 
tical work,  a  fact  so  familiar  as  to  require  little  illus- 
tration. Fineness  of  sand  is  expressed  by  the  milli- 
meter, and  fineness  of  the  sieves  and  screens  for  it 
by  the  number  of  meshes  per  inch.  It  is  by  the  cubic 
centimeter  of  water  that  the  number  of  bacteria  are 
reckoned  in  biological  examinations,  but,  rather  than 
say  so,  men  otherwise  intelligent  have  sometimes  dis- 
guised it  for  the  popular  mind  as  "thimbleful."  Op- 
ticians have  adopted  metric  measure,  and,  besides 
whatever  else  they  have  done  in  regard  to  their  ap- 
paratus and  accessories  for  microscopy,  etc.,  they 
have  a  metric  basis  for  expressing  the  power  of  lenses 
of  spectacles.  Their  "dioptrics,"  depending  on  the 
focal  length  in  meters,  are  found  in  the  optician's 
price-list;  yet  it  is  not  uncommon  to  express  the  dia- 
meters of  lenses  in  old  measure,  which  may  be  found 
even  in  the  same  catalogues  that  give  generally  the 
metric  system. 

It  is  needless  to  marshal  further  evidence.  The 
cutting  off  of  the  dog's  tail  is  by  centimeters,  so  that 
the  tail  may  continue  in  some  measure  to  wag  the 
dog.  as  long  as  he  likes  to  have  the  operation  pro- 
tracted. 


THE  ENZYME  OP  NEPENTHES.— At  a  meeting  of 
the  Linnaean  Society.  Prof.  S.  H.  Vines  presented  the  re- 
sults of  a  study  of  the  proteolytic  enzyme  of  nepenthes. 
In  the  higher  animal  organisms  there  are  found  two  dis- 
tinct proteolytic  enzymes:  Pepsin,  furnished  by  the  stom- 
ach, and  trypsin,  secreted  by  the  pancreas.  The  function 
of  pepsin  consists  in  converting  by  hydrolysis  compli- 
cated proteids  like  albumen  and  fibrin  Into  others  of 
siranpler  composition  known  as  peptones.  Trypsin  not 
only  converts  proteids  into  peptones,  but  also  breaks  up 
these  peptones  into  simpler  non-proteid  bodies.  Aonong 
the  products  of  tryptic  conversion  is  a  body  called  tryp- 
tophan, which  has  the  property  of  producing  a  red  or 
violet  color  when  treated  with  chlorine  water.  By  means 
of  this  reaction  the  manner  in  which  the  proteids  are 
changed  may  be  recognized.  The  author  finds  that  the 
action  of  the  enzyme  of  nepenthes  is  the  same  as  that 
of  trypsin,  the  tryptophan  reaction  being  obtained.  The 
Juices  of  other  plants  having  proteoLvtio  enzymes  are 
found  to  have  a  similar  action.  It  is  highly  probable  that 
in  plants  proteolytic  conversion  is  of  the  tryptic  variety 
exclusively.  The  trypsin  of  plants  is  peculiar  in  being 
active  in  acid  mediums.  The  enzyme  of  nepenthes  has 
been  named   nepenthin. 


TEST  FOR  AMMONIA.— A3  a  test  for  free  ammonia 
in  gaseous  form  when  accompanied  by  other  vapors 
which  disguise  the  characteristic  odor,  G.  Cockcroft 
(Chem.  News),  recommends  the  use  of  filter  paper  soaked 
in  a  solution  of  7  per  cent  copper  sulphate.  This  paper 
is  colored  dark  blue  by  slight  traces  of  ammonia. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1902. 


NOTES  ON  FORMULAS.* 

By  HENRY  P.   HYNSON,  Baltimore,   Md. 

BEEF,  WINE  AND  IROiN. 

Extract  of  beet  am.  2S0.O 

1  met.  ierriic  citro-chloride  Oc    280  0 

",°t    ^yate^     Cc.' 480.0 

^1<=°1^"'   Oc.  1,000.0 

&>  ruy qq    ^  Q0Q  Q 

Comp.  spirit  of  orang-e '. .  '  Cc   8  0 

Port  wma,  detannaited,  enough  to  make.'.'.  .Cc.  8,000.0 
Rub  up  the  beef  extract  with  the  hot  water;  add 
the  alcohol  and  allow  to  stand  three  or  four  days; 
then  recover  the  alcohol  by  distillation.  Add  to  the 
residue  6,ooo  Cc.  of  the  wine,  to  which  the  compound 
spirits  of  orange  have  previously  been  added.  Final- 
ly, add  the  tincture  of  iron  citro-chloride,  the  syrup, 
and  enough  wine  to  make  8,ooo  Cc. 

COMPOUND  iSi'RUP  HYPOPHOSPHITES. 

Calcium    hypophosphite    Gm     17  5 

Potassium  iiypop'liospliit'e  G-ni    175 

Sodium  hypophospihite   Gm'  17  5 

Iron  liypopihosp'Mte   "  '  Gm'   ">  00 

Mang-aiiese  hypopliosphite    Gm'  2'25 

Quinine    liypopliospliite    Gm    2  "'S 

Stryclmine    Gm  '  0  275 

Acid  hypophosphorus  dilute '.'.'.'..  .Cc.  2  00 

Sodium  citrate  Gm.  3.75 

ti'srf'"    vv Gm.  800.00 

Water,  enough  to  make Cc.  1000.00 

Rub  the  hypophosphites  of  iron  and  of  manganese 
with  the  sodium  citrate;  add  6o  Cc.  of  water,  and 
warm  the  mixture  until  a  clear  greenish  solution  is 
obtained.  Dissolve  the  strychnine,  then  the  hypo- 
phosphites  of  quinine,  calcium,  sodium  and  pottasium, 
m  400  Cc.  of  water,  to  which  the  hypophosphorous 
acid  has  been  added.  Mix  the  two  solutions  and  fil- 
ter. Dissolve  the  sugar  in  the  filtrate  and  add  suf- 
ficient water  to  make  i,ooo  Cc. 

COMPOUND  SYRUP  HYPOPHOSPHITES,  N.  P..  MODI- 
FLED. 
In  the  formula  for  the  above  named  syrup,  ferrous 
hypophosphite  is  substituted  for  the  ferric  salt  and 
strychnine  for  the  tincture  of  nux  vomica.  A  clear 
light-colored  syrup  will  be  the  result. 

Calcium  hypophospihite   Gm    35  0 

Potassium  hypophosphite Gm'  175 

Sodium  ihypophosphite   Gm'  u's 

Manganese  hypophosphite   Gm'  2  25 

Ferrous  hypophosphite   Gm'  4'50 

Quinine  hypophosphite  Gm  '  1  i'>5 

Strychnine    Gm'  o'2re 

Acid  hypophosphorus   .'.'.'.  .Oc.  2.00 

Sugar   Gm    800  00 

Water,  distilled,  enough  to  make Cc.  'l,00o!oo 

Prepare  the  ferrous  hypophosphite  by  dissolving 
6.72  Gm.  of  ferrous  sulphate  (crystals)  in  15  Cc.  of 
water  and  4.10  Gm.  of  calcium  hypophosphites  in  25 
Cc.  of  water.  Mix  the  two  solutions  and  when  the  reac- 
tion IS  completed  filter  and  wash  the  filtrate  contain- 
ing the  ferrous  hypophosphite  in  solution.  Dissolve 
the  calcium,  potassium,  sodium  and  manganese  in  400 
Cc.  of  water,  to  which  has  been  added  the  hypophos- 
phorous acid:  then  add  the  solution  of  ferrous  hypo- 
phosphite and  sugar.  Agitate  until  latter  is  dissolved 
then  strain  and  add  enough  water  to  make  1,000  Cc' 
BLTXIR  CINCHONA. 

Quinine  sulphate Gm    175 

Cinchonlne  sulphate   .'.■.'.■.'.'■  .'Gm.'  l^S 

;^.','=°ll°l Cc.  280.00 

Oil  of  anise  Gc    0  J^ 

Tict.    cardamom,    comp.,    detanna't'e'd'.'.'.'cc.  '99^00 

Tmct    cudbear  Cc.  38.00 

Simple  syrup  Oc.  800.00 

Water,  enough  to  make  Cc.  1.000.00  ■ 

Dissolve  the  alkaloida!  salts  in  the  alcohol  by  the 
aid  of  heat.  Mix  the  alkaloidal  solution  with  the 
compound  tincture  of  cardamom,  to  which  the  oil  has 
been  added;  then  with  the  tincture  of  cudbear,  sim- 
nle  syrup  and,  finally,  enough  water  to  make  1,000  Cc 
Filter. 

LIQUOR  ANTISEPTICUS. 

Acid  benzoic   Gm.  8.25 

Sodium  borate   Gm    8  25 

Acid  boric Gm.'lB.'sO 

Thymol    Gm.  2.50 

la^t,^^',.'^^^^"''."""';'^  *°  t'^^  Committee  on  National  Formu- 
iSI^fi  ^^>A™'^j;''^^"  Pharmaceultlcal  Association  at  the 
meeting  hleld  in  St.  Douls,  Sept.  15-21,  1901. 


Alcohol    Cc.    180.00 

Eucalyptol    Cc.  1.50 

Oil  of  spearmint    Cc.   0.25 

Precipit.ilted  calcium  phosphate Gm^  10.00 

Menthol Gm.  0.75 

Oil  wintergreen   Qc.  1.50 

Caramel 

Water,  enough  to  make Cc.  1,000.00 

Dissolve  the  benzoic  acid,  thymol,  eucalyptol,  oil 
of  wintergreen,  oil  of  spearmint  and  menthol,  in  the 
alcohol  and  mix  with  the  precipitated  calcium  phos- 
phate. Dissolve  the  sodium  borate  in  400  Cc.  of 
water.  Mix  together  the  alcohol  mixture  and  aque- 
ous solution  and  enough  water  to  make  1,000  Cc. 
and  filter.  Color  with  caramel,  a  light  yellowish 
brown. 

TO  DISPENSE   CDEAR. 
I. 

Quinine  sulph 3i 

Strych.   sulph Gr.   i 

Acid  phos.  dil Gr.  vi 

Ferri    pihosph* , 3iiss 

Aqua  amm.oniee 3i 

Elix.  simp.,  q  .s Sviij 

This  prescription  can  be  dispensed  as  a  clear  solu- 
tion by  proceeding  as  follows:  Dissolve  the  iron  in 
four  ounces  of  the  elixir  by  the  aid  of  heat.  When 
cool  neutralize  exactly  by  ammonia  water,  using  more 
than  the  above  quantity  if  necessary.  Dissolve  the 
quinine  sulphate  and  the  strychnine  sulphate  in  the 
dilute  phosnhoric  acid.  Heat  and  boil  for  a  minute 
or  two  to  reduce  the  ortho  to  metaphosphoric  acid. 
'When  cool  add  enough  elixir  to  make  four  ounces. 
Mix  the  two  solutions,  adding  enough  elixir  to  make 
eight  ounces. 

II. 

Tinct.  ferric  chloride 3ij 

Strychnine   sulphate Gr.    i 

Mercuric  chloride   Gr.  1 

Acid  hydrochloric  dilute 3i] 

Syrup  lemon,  q.  s 3iv 

The  above  prescription  can  be  obtained  in  a  clear 
solution  by  the  following  method:  Dissolve  the 
strychnine  sulphate  in  a  few  minims  of  water  and 
add  the  dilute  hydrochloric  acid  to  the  strychnine 
solution;  then  add  the  two  solutions  together,  the 
tincture  of  ferric  chloride  and  hydrochloric  acid  solu- 
tion, followed  by  syrup  of  lemon  in  sufficient  quantity 
to  make  four  fluid  ounces. 
III. 

Potassium  chlorate   3ij 

Tinct.  cinchona  comp Siss 

Tinclt.  guaiae Si 

Honey 

Pepperiniint  water,  enough  to  make -Jiv 

Add  together  the  compound  tincture  of  cinchona, 
tincture  of  guaiac  and  honey,  and  mix  thoroughly. 
Dissolve  the  potassium  chlorate  in  the  peppermint 
water  and  add  the  solution  to  the  mixture  of  honey 
guaiac  and  cornpound  tincture  of  cinchona,  and  a 
smooth  mixture  can  be  obtained. 

TEST    OF    PRESENCE    OF    CANE    SUGAR    IN    MILK 
SUGAR. 

The  test  solution  is  composed  of  resorcin,  3  parts; 
hydrochloric  acid  i  part;   alcohol,   lOO  parts. 

Dissolve  0.1  Gm.  of  the  suspected  sugar  of  milk  in 
a  few  drops  of  water  contained  in  a  porcelain  dish; 
add  to  this  solution  five  or  six  drops  of  the  test  solu- 
tion, and  evaporate  slowly  over  an  alcohol  lamp.  The 
outer  edge  of  the  solution  is  allowed  to  boil  a  little. 
The  dish  is  then  tipped  to  one  side.  On  the  surface 
left  moist  by  the  receding  liquid,  continue  heat  gent- 
ly. If  a  trace  of  cane  sugar  be  present  there  th« 
beautiful  flashes  of  vermilion  color  will  be  visible 
over  the  heated  surface.  If  there  be  an  appreciable 
amount  (5  to  10  per  cent.)  of  cane  sugar  present, 
there  will  be  formed  a  vermilion  mirror,  which  can 
be  more  clearly  seen  upon  carefully  evaporating  the 
entire  solution.  The  evaporation  must  take  place 
slowly,  as  the  sugar  will  readily  char  if  exposed  to 
too  much  heat. 

A  brownish  red  color,  quickly  charring  and  not 
spreading,  must  not  be  mistaken  for  cane  sugar. 
This  coloration  is  caused  by  the  milk  sugar,  but 
should  not  be  confused  with  the  vermilion  coloration 
of  cane  sugar. 


January  9, 1903.] 


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The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
scribers and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
«nd  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
j)iescriptlon  work,  dispensing  difficulties,  etc. 

Requests  for  Information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mall,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  RECEIVE 
NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  qerles  In  this 
department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  Is  necessarily  made  to  information 
published  In  previous  issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Compound  Extract  of  Sarsapatilla. 

(A.  H.  E.)  The  following  formulas  are  from  the 
Era  Formulary: 

(1)  Potassium    iodide    320   grains 

Water  2  ounces 

Fluid    extract    of   burdock    2   ounces 

Compound  syrup  of  sarsaprilla 8  ounces 

Dextrine  syrup,  enough  to  make  ....  16  ounces 

.(2)  Sarsaparilla     2    pounds 

Bittersweet    J^  pound 

Pipsissewa   %  pound 

Guaiaoum     4  ounces 

Licorice  root  4  ounces 

Sassafras   2  pounds 

Partridgeberry  leaves   2  pounds 

Sugar 12  pounds 

Reduce  the  ingredients  to  coarse  powder,  macerate 
them  in  diluted  alcohol  for  2  days,  pack  in  a  percola- 
tor and  percolate  slowly  until  2  gallons  of  liquid  have 
-passed.  Evaporate  on  a  water-bath  till  reduced  to  6 
pints,  then  add  the  sugar  and  form  a  syrup. 

l3)  Potassium  iodide   256  grains 

Fluid  extract  of  senna 2  ounces 

Fluid  extract  of  licorice  2  ounces 

Water    1  ounce 

Compound  syrup  of  sarsaparilla,  enough  to 

make    16  ounces 

Dose:  One  or  two  teaspoonfuls  in  half  a  tumbler 
of  water,  after  meals. 

Many  other  formulas  may  be  found  in  preceding 
issues  of  the  Era.     Consult  the  indexes. 


Enuresis  In  Children. 
(J.  E.  B.)  Powell,  in  "Essentials  of  Diseases  of 
■Children,"  states  that  the  following  drugs  are.  pre- 
scribed: Belladonna  in  the  form  of  the  tincture, 
•commencing  with  minute  doses  and  gradually  increas- 
ing until  the  physiological  effects  are  noticed.  Bro- 
mide of  potassium  and  chloral  seem  to  be  of  service 
in  some  cases.  A  drug  much  employed  in  recent  years 
is  fluid  extract  of  thus  aromatica.  The  treatment 
should  commence  with  small  doses,  gradually  in- 
creasing a  drop  or  two  each  day  so  as  to  prevent  any 
gastric  disturbance.  He  recommends  the  following 
as  a  palatable  preparation: 

Fluid  extract  of  rhus  aromatica..  3     fl.  drams. 

Aromatic  elixir  1%    fl.  cmnces 

Cinnanton  water,  enough  to  make  3.      fl.  ounces 
Half   teaspoonful,    to   be   increased   to     one     tea- 
spoonful  four  times  a  day. 

As  nocturnal  incontinence  of  urine  in  children  is 
occasionally  associated  with  renal  disease,  or  it  may 
Tie  caused  by  worms,  rheumatism,  constipation,  or 
other  difficulty,  any  method  of  treatment  should  only 
he  undertaken  upon  the  advice  and  supervision  of  a 
competent  physician. 

Egg  Emulsion. 
(J.  A.  H.)  A  satisfactory  emulsion  can  be  pre- 
pared from  yolk  of  egg.  the  formula  of  the  National 
Formulary  producing  a  most  palatable  preparation. 
Glyconin  (glycerite  of  yolk  of  egg.  U.  S.  P.)  gives 
Tietter  results  than  the  yolk,  the  glycerin  greatly  as- 
sisting in  the  preservation  of  the  emulsion.    The  ten- 


dency of  an  emulsion  to  separate  may  be  somewhat 
overcome  it  is  said,  by  the  addition  of  tragacanth, 
a  small  amount  only  being  necessary  for  this  purpose. 
The  following  formula  for  an  egg  emulsion  has  also 
been  recommended: 

Glyconin   2^4  fl.  ounces 

Cod  liver  oil 8      fl.  ounces 

Syrup    2H  fl  ounces 

Brandy    2i<i  fl.  ounces 

Water,  enough  to  make 16     fl.  ounces 

Emulsify  the  oil  by  gradual  addition  of  the  gly- 
conin, with  constant  trituration;  then  add  the  other 
ingredients  in  the  order  given.  Flavor  with  vanilla. 
The  product  is  said  to  be  delicious  and  beautiful,  and 
it  should  keep  well,  if  not  better  than  the  glyconin 
from  which  it  was  prepared. 


Prune  Juice. 

(J.  E.  B.)  We  cannot  give  the  details  of  the  pro- 
cess used  in  the  manufacture  of  "prune  juice."  Some 
years  ago  J.  N.  Hurty  reported  having  made  an  ex- 
amination of  an  alcoholic  liquid,  which,  under  the 
name  of  "prune  juice,"  is  known  in  the  trade  and 
used  in  compounding  and  rectifying  by  liquor  men. 
The  "juice"  was  of  a  light  yellow  color,  flavor  and 
odor  fruity,  very  sweet,  with  a  specific  gravity  of 
1.0559.  It  was  found  to  contain  18.24  per  cent,  of  al- 
cohol and  a  solid  residue,  (15.42  per  cent.)  consisting 
of  glucose,  sucrose,  and  glycerine.  Hurty  considered 
the  article  to  be  obtained  bv  soaking  prunes  in  a 
liquor  composed  of  80  parts  of  water  and  20  parts  of 
deodorized  alcohol,  holding  in  solution  glycerine, 
sugar,  and  possibly  some  glucose. 

Dick's  "Enclycopedia  of  Receipts"  gives  the  follow- 
ing formula  for  "prune  flavoring:"  Mash  25  pounds 
of  prunes,  infuse  for  fifteen  days  with  6  gallons  of 
proof  spirit,  stirring  the  infusion  every  day.  Express 
and  filter. 


Refilling  Prescriptions. 
(G.  F.  T.)  Physicians  object  with  reason,  to  the 
unauthorized  "renewal"  of  prescriptions,  and  drug- 
gists should  respect  their  wishes  in  this  matter.  In 
the  absence  of  positive  instruction  the  pharmacist  is 
generally  conceded  the  right  to  refill  prescriptions  as 
often  as  necessary,  though  in  some  of  the  States  he  is 
prohibited  from  refilling  any  which  call  for  liquors, 
cocaine,  narcotics,  and  some  other  drugs.  Unless  the 
prescription  is  of  the  latter  class,  the  physician  has 
the  right  to  direct  that  it  "may  be  refilled  as  re- 
quired." 

Enameling    Ice    Cream   Cabinet. 

(W.  D.)  "Should  an  ice  cream  cabinet  which  has 
never  had  anything  but  varnish  on  it  be  painted  first 
with  a  coat  of  white  paint  (after  removing  the  var- 
nish)  or  is  a  coat  of  bath  tub  enamel  sufficient?" 

A  practical  painter  says  to  first  remove  the  var- 
nish, apply  one  or  two  coats  of  good  white  lead 
paint,  and  then  apply  some  good  enamel  like  that 
made  by  John  Lucas  &  Co.,  of  Philadelphia. 

Books  on  Water  Analysis. 
(W.  B.)  These  books  are  recommended:  Leflf- 
mann.  Examination  of  Water  for  Sanitary  and  Tech- 
nical Purposes,"  4th  edition.  $1.25:  Thresh.  "Water 
and  Water  Supplies,"  2nd  edition,  $2.00;  Blair.  "Anal- 
ysis of  Potable  Water,"  $r.oo;  Fox.  "Sanitary  Examin- 
ations of  Water,  Air  and  Food,"  $,3.50;  Richards  and 
Woodman.  "AW.  Water  and  Food."  $2.00.  .*\ny  or  all 
of  these  books  may  be  obtained  through  this  office. 

Sale    of   Medicines   by    Physicians. 
(W.    R.)      Address    your    inquiry    to    Warren    L. 
Bradt,  .Albany,  N.  Y.,  secretary  of  the  Middle  Branch 
of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  get  your  information 
first-hand. 


Sodium    Cacodylate. 
(T.  F.  D.)     See  January  10  Era  of  last  year,  page 


43 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1903. 


Drug  Store  Problems* 

In  this  Department  will  be  printed  each  week  a 
series  of  problems  of  special  educational  value  to  all 
persons  connected,  with  the  drug  trade. 

CASH  PRIZES  to  the  amount  of  $75-00  will  be 
distributed  each  month  to  the  subscribers  sending 
us  the  largest  number  of  correct  answers  to  the 
problems  printed  during  the  preceding  month,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  given  below.  This  sum 
will  be  divided  into  twenty-four  prizes,  as  follows: 
1st  PRIZE,  $25.00  3rd  PRIZE,  $10.00 

2nd  PRIZE,  $J5.00  4th   PRIZE,   $5.00 

and  20  PRIZES  OF  $t.00  EACH. 


No.  19.— Eight  drug  clerks  board  at  the  same 
place.  What  time  will  it  require  them  to  seat  them- 
selves every  day .  diflferently  at  dinner,  allowing  365 
days  to  the  year? 

No.  20. — How  many  ounces  Imperial  measure  are 
there  in  400  cubic  centimeters? 


NOTE  THESE  CONDITIONS. 

l.-AJl  answers  to  problems  m"st  reach  the  Problem  Edi- 
tor  within   four   weeks   of   the  date   of  the   Era   in 
Z.-A^sw^e'iis'^hLta^^b^^fnt  In  P-^-Pt'^- J"  case  of  a  tie 

both  sides  of  the  paper  if  "^='=|^"y;..j.„s  „„  each 
6— Be  sure  to  write  your  name  and  full  address  on  eM,n 
sheet-at  the  bottom. 

^-^fi^^^izfrs^'^^lfb^rinr^n^^^^^^^ 

ido  not  enclose  any  other  oommumcataons  with  your 
answers  to  these  problems. 


PROBLEMS,    SERIES    11. 

No  II— How  many  avoirdupois  pounds  pf  U.  S. 
P.  sodium  carbonate  are  required  to  precipitate  100 
troy  pounds  of  calcium  chloride? 

No  I2.-If  subject  to  a  specific  duty  of  $2.00  per 
gallon  what  must  be  the  selling  price  per  gallon  of 
In  importation  of  500  gallons  of  F'-^nch  Cognac  to 
enable  the  importer  to  realize  15  per  cent  Profit.  >J 
the  net  invoice  price  is  18  francs  per  gallon,  and  the 
charges  other  than  duty  aggregate  95  f'-an"in  France 
and  $50  in  the  U.  S.,  the  course  of  exchange  on  Pans 
being  5.20  francs  to  the  dollar?  -.     »  ■  .^-i^. 

No  13.-A  soda  fountain  is  supplied  with  twelve 
different  kinds  of  syrup.  A  customer  asks  the  clerk 
in  attendance  for  a  glass  of  soda  contaimng  a  com- 
l"nat  on  of  any  fouf  of  the.  syrups.  In  how  many 
wTvs  can  the  clerk  comply  with  the  request? 

No    "4 -A  drug  stock  was  insured  for  one  year 

for  $°2,ooo  at  Vs  per  cent.  Six  """'^s  ther^t/ured 
nolicv  was  cancelled  at  the  request  of  the  insurea. 
Wh.t  Jas  the  return  premium,  the  short  rate  for  six 
months  being  %  per  cent?  What  would  have  been 
t"e  return  premium  if  the  policy  had  been  cancelled 
ot  tVip  renuest  of  the  underwriters? 

No  IS -^A  porter  in  a  saloon  drew  from  a  barrel 
r  t?'  if,  r.!  ^-y  trnllons  S  gallons  and  replaced  it  with 
°,' Slts^f  watfr  thinking  it  would  bear  a  little 
™ore  water  hi  repeated  the  operation,  thus  drawing 
Tnd  rrplaci'ng  with  water  five  times  How  much 
o?  the  original  whiskey  was  then  in  the  barrel,  and 

^°^o"^",'^^J^How  man^  cubic  centij;;;ters  of  oflficial 
tincture  of  nux  vomica  may  be  prepared  froni  2 
pound?  (Av.)   of  the  drug  assaying  2  per  cent  total 

^"'^°''' 17 -How  many  grams  of  official  acetic  acid 
can  be  obtained  from  2  ounces,  Troy,  of  sugar  of 

'^^No  l8.-What  annual  rate  of  interest  on  the  net 
sales  is  equivalent  to  a  discount  of  5  per  cent  on  the 
gross  sales,  if  the  term  of  credit  is  60  days? 


WILLIAM  TOWNLEY  CASE. 

William  Townley  Case,  for  imany  years  traveling  rep- 
resentative in  this  country  for  Boehringer  &  Soehne,  of 
Mannheim  and  Ntew  York,  died  last  week  at  the  home 
of  his  sister  in  London,  England.  Mr.  Case  was  bom 
at  West  Derby,  Lancaster  county,  England,  November 
15,  1S52.  At  the  age  of  16  he  left  college  and  entered 
his  father's  establishment,  the  old  firm  of  Clay,  Dod  & 
Case,  manufacturing  chemists  and  drug  grinders,  Liver- 
pool. After  serving  in  various  departments  for  five  years 
and  obtaining  a  thorough  practical  knowledge  of  the 
drug  business  he  represented  the  firm  on  the  road 
for  several  years,  doing  a  successful  "business  in  Eng- 
land, Scotland  and  Ireland.  Upon  the  death  of  one  of  the 
partners  Mr.  Case's  father  retired  from  the  firm  and  a 
friendly  suit  in  chancery  was  instituted  to  settle  the 
various  riglits.  Mr.  Case  made  several  bids  for  the 
business,  which  w^ere  rejected,  and  he  then  started  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account,  as  a  drug  ^broker  in  Liverpool. 
He  removed  to  London  in  1S44  and  becamie  connected  with 
an  extensive  exporting  drug  house,  which  he  represented 
on  the  road  four  years,  traveling  througli  Europe  and 
spending  considerable  time  in  British  India.  He  opened 
up  a  large  and  profitable  trade  in  the  places  he  visited 
and  in  1886  he  came  to  America  and  did  a  good  busi- 
ness with  firms  in  Mexico,  Central  America  and  the  West 
Indian    Islands. 

Mr.  Case  caime  to  New  York  i<n  1888  and  accepted  a- 
position  with  E.  Merck,  for  whom  he  traveled  15  months. 
In  1890,  he  became  associated  with  the  firm  of  Boeh- 
ringer  &  Soehne,  as  representative  on  the  road  in  the 
United  States,  and  acted  in  that  capacity  until  last 
Summer,  when  ill  health  compelled  him  to  retire  from 
active  'business.  He  remained  with  friends  in  New  York 
for  some  ti:me  and  appeared  to  improve  in  health  and 
in   October  decided   to   take   a   trip   to   Europe. 

Mr.  Case  was  deservedly  popular  with  the  memibers  of 
the  drug  trade  throughout  the  United  States.  He  was 
cheerful,  kindly  and  a  thorough  gentleman.  His  most 
intimate  friends  tell  many  stories  of  his  philanthropy. 
He  had  a  thorough  knowledge  of  his  business  and  ex- 
tensive experience.  A  brother  and  two  sisters  dn  Eng- 
land  survive   him. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT, 


N.  A.  R.  D.  NOTES. 


Chicago,  Jan.  1,  1902. 

The  officers  of  the  Tennessee  State  Druggists'  Asso- 
clatiion  have  decided  to  ask  the  N.  A.  B.  D.  to  send  an 
organizer  to  that  State  for  the  purpose  of  organizing 
local  associations.  The  officers  of  the  association  are: 
H.  W.  McDonald,  President;  R.  W.  Vlckers,  Secretary; 
David  J.  Kuhn,  Second  Vice-President;  John  J.  Ingles, 
First  Vice-President;  J.  C.  Treherne.  Third  Vice-Presi- 
dent; J.  C.  Ammions,  Treasurer;  J.  Goldbaum,  Chairman 
Trade  Interests  Co'mTnittee. 

The  following  are  the  new  officers  of  the  Detroit  and 
"Wayne  County.  Mich.,  Association:  President,  Albert  L. 
"Walker;  Secretary,  Grant  W.  Stevens;  Treasurer,  Wm. 
Dupont;  all  of  Detroit.  Charles  F.  Mann,  who  has  been 
officially  connected  with  the  Association  for  about  five 
years,  during  which  time  he  has  also  served  the  State 
Association  as  an  officer,  says  he  is  glad  to  be  relieved 
of  active  work,  but  that  he  will  never  cease  to  take  an 
interest  in  the  two  organizations  mentioned  and  the  N.  A. 
R.  D.  Mr.  M.Tnn  is  a  staunch  advocate  of  the  tripartite 
plan,  with  which  plan  he  is  confident  "the  National  Asso- 
ciation will  yet  win  the  day." 

A  "W'Estern  manufacturer,  referring  to  the  difficulty 
experienced  by  the  National  Executive  Committee  in  ac- 
complishing the  purposes  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  with  the 
amount  of  funds  placed  in  their  hands,  has  this  to  say: 
"It  seeins  to  us  the  retailers  do  not  take  interest  enough 
in  their  association.  Inasmuch  as  you  have  such  an 
enormous  number  of  people  to  draw  from,  the  N.  A.  R. 
D.  would  be  much  better  off  if  they  would  stir  up  the 
retailers  to  take  an  interest  in  its  affairs  to  the  extent 
of  paying  a  reasonable  amount  into  the  national  treas- 
ury, say  $5.00  per  annum.  In  this  manner  you  would 
have  money  enough  to  accomplish  a  great  deal." 

Secretary  H.  M.  Doolittle,  of  Murray,  la.,  writes  that 
the  druggists  of  Clark  County,  la.,  have  become  organ- 
ized and  affiliated  with  the  N.  A.   R.  D. 

Executive  Committeeman  Bingham  has  written  as 
follows  to  a  southern  jobbing  house  that  made  inquiry 
regarding  our  organization  work  in  Alabama:  "Organ- 
izer Post  has  done  good  work  in  Alabama.  He  has  or- 
organized  Montgomery,  Anniston.  Gadsden  and  Hunts- 
ville,  and  in  this  latter  place  has  succeeded  in  bringing 
the  druggists  together  and  stopping  cutting,  and  I  re- 
cently saw  a  letter  of  thanks  written  to  him  from  a  prom- 
inent druggist  there,  stating  that  he  had  accomplished 
for  them  what  they  thought  was  an  impossibility— the 
uniting  of  the  druggists  of  the  city  and  restoring  prices. 
Mr.  Post  endeavors  to  take  iii  all  who  handle  patents, 
and  gives  each  member  a  price  schedule  agreed  on  by 
the  memibership.  As  to  the  fees  charged  of  $3.50  and 
50  cents,  the  .?3.30  is  the  fee  fixed  as  an  organization  fee 
and  the  50  cents  is  the  annual  dues  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
and  is  legitimate,  being  collected  in  the  several  States 
where  we  now  have  organizers  at  work.  The  key  note 
of  success  for  the  tripartite  plan  is  organizatilon  of  local 
affiliated  bodies.  The  results  of  the  work,  as  a  matter 
of  course,  largely,  if  not  rntireUv,  depend  on  the  org'an- 
ized  associations  and  their  faith  in  each  other.  This,  Mr. 
Post  nor  no  one  else  can  control. 

"Testimonials  from  many  cities  and  towns  in  Illinois, 
Michigan.  Ohio.  Misstouri.  Indiana  and  other  States  are 
In  our  possession,  showing  the  great  value  these  organ- 
izers have  been  In  cutting  localities,  healing  breaches 
and  uniting  the  druggists  where,  before,  nothing  'but  dis- 
cord and  cutting  prevailed.  Our  national  officers  try  to 
make  the  work  self-sustaining  by  the  fees  charged,  which 
are  small  compared  with  the  viist  amount  of  good  being 
accomplished  to  local  druggists  wherever  associations 
are  organized.  I  have  gone  into  detail  in  this  matter  to 
grive  you  an  Insight  into  what  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Is  trying 


to  accomplish,  and  if  It  is  accomplished  it  will  prove  of 
great  benefit  to  the  three  national  bodies  representing  the 
drug  trade.  I  hope  the  druggists  of  Alabama  will  take 
advantage  of  this  opportunity  to  organize  and  work  in 
unison  to  uphold  the  dignity  of  our  profession." 

The  following  is  a  partial  list  of  the  associations  which 
have  recently  become  affiliated  with  the  N.  A.  B.  D. :  Ala- 
bama— Madison  County,  Northwestern  Alabama  (compris- 
ing Lauderdale,  Colbert  and  Franklin  counties);  Fayette- 
Lamar  County,  Tri-County  (comprising  Walker,  "Winston 
and  Marion  counties);  Tennessee  Valley  (comprising  Mor- 
gan, Limestone  and  Lawrence  counties).  Illinois— The  fol- 
lowing county  associations:  Chompajign,  Cole,  Clark, 
Cumberland,  Crawford,  Douglas.  Edgar,  Jasper,  Law- 
rence, Bichland,  Edwards-Wabash,  "U'ayne  and  White.  So 
much  interest  was  manifested  in  the  organization  meet- 
ing of  the  last  named  association  that  several  of  the  Coun- 
try members  drove  to  town,  bringing  their  wives  and 
daughters  with  them.  An  amicable  judgement  of  an  un- 
pleasantness of  long  standing  between  two  druggists  of  the 
county  was  effected,  and  the  new  association  starts  out 
with  fine  prospects.  Iowa- The  following  county  asso- 
ciations: Adams,  Adair,  Appanoose,  Clarke,  Lucas,  Mad- 
ison. Marion,  Monroe  and  Union.  A  lady  pharmacist. 
Miss  Lula  Snelson,  of  Fontanelle,  was  elected  secretary 
of  the  association  last  named.  Kentucky— The  following 
county  associations:  Crittenden  and  Livingston.  Michi- 
gan—Kent county  with  78  members.  Grand  Rapids  is 
the  county  seat  in  this  county.  Missouri— Cooper  County. 
New  York— Oswegio  County.  In  this  county  prices  have 
been  restored  to  full  figure  as  the  result  of  tlie  organizer's 
work.  Wisconsin— Grant  County,  Cravs'ford  County  and 
Richland  County. 

Almost  all  the  organizers  began  work  January  1st  In 
the  Southern  States,  where  they  will  lose  no  time  on 
account  of  weather  too  cold  for  driving,  such  as  they 
would  experience  in  the  North. 

A  vigorous  cut-rate  war  in  Which,  after  the  first  day, 
the  druggists  forced  the  fighting,  has  been  won  at  Free- 
port,  111.  In  a  very  short  time  the  cutter  was  glad  to 
sell  out  and  quit  business. 

An  Eastern  proprietor  finds  fault  with  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
because,  as  he  says,  the  retailers  are  not  living  up  to 
their  agreement  to  sell  tripartite  proprietaries  "without 
argument,"  even  where  profitable  prices  can  be  obtained 
for  these  goods.  How  much  truth  there  may  be  In  this 
claim  is  not  known,  but  loyal  members  of  the  National 
Association  should  bear  in  mind  constantly  their  obliga- 
tion to  give  the  proprietors  who  are  co-operating  with  us 
the  full  benefit  of  their  advertising.  In  this  way  only 
can  the  success  of  our  plans  to  increase  the  profitable- 
ness of  selling  proprietaries  be  assured.  By  judicious, 
-well  directed  advertising  the  opportunity  is  afforded 
every  druggist  to  create  a  demand  for  his  own  prepara- 
tions, and  he  ought  to  be  independent  enough  to  let  hi3 
goods  take  care  of  themselves  and  not  seek  to  advance 
their  sale  by  taking  advantage  of  the  advertising  of  other 
manufacturers.  The  justice  of  this  observation  will  com- 
mend itself  to  every  right  thinking  druggist. 

The  National  Executive  Committee  takes  advantage 
of  the  beginning  of  the  new  year  to  congratulate  the 
Association  upon  the  absence  of  all  disposition  to  strife 
and  discord  which  now  h.ippily  characterizes  the  mem- 
'bership.  and  the'  determination  ever.vwherc  manifested 
to  go  forward  In  the  work  of  increasing  the  usefulness  of 
the  N.  A.  R.  D. 

The  attorneys  employed  by  the  committee  to  look  after 
the  litigatfon  by  which  the  anti-trust  law  of  Illinois  Is 
to  be  tested  with  reference  to  the  enforceability  of  legal 
price  restriction.  L<?  getting  its  case  in  readiness  and  It 
will  be  pushed  with  vlsfor  and  the  determination  to  pro- 
cure for  the  drug  trade  every  advantage  that  can  possibly 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1903. 


be  secured  by  the  operation  of  the  Price  Restrictive  Plan. 
In  thia  connection  the  committee  urges  upon  all  asso- 
ciations the  necessity  of  keeping  it  informed  of  the  con- 
ditions with  reference  to  price  cutting  which  exist  in  the 
territory  covered  by  these  associations.  The  committee 
is  anxious  to  do  all  in  its  power  to  advance  the  interests 
of  the  members  of  the  affiliated  bodies,  but  it  is  power- 
less to  render  any  assistance  without  knowing  what  aid 
is  needed  and  how  this  help  can  be  effectively  rendered. 
It  would  be,  of  course,  the  height  of  injustice  to  charge 
the  committee  with  a  lack  of  concern   or  a  lack  of  ef- 


ficiency in  correcting  the  conditions  in  any  given  locality 
if  the  committee  was  not  informed  of  these  conditions; 
and  it  should  not  be  forgotten  that  in  the  most  favorable 
circumstances  the  task  of  keeping  track  of  more  than 
500  associations  is  not  easy  of  accomplishing. 

It  Is  likely  that  the  National  Executive  Committee 
will  meet  in  Chicago  during  January  to  discuss  a  number 
of  matters  of  vital  importance  to  the  organization.  Due 
notice  'Of  the  date  of  holding  this  meeting  will  be  given 
in  order  that  matters  which  the  affiliated  associations 
desire  to  have  considered  may  be  properly  submitted. 


NEW  YORK  AND  VICINITY. 


MOUNT  VERNON  PHYSICIANS  FINED. 

Conducted  Pharmacies  Without  State    License. 

Two  physicians  who  tried  to  practice  pharmacy  at 
Mount  Vernon  without  a  State  license,  have  been  obliged 
to  pay  the  penalty  provided  by  the  law  and  one  of  them 
is  now  "resting"    in   the  White  Plains  Jail. 

Dr.  John  A.  O'Brien,  who  conducted  a  pliarmacy  at 
No.  116  South  Fourth  avenue.  Mount  Vernon,  was  sum- 
moned to  appear  before  a  local  magistrate  on  January  2, 
to  answer  to  two  charges  preferred  by  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  for  compounding  a  prescription  without  hav- 
ing a  State  license  and  for  conducting  a  pharmacy.  He 
was  fined  $50  on  each  charge,  and  failing  to  pay  these 
fines  was  sent  to  the  White  Plains  jail  for  a  term  of  100 
days.  O'Brien  was  registered  in  New  Tork  city  on  a 
medical  diploma  but  had  no  State  license. 

Pasquale  Bria,  an  Italian  physician  who  conducted  a 
pharmacy  at  No.  17  North  Fourth  avenue.  Mount  Vernon 
without  a  State  license,  was  fined  $50  on  January  3.  Bria 
had  a  certificate  of  registration  obtained  from  the  former 
New  Tork  city  Board  of  Pharmacy,  granted  on  his  medi- 
cal diploma.  He  displayed  in  his  store  a  State  license 
of  Eugenic  Giorgianni,  who  had  evidently  loaned  it  for 
a  consideration  as  he  did  not  work  in  the  store,  tout  was 
employed  in  an  Italian  banking  house  on  New  Bqwery. 


TRAVELING  MEN  ENTERTAINED. 

Several  of  the  traveling  representatives  of  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co.,  who  belong  to  the  New  York  branch  of  the 
traveling  service,  were  in  the  city  last  week  for  a 
few  days.  Sidney  H.  Carragan,  manager  of  the  depart- 
■ment  entertained  the  members  in  town  at  a  banquet  at 
the  Drug  Trade  Club  on  Tuesday,  December  31.  Aibout 
40  guests  were  present.  Speeches  Tvere  made  by  every 
member  present  and  some  good  stories  were  told.  The 
men  have  returned  to  their  respective  fields  of 
labor,  but  all  said  that  the  banquet  of  December  31, 
1901,  at  the  Drug  Club,  would  long  be  remembered.  The 
memtoers  present  included:  Frank  Cuddy,  Charles  S. 
Smith,  Henry  Thornton,  G.  E.  Reed,  W.  P.  Rich,  George 
Andrews,  Dr.  W.  A.  Dixon,  A.  G.  Bissell,  A.  J.  Standt, 
G.  J.  Gregorius,  Nathaniel  Nicolai,  E.  C.  Noonan.  F.  L. 
Bobbins,  Philip  Matty.  P.  Gunton,  B.  F.  Rogers.  Charles 
H.  Greer,  H.  K.  Mundorf,  M.  O.  Martin.  Joseph  Litster, 
H.  W.  Hoops,  H.  A.  Somerville,  F.  C.  Kinsman,  V.  A. 
Bradbury.  H.  H.  Tebault,  E.  Plummer,  C.  E.  Dodd, 
H.  C.  Woodruff,  C.  A.  Clarke,  M.  A.  Bladwin,  E.  A. 
iBischof  and  J.    L.   Buell. 


TO  SUCCEED  MAX  ZELLER. 

Brltt,  Loeffler  &  Co.  have  purchased  the  stock  and 
fixtures  formerly  owned  by  Max  Zeller,  at  No.  37  Bowery, 
.and  will  conduct  a  business  as  importers  of  drugs,  chetn- 
icals,  essential  oils  and  foreign  specialties  at  the  same 
address.  The  members  of  the  new  firm  were  all  employes 
of  Mr.  Zeller  and  also  of  his  predecessor  Julius  Zeller, 
F.  J.  Britt,  the  head  of  the  new  firm,  was  with  the  old 
concern  twenty-one  years.  Oscar  Loeffler  and  Henry 
Koster  were  In  the  Zellers'  employ  sixteen  and  twenty- 
three   years   respectively. 


BOARD  INSPECTOR  HELD  FOR  GRAND  JURY. 

Theodor  Lorenz,  a  former  inspector  of  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy  in  the  Borough  of  Brooklyn,  who  was  arrested, 
on  'Novemtier  9  last,  at  the  instance  of  Jacoto  Cipes,  a 
druggist  at  No.  73  Belmont  avenue.  Brooklyn,  on  a  charge 
of  extortion,  and  who  was  discharged  by  Judge  Higin- 
botham,  was  summoned  to  appear  in  court  and  answer 
to  the  same  charge  on  Decemiber  24.  Lorenz  appeared 
before  Magistrate  Furlong  in  the  Gates  avenue  court 
and  Cipes  charged  him  with  accepting  a  brUbe  of  five 
doUar.s.  H.  A,  Herold,  a  lawyer,  of  No.  lOS  Fulton  street, 
New  York,  appeared  for  I.orenz  and  the  hearing  lasted 
from  1  o'clock  until  4  p.  m.  Cipes  gave  his  story  and 
alleged  that  Lorenz  had  also  accepted  money  from  other 
druggists  for  not  reporting  violations  of  the  pharmacy 
law.  Dr.  M.  A.  Cohn,  of  No.  47  Belmont  avenue  testified 
that  Lorenz  had  accepted  money  from  him  and  Mrs.  Cipes 
stated  to  the  Court  that  she  had  heard  Lorenz  threaten 
Cipes  at  Oitterent  times.  Mr.  Herold  stated  that  he  had 
had  -an  interview  with  Dr.  Cohn  at  his  store,  after  'Cipes 
had  said  that  Cohn  gave  Lorenz  money,  and  that  Cohn 
declared  he  had  never  given  Lorenz  money,  or  been  asked 
for  any. 

Lorenz  admitted  receiving  five  dollars  froim  Cipes,  but 
stated  that  the  money  was  an  advance  commission  on 
the  sale  of  Cipes  store,  which  ne  had  undertaken..  Louis 
Cohn,  a  druggist  of  609  Broadway,  Brooklyn,  testified 
that  Lorenz  had  offered  his  Cipes'  store  for  sale  about  a 
month  before  his  arrest. 

After  hearing  the  evidence  of  tooth  sides  Magistrate 
Furlong  said  the  defendant  would  be  tried  iby  the  Grand 
Jury  and  held  him  in  .$300  bail. 


BOARD  OF  PHARMACY  EXAMINATION. 

Thirty-seven  of  the  candidates  for  licenses  examined 
by  the  New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy  on  December  18, 
■Sv'ere  succe.ysfui.  Their  names  follo^v:  Harry  B^oom, 
Myron  W.,  Bragin,  A.  A.,  Cote,  Louis  Friedman,  O.  B. 
Grant,  Spencer  B.  Hall,  John  R.  Hatten,  Albert  Helne- 
mann,  A.  Jackson,  A.  F.  Loertz,  F.  G.  Newbery,  E.  C. 
Ranney,  Max  Reicher,  Jos.  E.  Reid,  P.  A.  Riley,  J.  S, 
Robinson,  I.  Romanoff,  Harry  Siegel,  Nicolo  Stella,  Max 
P.  Stemler,  A.  C.  Weidert,  Julius  Walk,  Stanley  Blau- 
stein,  J.  P.  Cappy  (Homeopath.),  John  M.  Cassidy,  Sam. 
H.  Cook  (Druggist).  Edmund  Hartung,  Thos.  W.  Hlllier, 
W.  S.  House,  Oscar  F.  Jones,  Boris  J.  Haschedin,  Benja- 
min Levlne,  David  A.  Lutz,  Nicholas  McDonald,  Attlcua 
H.  Mitchell,  Annie  Nayfack,  Theresa  Zeitler,  (Sister 
Josephine)    Special   Hospital   license. 


SOLD  OUT  BY  SHERIFF. 

The  drug  store  of  Charles  H.  Wettlin  at  No.  419% 
Sixth  avenue  was  closed  Friday  evening,  Deceimtoer  27, 
the  Sheriff  taking  possession.  Mr.  Wettlin  had  been  In 
financial  difficulties  for  some  time  and  the  foreclosure 
of  a  mortgage  by  one  of  the  wholesale  drug  houses  was 
the  cause  of  the  final  trouble  which  resulted  in  the 
store  being  closed.  The  contents  of  the  store  were  sold 
at  auction  in  sections  on  Tuesday,  December  31,  and 
Ibrought  $513.  Few  druggists  attended  the  sale  and  most 
of  the  goods  went  to  one  man  who  bought  them,  ap- 
parently,  on   speculation. 


January  9,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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DRUGGIST  MISSING. 

Cornelius  A.  Van  der  Sande.  a  Brooklyn  druggist 
who  recently  bought  the  store  at  No.  132  Bedford  avenue, 
has  been  missing  for  some  time.  He  had  been  in  charge 
of  a  drug  store  on  Hoyt  street  for  several  years  and  hav- 
ing saved  enough  money  while  there  purchased  the  store 
on  Bedford  avenue.  He  moved  into  rooms  over  the  store 
and  left  there  one  morning  to  purchase  a  license  at  the 
Internal  Revenue  office.  After  leaving  that  office  he 
went  to  a  nearby  stationery  store  and  since  then  all 
trace  of  him  has  been  lost.  Mrs.  Van  der  Sande  notified 
the  police  and  said  that  as  far  as  she  knew  her  husband 
had  little  money  with  him  when  he  left  home.  She  said 
he  had  never  absented  himself  from  home  before  and 
■appeared  to  'he  much  alarmed. 


BANKRUPTCY  PETITION  AGAINST  LOUIS  I. 
CHEREY. 

A  petition  in  involuntary  bankruptcy  was  filed  last 
Friday  against  Louis  I.  Cherey,  dealer  in  drugs  at  No. 
130  Bowery  by  Max  S.  Birkhahn  with  a  claim  for  $113, 
William  C.  Rice  $100,  and  Hyraan  Schimkovitz  with  a 
$400  claim.  The  petitioners  alleged  that  Cherey  is  in- 
solvent and  that  on  January  2  he  admitted  in  writing  his 
inability  to  pay  his  debts  and  his  willingness  to  be  ad- 
judged a  bankrupt.  Cherey  was  formerly  in  the  drug- 
gists' sundry  line  with  Loewenberg  &  Cherey  at  No.  159 
Bowery.  At  one  time  he  conducted  a  retail  drug  store 
at  No.  104  Canal  street  and  is  at  present,  with  an  asso- 
ciate conducting  a  retail  drug  store  at  No.  4&1  Grand 
street,  under  the  firm  name  of  L.  Cherey  &  Co. 


ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  first  annual  meeting  of  the  New  York  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy  was  held  in  the  Ten  Eyck  Hotel  at  Al- 
bany Monday.  January  6.  The  annual  election  of  of- 
ficers was  held  and  resulted  as  follows:  President,  By- 
ron M.  Hyde.  Rochester;  first  vice-president,  Albert  H. 
Brundage,  Brooklyn;  second  vice-president,  Willis  G. 
Gregory,  Buffalo;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Sidney  Fa- 
ber.  New  York.  George  Reimann  was  re-elected  secre- 
tary of  the  ^^■estern  Branch  and  Warren  L.  Bradt  was 
again  made  secretary  of  the  Middle  Branch.  The  gen- 
eral secretary  is  always  the  secretary  of  the  branch  in 
which  he  resides.  The  annual  reports  of  the  president 
and  general  secretary   were  presented. 


DRUGGISTS  OPENED  NEW  YEAR  WITH  BOWLING. 

The  Retail  Druggists'  Bowling  A-ssociation  "annual 
celebration  and  Christmas  tree"  was  held  at  Reid's  Al- 
leys on  Fifty-ninth  street.  Tuesday  evening,  December 
31.  The  attendance  was  unusually  large  and  several  vis- 
itors enjoyed  the  hospitality  always  extended  to  guests 
of  the  druggists.  Each  member  took  a  prize  and  hung 
it  on  the  tree  pro\'ided.  When  the  bowling  was  over, 
and  it  was  continued  into  the  new  year,  the  member 
with  the  highest  score  was  allowed  the  choice  of  any 
article  on  the  tree,  the  ne.xt  highest,  the  next,  and  so  on 
■on  until  all  had  prizes.  C.  H.  White  won  the  coveted 
"first  choice,"  S.  V.  B.  Swann  the  second,  and  G.  H. 
Hitchcock,   third. 


WHOLESALE  DRUG  TRADE  BOWLING. 

The  games  bowled  by  the  competing  teams  in  last  Sat- 
urday's meeting  of  the  Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling 
Association  were  quite  exciting.  Powers  &  Weightman 
only  won  from  Lanman  &  Kemp  by  four  pins  and  John- 
son &  Johnson  were  only  beaten  by  a  small  margin  by 
Dodge  &  Olcott.  The  results  of  all  the  games  follow: 
Powers  &  Weightman  711,  against  Roessler  &  Hasslacher, 
€39;  Lanman  &  Kemp,  777.  against  Roessler  &  Hass- 
lacher, S60;  Powers  &  Weightman,  711,  against  Lianman 
&  Kemp.  707;  Church  &  Dwight  Co.,  699,  against  Dodge 
&  Olcott,  773:  Johnson  &  Johnson,  868,  against  Church 
AD  wight  Co..  712;  Johnson  &  Johnson,  760,  against  Dodge 
&  Olcott,  794. 


FIGURES  FAVOR  COLLEGES  OF  PHARMACY. 

Secretary  Sidney  Faber  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
has  recently  made  some  computations  regarding  tiie  num- 
■ber  of  successful  applicants  for  licenses,  which  will 
doubtless  be  of  Interest  to  the  prospective  applicant.  Mr. 
Faber  says  that  of  the  successful  applicants  examined 
last  year,  those  who  had  been  students  of  a  college  of 
pharmacy  made  an  average  percentage  of  88.27  and  those 
who  had  not  attended  a  college  obtained  an  average  per- 
centage of  77.17.  About  88  per  cent  of  the  graduates  or 
students  of  pharmacy  colleges  were  successful  in  passing 
the  board  examinations  and  about  37  per  cent  of  those 
without  college  training  were  successful. 


RICKSECKER  &  CO.  AT  NEW  LOCATION. 

The  Theo.  Ricksecker  Co.,  whose  plant  and  stock  was 
destroyed  in  the  fire  in  the  building  at  No.  26  Reade 
street  on  Sunday,  Decemfber  22,  has  located  in  the  build- 
ing at  No.  74  Reade  street.  The  officials  of  this  enter- 
prising company  were  out  looking  for  a  suitable  location 
for  their  new  ottioes  before  the  firemen  had  left  the 
burned  building.  Mr.  Ricksecker  says  that  the  com- 
pany will  continue  as  usual  despite  the  disastrous  fire, 
and  that  the  business  will  he  renewed  with  vigor. 


$50,000  TO  EMPLOYES. 

The  will  of  the  late  Edward  Kemp,  of  Lanman  & 
Kemp,  which  was  filed  for  probate  last  week  provides 
for  the  distribution  of  $50,000  among  the  employes  who 
have  been  in  the  firm  five  years  or  longer.  He  left  $100,- 
000,  all  the  household  effects,  a  country  seat  of  500  acres 
in  Monmouth  county,  N.  J.,  and  the  income  of  the  rest 
of  the  estate  to  his  widow,  Augusta  Kemp.  His  two 
nephews,  George  and  Edward  Kemp,  Jr.,  are  to  have 
$100,000  each  at  his  widow's  death. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

E.  A.  Sayre,  of  Seabury  &  Johnson,  was  on  the  sick 

list  last  week,  but  has  recovered  and  is  at  his  desk  as 
usual.  Mr.  Sayre,  who  is  manager  of  the  firm's  traveling 
salesmen,  has  engaged  se^'eral  more  representatives.  T.  P. 
Eastland,  a  son  of  M.  Eastland,  the  retail  dmggist  at 
AVaxahatcihi'e.  Tex.,  will  look  after  the  Interests  of  the 
firm  in  Arkansas,  Texas,  Oklahoma  and  Indian  Territory, 
and  E.  A.  GrifDn,  formerly  with  the  McPike  Drug  Co., 
Atchison.  Kan,,  will  be  traveling  representative  in  Kan- 
.^as  and  Nebraska.  W.  J.  Caughey,  one  of  the  city  stafE 
who  has  been  at  the  S.  R.  Smith  Infirmary,  ill  with 
typhoid  fever,  is  improving  and  will  probably  return  to 
ihis  home  at  Port  Richmond  this  week. 

A.   E.   Ilendey.    foniierly  with   W.   J.   Gilmore   &  Co., 

Pittsburg,  has  accepted,  a  position  with  Lehn  &  Fink  and 
will  represent  them  in  western  Pennsylpania.  Ohio  and 
AVest  Virgmia.  Edward  McGIll,  the  firm's  representa- 
tive in  eastern  New  England,  E.  Goodricih  King,  the 
eastern  Pennsylvania  representative  and  Wellington 
Bond,  who  looks  after  tha  firm's  interests  in  Baltimore, 
Wasihington  and  parts  of  Virginia,  were  in  the  city  last 
Week. 

Daggett   &  Ramsdell.    proprietors   of   the   well   known 

pharmacy  on  East  Thirty-Fourth  street,  opposite  the 
Waldorf,  have  opened  a  laboratory  at  No.  211  West 
Thirty-Second  street.  A.  G.  Shoppach,  who  has  been  in 
the  retail  store  of  the  firm  for  several  years,  will  (have 
charge   of   the   laboratory. 

P.   II.  Troutman.   the  well-known  druggist  at  Chelsea 

and  Ocean  avenues,  I-ong  Branch,  N.  J.,  does  not  devote 
all  of  his  time  to  his  chosen  profession.  Last  week,  with 
the  assistance  of  a  steam  tug,  he  successfully  floated  a 
coal  barge  that  had  capsized  and  drifted  ashore  not  far 
from   Ms  store. 

John  L.  Riker  and  William  J.  RIker  have  announced 

their  retirement  from  active  business  and  from  the  firm 
of  J.  L.  &  D.  S.  Riker.  The  business  will  be  continued  by 
a  corporation  formed  under  the  laws  of  New  York  as 
J.  L.  &  D.  S.  Riker,  at  the  old  address.  No.  46  Cedar 
street. 

J.  C  Gallagher,  the  well  known  Jersey  City  druggist, 

and  a  member  of  the  executive  conxmittee  of  the  N.  A. 
R.   D.,   Is  about  to  open   a  new  store  at  No.   601  Grove 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1903. 


street  that  city.     This  is  not  far  from  his  present  store 

and   Mr.   Gallagher  will  superintend  the  manageiment  of 

both. 

— — G.  B.   Conlin,  for  some  time  manager  of  J.  O'Hallor- 

an's   prescription   pharmacy    at    No.    1588    E\ilton   street, 

Brooklyn,  has  opened  a  store  of  his  own  in  that  city,  at 

the  corner  of  Greenwood    avenue  and   East   Fifth  street. 

Henry  Marini,   for  some  time  in  partnership  with  his 

brother  in  the  drug  business  at  'No.  123  West  Houston 
street,  has  opened  a  store  of  his  own  at  the  comer 
of   Baxter   and  Franklin  streets. 

George  I>ueders  &  Co.,  dealers  in  essential  oils  at  No. 

218  Pearl  street,  have  announced  the  retirement  of  Mr. 
Heister  from  the  firm.  George  Lueders  and  Ferdinand 
Weber  now   comprise  the  firm. 

G.  L.  Dexter,  the  well-known  pharmacist  of  Water- 
bury.  Conn.,  was  in  the  city  last  week.  He  was  accom- 
panied by  Mrs.  Dexter  and  took  in  some  of  the  holiday 
amusements  in  the  metropolis. 

— -W.  A.  Doctor  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  at  An- 
f«onia,  Conn.  Mr.  Doctor  oon'ducted  a  piharma;Cy  at  No. 
275  Edgewood  avenue.  New  Haven,  Conn.,  a  few  years 
ago. 

■ Isador  Wilson,  brother  of  James  Wilson,  druggist,  at 

No.  215  Columbus  avenue,  has  opened  his  new  drug 
store  on  Lexington  avenue,   near  107th  street. 

Louis  Dohme  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,   and  John  H.   Win- 

kleman  of  the  Carrollton  Chemical  Co..  Baltimore,  Md., 
were  in  the  city  for  a  few  days  last  week. 

J.    D.    Gllman   of   Gilman   Bros.,    Boston,    B.    R.    Post 

of  Newburg,  N.  T.  and  F.  H.  Copper  of  Baltimore,  Md., 
were  visitors  in  the  drug  .section  last  week. 

Theodore    Buhl,    president    of    Parke,    Davis    &    Co., 

was    registered    at    the    Waldorf-Astoria   last    week. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


Recommendation  That  Boards  of  Pharmacy  and  Med- 
icine be  Consolidated  Not  Made. 
Boston,  Jan.  4. .^Before  the  inauguration,  on  January 
2,  of  Governor  Crane  for  his  third  term,  it  had  'been  in- 
timated that  in  his  official  message  he  would  recom- 
mend and  urge  a  continuation  of  the  consolidation  of 
State  coonmissions,  and  that  among  other  recommenda- 
tions, would  be  the  merging  of  the  State  Board  of  Reg- 
istration in  .Pharmacy  and  that  of  Registration  in  Medi- 
cine. In  his  able  address,  which  contained  many  ex- 
cellent points,  it  is  acknowledged,  Governor  Crane  did 
urge  consolidation  of  certain  commissions,  but  made  no 
reference  to  the  merging  of  these  two  boards  into  one 
body.  Indeed,  he  undoubtedly  recognizes  the  large  amount 
of  work  involved  in  the  proper  conduct  of  each  board 
and  that  each  has  its  distinct  office  and  functions,  which, 
while  in  a  way  related,  are  still  wide  apart  in  character. 
The  Board  of  Pharmacy  is  kept  constantly  busy  with 
much  to  look  after,  and  to  saddle  upon  the  Board  of 
Medicine  all  this  work  and  its  attendant  duties  would 
add  greatly  to  the  last-name  board,  which  has  in  its 
own  province  all  that  one  commission  can  well  attend 
to.  The  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  long  showTi  its  value 
to  the  community  and  its  efficient  work  is  well  recog- 
nized; and  in  like  manner  the  'Board  of  Medicine  also 
has  been  a  valuable  factor  for  the  general  good. 


Druggist-Postmaster  Resigns. 
Boston,  Jan.  4.— W.  W.  Hall,  who  recently  sold  out 
his  Elm  pharmacy  at  West  Springfield,  resigned  his  po- 
sition as  postmaster  at  that  place,  his  resignation  tak- 
ing effect  on  New  Tear's  Day.  Delivery  system  is  to  be 
intnoduced  in  West  Springfield,  considerably  changing 
tho  character  of  the  Postoffiee  work.  I.  A.  Darling  has 
been  appointed  assistant  postmaster  in  the  West  Spring- 
field office  and  has  assumed  charge  of  the  office.  He  was 
the  buyer  of  Mr.  Hall's  pharmacy.  Postmaster  Hall  has 
not  yet  been  relieved  from  his  position  by  the  Postoffiee 
authorities  in  Washington,  nor  has  a  new  postmaster 
been   appointed. 


BUSINESS    SATISFACTORY,    AND    OUTLOOii    EN- 
COURAGING. 

Boston,  Jan.  4.— To  all  outward  appearances  the 
trade  of  the  New  Tear  has  opened  pretty  well  and  with 
much  encouragement  for  the  future.  There  has  been 
nothing  in  particular  to  give  great  impetus  to  it,  yet  lav 
a  normal  way  business  is  proving  satisfactory  and  one 
hears  no  complaint  at  all  of  its  being  otherwise.  The 
call  for  things  at  the  various  stores  has  been  general 
rather  than  tending  toTvard  any  one  line  of  goods.  In 
prescription  departments  the  work  at  this  time  is  not 
out  of  the  ordinary.  On  larger  transactions,  the  market 
shows  only  fair  trade,  with  no  large  sales  of  drugs  or 
chemicals,  although  prices  keep  rather  steady.  The 
demand  for  dyestufts  and  tanning  materials  is  of  only 
the  most  moderate  character  with  no  activity  at  all. 
Alcohols  hold  well  as  to  prices  and  there  is  a  bit  livelier 
market  in  them  than  in  some  lines.  Hops  are  inactive, 
yet  show  an  undercurrent  of  strength  as  to  price.  Waxes 
are  reported  quiet  Just  now. 


A   DRUGGIST   WITH   LARGE   LIABILITIES. 

Boston,  Jan.  4.— Seldom  does  a  retail  drug  failure  in- 
volve such  large  habilities  as  in  the  case  of  D.  W. 
Reycroft,  the  Cambridge  druggist,  the  sale  of  whose 
store  at  the  corner  of  Cambridge  and  Fourth  streets 
to  E.  H.  Patten  w'as  reported  in  last  week's  Era.  He 
has  since  filed  at  the  office  of  the  United  States  Dis- 
trict Court  a  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy.  His  lia- 
bilities are  a,bout  $19;000.  nearly  all  in  unsecured  claims 
and  made  up  of  notes  given  various  people  to  the  ag- 
gregate amount  of  almost  .?5,00O,  and  to  several  credi- 
tors he  owes  various  sums  which  figure  as  "cash,"  all 
these  making  a  total  of  nearly  $7,500.  Then  there  are 
some  open  accounts  with  wholesale  drug  houses,  cigar 
manufacturers,  rent  accounts,  salary  due  clerks,  etc.  In 
the  comparatively  small  assets  there  are  open  accounts 
with  customers  who  owe  the  druggist  in  all  about  $1,200 
and  he  holds  a  note  on  which  is  due  him  about  $250. 


Registration  Certificate  Suspended  for  Tw(>  Years. 

Boston,  Jan.  4.— After  mature  consideration  of  the 
matter,  the  Massachusetts  Board  of  Registration  in 
Pharmacy  has  suspended  for  twto  years'  time  the  cer- 
tificate of  registration  in  pharmacy  of  Patrick  J.  Cudd- 
yer  of  South  Boston,  the  druggist  recently  convicted 
in  the  courts  of  illegal  keeping  and  sale  of  liquor  and 
whose  sixth-class  license  was  revoked  by  the  board  of 
police  after  his  conviction.  This  action  on  the  part  of 
the  board  will  compel  Mr.  Cuddj-er  to  employ  a  registered 
clerk,  since  the  law  requires  the  presence  at  all  phar- 
macies of  at  least  one  person  who  has  a  certificate  show- 
ing competency  to  prepare  prescriptions.  Mr.  Cuddyer,  it 
will  be  seen,  has  had  rather  hard  luck  as  the  result  of 
unfortunately  keeping  liquors  on  his  premises.  At  the 
time  of  the  raid  on  his  store  he  lost  fully  $400  worth 
of   Uquors  which   were   confiscated. 


Massachusetts  Board   of   Pharmacy   Examination. 

Boston,  Jan.  4.— .\  meeting  of  the  'Board  of  Registra- 
tion in  Pharmacy  ftor  examinations  was  held  on  De- 
cember 31,  1901,  when  ten  candidates  were  examined  and 
the  following-named  were  granted  certificates  of  regis- 
tration: Daniel  W.  THckey  and  James  M.  O'Brien  of 
Boston;  John  A.  Stanton  of  St,  Johnsbury,  Vt.;  James  P. 
Lynde  of  Webster;  Alvin  F.  Schmitter  of  Holyoke.  and 
Edward  E.  Griffin  of  Rockport.  The  next  meeting  of  the 
Board  will  be  held  on  Jan.  7. 


Drug  Store  Fires. 
Boston,  Jan.  4.— Among  the  fires  of  the  ■week  was  a 
small  one  in  a  three-story  building  at  329  Blue  HIU 
avenue.  Roxbury  district,  the  first  floor  of  which  is  oc- 
cupied by  Henry  S.  Weir,  druggist.  The  fire,  which 
caused  only  sligiit  dajnage,  was  caused  by  the  careless 
handling  of  matches.  Still  another  fire  was  that  In  the 
drug  store  of  Charles  H.  Dexter,  166  Court  street, 
caused  by  a  lighted  match  placed  too  close  to  a  pipe 
conveying  kerosene  oil  from  a  tank  to  the  lamps. 


January  9,  1908.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


■ir 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

Whitinsville   people    are   regretting   that   Eug-ene    I>ev- 

itan.  formerly  the  registered  prescription  clerk  at  the 
Ca'lahan-McCarthy  drug  store  in  that  town  and  later 
employed  by  the  Mumford  Drug  Company,  has  bought 
a  drug  business  in  Springfltld.  to  which  place  he  has  re- 
moved and  taken  possession  of  his  purchase,  leaving 
behind  many  friends  in  Whitinsville.  Many  had  hoped 
that  he  would  open  a  store  in  Whitinsville,  which  he 
wiould  like  to  have  done  had  it  been  possible  to  rent  a 
store,  Harriman  &  Foster  practically  control  the  drug 
business  in  the  town  because  of  no  opposition. 

A  branch  post  office,  to  be  known  as  Station  A,  Is  to 

be  established  at  Athol  in  the  drug  store  of  H.  M. 
Humphrey,  in  the  Highlands  district  of  that  town.  Some 
important  changes  are  now  being  made  in  the  store  to 
make  room  for  the  new  branch,  which  is  to  be  established 
on  Januarj'  1.  Present  show  cases  will  be  removed  and 
other  changes  made.  John  H.  Humphrey  has  been  ap- 
pointed superintendent. 

The  drug  store  of  A.  H.  Benhard  on  Chestnut  street, 

corner  of  Carew  street.  Springfield,  has  been  sold  to  A. 
E.  Sunter  of  Holyoke,  where  he  has  been  in  business  for 
a  good  many  years,  with  a  pharmacy  at  the  comer  of 
Pine  and  Dwight  streets,  which  he  will  continue  to  con- 
duct together  with  his  new  store  in  Springfield. 

FYed  L.  Robertson,  who  for  some  time  has  had  charge 

of  the  prescription  department  at  Green's  drug  store  in 
Springfield,  has  resigned  from  that  place  and  taken  a 
like  position  with  H.  &  J.  Brewer.  Mr.  Robertson  for- 
merly was  amployed  at  W.  P.  Draper's  drug  store,  where 
he  remained  for  several  years. 

^Harriman    &    Foster,     who    recently    purchased     the 

Mumford  drug  store  in  Whitinsville,  have  decided  to 
place  W.  H.  Lewis,  who  has  been  in  their  employ  at 
another  pharmacy,  in  charge  to  manage  the  new  acquisi- 
tion.    He  will  be  assisted  by  Elbert  McAllister  as  clerk. 

A  New  Tear's  business  change  is  that  in  the  business 

firm  of  O.  S.  Janney  &  Co..  dyestuffs,  from  which  J.  A. 
Janney  and  W.  R.  Verner,  of  the  estate  of  'miliam  Ver- 
ner,  retire.  Under  the  old  firm  nanve  the  business  will 
be  continued  by  Norris  A.  Janney  and  'W.  W.  Noble. 

'Because   he   had    foresight   enough   to   carry   accident 

insurance  against  possible  mishap,  Frank  S.  Colley,  a 
Stoneham  druggist,  recently  reaped  the  benefit  of  a 
small  sum.  which  was  paid  him  as  the  result  of  an  acci- 
dent which  he  met. 

^Thieves    recently    made    an    attempt     to     break    Into 

Stephen  B.  Fiske's  drug  store  at  Upton.  They  made  use 
of  a  false  key,  which  broke  off  in  the  lock,  so  the  at- 
tempt proved   unsuccessful. 

Friends  of  Edward  Perkin,  formerly  clerk  In  Perkin'3 

drug  store  in  Somen-ille.  has  given  up  his  position  there 
to  go  to  Maniloba,  whi-re  he  intends  to  open  an  apothe- 
cary business  on  his  own  account. 

A    new    drug    store    at     Great     Barrington    has   'been 

opened  by  John  T.  Harper.  It  is  situated  In  the  Berk- 
shire  Building. 


PHILADELPHIA. 


Egyptian  Shelf  Bottles. 
Druggists  desiring  shelf  bottles  will  be  Interested  in 
the  advertisement  of  the  Dawes  Mfg.  Co.  of  Pittsburg, 
Pa.,  In  this  issue  of  the  Era.  This  concern  is  making 
a  special  drive  of  Egj'ptian  shelf  bottles  and  the  prices 
offered  are  certainly  low  enough  to  induce  those  In  need 
of  such  ware  to  purchase.  Two  sets  are  offered,  one  of 
145  pieces  at  $28.30  and  one  of  216  pieces  at  $42.50.  Each 
set  Includes  gallon,  quart  and  pint  salbmouths  and  gallon, 
quart  and  pint  tinctures.  Full  information  regarding 
these  and  other  offers  can  l>e  had  from  the  Dawes  Mfg. 
Co.,  Pittsburg,   Pa. 


"Perfect  Point"  Tweezers. 

The  makers  of  the  "perfect  point"  tweezers  say  that 
they  are  the  only  tweezers  made  with  ground  points  apd 
that  they  are  guaranteed  accurate.  Druggists  can  obtain 
these  tweezers  through  distributers  in  every  large  city. 
A  catalogue  showing  assortments  will  be  sent  on  applica- 
tion to  the  Coe  Mfg.  Co..  No.  50  "Warren  street,  Neiw  York 
city. 


ANNUAL  MEETING  OF  THE  AMERICAN  CHEMICAL 
SOCIETY. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  4— The  twenty-fifth  annual  meeting 
of  the  American  Chemical  Society  was  held  in  this  city 
December  ."W-Sl.  the  attend.ance  being  over  200,  all  parts 
of  tile  country  being  represented.  The  arrangements  for 
the  meetings  and  for  the  entertainment  of  the  visitors 
fleeted  great  credit  on  the  Philadelphia  "Section"  under 
the  chairm.Tnship  of  Dr.  J.  Merritt  Matthews.  Prof.  Ira 
Remscn,  of  Johns  Hopkins  University,  was  elected  presi- 
dent, succeeding  Dr.  F.  W.  Clarke,  of  the  U.  S.  Geolog- 
ical Survey.  Councillors:  A.  A.  Moyer,  Ira  Remsen, 
T.  M.  BrofWTi.  Secretary  A.  C.  Hale,  of  Brooklyn,  an- 
nounced that  the  Society  now  has  a  total  membership 
of  over  two  thousand. 

The  first  general  session  was  held  at  Houston  Hall 
Monday  morning,  the  Mayor  of  Pihliadelphia  welcoming 
the  visitors.  A  number  of  papers  on  various  chemical 
topics  were  read,  noteworthy  among  these  being  "The 
Action  of  Selenic  Acid  on  Gold."  E.  F.  Smith,  the  first 
instance  of  the  solution  of  gold  by  a  single  acid;  "The 
Presence  of  Arsenic  in  Poods  and  Tests,"  L.  F.  Kebler, 
and  "The  Sterlization  of  Water  by  Peroxide  of  Chlorine." 
At  this  meeting  resolutions  were  passed  petitioning 
Congress  to  make  the  use  of  the  metric  system  com- 
pulsory in  all  Government  departments  except  Public 
Land  Surveys.  Lunch  was  served  at  1  P.  M.,  the  Society 
being  the  guests  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  after 
which  vi-sits  were  mad'e  by  many  to  various  manufactur- 
ing establishments. 

During  the  evening  ,a  reception  was  held  at  the  Acorn 
Club,  the  members  of  the  local  section  and  their  Tvlves 
acting  as  a  reception  committee.  Tttie  address  of  the  re- 
tiring president.  Dr.  F.  W.  Clarke,  on  "The  Development 
of  Chemistry"  was  read  at  this  meeting,  a  very  able 
paper  reviewing  the  vast  strides  made  by  modern  chem- 
istry and  its  development  along  lines  of  classacal  re- 
search now  forming  its  very  basic  principles.  Alter  the 
reception  a  smoker  was  given  at  the  University  Club,  a 
function  that  drew  most  ot  the  visitors  and  which  was 
pronounced  a  huge  success. 

Tuesday,  the  second  general  meeting  was  held  at 
Houston  Hall  as  before.  A  vei-y  interesting  paper  was 
read  by  Dr.  C.  F.  Chandler  on  "The  Electro-Chemical 
Industries  at  Niagara  Falls,"  .samples  of  all  the  many 
Qiroducts  made  there  being  exhibited.  Some  new  theories 
on  instantaneous  chemical  reaction  and  electrolytic 
dissociation  were  presented  by  Louis  Kahlenberg,  and 
Prof.  H.  W.  ■^Viley  gave  a  remarkable  account  of  the 
effects  noted  by  the  Agricultural  Department  on  fne 
effect  of  environment  on  the  chemical  composition  of 
plants,  showing  that  plant  structures  could  be  profoundly 
modified  by  varying  environment.  A  numl>er  of  other 
papers  were  also  read,  the  total  number  presented  being 
thirty-seven.  Trips  to  various  places  of  interest  were 
made  after  lunch.  A  subscription  banquet  at  the  Bing- 
ham House  wound  up  the  meeting,  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful In  n.any  points  for  years. 

Several  of  the  Ideas  put  in  operation  by  the  local  sec- 
tion seem  to  toe  worthy  of  consideration  by'those  in  charge 
of  t'ne  ertertainment  of  the  visitors  to  the  coming  meet- 
ing of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  such  as  the  Issuing  of  programmes 
conlaining  full  Information  on  everj'  point,  a  "Guide  to 
Philadelphia"  of  much  value  to  visitors,  the  "smoker," 
the  providing  of  lunch  for  visitors,  etc..  etc.,  and  the 
Identification   of   every   member  by   a   numbered   badge. 


BUSINESS  QUIET  AND  SLOW. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  4.— Coming  just  after  the  Christmas 
rush,  the  week  has  seemed  very  dull  and  quiet  although 
there  has  been  a  fair  amount  of  biisiness  done,  both  in 
regular  sales  and  In  prescriptions.  This  latter  feature 
of  the  druggist's  trade  has  been  fairly  good,  the  usual 
after-^holiday  feeling  calling  for  more  or  less  dosing  to 
straighten  stomadis  and  livers.  Oolds  seem  to  be  pre- 
valent just  now  and  th«  demand  lor  cough  medicines  is 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1902. 


good.  Small-pox  is  at  last  reported  to  be  on  the  wane 
and  there  is  not  much  call  for  vaccine  compared  with  the 
earlier  weeks. 

There  is  little  doing  with  the  wlholesalers  and  manu- 
Xaoturors,  most  of  them  being  ibusy  "stock-taking"  and 
many  of  the  manufacturing  plants  are  closed  down  for 
a  few  days.  Jobbers  all  report  having  done  very  well 
during  the  month  past,  and  a  summary  of  the  year  will 
be  made  up  in  a  few  days.  The  market  for  drugs  and 
chemicals  is  steady,  the  only  notewortlhy  change  being 
In  the  general  advance  in  oils. 


Drug  Bowling  League  Scores. 

IPhiladelpihia,  Jan.  4.— Two  very  interesting  series  of 
games  were  rolled  last  Monday  night  at  the  League's 
alleys,  R.  Shoemaker  &  Oo.'s  team  taking  three  straight 
games  from  the  team  of  H.  K.  Wampole  &  Co.  and  Whlt- 
all  Tatum  Co.'s  team  doing  the  same  by  the  team  from 
the  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.  This  series  should  hiave  gone  to 
the  Mulford  team,  as  the  cliampions  were  away  off  from 
their  usual  style— too  much  Christmas  perhaps-^ut,  some- 
how the  magic  prestige  of  a  name  bluffed  the  H.  K.  M. 
boys  and  they  let  their  chance  go  glimmering  down 
among  the  "might-have-'beens."  The  next  games  are  to 
be  between  teams  of  the  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.  vs. 
H.  K.  AVampole  &  Co.,  and  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.  vs.  'Wand- 
erer.s.  Glackman  of  the  Wlhiitall  Tatum  Co.'s  team  made 
the  record  score  of  a  total  of  500  in  three  games.  Next 
Saturda-  Johnson  &  Johnson's  New  York  representatives' 
team  will  visit  Conshohocken  as  guests  of  Mr.  J.  EUwood 
Lee  and  roll  a  few  match  games  for  the  honor  of  bella- 
dionna  plasters. 


P.  C.  P.  NOTES. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  4.— The  regular  "Quarterly  Meet- 
ing" of  members  was  held  at  the  College  December  30. 
EutineS's  of  a  general  nature  was  transacted  and  the 
matter  of  providing  entertainment  for  the  Philadelphia 
Meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  was 
discussed  and  initial  provisions  made.  Committees  will 
soon  be  announced,   by  local  Secretary  W.   L.  Cliffe. 

The  January  "Pharmaceutical  Meeting"  is  announced 
for  Tiiesday,  January  21,  and  the  feature  of  the  meeting 
is  to  be  a  discussion  on  modern  drug  store  methods,  to 
which  a  number  of  prominent  local  pharmacists  have 
promised  their  participation.  The  full  programme  of  the 
meeting'  is:  "Ferments",  by  Benjamin  Pairchild,  New 
Tork;  "Filtration  of  Drinking  Water",  W.  G.  Toplis; 
"Seidlitz  Powders",  R.  H.  French.  "Discussion  of  Mod- 
em  Drufi    Store   Methods,"    general   exhibits,    etc. 


Telephone  Co.  Opens  for  Business. 

Piiiladclphia,  Jan.  4.— The  Keystone  Telephone  Co. 
opened  formally  for  business  on  New  Year's  day,  a  num- 
ber of  congratulatory  messages  being  sent  to  various 
officials  and  the  system  tested.  The  old  Commercial 
Exehange  building.  Second  and  Sansom  streets',  has  been 
fitted  up  as  headquarters.  While  only  a  limited  number 
of  subscribers  are  as  yet  connected,  the  company  is  mak- 
ing every  effort  to  provide  complete  service,  and  this 
is  promised  by  the  end  of  the  Month.  So  far,  the  Bell 
Co.  tias  made  no  move  In  opposition  and  there  has  been 
no  reduction  in  rates. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

The  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  has 

In  consideration  the  formation  of  a  "benefit  assooiation" 
lor  its  members,  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  a  sum 
equal  to  ,$1  for  each  memiber  on  death  and  in  case  of  no 
heirs  being  left,  burial  and  sick  expenses.  Altihougih  first 
Introduced  at  the  Annual  Meeting  Friday,  the  plan  is  be- 
ing widely  discussed  and  it  is  quite  possible  that  It  will 
be  adopted. 

Johnson     &    Jobnsion's    Pennsylvania    representatives 

have  just  returned  from  the  annual  banquet  and  "sym- 


posium" given  by  this  firm  to  Its  employees,  and,  as  all 
the  "boys"  are  wearing  a  smile  it  is  likely  that  they  toed 
the  scratdh  in  good  shape.  A  flattering  increase  In  salary 
is  said  to  have  been  given  all  the  Pennsylvania  men  lo 
appreciation  of  their  good  work  during  the  year. 

Druggists  are  cautioned  to  fight  shy  of  a  man  calling 

himself  "Mr.  Wambold"  and  who  is  tr>ing  to  sell  a 
"Wonder  Cleaner"  to  druggists  with  the  promise  to  work 
up  trade  in  the  neigthbonhood  and  send  in  orders  for  hla 
stuff.  After  making  a  sale  and  delivering  the  goods, 
the  fellow  is  seen  no  more.  Several  up-town  druggists 
have  been  victimized  by  him. 

Joseph  W.  England,  for  many  years  Chief  Apothecary 

at  the  Philadelphia  Hospital  and  more  lately  connected 
with  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.,  is  announcing  to  his  friends 
his  engagement  by  Smith.  Kline  &  Fremdh  Co.  to  assunae 
charge  of  the  scientific  interests  of  their  pharmaceutical 
laboratory  and  requests  their  submission  to  him  of  mat- 
ters of  piiuarmaceuitical  interests  for  investigation. 

^Owing  to  lack  of  room  and  conveniences,  WIckham's 

Pharmacy  has  been  moved  from  the  south-east  comer  of 
oSth  and  Market  streets  to  the  north-east  corner,  where 
the  finm  h.as  fitted  up  a  very  handsome  and  attradvs 
store. 

It   is   reported  that   new   drug  stores   w^ill   be  opened 

shortly  at  4th  and  Oxford  streets  and  at  36Uhi  and  Market 
streets,  tihe  nam'es  of  the  prospective  owners  as  yet  not 
being  given. 

^The    "Hygeia   Water   Company"    is   reported   to   have 

been  dissolved  and  the  processes  belonging  to  this  firm 
will  be  utilized  by  the  "American  Water  Company"  under 
the  direction  of  A.  Girard,   former  manager. 

^A  new  drug  store  has  been  opened  by  Dr.  "Van  Dyke 

at  the  corner  of  Church  and  Boynton  streets,  German- 
town,  a  location  hitherto  without  a  druggist. 

Mr.  Hill,  who  has  a  drug  store  at  24th  and  CallowhIU 

streets,  will  open  a  new  store  at  52nd  street  and  Girard 
avenue  in  the  near  future. 


Oxygen  Gas. 

Oxygen  Compound  compressed  in  cylinders  has  proven 
one  of  the  most  valuable  aids  to  the  imedical  profession; 
in  every  case  its  proper  administration  has  been  the 
means  of  prolonging  or  saving  life.  On  the  other  hand, 
many  lives  have  been  sacrificed,  where  the  employment 
of  such  treatment  was  rendered  impossible  by  existing 
circumstances.  The  old  saw  "Man  wants  but  little  here 
below,"  is  sometimes  qualified  by  "But  he  wants  that 
little  quick;"  and  especially  is  the  latter  statement  true 
in  cases  where  the  physician  desires  to  employ  Oxygen. 
He  usually  wants  it  at  once,  and  unless  he  gets  it  im- 
mediately he  cannot  obtain  the  best  results.  But,  "Bet- 
ter late  than  never."  The  physician  can  always  find  re- 
lief and  often  effect  a  cure  after  all  hope  has  been  aban- 
doned, by  the  employment  of  Oxygen  Compound.  It  fol- 
lows, therefore,  that  in  every  town  with  a  population  of 
albout  ten  thousand  (10,000)  inhabitants,  there  should  be 
one  first-class  druggist  willing  to  carry  in  stock  a  siup- 
ply  of  Oxygen  Compound.  One  cylinder  of  this  gas  may 
be  the  means  ot  saving  a  valuable  lire;  and  a  teles 
will  promptly  bring  a  fresh  supply.  Tliis  brings  up  the 
question  where  can  a  guaranteed  pure  Oxygen  Compound 
for  medical  purposes  be  obtained  on  short  notice. 

The  Walton  Oxygen  Works,  509  Fifth  avenue.  New 
York  city,  are  the  pioneers  in  this  line.  They  make  noth- 
ing but  Oxygen  Gas  for  the  use  of  the  medical  profes- 
sion, and  wish  to  assure  the  trade  that  all  orders  will 
be  filled  without  delay,  and  that  each  cylinder  supplied 
by  them  will  contain  pure  Oxygen  Compound;  they  man- 
ufacture nothing  else.  Each  cylinder  is  labeled  in  such 
a  manner  that  no  other  concern  can  otherwise  than 
willfully  charge  or  make  use  of  it.  They  want  every 
druggist  In  the  world  to  know  about  their  product,  and 
solicit   correspondence. 


A  careful  phamiaclst  Is  very  particular  about  the 
containers  he  uses  in  dtspensing.  There  is  no  better 
prescription  bottle  made  than  The  Charlerol  Oval. 


January  9,  1902. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


49 


BALTIMORE. 


MICHIGAN. 


WORKING  TO  SECURE  NEW  LAW. 

Baltimore,  Jan.  3.— The  reports  made  last  Saturday  at 
the  meeting  of  the  city  members  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association  as 
to  the  progress  of  the  agitation  to  secure  the  enactment 
of  a.  State  pharmacy  law  were  m/ost  encouraging.  As 
previously  announced,  the  committee  met  at  the  office  of 
Sharp  &.  Uohme,  Howard  and  Pratt  streets,  and  there  dis- 
cussed at  considerable  length  the  law  which  the  com- 
mitter -proposes  to  have  introduced  in  the  legislature.  A 
State  board  of  pharmacy  is  provided  for  and  the  proper 
penalties  are  provided  for  violations  of  the  statute.  A 
number  of  technical  points  in  the  proposed  law  were  con- 
sidered and  it  was  determined  not  to  take  final  action 
until  legal  advice  had  been  obtained.  When  these  doubt- 
ful points  are  cleared  up  the  committee  expects  to  hold 
another  meeting  and  gi\ie  the  bill  its  finishing  touches. 
The  semi-aiiTiual  meeting  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  when  the  whole  draft  will  be  laid  before  the 
membership  and  when  other  accumulated  business  will 
be  transacted,  is  to  taite  place  on  January  15  at  Anapo- 
lis. 


TRADE  QUIET  DURING  THE  HOLIDAYS. 

Baltimore,  Jan.  6.— As  was'  to  be  expected,  the  past 
week  developed  nothing  of  a  startling  nature  in  the  drug 
trade.  Business  ^\'"as  as  a  rule  rather  quiet,  the  various 
houses  being  engrossed  with  such  duties  as  stock  taking 
and  other  rratters  incidental  to  the  close  of  one  year  and 
the  beginning  of  another.  A  fair  amount  of  activity  pre- 
vailed, considering  the  season,  and  druggists  are  well  sat- 
isfied. The  market  for  botanicals  is  looking  up.  Such 
article's  as  lobelia,  both  leaves  and  seeds,  are  going  up 
in  consequence  of  the  discovery  that  a  shortage  in  the 
crop  exists,  and  botanicals  generally  may  be  expected 
to  rule  rather  high.  The  quantity  of  holiday  goods  sold 
by  retail  druggists  was  about  the  same  as  the  year  be- 
fore. None  of  the  druggists,  however,  experieTiced  an 
especially  large  run  on  such  articles.  The  movement 
of  heavy  chemicals  is  about  the  same  as  last  year  at  this 
time. 


NEW  COMPANY  INCORPORATED. 

Baltimore,  Jan.  4.— The  Davison  Chemical  Company 
has  been  incorporated  at  Towson,  Baltimore  county,  to 
carry  on  the  business  in  chemicals,  to  operate  steamships 
and  to  do  pretty  much  everything  else.  The  powers 
granted  to  the  corporation  are  remarkably  broad.  Calvin 
T.  Davison,  John  Luntz.  George  W.  Davison,  E.  W. 
Davison  and  John  H.  Wight  are  the  incorporators.  Cal- 
vin T.  Davison,  John  H,  Wight,  John  Luntz,  William  D. 
Wight  and  George  W.  Davison  are  named  as  directors  for 
the  first  year. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

The  pharmacy  of  Dr.   John   Entwisle,   at  Alexandria, 

Va.,   was  considerably  damaged  by  fire  which  broke  out 
in  the  building  at  noon  last  Saturday. 


A  New  Prescription  File. 

A  very  simple  little  Prescription  File  is  advertised  by 
the  Blix  File  Co.,  San  Francisco,  on  another  page.  The 
manufacturers  are  practical  retail  druggists,  and  they 
have  devised  a  file  which  is  not  only  inexpensive  but 
which  seems  to  toe  eminently  practical.  The  Pile  is  In- 
tended to  hold  900  prescriptions,  and  when  the  Pile  is  full 
the  prescriptions  are  taken  off  and  filed  away  in  a  box, 
and  the  file  is  then  ready  for  a  fresh  batch.  In  this 
way,  the  last  1,000  prescriptions  are  always  in  shape  to 
be  referred  to  instantly.  They  offer  the  money  back  It 
the  druggist  is  not  satisfied,  the  price  being  only  50c  each. 


A  SUCCESSFUL  YEAR. 

Detroit,  Jan.  4.— The  annual  inventory— the  hardest 
task  of  the  year— has  been  completed  and  business  is 
resuming  its  normal  condition.  A  canvass  of  the  jobbers 
and  manufacturing  institutions  reveals  the  fact  that  the 
past  year  has  been  a  most  successful  one  and  very  grati- 
fying from  a  financial  standpoint.  In  many  instances 
the  sales  for  1901  were  far  in  excess  of  previous  years. 
General  conditions  seem  to  indicate  that  the  year  1902 
win  show  returns  equal  if  not  in  excess  of  the  year  just 
past. 


MICHIGAN  NOTES. 

Wm.    Dupont,     the    Michigan    avenue    druggist,    was 

recently  robbed  of  forty  dollars  and  an  express  order 
for  six  dollars;  at  the  same  time  his  clerk  Harry  Hitch- 
cock disappeared.  A  few  days  later  Hitchcock  was  ar- 
rested in  Saginaw  for  the  theft  of  an  overcoat  and  will 
probably  have  to  answer  to  both  charges.  It  is  under- 
stood that  drink  was  responsitole  for  the  theft  in  both 
instances. 

The  following  representatives  of  Parke,   Davis  &  Co. 

were  in  the  city  the  past  week:  W.  T.  Espy,  New  Or- 
leans; C.  B.  Laurence,  Arkansas;  R.  B.  Melcher,  Ken- 
tucky; H.  T.  Nichols,  Michigan;  C.  W.  Turner,  Tennessee; 
N.  W.  Clark,  Minnesota;  M.  B.  Warner,  Indiana;  B. 
Cederholm,  Indiana;  Dr.  B.  T.  Whltmore,  New  York 
city. 

J.  M.   Sutton,   for  many  years  in  the  city  department 

of  the  Michigan  Drug  Co.,  Is  an  authority  on  bees  and 
often  delivers  lectures  on  the  subject,  which  are  illus- 
trated with  a  glass  bee-hive  filled  with  bees  at  work. 
The  bee,  its  peculiarities,  habits,  etc.,  receive  specific 
attention  and  the  talk  never  falls  to  be  Interesting  and 
instructive.     Mr.  Sutton  handles  the  bees  without  fear.' 

R.   McConnell  and  C.  H.   Bryan  for  some  time  in  the 

employ  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  have  severed  their  con- 
nection with  that  firm  and  Willard  Ohliger,  formerly  of 
the  experimental  department  of  the  same  company  has 
entered  the  employ  of  F.  Stearns  &  Co. 
. Geo.  H.  Nichols  of  Hancock,  has  recently  made  ex- 
tensive alterations  In  his  store  and  it  will  now  compare 
favorably  with  any  in  that  section  of  the  State.  A  space 
In  the  store  has  been  alloted  to  Edward  Waara,  a  Jeweler, 
who  will  open  soon. 

^^F.  M.  Odena,  general  representative  for  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.  has  been  confined  to  the  house  by  illness  since 
Christmas,  but  expects  to  return  to  his  duties  in  a  few 
days. 

Fred  E.   Dewey  has  engaged  In  the  drug  business  at 

Coloma  with  good  prospects  of  success.  He  has  fitted  up 
a  store  in  first  class  shape  and  filled  it  with  a  large  stock. 

L.     R.     Dronberger,     representing    the    Mallinckrodt 

Chemical  Works,  was  In  Detroit  the  past  week  on  one 
of  his   periodical   sales  trips. 

^Wm.   Michaels  of  Yale,   has  accepted  a  position  In  a 

drug  store  at  Standish. 


The  best  druggist  in  every  town  is  wanted  to  take 
the  agency  for  the  famous  Venetian  Chocolates  made  by 
the  Annen  Candy  &  Biscuit  Co.,  Green  Bay,  Wis.  See 
their  advertisement  on  the  Want  ad.  page  In  this  Issue. 


Appreciative  Druggists. 

Few  o£  the  department  stores  in  the  large  cities  con- 
duct their  business  on  the  same  principles  that  the  firm 
of  James  A.  Hearn  &  Son.  West  Fourteenth  street.  New 
York  does.  This  concern  advertises  the  fact  that  It  has 
no  drugs,  no  liquors  and  no  groceries,  but  It  has  every- 
thing In  dry  goods.  Every  druggist  knows  what  he  has 
to  compete  with  in  the  drug  departments  of  most  of  the 
large  stores  and  Hearn  &  Son  have  made  many  friends  In 
the  drug  trade  by  excluding  that  line.  There  are  thous- 
ands of  out-of-town  druggists  in  New  York  city  every 
year  and  most  of  them  do  more  or  less  buying  In  the 
dry  goods  line.  They  should  appreciate  the  fact  that 
Hearn  does  not  compete  with  the  drug  trade  and  make 
purchases  of  dry  goods  at  that  store.  It  has  been  said 
that  if  you  cannot  get  what  you  want  In  dry  goods  at 
Hearnd,  it  cannot  be  bought  In  New  York. 


50 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1903. 


CHICAGO. 


DRUGGED  TOBACCO. 

Chicago,  Jan.  4.— Memljers  of  the  Anti-Cigarette 
League  profess  to  have  discovered  why  certain  brands 
of  cigars  and  cigarettes  are  so  attractive  to  smokers. 
Miss  Liucy  Page  Gaston,  a  prominent  memtier  of  the 
League,  asserts  with  confidence  that  chemical  tests  have 
shown  that  these  cigars  and  cigarettes  are  doped  with 
cascarilla  'b.irk,  a  powerful  narcotic  whidh  grows  in  South 
America.     In  a  recent  interview.  Miss  Gaston  said: 

"This  hark  is  from  Brazil,  and  is  comparatively  cheap. 
It  can  be  used  not  only  to  dope  the  tobacco  but  to  act 
as  an  evener  of  grades,  a  sufficient  quantity  making  the 
cheapest  domestic  growth  as  attractive  as  the  best  Ha- 
vana. It  is  deadly  in  its  effects  and  has  a  bad  influence 
on  the  head  and  on  the  heart. 

"We  used  to  think  the  peculiar  odor  of  some  brands 
of  cigarettes  was  due  to  the  paper,  tout  that  is  not  so. 
That  theory  must  now  be  given  up.  It  is  due  to  cascarilla. 
We  have  experimented  with  it  and  find  that  it  is  the 
cause  of  the  drowsy  sensation  that  follows  too  much 
smoking. 

"Nicotine  nauseates,  cascarilla  dulls.  The  cigarette  of 
today  does  not  make  the  boy  sick,  as  in  the  days  gone 
Iby,  and  the  new  drug  is  responsible.  The  growth  among 
the  women  of  the  habit  is  its  worst  aspect,  and  I  do 
not  see  how  it  can  be  fought  unless  the  drugs  are  pro- 
hibited. 

"We  have  an  ordinance  covering  that,  and  we  -will 
try  to  enforce  it.  Whether  we  can  succeed  or  not  I  do 
not  know.  Legislation  is  the  only  method  of  remedy  we 
have,  and  legislation  we  will  try.  Once  we  can  prove 
that  cascarilla  is  used  in  a  brand,  we  can  stop  its  sale. 
We  have  many  formulas  in  the  office  and  all  contain  it. 
We  are  investigating  further,  and  when  the  results  are 
lormuliited  we  will  go  ahead.  I  notice  that  a  morning's 
report  has  it  that  the  president  of  the  Retail  Tobacco 
Association  is  interested  in  this  move.  That  is  not  so, 
we  are  investigating  ourselves." 


CUTTERS  SQUIRMING. 

Chicago,  Jan.  4.— The  following  item  from  (Springfield, 
clipped  from  a  morning  paper  of  recent  date,  has  stirred 
up   quite  a  little  interest   in  drug  circles   here: 

Springfield,  111.,  Dec.  29.— Attorney  General  Hamlin  is 
investigating  charges  of  discrimination  and  conspiracy 
alleged  against  the  Illinois  Wholesale  Druggists  Associa- 
tion and  State  PvCtail  Druggists'  Association  by  retail 
druggists  v/ho  are  not  members  of  the  State  organization. 

It  is  complaine'd  th^at  because  these  independent  drug- 
gists have  declined  to  join  the  general  orgamiSiation  and 
thus  enter  a  combination  to  maintain  an  established  price 
for  patent  medicines,  soaps  and  other  articles,  the  whole- 
sale druggists  of  the  State  have  refused  'bo  sell  them 
medicines. 

Complaint  to  the  Attorney  General  follows  an  effort 
on  the  part  of  the  organized  druggists  to  stop  the  sale 
of  patent  medicines  in  department  stores  and  to  make 
war  on  "cut  rate"  drug  stores.  The  retailers,  it  is 
claimed,  have  demanded  of  tihe  wholesalers  that  they 
make  no  sales  to  ithese  firms,  and  this  the  wiholesalers 
have  undertaken  to  do. 

An  effort  will  be  made  by  the  dndependents  to  prose- 
cute bothi  Kirganizations  under  the  anti^trusit  law,  which 
lirovides  severe  penalties  for  combinations  ito  maintain 
prices  of  articles  of  merchandise. 

Mr.  Wooten  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  declares  that  everyone 
desiring  information  about  the  above  matter  comes  to  tihe 
secretary's  office,  but  that  he  as  yet,  knows  absolutely 
nothing  of  any  contemplated  action  on  the  part  of  the 
Attorney-General.  A  gentleman  in  Springfield  has  been 
instructed  to  look  into  the  matter  and  report  upon  it 
as  soon  as  possible  to  Secretary  Wooten. 

In  view  of  the  experience  of  the  Attorney-General 
of  Missouri  a  few  years  ago  in  about  the  same  connection, 
Mr.  Hamlin  may  decide  that  he  will  not  take  up  the 
case. 


CHICAGO  BUSINESS  PICKING  UP. 

Chicago,  Jan.  4.— The  demand  since  Wednesday  has 
increased  somewhat  over  the  average  of  the  preceding 
week.  Today  the  Jobbers  were  busier  than  they  have  been 
on  any  day  since  the  holidays.  The  volume  of  business 
has  been  good,  being  nearly  all  of  the  mall  order  cl'ass. 


since  but  few  of  the  traveling  men  have  as  yet  returned 
to  their  stations. 

All  the  manufacturing  houses  have  a  good  business 
and  the  general  opinion  seems  to  prevail  that  business 
is  quite  as  good  a®  can  well  be  expected  at  this  time. 
There  has  been  some  falling  off  in  the  demand  for  cold 
cures,  owing  to  the  pleasant  weather. 


Governor  Appoints  Member  of  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Chicago,  Jan.  4.— Word  has  just  reached  this  city  that 
the  Governor  has  appointed  Matthias  C.  Metzger  of 
Cairo  a  member  of  the  Illinois  Board  of  Pharmacy,  to 
succeed  W.  C.  Simpson  of  Vienna,  whose  term  of  office 
expired  with  the  close  of  the  year.  Mr.  Metzger  is  well 
and  favorably  known  to  the  drug  trade  of  Illinois  and 
his  name  was  one  of  the  five  recommended  to  the  Gov- 
ernor for  appointment  on  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  by  the 
Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  annual  meet- 
ing held  at  Rock  Island  in  June  of  last  year. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

——All  the  traveling  representatives  attached  to  the 
Chicago  house  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Company  held  a  dinner 
at  the  Chicago  Athletic  Club  on  Friday  evening,  Decem- 
ber 27.  Fifteen  covers  were  laid  and  the  affair  was  in- 
formal, but  none  the  less  highly  enjoyable.  Dr.  Ezra 
R.  Lamed,  representing'  the  scientific  department  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Company,  made  the  principal  speech  of 
the  evening.  Messrs.  J.  E.  Dartlett  and  "W.  D.  Rolles 
of  the  Chicago  house  "participated  in  the  festivities. 
N.  Gray  Bartlett,  the  well  known  chemist  and  phar- 
macist at  Twenty-second  street  and  Indiana  avenue,  suf- 
fered a  painful  accident  lecently.  While  mixing  some 
flashlight  powder  it  exploded,  severely  burning  one  of  his 
hands  and  leaving  burns  on  other  parts  of  his  body.  He 
will   be   around   again   soon. 

^C.  H.  Krieger  has  been  appointed  buyer  for  Morrisson, 

Plumimer  &  Company,  Mr.  Jacobs  returning  to  his  old 
position  as  foreman  of  the  stockroom.  Mr.  Krieger  hails 
from  Columbus,  Ohio.,  where  until  recently  he  was  con- 
nected with  the  Kauffman-Latimer  Drug  Company. 

The  Dr.  Auld  Medical  Company  of  Chicago  has  been 

incorporated  to  manufacture  and  deal  in  drugs  and  medi- 
cines. The  capital  stock  is  $10,000,  and  the  incorporators 
are  Isadore  Lasker,   J.   C.   Wilson  and  William   Slack. 

The    stock    and    fixtures    in    the    store    of    Judson    S. 

Jacobus,  Forty-third  street  and  Greenwood  avenue,  will 
be  sold  at  auction  next  week.  Mr.  Jacobus  recently  made 
an  a.'^signmient. 

The  Fuller  &  Fuller  Company  bowling  team  Is  now  a 

member  of  the  Chicago  Drug  Trade  Bowling  League, 
taking  the  place  of  the  A.  M.  Foster  &  Coimpany  team, 
which   dropped   out. 

J.  B.  Gordon,  who  represents  Lazell,  Dalley  &  Com- 
pany in  Michigan  and  Indiana,  was  married  some  -weeks 
ago  to  an  Indianapolis  young  lady.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Gordon 
will  reside  in  Detroit. 

The  firm  of  E.   M.   Johnson  &  Company  at   Knlghts- 

town.    Ind.,    has   dissolved.    E.    M.    .Johnson  succeeding, 

The  drug  store  of  V.  C.  Hanawatt  at  Logansport,  Ind., 

was  sold  la5t  week  at  sheriff's  sale. 

-.: — The  drug  firm  of  Keller  &  Hoover  of  Taylorville,  111., 

has  dissolved  partnership. 

A.   Shutan  has  succeeded  A.   Aisenstadt  at  395  South 

Halsted   street. 

- — ^G.   W.  Alford  of  Tipton,   Ind.,   has  sold  out. 


To   Assist   Drug   Clerks. 

The  American  Correspondence  University,  No.  156 
Fifth  avenue.  New  York,  of  which  Mr.  Charles  W.  Par- 
sons, Ph.  C,  Is  the  president,  makes  an  announcement  In 
this  weeks'  Era.  It  offers  to  assist  the  drug  clerk  or 
prospective  pharmacist  and  to  enable  him  to  pass  the 
examination  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  course  given 
toy  the  Univer.sity  is  said  to  cover  a  wide  range  of  topics 
in  systematic  and  thorough  shape  at  small  expense.  Stu- 
dents can  commence  at  any  time  and  should  complete 
the  work  within  a  year  or  less.  Full  Information  and 
sample  sheets  of  lectures  are  sent  upon  request. 


January  9,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


51 


THE   NORTHWEST. 


hack;  B.  A.  Tozer  &  Co.,  Baldwin,  la.,  by  W.  H.  LitUe- 
fieW. 

S.    K.    Krohn    is    leaving    the    employ    of    Skartum    & 

Mannerud.  .St.  Paul,  and  going  into  the  drug  business  on 
his  own  account. 

'Moline    &    Skukkerud.    I,anesboro,    Minn.,    have    dis- 
solved.   The  name  of  the  Junior  partner  remains  intact. 

W.  Masters  &  Co.,  Willow  City,  N.  D.,  have  sold,  thedr 

branch  at  Omemee. 

Albert    Geyler.    Grand    Island,    Neb.,    has    been    dis- 
charged m  baniiruptcy. 

A.   Anderson   was   down   from   Little   Palls,   Minn,,  on 

a  brief  visit  New  Year's  day. 

W.  J.  Shrader,  Omaha,  Neb.,  suffered  a  small  lire  loss 

this  week. 

Koontz    &    Steaner,    Humboldt,    la.,    were    burned   out 

t'his    week. 

Louis  Hargenrattier  is  at  Lakota,  N.  D.,  enjoying  the 

balmy    breezes. 

W.  M.  Desmond,  Clinton,  la.,  has  given  a  bill  of  sale. 

The   Everest  Drug  Co.,   Gaston,   Ore.,   will  sell. 

Koeford   &  Aune  have   started   at  Souris,    N.   D. 


DANIEL  ROGERS  NOYES. 

Mr.  'Xoyes  is  a  member  of  Noyes  Bros.  &  Cutler,  of 
St.  Paul,  one  of  the  two  or  three  largest  wiiolesale  drug 
houses  in  the  United  States.  He  was  born  at  Lyme, 
Conn.,  Nov.  10.  lSo6.  He  s.erved  in  the  Union  army  in  the 
Oivil  war,  having  been  a  banker  in  New  York  City 
from  lSu4  to  1861.  After  traveling  at  home  and  abroad 
several  years,  he  went  to  St.  Paul  an  186S.  and  besides  es- 
tablishing the  house  with  which  he  i.s  still  connected,  has 
been  engaged  in  banking  and  manufacturing  and  been 
prominently  identified  with  charitable,  religious  and 
other  societies.  Mr.  No.ves  served  one  term  as  president 
of   the   National   Wholesale   Druggists   Association. 


BESIEGED  THE  WRONG  STORE. 

St.  Paul,  Minn..  Jan.  3.— T.  K.  Gray's  drug  store  on 
icridge  Square,  Minneapolis,  has  lately  had  many  bottle- 
beiaring  callers  who  have  come  asking  for  refunds  on 
certain  medicines  sold  by  peddlers  on  guarantees.  The 
peddlers,  it  is  said,  have  sold  medicine  marked  $1  per  bot- 
tle at  35  cents,  assuring  sufferers  from  wrecked  nervous 
systems  dtiat  if  the  medicine  does  not  do  all  that  is 
promised,  the  purchasers  may  recover  their  money.  The 
bottles  bear  the  name  of  a  medicine  company  whose  title 
ij  similar  to  Mr.  Gray's  name,  and  purchasers  have  been 
calling  at  the  store  of  T.  K.  Gray.  The  medicine  is  not 
put  up  by  this  store  and  nothing  is  known  of  it  there. 


TRADE  LETS  UP. 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Jan.  3.— The  week's  business  In  the 
wholesale  drug  trade  was  somewhat  lighter  than  two 
or  three  weeks  previous,  due  to  the  holidays  and  the  at- 
tention retailers  were  required  to  give  to  their  home 
trade.  The  sales  for  December  were  the  largest  ever 
known  in  the  trade  in  this  city.  Not  many  changes  In 
values  are  occurring  and  prices  generally  are  quite 
steady   and   firm. 


NORTHWEST  NOTES. 

.\  meeting  of  the  democratic  precinct  chairmen  of  the 

Sixth  ward  of  St.  Paul  was  held  the  other  night  in  a 
drug  store.  The  party  is  split  and  the  newspaper  organ 
of  "de  other  gang"  contemptuously  referred  to  the  gentle- 
men holding  the  meeting  as  the  "drug  store  trinity." 
— -Successions:  B.  G.  Odiorne,  Perry,  la.,  by  O'Malley 
■i:  Franks;  E.  L.  Dickey,  Spencer,  la.,  by  Dickey  &  Wise; 
A.  KaJbfleiach  &  Co.,  Omemee,  N.  D.,  by  Kallbfleisch  & 
Miller;  Emil  SchOen,  Platte  Center,  Neb.,  by  P.  L.  Bent- 


The  Problem  of  Lighting  Stores. 
The  matter  of  lighting  the  store  always  demands  the 
druggists'  careful  attention.  Other 
things  being  equal,  a  well-lighted  store 
always  attracts  more  attention  than 
one  poorly  lighted.  It  is,  therefore, 
important  that  a  good  light  be  used. 
The  problem  of  how  to  obtain  the  best 
li,?ht  at  the  lowest  possible  expense  is 
worthy  of  considerable  study.  One  of 
the  most  modern  methods  of  store, 
house  and  street  lighting  is  by  means 
of  what  are  ordinarily  known  as  "in- 
candescent gasoline  lamps."  Apparent- 
ly the  gasoline  lamp  has  come  to  stay, 
and  thousands  of  dealers  testify  that 
these  lamps  give  the  most  satisfactory 
artinciai  ligiht  known.  In  fact,  these 
lights  appear  to  have  become  a  public 
necessity,  and  are  now  used  in  every 
town  and  city  throughout  this  country.  The  gasoline 
lamp  industry  has  grown  to  such  proportions  that  today 
large  factories  are  in  existence,  invol\-ing  millions  of 
dollars  of  capital,  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  these 
lamps.  Among  the  most  reliable  and  most  popular  gaso- 
line lamps  are  the  Brilliant  and  Halo  Gasoline  Self  Mak- 
ing Gas  Lamps,  of  which  over  100,000  have  been  in  daily 
use  for  the  last  four  years.  In  fact,  they  are  stated  to 
be  in  use  in  nearly  every  county  in  the  United  States 
and  to  be  the  only  g'asoiine  lamps  which  have  stood  the 
test  of  four  year's  service,  doing  all  that  is  claimed  for 
them,  and  always  giving  satisfaction.  It  is  claimed  that 
the  Brilliant  or  Halo  lamps  give  a  better  light  than  elec- 
tricity, gas  or  kerosene  at  about  one-tenth  the  cost.  The 
average  cost  of  running  a  Brilliant  lamp  is  aJbout  20 
cents  a  month,  as  a  gallon  of  gasoline,  costing  alxiut  10 
cents,  will  last  from  70  to  80  hours.  These  lamps  not 
only  produce  the  most  satisfactory  light  for  the  store, 
but  they  may  be  sold  as  a  side  line  by  those  druggists 
who  wish  to  do  so.  The  manufacturers  make  the  lamps 
in  all  styles  adapted  for  use  in  the  store,  house,,  church, 
factory  or  street.  All  druggists  who  are  at  all  dissatis- 
fied with  their  present  system  of  lighting,  or  who  desire 
to  add  a  very  profitable  side  line,  should  write  for  com- 
plete information  regarding  these  lights  to  Brilliant  Gas 
Lamp  Co.,  42  State  St.,  Chicago,  111.  See  their  advertise- 
ment in  this  issue,  and  when  writing  mention  the  Era. 


Little  packag-es  of  ready-mixed  paint,  enamel,  stains, 
etc.,  neatly  put  up  and  easily  sold,  are  Luoas-  Homo 
Helps.  To  many  dealers  the  -word  Paint  signifies  dirt 
and  grease  around  the  store.  These  packages  can  even 
be  handed  out  unwrapped  to  a  kid-gloved  customer 
without  any  danger  ot  soiling.  They  are  cleanly,  dlgni- 
tled,   effective,   and  they  pay  a  good  profit. 


52 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1902. 


ST.  LOUIS. 


ST.  LOUIS  DRUG  CLERKS'  SOCIETY  ELECT  OFFI- 
CERS. 

St.  Louis,  Jan.  3.— The  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the 
6t.  Louis  Drug  Clerks'  Society  was  held  last  week  at 
•Bowman's  Hall.  The  following  new  members  were 
elected:  C.  G.  Miller,  Theo.  Engelskind,  George  B.  PoUi- 
ham,  A.  F.  Klusmeier,  G.  C.  Kurzdorfer,  G.  Noves,  J.  P. 
Slinger,  J.  J.  Mueller,  D.  P.  Wright.  A  vote  of  thanks 
was  tendered  to  Mr  Wright  for  his  work  in  securing 
the  new  members.  The  entertainment  committee  re- 
ported that  the  hall  in  the  Louisiana  Building,  was  one  of 
the  most  successful  events  ever  given  by  the  society, 
and  that  the  members  were  now  making  arrangements 
for  the  annual  banquet  to  tie  held  some  time  during 
January.  The  following  officers  were  elected:  Presi- 
dent, A.  F.  KaufEman;  first  vice-president,  D.  P.  "Wright; 
second  vice-president,  F.  A.  Christopher,  secretary,  N.  J. 
Pippert,  treasurer,  B.  C.  Huger.  Executive  Board:  F.  W. 
Grabenschroer,  Theo.  Runge,  J.  P.  Muehling.  Enter- 
tainment Committee:  C.  Mueller,  G.  C.  Kurzdorfer,  Theo. 
Engelskind,  John  P.  Slinger,  E.  Neimueller.  Chief  Em- 
ployment Bureau:   Charles  Witt. 


BOWLING  LEAGUE  AVERAGES. 

St.  Louis,  Jan.  4.— The  Druggists'  Cocked  Hat  League 
has  finished  up  its  first  series  of  seventy-five  games,  the 
numiibcr  of  games  each  team  has  won  toeing  as  follows: 
The  Searle  &  Hereth  Co.  42,  Moffitt,  West  Drug  Oo.  39. 
J.  S.  Merrill  Drug  Co.  38,  Mound  City  "Paints"  36,  Herf 
&  Frerichs  Chemical  Co.  36,  Meyer  Eros  Drug  Co.  34. 
The  standing  of  individual  members  follows:  Neu  49.18, 
Enderle  48.75,  David  47.92,  Kunz  47.83.  Brenner  47.44, 
Hetbig  47.30,  Aszman  46.37,  Reisse  45.88,  Kahre  45.64, 
Decker  45.21,  Bruen  45.12,  Biltz  45.04,  Schneider  44.80, 
Woehrlin  44.70,  Pauge  44.65,  Wetzel  44.44,  Klippel  44.28, 
Temm  44.27,  Nieman  43.98,  Schall  43.58,  Hocken  43.50, 
Nies  4,1.(11,  Hobbs  42.23,  Delkeskamp  41.72,  Nay  41.10, 
Habegger  40.41,  Graham  40.01,  Zahn  39.83,  Davenport 
39.31,  Ernst  38.65. 


Alumni  Association  Will  Give   Entertainment. 

St.  Louis,  Jan.  4.— Preparations  are  being  rapidly 
pushed  lor  the  entertainment  and  hop  to  be  given  by 
the  Alumni  Association  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Phar- 
macy at  Liederkranz  Hall  on  the  night  of  Feb.  6.  Wm. 
H.  Lament  has  charge  of  the  programme  which  will  in- 
clude a  farce  presented  by  members  of  the  association 
under  the  name  of  "Dr.  Blowers  Sanitarium."  The  fol- 
lowing individuals  who  are  more  or  less  identified  with 
the  local  drug  trade,  will  take  part;  Theo.  F.  Hagenow, 
L.  A.  Seitz,  Paul  Schneider,  A.  V.  IMarquardt,  E.  H. 
Voepel,  Chas.  Wagner,  Harry  Konetszky,  Wm.  J.  Pfeffer, 
Ed.  Stenzel,  Ed.  Zanglin,  Miss  Anna  Heinriclis,  Miss 
Genoviove  \'allance.  Miss  Emma  Tythe,  Miss  Edith  Klein, 
and  Miss  Murphy. 


ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

R.  S.  Vitt  has  resigned  the  office  of  president  of  the 

St.  Louis  Retail  Druggist'  Association.  Mr.  Vitt  is  pro- 
prietor of  one  of  the  leading  drug  stores  of  south  St. 
Louis.  He  is  also  studying  medicine  and  has  found  his 
time  so  completely  occupied  that  he  realized  he  could 
not  do  Justice  to  the  office  he  held  and  so  urged  the 
members  to  select  someone  who  had  the  time  to  spare 
for  such  work.  He  has  been  one  of  the  hardest  workers 
In  the  association  for  some  time,  and  the  members  all 
regret  very  much  that  he  has  found  it  necessary  to  re- 
sign the  presidency. 

J.   A.   Davenport,   manager   for  Judge   &  Dolph,   says 

his  firm  is  highly  pleased  with  its  success  in  handling  a 
large  line  of  holiday  goods.  The  sale  of  these  goods  by 
druggists  is  a  venture  which  no  one  In  the  down  town 
trade  has  undertaken  for  many  years,  but  he  .believes 
the  custom  will  now  be  revived  again.  Judge  &  Dolph 
expect  to  move  into  their  new  building  on  Olive  street,  by 
the  middle  of  February. 


The   Meyer  Bros.   Drug  Co.   closed  all  day  Saturday, 

Dec.  28  to  take  stock.  The  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Co.  were 
closed  on  Tuesday  afternoon  Dec.  30  for  the  same  pur- 
pose and  The  Motfitt-West  Drug  Co.  took  stock  after 
closing  time  during  the  week.  All  three  firms  express 
much  gratification  over  the  past  year  and  the  prospects 
for  the  future. 

Clay  Johnson,  the  popular  traveling  salesman  for  the 

Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.  is  in  the  hospital  where  he  Is  be- 
ing treated  for  a  gunshot  wound  received  New  Year's 
eve.  He  was  struck  by  a  stray  bullet  while  on  his  way 
to  Union  Station. 

Chas.  Milne,  for  many  years  one  of  the  leading  local 

drug  clerks,  and  during  the  past  few  months  connected 
with  the  local  office  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  has  forsaken  the 
drug  business,  and  is  now  connected  with  a  local  photo- 
graphic dry  plate  concern. 

H.   Boardman,   in  charge  of  the  paint  department   of 

the  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.  is  back  at  his  desk  after  a 
six  weeks  vacation  spent  in  California.  He  says  he  has 
no  desire  to  live  there. 

• Fre;d.   fc'ultan,   chief  clerk  for  Dr.  Frelingsdorf,  2000  S. 

Broadway,  was  called  home  on  New  Year's  day  by  the 
sudden  death  of  his  brother,  who  was  accidently  killed 
while  hunting  near  Moberly,  Mo. 

J.  S.  Lithicum.  has  been  spending  a  week  in  this  city 

looking  after  the  interests  of  the  Bromo-Seltzer  people 
and  arranging  to  again  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Mis- 
souri Pliarmaceutical  Association. 

The  local  jobbers  were  all  very  sorry  to  learn  of  the 

death  of  their  old  friend  William  Townley  Case.  He 
made  a  host  of  friends  in  this  city  while  looking  after 
the  interests  of  Boehringer  &  Soehne. 

A.    V.    Marquardt,    a    leading    local    drug   clerk,    has 

resigned  his  position  with  J.  H.  Weipert  in  the  Century 
Building  and  is  now  chief  clerk  for  RusSel  Rlley,  14th 
and  Olive  streets. 

Chas.   Hahn,   proprietor   of   two   large   west  end   drug 

stores  kept  ''open  house"  New  Year's  eve,  and  presented 
each  'ont  of  his  clerks  with  an  elegant  umbrella  and 
necktie. 

L.  G.  Simmons  who  for  many  years  represented  Sea- 
bury  &  Johnson,  and  well-known  throughout  Missouri, 
has  accepted  a  position  with  the  .Sjtna  Life  Insurance 
Co. 

Fred.    Koch   who   has    been    representing   Johnson    & 

Johnson  in  Germany  for  the  past  year,  will  look  after 
that  firm's  Interests  in  Missouri  during  the  coming  year. 

John  Goldsmith,  formerly  with  the  local  office  of  the 

Searle  &  Hereth  Co.,  is  now  representing  Nelson,  Baker 
&  Co.   of  Detroit  in  this  city. 

Wm.    J.    Pfeffer,    druggist    at   Thirteenth   street    and 

Geyer  avenue,  was  severly  burned  a  few  days  ago  while 
liquefying  a  five  pound  can  of  carbolic  acid. 

Ed.   R.   Drace,  formerly  proprietor   of  the  drug  store 

at  ''VOO  Chestnut  streets,  has  accepted  a  position  as  chief 
clerk  for  Wm.  Huke  of  Kansas  City,  Mo. 

Ed.    Sasse,     druggist    at    Compton    and    Shenandoah 

avenues,  is  rejoicing  over  the  arrival  of  a  son  and  heir 
in  his  household  on  New  Year's  day. 

B.   A.    Medler,    proprietor   of  two   thriving   north   end 

drug  stores  presented  each  one  of  his  clerks  with  a  five 
dollar  gold  piece  as  Xmas  present. 

Samuel   Livingston,    a   veteran   St.    Louis   drug   clerk, 

has  hung  up  his  apron,  and  will  In  future  represent 
Merck  &  Co.  in  this  city. 

J.  A.  Kleinschmidt  of  Higginsvllle,  Mo.,  has  been  em- 

ployfii  .as  chief  clerk  by  H.  F.  A.  'Spllker,  1890  Chouteau 
avenue,   this  city. 

G.  B.  Selff,  in  charge  of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.'s  Kansas  City 

office,  spent  the  greater  part  of  the  Xmas  holidays  In 
St  Louis. 

. Mairs  &  Saeppard  have  moved  their  store  down  from 

Browning,  Mo.,  and  are  now  located  at  1212  Olive  street, 

this  city. 

—The  Beacon  Pharmacy  at  Eighteenth  street  and  Geyer 

avenue    has    been    closed    up   and    ..le   stock   placed   In 

storage. 

The  Retail  Druggists'  Jaturday  Night  Club  will  hold 

a  meeting  next  Saturday  night  to  elect  officers. 


January  9,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


J.   S.  Hunter  has  sold  out  his  interest  in  the  Arm  of 

J.  M.  Baggot  &  Co.  of  New  Franklin,  Mo. 

John  Walter  Miller,   representing  the  Maltine   Co.    ol 

New  York  city,  is  in  the  city. 

E.  A.  Bernius,  druggist  at  5436  Easton  avenue,  spent 

the  holidays  in  Chicago. 


NEW   ORLEANS. 


WILLIAM  S.  MERRILL  CHEMICAL  CO.  LOSES  SUIT. 

New  Orleans.  Jan.  4,— In  a  suit  on  a  contract  L.  N. 
Brunswig  &  Co.,  the  prominent  local  wholesale  drug  con- 
cern, was  recently  awarded  judgment  in  the  sum  of 
$6,795.26.  The  suit  was  brought  against  the  William  S. 
Merrill  Chemical  Co.  of  Cincinnati.  The  contract  which 
the  suit  sought  to  enforce  was  an  agreement  whereby 
the  Brunswig  company  was  to  receive  from  the  Cincin- 
nati firm  an  assorted  stock  of  pharmaceutical  g'oods  in 
amount  not  less  than  $10,000  value  per  annum,  the  con- 
tract to  run  for  three  years.  During  the  term  of  the 
contract  the  Brunswig  Co.  paid  to  the  defendant  com- 
pany a  net  sum  of  $24,122.32.  The  agreement  was  not 
satisfactory  and  by  mutual  agreement  it  was  cancelled 
March  1,  1900.  Subsequently  it  was  verbally  agreed  that 
the  goods  received  from  the  Cincinnati  firm,  not  paid 
for,  and  unsold,  should  be  exchanged  from  time  to  time. 
It  was  then  represented  that  the  Brunswig  company  had 
on  hand  unsold,  and  unsalable  g-oods  to  the  value  of 
§6.795  26.  About  a  year  ago  a  tender  of  some  of  these 
goods  was  made  for  exchange  but  the  exchange  was  re- 
fused by  the  Cincinnati  firm.  The  ruling  was  to  compel 
this  exchange,  and  the  judgment  in  giving  a  verdict  for 
the  amount  sued  for  sustains  the  plea  of  the  local  firm. 


N.  Y.  C.  P.  GRADUATES  OF  CENTRAL  NEW 
YORK. 

Annual  Dinner  In  Utica.  Organize  Permanent  Associa- 
tion. 

The  second  annual  reunion  dinner  of  the  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy  boys  hailing  from  central  New 
York,  was  held  at  Bagg's  Hotel,  Utica,  on  Thursday, 
December  26.  About  forty  of  the  alumni,  students  and 
friends  of  the  college  attended  and  joined  in  the  merry- 
making. The  usual  number  of  speeches,  stories  and 
songs  were  heard  and  the  affair  was  a  decided  success. 

Dr.  H.  B.  Ferguson  of  Little  Falls  was  toastmaster 
and  toasts  were  responded  to  as  follows:  "The  Fresi- 
<Jency,"  Arthur  S.  Evans,  '97,  of  Utica;  "The  Secretary- 
ship." Frank  N.  Rutherford.  '97.  of  Utica;  "A  Post-Grad- 
•uatos  Hardship,"  Dr.  Gordon  L.  Hager,  '97,  of  Rome; 
■"I  Wished  I  Was  One."  EMward  F.  Greene.  Utica;  "I 
"Will  Be  One,"  Emil  Hansman,  Utica;  "What  it  is  to 
Be  a  Good  Representative."  F.  J.  Dwyer,  Utica;  "I  Am 
One."  J.  H.  Howarth.  '03,  Utica;  "I  Am  to  Be  One," 
W^illiam  J.  McGurty,  Little  Falls;  "What  We  Will  Be," 
J.  R.  Vickers.  Utica;  "I  Won't  Be  a  Dead  One,"  Bert 
Ambrose,   Utica. 

Among  those  present  besides  the  above  speakers  were: 
TVilliam  Watson,  Jr.,  president  of  the  Utica  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Association:  William  F.  Coxson  and  Arthur  J. 
Bauer  of  Blaikie's;  Harry  J.  Broughton,  H.  E.  Richards, 
W.  M.  Pritchard,  of  Rome;  G.  A.  Walsh,  of  Little  Falls; 
Willard  H.  Roberts,  Jay  R.  Vickers,  R.  W.  Johnson, 
William  Brown.  E.  C.  Ecyke,  F.  W.  Preston,  H.  Preston 
E.  F.  Green.  M.  J.  Slavin,  Emll  C.  Hansman,  H.  D. 
Staphenbeck.  of  Utica 

A  j>ermanent  organization  was  formed  to  be  called 
"The  Central  New  Y'ork  Alumni  Association  of  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy."  The  officers  of  the  Associ- 
ation are:  President.  Dr.  Gordon  L.  Hager,  of  Rome; 
Secretarj',  Bert  Ambrose,  of  Utica;  Sergeant-at-arms. 
Edward  J.  Martin.  Utica,  and  Treasurer,  William  J. 
McGurty,  Little  Falls. 


THE  SOUTH. 


BAD  WEATHER  RESPONSIBLE  FOR  TRADE  CON- 
DITIONS. 
Memphis,  Jan.  4.— The  bad  weather  that  continued  up 
to  within  two  days  of  Christmas  was  responsible  for  a 
falling  off  in  the  holiday  trade  as  compared  with  last 
yi?ar.  The  retailers,  however,  made  up  for  lost  time 
in  the  two  nice  days  allowed  them  and  so  good  was  busi- 
ness in  this  limited  time  that  had  the  weather  permitted 
the  people  to  get  out,  the  showing  would  have  been  far 
ahead  of  the  holiday  trade  for  several  years  past.  The 
wholesale  houses  have  had  an  unusually  large  trade  in 
liquors,   the  jug  business  being  very  heavy. 


SOUTHERN  NOTES.  ) 

Alexander  Duddy,  representing  a  patent  medicine  con'< 

cern  of  Dubuque,  Iowa,  played  a  performance  of  Loch- 
invar  recently.  He  was  assisted  by  Miss  Katie  McCleod, 
a  charming  young  lady  of  Water  Valley,  Miss.,  whose 
father  declined  to  have  Duddy  for  a  son-in-law.  The 
couple  were  determined  to  get  in  the  harness,  however, 
and  ran  away  to  Grenada  where  they  were  accomodated. 
The  bride's  father  gave  chase  but  was  too  slow,  and  when 
he  got  there  the  work  was  done. 

J.   T.   Crow,    for  a  long  time  with  J.   S.   Robinson   of 

this  city,  but  now  the  proprietor  of  a  handsoane  drug 
store  at  Arkadelphia,  Ark.,  spent  the  holidays  here  as  the 
guest  of  his  wife's  relatives.  He  speaks  in  the  highest 
terms  of  the  business  in  that  part  of  the  State  and  says 
that  he  has  certainly  had  a  goodly  share  of  prosperity. 

■ ^Richard  Taylor  has  bought  a  half  interest  In  the  drug 

store  operated  by  Leatherwoqd  &  Frltts,  Tuscaloosa, 
Georgia.  Mr.  Taylor  has  been  with  the  Bingham  Drug  Co. 
for  several  years.  The  style  of  the  new  firm  will  be 
the  Taylor  Drug  Co. 

Sold  out:  C.  E.  Hines,  Water  Valley, , Miss. ;  Ash,  Mar- 
tin &  Co.,  Springville,  Ala.;  H.  C.  Johnson,  Van  Buren, 
Ark. ;  J.  D.  Fulton,  Canadian,  I.  T. ;  Mrs.  Rose  Burk,  Jen- 
nings,  La. 

^R.  C.  Gibson,  a  well  known  druggist  of  West  Point, 

Miss.,    died   Dec.   28.    He   was   a  druggist   and   Mason  of 
high  standing,  and  was  buried  with  Masonic  honors. 
-^Fire  destroyed  the  Stewart  Drug  Co.'s  store  at  Lex- 
ington,  Miss.,   Dec.  27.   The  stock  and  fixtures  were  in- 
sured for  $2,000. 

It  is  reported  that  a  fire  at  Hattiesburg,  Miss.,  recently 

practically  wiped  out  of  existence  every  drug  store  in  the 
town. 

Richard  Moews,  until  recently  with  W.  C.  Pryor,  has 

accepted  a  position  with  Gieselmann  &  Sommers,  Mem- 
phis,  Tenn. 

^Mrs.  Marvin  Burrow  "and  little  son,  Marvin,  Jr.,  have 

gone  to  Milan,  Tenn.,  to  visit  the  father  of  Mr.  Burrow. 

L.  Cohen,  formerly  with  Sid.  Besthoff,  is  now  with  E. 

Monnier,  Memphis. 

The  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  meet  in  this  city 

January  23. 

The   drug   store   of   Dr.    Ritchie,    Newton,    I.   T.,    was 

burned  recently. 

^C.  M.  Robinson,  Bentonville,  Ark.,  has  been  succeeded 

by  J.   J.   Tucker. 

J.  T.  Ashford,   Ripley,  Tenn.,  was  burned  out 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

XEW  TORK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


64 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  9,  1903, 


PROF.  C.  M.  ROBINSON. 

Prof.  C.  M.  Robinson  Is  the  inventor  of  the  Robinson 
Thermal  Bath  Cabinet,  which  is  made  in  Toledo,  Ohio. 
A  representative  of  the  Era  called  at  the  factory  of  the 
Robinson  Thermal  Bath  Co.  a  few  weeks  ago,  and  was 
surprised  to  find  that  such  a  large  number  of  cabinets 
were  being  sold  to  the  pu'bllc  through  druggists.  During 
the  past  year  15,000  to  16,000  cabinets  have  been  sold 
through  druggists  alone,  the  average  country  drug  store 
selling  about  8  to  10  cabinets  a  month  during  the  Winter 
season.  Though  we  knew  a  great  many  druggists  had 
taken  advantage  of  the  popular  demand  for  this  article 
to  put  same  in  stock,  we  did  not  spppose  that  so  large 
a  proportion  of  the  trade  had  done  so.  But  why  should 
not  druggists  handle  them?  They  belong  as  legitimately 
to  a  drug  stock  as  syringes,  atomizers,  trusses,  or  any 
other  health  or  surgical  appliancf.  Physicians  are  pres- 
cribing them  in  cases  of  rheumatism,  neuralgia,  colds, 
lagrippe,,  etc.,  and  they  are  advertised  in  all  the  lead- 
ing newspapers  and  magazines  in  the  country,  thus 
creating  a  larger  demand  every  year  for  this  article. 
A  druggist  not  only  makes  a  good  profit  on  the  sale  of 
the  cabinet,  but  also  creates  a  large  demand  lor  alcohol 
and  other  medications  that  are  used  in  connection  with 
it.  It  goes  without  saying,  that  druggists  ought  to  sup- 
ply the  great  demand,  which  lias  thus  been  made  for 
bath  cabinets,  and  those  who  do  not  try  to  get  their 
part  of  this  trade  are  missing  a  chance  to  add  consider- 
able to  their  profits,  enough  probably  to  more  than  pay 
their  rent.  The  Robinson  Co.  have  an  advertisement  in 
this  issue  on  page  7.  In  order  to  get  the  druggists  in- 
terested at  once,  they  are  offering  to  give  a  free  cabinet 
to  every  druggist  for  exhibition  purposes.  As  we  under- 
stand this  offer  is  g'ood  only  for  the  next  30  days,  we 
advise  writing  to  them  at  once.  The  Robinson  Cabdnet 
is  claimed  to  be  the  most  durable,  the  simplest  in  con- 
struction, and  the  most  convenient  to  use  of  any  of  the 
various  bath  cabinets  now  being  advertised.  They  have 
taken  the  first  premium  at  many  exhibitions  and  fairs. 
If  you  have  not  already  given  this  matter  attention, 
write  at  once  to  the  Robinson  Thermal  Bath  Co.,  757 
Jefferson  street,  Toledo,  Ohio,  for  one  of  their  catalogues, 
with  the  special  offer  we  mention  above,  and  we  feel 
sure  that  you  will  not  regret  sending  them  an  order  at 
once. 


Soda  Fountain  Furniture. 

Among  the  essential  conditions 
in  building  up  a  good  soda  busi- 
ness are  attractive  surroundings, 
the  utmost  cleanliness,  and  the 
strictest  attention  to  detail.  A 
handsome  fountain  adds  to  the 
appearance  of  a  store,  and  fine 
fountain  furniture  attracts  trade 
to  the  fountain  almost  as  much 
as  the  quality  of  the  drinks  dis- 
pensed. Most  patrons  prefer  to  be 
seated  while  drinking  soda  water, 
and  the  wise  dealers  provide  seats 
for  their  customers.  An  economdcal  seat  for  this  pur- 
pose is  a  wire  chair  or  stool;  we  refer  to  those  made  of 
steel  wire  with  polished  wood  bottoms.  Taibles  on  which 
to  serve  soda  are  made  of  the  same  material.  They  are 
practically  indestructible  and  are  just  the  thing  for  the 
purpose.  A  complete  line  of  these  seats  and  stools  Is 
manufactured  by  the  Chi'cago  Wire  Chair  Co.,  179  Illi- 
nois street,  Chicago,  who  invite  all  druggists  to  write 
to  them  lor  prices  and  catalogues.  See  their  advertise- 
ment   in    this   issue. 


Kent's  Brushes. 

A  druggist  who  handles  Kent's  Brushes  knows  that 
he  has  got  the  best  brushes  in  the  world,  brushes  which 
have  a  reputation  of  125  years  behind  them.  The  mere 
fact  that  these  brushes  are  carried  in  stock  carries 
with  it  a  prestige  not  to  lie  ignored.  Kent's  Brushes 
mean  tooth,  hair,  nail,  bath,  flesh,  cloth,  and  hat 
brushes.  Although  usually  better  in  quality  than  others, 
they  are  not  necessarily  higher  in  price,  yet  a  sale  of  a 
Kent's  Brush  means  a  good  profit  to  the  druggist  sell- 
ing it.  Special  assortments  of  Kent's  Brushes  are  made 
up  to  suit  retail  dealers.  These  assortments  can  be  ob- 
tained by  giving  the  quantity  wanted  and  about  the 
range  of  prices  which  suits  your  trade.  McKesson  & 
Bobbins,   New  York,  are  the  sole  American  agents. 


Scott's  Emulsion. 
Soott  &  Bowne  make  an  announcement  in  this  issue 
of  the  Era  under  the  heading  "New  Tear  Reflections" 
which  should  be  read  by  all  druggists.  The  announce- 
ment is  not  long',  hut  is  to  the  point.  It  is  very  true  that 
few  stores  can  live  on  transient  trade  alone  and  the  per- 
manent customers  will  only  'be  secured  by  toeing  well 
served.  That  means  that  they  will  receive  what  they 
ask  for  .  Scott's  Emulsion  i's  known  all  over  the  country 
and  every  druggist  should  be  in  a  position  to  supply  It 
when  called  for.  This  is  the  season  when  emulsions  are 
in  the  greatest  demand  and  Messrs.  Scott  &  Bowne  rec- 
oim.mend  that  druggists  renew  their  stock  In  order  to  start 
the  new  year  right. 


A  Suggestion. 

There  are  plenty  of  side  lines  which  can  (be  handled 
by  the  druggist  without  interfering  in  any  way  with  his 
regular  trade,  and  there  are  profitahle  ones  too.  The  wide 
awake  druggist  is  ever  on  the  lookout  for  a  new  sade 
line  to  introduce.  The  Muralo  Co..  New  Brighton,  N. 
T.,  make  a  suggestion  in  their  advertisement  in  this  issue 
of  the  Era.  Muralo  is  a  crystalline  sanitary  wall  finish 
put  up  in  five  pound  air  tight  packages.  It  is  being'  ex- 
tensively advertised  and  is  claimed  to  be  "the  best  on 
earth."  The  Muralo  Co,  have  a  special  offer  for  the 
trade  and  furnisih  suitable  advertising  matter  free.  A 
card  addressed  to  the  company  at  New  Brighton,  Borough 
of  Richmond,   New  Tork,   will  bring  full  particulars. 


THE  DISCOVERY  OF  COLLODION.— Prof. 
Kahlbauni  (Munch,  med.  Wchschr.)  considers  the 
statement  found  in  the  encyclopedias,  that  collodion 
was  discovered  in  Boston  by  Maynard.  to  be  untrue. 
He  claims  that  Christian  Friedrich  Schonbein,  the 
discoverer  of  nitro-cellulose,  also  found  .1  solvent  for 
this  material  as  well  as  the  medicinal  application  of 
the  solution. 


January  9,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


55 


PATENTS.    TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 

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PATENTS. 


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('?O.0(,Xy 


Issued  December  31,  igoi. 

S.SOT.— Heinric'h  Precht.  Xeustassfurt,  Germany.  Meth- 
od of  making  pota^sium-magnesiuin  carbonate, 

9,912.— Philip  Rodenberg  and  Moses  R.  Rendell,  New 
York,  N.  Y.     Non-t',eusable  battle. 

9,972.— Alcinous  B.  Jamison,  New  York,  N.  Y.     Syringe. 

),013.— David  Chambers,  San  Jose,  Cal..  assigmor  for  one- 
half  to  Stanley  Chambers  and  Bessie  F.  Kent,  San 
Jose.   Cal.     Indestructible  cork  for  bottles. 

5,062.- Rudolf  Knietsich.  lyud n-igrshaf en,  Germany,  as- 
signor to  the  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik.  Lud- 
wigshafeii.  Germany,  a  corporation  of  Germany. 
Method  of  making  sulphuric  anhydrid. 

),070.— Charles  Morgran.  Freeport,  111.,  assignor  to  Ar- 
cade Manufacturing  Company,  Freeport,  111.,  a  Cor- 
poration of  Illinois.     Cork-puller. 

),080.— Otto  Schutz  and  Georg  Dallmann.  Gummersbach, 
Germany.    Process  of  producing  quinate  of  urea. 

).094.— Carl   Bever,   Cologne.   Germany.     Hernial  truss. 

),133.— Adolf  Clemm  and  Wilhelm  Hasenbach,  Mann- 
heim, Germany.  Process  of  making  sulfuric 
anhydrid. 

),141.— Wiihelm  GintI,  Aussegg,  Austria-Hengary.  Con- 
tinuously electrolyzing  alkali  chlorids. 

),184.— August  A.  Hickert,  Erie.  Pa.,  assignor  to  Charles 
K.  Liongenecker  and  Julian  Scholl,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Bottle-tap. 

),220.— John  S.  Alton,  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.  Bottle 
stopper. 

),233.— Christian  Christiansson.  Surte,  Sweden,  assignor 
to  Surte  Atkiebolog,  Surte,  Sweden.  Method  of 
manuifacturing  botrles,  jars.  etc. 

),332.— Daniel  Vorlanvjer  and  Bruno  Drescher.  Halle-on- 
Salle,  Germany,  assignors  to  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda 
Fabric,  Ludwigshafen.  Germany,  a  Corporation  of 
Germany.  AcylattNl  idoxylic  acid  and  process  of 
making   same. 

0,346.— Fritz  Bender.  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Germany, 
assignor  to  Farbwerk  ■  Muhlheim.  Muhlheim,  Ger- 
many. Process  of  making  a-cetyl-phenyl-glycocol- 
ortho-rarboxylic  acid. 

0,365.— Wilhelm  Gintl.  Aussegg,  Austria-Hungary.  Ap- 
paratus for  the  continuous  electrolysis  of  alkali 
chlorids. 


DESIGNS. 


35,499.- Bottle  Stopper  Attachment.  Adam  Heunisch,  San 
Francisco,  Cal.  Filed  Nov.  22,  1901.  Serial  No.  83.- 
350.  Term  of  patent  seven  years.  The  design  for  a 
bottle  stopper  attachment. 


New 


TRADE-MARKS. 

Registered  December  31,   1901. 

.37,565. — Lithia  Water,  Carbonated  Water  ; 
Champagne.  Waukesha  Hazel  Pure  " 
Waukesha,  Wis.     The  word  "Hazel." 

37,572— Teething  rings.  Willi.Tm  Tj.  Strauss  I 
Y'ork,  N.  Y".     The  word  "Buya." 

37,574.— Certain  Named  Chemical  Preparatlcns.  The  Dun- 
bar Company,  Boston.  Ma.ss  The  words  "Driftwood 
Blaze,'  accompanied  by  a  pictorial  representation  of 
a  wood  fire  and  a  row  of  Brownies'  heads. 

37,575.- Certain  NajnWI  Chemical  Preparation.  Dink  D. 
Park.  Clarksvilie,  Tex.  The  represent.ation  of  a 
coal-oil  lamp  witli  rays  of  light  running  out  from  the 
blaze,  and  in  these  rays  the  words  "Silver  White" 


r,576. — Cert.ain  Named  Drugs  and  Medicines.  Fred.  W. 
McGee  &  Co.,  Rutherford,  N.  J.    The  letters  "R.  P."' 

r,577.— Remedy  for  Coughs.  Six  Hour  Cold  Cure  Co., 
Clinton.  Mo.     The  four  characters  "6HCC." 

1,578.- Remedy  for  Colds.  Coughs  and  Grippe.  William 
C.  Simpson,  Vienna,  111.     The  word  "Kil-Kol." 

',579.- Remedy  for  Rheumatism.  Valentiner  &  Schwarz, 
Leipzig-Plagwitz,  Germany.  The  word  "Fluorheu- 
min." 

r,58u. — Remedy  for  Certain  Named  Diseases.  The  PrcH 
tectine  Company,  New  Whatcom,  Wash.  The  rep- 
resentation of  two  hearts  longitudinally  pierced  by 
an  ariow.  one  of  the  hearts  having  the  picture  ol 
C.   M.    Foster,   president  of  the  registrant,    thereon. 

■,581. — Cer'.aJn  Named  Medicine.  Riomoc  Company,  Bos- 
ton. Mass.  A  cross-shaped  symbol  bearing  letters 
forming  the  word  "Romoc." 

',582.— Proprietary  Medicine  Composed  of  Vegetable  Ex- 
tracts. Henry  George  Greatrake  Fink.  Springdale, 
Pa.  The  representation  of  a  bottle  and  a  flowing, 
scruU-like   ribbon   tied   about   the   neck   thereof. 

',583.— Tonic.  Thos.  A.  Miller.  Toledo,  Ohio.  The  word 
"Oxogen"  and  the  pictorial  representation  of  an  ox- 
head  within  a  wreath  of  wheat,  and  bunches  of 
grapes  at  the  sides  of  the  wreath. 

',584.— Medicated  Tablets.  The  Mecca  Remedy  Company, 
Waterloo,  Iowa.  A  representation  of  the  city  of 
Mecca. 

',585.— Ointment.  John  Geo.  Blm,  Allegheny,  Pa.  The 
letters  "B  C  Co.."  with  a  wreath  representing  pine- 
needles,  each  branch  bedng  crossed  to  its  lower 
end  and  having  a  pine-bur  held  thereto  and  project- 
ing in  opposite  directions  from  each  other. 

',586.— Salve.  Edward  I.  Rice,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  The 
words  "Dolly  Dutton"  associated  with  iChe  letters 
"BBB3"  and  the  representation  of  a  doll. 


THE  SUPERIORITY 


RUBBER   GOODS 

lies:  first-in  the  quality  of  the  materials 
from  which  they  are  made  and.  second - 
in  the  method  of  handling  them. 
GOOD  MATERIAL-  EXPERT  HANDS 

PRICES  MAY  BE  HAD  FOR  THE. ASKING 

THE  (JODDYEAR  TIRE  &RUBBER  CO. 

AKRON.  OHIO.  U.S.A. 


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[January  9,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

STEADY  IMPROVEMENT  IS  NOTED. 

New  York,  Jan  7.— Business  of  the  new  year  has  begun 
under  fairly  satisfactory  ausirices  and  a  ^adual  but 
steady  improvement  is  noted  in  the  general  -oonsuming 
demand. 

OPIUM. — Consumer's  wants  continue  light  and  ithe 
market  remains  quiet,  but  jobbers  adhere  to  their  old 
quotations  of  .$3,20@.3.i0  for  9  per  cent,  and  $3.30@3.50 
for  11  per  cent.  Powdered  is  moving  in  a  routine  way 
at  $4.23@!.50  for  13  per  cent.,  $4.75@5.00  for  16  per  cent, 
and   $4.50@4.75   for   granular. 

MORPHINE. — There  is  no  abatement  of  demand  and 
the  jobbing  market  continues  moderately  active  with  quo- 
tations unchanged  at  .5;2.40ft"2.5U  for  eighths  in  1-oz.  boxes. 
Si2.35@2.4o  in  2i<.-oz  boxes,  $2.1o@2.25  in  ounce  vials  and 
?2.10@2.20  in  5-oz  cans  according  to  brand  and  quantity. 

QUININE. — Jobbers  report  a  contiunued  quiet  but 
steady  market  witW  small  sales  at  27c  for  bulk  in  100-oz 
tins,  271.^0  in  50-oz  tins,  2Sc  in  25-oz  tins  and  34c  in  ounces. 

OILi  OF  WINE.— Manufacturers  have  reduced  quota- 
tions 25c  per  lb.  and  the  revised  jobbing  range  lis  $6.75(g) 
7.00. 

SPERMACETI.— Values  are  again  higher  under  tihe  in- 
fluence noted  last  week  and  jobbing  quotations  show  a 
further  advance  to  32@."«c  for  lump  and  33@36c  for  cakes. 

ISINGLASS. — -imerican  manufacturers  have  agreed  on 
a  uniform  scale  of  prices,  and  jobbers  have  marked  up 
quotations   to  70@75c. 

CARBOLIC  ACID. — Foreign  markets  are  lower  and 
spot  jobbing  quotations  have  declined  to  17@lSc  in 
drums,  27(&35c  in  pound  bottles  and  24@32c  in  5-lib  bottles. 

BEESWAX. — Owing  to  scarcity  the  market  is  stronger 
with  an  advance  in  jobbing  quotations  to  36@40o  for 
country   and   38(ff42c   for  city. 

HTPOPIIOSPHITES.  Jobbers  have  further  reduced 
their  quotations  to  67'u75c  for  calcium,  soda  and  potash. 

THYMOL,.— The  market  is  a  shade  easier  with  sellers 
in  a  jobbing  way   at  .¥3  50C3.75. 

GUM  EIjEMI.— Supplies  are  light  and  jobbing  prices 
have  been  advanced   to  SSSCSc  as   to  quantity. 

CUTTLEFISH  BONE.— Jobbing  quotations  have  been 
reduced   to  20@30c  for  whole  and  30@'34c  for  powd^ered. 

SULPHUR.— ^Precipitated  and  waslhed  have  declined, 
the  former  to  13(t(il6c  and   the  latter  to  8@10c. 

GUM  OLIBANUM.— The  market  is  slightly  weaker 
with  a  decline  in  jobbing  quotations  to  10@12c  for  siftings, 
20@25c   for   tears  and   23'5'25c  for  po'Wdered. 

PRECIPITATED  CHAiLK.— Englisih  is  lower  and  spot 
joibbing  prices  have  been  reduced  to  5Vi@5>/4c  in  barrels 
and  9&10c   in  5-lb  nackages. 

LICORICE.— Quotations  for  Ooriglia-nl  ihave  been  re- 
duced to  oO?j)35c  for  all  sized  sticks. 

WILD  CHERRY  BARK.— Owing  to  depleted  stocks 
jobbers  have  advanced  prices  to  l.S(®16c  for  whole,  15@20c 
for  ground  and    20(?f2,5c   for   powdered. 

OXALIC  ACID. — Manufacturer's  prices  are  lower  and 
the  revised  jobbing  range  is  SJvllc  as  to  quality  and 
fjuantity. 

OIL  PEi'PERMINT.— Primary  markets  sihow  increas- 
ing firmness  and  jobbing  quotations  have  been  further 
advanced  to  $2.15(82.40  for  Western,  .$2.25(32.50  for  Wayne 
County.  $2.4.'j@2.60  for  H.  G.  H.  and  3;2.55@2.75  for  re- 
distilled. 

OIL  CASSIA.- Pressure  to  sell  has  caused  an  easier 
feeling  among  dealers  and  a  decline  in  jobbing  prices  to 

ji.ooea.io. 

OfL  WINTEiRGREEN.— Jobbers  are  willing  sellers  of 
natural    at    $1.90!(K2.15   and    synthetic    at   $1.00ia)1.25. 

TILIA  FLOWERS.— Supplies  are  more  alnindant  and 
.■Jobbers  have  reduced  prices  for  prime  without  leaves  to 
40@50c. 

HENBANE  LEAVES.— Quotations  are  lower  with 
whole  quoted  at  17@22c,  ground  20@25c  and  powdered 
2.3@27c. 

OIL  ROSE.— Jobbers  'have  modified  their  views  and 
offer  extra  Ki?sanlik  at  $6.25@6..50  and  No.  1  at  5;5.25@5.50. 

CITRIC  ACID.-- Owing  to  a  recent  decline  in  manufac- 
turer's prices  jobbers  have  reduced  quotations  to  33@ 
S3y«  in   'oarrcls.   33V,(g34c  in  kegs  and  37(S>40c  for  less. 

NITRATE  OF  SILVER.— Values  are  lower  in  sympa- 
thy with  bullion  and  jobbers  quote  40@k45c  for  crystals 
and    42(f('47c    for    fused. 

MERCURIAL,  OINTMENT.— Jobbing  quotations  'have 
been   reduced    to   40(a>4.".c   for  1-3  and  50i??55c  for  V'- 

SPIRITS  OF  I'URPENTINE. —Jobbers  have  advanced 
quotations  to  43ia44c  in  barrels  and  47@52c  in  smaller 
ruantities. 

WHITE  LEAD.— Dry  and  In  oil  are  obtainable  in  a  job- 
bing way  at  G'/{.®fi?4c  in  kegs  and  7i^@9c  for  Jess. 


INDEX  Tt)   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Acid,    Salicylglycolic    31 

Advertising,    Logical    32 

Special    Sales    32 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs,  Alumni,  etc.— American  Chem- 
ical Society,  47;  Central  New  York  Alumni,  53; 
Detroit  and  Wayne  Co.  Mich.,  Druggists,  43; 
Maryland  Pharmaceutical,  49;  'National  Retail 
Druggists,  43;  Philadelphia  Retail  Druggists,  48; 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  Alumni,  52;  St. 
Louis  Drug  Clerks,  52;  Tennessee  State  Druggists.  43 
BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY.— Illinois,  50;  Massachu- 
setts,   40:    New    York    44,45 

Rooks,    Water    Analvsis    41 

BOWLING,  Drug  Trade.— New  York,  45;  Philadelphia, 

48;    St.    Louis     52 

Cocktails,     Oyster     , 35 

COLLEGES    OF    PHAilMACY.— Philadelphia 48 

Decimal   System  Thirty  Years   After  Legalization 37 

DRUG    STORE    PROBLEMS     42 

System     33 

EDITORIALS.— Adulterated  Linseed  Meal.  30;  Consoli- 
dation of  Massachusetts  Boards  of  Medicine  and 
Pharmacy,  30;  Massachusetts  Liquor  Laws,  31; 
Neatness  in  Delivering  Goods,  30;  Pharmacy  Law 
for  Maryland,  29;  Vaccine  and  Vaccination  Acces- 
sories. 29;  Women  in  Pharmacy,  29;  Wrecking  as  a 

Slide   Line    31 

Eli.xir    Cinchona 40 

Emulsion,    Egg    41 

Enameling  Ice   Cream   Cabinet    41 

Knur6.5is,    Children    41 

Era  Course  in  Pharmacy.   Graduates   31 

Extract    Sarsaparilla,    Compound    41 

Glycerol    Phthallate    , 35 

Indicator,    Fluorescein    31 

Juice,    Prune    41 

Liquor    Anlisepticus    40 

Market    Report    56 

Nepenthes,     Enzyme     ." 39 

NEWS  LETTERS.— Baltimore.  49;  Chicago,  50:  Michi- 
gan, 49;  New  England,  46;  New  Orleans,  53;  New 
York,  44;  Philadelphia  47;  St.  Louis,  52;  The  North- 
west.  51:   The   South    53 

PATENTS,    TRADE   MARKS,   Etc 55 

PERSONATES.  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Personal 
Interest,  etc.-jBrivtt,  Ixieffler  &  Co.,  44;  Case,  Wil- 
liam Townley  42;  Cherey,  Lotiiis  I.,  45;  Davison 
Chemical  Co,.  49;  Ribson,  R.  C.,  53:  Hall,  W.  W., 
40:  Kemip,  Edward,  45;  Lorenz,  Theodor,  44;  Mer- 
rell  Chemical  Co.,  Wm.  S.  .53:  Metzger,  Matthias 
C,  50;  Noyes,  Daniel  R.,  51:  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
44;  Reycroft,  L.  W.,  40;  Ricksecker  &  Co.,  Theo., 
45;  Robinson,  O.  M.,  34;  Titsworth.  John  Davies, 
56:   Van  der  Sande    Cornelius,   45;   Vitt,   R.    S.,   52; 

WettUn,    Charles   H.,   44;   Zeller,    Max 44 

Pharmacy,   Far  East    34 

Plants    Effects  of  Salt   on   Growth    31 

PRESCRIPTION  DIF'F'ICLTLTIES.— Ferric  Phosphate 
and  Phosphoric  Acid.  40;  Strychnine  Sulphate  and 
Mercuric  Chloride.  40;  Tincture  of  Guaiac,  Com- 
pound Tincture  of  Cmchona  and  Potassium.  Chlor- 
ate      40 

Prescriptions     Refilling    41 

QUESTION    BOX    41 

Questions,  Examination,  New  York  Board  of  Phar- 
macy       36 

Salts,    Solubility   in    Hydro-Carbons 35 

f^apodeirm.in 31 

SHOP    TALK     35 

Starch,    Structure    31 

Sugar,   Milk.  Test  for  Cane  Sugar  40 

Svrup   Hypophosphites,  Compound    40 

Modified     40 

Tobacco,     Drugged     50 

Wine.  Beef  and  Iron   :  40 


JOHN  DAVJES  TITSWORTH,  for  the  past  few  years 
with  Merck  &  Co.,  and  one  of  the  oldest  and  best  known 
m-embers  of  the  New  York  drug  trade,  died  suddenly  on 
Saturday  January  4,  while  on  his  way  to  his  home  In 
Plainfield,  N.  J.  Mr.  Titsworth  had  been  troubled  with 
heart  disease  for  some  time  and  the  cause  of  his  death 
was  said  by  the  family  physician  to  be  apoplexy.  The 
funeral  was  held  froon  the  family  residence  at  Plainfield 
yesterday  (Wednesday)  at  3  o'clock. 


ARTHUR    COLTON,  ^ 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 

=^and   Appliances.--* 

Detroit,   Mich.,     U.  S.  A. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


EVERY   THURSDAY. 


VOL.  XXVII. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


ERA  WANT  ADS. 

If  druggists  and  their  clerks  knew  how  productive 
these  little  ad\ertisements  are,  the  page  assigned  to  them 
wouM  not  be  large  enough  ito  hold  them  all.  We  have 
been  told  that  this  page  is  miore  frequently  referred  to 
thaji  any  other  page  in  the  paper.  These  advertisements 
are  designed  to  help  the  druggist  sell  his  store  or  to  buy 
another,  to  buy  or  to  sell  his  soda  fountain,  to  secure 
his  clerk;  they  help  clerks  get  neiw  situations,  and  they 
are  good  for  the  thousand  and  one  little  wants  which  come 
up  in  the  daily  business  of  every  drug  store.  They  are 
only  2  cents  a  word,  and  replies  can  be  sent  In  our  care 
if  the  advertiser  prefers  not  to  have  his  name  known. 


Era   Blue  Book. 

We  are  hard  alt  work  upon  the  January  Blue  Book, 
but  important  additions  to  it  have  somewhat  delayed  It. 
It  will  be  the  end  oC  this  month  before  we  can  deliver  it 
10  our  subscribers,   whose  indulgence  we  ask. 


THE  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

"I  would  like  to  state  that  I  am  well  pleased  with  the 
Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  and  would  not  take  tlwlce  the 
amount  it  cost  me  for  the  help  it  has  proven  to  be.  For 
any  one  contemplating  the  study  of  pharmacy  I  can  modt 
certainly  recommend  this  course.  The  lectures  are  simple 
but  thorough  and  to  the  point." 

MISS    DeVOTIE     MORRIS. 
Hartford.   Ala. 

The  lectures  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  are  es- 
pecially valuable  as  a  preparation  for  examination  by  a 
board  of  pharmacy,  to  those  who  cannot  attend  a  college 
of  pharmacy,  and  to  aJI  desiring  to  review  tiheir  former 
study  of  the  subjects  embraced  in  the  curriculum.  The 
fee  for  the  full  course  is  only  $10. 

Write  for  descriptive  Prospectus,  now  ready.  Address 
The  Pharmaceutical  Era,  396  Broadway,  New  York. 


The  Hill  bill,  the  proposed  amendment  to  the 
New  York  State  pharmacy  law,  contains  a  clause 
which  does  not  meet  with  entire  approval  among 
prominent  members  of  the  retail  trade  in  this  city. 
The  proposed  provision  for  the  election  of  members 
to  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  differs  considerably 
from  the  present  law  and  the  proposal  agreed  upoit 
at  the  conference  of  the  representatives  of  the  local 
associations  in  this  city.  The  law  in  force  at  the 
present  time  provides  for  the  election  of  two  of  the 
members  of  the  Eastern  branch  of  the  Board  by  the 
Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association  ,two  by  the 
Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  one  mem- 
ber by  the  New  York  German  Apothecaries'  Society. 
The  proposed  clause  of  the  Hill  bill  provides  that 
three  members  shall  be  elected  in  the  counties  of 
New  York  and  Westchester,  and  two  from  the  other 
counties  of  the  section;  the  requirements  for  eligibility 
for  election  and  for  the  right  to  vote  being  residence* 
in  the  district  and  membership  in  the  New  York 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  or  in  an  incorpor- 
ated pharmaceutical  association  or  society  whose 
members  are  required  to  be  licensed  pharmacists  or 
druggists. 

This  proposed  amendment  seems  at  first  sight  to 
be  merely  an  act  of  justice  to  druggists  who  do  not 
happen  to  be  members  of  one  of  the  three  associations 
which  at  present  choose  the  members  of  the  Eastern 
branch  of  the  Board.  No  one  can  justly  find  fault  with 
a  law  which  entitles  every  bona  fide  druggist  to  a  vote 
in  matters  concerning  him  in  common  with  all  mem- 
bers of  the  retail  trade.  But  the  proposed  clause  which 
will  extend  the  franchise  to  all  residents  who  arei 
members  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation is  open  to  serious  objection  because  this 
organization  does  not  require  its  members  to  be 
licensed  pharmacists  or  druggists  and  may  thus  in- 
clude persons  who  have  only  a  feeble  interest  in  the 
retail  trade.  These  members  would  under  the  pro- 
visions of  the  proposed  law  be  allowed  equal  voice 
with  the  retail  druggist  in  decisions  which  concern  tha 
latter  only.  If  it  has  been  found  unsatisfactory  to  in- 
trust the  election  of  the  board  of  pharmacy  to  the 
members  of  certain  societies  there  would  seem  to  be 
no  remedy  quite  so  simple  and  just  as  a  provision  for 


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[January  16,  1902. 


the  extension  of  the  franchise  to  all  licensed  retail 
pharmacists  and  druggists  in  each  section  irrespective 
of  membership  in  any  society. 

The  annual  report  of  the  New  York  State  Board 
■of  Pharmacy  although  it  deals  exclusively  in  figures, 
is  an  unusually  interesting  document.  It  shows  among 
other  interesting  facts  that  the  total  number  of  phar- 
macies registered  in  the  State  is  3,925,  of  which  2,233 
.are  in  the  Eastern  section,  1,285  in  the  middle  sec- 
tion and  405  in  the  Western  section.  As  each  section 
furishes  five  members  to  the  State  Board,  it  would 
seem  that  the  druggists  of  the  Western  section  are 
particularly  well  represented  in  that  body.  The  finan- 
•cial  statement  shows  that  the  Eastern  branch  of  the 
Board  alone  succeeded  in  living  considerably  within 
its  income,  having  laid  by  $830.25,  while  both  thd 
middle  and  Western  branches  failed  to  make  ends 
meet.  The  members  of  the  Eastern  branch  must  be 
■uncommonly  frugal  for  New  Yorkers,,  if  travel  and 
hotel  expenses  count  for  anything.  According  to  the 
report  the  members  of  this  branch  consumed  only 
$97.80  worth  of  comforts  while  the  middle  branch  re- 
quired $800.08,  and  the  Western  branch  $248.15.  It  is 
pretty  generally  agreed  that  economy  is  a  good  thing 
■especially  when  applied  to  "some  other  fellow,"  but  a 
comparison  of  these  expense  accounts  seems  to  show 
that  the  gentlemen  of  Greater  New  York  carried  it 
dangerously  far.  We  sincerely  hope  that  they  had 
•enough  to  eat. 

Other  interesting  figures  in  the  report  of  the  New 
York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  are  those  which 
show  the  results  of  the  work  done  during  the  year  in 
■examining  applicants  and  granting  licenses.  The 
Eastern  branch  granted  202  pharmacists  licenses  of 
which  6  were  issued  to  women,  and  307  apprentice 
•certificates,  13  to  women.  In  proportion  to  the  num- 
bers of  those  who  start  out  to  become  druggists,  fewer 
women  seem  to  persevere  until  they  receive  pharma- 
cists' licenses  than  men.  The  value  of  college  train- 
ing as  a  means  of  acquiring  a  license  is  shown  by  A 
•section  of  the  report  which  states  that  of  the  candi- 
dates who  had  enjoyed  the  advantage  of  college  in- 
struction 88.26  per  cent,  passed,  while  of  those  without 
college  training  only  37.93  per  cent,  received  licenses. 
Of  those  who  passed  the  examinations,  the  non- 
college  men  attained  an  average  percentage  of  77.59, 
■while  those  prepared  in  college  reached  an  average 
of  81.17  per  cent.  In  the  examinations  conducted 
ty  the  Eastern  branch,  125  candidates  were  success- 
ful at  the  first  trial,  64  passed  after  a  second  trial,  17 
required  three,  and  2  four  trials,  while  one  persever- 
ing applicant,  after  five  failures,  succeeded  at  the 
sixth   trial. 

The  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists 
is  considering  plans  for  the  formation  of  a  "Protec- 
tive Association"  which  is,  in  eflect,  a  mutual  benefit 
association  similar  to  those  common  among  European 
apothecaries.  The  purpose  of  these  associations  is 
to  furnish  aid  in  cases  of  disability  or  death  among 
their  members,  the  funds  being  raised  by  the  contri- 
bution of  a  stated  sum  by  each  member.  An  As- 
sociation conducted  in  this  way  and  having  for  its 
object    the    support    of    superannuated    apothecaries, 


distributes  large  sums  annually  in  England,  and  is  the 
means  of  preventing  much  suffering.  There  are  many 
societies  of  this  kind  in  Europe,  and  organizations  of 
a  similar  character  are  not  unknown  in  this  country. 
The  principles  of  all  these  co-operative  associations 
are  the  same,  and  are  in  perfect  accord  with  the  laws 
of  higher  social  development.  People  realize  their 
inability  to  protect  themselves  and  those  dependent 
upon  them  from  the  coming  of  evil  days,  and  in  con- 
sideration of  aid  in  possible  disaster  in  the  future 
are  willing  to  help  others  in  present  distress.  It 
is  by  means  of  such  essentially  selfish  motives  that 
the  world  is  gradually  being  brought  to  an  apparently 
altruistic  care  of  the  weak  and  helpless. 

The  members  of  the  committee  whose  duty  it  was 
to  make  things  agreeable  to  the  visiting  members  of 
the  American  Chemical  Society  during  the  recent 
meeting  of  that  association  inPhiladelphia,  have  ac- 
quitted themselves  with  unusual  success.  In  form- 
ing their  plans  for  the  entertainment  of  the  Society, 
they  very  wisely  took  into  account  the  knowledge 
that  many  of  their  visitors  would  be  strangers  in  their 
beautiful  city,  and  would  be  interested  in  the  show 
places  and  points  of  interest  of  the  town,  as  well  as 
in  the  varfous  sessions  and  formal  and  informal  re- 
ceptions which  they  were  to  attend.  They  prepared 
and  distributed  among  the  visitors  neatly  bound  and 
printed  booklets  containing  a  programme  of  the  do- 
ings of  the  society  and  the  necessary  announcement 
of  trips,  etc.,  a  short  guide  to  the  city  and  a  re- 
markably complete  lot  of  information  about  things 
likely  to  interest  strangers.  The  excellence  of  their 
plans  is  demonstrated  by  the  success  of  the  meeting, 
and  may  suggest  to  entertainers  of  future  pharma- 
ceutical gatherings  the  employment  of  similar 
methods. 

Our  exuberant  and  seemingly  irresponsible  con- 
temporary. The  New  Idea,  is  unable  to  see  much  good 
in  correspondence  courses  of  pharmacy.  This  oracle 
in  red  covers  admits  in  a  patronizing  way  that  these 
means  of  education  may  under  certain  conditions 
do  some  good,  but  in  its  opinion  they  can  not  do 
satisfactory  work  because  they  do  not  cover  enough 
ground  and  employ  less  expensive  equipment  than 
schools  of  the  ordinary  kind.  But  what  it  considers 
the  very  worst  objection  to  correspondence  courses 
is  that  "Many  students,  realizing  their  good  points, 
their  immense  superiority  over  unsystematic  reading, 
fail  to  recognize  their  limitations  as  well."  This 
rather  cloudy  sentence  means,  as  we  understand  it, 
that  many  students  of  correspondence  courses  find 
this  method  of  instruction  so  satisfactory  that  they  are 
apt  to  lose  faith  in  the  doctrine  that  there  are  certain 
things  which  can  not  be  successfully  taught  in  this 
way  and  can  be  studied  with  profit  only  in  colleges. 

It  is  true  that  many  students  of  correspondence 
schools  are  very  well  satisfied  with  their  instruction, 
but  this  will  not  seem  to  most  persons  to  be  a  very 
serious  objection.  The  inability  to  see  just  where 
the  correspondence  plan  ceases  to  do  good  work  may 
cause  alarm  among  some  very  excellent  people,  but 
it  is  difficult  to  understand  how  it  can  seriously  harm 


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59 


the  student.  The  friends  of  the  correspondence 
method  are  unwilling  to  admit  that  instruction  of 
this  kind  has  any  limitations  which  do  not  also  ap- 
ply to  all  other  educational  systems.  Complicated 
laboratory  processes  are  now  successfully  taught  in 
this  way,  and  even  the  correct  pronunciation  of  for- 
eign languages  is  acquired  through  the  medium  of 
the  mails.  If  the  ground  covered  in  correspondence 
lectures  is  at  present  somewhat  restricted,  this  is  in 
accordance  with  the  wishes  of  the  pupils.  As  soon 
as  a  sufficient  demand  for  more  comprehensive  in- 
struction appears,  the  supply  will  be  quite  as  volumin- 
ous as  any  one  could  wish.  The  late  Mr.  R.  P.  Roth- 
well,  the  founder  of  the  American  Institute  of  Mining 
Engineers,  and  for  several  years  president  of  that 
body  of  scientific  men,  believed  that  in  time,  corre- 
spondence instruction  would  reach  a  degree  of  special- 
ization and  exhaustive  thoroughness  never  attempted 
on  a  college  campus. 


Correspondence  instruction  diflfers  from  that  of 
schools  and  colleges  chiefly  in  leaving  the  student 
largely  to  his  own  resources.  The  correspondence 
student  has  not  the  incentive  to  work  provided  by 
college  life  and  requirements  for  degrees.  Those 
who  make  use  of  this  method  of  instruction  mostly 
belong  to.  a  class  who  have  neither  the  time  nor  the 
opportunity  to  follow  a  regular  college  course.  A 
large  proportion  of  these  students  are  students  in  the 
best  sense  of  the  word,  knowing  definitely  what  they 
want  and  having  sufficient  strength  of  will  to  require 
no  spur  to  keep  them  at  work.  Our  experience  has 
shown  that  these  students  are  not  easily  satisfied 
with  what  they  have  acquired,  but  are  fully  alive  to 
the  advantages  of  still  higher  education.  Many  find 
instruction  in  books  of  their  own  selection,  while 
others  pursue  their  studies  in  colleges.  It  is  a  matter 
for  regret  that  the  correspondence  student  can  not 
continue  his  studies  as  long  as  he  desires  in  the 
manner  which  he  has  found  acceptable,  and  also  that 
he  has  as  yet  no  protection  against  the  wiles  of  the 
educational  quack. 

During  the  past  three  or  four  years  the  status 
of  the  drug  clerk  has  been  undergoing  a  gradual 
change  in  Michigan.  It  is  at  present  very  difficult 
to  secure  a  competent  prescription  clerk  in  that  State 
at  any  price,  which  seems  to  show  that  Pharmacy 
is  now  attracting  fewer  recruits  than  formerly.  In 
Detroit  and  other  places  throughout  the  State,  there 
are  a  number  of  positions  vacant  and  no  clerks  to 
fill  them.  The  reasons  for  this  condition,  which 
seems  to  be  general  throughout  the  country  as  well 
as  in  Michigan,  have  often  been  a  subject  of  dis- 
cussion. All  that  has  been  said  and  written  upon  this 
subject  seems  to  point  to  the  same  conclusion — 
namely,  that  the  compensation  which  drug  clerks 
have  been  receiving  for  their  highly  trained  services 
is  less  than  can  now  be  obtained  in  other  lines  of 
work  for  which  n(i  preparation  involving  a  long 
course  of  study  is  required.  This  condition  can  not 
be  considered  other  than  hopeful  for  both  the  drug 
clerk  and  the  profession  of  pharmacy  in  general. 
Educated  pharmacists  now  demand  and  receive 
higher  salaries  than  formerly,  and  the  sooner  their 
employers  recognize  this  fact,  the  better. 


A  bill  of  unusual  interest  and  importance  has 
recently  been  introduced  in  the  Legislature  of  Ohio. 
The  bill  has  for  its  object  the  suppression  of  the 
dangerous  practice  of  distributing  drugs  in  the  form 
of  samples  which  are  thrown  into  front  yards  and 
upon  porches  of  residences.  The  highly  objection- 
able character  of  this  practice  has  frequently  been  the 
subject  of  comment  in  these  columns,  but  unscrupul- 
ous promoters  of  certain  patent  medicines  are  still 
employing  this  method  of  advertising  as  much  as 
ever.  According  to  a  recent  report  17  accidents  re- 
sulting in  14  deaths  have  been  caused  during  the 
past  year  by  this  wholesale  distribution  of  poisons, 
tne  victims  in  all  cases  being  children.  There  are 
laws  which  protect  dogs  and  other  animals  from  the 
poisoner,  yet  it  seems  that  children  are  still  without 
a  safeguard  of  this  kind.  It  is  strange  that  people 
have  not  risen  in  their  wrath  long  since  against 
those  who  endanger  the  lives  of  innocent  little  ones 
in  the  very  homes  of  their  parents.  Every  one  who 
loves  children  will  join  us  in  hoping  that  not  only 
Ohio  but  every  State  in  the  Union  will  provide  dras- 
tic measures  for  doing  away  with  a  practice  which 
would  be  contemptible  if  it  were  not  productive  of 
such  frightful  results. 


THE  ODOR  OF  HYDROCYANIC  ACID.— At 
a  session  of  the  Societa  Chemica  dq  Milano.  Dr.  Gigli 
called  attention  to  a  statement  concerning  the  odor 
of  hydrocyanic  acid  which  is  found  in  practically  all 
text-books  of  chemistry.  In  nearly  all  publications 
upon  the  subject  this  acid  is  said  to  have  the  odor 
of  oil  of  bitter  almonds.  Oil  of  bitter  almonds  con- 
tains hydrocyanic  acid  combined  with  benzaldehyde, 
but  the  odor  of  this  oil  is  that  of  benzaldehyde  alone, 
the  comparatively  weak  odor  of  the  acid  being  entirely 
masked.  The  weak  but  somewhat  penetrating  odor 
of  hydrocyanic  acid  is  identical  with  that  produced 
by  the  carbon  dioxide  of  the  atmosphere  upon  po- 
tassium cyanide  and  is  very  different  from  that  of  ben- 
zaldehyde. The  fact  that  hydrocyanic  acid  and 
benzaldehyde  are  both  present  in  oil  of  bitter  almonds 
can  not  be  considered  a  sufficient  reason  for  as- 
cribing a  property  possessed  by  one  of  these  bodies 
to  the  other  also.  In  the  judgment  of  the  author  this 
erroneous  statement,  which  constant  use  seems  to 
have  justified  and  which  has  been  repeated  by  chemists 
without  question  again  and  again,  should  be  erased 
from  the  pages  of  chemical  literature. 


USES  FOR  AB.\TTOIR  BLOOD.— A  cheap  and 
rapid  process  for  concentrating  the  enormous  quanti- 
ties of  blood  collected  in  abattoirs  is  described  by  its 
inventor  in  the  Technische  Rundschau.  The  blood  is  in- 
jected in  a  finely  divided  state  into  an  oven-shaped 
chamber  open  at  the  top.  and  brought  into  contact 
with  a  current  of  hot  air  ascending  from  below.  All 
the  water  is  evaporated  in  this  manner  and  the  blood 
powder  is  carried  to  a  receiving  chamber.  According 
to  the  inventor  the  powder  thus  obtained  is  tasteless 
and  contains  74.8  per  cent  of  digestible  albumin. — 
(Scientific  American.) 

YOHIMBINE.— Spiegel  recommends  the  following 
process  for  the  preparation  of  the  alkaloid  yohimbine. 
The  alkaloid  is  extracted  from  the  po\ydered  bark  by 
means  of  dilute  acetic  acid,  and  precipitated  from  the 
solution  thus  obtained  with  sodium  carbonate.  By 
recrystallizing  from  alcohol  the  pure  substance  may 
be  obtained  in  the  form  of  white  needles.  The  form- 
ula for  this  alkaloid  is  given  as  either  Ca  Hm  Nj  0« 
or  Ci^  Hso  Ns  0<.  The  crystaline  needles  are  in- 
soluble in  water  and  melt  at  234  degrees.  Crystalline 
salts  of  the  alkaloid  are  easily  prepared. 


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[January  16,  1902. 


AN    ORAL 


EXAMINATION    I 
PHARMACY. 


"PRACTICAL 


By  THERSITES  MENDAX. 

Scene:  The  examination  room  of  a  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy. 

Dramatis  Personse: 

Mr.   Pluckham,   Mr.   Plougher,  examiners. 

Mr.   Smith,  a  candidate. 

Mr.  Plucl-cham  (referring  to  typewritten  list). — Next 
name  Mr.  Smith.  (The  candidate  leaves  his  seat  and 
approaches  the  table.)  Take  a  chair,  sir.  How  long 
have  you  studied  pharmacy,  and  in  whose  employ 
have  you  been? 

Mr.  Smith. — I  was  in  Boston  with  Pestle  &  Pound- 
er for  two  years.  I  was  three  years  with  Burette,  of 
New  York,  and  I  have  taken  a  two  years'  course  in 
the  College  of  Pharmacy. 

Mr.  Plouglier. — I  think  you  gained  a  gold  medal 
at  the  latter  place,  did  you  not? 

Mr.  Smith  (modestly). — Yes,  sir. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — Have  you  ever  done  business  in 
a  country  village  or  small  town? 

Mr.  Smith.— No,  sir. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — Your  papers  have  been  very  satis- 
factory so  far  (referring  to  list.)  I  see  that  you  have 
taken  full  marks  on  four  subjects:  material  medica, 
toxicology,  dispensing  and  botany.  We  will  now 
see  how  much  you  know  about  the  really  practical 
part  of  your  profession.  Will  you  kindly  indentify 
these  things? 

Mr.  Smith. — This  looks  like  a  Woonsocket  rubber 
boot,  very  much  the  worse  for  wear;  and  judging  by 
the  label,  this  is  a  bottle  of  a  much  advertised  rubber 
cement  which  retails  for  fifteen  cents. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — Perfectly  correct,  sir.  Now,  sup- 
posing these  articles  were  brought  into  your  store, 
and  you  are  requested  to  put  a  patch  on  that  boot, 
what  would  you  do? 

Mr.  Smith. — I  should  excuse  myself  on  the  ground 
that  I  had  never  taken  a  course  in  boot-mending,  and 
refer  the  bearer  to  the  nearest  reliable  cobbler,  or  to 
the  place  where  he  purchased  the  cement. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — Really,  Mr.  Smith,  you  surprise 
■me!  Is  it  possible  you  are  ignorant  how  to  repair  an 
ordinary  fracture  in  a  rubber  boot?  Your  customer 
would  probably  be  offended,  and  transfer  his  patron- 
age to  another  drug  store.  What  price  have  you  been 
getting  for  the  staple  lines  of  dollar  remedies  just 
lately? 

Mr.  Smith. — Seventy-five  cents  for  most  of  them; 
seventy  cents  for  others;  seventy-five  cents  for  the 
nine-dollar  lines. 

Mr.  Plougher. — How  much  change  would  you  re- 
turn a  lady  who  gave  you  an  American  half-dollar 
and  a  Canadian  quarter  for  a  bottle  retailing  at  sev- 
enty cents? 

Mr.  Smith. — I  should  return  the  Canadian  quarter 
with  a  remark  that  it  is  not  current  in  the  United 
States,  and  a  polite  request  for  twenty  cents  in  Amer- 
ican nickels  or  dimes. 

Mr.  Plougher. — Would  it  not  be  more  prudent  to 
give  the  lady  five  cents  change,  and  keep  the  quarter 
to  spend  during  your  next  vacation   in   Canada? 

Mr.  Smith. — If  there  were  a  remote  possibility  of 
my  ever  being  able  to  take  a  vacation  trip  to  Canada 
I  might  do  so,  but  as  the  medicine  costs  me  sixty- 
eight  cents  I  should  be  making  her  a  present  of 
eight  cents  for  the  honor  of  her  patronage. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — Now,  supposing  the  same  lady  in- 
formed you  that  a  favorite  cat  of  hers  refused  to 
take  castor  oil,  what  line  of  treatment  would  you  ad- 
vise? 

Mr.  Smith. — I  should  advise  her  to  incorporate  the 
oil  with  several  times  its  bulk  of  fresh  cream,  in  the 
presence  of  the  animal,  place  the  mixture  in  a  fin- 
ger bowl,  and  then  transfer  it  to  a  shelf,  turn  the  cat 
out  of  doors  and  carefully  leave  the  window  open. 

Mr.  Plougher. — If  she  asked  you  for  a  cent's  worth 
of  oil,  how  much  would  you  give  her? 

Mr.   Smith. — None  at  all.     I   should  reply  that  we 


had  castor  oil  in  five,  ten  and  fifteen-cent  bottles  only. 

Mr.  Plougher. — You  are  sadly  lacking  in  business 
tact,  but  your  method  of  administering  the  castor 
oil  shows  decided  ingenuity.  My  method  of  adminis- 
tering it  would  have  been  to  apply  it  to  the  animal 
externally,  and  allow  it  to  lick  the  oil  ofif.  Your 
method  produces  equally  good  results,  and  affords  the 
cat  the  pleasure  of  stealing  something. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — Just  look  at  this  prescription  and 
tell  me  what  you  think  of  it. 

Mr.  Smith  (reads). — "Axlegrease,  best  quality,  one 
box;  mutton  tallow  four  ounces,  salicylic  acid  two 
ounces.  Melt  the  tallow  and  axlegrease  together, 
stir  in  the  acid,  and  keep  stirring  until  cold."  Why, 
it  looks  like  a  fakir's  receipt  for  a  corn  remedy. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — Perfectly  correct.  What  would 
you  charge  to  dispense  it? 

Mr.  Smith. — That  would  depend  largely  on  the 
appearance  of  the  fakir.  Axlegrease  is  worth 
ten  cents  a  box;  say  the  whole  cost  me  twenty  cents. 
I  should  charge  anywhere  from  fifty  cents  to  a  dollar 
and  a  quarter.  The  fakir'  would  probably  sell  it  in 
two-drachm  chip  boxes  at  a  quarter  a  box.  and  there 
would  be  about  eighty  boxes  or  twenty  dollars  in  the 
whole  compound. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — Would  it  not  pay  you  to  put  up  a 
similar  salve  yourself,  using  better  ingredients,  of 
course,  and  offer  it  to  the  public  attractively  packed 
in  glass  ointment  boxes  at  say  fifteen  cents? 

Mr.  Smith. — It  might  pay  very  well  if  the  public 
would  only  buy  it,  but  I  fear  they  would  prefer  to 
patronize  the  fakir,  or  buy  Pettitoe's  corn  eradicator 
twenty-five  cent  size,   for  sixteen  cents. 

Mr.  Plougher. — How  would  you  treat  a  case  of 
severe  burn   or  scald  in  a   child? 

Mr.  Smith. — I  should  apply  Carron  oil  on  cotton 
wool  immediately,  and  refer  the  parents  to  a  doctor 
for  after  treatment. 

Mr.  Plougher. — What  would  be  the  legal  aspect  of 
the  case? 

Mr.  Smith. — If  I  made  any  charge  I  believe  I  should 
be  liable  to  fine  and  imprisonment  for  practising  med- 
icine without  being  registered;  if  I  refused  assistance 
I  should  probably  be  censured  as  a  heartless  wretch, 
or  deemed  ignorant,  or  both.  Under  ordinary  cir- 
cumstances I  should  make  a  small  charge  for  the 
dressings  and  oil  and  take  my  chance  of  an  action. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — How  would  you  treat  a  customer 
who  laid  down  a  dollar  bill  and  asked  for  a  hundred 
five-grain  tablets  of  phenacetin? 

Mr.  Smith. — I  should  do  up  the  tablets  and  ask 
him  for  tlie  difference. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — When  he  told  you  that  he  bought 
them  at  a  dollar  a  hundred  in  Halifax,  Nova  Scotia, 
how  would  you  answer  him? 

Mr.  Smith. — I  should  first  endeavor  to  explain  the 
existing  regulations  established  in  the  United  States 
by  the  Farbenfabriken  Bayer  Company,  backing  up 
my  statements  by  reference  to  the  Pharmaceutical 
Era  and  other  standard  drug  journals.  If  I  failed  to 
convince  him  that  a  sale  at  such  a  price  would  be 
unremunerative  to  me,  and  consequently  out  of  the 
question,  I  should  gently  but  firmly  request  him  to 
go  to  Halifax  and  make  his  purchase  there. 

Mr.  Plougher. — What  is.  in  your  opinion,  the  best 
method  of  dealing  with  a  woman  book  agent,  who  de- 
clines to  take  "no"  for  an  answer? 

Mr.  Smith. — In  the  case  of  an  agent  who  is  more  or 
less  new  to  the  business,  the  presentation  of  a  treatise 
by  the  "consulting  physician"  of  a  patent  medicine 
firm  will  sometimes  effect  the  removal  of  the  obstruc- 
tion to  business.  The  offer  of  a  quarter  has  occa- 
sionally been  known  to  produce  good  results,  but 
such  treatment  requires  some  discrimination,  as  it 
might  he  misunderstood  and  the  quarter  accepted. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — Will  you  kindly  read  this  order? 

Mr.  Smith  (spelling  out  slowly). — R-u-f-f-e-r-t-S 
ten  s-e-n-c-e  box  pills  c-a-t-1-i-k  a-s-i-d  ten  pills  box 
s-e-n-t-c-e. 

Mr.  Pluckham.— I  may  say  that  order  contained 
twenty  cents  in  cash  when  it  was  received. 

Mr.  Smith. — At  first  sight  it  looks  like  an  order  for 


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ten  cents'  worth  of  "Rough  on  Rats"  and  ten  cents' 
worth  of  carboHc  acid,  but  I  should  interpret  it  as 
an  order  for  ten  cents'  worth  of  Pil,  aloes  and  myrrh, 
and  the  same  amount  of  Pil.  cath.  co.  U.  S.  P. 

Mr.  Pluckhani. — Absolutely  correct.  Now  I  will 
ask  you  only  one  more  question.  A  farmer  complains 
to  you  that  his  cornmeal  is  being  stolen  by  his  hired 
man;  he  wishes  you  to  give  him  something  to  put  in 
it  "to  fix"  the  thief;  what  would  you  do? 

Mr.  Smith. — I  should  decline  to  give  him  anything 
at  all,  but  I  might  suggest  the  admixture  of  a  couple 
■of  pounds  of  condition  powder  with  the  cornmeal,  add- 
ing that  I  had  an  excellent  article  at  twenty-five 
cents  a  pound,  against  an  advertised  article  at  twenty- 
five  cents  for  four  ounces.  If  the  hired  man  was 
suddenly  taken  ill  I  should  advise  the  administering 
of  the  antidote  for  antimonial  poisoning  given  in  the 
last  edition  of  the  U.  S.  Dispensatory,  which  an 

Both  examiners. — Thank  you,  that  will  do,  Mr. 
Smith. 

Mr.  Pluckham. — I  am  sorry  to  say  we  cannot  give 
you  a  very  high  percentage  in  this  examination.  In 
fact,  we  can  only  just  "pass"  you. 

Mr.  Plougher. — You  are  lamentably  deficient  in 
business  tact,  and  I  fear  that  you  have  made  a  mis- 
take in  your  choice  of  a  profession,  but  you  may  im- 
prove in  time.  The  fact  of  the  matter  is,  that  too 
many  men  think  that  a  druggist  is  in  business  to  com- 
pound prescriptions  and  make  money  for  himself, 
whereas  his  true  mission  in  life  is  to  serve  the  pub- 
lic, and  save,  or  make  money  on  other  people.  The 
fact  that  you  can  make  a  qualitative  and  quantitative 
analysis  of  any  ordinary  preparation  cuts  no  ice.  The 
ordinary  customer  does  not  want  to  know  how  much 
hydrastin  or  berberine  exists  in  a  two-ounce  bottle  of 
fluid  extract  of  golden  seal,  but  he  may  require  you  to 
patch  a  rubber  boot  or  furnish  him  with  gratuitous 
advice  and  medicine  for  his  dog  or  cat.  Good  day, 
sir. 


VOLUMETRIC  ESTIM.\TION  OF  CYANIDES 
IN  THE  PRESENCE  OF  CHLORIDES.— F.  B. 
Gatehouse  (Chem.  News)  suggests  a  method  for  the 
volumetric  determination  of  cyanides  in  the  presence 
of  chlorides  which  is  based  upon  the  formation  of  the 
cyanide  salt  with  silver  nitrate  before  the  chloride  is 
precipitated.  To  a  definite  volume  of  the  solution 
containing  the  cyanides  and  chlorides  is  added  a  deci- 
normal  solution  of  silver  nitrate  from  a  burette  until 
a  permanent  cloudiness  is  obtained.  At  this  point  in 
the  titration,  each  Cc.  of  the  silver  nitrate  solution 
used  corresponds  to  .oi.io.^fi  gram  KCN.  After  the 
reading  of  the  burette  has  been  taken,  the  chloride 
in  the  mixture  may  be  determined  by  adding  an 
amount  of  the  silver  solution  equal  to  that  required 
to  produce  the  permanent  turbidity,  and  titrating  in 
the  usual  way,  using  neutral   K~  Cr  0«  as  indicator. 


LOW  TEMPERATURES.— At  a  meeting  of  the 
Academy  of  Sciences,  Paris,  M.  Moissan  gave  the  re- 
sults of  a  series  of  experiments  upon  the  production 
of  low  temperatures  by  means  of  solid  carbon  dioxide 
with  various  liquids  employed  as  solvents  (Nature) 
The  liquids  used  were  methyl  alcohol,  ethyl  alcohol, 
methyl  chloride,  aldehyde,  acetic  ether,  and  acetone. 
The  evaporation  was  increased  by  means  of  a  current 
of  dry  air.  ,\cetone  was  found  to  be  the  most  suitable 
soU'ent,  giving  a  temperature  of  — 98  degrees  C.  By 
previously  cooling  the  current  of  dry  air  to  — 80  de- 
grees C.  temperatures  as  low  as  — no  degrees  C. 
were  obtained. 


A  NEW  ANTISEPTIC— Dr.  Frederick  Novy  and 
Prof.  Paul  G.  Freer,  both  of  the  faculty  of  the 
University  of  Michigan,  have  prepared  a  new  syn- 
thetic compound  which  is  believed  to  be  an  absolute 
antiseptic  and  disinfectant  for  such  intestinal  diseases 
as  typhoid,  dysentery  and  cholera.  This  new  disin- 
fectant has  been   called  benzozone. 


One  of  the  prettiest  and  most  attractive  drug  stores 
in  Detroit  is  fitted  up  with  fixtures  which  were  made 
entirely  by  the  proprietor.  The  store  is  nearly  square 
and  there  are  the  usual  shelves  on  three  sides,  the 
prescription  department  being  in  a  separate  room  at 
at  back.  At  the  front  of  the  store,  in  the  usual  po- 
sition, is  a  very  handsome  soda  fountain,  also  built 
by  the  owner  of  the  store,  and  made  almost  entirely 
of  wood,  although  two  or  three  marble  slabs  and  a 
beveled  mirror  form  part  of  the  apparatus.  The  foun- 
tain is  a  work  of  art  and  its  operation  is  quite  as  sat- 
isfactory as  one  costing  several  hundred  dollars. 
The  fixtures,  including  shelving,  counters  and  foun- 
tain, are  finished  in  white  enamel,  and  although  the 
store  is  comparatively  small,  it  is  so  attractively  and 
tastefully  arranged  that  its  appearance  never  fails  to 
excite  favorable  comment.  Many  pharmacists  having 
a  fair  degree  of  mechanical  ability,  could  greatly  im- 
prove the  appearance  of  their  stores  in  a  similar  man- 
ner and  at  small  expense.  There  are  many  little 
things  in  the  average  store  that  could  be  done  in  the 
way  of  providing  additional  conveniences,  such  as  a 
special  perfume  case  with  glass  front,  to  be  attached 
to  the  wall,  or  in  some  other  suitable  place,  special 
shelves,  drawers,  cupboards,  racks,  filter  stands  and 
a  host  of  other  details  which  would  add  much  to 
the  appearance  of  the  pharmacy  and  would  also  serve 
definite  purposes. 

The  trouble  that  a  thoughtless  person  can  cause  a 
druggist  was  shown  in  a  most  exasperating  way  re- 
cently in  a  busy  drug  store.  A  young  lady — not  un- 
handsome, and  stylishly  dressed — asked  for  the  use 
of  the  'phone  and  called  up  a  prominent  young  physi- 
cccian  who  happened  at  the  time  not  to  be  in  his  of- 
fice. One  of  the  clerks,  believing  that  she  really 
wanted  the  doctor  right  away  volunteered  to  get  him 
for  her.  He  called  up  every  place  in  the  city  where 
it  was  thought,  the  physician  would  possibly  be  but 
he  could  not  find  him.  The  young  lady  was  plainly 
in  distress  and  everybody  in  the  house,  including  the 
proprietor,  tried  to  get  that  doctor,  and  when  the 
man  who  tried  last  sorrowfully  announced  that  he 
would  have  to  give  it  up,  she  smiled  sadly  and  said 
she  was  "so  sorry,"  because  she  had  an  engagement 
to  go  to  the  theatre  with  him  and  wanted  to  tell  him 
that  it  would  not  be  possible  for  her  to  go.  If  looks 
could  kill,  a  certain  young  lady  would  now  be,  as 
the  negro  said,  "ceasted." 

.'\  firm  which  does  a  large  business  has  had  a  world 
of  trouble  with  rats,  and  as  cats  seemer  about  the 
only  thing  that  would  remedy  the  evil,  they  advertised 
for  a  supply,  agreeing  to  pay  the  sum  of  fifty  cents 
for  each  feline  brou.ght  to  their  store  before  ten 
o'clock  on  a  recent  morning.  Could  the  proprietors 
when  they  inserted  the  ad.  have  seen  the  throng  that 
lined  up  at  the  door  at  the  appointed  hour  the  ad. 
never  would  have  gone  in.  The  collection  of  boys 
was  enough  to  startle  the  most  inattentive;  they  were 
of  all  colors  and  sizes,  each  with  a  bag  slung  over 
his  shoulder  and  in  each  bag  a  cat.  and  from  each  cat 
some  of  that  soul-stirring  music  that  every  one 
is  familiar  with.  It  was  a  sight  never  to  be  forgot- 
ten: the  man  who  is  responsible  for  the  ad.  declares 
that  he  will  never  forget  it.  and  the  trouble  the  rest 
of  the  firm  were  put  to  will  insure  them  against  a 
lapse  of  memory.  The  most  amusing  part  is  that 
most  of  the  boys  thought  the  cats  were  to  be  con- 
verted into  medicine. 


6.3 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  16,  1902, 


W.  A.  Frost  of  St.  Paul,  former  president  of  the 
Minnesota  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  has  issued  one 
of  the  handsome  httle  calendars  of  the  season.  Upon 
it  is  printed  a  bit  of  advice  that  should  set  people 
to  thinking  and  cause  them  to  realize  that  not  every 
Tom,  Dick  and  Harry  can  be  a  good  pharmacist. 
This  is  how  it  reads:  "Do  you  use  the  same  discre- 
tion in  the  selection  of  a  pharmacist  that  you  do 
in  the  preference  for  a  watchmaker  to  repair  your 
valuable  jewelry,  or  will  you  take  your  watch  to  a 
blacksmith  or  tinker?  If  not,  think  how  much  more 
precious  your  life  and  health  is  than  your  jewelry." 

A  young  physician  of  Memphis  was  called  to  see  a 
negro  recently  who  was  suffering  from  too  much 
Christmas.  He  asked  the  patient  if  anything  had 
been  done  for  him  recently  and  was  told  that  another 
physician  had  attended  him.  "Did  the  other  doctor 
take  your  temperature?"  asked  the  new  man.  "Don' 
know,  sir,  I  ain't  missed  nothin'  but  my  watch,"  was 
the  answer. 


YOUNG  MEN  AND  NEW  DRUG  STORES. 

By  GEORGE  A.  GRUNBOK,  Jr.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

HOW  to  make  a  drug  store  pay  should  be  a 
very  interesting  subject  for  young  men  who 
are  so  fortunate  as  to  have  the  necessary 
capital  to  go  into  business  at  once  after 
graduating.  Some  of  these  young  men  have  not  the 
proper  business  training,  that  is  to  say,  experience  in 
buying  goods  ad  in  every-day  dealing  with  customers. 
For  instance,  I  know  of  a  young  man  who  recently 
went  into  business  for  himself.  I  hope  he  will  be 
successful  and  prosperous,  but  I  fear  that  he  still 
lacks  some  necessary  business  training.  In  ordering 
stock  he  orders  such  goods  and  quantities  as  one- 
half  pound  barium  chloride,  one-half  pound  Tully's 
powder  and  many  more  which  are  entirely  unnecessary 
for  a  new  store.  Having  a  small  store  he  ordered 
about  $40.00  worth  of  labels.  I  advise  all  young  men 
when  starting  new  stores  to  order  labels  in  as  small 
quantities  as  possible.  I  am  in  favor  of  having  a 
very  attractive  prescription  label  in  different  sizes, 
but  in  buying  plain  drug  labels  for  such  materials 
as  calcined  magnesia,  cod  liver  oil,  arnica  flowers, 
powdered  rhubarb,  almond  meal,  and  many  more  of 
the  same  kind  is  a  waste  of  money,  at  the  same  time 
filling  space  that  will  become  more  valuable  for  other 
purposes  later.  A  plain  blank  label  may  be  kept  for 
all  purposes,  except  for  such  articles  as  are  called 
for  every  day. 

A  good  way  to  impress  upon  your  customers  a  con- 
viction that  you  are  keeping  a  first-class  pharmacy, 
is  by  using  neat  labels,  clean  bottles  and  boxes,  and 
caps  on  prescription  bottles.  Do  not  attempt  to  put 
ten  or  twelve  powders  in  an  envelope,  for  this  is  very 
poor  economy.  If  a  powder  box  comes  back  to  be 
refilled  in  a  dirty  condition,  or  a  bottle  with  a  soiled 
label,  supply  a  new  label  or  box,  as  the  case  may  be. 
If  you  send  out  the  same  label  repeatedly  until  it  be- 
comes so  soiled  that  it  cannot  be  read,  the  public 
will  soon  think  that  you  are  careless,  reasoning  very 
properly  that  if  you  are  careless  in  the  appearance  of 
the  bottle  or  label  you  must  surely  be  careless  in  com- 
pounding the  prescription. 

I  have  often  seen  young  pharmacists  who  were 
called  upon  for  some  simple  remedy  for  a  cough  or 
a  sprain,  hand  out  something  selling  for  five  cents, 
when  they  could  have  made  a  sale  amounting  to 
twenty-five  cents  at  least  quite  as  well,  with  equal 
satisfaction  to  the  customer. 

One  mistake  many  young  men  make  is  to  begin 
cutting  prices  on  patents.  After  this  practice  is  once 
begun  they  will  find  it  a  difficult  matter  to  raise  the 
prices.  Another  mistake  they  often  make  is  to  over- 
stock their  stores  by  buying  from  every  "slick"  drum- 
mer who  can  give  them  a  good  story.  They  should 
make  it  a  point  to  buy  in  as  small  quantities  as  pos- 
sible at  first,  even  though  they  lose  the  discount. 
Of  course  I  am  in  favor  of  buying  in  larger  quanti- 


ties as  soon  as  the  sale  of  the  goods  warrants  them  to 
do  so,  but  not  until  then. 

Many  druggists  seem  to  dote  on  attractive  window 
displays,  but  it  is  a  good  deal  more  important  to 
keep  the  windows  clean.  In  displaying  goods  in  the 
store  upon  cases,  do  not  try  to  show  too  many  differ- 
ent kinds  of  goods  at  one  time;  do  not  place  an  in- 
sect destroyer  beside  a  tonic. 

Make  your  store  appear  to  be  a  very  busy  one. 
Introduce  a  check  system  for  prescriptions.  Even 
though  it  will  take  only  five  minutes  to  compound  a 
prescription,  tell  the  customer  it  will  take  at  least  ten 
or  fifteen  minutes,  so  as  to  avoid  all  errors. 

Some  druggists  have  a  mistaken  idea  that  nothing 
can  be  accomplished  by  advertising.  One  good  way 
of  advertising  is  to  get  out  a  small  circular  about  one 
special  preparation — a  rheumatic  liniment  for  instance. 
Insert  one  of  these  circulars  in  the  wrapper  of  each 
purchase.  Keep  this  up  for  a  month  or  two  at  least, 
Advertise  it  in  your  store  and  you  will  surely  get  good 
results. 

Treat  all  your  customers  alike,  whether  they  are 
white  or  black,  rich  or  poor.  Do  not  be  abrupt  to 
drummers.  If  you  have  time  listen  to  what  they  have 
to  say,  for  there  is  a  good  deal  you  can  learn  from 
them.  Always  compare  your  bills  from  the  wholesaler 
with  the  market  prices,  and,  if  possible,  buy  from  two 
wholesalers.  Keep  on  as  friendly  terms  as  possible 
with  your  competitors.  Read  the  best  drug  journals, 
keeping  thoroughly  posted  on  everything,  and  in  con- 
clusion: 

Don't  wait  until  the  iron  is  hot, 

But  make  it  hot  by  muscle; 

Dont  wait  for  the  wealth  your  father's  got. 

But  take  off  your  coat  and  hustle. 

HOW    TO    READ    DRUG    JOURNALS    MOST 
PROFITABLY. 

By  F.  J.  ROEMER,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

MUCH  has  been  printed  in  the  various  drug 
journals  regarding  the  necessity  of  subscrib- 
ing for  drug  journals,  poking  all  manner 
of  fun  at  the  "way-back"  druggist  who  is 
content  to  get  along  without  their  aid.  As  a  matter 
of  fact,  the  percentage  of  druggists  who  do  not  sub- 
scribe for  one  or  more  drug  journals  is  so  small  that 
the  number  can  be  expressed  in  a  very  small  figure. 
What  is  more  needed  at  present  is  a  series  of  articles 
on  the  proper  way  to  read  the  drug  journals  for 
which  the  druggists  subscribe. 

There  are  many  ways  of  reading  books.  One  per- 
son can  pick  up  a  book,  read  it  from  cover  to  cov- 
er, and  by  the  second  day  after  have  forgotten  even 
the  characters  which  enter  into  the  story.  Another 
will  read  the  same  book  with  the  result  that  the  char- 
acters seem  to  be  real  friends  or  acquaintances.  In 
this  latter  way  should  our  drug  journals  be  read. 
We  should  thoroughly  digest  what  is  good  and  need- 
ful to  us,  and  that  part  in  which  we  have  no  interest 
may  be  hastily  read  and  forgotten.  The  same  articles 
will  not  appeal  to  every  reader. 

One  of  the  principal  items  of  interest  and  profit 
in  every  drug  journal  is  its  advertising  pages.  Too 
many  merchants  do  not  believe  in  "wasting"  their 
time  in  reading  advertisements  — "that's  where  they 
fall  down,"  so  to  speak.  The  writer  invariably  reads 
the  advertisements  before  touching  the  reading  mat- 
ter proper,  and  why?  First,  because  new  goods  and 
remedies  are  appearing  on  the  market  every  day. 
If  we  happen  to  notice  the  appearance  of  a  new  rem- 
edy and  a  physician  later  prescribes  it,  we  will  know 
something  about  this  remedy — by  whom  manufac- 
tured, its  price  and  its  uses.  We  are  then  in  a  po- 
sition to  look  for  this  remedy  with  some  degree  of 
intelligence.  It  is  the  duty  of  every  pharmacist  to 
thoroughly  post  himself  on  all  new  remedies,  and 
there  is  no  way  of  acquiring  such  knowledge  except 
by  means  of  the  leading  drug  journals.  If  the  item 
advertised  be  along  the  line  of  drug  sundries,  we  can 
tell  very  quickly  whether  we  can  make  use  of  that 
particular  article  or  not.     If  we  can  order  at  once  we 


January  16, 1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


63- 


will  have  the  advantage  over  the  other  druggists  in 
our  city  by  displaying  and  advertising  this  article,  and 
thus  get  the  cream  of  the  trade  before  our  competi- 
tors get  a  chance  at  it.  In  other  words  you  are  en- 
abled to  become  the  leader  in  your  city,  and  the  fel- 
low who  leads  generally  makes  the  money,  while  the 
one  who  follows  must  be  content  to  take  what  is  left. 

Secondly,  by  reading  and  studying  these  advertise- 
ments we  are  able  to  get  pointers  on  our  own  adver- 
tising. More  advertising  ideas  may  be  gained  in 
this  way  than  in  any  other.  Take  any  preparation 
that  has  a  good  sale,  watch  the  method  in  which  it  is 
advertised,  and  adapt  that  method  in  part  to  your  own 
advertising.  By  this  I  do  not  mean  copying  any  ad- 
vertisement verbatim,  for  in  order  to  bear  fruit  all 
advertisements  must  be  more  or  less  original,  but  the 
ideas  may  be  similar. 

After  perusing  and  digesting  the  advertising  pages, 
go  through  the  reading  matter  proper.  If  your  time 
is  limited,  merely  read  the  headlines  of  the  different 
articles  and  note  those  which  seem  to  interest  you 
most.  Read  these  thoroughly  and  devote  the  bal- 
ance of  your  spare  time  to  the  remaining  pages  of 
the  journal.  In  many  of  the  leading  drug  journals 
we  now  find  departments  devoted  to  drug  store  adver- 
tising. Here  are  reviewed  and  criticised  the  various 
methods  of  advertising.  This  department  is  generally 
conducted  by  a  skilled  advertising  writer  who  knows 
good  advertising  when  he  sees  it.  If  he  praises  any 
bit  of  advertising  send  a  stamped  envelope  to  the 
druggist  whose  advertising  it  is,  and  you  will  gener- 
ally find  him  obliging  enough  to  send  you  some  infor- 
mation along  the  line  desired.  In  this  manner  you 
can  learn  some  of  the  practical  sides  of  advertising 
which  may  be  used  in  your  own  store. 

Then  take  the  other  side  of  the  pharmacy — the  pro- 
fessional. Many  articles  of  interest  along  these  lines 
are  appearing  continually — formuLne  of  various  kinds, 
methods  of  making  pharmaceutical  preparations,  pre- 
scription difficulties,  &c.  Read  these  carefully,  and  if 
you  do  not  preserve  your  journals,  cut  out  those  ar- 
ticles which  you  think  may  be  of  some  service  at  a 
future  time,  and  preserve  them  in  a  scrap  book. 
These  items  may  save  you  money  at  some  future  time. 

Reading  a  journal  in  this  way  takes  time,  but  it  is 
worth  every  minute  you  spend.  Remember  that  any 
thing  that  has  any  value  at  all  costs  something — if 
not  money,  then  its  equivalent — time.  If  you  do  not 
have  the  time  to  read  in  your  place  of  business,  take 
the  journal  home  with  you.  Do  not  subscribe  for  a 
paper  merely  to  have  it  lying  on  your  desk.  Read  it. 
Conscientiously  study  your  journals  and  you  cannot 
help  deriving  benefits  which  you  would  never  obtain 
in  any  other  way. 


IBOGA  AND  IBOGAIN.— According  to  Dybow- 
sky  and  Landrin  (Bull.  Commerc.)  the  inhabitants  of 
the  French  Congo  employ  the  woody  parts  of  a  plant 
which  is  called  "Iboga"  or  "Abona"  according  to  the 
locality  in  which  it  is  found.  Baillon  describes  this 
plant  as  Tabernanthe  Iboga.  In  small  doses  it  acts  as 
a  tonic  and  aphrodisiac;  in  larger  doses  it  produces 
effects  sirailiar  to  those  of  large  doses  of  alcohol. 
The  active  principle  of  the  plant  is  an  alkaloid  which 
has  been  called  ibogain.  This  alkaloid  is  crystalline, 
insoluble  in  water  and  easily  soluble  in  ether,  chlor- 
oform, benzol,  hot  alcohol  and  similar  solvents.  It 
forms  neutral  salts  with  sulphuric,  nitric  and  acetic 
acids.  These  salts  have  not  been  obtained  in  crys- 
talline forms,  but  the  hydrochloric  acid  salt  is  formed 
in  beautiful  crystals   from   acid  solutions. 


ALKALOIDS  OF  IPECACUANHA.— As  con- 
firming certain  remarks  recently  made  in  the  Chemist 
and  Druggist  on  the  alkaloidal  value  of  ipecacuanha, 
absurd  guarantees  of  which  are  obtained  from  Ham- 
burg, the  following  typical  analyses  appear  in  the 
Pharm.   Central: 

Rio  root  Cartagena  root 
per  cent.  per  cent. 

Emetin     1.4.T  .S9 

Oephaplin     =•"  i£? 

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A    PLEA    FOR    GREATER    UNIFORMITY    OF 

STRENGTH  AND  EXACTNESS  IN  OUR 

MEDICAL  ARMAMENTARIUM/ 

C.  F.  WAIIRER,  -M.   D.,  Ft.   Madis.m,  Iowa. 

THE  subject  of  my  paper  may  not  be  new  to 
anyone   here,   and,   like   the   longing   for   im- 
mortality and  the  fabled  Fountain  of  Youth 
may    be    somewhat    Utopian    in    its    nature, 
yet  we  must  not  forget  that  keeping  eternally  at  it 
has  often  been  followed  by  good  results. 

We  certainly  can  not  admire  Shakespeare  for  the 
originality  of  his  subject-matter,  for  everything  he 
wrote  was  either  old  history  or  romance  before  he 
was  born,  but  the  manner  in  which  h&  put  it,  and 
the  way  he  said  things  and  made  his  hearers  and 
readers  feel  it,  there  is  where  Shakespeare  is  great. 
So  if  I  can  impress  you  with  what  I  have  to  say  in 
such  a  manner  that  you  can  all  feel  it,  and  so  it  will 
do  good,  my  ambition  will  be  satisfied. 

We  are  all  aware  that  in  the  good  old  days  we 
guessed  at  many  things,  at  diagnosis,  at  etiology,  at 
pathology  if  it  was  considered  at  all,  and  also  at  the 
therapeutics  that  entered  into  our  treatment.  We 
do  some  of  these  things  better  now.  We  diagnose 
almost  perfectly,  by  means  of  instruments  of  pre- 
cision, by  reasoning,  by  an  improved  symptomatol- 
ogy, by  bacterial  and  chemical  tests,  by  reflexes  and 
many  other  means.  The  microscope  also  aids  in  our 
pathology,  which  in  many  instances  we  may  call  per- 
fect. We  know  more  of  the  etiology  of  diseases  and 
this  alone  also  suggests  the  treatment.  Of  these 
achievements  we  are  not  only  reasonably  proud,  but 
feel  that  we  are  peculiarly  blessed  that  we  live  in  this 
X-Ray  age,  so  full  of  possibilities  for  us  all.  But  in 
one  thing  still  much,  very  much  indeed,  is  desired, 
and  that  is  after  all  the  main  thing,  namely,  our 
therapeutic  means  of  combating  disease.  We  may 
be  somewhat  blinded  by  the  fact  that  the  number  of 
our  remedies  is  wonderfully  increased.  Many  old 
and  useless  remedies  are  now  no  more  used,  toads' 
eyes,  lizards'  tails  and  bats'  wings,  and  the  blood  of 
black  cats,  bugs  and  other  vermin  are  rio  more  the 
source  of  our  therapeutic  resources:  neither  do  we 
now  use  metal  tractors  to  draw  out  the  diseases,  nor 
do  we  any  more  depend  upon  the  royal  touch,  nor 
fear  witches  nor  the  evil  eye.  Osteopathy.  Christian 
science  and  absent  treatment  have  replaced  all  these. 
Notwithstanding  all  this,  I  want  to  ask  you  se- 
riously, has  this  branch  of  medicine,  namely,  materia 
medica,  as  far  as  real  merit  of  the  matter  that  enters 
into  our  remedies,  kept  step  with  the  rapid  advance- 
ment of  other  departments  of  the  healing  art?  I  be- 
lieve I  must  answer  this  negatively:  not  because 
chemists  an<i  pharmacists  have  been  idle,  neither  has 
experimental  therapeutics  been  slow  to  come  to  our 
aid.  for,  as  before  said,  many  new  and  really  valuable 
remedies  have  been  discovered,  old  ones  replaced  by 
better  ones  or  new  uses  found  for  the  old  ones,  but 
we  have  not  paid  sufficient  attention  to  the  quality 
of  the  goods  we  use  in  fighting  disease. 

You  know  by  this  time  that  fluid  extract  of  ergot 
varies  as  one  to  fifty,  gelsemium  the  same,  that  can- 
nabis indica  varies  all  the  way  from  nothing  up  to 
the  most  lethal  and  intoxicating  in  character,  while 
opium,  digitalis  and  ipecac,  the  latter  now  almost 
extinct,  vary  from  two  to  a  hundred  fold,  not  only 
in  the  finished  product,  but  in  the  original  drug,  de- 
pending on  locality  of  growth,  methods  used  in  pres- 
ervation, age,  and  finally,  in  preparation.  Even  the 
rules  of  the  pharmacopoeia  are  faulty  in  giving  us 
drugs  of  uniform  strengtli,  especially  when  we  con- 
sider the  fluid  extracts,  the  solid  and  powdered  ex- 
tracts, tinctures,  elixirs  and  other  forms  made  from 
these.  If  to  all  this  we  add  the  cunidity  and  dishon- 
esty and  ignorance  of  many  manufacturers,  and  the 
insufficient  laws  governing  the  output  of  their  labo- 

•Read  At  t'he  Flftv-seconil  ..\nniia-I  Meeting  of  the 
Nm<>rican  Medical  Association.  In  the  Section  on  Materia 
Medico.  Pharmacy  and  Therapeutics,  and  approved  for 
THiblioatlon  by  the  Executive  Committee.  Jour.  Am.  Med. 
-■issoc. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  16,  1902. 


ratories,  and  augment  this  by  ignorant,  dishonest 
druggists  and  often  careless  and  sometimes  ignorant 
prescribers,  the  outlook  for  the  sick  man  is  anything 
but  cheerful.    I  hope  I  shall  never  get  sick. 

Now  what  is  the  use  of  making  a  diagnosis  which 
<!ntais  so  much  study  and  worry.  We  auscultate, 
percuss,  and  look  through  the  microscope;  we  an- 
alyze blood,  urine,  and  sputum;  we  make  bacteriolog- 
ical cultures,  and  test  eyes,  hearing,  and  the  reflexes; 
we  palpate;  we  explore  with  the  X-Ray,  sounds, 
specula,  meatoscopes,  laryngoscopes,  and  otoscopes; 
we  catheterize  ureters,  and  a  few  of  us.  at  least,  ex- 
amine the  fundus  of  the  eye  wih  an  opthalmoscope, 
and  in  fact,  what  do  we  not  do  to  a  patient?  Well, 
we  finally  arrive  at  a  diagnosis.  We  know  what  is 
the  matter;  then  we  begin  to  prescribe,  and  the  trou- 
ble begins.  .         ,       j 

Without  going  into  details  and  naming  the  drugs 
that  fail  in  relieving  a  given  sympton.  I  just  desire 
to  say,  that  it  may  be  put  down  as  an  axiom  that 
good,"  well-made  medicines  when  applied  by  a  \yise 
physician,  usually  respond  as  we  desire,  and,  when 
thev  do  not  and  we  feel  sure  of  our  diagnosis,  the 
blame  properly  rests  with  the  preparation  we  use. 
This  calls,  on  our  part,  for  preparations  made  accord- 
ing to  some  uniform  standard,  by  an  honest,  upright 
manufacturer,  who  has  a  proper  pride,  coupled  with 
a  sensitive  conscience,  in  his  business;  one  who  feels 
that  human  life  and  happiness  depend  upon  him  as 
much  as  thev  depend  upon  the  doctor  who  uses  his 
products.  He  should  feel  that  his  is  a  high  calling 
not  only  for  the  dollar  and  dime,  but  also  for  that 
noble  cause  that  makes  life  worth  living.  But  since 
there  are  almost  thousands  who  are  the  opposite, 
•who  have  only  the  commercial  side  in  view,  we  must 
use  only  such  products,  in  the  absence  of  suitable 
laws  to  protect  us  and  our  patients,  as  we  know  are 
reliable  either  in  their  very  nature,  or  by  the  guaran- 
tee of  the  manufacturer. 

Of  the  first  class  are  the  alkaloids,  glucosids,  and 
well-known  mineral  derivatives.  Such  alkaloids  as 
morphin,  quinin,  cinchonidin,  strychnin,  cocain,  atro- 
pin,  and  the  glucosids,  like  digitonin,  digitalin  and 
others;  the  mineral  salts,  like  calomel,  iron,  sulphur, 
silver,  and  others  we  know,  are  more  reliable  than 
are  the  crude  drugs  from  which  they  are  made,  or 
any  of  their  pharmacal  preparations,  especially  when 
made  by  unscrupulous  manufacturers.  And  when 
these  same  unscrupulous  men  offer  us  polypharmacal 
mixtures  of  the  handorgan  and  shotgun  variety,  we 
are  all  the  more  at  sea.  Why  should  any  physician 
allow  some  fake  manufacturing  firm  to  prescribe  for 
him  some  anti-phthisine.  anti-pneumonine,  anti-dys- 
pepsin,  or  anti-febrin,  that  has  not  even  a  qualitative 
label  on  it,  and  if  it  pretends  to  have,  it  is  only  partly 
so — saying  it  contains  i  per  cent,  iron,  2  per  _^cent. 
quinin  and  other  valuable  igredients,  mixed  in  a 
menstruum  of  which  we  are  the  sole  patentees. 
Thousands  of  such  mixtures  are  offered  physicians 
daily  in  their  offices  by  wily  sample  fiends  who  are 
sent  out  by  these  vampire  manufacturers.  The  worst 
of  all  is.  that  the  profession  buy  these  slops,  and  even 
give  testimonials,  many  of  them  signed  by  Prof.  Big 
Medicineman  of  the  College  of  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons of  Sodom  and  Gomorrah,  who  recommended 
them  to  his  classses  and  could  not  practice  medicine 
without  them. 

Every  professor  in  a  medical  college  who  gives 
such  testimonials  to  proprietary  and  polypharmacal 
nostrums  should  be  promotly  dismissed  from  his 
chair;  then  let  him  give  his  undivided  attention  to 
the  nostrum  mill  of  which  he  is  undoubtedly  a  silent 
partner. 

Merck  of  Darmstadt,  Germanv.  and  such  as 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co..  of  Detroit,  Mich.,  are  striving 
to  prepare  drugs  and  medicants  that  are  of  standard 
strength  and  uniformity.  These  goods  they  call 
standardized,  and  the  process,  standardization.  With 
some  products  they  accomplish  this  bv  filling  them 
to  a  certain  percentage  with  their  active  principles, 
•'nd  where  such  is  not  nossible.  to  test  them  physio- 
logically on  animals  and  control  experiments. 


If  we  encourage  the  manufacturers  of  such  goods 
and  use  whenever  we  can  alkaloids  and  mineral 
products  and  their  uniform  salts,  looking  to  quality 
and  never  to  price,  and  ask  for  similar  laws  to  the 
pure  food  laws  enacted  in  some  of  the  States  and 
some  foreign  countries,  we  can  then  hope  for  a  bet- 
ter state  of  things,  and  a  more  cheerful  outlook  for 
the  sick  man.  This  might  be  brought  about  also  in  a 
measure  by  just  such  bodies  as  the  great  American 
Medical  Association.  Let  a  committee  be  appointed 
to  memorialize  the  committee  that  revises  the  phar- 
macopoeia, to  introduce  better  and  surer  methods  in 
the  manufacture  of  medicines;  also  let  it  memorialize 
Congress  to  give  us  laws  to  protect  the  consumer  of 
drugs,  the  same,  at  least,  as  protects  the  butter  eater 
from  oleomargarine.  Such  a  committee  may  finally 
accomplish  something. 

As  long  as  we  use  uncertain  missiles,  at  uncertain 
distances,  with  the  uncertain  hope  that  something 
may  do  some  good,  I  see  no  use  in  drilling  our  medi- 
cal recruits  for  four  or  five  years,  at  an  immense  ex- 
pense of  money  and  energy,  unless  we  can  equip 
them  at  the  end  of  that  time  with  a  more  exact  and 
uniform  armamentarium.  Remember  you  may  pos- 
sess the  diagnostic  ability  of  a  Flint,  an  Osier  or  a 
Loomis,  the  therapeutic  knowledge  of  an  Eichhorst, 
Wood  or  Hare,  and  yet  all  this  ability  is  perfectly 
helpless  in  the  presence  of  inert  drugs  and  dishonest 
medical  purveyors  and  manufacturers. 

However,  declamation  is  useless.  Let  us  do  some- 
thing and  keep  at  it  till  we  succeed.  Much  of  the 
present  evil  is  due  to  the  fact  that  many  doctors  do 
not  study  their  texts  on  materia  medica  as  assidu- 
ously as  when  they  crammed  for  their  diplomas,  but 
they  read  trade  journals  and  floating  literature  on 
semi-proprietary  preparations,  whose  virtues  are  ex- 
tolled by  their  exploiters.  These  are  little  less  than 
common  nostrums,  and  are  only  combinations  of 
well-known  ingredients,  one  of  which  is  usually  some 
form  of  alcohol.  Let  us  all  stop  this,  study  more 
faithfully  our  materia  medica.  the  physiologic  action 
of  medicines,  and  their  bearing  upon  pathologic  le- 
sions, and  in  a  short  time  much  of  this  evil  will  pass 
away.  Only  when  we  ask  for  better  things  can  we 
hope  to  get  them. 


CHELIDOXANTHIN  IS  IMPURE  BERBER- 
INE. — In  a  preliminary  notice  concerning  a  series 
of  experiments  upon  chelidoxanthin,  a  body  extracted 
from  Chelidonium  majus.  Prof.  J.  O.  Schlotterbeck 
(Pharm.  Rev.)  ofTers  proof  in  support  of  his  previous 
statement  that  this  substance  is  probably  identical  with 
berbcrine.  From  plants  grown  in  the  botanical  gar- 
den of  the  University  of  Michigan  and  from  material 
furnished  by  Prof.  Lloyd,  the  author  succeeded  in 
obtaining  enough  chelidoxanthin  to  permit  of  a  care- 
ful study  of  its  properties.  In  the  color  of  its  com- 
pounds, crystalline  form,  solubilities,  and  in  chemical 
reaction,  it  was  found  to  agree  in  every  particular 
with  berberine,  the  results  giving  every  reason  to  be- 
lieve that  the  compound  separated  by  Probst  from 
chelidonium  and  that  isolated  by  the  author  from 
stylophorum  diphyllum  are  none  other  than  berberine. 


REAGENT  FOR  ALDEHYDES.— Erdmann  pro- 
poses the  use  of  dimethylhydroresorcin  as  a  reagent 
for  the  detection  of  aldehydes,  instead  of  hydrore- 
sorcin,  as  the  resulting  products  of  conden.sation  are 
much  less  soluble  in  water.  The  melting  point  of  the 
condensation  product  obtained  by  means  of  this  rea- 
gent with  formic  adelhyde,  is  187  to  188  degrees:  that 
of  the  acetic  aldehyde  compound,  139  to  140  degrees; 
that  of  the  furfural  product,  158  to  160  degrees,  and 
that  obtained  with  benzoic  aldehyde,  193  degrees. 
These  condensation  products  may  be  converted  into 
rinhvdrids  also  having  charncteristic  melting  points 
by  boiling  with  acetic  anhydrid  under  a  reflux  con- 
denser. Cinnamic  aldehyde  and  vanillin  yield  well  de- 
fined compounds  when  treated  in  this  way. 


January  16, 1902.] 


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The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  aub- 
•crlbers  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulae 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription  work,  dispensing  difficulties,  etc. 

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m«il,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  RECEIVE 
department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
trequer*  reference  Is  necessarily  made  to  Information 
published  In  previous  Issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 


Durable   Ink. 

(J.  H.  O.)  "After  trying  many  ink  formulas, 
mostly  made  with  nutgalls,  sulphate  of  iron,  tannin, 
gallic  acid,  indigo,  indigo-carmine,  indigotine,  an<l 
aniline  blue,  I  find  that  the  inks  thus  made  write  very 
well  at  first  with  a  dark  blue  color,  afterward  turning 
black.  In  a  month  or  so  they  loose  their  color,  the 
writing  looking  like  that  produced  with  a  little  col- 
ored water.  I  would  like  to  know  how  to  remedy  the 
trouble." 

Inks  containing  coloring  matter  in  suspension 
have  been  found  to  be  the  most  durable,  and  much 
more  so  than  those  classed  as  solutions.  Where  the 
ink  is  a  solution  of  coloring  substances  it  permeates 
the  paper  so  as  to  be  wholly  acted  upon  more  rapidly 
by  those  agencies  tending  to  fading  and  obliteration. 
Ink  made  from  carbon  in  suspension  is  practically 
the  only  ink  which  is  not  affected  by  time  or  the 
traces  of  chlorine  or  lime  which  almost  all  modern 
papers  contain.  Carbon  ink  is  not,  however,  adapted 
for  all  kinds  of  writing,  nor  is  it  necessary.  The  best 
we  can  do  is  to  give  you  a  formula  for  an  ink  which 
the  editor  of  "Pharmaceutical  Formulas"  rec- 
ommends and  says  he  "has  never  met  with  blacker 
or  more  permanent  writing  than  that  done  with  it." 

Blue-Black  Ink. 

Blue  Aleppo  galls  ftree  from  dnsect-perforation) 
4%  ounces. 

Bruised  cloves    1        dram. 

Cold  water   40  ounces. 

Purified    sulphate    of  Iron    1%  ounces 

Pure  Sulphuric  acid  35  minims. 

Indiffo-paste  (noutraJ  or  nearly  so)..  1  ounce. 
Place  the  galls,  when  bruised,  with  the  cloves  in  a 
SO  ounce  bottle,  pour  upon  them  the  water,  and  di- 
gest, with  daily  stirring,  for  a  fortnight.  Then  filter 
through  paper  into  another  50  ounce  bottle.  Get 
out,  also,  the  refuse  of  the  galls  and  wring  out 
of  it  the  remaining  liquor  through  a  strong  clean 
linen  or  cotton  cloth  into  the  filter,  in  order  that  as 
little  as  possible  be  lost.  Next  put  in  the  iron,  dis- 
solve completely,  and  filter  through  paper,  then  the 
acid,  and  agitate  briskly;  lastly,  the  indigo,  and 
thoroughly  mix  by  shaking.  Pass  the  whole  through 
paper.  Filter  out  of  one  bottle  into  the  other  till 
the  operation  has  been  completed.  On  a  large  scale 
this  fine  ink  may  be  made  by  percolation.  No  gum 
or  sugar  is  required,  except  when  intended  for  copy- 
ing: then  sVj  ounces  galls  should  be  used  and  3 
drams  of  sugar. 


Artificial  Cider. 

(H.  W.  N.)  The  following  formulas  are  taken 
from  Dick's  Encyclopaedia,  but  we  do  not  guarantee 
their  value.  .\s  you  are  aware,  artificial  ciders,  artifi- 
cial anything,  are  seldom  equal  to  the  genuine,  and 
imitations  are  always  to  be  discountenanced.  In  addi- 
tion, we  might  say  that  in  these  artificial  flavors  we 


are  decidedly  averse  to  the  use  of  mineral  acids,  sul- 
phur, etc.,  but  such  as  they  are  we  quote  them. 

1.  In  a  clean  cask  put  25  gallons  of  soft  water,  2 
pounds  of  tartaric  acid,  25  pounds  New  Orleans  su- 
gar and  I  pint  of  yeast.  Allow  to  stand  twenty-four 
hours  and  stir  well,  then  bung  the  cask  up  tight,  add 
3  gallons  of  spirits,  and  allow  to  stand  forty-eight 
hours,  when  it  will  be  ready  for  use. 

2.  An  imitation  of  sweet  cider  may  be  made  by 
taking  100  gallons  of  water,  S  gallons  honey,  3  ounces 
powdered  catechu,  s  ounces  alum  and  2  pints  of 
yeast.  Allow  to  ferment  for  fifteen  days  in  a  warm 
place  and  then  add  one-half  pound  bitter  almonds, 
one-half  pound  cloves,  2  pints  brown  sugar,  3  gal- 
lons whisky.  If  the  preparation  be  too  acid,  correct 
by  adding  a  little  honey  or  sugar  or  if  too  sweet,  by 
adding   sulphuric   acid,    preferably   cider   vinegar. 

3.  A  cheap  imitation  is  made  from  water,  35  gal- 
lons, sulphuric  acid  sufficient  to  make  pleasantly 
sour;  brown  sugar,  50  pounds;  alum,  4  ounces,  gin- 
ger, 5  ounces;  cloves,  5  ounces;  and  bitter  almonds, 
6  ounces.  Boil  the  last  two  ingredients  in  two  gal- 
lons of  water  for  two  hours;  strain  and  add  to  other 
water.  Burnt  sugar  may  be  used  for  color,  if  de- 
sired. Body  is  given  by  adding  3  to  4  gallons  of 
whisky. 

4.  Some  years  ago  the  British  and  Colonial  Drug- 
gist published  the  following  formula  for  Artificial 
Cider  Essence: 

AId€h^  de    2  di-ams. 

dilorotorm     1    dram. 

Acetic  ether    2   drams. 

Valerianajte  ^of  amyl   10  drams. 

The  above  quantity  is  sufficient  for  a  gallon  of 
syrup.  To  this  you  must  add  sufficient  tartaric  acid 
to  give  it  the  required  sharpness  of  taste,  and  suf- 
ficient burnt  sugar  to  tint  it. 


Crab  Apple  Perfume. 

(H.  L.  S.) 

(1)  Extract  of  orange  iblossoms  1,000 

Extract  of  violet    1,000 

Extract  of  rose   500 

Extract  of  jasmine   500 

Extract   of  acacia    500 

Essence  of  vanila  (1  to  500) 100 

Tinoture  of   tolu    (1    to   10) 30 

Essence  of  musk  (1  to  50) lo 

Cumarin     5 

(2)  Tincture  of  ambergris    1    ounce. 

Tincture    of   musk    3  ounces. 

Spirit  of  rose    16  ounces. 

Extract   of    cassie    10  ounces. 

Exitract  of  tuberose  10  ounces. 

Extract  of  Jasmine    10  ounces. 

Extract  of  violet   16  ounces. 

Extract  of  rose   32  ounces. 

(3)  Oil  of  j-lang-ylang  30     drops. 

Oil   of   mace,    liquid    10     drops. 

Oil   of  wintergreen    2     drops. 

Oil  of  linaloe  20     drops. 

Oil  of  coriander   20     drops. 

Oil  of  hyacinth,  geranlol  5     drops. 

Tincture  of  cassie   : 2  ounces. 

Tincture  of  violet 4  ounces. 

Tincture  of  muse  baur V\     ounce. 

Tincture  of  styrax  '/j    dram. 

Mix  and  filter  if  necessary. 

The  name  "crabapple  blossom"  as  applied  to  a 
perfume  is  claimed  as  a  trade  mark  by  a  manufac- 
turer. 

Illuminating  Drug  Store  Fronts. 

(J.  G.  R.)  The  employment  of  a  storage  battery 
for  lighting  purposes  depends  wholly  upon  local  con- 
ditions and  cost.  In  small  villages  having  no  electric 
lighting  facilities  it  will  hardly  pay  you  to  install  a 
private  plant  to  generate  a  suft'icient  amount  of  elec- 
tricity to  light  the  front  of  a  small  store.  Much  more 
satisfactory  and  economical  results  can  be  obtained 
by  employing  some  other  method  of  lighting.  Re- 
cently various  lamps  burning  gasoline  have  been  rec- 
ommended as  producing  a  good  light  at  the  lowest 
possible  cost.  A  lamp  of  this  character  manufactured 
by  the  Brilliant  Gas  Lamp  Co.  of  Chicago  was  de- 
scribed in  last  week's  Era,  page  51. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  IG,  1902. 


Condy's  Fluid. 

(J.  J.  M.)  Condy's  fluid  is  an  English  proprietary 
preparation  used  as  a  disinfectant,  said  to  contain 
manganate  and  permanganates  of  the  alkalies  and 
other  salts,  the  nature  of  which  does  not  appear  to 
have  been  accurately  determined.  A  solution  con- 
taining potassium  permanganate  (l  per  cent.)  is  offi- 
cial in  the  British  Pharmacopoeia.  It  is  not  a  very 
stable  solution,  but  it  has  been  found  to  be  very  ser- 
viceable as  a  disinfectant  wash  where  the  oxidizing 
efifect  of  the  permanganate  is  desired. 


Solution  of  Indigo. 

(CifTic.)  Indigo  is  insoluble  in  alcohol  and  water 
or  alcohol,  but  is  readily  dissolved  by  concentrated 
or  fuming  sulphuric  acid,  because  of  the  formation  of 
monosulphindigotic  and  disulphindigotic  acids,  of 
which  the  first  is  difficultly  soluble  in  water  and  the 
second  easily  soluble.  A  standard  formula  for  a 
solution  of  indigo  directs  2  parts  of  powdered  indigo 
to  be  dissolved  in  g  parts  of  fuming  sulphuric  acid 
and  mix  the  solution  with  350  parts  of  water  and  8 
parts  of  gum  arable.  The  resulting  product  is  ordi- 
nary liquid  washing  blue. 


Chocolate  Emulsion  of  Cod  Liver  Oil. 

(D.  A.  R.)    The  following  has  been  recommended: 

Decoction  ot  Frish  moss  (2  to  100) 5  ooinces 

Ood  li\er  oil   8  ounces 

Glycerine    2  ounces 

Powdered    Chocolate    1  ounce 

Essence  ot  vanilla  3  drams 

Triturate  the  powdered  chocolate  with  mucilage, 
and  heat  until  a  uniform  mixture  is  obtained.  When 
cold,  add  the  cod  liver  oil  and  glycerine  and  beat  up 
with  an  egg  beater. 


Antiseptic  Powder. 

(Cifific.)  We  are  not  familiar  with  the  formula 
you  name.  Try  the  following:  Boracic  acid,  lo  ounces; 
sodium  biborate,  4  ounces;  alum,  i  ounce;  zinc,  sul- 
phocarbolate,  I  ounce;  Thymic  acid,  I  dram.  Mix 
thoroughly.  For  an  antiseptic  wash  dissolve  one  or 
two  drams  in  a  quart  of  warm  water. 

Face  Cream. 

(A.  S.  &  Co.)  We  cannot  give  the  formula  for 
the  proprietary  article.  Several  formulas  for  "skin 
creams"  were  published  in  the  Era  of  last  year.  See 
issues  of  March  7,  pages  255  and  262,  and  October 
31.  page  516. 


PHILADELPHIA  ASSOCIATION  OF  RETAIL  DRUG- 
GISTS.    JANUARY  MEETING. 

PhMartelphlia.  Jan.  11.— The  third  annual  meeting  of  the 
P.  A.  R.  D.,  was  well  attended,  and  the  various  reports 
presented  indicated  a  prosperous  condition  of  affairs. 
The  following  officers  were  elected  with  but  little  oppo- 
sition: President,  W.  A.  Poley;  1st  vice-president,  H.  C. 
Blair;  2nd  vice-president,  M.  Kratz;  3rd  vice-president, 
C.  H.  C'tinip'ben,  treasnrer:  Dr.  B.  R.  Smylie,  financial 
secretary,  H.  J.  Batdorft:  recording  secretary,  S.  W. 
Strunk;  executive  committee.  J.  Eppstein.  W.  E.  Lee, 
H.  B.  Horse,  J.  C.  Perry,  T.  H.  Potts,  C.  Rehfuss,  C.  W. 
Shull. 

Five  new  members  were  elected,  making  a  total  paid 
membership  of  515  to  date,  the  recording  secretary  re- 
porting 63  new  members  during  the  year,  73  dropped 
on  account  of  death,  resignation,  removal  and  non-pay- 
ment of  dues.  The  financial  condition  of  the  association 
Is  good,  $2,500.06  having  been  received,  and  $2,184.01  paid 
out  rhnine  the  ye.Ar,  leaving  a  balance  of  $310.00.  The 
"Entertainment  Committee"  provided  nearly  $1,200  ot  the 
receipts. 

Among  regular  matters  -taken  up  were  these:  Warn- 
ing was  given  to  members  of  a  man  who  called  on  drug- 
gists selling  a  "wonder  cleaner,"  for  which  he  promised 
to  get  orders   In  the  neighborhood,   but  which  did  not 


turn  up.  The  "Thymodent  Company's"  preparations  were 
recommended  by  the  Executive  Committee  as  worthy  of 
support,  as  they  maintained  retail  prices  strictly. 

The  "  annual  reports"  of  the  various  officers  and 
committees  were  able  papers,  and  several  important 
recommendations  were  made.  A  summary  of  these  is  as 
follows: 

President's  eport:  Recommendation  that  the  benefits 
of  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  be  restricted  to  members  in  good 
standing  only,  the  past  showing  that  many  who  refuse 
to  join  freely  ask  for  protection  and  aid  when  in  trouble. 
That  an  attorney  be  engaged  permanently  for  legal  ad- 
vice. That  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  pledge  itself  to  the  "Tripartite 
Plan"  only  for  full  price-protected  goods  and  that  they 
continue  to  endorse  the  "Worcester  Plan,"  and  that 
druggists  who  are  in  position  to  buy  goods  at  best  price 
should  do  so.  A  "Protective  Association"  was  outlined 
whereby  the  family  of  a  member  would  receive  benefits 
on  his  death,  such  benefit  to  be  equal  to  $1  for  each  mem- 
ber of  the  association  at  that  time  and  to  be  raised  by  an 
assessment  on  members,  membersliip  being  confined  to 
members  of  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  who  have  paid  up  their  dues, 
entrace  fee  to  'be  $2.25.  Suitable  provisions  for  forming 
this  "Protective  Association"  and  its  administration  were 
also  submitted.  This  address  was  referred  to  the  Execu- 
tive Committee  for  action  on  its  recommendations,  par- 
ticularly the  latter. 

Recording  Secretary's  Address:— After  a  recapitula- 
tion of  the  work  done  during  the  year  and  reference  to 
the  many  satisfactory  settlements  of  questions  affecting 
retail  druggists,  the  following  recommendations  were 
offered:  That  the  ward  chairman  of  each  of  the  7  sec- 
tions into  which  the  city  is  now  divided  hold  monthly 
meetings,  with  that  member  of  the  Executive  Committee 
in  charge  as  chairman,  and  that  they  report  monthly  the 
condition  of  their  wards  to  the  Executive  Committee, 
after  a  thorough  canvass.  That  meetings  of  the  drug- 
gists of  neighborhood  wards  be  held  frequently  to  dis- 
cuss local  matters  and  to  endeavor  to  agree  on  advanced 
prices  on  as  many  articles  as  possible  at  each  meeting, 
minor  articles  preferably.  That  a  monthly  "Bulletin"  be 
established,  edited  by  a  committee,  which  shall  contain 
reports  of  previous  meetings,  news  of  each  section,  an- 
nouncements of  general  and  special  meetings,  changes 
of  address,  etc.,  etc.,  the  cost  of  which  might  be  defrayed 
by  advertisements.  More  frequent  attendance  on  meet- 
ings and  an  appeal  was  made  for  more  united  support. 
In  his  report,  the  recording  secretary  also  announced  his 
withdrawal  from  that  position  on  account  of  stated 
reasons,  and  l>ade  farewell  to  its  members  with  thanks 
for  thedr  courtesy  and  kindness  to  him  while  in  office. 

Reports  of  the  Financial  Secretary  and  Treasurer: 
These  gave  a  condensed  statement  of  the  moneys  re- 
ceived and  expended  during  the  year.  The  report  of  the 
recording  secretary  was  laccepted  and  referred  to  the 
Executive  Committee,  especially  as  to  the  recommenda- 
tion for  a  monthly   "Bulletin." 

Executive  Committee's  Report:  After  reviewing  the 
work  of  the  year,  reference  to  the  failure  to  secure  an 
advanced  price-schedule  for  the  city  was  made  and  its 
failure  was  charged  to  the  impossibility  of  securing  a 
general  agreement  on  prices,  particularly  from  certain 
"cutters."  and  there  being  no  means  to  enforce  the  pen- 
alties of  price-cutting,  the  "Tripartite  Plan"  not  working 
at  all  successfully.  The  holding  of  frequent  ward  meet- 
ings was  urged  and  the  need  of  active  ward  chairman 
declared.  The  permanent  employment  of  an  "organizer" 
by  the  Association  was  strongly  urged,  both  on  account 
of  the  great  amount  of  routine  work  such  a  man  could 
do  and  his  usefulness  in  securing  new  members,  a,djust- 
Ing  disputes,  collecting  back  dues,  etc.,  etc. 

Among  the  various  committee  reports,  that  of  the 
"Proprietary  Committee"  is  noteworthy  as  showing  the 
strong  support  given  to  the  "Worcester  Plan"  here.  The 
History  of  the  "Aggressive  Defense  Association"  was 
outlined  and  it  was  stated  that  this  had  raised  several 
hundred  dollars  to  bring  a  test  suit  to  trial  in  this  State. 
This  suit,  which  is  now  before  the  Courts,  will  probably 
be  decided  thi,*!  month.  The  chartering  of  the  P  .A. 
R.  D.  was  mentioned  as  being  a  great  step  ahead  in  the 
way  of  Insuring  better  protection  to  its  members  and 
doing  better  work. 


January  16,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


67 


PROPOSED  BILL  TO  REGULATE  SALE  OF  POISONS 
IN  THE  DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

AVashington,  Jan.  0.— Dr.  William  C.  Wo-jdwarJ,  tlie 
Health  Officer  ot  the  District  of  Columbia,  has  pointed 
■out  to  the  District  Commissioners  the  urgent  need  of 
legislation  regulating  the  sale  of  poisonous  drugs  in  the 
District  and  has  prepared  the  draft  of  a  bill  on  the  sub- 
ject \\iiK-h  will  be  submitte^l  to  the  att'orney  for  hi.s  opin- 
ion,  and  it  will  later  be  presented  to   Congress. 

Among  other  things  the  bill  provides  that,  "No  person 
shall  in  the  District  of  Columbia  compound  or  dispense 
any  drug  or  drugs  and  deliver  the  same  to  any  other  per- 
son without  marking  on  the  container  thereof  the  name 
of  the  drug  or  drugs  contained  therein  or  directions  for 
using  the  same.  Any  person  T\"ho  compounds  or  dis- 
penses in  said  District  any  drug  or  drugs  on  a  prescrip- 
tion from  a  physician  shall  preserve  such  prescription  in 
a  book  or  on  a  file  provided  for  that  purpose;  shall 
number  consecutively  such  prescriptions  as  he  receives 
them;  shall  write  plainly  and  legibly  on  the  outside  of 
the  container  in  which  such  drug  or  drugs  are  dispensed 
the  number  of  the  prescription,  the  date  on  which  such 
drug  or  drugs  are  dispensed,  such  directions  for  using  the 
same  or  such  memoranda  as  have  been  directed  by  the 
prescribing  physician,  and  the  name  of  such  physician, 
and  shall  indicate  on  such  container  with  sufficient  ac- 
curacy for  the  purposes  of  identification,  the  place  where 
such  drug  or  drugs  were  dispensed." 

The  bill  provides  a  restriction  of  the  sale  of  the  follow- 
ing drugs: 

Schedule  A. — Aconite,  arsenic  and  its  preparations, 
■carbolic  acid,  corrosive  sublimate,  white  precipitate,  red 
precipita-te,  biniodide  of  mercury,  cyanide  of  potassium, 
hydrocyanic  acid,  chloroform,  chloral  hydrate,  poisonous 
vegetable  alkaloids  and  their  salts,  essential  oil  of  bitter 
almonds,  opium  and  its  preparations,  except  paregoric 
when  sold  in  quantities  of  not  more  than  one  ounce. 
,  Schedule  B.— Belliadonna,  colchicum,  conium,  nux  vom- 
ica, ihenbane.  sa^'in.  er^ot.  cotton  root,  cantharides.  creo- 
sote, digitalis  and  their  pharmaceutical  preparations. 
<;roton  oil,  sulphate  of  zinc,  mineral  acids  and  oxalic 
acid. 

The  rules  eovern'mg  the  sale  of  poisons  mentioned  in 
the  schedule  are: 

"No  druggist  shall  retail  any  preparation  in  quantity 
■containing  a  toxic  adult  dose  of  any  such  poison  without 
first,  in  the  case  of  poisons,  plainly  and  legibly  labeling 
the  bottle,  box  or  paper  containing  the  same,  with  the 
poptilar  name  of  such  poi.<^on,  and  in  the  case  v^f  poisons 
and  of  substances  and  compounds  aforesaid  labeling  the 
bottle,  bo.v  or  paper  cDntainiing  the  same  with  the  word, 
"poison",  an  intelligible  statement  of  the  treatment  of 
poisoning  thereby,  the  name  of  the  owner  of  the  phar- 
macy and  the  address  of  the  place  where  sold.  Nor  un- 
less the  person  to  whom  the  same  is  to  be  delivered  be  per- 
sonally known  to  the  pharmacist  or  person  making  the  de- 
livery ti  be  more  than  sixteen  years  of  age  and  upon  due 
inquiry  found  to  be  aware  of  the  poisonous  character  of 
the  poison,  compound  or  substance  ■which  he  is  about  to 
receive,  and  represent  that  it  is  to  be  used  for  a  legiti- 
mate purpose." 

It  is  also  declared  unla-wful  for  any  pharmacist  to  sell 
any  poison  included  in  schedule  A  without,  before  deliv- 
ering the  same,  "making  an  entry  or  caus- 
ing an  entry  to  be  made  in  a  book  kept 
for  that  purpose,  stating  the  date  of  the  sale,  the 
names  and  addresses  of  the  persons  to  whom  delivered 
and  for  whom  intended,  the  naine  and  quantity  of  the 
poison  sold,  the  purpose  for  which  it  was  represented  by 
the  purchaser  to  be  required  and  the  name  ot  the  dis- 
penser, said  book  shall  always  be  open  for  inspection  by 
any  officer  of  the  police  department  and  shall  be  pre- 
served for  reference  for  at  least  five  years  .after  the  date 
of  the  first  entry,  provided  that  the  pro\islons  of  this 
section  shall  not  apply  to  the  dispensing  of  poisons  by 
or  upon  prescriptions  of  physicians  duly  authorized  to 
practice  medicine  and  surgery  in  the  District  of  Columbia, 
except  that  it  shall  not  be  lawful  for  any  person  to  com- 
pound or  dispense  more  than  once  a  prescription  con- 
taining opium  or  Its  preparations  or  derivltlves,  cocaine 
«r  its  salts  or  chloral  when  such  prescription  has  writ- 


ten or  printed  on  its  face  "not  to  be  repeated." 

The  final  section  provides  against  the  sale  of  drues  to 
any  person  habitually  addicted  to  their  use  except  as  may 
be  prescribed  from  time  to  time  in  writing  by  a  physician. 


"You  would  be  surprised,"  said  Willie,  the  drug 
clerk,  "at  the  value  of  the  tomato  can  in  pharmacy." 

"What!"  said  the  druggist;  "you  must  be  crazy. 
The  idea  of  the  despised  tomato  can  being  of  any 
use  to  pharmacy!" 

"It  is  so,"  said  Willie;  "simple  and  despised  though 
it  is  the  tomato  can  may  be  found  of  great  assistance 
to  the  druggist  in  many  ways,  for  is  it  not  made  of 
tinned  iron  and  has  it  not  been  safely  used  as  a  con- 
tainer of  food  without  contaminating  it?" 

"Yes.  but  I  don't  seem  to  grasp  the  idea  of  its 
utility  in  pharmacy." 

"Well."  said  Willie,  "take,  for  instance,  the  case 
of  making  ointments;  now  in  making  cold  cream, 
what  more  convenient  titensil  do  you  want  in  which 
to  heat  the  almond  oil,  speririaceti  and  wax?  Here 
I  have  a  plain,  ordinary,  every-day  tomato  can;  I 
remove  the  remaining  rough  portion  of  the  top  by 
passing  around  the  edge  the  flame  of  a  Bunsen  burn- 
er; this  leaves  a  smooth  rim  and  the  can  may  be 
readily  cleaned." 

"But  what's  the  advantage,"  said  the  druggist,"^  in 
using  an  old  tomato  can  instead  of  an  evaporating 
dish?" 

"I  will  name  a  few,"  said  Willie.  "Now,  in  making 
ointments  they  are  convenient  receptacles  to  which  to 
apply  heat  if  necessary;  they  are  light  and  compact, 
and  ointments,  whether  hot  or  cold,  may  be  stirred 
in  them  more  effectually  than  in  an  evaporating  dish 
and  without  the  annoyance  of  splashing  the  greasy 
substance.  Then,  again,  in  making  camphorated  oil 
these  despised  receptacles  are  just  the  thing  in  which 
to  heat  the  oil.  They  may  be  easily  covered  while  the 
oil  is  still  hot  to  prevent  the  evaporation  of  the  cam- 
phor." 

"That's  very  true,"  said  the  druggist.     "I   think  I 
will  use  them  after  this." 

"Yes."  said  Willie,  "there's  another  advantage. 
When  you  are  through  making  an  ointment  and  have 
a  surplus  after  filling  the  regular  container,  they 
make  excellent  receptacles  for  the  excess  until  space 
is  available  in  the  stock  jar.  Then,  again,  when  you 
have  made  your  preparation  you  don't  have  to  bother 
cleaning  the  cans.     Just  throw  them  away." 


THE  PREP.'^RATION  OF  C.  P.  OXALIC 
ACID.— Schmatolla  (Apot.  Zeit.)  proposes  the  fol- 
lowing process  for  the  preparation  of  chemically  pure 
oxalic  acid.  Fifty  grams  of  commercial  oxalic  acid 
are  dissolved  in  l8o  grams  of  absolute  alcohol,  and 
the  solution  allowed  to  cool.  It  is  then  filtered,  and 
after  being  shaken  with  two  or  three  drops  of  sul- 
phuric acid  it  is  set  aside  from  12  hours.  The  clear 
liquid  is  decanted  from  any  deposited  sulphates,  the 
alcohol  distilled  off,  the  residue  dissolved  in  200  or 
,100  Cc.  of  distilled  water,  and  the  solution  left  for 
several  hours  in  an  ice  chest.  After  removing  any 
impurities  Which  may  separate  in  the  form  of  a  heavy 
oil  and  filtering,  the  solution  is  allowed  to  crystallize, 
the  crystals  being  finally  dried  at  35  or  40  degrees  C, 
and  then  over  calcium  chloride  in  a  desiccator. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  16,  1903 


Drug  Store  Problems* 

In  this  Department  will  be  printed  each  week  a 
series  of  problems  of  special  educational  value  to  all 
persdns  connected  with  the  drug  trade. 

CASH  PRIZES  to  the  amount  of  $75-00  will  be 
distributed  each  month  to  the  subscribers  sending 
us  the  largest  number  of  correct  answers  to  the 
problems  printed  during  the  preceding  month,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  given  below.  This  sum 
will  be  divided  into  twenty-four  prizes,  as  follows: 

Jst  PRIZE,  $25.00  3rd  PRIZE,  $10.00 

2nd  PRIZE,  $19.00  4th   PRIZE,    $5.00 

and  20  PRIZES  OF  $1.00  EACH. 


NOTE  THESE  CONDITIONS. 

1  — AJI  answers  to  problems  roust  reach  the  Problem  Edi- 
tor within  four  weeks  of  the  date  of  the  Era  m 
which  they  appeared.  „        ^  .  „  .i» 

2.— Answers  should  be  sent  in  promptly.  In  case  of  a  tie 
the  award  -nill  depend  upon  the  general  excellence 
of  the  answers.  ^      i,.     t-. 

8.— All  contestants  must  be  subscribers  to  the  lira. 

4.— Use  note-size  paper.  Cut  out  the  problem  and  paste 
at  top  of  sheet  and  write  your  answer  below,  using 
both  sides  of  the  paper  if  necessary. 

6.— Be  sure  to  write  your  name  and  full  address  on  each 
sheet— at  the  .bo t torn. 

6.— All  answers  must  be  written  in  Ink.  „^vi.»- 

7— The  correct  answers  to  the  problems  of  each  weekly 
■       Instalment   will   be   printed   in   the   Era   four  weeks 

5  —Thte  names  of  successful  contestants  and  tJie  winners 
of  tihe  prizes  will  be  announced  monthly;^ 

9.-Address  all  answers  to  Problem  Editor,  The  Pharma- 
ceutical Era,  396  Broadway,  New,  York,  NY.,  and 
do  not  enclose  any  other  cormnumcatdons  with  your 
answers  to  these  problems. 

PROBLEMS,    SERIES    III. 

(21)  A  platinum  wire  lo  cm.  in  length  weighs 
0.12  gram.  The  relative  density  of  platinum  being 
21,275,  calculate  the  diameter  of  the  wire. 

(22)  A  wholesale  druggist  derives  from  the  sum 
he  has  at  interest  a  yearly  income  of  $2,940.  Four- 
fifths  of  it  bears  4  per  cent,  and  one-fifth  5  per  cent. 
How  much  money  has  he  out  at  interest? 

(23)  An  alkali-maker  consumes  300  tons  of  salt 
per  week;  he  divides  three-quarters  of  his  yield  of 
soda-ash  equallv  for  the  preparation  of  soda  crystals, 
bicarbonate,  and  solid  caustic  containing  70  per  cent. 
Na:  O.  What  weight  of  sulphur  will  he  need  to  use 
weekly,  and  what  is  the  theoretical  weekly  yield  of 
the  four  products  of  manufacture? 

(24)  If  syringes  with  hard  rubber  fittings  cost 
$18  per  dozen,  what  must  be  the  selling  price  of  each 
to  yield  20  per  cent  profit? 

(25)  In  building  a  drug  store  five  men  under- 
take to  carry  a  piece  of  timber,  30  feet  long,  of  equal 
size  and  density  throughout;  one  takes  a  position  at 
one  end,  and  the  others  with  a  cross-bar  place  them- 
selves so  far  from  the  other  end  that  all  shall  carry 
an  equal  weight.  How  far  from  the  end  which  the 
man  supports  alone  is  the  cross-bar  placed? 

(26)  A  glass  bulb  of  I20cc.  capacity  weighs  14.5 
grams.  The  relative  density  of  the  glass  being  2.48, 
calculate  the  thickness  of  the  walls  of  the  bulb. 

(27)  By  selling  an  article  at  $1.25  a  druggist 
gains  20  per  cent.    What  was  the  cost  per  dozen? 

(28)  Determine  the  size  of  three  wine  casks  from 
the  following  conditions:  When  the  first  empty  cask 
is  filled  from  the  second  full  cask,  there  remains  in 
the  second  only  2/9  of  the  wine:  if  the  second  empty 
cask  is  filled  from  the  third  full  one,  then  there  re- 
mains in  the  third  only  14  of  the  wine;  but  there 
is  not  enough  by  50  gallons  in  the  first  full  cask  to 
fill  the  third  empty  cask.     What  did  each  cask  hold? 


(29)  A  piece  of  Swedish  filter  paper  measuring 
60  centimeters  square,  leaves  on  burning  0.1062  gram 
of  ash.  Calculate  the  amount  of  ash  left  on  burning 
filters  possessing  the  following  radii;  (a)  3  centi- 
meters; (b)  4  centimeters;  (c)  5  centimeters;  (d)  6 
centimeters;  (e)  8  centimeters;  (f)   10  centimeters. 

(30)  If  certain  proprietary  preparations  are  sold 
at  their  marked  price  the  rate  of  profit  will  be  20  per 
cent.  What  will  be  the  rate  of  profit  if  the  same 
goods  are  sold  at  10  per  cent  discount  on  their 
marked  price? 


ANNUAL    CONVENTION    OF    PREFUMERS' 
ASSOCIATION. 

Will  Be  Held  in  New  York  Next  Month— Important  Sub- 
jects to  Be  Discussed. 

The  Manufacturing  Perfumers'  Association  of  tha 
United  States  will  meet  lu  New  York  City  In  annual 
convention  on  Thursday  and  Friday,  Feb.  13  and  14. 
This  convention  will  be  an  important  one  to  the  per- 
fumers as  the  subject  of  reciprocity  and  treaty  re- 
lations with  other  countries  will  be  dealt  with.  Th» 
proposed  French  treaty  will  be  denounced  and  steps 
taken  to  obtain  lower  freight  rates.  The  French  treaty 
proposes  to  cut  down  the  tariff  schedule  lower  than  It 
has  been  since  1S84.  It  is  said  that  although  the  im- 
portations of  perfumery  from  France  since  ISSi  hava 
grown  greater  each  year  the  duties  have  been  largely 
increased.  Perfumers  say  that  the  effect  of  a  lower 
tariff  schedule  would  tie  disastrous  to  their  business  and 
that  they  will  take  siuch  steps  as  may  be  deemed  advis- 
able to  oppose  the  measure.  Interesting  papers  will  b» 
read  by  members  of  the  associration  and  reports  from 
the  various  committees  will  be  received.  It  Is  expected 
that  between  75  and  100  members  will  attend.  Plans  ara 
b^ing  perfected  for  suitable  entertainment  for  the  vis- 
itors during  the  sessions.  Frederick  M.  Harrison  is  tha 
chairman   of  the  entertainment  committee. 

James  E.  Davis  of  Detroit  is  President  of  the  Perfum- 
ers' Assoeiaition  and  the  members  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee are  Theodor  Ricksecker,  Henry  Dalley  and  Stur- 
gis  Coffin,  New  York;  Alfred  G.  "Wright,  Bxjchester, 
and  Robert  C.   Eastman,  Cincinnati. 


JOHN  DAVIDS  TITS"«X)RTH.  whose  death  from 
apoplexy  on  January  4  was  briefly  reported  in  last  week's 
Era,  w^s  born  in  Cincinnati  In  1S43.  His  first  experience 
in  the  drug  ibusiness  was  with  the  old  firm  of  McDonald 
&  "Van  Pelt,,  New  Brunswick.  N.  J.,  in  whose  employ  he 
reimained  five  years,  until  1863.  He  then  moved  to  New 
York,  taking  a  position  with  Day  &  Hoagland,  wholesale 
flruirgists.  A  year  later  he  entered  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Hornby,  a  New  York  drug  jobber,  and  in  a  short  time 
became  his  buyer,  acting  In  that  capacity  until  18S0, 
when  he  took  a.  position  as  .traveling  salesman  for  Dodge 
&  Olcott.  In  1886  Mr.  Titsworth  became  resident  buyer 
for  out-of^own  dmg  hou.ses,  representing  thirteen  firms. 
He  worked  exclusively  on  salary,  and  was  exceptionally 
successful  in  that  capacity.  In  the  financial  panic  of 
1S93  several  of  Mr.  Titsworth's  firms  were  obliged  to 
economize  and  do  without  the  services  of  a  resident 
buyer,  but  he  continued  his  ibusiness,  acting  as  a  drug 
broker,  until  May,  189'?.  when  he  accepted  a  position  witli 
E.  Merck  &  Co.  'He  had  charge  of  the  firm's  downtown 
New  York  office  at  100  William  street  up  to  the  time  of 
his   death. 

Mr.  Titsworth's  death  removes  one  of  the  oldest  mem- 
bers of  the  drug  trade  in  New  York  city,  a  man  who  was 
respected  by  all  who  knew  him  and  looked  up  to  as  an 
authority  on  questions  relating  to  the  drug  business. 
He  was  a  member  of  Jerus.ilem  Lodge,  F.  .i;-  A.  M..  Plain- 
field.  N.  J.;  a  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum  and  one  of 
the  Exempt  Firemen  of  Plainfield.  He  leaves  a  widow 
and  two  sons.  The  funeral  was  held  at  his  late  residence 
In  Plainfield,  N.  .1.,  on  "\\'ednesday,  January  8.  Many 
promJnenit  New  York  drug  men  aittended.  Including  a  del- 
egation  from  Merck   &  Co. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 

NEW  YORK  AND  VICINITY. 


ANNUAL  REPORT  OF  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF 
PHARMACY. 

Review    of    Work    Done    by    Board    in     igoi.    Eastern 
Branch  the  Only  Self-Supporting  One. 

The  first  annual  report  oC  the  Xew  York  State  Board 
cf  Pharmacy  submitted  by  president  Robert  K.  Smither 
at  the  annual  ancetins:  held  in  Albany  on  January  6, 
and  passed  upon  by  the  Board  to  be  presented  to  the 
Governor  as  required  by  law.  gives  a  complete  account 
of  the  work  done  by  the  Board  during  last  year. 

The  first  meeting-  was  held  at  the  College  of  Phar- 
macy in  Alban>'.  January  7,  1000  and  the  Board  organized 
by  electing  Robert  K.  Smither.  ot  Putfai"),  Pres-ident 
and  Sidney  Fabcr.  of  this  city.  Secretary.  The  members 
and  officers  of  the  branches  were: — Eastern  Section: 
Clarence  O.  Bigeiow,  Chairman;  Sidney  Fat)er.  Secretarj-; 
William.  Muir.  Aibtrt  H.  Brundage  and  George  C.  Dick- 
man.  Middle  Section:  Charles  B.  Sears.  Chairman; 
Warren  L>.  Bradt,  Secretary;  J.  Clitherow  Smith,  George 
H.  Merritt  and  Byron  JI.  Hyde.  Western  Section:  Alfred 
M.  Palmer,  Chairman:  George  Reimann.  Secretary; 
Robert  K.  Smither,  Edgar  M.  Jewell  and  Willis  G. 
Gregory. 

The  report  states  that  "The  'Board  assumed  the  im- 
portant duties  imposed  upon  it,  conscious  of  the  fact 
that  a  number  of  fhe  more  important  provisdons  of  the 
law  were  new  to  the  profession  of  the  State  and  believ- 
ing that  the  elev.'vticn  of  pharmacy  throughout  the  com- 
monwealth to  tihe  point  aimed  at  in  the  law  cou'.di  be 
more  effectively  accomplished  by  graduaJ  progression  and 
with  the  friendly  ro-operation  of  the  pharmacists  and 
druggisLs  than  by  drastic  exercise  of  the  coercive  powers 
vested  in  it.  In  this  it  has  not  been  disappointed,  the 
pharmacists  and  druggists  of  the  State  generally  ex- 
hibiting a  comm>endable  willingness  to  improve  the 
quality  of  their  stock  and  the  character  of  their  service 
to  conform,  -with  the  letter  and  spirit  of  the  law  When- 
ever their  attention  ihas  been  officially  called  tothe  neces- 
sity therefor." 

Referring  to  the  annual  registration  of  stores  the  report 
says  that  the  annual  fee  of  $2.00  is  but  a  trifling  tax 
upon  each  store  and  furnisihes  in  the  aggregate  a  con- 
siderable and  very  necessary  contribution  to  the  funds 
of  the  Board. At  the  saime  time  the  data  obtained  from 
applicants  for  registration  aids  i  n  the  inspection  of 
stores.  The  abolishment  of  annual  store  registration 
vTOuId  necessitate  the  StaJte  granting  a  considerable  ap- 
propriation to  make  good  the  loss  to  the  depamnent. 
There  were  2.235  pharmacies  registered  in  the  Eastern 
Section  last  year  and  2  drug  stores;  1.285  plharmacies  in 
the  Middle  Branch  and  6  drug  stores  and  405  pharmacies 
in  the  Western  Branch  and  4  drug  stores.  Permits  were 
issued  a,s  provided  for  by  the  Coste:ao  Law  ot  1901. 
There  were  24  issued  in  the  Middle  Section  and  14  in  the 
Western. 

The  provision  in  tihe  law  requiring  apprentices  to 
register  with  the  Board  when  entering  upon  their  ex- 
perience m  a  drug  sture  will  be  of  great  vajlue  to  the 
Board  in  the  future  when  the  experienc  had  by  applicants 
can  be  determined  with  certiUnty.  Heretofore  there  has 
been  much  trouble  from  applicants  making  false  state- 
ments when  applying  for  examination.  Last  year  284 
registered  apprentices'  certificates  were  issued  to  males 
Ir.  the  Eastern  Section  and  1^  to  females.  The  MUddle 
Branch  issued  72  to  males  and  C  t»5  females  and  the 
Western  oG  to  males  and  15  to  females. 


The  Board  gave  special  attention  to  the  strength  and 
purity  of  pharmacopoeial  drugs  and  preparations  and 
collected  several  hundred  samples  for  assay  and  analysis. 
In  the  first  tour  of  inspection  at  least  one  sample  was 
colleobed  from  each  store  visited  and  the  reports  of  the 
chemlste  were  said  to  be  far  from  sati9factor>-.  the 
preparations  in  common  use  in  many  cases  not  being  up 
to  tJhe  standard.  No  prosecution  resulted  from  the  first 
tour  of  inspection  but  the  pharmacists  were  notified  and 
warned  against  continuing  to  offer  preparations  for  sale 
that  did  not  comply  with  the  legaJ  standard  of  strength 
required.  The  report  shows  that  2.369  stores  (including 
39  groceries)  were  inspectel  in  the  Eastern  Section  of 
which  about  l.S4.'j  were  found  fully  complying  with  the 
law.  In  thie  Middle  Section,  524  stores  out  of  665,  and  in 
the  "V\"e5tern  Section  208  out  of  .356  stores  inspected  were 
found  fully  comp'.jnng  with  the  law.  The  following  table 
will  show  the  saimples  collected  in  each  Section  and  the 
result  of  analysis: 

No.  Samples     Found  Slightly  Very 

Examined    Standard!  Deficient  Deficient 

Eastern   Section 404                 247                 63  94 

Middle   Section 152                   21                 55  76 

Western    SecUon...     348                 106               174  68 

There  were  2,3  prosecutions  for  \"iolation  of  the  pharmacy 
law  in  the  Eastern  Section,  with  6  convictions  and  2 
acquitals.  The  other  cases  are  now  pending.  Only  two 
prosecutions  were  made  in  the  Middle  Section  and  both 
cases  are  pending.  None  were  made  in  the  Western 
Section. 

The  examination  statistics  furnished  in  the  report 
show  that  201  licenses  were  granted  to  195  males  and  to 
tj  females  in  the  Eastern  section:  62  licenses  to  59  males 
and  3  females  in  the  Middle  Section,  and  48  licenses 
to  46  males  and  Z  females  in  the  Western  Section.  The 
number  of  examinations  held  folloiws:  New  York  City, 
5;    Brooklyn,   o;   Albany,   5;   Rochester,  5  ard  Buffalo,   10. 

RECEIPTS. 

Ea.stern  Middle  Western 

Branch  Branch    Branch 

Examination  fees   S3.995.00   ?l.(«(>.0(i  $645.00 

Exahangc  of  licenses .597.00  331.00  I4a00 

Subsititute  licenses   4.50  4.50  7.50 

Duplicate   licenses    2.00             . . .  • 

Permits  under  Costello  Law              120.00  130.00 

Registered  Appre:itices    148.50  39.00  38.00 

Phatmacv  registrations    4.470.00  2,570.0<)  910.00 

Drug  Store  registrations 4.00  12.00  S.OO 

Engrossing  Certifcates    3J3.50  143.50  74.00 

From  former  State  Board...              502.07             

From  former  Erie  Co.  Board             ....  44.37 

Total    $9„t34.50    *4, 1172.07    $1,906.87 

EXPENDITURES. 

Eastern  Middle  Western 

Branch  Branch    Branch 

■Seretarv's   s.-ilarv    $1,000.00  $600.00  $400.00 

Inspectors    salaries    1,425.00  16.5.00  107.50 

Inspector  expen.ses   3.50.23  4.32.22  196.59 

Rent  or   storage ....  20.0O  75.00 

Seretarcy's  surety  bond 10.00  15.50  10.00 

Per-d^tems  paid  to  4  members  380.00  ....  .... 

Per-die>ma  paid  to  5  members            600.00  430.00 

Membs  travel,  expenses,  etc.  97.80  S00.08  248.15 

Legal    expenses    4.34.,39  ,'■.0.00  9.15 

Postage   201.87  180.28  4.5.00 

Quota  paid  ito  General  Board  3.5.50.00  1.6.50.00  900.00 

Office  expenses  (assistants)..  fi97.9tt  404.08  9.15 

General  expenses 5.56.97  38.3.72  310.33 

Printing.    Ftationery.   etc 61.80  14.00 

Returned  fees   69.00 

Total    $.8,704.25    $5,202.68    $2,8.30.41 

Surplus  (East.  Branch  only)        $830.25  

Deficiency   $490.61       $923.54 


70 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  16,  1902. 


BILL  TO  AMEND  PHARMACY  LAW. 

Senator  Hill  Introduces  Measure  in  Legislature  to 
Change  Manner  of  Electing  Members  of  the  Eastern 
Branch  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

A  15111  to  change  the  manner  of  electing  members 
of  the  Eastern  Branch  of  the  New  York  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  has  been  introduced  in  the  Senate  by  Mr. 
Hill,  but  as  it  does  not  conform  to  the  resolution  adopt- 
ed at  the  conference  of  the  legislative  committees  of 
the  pharmaceutical  bodies  cyf  Greater  New  York  with 
the  same  committee  of  the  State  Association,  held  on 
November  12,  1901,  prominent  pharmacists  say  it  will 
not  go  through  unopposed. 

The  bill  to  aThend  the  pharma'cy  law  as  introduced  by 
Mr.  Hill  embodies  the  Ideas  set  forth  in  the  resolution 
of  the  conference  but  also  extends  to  mem'bers  of  the 
New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  in  New 
York  City  the  same  rights  as  members  of  other  in- 
corporated pharmaceutical  associations  in  the  city. 
Many  pharmacists  say  they  will  oppose  that  part  of 
the  amendment  as  memljers  of  the  New  York  State 
Association  are  not  required  to  be  registered  pharma- 
cists  or  druggists. 

Article  .%  Section  2  of  the  constitution  of  the  State 
Association  says:  "Any  adult  person  of  good  moral 
and  professional  standing,  residing  or  doing  husiness  in 
this  State,  who  has  been  actively  engaged  in  the  prac- 
tice of  pharmacy  for  five  years  or  niore,  in  a  wholesale 
or  retail  store  where  medicines  are  dispensed;  all  gradu- 
ates of  colleges  of  pharmacy,  licentiates  of  Boards  of 
Pharmacy,  teachers  and  professors  ot  Botany,  Ma- 
teria Medlca  Chemistry  and  Pharmacy  and  ot 
such  sciences  as  are  collateral  with  our  profes- 
Blon;  and  chemists,  whether  in  business  tor  them- 
selves, employed  by  another,  or  retired  from  busi- 
ness, are  eligible  to  membership."  The  resolution  passed 
by  the  legislative  committees  in  conference  contains  a 
clause  stating  that  "The  mem'bers  of  all  incorporated 
pharmaceutical  associations  in  the  Eastern  'Section,  the 
requirement  of  membership  in  which  is  the  holding  of 
license  as  p'harmacist  or  druggist,  shall  toe  entitled  to 
a  voice  and  vote  in  the  election  of  mem'bers  in  the 
Eastern  Section  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy." 

The  members  present  at  the  conference  in  November 
agreed  not  to  oppose  the  amendment  if  introduced  as 
set  forth  in  their  resolution,  but  as  the  bill  now  reads, 
pharmacists  say  they  can  justly  oppose  it. 

A  hearing  on  the  bill  has  been  arranged  for  Wednes- 
day, January  22,  and  it  is  not  unlikely  that  a  hearing  on 
fhe  bill  Introdu'ced  by  Assemblyman  Nye,  of  Watkins, 
giving  physicians  'the  right  to  practice  pharmacy  with- 
out liicenses,  will  be  given  on  the  same  day. 


TO   MAKE   ALL    PHYSICIANS    PHARMACISTS. 

Assemblyman  Olin.  T.  Nye,  of  Watkins,  Schuyler 
county,  a  member  of  the  committee  on  puJblic  health, 
has  introduced  a  bill  to  amend  the  pharmacy  law.  The 
amendment  is  to  allow  any  physician  to  practice  phar- 
macy without  passing  the  examination  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy.  It  Is  said  the  bill  is  the  result  of 
a  case  in  Watkins  where  a  physician  without  a  phar- 
macist's license,  owning  a  store  and  employing  an  un- 
licensed clerk,  was  warned  by  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
that  he  was  violating  the  law.  Druggists  will  oppose 
the  bill  and  there  Is  little  douibt  a'bout  its  being  de- 
feated. One  of  the  most  prominent  druggists  In  the 
State  says  that  he  will  use  all  his  influence  to  oppose 
the  fbill,  as  physicians  are  no  more  competent  to  prac- 
tice pharmacy  than  piharmaclsts  are  to  practice  medi- 
cine without  proper  preparation. 


Drug  Store  Robbed. 

The  drug  store  of  Karl  F.  Beihirens  &  Co.,  at  No.  97 
Sands  street,  Brooklyn,  was  entered  'by  tihieveis  on  'Wed- 
nesday night,  January  8,  and  goods  It/o  the  value  of  .$100 
were  taken.  This  Is  the  second  time  within  four  months 
thiat  Behrcns  &  Co,  have  l>een  rotabed  and  all  attemps 
to  discover  the  tlhleves  have  ibeen  unsuocessfull.  The 
same  firm  also  owns  a  store  at  No.  231  DeKalb  avenue. 


Explosion  in  Down-to-wn  Drug  Store. 

The  explosion  of  a  small  waiter  boiler  used  for  miaking 
hot  soda,  in  the  drug  store  of  Reid,  Yeomans  &  Cubit 
at  No.  140  Nassau  street  did  considerable  damage  and 
caused  la  lot  of  excitement  last  Thursiday.  Fortunately 
no  one  was  seriously  injured.  Parts  of  the  soda  fountain 
and  the  marble  slab  on  the  counter  were  damaged  con- 
sriderably  and  the  immense  plate  glass  window  in  the 
front  of  the  store  was  blown  out.  The  window  is  about 
twenty-five  feet  from  the  iwater  boiler.  Two  clerks  -who 
were  standing  near  the  boiler  were  knocked  down  and 
when  the  n!x>prietors  rushed  out  from  "behind  the  pre- 
.^icription  counter  to  see  what  was  the  cause  of  all  the 
noise  they  found  both  clerks  covered  with  what  they  at 
first  thoue'h't  'to  be  blood.  They  felt  muich  relieved,  how- 
ever, when  it  was  discovered  that  the  gory  appearance  of 
the  clerks  was  due  to  a  jar  of  tomato  'bouillon  which  had 
been  broken  by  the  'force  of  the  explosdon,  scattering  the 
contents  over  tihe  clerks,  who  sioon  recovered  from  their 
shock.  The  broken  window  was  so'on  replaced  and  Fri- 
day morning  it  was  dressed  as  usual.  The  window  was 
not  insured  by  the  owners  of  the  'building  and  the  drug- 
gists had  to  pay  for  the  new  one,  which  with  the  damage 
to  tho  lianJsome  soda  fountain,  made  it  a  costly  expto- 
.sjon  for  them. 


LAST  WEEK'S  W.  D.  T.  BOWLING. 

Hhe  uisual  number  of  games  were  rolled  at  Reid's 
alleys,  'Saturday,  January.  11,  by  teams  of  the  Whole- 
sale Drug  Trade  Bowling  Association.  Parke,  Da'vis  & 
Co.  and  Dodge  &  Olcott  are  still  tied  for  first  place, 
although  the  latter  team  won  from  the  former  on  Sat- 
urday. Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  by  winning  from  Lanman 
&  Kem'p,  w'ho  were  victorious  over  Dodge  &  Olcott, 
still  retain  their  relative  position  in  the  race.  The 
scores  were:  Powers  &  Weightman,  727,  against  the 
General  Chemical  Co.,  747;  Colgate  &  Co.,  799,  against 
Powers  &  Weightman,  755;  General  Chemical  Co.,  744, 
aigainst  Colgate  &  Co.,  847;  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  743, 
against  Dodge  &  Olcott,  749;L.anman  &  Kemp,  732, 
against  Parke,  Davis  &  'Co.,  765;  Dodge  &  Olcott,  764, 
against  Lanman  &  Kemp,  828. 


Druggist  and  Clerk  Fined. 

WlUiam  H.  Hyler,  a  druggist  at  No.  30  North  Main 
street.  Port  Chester,  N.  Y.,  was  summoned  to  court  lalst 
week  to  answer  to  a  charge  preferred  against  him  by 
the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  He  was  charged  with  per- 
mitting a  Junior  to  compound  a  prescription,  and  the 
majgistrate  imposed  a  fine  of  $25.  Henry  Morrell.  the 
young  man  who  compounded  the  prescription,  ■was  fined 
$15.  Secretiary  Faber  saj'S  tlhat  the  clerks  who  have 
been  guilty  of  compounding  prescriptions  without  a 
license  ha.ve  appeared  to  ignore  the  fact  that  they  wea*e 
ooimmitting  an  offense  and  could  be  punished.  Feiw 
rierks  have  'been  fined,  'but  they  are  just  as  liable  to 
prosecution   as    the   proprietors. 


Business  Reverses  Unsettle  Druggist's  Mind. 

Jacques  A.  Carpentier.  Tv-ho  conducted  the  People's 
Drug  Store  a't  'No.  2284  Eighth  avenue  until  dispossesed 
last  montlh,  has  heen  committed  to  Be;ie\Tie  Hospital 
for  examination  as  to  his  sanity.  Mr.  Carpentier,  -who 
is  about  42  years  old,  has  been  in  the  drug  business 
ffnlatny  years,  land  wais  quite  siuCcessful  until  recently 
wihen  Ihie  met  wi'th  reverses  which  resulted  in  the  dos- 
ing of  his  store.  He  has  acted  strangely  of  late  and 
after  heing  examined  'by  Magistrate  Mott  in  the  Harlem 
police  court  on  Tuesday,  January  7,  was  Bent  to 
Bellevue. 


B.  C.  P.  Seniors  Visit  Squibb's  Laboratories. 

The  Senior  class  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Plharmalcy 
visited  the  laboratories  of  E.  R.  Squiihib  &  iSons  at  No. 
36  Doughty  street,  .yesterday  (Wednesday).  Prof.  W.  C. 
Anderson  accompanied  the  studenlts  who  were  greatly 
Impressed  with  what  they  saiw.  After  Insipeoting  the  lab- 
oratories the  students  went  to  the  Central  Bowling  Alleys 
on  Waahlinglton  street  where  they  met  a  number  of  the 
Alumni  of  the  college  and  howled  several  frlendlly  games. 


January  IG,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


American  Chemical  Society. 
The  New  York  Section  of  the  American  Chemical 
Society  held  its  regular  meeting  in  the  Assembly  Hall  of 
the  Chemists'  Club.  No.  108  West  ooUh  street,  Fridaj' 
ovening,  January  lOl.h.  The  following  papers  were  read: 
William  Jay  Schieff«lin  and  ^V"iUiam  R.  Lamar:  "The 
estimation  of  lithium  in  lepidolite;"  A.  L.  Winton,  Ex- 
periment Station,  iNew  Haven,  Conn.,  "The  relation  of 
anicroscopical  analysis  to  cluemical  analysis  in  the  examin- 
ation of  liuman  foods,  cattle  foods  and  other  vegetable 
prod'Utets;"  James  P.  Norris,  Mass.  Inst  Tech.,  Boston, 
"The  commercial  synlthesis  of  indigo;"  James  Loclce, 
Yale  University.  New  Haven,  Conn.,  "On  the  solubility  of 
some  isomorpdious  douMe  sulphates;"  George  B.  Hosch, 
"A  gravimetric  method  for  the  estimation  of  hydrogen 
peioxide;"  F.  G.  Wiechmann,  "The  ion  theory  and  some 
of  its  applications;"  Charles  B.  Davis,  "A  new  form  of 
alkalimeter,  with  new  method's  for  estimalting  icarbonijo 
acid  in  caarbonater."    (Demonstration  with  apparatus.) 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

• A  number  of  the  members  of  the  German  Apothe- 
caries Society,  with  'their  wives,  have  accepted  the  in- 
vitation of  Professor  Charles  F.  Chandler  to  visit  the 
iabrratc-ries  of  Columbia  University  and  witness  some 
Interesting  experiments,  on  Thursday  evening,  January 
30,  at  S  P.  M.  The  lalboratories  are  at  H6th  street  and 
Amsterdam  avenue  and  are  reached  most  easily  by  sur- 
face cars. 

The    Board  of   Pharmacy   will    hold    examinlatione   in 

the  Eastern  section  on  the  third  Wednesd'ay  of  each 
month  except  July  and  August  in  1902.  In  the  Middle 
section  the  third  Wednesday  in  February,  May,  Sep- 
tember and  November  will  be  the  dates.  The  same 
days  in  January,  March,  April,  June,  September  and 
November  are  set  for  the  examinations  in  the  Western 
section. 

T;i^  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Manag- 

■er.s  of  the  Drug-  Trade  Club  was  held  in  the  rooms  at  100 
WilHam  street  on  Wednesday,  January  S.  The  only  busi- 
ness of  importance  transacted  was  the  election  of  two 
new  members,  George  M.  Diamond.  No.  30  Piatt  street 
and   Marion  Speiden,    No.    122   Pearl  street. 

^Frederic   E.   Niece  read   a  paper  on   "Pharmacentical 

Impressions"  at  the  meeting  of  the  Kings  County  Phar- 
macentical Society  on  Tuesday,  January  14.  Hereafter 
a  feature  of  the  meetings  of  the  Society  will  be  the  read- 
ing of  papers  on  interesting  subjects  by  well  posted 
members  of  the  Society  and  others. 

Thomas  Branigan,   brother  of  the  late  J.  E.  Branigan, 

is  looking  aflter  the  financial  end  of  the  drug  business  at 
No.  IGl  Amsterdam  avenue,  which  belongs  to  the  estate. 
Mr.  Branigan  has  been  in  the  dry  goods  business  many 
years  and  is  a  capable  manager.  He  contemplates  tak- 
ing up  the  study  of  pharmacy. 

H.   C.   Fick.   representative  in  Ohioago  and  the  West 

for  Lehn  &  Fink,  was  in  the  city  a  few  days  last 
week.  Mr.  Fick  reports  druggists  in  the  territory  he 
visits  well  satisfied  with  the  businesB  d'one  im  1901  and 
says  that  the  majority  of  them  look  for  a  still  more 
successful  trade  this  year. 

Jamea    E.    Hand,    foj-    twelve    years    a    clerk    in    the 

Millburn  Pharmacy.  Millburn.  Essex  Co.,  N.  J.,  has 
resigned  his  position  land  intends  taking  a  vacation  of 
two  months  before  entering  business  again.  C.  J. 
Schudde  takes  his  position  in  the  pharmacy. 
Robert  Strange  Moffitt,  for  the  past  two  years  mana- 
ger of  the  Knickerbocker  Pharmacy,  at  Broadway  and 
Thirty-eighth  street,  has  resigned  his  position  and  left 
last  Monday  for  Los  Angeles,  Cal.  Robert  M.  Gregory 
now  has  charge  of  the  Knickerbocker. 

Albert   Taddiken,    formerly   with   Charles   M.    DuGay, 

at  No.  508  Third  avenue,  corner  of  34th  street,  has  gone 
with  F.  Bagoe  at  Fourth  avenue  and  Twenty-ninth 
street.  Mr.  DuGay  returned  from  his  trip  to  Canada  last 
week. 

John  T.  Ogle,  for  some  time  manager  of  the  Sherman 

Square  Pharmacy,  2035  Broadway,  corner  of  70th  street 
h.is  resigned  his  position.  G.  L.  Le  Sage,  who  has  con- 
ducted a  pharmacy  at  White  Plains,  N.  Y.,  succeeds  him. 


J'.'hn  J.  Baker,  Willimantic,  Conn.,  H.  N.  Clark,  Com- 

wall-on-Hudson,  T.  N.  Benjamin,  River  Head,  L.  I.  and 
A.  C,  Baylese,  Port  Washington,  L.  I.,  were  among  the 
visitf,rs  in  the  New  York  drug  market  last  week. 

Frank    E.     Wrigbt    has  purchased   the  drug  store  of 

Maurice  Wolfram  at  No.  51  BrookljTi  avenue,  Brooklyn, 
and  Henry  Hamerschlag  has  sold  his  store  at  the  corner 
of  Flushing  and  Bushwlck  avenues  to  A.  F.  Seibertz. 

W.    S.    Boyden,    for  some    time  manager  of  the  New 

York  office  of  Herf  &  Frerlchs  has  taken  a  position  with 
Rosengarten  &  Son.  Thomas  Lowd  now  has  charge  of 
Herf  &  Freridhs'  New  York  office. 

^The  druggists  of  Trenton  and  Primceton,  N.  J.,  report 

an  extraordinary  demand  for  vaccine  shields  and  they 
found  it  difficult  to  obtain  enough  to  supply  all  In- 
quiries the  early  part  of  last  week. 

M.   Rafter,   for  many   years  manager  of  P.   Bagoe's 

drug  store  at  No.  423  FourUh  avenue,  comer  of  29tli 
street,  Ihlas  purchased  the  business  of  F.  W.  Kinsman 
&    Co.,    at   No.    343    Fourth   avenue. 

Dr.    Frank    Anseline,    "the    Quaker    doctor"    of    tho 

Friends'  Herbal  Association,  Elkhart,  Ind.,  was  in  New 
York  last  week  and  left  Monday  for  Hot  Springs, 
Arkansas. 

^Guy  Oabome,  of  the  Osbome^olwell  Co.,  has  returned 

from  an  extended  western  trip.  He  says  that  druggists 
in  the  territory  he  visited  are  anticipating  a  good  year's 
business. 

H.    A.   Weingarten     has     bought     the     pharmacy   of 

Nelson  S.  Kirk  at  No.  450  Third  avenue.  The  store 
was  at  one  time  owned   by   J.   N.    Hegeman  &  Co. 

W.  M.  Lewis,  formerly  with  Louis  A.  Bates  &  Co.,  at 

No.  739  Sixth  avenue,  has  taken  a  position  with  Hazard, 
Hazard  &  Co.  at.  No.  1159  Broadway. 

-^-^Francis  X.  Lynch,  N.  Y.  C.  P.  1900,  for  the  past  six 
years  with  F.  K.  James,  is  now  with  Williaim  Wilson,  at 
No.  152  Broadway,  Manhattan. 

Imihof    &    Imhof.    a   new    firm    in   drug   cirOs,    have 

purdhlased  the  pbarmacy  of  D.  M.  Alexander  at  169th 
street  and   Pramklin  avenue. 

W.    Edgar    Jenkins,    representative    of    Schieffelin    & 

Co.  in  the  Virginias.  CaroMnas  and  Maryland,  w<as  in 
Neiw   York    last    week. 

H.   G.  Shaw,  of    McKesson    &  Bobbins,    is  offering  a 

drug  store  in  Eastern  Connecticut  for  sale  which  he  says 
will  bear  investigation. 

H.    F.    Leeaht   toas  sold   his   drug   store   at   No.    2274 

First  avenue,  comer  of  ia7th  street,  to  Da.vid  N.  Wein- 
berg. 

Samuel  J.   Nayfack  Is   the  proprietor  of  a  new  drug 

store    lat    ll'th    street    and    Pleasant    avenue. 

G.  Archie  Stockwell  of  Detroit  was  a  guest  of  J.   L. 

Hopkins   at   the   Drug  Trade  Club  'Iiast   week. 


Washington,  D.  C,  Drug  Clerks'  Association. 
John  R.  Littlefield  of  Washington,  D.  C,  reports  the 
Washington  Drug  Clerks'  Association  to  be  im  a  flour- 
ishing condition.  The  association  was  organized  six 
months  ago  and  he  states  that  a  majority  of  the  proprie- 
tors are  frnendly  to  it  and  have  announced  their  doslra 
to  aid  it  in  every  way.  The  membership  includes  about 
two-thirds  of  the  registered  clerks  in  the  District.  The 
objects  of  the  association  are  to  better  the  condition  of 
the  clerk  and  to  raise  the  standard  of  all  connected 
with   the   drug   trade. 


"Another  One  You  Need." 
The  ad\erllsemenit  of  Charles  P.  Whittle  on  another 
page  of  this  issue  of  the  Era  caills  attention  to  a  bottle 
cabinet  that  Is  well  worth  considering.  Mr.  Whittle  also 
asks  the  trade  to  send  for  a  circular  ditscrlbing  his  patent 
label  drawer  which  is  designed  especially  for  the  busy 
store.  The  arrangement  precludes  the  possibility  of  a 
wrong  label,  and  takes  up  less  space  than  Is  usually 
allotted  to  labels.  We  repeat  Mr.  WhltUe's  request  to 
write  him  for  circular,  feeling  assured  you  will  profit 
thereby.  Address  Charles  P.  ■TOhittle,  133  Portland 
titreet,   Beaton,   Mass 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  16,  1902. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 

PORTER-PREACHER  STEALS  MONEY  FROM  OF- 
FICE OF  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 
Boston,  Jan.  11.— On  the  charge  of  stealing  money 
from  the  office  of  the  State  Board  of  Registration  in 
Pharmacy,  Rev.  J.  TS'illiam  Henry  Johnson,  one  of  the 
negro  porters  of  the  State  House,  who  was  recently  or- 
dained to  <the  Baptist  Ministry,  has  been  arrested.  For 
several  months  complaints  have  been  coming  in  to  the 
sergeant-at-arms  that  sums  of  money  in  small  aimounts 
had  been  missed  from  desks  in  various  departments  and 
a  watch  -was  set  for  the  thief.  A  watchman  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  sergeant-at-arms  was  detailed  to  investigate 
the  case  and  as  the  'office  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
was  one  from  which  complaints  had  been  most  frequent, 
marked  mioney  was  left  in  a  drawer.  Early  one  imoming 
the  watchman  saw  the  porter  enter  the  office  and  go  to 
a  drawer  in  which  the  money  was.  When  Johnson  took 
something  from  the  drawer  the  watchman  arrested 
him.  Johnson  confe-ssed  that  he  had  taken  small  sums 
at  different  times  from  the  same  drawer,  and  a  biiU 
which  had  been  marked  Tvas  found  on  him  whe-n  he 
was  searched.  The  man  was  taken  to  the  Municipal 
Court,  where  he  was  sentenced  to  the  House  of  Correc- 
tion for  six  months.  (He  showed  mu'ch  nerve  in  'court 
and  accounted  for  his  fall  from  grace  by  saying  that 
he  had  "become  possessed  of  deivils."  This  to  his  mind 
was  no  Worse  than  catching  measles.  He  had  been  em- 
ployed as  a  porter  at  the  'State  House  for  many  years, 
having  been  one  of  the  first  appointees  to  the  position. 
About  four  or  five  months  agio  he  was  ordained  as  a  min- 
ister, the  ceremony  taking  place  in  a  'Ca'mbrlidge  church 
and  miany  noted  clergymen  being  present.  In  his  exam- 
ination for  the  fmdni&try  Johnson  had  a  percentage  of 
more  than  SO.    His   wife  died  about  three  mjonths  ago. 


WELL-KNOWN  DRUGGIST'S  SUDDEN  DEATH. 

Boston,  Jan.  11.— 'Almost  without  warning,  even 
though  he  had  not  been  wholly  well,  came  the  news  of 
the  death  of  Charles  E.  Coombs,  whose  pharmacy  at 
276  Massachusetts  avenue  has  been  a  conspicuous  store 
in  the  fashionable  Back  Bay  district  of  this  city.  Mr. 
Coombs  had  'occupied  this  drug  store  since  1S86,  going 
there  when  the  locality  was  regarded  almost  as  a  sub- 
urb. He  was  a  native  of  Maine,  and  his  relatives  live 
in  Portland,  where  the  bod.v  was  taken  'by  his  father 
and  brother  for  the  funeral  and  burial.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Oompany  and 
\tas  a  Kniglh't  Templar.  Death  was  due  to  acute  laryn- 
gitis and  asthma.  He  had  been  a  sufferer  from  throat 
troubles  for  several  years,  but  was  not  thought  to  be 
dangerously  ill.  The  day  before  he  died,  Mr.  iCoOmbs 
was  at  his  drug  store,  and  late  that  evening  went  to  his 
hotel.  He  did  not  complain  of  feeling  ill,  but  the  next 
morning  was  found  'in  his  room  almost  unconscious. 
Half  an  hour  later,  on  the  arrival  of  the  physician,  he 
was  dead.  There  is  one  phase  of  the  sad  affair  which 
must  comfort  his  friends  and  relatives,  that  he  did  not 
die  at  sea.  He  had  planned  a  voyage  to  the  Mediter- 
ranean ports  and  was  to  have  sailed  on  a  steamer  which 
left  Boston  on  the  day  after  he  died. 


BUSINESS  FIRMS  CONSOLIDATE  UNDER  ONE 
MANAGEMENT. 

Bosfon.  Jan.  11.— iFive  of  'the  largest  local  importing 
and  .iobbing  houses  in  handling  fancy  goods,  druggists' 
sundries,  toys,  kitchen  and  furnishing  goods,  sporting 
goods,  etc.,  have  consolidated  as  a  new  corporation  under 
The  naimie  of  the  Eastern  Commission  &  Importing  Com- 
pany, with  a  nominal  capital  of  i$aio.(lfKl,  -with  the  foliow- 
ing  board  of  directors:  H.  P.  Emerson,  president  and 
treasurer;  Frank  A.  Hyer,  assistant  treasurer  and  sec- 
retary: and  F.  R.  Smith  and  W.  S.  Carr.  The  building 
belonging  to  the  Eben  Jordan  estate.  Bedford  and  King- 
ston streets,  has  been  leased  by  the  new  company  for  its 
business.  The  followtng-named  concerns  make  up  the 
new    corporation:    The    Pea'bo'dy-Whitney    Company;    the 


F.  R.  Smith  Company;  H.  P.  Emerson  &  Co.;  Hyer 
Brothers,  and  W.  S.  Carr  &  Co.  All  of  these  houses  have 
had  a  large  number  of  salesmen  distributed  over  New 
England,  and  in  the  aggregate  do  an  immense  business, 
not  only  in  this  territory  but  in  the  West  and  South, 
being  importers  of  foreign  goods  as  well  as  distributers 
of  gtoods  for  the  domestic  manufacturers. 


Druggist  Larrabee  Plans  for  Carnegie  Library. 

Boston,  Jan.  11.— Mayor  John  IJarrabee  of  Melrose, 
where  he  is  one  of  the  most  prominent  druggists,  of  the 
firm  of  Larrabee  &  Stearns,  in  his  inaugural  on  Jan- 
uary 6  brought  out  a  little  surprise  which  he  had  been 
instrumental  in  planning  and  which  is  explained  in  the 
following  letter  from  the  private  secretary  of  Andrew 
Carnegie: 

"Responding  to  your  letter,  if  the  City  of  Melrose  will 
pledge  itse'f  by  resolution  of  counoilSi  to  support  a  free 
library  at  a  cast  of  not  less  than  $2,500  a  year,  and  pro- 
vide a  suitable  site,  Mr.  Andrew  Carnegie  will  be  glad 
to  furnish  .iiJO.OOO  for  a  free  librarybuilding.  Respect- 
fully yours,— 

A  committee  of  five  was  instructed  to  draw  up  a  letter 
of  thanks   to  Mr.   Carnegie  for  his  generous  offer. 


Trading  Conditions  Only  Fair. 
Boston,  Jan.  11.— Thi.s  has  been  a  week  of  only  fair 
trade,  due  in  part  to  the  uncertain  weather  conditions 
with  sn-ow,  rain,  and  some  sunshine  to  help  mix  all  these 
into  a  fearful  mixture  of  slush  underfoot.  One  prO'mi- 
nent  druggist  says  that  he  and  all  others  can  be  sure 
of  many  demands  soon  for  the  remedies  for  colds  which 
Tvill  result  from  all  thLs  wet  weather,  for  these  condi- 
'tions  always  bring  about  a  demand  for  this  'line  of  goods. 
The  call  for  the  things  this  week  has  not  been  out  of 
the  ordinary  and  has  been  marked  by  no  special  activity 
in  any  one  thing.  In  the  wholesale  or  general  market, 
the  trade  has  been  of  fair  proportions  with  no  great  life 
shown.  The  year  is  thought  to  be  too  young,  as  yeit, 
for  any  speicial  Impetus,  rmd  there  is  not  a  disposition 
to  buy  beyond   moderate  quantities. 


Harper's  New  Drug  Store. 
Boston.  Jan.  11.— The  opening  of  John  T.  Harper's 
new  drug  store  in  Great  Barrington  was  quite  an  event 
for  that  town.  The  store  is  finely  finished  and  equipped 
with  everything  as  recent  as  may  be  found  in  any  Bos- 
ton or  New  York  pharmacy.  Plate  glass  in  every  part 
of  the  store  is  a  feature.  Lx)w  counter  cases  rest  on  the 
floor,  with  interior  plate  shelves  and  trays.  Cabinets, 
prescription  desk  and  'Oither  fittings  are  made  of  plate 
glass  wherever  feasible.  A  large,  wel'l-fltted  soda  foun- 
tain adds  much  to  the  general  look  of  elegance  which  the 
entire  store  has  assumed.  The  opening  day  attracted 
imany  visitors   and   admirers. 


Boston  Druggist  to  Serve  on  an  Important  Jury. 

Boston.  Jan.  11.— William  A.  Connelly,  a  druggist  in 
Kenwood  Road,  Boston,  is  one  of  the  jury  drawn  on 
what  seems  likely  to  be  a  celebrated  case,  just  begun 
in  the  United  States  Disitrict  Court.  It  is  that  of  George 
M.  Foster,  formerly  cashier  of  the  South  Danvers  Na- 
tlonaa  IBank  of  Pea'body.  and  John  W.  Dickinson  of  New- 
ton, a  well-known  Boston  note  broker,  on  trial  charged 
with  complicity  in  the  wr.'cking  of  the  bank. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

After  ten  years  in  the  employ  of  Weeks  &  Potter,  th» 

wholesale  and  retail  drug  house  of  this  city.  Fred  J. 
Tutein  has  resigned  and  in  future  is  to  represent  in  this 
city  a  Philadelphia  business  firm.  The  occasion  of  his 
breiiking  off  of  the  old  associations  was  marked  by  a 
pleasing  incident.  His  fellow  employes,  with  S.  A.  Neill, 
head  sa'lesman,  as  spokes-man.  gave  Mr.  Tutein  a  solid 
gold  watch  to  which  A.  G.  Weeks.  Sr..  of  the  company, 
added  a  solid  gold  chain.  At  the  same  time,  by  way  of 
rem,emibrance  of  friends  outside  of  the  store,  came  $50,00 
in   gold  coin,   all   most  welcome   to  Mr.   Tutein. 


January  16,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


iS.  B.  Hajmlll,  "buyer  of  the  well-known  drug  store  at 

the  corner  of  Massachusetts  avenue  and  Trowtiridge 
street,  in  Caimlbridge,  formerly  kept  by  Charles  A.  Bass, 
is  now  in  possession  of  the  place.  He  is  a  druggist  of 
long  experience,  and  for  twelve  years  was  with  the  late 
Thomas  Restieaux,  at  the  Tremont  Street  Pharmacy, 
Boston.  M.  Hamill  at  one  time  was  with  H.  &  J.  Brewer, 
leading  druggists  of  Springfield,  and  in  all  has  an  ex- 
perience of  twenty-five  years  in  his  work.  He  proposes 
to  make  and  keep  his  plaoe  one  of  the  best  drug  stores 
in   Cambridge. 

The  -firm   of  John   Burnett   &   Co.,   manufacturers   of 

flavoring  etxracts.  37  Central  street,  Boston,  recently 
sustained  several  hundred  dollars'  loss  from  smioke  and 
water  from  a  fire  in  that  building.  If  most  of  itheir 
goods  were  not  in  bottles,  they  would  have  been  heavy 
losers.  Strangely  enough,  the  other  extract  house  of 
Joseph  Burnett  Company  also  not  long  ago  suffered  a 
loss  from  smoke  and  water  from  a  bad  fire  in  a  large 
building  adjoining  their  own  place. 

At    the    annual    business    meeting    this   week    held   at 

Hotel  Hamilton,  of  the  Druggists'  dissociation  of  Holy- 
oke  the  follo'wing  officers  were  elected  to  serve  fhrougti 
1902:  President,  C.  E.  Bard  well;  vice-president,  Charlies 
E.  Ball;  secretary  and  treasurer,  Herman  Heinritz; 
standing  committee:  W.  H.  Woods,  M.  M.  Murphy  and 
John  Fessant. 

George   A.   'Worthen,   a  Fall   River  druggist,   has  dis- 

I>osed  of  his  interest  in  the  Anthony  Pharmacy  in  thait 
city.  Dr.  Charles  A.  Hicks  being  the  buyer.  Mr.  Worthen, 
whose  health  is  not  good,  has  gone  South  to  pass  the 
"Winter  at  Asheville,  N.  C,  his  family  accompanying 
him. 

At  a  Hveettng  of  the  Massaohusetits  Board  of  Registra- 
tion in  Pharmacy,  on  January  7,  ten  oandidaties  were 
exaimjned  and  the  three  following-named  were  granted 
certificates:  Megerdich  Boyajian,  Boston;  Michael  F. 
Sullivan,    Fall   River;   Charles  E.  'Bagley,    Bolston. 

So   good   was  the  past   Sununer's   trade   at   Billings  & 

Stover's  drug  store  in  CamJbridge  that  they  are  now 
planning  for  a  large  new  fountain,  before  another  Suim- 
mer  season  comes  around.  Their  store  is  one  having 
great  popularity  among  Cambridge  folk. 

Bon.    Charles   L.   Dean,    head   of  the   Boston   house  of 

Dean,  Foster  &  Co.,  wholesale  dealers  in  druggists' 
glassware  and  sundries,  made  a  fine  inaugural  address 
on  January  G.  when  he  toegan  his  fourth  year  as  mayor 
of   Maiden,    where   he   resides. 

- — ^As  the  president  and  treasurer,  Joseph  B.  Murphy  of 
Taunton  is  interested  in  promoting  the  Physicians'  Pres- 
cription &  Supply  Company,  just  organized  under  the 
laws  of  Maine,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $200,000,  of  which 
$25.00  has   been   paid   in. 

A   public   auction    sale  of   the   stock    and    fixtures  of 

the  pharmacy  of  F.  D.  Breed,  at  Fair  Haven,  has'  taken 
pilace.  Other  druggists  in  that  town  as  well  as  some 
from  New  Bedford  secured  several  lots  of  the  general 
stock. 

A.    S.    Hoyt,    wTio    used .  formerly    to    be    a    clerk    In 

Blake's  drug  store  in  the  Forest  Hills  district  of  this 
city,  ibut  who  now  lives  in  Manchester,  N.  H.,  has  been 
pagsdng  a  vacation  among  his  old  friends  in  iBositon. 

. 'Benjamin  F.   Smith,   a  druggist  of  North  Weymouth, 

is  a  voluntary  petitioner  in  'bankruptcy,  with  debts 
aimounting  to  almost  $4,000,  to  meet  which  he  has  no 
assets,  so  it  is  claimed. 


PHILADELPHIA- 


A  New  Crushed  Fruit  Bowl. 

■Bohner's  Safety  Crushed  Fruit  Bowl  >s  illustrated  in 
Robert  Steven.son  &  Oo.'s  advertiseiment  in  this  issue. 
The  cover  of  tliis  bowl  is  so  arranged  that  the  contents 
are  entirely  covered,  the  spoon  resting  agiiinst  a  silver 
plated  rest  entirely  inside  of  the  bowl,  such  a  nuisance 
in  other  styles.  The  Bohner  Bowl  comes  with  glass 
covers  at  $1.00  each,  or  with  silver  plated  covers  for 
$1.50  each,  silver  plated  ladles  to  fit  being  furnished  for 
75  cents  each.  Robert  Stevenson  &  Co.,  Chicago,  are  not 
only  wholesale  druggists,  but  are  headquarters  for  soda 
fountain  supplies  and  utensils.  In  fact,  anything  in  that 
line   can   be   found   there. 


BUSINESS    CONDITIONS    DURING    igoi. 

PhiLidelphia,  Jan.  II, —This  being  the  time  when  it  Is 
customary  to  review  the  happenings  of  the  year  just 
past,  a  brief  summary  of  local  business  conditions  dur- 
ing 1901  and  !coanparisor,s  with  other  years  seems  to  be 
in  order.  First,  as  reflecting  more  generally  the  trend  of 
fcusiness,  the  jobbers  deserve  our  attention.  Interviews 
with  representatives  of  the  leading  whoIesa.le  flrmis  agree 
in  terming  1901  a  year  oC  good  business  and  general  pros- 
perity, in  some  instances  exceieding  IflOO  in  amount  and 
in  others  just  about  equalling  it.  Business  seems  to  havo 
been  better  outsidie  of  Phiilad'elphla,  in  its  surrounding 
territory,  than  in  the  city  itself,  the  out-of-town  orders 
having  been  much  heavier  and  more  profitable.  In  tto 
city  itself,  while  there  is  no  cause  for  complaint,  the  usual 
condition  has  been  what  might  be  termed  "steady  and 
quiet."  The  total  quantity  of  drugs  consumed,  patent 
medicines  ordered  and  sundries  sold  is  Somewhat  larger 
than  for  1900,  so  that  profits,  to  the  jobbers,  will  probably 
exceed  those  of  last  year.  Generally  speaking,  the 
manufacturing  houses  located  here  have  had  a  good 
year,  in  some  lines  the  sales  have  been  xceptionally 
heavy. 

From  the  retailer's  standpoint,  the  year"is  called  good 
or  bad  jusit  as  he  'happens  to  have  managed  his  business. 
On  the  whole,  business  has  been  satisfactory  with  in- 
creased sales  and  profits  just  a  itrifle  better  than  before. 
There  has  been  practically  very  'little  advance  in  the  price 
of  proprietary  articlies  except  in  "ten  cent  goods,"  whiitt 
are  now  being  sold  for  full  prices  in  many  sections. 
Drugs  and  sundries  have  been  more  profitable,  owing  to 
the  general  agreement  to  make  slight  advances  in  these 
from  time  to  time,  the  profit  to  those  wlhio  have  done  so 
averaging  from  10  to  15  per  cent.  The  year  has  been 
an  exceptionally  good  one  for  the  soda  water  trade,  ow- 
ing to  the  continued  h'ot  spells  this  Summer,  probably 
also  to  the  campaign  of  education  carried  on  by 
so  many  druggists.  It  is  the  general  opinion 
that  more  people  are  drinking  soda  water  and 
more  of  it,  ntow  than  ever  before.  The  smallpox 
epidemic  brought  a  very  proai^alble  trade  to  the 
retailer,  few  druggists  indeed  failing  to  make  many  good 
dollars  from  the  sale  of  vaccine,  ahields,  etc.  Extensive 
price  cutting  and  advertising  of  "cut  prices"  has  been  less 
this  year  than  ever,  prices  axe  pretty  close  to  the  bottO'ta 
but  nobody  is  making  much  'talk  of  it,  even  the  "aggres- 
sive cotters"  have  been  quiet,  and  the  general  policy 
seems  to  be  for  everj'  one  to  'get  just  as  high  a  price  as 
'he  can  under  the  'conditions  iprevailing  in  his  neighbor- 
hood.   

Drug  Bowling  League. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  11.— At  tWe  League  meeting  Tuesday 
evening,  the  contesting  teams  were  Aschenbach  &  Miller 
vs  Smitlh,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  and  the  "Wanderers"  vs 
H.  K.  Mulford  Co.  Aschenbach  &  Miller  sprang  a  sur- 
prise by  taking  all  three  games  from  the  S.  K.  F.  stellar 
aggregation,  which  tumbled  them  down  quite  a  few  pegs 
and  moved  up  the  pennant  towards  Whltall  Tatum  Co.'s 
learn.  The  "Wanderers"  'took  two  out  of  the  three  games 
from  MU'iforu's,  losing  the  third  by  the  narrow  margin 
of  12  pins.  C.  Elston  of  the  "Wanderers"  made  the  high 
score  of  603  in  the  three  games,  the  other  members  roll- 
ing good  bowls  too.  Had  Wilson  and  Bransome  been  In 
as°good  form  as  the  others,  the  score  would  have  been 
"tihree  straight".  The  next  games  will  be  WhitaU  Tatum 
Co.  vs  H.  K.  Wampole  Co.  and  Wanderers  vs  R.  Shoe- 
maker &  Co.  

Friends  Worried  Over  Druggist's  Actions. 
Philadelphia,  .Ian.  ll.-^Ross  M.  Slick,  wthose  drug  store 
at  G;trd  street  &  Glrard  avenue  is  now  In  the  hands  of 
the  Sheriff  for  sale,  owing  to  business  failure,  is  giving 
his  friends  grave  ca'Use  for  anxiety  by  his  erratic  actions. 
Shortly  after  falling  in  business.  Slick  seemed  to  be  acting 
queerly,  and  a  few  days  ago  he  was  arrested  charged 
with  stealing  chickens  from  a  grocery  store  in  the  neigh- 
borhood.   On  the  stand  he  denied  the  charge  in  toto,  al- 


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[January  16,  1902. 


though  confronted  with  his  landlady  whom  he  had  given 
the  chickens  to  cook,  and  g-ave  other  evidences  of  lack 
of  mental  balance.  It  Is  feared  that  business  worries 
have  affected  his  mental  condition,  and  it  is  being  in- 
quired into. 


BALTIMORE. 


Work  of  Local  Associations. 

Philadelpliia,  Jan.  11.— Organized  efforts  of  the  local 
retail  drug  association  have  been  confined  principally  to 
the  settlement  of  local  Questions  and  to  the  policy  of  ad- 
justing prices  by  sections  having  common  interests  rather 
than  in  the  city  as  a  wihole,  a  plan  which  gives  promise 
of  good  success.  Ijike  the  ma.jority  of  Eastern  associa- 
tions, the  P.  A.  E.  D.  is  strongly  in  favor  of  the  "Wor- 
cester Plan"  and  is  working  hard  to  'bring  about  Its 
adoption  by  proprietors  and  to  determine  its  status  in 
this  State,  meanwhile  giving  loyal  support  to  the  "Tri- 
partite Plan"  in  hopes  of  its  stricter  enforcement.  The 
jntost  noticeable  feature  of  the  times  is  the  feeling  of 
mutual  good  will  and  co-operation  and  the  willingness 
of  druggits  to  sink  personal  wishes  for  the  comimon 
good.  Philadelphia  druggists  today  know  one  another 
better  and  are  working  together  better  than  ever  before, 
gether  better  than  ever  befi'«. 


Small  Pox  Increasing. 

Philadelphia.  Jan.  11.— Thtere  lha.s  been  a  sudden  in- 
crease of  smaJlpox  cases  during  the  week  and  tihe  figures 
for  it  will  be  higher  tlian  for  any  similar  period  since  the 
outbreak  began.  The  greatest  number  of  cases  reported 
for  any  w^ek  so  far  has  been  123.  Uhe  first  week  in  Decem- 
ber. 120  cases  had  been  reported  this  week  up  to  Friday 
morning.  In  consenuence  of  the  spread  of  the  disease, 
many  schools  are  closed  and  there  is  a  renewed  -call  for 
vaccination. 


Business  Good. 

Philad:elp(hila.  Jan.  11.— Business  has  been  pretty  good 
this  week,  more  prescriptions  than  usual  and  with  sales 
generally  quite  satisfactory.  The  outlook  is  good  for  a 
profitable  month,  it  present  conditions  continue.  Vaccine 
is  again  in  demand,  and  the  sudden  call  caught  many 
napping.  The  week  has  been  satisfactory  in  the  job- 
bing district,  out-ofJtown  orders  being  quite  hea\'y,  with 
a  fair  local  trade.     The  market  is  quiet. 


PHILADELPHIA    NOTES. 

Dr.   A.   M.   Pierson,   a   druggist  of  Vinedand,   N.   J.   is 

rejoicing  over  the  return  of  his  handsom'e  gold  watch  by 
a  conscience-stricken  thief  who  abstracted  it  some  little 
time  ago.  The  man  called  at  a  lawyer's  office  and  asked 
to  be  allowed  a  favor,  which  being  granted  he  told  the 
story  of  'tihe  theft  of  the  watch  and  begged  the  lawyer  to 
return  it  to  its  owner,  which  was  done.  L,oca;l  scientists 
are  still  puzzling  over  this  exceptional  case  of  Jersey 
conscience,  it  being  understood  that  Jerseymen  have  norije. 

Druggist  Harry  B.   Stiles'  store  had  a  narrow  escape 

fro'm  damage  from  the  dynamite  explosiion  that  shook 
"West  Philadelphia  recently.  The  force  of  the  explosion 
was  so  great  that  windows  were  shattered  blocks  away, 
and  how  the  big  plate  glass  window  of  Mr.  Stiles  escaped 
destruction  is  a  mystery,  for  it  was  seen  to  quiver  with 
the  shock. 

J.  G.  Howard  has  been  compelled  to  vacat^  his  lease 

in  the  Hotel  Lorraine  rather  sooner  than  expected,  and  is 
now  opening  a  store  at  36th  &  Market  streets.  Thi?  .willl 
l>e  fitted  up  in  the  ,?ame  ha.nd.some  style  itlhat  made  tlhe 
"Dorraine  Pharmacy"  notable. 

D.  Layman,  for  siomle  time  manager  of  Stover's  (Broad 

Street  Station  Pharmacy,  has  accepted  a  position  with 
the  H.  K.  Mulford  Company  and  will  cover  Baltimore  and 
Washington  territorj'  for  their  goods. 

Among  the  members  of  the  Clity  Oouncll  accompany- 
ing the  Liberty  Bell  to  Oharleston  is  Lawson  C.  Punk, 
the  well-known  West  Philadelphia  druggist,  wh6se  elec- 
tion to  the  Council  last  year  was  almost  unanimous. 

iE.  Campbell,  formerly  manager  for  Dr.  Fleming  at  8th 

&  Noble  streets,  has  bought  out  J.  D.  McFerren,  12th  & 
Race  streets  and  will  conduct  an  up-to-daite  pharmacy 
there. 


MARYLAND    PHARMACEUTICAL    ASSOCIATION. 

Baltimore,  Jan.  0.— As  stated  last  week,  the  semi-an- 
nual meeting  of  the  Maryland  PharmaceuticaJl  Associa- 
tion wUl  be  held  at  Annapolis  on  next  Wednesday.  Prep- 
arations for  the  event  are  all  complete.  A  large  dele- 
gation of  members  will  go  down  to  the  State  capital 
from  Baltimore,  and  the  drug  trade  conditions  with  spec-> 
ial  reference  to  the  needs  of  a  State  pharmacy  law  w*!!! 
be  thoroughly  discussed.  It  is  the  purpose  of  the  com- 
mittee cm  legislation  to  have  a  dinner  to  which  Sena- 
tors and  Delegates  will  be  invited.  At  this  dinner  the 
backwardn'ess  of  the  State  in  the  matter  of  protecting  the 
general  public  against  incompetency  in  the  compounding 
of  medicines  -will  be  fully  set  forth  and  the  lawmakers 
will  be  impressed  with  the  necessity  of  voting  for  the 
measure  to  be  introduced  at  the  present  session  of  the 
General  Assembly.  Addresses  will  be  made  at  the  semi- 
annual meeting  by  Dr.  A.  R.  L.  DOhme,  H.  P.  Hynson 
and  Others,  Who  are  not  only  familiar  with  the  require- 
ments of  the  drug  trade,  but  have  had  some  experience 
with  legislative  matters. 


TRADE  MODERATELY  ACTIVE. 

Baltimore,  Jan.  11.— There  has  been  a  gratifying 
amount  of  activity  in  the  drug  trade  this  week.  The 
holidays  being  over,  retailers  have  fbought  In  Increased 
quantities,  and  the  demand  has  been  helped  by  the  nat- 
ural stir  which  always  characterizes  the  beginning  of  a 
month.  Salesmen  are  again  out  oh  the  road,  which  helps 
to  swell  the  aggregate  of  transactions,  and  there  are 
other  favorable  factors.  The  market  for  botanicals  is  In 
the  main  unchanged,  some  articles  being  either  firm  or 
on  the  upward  trend.  The  scarcity  developed  in  the  sup- 
ply of  herbs  in  general  use  has  been  plainly  felt  and 
t.olders  of  stocks  see  an  opportunity  to  reallize  liberal 
jirofits.  The  manufacturers  of  pharmaceuticals  are  receiv- 
ing a  sufficient  number  of  orders  to  keep  laboratory 
forces  busy,  w-hile  the  movement  of  heavy  chemicals 
is  much  the  same. 


Maryland   College   of  Pharmacy. 

Baltimore,  Jan.  8.— Lectures  at  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy  were  resutmed  last  Monday  a/fter  the  holiday 
recess,  and  at  present  the  regular  routine  'Of  study  holds 
sway.  The  examinations  at  the  end  of  the  half  session 
have  shown  gratifying  progreiss  on  the  part  of  the  stu- 
dents, and  the  promises  held  out  at  the  beginning  of 
the  year  as  to  the  standing  of  the  classes  are  being  ful- 
filled.    The  classes  are  albout  as  large  as  last  year. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

. A  small-sized  patent  medicine  war  has  been  In  prog- 
ress at  Hagerstown  and  the  country  population  has  been 
taking  advantage  of  the  situation  to  purchase  compounds 
in  general  use  at  bargain-counter  prices. 

F.   Grau,   who   formerly   clerked   for  Druggist  Under- 

man.  Charles  and  Henrietta  streets.  Baltimore,  has  ac- 
cepted a  position  with  Moses  Blum,  Madison  avenue  and 
Wilson  street. 

-^The  pharmacy  of  the  late  Dr.  J.  P.  Bishop,  at  Charles- 
town.  W.  Va.,  has  been  sold  to  B.  H.  Grove. 

Dr.  C.  W.  Cowper  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  at  8* 

Cumberland  street,  Norfolk,  Va. 


Druggists  Save  Money. 

The  Duroy  &  Haines  Co.,  the  well  known  wine  man- 
ufaciturers  of  Sandusky,  Ohio,  say  that  they  can  save 
druggists  money  this  year  if  they  deal  with  them.  Be- 
sides making  the  popular  Old  Duroy  Port  wine.  Old 
TJuPoy  Sherry  wine.  Duroy  iOlaret  wine  and  Champagne 
wine.  Non  Sparkling,  this  company  makes  a  line  of  con- 
eemtrated  syrups,  crushed  fruits,  and  all  leading  graipe 
favors.  They  ask  the  druggislts  to  examine  their  samples 
and  get  their  prices  betor  contracting  tor  this  season's 
stock.  Every  druggist  can  obtain  free  samples  by  writing 
to   Duroy   &   Haines  at  .Sandusky,   Ohio. 


January  16,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


MICHIGAN. 


PHYSICIANS'  PHARMACAL  CO.  INCORPORATED. 

Detroit,  Jan.  11.— Xotice  has  ibuen  filed  of  tlie  incor- 
pora:tioii  of  .tlie  Pliysicians'  Phanmacal  Co.  Tliis  com' 
pany  will  engage  in  the  manufacture  of  a  general  line 
of  pharmaceuticals,  seilUng  the  products  to  physicians 
only  and,  as  they  claim,  at  the  same  discount  as  the 
best  Jobbing;  trade  receives  from  the  regular  pharma- 
ceutical manufacturers.  The  project  has  been  exploited 
a  number  of  times  and  has  always  been  attended  by 
failure.  The  officers  of  the  company  are  a.s  follows: 
President,  Dr.  J.  IB.  Book;  First  Vice-President,  Dr.  J. 
J.  Mulheron;  Second  Vice-President,  Dr.  M.  L.  Pierce; 
Secretary,  C.  H.  Bryan;  Treasurer,  Dr.  B.  B.  Hoyt. 


at  iSaginaw.  Some  years  ago  Dr.  Parkinson  entered  the 
Saginaw  Valley  Medical  Coillege  and  but  recently  grad- 
uated, being  the  orator  of  his  class.  The  store  is  a  very 
handsome  one  and  one  of  the  toest  equipped  in  the  State. 


P.  D.  &  Co.'s  Representatives. 

Detroit,  Jan.  H.— During  the  past  week  the  following 
representatives  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  were  in  the  house 
for  a  general  posting:  J.  W.  Gorin,  California;  M.  V. 
Millikan,  H.  L.  Grimes  and  M.  J.  Osborn,  of  Indiana.  A. 
T.  Sharpe,  formerly  connected  with  the  New  Qnlea/ns 
office  of  the  cojn'pany  as  a  traveling  representative,  has 
been  re-engaged  and  is  now  receiving  a  posting  prepara- 
tory to  again  taking  up  the  grip.  C  C  Miliburn,  of  the 
Pur*chasing  Department,  has  been  confined  to  the  house 
With  a  serious  illnetss.  J.  W.  Spillane,  lately  acting  as 
local  representative  in  this  city,  has  returned  to  his  old 
love,  the  sMk  business,  having  accepted  an  engagement 
with  one  of  the  largest  dry  'goods  houses  in  Detroit.  Dr. 
AV.  H.  Davis,  California  representative,  left  for  his  an- 
nual ^trip.  to  the  Hawaiian  Islands,  which  will  occupy 
sixty  days. 


Price  Agreement  Violated. 

Detroit,  Jan.  11.— There  tseems  to  be  an  inclination  to 
violate  the  general  agreement  in  Detroit  in  regard  to 
prices,  panticularly  those  relating  to  the  saile  of  cigars. 
A  nunvber  of  prominent  down-town  stores  are  selling 
5  cent  cigars  at  7  for.  25  cents,  the  ordinary  10  cent 
cigars  at  4  for  25  cents,  and  others  in  about  the  same 
proportion.  As  the  profit  on  cigars  ait  these  prices  is  al- 
most nothing,  it  is  difficult  to  see  what  advantage  is 
gained,  except  in  the  pois'sitole  way  of  an  advertisement, 
but  even  then  the  hulk  of  the  sales  hardly  maizes  such 
a    method    a    desirable    one. 


Michigan  Drug  Clerks  Elect  Officers. 

Detroit.  Jan.  11.— The  annual  meeting  of  the  Drug 
Clerks'  Association  of  Michigan,  was  held  on  the  evening 
of  January  8.  and  the  following  officers  elected  for  the 
coming  year:  President,  W.  G.  Deacock:  First  Vice-Presi- 
dent. A.  P.  Young;  Second  Vice-President.  F.  E.  North; 
Recording  Secretary.  J.  P.  Tuomiey;  Financial  Secretary, 
A.  H.  Tenkonoky;  Treasurer,  W.  J.  Longstaff;  Chairman 
Meml^ership  Committee.  Melvin  Early;  Chairman  House 
Committee,  Emil  KoQbe;  Chairman  Entertainment  Com- 
mittee. N.  H.  Jones;  Chairman  Employment  Committee, 
G.   H.  Trestain. 


Druggist  Released  On  Bail  Disappears. 

Detroit.  Jan.  11.— Dr.  R.  A.  Balcom,  who  was  arrested 
some  time  ago  upon  a  serious  charge,  and  later  released 
upon  ibail.  did  not  appear  in  the  court  when  his  case 
was  called  for  trial  and  therefore  his  bondsmen,  G,  R. 
Hawley  and  Wm.  Schmitt,  will  have  to  pay  into  the 
county  itrea-sury  the  amount  of  the  ibail-bond.  Dr.  Bal- 
com conducted  a  drug  store  for  some  little  time  in  this 
city  but  disappeared  shortly  after  his  arrest  and  subse- 
quent liberation,  and  no  one  seems  to  know  where  he 
is  located   at   present. 

Drug  Store  Under  New  Management. 
Detroit.  Jan.  11.— The  firm  of  Parkinson  &  Parklason, 
druggists  at  iSaglnaw.  has  been  succeeded  by  Dr.  F.  B. 
Parkinson,  who  is  a  pharmacist  of  long  standing,  having 
eraduaited  from  the  TTniverelty  of  Michigan  some  years 
ago  and  was  later  engaged  with  his  father  tn  the  store 


MICHIGAN  NOTES. 

^D.    R.    Holmes,    representing    Parke,    Davis    &    Co.    In 

AuistralaBla,  who,  by  .the  way,  is  also  a  member  of  the 
Detroit  Naval  Reserves,  and  took  part  in  the  late  un- 
pleasantness with  Spain,  reports  a  very  satisfactory 
condition  of  affairs  in  his  territory,  as  far  as  general 
trade  is  concerned.  He  states  that  all  lines  represented 
seem  to  be  in  good  demand  and  prosperity  is  apparent 
on  every  hand. 

Frank   Tiller,   who   has  been  at  Harper   Hospital   for 

the  past  eight  weeks,  ill  with  typhoid  fever,  has  been 
atole  to  leave  the  hospital  and  return  to  his  home.  (He 
expects,  if  everything  goes  well  ,to  toe  able  to  return  to 
hiis  duties  as  chief  of  the  Drug  and  Chemical  depart- 
ment of  Parke,   Davis  &  Co.   in  a  week  or  ten   days. 

^Among    the    out-of-town    representatives    of    different 

firms  who  visited  Detroit  the  past  week  were  Thos.  P. 
Cook,  of  the  New  York  Quinine  &  Chemical  Co.;  J.  W. 
Rossiter,  of  Powers  &  Weightman;  D.  C.  Mahony,  with  A. 
A.  Stillwell;  Mr.  Moore,  with  Dodge  &  Olcott,  and  Mr. 
C.  W.  Griffiths,  of  Herf  &  Frerichs. 

Dr.   D.  H.   Webster  announces  he  will  shortly  open  a 

prescription  pharmacy  at  Pickford,  where  he  has  been 
in  praatice  for  a  considerable  time  past.  He  does  snot 
intend  to  operate  the  store  himself,  but  will  secure  the 
serviicea  of  a  first-class  registered  pharmacist  to  manage 
the  business   for  him. 

^Oine   of  the  most  up-to-date  pharmacies  in  the  State 

was  recently  installed  by  Fred  L.  Heath  at  Hastings. 
Mr.  Heath  has  made  provision  to  take  care  of  the 
trade  of  the  dispensing  doctor,  and  intends  to  supply  that 
class  of  patronage  at  the  same  rates  as  are  afforded 
by  the  physicians'  supply  houses. 

. There  has  recently  (been  organized  at  Harbor  Springe 

the  firm  of  Hicks  &  Arner,  composed  of  J.  W.  HJcks, 
for  many  years  a  pharmacist  with  M.  J.  Erwin,  drug- 
igist  at  that  place,  and  S.  J.  Arner,  who  has  no  pharma- 
ceutical experience,  but  whose  ibiusiness  education  hais 
been  very   liberal. 

^The  Brooks  Drug  Co.,  of  Oxford,  has  lately  made  ex- 
tensive additions  to  its  stock  and  a  number  of  changes 
in  the  sitore.  It  is  now  making  a  very  decided  Wd  for 
the  business  of  the  dispensing  physicians  in  the  sur- 
rounding territory. 

^The  drug  store  of  Mrs.  C.  N.  Landon,  of  Detroit,  wa.3 

recently  slightly  damaged  iby  fire  and  water,  from  a  con- 
flagration next  door.  The  loss  was  well  covered  by  In- 
surance. 

1.  B.  Harrod,  representing  the  Arlington  Chemical  Co.. 

has  finished  a  five-weeks'  detail  of  Detroit  and  left  for 
other  points. 

TD.  E.  Prall.  of  D.  E.  Prall  &  Co.,  wholesale  and  retail 

pharmacists,    Saginaw,    visited    Detroit,    last    week. 

-Wm.  H.  Thorpe  has  given  a  bill  Of  sale  of  his  store 

at  Dowagiac.    the   purchase  price  toeing  $1,450. 

(A.   'B.    Smith,   pharmacist  at  Trenton,   paid  Detroit  a 

visit  during  the  past  week. 

-^Wilbur  T.  Eldrldge,  a  pharmacist,  of  West  Bay  City, 

died   recently. 


Egyptian  Shelf  Bottles. 

To  those  dl-uggists  who  are  about  opening  new 
stores,  or  to  others  thinking  of  renovating  tlhieir  old 
stores,  we  commend  the  offer  made  in  ".ast  week's 
issue  by  the  Dawes  Mfg.  Co.,  Pittsburgh.  Ttoe  Bg>-pt- 
ian  Shelf  Bottle  is  one  of  ttoe  toandsomeet  ever  offered 
to  druggists  for  the  money.  They  make  two  offers, 
one  of  a  set  consisting  of  145  pieces,  pint,  quart  and 
fWalf-gallon  saltmouths,  and  the  same  sizes  in  tinctures, 
for  $28.50,  and  a  21(5  piece  set  for  $42.50.  The  bottles 
are  all  labeled  as  Indicated  in  the  advertisement,  and 
aire  all  ready  to  set  on  a  shef.f.  Syrup  bottles  and  oil 
bottles  can  be  substituted  for  some  of  the  tinctures 
at  slight  additional  cost.  These  bottlea  are  all  ready, 
and  can  be  shipped   promptly  upon  receipt  of  the  order. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  16.  1903. 


CHICAGO. 


CINCINNATI. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  MEETING. 
Chicago,  January  11.— Thos.  V.  Wooten,  secretary  ol 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  announces  that  the  executive  committee 
of  the  National  Association  will  meet  in  Chicago,  Mon- 
day, January  27.  Questions  requiring  attention  will  be 
taken  up,  and  it  is 'hoped  the  affiliated  bodies  will  avail 
themselves  of  the  opportuliity  to  lay  such  facts  rela- 
tive to  the  conditions  affecting  their  welfare  before  the 
committee  as  will  enable  it  to  best  serve  the  interests 
of  these  associations.  All  <;o>mmunications  sent  to  the 
committee  touching  the  welfare  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
or  the  drug  trade  will  be  gratefully  received  and  given 
the  consideration  they  deserve. 


Chicago  Trade  Brisk. 

Chicago,  January  11.— The  drug  trade  has  resumed 
Its  usual  active  mid-winter  business.  Trade  is  good  on 
all  staples.  Heavy  cliemicals  are  in  good  demand  for 
all  mills  and  factories  are  busy.  Staple  drugs  and 
pharmaceutical  preparations  are  moving  freely  although 
there  seeans  to  be  less  than  the  usual  amount  of  illness. 
Manufacturers  and  jobbers  are  all  busy. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

^Henry  Rueckert,  a  general  dealer  of  London,  Jef- 
ferson county,  Wis.,  was  before  the  court  at  Jefferson, 
January  9,  for  selling  drugs  contrary  to  law.  He  plead- 
ed guilty,  stating  be  purchased  the  goods  from  a 
wholesale  house  in  Milwaukee  and  supposed  be  had  a 
right  to  sell  fhem.  He  was  ignorant  of  the  law.  Sec- 
retary Heimstreet,  on  behalf  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
asked  that  no  fine  be  imposed  on  condition  of  his  clos- 
ing out  his  stock  of  drugs,   which  was  done. 

. E.    H.   Sargent  of  K.    H.    Sargent   &   Company,    106-108 

Wabash  avenue,  is  reported  to  be  quite  ill.  The  firm  faas 
boug'ht  out  Richards  &  Co.  (Ltd.)  at  108  Lake  street, 
dealers  in  chemists'  supplies.  Messrs.  Sargent  &  Co.  are 
compelled  to  move  becauee  the  building  they  now  oiocupy 
has  been  ieaised  by  a  mercantile  syndicaite. 

An    epidemic   of   new    drug   stores   is    rumored.    It   is 

said  that  stores  will  be  opened  at  Sixty-third  street 
and  Lexington  avenue.  Sixty-third  street  and  Green- 
wood avenue.  Fifty-ninth  street  and  South  Halstead, 
Twenty-second  and  Throop  streets  and  in  Oak  Park. 

The     Northwestern    Women's    Medical    College    hasf 

been  sold  to  the  Valparaiso  (Ind.)  Normal  School  and 
the  Chicago  Eclectic  Medical  College.  The  price  paid 
was  $40,000.  The  trustees  of  tbe  Northwestern  Univer- 
sity said   the  college  did  not  pay. 

Edwin  O.   Gale,   father  of  Walter  H.   Gale,   president 

of  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association,  has  written 
a  book  on  "Early  Chicago  from  1833  to  1871."  The 
manuscript  is  now  in   the   hands   of   the  publishers. 

^The  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'   Association  will  hold 

a  deferred  quarterly  meeting-  on  Jan.  21  at  the  Union 
Hotel.  Albert  B.  Hunt  will  read  a  paper  giving  a  sketch 
of  one  of   She  early   drug  houses  of  Chicago. 

Max  Georges  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  North  Clark 

street  and  Belmont  avenue  to  P.  Hauber.  Mr,  Georges 
in  turn  bought  the  store  of  Jatob  Woltze  at  North  av- 
enue and  Wells  street. 

J.    S.    Barclay,    the   well   kno^Ti   Oak   Park   druggiist, 

who  has  been  ill  for  some  weeks,  is  improving,  and  was 
up  the  other  day  for  the  first  time  in  several  w^eks. 

Thi;  firm  of  A.   E.   Rutherford  &   Co.,   Twenty-second 

street  and  Wabash  avenue,  has  dissolved,  Mr.  Ruther- 
ford  having  bought   out   his   partner. 

— —Henry  Birotih  and  a  party  of  friends  will  sail  on  Jan. 
27  for  a  tour  of  Europe,  expecting  to  be  gone  severaj 
months. 

^Bryan  &  Dawson  hove   bought  thte  dirug  store  of  W. 

J.  Jjamley  at  ."5255  State  sitreet. 

D.  H.  Rockefeller  has  bought  H.  S.  Schmerher's  drug 

store  at  2200  State  street. 


Paints. 

The  business  druggist  ignores  mo  suggestion  which 
promises  to  increase  his  business  or  his  profits.  Lucas' 
Home  Helps  will  do  both. 


Stein-Vogeler  Drug  Co.'s  Proposed  Building. 

Cincinnati,  January  9.— The  Stein-VogelecJDrug  Com- 
pany has  secured  an  option  on  two  residence 
buildings  adjoining  their  present  quarters  on  East 
Sixth  street,  and  the  deal  for  the  purchase  will 
probably  be  closed  this  week.  The  price  of  the 
property,  which  is  75  feet  front  by  90  feet  deep, 
is  $10,000.  TJie  drug  company  contemplates  buiUding 
a  five  story  modern  steel  structure,  which  will  cost, 
when  completed,  about  $30,000.  A  locaJ  architect  is  at 
work  on  the  plans.  The  addition  will  be  used  in  connec- 
tion with  the  present  plant,  vfihich  will  make  it  one  of 
the  largest  and  finest  drug  houses  in  this  section  of  the 
country. 


Formed   County   Associations. 

Cincinnati,  Jan.  9.— The  druggists  in  the  following 
counties  in  Ohiio  have  lately  formed  county  associations 
and  joined  the  N.  A.  R.  D. :  Seneca,  Wyandot,  Sandusky, 
Ottawa,  Wood,  Champaign,  Logan,  Union,  Licking,  Knox, 
Morrow,  Jefferson.  Harrison,  Carroll,  Tus'carawas,  Mus- 
kingum, Coshocton,  Belmont,  Perry,  Morgan  and  Noble. 


Druggist  Files  Deed  of  Assignment. 

Cincinnati,  Jan.  9.— Henry  Wrede,  druggist,  corner  Ev- 
erett Street  and  Freeman  Avenue,  filed  a  deed  of  assign- 
ment Monday  in  the  Insolvency  Court  to  A.  E.  Engle- 
hardt,  his  attorney.  His  assets  are  given  as  $1,000  and 
liaJbilities  unknown,  with-  no  preferences.  The  assignment 
was  due  to  failing  health  of  the  assignee  and  the  pressure 
of  creditors. 


Bill  to  Regulate  Sale  of  Cocaine. 

Cincinnati,  Jan.  9. — Now  that  the  Legislature  is  in  ses- 
sion Police  Court  Judge  Lueders'  original  idea  of  having 
a  b...  passed  regulating  the  sale  of  cocaine  is  being  taken 
up.  A  bill  is  now  being  drafted  that  will  cover  all  the 
ideas  as  expressed  by  Judge  Lueders  some  months  ago, 
when  the  craze  for  cocaine  was  first  noticed.  All  the 
elements   of  his  plan   will  be   dratted  into  the   new  bill. 


CINCINNATI  NOTES. 

Clarence  Waters,  the  popular  druggist  at  Eaton,  Ohio, 

Was  married  this  week  to  Miss  Cooper  of  the  same  place. 
After  a  short  wedding  trip  they  will  go  to  house-keep- 
ing. 

^Dr.  Chas.  Krone  and  Wm.  Howe,  of  Hamilton,   Ohio, 

were  in  town  Tuesday  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  ot  the  Ohio  Valley  Drug  Association. 

. Ohas.   W.    Sutterfleld   of  West  Union,    Ohio,   who   ha;d 

been  in  the  dn.ig  business  for  forty  years,  died  last  week. 
He   was   twice  elected   treasurer   of   Adams   County. 

H.   A.   Prankman,   of  Versailles,   Ohio,  Tvhose  place  ot 

business  was  destroyed  by  fire  recently  has  rebuilt  and 
moved  into  his  new  store  this  week. 

The  Royal  Pharmacy  of  Radcliffe  Bros.,  at  Hamilton, 

Ohio,  was  llately  damaged  by  fire.  The  loss  was  $1,500 
Which  was  fully  insured. 


A  Handsome  Souvenir. 

We  have  received  from  J.  L.  Hopkins  &  Co.,  New 
York,  a  framed  illustration  in  colors  of  their  World 
trade  mark,  bearing  the  ie/gend  now  familiar  to  all 
users  of  crude  djrugs  in  this  country,  "The  World  con- 
tributes, and  J.  L.  Hopkins  &  Co.  distributes,"  etc 
etc.  Mr.  Hopkins  is  sending  one  of  these  signs  to  each 
of  Bids  customers,  and  will  no  doubt  be  glad  to  furnish 
one  to  any  manufacturer  who  buys  crude  drugs.  The 
sign  is  not  only  a  work  of  art  and  an  ornament  to  any 
wall  space,  but  is  interesting  from  the  fact  that  it  is 
made  entirely  from  a  single  piece  of  steel  by  a  new 
process. 


A  good  ct'ment  soon  makes  a  reputation  for  Itself, 
.and  that  is  how  the  Van  Stan  Stra/tcna  Co.  account  for 
the  ste.T-dily  increasing  sales  of  Stratena.  This  ds  a 
cement  that  sticks,  and  the  people  are  learning  tha/t  fact. 
Druggists  get  a  fair  ajid  honest  profit  on  Stratena  and 
those  who  have  not  already  handled  it  should  dtock  it  at 
once. 


January  16,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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THE   NORTHWEST. 


Would    Be    Pharmacists. 

St.  Paul,  Minn,.  Jan.  10.— The  following  applicants  for 
pharmacy  certificates  took  the  examinations  required  toy 
the  South  I>alvota  S'tate  board  of  pharmacy  at  a  meelting 
of  the  board  held  at  Sioux  Falls  this  weelt:  E.  E.  Crady, 
.lefferson;  A.  H.  Thompson.  Graettlnger.  Iowa;  Fred  J. 
Carr,  Ellvton;  Dr.  J.  M.  Womeldorf,  MeeliUng;  P.  M.  Ful- 
ton, Gayvilie;  R.  B.  Syverson,  Eil{  Point:  J.  A.  Breiden- 
bach.  Aberdeen:  J.  F.  Browne,  Watertown:  J.  J.  Govar, 
Wagrner;  George  A,  BarltelB.  Davis;  J.  H.  Schmiidt.  Sum- 
ir.it:  \V.  H.  White.  Sioux  Falls:  Dr.  F.  T.  Cook.  Langford. 
.Announcement  of  the  names  of  those  who  passed  wiill  be 
made  later.  Secretary  Best,  of  the  pharmaicy  Iward,  says 
that  very  few  infractions  oif  the  pharmaicy  laiwa  are  re- 
ported to  the  board,  'and  tlhat  so  far  as  the  imembers  know 
tlie  state   laws  are   being  observed. 


MINNEAPOLIS  DRUGGISTS  ELECT. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Jan.  10.— The  annual  meeting  of  the 
Retail  Druggists  Association  of  Minneapolis  held  last 
evening  was  marked  by  a  large  attendiar.iee  and  ver>- 
pleasant  social  features.  The  annual  ejection  of  officers 
resulted:  President,  Stewart  Gamble;  vice  president,  A. 
H.  Porsall:  secretary,  E.  B.  Wilson;  treasurer,  George 
Rose;  executive  committee.  Thomas  Voegeli,  J.  F.  Danek, 
J.  W.  Thompson,  J.  H.  Marshall,  Ed.  Tupper.  The  reports 
of  retiring  officers  showed  tJhat  the  Association  was  in 
an  ex]ceillent  financial  condition  and  that  the  membership 
lias  increased  until  it  includes  three-fourths  of  the  100 
druggists  of  the  city.  A  banquet  was  served  and  a 
smoke  social  wound  up  ithe  entertainment. 


$10  each;  F.  D.  Kendrick  holding  4,000,  A.  J.  'Stobbart 
and  D.  H.  Bradley  eaich  100.  J.  W.  iNorton  and  Joseph 
Olaffy  JO  each,   and  Thomas  Sullivan  5. 

P.   H.   Tyrrell,    of   Lindstrom,    and   Mr.   Geyerman,    of 

Bren'stcr,  were  In  the  city  on  business  this  week  and 
while   Jiero   Mr.    Geyerman's   store   was   burglarized. 

Johns  Bros,  will  soon  have  several  Irons  In  the  fire  at 

Howe,  N.  D.  In  addition  to  opening  la  drug  store,  they  will 
be  in  the  lumber  and  hardware  business. 

Ncls  Rydberg,  after  three  years  with  Richard  &  Elm- 

quiist  at  Stillwater  has  gone  to  MaJelia  to  cwork  for  Bill 
P.ros. 

A.   Heedels  has   gone   to   Eveleth   to   work   and  J.   D. 

Fipher  ihas   returned    from   there  to   this   cilty. 

^Mr.  Cowan,  Wilson  Bros.'  Clerk,  Minneapolis,  is  going 

to  Brewster  to  work  for  Geyerman  &  Son. 

Jair.es   Vercoe,   Mt.  Vernon,   Wash.,   and   Adolph   Mer- 

ritt,  Omaha,  Neb.,  have  given  bills  of  sale. 

New:    Russell  &  Case,   Stephen,   Minn.;   E.  C.   Adams 

&  Co.,    RIC'iVlMe,   Ta. 

Hulburd  cS:  Johnson,  Morris,  Minn.,  were  damaged  by 

fire   this   w^eek. 

The  L'oHossen  Drug  Co.  has  incorporated  in  Mil- 
waukee. 

K.  H.  Berry,  Mt.  Vernon,  Wash.,  has  received  a  bill  of 

sale.  -» 

John  M.  Barnett,   Given,  la.,  has  moved  to  Bussey. 

C.  A.  Hedqulst,  Mt.   Nefbo,  Utah,   has  sold. 


MINNESOTA    DRUG  .  CLERKS. 

St.  Paul,  Minn..  Jan.  10— The  annual  election  of  the 
Minnesota  Retail  Drug  Clerks'  Association,  held  in  Min- 
neapolis Wednesday  night,  resulted  in  the  selection  of 
the  following  officers:  President,  Henry  C.  Schroder; 
vice  president,  Frank  W.  Crowell;  treasurer,  Fred  Clen- 
art;  secretary,  Erwin  Patlee;  trustees,  Lewis  Paulson, 
J.  W.  Smitih.  ly.  J.  Aberwald.  The  local  toranch,  o't  the 
Assoiciation  has  110  memibers.  GO  of  whom  were  present 
and  voted.  The  secre(tar>-'s  report  showed  that  the 
Assiociation  has  twelve  branches  in  the  state  outside  o-f 
Minneapolis.  St.  Paul  and  Duluth.  The  next  meeting  will 
be  held  in  St.  Paul  Jan.  IG. 


NORTHWEST  NOTES. 

Burglars  broke  into   the  drug  store  of  J.   P.  Allen  at 

Sevenlth  and  Jackson  streets,  St.  Paul,  a  few  nights  ago 
by  forcing  the  front  door,  breaking  the  Yale  lock  into 
fragments.  Tlh'ere  is  no  evidence  of  a  "jimmy"  and  it  is 
supposed  that  thfy  simply  kicked  or  pushed  in  the  door. 
Two  cash  drawers  near  the  entrance  behind  a  show  case 
were  opened  without  ringing  the  bells.  The  backs  of  the 
drawers  were  broken  and  pressed  d'own  so  as  to  discon- 
nect tihe  Ilange  that  operates  ithe  bells.  From  one  drawer 
$10  in  stamps  and  from  the  other  $5  in  change  were 
taken.     The  thieves  did  not  touch  the  stock. 

Successions:    Henry    Fabel,    Jr.,    Norwood,    Minn.,    by 

H.  F.  Lueders:  Kenney  &  Edwards,  Salmon,  Idaho,  by 
Guy  Edwards;  D.  Paine,  Son  &  Oo.,  Burt,  la.,  by  Paine 
Bros.;  Bill  Bros.,  Madelia,  Minn.,  by  James  J.  Bill;  Akam 
&  Carr.  Flandreau,  S.  D.,  by  G.  H.  Carr:  Swen.son  Drug 
Co.,  Winona,  Minn.,  by  D.  J.  Dull  &  Oo.;  Mercer  OhemicaJ 
Co.,  Omaha.  Neb.,  by  the  Porter-Ryerson-Hoobler  Co.; 
W.  &  I.  Galo  Co.,  Unionville,  la.,  by  W.  I.  Gale. 

'State  Chemist  Hortvet  of  Minnesota  was  a  very  busy 

man  last  year.  He  made  ^,206  analyses  of  food  products, 
of  which  2,1SJ  were  legal,  and  1.112  were  found  Illegal. 
There  were  8i>9  t'sts  of  milk  and  other  sample  tests  In- 
cluded meats,  vinegar,  .ielli.es,  cheese,  ibutter,  baking 
powder,  malt  and  spirituous  liquors,  oil  and  paints. 

The   Kendrick   Chemical   company,    of   St.    Paul,    filed 

a  certificate  of  sitock  with  the  secretary  of  state  this 
week.     The  capital  is  $oO,000,  divided  into  5,000  shares  of 


The  old  adage  regarding  clefanliness  is  ''especially 
appUcable  to  the  soda  fountain,  and  as  rai-ucih  care 
should  be  exercised  in  keeping  the  usual  block  tin 
receptacles  clean  as  in  making  the  syrups  which  they 
are  to  contain.  Most  of  the  fountains  in  general  use 
look  very  handbome  with  their  m-arble  and  silver 
pJated  fittings,  but  without  tlhle  most  scrupulous  care 
the  interior  will  present  a  very  different  picture.  With- 
out frequent  cleansing  and  constant  watchfulness,  these 
syrup  containers  are  apt  to  become  coated  with  scum 
and  breeders  of  bacteria  and  disease  germs,  thus  be- 
coming a  menance  to  the  health  of  the  piatrone  of 
such  fountains.  The  20th  Century  Sanitary  Fountain 
manufactured  hy  the  L.  A.  Becker  Co..  Clhiciago,  is 
built  on  hygienic  principles.  It  is  original,  practical 
and  accessiible,  besides  combining  a'.l  the  essential 
features  of  a  cleanly,  down-to-date  soda  fountain.  The 
s>^rups  in  glaiss  stoppered  bottles  in  plain  view  of  the 
customer,  are  a  guarantee  of  safety  from,  disease 
germs  and  undeanlines®,  a  hygienic  feature  certainly 
to  be  commended.  The  manufacturers  state  that 
every  druggist  in  the  down  town  district  of  ChiOago 
who  bought  a  new  fountain  last  year,  bought  the  20th 
Century  Sanitary  fountain.  This  fact  certainly  speaks 
volumes    for    the    apparatus. 


A  Wonderful  Growth. 

The  story  of  the  Paris  Medicine  Co.  in  this  LsKue  reads 
like  a  fairy  tale,  but  evory  word  of  it  Is  true.  The  stupen- 
dous results  accomplished  by  this  Company  have  been 
brought  about  not  by  flamiboyant  advertising  nor  ques- 
tionable business  methods,  but  very  largely  by  the  merit 
of  the  preparations  they  make,  and  If  we  are  not  mis- 
taken, the  retail  druggist  has  to  a  certain  extent  shared 
in  their  prosperity. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

NEW  AfORK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  16,  1903. 


THE  SOUTH. 


CONSOLIDATION  OF  MACON  DRUG  FIRMS. 

Memphis,  January  9.— It  is  rumored  that  the  $175,000 
deal  between  the  Taylor  &  Peek  Drug  Co.  and  the  H.  J. 
Lamar  &  Sons  has  fallen  through.  This  is  positively 
denied  at  Macon,  Ga.,  where  the  firms  are  located,  and 
'there  seems  to  be  nothing  in  the  way  of  consolidation. 
Henry  J.  Lamar  is  organizing  a  new  and  independent 
business  to  be  run  in  opposition  to  the  consolidated  busi- 
ness of  Lamar,  Taylor  &  Riley,  and  will  have  a  big 
establishment  at  Macon  and   one  at  Atlanta. 


SOUTHERN  NOTES. 

^It  is  reported  on  good  authority  that  a  large  bauxite 

reduction  plan.,  will  be  established  in  the  near  future  at 
West  Rome,  Ga.  Harrison  Bros.,  of  Philadelphia,  will 
Invest  $100,000  in  the  plant.  There  is  an  abundance  of 
bauxite  in  that  section,  and  it  is  with  a  view  of  saving 
enormous  freight  rates  that  this  large  investment  will 
be  made. 

Successions:    Sharp    Bros.,    by    Jas.    Sharp.    Atlanta, 

Ga.;  J.  S.  Mayfleld  by  Keblett  &  Co.,  Galveston,  Tex.; 
W.  D.  Mathis  by  W.  J.  Griffith,  Lexington,  Tex.;Martin 
Cruse  &  Co.  By  E.  L.  Clough,  Beaumont,  Tex.;  W.  F. 
German  by  German  &  Cruse  at  Fort  Smith,  Ark.; 
"Walker,  Butler  Drug  Co.  by  Butler  Bros.,  Holdensville- 
I.   T. 

R.    C.    Shindler   &    Co.    have   been    succeeded    by    the 

H.  T.  Shindler  Drug  Co.,  at  TSTacogdoches,  Tex.  The  new 
firm  has  Ijeen  incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $30,000. 

J.  C   Gatling,   of  Bearden,   Ala.,   who  has  been  doing 

a  general  business  in  connection  with  his  pharmacy, 
will  in  the  future  devote  all  his  time  to  his  drug  store. 

R.   W.   Vickers  has  retired  from   the   firm   of  Vickers 

&  Avent,  Murfreesboro,  Tenn.,  and  will  travel  for  Eli 
Lilly   &   Co.    J.   M.   Avent  is   his  successor. 

Owing  to  the  deathe  of  R.   C.  Gibson  at  West  Point, 

Miss.,  the  business  of  R.  C.  Gibson  &  Co.  will  be  dis- 
continued. 

^The  store  of  the  Emerson  Drug  Co.  was  destroyed  by 

fire  recently  at  Winnfleld,   1.  T. 

McRee    &    Bingham    have    been    succeeded   by    R.    R. 

BinghSm    at    Corpus   Christi,    Tex. 

rir.   \V.   L.   Mag-bes  has  sold  his  interest  in  the  Davis 

Drug  Co.   at  Mena,  Ark. 

The  driig  store  of  W.  R.  Shackelford,  Foreman,  Ark., 

was  burned  recently. 

H.    C.    Whitney,    a    druggist    of    Burnet,    Tex.,    died 

recently. 

H.  C.  Johnson,  of  Van  Buren.  Ark.,  has  sold  out 


A  "Liquid"  Soda  Fountain. 

The  first  page  of  the  Liquid  Carbonic  Acid  Mfg.  Co. 'a 
handsome  insert  in  this  issue  shows  their  10  syrup  "Hia- 
watha" Onyx  Apparatus,  a  fountain  sufficient  in  capa- 
city for  dispensers  of  moderate  requirements.  The  pur- 
chase of  a  soaa  fountain  is  almost  always  an  important 
event  to  a  druggist.  In  many  drug  buisinesses  the  foun- 
tain is  the  most  profitable  department,  and  it  is,  there- 
fore, extremely  important  that  extreme  care  be  used  in 
purchasing  it.  A  soda  fountain  is  not  bought  for  a  day 
alone,  hut  for  many  years  to  oome.  The  "Liquid"  foun- 
tains are  not  only  beautiful  in  design  and  construction, 
but  they  are  ice  savers  and  have  the  quality  of  always 
delivering  soda  water  at  the  lowest  possible  temperature. 
They  are  substantially  made,  and  therefore  practically 
never  wear  out;  they  are  conveniently  arranged,  and 
■particularly  adapted  to  rapid  work.  The  second  page  of 
the  insert  is  devoted  to  four  of  the  Liquid  Gas  Carlbon- 
ators.  The  "Jewell."  which  may  he  run  by  either  hand 
or  power,  the  "Magic"  Continuous  Automatic  Carbonator, 
the  "Perfeotion  Electric,"  and  the  "Geyser"  Continuous 
Automatic.  No  up-to-date  druggist  buys  soda  Tvater  In 
tanks  at  a  cost  of.  say,  10  cents  per  gallon,  for  hy  the 
use  of  Liquid  Gas  with  one  of  the  Liquid  Carbonatore, 
a  better  product  can  fee  produced  at  about  one-tenth 
the  cost.    There  is  certainly  no  raiore  progressive  hoinse 


in  the  soda  fountain  supply  business  than  the  Liquid 
Carbonic  Acid  Mfg.  Co.,  and  they  make  and  sell  every- 
thing required  or  desired  by  the  down-to-date  soda 
water  dispenser,   whose   corresponence   they  invite. 


A  Good  Drug  Mill. 

The  correspondence  given  below  explains  itself.  As 
we  believe  this  paper  was  the  first  to  introduce  this  mill 
to  the  drug  trade,  we  are  the  more  pleased  to  publish 
these  testimonials  from  gentlemen  who  know  a  good 
drug  mill  when  they  see  it. 

"MASSACHUSETTS    COLLEGE    OF    PHARMACY, 
Boston,  Mass.,  Nov.  25,   1901. 
A.   W.  Straub  &   Co., 
Gentlemen: 

A  few  months  ago  I  purchased  of  you  a  No.  4 
Quaker  City  Mill.  In  my  opinion  it  is  ail  that  you 
cflaim  for  it.    I  am  well  pleased  with  it  in  every  way. 

The  thought  has  occurred  to  me  that  you  might  be 
willing  to  send  a  duplicate  to  this  College,  and  if  you 
so  elect,  I  will  agree  to  demonstrate  it  before  the  class 
each  year,  and  say  all  that  I  can  for  it. 

Hoping  this  "will  meet  with  your  approval,  I  remain. 
Respectfully  yours, 

ELIE    H.    LA    PIERRE, 
Prof,   in  Pharmacy." 
"MASSACHUSETTS    COLLEGE    OF    PHARMACY, 
Boston,    Mass.,    Dec.    18,    1901. 
A.   W.    Straub   &  Co., 
Gentlemen : 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 
Mass.  College  of  Pharmacy,  held  Dec.  2d,  a  vote  of 
thanks  was  tendered  to  you  for  your  contribution  of  a 
Quaker  City  Drug  Mill. 

Sincerely  youns, 

J.    W.    BAIRD,    Dean." 


Farrington's  Fancies. 

Frank  M.  Farrington,  who  runs  a  drug  store  at  Delhi, 
N.  Y.,  hiaa  written  a  book  about  as  big  as  "David  Ha- 
rum"  on  "Retail  Advertising  for  Druggists  and  Sta- 
tioners"— that  is  what  he  calls  it  anyway — that  is  full  of 
good  stuff  mixed  up  with  lots  of  smiles.  Here  is  one  of 
his    sayings: 

"Make  a  borax  map.  On  dark  paper  on  the  window 
toottom  outline  the  streets  of  your  town  with  powdered 
borax.  Name  them  properly  and  ibhen  put  in  a  small 
white  box  with  windows  and  doors  drawn  on  it  for  your 
store.  Put  your  name  across  the  front  of  the  little 
'store'  and  locate  it  at  the  right  point  on  the  right 
street.  iSacks  or  boxes  of  borax  can  be  placed  in  such 
pairts  of  the  window  as  are  not  occupied  by  the  map. 
A  big  card,  'The  'Borax  House  in  Borax  Town,'  or  'We 
are  the  Borax  People!'  and  a  price  per  pound  are  needed 
to  make  the  display  complete."     (New  Idea.) 


Pure  Liquors  and  Good  Profits. 

The  satisfaction  derived  from  selling  customers  goods 
that  you  know  are  reliable  is  particularly  true  when  ap- 
plied to  liquors,  as  every  druggist  knows  there  are 
many  brands  of  liquors  on  the  market  that  are  not  at 
all  fit  for  medicine.  When  a  customer  enters  a  drug 
store  and  asks  for  whiskey  or  gin  he  expects  to  get/ 
a  pure  article,  and  if  he  gets  Clarke's  Pure  Rye  or 
Clarke's  Juniper  Gin  he  knows  he  is  getting  such.  The 
Rye  is  bottled  by  the  Government  when  six  years  old. 
Clarke  Bros.  &  Co..  the  distillers,  Peoria,  111.,  guarantee 
all  their  goods,  and  make  a  specialty  of  supplying  the 
drug  -trade.  They  advertise  extensively  and  druggists 
increase  their  trade  in  these  profitable  lines  by  handling 
Clarke  Bros,   products. 


Sweet  Spirit  of  Nitre. 
Mallinckrodt's  Concentrated  Nitrous  Ether  Is  a  most 
desirable  preparation  for  making  Sweet  Spirit  of  Nitre. 
It  merely  requires  the  addition  of  one  part  to  twenty-one 
parts  of  full  strength  Alcohol  to  make  a  Sweet  Spirit 
of  Nitre  answering  all  the  requirements  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia. Dispensing  pharmacists  not  familiar  with  this 
product  should  not  fail  to  give  it  a  trial. 


January  IG,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


79 


PATENTS.    TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


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PATENTS. 
Issued  January   7,   1902. 

436.— John  C.  Johnson.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  iSoda-Poun- 
taJn  apparatus  and  syrup-drawins  can  therefor. 

457. — Caroline  S.  Parker.  Chicago,  111,,  assignor  of  one- 
fourth  to  Melville  E.  Erwin,  Dubuque,  Iowa.     Filter. 

,4SS.— Theodore  L.  Vaflerius,  Fort  Atikinpon,  Wis., 
assignor  to  the  Creamery  Pajckag«  Manufacturing 
Co.,  Chicag-o.  III.,  a  Corporation  oi  Illinois.  Bottle 
Filling  and  Capping  Macliine. 

502.— Herbert  H.  Wing,  Buffalo,  N.  T.  Method  of 
making  hydrogen  isulfid. 

503.— Herbert  H.  Wintr,  New  Brighton,  N.  Y.  Process 
of  making  magnesium  sulfite. 

563. — William  B.  Cobb.  Cleveland,  Ohio,  assignor  to 
Ciharl>?s  H.  Loew,  Cleveland,  Ohio.  Bottle-washing 
machine. 

570.— Walter  A.  Hesse.  Alameda,  Cal.  Funnel  attach- 
ment. 

631. — Otis  E.  Baline,  A'ictor.  Oolo..  assignor  of  one- 
hailf  to  Lewis  M.  Hammond,  Vdctor,  Colo.  Non- 
Reflllable  bottle. 

672.— Samuel  L.  Summers.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Bismuth 
oxyiodid  methylene  digallate  and  process  of  making 
same. 

673.— Samusl  L.  Summers,  Philadelphia.  Pa.  Process 
of  making  methlyene  diiagallate  '  of  bismuith 
oxylodids. 

93.— Edgar  von  Boyen.  Hamburg.  Germany.  Process 
of  manufacturing  mineral  wax  from  ibituminous 
(brown   coal. 

24.— Josef  1...  Hawliczek,  Liverpool,  England.  Process 
of  making  acetone. 

737. — Henr>'  B.  Kent.  New  Brunswick.  N.  J.,  assignor 
to  Consolidated  Fruit  Jar  Company.  New  Brunswick, 
N.   J.,   a  Corporation  of  New  Jersey. 

792.— Clarence  W.  Taylor,  Sioux  City,  Iowa.  Bunsen 
Burner. 

804.— George  Wichmann  and  Max  Gabler,  Berlin,  Ger- 
many, a.ssignors  to  Chemisiche  Fabrik  auf  Actien, 
(vorm.  E.  Sphering.)  Berlin.  Germany.  Salt  of  hex- 
amethylcntptramin  and  qudnic  acid  and  process  of 
makini;    same. 

&4S.— John  C.   Fleming,   Summit.   N.   J.     Toilet  Cream. 


REISSUES. 


11.960.— Fritz  Hofmann,  Elberfeld.  Ge,rmany.  assignor  to 
the  Farbenfabriken  of  Elherfeld  Co..  a  Corporation 
of   New   York.    Salicylic   ether   of   quinin. 


TRADE-MARKS. 
Registered  January  7,  1902. 

?7,611.— Hair-Restoraitive?.  Robert  Anderson  Perkins, 
Kountze.  Texas.  The  representation  of  a  human 
:hand  holding  an  o'pen  bottle,  from  the  mouth  of 
which  hair  is  represented  as  growing,  and  the  letter 
"R"  beneath  a  curved  line  on  the  front  of  the  bottle. 

37,612. — Remedy  for  Wounds,  Burns,  and  other  Injuries 
to  the  Skin.  Valentine  &  Schwarz,  Lieipsic-Plagwitz, 
Germany.     The  word   "Neodermin." 

37,613.— Remedy  for  Certain  Named  Diseases.  Benigno 
Romero,  Das  \'egais,  N.  Mex.  The  words  "La  Sana- 
dora." 

37,614.— Remedy  for  Certain  Namied  Diseases.  Max  Llahi- 
tenstein.  Jerome,  Ariz.     The  word  "Hustler." 

M7, 615. -^Certain  Named  Medicinal  Preparation.  The  Do- 
minion Drug  Co..  Limited,  Hamilton,  Canada.  Tha 
word   "Dominion." 

37,616.— Dandruff  Cure  and  Hair- Tonic.  Rolla  M.  Chase, 
Betihol  Vt.  The  word  "Mo,"  accompanied  by  an 
apostropihie    and    associated   wlith    the   word    "Hair." 


the:   standard 


35,538— Bottle.  'Karl  Kiefer,  Olnclnnatl,  Ohio.  Filed 
April  1,  1901.  Serial  No.  53,969.  Term  of  patent  7 
years. 


OF   QUALITY    IN    RUBBER    GOODS 

WE  WANT   VOUR    ORDERS    DIRECT.     PLEASE 
WRITE  FOR  CATALOGUE   AND    PRICES. 

THE  GOODYEAR  TIRE  &  RUBBER  CO. 

EAST  AKRON  STATION,  AKRON.  OHIO. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  Ifi,  1903. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

NO  DEVELOPMENTS  OF  SPECIAL  INTEREST. 

NEW  YORK,  Jan.  14.— Further  iraprovement  in  the 
general  demand  is  reported  with  jobtiing  parcels  of  seas- 
onal>'.«  descriptions  moving-  more  freeily  info  dhannels  of 
consumption,  but  price  fiu'ctuations  are  mainly  with  nar- 
row' range,  and  tliere  ?„re  no  devel'opetm'ents  of  sipeciaJl  in- 
terest. 

OPIUM.- -The  consuming  demand  is  only  moderate  and 
in  the  absence  O'f  new  features  quotations  in  a  job(bing 
way  remain  unchanged  at  $3.20  &•  $3.40  for  9  per  cent, 
and  $3.30  fn  $3.50  for  11  per  cent.  Powdered  continues  to 
move  in  small  lots  at  prices  within  the  range  of  .$4.25 
ii  $4.50  for  13  per  cent.,  .H4.75  @  $5.00  Ifor  16  per  cent,  and 
$4.60  @  $4. To  for  granular. 

MORPHINE.— .\  fairly  firm  market  is  reported  with 
En  active  demand  for  smaJH  parcels  and  the  aggregate 
volume  of  business  shows  liberal  proportions.  Jotobing 
quotations,  iiowever,  are  uncihlamged  at  $2.40  @  $2.50  for 
eighths  in  iJoz.  boxes.  $2  35@!f2.45  in  2i/4-oz.  boxes,  $2.15 
^  $2.25  in  ounce  vials  and  $2.10  (fj'  $2.20  In  5-oz.  cans,  ac- 
cording to    brand   and   quantity. 

QUININE. —Nothing  of  importance  has  transpired  dair- 
ing  the  past  week,  and  the  market  remains  quiet  but 
steady  with  small  sales  reported  at  27c.  for  bulk  in  100-oz. 
tins,  27iic.  in  50-oz.  tins.  2Sc.  in  25-oz.  tins  and  34c.  in 
ounces. 

ITIi'MOL.— VaJues  are  a  shade  easier  owing  to  stow 
<!emi£Uid  and  the  revised  jobbing  quotations  are  $3.45  @ 
•  ■$3.70. 

'iLrrHIUM  CARBONATE.— ComipetitJion  among  manu- 
fa'oturcrs  continues  keen,  and  jobibing  quotations  sihow  a 
further  declnie  to  $3.05  @  $3.30-  per  lib.  and  25  @  30c.  per 
oz.    as  to   quantity. 

OIIj  ANISE.— Foreign  markets  are  easier  and  spot 
lobbing  quotations   have  Wten   reduced   to  $1.55  @  $1.70. 

OIL  CROTON.— First  hand  quotations  are  lower  ajs  a 
result  O'f  coBipetition  and  Jobbers  have  reduced  their 
range  to  $1.35  @  $1.50. 

UNION  SALAD  OIL.— Mamilfacturers'  prices  are  de- 
cidedly higher  owing  to  advaniced  values  of  raw  materiail, 
and  .lobbing  quotations  hiave  been  marked  up  to  55  @  56c. 
by  ithe  barrel  and  ftn  (ff  80c.  for  smaller  quantities. 

EiSERIiNE  SULPHATE.— Owing  to  scarcity  and  high- 
er prices  ot  crude  material,  manufacturers  have  advanced 
■quotations  and  the  revised  jobbing  range  is  13  @  16c.  ia-. 
5-grain  vials. 

BAYBERRF  WAX.— The  yield  this  season  is  below 
•the  average  and  the  market  is  firmer  with  quotations  ad- 
A"anced  to   -ta  ©■  lOc   as  to  quanltity. 

CARDAMOMS.— Decorticated  are  a  shade  esisier  with 
nobbing  quotations  reduced  to  95c.  @  $1.10. 

ERGOT. -A  dull  and  easy  market  is  reported  for  all 
descriptions  and  .iobbing  prices  of  both  Spani.sh  and 
Russian  have  declined  to  55  iB  60c.  for  whole,  60  @  70c. 
for  sifted  and  (x5  "S  7.5c.  for  powdered. 

GOLDEN  SEAL  ROOT.— Lack  of  limported  demand  and 
freer  offerings  from  primary  markets  have  caused  local 
.dealers  to  im'odlfv  their'viewa  and  joWbing  quotations  have 
heen  reduced  to  03  @  73c.  for  Whole,  66  @  73c.  for  ground 
snd  6S  (ffi  TSc.   for  'powdered. 

BLOOD  ALBl'MKN.- The  aetive  dema.nd  heretofore 
noted  has  subsided  and  jobbers  have  reduced  quotations 
to  30  @  40c. 

CAFFEINE.— Oitnated  is  slightly  lower  and  the  re- 
vised jobbing  quotations  are  .$2,90  @  $3.00  per  lb.,  27  @ 
r.Oc.  per  oz.  in  ounces  ani^  47  (5)  .Wc.  in  eighths. 

OLEO  RESIN  CtTBE.B<S.— The  market  is  easier  and  job- 
bers have  reduced  quotations  to  $1.60  @  $1.75  per  lb.  and 
20  ffi)  25c.   per  oz. 

PILOCARPINE  MURIATE.— Foreign  markets  are  de- 
cidedly stronger  and  tocial  dealers  are  firmer  in  their 
views  "with  prices  sholwing  an  advance  to  7  @  9c.  per  grain. 

UNICORN  ROOT.— A  weaker  market  is  reported  with 
a  decline  in  jwbbing  quotations  to  35  @  40c.  for  whole  and 
45  (8)  50c.   for  powdered. 

SHELLAC— Oranig-e  has  been  advaniced  to  37  @  47ic. 
for  jobbing  parcels  and  the  market  is  strong  owing  to 
scarcity. 

LITHARGE.— The  market  is  firmer  and  jobbeirs  have 
advaniced  quotations  to  71,1- @  7%c.  in  kegs  and  814  @  10c. 
for   smaller   quantities. 


The  demand  for  the  Itollet  preparations  of  Mrs.  Ger- 
vaise  Graham  continues  to  increase  and  druggists  ai-e 
benefitting  thereby.  A  large  nuimber  of  druggists  added 
these  preparations  to  their  stock  last  year  and  ipi'otoably 
there  will  be  a  decided  increase  ithis  year.  Mrs.  Graham 
sends  out  some  attractive  advertising  matter  and  uses 
printers'  ink  freely  in  extoHling  Cactioo  Haiir  Gi^ower, 
Quick  Hair  Restorer,  Cucumber  and  Elder  Flower  Cream 
and  other  preparations.  Any  dvuggist  can  gelt  good  ad- 
vertising matter  free  by  addressing  Mrs.  Gervaise  Gra- 
ham,  No.  1250  Michig.Tn  avenue,   Chicago. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page 

-Void,  Hydrocyanic,  Odor 50 

Oxalic,  C.  P 67 

A'ldelhydes,    Reagent    60 

An    Oral   Examination   in   Practical   Pharmacy 60 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs  A.lu.mni.  etc.— American  Chem- 
ical Society,  New  York  Section,  71;  German 
Apothecaries,  71;  Holvoke  (Mass.)  Druggists,  73; 
Kings  County  (N.  Y.)  Pharmaceutical  Soiciety, 
71;  Maryland  Pharmaceuitica.l,  74;  Michigan  Drug 
Clerks.  75;  MinneiapoUs  Retail  Druggists,  77; 
Minnesota  Retail  Drug  Clerks,  77;  National  As- 
sociation Ret.ail  Druggists,  76;  New  York  Drug 
Trade   Cluih,   71;   Philadelphia   Retail   Druggists,   66, 

74;    Wasihdngton    (D.    C.)    Drug'  Olerks 71 

Bauxite,    Georgian    7.8 

Benzozone     61 

Blood,  A.:battoir,    Uses   59 

BOARDS  OP  PHARMACY'.— Ma'SS-achusetts,  72.  73;  New 
York.    69;    New   York,    Eastern   iSection,    71;    Soulth 

Dakota     77 

BOWLING  DRUG  TRADE.— New  York,  70;  Philadel- 
phia       73 

Chelidoxanthin    64 

Cider,    Artificial    65 

COLLEGES  OF  PHARMACY.- Braoklyn,  70;  Maryland  74 

Condy's   Fluid    66 

Crab  Apple    Perfume    65 

Cyanides,   Estimation  in   Presence  of  Chlorides 61 

DRUG  iSTO'RE    PROBLBiMS    68 

I'lDITORIALS.- Annual  Report  of  the  New  York 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  58;  Correspondence  Courses 
oif  Pharmacy,  58;  Distribulting  Free  Samples,  59; 
Druggi.sts'  Protectiv,  a.ssim  iatinns.  58;  Entertain- 
ing Visitors  at  As.'^'  <  i  ri.iii  .M.  itings.  58;  Status  of 
Drug  c:crks   and   Ci.inrriisM  1  i  ,1,.    50;  The  HiW   Bill.  57 

ICmulsion  Cod   Liver  Oil,    1 'jik oi.ite 66 

Hill     Bill     70 

Iboga     63 

Ibo'gain      63 

Indigo,    Solution    66 

Ink,   Blue  Black    65 

Durable  65 

Journals,    How    to    Read    Profitably 62 

law    Poi.«on,   Proposed,   District  of  Columbia 67 

Light,     Dru.g    Store     65 

MARKET    REPORT    80 

Medical  .4rm.amentariuim,   Plea  for  Greater  Uniformity  63 
NEWS  LETTERS.   Baltimore,  74;  Chicago.   76:  Cincin- 
nati,   76;    Michigan,    75;    (New    England,    72:    New- 
York    69;  Philadelphia,  73;  The  Northwest.  77;  The 

South     78 

Nve   Bill    70 

OUR     BOYS     67 

I'ATENT'S,    TR.\DEMARKS.    etc 79 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Itbms  of  Personal 
Interest,  etcCarpentier,  Jacques  A..  70;  Coombs, 
Charles  E..  72;  Eastern  Commission  &  Importing 
Co.,  72;  Harper,  John  T..  72:  Kentlrick  Chemical 
I  Co.,  77;  Lamar  &  Son,  H.  J..  78;  Manufacturing 
iPerfumtrs  of  the  IT.  S.,  I'8:  Parke.  Davis  &  Co., 
75;  Bhy.isiciE'ns'  Pharmacal  Co..  75;  Slick.  Ross  M.. 
7:1;  Steiii-Vogeler  Drug  Co.,  76;  Taylor-Peek  Drug 
Co.    78:  Tit&worth,  John  Da  vies,  68;  Wrede,  Henry,  76 

Powder,     Antiseptic 60 

QUESTION    BOX    65 

Shop   Talk    61 

Temperatures.    Low    61 

Toimato   Can   in    Pharmacy    67 

Yoihimbine     59 

Young  Men  and   New  Drug  Stores    62 

Malt  Cream. 
Of  the  newer  infant  and  invalid  foods.  Malt  Cream  has 
very  rapidly  com©  to  the  front,  having  succeeded  almost 
eolely  on  merit  alone  rather  than  upon  advertising.  It 
is  com.posed  of  the  fats  of  pure,  rich  rmilk.  combined  with 
all  the  live  properties  of  barley  malt,  and  contains  no 
flour,  starch,  glucose,  egg,  nor  anything  dndigesltible. 
The  manufacturers  claim  it  to  Ibe  a  perfect  substitute 
for  mother's  milk  R  comes  in  giranulated  and  tablet 
form.  As  a  soda  fountain  drink  it  is  also  attracting 
attention,  and  a  list  of  formulas  is  furnished  to  any  drug- 
gist who  will  write  for  them.  Recent  reductions  in  price, 
in  accordance  with  the  wibhes  of  the  National  Association 
of  Retail  Druggists,  give  the  retailer  of  Malt  Cream  a 
profit  ot  50  per  cent.  Literature,  soda  fountain  formulas, 
etc.,  etc.,  will  be  furnished  for  the  asking  by  writing  to 
the  American  Malt  Cream  &  Drug  Co.,  South  Bend,  Ind. 


ARTHUR    COLTON,      N 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 

«^*and   Appliances.-^ 

Detroit,   Mich.,     U.  S.  A. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


EVERY   THURSDAY. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 

A  HELP  IN  PRESCRIPTION  WORK. 

There  are  a  great  many  things  that  the  average  dis- 
penser can't  remember,  and  there  are  as  many  more  that 
he  shouldn't  trj-  to  remember— It  isn't  safe.  These  things 
come  up  in  prescription  filling  when  time  is  an  important 
factor  and  accuracy  is  strictly  essential.  There  are  ques- 
tions about  dosage,  dose  equivalents,  percentage  solutions, 
specific  gravity,  incompatibilities,  metric  and  thermo- 
metric  equivalents,  meanings  of  Latin,  French  or  German 
terms.  These  things  are  all  tabulated  or  figured  out, 
handy  for  instant  reference,  in  The  Era  Dose  Book 
(Third  Edition,  Revised  and  Enlarged). 

The  book  is  of  convenient  size  to  handle  and  keep  be- 
hind the  prescription  case.  Its  condensed  and  easily  ac- 
cessible information  saves  looking  through  a  miscellane- 
ous lot  of  books  to  settle  doubtful  point;?.  It  saves  time, 
saves  figuring  and  makes  accuracy  easy.  It  is  a  neces- 
sity behind  the  prescription  counter — one  of  the  things 
which  it  doesn't  pay  to  go  without.  Price  50  cents  per 
copy,   postpaid. 


THE   ERA   COURSE   IN   PHARMACY. 

"I  would  like  to  state  that  I  am  well  plea.«ed  with  the 
Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  and  would  not  take  twice  the 
amount  it  cost  one  for  the  help  it  has  proven  to  be.  For 
any  one  contemplating  the  study  of  pharmacy  I  can  most 
certainly  recommend  this  course.  The  lectures  are  simple 
but  thorough  and  to  the  point." 

MISS  DeVOTIE  MORRIS. 
Hartford,  Ala. 

The  lectures  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  are  es- 
pecially valuable  as  a  preparation  for  examination  by  a 
board  of  pharmacy,  to  those  who  cannot  attend  a  college 
of  pharmacy,  and  to  all  desiring  to  review  their  former 
study  of  the  subjects  embraced  in  the  curriculum.  The 
fee  for  the  full  course  is  only  $10. 

Write  for  descriptive  Prospectus,   now  ready.     Address 
The  Pharmaceutical  Era,  396  Broadway,  New  York. 


Among  the  measures  proposed  for  the  amend- 
ment of  the  pharmacy  law  of  New  York,  there  is 
probably  none  which  will  be  opposed  with  greater 
energj'  than  that  in  which  it  is  proposed  to  grant 
pharmacists'  licenses  to  physicians  without  examina- 
tion. This  bill  is  justly  unpopular  with  the  drug- 
gists, and  those  expert  in  reading  signs  say  that  it 
will  never  become  a  law.  A  physician's  medical 
training  does  not  make  him  a  pharmacist,  although 
most  people  seem  to  think  that  doctors  ought  to 
know  even  more  about  drugs  than  the  druggists. 
The  physicians'  time  and  attention  are  pretty  well 
taken  up  with  the  study  of  diseases,  the  important 
duty  of  preparing  the  remedies  being  left  to  the 
pharmacist.  There  are  no  doubt  many  doctors  who 
by  nature  and  training  are  also  good  pharmacists, 
and  there  seems  to  be  no  objection  to  their  receiv- 
ing licenses  after  they  have  shown  their  fitness  in 
the  usual  way.  But  the  druggists  very  properly  hold 
that  these  physicians  should  not  be  treated  as  a 
privileged  class,  but  should  be  compelled  to  submit 
to  an  examination  before  the  State  board  like  all 
other  would-be  druggists. 

Another  bill  which  will  occupy  the  attention  of 
the  law-makers  of  New  York  during  the  present  ses- 
sion has  for  its  object  the  prevention  of  adulteration 
and  deception  in  the  sale  of  drugs,  chemicals  and 
other  substances  recognized  or  authorized  in  the 
United  States  Pharmocopoeia.  It  is  generally  under- 
stood that  this  bill  is  not  intended  for  the  discipline 
of  druggists,  the  examiners  having  found  the  ma- 
terials oflered  for  sale  in  pharmacies  fairly  w^ell  up 
to  the  standard.  Many  of  the  materials  recognized 
in  the  pharmacopoeia  are,  however,  also  sold  in 
groceries  and  other  places  of  business,  and  it  seems 
that  the  quality  of  the  goods  sold  in  these  places 
is  often  far  from  satisfactory.  If  this  bill  becomes  a 
law  it  will  be  a  misdemeanor  for  any  person,  firm  or 
corporation  to  prepare  or  offer  for  sale  adulterated 
grades  of  a  number  of  materials  of  common  /  use, 
such  as  mustard,  cream  of  tartar,  etc.  The  misde- 
meanor carries  with  it  a  penalty  in  the  shape  of  a 
fine,  and  the  fine  collected  will  be  added  to  the 
meager   income  of  the  board  of  pharmacy. 


83 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  23,  1902. 


Our  friend  the  Observer  of  the  Bulletin  of  Phar- 
macy seems  to  think  it  entirely  legitimate  for  drug- 
gists to  charge  for  prescriptions  according  to  the 
customer's  ability  to  pay.  In  his  opinion  a  phar- 
macist as  a  semi-professional  man  is  perfectly  justi- 
fied in  following  the  practice,  common  among 
physicians  and  lawyers,  of  graduating  his  prices  to 
fit  the  wealth  of  his  patrons.  In  answer  to  an  in- 
quiry concerning  the  price  usually  obtained  for  a 
four-ounce  mi-xture,  he  received  in  reply  the  follow- 
ing "words  of  wisdom": 

"Well,  we  usually  get  sixty-five  cents.  Sometimes 
we  get  forty  and  at  other  times  even  eighty.  Nearly 
all  druggists  get  forty  or  fifty  cents,  and  they  rarely 
vary  this.  If  a  person  comes  into  our  store  whom  I 
know  to  be  wealthy,  and  who  has  his  prescriptions 
charged,  I  think  I'd  be  very  foolish  to  get  less  than 
seventy  cents,  anyway,  for  a  four-ounce  mixture. 
In  making  a  charge  you've  got  to  be  governed  by 
circumstances.  You  mustn't  have  hard  and  fast 
rules.  If  I  put  up  a  half  ounce,  say,  of  tincture  of 
digitalis,  and  the  dose  is  only  three  or  four  drops, 
so  that  it  will  last  a  long  time  I  charge  from  twenty 
to  thirtv-five  cents— according  to  the  individual." 


There  is  some  reason  to  believe  that  the  practice 
of  charging  not  according  to  a  fixed  schedule  in- 
cluding the  cost  of  material  and  dispensing  and  a 
fair  profit,  but  according  to  what  it  is  deemed 
possible  to  "get  out"  of  a  customer,  is  not  rare 
among  druggists.  We  wonder  how  much  this  prac- 
tice has  to  do  with  the  popular  complaint  about  the 
extortionate  charges  of  the  apothecary.  Perhaps 
the  ancient  jokes  about  the  sale  of  a  small  bottle  of 
sweetened  water  for  fifty  cents  have  some  basis  in 
fact,  after  all.  No  one  will  deny  that  those  fitted  by 
skill  and  training  to  do  certain  kinds  of  work  better 
than  others  have  the  right  to  place  their  own  valua- 
tion upon  their  services,  but  it  is  difficult  to  see 
what  right  anyone  has  to  base  his  charges  upon  any- 
thing but  the  value  of  the  goods  furnished  and  ser- 
vices rendered.  Charging  according  to  ability  to  pay 
seems  very  much  like  taking  advantage  of  the  cus- 
tomer's ignorance  and  necessity.  How  many  cus- 
tomers, who  are  made  to  pay  an  extra  sum  for  pre- 
scriptions, would  consent  to  this  overcharge,  if  it 
were  known  to  them,  and  would  not  prefer  to  go  to 
another  pharmacy  if  time  permitted?  The  public  is 
apt  to  be  suspicious  of  merchants  who  charge  differ- 
ent prices  for  the  same  article,  and,  if  it  were  gen- 
erally known,  would  no  doubt  be  Quick  to  resent  the 
practice  which  the  Observer  seems  to  commend.  It 
seems  doubtful  whether  it  ever  pays  either  the  mer- 
chant or  professional  man  to  resort  t'o  methods 
which  in  most  minds  are  associated  with  the  Hebrew 
dealer  in  second-hand  clothes. 


lowing  them  three  meals  a  day,  and  submits  a  solu- 
tion calculated  upon  this  basis.  Another  contestant 
sends  a  solution  to  the  same  problem  which  makes 
it  possible  for  this  number  of  young  pharmacists  to 
try  all  possible  arrangements  before  the  appearance 
of  their  respective  wisdom  teeth.  The  number  of 
correct  answers  received  is  surprisingly  large. 
Pharmacists  are  evidently  better  mathematicians  than 
the  problem  editor  supposed,  for  this  important 
member  of  our  staff  fondly  believed  that  he  could 
devise  at  least  one  problem  which  would  get  the 
better  of  all  contestants.  Thus  far  he  has  failed 
dismally,  every  problem  having  produced  at  least  one 
correct  answer. 

That  pharmacists  are  an  intelligent  class  of  citi- 
zens goes  without  saying.  People  have  come  to  re- 
gard the  drug  store  as  the  repository  of  all  sorts  of 
useful  and  valuable  information.  The  other  day  a 
woman  of  ample  proportions  and  well-defined  Irish 
accent  entered  a  New  York  drug  store  seeking  di- 
rections for  reaching  a  point  in  the  city  several  miles 
distant.  She  explained  that  a  policeman  of  whom 
she  had  inquired  her  way,  had  piloted  her  to  this 
drug  store  with  the  assurance  that  she  could  not 
fail  to  obtain  the  information  she  sought  at  this  foun- 
tain of  wisdom.  The  druggist  probably  deserves  his 
reputation  for  he  promptly  supplied  the  desired  di- 
rections. To  know  more  about  the  city  streets  than 
a  New  York  policeman  is  perhaps  no  great  feat,  but 
to  gain  a  reputation  for  wisdom  so  great  that  it  is 
recognized  by  one  of  these  individuals  is  no  mean 
achievement. 

At  first  sight  it  will  appear  to  many  that  a  snake 
having  two  heads  is  a  more  startling  than  fitting  at- 
traction for  a  drug  store  window.  Upon  second 
thought,  however,  this  curious  monstrosity  described 
by  our  correspondent,  is  not  only  a  fitting  ornament 
for  a  pharmacy,  but  also  a  very  appropriate  symbol 
of  the  druggist's  calling  as  it  is  known  to-day.  The 
emblem  of  a  serpent  has  long  been  associated  with 
the  knowledge  of  drugs.  But  the  serpent  provided 
with  the  usual  number  of  heads  is  no  longer  suitable 
as  a  symbol  of  the  calling  of  pharmacy,  which  is  now 
considered  both  a  profession  and  a  business.  A 
serpent  with  two  heads  would  seem  to  answer  all 
that  could  reasonably  be  required  of  a  symbol,  and 
its  adoption  as  an  emblem  of  pharmacy  seems  to 
have  many  advantages.  Questions  concerning  the 
relative  importance  of  the  two  heads  of  the  pharma- 
ceutical snake  and  whether  it  is  in  reality  one  snake 
with  two  heads  or  two  snakes  with  one  tail  are  also 
entirely  in  accord  with  modern  lines  of  discussion. 


The  Era  problem  editor  is  receiving  many  inter- 
esting communications  these  days.  Many  of  the 
contestants  for  the  prizes  offered  in  our  new  depart- 
metn  have  something  interesting  to  say  about  the 
problems  and  the  answers  obtained.  The  problem 
about  the  drug  clerks  and  their  places  at  the  board- 
ing house  table  has  produced  unusually  interesting 
results.  One  contestant  is  of  the  opinion  that  the 
eight  drug  clerks  would  not  live  long  enough  to  ex- 
haust the  possibilities  of  combination  if  they  assem- 
bled only  once  a  day.     He  sees  no  objection  to  al- 


Friends  of  the  weary  drug  clerk  will  be  pleased 
to  learn  that  the  shorter  hours  problem  has  at  last 
been  solved.  Early  closing,  for  which  the  clerks 
have  so  long  clamored  in  vain,  has  been  brought 
about  in  an  entirely  peaceful  manner.  Accorling 
to  a  recent  report,  the  druggists  of  Freehold,  N.  J., 
have,  by  common  agreement,  been  closing  their  doors 
at  seven  o'clock  P.  M.,  the  cause  of  this  unprece- 
dented harmony  among  rival  pharmacists  being  a 
series  of  revival  meetings.  The  traveling  salesman 
who    brings    the    news    is    not    certain    whether    the 


January  23,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


■druggists  wished  to  attend  the  meetings  themselves, 
■or  thought  attendance  would  be  good  for  their 
■clerks.  Drug  clerks  who  are  still  longing  for  shorter 
hours  will  now  know  how  to  proceed  in  order  to 
secure  early  closing.  We  know  of  a  number  of 
towns  which  are  greatly  in  need  of  revival  meetings 
where  the  united  efforts  of  drug  clerks  might  be 
productive  of  much  good. 

The  authorities  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  are  sending  letters  to  members  of  that 
body  requesting  assistance  in  securing  better  condi- 
tions for  the  pharmacists  in  the  employ  of  the  United 
States.  The  druggists  of  the  country  are  urged  to 
■use  their  influence  with  the  congressmen  of  their 
respective  districts  to  secure  the  passage  of  an 
amendment  to  House  Bill  7189,  a  bill  to  increase  the 
■efficiency  and  change  the  name  of  the  United  States 
Marine  Hospital  service.  It  is  proposed  to  amend 
this  bill  by  striking  out  the  words  "Hospital  Stew- 
ards," and  adding  a  section  authorizing  the  Presi- 
dent to  "appoint  and  commission  the  senior  hospital 
stewards  of  this  service  'Pharmacists,  United  States 
Health  Service'  with  the  relative  rank  of  and  after 
second  lieutenants  of  the  army  and  ensigns  of  the 
navy,  with  an  annual  compensation  of  $1,200,  10  per 
cent,  increase  for  each  five  year's  service  and  present 
perquisites."  The  rank  which  pharmacists  in  the  pub- 
lic employ  now  hold  and  the  compensation  which 
they  receive  have  long  been  unsatisfactory  to  the 
pharmacists  of  the  country.  The  opportunity  is  now 
open  to  them  to  assist  in  gaining  the  recognition  for 
this  branch  of  the  service  which  the  importance  ol 
the  profession  demands. 

A  California  pharmacist  who  evidently  has  an 
eye  for  the  eternal  fitness  of  things,  has  very  appro- 
priately named  his  drug  store  "The  Pill  Box."  Many 
a  drug  store  might  with  equal  propriety  be  called 
"The  Side  Line"  or  "The  Soda  Fountain." 

The  New  York  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  have 
prepared  a  new  classification  of  drugs  and  chemicals 
which  has  brought  out  a  vigorous  protest  from  the 
drug  men  of  the  city.  The  insurance  men  in  endeav- 
oring to  protect  themselves  against  losses  from  fires 
and  explosions  are  probably  justified  in  discriminat- 
ing against  substances  which  are  known  to  be  very 
inflammable.  The  drug  men  do  not  seem  to  object 
to  a  higher  rate  upon  materials  which  are  in  reality 
dangerous,  but  they  claim  that  the  new  classification 
is  contrary  to  both  the  rules  of  justice  and  the  laws 
of  chemistry.  They  find  fault  with  the  underwriters 
for  holding  that  there  is  any  considerable  difiference 
in  risk  connected  with  such  materials  as  Peruvian 
bark  and  calisaya  bark.  The  underwriters  on  the 
other  hand  say  that  their  method  of  calculating 
risks  from  statistics  of  former  losses  is  the  only  re- 
liable one,  being  based  upon  actual  occurrences  and 
not  upon  theoretical  deductions.  Statistics  sometimes 
lead  to  exceedingly  strange  conclusions. 


KOSIX:— Lobeck  (Arch,  der  Pharmazie),  in  an 
examination  of  the  chief  constituent  of  kousso 
fiowers,  found  that  ordinary  kosin  in  reality  consists 
of  two  compounds.  Merck's  kosin  was  found  to 
consist  of  needles  melting  at  142  deg.  C.  From  this 
body  the  author  separated  two  different  substances. 
one  melting  at  about  120  deg.  C,  and  the  other  at 
about  160  deg.  C. 


TWO  HEADED   SNAKE   AS   A  WINDOW   DISPLAY. 

Chehalis,  Wash.,  Jan,  9.  1902. 

To  the  Editor: — Being  an  interested  reader  of  the 
Era,  I  have  noticed  several  items  relating  particular- 
ly to  advertising,  or  the  different  methods  of  attract- 
ing the  public  attention  to  the  druggist's  place  of 
business  by  means  of  window  displays,  etc.,  thus  at- 
tracting customers  and  increasing  business.  As  op- 
portunity has  presented  this  store  with  a  rather  Un- 
common form  of  attraction  for  drawing  people  to  our 
windows  and  also  into  the  store,  an  account  of  this 
ad  may  be  interesting  to  some  readers  of  the  Era. 

The  ad  is  a  freak  of  nature,  a  double-headed 
snake  about  7  or  8  inches  long,  that  has  two  fully  de- 
veloped heads,  joined  to  the  snake's  body  at  the 
neck,  each  head  using  its  eyes,  opening  its  mouth 
and  protruding  its  tongue  or  feeler  apparently  inde- 
pendent of  the  other.  This  curiosity  was  found  on 
the  road  by  a  farmer  on  his  way  to  town,  who  had 
no  trouble  in  catching  it,  and  bringing  it  into  town, 
and  naturally  into  this  drug  store.  We  of  course 
fitted  up  a  convenient  box  with  glass  sides  and  sup- 
plied it  with  moss,  water  and  other  articles  necessary 
for  the  snake's  comfort.  We  then  placed  the  box  con- 
taining the  snake  in  one  of  our  windows  and  placard- 
ed it  "A  Great  Curiosity,"  a  sign  which  immediately 
attracted  attention.  People  from  great  distances  hear- 
ing of  the  window  came  to  see  and  inquire  about  it 
and  it  caused  a  great  deal  pf  talk  and  proved. an 
excellent  advertisement,  accounts  of  thi.s  interesting 
object  appearing  in  the  Portland  and  Seattle  papers. 
It  is  quite  a  lively  snake,  moving  about  in  its  glass 
cage  to  the  apparent  delight  of  its  beholders;  we  have 
had  it  for  several  weeks  and  from  present  indications 
it  seems  probable  that  it  will  live  and  grow  to  be  a 
large    snake. 

T.  DERFLA  GREBLOK,  Ph.  R. 


HYOSCINE  AND  ATROSCINE:— According 
to  O.  Hesse  (Jour.  Prakt.  Chem.),  hyoscine,  active 
or  normal  scopolamine,  has  been  found  in  the  roots 
of  Scopolia  japonica  and  S.  atropoides,  the  flowers  of 
Datura  alba,  the  mandragora  root,  and  in  Hyoscy- 
mus  nig,er.  By  making  sulphuric  acid  solutions  of 
the  alkaloids  from  scopolia  roots,  slightly  alkaline 
with  sodium  bicarbonate,  and  extracting  with  chloro- 
form, the  hyoscine  is  taken  up  by  the  solvent,  and 
by  a  repetition  of  the  process  may  be  freed  from 
hyoscyamine.  Hyoscine  in  decomposed  by  acids  and 
bases.  The  alkaloid  cannot  be  crystallized;  the  so- 
lutions all  yield  a  varnish  which  melts  at  about 
50  deg.  C.  Atroscine  forms  crystals  which  melt  at 
82  deg.  to  83  deg.  C.  It  dissolves  in  yj  parts  of 
water  at  18  deg.  C.  It  is  decomposed  by  caustic 
potash  or  baryta  water  to  oscine  and  tropic  acid. 
Atroscine  and  hyoscine  are  similar  in  physiological 
action  but  the  former  has  certain  advantages.  Solu- 
tions of  the  alkaloids  in  castor  oil  are  used  in  oph- 
thalmic practice  in  England. 

.^RTEMISIN:— Frcund  and  Mai  (Ber.  d.  d.  Chem. 
Ges.)  have  studied  the  properties  of  a  compound 
discovered  by  Merck  in  .Artemisia  maritima  and 
called  by  him  artemisin.  This  body  was  found  to 
have  the  formula  Ci-.H„0<.  diflfering  from  that  of 
santonin  by  one  atom  of  oxygen  only.  Like  san- 
tonin, it  is  a  lactone,  easily  taking  up  water  when  dis- 
solved in  alkaline  solutions,  and  yielding  an  alkaline 
salt  of  a  monobasic  acid.  This  acid  was  found  to 
have  the  formula  ChHioOsCOjII.  Its  methyl  ester 
is  a  crystalline  solid  which  melts  at  180  deg. 


84 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  23,  1902. 


NOVEL  DISPLAY  ADVERTISING. 


JOSEPH    F.   HOSTELLEY.   Collingdale.    Pa. 

IT  is  generally  recognized  that  in  advertising  there 
is  alwa3'S  a  decided  advantage  in  grouping  to- 
gether goods  that  belong  to  distinct  classes: 
perfumes  are  clustered  in  one  part  of  the  store, 
toilet  soaps  are  assembled  in  another.  In  union 
there  is  strength.  Very  often  a  customer  who  will 
select  an  article  from  among  a  number  of  its  kind 
would  not  buy  at  all  were  the  goods  scattered 
through  the  cases.  But  there  is  one  type  of  drug 
sundries  in  the  display  of  which  the  rule  of  grouping 
is  honored  more  in  the  breach  than  in  the  observ- 
ance. The  class  is,  both  from  a  viewpoint  of  profit 
and  association,  a  very  important  one.  It  is  none 
other  than  surgical  and  sick-room  requirements. 
There  are  few  stores  indeed  in  which  a  well-defined 
effort  is  made  toward  an  advantageous  grouping  of 
this  most  important  class  of  goods.  Every  druggist 
carries  in  stock,  or  might  profitably  offer  to  the  pub- 
lic, many  necessities  and  conveniences  of  the  proper- 
ly equipped  sick  room  with  which  people  are  totally 
unfamiliar.  Many  little  bed-side  comforts  with  which 
the  druggist  and  the  sundry  case  are  intimate  might 
be  sold  were  they  put  more  forcibly  and  pertinently 
before  the  public.  A  novel  and  effective  display  ad- 
vertisement for  this  class  of  goods  might  be  effected 
as  follows: 

In  a  corner  or  against  a  side  wall  of  the  store, 
open  two  folding  screens,  each  with  three  wings, 
and  unite  them  to  form  a  cozy  nook  or  compart- 
ment with  a  narrow  passageway  for  entrance.  These 
screens  should  surround  either  a  stepped  or  conical 
tier  of  shelves,  set  close  to  the  wall,  that  will  accom- 
modate a  liberal  exhibit,  allowing  an  observer  ample 
space  in  front  and  on  either  side  for  freedom  of  foot. 
After  carefully  covering  the  shelves  with  sheets  of 
white  paper  .arrange  on  the  two  lowest  shelves  some 
of  the  larger  conveniences  of  the  sick-room;  on  the 
third  shelf  assemble  the  sterilizers,  a  nebulizer,  a 
formaldehyde  deodorizer  and  a  powder  insufflator;  on 
the  fourth  shelf  bring  together  an  assortment  of 
nasal  douches,  atomizers,  and  glass,  hard  rubber, 
bulb  and  fountain  syringes;  in  the  next  shelf  muster 
nursing  bottles,  teething  pads  and  rings,  rubber  nip- 
ples, breast  and  nipple  shields  and  breast  pumps; 
exhibit  next  in  order  a  shelf  laden  with  medicine 
glasses,  medicine  droppers,  eye  pipettes,  eye  baths, 
camel-hair  pencils,  throat  brushes  and  probangs;  one 
step  above  call  attention  to  absorbent  cotton,  to  lin- 
en, red  cotton  flannel  and  rubber  bandages,  to  ber- 
ated, carbolated,  and  sublimated  gauzes,  rubber  ad- 
hesive plaster,  silk  sponges,  vaccination  shields,  fing- 
er cots,  fever  thermometers,  etc.  On  each  or  every 
other  shelf  place  one  or  more  night  lights  which, 
lighted  after  nightfall  where  they  rest,  will  contribute 
to  a  novel  and  timely  display  a  peculiar  advertising 
value  that  cannot  help  winning  favorable  comments. 
Ice  bags,  hot  water  bottles  and  invalid  cushions 
should  be  suspended  inside  the  frames  of  the  screens. 
The  following  placard  might  be  hung  conspicuously 
on  a  wing  of  one  of  the  screens:  "Hospital  and  sick- 
room  sundries." 

A  "striking"  druggist  with  a  penchant  for  devis- 
ing novel  advertising  methods  wished  to  hasten  the 
disposition  of  a  half  gross  of  cod  liver  oil  emulsion. 
And  he  wanted  to  do  it  in  a  way  that  would  be  pre- 
eminently original.  With  a  dealer  in  hardware  and 
agricultural  supplies  he  neeotiated  for  the  loan  of  a 
pair  of  platform  scales.  These  were  installed  in  a 
position  where  they  tempted  everyone  who  entered 
the  store  to  "get  wisdom  on  their  weight."  This  re- 
sourceful druggist,  who  was  able  to  aipreciate  one 
of  the  weak  spots  of  human  nature,  anticipated  the 
popular  demand  which  these  scales  would  enioy.  He 
knew  that  nearly  every  person  who  entered  the  store 
would  want  to  tell  someone  how  much  more  or  less 
he  or  she  weighed  than  a  month  before.  Upon  the 
flat     arm     of     wood     above     the      metal      beam      of 


the  scales  was  fastened  a  narrow  inclined 
stage  of  simple  construction  and  of  a  design 
that  would  allow  several  bottles  of  the  emul- 
sion of  cod  liver  oil  to  rest  in  an  inclined 
position,  thus  offering  a  good  opportunity  for  the 
person  standing  on  the  scales  to  read  the  labels.  An 
easily  noticed  sign  of  liberal  dimensions  was  sus- 
pended near  the  scales  reading:  "Get  Wisdom  on 
Your  Weight.  Perhaps  you  need  nourishing.  Emul- 
sion cod  liver  oil,  7Sc.  per  bottle."  Some  of  the 
marked  success  of  this  novel  scheme  may  have  been 
due  to  a  somewhat  disconcerting  table  which  was  con- 
sulted by  nearly  everyone  who  stepped  on  the  scales. 
It  appeared  under  the  heading:  "What  a  person 
your  height  and  age  would  weigh."  Not  a  few  o£ 
those  who  enjoy  good  health  but  are  by  nature  thin, 
worry  about  their  weight.  They  always  feel  better 
when  taking  some  invalid  food  or  tonic. 

A  brick  building  was  in  course  of  construction 
near  the  store  of  the  "striking"  druggist.  The  con- 
tractor in  charge  of  the  construction  happened  to  be 
a  jovial  Celt  and  a  judge  of  a  good  Havana.  So  the 
knowing  druggist  brought  him  a  few  of  his  best  cig- 
ars, spoke  of  the  brand,  and  talked  him  into  the  loan 
of  the  following  articles:  a  hundred  bricks,  a  bundle 
of  lath,  a  hod  of  mortar  and  a  nail  keg  containing 
two  or  three  pounds  of  nails  in  the  bottom.  Show 
bottles,  placards,  curtains — everything,  was  taken  out 
of  the  "best"  show  window.  On  a  square  frame  in 
the  center  of  the  window  floor,  the  mortar  was  de- 
posited; over  in  one  corner  the  bricks  were  loosely 
piled  to  make  a  brave  showing;  in  the  opposite  cor- 
ner rested  the  bundle  of  laths:  the  nail  keg  was  in- 
verted and  the  nails  heaped  high  on  the  top  to  simu- 
late plenty;  a  hammer,  a  saw  and  a  mitre  box  lent 
their  presence  to  this  odd  metaphor  of  labor.  Upon 
the  top  of  the  pile  of  bricks  were  placed  a  half  dozen 
bottles  of  beef,  iron  and  wine.  All  the  vacant  spaces 
in  the  window  were  used  to  exhibit  full  bottles  of 
the  same  tcnic.  Across  the  window  pane  was  pasted 
a  long  stiip  of  white  paper  containing  the  words, 
printed  in  black:  "Building  material.  50c.  per  bot- 
tle." 

From  a  dealer  in  shoes  the  "striking"  druggist 
effected  the  loan  of  a  pair  of  great,  massive  shoes  in- 
tended only  for  display  purposes.  The  great  exag- 
gerated soles  protruded  far  beyond  the  vamp,  the 
eyelets  were  extremely  prominent  and  the  wide  laces 
were  of  white  tape  with  brass  tips.  These  curiosi- 
ties in  leather  were  filled  full  with  packages  of  corn 
cure  and  placed  on  a  small  table  in  the  drug  store 
where  nearly  every  eye  would  be  attracted.  A  pla- 
card immediately  behind  and  above  the  shoes  read: 
"Comfort  for  the  feet." 

A  winter  window  display  that  will  surely  arrest 
the  fitful  eye  of  passing  people  may  be  contrived  in 
this  way:  Coat  the  glass  of  the  show  window  with  a 
frosting  solution.  Cover  the  pane  entirely,  except 
at  intervals  where  a  clear  circular  space,  from  four 
to  six  inches  in  diameter,  is  left  untouched.  Let  a 
number  of  these  round  spaces  appear  in  symmetrical 
order,  checker-board  fashion.  Now,  in  the  center  of 
each  space  paste  to  the  glass  an  empty  carton  of  some 
seasonable  specialty  in  a  small  package,  e.  g.,  liquid 
cough  cure,  cough  and  cold  tablets,  corn  cure,  head- 
ache   restraint,    etc. 

A  catchy  window  advertisement  for  a  cough  cure 
would  be  one  reading:  "Did  You  Hear  about  Jones? 
Maxey's  cough  cure  cured  his  cough."  People  will 
usually  read  such  an  unusual  sign  as  that.  As  soon  as 
the  eve  catches  the  query.  "Did  you  hear  about 
Tones?"  the  owner  of  the  eye  wants  to  know  what  it 
is  about  Jones,  and  he  reads  on.  And  if  he  or  any 
of  his  kin  need  a  cough  cure,  he  may  take  a  tip  from 
the  imaginary  Jones. 

An  unusual  display  of  sponges  might  be  arranged 
in  the  following  manner:  Suspend  large  and  small 
golden  yellow  sponges  from  the  top  of  the  window 
by  means  of  twine,  and  to  each  sponge  fasten  a  great 
many  pieces  of  Irish  moss.  Tie  several  pieces  end  to 
end  to  form  streamers  of  moss  and  let  them  hang 
from    the   pendent    sponges. 


jaiuiary  ?;5,  190?.] 


THE  THARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


Aristolochia  and  32.748  other  people  to  the  con- 
trary not\vith.standing.  all  the  chumps  in  the  United 
States  are  not  in  the  retail  drug  business.  Two  Jer- 
sey grocerymen  gave  an  exhibition  of  what  Josh 
Billings  used  to  call  "damphoolism"  not  long  ago 
that  was  worthy  of  the  best  efforts  of  "price-cutting" 
druggists,  and  the  town  is  laughing  yet.  It  seems 
one  of  the  men  wanted  eggs  badly,  so  he  offered  the 
country  farmers  one  cent  a  dozen  more  than  his 
rival  was  paying.  Number  Two  heard  of  this  and 
went  him  a  cent  better.  Then  Number  One  said  a 
few  things  and  raised  the  price  five  cents  in  a  jump. 
Two  saw  the  ante  and  shoved  it  up  five  cents  also.. 
In  about  halt  an  hour  eggs  were  selling  at  fifty  cents 
a  dozen  and  the  town  was  cleaned  out.  About  this 
time  the  'boys'  caught  onto  the  game  and  started  to 
gather  up  every  egg  within  five  miles,  meanwhile 
the  price  had  gone  up  to  seventy-five  cents  and  both 
men  were  out  for  blood.  By  noon  the  price  had  got 
up  to  $1.50  a  dozen  and  stopped  there  because  there 
wasn't  an  egg  to  be  had  outside  of  these  stores 
within  ten  miles.  One  man  hired  a  team  and  drove 
around  to  all  the  farmers'  wives  buying  eggs  at 
twenty-five  and  thirty  cents,  selling  nineteen  dozen  to 
No.  One  at  $1  and  twelve  to  No.  Two  at  $1.25.  Boys 
"swiped"  their  mother's  pantrys  dry  and  made  a  for- 
tune, in  fact  the  only  thing  that  saved  the  two  rivals 
from  bankruptcy  was  that  the  hens  went  on  a  strike. 
Next  day  anybody  could  buy  all  the  eggs  wanted 
for  eighteen  cents  a  dozen,  for  the  local  express 
had  brought  two  hundred  dozen  from  Philadelphia 
and  the  "war"  came  to  a  sudden  end.  During  the 
day  two  very  sheepish  looking  men  might  have  been 
seen  at  the  town's  one  bar  taking  turns  at  calling 
themselves  hard  names — their  wives  had  made  a  few 
remarks  during  the  night.  There  is  a  moral  in  this 
for  the  druggist  too  plain  to  need  exposition;  there 
is   such   a   thing  as   "cutting   prescription  prices." 


Among  the  many  methods  employed  to  attract 
attention  to  a  dxug  store  is  the  use  of  some  me- 
chanical contrivance.  One  of  the  older  pharmacists 
of  Detroit  recounts  his  experience  in  this  connection. 
He  is  possessed  of  considerable  ability  as  a  me- 
chanic and  in  the  beginning  of  his  experiments 
constructed  a  water  motor  which  operated  from  the 
regular  penstock  in  the  back  of  the  store.  Later  on 
a  special  connection  provided  with  a  waste  pipe  was 
put  in  the  show  window,  thus  allowing  the  motor  to 
be  placed  very  close  to  the  different  machines  which 
were  operated,  thereby  saving  a  considerable  quan- 
tity  of  belting  and   loss   of  power. 

The  first  exhibit  consisted  of  a  Ferris  wheel  four 
feet  in  diameter,  made  of  a  hub  with  steel  staft,  the 
arms  and  cross  sections  being  heavy  galvanized  iron 
fastened  together  by  soldering.  The  cars  were  made 
from  one-eighth  inch  wood,  glued  together  and 
finally  coated  with  silver  paint.  The  cars  were  filled 
with  crude  drug's  during  one  season,  toilet  requisites 
at  another,  various  brownie  figures  at  another  and 
so  on. 

Another  very  attractive  exhibit  consisted  of  a 
"Merry-go-round",  the  horses  ard  cars  being  con- 
structed of  the  same  eighth-inch  material  and  form- 
ing with  the  canopy  a  very  pleasing  picture,  the 
operation  of  the  exhibit  being  accomnlished  by  the 
use  of  the  water  motor  above  described.  A  grain 
elevator,  coal  breaker,  a  machine  shop  and  other 
attractions  were  used  from  time  to  time,  the  exhibits 


being  varied  by  the  use  of  regular  drug  displays  so 
as  not  to  have  too  much  of  a  sameness.  In  place 
of  the  water  motor  a  small  electric  motor  can 
be  used  to  advantage  and  with  less  inconven- 
ience. The  power  needed  is  very  small,  a  six- 
teenth or  eighth  horse  power  being  all  that  is  re- 
quired, with  some  lo  spare. 

"I  had  a  curious  experience  the  other  day,"  said 
a  Girard  avenue,  Philadelphia,  druggist  who  makes 
a  specialty  of  fitting  and  selling  spectacles.  "He  was 
a  regular  sport,  this  fellow,  I  could  see  that  fact  in 
his  clothes  a  block  off,  colored,  too.  He  came  into 
my  place  and  informed  me  that  his  eyes  were  going 
back  on  him  and  that  he  wanted  a  pair  of  glasses, 
so  I  made  the  usual  tests  with  the  printed  type- 
cards  to  find  out  what  was  needed.  Somehow  I 
couldn't  get  much  satisfaction  this  way  and  suddenly 
it  dawned  upon  me  that  perhaps  the  fellow  couldn't 
read,  and  I  was  at  a  loss  for  a  bit  until  I  happened 
to  think  of  some  dice  I  had  in  a  showcase.  The 
minute  I  flashed  these  on  hiin  he  grinned  from  ear 
to  ear.  'Ever  shoot  crap?'  I  asked.  'Jes'  try  me, 
boss,'  he  chuckled.  We  dallied  with  the  'bones'  for 
a  while  and  by  placing  them  at  different  distances  I 
managed  to  get  a  pretty  satisfactory  idea  of  his  needs 
in  the  way  of  glasses  and  fitted  him  with  the  fan- 
ciest and  most  expensive  pair  I  had  in  the  store. 
Now  that  fellow  is  my  best  advertisement;  he  is 
telling  all  of  his  friends  that  I  am  the  'slickest  white 
man  in  the  pill  line,'  and  my  trade  is  booming." 

A  Philadelphia  druggist  whose  place  of  business 
is  not  very  far  from  the  Diamond  street  entrance 
to  Fairmount  Park  got  a  lesson  showing  the  value 
of  advertising  lately  that  he  is  not  likely  to  forget 
soon — nor  will  his  neighbors.  Recently  he  expres- 
sed to  a  friend  a  desire  to  own  a  good  dog,  saying 
also  that  he  wanted  a  cat  for  his  wife  to  make  it  even. 
"I'll  fix  it  for  you,"  said  the  friend,  "I'll  put  an  ad. 
in  an  evening  paper  and  you  be  at  your  store  early 
Tuesday  morning."  That  afternoon  an  ad.  appeared 
in  the  "Item"  that  Mr.  B.  wanted  a  good  dog  and  a 
Maltese  cat.  Long  before  eight  o'clock  Tuesdayt 
morning  people  of  all  sorts  began  to  fill  the  store, 
bringing  with  them  the  worst  assortment  of  cats 
and  dogs  ever  seen  together.  Of  course  Mr.  B.  saw 
the  joke  the  moment  he  came  in,  but  it  was  no  joke 
to  get  rid  of  the  crowd  without  a  riot,  and  he  had 
seven  offers  to  come  out  and  get  licked  in  three 
minutes.  Finally  a  policeman  was  called  in  and  the 
store  was  cleared,  the  doors  barred  and  business 
suspended  for  several  hours,  but  for  the  rest  of  the 
week  B.  had  to  deny  himself  to  about  a  dozen  callers 
a  day.  Now  he  is  thinking  up  some  scheme  to  get 
even,   and   the  joker  has  gone   away  for  his   health! 

The  non-professional  man  is  prone  to  look  at 
things  with  a  non-professional  eye.  The  signs  on 
druggists'  bottles  often  convey  to  him  a  different 
meaning  than  to  pharmacists.  A  customer  walked 
into  the  store  of  Fred.  C.  Conger,  of  St.  Paul,  the 
other  dav  and  looked  around.  He  espied  a  bottle 
labeled  "Spir.  .^ther.  Nit.''  "Is  that  ether?"  he  in- 
quired. "No,"  replied  Mr.  Conger.  "This  is  ether," 
and  he  pointed  to  the  neighboring  bottle  marked 
"ALther  Sulph."  "Oh."  rejoined  the  observant  one, 
"I  thought  the  other  couldn't  be  ether,  as  it  says 
'Nit.'"  And  so  impressed  was  Fred.  A.  with  the 
astuteness  of  his  caller  that  he  forthwith  let  him  have 
one  of  his  best  ten-cent  cigars  at  full  price. 


SUBLIMED  SULPHUR:  —  Norman  Leonard 
(Analyst)  does  not  agree  with  the  statement  of  the 
British  Pharmaceopeeia  that  "sublimed  sulphur 
should  not  have  any  action  on  litmus",  stating  that 
in  his  experience  specimens  quite  devoid  of  acidity 
are  rare.  Samples  examined  by  the  author  were 
found  to  contain  from  .02  to  .25  per  cent,  sulphuric 
acid.  In  his  opinion  part  of  the  acidity  may  be  due 
to  oxidation,  but  it  may  also  be  formed  by  exposure 
to  air  and  moisture. 


•86 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  23,  1902. 


PHARMACEUTICAL  IMPRESSIONS.* 

By   FREDERIC   E.    NIECE. 

THERE  are  a  great  many  important  issues  in 
the  domain  of  pharmacy  that  should  be  of 
interest  to  every  pharmacist  of  the  present 
day.  These  issues  are  of  such  vital  conse- 
quences that  a  lasting  impression  of  their 
meaning  should  be  plainly  made,  in  a  general  way, 
upon  the  minds  of  the  public  at  large.  They  are 
facts  worthy  of  closest  consideration,  and,  are  so  far 
reaching  that  they  implicate  well  defined  methods 
which  will  not  only  tend  to  popularize  the  druggist 
himself  and  thus  increase  business,  but  at  the  same 
time  serve  to  educate  the  public  to  the  importance  of 
-his  work  thus  elevating  the  pharmaceutical  standing 
and  creating  for  this  calling  a  more  distinguished 
position  in  the  realm  of  professionalism. 

The  thorough  application  of  these  precepts  de- 
pends solely  upon  those  who  by  experience  are  best 
fitted  to  execute  them.  Therefore,  it  remains  with 
you,  who  as  pharmacists  are  most  concerned,  to  im- 
press upon  the  minds  of  the  public: — 

That  you  are  in  business  to  do  business  in  a  busi- 
ness-like  way. 

That  the  "Golden  Rule"  is  the  prevailing  rule  and 
the  one  upon  which  all  of  your  methods  are  based. 

That  your  place  of  business  is  a  legitimate  pharm- 
acy, and  that  it  is  governed  by  the  stringent  pharm- 
acy laws  of  the  state  in  which  you  live. 

That  you  are  in  business  to  dispense  physicians' 
prescriptions,  and  not  to  write  them. 

That  you  aim  to  treat  the  public  with  courtesy 
and  respect,  and  thus  insure  the  good  will  and  sup- 
port of  all. 

That  you  have  come  to  stay,  and  if  honest  deal- 
ing and  commercial  integrity  are  of  any  value  to 
humanity,  it  is  hoped  that  the  public  will  appreciate 
the    same. 

That  your  entire  business  life  has  been  given  up 
to  your  profession,  and  by  close  attention  to  your 
calling  every  day  you  have  acquired  a  priceless 
schooling  of  wide  experience. 

That  you  keep  abreast  of  the  times  by  reading 
the  current  literature  and  various  journals  bearing 
upon  your  profession  and  its  allied  sciences. 

That  every  point  in  detail  of  your  business  has, 
at  all  times,  the  immediate  supervision  of  a  compe- 
tent man. 

That  you  study  to  serve  the  public  at  every  turn 
with  neatness  and  despatch,  especially  in  supplying 
"honest  goods  at  honest  prices. 

That  you  are  here  to  do  business,  and  plenty  of 
it;  and  that  you  only  employ  fair  and  honorable 
means  to  accomplish  this  purpose. 

That  you  also  devote  a  little  time  every  day  to 
the  more  profound  study,  to  the  scientific  side  of 
your  profession. 

That,  further,  you  take  the  time  to  attend  the 
monthly  rneetings  of  your  local  druggists'  society 
and  there  indulge  in  the  pure  commercial  discussions 
of  the  day. 

That  the  druggist  is  in  reality  very  often  painted 
blacker  than  he  deserves  to  be,  the  public  having 
■branded   him  a   "wolf  in   sheep's  clothing." 

That  this  is  due  entirely  to  the  public  themselves 
because  they  impose  upon  the  sympathy  of  the  drug- 
gist, and  thus  by  means  of  prevarications  concerning 
the  prices  of  goods  cause  him  to  deal  dishonestly 
with  them. 

That  your  stock  of  drugs  and  chemicals  are  as 
good  as  money  can  procure,  the  choicest  the  market 
affords,  and  upon  examination  conforms  strictly  to 
the  standard. 

That  pure,  unadulterated  drugs  are  obtained  only 
at  high  prices,  therefore  the  public  should  not  insist 
•upon  getting  them  at  lower  figures. 

That  your  wares  are  exactly  what  they  are  repre- 
sented to  be,  for  you  give  what  is  wanted  in  every 
case,   there   being  no  deception   whatever. 

'Read  before  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Soc- 
iety at  the  meeting  held  Jan.   14,   1902. 


That  verbal  contracts  bearing  upon  your  dealings 
in  a  commercial  sense  are  quite  as  binding  as  writ- 
ten ones. 

That  you  hold  a  moral  as  well  as  a  social  position, 
and  that  you  endeavor  to  sustain  it  by  adhering  to 
those  principles   which  uphold  it. 

That  you  are  willing  at  all  times  to  oblige  and 
be  accommodating  to  the  public,  and  are  equally 
willing  to  receive  a  share  of  the  public's  patronage. 

That  it  is  no  more  trouble  for  you  to  sell  a  post- 
age stamp  than  it  is  to  dispense  a  dollar  prescription. 

That  to  you  all  humanity  looks  alike,  therefore 
the  same  courteous  treatment  is  given  the  black,  the 
white,  the  young  and  the  old. 

That  with  you  the  trade  of  the  poor  is  as  highly 
valued  as  the  patronage  of  the  rich. 

That  your  first  duty  is  to  inform  the  uninitiated 
of  the  dangers  that  lurk  in  the  handling  of  poisons, 
explosives    and    inflammable    substances. 

That  you  warn  them  for  their  welfare  as  well  as 
your  own,  and  are  mindful  of  the  legal  requirements 
as  well. 

That  it  remains  with  you  to  educate  the  public  in 
the  use  of  materials  which  are  highly  beneficial  to 
life,  in  one  way,  and  detrimental  in  another. 

That  you  do  not  wish  to  help  to  demoralize  hu- 
manity, therefore  you  discourage  the  sale  of  opiates 
and   narcotics   to   fiends. 

That  life  is  too  short  to  be  spent  in  endeavoring 
to  gain  a  living  by  dishonest  methods  in  selling  goods 
and  their  imitations. 

That  you  do  not  approve  of  the  practice  of  sub- 
stitution and  expose  adulterations. 

That  you  think  all  pharmacists  should  be  college 
bred  men,  for  the  training  thus  obtained  renders  them 
better  fitted  for  their  calling,  and  is  to  the  advantage 
of  both  the  physician  and  his  patient. 

That  your  profession,  pharmacy,  is  a  distinct 
scientific  pursuit,  and  that  all  those  who  study  to 
serve  it  are   professional  men. 

That  the  laws  governing  pharmacy  are  quite  as 
stringent  as  those  which  apply  to  any  other  pro- 
fession. 

That  you  feel  that  the  profession  should  be  ele- 
vated to  a  higher  standard,  and  thus  insure  the  ad- 
mission of  competent  men   only. 

That  the  elevation  of  pharmacy  depends  partially 
upon  the  appreciation  of  the  public.  They  should  up- 
hold the  law  and  support  those  who  are  reliable  and 
proficient. 

That  the  public  should  know  that  physicians  are 
not  infallible,  and  that  many  a  reputation  has  been 
saved  from  destruction  by  the  ever  watchful  eye  of 
the  pharmacist. 

That  the  pharmacist's  superior  knowledge  has  oft- 
en been  the  means  of  straightening  out  the  distorted 
prescription   of   the   physician. 

That  your  neighboring  physicians  are  all  able  men 
and  fully  capable  of  coping  with  any  emergency  that 
may  arise. 

That,  in  a  measure,  you  are  directly  responsible 
for  the  actions  of  your  clerks,  especially  so  in  mat- 
ters pertaining  to  business  transactions  during  em- 
ployment hours. 

That  your  prescription  department  is  in  charge  of 
registered  men  only,  men  of  exceptional  ability  and 
learning. 

That  you  insist  upon  compounding  prescriptions 
only  as  they  are  written  and  ordered  by  the  physi- 
cian, for  "Honesty  is  your  policy." 

That  it  takes  time  to  dispense  medicines  properly 
so  as  to  insure  accuracy  in  every  detail  with  the  best 
results  possible. 

That  you  are  thoroughly  acquainted  with  physi- 
cians' demands,  therefore  you  are  fully  equipped  to 
handle  physicians'  prescriptions  at  all  times  with  ad- 
vantage to  all   concerned. 

That  your  immense  prescription  business  insures 
fresh  drugs  and  reliable  medicines  at  the  lowest  pos- 
sible prices. 

That  you  compound  prescriptions  with  accuracy 
in  every  detail  and  with  despatch  as  far  as  this  is 
consistent  with  accurate  work. 


January  23.  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


87 


That  your  charges  are  according  to  the  nature  of 
the  prescription,  to  the  kind  of  ingredients  it  requires 
and  the  time  involved  in  its  preparation. 

That  your  triple  check  system  prevents  mistakes 
and  that  every  precaution  is  exercised  so  as  to  pre- 
vent the  occurence   of  errors. 

That  in  your  experience  "a  word  to  the  wise  is 
sufficient,"  but  the  unwise  require  daily  instruction. 

That  with  prescriptions  should  be  given  the  lull 
name  and  address  of  the  patient.  This  insures  de- 
spatch  and  prevents   errors. 

That  all  medicines  in  bottles  should  be  well  "shak- 
en before  taken." 

That  various  temperatures  alter  the  composition 
of  medicines  on  long  standing,  therefore  no  stale 
medicines   should   be  used. 

That  careless  handling  and  exposure  alters  the 
composition  of  medicines  materially.  On  this  point 
advice  by  the  pharmacist  is  in  order. 

That  the  label  should  be  read  carefully,  by  all 
means,  for  it  tells  who  is  to  take  the  medicine,  the 
nature  of  its  contents,  dose,  time,  mode  of  application 
and   the  purpose  for  which   it  is  intended. 

That  patients  should  adhere  strictly  to  the  written 
directions  on  the  label,  and  abide  by  the  verbal  in- 
structions of  the  physician. 

That  you  firmly  adhere  to  the  policy  of  not  re- 
filling prescriptions  without  a  physician's  order,  es- 
pecially when  the  case  is  one  in  which  a  habit  may 
be   formed. 

That  no  one  can  prevail  upon  you  to  alter  a  pre- 
scription without  first  enlisting  the  advice  of  the  phy- 
sician.    Professional  courtesy  forbids  this  practice. 

That  second-hand  bottles  should  not  be  used 
for  the  reception  of  newly  made  prescriptions.  This 
practice  lead.s  to  many  unpleasant  consequences. 

That  customers  should  not  persist  in  bringing  un- 
clean bottles  to  receive  commonly  used  drugs;  for 
filth,  contamination  and  chemical  reactions  are  liable 
to  cause  unlimited  trouble. 

That  old  bottles  should  be  thoroughly  washed  and 
their  labels  removed  before  supplying  new  labels. 
This  prevents  the  mistake  of  taking  one  medicine 
according  to   directions   given   for   another. 

That  there  is  a  law  which  imposes  a  heavy  fine 
upon  anyone  caught  refilling  or  causing  to  be  refilled, 
bottles  that  are  registered  and  come  under  the  mean- 
ing of  (he  act.  A  few  of  those  which  can  not  be  re- 
filled are:  beer  bottles,  ginger  ale  bottles  and  sy- 
phons. 

That  medicines  should  be  poured  from  bottles 
on  the  side  opposite  the  label.  This  method  prevents 
the  soiling  of  the  label  and  the  obliteration  of  the 
inscription. 

That,  according  to  the  State  law,  you  are  com- 
pelled to  register  the  sale  of  all  poisons.  Therefore, 
you  are  obliged  to  ask  some  questions  when  supply- 
ing them.  The  law  demands  it,  therefore  you  can 
not  neglect  it. 

That  the  habit  of  sending  children  for  poisonous 
substances  should  be  abolished.  This  dangerous 
practice   is  very  common. 

That  all  poisonous  substances  and  medicines  in- 
tended for  external  use  should  be  kept  in  a  separate 
place,  under  lock  and  key,  beyond  the  reach  of  chil- 
dren, and  separated  from  medicines  intended  for  in- 
ternal use. 

That  common  bottles  ordinarily  used  for  house- 
hold purposes,  such  as  whiskey  flasks,  beer  bottles, 
canning  jars,  perfume  and  toilet  water  bottles,  am- 
monia and  citrate  of  magnesia  bottles  should  not  be 
filled  with  poisonous  substances.  Many  fatalities 
have  resulted   from   this    dangerous    practice. 

The  foregoing  are  a  few  of  the  many  rules  which 
the  pharmacist  would  do  well  to  observe.  They  ap- 
peal to  everyone  in  the  profession,  especially  to  him 
"who  has  never  stopped  to  think"  of  the  great  re- 
sponsibility that  rests  upon  him  as  a  guardian  of  the 
health  of  the  public,  and  what  an  enormous  load  of 
responsibility  can  easily  be  removed  by  the  exercise 
of  a   little   tactful    instruction. 

These  considerations  should  serve  as  food  for 
thought,  and  may  be  productive  of  a  wealth  of  good. 


Closely  gone  over,  they  will  call  attention  to  some 
vital  points  and,  as  well,  present  some  startling  reve- 
lations which  may  perhaps  have  never  occurred  to 
some;  while  they  may  arouse  others  to  a  more 
thoughful  state  of  mind.  These  are  bare  facts  that 
confront  all  pharmacists,  especially  those  who  have 
the  welfare  of  the  profession  at  heart  and  the  health 
and  patronage  of  the  public  at  stake. 

In  a  sense,  these  rules  are  drug  store  command- 
ments. No  harm  can  result  from  their  applicatron, 
for  as  a  matter  of  fact  they  are  essential  require- 
ments, in  whole  or  in  part,  to  an  honorable  and  suc- 
cessful   career. 

A  careful  consideration  of  the  duties  and  aims  of 
our  profesion  will  suggest  much  good  and  profitable 
advice.  May  our  practice  be  in  accordance  with  the 
teachings  of  the  fundamental  precepts  of  our  calling. 
A  strict  adherence  to  the  rules  here  formulated  will 
soon  gain  for  us  the  respect  of  a  doubting  public  and. 
eventually  place  us  in  a  position  of  confidence  be- 
tween the  patient  and  his  physician. 


ON  THE  PHARMACOLOGICAL  ASSAY 
OF  DRUGS. 

By  ARTHUR   R.    CUSHNY, 

Professor    of    Materia    Medica    in    the    University    of 

Michigan. 

IT  has  long  been  a  commonplace  observation  that 
the  galenical  preparations  of  drugs  vary  in  their 
therapeutic  efficiency,  and  increasing  familiarity 
with  the  chemistry  of  plants  has  shown  this  to 
be  due  to  variations  in  the  amount  of  the  active 
principles.  This  variation  is  often  of  little  import- 
ance from  the  point  .of  view  of  the  practitioner,  while 
in  other  cases  its  gravity  can  scarcely  be  exaggerated. 
The  pharmacopoeias  have  accordingly  attempted  in 
recent  years  to  exclude  preparations  which  depart 
markedly  from  the  standard  strength;  for  example, 
the  last  edition  of  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia 
gave  directions  for  the  assay  of  opium,  nux  vomica 
and  cinchona  and  some  of  their  preparations.  This 
is  undoubtedly  a  step  in  the  right  direction,  for  no 
one  can  fail  to  recognise  the  necessity  of  standard- 
izing within  reasonable  limits  the  strength  of  a  prep- 
aration so  widely  used  as  laudanum.  The  necessity 
for  the  assay  of  cinchona  and  nux  vomica  is  not  quite 
so  apparent,  it  is  true,  for  the  galenical  preparation 
of  these  drugs  are  comparatively  seldom  used  except 
to  elicit  their  local  "bitter"  action,  the  pure  alkaloids 
being  usually  prescribed  when  the  effects  in  the  blood 
and  central  nervous  system  are  desired  that  is,  when 
there  is  even  a  remote  probability  of  poisonous  symp- 
torns  being  induced.  Still,  any  tendency  toward  a 
uniformity  in  strength  is  to  be  greeted  as  an  im- 
portant advance  from  the  estimation  of  the  strength 
by  the  amount  of  the  crude  drug  employed.  So  far 
the  chemical  assay  directed  by  the  phar- 
macopoea  have  embraced  in  the  vegetable 
materia  medica  only  these  three  drugs,  all  of  which- 
owe  their  activity  to  the  presence  of  alkaloids  in 
some  quantity;  and  if  the  method  be  extended  in  the 
forthcoming  edition,  it  is  probable  that  only  drugs 
containing  alkaloids,  such  as  the  belladonna  group, 
will  be  embraced  by  it. 

Those  plants  which  owe  their  activity  to  the  pres- 
ence of  glucosides  will  undoubtedly  be  omitted. 
Yet  the  preparations  of  some  of  these  are  in  con- 
stant use  in  therapeutics  and  have  to  be  given  in 
quantities  which  approach  the  therapeutic  maximum 
and  stand  on  the  threshold  of  the  poisonous  dose. 
I  need  refer  only  to  digitalis,  squill  and  strophanthus 
to  illustrate  this  point.  It  is  obviously  of  the  first 
importance  that  the  preparations  of  these  drugs 
should  be  of  uniform  strength,  and  yet  it  is  notorious 
that  they  vary  within  wide  limits.  For  example, 
Jacquet  found  the  strength  of  some  tinctures  of  dig- 
italis four  times  that  of  another,  prepared  by  a  diflfer- 
ent  manufacturer,  although  all  were  presumably 
formed  according  to  the  same  directions.     I  have  not 

•i.\mer.  Jour.   Pharm.) 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  23,  1902, 


observed  such  marked  divergence  in  strength,  but 
have  found  a  difference  of  50  per  cent,  in  different 
tinctures.  I  think  there  can  be  no  doubt  that,  if  a 
patient  treated  with  efficient  doses  of  the  weakest 
of  Jacquet's  tinctures  were  subsequently  treated  with 
the  same  amount  of  the  strongest  (as  miglit  very 
well  happen),  the  effects  would  almost  certainly  be 
alarming  and  might  be   disastrous. 

One  result  ot  this  variation  in  the  strength  of 
the  preparations  of  these  drugs  has  been  the  use  of 
the  so-called  principles,  such  as  the  various  digitalins 
and  strophanthins.  I  have  examined  a  large  number 
of  these  and  have  found  them  to  vary  even  more  than 
the  galenical  preparations.  Some  of  them,  notably 
the  more  attractive  crystalline  forms,  were  entirely 
inert,  while  others  were  extremely  poisonous.  In 
short,  they  require  to  be  standardized  as  much  as  the 
galenical  preparations.  But  there  can  be  no  question 
as  to  the  desirability  of  assaying  the  glucosidal  prep- 
arations, there  is  unfortunately  no  less  doubt 
of  its  unpracticability  by  ordinary  chemical 
methods'.  If  proof  of  this  were  lacking, 
it  has  been  supplied  by  the  painstaking 
investigations  on  which  Kiliani  has  been  en- 
gaged for  so  many  years.  A  continous  series  of  pub- 
lications has  issued  from  his  laboratory  since  1892, 
yet  only  in  1899  he  recognized  a  glucoside  already 
describe'd  by  Schmiedeberg,  but  overlooked  by  Kil- 
iani in  all  his  previous  work.  It  is  obviously  impos- 
sible to  assay  the  tincture  of  digitalis  by  isolating 
each  glucoside  and  estimating  its  amount  and  the 
total  amount  of  glucosides  is  of  no  value  as  an  indi- 
cation of  its  strength,  for  they  vary  in  activity  from 
the  practically  inocuous  digitonin  to  the  very  pois- 
onous digitoxin.  An  attempt  has  been  made  to  assay 
the  drug  by  the  content  of  digitoxin,  but  apart  from 
the  difficulty  of  the  process,  there  are  other  gluco- 
sides present  which  are  equally  important  from  the 
practitioner's  standpoint,  and  these  may  vary  equally 
with  digitoxin.  The  chemical  assay  of  digitalis  may 
therefore  be  dismissed  as  impracticable  at  present, 
and  in  all  probability  for  many  years  to  come. 

A  new  method  of  assay  has,  however,  been  intro- 
duced in  the  last  few  years  and  has  been  adapted  to 
practical  pharmacy  in  this  country.*  I  refer  to  the 
pharmacological  assay  or  the  estimation  of  the  thera- 
peutic activity  of  a  drug  by  its  effects  on  the  lower 
animals.  A  certian  prejudice,  which  seems  to  exist 
in  some  minds  against  this  method,  may  perhaps  be 
ascribed  to  the  innate  conservatism  of  the  medical 
and  pharmaceutical  professions,  and  to  the  belief  that 
results  on  animals  cannot  be  used  as  a  basis  for  ap- 
plication in  therapeutics.  As  to  the  latter  point,  it 
-need  only  be  mentioned  that  almost  all  the  advance 
of  recent  years  in  medicine  is  based  upon  experi- 
ments made  on  our  humbled  relatives,  and  that  by 
therapeutic  assay  the  absolute  dose  is  not  estirnated 
from  animals  toman  but  merely  the  relative  activity. 
To  illustrate  this  by  an  example:  if  a  tincture  (A)  of 
digitali:,  i':  found  to  induce  symptoms  in  a  dog  of  30 
pounds  in  the  dose  of  i  cc,  we  cannot  infer  that  S 
cc.  will  be  equally  effecth'e  in  man  of  150  pounds. 
But  if  we  find  that  the  dose  in  man  is  2  cc.  by  actual 
clinical  experience  and  now  investigate  a  second  tinc- 
ture (B)  on  the  dog  and  find  that  2  cc.  are  required 
to  induce  the  same  symptoms  as  I  cc.  of  A,  we  can 
assume  with  some  probability  that  the  therapeutic 
dose  of  B  in  man  will  be  4  cc.  Without  the  prelim- 
inary examination  on  the  dog  the  strength  of  the  re- 
medy would  be  ascertained  only  by  clinical  examina- 
tions on  patients,  and  this  involves  much  time  and 
in  some  cases  would  not  be  devoid  of  danger. 

Before  examining  the  limitations  of  this  nev^ 
method  of  assay,  it  may  be  necessary  to  examine  its 
relation  to  the  chemical  method.  And  when  the  lat- 
ter is  practicable.  I  think  it  will  be  used  in  preference 
to  the  pharmacological  method,  not  I  believe  because 
it   is   more  reliable   or   in  most   cases   more   accurate, 

It  Is  of  interest  to  find  Professor  Gottlieb,  of  Heidel- 
tierg,  advocating  the  pharmacological  assay  of  digitalis 
Tt  the  meeting  of  the  Congress  of  Physlcans  at  Wiesba- 
aen,   In  April,    1901.  >.] 


but  on  the  whole  giving  more  assurance  to  the  op- 
erator. Ihere  is  a  sense  of  finality  in  weighing  an 
alkaloid  obtained  after  long  and  complicated  methods 
of  isolation  which  may  be  absent  from  the  breast  of 
the  experimental  pharmacologist  on  viewing  the  sys- 
tolic stand  still  of  the  frog's  heart.  The  newer  meth- 
od is  not  a  rival  of  the  older  but  a  substitute  for  it 
in  cases  where  it  cannot  be  applied.  From  a  theo- 
retical standpoint  of  course  the  symptoms  elicited  in 
animals  is  merely  an  "indicator  reaction"  of  an  ex- 
ceedingly complicated  kind  but  based  on  chemical 
processes  just  as  the  indicator  reactions  in  titration. 
For  example,  the  arrest  of  the  frog's  heart  under 
digitalis  is  evidence  of  the  completion  of  a  chemical 
reaction  between  the  heart  muscle  and  the  glucosides 
just  as  the  alteration  in  the  color  of  litmus  is  the  in- 
dication of  chemical  change  in  titrating  an  acid.  And 
this  arrest  does  not  indicate  the  presence  of  any  one 
glucoside  but  the  total  strength  of  the  glucosides 
with  this  cardiac  action,  just  as  the  litmus  test  indi- 
cates the  total  acid  in  a  mixture  of  several  acids. 

The  qi:tstions  which  arise  at  once  are  how  sensi- 
tive is  the  test  and  how  constant  does  it  remain? 
If  the  frog's  heart  reacts  only  to  large  quantities  of 
digitalis  glucosides,  the  test  is  obviously  of  little 
value;  and.  on  the  other  hand,  if  the  frog  requires 
twice  as  much  digitalis  at  one  time  as  at  another,  the 
method  is  equally  valueless.  These  questions  may 
best  be  answered  by  the  narration  of  a  test  which  I 
carried  out  on  a  series  of  frogs  with  a  fluid  extract 
of  digitalis.  I  diluted  it  fifty  times  and  selected  eight 
frogs,  four  of  which  received  i  cc.  of  the  diluted  ex- 
tract, the  other  four  receiving  0.5  cc.  The  first  four 
all  gave  the  characteristic  reaction,  while  the  second 
set  failed  to  do  so,  although  they  showed  symptoms. 
The  quantity  required  for  the  test  reaction  thus  lay 
between  I  cc.  and  0.5  cc.  of  the  diluted  extract,  that 
is  between  0.02  and  o.oi  of  the  original.  Four  fresh 
frogs  then  received  0.7S  cc.  of  the  diluted  fluid,  and 
three  of  them  reacted,  one  of  them  failing  to  do  so 
though  severely  poisoned.  Another  set  which  re- 
ceived 0.6  cc.  all  recovered.  Finally  two  frogs  pois- 
oned with  0.7  cc.  reacted  typically.  The  limits  were 
thus  between  0.7  and  0.6  cc.  of  the  diluted  extract, 
i.  e.,  0.014  and  0.012  cc.  of  the  original,  the  test  indi- 
cating a  difference  of  0.002  cc.  The  dose  of  this  prep- 
aration ordinarily  employed  is  0.05 — o.l  cc;  the  reac- 
tion would  therefore  indicate  any  difference  amount- 
ing to  4  per  cent,  of  the  minimal  dose,  or  2  per  cent, 
of  the  maximal,  which  is  sufficiently  accurate  for  all 
practical  purposes.  An  assay  made  a  month  later  by 
my  assistant,  who  was  in  ignorance  of  my  results,  in- 
dicated 0.013  cc.  as  the  smallest  quantity  of  the  orig- 
inal extract  which  gave  the  reaction. 

One  of  the  chief  difficulties  in  this  method  of 
assay  is  the  sensitiveness  of  the  reagent — the  animal 
— to  external  conditions.  This  is  especially  triie  in 
the  case  of  frogs,  which  vary  considerably  at  differ- 
ent seasons  in  their  reactions,  unless  special  precau- 
tions be  taken.  My  experience  has  been,  however, 
that  if  enough  care  be  taken  in  the  selection  of  the 
animals,  the  results  are  sufficiently  constant.  Of 
course,  the  size  of  the  animal  must  be  as  close  to  the 
standard  as  possible;  all  abnormal  conditions,  such  as 
occur  in  the  spawning  season,  must  lead  to  the  elim- 
ination of  individual  specimens,  and  there  are  many 
practical  details  which  can  be  learned  only  by  actual 
experience. 

When  it  is  possible,  it  is  desirable  to  assay  a  spec- 
imen in  several  species  of  animals  in  order  to  elimin- 
ate as  far  as  possible  such  variations:  for  example, 
digitalis  and  its  allies  may  be  assayed  on  the  frog, 
and  control  experiments  may  then  be  performed  on 
the  rabbit  or  some  other  mammal.  In  many  cases, 
however,  the  reaction  is  much  more  sharply  defined 
in  one  species  than  in  others;  thus  ergot  can  be 
standardised  practically  only  on  fowls,  and  cannabis 
indica  is  best  assayed  in  dogs  in  my  experience.  The 
actual  mode  of  procedure  in  making  a  pharmacolog- 
ical assay  can  be  taught  only  practically,  and  a  cor- 
rect use  of  the  method  requires  a  fair  knowledge  of 
physiology     and     experimental     pharmacology.      The 


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<lrugs  which  I  have  tested  with  this  method  are  those 
comprised  in  the  digitalis  series  which  are  in  com- 
jnon  use  (digitalis,  squill  and  strophanthus),  cannabis 
indica  and  trgot.  The  variations  in  the  strength  of 
the  preparations  of  the  digitalis  series  were  consid- 
erable, amounting  to  50  per  cent.,  but  were  positively 
trifling  compared  with  those  exhibited  by  the  fluid 
extracts  of  cannabis  indica  and  of  ergot.  I  have  re- 
peatedly found  that  those  preparations  bearing  the 
labels  of  reputable  houses  were  practically  inert  in 
quantities  consideral)ly  larger  than  those  advised  in 
therapeutics.  The  method  is  of  course  available  for 
other  preparations  whether  they  contain  alkaloids 
(gclsemium)  or  such  indifferent  substances  as  are 
found  in  male  fern.  Some  experiments  made 
to  determine  the  strength  of  purgatives 
gave  no  satisfactory  results,  the  minimal 
dose  required  to  cause  evacuation  of  the 
bowels  varying  very  considerably  in  the  same 
animal    and   with   the    same   preparation. 

My  conclusions  in  regard  to  the  pharmacological 
assay  are  that  it  is  a  useful  substitute  for  the  chem- 
ical assay  in  the  case  of  many  remedies  in  which  the 
latter  is  not  applicable,  and  that  it  permits  of  a  stand- 
ard being  formed  for  these  preparations  which  is 
sufficiently  constant  and  sufficiently  exact  for  thera- 
peutic purposes.  It  is  desirable  that  such  an  assay 
should  be  made  in  preparations  which  fail  to  effect 
the  desired  therapeutic  results  unless  given  in  quan- 
tities which  act  on  important  organs,  and  which  are 
liable  to  give  rise  to  poisoning  if  unusually  powerful 
prcnarations  are  knowingly   dispensed. 

In  conclusion  it  may  be  mentioned  that  the 
pharmacoptrias  already  give  the  authority  of  their 
imprint  to  the  vs"  of  pharmacological  qualitative 
tests.     For  in   the   British  pharmacopceia  one  of  the 


tests  of  atropin  suggested  is  the  dilation  of  the  pupil 
induced  by  its  application,  and  although  no  such  test 
is  contained  in  the  U.  S.  P.,  yet  the  descriptions  of 
drugs  as  bitter  or  sweet  in  taste  involve  a  pharmaco- 
logical experiment  being  performed  upon  the  pharm- 
acist himself.  It  seems  more  difficult  to  take  the 
next  step — the  quantitative  assay —  in  the  case  of 
the  older  and  more  established  remedies  than  in  that 
of  the  newer  discoveries,  for  while  few  of  the  gal- 
enical preparations  on  the  market  are  thus  assayed 
at  present,  no  one  would  care  to  handle  an  antidiph- 
theritic  serum  whose  strength  had  not  been  deter- 
mined in  this  way.  The  methods  and  difficulties  are 
the  same  in  each,  or  rather,  the  assay  of  the  galenical 
preparations  may  be  performed  with  less  likelihood 
of  error  and  with  much  greater  precision.  It  may  be 
objected  that  animal  experiment  is  absolutely  neces- 
sary in  case  of  the  serum,  for  unless  this  is  done  there 
is  no  method  of  showing  that  an  utterly  worthless 
preparation  of  normal  serum  has  not  been  substi- 
tuted. Bui  the  same  is  true  in  the  case  of  galenical 
preparations;  for  there  is  no  question  that  much  of 
the  ordinary  fluid  extract  of  ergot  is  utterly  worth- 
less and  inert,  and  this  can  be  ascertained  only  by 
pharmacological  assay  at  present.  If  animal  assay 
is  necessary  in  the  case  of  serum  it  is  equally  essen- 
tial in  the  case  of  ergot  and  other  vegetable  drugs. 
The  idea  of  animal  experiments  in  assay  is  much  less 
foreign  to  the  medical  than  to  the  pharmaceutical 
profession,  for  the  whole  advance  in  medicine  in 
modern  times  stands  on  this  basis,  and  the  use  of 
serum  has  familiarized  every  one  with  the  results  of 
the  method.  It  is  to  be  regretted,  in  the  opinion  of 
the  writer,  that  the  pharmacopocial  convention  did 
not  consider  the  question  of  pharmacological  tests 
more  fully,  for  in  excluding  them  from  the  next  ed- 


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ition  it  not  only  rejected  the  only  method  of  assay  in 
many'  cases,  but  also  excluded  antidiphtheritic  serum, 
which  is  certainly  the  most  important  acquisition  to 
therapeutics  in  the  last  quarter  of  the  century.  Ser- 
um therapy  will  scarcely  be  retarded,  but  the  author- 
ity of  the  pharmacopoeia,  which  continues  to  include 
such  obsolete  remedies  as  poison  ivy  and  fails  to 
take  cognizance  of  this  most  important  advance  in 
medicine,  can  scarcely  be  augmented  by  the  decision. 
May  not  such  ultra-conservatism  be  the  explanation 
of  the  apathy  manifested  by  the  medical  profession 
toward  the  official  record  of  the  laTjors  of  the  con- 
vention and  its  committees? 


The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
■crlbers  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription  worlc,  dispensing  difficulties,  etc. 

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Requirements  for  License  to  Practice  Medicine 

in   New   York   State. 
(F.  C.  C.)     The  following  is  a  summary  of  the  re- 
quirements to  practice  medicine   in  this   State: 

1.  Evidence  that  applicant  is  more  than  21  years 
of  age  (Form  i). 

2.  Certificate  of  moral  character  from  not  less 
than  two  physicians  in  good  standing   (Form  2). 

3.  Evidence  that  the  applicant  has  the  general 
education  required,  preliminary  to  receiving  the  de- 
gree of  bachelor  or  doctor  of  medicine  in  this  State 
(medical  student   certificate). 

4.  Evidence  that  applicant  has  studied  medicine 
not  less  than  four  full  school  years  of  at  least  nine 
months  each,  including  four  satisfactory  courses  of 
at  least  six  months  each,  in  four  different  calendar 
years  in  a  medical  school  registered  as  maintaining  at 
the  time  a  satisfactory  standard.  New  York  medical 
schools  and  New  York  medical  students  shall  not  be 
discriminated  against  by  the  registration  of  any  med- 
ical school  out  of  the  State,  whose  minimum  gradua- 
tion standard  is  less  than  that  fixed  by  statute  for 
New  York  medical  schools. 

The  increase  in  the  required  course  of  medical 
study  from  three  to  four  years  does  not  take  effect 
till  January  i,  1898,  and  does  not  apply  to  students 
who  matriculated  before  that  date  and  received  the 
degree   of  M..   D.,  before  January   i,   igo2.   Form   i). 

First  exemption:  "The  regents  may  in  their  dis- 
cretion accept  as  the  equivalent  for  any  part  of  the 
3d  or  4th  requirement,  evidence  of  five  or  more 
years  reputable  practice  of  medicine,  provided  that 
such   substitution   be  specified  in  the  license." 

5.  Evidence  that  applicant  "has  received  the  de- 
gree of  bachelor  or  doctor  of  medicine  from  some 
registered  medical  school,  or  a  diploma  or  license 
conferring  full  rights  to  practice  medicine  in  some 
foreign  country"   (Form  3  or  original  credentials). 

6.  The  candidate  must  pass  examinations  in  anat- 
omy, physiology,  and  hygiene,  chemistry,  surgery, 
obstetrics,  pathology  and  diagnosis,  therapeutics. 
practice  and  materia  mcdica.  The  questions  "shall 
be  the  same  for  all  candidates,  except  that  in  thera- 


peutics, practice  and  materia  medica  all  the  questions 
submitted  to  any  candidate  shall  be  chosen  from 
those  piepared  by  the  board  selected  by  that  candi- 
date and  shall  be  in  harmony  with  the  tenets  of  that 
school  as  determined  by  its  State  board  of  medical 
examiners  " 

Second  exemption:  "Applicants  examined  and  li- 
censed by  other  State  examining  boards  registered 
by  the  regents  as  maintaining  standards  not  lower 
than  those  provided  by  this  article,  and  applicants 
who  matriculated  in  a  New  York  State  medical 
school  before  June  S,  1890,  and  who  received  the  de- 
gree of  M.  D.  from  a  registered  medical  school  be- 
fore August  I,  189s,  may,  without  farther  examina- 
tion, on  payment  of  $10  to  the  regents  and  on  sub- 
mitting such  evidence  as  they  may  require,  receive 
from  them  an  endorsement  of  their  licenses  or  di- 
plomas, conferring  all  rights  and  privileges  of  a  re- 
gents'  license   issued  after  examination./' 

7.     A  fee  of  $25  payable  in  advance. 

The  law  provides  that  examinations  for  licenses 
shall  be  given  in  at  least  four  convenient  places  and 
at  least  four  times  annually,  in  accordance  with  the 
regents'  lules.  Further  information  relating  to  State 
examination  in  medicine,  etc.,  may  be  obtained  from 
Melvil  Dewey,  M.  A.,  Albany,  Secretary  of  the  Board 
of  Regents  of  the  University  of  the  State  of  New 
York. 


Nickel-Plating. 

(H.  L.  H.)  In  nickel-plating  the  double  sulphate 
of  ammonium  and  nickel  is  the  salt  generally  used. 
Any  common  form  of  battery,  may  be  used,  but  -the 
anodes  should  considerably  exceed  in  size  the  articles, 
to  be  covered  with  nickel.  The  power  of  the  battery 
must  not  be  too  strong  or  the  deposited  nickel  will 
be  black.  A  strong  solution  of  the  sulphate  of  nickel  , 
and  ammonium  is  made  and  placed  in  any  suitable' 
vessel  a  glazed  stoneware  ;Tar  answers  very  well,,  if 
the  articles  to  be  covered  are  small.  Across  the  top  of 
this  are  placed  two  heavy  copper  wires,  to  one  of 
which  the  articles  to  be  covered  are  suspended,  the 
other  to  the  anode.  The  wire  leading  from  the  zinc 
to  the  battery  must  then  be  connected  with  the  wire 
from  which  the  articles  are  suspended,  the  other 
battery  wire  being  connected  with  the  anode. 

To  prepare  the  articles  for  coating,  they  must  be 
well  cleansed  by  scrubbing,  immersing  in  a  boiling 
solution  of  potash  to  remove  any  grease,  then  dip- 
ping them  for  an  instant  in  muriatic  acid,  and  after- 
wards wa.^hing  thoroughly  in  water,  taking  care  that 
the  hand  does  not  come  in  contact  with  any  part  of 
them.  This  is  accomplished  by  fastening  a  flexible 
copper  wire  around  them  and  handling  them  by 
means  of  it.  The  wire  serves  afterwards  to  suspend 
them  in  the  bath. 

If  the  articles  are  made  of  iron  and  steel,  they 
may  be  first  covered  with  a  thin  coat  of  copper.  This 
is  best  done  by  the  cyanide  bath,  which  is  prepared  by 
dissolving  precipitated  oxide  of  copper  in  cyanide  of 
potassium.  A  copper  plate  is  used  as  an  anode. 
After  they  are  removed  from  the  copper  bath  they 
must  be  washed  quickly  with  water  and  placed  in  the 
nickel  batli.  If  allowed  to  become  dry.  or  to  tarnish, 
the  nickel  will  not  adhere.  Great  care  must  be  ob- 
served during  the  whole  process  to  keep  all  grease, 
dust  or  other  dirt  from  the  articles  to  be  coated,  or 
else  the  result  will  be  unsatisfactory.  The  whole  pro- 
cess is  one  of  the  most  difficult  that  is  used  in  the 
arts,  it  being  far  easier  to  gild,  plate  or  copper  an 
article  than  to  nickel  it:  but  if  due  care  is  taken  the 
results  will  amply  pay  for  the  trouble. 

Here   arc   some   formulas   for   the   bath: 

(i)  Sulphate  of  nickel  and  ammonium,  725  gm.; 
ammonium  sulphate.  225  gm. ;  citric  acid,  50  gm.,  are 
dissolved  successively  in  T2  liters  of  water,  raised  to 
a  boil  and  filtered.  The  bath  must  have  a  faint  acid 
reaction. 

(2)  Nickel  sulphate,  i.ooo  parts:  ammonium  tar- 
trate. 750  parts:  tannic  acid,  5  parts;  boiling  water,. 
3.000-4.000   parts. 


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Dissolve  the  nickle  sulphate  in  the  boiling  water, 
and  add  the  aniinonium  salt  and  acid,  filter,  and  add 
sufficient  water  to  make  20,000  parts.  This  is  a  form- 
ula recommended  by  Chemische  Zeitung,  and  it  is 
stated  that  the  bath  will  deposit  nickel  on  any  metal 
whatsoever. 


Spirit   of   Nitrous   Ether   and   Solution    of    Ammonium 
Acetate. 

(J.  W.  L.)   submits  the  following  prescription: 

Tincture  of  veratrum  viride  (Norwood's).  .15  drops. 

Spirit  of  nitrous  ether 3  drains. 

Solution  of  ammonium  acetate,  enough  to 

make   2  ounces. 

"What  causes  the  change  in  color  when  the  in- 
gredients are  mixed?  Does  this  change  aflect  the 
therapevitic   value   of  the   prescription?" 

The  color  change  noted  here  is  due  to  the  decom- 
position of  the  spirit  of  nitrous  ether.  If  the  latter 
be  old  and  has  become  srongly  acid,  a  reaction  takes 
place  between  it  and  the  solution  of  ammonium  ace- 
tate, both  being  decomposed  (the  solution  partly  so) 
with  evolution  of  nitrogen  oxides,  carbon  monoxide 
and  dioxide,  etc.  The  organic  matters  of  the  tincture 
of  veratrum  viride  also  cause  decomposition  of  the 
spirit  of  nitrous  ether.  Of  course  this  decomposition 
affects  the  therapeutic  value  of  the  various  substances 
ordered  in  the  prescription  and  the  prescriber  should 
be  informed  of  the  reactions.  However,  spirit  of 
nitrous  ether  is  frequently  prescribed  with  solution 
of  ammonium  acetate,  the  resulting  ammonium  nitrite 
retained  in  the  mixture  having  a  similar  though 
milder  action  upon  the  arterial  system  than  the  ethyl 
nitrite. 


Neutral    Oils;    Barbed    Wire    Liniment. 

(H.  B.)  In  the  trade  the  lightest  of  the  lubri- 
cating oils  obtained  from  petrolatum,  varying  in  grav- 
ity from  32  deg.  B.  to  38  deg.  B,  are  frequently  called 
"neutral  oils."  They  are  largely  used  for  the  purpose 
of  mixing  with  animal  and  vegetable  oils  and  are  de- 
odorized and  decolorized  by  filtration  through  bone 
black.  The  therapeutic  value  of  these  oils  in  the 
manufacture  of  preparations  for  external  use  is  prob- 
ably identical  or  similar  to  that  of  petrolatum,  which 
is  used  almost  exclusively  as  ^  bland  neutral  pro- 
tective dressing.  Cotton  seed  oil  seems  to  be  equally 
well  adapted  for  use  in  the  preparation  of  a  "barbed 
wire  limincnt."  Here  is  a  formula  from  Griffith's 
("Non.   Secret   Formulas"): 

B.^RBED    WIRE    LINIMENT. 

Lead   acetate 10   ounces 

Ijitharg'e 7  ounces 

Distilled  water 48  ounces 

Boil  one-half  hour  and  stir  well;  let  the  mixture 
settle,  decant  the  clear  liquid  and  filter  the  balance. 
Pour  into  2  gallons  yellow  cotton  seed  oil,  stirring 
constantly  while  bottling. 


Oil  Cassia. 

(L.  S.  E.)  Oil  of  cassia  is  generally  considered 
to_  possess  antiseptic  properties,  though  it  cannot  be 
said  that  there  is  any  simple  test  which  will  deter- 
mine its  "antiseptic  strength."  The  value  of  oil  of 
cassia  is  stated  to  depend  upon  the  percentage  of 
cinnamic  aldehyde  which  it  contains.  In  a  series  of 
analyses  made  by  .Schimmel  and  Co.  of  oils  having 
a  specific  gravity  of  1.064  to  1.065,  the  proportion  of 
aldehyde  varied  from  73.5  to  88  per  cent. 

Hare  ("Practical  Therapeutics")  states  that  oil  of 
cinnamon  is  a  powerful  antiseptic,  which  can  be  used 
in  diluted  form  in  the  dressing  of  wounds  and  by  in- 
jection in  gonorrhoea.  Dr.  J.  C.  Da  Costa  has  em- 
ployed a  spray  of  the  oil  dissolved  in  one  of  the 
liquid  petrolatum  preparations  in  the  proportion  of 
I,  2,  or  3  drops  of  the  oil  to  one  ounce  of  the  liquid 
petrolatum,  or  it  may  be  used  by  injection. 


Liquid  Face  Powder. 

(C.  B.  D.)  If  by  this  title  you  mean  a  powder 
held  in  suspension  in  some  liquid  medium  try  some 
one  of  the  following: 

(1)  Zinc   oxide 2    ounces 

Glycerine IV.  fl.  ounces 

Water lii  fl-  ounces 

Tincture  of  balsam  peru 2  minims 

Tincture  of  storax 2  minims 

(2)  Bismuth    oxychloride 6   drams 

Glycerine %  fl.  ounce 

Alcohol i4    fl.    ounce 

Essence   of   cassie 15   minims 

'Essence  of  violet 5  minims 

Essence  of  tuberose   15  minims 

Water 2  fl.  ounces 

A  preparation  which  contains  a  "powder"  in  solu- 
tion and  sometimes  used  is  the  following: 

Magnesium  sulphate 60  grains 

Rose  water 12  ounces 

Orange  flower  water 4  ounces 

Or  this  one: 

Sodium  borate 1  dram 

Boracic    acid 20   grains 

Any  perfumed  toilet  water 1  pint 


Meetings  of  New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
(F.  C.  C.)  The  New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy  is 
composed  of  three  branches  which  hold  examinations 
in  three  difTerent  sections  of  the  state.  The  examin- 
ations for  1902  will  be  held  as  follows: — Eastern  sec- 
tion, third  Wednesdays  in  each  month  except  July 
and  'August;  Middle  section,  third  Wednesdays  in 
February,  May,  September  and  November;  Western 
section,  same  days  in  January,  March,  April,  June, 
September  and  November.  The  New  York  Board  of 
Pharmacy  does  not  recognize  licenses  issued  by 
other  boards  of  pharmacy  and  on  the  other  hand  we 
know  of  no  board  which  recognizes  certificates  of 
registration  granted  by  the  board  of  pharmacy  of 
this  State.  The  board  of  pharmacy  of  your  own 
State  (Pennsylvania)  does  not  recognize  certificates 
issued  by  the  board  of  pharmacy  of  other  States. 


Saturated  Solutions. 

(G.  H.  J.)  In  a  pharmaceutical  sense  a  saturated 
solution  is  one  which  can  not  take  up  any  more  of 
the  dissolved  substance  at  ordinary  temperature,  in 
other  words,  the  solvent  has  become  charged  with 
as  much  soluble  matter  as  it  is  capable  of  retaining 
in  intimate  union  at  ordinary  temperature.  Thus,  to 
employ  the  example  you  quote,  "(Dne  part  of  eucaine 
B.  is  soluble  in  30  parts  of  water,"  means  that  with 
the  proportion  of  water  given  eucaine  B  forms  a  sat- 
urated solution  at  ordinary  temperature.  Almost  any 
work  on  practical  pharmacy  will  give  you  •information 
on    this    subject. 

The  third  or  last  edition  of  Coblentz's  "The  New- 
er Remedies"  was  published  in  i8gg.  A  copy  may 
be  ordered  through  this  office.     Price,  $1.00. 

Pinkham's  Compound. 
(H.   W.).     We   cannot   give  the   formula   for  this 
proprietary  preparation. 


MEDICINAL  PLANTS  OF  THE  BARBADOS. 
— W.  G.  Freeman  (Pharm.  Journ.)  describes  a  num- 
ber of  plants  which  are  found  in  the  Barbados  and 
are  of  pharmacognostic  interest.  Coccoloba  uvifera, 
a  tree  belonging  to  the  Polygonaceae  and  very  com- 
mon along  the  coast,  yields  edible  fruit,  while  the 
leaves  arc  used  in  medical  practice  as  an  astringent. 
Hippomane  mancinella  contains  an  acrid  milky  sap. 
Caesalpinia  pulcherroma  serves  as  an  excellent  em- 
menagogue  Euphorbia  pillulifera  is  recommended 
as  a  remedy  for  asthma.  The  leaves  of  Bryophyllum 
calycinum  are  employed  as  an  external  application 
upon  wounds  and  ulcers,  an  infusion  being  used  in- 
ternally as  a  remedy  for  colds  and  similar  ailments. 
The  genus   Piperomia  yields  a  cough   remedy. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  23,  1903. 


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PROBLEMS,   SERIES   IV. 

(31)  The  freight  on  12,250  pounds  of  goods  was 
$73-50  for  240  miles.  A  pro  rata  sum  was  charged 
on  28,250  pounds  of  the  same  class  for  90  miles.  What 
was  paid  for  freight  for  the  shorter  distance? 

(32)  Calculate  the  percentage  composition  of 
cane  sugar  Ci:H==Ou,  using  the  atomic  weights  given 
in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia. 

(33)  The  following  results,  obtained  in  an  analy- 
sis of  Rochelle  salt,  gives  sufficient  data  for  the  es- 
timation of  K  and  Na  in  the  sample  used;  find  the 
percentage   of  each   of  these   elements   present. 

Weight  of  salt  taken  0.7012  gram 

Weight  of  mixed  alkaline  chlo- 
rides     0.3305    gram 

Weight  of  AgCl  obtained 0.7129  gram 

(34)  The  real  estate  of  a  bankrupt  wholesale 
drug  firm  was  sold  by  their  assignee  for  $12,000,  and 
their  goods  for  $6,122.  There  were  collected  on  notes 
due  the  firm  $2,107,  and  on  personal  accounts  $2,673. 
The  total  liabilities  of  the  firm  are  $27,033  and  the 
expenses  of  settling  $734-94-  How  much  on  the  dol- 
lar can  be  paid,  and  what  should  the  Smith  Chemi- 
cal  Company  receive,   whose  claim  is  $6,215? 

_  (35)  1.2060  grams  of  a  mixture  of  sodium  bro- 
mide and  sodium  chloride  gave,  on  complete  pre- 
cipitation by  silver  nitrate,  2.6554  grams  of  mixed 
Silver  chloride  and  bromide,  which,  on  reduction, 
yield  1.8418  grams  of  metallic  silver.  Calculate  the 
proportion    of   chloride    and    bromide. 

(.16)  A  piece  of  cast  iron,  the  relative  density  of 
which  IS  known  to  be  7.2,  is  suspected  to  have  in- 
ternal cavities.  Its  weight  is  found  to  be  203.04 
grams,  and  when  suspended  in  water  at  4  degrees  C. 
it  is  found  to  weigh  171.84  grams.  What  is  the  total 
volume   of  these   cavities? 

(37)  The  value  of  a  certain  consignment  is 
$711.72.  For  what  sum  must  the  shipper  have  it  in- 
sured  to   obtain   both   the  value   of   the   consignment 


and  the  premium  theron  if  it  should  be  totally  lost, 
the  rate  of  insurance  being  $1.15  per  $100? 

(38)  A  glass  bulb  weighted  with  mercury  and  sus- 
pended from  one  of  the  pans  of  a  balance  weighs  in 
air  73.42  grams,  in  alcohol  37.996  grams,  in  water 
29.14  grams;  what  is  the  specific  gravity  of  the  al- 
cohol? 

(39)  A  right  prism  of  ice,  the  length  of  whose 
base  is  20.45  yards,  breadth  15.75  yards  and  height 
10.5  yards,  floats  on  the  sea;  the  specific  gravity  of 
the  ice  is  .930,  and  that  of  the  sea  water  1.026;  what 
is  the  height  of  the  prism  above  the  surface  of  the 
water? 

(40)  How  much  potassium  iodide  (KI)  will  be 
required  to  yield  78  grams  of  iodine? 


CARBON  TETRACHLORIDE:— A  process  for 
the  manufacture  of  carbon  tetrachloride  is  described 
by  Urbain  (Rev.  Prod.  Chim.)  The  process  is  based 
upon  the  reaction  which  takes  place  between  chlorine 
and  carbon  disulphide  in  the  presence  of  aluminum 
chloride.  Two  parts  by  weight  of  aluminum  chloride 
are  boiled  for  about  one-half  hour  with  100  parts  of 
carbon  disulphide,  the  liquid  being  then  cooled  and 
treated  with  a  current  of  dry  chlorine  gas  until  the 
weight  has  increased  to  383  parts.  In  order  to 
destroy  the  chlorosulpho  products  mixed  with  the 
carbon  tetrachloride,  the  mixture  is  treated  with 
about  .05  per  cent,  of  iron  dust,  or  other  suitable 
metal,  and  gently  heated,  the  final  product  being 
carbon  tetrachloride  and  sulphur  chloride.  The  car- 
bon tetrachloride  is  separated  by  distillation,  and 
purified  by  washing  with  alkaline  water  and  redis- 
tilling. The  sulphur  chloride  is  utilied  for  further 
production  of  carbon  tetrachloride. 


IMPROVING  PERFUMES:  —  Lavollay  and 
Dourgoin  (Rev.  Prod.  Chim.)  describe  a  new  process 
for  improving  perfumes.  The  essential  oils  are 
treated  with  the  manganate  of  calcium  or  other  alka- 
line earth  in  the  presence  of  an  electric  current,  the 
operation  being  conducted  in  the  cold  in  a  closed 
vessel  provided  with  an  outlet  for  the  excess  of  gas 
produced.  About  20  to  50  grams  of  maganate  is 
employed  per  hectolitre  of  oil,  and  the  strength  of 
the  current  varies  from  3  to  10  amperes  per  square 
meter  of  electrode  surface.  The  operation  should 
not  be  continued  longer  than  20  minutes.  The  mag- 
anates  are  under  these  sonditions  said  to  be  more 
active  than  ozone,  besides  being  less  expensive,  easily 
regulated  and  constant. 


CINCHONINE:— E.  Jungfieisch  and  E.  Leger 
(Bull.  Soc.  Chim.)  have  found  that  ordinary  cin- 
chonine  is  in  reality  a  mixture  of  cinchonine  and 
hydrocinchonine.  They  have  determined  the  propor- 
tion of  the  latter  present  and  also  studied  the  prop- 
erties of  pure  cinchonine.  Basic  sulphate  of  cin- 
chonine obtained  from  wild  cinchona  bark  was  found 
to  contain  17.19  per  cent,  of  hydrocinchonine.  Puri- 
fied cinchonine  sulphate  was  found  to  be  somewhat 
more  soluble  in  water  than  hydrocinchonine  salt,  the 
corresponding  salt  of  the  ordinary  alkaloid  having  an 
intermediate   solubility. 


CANADINE  AND  BERBERINE:— Gadamer 
(Arch,  der  Pharmazie)  has  recently  shown  that 
canadine.  one  of  the  three  alkaloids  of  Hydrastis 
canadensis,  is  the  optically  active  form  of  hydro- 
berberine.  By  a  series  of  rccrystallizations  of  the 
bromocamphorsulphonic  acid  salt  of  hvdroberberine, 
the  author  succeeded  in  separating  this  body  into 
two  optically  active  bases,  which  proved  to  be  dextro 
and  I.-Evo-canadine.  The  la>vo  variety  was  found  to 
be  identical  with  natural  canadine  in  all  its  physical 
and  chemical  properties. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 

NEW  YORK  AND  VICINITY. 


KINGS  COUNTY  PHARMACEUTICAL 
SOCIETY. 


Will  oppose  certain  measures  introduced  into  the  legis- 
lature.    Will  try  to  have  soda  water  law  changed. 

The  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  held  its 
Tegular  monthly  meeting  in  the  Broolclyn  College  of 
■Pharmaoy,  No.  329  Franklin  avenue,  Tuesday,  Jan.  14. 
The  attendance  was  larger  than,  for  many  months  past 
and  much  interest  was  taken  in  the  several  important 
matters  discussed.  A  special  feature  of  the  meeting  was 
tihe  reading  of  a  paper  on  "Pharmaceuttcal  Impres- 
sions,"  by   Mr.   Frederic   E.    Ni-ece. 

President  Oscar  C  Kleine,  Jr.,  called  the  meetling  to 
order  at  3  o'clock.  Secretary  F.  P.  Tulhill  read  the 
minutes  of  the  last  meeting  and  Treasurer  P.  W.  Ray 
reported  a  balance  of  $2&1.73  in  the  society's  treasury 
-toid.  $7,307.69  in  the  college  The  following  new  mem- 
bers were  elected:  George  W.  Coinklin,  H.  L.  Gaige 
Palrymple,  Gottlieb  P.  Esslg,  Henry  R.  Loehr  and  Peter 
Ullrich. 

Dr.  William  Muir,  chairman  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee, announced  that  he  had  several  important  mat- 
ters for  the  society  to  act  upon.  He  first  explained  the 
bill  that  had  been  introduced  in  the  Senate  by  Mr.  Hill, 
which  affects  the  manner  of  electing  the  members  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  for  the  Eastern  Section.  He 
said  the  legislative  committee  of  the  several  pharma- 
ceutical bodies  of  Greater  New  York  had  met  in  con- 
ference with  the  same  committee  of  the  State  Asso- 
ciation on  Nov.  12,  1901,  and  had  agreed  upon  the  man- 
ner of  electing  members  of  Uhe  Board  (for  the  Eastern 
Seotiom  and  passed  a  resolution  to  the  effect  that  only 
members  of  incorporated  societies  which  required  their 
members  to  be  registered  pharmacists  or  druggists 
should  be  entitled  to  vote.  Dr.  Muir  said  the  conference 
had  agreed  to  have  a  bill  introduced  and  that  it  "was  to 
be  submitted  to  the  legislative  committees  represented 
there,  before  presentation  for  passage,  which  was  not 
done.  He  said  the  bill  had  been  read  in  the  Senate  and 
a  hearing  would  be  given  Jan.  22.  As  the  bill  introduced 
biy  Mr.  Hill  did  not  conform  with  the  resolution  of  the 
conference,  but  extended  the  right  of  franchise  to 
members  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Dr. 
Muir  said  it  should  be  opposed.  G.  H.  Hitchcock,  chair- 
man of  the  legislative  committee  of  the  Manhattan  As- 
sociation, was  present  and  confirmed  the  statements  of 
Dr.  Muir.  A  short  discussion  followed  and  the  Society 
Instructed  the  legislative  committee  to  use  its  infiuence 
to  have  the  clause  "a  member  of  the  New  York  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association"  stricken  out  of  Mr.  Hill's 
bill.  The  law  affecting  the  manufacture  of  soda  water 
in  buildings  occupied  as  dwellings  was  next  taken  up 
by  Dr.  Muir.  He  said  the  committee  wouldi  work  to 
Ihave  the  law  amended.  Mr.  Hitchcock  said  the  Manhat- 
tan Association  would  also  work  to  change  the  law  and 
that  although  some  of  the  manufacturers  and  confec- 
tioners were  taking  the  matter  up  he  thought  an  amend- 
ment emanating  from  the  pharmacists  would  have  the 
most  weight  with  the  legislature.  The  legislative  com- 
mittee was  instructed  to  exert  its  influence  to  have  the 
'law  (Changed  and  the  secretary  was  instructed  to  send 
a  notice  with  the  Society's  seal  and  presTdent's  and  sec- 
retary's signature,  expressing  the  disapproval  of  the 
measure  to  each  member  of  the  health  committee  of  the 
Senate  and  Assembly.    Dr.   Muir  said   the  law  would  be 


all  right  if  a  Clause  was  added  "except  carbonic  acid  gas 
for  soda  water  and  other  oarbonated  beverages."  The 
bill  introduced  by  Assemblyman  Nye  of  Watkins,  to  al- 
low physicians  to  become  pharmacists  without  examina- 
tion was  discussed  but  Dr.  Muir  said  the  measure  was 
too  absurd  to  receive  much  attention  and  that  it  ■would 
be    opposed. 

A  letter  from  the  Bushwick  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion commending  the  Kings  County  Society  and  proimis- 
ing  it  support  was  read,  and  then  Frederic  E.  Niece  read 
his  paper  on  "Pharmaceutical  Impressions."  Mr.  Niece 
was  tendered  a  vote  of  thanks. 

Mr.  Hitchcock  explained  the  objects  of  the  Pharma- 
cists' Manufacturing  company,  and  said  it  was  a  co- 
operative organization  which  would  save  the  stockhold- 
ers as  much  as  thirty  per  cent  for  each  member  is 
supposed  to  use  his  infiuence  to  induce  physicians  to 
prescribe   preparations   of  the   company's   manufacture. 


DRUG  TRADE  SECTION,  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 

Important   Peports  at  Annual   Meeting  —  Section  Will 
Endeavor  to  Secure  Adoption  of  New  In- 
surance Schedule  for  Drugs. 

The  arnual  meeting  of  tihe  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the 
New  Y'ork  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation  was  held 
at  the  Drug  Trade  Club  on  Thursday,  January  16.  An 
inform.Tl  luncheon  was  given  just  before  the  business 
session.  Col.  E.  AV.  Fitch,  president  of  the  Section,  pre- 
sided at   the  meeting. 

The  ccmmittee  of  Importers  of  Essential  oils,  com- 
posed of  Carl  Brucker,  of  Fritzsche  Bros.,  chairman;  C. 
G.  Euler,  of  Antoine  Chiris,  and  George  Lueders,  of 
George  Lueders  &  Co.,  presented  a  report  stating  that 
they  had  found  extensive  adulterations  in  essential  oils 
used  'n  dispensing  and  in  confectionary  and  flavoring 
agents.  The  committee  recommended  that  some  ac'tion  ba 
taken  by  the  Section  towards  having  the  essential  oils 
sold  tor  such  purposes  carefully  sorutinized  by  some 
competent  body. 

John  M  Peters,  of  William  J.  Matheson  &  Co.,  Ltd., 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  Legislation,  reported  that 
they  were  preparing  to  take  up  the  matter  of  the  reduc- 
tion of  the  tax  on  alcohol.  He  presented  resolutions  re- 
ferring to  bills  being  presented  to  the  Legl^'ature,  whloh 
were  adopted.  The  resolutions  protested  against  the  bill 
of  Assemblyman  Nye  and  against  the  obnoxious  clause 
in  Senator  Hill's  bill. 

John  H.  Stallman,  of  the  Stallman  &  Fulton  Co.,  chair- 
man ot  the  special  committee  appointed  two  montbs  ago 
to  investigate  the  new  insurance  schedule,  presented  a 
report  pretesting  against  the  maintenance  of  th*  schedule 
and  urging  its  early  modiflcation  or  repeal.  The  report, 
or  rather  protest,  was  addressed  to  the  Tariff  Committee 
of  the  New  York  Board  of  Fire  Underwriters  and  dealt 
with  the  questi'on  in  a  thorough  manner.  The  Inconsist- 
encies exifting  In  the  present  classifled  list  of  the  Tariff 
CommltVe  were  fully  explained  and  the  belief  expressed 
that  by  consultation  with  the  represerttatlves  of  differ- 
ent trades  a  more  logical  elassiflcation  could  be  made 
whiclh  would  save  boith  annoyance  a.nd  expense.  The 
meeting  received  and  approved  the  report  and  directed 
the  committee  to  present  It  to  ithe  Board  ot  Fire  Under- 
writers at  as  early  a  date  as  possible. 

Treasurer  of  the  Section,  W.  D.  Faris.  of  H.  J.  Baker 
&  Bro.,  ga\'e  his  report  and  recommended  that  the  mem- 


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[January  23,  1902. 


bera  each  contribute  $5  for  taie  suppopt  ot  the  Section, 
which  was  adopted.  The  committee  appointed  to  look 
after  tlie  providing  of  ne*  regulations  for  the  storage  ol 
drugs  and  chemicals  reported  that  these  had  been  cMn" 
pleted  and  couM  be  had  upon  applica;tion  to  the  fire  de- 
pai^tmcnt. 

The  following  officers  were  elected:  President,  Jesss 
L.  Hopkins,  of  J.  L.  Hopkins  &  Co.;  vice-president,  Al- 
bert riaut,  of  Lehn  &  Fink;  treasurer,  W.  D.  Faris,  of 
H.  J.  Haker  &  Bro.;  secretary,  William  F.  McConneHl,  di- 
rector in  the  Board  of  Trade.  Executive  Committee- 
Col.  E.  AV.  Fitch,  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.;  Thomas  FJ 
Main,  ot  Tarrant  &  Co.;  W.  S.  Mersereau,  of  Schieffelin 
&  Co.;  Joseph  A.  Velsor,  of  Peek  &  Velsor,  and  John 
AndersoQ  of  Oharles  Pfizer  &  Co. 

Cc*l.  E.  "W.  Fitch,  the  retiring  president  was  tendered 
a  vote  of  thanks  .for  bis  work  in  the  interests  of  tihe 
Section. 


zine  in  the  store  when  tihey  entered  it  Just  after  'the  fire 
started. 

The  drug  business  was  established  about  1854  by  a 
Mr.  Gebhardi  and  conducted  by  his  son  E.  Gebhardl  until 
his  death  about  two  years  ago.  Monteser  bought  ttti* 
store  a  few  montihs  ago. 


BILL  TO  PREVENT  ADULTERATION  OF  DRUGS. 

Following  is  the  text  of  a  bill  introduced  in  the  Legis- 
lature at  Albany  last  week  iby  Senator  Slater  o£  this  city. 
The  bill  has  been  read  twice  and  ordered  to  be  com- 
mitted to  the  committee  on  public  health.  "An  act  to 
prevent  the  adulteration  of  and  deception  in  the  sale  of 
drugs,  chemicals  and  other  substances."  and  is  as  follows: 

The  People  ot  the  State  of  New  York,  represented 
in  the  Senate  and  Assembly,  do  enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  add 
TO  or  remove  from  any  drug,  medicine,  pharmaceutical 
preparation,  chemical  or  substance  recognized  or  author- 
ized in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia,  any  ingredient 
or  material  for  the  purpose  ot  adulteration  or  substitu- 
tion, or  which  shall  deteriorate  the  quality,  commercial 
value  or  medicinal  effect  or  which  shall  alter  the  nature 
or  composition  of  such  drug,  medicine,  pharmaceutical 
preparation,  chemical  or  substance  so  that  it  shall  differ 
from  the  standard  strength,  quality  or  purity  established 
by  the  latest   edition   ot   the  said   pharmacopoeia. 

Section  2.  No  person,  firm  or  corporation  shall  sell,  or 
otter  for  sale,  any  such  adulterated  drug,  medicine, 
pharmaceutical   preparation,    chemical   or  substance 

[Section  3.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  as 
prohibiting  the  sale  or  manufacture  of  any  compound  or 
mixture  as  such;  provided  that  such  compound  or  mix- 
ture if  it  imitates  in  appearance  and  is  designed  to  take 
the  place  of  any  drug,  medicine,  pharmaceutical  prep- 
aration, chemical  or  substance  recognized  or  authorized 
in  said  pharmacopoeia,  shall  not  be  manufactured  or 
mixed  tor  sale,  sold  or  offered  for  sale  under  a  name  or 
description  containing  the  word  by  which  such  drug, 
medicine,  pharmaceutical  preparation,  chemical  or  sub- 
stance is  designated  in  said  pharmacopoeia. 

Section  4.  Any  person,  firm  or  corporation  who  shall 
violate  any  of  the  provisions  of  this  act  shall  be  deemed 
guilty  ot  a  misdemeanor,  and,  in  addition  thereto,  shall 
for  each  offense  be  liable  to  a  fixed  penalty  ot  twenty-five 
dollars.  Such  penalties  shall  inure  to  the  State  board  ot 
pharmacy  and  may  be  recovered  with  costs,  in  any  court 
of  the  State  having  jurisdiction  thereof  in  an  action 
brought  in  the  name  of  the  said  board  ot  pharmacy. 

Section  5.  This  act  shall  take  effect  June  first,  nine- 
teen hundred  and  two. 


FIRE    DAMAGES   DRUG   STOCK. 

The  stock  in  the  drug  store  of  Max  Monteser,  at 
Flfty-sevemth  street  and  First  avenue  was  demolished 
by  Are  Friday  morning,  January  17.  The  fixtures  were 
toadly  burned,  but  ithe  fire  was  extinguished  before  much 
damage  waa  done  to  the  building.  Mr.  Monteser  was 
Baid  ito  be  badly  burned  but  refused  to  be  token  to  the 
bospltal. 

Some  of  ith©  daily  papers  reported  thaJt  "the  druggist 
(was  mixing  a  lot  of  drugs  in  a  mortar  and  'She  mixture 
exploded  blowing  Mm  haJf  across  the  store  aaid  setting 
Are  to  Other  chemicals."  A  represendaitive  Of  the  Era 
Caled  at  Mr.  Monteser's  house  which  is  over  the  drug 
Store,  on  Saturday,  and  enquired  as  to  the  cause  of  the 
fire.  Mrs.  Monteser  said  she  did  not  know  (how  it  Started 
but  thought  Mr.  Monteser  was  making  a  corn  cure.  She 
sold  he  was  lying  down  and  could  not  be  seen  but  she 
would  ask  him.  The  Era  man  was  then  informed  "Mr. 
Monteser  says  It  is  in  'the  papers."  The  reporter  said 
he  had  seen  'these  reports  but  he  would  like  to  know 
•what  the  druggisr  was  mixing  in  the  mortar.  Mr.  Mon- 
teser was  again  consulted  but  sent  out  word  'that  he  had 
nothing  more  to  say.  Persons  w(ho  said  ithey  were  near 
the  drug  store  at  the  time  of  the  fire  and  saw  it  before 
the  firemen  arrived,  told  the  Era  man  they  did  not  hear 
any  explosion  buit  said  there  was  a  distinct  odor  of  ben- 


GERMAN   APOTHECARIES   ENTERTAIN. 

The  fifty-first  annual  ball  of  'the  New-Yorker  Deutsch- 
en  Apotheker-Verein  held  at  Terrace  Garden  Thursday 
evening,  January  16,  added  to  the  long  list  of  successful 
social  affairs  given  by  tIhe  Society.  The  ball  room  was 
tastefully  decorated  in  green.  (Beside®  a  large  number  of 
the  members  and  their  wives  many  guests  from  other 
pharmaceutical  soctieties  were  present  and  enjoyed  danc- 
dnig  to  the  music  of  liedeilhaus'  orchestra  uniUl  early 
Friday  morning. 

Bruno  E.  Dausdha  and  Mrs.  C.  F.  Schleussner  led  th« 
Grand  march  as  the  orchestra  played  'T)eutsctier  Apoth- 
eker-Verein," one  of  Mr.   Dausoha's  compositions. 

Supper  was  served  at  the  conclusion  of  the  first  part 
of  the  program  and  speeches  were  made  by  President 
Schleussner  w'ho  welcomed  the  guests  on  bettialf  of  tha 
S'oclefty,  and  Oscar  Goldmiann  wiho  responded  to  the  toast 
"To  the  ladies." 

Paul  Arndit  was  chairman  of  the  committee  in  chaTge 
of  the  boll,  the  other  members  were:  John  M.  Fischer, 
George  E.  So^iweinfurfih,  Bruno  R.  Dausoha  and  Fred 
Linnig. 


MEDICO-PHARMACEUTICAL   LEAGUE. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  New  York  County  Medico- 
Pharmaceutical  League  will  be  held  at  the  Tuxed'O,  Mad- 
ison avenue  and  59th  street,  ithis  (Thursday)  evening,  at 
8.45.  The  programme  includes  the  election  of  new  mem- 
bers; presentation  ot  a  new  instrument,  a  "meg'aphona 
stethoscope,"  by  Samuel  F.  Broithers,  M.  D.,  and  dis- 
cussions. I>rs.  W.  R.  Inge  CDalton,  R.  W.  Wilcox,  A.  M. 
Phelps,  I.  N.  Love,  E  Elliott  Harris,  Chas.  Good,  D.  P. 
Austin,  'Carter  S.  Oole  and  W.  T.  Jenkins  will  speak  on 
vaccination  and  vaccine.  Drs.  Joseph  E.  Winters,  Dillon 
Brown  and  Louis  Fischer  will  discuss  "Vaccination  in 
Paediatrics"  and  Mr.  Frederick  E.  Smith  will  give  the 
pharmacists'  view.  Dr.  Th'OS.  H.  Manley  will  talk  about 
surgical  complications  of  vaccination,  and  Dr.  Joseph 
Gutfreund  about  'the  medical  aspect  of  vaccination.  A 
general  discussion  on  the  "limita'tions  of  free  vaccina- 
tion" is  also  announced. 


N.  Y.  C.   P.   ALUMNI  BALL. 

TQie  seventh  annual  ball  and  concert  of  ithe  Alumni 
Association  of  the  New  York  College  Of  Pharmacy,  will 
be  'held  at  the  Lenox  Lyceum,  Madison  avenne  and  Fifty- 
ninth  street,  Thursday  evening.  February  6.  Fred  Borg- 
greve,  ohoirman  of  the  committee,  says  a  splendid  pro- 
gramme has  been  arrangd  and  some  of  t/he  best  vooal  tal- 
ent in  the  city  rwill  participate  In  the  concert.  The  Eighth 
Regiment  Band  and  Orchestra  combined  wiH  furnish 
■music.  Meals  ■will  be  served  "a  la  carte"  during  tha 
evening. 

The  members  of  the  committee  are:  Fred  Borggreve, 
C.  H.  Bjorkwall.  Leo.  W.  Geisler.  Jr.,  Frank  N.  Ponild, 
Bruno  R.  Dauscha,  George  C.  Diekman,  Nelson  S.  Kirk, 
Joseph  Pierson,  Eugene  F.  Lohr,  George  E.  Scihweinfurfih, 
Fred  Wichelns,  William  H.  Ebbitt,  Ed.  F.  Pfaff,  R.  H. 
Timmerman,  Henry  J.  K.  Binder,  Jr.  G.  H.  Hitchcock  is 
chairman  of  the  sub-committee. 

SOCIETY    OF    CHEMICAL   INDUSTRY. 

The  New  York  Section  of  the  Society  of  Chemical 
Industry  will  hold  its  monthly  meeting  at  the  Chemists' 
Clu'b  No.  108  West  55th  street  on  Friday  evening,  Janu- 
ary 24.  Papers  will  be  read  as  follows:  Louis  J.  Matos, 
'iSuifur  Blacks  and  their  Action  upon  Cellulose;"  WHl- 
helm  Dreyfus,  "Sanitary  Chemistry  in  Relation  to  th« 
Live  Stock  Industry  of  the  United  States,  with  Lantern 
Slide  Demonstrations;"  E.  H.  Gane,  note  on  'the  "Pres- 
ence of  Copper  in  Powdered  Ohemicals  and  Drugs;"  J. 
Merritt  Matthews,  "On  tlie  Influence  of  Indigo  Red  In 
Indigo  Dyeing." 


January  23,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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Retail  Druggists  Can  Bowl. 

.The  score  of  the  "record"  g-ame  of  the  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Bowling:  Association,  which  was  bowled  at  Starr's 
alleys  on  59th  Street,  Tuesday  evening,  Jaji.  14,  shows 
that  the  druggists  have  been  making  good  use  otf  the 
time  spent  at  the  alleys  eaclh  Tuesday  evening.  An 
average  score  of  IM  for  seven  men  is  considered  good 
bowling  even  by  professionals.  The  score  of  the  "rec- 
ord" game  were:  S.  F.  Haddad,  190;  G.  H.  Hitchcock, 
177;  George  E.  Schweinfurth,  191;  C.  H.  White,  205;  E. 
R.  Dauscha,  176;  L.  W.  De  Zeller,  210;  J.  M.  Pringle, 
209.  A  contest  between  teams  froan  the  R.  D.  B.  A.  and 
some  of  the  wholesale  drug  trade  association  teams  has 
been  suggested  and  sihould   prove  interesting. 


McKINLEY  MEMORIAL  COMMITTEE. 

A  McKlnley  Memorial  Commibtee  ccanposed  of  repre- 
Bentatives  of  tlie  drug,  chemical  and  allied  trades  has 
been  formed  to  obtain  Contribudons  toiward  erecting  the 
McKlnley  National  Memorial.  George  J.  Seabury  is  chair- 
man, I.  V.  Hillier.  treasurer  and  L,.  W.  De  Zeller.  secre- 
tary of  'the  conamittee,  whioh  includes  some  of  the  most 
promlnemt  men  in  the  trades,  and  Ihas  headquarters  at 
No.  59  Maiden  Lame. 

Remittances  to  the  fund  should  be  sent  to  Isaac  V. 
Hdllier,  treasurer,  lOO  'William  street.  New  York,  wlho 
will  send  a  receipt.  The  National  Committee  will  send 
each  subscriber  a  souvenir  receipt,  when  printed,  as  a 
meanento. 


Bowling  in  Brooklyn. 

The  bowling  contest  between  members  of  the  Alumni  of 
the  Brooklyn  College  and  members  of  the  class  of  1902, 
at  the  Central  alleys,  Washington  street,  Brooklyn,  Wed- 
nesday, January  15,  resulted  in  a  Victory  tor  the  former; 
despite  the  faat  that  Prof.  W.  C.  Anderson,  the  crack 
l)owl«r,  aided  the  Class  team.  Dr.  William  Muir  proved 
a  fearless  and  conscientious  umpire,  although  perhaps 
B.  title  incHned  to  favor  the  boys.  The  scores  folloiw: 
Alumni— S15,  741,  723.    Class  of  1902—6^1,  686,  71S. 


Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling. 

The  score?  of  the  games  bowled  at  Reld's  alleys  last 
Saturday  were  as  follows:  Seaibury  &  Johnson,  829, 
against  Dodge  &  Olcott,  7&4;  Colgate  &  Co.,  829,  against 
Dodge  &  Olcott,  786;  Seabury  &  Johnson,  840,  against 
Colgate  &  Co.,  805;  General  ChemJcal  Co.,  674,  against 
National  Lead  Co.,  746;  Church  &  Dwight  Co.,  805,  against 
National  L*ad  Co.,  721;  General  Chemical  Co.,  809, 
against   Church   &   Dwight   Co.,   725. 


Drug  Clerks'  Circle  Annual  Ball. 

The  annual  concert  and  ball  of  the  Drug  Clerks'  Cir- 
cle will  be  held  Friday  evening,  Jan.  31,  at  Webster 
Hall,  Eleventh  street,  near  Third  avenue.  The  commit- 
tee in  charge  has  completed  arrangements  and  extends 
an  invitation  to  all  members  and  friends  of  the  drug 
trajde  to  attend  the  exercises.  An  enjoyable  evening  is 
promised. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

An    execution    for    $174    was    filed    against    Dr.    Taft 

Bros.  Medicine  Co.,  Thursday,  January  16.  on  a  judg- 
ment secured  by  the  New  England  Box  Co.,  of  Boston. 
The  medicine  comimny  came  from  Rochester,  N.  T.  to 
New  York  alsout  two  years  ago.  A  few  weeks  ago  they 
closed  their  officer  here  and  it  is  understood  they  have 
returned  to  Rochester,  where  they  did  business  under 
another  name  for  many  years  previous  to  their  removal 
to  this  city. 

Charles  P.   Strelchert  has  opened   an   office  at  No.  90 

Nassau  street  and  will  conduct  a  business  as  comimlssion 
broker  and  exporter  of  drugs,  medicines,  chemicals  and 
druggists'  specialties.  Mr.  Strelchert  is  an  analytical 
and  manufacturing  chemist  of  experience  and  is  a  grad- 
uate of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  For  many 
years  he  was  with  Hegeman  &  Co..  196  Broadway. 

^Edward  N.   Benham  has  recently   become  the  general 

manager  of  the  Dentacura  Co.,  Newark,  N.  J.    Mr.  Ben- 


ham  was  formerly  head  of  the  retail  drug  firm  of  'Benham 
&  Johnson,  Montclalr,  N.  J.,  and  was  an  active  memher 
of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  branch  there.  He  has  always  been, 
and  still  is,  an  enthusiastic  supporter  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
plan. 

—Prof.  Rudolph  A.  Witthaus  has  made  a  claim  against 
the  city  of  New  York  for  $18,000  for  his  services  as  la 
chemcal  expert  in  the  Molineux  case.  The  first  suit,  for 
$6,800,  was  on  trial  last  week  in  the  Supreme  Court. 
The  bill  was  itemized,  one  item  helng  366  hours'  work  at 
$15  an  hour. 

Alfred    D.    Smack,    representative    in    the    West    and 

Southwest  for  Thurston  &  Braidich,  128  William  st^ee^ 
is  in  the  city  and  reports  trade  conditions  in  his  terri- 
tory very  satisfactory;  dealers  anticipate  a  larger  bus- 
iness this  year  than  in  the  very  successful  one  just 
closed. 

Louis  A.   Bates,   of  No.    739    Sixth    avenue,    went    to 

Nashville,  Tenn.,  last  week.  He  is  proprietor  of  the 
Tulane  Hotel  there.  Mr.  Clarence  Bowman,  his  partner 
who  has  successfully  conducted  the  store  during  the  last 
five  years,  will  be  in  charge  of  tlxe  pharmacy. 
^W.  A.  Burrows,  who  recently  purchased  the  drug  bus- 
iness of  E.  E.  Tabor  at  Long  Branch  City,  N.  J.,  has  had 
the  store  remodelled.  The  new  prescription  counter,  fix- 
tures, etc.,  make  it  a  very  attractive  store.  The  business 
has  been  established  about  fifty  years. 

.Rockow  &  Mishkin  have  purchased  the  drug  business 

of  Samuel  Lifschutz  at  the  comer  of  Division  and  Clin- 
ton streets,  this  city,  and  «Jao  that  of  Solomon  Marcu- 
lescu,  at  the  corner  of  'Stetion  and  Attorney  streets. 
Mr.  LJfschutz  will  study  dentistry. 

A  corporation  recently  announced  is  Thomas  Mad- 
docks  Sons  Co.,  with  offices  at  106  Ewlng  Street, 
Trenton,  N.  J.  It  is  not  generally  known  in  the  retail 
trade  that  this  concern  makes  most  of  the  wedgewood 
mortars  sold  in  this  country. 

H.  B.  Harding,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Humph- 
reys' Homeopathic  Medfcine  Co.,  has  gone  South  on  a 
short  vacation.  He  is  accompanied  by  Mrs.  Harding  and 
will  make  ThomasviUe.  Ga.,  headquarters,  taking  short 
trips  from   there. 

The  Goose  Grease  Liniment  Co.  has  been  incorporated 

at  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  to  majiufacture  patent  medicines. 
The  incorporators  are  J.  H.  Kugler,  Paul  W.  Ryder 
and  Edward  S.  Chombless .  The  capital  stock  Is 
$125,000. 

C.   S.   Abrams,    Orange,   N.   J.;   Geo.   T.   Brown,   Rah- 

way,  N.  J.;  W.  A.  Spalding,  New  Haven,  Conn,  and  J. 
P.  Walker,  Freehold,  N.  J.,  were  some  of  the  out-of- 
town  retail  druggiata  who  called  on  the  trade  last  week. 

Charles   Hubbard,    of    Charles    Hubbard    Son    &    Co., 

Syracuse,  N.  Y..  has  gone  to  California.  Mr.  Hubbard 
Is  accompanied  by  Ws  wife  and  daughter,  and  expects 
to  be  gone  about  two   months. 

James  A.  Caan  has  sold  his  store  at  113th  street  and 

Eighth  avenue  to  itf.  Schwartz.  He  retains  his  store  at 
121st   street   and   Lexington   avenue. 

V.    Diamond   has   opened   a   pharmacy   at   78th   street 

and  Park  avenue.  He  is  also  proprietor  of  the  store  at 
86th   street   and   Park   avenue. 

W.   H.   Doppler  has  resigned  his  position  with  Louis 

A.  Bates  &  Co.,  No.  739  Sixth  avenue,  and  will  prolxaibly 
go  into  business  (or  himself. 

Sigmund  Kline,  the  druggist  of  876  Amsterdam  avenue, 

has  opened  a  new  store  at  116th  street  and  Second  avenue. 

^Bokshizky  &  Hathowitz  have  sold  their  drug  store  at 

116th  street  and  Pleasant  avenue  to  W.  MIndlin. 

Fred.  Klemckie  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  West  New 

Brighton,    Staten   Island,    to   Louis  Grindel. 

S.  H.  Carragan,  of  Parke,  Davis  &  ''-o.,  was  In  Detroit 

last  week. 


D.  Needham's  'Sons  claim  that  their  Red  Clover  Blos- 
soms is  a  preparation  that  any  druggist  can  recommend 
with  confidence.  It  is  taking  front  rank  as  a  remedy  of 
real  merit.  Tlhe  proprietors  are  receiving  excellent  testi- 
monials, from^  parties  who  have  used  Red  Clover  Blos- 
soms. It  is  clatoied  that  the  solid  extract  cannot  be  ez- 
celleil  as  a  laxative. 


06 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  33,  1902. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


BOARD     OF     PHARMACY     DISCOURAGED    IN    ITS 
EFFORTS     TO    BRING    ABOUT     A    RE- 
REGISTRATION  OF  DRUGGISTS. 

Bos'ton,  Jan.  18.— One  of  the  "pet"  desires,  to  use  the 
phrase,  of  the  Massachusetts  Board  of  Registration  in 
Pharmacy  has  always  been  re-reg-istration  in  at  least 
onoe  in  two  years  of  all  druggists  and  pharmacists. 
The  board  wooild  like  to  see  this  made  a  compulsory 
matter,  requiring  all  who  are  registered  to  send  their 
naanes  periodically,  surrendering  their  old  certifloates 
and  receiving  therefor  new  ones,  at  an  expense  of  mere- 
ly a  nominal  fee  for  the  cost  of  the  trouble.  The  Chief 
'reason  for  the  board's  istrong  desire  is  to  make  a  new 
record  of  the  addresses,  and  with  biennial  registration 
this  directory  could  be  kept  pretty  well  up  to  date  right 
along.  The  records  kept  since  the  establishment  of  this 
board,  in  1885,  show  4,045  pharmacists  registered  in 
Massachusetts  up  to  this  time,  while  undoubtedly  many 
have  left  the  State  to  engage  in  this  or  some  other  busi- 
ness elsewhere,  and  others  who  have  not  left  the  State 
may  have  taken  up  some  other  profession  or  business 
and  atyandoned  pharmacy.  Therefore,  it  is  difficult  now 
'  to  arrive  at  even  the  approximate  number  at  present 
■active  in  trade  among  those  standing  as  registered. 
"iSjtraTkg'ely  enough,  the  druggists  themselves  setAm  indif- 
ferent to  the  matter  of  re-registration  and  do  not  favor 
It,  or  in  many  cases  they  are  apathetic  in  the  whole 
"matter.  The  board  In  seeking  to  bring  about  re-regis- 
tration is  not  also  seeking  to  make  re-examination  neces- 
sary or  compulsory.  This  is  not  believed  'to  be  at  all 
neeided  In  tiwlot  yeang,  like  merely  recording  one's  naime 
In  a  diirectory  list.  Yet  there  seems  to  lurk  in  the  breast 
of  many  druggists  a  feeling  that  they  will  be  drawn 
into'  some  arrangement  requiring  a  test  every  two  years 
of'  their  competency  and  abiHty  as  registered  pharma- 
cists. So  discouraging  have  the  efforts  of  the  board  been 
fiH  Tirtnglng  about  resoilts  that  mere  Is  now  no  prooa 
bility  of  the  present  board  making  further  attempts 
towards  re-registration.  However,  such  a  requirement 
eventually  is  bound  to  come. 


DRUGGISTS  VOLUNTARY  PETITIONERS  IN  BANK- 
RUPTCY. 

Boston,  Jan,  18.— A  failure  of  the  week  is  that  of 
Philip  A.  Nordell  and  Da-vid  C.  Hickey,  as  co-partners 
in  the  Butler  Pharmacy,  at  Brookline;  -wlio  are  volun- 
tary petitioners  in  bankruiptcy.  The  liabi'litles  are  given 
'as  $5,571  and  the  assets  are  stated  to  be  uncertain.  The 
largest  creditor  is  Elizabeth  G.  Hicks,  who  holds  a  mort- 
gage of  .$3,500  on  whioh  there  is  unpaid  accrued  interest 
of  uncertain  amount.  Of  this  mortgage  the  sum  of  .$500 
lias  been  paid.  Nearly  $400  represents  a  sum  due  for  rent, 
and  "Weeks  &  Potter  Company  are  creditors  to  the 
Amount  O'f  about  $364.  There  are  outstanding  notes  of 
$300  and  .$250  and  the  rest  of  the  liabilities  are  made  up 
of  many  accounts  of  less  than  $100  each,  some  as  small 
as  a  dollar.  There  are  accounts  received  to  the  amount 
of  .$265,  as  assets,  and  Mrs.  Hicks  holds  insurance  poli- 
cies of  $4,000  and  $3,000  as  security  for  her  mortgage. 
There  are  also  independent  accounts  of  Mr.  Nordell,  in 
•which  Mr.  Hickey  seems  to  have  no  part.  On  a  house 
andi  land'  in  Brookline  there  are  three  mortgages  for 
$3,100,  $3,000  and  $1,700,  and  the  value  of  the  property 
Is  placed  at  $7,200.  He  also  has  creditors  on  account 
of  personal  loans  for  $567,  $604  and  $1,800  (the  last  from 
Ora  "V.  Nordell)  and  owes  coal  and'  drygoods  'bills  as  well 
"as  for  general  living  expenses,  making  the  total  11a- 
^bllltic-s  $7,8.50  (three  mortgages)  in  secured  claims  and 
■$3,750  unsecured.  As  to  assets,  the  only  item  appears 
'to  'be  the  sum  of  $300  due  him  by  assignment  from  an  es- 
'tate;and  this  isum  is  in  dispute,  making  uncertain  his 
receiving  it.  Mr.  Nordell  is  also  a  Baptist  minister, 
preaching  occasionally. 


MEGERDICH  BOYAJIAN. 

There  seems  to  be  food  for  thought  that  an  Armenian 
voung  man  can  come  to  America  and  in  a  few  years'  time 
ioarn  the  Engilish  'language  so  well  that  he  .can  pass  a 
most  creditable  examination  before  the  Massachusetts' 
Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy,  whereas  some  stu- 
dents of  pharmacy  born  right  here  and  having  every  ad- 
vantage of  education  fail  to  make  the  good  Showing  that 
this  young  Armenian  does.  Megerdich  Boyajian,  wiho  has 
iust  received  a  certificate  'Of  registration  .from  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Board  came  to  the  United  States  from  Ar- 
menia about  six  years  ago,  arriving  without  knowledge 
of  ithe  English  of  this  country.  As  a  boy  and  young  man 
he  received  his  earlier  education  in  Constanitinople,  Tur- 
key, and  then  began  the  study  of  pharmacy  with  one  of 
the  best  pharmacists  'Of  that  ancient  city.  'Owing,  how- 
ever, to  the  oppressiion  of  the  T'urkish  Government  and 
the  many  obstacles  placed  in  the  way  of  all  Armenians 
striving  for  a  professional  education,  there  was  little  en- 
couragement for  a  young,  ambitious  mian.  Therefore, 
Mr.  Boyajian  decided  to  come  to  the  United  States  to  take 
advantage  of  the  broad  opportunities  for  acquiring  a  lib- 
eral education.  This  he  is  doing,  meaniwhile  Working  for 
Benjamin  F.  Bradbury,  weM  known  as  a  down  town 
Washington  street  druggist,  with  whom  'he  has  been  prac- 
tically ever  since  arriving  in  America.  He  attends  the 
Massachusetts  CoMege  of  Pharmacy  and  in  other  ways  is 
showing  that  he  has  in  'him  the  rigiht  stuff  for  winnin'g 
success.  He  intends  eventually  to  take  examinations 
i-.nder  the  boards  of  pharmatey  in  Rhode  Island  and  New 
York. 


Connecticut  Valley  Association  Elects  OfiScers. 
Boston,  Jan.  18.— At  this  month's  meeting  of 
the  Connecticut  Valley  Druggists'  ApsocJationt  In 
Greenfield,  the  sessions  taking  place  at  the  Man- 
sion House,  matters  bearing  upon  the  drug  business  •were 
discussed.  The  mos't  important  matter  Taken  up  was  the 
election,  which  resulted  as  follows:  President,  C.  E. 
Bard  well  of  Holyoke;  vice-presidents,  George  D.  Clark 
of  Northampton,  C.  E.  Ball  of  Holyoke,  Eliot  Nash  of 
Greenfield;  secretary,  P.  L.  "Vaughan,  Springfield;  treas- 
urer, Edward  Leonard,  also  of  Springfield.;  executive 
commi'ttee,  P.  N.  Wheeler  of  Springfield.  D.  G.  Heinrltz 
of  Holyoke,  D.  F.  Keefe  of  Springfield,  W.  A.  Coleman  of 
Northamipton,  C.  J.  'Smith  of  Eaethampton,  C  N.  Payne 
of  Greenfield,  J.  F.  Hood  of  Turners  Falls;  legislative 
committee,  A.  E.  'Lerche  of  Springfield,  F.  B.,  Weils  of 
Greenfield  and  L.  S.  Davis  of  Northampton.  Between 
the  morning  and  afternoon  sessions  the  members  of  the 
association  dined  informally  at  the  hotel. 


Trade  a  Bit  Livelier  in  the  Hub. 

Boston,  Jan.   IS.— Things  seem  to  be  a  bit  livelier  this 
week  in  the  Hub  than  they  proved  to  be  last  week,  and 


January  23,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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"there  is  something  doing."  At  least  the  druggists  about 
town  are  busier,  with  prescription  trade  a  little  heavier 
than  last  weelc. 


PHILADELPHIA. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

John  Cowan,  U.  S.  N.,  pharmacist  and  medical  offi- 
cer at  the  Charleston  Xavy  Tard.  is  seriously  ill  at  the 
Naval  Hospital  in  Chelsea.  Mr  Cowan  came  to  the 
yard  only  recently  from  the  Philippines  and  has  been  in 
poor  health  ever  since.  Not  long  ago  he  went  before 
the  retiring  board  on  account  of  his  health  and  was  ex- 
amined, but  that  board  decided  againist  his  application. 
His  illness   had   its   beginning  in   the   Philippines. 

At  an  early  hour  one  night  this  week  fire  was  dis- 
covered in  the  drugstore  of  the  Walker-Rintels  Com- 
pany, 160  Summer  street.  The  firemen  kept  it  con- 
fined to  the  cellar,  so  that  the  loss  will  prpbably  not  be 
much  more  than  $500.  The  fire  started  in  a  bale  of  ab- 
sorbent cotton,  it  is  thought  from  spontaneous  combus- 
tion.     The   building   sustained   only  a  (small   damage. 

Rumor  has  it  that  in  Newburj-port  the  Board  of  Al- 
dermen intend  to  grant  only  one  license  of  the  sixth,  or 
flrugists,'  class.  The  city  has  so  agitated  the  matter  that 
-  there  would  be  little  surprise  if  there  were  not  even  one 
■  license  granted,  or,  to  go  to  the  other  extreme,  little  sur- 
prise, perhaps,  would  be  shown  if  every  druggist  there 
should  be  granted  a  license. 

An  alarm  this  week  from  a  private  box  called  the  iire 

department  of  Everett  to  the  Cochrane  Chemical  Com- 
pany's plant  in  that  city.  The  blaze,  which  was  in  a 
shed  where  chemicals  are  kept,  was  caused  by  the  burst- 
ing of  a  carboy  of  acid.  The  damage  was  about  $200. 
The  Cochrane  Company  is  a  large  producer  of  ammonia. 

• The   make    up    of    the    House    of    Representatives    in 

Massachusetts  includes  among  the  professions  and  other 
avocations  four  pharmacists,  as  against  iforty-seven 
manufacturers,  fifteen  farmers,  fourteen  newspaper 
men,  'eleven  real  estate  merchants,  seven  insurance 
agents,   two   ciergj-men  and   two  undertakers. 

The  apothecary  store  and   business  of  John  Conway, 

at  Millville,  has  passed  by  purchase  into  the  hands  of 
Robert  Hamilton,  who  has  been  a  registered  pharmacist 
and  clerk  in  the  store  for  two  years  or  more.  He  is 
very  popular  in  that  town  and  has  many  friends  to 
help  him  toward  success  in  his  new  business. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Board  of  Registra- 
tion in  Pharmacy  on  Jan  14,  nine  candidates  were  ex- 
amined, the  following  persons  being  granted  certificates 
of  registration:  John  Joseph  Allman,  Southbridge; 
George  Albert  Edmands,  Boston,  and  FVank  Moriarty, 
Boston. 

'With   a  capital   stock   of  $25,000,   oif  which,    however, 

nothing  has  been  paid  in,  the  Soule  Medicine  Company 
has  become  incorporated  to  manufacture  certain  kind's 
of  veterinary  medicine.  The  president  is  Albert  M.  Soule, 
and  the  'treasurer  Harriet  M.  Soule,  both  of  Hyde  Park, 
Mass. 

(W.    B.    Heath,    the   Jamaica   Plain   druggist,    recently 

elected  to  the  Boston  Board  of  Aldermen,  on  inaugur- 
ation day  found  many  floral  remembraces  on  his  desk. 
He  probably  received  as  many,  if  not  more,  bouquets 
than  any  other  member  of  the  board. 

'A.   C.   Campbell  is     a  recent  addition  to  the  force  at 

Green's  pharmacy  in  Springfield,  to  which  city  he  has 
gone  from  his  former  home  at  Mittlneague,  where  he 
sold  his  drug  store  that  he  might  accept  his  new  po- 
sition. 

John  McDonald,  of  Falmouth,  has  gone  into  'bank- 
ruptcy proceedings,  owing  $3,167,  against  which  he  has 
available  assets  of  $l.Ki0.  The  stock  and  fixtures,  which 
are  subfoct   to  mortgages,   are  at  $1,800  value. 

At   a  special   meeting   this  week   or  the  Ancient   and 

Honorable  Artillcrj'  Company,  held  in  Boston,  Henry  K. 
Mansfield,  the  Salem  druggist,  was  elected  to  memiber- 
ship  In  this  old-time  organization. 


COLLEGE   NEWS. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  18.— The  "mid-year"  examinations 
at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  have  just  been 
completed,  that  of  the  first  and  second  year  classes  tak- 
ing place  on  Jan.  8  and  of  the  third  year  class  on  Jan. 
6.  This  mid-year  examination  of  the  seniors  is  an 
innovation,  this  year's  being  the  first  ever  held,  and  1£ 
the  results  warrant  it,  it  will  be  adopted  for  the  future. 

In  spite  of  the  stormy  weather  last  Wednesday  even- 
ing, a  good^ized  audience  bathered  to  hear  the  lecture 
of  Dr.  Schmucker  on  "Little  Brothers  of  the  Aif,"  and 
they  were  well  repaid  for  their  venture.  This  lecture, 
like  all  of  the  series,  was  made  up  of  anecdotes,  bits  of 
na'ural  history  and  descriptions  of  odd  ways  and  habits 
of  its  subject,  illustrated  with  numerous  lantern  slides, 
the  object  being  to  give  an  entertaining  and  instructive 
lecture  free  .ot  technical  features  such  as  would  interest 
the  public  generally.  The  course  is  already  a  pronounecd 
success. 

For  some  unknown  reason,  the  gymnasium  is  poorly 
patronized  this  year  few  of  the  students  availing  them- 
selves at  its  benefits,  a  state  of  affairs  much  to  be  re- 
greted  since  drug  clerks,  as  are  most  of  the  boys,  ar« 
the  very  ones  who  w*ould  be  most  benefitted  by  intelli- 
gent e.vt'cise.  The  athletically  inclined  are  now  repre- 
sented by  a  basketball  team,  the  first  in  the  history  of  the 
College,  and  several  games  have  been  played  already. 

The  usual  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees 
was  held  January  7,  business  of  routine  nature  coming 
up  for  action. 


THE  P.  A.  R.  D.'S  COMMITTEES. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  18.— The  appointing  and  organiza- 
tion of  the  committees  of  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  to  carry  on 
the  work  of  the  year  is  almost  completed.  James  C. 
Perry  has  been  again  re-elected  chairman  of  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee,  a  well  deserved  recognition  of  his  de- 
votion to  the  Association  and  his  untiring  labors  in  it3 
behalf,  and  Ch'as.  Rehfuss,  was  elected  assistant  chair- 
man. Mr.  Rehfuss  won  fame  last  year  as  the  chair- 
man of  the  1901  "Entertainment  Committee."  N.  A. 
Cozens,  a  member  of  last  year's  committee,  has  been  ap- 
pointed chairman  of  the  Entertainment  Committee,  and 
Chas.  Leedom  will  be  continued  at  the  head  of  the 
"Proprietary  Committee,"  on  which  he  has  done  such 
good  work  in  fighting  for  the  adoption  of  the  "Price  Pro- 
tective Plan."  Most  favorable  reports  are  coming  In 
from  the  advertising  end  of  the  "Euchre"  programme, 
and  it  may  be  that  several  hundred  dollars  profit  ■will 
be  made  on  this  alone.  The  Financial  Secretary  of  the 
P.  A.  R.  D.  reports  that  he  is  getting  splendid  returns 
from  the  semi-annual  notices  of  dues  sent  out,  showing 
continued  interest  and  support  of  the  Association's  mem- 
bers. The  "Beneficial  Association"  outlined  in  the  annual 
address  of  retiring  President  W.  A.  Rumsey  is  receiving 
a  good  deal  of  attention  from  druggists  generally,  and 
steps  to  take  definite  action  favorably  on  the  plan  are 
looked  tor  at  the  February  Meeting. 


Philadelphia  Druggists'  Bowling  League. 
Philadelphia,  Jan.  IS.— Last  week's  games  of  the  Drug 
(Bowling  League  resulted  as  follows:  "Wanderers,"  1 
game;  R.  Shoemaker  &  Co.,  2  games;  Whitall  Tatum 
Co.,  3  straight;  H.  K.  'Wampole  &  Co.,  none.  A  team 
composed  of  representatives  ot  Johnson  &  Johnson  vis- 
ited Conshohocken  last  Saturday  as  the  guests  of  J. 
Ellwood  Lee  and  took  three  straight  games  from  the 
local  players.  Messrs.  A.  R.  Lewis,  C.  McCormtck,  J. 
Oarbcrry,  E.  Morris,  A.  H.  Rogers.  J.  Harklns,  C.  Llnd- 
helmer  and  D.  E.  Bransome  (Caiptain),  held  up  the  J.  & 
J.  teams'  reputation  for  good  bowling.  After  the  games, 
the  players  were  guests  at  a  dinner  given  by  D.  E.  Bran- 
some,  the  occasion  proving  a  brilliant  success.  A  team 
representing  the  Philadelphia  bowlers  is  to  visit  Balti- 
more to-day  (Saturday)  to  play  a  retyrn  match  with 
Baltimore   League   bowlers. 


98 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  23,  1903. 


CITY   BOARD   OF   HEALTH   CRITICIZED. 

Ph;).n<]eiphia,  Jan.  IS.— There  has  been  an  outpouring 
of  criticism  and  blame  for  the  city  Board  of  Health  for 
Its  practical  failure  to  check  the  spread  of  smallpox, 
gross  carelessness  and  lack  of  appreciation  of  the  grav- 
ity of  the  situation  being  freely  charged,  while  its  failure 
to  adapt  stringent  measures  and  the  keeping  of  the  pub- 
lic in  ignorance  of  the  true  state  of  affairs  has  measurably 
spread  the  disease.  The  daily  newspapers  without  ex- 
ception are  demanding  active  measures  and  that  the 
public  be  warned  of  the  existing  danger.  At  a  recent! 
meeting  of  the  County  Medical  Association  resolutions 
■urging  immediate  and  effectual  vaccination  of  all  per- 
sons, and  the  suppressing  of  silly  anti-vaccination  utter- 
ances were  adopted,  -which  have  been  published  in  all  the 
daily  papers.  Quite  a  number  Of  doctors  are  offering  free 
vaccination,  the  patient  paying  for  the  vaccine  alone, 
while  house  to  house  visits  by  volunteer  committees  are 
being  made  in  many  sections,  the  visits  of  the  Health 
Board  vaccinators  proving  to  have  been  almosit  farcical. 


Business    Quiet    and    Steady. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  18.— Business  has  been  fair  during 
the  week,  somewhat  quiet  but  steady.  There  has  been 
an  increase  in  the  prescription  line,  each  day  seeming  to 
bring  in  a  larger  number,  and  there  is  enough  sickness 
around  to  keep  up  the  rate.  Vaccine  Is  again  in  good  de- 
mand, and  many  druggists  are  using  every  effort  to  push 
Bates  and  aid  In  the  work  of  the  local  physicians.  The 
week  has  been  a  good  one  for  the  Jobbers  and  business 
In  allied  lines  has  been  brisk,  especially  in  surgical  dress- 
ings and  plasters.  Out  of  town  orders  are  coming  in 
quite  satisfactorily,  collections  are  good  and  the  outlook 
Jd  promising. 


PHILADELPHIA   NOTES. 

The     "Engineers'      Club"      of     Philadelphia   held   Its 

twenty-third  annual  meeting  Saturday  evening.  This 
organization  Is  composed  of  men  interested  in  the  many 
phases  ot  engineering,  several  chemists  in  charge  of 
large  plants  are  members.  The  meeting  endorsed  the 
hill  now  before  Congress  for  the  adoption  of  the 
metric  system  and  pledged  the  memtoers  to  introduce 
this  system  in  works  under  their  control  as  soon  and 
as  generally  as  practicable. 

J.    J.    Kee<nan,    the    popular   down-town    druggist,    is 

having  a  brick  addition  built  to  his  residence  at  Seven- 
teenth and  Ritner  Streets,  to  make  room  for  more  space 
In  the  drug  store  occupying  the  lower  floor.  Although 
still  quite  a  young  man  Mr.  Keenan  owns  and  success- 
fully manages  three  drug  stores  down-town,  at  Fifteenth 
and  Bitner,  Seventeenth  and  Ritnrr  and  Fifth  and 
McKean  Streets. 

lA  lad  of  Cape  May,  New  Jersey,  is  now  critically  III 

from  the  effects  ot  a  quantity  ot  "saltpeter"  taken  by 
mistake  for  Epsom  salt,  a  local  druggist  having  given 
potassium  nitrate  to  the  boy  insitead  of  "sallts." 
The  error  was  not  discovered  for  some  time,  and  al- 
though (medical  aid  and  the  stomach  pump  were 
promptly  employed,  grave  fears  of  a  fatal  termination 
are  held.  The  case  is  of  an  unusual  nature. 
-^— Dr.  L.  P.  Reiman,  whose  silver  wedding  anniver- 
sary was  recently  celebrated  by  a  gathering  of  friends, 
has  contracted  for  an  entire  remodelling  of  his  store  at 
Fifth  and  Poplar  Streets,  the  building  to  he  enlarged  so 
as  to  make  room  for  a  more  commodious  store  dOTm- 
Btairs  and  the  living  quarters  to  be  entirely  confined  to 
lihe  upper  floors.    The  cost  is  to  be  $4000. 

The    basket-ball     team    ot    Medico-'Chi    College    met 

defeat  at  Chester  Saturday  night  In  an  exciting  contest, 
toy  the  score  of  "Chester— 18,  Medlco-Chi- 15.  Basket- 
hall  Is  rapidly  gaining  in  popularity  here  and  hardly  a 
echod  or  college  is  fwlthiout  a  team.  The  game  ds 
a  most  excellent  one  for  druggists,  and  there  Is  t&lk  of 
teams  of  local  clerks  and  proprietors. 
^The    State    Pharmaceutical    Examining    Board    held 


its  quarterly  examinations  In  this  city  Saturday,  Decem- 
ber 18,  the  full  Board  being  present.  Three  hundred 
and  fifty  applicants,  from  all  portions  of  the  State, 
presented  themselves.  The  Board  will  meet  again 
Monday  to  examine  and  mark  the  papers  and  wlU  con- 
tinue in  session  until  through. 

A   company    for   manufacturing   acids   and   chemloaJs 

was  organized  at  Sharon,  Pa.,  on  AVednesday  last.  In 
which  several  political  notabilities  are  said  to  be  inter- 
ested, Senator  Flinn  of  Pittsburg  for  one.  The  company 
will  apply  for  a  charter  February  3  and  will  in  the  near 
fu'ture  erect  a  plant  employing  over  three  (hundred  men 
at  Sharon. 

J.  It.  Smyser,  the  well-known  West  Philadelphia  drug- 
gist, was  nominated  for  City  Council  at  the  Republican 
primaries  held  this  week  and,  as  this  nomination  l3 
equivalent  to  election.  West  Philadelphia  iwlll  be  rep- 
resented In  Councils  by  two  druggists.  Funk  and  Bmyser. 
This   will   be   Mr.    Smyser's  second   term. 

. The   Philadelphia   Section   of  the  American   Chemical 

Society  held  its  usual  monthly  meeting  last  Thursday, 
an  informal  dinner  at  Sooy's  restaurant  preceding. 
Papers  on  "Arsenic  Contents  of  Pennsylvania  Anthra- 
cites" and  "A  Note  on  the  Determination  of  Molyb- 
denum in  Steel"  were  read. 

G.   W.  Thompson,   Nine'teenth  street  and  Glrard  eve- 

nue,  has  bought  Wingert  Brothers  drug  store  at  Ridge 
and  Girard  avenues,  the  Nineteenth  street  store  to  be 
closed  until  the  expiration  of  the  present  lease,  both 
stO;-?<s  leing  consolidated.  Wingert  Brothers  will  open  a 
store  at  Seventeenth  and  Stiles  streets  soon. 

J.  Griffith,  formerly  head  clerk  at  J.  <B.  Moore's  drug 

store.  Thirteenth  and  Lombard  streets,  has  assumed 
charge  of  the  old  Alonzo  Robblns  pharmacy,  now  owned 
by  Carl  N.  Bohn,  of  Second  and  Poplar  streets. 
J.  W.  England  is  t'o  venture  into  the  retail  drug  busi- 
ness. th9  firm  of  J.  W.  England  &  Brother  having  pur- 
cha.«.ed  Dilk's  Pharmacy,  Broad  street  and  Susquehana 
avenue. 

W.  P.  Bender  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  ElghteenUi 

and  Morris  streets  to  J.  W.  Wilkinson,  who  is  making  a 
number  of  minor  Improvements  in  his  purchase. 

J.    Burke,    formerly   prescription  olerk   for   George   B. 

EvatiS  has  acepted  a  similar  position  at  Stoever's  Broad 
S'.-eet   Station    Pharmacy. 

An   overheated   furnace    caused   a   slight   flre  In   the 

basement  olf  the  Medico-ChI  College  Wednesday,  whteh 
was  extinguished  with  slight  damages. 

S.    B.    Davis,   of   Sixth   street   and    Snyder   avenue,    Is 

opening  a  new  drug  store  at  Seventh  and  Wolf  streets. 


PHILADELPHIA  ASSOCIATION  ADOPTS  RESOLU- 
TIONS. 

The  following  resolutions  were  adopted  at  the  recent 
annual  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Retail  Druggists' 
Association: 

"WHEREiAS:  The  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists  is  one  of  the  affiliated  bodies  composing  the 
National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  and  Is  one  of  the 
largest  financial  contributors  thereto;  and 

"WHEREAS:  It  i.<!  the  opinion  ot  this  association  that 
the  members  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  should  be  kept  more  fully 
informed  of  the  financial  condition  of  the  N.  A.  Ri  D. 
than  they  are  by  the  annual  reports;  therefore,  be  It 

"RESOLVED:  That  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  does  hereby  request 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  N.  A.  R,  D.  to  have  Is- 
sued a  quarterly  report  of  the  Treasurer,  showing  re- 
ceipts and  disbursements  in  detail  for  the  three  months 
preceding  date  of  the  report;  and,  be  It  further 

"RESOLVED:  That  the  secretary  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
be  instructed  to  send  a  copy  of  these  reports  to  the  Sec- 
retary of  each  affiliated  association;  and  it  is  further 

"RESOLVED:  That  the  Executive  Committee  is  re- 
quested to  Instruct  the  treasurer  to  prepare  a  report  for 
the  first  quarter  of  the  fiscal  year  following  the  annual 
meeting  of  1901  as  soon  as  possible;  and  be  it 

"RESOLVED:  That  the  secretar^•  ot  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  is 
hereby  instructed  to  mail  a  copy  of  this  resolution  to  each 
officer  and  memlber  of  the  Executive  Committee  of  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.  and  to  the  editors  of  at  least  five  drug  trad? 
publications." 


In  the  long  run,  the  best  Is  the  cheapest.     The  Char- 
leroi  Oval  is  one  of  the  best. 


January  23,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


9D 


BALTIMORE. 


MARYLAND   PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 

Baltimore,  January  16.— The  semi-annual  meeting  o£ 
the  Mai-ylonil  Ptiarmaceutlcal  Assoclaiin  at  Annapolir 
yesterday  was  exceptionally  well  attended.  A  large  del- 
egation was  present  from  Baltimore  and  some  druggists 
from  the  counties  also  put  in  an  appearance.  Much  In- 
terest was  manifested  in  the  proceedings,  and  the  occa- 
sion was  taken  advantage  of  to  place  impressively  before 
the  hygiene  committee  of  the  General  Assembly  the  ben- 
efits of  a  State  pharmacy  law.  Members  of  the  Associa- 
tion met  the  committee  in  the  morning,  the  conference 
taking  place  in  the  Senate  chamber.  Louis  Schulze, 
president  of  the  organization  introduced  the  delegation  to 
the  committee  and  made  a  few  preliminary  remarks. 
Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme,  chairman  of  the  legislative  com., 
mlttce  outlined  the  aims  and  purposes  oif  the  proposed 
pharmacy  law,  explaining  its  various  provisions  and  di- 
lating  upon   its   practical   effects. 

He  was  followed  by  Dr.  A.  J.  Corning,  who  spoke 
more  particularly  of  the  advantages  to  accrue  from  the 
new  measure  to  the  public  at  large  and  to  the  State  as 
a  whole.  It  would,  he  said,  relieve  Maryland  from  a 
lasting  reproach  and  place  it  in  line  with  all  the  other 
States  of  the  Union.  Dr.  J.  F.  Hanco;k  took  up  the 
historical  aspects  of  the  question  and  explained  that 
while  Maryland  was  the  first  State  to  adopt  pharmacy 
regulations,  the  legislation  was  confined  to  Baltimore, 
and  at  present  the  Commonwealth  is  the  only  one  which 
Has  no  statute  applicatile  to  the  counties.  J.  Webb  Fos- 
ter, president  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  closed  the 
speech-making  by  explaining  that  the  proposed  bill  would 
not   affect   any   person   now   in  "business. 

The  delegation  feels  very  hopeful  that  something  -will 
be   accomplished. 

The  Hygiene  Committee  Is  com.pose<l  of  physicians  and, 
therefore,  fully  competent  to  deal  with  the  subjeict.  It 
has  a  thorough  understanding  of  the  need  of  affording 
the  public  protection  against  incompetency  behind  the 
prescription  counter  and  may  be  expected  to  de^al  with 
the  matter  in  an  intelligent  and   progressive  manner. 

Among  other  things  in  his  address  the  president  said: 
"From  the  action  of  our  jobbers  in  Baltimore  It  seems 
that  they  are  not  anxious  for  the  retail  trade  to  be 
etrongly  organized;  hence  it  Is  of  the  utmost  importance 
for  the  retailers  themselves  to  take  up  this  matter  and 
lose  no  opporunity  in  their  efforts  to  increase  the  mem- 
■ber^ip."  The  president  suggests  giving  premiums  for 
the  largest  numbers  of  members  brought  into  the  organ- 
ization, and  also  that  a  committee  to  confer  with  medical 
societies  be  instructed  to  correspond  with  these  bodies, 
•with  a  view  to  checking  the  dispensary  ervil.  The  ethics 
of  a  prominent  retailer  in  his  advertising  methods  come 
In  for  attention  and  in  conclusion  the  president  urges  all 
members  of  the  Association  to  work  with  him  and  energy 
for  the  success   of  the   organization. 

A  committee  consisting  of  Dr.  Dohme  and  A.  J. 
Coming  of  Baltimore,  and  W.  C.  Powell,  of  Snow  Hill 
was  appointed  to  consider  the  recommendations  of  the 
president  and  report  to  the  Association  at  the  next  meet- 
ing. Adolphus  Weilepp  and  B.  W.  Woolford,  of  Balti- 
more; E.  E.  Hudson,  of  Ohestertown,  and  D.  Y.  Walts, 
of  Hagerstown,   were  admitted  to  memljership. 

The  report  of  the  Secretary,  Owen  C.  Smith,  gave  In- 
formation about  a  number  of  routine  matters  and  re- 
ferred feelingly  to  the  death  of  Adam  J.  Gosman.  an  hon- 
ored member  of  the  Association.  The  legislative  com- 
mittee reported  progress.  At  4  o'clock  the  members  sat 
down  to  an  Inviting  dinner  at  the  Hotel  Maryland. 


ployed  and  the  demand  for  the  various  preparations 
seems  to  be  good.  The  movememt  of  heavy  chemicals  is 
about  the  same  as  usual,  while  the  market  for  totanlcals 
contains    various    strong   fe«itures. 


Business  Active. 
Baltimore.  January  19.— Business  during  the  past  -week 
has  been  very  active  among  the  wliolesalers.  Some  re- 
port that  the  six  week  days  Just  concluded  have  been 
ohai^cterized  by  greater  activity  than  any  similar  period 
for  several  months,  and  the  manufacturers  of  pharma- 
ceuticals also  have  teen  fully  occupied,  though  perhaps 
not    rushed.      The    laboratory    forces    are    generally    em- 


RICHMOND  DRUGGISTS  ORGANIZE. 

Baltimore,  Jan.  17.— A  large  and  Influential  organiza- 
tion, to  be  known  as  the  Capital  City,  Retail  Druggists' 
Association,  was  formed  at  Richmond  on  January  15,  at 
a  meeting  of  pharmacists  of  that  city.  About  ninety 
per  cent  of  aH  thie  retail  druggists  of  Richmond  wore 
enrolled  as  members.  F.  C.  Vincent,  representing  tho 
Natiomal  Asociatlon  of  Retail  Druggists,  had  beeo  In 
Richmond  several  days  perfecting  the  organization.  W. 
E.  Warriner  iras  elected  president  and  Irving  Beverage 
treasurer. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES.- 

larles  E.  Dohme.  of  Sharp  and  Dohme,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Marydand  College  of  Pharmacy  besides  be- 
ing oommected  with  a  number  of  other  organizations, 
contemplates  a  protracted  tour  in  Europe  this  -winter  and 
spring.  His  plan  is  to  sail  next  month  for  Italy  by  tho 
Mediterramean  route  and  to  spend  about  six  months  In 
traveling  from  place  to  place.  He  will  meet  his  dauglit- 
ers,  who  have  beem  abroad  for  some  'time  and  revisit  some 
of  the  scemes  with  which  he  had  become  fanmliar  on  pre- 
vious   trips. 

H.    B.    Gilpin,    of   Gilpin,   l.angdon   &  Co.,   intends   to 

spend  several  weeks  In  New  Orleans.  JHIs  purpose  was 
to  leave  last  Tuesday  and  to  tie  gone  until  some  time  in 
February.  He  diid  not  take  a  vacsation  last  summer  and 
now  feels  the  need  of  rest,  especially  as  his  duties 
during  the  past  months  have  been  very  onerous  in  con- 
sequence of  the  firm's  removal  and  tine  details  of  organ- 
ising a  stock  company. 

^The    Alumni    Association    of    the    Maryland    College 

of  Pharmacy  had  a  benefit  at  Ford's  Opera  House  last 
Tuesday  evening,  the  attraction  being  Robson  In  "The 
Henrietta."  The  benefit  brought  out  a  large  attendance 
and  quite  a  sum  was  realized.  The  money  ■will  be  de» 
voted  to  the  work  of  the  organization. 

Ij.   J.   Jiminez,   a  Cuban,  but  who  has  been   for  some 

time  in  this  country  and  is  a  graduate  of  the  Maryland 
College  of  Pharmacy,  has  accepted  a  clerkship  In  the 
drug  store  of  J.  O.  Harrison,  York  road  and  Twenty- 
second  street 

^Samuel   L.    Robinson,    the   popular  retail   druggist   at 

the  comer  of  Green  and  Franklin  streets,  is  spending  a 
week  or  so  In  New  York  for  recreation. 

Mr.    Uhrig    has    left    the    employ   oif   W.    P.    Barnett, 

Lanvale   and    Barclay   street,   to   go   with   J.    L.    Mayer, 
Pennsylvania  avenue  'and   Wilson  street. 
It   is  not  generally  known  that  all  the  English  vale- 
rian root  grown  is  bought  by  one  house— that  of  Gilpin, 
Langdon  &  Co..  of  this  city. 

The  Northeastern  Dispensary  had  a  benefit  last  Mon- 
day evening,  also  at  Ford's  Opera  House. 


American  Paper  Julep  Straws. 

Hardly  anybody  now-a-days,  uses  the  old-fashioned 
natural  straw.  Nature  has  been  improved  upon  In  a 
straw  made  of  fine  Manilla  paper,  saturated  with  paraf- 
flne.  which  is  not  only  sterilized,  free  from  odor  or  taste, 
and  insoluble  in  any  liquid  used  as  a  drink,  but  which 
never  cracks.  There  is  absolutely  no  waste  to  the  Ameri- 
can paper  straws.  Physicians  have  recognized  these  ad- 
vantages In  these  straws  as  a  vehicle  through  wMcHi 
to  administer  corrosive  medicines.  Glass  tut)es  break 
easily  and  are  difficult  to  keep  clean.  American  Straws 
do  not  break  and  are  so  cheap  one  is  never  used  twice. 
They  are  put  up  in  neat  boxes  containing  500  each,  and 
are  supplied  to  retailers  through  the  Jobbing  trade. 
The  American  Paper  Straw  Mfg.  Co.  have  a  fine  plant 
at  Washington,  D.  C,  and  they  are  turning  out  tens  of 
thousands  a  day  to  meet  the  season's  demand  which  has 
already  begun. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  23,  1903. 


KENTUCKY. 


COURT  OF  APPEALS  PASSES  UPON  RIGHT  OF 
PHYSICIANS  TO  SELL  DRUGS. 

Ijouisville,  Jan.  14.— The  Kentucky  Court  of  Appeals 
handed  down  a  decision  on  Tuesday  that  physicians  have 
no  right  to  fill  prescriptions  and  that  that  Eectlcm  otf  the 
statutes  w'hich  allows  only  registered  druggists  to  fill 
prescriptions  applies  to  pihysicians  as  well  as  hod  car- 
riers. Th  case  was  the  Commonwealth  against  R.  D. 
Haviouis,  of  Russell  county.  Dr.  Havious  was  recently 
indicted  under  the  statute  prohibiting  anyone  (save  a  reg- 
istered pharmacist  from  filling  prescriptionis.  The  court 
found  that  the  defendant  carried  on  tne  business  of  re- 
tail dnuggist,  but  that  as  he  was  a  regnlarfly  licensed 
physician  he  had  the  right  to  carry  on  the  drug  ibusinesa 
without  obtaining  the  certificate  required  toy  law  of 
pharmacists.  The  case  was  appealed  and  came  up  for 
triaJ  before  the  Court  of  Appeals,  where  the  judgment  of 
the  lower  court  was  reversed..  Judge  Goitfy  in  handing 
down  the  decision  of  the  Court  of  Appeals  said: 

"We  are  of  the  opinion  that  the  true  meaning  of  the 
statutes  which  allows  only  registered  druggists  to  fill 
prescriptions— is  to  allow  a  physician  to  compound 
or  seal  any  kind  of  drugs  to  his  own  patients,  but  not 
to  fill  prescriptions  sent  to  him  by  others. 
He  cannot  sell  indiscriminately  to  persons  calling  for  the 
same,  nor  compound  drugs  and  sell  them  indiscriminate- 
ly to  all  who  may  call  for  them.  It  results  from  the 
above  that  tflie  Circuit  Court  erred  in  adjudging  the  de- 
fendant  not   guilty." 

The  decision  promises  to  work  a  revolution  in  the 
rural  district®  of  Kentucky.  In  mo.?t  at  the  small  towns 
whef^  there  are  OKly  one  or  two  drug  stores  it  Was  long 
been  the  custom  of  some  of  the  physicians  to  carry  on  a 
small  dr'jg  business.  Th«y  would  fill  prescriptions  for 
others  and  often  supply  drugs  for  the  neighborhood. 
Under  the  hew  ruling  country  pliysicianis  will  be  allowed 
to  fill  their  own  prescriptions  only  and  they  cannot  sell 
drugs.  The  case  was  a  test  case  and  the  result  was  a 
complete  victory   for  the  druggists. 


WILL  STOP  SALE  OF  DRUGS  THAT  ENSLAVE. 

Louisville.  Jan.  14.— The  air  in  and  about  Louisville 
is  charged  and  druggists  are  awaiting  the  breaking  of 
the  storm.  R.  J.  Cassidy,  the  Lexington  detective  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  is  in  this  city,  and  says  he 
intends  to  make  it  interesting  for  Louisville  druggists 
who  sell  cocaine  in  violation  of  the  State  law.  The  co- 
caine and  morr^hine  habits  are  on  the  hoom  and  the  civil 
authoritiesi  and  officers  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
are  determined  to  stop  the  promiscuous  sale  of  drugs. 
Mr.  Cassidy  sayis  he  will  soon  swear  out  seventy-five 
warrants  against  druggists  and  others  who  lare  alleged 
to  have  violated  the  State  law,  which  expressly  pre- 
scribes that  no  druggist  shall  sell  opiates  withooit  a  pre- 
scription from  a  reputable  phyisiciian.  When  asked  if  the 
seventy-five  warrants  were  against  sevenity-five  different 
druggists  he  smiled  and  declined  to  answer.  If  seventy- 
five  druggists  are  to  be  indicted  there  would  he  few  dnig- 
gists  outside  of  jail  to  carry  on  the  drug  businesis.  The 
penalty  for  each  offense  is  $50.  Mr.  Cassidy  says  that  he 
will  also  make  it  unpleasant  for  that  tritoe  known  as 
"fakirs."  In  this  move  he  will  have  the  hearty  co-opera- 
tion of  all  the  druggists  in  the  city. 


DRUGGIST  BUILDS  OPERA  HOUSE. 

Louisville,  Jan.  14.— C.  C.  Matthewson,  a  druggist  at 
Boonville,,  Ind.,  about  one  hundred  miles  from  Looils- 
vllle,  had  an  opera  house  dedicated  in  his  honor  on  New 
Year's  eve.  Mr.  Matthew.son  Is  one  of  the  pioneer  .drug- 
gists of  Indiana,  and  Is  well  known  on  both  sides  of 
the  river.  His  father  was  a  druggist  and  the  family  has 
alwaiyis  been  pronvinent  in  the  drug  circles  of  both  Indi- 
ana and  Kentucky.  Mr.  Matthewson  is  one  of  the 
..wealthiest  druggist-s  In  the  State,  and  donated  part  of  his 
fortune  for  the  building  of  a  playhouse,  which  has  been 
named  The  Matthewson  Opera  House. 


KENTUCKY  NOTES. 

David    Grauman,    druggist   at   Seventh    and   Jefferson 

streets,  Louisville,  had  an  exciting  experience  with  a 
burglar  one  night  last  week.  The  thief,  a  buriiy  negro, 
entered  the  drug  store  about  closing  time  and  demanded 
the  cash.  The  druggist  struck  him  with  a  baseibaJli  bat 
and  the  negro  fell  tmconsciouis. 

J.  T.   Crecelius,   a  prominent  Louisville  druggist,  has 

been  mentioned  for  the  position  of  Surveyor  of  the  Port. 
Mr.  Crecelius  has  always  been  prominent  in  the  Repub- 
lican ranks  and  a  hard  fight  Is  being  made  for  his  ap- 
pointment. 

Henry   Jacobs,   who   conducted  a  drugstore  at   Tenth 

and  Jefferson  streets,  Louisville,  for  many  years,  has 
forsaken  the  profession.  He  will  probably  go  to  New 
York  and  accept  a  ppsitlon  as  a  traveling  salesman. 
Addison  Dimmitt,  one  of  the  most  prominent  drug- 
gists of  Louisville,  and  a  member  of  the  State  Board;  of 
Pharmacy,   is   in  Cincinnati   on   business. 


MICHIGAN. 


status  of  Drug  Trade  Satisfactory  in  Michigan  Cities. 

Detroit,  January  IS. — Saginaw  is  one  of  the  very  few 
tow^:s  of  its  siz^  in  the  country  in  which  practically 
full  prices  for  patents  are  secured.  The  mutual  agree- 
ment ''etween  the  pharmacists  of  the  city  is  kept  in 
good  faith,  and  the  fact  is  certainly  worthy  of  note  in 
view  of  the  condition  of  the  trade  in  a  majority  of  the 
cities. 

In  Grand  EapidS  the  status  of  the  drug  trade  is  nearly 
as  fatistactory,  there  being  a  schedule  of  prices  for 
proprietiiry  articles  which  is  very  closely  adhered  to  and 
a  geneial  good  feeling  seems  to  exist  among  the  pharma- 
cists of  the  "Second  City." 


MICHIGAN   NOTES. 

—-John  A.  Mackimmle,  who  was  in  the  drug  business 
at  Detroit  for  a  great  many  years,  but  for  the  past 
six  years  one  of  the  prominent  druggists  of  Norfolk, 
Va.,  died  at  that  place  recently.  Mr.  Mackimmle  leaves 
two  brothers  in  Detroit— Geo.  D.  Mackimmle.  a  druggist 
at  345  Irumbull  avenue,  and  Robert  Mackimimie.  The 
remaining  members  of  the  family  consist  of  a  father  and 
three  cisLers,  who  live  in  Battle  Creek,  Mich. 
. —  The  engagement  has  been  announced  of  Leon  C.  Pink, 
assistant  superintendent  of  the  laboratory,  to  Miss  Mary 
Shaiighnes.sy,  chief  of  the  finishing  department  of  Parke, 
Davij  &  Co.  Both  Mr.  Fink  and  Miss  Shaughnessy  have 
been  connected  with  the  house  for  a  great  many  years 
and  have  fractically  grown  up  together.  Mr.  Fink  has 
been  associated  with  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  for  about 
twenty- two  years. 

The     following    representatives    of    different     hous«3 

visited  the  trade  In  Detroit  during  i-.e  week  just  passed: 
l/ouis  Well,  of  the  California  Wine  Association,  Chicago; 
Jos.  Heller,  of  the  Hygienic  Chemical  Co.,  Elizab'ethport, 
N.  J.,  H.  J.  Crabbe,  ctt  the  Grasselli  Chemical  Co.,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  and  Dr.  Schaefer,  of  the  Schaefer  Alkaloid 
Works,    Maywood,    N.    J. 

. ^A  very  painful  accident  happened  to  H.  E.  Harrison, 

pharmacist  at  Vassar.  A  quart  bottle  of  benzine  ex- 
ploded while  in  his  hands,  burning  him  severely,  and 
it  is  a  question  whether  he  will  recover.  His  right  hand 
and  arm  to  the  elbow  are  almost  entirely  denuded  of 
fiesh.  The  amount  of  damage  to  the  store  has  not  yet 
been  ascertained. 

M.    H.    Goodale    &    Co.,    operating    the    Post    Tavern 

J'harmacy  aL  Battle  Creek,  have  sold  out  to  J.  MoClIn- 
tock,  f>irmerly  of  Charlotte,  who  will  make  extensive 
altorallons  in  the  store  and  largely  increase  the  stock. 
Mr,  Ooodalc  has  accepted  a  position  with  Mason  & 
Heach,   druggists  of  -Bay  City. 

D.  E.  Prall,  Saginaw,  has  lately  acquired  the  In- 
terests of  his  partner  in  the  drug  business,  and  will  In 
the  future  conduct  the  business  by  himself.  Mr.  Prall, 
besides  having  one  of  the  the  finest  pharmacies  In  the 
State,  controls  the  business  of  the  Hinckley  Bone  Lini- 
ment Co. 
^The  pharmacy   of  Moeller  and  Deland,   Sagrlnaw,   had 


January  ?3,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


101 


CHICAGO. 


PHARMACISTS 


THE   PUBLIC   SERVICE. 


JOHN  C.  SPRATT. 

Mr.  Spratt  is  manager  ot  the  general  business  and 
traveling  per\'ice  departments  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.. 
having  under  his  guidance  two  hundred  and  thirty-nine 
travelers,  probably  the  largest  number  employed  by  any 
pharmaceutical  house  in  the  world.  Mr.  Spratt  was  born 
at  Poughkeepsie,  N.  T..  where  he  was  engaged  in  the 
retail  drug  business  for  fifteen  years.  In  188S  he  became 
associated  with  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.  at  Detroit  as  chief 
clerk  In  the  order  department. 

a  narro-w  escape  from  fire  recently.  The  fire  originated 
In  a  barrel  of  sulphur  which,  foutunately,  was  gotten  out 
ot  the  building  in  time  to  obviate  any  thfhg  -more  than  a 
slight  scorching  to  the  back  room  of  the  store. 

A.   AV.   Allen,   for  some  time  past  representing  Parke, 

Davis  &  Co.  in  territory  radiating  from  Cleveland,  has 
'bee.-  transferred  to  Detroit  and  will  hereafter  under- 
take city  "work  under  the  direction  of  A.  S.  Parker, 
chief  city  representative. 

One  of  the  new  concerns  of  the   State,   organized  at 

Bay  City,  is  the  iMichigan  Chemical  Co.,  which  has 
commenced  the  manufacture  of  alcohol  from  the  mo- 
lasses refuse   from  the  Beet  Sugar  Co. 

W.  T.  Koch,  for  some  time  past  in  the  manufacturing 

departments  ot  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  has  been  assigned  to 
a  position  on  the  road  for  that  firm  and  will  make  his 
debut  in  a  few  days  in  northern  Ohio. 

Wm.    Baldwin,    clerk    in    a    drug    store    at    Flint,    is 

under  arrest  on  the  charge  ot  selling  liquor  to  a  minor, 
who  states  that  Baldwin  sold  him  the  whiskey  upon 
which   he   became   Intoxicated. 

- — Gee  P.  Honeywell.  Akron.  Mich.,  has  recently  made 
extensive  alterations  in  his  pharmacy  and  added  a  very 
complete  line  ot  products  of  one  of  the  large  pharmaceu- 
tical houses. 

C.   J.   Rouser.  ot  the  Capitol  Drug  Store,  I/ansIng,   Is 

now    Installing    a    large    soda    fountain    in    his    place    ot 
business  in  anticipation  ot  the  coming  season. 
• — -Erwin  &  Van  Haatten.   Battle  Creek,   have  lately  in- 
stalled a  $2,000  Crozier  soda  fountain  which  adds  greatly 
to  the  appearance   of  their  pharmacy. 

M.  Van  Vleet,  formerly  engaged  with  Mason  &  Beach, 

Bay  City,  has  left  that  firm  and  will  soon  enter  the  beet 
sugar  industry. 

G.    B.    Browning,    ot    the    pharmacy    ot    Browning   & 

Peterson.   Decatur.    Mich.,   has  recently  died. 
Geo.    B.    Shotwell.    Mt.   Clemens,   Mich.,   recently  suf- 
fered considerable  loss  toy  fire. 

Oeo.  P.  Wilder,  druggist  at  .^nn  Arbor,  has  been  suc- 
ceeded by  Vernon  Cushing. 


Chicago,  Jan.  IC— Tiie  Committee  on  the  Status  of 
Pharmacists  in  the  Army,  Navy,  and  Marine  Hospital 
Service  of  the  United  States,  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  Dr.  George  F.  Payne,  chairman, 
Atlanta,  Ga.,  is  busy  discussing  and  opposing  the  passage 
of  House  Bill  7189,  recently  introduced  into  Congress, 
entitled,  "A  Bill  to  Increase  the  Efficiency  and  Change 
the  Name  ot  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital  Service." 
The  desire  of  the  committee  is  to  secure  an  amendment 
to  the  bill  giving  pharmacists  official  recognition  in  the 
government  service  with  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant 
and  $1,200  per  year  in  the  army  and  the  rank  ot  ensign 
and  the  same  pay  in  the  navy.  The  bill  as  it  stands  In- 
creases the  rank  and  the  emoluments  of  the  physicians 
in  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital  Service,  but  omits 
any  provision  as  to  the  pharmacists.  The  amendment 
suggested  by  Dr.   Payne's  committee  is  as  follows: 

"Amend  by  striking  out  the  words  "Hospital  Stew- 
ards"  on   pa'ge  2,   line  1. 

Add  as  a  new  section  the  itoUowing: 

"That  Lhe  President  shall  appoint  and  commission  the 
Senior  Hospital  Stewards  of  the  Marine  Hospiital  Service, 
now  serving  as  such,  'Pharmacists,  United  States  Health 
Service.'  with  the  relative  rank  ot  and  after  2nd  Lieuten- 
ants ot  the  Army  and  Ensigns  of  the  Navy,  with  an  an- 
nual compLUsation  of  .?1200.  10  per  cent,  increase  tor  each 
five  years'  service  and  present  perquisites." 

"That  new  appointments  to  the  grade  oit  'Plharmacdst' 
bhaill  be  made  from  the  list  ot  hospital  stewards  after 
three  years  of  satisfactory  service  as  suohi  and  after  due 
examination  in  the  various  branches  of  their  profession 
by  a  board  composed  of  medical  officers  and  phanmacists, 
equally  di\-ided." 

It  the  bill  can  not  be  amended  as  above,  it  is  the  plan 
of  the  committee  to  urge  its  defeat  Should  the  bill  be 
drfeated  another  will  be  introduced  in  all  probability 
turning  over  the  entire  medical  department  of  the  marine 
hospital  service  to  a  new  department,  the  Department  ot 
Commerce,  soon  to  be  formed.  In  this  new  department 
piharmacisits  could,  no  doubt,  secure  recognition,  but  any 
new  bill  will  be  favorable  in  a  less  degree  to  the  medical 
men. 

The  man  who  is  directly  in  charge  ot  the  fight  to 
amend  the  bill  is  FVank  H.  Peck  ot  St.  Douis,  Senior 
Steward  of  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital  Service. 
Mr.  Peck  has  enlisted  in  the  fight  the  aid  ot  the  N.  A. 
R.  D.  and  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  through  its  president.  Dr. 
Whelpley,  its  Committee  on  National  Legislation  and  its 
Committee  on  the  Status  of  Pharmacists  in  the  Army, 
Navy  and  Marine  Hospital  Service  ot  the  United  States. 

AH  druggists  are  asked  to  urge  their  respective  con- 
gressmen to  vote  tor  the  amendment  asked  it  possible, 
and  if  not  possible  to  amend  the  bill  as  asked,  to  defeat 
it  and  make  way  for  a  new  arrangement  under  proposed 
Department   of   Commerce. 


DRUG  CLUB   RECEPTION. 

Chicago,  ^^anuary  16.— The  Chicago  Drug  Trade  Club 
held  a  reception  and  musicale  this  evening  .it  the  rooms 
of  the  club.  ITS  Randolph  street.  It  was  ladies'  night  and 
the  rooms  were  alive  with  the  unwonted  but  pleasing 
aspect  of  the  eternal  feminine.  About  150  ladles  and 
gentlemen  were  present.  The  program  was  one  ot  un- 
usual merit,  it  being  hard  to  decide  who  did  the  best 
or  was  til-  best  received.  The  program  included  ten 
numbers  and  was  exfcellent  throughout.  The  singing  of 
Professor  and  Mrs.  Dodge  was  thoroughly  appreciated 
by  everyone  present.  Mr.  Larkln's  voice  Is  one  of  un- 
usual depth  end  sweetness  and  his  solos  were  among  the 
most  enjoyable  ot  the  evening.  Mr.  EberleJn's  violin 
solos  showid  him  to  be  sure  and  easy  in  his  mastery 
of  the  Instrument  and  the  himiorous  readings  by  Mr. 
Antram  were  in  his  usual  and  ever  enjoyable  style.  As 
an  Interpreter  ot  James  Whltcomb  Riley  Mr.  Antram  haa 
no  peer.  Mr.  Engelhard's  address  was  witty,  brief  and 
to  the  point.  He  touched  upon  the  several  branches  of 
trib'.fn  to  the  courage  and  broad  generosity  ot  the  drug 
jobbers   and   manufacturers   ot  Chicago  and   the  'West. 


102 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  33,  1903. 


He  concluded  with  an  eloquent  tribute  to  the  spirit  of  the 
Chicago  Drug  Trade  Club,  saying  that  there  were  reali- 
ties that  we  can  see  as  a  part  of  the  appurtances  of  the 
club  are  (!)ut  the  unreal  things  after  all.  The  real  and 
valuable  part  of  the  club  is  its  spirit  which  draws  the 
members  together  in  good  fellowship  and  by  understand- 
ing and  good  will  makes  for  the  advancement  of  the 
whole  body  of  pharmacy. 


DRUG  TRADE  BOWLING  LEAGUE. 

Ohilcago,  Jan.  IS.— The  Drug  Ti'ade  Boiwling  League 
rolled  the  usual  games  on  January  12.  The  averages  and 
gtamding  of  the  teams  are  as  foUows: 

Ijopd,  Owen  &  Co.,  655,  649,  680,  ag'ainst  Sharp  & 
Smith,  796,  723,  650;  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.,  652,  624,  627, 
against  Buck  &  Rayner,  635,  701,  634;  Parke,  Davis  & 
Oo.,  668,  752,  677,  against  E.  H.   Sargent  &  Co..  787,  801, 

m- 

standing  and  Percentage. 

Won.  lyost.  P.  C. 

Sharp    &    Smith 27  9  .750 

E.   H.   Sargent  &  Co 22  14  .612 

Lord,    Owen   &    Co. ........•.«.•. .SO  16  -556 

Parke,    Davis   &   Co ,;..,., 19. ;  17  .^Q 

Buck    &    Kayner .,18  23  .380 

FuQler    &    Puller    Co •...  8  28  .223 


For  Shorter  Hours. 
Chicago,  Jan.  18.— The  Drug  Clerks'  Association  Ihas 
joined  tihe  crusade  that  is  tieang  waged  by  the  Retail 
Clerks'  Association  for  s;horter  hours.  The  appeal  of  the 
drug  clerlts  was  made  to  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists' 
Association  by  S.  T.  Hart  and  Secretory  C.  A.  UUman  of 
the  Drug  Clerks'  Association.  Mr.  Hart  Informed  the 
employers'  Association  that  the  trend  of  affairs  was 
toward  a  shorter  workday,  and,  instead  of  trying  to 
force  a  bill  through  the  Legislature,  he  believed  it  would 
be  wiser  for  the  Associations  to  get  together  and  reach 
some  agreement  that  would  be  satisfactory  to  the  mem- 
bers of  both.  He  suggested  the  appointment  of  a 
committee  from  the  two  Associations.  Mr.  Hart  thought 
an  agreement  to  work  140  ihours  in  two  weeks,  the  ques- 
tion of  time  eimloyed  daily  to  be  settled  by  employers 
and   employed,  could  be  reached   without  difficulty. 


Want  Tax  on  Alcohol  Reduced. 

Chicago,  Jam.  18.— There  ds  a  m'ovement  on  foot  to 
reduce  the  tax  on  alcohol  to  fifty  cents  or  to  its  odd  tax 
of  seventy  cents  per  gallon.  It  is  the  intention  of  those 
bieiMnd  the  movement  to  enlist  all  Uhe  users  of  alcohol  in 
the  movement,  including  manufacturers  who  use  alcohol, 
wiholesale  druggists  ithrough  their  Association,  Iretail 
druggists  through  their  two  national  Associations,  and 
the  wiholesale  and  retail  liquor  element  The  retail  drug- 
gists will  take  the  sitand  itbat  there  must  b©  the  same 
regulations  for  all  users  of  alcohol,  otherwise  they  will 
not  support  the  movement.  The  demand  comeis  from  the 
propi'ietary  Assoc'laition.  It  the  retailers  can  get  equal 
terms  with  the  big  men,  they  will  be  in  favor  of  the 
reduction. 


Chicago  Business  Good. 

Chicago.  Jan.  18.— Business  keeps  up  at  the  usual  pace. 
Staple  goods  are  moving  freely,  but  the  demand  for 
winter  remedies  may  not  be  so  good  as  it  was  some  weeks 
ago,  when  the  weather  was  less  ideal  than  it  has  been  of 
late.  There  is  a  brisk  trade  in  pharmaceuticals  and  not 
only  manufacturers,  but  jobbers  too  are  very  busy. 
There  are  a  number  of  new  stores,  under  consideration, 
hemoe  stock  orders  are  comparatively  numerous.  Busi- 
ness In  all  lines  Is  gffod  and  satisfactory. 


Will  Revoke  Licenses  of  Intemperate  Clerks. 

Chicago,  Jan.  18.— The  Illinois  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
on  complaint  and  proof  submitted  by  a  local  druggist, 
has  revoked  the  license  of  a  clerk  addicted  to  the  habitu- 
al use  'Of  liquor.  The  board  desires  it  to  be  understood 
that  they  will  revoke  the  license  of  any  man  against 
whoon  sufficient  evidence  of  narcotic  or  alcoholic  intem- 
perance Is  brought. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

In    the    case    of    Alexander    P.    Robertson,    Adelaide 

Robertson,  Ada  M.  Brooks  and  Harriet  Lansing  against 
iH.  E.  Bucklen  &  Co.,  Judge  Chetlain  has  entered  a  de- 
cree In  the  receivership,  denying  all  the  relief  sought 
by  the  complainants,  except  the  payment  by  Herbert  E. 
Bucklen  of  $14,791.20,  which  the  court  finds  he  received 
for  salary  and  was  not  authorized  by  the  board  of  di- 
rectors of  the  company.  It  was  alleged  by  the  complain- 
ants that  the  board  of  directors  of  the  company  were  be- 
ing unduly  influenced  by  Herbert  E.  Bucklen,  and  that 
he  was  using  the  money  belonging  to  the  company  in 
such  a  manner  that  the  payment  of  dividends  was  im- 
possible. 

'Burglars  broke  into  the  drug  store  of  Charles  Holmes, 

139  East  Forty-third  street  recently  and  stripped  the  show 
cases  of  every  bottle  of  costly  perfume  in  stock.  Smash- 
ing the  glass  in  the  front  door  with  a  'brick,  they  un-l 
latched  the  door  and  entered  without  arousing  the  night 
clerk  or  attracting  the  attention  of  the  police.  After 
bundiliing  up  their  $100  collection  of  essences  and  Ha- 
vanas,  the  thieves  broke  open  the  cash  register  and,  find- 
ing only  empty  drawers,  journeyed  back  to  the  telephone 
booth,  where  itihey  pried  off  the  receptacle  for  dimes  and 
carried  off  a  week's  earnings  of  the  machine. 

^Pharmacy  certificate   8182.   issued  to   Edward   Czeml- 

owski  of  Chicago,  and  which  Karel  Kvitk  testified  he  had 
rented  from  the  origi,nal  holder  at  $15  a  month,  has  'been 
ordered  returned  to  the  State  board  of  pharmacy  b"y 
Judge  Dunne.  It  is  said  that  Kvitk  used  the  rented  cer- 
tificate in  his  business  of  fitting  up  drug  stores,  loaning 
it  to  ctistomers  until  they  could  get  a  new  one.  Czemi- 
owski  died  in  1S98.  His  certificate,  however,  "kept  march- 
ing on."    It  has  been  revoked. 

Ezra    C.    Fahrney,    vice-president    of    the    Dr.    Peter 

Fahrney  &.  Sons  Company,  a  corporation  cajpitalized  at 
,$3,000,000  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  patent  med- 
icines, will  not  have  to  pay  a  claim  for  $110,000  made 
against  him  by  William  J.  Kelly,  of  Arkansas.  Judge 
Kohlsaat  in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  this  week 
overruled  a  motion  for  a  new  trial,  thus  disposing  of 
litigation  that  has  extended  over  three  years. 
It  has  just  been  discovered  that  the  burglar  who  rob- 
bed Smith's  drug  store  in  Kankakee  on  Christmas  eve, 
is  a  printer  who  was  employed  as  make-up  man  on  the 
Kankakee  Daily  Times.  He  committed  a  number  of 
burglaries,  but  was  finally  caught,  his  unusual  'Wisdom 
concerning  the  details  of  his  own  exploits,  the  accounts 
of  which  he  often  put  in  type,  helping  to  give  him  away. 

. James  S.   Barclay,  of  Oak  Park,   who  was  recovering 

from  a  recent  severe  illness,  has  suffered  a  relapse  and 
his  friends  are  seriously  alarmed  . 

• — -The  drug  stock  of  the  late  S.  E.  Bishop  at  37  Rush 
street  was  sold  this  week  by  the  administrator. 

The    Executive   Committee   of   the    N.    A.    R.    D.    will 

hold  a  meeting  in  Chicago  on  January  27. 

- — ^Walter  F.   Sempill,   of  Dale  &  SempllI,   has  been  laid 

up  for  several  days  with  rheumatism. 

H.    Lieberman    has   sold    his    drug   store    at   324   Blue 

Island  avenue  to  Charles  H.   Wagner. 

Robinson    &    Doty,    of    Oxford,    la.,    have    dissolved 

partnership,    E.   A.   Doty  succeeding. 

C.   A.  and   Laura  J.  Tessman,   of  Hinsdale,   la.,   have 

filed   a   voluntary   petition    in   bankruptcy. 

^Rudolph    von    Bachelle    has    sold    his    drug    store    at 

Forty-third   street   and   Lake   avenue. 

W.   O.    McCrum   has   sold   his   Interest  in   the   firm,  of 

McCrum   &   Evans,    Decatur,    III. 

^W.  L.  Weller,  a  well  known  druggist  of  Cedar  Rapids, 

la.,    died   recently. 

^H.    H.    Wilson,    an    Indianapolis,    Ind.,    druggist,    has 

sold   his   store   in   that  city. 

^The   Rosalie   Drug   Company,    of   Chicago,    have   gone 

out  of  business. 

Ed.  Brown  has  succeeded  W.  S.  Hiatt  at  Macomb,  111. 

W.  H.  'Leslie  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  Manito,  111. 


January  23,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


IOC 


A  GROWING  BUSINESS. 


Unfermented  Grape  Juice,  Which  a  Few  Years  Ago  Was 
Almost   Unknown,  Has  Been  Made  a  Staple  Ar- 
ticle To-day  by  the  Welch  Grape  Juice  Co. 

In  ordei-  to  supply  a  church  at  \  ineland,  N.  J.,  -with 
a  non-alcoholic  Communion  wine,  Dr.  Wdoh.  in  1860,  put 
up  an  unfermented  Grape  Juice,  the  first  ever  put  up  by 
anybody  for  any  purpose.  There  were  less  than  two 
hundred  bottles  made  an  his  first  effort,  but  from  that 
small    beginning    large    things    have    grown.     Now    nearly 


PLiAXT    Ol- 


every  church  uses  Welch's  Grape  Juice  in  its  communion 
service,  and  while  at  first  and  for  several  years  the  en- 
tire output  of  this  Company  was  practically  used  for  this 
purpose,  its  manifest  purity  and  excellence  attracted  the 
attention  of  physicians  and  others,  and  the  question  was 
aslced,  "Why  does  not  pure  Grape  juice  possess  the  valu- 
able liualilies  which  Concord  grapes  are  known  to  have?" 
Physicians  came  to  prescribe  it  with  marked  beneficiaJ 
results,  sick  and  well  drank  it  for  its  delicious,  health- 
giving  properties,  and  thus  a  new  and  larger  field  came 
to  be  opened. 

The  business  of  the  Welch  Grape  Juice  Co.  was  estab- 
lished in  1869  at  Vineland,  in  Southern  Jersey,  not  far 
from  Cape  May.  There  for  nearly  thirty  years  the  busi- 
ness grow,  until  In  the  last  year  at  Vineland  (1895), 
two  hundred  tons  of  Concord  Grapes  were  pressed,  the 
larger  part  of  which  came  from  New  York  State.  Soon 
after  they  moved  to  Watkins,  N.  T..  where,  in  1896,  two 
hundred  tons  of  grapes  were  pressed.  Then,  in  order  to 
get  right  in  the  heart  -of  the  Concord  Grape  country,  they 
moved  to  Westfield,  Chautauqua  County,  New  York, 
in  1897,  they  pressed  two  hundred  and  seventy-five  tons; 
in  1898.  three  hundrd  tons;  in  1899,  six  hundred  and  sixty 
tons;  in  IBCO,  seven  hundred  tons,  while  in  1901,  which 
season  supplies  the  grape  juice  for  1902,  over  nine  hun- 
dred tons  were  pressed.  This  is  shown  graphically  the 
wonderful  growth  of  the  popularity  of  Welch's  Grape 
Juice,  and  it  should  be  noted  that  this  growth  has  been 
since  they  moved  to  their  present  location,  and  testifies 
to  the  wisdom  of  locating  in  the  Chautauqua  grape  dis- 
trict. In  August  last  the  Welch  Grape  Juice  Co.  bought 
out  the  Snow  Grape  Juice  Co.,   Penn  Yan,  N.  Y. 

Their  plant  now  at  Westfleld,  which  Is  alongside  the 
New  York.  Chicago  &  St.  Louis  railroad  tracks.  Is  53x155 
feet,  end  is  five  stories,  three  above  ground  and  two  l>e- 
low.  The  cellar  capacity  Is  over  200.000  gallons.  They 
have  always  striven  to  keep  abreast  of  the  times  in  their 


methods  and  in  the  machinery  employed.  Six  presses  of 
eighty  tons  pressure  each  are  used  to  extract  the  Juice, 
and  from  fifty  to  seventy  tons  of  grapes  are  used  each 
day  duui^g  the  pressing  season.  The  factory  nas  recently 
been  reflttea  with  aluminum  kettles,  which  take  the 
place  of  the  porcelain  kettles  formerly  used.  The  output 
of  the  Welch  Grape  Juice  Co.  Is  more  than  that  of  all 
other  prape  Juice  companies  in  this  country  combined. 
Welch's  Grape  Juice  is  made  on  honor.  Only  the 
finest,  ripest  fruit  is  selected,  which  Is  pressed  by  most 
cleanly  and  careful  methods.  It  was  to  secure  the  best 
fruit  wiiile  fresh  that  their  different  removals  have  been 
made. 

For  som«  years  after  the  busi- 
ness was  established,  sales  were 
limited  as  the  price  was  an  Im- 
pediment to  the  general  use  of 
Grape  Juice.  It  is  not  a  cheap 
beverage  and  cannot  be  cheap- 
ened except  at  the  expense  of 
quality,  but  economy,  improved 
methods,  and  a  gradually  In- 
creasing business,  combinied  with 
an  ideal  location  of  the  plant  In 
a  district  where  the  fruit  can  be 
bought  to  advantage,  have 
brought  the  price  down  to  a  fair 
figure.  Welch's  Grape  Judce  is 
not  a  preparation.  Nature  pre- 
pares every  ingredient  in  the 
Concord  grape  and  as  she  has 
provided  lavishly  of  good  things, 
her  price  must  be  paid.  Welch's 
is  not  the  cheapest  grape  juice 
on  the  market  as  far  as  price 
is  concerned,  but  it  is  cheapest  m 
the  end  and  the  most  satisfactory 
one  to  handle.  It  has  had  many 
imitations,  which  is  the  fortune 
or  misfortune  of  all  successful 
articles,  but  the  only  real  com- 
petition the  manufacturers  have 
had  has  been  in  price,  although 
the  public  has  wisely  chosen  to 
hold  fast  to  that  which  they  knew  to  be  good.  Those 
diealers  who  'have  handled  Welch's  Grape  Juice  continu- 
ally and  have  let  others  do  the  changing  from  one  brand 
to  another,  are  the  ones  who  to-day  have  a  steady  and 
growing  trade  in  Grape  Juice. 

Very  few  know  the  many  uses  to  which  an  unfer- 
mented grape  Juice  may  be  put.  Welch's  is  a  tonic  food 
of  marked  medicinal  and  dietetic  value.  It  is  prescribed 
by  physicians  and  advertised  in  the  leading  medical 
journals.  It  is  a  most  delicious  beverage  for  the  home, 
and  is  advertised  in  the  best  magazines  and  newspapers 
in  the  country.  Those  who  serve  it  at  the  fountain  eay 
that  it  makes  the  best  grape  syrup  they  ever  used.  It 
may  cost  a  little  more,  but  it  is  richer,  of  heavier  body, 
better  color,  and  has  the  natural  grape  aroma  and  flavor, 
which  thiey  are  able  to  get  with  no  other  juice.  It  makes 
the  come-again  customer.  One  cause  of  the  success  of 
the  Welch  Grape  Juice  Co.  is  their  persistent  advertising. 
Welch's  is  the  only  advertised  grape  juice,  therefore  It 
is  the  kind  that  pays  one  to  handle. 


A  New  Preparation, 
In  this  issue  Is  advertised  a  new  preparation.  StalnoCf, 
which  is  said  to  have  all  the  cleansing,  staln-removIng 
properties  of  strong  alkalies,  acids,  soaps,  pumice  stone, 
etc.,  with  none  of  the  objectionable  features  of  either. 
Stalnoff  Is  claimed  to  remove  all  stains  of  ink.  paint, 
grease,  etc.,  from  the  hands  without  injury  to  the  most 
delicate  skin.  It  Is  put  up  In  the  same  form  as  a  shav- 
ing stick,  one  dozen  in  attractive  counter  case.  The 
makers  of  Stalnoft  say  It  will  be  extensively  advertised 
In  the  leading  magazines  and  weeklies  of  national  cir- 
culation, so  that  druggists  should  have  a  demand  for  It. 
A  saniple  stick  and  any  desired  Information  can  be  haid 
from  the  D.  M.  Steward  Mfg.  Co.,  107  Chambers  street. 
New   York. 


10-1 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  23,  190.3. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

OVERCHARGES  FOR  DRUGS. 

St.  Paul,  Min.,  Jan.  IS.— The  Era  Was  already  men- 
tioned the  row  now  on  in  Minneapolis  over  the  alleged 
overcharge  for  drugs  furnished  t'he  city  hospital  by  the 
A.  D.  Thompson  Drug  Co.  The  matter  is  being  investi- 
gated by  the  hospital  committee  of  the  board  of  correc- 
tions and  charities,  and  it  is  promised  that  there  will 
be  a  final  and  complete  report  forthcoming  in  a  sbort 
itime.  Chairman  Woodard,  of  the  committee,  declares 
that  the  evidence  thus  far  brought  out  gives  ample  jus- 
tification for  a  'full  investigation  of  conditions  at  the  city 
hospital  in  this  regard,  covering  not  only  the  Qialf  year 
that  City  Physician  Nelson  has  been  in  control  there  but 
for  the  whole  year  since  Mayor  Ames  took  office.  So  far 
as  the  committee  has  gone  it  has  found  scores  of  cases 
iWhere  in  its  opinion  there  have  been  overcharges  for 
drugs.  The  'following  list  contains  a  few  samples  of  the 
overcharges  alleged.  The  list  was  submitted  to  a  lead- 
ing Minneapolis  druggist  and  in  nearly  every  case  he 
'agreed  /with  the  committee's  conclusions.  In  the  others 
possible  variations  in  quality  of  the  goods  made  com- 
parisons impossible  to  anyone  not  acquainted  with  all  u.e 
facts.     The  list  Is  as  follows: 

Whiskey,  $2.50  per  gallon,  overcharge,  50  cents;  sugar 
of  milk,  30  cents  per  pound,  overciha.rge,  16  cents;  breast 
pumps,  2S  cents,  overcharge,  11  cents;  imported  olive  oil, 
.fS.SB  per  gallon,  overcharge,  $1.25;  cotooanut  oil,  $2.25  per 
gaJllon,  overcharge.  65  cents;  nitrate  of  silver  pills,  96 
cents  per  thousand,  overcharge,  36  cents;  ammonia,  90 
cents  per  gallon,  overcharge.  IS  cents;  crutches,  $1.40  per 
pair,  overcharge,  65  cents;  bichloride  of  imercury,  $1.15 
per  pound,  overcharge,  25  cents;  compound  licorice  pow- 
-ders.  35  cents  per  pound,  overcharge,  15  cents;  Buchman's 
catgruts,  60  cents  per  gross;  oxalic  acid,  16  cents  per 
pound,  overcharge,  6  cents;  turpentine.  52  cents  per  gal- 
lon, overcharge.  10  cents;  iodoform,  $4.25  per  pound,  over- 
charge. 75  cents;  wood  alcohol,  $1  per  gallon,  overcharge, 
25   cents. 

A.  D.  Thompson,  'When  asked  if  there  was  anything 
■he  .wished  to  say  in  connection  with  prices  to  the  city, 
declared  that  he  did  not  care  to  speak  at  this  time. 
When  the  hospital  committee  had  finished  its  investiga- 
tion and  reported  in  full  and  finally,  he  said  he  would 
like   to  be  heard  In  his   own  behalf. 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

Successions:     Dorn  &  Co.,  Ellendale,  Minn.,  by  Louis 

■C.  Dorn;  A.  'E.  Meinger  &  Co.,  Eagle  Grove,  la.,  by 
Miller  &  Crumrine;  Cutler  &  Blood,  Park  Rapids,  Minn., 
by  the  Park  Rapids  Drug  Co. ;  I.  Dawson  &  Co.,  Dresden, 
N.  C,  by  P.  S.  Hertel  &  Co.,  Dorn  &  Co.,  Waterville, 
Minn.,  by  Gust  Hargesgeimer. 

^Sever  Kelly  of  Bird  Island,  Minn.,  was  In  the  city  on 

business  this  week.  So  were  Jos.  Kehrer,  of  Jordan, 
Dr.  S.  'S.  Jones,  of  Frazee,  Mr.  McKeown  of  Fountain 
and  G.  iS.   Spaulding,  of  Alexandria. 

^The    Minneapolis    Journal    no    doubt    feels    better   tor 

having  said  tHis:  "There  is  an  alleged  drugg'ist  trust 
to  keep  medicines  up.  It  has  sometimes  been  rather 
difficult  to   keep   them  down." 

New:      J.    S.    Miller    &   Co.,    Berwick,    N.    D.;    "L.    E. 

Krohn,  Hendricks,  Minn.;  G.  G.  Guinter,  Fulton,  S.  D.; 
DeBey  &  Son,  Rock  Valley,  la.;  Oscar  Frohberg,  Preston, 
Ore. 

^Thos.  C   Biscoe  has  gone  to  'Heron   Lake,   Minn.,   to 

relieve  Mr.  Liepold,  who  is  spending  a  week  or  two  here. 

The  Kenn'ard  Glass  &  Paint  Co.,  capital  $100,000,  has 

been  incorporated  at  Om'aiha,   Neb. 

Mrs.   W.   J.   Bean,   Heminglford,   Neb.,   will  remove  to 

L.yn<>h  in  the  spring. 

Olive  &  'Shannon.  Jamaica,  la.,  will  sever  partnership, 

-,Ir.    Olive   withdrawing. 

>M.  E.  Hagler  has  sold  his  Interest  In  Nichol  &  Hagler, 

North  English,   la, 

: A.    W.   Preston,    Ballard,    Wash.,    is   the   victim   of   a 

$20,000  damage  suit. 

-The  junior  partner  of  Gill  &  Brown,  Terrill,  la.,  has 

eoia  his  Interest. 

^A.  Germain  is  about  to  put  a  fine  new  drug  stock  Into 

Somerset,  Wis. 


C.    E.    Pearson,    Castle   Dale,    Utah,    has   'admitted   a 

partner. 

John  Dahlin  is  buying  a  new  drug  stock  for  Brocket, 

N.  D. 

Massey  &  Butts,  Lake  Mills,  la.,  have  given  a  bill  of 

sale. 

F.   W.   Hanson,  Magnolia,  Minn.,  is  to  discontinue. 

H.   A.   Southward,   Marengo,   la.,   has  retired. 

J.  Moog  &  Co.,  Artas,  S.  D.,  have  dissolved. 


CALIFORNIA. 

SHORT-WEIGHT  QUININE  TABLETS. 


San   Francisco    Manufacturing    Pharmacists    alleged    to 
have  shipped  short-weight  tablets  to  the  Philip- 
pines, on  Government  Contract. 

San  Francisco,  Jan.  13. — Druggists  of  the  West  are 
deeply  interested  in  th«  publication  by  the  daily  papers 
of  the  alleged  boycotting,  by  Uncle  Sam,  of  Clinton  B. 
Worden  &  Company,  of  San  Francisco,  manufacturing 
pharmacists.  A  dispatch  pu'blished  here  this  morning, 
says  that  the  War  Department  discovered  that  Worden 
&  Co.,  s-hdpped  almost  seven  million  short-weig'ht  quinine 
tablets  to  the  Philippines,  on  a  Government  contract. 

"Two  years  ago,  Worden  &  Co.  received  orders  from 
the  Government,  aggregating  $500,000  annually,"  says 
tihe  San  Francisco  Examiner.  "Worden  &  Co.  were  con- 
tracted with  in  1900  to  furnish  a  quantity  of  2-grain 
quinine  tablets,  packed  500  in  a  bottle.  About  7,000,000 
were  shipped  on  requisition,  and  a  few  of  them  issued 
to  the  general  hospital  in  Manila.  The  physicians  who 
prescribed  quinine  for  the  various  'pa'tients,  noticed  it;hat 
the  drug  was  not  having  the  affect  It  should  have  pro- 
duced as  a  result  of  the  doses  ordered.  Some  of  the 
tablets  were  analyzed,  and  other  tablets  shipped  to 
Washington  for  analysis  by  the  War  Department  there. 
It  was  found  that  the  tablets  were  short  in  weight,  and 
that  100  examined  contained  instead  of  200  grains  only 
120  grains  of  quinine,  a  shortage  of  56  per  cent.  The 
shortage   is   said  to  have   been  made   up   with   flour." 

According  to  the  Examiner,  the  senior  member  of  the 
firm  of  Worden  &  Co.,  called  on  Surgeon-General  Stern- 
berg of  the  United  States  Army,  to  explain  the  matter, 
and  at  the  same  time  the  firm  shipped  full  weight 
tablets  to  Manila.  Mr.  Worden  is  said  to  have  explained 
to  the  Surgeon-General,  that  the  faulty  composition  of 
the  tablets  was  due  to  a  mistake.  It  is  said  that  his 
explanation  and  replacing  of  the  faulty  tablets,  satisfied 
the  War  Department.  The  Examiner  says,  however, 
that  Worden  &  Co.  have  received  no  further  orders 
from   the  War  Department. 

William  Worden,  the  treasurer  and  general  manager 
of  the  firm,  when  seen  here  said:  "There  has  been  some 
trouble  stirred  up  by  Eastern  firms  that  are  jealous  of 
1US.  We  did  not  send  any  supplies  to  Manila  that  were 
adulterated.  We  have  sent  only  the  purest  goods,  and 
the  Manila  man  who  reported  to  Washington  that  he 
had  found  starch  in  our  quinine,  deliberately  lied. 
Clinton  E.  Worden  is  not  in  Wasliington,  does  not  intend 
to  go  there,  and  has  not  been  oixlered  there.  I  believe 
we  have  no  contracts  with  the  Government  now.  Twice 
a  year  the  Federal  authorities  call  for  bids  to  cover  the 
medicine  supplies  for  the  ensuing  six  months.  For  two 
years  we  have  bid  and  secured  our  share  of  the  trade. 
The  Eastern  firms  have  also  bid,  and  now  they  envy  our 
success.  A  United  States  offlci.al.  the  head  of  the  health 
d'epartment  of  Manila,  reported  that  our  goods  were 
faulty.    His   motive   for  falsifying   I   don't   know." 

Mr,  ■^'^orden  w.is  asked  if  the  head  of  the  'health 
department  In  Manila  hal  connections  with  Eastern 
firms.  He  said  that  he  would  not  say  that  the  man  who 
was  In  the  employ  of  Eastern  people,  but  'that  Worden 
&  Cos.  time  would  come  and  they  would  malce  It  warm 
soon    for   somebody. 

Clinton  E.  Worden,  said:  "During  the  last  few  years 
we  have  done  $1,000,000  worth  of  business  with  the 
Government.     We  had  an  order  just  before  I  went  East 


January  23,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


105 


for  several  million  2-grain  quinine  tablets.  The  required 
number  were  sent  to  Manila.  Two  months  after  my 
departure  from  SaJi  Francisco  I  went  to  Washington. 
My  friend,  Doctor  Stewart,  told  me  tnat  General  Stern- 
berg had  received  a  cablegram  from  Manila,  complaining 
of  the  last  shipment  of  our  goods.  Doctor  Stewart  had 
gone  to  see  Sternberg  to  arrange  an  interview  with  me 
on  another  matter.  Immediately  I  went  to  see  Steiinberg, 
and  he  showed  me  the  cablegram  complaining  that  the 
tablets  were  short  weight.  I  asked  him  to  cable  at  once 
to  Manila  at  our  e.xpejise,  to  have  the  shipment 
returned.  I  then  wired  to  San  Francisco  and  that  very 
day  work  was  commenced  on  a  new  lot  of  tablets.  Gen- 
eral Sternberg  e.xpress-ed  himself  fully  satisfied.  At 
that  time  I  was  not  certain  that  tihe  quinine  tablets 
were  really  light  weight.  When  the  drugs  returned  by 
the  Government  reached  us,  rwe  found  that  althougJi  they 
contained  the  proper  proportions  of  quinine  and  the  other 
ingredients,  they  were  really  light-weight.  The  order 
amounted  to  about  .$10,000.  and  was  the  first  of  w^hich 
any  complaint  had  been  made  in  our  dealings  with  the 
Government.  We  discovered  that  the  proper  quan- 
tities of  quinine,  starch,  etc.,  had  been  put  into  the 
mixing  receptacles,  but  the  composition  when  mixed 
was  not  dried  thoroughly.  In  consequence,  although 
they  were  up  to  weig'ht  when  they  left  here,  the 
tablets  lost  some  of  their  moisture  berore  they  reached 
Manila,  and  were  below  weight.  My  business  rivals  in 
the  East  would  not  permit  the  matter  to  rest.  During 
the  late  "war,  our  firm,  being  on  this  Coast,  and  there- 
fore able  to  supply  drugs  more  quickly  than  our  competi- 
tors, received  the  bulk  of  the  business.  Some  occasional 
rush  orders  were  awarded  to  us  wit'nout  bidding.  This 
excited  jealousy,  and  the  East  tried  to  hurt  us.  In 
Bakersfleld  yesterday.  I  found  that  .some  one  had  mailed 
a  circular  letter  from  St.  Louis,  calling  attention  of 
druggists  to  the  quinine  incident.  The  whole  business 
is  an  attempt  to  injure  us.  I  think  the  record  of  our  firm 
for   twenty  years  is   sufficient  guarantee  otf  good   faith." 


CONVICTED  OF  STEALING  ELECTRICITY. 

S.in  Francisco.  January  13.— Isnatz  Beck,  a  druggist 
at  Ellis  and  Buchanan  streets,  this  clt^,  must  pay  $100 
or  serve  fifty  days  in  jail  for  illuminating  his  drug  store 
with  light  for  which  he  had  not  paid.  Beck  had  thirty- 
seven  incandescent  and  three  arc  lights  flooding  his 
establishment  with  a  brilliancy  which  made  him  the 
env-y  of  all  the  druggists  in  the  neighborhood.  His 
bills  to  the  Independent  Light  &  Power  Co.  averaged 
from  JG  to  $11  a  month. 

Perhaps  some  jealous  apothecary  directed  the  atten- 
tion of  the  electric  company  to  Beck's  marvelously 
bright  store,  or  the  company  grew  suspicious  on  account 
of  the  smallness  of  his  bills.  Anyhow  he  was  arrested 
and  charged  with  "willfully  and  unlawfully  connecting  a 
wire  with  the  apparatus  of  the  lighting  company."  The 
action  was  taken  under  a  section  of  the  penal  code,  and 
was  the  first  of  the  kind  on   record. 

The  principal  witness  for  the  prosecution  was  the 
inspector  of  meters  for  the  company,  who  swore  that 
last  November  he  inspected  Beck's  premises,  and  after 
a  careful  search  discovered  that  the  company's  wires 
had  been'  cut  and  tapped  by  two  wires  that  feed  thirty- 
eight  incandescent  lights,  which  were  not  registered  by 
the  meter.  The  connection  was  made  in  What  was  sup- 
posed to  be  a  storeroom.  Beck's  contract  with  the  com- 
pany   called    for    five    incandescent    and    tw"o    arc    lights. 

Inspector  Pennycook,  of  the  San  Francisco  Depaa-t- 
ment  of  Klfctricity,  testified  that  la.<Jt  July  he  had  seen 
forty  Incandescent  lights  burning  in  Beck's  store.  He 
asked  Butler,  the  clerk,  who  had  done  the  Job,  and 
Butler  replied  that  "the  boss  was  the  electrician." 
Butler  was  instructed  to  tell  Beck  to  call  at  the  office 
of  the  department,  but  Beck  failed  to  do  so.  Beck  testi- 
fied that  he  had  gotten  an  electrician  to  put  wires  in 
his  store  for  the  sake  of  economy,  but  he  denied 
tapping  the  wires  or  knowing  they  were  tapped.  Beck 
was  convicted  by  the  jury,  which  was  out  "but  a  short 
time.  The  lighting  company  says  it  is  defrauded  of 
much   money    by   similar   schemes. 


Wakelee   &  Co.'s  Troubles. 

San  Francisco,  January  13.— More  affidavits  have  been 
filed  In  the  suit  between  Charles  W.  Randall  and 
Walter  M.  \.illett,  involving  the  affairs  of  the  well- 
known  drug  firm  of  Wakelee  &  Co.  Wakelee  &  Co. 
petitioned  some  weeks  ago  for  a  restraining  order  to 
prevent  Walter  M.  Willett  and  his  wiie  from  enforcing 
the  collection  of  a  note  for  $16,000,  and  for  entering 
into  legal  proceedings  against  Randall,  manager  of 
Wakelee's  wholesale  department.  Randall  claimed  that 
Willett  advanced  the  firm  $16,000  on  a  note  that  would 
not  come  due  for  five  years,  and  that  his  object  in 
seeking  an  order  restraining  him  from  collecting  It 
was  to  save  the  firm,  which  has  been  in  existence  for 
upwards   of   twenty  years. 

Randall  says  that  last  August  Willett  came  to  his 
home  where  he  was  ill  in  bed,  and  by  threats  of  legal 
proceedings  and  by  insinuating  that  Randall  was  guilty 
of  embezzlement,  prevailed  upon  him  to  sign  a  contract 
whereby  Randall  agreed  to  consent  to  the  settlement 
of  the  debt  in  October,  1901.  Now  Willett  makes  affi- 
davit that  he  was  not  overbearing  in  his  manner  toward 
Randall,  and  did  not  insult  him  on  a  certain  occasion 
as  alleged  by  Attorney  F.  D.  Madison.  W.  A.  M.  Van 
Bokkelen  made  attidavit  that  Randall's  reputation  for 
truth,  honesty  and  integrity  was  not  good.  Van  Bok- 
kelen swore  that  he  heard  Randall's  character  discus- 
sed by  stockholders  of  the  Central  Eureka  Mining  Com- 
pany, and  that  Randall  was  interested  in  litigation 
against   this  company. 

Additional  affidavits  that  Randall  bore  a  good  repu- 
tation were  presented  by  Randall's  attorney,  signed  by 
a   large    number    of    well-known    San   Franciscans. 


Wife  Sues  Druggist-Husband  for  Divorce. 

San  Franciso,  January  13.— Mrs.  Maggie  E.  Mason 
has  sued  for  divorce  from  F.  M.  Mason,  her  husband, 
who  owns  a  drug  store  at  Ukiah,  Cat,  valued  at  $5,000. 
and  also  owns  considerable  land  in  Mendocino  county. 
The  Masons  were  first  married  In  1876  and  were  di- 
vorced in  1900.  They  were  separated  then  for  nearly  a 
year,  but  had  gotten  so  used  to  living  with  each  other 
that  they  were  drawn  together  again.  They  were  re- 
married at  Oakland,  Cal.,  on  July  17,  1901. 

Mrs.  Mason  alleges  that  her  husband  during  the 
twenty  four  years  of  their  first  marriage  had  not  been 
overly  kind,  but  seemed  to  have  learned  even  worse 
habits  during  his  few  months  as  a  bachelor.  She  says 
that  after  their  second  marriage  he  was  accustomed  to 
thump  her  regularly,  and  that  she  was  afraid  he  would 
kill    her.    The    couple    have    three    children. 


Druggists  Reprimanded  by  Police  Commissioners. 

San  Francisco,  Jan.  7.— Sixteen  druggists  of  San  Fran- 
cisco, were  summoned  before  the  city  Police  Commis- 
sioners to  show  cause  why  they  did  not  pay  a  retail 
license  for  selling  liquors  in  small  quantities.  As  they 
maintained  that  they  did  not  know  that  It  was  neces- 
sary to  take  out  a  license,  they  were  let  off  with  a 
reprimand.  One  of  them  was  represented  by  an  attorney, 
who  urged  that  the  commissioners  were  overstepping 
thei-  duty,  but  the  other  druggists  repudiated  this  opinion 
and   thanked  the   commissioners   for  the  warning. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

NEAV  TORK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


106 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  23,  igO-J. 


CALIFORNIA  NOTES. 

The    folIoTring    are    recent    or    contemplated    changes 

among  San  Francisco  druggists:  L.  Carpenter  ihas 
opened  a  drugstore  at  Fulton  and  Baker  streets,  called 
the  Boulevard  Pharmacj';  J.  S.  Warren,  formerly  pro- 
prietor of  a  drugstore  at  McAllister  and  Filmore 
streets,  is  clerking  with  E.  P.  Gates  &  Co.,  Stockton  & 
O'Farrel  streets;  Thomas  Price  has  opened  a  drugstore 
at  3039  Sacramento  street;  The  Pill-Box,  on  Market 
street,  formerly  owned  toy  Doctor  Forster,  is  now  run  by 
Doctor  F.  B.  Morrill;  Doctor  Delercis  is  proprietor  of  the 
new  Royal  Italian  Pharmacy,  at  446  Montgomery 
avenue. 

Pierre  E.  P.  Perredes,  Ph.C,  B.  S.,  London,  F.  L.  S., 

a  pharmaceutical  chemist  of  the  Wellcome  Research 
Laboratories  of  London,  is  in  California.  He  is  visiting 
different  parts  of  the  coast,  studying  the  Rhamnaceae 
and  other  medicinal  plants. 

E.  J.  Smith,  who  owns  drug  stores  at  Eddy  and  Tay- 
lor streets  and  Folsom  and  5th  streets,  has  taken  office 
as  Tax  Collector  of  San  Francisco. 

^Dr.  McKibbon  has  bought  out  E.  W.  Wells  &  Sons,  of 

Loleta.  Wells  &  Son  have  opened  a  store  at  Ferndale, 
- — ^D.  Cramer  has  succeeded  A.  W.  Mxjsely,  of  Susan- 
ville.     Mr.   Mosely  is  studying  medicine  in  Michigan. 

H.    Siebe,    formerly   of    the    Dennis   Drug   Company's 

store  at  Sutter  Creek,  has  gone  to  Grant's  Pass,  Ore. 

J.    JL,.    Wtoitlock,    of   Riverside,   (has  -with   Dr.   W.    W. 

White  opened  a  new  pharmacy   in  San  Bernardino. 

The  Owl  Drug  Co.  now  has  with  it  W.  H.  Pring,  who 

wias  clerk  for  Ei   H.   Baker,   of  San  Jose. 
Fred  Schoen   has  opened  a  drugstore  at  Point  Rich- 
mond.    He  was   formerly  at   Casitroville. 

-W.    M.    Hefton   &    Co.,    of    Hanford,    have   employed 

Charles  Righter,   of  San  Francisco. 

A  new  drugstore  in   Phoenix,   Ariz.,   Is  conducted  by 

Ed.  B.  Rives,   formerly  of  Pomona. 

Richard  Gutierrez,   a  Santa  Barbara  druggist,  has  C. 

T.    Gydsion   as   a  clerk. 

Schwab   &    Clark    is    a   new   drug    firm   at   Mountain 

View,   succeeding  Clark. 


Gamse  &  Brother  Move. 
(Having  outgrown  their  old  quarters  on  Exchange 
Place,  in  Baltimore,  H.  Gamse  &  Brother,  the  litho- 
graphed label  men,  are  about  to  move  into  the  btiild- 
ing  at  315  and  317  W.  German  street,  that  city.  Here 
they  will  have  much  more  room,  and  the  twelve-ton 
lithograph  press  they  have  just  bought  from  R  Hoe's 
'Son,  w*ith  <yt!her  new  machinery  and  appliances,  will  en- 
able them  to  easily  take  care  of  their  rapidly  growing 
business.  Both  brothers  are  still  young  men,  and  the  fine 
(business  they  have  built  up  is  a  credit  to  them  and 
evidence  of  the  superior  quality  of  work  they  turn  out. 


About  Capsules. 

It  may  be  news  to  many  druggists  that  Dundas  Dick 
&  Co.  were  the  original  makers  of  soft  capsules  in  this 
country,  having  introduced  them  to  the  medical  pro- 
fession an  1865.  It  will  not  be  news,  however,  to  know 
that  their  Docuta  Sandalwood  capsules  are  being  quite 
generally  prescribed  by  physicians  tor  diseases  of  the 
genito-urinary  organs.  There  is  good  profit  in  selling 
these  goods  and  those  unacquainted  should  write  to 
Dnndas  Dick  &  Co.,  112  White  street.  New  York,  for 
their   literature. 


Good  Domestic  Wines. 
M.  R.  Hiatt,  a  retail  druggist  of  Ridgeville,  Indiana, 
has  a  large  stock  of  rare  old  domestic  -wines,  from  ten 
to  fifteen  years  old,  which  he  is  advertising  for  sale  at 
very  reasonable  prices.  Mr.  Hiatt's  list  includes  straw- 
berry, cherry,  blackberry,  grape  and  strawberry  wine 
and  iron.  He  says  the  wines  are  as  line  as  silk,  and  if 
druggists  knew  about  them,  they  would  not  hesitate  to 
buy.  A  sample  order  would  not  cost  much,  and  would 
prove  to  the  purchaser  the  truth  of  Mr.  Hiatt's  state- 
ments. 


A  New  Vaccination  Shield. 

Above  Is  illustrated  a  vaccination  shield  recently 
placed  upon  the  market,  and  many  physicians  assert  it 
is  the  best  article  of  the  kind  ever  introduced  to  the  pro- 
fession. It  is  made  of  aluminum,  iwith  or  iwithout  mica 
top,  and  weighs  only  one^sixteenth  of  an  ounce.  It  is 
aseptic,  light,  clean  and  cool,  and  affords  the  maximum 
of  comfort  and  protective  covering  (for  the  vaccinated 
area  that  can  be  devised  at  a  reasonable  price.  The 
shield  IS  attached  by  means  of  two  strips  of  plaster  and 
will  fit  the  arm  of  any  one  from  an  infant  to  the  largest 
adult.  It  sets  cradle-like  upon  'the  arm  'without  any 
pressure  whatever.  A  valuable  feature  is  Chat  whenever 
necessary  it  can  be  quickly  removed  without  disturbing 
the  plaster,  and  as  quickly  replaced  upon  the  arm  by 
simply  lifting  the  little  clamps  which  fasten  the  Shield 
to  the  plaster.  This  shield  is  ithe  Oliver  Vaccination  or 
Carbuncle  Shield,  and  is  fully  covered  by  pending  patents. 
It  has  the  endorsement  of  plhysicians  not  only  for  use 
in  vaccination  cases,  but  for  protection  of  carbuncles, 
boils  or  any  other  troublesome  sore.  The  Oliver  Shield 
Co.  call  attention  to  the  fact  that  shields  made  of  cellu- 
loid may  increase  the  infiammation  of  the  Wound  because 
of  the  calmphor  contained  in  celluloid;  and  felt  or  cotton 
shields  absorb  any  matter  that  may  exude  from  the 
wound  and  make  an  ideal  culture  for  dangerous  foreign 
germs.  The  Oliver  shield  can  be  kept  perfectly  clean 
and  aseptic  and  can  be  sterilized  whenever  desirable. 
Two  sityles  are  manufactured,  one  all  aluminum,  ths 
other  of  aluminum  with  perforated  mica  top.  Botlh  af- 
ford perfect  ventilation  for  the  wound.  The  manufact- 
urers are  rapidly  informing  all  physicians  regarding  the 
superior  merits  of  the  Oliver  shield,  and  as  a  result  many 
prescriptions  for  it  are  appearing.  All  druggists  inter- 
ested in  selling  the  best  article  of  this  kind  should  write 
for  tihe  special  offer  of  The  Oliver  (Shield  Co.,  Newark, 
N.  J.     See  itheir  advertisement  on  another  page. 


Binder's  Tar  Soap. 

One  of  the  best  tar  soaps  we  know  is  Binder's  Tar 
Soap.  The  man  who  devised  the  formula  for  this  soap 
is  said  to  have  had  forty  years'  experience  in  the  treat- 
ment of  scalp  diseases,  and  during  that  time  he  has 
made  a  very  careful  study  of  the  human  hair,  its 
diseases  and  their  cure.  This  soap  is  said  to  be  very 
efficacious  in  the  treatment  of  such  diseases.  The  man- 
ufacturers guarantee  that  the  ingredients  in  Binder's 
Tar  Soap  are  absolutely  poire,  and  they  are  combined  in 
such  a  way  that  the  result  is  a  tar  soap  which  gives  per- 
fect satisfaction.  Among  the  ingredients,  we  are  in- 
formed', are  cocoanut  oil  and  Norway  pine  tar,  and  al- 
though there  is  a  (large  percentage  of  the  latter,  the 
soap  leaves  no  tarry  odor  after  use.  One  important  fea- 
ture is  that  every  cake  is  properly  aged  and  is  so  hard 
it  -wears  down  completely  and  does  not  become  soft. 
Binder's  Tar  Soap  is  in  daily  use  in  the  Binder  hair  and 
scalp  treatment  establishment,  Philadelphia,  the  oldest 
Institution  of  Us  kind  in  that  city,  and  this  soap  becomes 
popular  wherever  it  is  introduced.  The  manufacturers 
are  making  a  special  proposition  to  the  drug  trade  and 
say  t(hat  almost  evern,'  druggist  who  has  inquired  about 
this  proposition  has  become  a  customer.  Those  inter- 
ested should  write  to  Richard  Binder,  30  South  13th  St., 
Philadelphia.  Pa.  If  you  wish  a  sample  of  Binder's 
Tar  Soap  send  a  5-cent  stamp  to  cover  postage  of  a  large 
size  cake. 


January  23,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


107 


Patents,  Trade  Marks,  Etc 


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(^9/.Jyf3 


Issued   January    14,   1902. 

e91,02L— Henrj-  C.  TuIIer,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Attach- 
ment for  siphons. 

691,058. — George  F.  Jaubert.  Paris.  France.  Pastil  for 
making  oxygen  gas  and  process  of  producing  same. 

691,l(/7.— Henry  S.  Brewington,  Baltimore,  Md.  Bottle- 
stopper. 

691,108.— John  S.  Bromhead,  Brooklyn,  N.  T.  Non-reflll- 
able  bottle. 

691,13'_'.— Hugo  Gerresheim,  Cologne-Ehrenfeld,  Germany. 
Process  of  reducing  nitro  compounds. 

691,152. — Samuel  Love.  New  York.  N.  Y..  assignor,  by 
direct  and  mesne  assignments,  of  one-half  to  Harry 
Lree  Maynard  and  Theodore  J.  Wool,  Portsmouth, 
Va.     Bottle   of   the   non-reflllable   class. 

691,157.— George  Merling,  Frankfort-on-the-Main.  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  the  Farbwerke.  vorm.  Meister, 
Lucius  &  Bruning,  Hochst-on-the-Main,  Germany,  a 
corporation  of  Germany.  Trimethyl  -hexahydrooxy- 
benzylaiin  and  process  of  making  same. 

991,255.— Richard  H.  Fox,  Manchester,  O'kla.  Veterinary 
remedy. 

691,290.— Charles  "W.  Perkins,  St.  Louis,  Mo.  Tank  for 
medicating   water. 

691,293.— Herman  Schepke,  Chicago,  111.  Apparatus  for  dis- 
pensing beverages. 


TRADE    MARKS. 
Registered  January   14,   1902. 

37,6*1.— Certain  named  medicine.  William  C.  Alpers,  New 
York,   N.   Y.     The  word   "Triacol." 

37,642.- Remedies  for  coughs  and  colds.  William  Boyce 
Thompson,  Butte,  Mont.    The  words  "Knock  Out." 

37,647.- Certain  named  toilet  articles  and  preparations. 
Rose  Montague  Holland.  London,  England.  The  fac- 
simile signature  "Rose  Montague  Holland." 


LABELS. 


Registered  January  14,   1902. 

8,S91.— Title  "Coronation  Violet."  (For  perfume).  Cas- 
well, Massey  &  Company,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Filed 
No.   22.    1901. 

8,900.- Title.  "Revivor  Bitters."  (For  Bitters).  Walter 
Moise  &  Co..   Omaha,   Neb.  Filed  Dec.   17,  1901. 

8,901.— Title.  "Formo  Dyspepsia  Tablets."  (For  Dyspep- 
sia Tablets).  Lincoln  Chemical  Co.,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Filed   Dec.    18.   1901. 

8,902.— Title,      "Farrar's     Hygienic     Protective     Powder. 
(For  a  Protective   Powder).      B.    Ruppe,   Albuquerque, 
N.   M.  Ter.      Filed  Nov.     23,   1901. 

8,903.— Title.  "Khasan'.s  Roachynee."  (For  an  Insect  Pow- 
der). Naum  Khasan,  New  York.  N.  Y.  Filed  Dec.  18, 
1901. 


F.\NGHI  DI  SCALAFINI  is  a  variety  of  vol- 
canic eartii  containing  considerable  quantities  of 
very  finely  divided  sulphur.  O.  von  Fleischl  (Wien. 
Klin.  Wcsclir.)  recommends  this  substance  as  a  rem- 
edy for  certain  forms  of  skin  diseases. 


Whitall  Tatum  Co.'s  New  Price  List. 

We  are  welcoming  an  old  friend  wh^n  we  acknowl- 
edge receipt  of  the  1902  annoiai  Price  List  Issued  by 
Whitall  Tatum  Co.,  and  this  new  list  fully  sustains  their 
repucalion  for  getting  out  the  finest  catalogue  of  drug- 
gists', chemists'  aaid  perfumers'  glassware  and  druggists* 
sundries  issued  to  the  drug  trade.  The  distribution  of 
this  catalogue  is  very  general,  aj:id  we  understand  that 
the  edition  consists  of  50,000  copies.  In  aiddition  to  goods 
formerly  shewn  In  the  price  list,  with  most  of  which  old 
buyers  are  familiar  amd  for  which  Whitall  Tatum  Co.  are 
headquarters,  a  number  of  new  articles  in  glassware  aJid 
druggists'sundries,  have  been  added.  Particularly  haJid- 
some  are  the  colored  pages  showing  m  fajcsimile  their 
©how  globes,  show  jars,  pedestals,  etc.,  etc.,  while  their 
illustrated  list  of  druggists'  sundries  .which  occupies 
fully  one-half  of  tte  book,  will  be  found  extremely  In- 
teresting to  any  dealer  in  this  class  of  goods.  No  firm 
on  this  continent  in  this  line  of  goods  is  better  known 
than  Whitall  Tatum  Co.,  and  the  initials  "W.  T.  Co."  on 
glassware  of  any  description  are  a  guarantee  oif  su- 
perior quality.  Their  principal  offices  are  in  New  York 
and  Philadelphia,  with  salesrooms  in  Boston,  Chicago 
and  San  Francisco,  where  samples  of  their  goods  can  ba 
seen,  wfhile  their  factories  at  Millville,  N.  J.,  are  models 
of  their  kind. 


Crown  Cachets.  1 

This  is  the  trade  name  for  a  new  line  of  elastic  wafef 
capsules  for  medicinal  purposes  put  on  Che  market  by 
Johann  Schmidt,  well  known  wafer  manufacturer  of 
Nuremberg,  Germany.  His  American  agent  is  Mr.  Chas. 
Adolf  Wolff,  No.  32  Park  Place,  New  York.  In  addition 
to  Crown  Cachets,  Mt.  Schmidt  manufacturers  Reform 
Capsules,  Plain  Powder  Wafers,  and  Sheet  Wafers. 
These  goods,  which  are  sold  throughout  the  whole- 
sale drug  trade,  are  already  in  use  throughout  the  United 
States,  and  the  active  efforts  of  Mr.  Wolff  are  extending 
their  sale  into  all  pajits  of  the  country.  Chas.  Adolf  Wolff 
is  also  agent  for  a  Metal  Screw  Cap  Icebag,  manufactured 
in  Europe,  and  which  was  illustrated  and  described  In 
the  Era  of  Dec.  19,  1901.  This  article  commands  a  ready 
sale  wherever  introduced,  and  retaJlers  can  oibtaln  It 
from   their  jobber. 


In  the  Buyers'  Directory  dopartment  in  this  Issue 
appears  an  advertisement  of  AntI  Uric  a  medicine  for 
the  treatment  of  rheumatic  diseases  and  general  uric 
acid  conditions.  The  manufacturers  have  received  many 
testimonials  regarding  the  curative  properties  of  this 
preparation.  It  is  stated  to  be  a  good  seller  and  i't  pays 
the  trade  large  profits.  If  you  will  send  the  Indiana 
Medicine  Co.  a  list  of  rheumatic  sufferers,  they  will  send 
to  you  a  free  AntI  Uric  outfit,  express  prepaid. 

YOUR  MONEY'S  WORTH- 


PURE  FINE  PARA  RUBBER  BANDS 

A  LOT  OF  THEM  FOR $  I  .OO 

A  COOD  QUANTITY  FOR   -   -   -   -  .75 

NOT  SO  MANY  FOR .50 

ENOUGH  FOR .25 

A  NICE  LITTLE  BOX  FOR  -   -   -   -  .15 

SEVERAL  DOZENS  FOR    -   -   -   -  .(o 

JUST  WHAT  YOU  WANT  FOR     -   -  .05 

ANY  OF  THESE  ASSORTMENTS  SENT  POSTPAID  TO 
ANY  ADDRESS  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  UPON  RECEIPT 
OF  PRICE.     SATISFACTION   GUARANTEED  BY 

THE  GOODYEAR  TIRE  &  RUBBER  CO. 

AKRON,  OHIO 


108 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  23,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

General   Market  Continues   Steady. 

New  York,  Jan.  21.— Aside  from  a  sharp  decline  in 
values  of  the  various  lithium  preparations,  due  to  keen 
competition  among  manufacturers,  the  fluctuations  in 
prices  are  chiefly  the  result  of  natural  causes,  and  the 
general  market  continues  steady  under  a  good  average 
demand. 

OPIUM.— A  continued  moderate  consuming  demand  is 
noted  and  the  undertone  of  the  market  is  easy,  but  job- 
bers quote  the  old  range  of  .$3.20(aS.4O  for  0  per  cent,  and 
$3.30@3.5O  for  11  per  cent.  Powdered  is  nominally  steady 
with  small  lots  selling  at  $4.25@4.50  for  13  per  cent., 
$4.75@D.0O  tor  16  per  cent,  and  $4.50(§>4.75  for  granular. 

MORPHINE. —There  is  no  ahatement  of  demand  and 
the  market  contin^^es  fairly  flran  with  jobbing  quotations 
unchanged  at  $2.40@>2.50  for  eighths  in  1-oz.  boxes,  ?2.35 
©2.45  in  2V4-0Z.  boxes,  4;2.15@2.25  in  ounce  vials,  and  $2.10 
@2.20  in  5-oz.  cans,  according  to  brand  and  quantity. 

QUININE.-JOnly  a  moderate  routine  business  is  in 
progress,  and  in  the  absence  of  new  features  jobbing 
prices  remain  unchanged  at  27c  for  bulk  in  100-oz.  tins, 
27%c  in  50-oz.  tins,  28c.  in  25-oz.  tins  and  34c.  in  ounces. 
LITHIUM  PRiElPARATIONS.^OWing  to  continued 
Jteen  competition  among  manufacturers  the  market  is 
more  or  less  demoralized  and  jobbers  have  further  re- 
duced quotations  to  .$2.00@2.13  for  carbonate  in  pounds 
■and  20(g25c.  in  ounces.  Benzoate  is  quoted  $1.85  @2.0O 
per  lb.  and  16@18c.  per  oz.  Bromide,  $2.25@2.40  per  lt>. 
and  20@'25c.  per  oz.  Citrate,  $1.95@2.20  per  lb.  and  17@ 
20c.  per  oz.  Chloride,  $2.50@2.75  and  21@25c.  per  oz. 
.  Salicylate,   $1.75(g2.00  per  lb.   and  16@18c.   per  oz. 

OIL  LEMON.— Arrivals  of  new  crop  have  caused  hold- 
ers to  modify  their  views  and  jobbers  have  reduced 
quotations   to  $l.l'><a'lAO  as    to   brand   and   quantity. 

OIL  SPEARMINT.— Primary  markets  are  reported 
stronger  and  spot  jobbing  quotations  show  an  advance 
to  $1.60@1.75. 

OIL  PElNNTROTAL.-jSupplies  are  light  both  here 
and  at  producing  points  and  jobbers  have  marked  their 
quotations  up  to  $1.60(S!l.S0. 

COCAINE.— Competition  among  manufacturers  has 
unsettled  the  market  and  values  in  a  jobbing  way  show 
a  decline  to  $5.15(g>3.40  for  small  crystals  and  $5.40@5.6j 
for  large,  in  ounces. 

QUIOKjSILVER.— Reduced  prices  at  primary  pomts 
have  resulted  in  a  decline  in  spot  quotations  to  70@78c., 
as  to  quantity.  ,    ^   ^. 

JABOiRANDI  LEAVES.— Owing  to  depleted  stock  both 
here  and,  in  Europe,  jobbers  have  advanced  quotations  to 
32@37c.  ftir  whole,  35@40c.  for  ground  and  37@>42c.  for 
powdered. 

ALTHBA  ROOT.— Values  are  higher  on  account  of 
scarcity  and  the  revised  jobbing  quotations  are  35@40c. 
for  whole  and  40@50c.    for   cut   or  powdered. 

IPECAC— Foreign  markets  are  easier  and  spot  quo- 
tations for  jobbing  quantities  have  declined  to  $3.05@3.30 
for  whole,  $3.10(g'3.35  for  ground  and  .|3.1o@3.40  for  pow- 
dered. 

QUINCE  SEBD.-^Prime  quality  German  is  m  re- 
duced supply  and  jobbers  have  advanced  quotations  to 
57iS«2c. 

MENTHOL.— The  market  is  slightly  easier  and  job- 
bing; parcels  are  obtainable  at  $4.65@4.90  per  lb.  Ounces 
uncharged   at  35<a>40c. 

SALICYLIC  VCID.  -.Manufacturers'  prices  are  lower 
owing  to  competition  and  jobbers  quote  54@64c.  for 
pound  cartons,  56@66c.  for  halves  and  (j4@74c.  for  quar- 
ters,  according  to  size   of  order. 

JAPAN  WAX.— Stocks  are  light,  and  with  primary 
markets  cabled  higher  jobbers  have  advanced  quotations 
to    ISialGc.  ,    ^    ^ 

ALBUMEN.— No  further  change  in  blood  is  noted,   but 
jobbing  quotations  for  egg  have  been  reduced  to  80@90c. 
CREAM  TART.\R.— The  market  is  si'ghtly  easier  with 
jolbbers  quoting  200201,40.  in  barrels,  21@22c.  in  boxes  and 
24(g<?0c.  for  smaller  quantities. 

BLUE  \  ITRTOL— Values  are  a  shade  lower  and  the 
revised  jobbing  figures  are  5>4@'5y>c.  by  the  barrel  and 
SeiOc.    for   less. 

LINSEED  OIL.^OWing  to  higfher  prices  of  seed  the 
'market  is  stronger,  with  an  advance  in  jobbing  qupta- 
ti'ons  to  02fgfi3c.  for  raw  bv  the  barrel  and  680)750.  for 
less;  boiled.  fttWfioc.  bv  the  barrel,  and  70@75c.  for  less. 

COTTONSEEID  OIL.- Under  a  similar  influence  job- 
bers have  advanced  their  prices  to  52(g53c.  by  the  bar- 
rel and  63@70c.  for  less. 


There  is  no  lo-ss  otf  dignity  in  selling  paint  when  that 
p.aint  is  put  up  in  the  attractive  little  packages  which  ^ 
John   I/uca.s   &    Co.    send    out.  (j 


INDEX  TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

I  Page. 

Adulteration  in   New   York,   Bill  to  Prevent n4 

Advertising,    Novel   Displays    =* 

Artemesin    °^ 

ASSOCIATIONS,  CLUBS,  ALUMNI,  Etc.— American 
Cliemical  Society,  Philadelphia  Seotiorr  98;  Brook- 
lyn College  of  Pharmacy  Alumni,  95;  Chicago  Drug 
Clerks,  1U2;  Chicago  Drug  Trade  Club,  101;  Con- 
necticut Vallev  Druggists, '96;  Drug  Clerks'  Circle, 
95;  German  Apothecaries,  94;  Kings  County  (N.  Y.) 
Pharmaceutical  Society,  93;  McKinley  Meimional 
Committee,  95;  Maryland  College  tif  Pharmacy 
Alumni.  9!);  M'aryland  Pharmaceutical.  99;  New- 
York  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation,  Drug 
Trade  Section,  93;  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy 
Alumni,  94;  New  York  Medico-Pharmaceutical 
League,  94;  Philadelp'hla  Retail  Druggists,  97,  98; 
(Richmond  (Va.)  Capital  City  Retail  Druggists,  99; 
Society   of   Chem.ical   Industry,    New   York   Section  94 

Berberine    92 

BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY.— Illinois,  102;  Massachu- 
setts,  96,   97;   New  York,  91;   Pennsylvania 98 

BO'WLING,   DRUG  TRADE.— Brooklyn,   95;    Chicago, 

102:    Now  York,   D5;   Philadelphia 97 

COLLEGES   OF    PHARIVIACY.— Philadelphia 97 

CORRESPONDENCE    83 

Drug   Store  Problems    92 

EiDITORIALS.— Amendment  to  Dill  to  Increase  Effi- 
ciency of  M'arine  Hospital  Service,  83;  Amendment 
to  New  York  Pharmacy  Law,  81;  Drug  Store  as 
Bureau  of  Information,  82;  Drug  Store  Proiblems, 
82;  Fixed  Prices  for  Prescriptions.  82;  Insurance 
Classification  of  Drugs  and  Chemicals,  83;  Pre- 
vention of  Adulteration  in  New  York.  81;  Shorter 
Hours  Problem  Solved,  82;  Two-Headed  Snake  as 

Window   Display 82 

Liniment,    Barbed   Wire    91 

MAlRKET    REPORT    108 

Medicine,    Requirements    for   License    to    Practice    ini 

New    York    90 

NEiWS  LETTERS.- Baltimore,  99;  California,  104; 
Chicago,  101;  Kentucky,  100;  Michigan,  100;  New 
England    96;  New  York,  93;  PMladelphia,  97;  The 

Northwest    104 

Nickel-Plating    90 

PATENTS,    TRADEMARKS,    Etc 109 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Personal 
Interest  Etc.— Bovajian,  Megerdich,  96;  Buicklen 
&  Co.,  H.  E.,  102;  -Butler  Pharmacy,  96;  Fink, 
Leon  C,  100;  Mackimmie,  John  A.,  100;  Matthew- 
son,  C  C,  100;  Goose  Grease  Liniment  Co.,  95: 
'Rockey,  Walter  S ,  89;  Soule  Medicine  ■Co..  97; 
Spratt,  John  C.  10] :  Taft  Bros.  Medicine  Co..  95; 
Thompson  Drug  Co.,  A.  D.,  104;  WaJcelee  &  Co., 
105;    Welch  Grape  Juice  Co..   103;   Wordien  &  Co., 

Clinton    E 104 

Pharmaceutical     Impressions     86 

Pharmacological  Assay  at  Drugs 87 

PRESCRIPTION  DIFT'ICULTIEiS.— Spirit  of  Nitrous 

Ether    and    Solution    of    Ammonium    Acetate 91 

QUESTION    BOX    90 

Quinine   Tablets,    Short- Weight 104 

SHOP    TALK 85 

Solution,    Saturated    91 

Druggists  Know  a  Good  Thing. 

Many  druggists  have  taken  advantage  of  the  special 
offer  made  by  Charles  Jacobs  &  Co.,  makers  of  the  well- 
known  cigars,  Las  Palmas,  Havana  Specials,  etc.,  and 
,  repeat  orders  have  resulted  in  almost  every  case.  Some 
of  the  letters  received  by  Messrs.  Jacobs  &  Co.,  testi- 
fying to  the  popularity  of  their  cigars  with  the  druggists' 
customers  should  induce  all  dealers  to  at  least  give  these 
cigars  a  trial.  On  the  first  order  of  1,000  Havana  Spe- 
cials they  offer  to  include  100  free,  ror  distribution  to 
patrojis,  and  prepay  the  freight.  Furthermore,  they 
agree  to  ship  all  goods  not  found  positively  the  best  ever 
sold  at  so  low  a  price  can  be  returned  at  their  expense. 
Do  you  know  of  any  other  reputable  cigar  miaker  who 
makes  so  liberal  an  offer?  Almost  all  druggists  now 
realize  there  is  good  profit  in  selling  cigars,  and  n.itur- 
ally  want  to  sell  a  good  article  and  yet  make  fair  profits. 
Write  to  Jacobs  &  Co.,  353  East  78th  street,  New  York, 
and  get  their  special  offer  on  a  line  of  cigars  for  drug- 
gists. 


ARTHUR    COLTON, 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 
«^and   Appliances.«5» 

Detroit,   Mich.,     U.  S.  A. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


EVERY   THURSDAY. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


THE  "BLUE  BOOK." 

The  next  price  list  edition  of  tiie  Era  •will  be  issued 
February  13.  We  expected  to  have  been  -able  to  send  it 
to  subscribers  this  week  but  so  many  additions  came  to 
■hand  that  we  were  compelled  to  rearrange  and  reset  the 
entire  list  of  Proprietary  Goods  and  this  has  caused  the 
delay. 


THE  ERA  KEY  TO  THE  U.  S.  P. 

The  popularity  and  sales  o£  the  Era  Key  to  the  U.  S. 
Pharmacopoeia  are  probably  exceeded  by  Bhose  of  no 
other  publication  issued  for  pharmacists,  as  both  the 
latter  and  members  of  the  medical  profession  have  found 
that  it  supplies  an  omission  in  giving  doses  for  U.  S.  P. 
drugs,  chemicals  and  preparations.  In  addition,  it  gives 
the  strength  and  official  and  common  names  of  the 
various  preparations.  It  is  useful  to  the  pharmacist  in 
supplying  Ihim.  in  convenient  form,  with  some  of  the 
essential  features  o-f  the  V.  S.  P..  and  is  of  service  to  the 
physician  in  familiarizing  him  with  official  preparations. 
It  is  bound  only  in  board  covers,  imitation  pressed  leather, 
and  the  price  is  25  cents  per  copy,  post  paid.  Special 
prices  are  quoted  on  quantity  lots. 


THE  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

"One  t/hing  I  can  say  for  the  Era  Cour.se  in  Pharmacy 
is  that  it  has  enabled  me  to  pass  the  examination  of 
the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Marietta,  Ohio.  CHARLES  H.  BEAGLiB." 

The  lectures  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  are  es- 
pecially valuable  as  a  preparation  for  examination  by  a 
board  of  pharmacy,  to  those  who  cannot  attend  a  col- 
lege of  p«harmacy,  and  to  all  desiring  to  review  Bhelr 
former  study  of  the  subjects  embraced  in  the  curricu- 
lum.    The  fee   for  the   full   course  is  only  $10. 

Write  for  descriptive  Prospectus,  now  ready.  Address 
The  Pharmaceutical  Era.  396  Broadway,   New  York. 


The  withdrawal  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical 
.\ssociation  from  the  National  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists  creates  a  division  in  the  ranks  of  the 
national  organization  which  the  friends  of  the  retail 
druggists  have  endeavored  to  prevent  by  every  pos- 
sible means.  The  split  which  thus  makes  its  appear- 
ance in  the  hitherto  unbroken  body  of  the  N.  A.  R. 
D.  will,  no  doubt,  be  deplored  by  every  one,  what- 
ever may  be  the  final  verdict  concerning  the  pro- 
priety or  wisdom  of  the  action  of  the  Manhattan 
druggists.  The  N.  A.  R.  D.,  as  a  national  organiza- 
tion, possessed  possibilities  for  good  far  beyond  the 
power  of  divided  societies  to  accomplish.  Being 
represented  in  all  sections  of  the  Union,  it  seemed 
that  in  time  it  might  be  able  to  employ  the  united 
strength  of  the  retail  trade  of  the  entire  country 
for  placing  American  pharmacy  upon  a  more  satis- 
factory basis.  With  the  loss  of  the  Manhattan 
branch,  the  organization  ceases  to  be  a  national  one. 
It  can  no  longer  represent  the  retail  trade  of  all 
sections  as  a  whole.  It  must  henceforth  be  devoted 
to  the  interests  of  the  druggists  of  certain  sections 
to  the   exclusion  of  those  of  others. 

The  Manhattan  druggists  did  not  leave  the  na- 
tional organization  without  the  careful  deliberation 
which  the  importance  of  the  movement  demanded. 
Although  the  formal  withdrawal  seems  to  have  oc- 
cupied the  attention  of  the  assembled  body  only  a 
very  few  minutes,  its  advisability  had  been  under  dis- 
cussion for  some  time.  Comments  upon  the  failure 
of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  the  authorized  plans  of  the 
association  to  benefit  the  retail  druggists  of  New 
York  have  been  common  of  late  among  members  of 
the  trade  in  this  city.  The  members  of  the  Manhat- 
tan branch  naturally  wished  to  see  some  results. 
They  contributed  to  the  support  of  the  national 
body  and  submitted  to  the  decisions  of  the  majority 
even  though  they  thought  them  to  be  contrary  to 
their  own  interests.  They  now  seem  to  be  con- 
vinced that  the  methods  employed  by  the  authorities 
of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  can  accomplish  nothing  in  their 
behalf,  and  have,  therefore,  withdrawn  their  support. 

The  druggists   of  the   West   will   no  doubt  accuse 


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[January  30,  L903. 


their  brethren  of  the  metropolis  of  being  too  impa- 
tient. They  believe  that  persevering  effort  and  in- 
creased interest  could  be  made  to  bring  about  satis- 
factory results.  They  not  unnaturally  think  that 
plans  which  are  good  in  one  locality  must  also  be 
good  in  another.  The  Manhattan  druggists  continue 
to  prefer  their  judgment  in  this  matter.  They  know 
that  New  York  is  like  no  other  town,  and  has  con- 
ditions which  are  peculiar  to  itself.  It  is  a  matter 
for  regret  that  the  authorities  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
were  unable  to  provide  more  fully  for  the  wants  of 
the  druggists  of  the  Eastern  cities.  A  national  or- 
ganization cannot  aflford  to  ignore  the  wishes  of  its 
members  in  any  section  of  the  country  even  though 
these    members   happen   to   be   in   the   minority. 


There  is  still  much  dissatisfaction  in  the  East 
with  the  work  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  It  is  possible  that 
secession  from  the  organization  may  be  confined 
within  the  limits  of  Manhattan  Island,  but  it  has 
lately  become  apparent  that  the  differences  which 
were  plainly  in  evidence  at  the  October  meeting  in 
Buffalo  have  not  been  healed,  and  make  other  sep- 
arations, if  not  probable,  at  least  possible.  The 
Philadelphia  Retail  Druggists'  Association  has  re- 
quested the  authorities  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  to  issue 
quarterly  reports  of  the  financial  condition  of  their 
organization.  The  Philadelphia  members  wish  to 
know  about  the  receipts  and  disbursements  in  detail, 
probably  reasoning  that  since  they  contribute  cer- 
tain sums  of  money  to  the  treasury  they  have  a  right 
to  know  what  becomes  of  it.  It  is  quite  probable 
that  the  treasurer  has  no  objection  to  making  re- 
ports as  often  as  requested  to  do  so,  and  no  doubt 
the  forthcoming  statement  will  be  entirely  satisfac- 
tory. The  request  does  not  necessarily  imply  any 
lack  of  confidence,  but  it  shows  that  the  Philadelphia 
druggists  are  becoming  impatient  and  that  they  want 
to  know  what  is  being  done  for  them. 

Prof.  V.  C.  Vaughan,  dean  of  the  medical  de- 
partment of  the  University  of  Michigan  and  chair- 
man of  the  "National  Committee  of  Faculties,"  an- 
nounces that  this  committee  expects  to  put  in  opera- 
tion in  the  near  future,  a  system  of  "credits"  which 
will  enable  students  of  medical  schools  to  transfer 
their  enrollment  from  one  institution  to  another 
without  loss  of  standing.  The  operation  of  the  plan 
will  be  similar  to  that  of  a  method  in  force  among 
German  schools.  If  a  credit  system  of  this  kind  is 
of  advantage  to  the  student  of  medicine,  why  would 
it  not  benefit  the  student  of  pharmacy  as  well? 
Young  men  frequently  find  it  convenient  or  necessary 
to  leave  a  school  of  pharmacy  and  enter  another, 
under  the  present  arrangement  often  being  compelled 
to  go  over  ground  already  covered.  There  is  now 
very  little  difference  between  the  courses  of  the  col- 
leges of  pharmacy  which  have  a  recognized  standing, 
and  an  agreement  under  which  students  could  be 
transferred  from  one  to  another  without  loss  of 
time  or  credit  for  work  done,  would  seem  to  be 
worthy  of  an  effort  on  the  part  of  the  Conference 
of  Faculties  of  Schools  of  Pharmacy  which  was  re- 
cently organized. 

All    important    innovations     create     considerable 


disturbance  before  things  become  adjusted  to  the 
new  conditions  which  arise  as  a  result  of  their  in- 
troduction. The  general  adoption  of  serum  therapy 
in  the  treatment  of  disease  is  no  exception  to  this 
rule.  People  are  getting  into  all  sorts  of  difficulties 
because  they  do  not  fully  understand  all  the  require- 
ments of  this  new  development  in  medical  art.  Mem- 
bers of  health  boards  are  not  the  only  ones  who 
come  to  grief  through  insufficient  attention  to  the 
exacting  demands  of  antitoxin  treatment.  A  tele- 
graph company  recently  suffered  defeat  in  a  suit  for 
damages  at  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  occasioned  by  the  fail- 
ure of  the  company  to  deliver  an  order  for  diph- 
theritic antitoxin.  As  a  result  of  the  delay  caused  in 
this  way  the  remedy  couTd  not  be  applied  until  too 
late.  A  verdict  of  $S,ooo  damages  has  been  obtained 
against  the  company  which  failed  to  discharge  a 
duty  intrusted  to   it. 

The  present  issue  contains,  the  answers  to  the  first 
ten  of  the  problems  which  have  been  submitted  to 
our  readers  during  the  past  month.  Each  number  of 
the  Era  will  now  present  besides  a  new  set  of  prob- 
lems the  answers  to  a  preceding  set,  so  that  con- 
testants will  not  only  have  each  week  new  subjects 
upon  which  to  exercise  their  skill,  but 
will  also  have  the  means  of  judging  of 
the  success  of  their  past  efforts.  The 
results  of  the  January  contest  will  appear  in  the  issue 
containing  the  answers  to  the  last  set  of  the  month's 
problems.  Of  the  answers  thus  far  received  a  very 
large  proportion  are  correct,  some  are  amusing  and 
all  are  interesting.  Many  contestants  have  left  some 
of  the  problems  unanswered,  being  apparently  un- 
willing to  submit  solutions  which  are  at  all  doubtful. 
One  of  our  fellow-Americans  in  Puerto  Rico  has 
sent  us  a  set  of  answers  written  in  Spanish.  Cloth- 
ing must  be  considerably  less  expensive  in  that  sunny 
island,  for  this  druggist  finds  the  cost  of  the  coat 
which  is  the  subject  of  Problem  No.  i,  to  be  only 
about  half  of  that  obtained  by  most  of  the  contest- 
ants. The  importance  of  small  economies  is  dem- 
onstrated in  a  remarkable  solution  of  the  problem 
about  the  waste  of  twine.  This  answer  seems  to 
show  that  a  more  economical  use  of  wrapping  cord 
would  effect  a  saving  sufficient  to  buy  a  consider- 
able stock  of  drugs. 

The  peculiarities  of  the  liquor  laws  of  Massa- 
chusetts have  been  productive  of  endless  discussion 
and  much  speculation.  The  possibilities  for  harass- 
ing and  extracting  fines  from  the  poor  druggist 
inherent  in  these  complicated  regulations  seem  to  be 
unlimited.  The  overhauling  of  drug  stores,  and  the 
haling  of  pharmacists  to  court,  seems  to  be  a  regu- 
lar occupation  among  the  police  authorities  in  and 
about  Boston.  The  newspapers  of  the  State  are 
continually  calling  attention  to  some  difficulty  caused 
by  these  peculiar  laws,  and  the  druggists  are  never 
at  a  loss  for  a  topic  of  conversation.  Many  people 
have  wondered  what  advantage  the  citizens  of  the 
Bay  State  can  find  in  statutes  which  it  requires  such 
great  effort  to  enforce,  and  which  are  the  cause  of 
so  much  friction.  A  recent  report  shows  that  these 
measures  have  at  last  one  great  advantage.  It 
appears   that   during  the   past  year  these   regulations 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


have  yielded  to  the  city  of  Boston  alone,  nearly  a 
million  and  a  half  dollars  in  fines  and  fees  for 
hcenses.  An  institution  with  such  paying  qualities 
certainly   has   much   to   recommend   it. 

Minnesota  druggists  are  also  worrying  about  bur- 
densome laws,  although  their  troubles  are  as  yet 
mostly  in  the  future.  The  tax  commission  of  that 
State  has  framed  and  proposed  a  set  of  regulations 
which  will  require  all  merchants  and  manufacturers 
to  list,  not  only  all  stocks,  but  also  all  materials. 
They  will,  in  addition,  be  required  to  list  all  credits, 
claims  and  accounts  due  them,  and  to  pay  a  tax  of 
three  per  cent,  on  the  difference  between  what  they 
owe  and  what  is  owing  to  them.  If  the  proposed 
laws  are  ever  carried  into  effect,  raw  materials  will 
be  taxed  several  times  in  the  various  stages  of  transi- 
tion from  the  manufacturer  to  the  consumer.  Whole- 
sale druggists  and  manufacturing  pharmacists  are 
especially  aroused  at  this  proposed  legislation.  They 
claim  that  a  tax  of  this  kind  would  be  peculiarly 
burdensome  to  them,  and  would  force  them  to  leave 
the  State.  The  proposal  has  every  appearance  of 
having  been  made  by  and  for  the  farmers,  who  are 
comparatively  very  numerous  in  Minnesota.  The 
farmers  of  the  West  are  credited  with  having  large 
stores  of  common  sense,  and  it  is  quite  probable 
that  they  will  listen  to  reason  if  it  is  presented  to 
them  in  the  proper  way. 

Well  informed  pharmacists  will  have  their  own 
opinions  about  the  danger  which  Miss  Lucy  Page 
Gaston  discovers  in  the  presence  of  cascarilla  bark 
in  cigarettes.  This  bark  is  an  important  constituent 
of  nearly  all  fumigating  pastilles  and  of  many  var- 
ieties of  incense,  and  has  long  been  employed  for  im- 
parting an  aromatic  odor  to  cheap  tobaccos.  It 
has  never  been  considered  dangerous — in  fact,  in 
comparison  with  tobacco  itself  it  seems  to  be  ab- 
surdly innocent.  The  real  danger  of  cigarette 
smoking  seems  to  lie,  not  in  the  paper,  nor  in  the 
quality  of  the  tobacco  or  the  nature  of  the  adulter- 
ants which  they  contain,  but  in  the  fact  that  cigarette 
smoke  is  so  mild  that  it  can  be  inhaled  and  gives 
little  or  no  pleasure  unless  taken  into  the  lungs.  In 
this  vi-ay  it  is  brought  more  directly  in  contact  with 
the  blood  than  the  smoke  of  a  cigar  or  pipe.  Both 
the  pleasant  and  the  evil  effects  of  tobacco  smoking 
are  due  to  the  presence  of  nicotine  in  the  leaves  of 
the  plant,  and  trying  to  make  the  habit  entirely 
harmless  without  also  destroying  its  attractiveness 
seems  to  be  a  waste  of  time. 


CONDUCTIVITY  OF  CYANOGEN  AND 
OTHER  COMPOUNDS:— M.  Centnerszwer  (Teit- 
sch.  f.  Physik.  Chem.)  has  made  measurements  of  the 
conductivity  of  liquid  cyanogen,  of  anhydrous,  hy- 
drocyanic acid,  and  of  solutions  of  various  salts.  Pure 
liquid  cyanogen  was  found  to  be  almost  without  con- 
ductivity and  to  have  very  slight  solvent-  power;  disso 
elation  could  not  be  proved  by  conductivity  meas- 
urements. The  conductivity  of  hydrocyanic  acid 
could  be  measured,  but  it  varied  in  different  experi- 
ments. Solutions  of  potassium  iodide  and  trimethyl- 
sulphine  iodide  were  found  to  possess  about  four 
times  the  conductivity  of  aqueous  solutions  of  the 
same  salts  under  similar  conditions  of  temperature 
and    concentration. 


There  is  a  certain  pharmacist  in  the  north-western 
part  of  Detroit  who  is  distinctive  in  his  advertising 
methods  and  withal  novel.  He  is  possessed  of  con- 
siderable ability  as  an  artist  and  produces  from  time 
to  time  very  striking  advertising  pictures 
and  illustrations  which  attract  the  attention  of  the 
passer-by.  He  keeps  on  hand  a  number  of  picture 
frames,  complete  with  mat  and  glass  and  of  different 
sizes,  and  in  these  he  places  the  pictures  and  puts 
them  in  the  show  window.  Usually  three  or  more 
pictures  are  displayed  at  all  times  and  people  watch 
his  window  with  a  great  deal  of  interest  in  antici- 
pation of  something  new  in  the  picture  line.  Every 
possible  subject  is  utilized  and  each  picture  bears 
well-worded  advertisements  relating  to  some  special 
article  for  sale  in  the  store.  The  adult  male  and  fe- 
male figure  in  catchy  and  artistic  poses  is  used 
very  largely,  although  this  style  is  interspersed  with 
humorous  sketches   from  time  to  time. 

Occasionally  the  framed  pictures  are  dropped, 
and  figures  of  men,  women  and  children  cut  out  of 
stiff  cardboard  and  colored  in  a  natural  way,  are 
placed  in  effective  positions  in  the  show  windows, 
together  with  the  articles  which  are  being  advertised 
at  the  time.  Of  course  every  druggist  is  not  an 
artist,  but  there  are  so  many  desirable  forms  of  ad- 
vertising easy  of  accomplishment  that  he  must  be  a 
man  of  few  ideas  indeed  who  cannot  with  proper 
application  hit  upon  some  scheme  which  will  show 
originality  and  draw  the  interest  of  the  public  to  his 
place  of  business. 

A  man  who  had  "looked  on  the  wine  when  it  was 
red,"  or  perhaps  whiskey  when  it  was  in  a  conven- 
ient bottle,  entered  a  drug  store  at  Maiden,  Mass., 
one  night  recently,  and  demanded  a  pint  of  the 
ardent,  otherwise  whiskey.  He  wanted  it  quick,  too, 
so  he  told  the  clerk,  and  added  that  he  was  the 
brother  of  Carrie  Nation.  The  clerk  kicked  him  out, 
but  not  before  he  had  kicked  a  case  in  which  he 
broke  a  number  of  bottles.  He  was  then  so  "rude" 
as  to  throw  a  brick  through  the  window  after  he 
had  been  put  outside.  This  smashing  mania  alone 
bore  out  his  claim  to  being  a  brother  of  the  famous 
"Carrie." 


ADULTERATED  VANILLA:— Henri  Lecomte 
(Bull.  des.  sc.  pharmacolog.)  denies  that  the  pres- 
ence or  absence  of  a  crystalline  coating  upon  vanilla 
is  an  infallible  index  of  the  quality  of  the  material. 
It  is  commonly  believed  that  the  best  varieties  of  va- 
nilla always  exhibits  superficial,  needle-like  crystals 
of  vanillin.  According  to  the  author,  this  is  untrue, 
for  Mexican  vanilla,  which  is  classed  with  the  best 
varieties,  is  always  without  these  crystals.  He  states 
that  vanilla  is  sometimes  artificially  covered  with 
crystals  of  benzoic  acid  in  order  to  improve  the  ap- 
pearance of  inferior  varieties  or  to  effect  a  sale  of 
pods  from  which  the  valuable  principle  has  already 
been  extracted.  This  adulteration  is  easily  detected 
by  determining  the  melting  point  of  the  crystals; 
benzoic  acid  is  also  easily  distinguished  from  vanil- 
lin by  means  of  a  magnifying  glass.  An  examination 
of  the  crystals  by  chemical  means  may  be  performed 
as  follows: — A  trace  of  phloroglucin  is  dissolved  in 
alcohol  upon  a  watch-glass,  an  equal  volume  of  hydro- 
chloric acid  added,  and  one  of  the  minute  crystals 
of  the  vanilla  pod  brought  into  the  mixture  by  means 
of  a  slender  glass  rod.  If  the  crystal  is  vanillin  a 
beautiful  red  color  appears,  while  in  the  presence  of 
benzoic  acid  the  mixture  remains  uncolored. 


112 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  ?0.  1902. 


KEEPING  ACCOUNTS  PAYABLE. 

By  FRANK  B.  LAMB,  WESTFIELD,  N.  Y. 

THE  drug  business  is  not  one  that  requires  an 
elaborate  system  of  bookkeeping  and  few 
druggists  have  the  time  to  attempt  it.  Our 
way  of  keeping  accounts  payable  may  not  be 
the  best,  but  it  is  better  than  some.  It  has  the  merit 
of  showing  at  a  glance  just  how  we  stand  with  our 
vmpaid  bills.  It  is  especially  adapted  to  those  who 
take  advantage  of  cash  accounts.  All  should  do  this 
even  if  necessary  to  call  on  their  bankers  for  tem- 
porary aid;  he  knows  you  better  than  your  distant 
creditor  and  will  charge  you  less  than  the  creditor 
for  the  use  of  the  money.  If  you  figure  on  paying 
promptly  you  are  less  liable  to  overstock,  and  over- 
stocking ruins  more  than  a  few.  Then,  too,  cash  dis- 
counts  will   nearly  pay   freights. 


When  our  invoices  are  received,  they  are  filed 
temporarily  with  the  bill  of  lading,  if  any,  in  an  ordi- 
nary clip  board  file.  When  the  goods  arrive  and  are 
marked  off,  the  footings  are  proved  and  the  bill  is 
entered  in  our  "Accounts  Payable"  book.  The  ab- 
breviation "ENT."  is  written  or  stamped  near  the 
footing  to  show  that  it  has  been  entered.  For  the 
book  we  use  a  thin  double  entry,  center  ruled  ledger. 
The  sample  page  shown  below  will  illustrate  the 
plan;  there  is  no  posting  or  unnecessary  work.  A 
glance  shows  at  once  what  bills  are  due.  The  terms, 
unless  of  a  firm  too  familiar  to  need  noting,  are 
written  under  the  date  of  invoice.  Cash  on  hand  can 
be  used  where  it  will  count  the  most.  The  left  hand 
column  can  be  footed  as  soon  as  the  bottom  of  a 
page  is  reached  and  the  footings  at  the  end  of  the 
year  show  amount  of  goods  purchased. 


SAMPLE  PAGE. 
ACCOUNTS   PAYABLE. 


July 
July 
July 
July 


Ashton   &   Co.. 

2  per  cent — lo  days 


3  I  Webb    &    Co., 
I   I  per  cent — lo  days 

I 


U.   S.   Mfg.   Co., 

2  per  cent — lo  days 

J.   H.   Beatty. 

3  per  cent — 30  days 


10 

40 

21I 

26 

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24 

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24I06 

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Frei.ght 
check   7 — 8 — '01 

dis 

check  7 — 10 — '01 


17 


60 


July  I   10  I  Arnold   Co., 
net  30  days 


July 


Golden   Bros.. 

5  per  cent — 30  days 


I42I  overcharge 
|34  dis 
16104!  check  7 — 12 — "ot 
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1500 
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PILLEM  AND  THE  SYMBOL  DOCTORS. 

By  P.  A.  LIGNELL,  West  Superior,  Wis. 

DROPPING  in  to  see  my  friend  Pillem  one 
evening,  I  happened  to  mention  a  recent 
article  in  the  Era,  about  symbol  prescrip- 
tions. Pillem,  sitting  in  the  office  of  his 
elegantly  appointed  pharmacy,  was  looking 
the  beaux  ideal  of  a  modern  up-to-date  pharmacist, 
mahogany  desk,  leather  revolving  chair,  desk  phones, 
call  bells,  etc.  Behind  the  magnificent  plate  glass 
prescription  case  his  head  clerk  (a  Ph.  G.,  Ph.  D. 
and  two  or  three  Ph.  something-else)  was  busily  en- 
gaged filling  "prescriptions"  with  such  new  and  won- 
derful discoveries  (in  nomenclature)  as  Dr.  Corkems 
Pectina  Tonic,  Dr.  Americas  Phantolauric  Co.  Elixir, 
etc.  A  bevy  of  girls  were  chattering  at  the  soda 
counter  over  their  ice-cream  sodas,  and  the  sofas 
and  chairs  were  all  filled  with  impatient  people  (wait- 
ing for  street  cars)  aid  with  a  never  diminishing 
stream  of  people,  coming  for  stamps,  directory  and 
phone. 

The  place  fairly  hummed  with  commercial  activity. 
So  when  Pillem,  large,  florid,  citified  to  his  finger 
tips,  said  to  me:  "Did  I  ever  tell  you  about  my  ex- 
perience with  a  symbol  doctor  in  the  mining  coun- 
try?" I  was  rather  startled.  "Yes  sir,  some  years 
ago,"  he  continued,  "I,  who  always  hated  small  towns, 
went  up  in  the  iron  country  and  started  a  drug  store 
— my  first  experiment,  by  the  way — in  a  town  of  about 
two  thousand  or  less — guess  it  was  more  less  than 
anything  else.  To  aggravate  the  experience,  there 
were  two  drug  stores  already  there,  but  the  town  was 
new,  population  mostly  foreign  (there  my  languages 
shone)  and  as  my  bump  of  self-confidence,  or  impu- 
dence,  was   pretty   large,    I   rushed   in   where   angels 


would  have  feared  to  tread.  Now,  the  town  had  a 
mining  hospital,  which  contained,  besides  the  usual 
paraphernalia,  a  very  pronounced  type  of  important 
"Mining  Doctor."  Because  of  his  very  importance 
it  never  entered  my  head  to  approach  him  with  the 
percentage  proposition  usual  in  such  localities,  but — 
here  the  trouble  began — one  of  the  other  druggists 
did.  So,  of  course,  both  the  important  mining  doctor 
and  the  I.  M.  Doctor's  assistant  instructed  their  pa- 
tients to  take  their  prescriptions  to  the  enterprising 
druggist. 

"By  this  time  I  had  made  money  enough  to  paint 
my  hurry-up-fixtures  a  dazzling  white,  and  had  ex- 
pended recklessly  in  fixing  up  my  pharmacy  with 
Japanese  hangings,  Chinese  umbrellas  and  twice  as 
many  incandescent  lights  as  any  other  drug  store  in 
the  place,  talking  all  the  time  confidently  about  my 
large  stock  and  increasing  business  and  coimter 
prescribing  to  the  great  satisfaction  of  all  my  foreign 
customers.  The  store  looked  flashy,  with  its  lights 
and  decorations  and  every  evening  all  my  chairs  were 
occupied,  with  my  waiting  counter  prescription  cus- 
tomers: so  no  wonder  people  came  to  the  conclusion 
that  Pillem  'did  the  business.'  As  the  public  usually 
follows  the  biblical  injunction  of  'giving  to  him  that 
hath,  and  taking  away  from  him  that  hath  not,'  I  got 
most  of  the  I.  M.  Doctor's  prescriptions,  despite  his 
earnest  warning  to  take  them  only  to  the  druggist 
whose   name   was   printed   on   the   prescription. 

"Finally  the  climax  came.  I  received  my  first 
symbol  prescription,  with  a  row  of  figures  in  place 
of  the  well-known  'medical'  Latin  abbreviations. 
Then  I  got  more  of  them  and  my  prescription  busi- 
ness dv/indled  like  the  rivulet  in  the  desert.  I,  of 
course,  tried  the  usual  remedies — saw  the  I.  M.  Doc- 
tor, saw  his  assistant,  tried  to  'borrow'  from  the  en- 


January  30,  1903.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


113 


terprising  druggist,  but  met  everywhere  with  a  flat 
refusal  or  smooth  explanations  amounting  to  the 
same  thing.  I  wondered  what  to  do,  my  customers 
wonilered  if  my  prescription  stock  had  evaporated 
and  the  opposition  thought  they  'had  me  sure.' 

"But  a.s  it  was  a  question  of  'Pike's  Peak  or  bust' 
with  me,  I  hit  upon  a  scheme — a  boomerang  scheme. 
You  see,  I  always  believed  in  advertising,  but  with 
only  one  soporific  weekly  in  the  place,  I  had  never 
before  tried  the  experiment.  I  now  had  one  thou- 
sand copies  of  imitation  typewritten  letters  printed 
on  my  letterheads  and  after  enclosing  them  m  envel- 
opes, also  with  my  card  printed  on  them,  I  mailed 
one  to  almost  every  citizen  above  the  grade  of  spit- 
toon cleaner,  in  the  burg.  And  it  worked;  worked 
beautifully;  worked  far  and  above  my  highest  specu- 
lations and  ihey  weren't  small  either. 

"I  have  never  seen  a  symbol  prescription  since. 
The  I.  M.  Doctor  and  his  assistant  became  my  best 
customers,  after  the  two  other  drug  stores  had  sold 
out  their  stock  to  me  at  so  much  per  dollar.  In  a 
short  time  I  made  a  little  'pile',  sold  out  and  opened 
this  'Temple  of  Pharmacy'  far  from  the  iron  country, 
important  mining  Doctors  and  counter  prescription 
customers." 

"What  was  it,  you  ask?  Well,  I  always  keep  a  copy 
of  that  wonderful  letter  in  my  desk,  and  whenever  I 
am  blue  or  need  an  inspiration,  I  read  it  over  again" 
and  Pillem  took  from  a  drawer,  marked  "Nest-egg" 
a  type-written  letter,  which  he  handed  to  me.  He 
then  lit  a  fresh  cigar,  crossed  his  legs  in  his  comfort- 
able chair,  tilted  it  back  and  glanced  contentedly  at 
his  elegant  pliarmacy,  mahogany  fixtures,  mirrors, 
plate  glass  and  humming  commercial  activity. 

The  letter  read: — 
Johm  Pilliem,  proprietor  of  the  best  drug  store  in  tlie  Iron 
country, 
Dear  Sir:     I  have,   lately,   been  considerably   annoyed 
by    my   cus'tomers   bringing   me    prescriptions    written    by 

Dr.   ■   and   Dr. ,    which   they   have   been   expressly 

directed  to  take  to  Mr.  — ^'s  drug  store.  To  avoid  fur- 
ther annoyance,   I  wish  to  state  that   these  prescriptions 

must  hereafter  be  taken  to  Mr.  's  drug  store,  as  they 

are  written  in  symbols  to  wMch  Mr.  ocnily  holds  the 

key. 

This  is  an  arrangement  often  found  in  large  cities,  be- 
tween enterprising  druggists  and  doctors,  and  is  to  their 
mutual  pecuniary  benefit,  and  quite  in  line  with  modern 
progress  in  consolid'ation,  and  with  the  trust-like  tend- 
encies  of  the  times.  I  ajn  willing  to  explain  this  more 
fully  in  person  if  more  information  on  the  subject  is 
desired. 

Tours  resi)e<;tfully, 

JOHN    PILLEai. 


THE  REPORT  ON  THE  DUTCH  CINCHONA 
PLANTATIONS  IN  JAVA  for  the  third  quarter  of 
lOOi.  a  copy  of  which  has  been  supplied  by  P.  Van 
Leersum,  the  Director  of  the  Government  planta- 
tions, shows  that  there  were  4,287,000  cinchona  plants 
under  cultivation,  of  which  nearly  three-fourths  con- 
sisted of  Cinchona  ledgeriana,  the  remainder  being 
Cinchona  succirubra  and  Cinchona  robusta,  the  hy- 
brid of  Cinchona  officinalis  and  Cinchona  succirubra. 
The  most  noteworthy  feature  of  the  report  is  the  re- 
markable character  of  the  hybrid  Cinchona  robusta, 
as  shown  by  the  analyses  of  fourteen  different  speci- 
mens. The  total  alkaloids  in  Cinchona  robusta  va- 
ried from  9.6  to  15.87  per  cent,  the  quinine  from  2.21 
to  7.51  per  cent,  the  cinchonidine  from  2.63  to  8.46 
per  cent.,  and  the  cinchonine  and  amorphous  alkaloid 
together  from  .gg  to  5.58  per  cent.  The  quinine,  ex- 
pressed as  (luininc  sulphate,  ranged  from  2.68  to  g.25 
per  cent.  A  cinchona  of  this  character,  containing 
in  one  specimen  nearly  16  per  cent  alkaloids,  of 
which  about  one-third  was  quinine,  Cas  sulphate) 
speaks  highly  for  the  success  of  the  scientific  culti- 
vation of  cinchona  as  carried  f)Ut  in  Java,  and  the 
fact  gives  occasion  for  thought  why  similar  results 
could  not  be  obtained  in  India,  by  suitable  scientific 
control.     (Pharm.  Journal). 


(   peckil  Correi<pondence.) 

FROM  THE  FRENCH  CAPITAL 

Paris,  Jan.  6. 

ONE  or  two  pleasant  pliarmaceutical  gatherings 
usually  mark  the  closing  months  of  the  year 
in  Paris,  but  their  nature  is  rather  social 
than  professional.  The  annual  dinner  of  the 
Paris  Pharmacists'  Syndicate,  and  the  fete 
organized  by  the  Association  of  drug  clerks  may 
therefore  be  dismissed  with  the  remark  that  the  pro- 
ceedings were  of  the  usual  pleasant  and  cordial  char- 
acter. The  annual  meeting  of  the  Academy  of 
Sciences,  in  December,  though  less  purely  pharmaceu- 
tical in  its  nature,  is  too  important  a  function  to  be 
passed  over  in  silence.  The  President,  in  his  opening 
address,  usually  alludes  to  the  gaps  that  death  has 
made  in  the  Academy's  ranks  during  the  year,  and 
M.  Fouque  thus  named  M.  Chatin,  ex-Director  of  the 
Paris  School  of  Pharmacy  and  more  particularly  re- 
ferred to 

Professor  Raoult  of  Grenoble. 

Those  who  attended  the  International  Con- 
gress of  Pure  Chemistry  at  Paris  in  1900  may  remem- 
ber M.  Raoult's  lecture  on  "The  Chemical  Teaching 
of  Cryoscopy  and  Tonometry."  He  was  in  fact,  the 
inventor  of  this  science.  Lord  Kelvin  said  of  Raoult, 
(when  conferring  upon  him  the  Davy  Medal  awarded 
by  the  Royal  Society  of  London,)  that  he  left  the 
beaten  track  and  studied  the  dissolution  of  organic 
matters  with  profound  skill  and  science,  slowly  and 
systematically,  and  discovered  unknown  properties, 
new  and  fruitful  laws,  universally  known  nowadays, 
but  of  which  the  revelation,  a  few  years  ago,  struck 
the  w^orld  with  surprise  and  admiration.  M.  Fouque 
cordially  endorsed  the  great  Scotch  savants'  estimate 
of  Raoult's  life  work  and  then  touched  upon  the  new 

Permanent  Federation  of  the  Scientific  World, 
as  organized  by  the  meeting  of  the  delegates  of  for- 
eign academies  at  Paris.  He  regretted  that  short 
notice  had  prevented  the  attendance  of  American 
delegates,  but  hoped  that  when  they  next  met  (at 
London)  this  would  not  be  the  case.  The  unison  of 
scientific  effort  which  could  be  organized  by  a  really 
international  and  permanent  body  could  hardly  fail 
to  be  fruitful  in  result. 

In  conslusion,  the  President  alluded  to 

M.  Berthelot's  Jubilee  Fete, 

recently  reported  in  the  Era.  We  may  just  mention 
en  passant,  that  at  this  interesting  function  two  spe- 
cial addresses  from  pharmacists  were  presented  to 
the  distinguished  chemist.  The  Paris  School  of  Phar- 
macy, (represented  by  the  Director,  M.  Guignard) 
reminded  its  "dear  and  illustrious  Master"  that  since 
1859  he  had  "never  ceased  to  belong  to  the  school." 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  Berthelot's  name  always  appears, 
as  honorary  professor,  on  the  printed  list  of  the 
teaching  stafT  and  oflicials  which  heads  its  public  no- 
tices. This  was  his  first  professorship,  and  he  intro- 
duced new  ideas  and  methods  into  the  school's  Or- 
ganic Chemistry  classes. 

The  Paris  Pharmacists'  Syndicate,  in  its  address, 
told  M.  r>erthelot  that  it  counted  among  its  members 
"many  pharmacists  who  are  proud  to  have  received, 
in  by-gone  days,  their  instruction  from  the  eminent 
Professor  of  Organic  Chemistry."  It  was  the  Syn- 
dicate's "privilege  and  grateful  duty"  to  address  to  the 
"illustrious  master  their  tribute  of  admiration  and 
veneration." 

But  to  return  to  the  Academy  of  Sciences.  After 
the  presidential  speech,  the  list  of  awards  is  published. 
This  year  a  total  of  about 

Eighty  thousand  dollars  in  Prizes  of  Scientific  Research 
was  distributed.  This  is  somewhat  over  the  average; 
the  amount  varies  annually,  as  many  of  the  prizes  are 
biennial  or  triennial.  The  most  interesting  items,  to 
chemists,  are  usually  the  La  Caze  and  Jecker  prizes, 
which    arc    worth    $2,000   apiece.     This    year    the    La 


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[January  30.  190^. 


Caze  prize  for  Physical  science  was  awarded  to  M. 
Pierre  Curie  for  his  discovery  of  radium,  and  the 
Chemistry  prize  to  Messrs.  Wyrouroff  and  Verneuil 
for  their  long  and  difficult  researches  which  termin- 
ated in  the  obtention  of  pure  oxide  of  cerium  and  the 
determination  of  the  atomic  weight  of  the  element. 

The  Jecker  prize  was  divided  among  three  chem- 
ists, MM:  Moureu,  Simon,  and  Vignon.  The  first 
named  will  be  familiar  to  readers  of  the  Era  as  a 
brilliant  young  professor  at  the  Paris  School  of  Phar- 
macy, who  has  effected  numerous  syntheses  and  dis- 
covered various  new  bodies.  M.  Simon  has  studied 
pyruvic  and  phenylglyoxylic  acid,  and  the  bacetonic 
acids  in  general. 

The  Kastner  Boursault  Prize  went  to  MM.  H. 
Gall  and  de  Montlaur  for  their  electrolytic  method 
of  manufacturing  chlorate  of  potash,  etc.,  so  largely 
applied  nowadays.  M.  Maze  took  the  Montague  prize 
for  his  studies  on  the  fixation  of  nitrogen  by  legumin- 
ous plants,  etc.;  and  half  the  Bellion  prize  was 
awarded  to  M.  M.  Landouzi  and  G.  Brouardel  for 
their  interesting  work  on  aniline  poisons. 

The  Wilde  prize  was  carried  off  by  M.  Baubigny, 
who  has  studied  atomic  weights  and  Dr.  Vaillard, 
a  French  army  surgeon,  gained  half  the  Montyon 
prize  ("Unhealthy  trades"  section)  for  his  essay  on 
"tinned  meats." 

AN  IDEAL  CASH  SYSTEM*. 

BY  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE. 

A  CASH  system  is  to  any  business  what  a  main- 
spring is  to  a  watch.  Given  a  weak  and 
uncertain  system,  full  of  flaws,  and  a  business 
may  be  expected  correspondingly  unde- 
pendable  as  to  results.  If,  however,  it  succeeds 
fairly,  it  simply  does  so  in  spite  of  lax  management, 
and  one  is  led  to  wonder  what  results  might  be 
accomplished  with  precision  and  method. 

Unfortunately  the  hours  and  present  conditions 
existing  in  the  drug  business  are  such  that  the  phar- 
macist has  little  time  for  thought  and  cool  calcula- 
tion, and  so  from  day  to  day  and  year  to  year,  many 
a  business  drifts  along  without  the  proprietor  having 
the  actual  knowledge  of  profits  and  losses,  that  his 
neighbor,  the  grocer  or  butcher,  think  necessary  to 
carry  business  on  satisfactorily. 

Each  individual  business  will  call  for  modifications 
of  any  system,  but  generally  speaking,  an  ideal  system 
would  be  one  that  would  guard  against  all  errors, 
thus  serving  as  a  protection  to  retailer  and  purchaser, 
and  at  the  same  time  a  system  that  would  tell  the 
business  man,  at  any  hour  of  the  day,  how  business 
stood,  as  well  as  to  give  concise  daily,  weekly,  month- 
ly and  yearly  account  of  affairs.  Such  a  system  is 
not  difficult  to  maintain,  provided  the  individual  will 
equip  himself  with  the  necessary  outfit  and  persevere 
in  the  use  of  it. 

The  business  man  of  today  cannot  afford  to  be 
without  one  or  more  cash  registers,  as  occasion  de- 
mands. The  expenditure  may  seem  large  at  first, 
but  the  leaks  that  will  be  stopped  will  more  than 
justify  the  outlay,  always  provided,  of  course,  that 
the  machine  is  well  used.  A  poor  user  has  no  added 
security  in  the  presence  of  the  best  machine  ever 
manufactured,  if  it  is  not  used  for  all  that  it  is 
worth. 

The  register  can  do  but  one  thing,  and  that  is  to 
be  mechanically  accurate  in  all  that  it  undertakes  to 
do,  and  so  there  is  a  silent  mentor  on  guard  caus- 
ing every  one  handling  accounts  which  pass  through 
the  register,  to  be  more  careful,  more  painstaking, 
and  more  accurate.  There  is  no  longer  any  excuse 
for  charges  on  account  to  be  omitted,  or  for  due 
credit  not  to  be  given  for  money  received,  much  less 
omissions  in  the  expense  account.  They  must  one 
and  all  be  registered,  and  unless  they  are  registered 
a  balance  will  be  impossible,  showing  an  error  some- 
where,  which   otherwise  would  be   entirely   unknown. 

Mistakes  in  change  are  prevented,  because  the 
register  only  takes  care  of  its  own  cash,  no  more — 

•New  England  Drugjist. 


no  less,  and  any  overplus  or  shortage  must  arise  from 
errors  or  dishonesty.  At  any  hour  of  the  day  the 
business  man  may  read  at  a  glance  the  amount  of 
his  cash  sales,  and  it  is  no  small  degree  of  satisfac- 
tion to  many  to  be  able  to  tell  what  parts  of  the 
day  average  the  biggest  business  returns  so  that  ar- 
rangements may  be  made  to  have  the  full  comple- 
ment of  help  on  hand.  To  the  proprietor  and  cus- 
tomer the  modern  cash  register  is  an  efficient  safe- 
guard, and  to  the  clerk  a  monument  to  his  accuracy 
and  honesty. 

Books  must  be  kept  and  here  is  where  many  a 
druggist  is  woefully  remiss.  The  system  may  be  sim- 
ple, but  whatever  it  is,  it  must  be  rigorously  kept  up 
to  date,  and  not  allowed  to  fall  behind,  or  alas,  time 
may  never  be  found  to  catch  up  again.  For  the 
ordinary  sized  business  single  entry  will  suffice  al- 
though double  entry  is,  of  course,  more  certain  of 
absolute  accuracy.  If,  upon  entering  the  expense 
items  of  each  day's  business,  the  total  is  also  noted, 
the  work  at  the  end  of  the  week  and  month  is  much 
lessened  by  merely  having  to  sum  up  these  totals, 
and  time  means  much  to  the  busy  and  often  weary 
druggist.  Added  to  the  entry  of  the  day's  cash  sales 
it  makes  an  interesting  memorandum  to,  in  a  single 
word,  make  a  note  of  the  weather.  The  words 
cloudy,  fair,  rainy,  etc.,  will  form  the  basis  of  most 
interesting  comparisons,  as  to  the  effect  of  the  weath- 
er upon  the  cash  sales. 

The  day  book  should  contain  not  only  the  names 
of  credit  customers,  but  their  addresses  as  well.  The 
clerk  who  knows  Mrs.  Brown  very  well,  may  not  be 
with  you  in  a  week's  time,  and  it  may  be  impossible 
to  locate  the  lady.  Some  people  seem  to  think  that 
if  they  have  been  in  the  store  and  made  a  few  pur- 
chases that  their  names  and  addresses  should  be  fa- 
miliar to  the  proprietor,  and  evince  considerable  sur- 
prise to  be  asked.  One  druggist,  knowing  this  weak- 
ness of  his  customers,  had  made  numerous  charges 
to  such  people  as  Miss  Toppy,  The  man  with  the 
limp.  Cross-eyed  woman,  etc.  Needless  to  say  it  was 
rather  embarassing  to  attempt  to  render  the  bills. 

The  houses  of  which  the  retail  dealer  buys  send 
bills  and  statements  regularly,  and  why  should  the 
man  doing  business  on  a  small  capital  be  less  bus- 
inesslike? And  yet  many  a  bill  which  might  have 
been  collected  with  ease  has  been  allowed  to  run 
until  the  family  moved,  or  the  bill  was  forgotten  and 
disputed.  In  many  cases  the  difference  between  suc- 
cess and  failure  lies  in  close  collecting. 

It  is  a  curious  fact  that  many  a  man  will  not  trade 
with  the  storekeeper  to  whom  he  (owes  a  bill,  and 
whom  he  finds  it  inconvenient  to  pay.  He  is  ashamed 
to  go  boldly  in  and  buy  present  necessities  when 
those  of  the  past  are  not  paid  for,  so  he  gives  his 
cash  trade  somewhere  else.  If,  however,  he  can  be 
brought  to  see  his  way  clear  to  settle  the  bill,  the 
one  who  has  trusted  him  at  least  gets  his  own,  and  in 
nine  cases  out  of  ten  regains  his  cash  custom  as 
well. 

There  should  be  a  monthly  summing  up  of  all 
moneys  taken  in  and  paid  out  and  at  the  end  of  the 
year  either  calendar  or  business  books  must  be 
closed  to  discover  whether  the  balance  is  on  the 
debit  or  the  credit  side.  Increase  of  stock  must  be 
taken  into  account  either  by  a  general  estimate, 
which  is  at  best  unsatisfactory,  or  better  yet  by 
actual  thorough  stock-taking.  If  all  work  with  a  will 
stock  ought  to  be  taken  in  the  average  store  in  a 
week's  spare  time.  Provision  may  be  made  ahead  to 
have  the  week  clear  of  manufacturing  and  all  work 
not   absolutely  necessary. 

It  will  even  pay  and  pay  well,  to  engage  extra 
skilled  help  for  the  time  necessary,  that  the  drug- 
gist with  his  fellow-business  man  may  find  whether  he 
is  slowly  but  surely  piloting  his  financial  affairs  to 
the  haven  of  Failure  or  Prosperity,  or  is  merely  held 
practically  motionless  in  the  eddy  of  competition  and 
business   turmoil. 

"All   very   fine   on   paper,"   sighs   may   a   long-suf- 
fering druggist,   "but  how  are   we  to   get  time,   and 
what  great  good  is  accomplished  after  it  is  all  done?" 
It    will    pay    to    take    the    time.     If    the    business 


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is  prospering  finely,  well  and  good,  you  can  afford 
to  hire  extra  help  if  necessary,  and  the  satisfaction  of 
knowing  what  you  are  actually  gaining  will  be  suf- 
ficient reward,  but  if,  on  the  other  hand,  it  is  a  losing 
game — with  all  its  long  hours  and  burden  of  respon- 
sibilities— the  sooner  it  is  discovered  the   better. 

One  of  three  conditions  must  exist;  the  business 
is  not  to  be  had  in  that  locality;  it  is  not  being  hand- 
led in  a  way  to  secure  its  highest  development;  or 
the  right  man  is  not  in  the  right  place.  If  the  bus- 
iness is  not  there,  either  side-lines  must  be  introduced 
to  help  out,  or  the  location  given  up.  There  is  no 
great  object  in  perpetuating  a  failure.  If,  however, 
the  business  is  not  being  developed  properly,  there 
is  a  reason  for  it,  and  consequently  a  remedy,  which 
the  business  man  will  not  fail  to  discover  if  he  dons 
the  magic  spectacles  of  observation,  that  will  enable 
him  to  see  from  both  sides  of  the  counter.  With 
the  discovery  of  the  reason  of  this  lack  of  progress 
comes  the  study  of  the  remedy,  and  few  men  who 
have  the  insight  to  discover  the  cause  have  not  suf- 
ficient Yankee  ingenuity  to  also  discover  the  cure. 
But,  if  the  business  man  is  convinced  that  he  is  not 
the  right  man  for  the  place  and  that  the  business 
will  not  keep  him,  there  is  no  sense  in  his  attempt- 
ing to  keep  it.  Some  other  man  may  be  more  in 
sympathy  with  the  people  of  that  community.  There 
may  be  a  foreign  element  or  some  particular  condi- 
tion against  which  it  is  unwise  to  struggle.  Let  some 
one  else  try  it,  while  he  learns  wisdom  from  the  ex- 
perience gained. 

This  yearly  rendering  of  strict  account  to  one's 
self  is  the  searchlight  which  the  business  man  must 
take  time  to  cast  upon  his  affairs  if  he  wishes  to 
know  hnw  he  stands,  but  unless  there  is  a  regular 
cash  system — which  is  unfortunately  lacking  in  many 
an  otherwise  well-conducted  business — this  knowl- 
edge will  be  an  unknown  quantity.  Knowledge  of 
one's  business,  to  the  druggist  as  to  others,  is  the 
power  to  act,   and  to   act   intelligently. 

If  the  scientific  and  commercial  part  of  the  bus- 
iness is  to  reach  its  best,  and  be  maijitained  at  its 
best,  the  cash  system  must  be  in  good  order.  The 
brain  would  do  little  work  were  it  not  for  the  cir- 
culatory system  of  the  body.  Draw  from  that  and 
j'ou  weaken  the  thought  power,  and  too  great  a 
sapping  of  the  vital  life-fluid  means  the  sacrifice  of 
life  itself.  Nature  does  nothing  in  a  haphazard  way; 
there  is  order,  system,  method  in  everything. 

It  would  seem  that  the  professional  side  of  the 
pharmacist  is  often  developed  at  the  expense  of  some 
of  the  practical,  which  in  its  way  is  equally  import- 
ant. The  cash  system  adopted  may  not  be  wholly 
ideal,  but  at  least  it  may  be  thorough,  and  be  kept 
up-to-date  three  hundred  and  sixty-five  days  in  the 
year,  and  that  will  mean  much,  both  in  the  develop- 
ment of  the  business  itself  and  business  instincts  in 
the  proprietor  himself. 


CARD  SYSTEM  FOR  PRESCRIPTIONS.* 

By  HARRY  M.  GRAVES. 

SOME  business  men  look  on  innovations  and  im- 
proved methods  of  doing  things  with  aversion 
and  contempt  because  they  entail  a  little  time 
and  expense  to  install,  and  though  when  per- 
fectly established  they  may  save  in  a  month  suffi- 
cient time  to  have  then  made  up  for  that  consumed 
in  their  installment;  and  that  when  installed  they 
prevent  mistakes  and  this  makes  possible  better  ser- 
vice. 

There  has  always  been  a  great  deal  of  discussion 
as  to  the  best  method  of  filing  prescriptions  so  that 
ready  reference  may  be  had  to  them.  Every  store 
has  a  system  of  its  own  and  each  possesses  some 
good  features,  though  I  have  never  seen  any  which 
just  met  all  the  requirements. 

There  is  probably  no  druggist  who  will  say  that 
too  much  time  or  trouble  can  be  expended  in  prop- 
erly    caring     for     prescriptions.     Whether   one   files 

•The  Spatula. 


them  on  a  spindle  or  pastes  them  in  a  book  or  copies 
them  into  a  book,  the  main  object  is  to  preserve 
them  in  a  manner  so  that  they  can  be  referred  to 
readily  and  quickly.  Filing  on  a  spindle  is  unhandy 
as  It  can  be,  for  frequent  handling  often  causes  the 
spindle  hole  to  tear  out  and  the  prescription  becomes 
lost  or  so  torn  and  soiled  as  to  be  almost  illegible. 
By  pasting  them  in  a  book,  one  may  be  certain  of 
preserving  them,  but  this  method  certainly  does  not 
secure  facility  of  reference  as  but  one  person  can  use 
the  book  at  a  time  and  it  is  often  necessary  for  three 
or  four  to  have  access  to  back  prescriptions  at  the 
same  time;  then,  by  this  method,  the  prescriptions 
have  to  be  stuck  on  a  spindle  for  a  day  anyway— it  is 
impossible  and  impractical  to  paste  them  in  a  book 
as  fast  as  they  come  in.  Writing  prescriptions  in  a 
book  serves  no  particular  purpose  except  that  the 
book  used  for  reference  isn't  as  large  as  when  they 
are  pasted  in;  but  the  same  objection  arises  as  in  the 
previous  instance— but  one  person  can  use  the  book 
at  a  time. 

I  have  given  this  matter  a  great  deal  of  thought 
and  attention,  and  being  thoroughly  equipped  with 
the  knowledge  of  what  I  wanted,  it  is  not  strange  that 
I  have  succeeded  in  devising  a  system  which  I  be- 
lieve to  be  practical,  and  adaptable  alike  to  every 
case  with  equal  promise  of  satisfaction.  The  para- 
phernalia requisite  for  establishing  this  method  I  have 
devised,  -while  simple  in  the  extreme,  will  need  de- 
tailed explanation  to  be  thoroughly  understood,  as 
the  drug  business  is  not  of  a  nature  calculated  to  ad- 
mit of  its  proprietor  being  familiar  with  card  systems. 
He  may  have  a  general  idea  of  them  from  glancing 
at  advertisements  in  various  magazines,  but  I  am  sure 
that  his  intimate  knowledge  of  them  is  limited. 

In  my  opinion  the  card  system  is  superior  to 
books  for  any  purpose,  even  for  book-keeping.  A 
name  is  much  easier  located  and  the  card  on  which 
it  is  found  may  be  taken  out  and  carted  around  any- 
where, which  is  sometimes  convenient,  while  with  a 
large,  unwieldy  book  this  is  out  of  the  question. 
Then  a  card  system  is  flexible  or  elastic,  so  to  speak, 
if  one  adds  to  it  as  he  has  to — he  does  not  have  to 
buy  a  large  book  in  anticipation  of  future  business 
and  then  handle  it  when  a  smaller  book  would  really 
do.  The  card  system  expands  with  your  business  or 
your  requirements. 

Now  to  apply  the  card  system  to  the  filing  of 
prescriptions.  Buy  plain  ruled  cards  of  the  large 
size,  4x6,  and  of  good  quality  of  bristol  board;  the 
cost  will  not  in  any  case  e.xceed  $3.00  for  one  thou- 
sand. The  prescriptions  are  to  be  copied  on  these 
cards  after  this  fashion:  The  original  prescription 
can  be  filed  in  a  very  small  box,  as  it  is  not  likely 
that  reference  will  ever  be  made  to  it  again,  but  it 
is  best  to  preserve  it  in  case  of  emergency.  By  filing 
these  in  rotation  compactly  in  a  small  box  of  suffi- 
cient capacity  to  hold  a  thousand,  and  by  marking 
the  outside,  they  will  be  very  handy  indeed  and  will 
take    up    very   little    room. 

The  cards  themselves  should  be  filed  in  a  cabinet 
reserved  for  that  purpose— 1,000  in  a  draw  with  a  top 
card  to  denote  each  one  hundred.  Suitable  cabinets 
can  be  purchased  for  the  purpose  at  a  very  small 
cost.  On  the  outside  of  the  draw  should  appear  some 
guide  to  indicate  the  number  therein. 

By  filing  copies  of  prescriptions  in  this  way  the 
possibility  of  mistake  from  confusion  is  eliminated, 
facility  and  quickness  of  reference  are  assured.  Any 
number  of  persons  may  use  the  prescription  file  at 
the  same  time.  All  it  would  be  necessary  to  do 
would  be  to  go  to  the  cabinet,  take  the  prescription 
wanted  to  the  prescription  counter  until  the  prescrip- 
tion was  compounded,  and  then  return  it  to  the  cab- 
inet. 

I  think  it  would  pay  any  druggist  to  adopt  this 
system — its  cost  is  small  and  it  is  bound  to  be  satis- 
factory to  anyone  who  likes  to  have  things  just 
right.  There  are  other  points  in  which  this  plan  ex- 
cels that  readily  reveal  themselves  on  a  short  trial 
but  which  do  not  suggest  themselves  in  a  brief  re- 
sume  of  this   character. 


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[January  30,  1902. 


PHOTOGRAPHIC   SUPPLIES   IN   THE   DRUG 
STORE.* 

By  DWIGHT  DARLING,  Everette.Wash. 

MANY  as  are  the  side  lines  possible  and  profit- 
able for  the  .-ivc-rage  druggist  to  carry,  yet 
that  of  ;ameras  and  photograpiuc  supplies, 
in  my  op'nion,  is  the  mOot  lemnneralivo 
a:  d  satisfartory  in  e>  ery  re-pect.  I  have  been  carry- 
incc  this  line  for  abort  three  years,  and  can  confiilent- 
ly  say  that  for  a  paying  investment,  an  advertisement, 
a  strong  drawing  influence  in  getting  other  trade,  a 
pleasant  diversion,  and  a  line  that  fits  naturally  in 
with  that  of  the  drug  business,  it  is  better  than  any- 
thing of  the  kind  that  I  have  ever  tried. 

As  an  investment  it  nets  the  dealer,  I  think,  safely 
an  average  profit  of  40  per  cent  all  through.  The 
papers,  plates,  and  films  are  sold  close,  there  being 
about  25  per  cent  made  on  these.  But  on  the  cam- 
eras themselves  and  the  toning  and  fixing  baths,  the 
developers,  and  on  all  the  other  solutions  as  well  as 
the  hyposulfite  of  sodium  which  is  used  very  largely, 
and  on  all  the  other  chemicals,  there  is  a  profit 
enough  larger  to  raise  the  average  easily  to  40  per 
cent.  The  solutions  named  are  very  much  used  both 
by  the  profession  and  amateurs  and  afiford  a  good 
margin   of  profit  to  the  dealer. 

Most  people  patronize  a  drug  store  because  they 
are  compelled  to  on  account  of  sickness  or  accident, 
and,  consequently,  they  usually  think  of  a  drug  store 
in  this  connection.  Now,  if  a  proprietor  can  in  a 
measure  overcome  this  impression,  it  seems  to  me 
that  he  has  gained  a  corresponding  amount  of  public 
favor.  This  is  just  what  he  does  when  he  stocks 
photographic  goods,  as  people  gradually  lose  sight 
of  the  unpleasant  part  of  his  business. 

It  is  a  good  drawing  card,  for  it  allows  the  dealer 
to  push  a  separate  and  distinct  line  from  drugs,  and 
induces  people  to  come  into  the  store  for  cameras 
and  photographic  supplies;  and  while  there,  they  are 
very  liable  to  see  other  things  they  want,  and  so 
another  sale  is  made.  And  by  coming  into  the  store 
for  these  things  they  get  into  a  habit  of  coming,  and 
a  steady  customer  is  made.  Some  of  my  best  custo- 
mers have  been  secured  in  this  way  by  coming  first 
to  buy  photo  supplies  and  some  of  them  had  a  strong 
incentive  to  trade  elsewhere,  but  as  they  had  to 
come  to  me  for  films  and  other  things  they  could 
get  nowhere  else,  they  extended  their  purchases  to 
the  regular  drug  line. 

The  Extra  Profits. 

This  business  of  photographic  supplies  is  different 
from  most  othei  things  the  druggist  sells  in  that 
when  a  sale  of  a  camera  is  made,  it  is  only  the  be- 
ginning of  the  expense  to  the  buyer  and  of  profit 
to  the  seller.  The  veriest  amateur  must  buy  some 
supplies  even  though  he  ooes  no  developing  or  print- 
ing. He  must  have  plates  or  films,  to  begin  with, 
although  he  may  let  the  professional  do  the  rest. 
But  as  the  amateur  progresses  in  the  art,  he  takes 
more  interest  in  it  and  his  purchases  increase  in 
proportion.  He  is  constantly  trying  new  ideas  and 
improvements  on  old  methods.  Perhaps  he  buys  a 
larger  or  better  camera,  and  other  Ipnses  or  attach- 
ments, such  as  tripods,  cases,  etc.  Then,  in  the  work 
itself,  some  negatives  have  to  be  reduced  while  oth- 
ers have  to  be  intensified;  often  a  hardening  bath  has 
to  be  used,  and  there  are  many  other  solutions  con- 
stantly needed,  all  of  which  afford  a  good  profit  to 
the  dealer.  While  on  his  part  the  dealer  encourages 
this  progress  all  he  can.  still  .the  photographer,  on 
his  side,  is  getting  good  value  and  is  glad  to  make 
the  expenditures.  It  certainly  does  cost  money;  but, 
I  believe,  dollar  for  dollar  the  amount  invested  in 
photography,  the  amateur  has  more  to  show  for  his 
money  and  has  had  more  real  and  permanent  enjoy- 
ment and  permanent  results  that  will  give   him  and 

•Western  Druggist. 


others    pleasure    in    years    to    come    than    the    same 
amount  invested  in  any  other  way  may  give. 

Knowledge  of  the  Business  Required. 

The  druggist  himself  need  not  necessarily  under- 
stand much  about  the  work  in  order  to  make  a  suc- 
cess of  this  branch,  as  all  he  need  do  is  to  sell  the 
goods  and  to  point  out  the  merits  of  the  different 
cameras  and  supplies  he  has.  Of  course,  if  he  has 
the  time  and  the  inclination  to  do  so,  it  is  much  bet- 
ter for  his  trade  and  could  be  called  a  profitable  in- 
vestment on  his  part,  to  say  nothing  of  the  pleasures 
derived  from  it.  Customers,  I  have  noticed,  naturally 
look  to  him  to  help  them  over  their  difficulties,  and 
they  like  to  compare  notes  with  him  more  than  with 
fellow  photographers;  so  it  is  a  great  help  to  him  to 
understand  something  about  the  subject,  both  theo- 
retically and  practically.  But  he  certainly  must  be 
familiar  to  a  degree  with  the  merits  of  the  articles  he 
is  selling.  This  is,  however,  easily  acquired  and  will 
take  but   little  time   from   his   other  duties. 

Dark  Room  in  the  Drug  Store. 

A  dark  room  for  the  use  of  the  public  is  a  great 
help  and  gives  the  dealer  a  stronger  hold  upon  his 
customers;  but  even  this  may  be  wanting  and  still  a 
very  satisfactory  business  done.  I  have  no  dark 
room,  and  yet  I  believe  I  do  almost  as  much  business 
as  if  I  did.  I  have  noticed  that  the  largest  call  for  a 
dark  room  that  I  have  had  comes  from  people  living 
in  other  places  and  not  residents  and  regular  custo- 
mers. It  is  very  rare  that  a  regular  customer  has 
asked  for  it.  It  is  an  expense  to  keep  up,  too. 
Customers  expect  free  use  of  trays  and  other  uten- 
sils, and  free  developers  and  fixing  baths,  to  say 
nothing  of  free  advice.  This  last  feature  of  showing 
the  amateur  how  the  different  operations  are  con- 
ducted is  the  greatest  drawback  of  all,  as  it  takes  a 
good  deal  of  time  which  could  be  employed  to  better 
advantage  and  with  more  profit  to  the  druggist  him- 
self. 

It  is  true  that  considerable  time  is  consumed  in 
making  a  sale  of  a  camera,  but,  then,  the  sale  itself 
is  large  and  brings  proportionately  large  returns 
from  the  sales  of  supplies  attendant  thereon.  This 
should  be  considered  when  the  sale  is  being  made. 
Indeed,  it  would  almost  pay  in  the  long  run  either 
to  sell  for  cost  or  give  away  a  few  cameras  if  the 
dealer  could  be  assured  that  he  would  sell  all  the 
supplies  used  in  the  instruments. 

The  Druggist  Naturally  the  One  to  Handle  These  Goods. 

The  business  of  photographic  supplies  goes  nicely 
with  the  regular  drug  business,  so  the  druggist  is  not 
getting  out  of  his  sphere  when  he  puts  in  the  line. 
Who  else  is  more  competent  to  put  up  the  different 
solutions  used  or  more  familiar  with  the  chemicals. 
And  who  else  would  have  the  patience  'to  sell  5 
cents'  worth  of  a  solution  and  explain  the  uses  of  it? 
With  few  exceptions  all  the  chemicals  used  are  com- 
monly carried  in  drug  stores,  and  the  rest,  only 
about  eight  or  ten,  can  always  be  had  at  any  whole- 
sale house.  Thus  this  business  doesn't  entail  an  ad- 
ditional investment,  and  it  is  in  these  chemicals 
where  most  of  the  profit  lies.  A  druggist,  by  reason 
of  his  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  knowledge,  prac- 
tically shuts  out  all  such  competitors  as  stationery 
and  sporting-goods  stores,  as  they  have  to  buy  the 
solutions  while  the  druggist  makes  his  own  better 
and  cheaper.  And  besides,  such  competitors  are  not 
able  to  explain  the  actions  of  the  different  combina- 
tions as  a  druggist  can  or  make  any  experiments, 
thus  they  are  badly  handicapped,  for  there  is  always 
a  lot  of  explanation  to  be  thrown  in  with  every  sale. 

Most  of  the  developers,  fixing  baths,  restrainers, 
etc.,  which  are  on  the  market  are  made  by  large 
manufacturers  and  are  quite  expensive,  but  can  be 
duplicated  by  the  druggist  for  much  less  than  the 
prices  they  ask.  These  solutions  sold  and  made  by 
the  druggist  are  readily  bought  by  the  amateur,  for 
he  is  governed  to  a  great  extent  by  what  the  dealer 
tells  him. 


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A  Desirable  Class  of  Customers. 
Every  druggist  sells  more  or  less  on  credit,  and, 
consequently,  loses  more  or  less  in  unpaid  accounts. 
Now,  I  have  made  it  a  special  point  to  note  the 
losses  in  this  line.  Since  I  stocked  goods  of  this 
class  I  have  sold  on  credit  to  the  amount  of  about 
$3,000  and  of  that  entire  amount  I  have  not  lost  one 
cent.  And  at  present  I  have  not  more  than  $50 
standing  out,  none  of  which  is  yet  two  months  old. 
This,  I  think,  is  a  splendid  record,  and  as  people  who 
pay  for  their  photo  supplies  will  not  beat  the  drug- 
gist out  of  their  drug  bill,  shows  this  is  a  class  of 
trade   to   cultivate. 


Mix  and  dissolve  by  the  aid  of  a  very  gentle  heat. 
Let  the  solution  stand  in  a  warm  place  24  hours  and 
filter. 


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The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  aub- 
■crlbers  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
■nd  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription  work,  dispensing  difficulties,  etc. 

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published  In  previous  Issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
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Copying    Slates;    Hectograph. 

(C.  F.  J.)  "Please  publish  a  formula  for  preparing 
a  composition  for  refilling  copying  slates.  The  mass 
is  about  the  consistency  of  putty.  Also  give  for- 
mulas for  red  and  purple  inks  for  use  with  the 
copying  mass." 

Compositions  of  this  character  for  reproducing 
writing  in  facsimile  are  best  known  as  "copying 
pads,"  "hectograph"  masses,  etc.  Here  are  several 
formulas: 

(1)  Gelatin    4    ounces 

Water    15  fl.  ounces 

Glycerin    15  fl.   ounces 

White   clay   (kaolin) 2  ounces 

(2)  Good  ordinary  g'.ue   10  ounces 

Glycerin    4   ounces 

Kaolin  or  barium  sulphate 2Yj  ounces 

Water,  cufficient 

(3)  For  a  tin  dish  7x11  inches: 

Glue     3    ounces 

Glycerin    15  ounces 

Kaolin    %   ounces 

Water    111,4    ounces 

(4)  Gelatin,  170  parts;  glycerin,  1,410  parts;  water, 
400  parts.  The  mixture,  after  standing  some  time  in 
the  cold,  is  melted  together  on  a  water  bath  and 
poured  out  with  care  to  prevent  the  formation  of  air 
bubbles.  Addition  of  salicylic  acid  increases  its  keep- 
ing qualities.  Before  using,  it  is  directed  to  moisten 
the  surface  with  water  and  to  remove  the  excess  by 
spreading  a  paper  over  it.  Old  writing  is  easily  re- 
moved with  a  sponge  moistened  with  very  dilute  hy- 
drochloric acid. 

Other  formulas  may  be  found  in  previous  volumes 
of  the  Era.  Here  are  some  formulas  for  hectograph 
inks: 

Violet — Methyl-violet,  i  part;  water,  7  parts;  al- 
cohol, I  part. 

Blue — Water-soluble  anilin  blue,  10  parts;  glycer- 
in, 10  parts;  water  from  50  to  100  parts  as  desired. 

Red — Diamond  fuchsin,  10  parts;  alcohol,  10 
parts;  acetic  acid.  2^2  parts;  mucilage  of  acacia,  80 
parts.     Mix  and  dissolve. 

Black — .Anilin  black,  5  parts;  absolute  alcohol,  S 
parts;    mucilage   of  acacia,   5  parts;   water,   35  parts. 


Ointment   for   Hemorrhoids. 

(,A.  F.)  "I  have  prepared  for  the  treatment  ot 
piles  a  mixture  of  the  ointments  of  nutgall  and  stra- 
monium seed  and  cerate  of  lead  subacetatc,  equal 
parts  of  each.  I  have  been  told  that  the  lead  sepa- 
rates from  the  mixture  on  standing  and  I  am  afraid 
to  use  it  fearing  lead  poisoning  if  it  is  applied  to 
bleeding  piles.  1  would  like  to  know  how  long  the 
mixture  will  stand  without  spoiling  and  how  decom- 
position may  be  prevented.  Also  give  some  other 
formulas  for  use  in  the  treatment  of  piles?" 

When  freshly  prepared  there  seems  to  be  no  ob- 
jection of  using  cerate  of  subacetatc  of  lead  in  an 
ointment  of  this  character.  Upon  standing,  however, 
the  cerate  easily  becomes  rancid  and  therefore  irri- 
tating, and  when  applied  to  raw  surfaces  like  in  the 
treatment  of  hemorrhoids,  it  is  quite  likely  to  pro- 
duce lead  poisoning.  For  this  reason  the  above  for- 
mula is  not  a  desirable  one  for  producing  an  ointment 
that  is  to  be  kept  in  stock  for  some  time.  The  best 
way  to  avoid  the  difficulty  is  to  omit  the  cerate  from 
the  mixture.  Here  are  two  formulas  which  have  been 
recommended: 

(1)  Morphine  sulphate  2  grains 

Olive   oil    2  fl.    drams 

Oxide  of  zinc  ointment 1  ounce 

Nutgall  in  fine  powder 2  drams 

(2)  Gallic  acid   20  grains 

Extract  of  opium   10  grains 

K:<ir&ct  of   belladonna   10  grains 

iSi'mple  ointmnt    1  ounc 

Apply  night  and  morning. 

It  should  be  stated  that  all  ointments  made  with 
lard  tend  to  become  rancid  in  time.  It  is  also  quite 
probable  that  in  severe  cases  of  hemorrhoids  only 
surgical  treatment  will  effect  a  cure. 


Emulsion  of  Copaiba. 

(A.  J.  D.l  submits  the  following  formula: 

Oil  of  Cubeb   1  dram 

Oil  ot  gaultheria   1  dram 

Balsam  of  copaiba  4  dranus 

Solution  of  potassa 1  dram 

Syrup  of  acacia   1  ounce 

Spirit  of  nitrous  ether  1  ounce 

C.imi^hor  water   3  ounces 

"I  have  had  a  discussion  with  an  opponent  who 
insists  on  the  possibility  of  making  a  perfectly  thick 
and  white  emulsion  by  using  all  of  the  ingredients  in 
the  quantities  above  prescribed.  Please  describe  the 
appearance  of  this  mixture  when  made  'lege  artis.'  " 
We  have  failed  to  secure  a  satisfactory  "thick  and 
white  emulsion"  from  this  formula.  The  resulting 
mixture  would  separate  on  standing  and  it  also  had 
a  slight  tinge  of  color.  The  difTiculty  in  the  way  of 
complete  emulsification  seemed  to  be  due  to  the  iii- 
sufiiciency  of  acacia,  the  acacia  being  also  incompati- 
ble with  the  alcohol  of  the  spirit  of  nitrous  ether.  By 
employing  a  syrup  consisting  of  half  mucilage  of  aca- 
cia and  cutting  down  the  spirit  of  nitrous  ether  to 
one-half  the  quantity  a  more  stable  preparation  may 
be  made.  In  such  procedure  the  oils  and  balsam 
should  be  emulsified  with  the  acacia  and  the  solution 
of  potassa  diluted  with  a  little  of  the  camphor  water. 
The  remainder  of  the  camphor  water  is  then  gradual- 
ly added  and  lastly,  the  spirit  of  nitrous  ether. 

Darkened   Extract  of  Witch   Hazel. 

(J.  A.  K.)  asks  what  will  restore  distilled  extract 
of  witch  hazel  to  a  light  color  after  having  been 
darkened  by  being  placed  in  a  tin  can. 

•  We  know  of  no  practical  process.  The  cost  of 
the  material  damaged  is  so  small  that  the  time  and 
labor  involved  would  hardly  warrant  the  attempt  at 
any  operation  or  process.  Close  filtration  like  that 
through  animal  charcoal  will  probably  lighten  the 
color,  but  at  the  same  time  it  will  materially  affect 
the  odor  of  the  witch  hazel.  The  darkened  witch 
hazel  may  be  kept  on  hand  and  used  in  liniments  and 


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the    like    where    the    dark    color    will    not    interfere 
with  the  looks  of  the  preparation. 

A  dark  precipitation  is  very  likely  to  occur  in  ex- 
tracts of  witch  hazel  distilled  from  the  green  brush. 
The  manufacturers  of  the  various  proprietary  brands 
state  on  their  labels  that  this  precipitation  is  a  prop- 
erty of  the  shrub;  it  exercises  no  bad  influence  what- 
ever, and  it  cannot  be  removed  without  materially 
injuring  the  quality  of  the  extract.  The  sediment  or 
precipitate  may  generally  be  removed  by  standing 
the  barrel  or  package  containing  the  extract  on  end, 
let  it  thoroughly  settle  for  a  week  or  two  and  then 
decant,  when  the  extract  will  be  entirely  clear  and 
free  from  the  precipitate.  In  this  way  all  of  the  con- 
tents may  be  removed  except  the  last  two  or  three 
gallons,  which  may  be  carefully  filtered. 


Cananga   Oil. 

(H.  L.  S.)  Cananga  (also  written  Kananga)  is 
derived  from  the  Cananga  odorata,  a  plant  indigen- 
ous to  the  IMalayan  archipelago  and  the  Philippine 
Islands.  The  same  plant  also  produces  the  well- 
known  oil  of  ylang-ylang  used  in  perfumery.  Though 
coming  from  the  same  source,  the  dit^erence  in  per- 
fume of  the  oils  is  explained  (Schimmel's  Report)  by 
climatic  differences,  and  by  the  higher  or  lower  con- 
dition of  cultivation  of  the  plants  producing  the 
oils.  According  to  Blume  the  flowers  of  the  wild, 
uncultivated  cananga  trees  are  nearly  odorless.  Oil 
of  cananga  is  used  in  enormous  quantities  in  the 
manufacture   of  soap. 

From  the  authority  above  quoted  it  is  stated  that 
cananga  oil  is  closely  allied,  from  a  chemical  point 
of  view,  to  oil  of  ylang-ylang,  but  is  distinguished 
from  it  by  its  much  larger  proportion  of  sesquiter- 
pene. Benzoic  and  acetic  acids  are  undoubtedly  present 
in  the  form  of  esters.  The  presence  of  linalool  is 
very  probable.  In  addition  to  linalool  oil  of  ylang- 
ylang  also  contains  geranioi. 


Glove  Cleaner. 

(A.  C.  G.)  See  this  journal  August  22,  1901,  page 
236.     Here  are  two  additional  formulas: 

(1)  Curd   soap    1  ounce 

Water    *  ounces 

Oil  of  lemon %  draju 

l<'rench  chalk  a  sufficiency 

Shred  the  soap  and  dissolve  in  water  by  heat,  add 
the  oil  of  lemon,  and  make  into  a  stiff  paste  with 
the  French  chalk.  The  oil  of  lemon  and  chalk  may 
be  omitted  and  replaced  by  powdered  orris  root. 

(2)  White   soap    4%  drams 

Hot  water   2ya  drams 

Rub  into  a  paste  and  add 

Solution  of  chlorinated  soda 2V2  drams 

Water  of  ammonia 20  minims 


Remedy  for  Roup  in  Poultry. 
(J.    J.    R.)     See    July    5,    1900,    Era,    page    10.     A 
"roup"    powder   may   be    prepared   from    one    of   the 
following  formulas: 

(1)  Potassium   chlorate 1   ounce 

Powdered  cubebs   1  ounce 

Powdered  anise   %  ounce 

Powdered    licorice    1^    ounce 

Mix     a  teaspoonful  with  the  food  ■for  twenty  hens. 

(2)  Ammonium  chloride    1   ounce 

Black    antimony    H   ounce 

Powdered   anise   %  ounce 

Powdered   squill    H   ounce 

Powdered    Iveorice     2    ounces 

Mix  and  use  as  in  the  foregoing. 
Pills  for   Roup. 

Calomel     1    grain 

Antimonial  powder  1  grain 

Fu-w^ered  licorice   1  grain 

B.alsam  copaiba  q.  s.  to  make  pUl  mass. 

For  one  pill.     One,  twice  a  day,  for  each  fowl. 

Action  of  Light  Upon  Fluid  Extract  of  Calabar   Bean. 

(F.  J.  S.)  "I  found  a  four-ounce  green  glass  bot- 
>le  of  fluid  extract  of  calabar  bean  which  had  been 
exposed  to  the  light  for  some  time.  On  the  label 
were  the  directions  'keep  from  the  light.'  What  ef- 
fect has  the  light  on  the  extract  and  is  it  still  fit  for 
use?"    It    is    a    well-known    fact    that    physostigmine 


and  its  salts  are  readily  altered  by  light  and  air,  and 
many  authorities  are  of  the  opinion  that  alcoholic 
solutions  of  the  drug  like  the  fluid  extract  and  the 
official  tincture  are  not  very  stable  preparations.  In 
fact  it  is  generally  advised  that  these  preparations 
should  be  made  only  in  small  quantities  as  needed. 
From  the  information  you  supply  we  cannot  pass 
upon  the  value  of  your  preparation.  We  should 
prefer  to  use  an  extract  known  to  be  fresh  and  re- 
liable. 


Ant  Exterminator. 
(J.  J.  R.)  One  of  the  cheapest  and  best  things  to 
drive  away  ants  is  said  to  be  a  solution  of  crude 
carbolic  acid  (3  ounces  in  a  gallon  of  water)  sprink- 
led about  the  places  the  insects  congregate.  Borax 
mixed  with  camphor  (l  ounce  to  I  pound)  or  powd- 
ered cloves  (same  proportion)  and  sprinkled  around 
in  a  similar  manner  has  also  been  recommended. 
Many  other  formulas  and  suggestions  have  been 
published  in  previous  volumes  of  the  Era.  Consult 
the  indexes. 


Synthol. 

(A.  C.  G.)  Synthol  is  quoted  by  the  Bausch  & 
Lomb  Optical  Co.,  of  Rochester,  N.  Y.,  at  the  fol- 
lowing prices:  per  pint,  40  cents;  gallon,  $2.50;  bar- 
rel of  50  gallons,  per  gallon,  $2.2,^  It  is 
claimed  to  be  "a  chemically  pure  synthlkic  sub- 
stitute for  absolute  alcohol  and  may  be  used  for 
every  purpose  for  which  alcohol  is  employed,  except 
internal  consumption."  It  is  also  recommended  as 
a  killing,  fixing  or  hardening  agent,  in  the  prepara- 
tion of  stains,  reagents,  etc.,  and  for  general  mu- 
seum purposes. 


Tincture  of  Larkspur  Seed. 
(X.  Y.  Z.)  There  is  no  official  tincture  of  lark- 
spur seed.  The  following  is  an  eclectic  formula: 
Larkspur  seed  (stavesacre),  in  fine  powder,  11  av. 
ounces;  alcohol,  sufficient.  Percolate  the  drug  with' 
the  alcohol  so  as  to  obtain  16  fluid  ounces  of  product. 


Curd  Soap. 

(A.  C.  G.)  "Curd  soap"  is  defined  by  the  British 
Pharmacopceia  as  a  "soap  made  with  soda  and  a  puri- 
fied animal  fat  consisting  principally  of  stearin." 
Soap  made  with  soda  and  olive  oil  is  the  ordinary 
white  castile  soap  of  commerce. 


Resilvering  Mirrors. 
(J.  A.)     Formulas  for  resilvering  mirrors  may  be 
found  in  the  following  issues  of  the   Era:     February 
22,  1900,  page  206;   November  8,  1900,  page  511,  and 
January  31,  1901,  page  120. 


COMPOUND     TINCTURE    OF    BENZOIN:— 

Hill  and  Liverseege  (Analyst)  have  studied  the  quan- 
tity of  "extract"  yielded  by  the  constituents  of  the 
compound  tincture  of  benzoin,  official  in  the  British 
Pharmacopoeia.  From  their  results  they  suggest 
that  a  standard  of  180  gram  of  dry  extract  per  litre 
should  be  adopted.  In  the  preparation  of  the  tinc- 
ture one  hundred  parts  of  official  benzoin  should 
yield  eighty-five  parts  of  dry  extract,  allowing  a  loss 
of  fifteen  parts  of  volatile  and  insoluble  matter. 
Probably  80  per  cent  of  storax  will  appear  as  dry 
extract,  while  10  per  cent  is  sufficient  allowance  for 
loss   for  balsam  of  tolu  and  socotrine  aloes. 


THE  FOOD  VALUE, OF  MEAT  EXTRACTS:— 
J.  Frcntzel  and  Nasujiro  Toriyama  (Arch.  Physio!.), 
in  a  study  of  the  food  value  of  meat  extracts,  find 
that,  contrary  to  the  statements  of  Rubner,  these 
preparations  have  a  distinct  value,  furnishing  energy 
to  the  animal  organism.  From  the  results  of  their 
experiments,  they  conclude  that  about  two-thirds  of 
the  albumen-free  extractive  materials  of  meat  are  as- 
similated and  furnish  energy  to  the  animal  body. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 

NEW   YORK   AND  VICINITY. 


MANHATTAN    PHARMACEUTICAL   ASSOCIA- 
TION. 


Withdraws  From  N  .A.  R.  D.  and  Discusses  Amendments 
to  Pharmacy  Law. 

The  regular  -meeting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  held  in  the  library  of  the  College  ot  Phar- 
macy, Monday  evening,  January  20,  was  the  liveliest  and 
most  interesting  session  held  for  a  long  time.  Secretary 
Swann  had  notified  the  ^members  that  amendments  to 
the  pharmacy  law,  membership  in  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  the 
use  of  compressed  gas  by  druggists  for  soda  water  man- 
ufacture and  other  important  matters  would  he  con- 
sidered,  and  a  good   attendance   resulted. 

President  J.  Maxwell  Pringle.  Jr..  was  in  the  chair. 
Mr.  Swann  read  the  minutes  and  Treasurer  G.  H.  Hitclj- 
cock  reported  a  balance  of  $172.77  In  the  treasury;  an 
increase  of  $26.25  over  balance  on  hand  last  month.  The 
report"  of  the  Legislative  Committee  was  then  called,  for 
and  Mr.  Hitchcock  gave  a  list  of  bills  relating  'to  phar- 
macy which  have  been  introduced  in  the  Legislature, 
including  the  Hill  bill  and  that  of  Assemblyman  Nye. 
He  also  reported  progress  made  by  the  committee  towards 
having  the  law  affecting  the  manufacture  of  soda  water 
changed.  The  report  was  received,  to  be  taken  up 
seriatim  under  new  business.  Wm.  L. -Schaaf  reported 
for  the  committee  on  trade  interests  and  gave  the  pro- 
gress of  the  Pharmacists'  Manufacturing  Oo.  since  its 
organization. 

Secretary  Swann  read  the  communications  received, 
among  them  a  letter  from  P.  S.  Gardner,  secretary  ot 
the  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation,  asking  that  a 
ccrairaittee  of  three  be  appointed  to  represent  the  asso- 
elation  on  a  general  committee  to  assist  in  the  passage 
of  a  bill  to  appropriate  money  to  build  a  new  Postotllce. 
The  request  was  favorably  received  and  the  president 
was  instructed  <to  appoint  the  committee,  which  should 
include  the  president  as  one  of  its  members.  George 
E.  Schweinfurth  and  Charles  White  were  selected  to  act 
with  the  president  on  the  coi:'--nittee.  A  communication 
from  Thomas  V.  Wooten,  secretary  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D., 
giving  an  outline  of  the  plans  for  work  to  be  done  this 
year  and  asking  that  the  association  furnish  him  with  the 
data  necessary  to  ascertain  the  indebtedness  of  the  body 
to  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  was  read.  President  Pringle  asked 
what  disposition  should  be  made  of  the  communication 
and  Wm.  C.  Alpers  immediately  moved  that  the  Manhat- 
tan Association  withdraw  from  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Several 
memhers  jumped  to  their  feet  to  second  the  motion  and 
the  resolution  was  carried  without  a  dissenting  voice. 
The  secretary  remarked  that  it  was  the  heartiest  "aye'" 
he  had  heard  dUring  the  meeting.  The  next  letter  read 
was  from  a  member  who  desired  to  resign.  The  resig- 
nation was  accepted.  A  letter  from  Thos.  Stoddart. 
president  of  the  State  Association,  was  read.  He  called 
ajttention  to  the  amendment  to  the  Pharmacy  law  in- 
troduced in  the  Senate  by  Mr.  ID  11  and  asked  that  a  dele- 
gation be  sent  to  Albany  to  favor  its  passage.  A  com- 
munication from  the  American  Drug  Trade  Protective 
Association   was  laid   on   the  table. 

The  report  of  the  Legislative  Committee  was  then 
taken  up.  The  question  concerning  the  manufacture  ot 
soda  water  caused  considerable  discusaon  and  the  com- 
mittee was  instructed  to  use  its  influence  to  have  the 
law  changed.     The  discussion  on  the  amendment  to  the 


Pharmacy  law  as  introduced  by  Senator  HUl  was  de- 
cidedly spirited  and  lasted  almost  an  hour.  None  ot  the 
members  favored  the  bill  as  presented  to  the  Senate  by 
Mr.  Hill  and  various  plans  were  proposed  to  have  It 
suitably  amended,  -\rthur  C.  Searles  cwuld  not  see  any 
reason  for  a  change  from  the  present  law,  but  thought 
if  there  must  be  a  change  it  would  be  proper  to  give 
all  pharmacists  the  right  to  vote,  and  to  hold  the  elec- 
tion at  some  one  place.  W.  C.  Alpers,  while  not  entirely 
in  favor  of  the  amendment  of  Mr.  Hill,  thought  it  would 
be  a  step  in  the  right  direction  and  suggested  that  mem- 
bers of  the  State  Association  who  reside  in  this  section 
and  are  licensed  pharmacists  should  be  allowed  the  right 
to  vote.  R.  R.  Smith  said  he  thought  the  conference  had 
agreed  to  favor  the  amendment  and  that  with  the  ex- 
ception of  the  clause  extending  the  franchise  to  mem- 
bers of  the  State  Association  the  bill  should  not  be  op- 
posed. J.  M.  Tobin  advocated  "universal  suffrage"  and 
said  every  licensed  pharmacist  should  be  given  the  right 
to  vote  for  members  of  the  body  which  governed  his 
business.  Dr.  G.  C.  Diekman  also  favored  a  general 
franchise.  A.  Bakst  said  as  the  hearing  of  the  Hill  bill 
was  to  be  given  on  Wednesday  he  thought  it  would  be 
well  to  try  and  have  it  at  least  only  give  licensed  phar- 
macists the  right  to  vote.  He  moved  that  the  Legislative 
Committee  be  instructed  to  work  to  have  the  law  read  so 
as  to  exclude  members  of  the  State  Association  or  else 
only  allow  its  members  who  are  licensed  pharmacists  to 
vote.  This  motion  caused  considerable  discussion,  A.  C. 
Searles,  J.  M.  Tobin,  F.  Hirseman,  F.  O.  Collins  and  G. 
C.  Diekman  taking  part.  The  sense  of  the  association 
was  embodied  in  the  following  resolution,  which  was 
finally  carried:  "That  the  Legislative  Committee  be  in- 
structed to  so  frame  their  action  that  the  intent  be  to 
give  all  licensed  pharmacists  the  right  to  vote  tor  meim- 
bers  ot  the  State  Board  for  the  Eastern  Section,  and 
that  there  be  no  subdivision  of  that  section,  and  that 
there  be  only  one  election  for  such  members."  Mr.  Alpers 
made  a  speech  in  which  he  strongly  opposed  making  the 
franchise  general,  saying  pharmacists  should  take  suffi- 
cient interest  in  their  profession  to  join  an  association. 
A  motion  to  oppose  the  Nye  bill  was  unanimously  carried. 

W.  C.  Alpers  said  he  had  received  a  letter  from  Prof. 
C.  S.  N.  Hallberg,  of  Chicago,  secretary  of  the  Section 
of  Materia  Medica  of  the  American  Medical  Association, 
asking  him,  to  use  his  influence  to  have  pharmacists  be- 
come mejnbers  of  the  section.  Mr.  Alpers  suggested  that 
the  president  appoint  a  committee  of  three  to  communi- 
cate with  the  county  and  State  medical  associations  rela- 
tive to  the  matter.  The  suggestion  was  approved  and 
the  president  appointed  W.  C.  Alpers,  George  C.  Diekman 
and  F.  O.  Collins  members  of  the  committee. 

The  meeting  adjourned  shortly  after  11  p.  m. 


Board  of  Pharmacy  Committees. 
Secretary  Sidney  Faber  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
announces  the  appointment  ot  the  following  standing 
committees  by  President  Byron  M.  Hyde:  Charles  B. 
Sears.  C.  O.  Bigelow  and  K.  M.  Jewell,  Committee  on 
Finance;  Sidney  Faber,  Warren  D.  Bradt  and  George 
Reimann.  Committee  on  Inspection;  R.  K.  Smither,  Wm. 
Mulr  and  Jndson  B.  Todd,  Committee  on  Registration; 
George  C.  Diekman,  Willis  G.  Gregory  and  George  H. 
Mcrrltt,  Committee  on  Adulterations  and  Substitutions; 
Albert  H.  Brundage,  George  H.  Merritt  and  Alfred  M. 
Palmer,  Committee  on  sale  of  poisons. 


122 


THE  PHARMACEUTTrAT.  FR  A 


[January  30,  1003. 


NEW  SCHEME  WORKED  BY  SWINDLER. 


Borrows  Druggists'  Money  tut  Fails  to  Return  It. 

Some  of  the  up-town  druggists  on  Ninth  avenue,  this 
city,  have  recently  been  swindled  by  a  rather  smooth 
individual  who  represented  himseaf  to  them  as  a  butcher. 
The  scheme  worked  by  this  swindler  is  a  new  one  and 
in  most  cases  the  clerk  has  been  the  victim. 

The  man  seems  to  make  it  a  point  to  g'o  into  the  drug 
store  about  meal  time  when  only  the  proprietor  is  there. 
He  wears  a  butcher's  apron  under  a  sack  coat,  and  tells 
the  druggist  that  he  is  employed  in  the  neighborhood 
and  his  little  girl,  who  visits  the  store  frequently  and 
is  probably  known  by  the  druggist,  is  ill  and  he  would 
like  to  know  where  to  get  a  good  doctor.  He  goes  out 
with  the  desired  information  and  returns  some  time 
later,  when  the  druggist  has  gone  to  his  meal  and  the 
clerk  is  alone.  He  asks  for  the  "other  fellow,"  or  in 
some  cases  calls  the  druggist  by  his  first  name  and  in- 
sinuates that  he  is  a  personal  friend.  Informed  that  the 
druggist  is  not  in,  he  relates  his  experience  and  says  he 
has  found  the  physician,  who  has  gone  to  see  his  child. 
He  asks  the  clerk  to  thank  the  druggist  for  him  and 
goes  out,  but  returns  shortly  greatly  excited  and  says 
the  doctor  has  pronounced  the  case  diphtheria  and  wants 
some  antitoxin.  If  he  is  told  none  is  kept  in  the  store, 
he  makes  a  great  fuss,  says  he  has  no  money  with  him 
and  finally  asks  for  a  loan  so  that  he  can  go  elsewhere 
and  get  it,  Sia>'lng  that  it  will  be  all  right  as  the  druggist 
knows  him.  'Several  of  the  clerks  who  were  approached 
in  this  way  declined  to  respond  'and  those  who  did  have 
not  seen  the  borrower  since.  The  man  is  described  as 
a  pleasant  looking  person,  with  light  complexion,  full 
face,  slightly  red  cheeks  and  a  small  light  moustache, 
about  5  feet  7  or  8  inches  in  height  and  probably  weighs 
about  190  pounds. 

A  'man  answering  this  description  has  visited  some  of 
the  druggists  on  upper  Third  avenue  trying  to  work  a 
similar  game,  and  it  is  said  was  successful  in  obtaining 
the  desired   "loan"   fro'm   some   of  them. 


in  the  fight.  He  struggled  with  them  both  for  several 
minutes  and  succeeded  in  forcing  the  first  man  into  the 
hallway  leading  from  the  back  door  to  tihe  street.  Here 
the  second  man  used  a  small  bar  of  iron  on  the  drug- 
gist and  broke  his  nose.  Mr.  Portuga'.off  still  held  his 
man  and  managed  to  get  him  out  on  the  sidewalk.  A 
milk  man  came  to  his  assistance.  The  other  thief  made 
his  escape  and  wlhile  the  milk  man  held  tihe  captive  Mr. 
Portugaloff  went  for  the  police.  The  escaped  thief  took 
the  booty  with  him,  iiiSO  of  which  belonged  to  tihe  Post 
Office  Su'b-Station  No.  43,  which  Mr.  Portugaloff  con- 
ducts, and  $23  of  his  own. 


DRUGGISTS  AT  ALBANY. 


With  Slight  Change  Hill  Bill  Likely  to  Become  a  Law. 

Dr.  William  Muir,  of  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical 

Society,  George  H.  Hitchcock  and  A.  C.  Searles  of  tho 
Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Society,  'George  G.  Kleinau,  of 
the  German  Apothecaries'  Society,  J.  Weinstein,  A.  Bakst, 

P.  Diamond   and   C.   Bernstein   of   the   New   York  Retail 

Druggists'  Association,   W.  ly.  Bradt.   of  Albany  and  Dr. 

Gustavus  Mlchaelis  of  Albany,  were  present  at  the  hear- 
ing on  the  bill  to  change  the  manner  of  electing  members 

of  the  State  Board  o'f  Pharmacy,  for  the  Eastern  Section, 

introduced  by  Senator  Hill. 

The   Senalor   agreed    to   add   a   clause   providing   that 

members  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  who 
voted  should  be  licensed  pharmacists  or  druggists,  and  it 
is  probable  the  amendment  will  become  law.  Messrs.  Hitch- 
<?ock  and  Searles,  acting  for  the  Manhattan  Association, 

were  the  only  ones  present  who  opposed  the  amendment. 


Druggist  Captures  Thief,  But  Gets  a  Broken  Nose. 

J.  Portugaloff,  the  pharmacist  at  No.  265  East  Broad- 
way, corner  of  Montgomery  street,  encountered  two 
burglars  in  his  store  early  on  the  morning  of  January 
17,  'and  as  a  result  Is  now  suffering  from  a  broken  nose. 
One  of  the  thieves  escaped  with  $53,  'and  the  otiher  is 
now  in  the  Tombs  awaiting  trial  before  the  Grand 
Jury. 

Mr.  Portugaloff  was  returning  home  from  a  ball 
about  four  o'clock  that  morning  and  stopped  at  his 
store.  On  entering  he  saw  a  man  behind  the  counter 
and  asked  him  what  (hte  was  doing  there.  The  intruder 
replied  "nothing"  and  started  to  leave,  but  the  drug- 
gist objected.  (He  had  no  sooner  emibraced  him,  how- 
ever, than  he  received  a  blow  on  the  head,  which  he 
says  felt  like  a  blow  from  a  piece  of  rubber  Ihose.  Look- 
ing around   he   found   he   had   another   thief   to    consider 


To   Make   Use   of  Poison   Cork  Compulsory. 

Senator  Henry  Marshall,  of  Brooklyn,  has  introduced  a 
bill  in  the  Legislature  at  Albany  which,  if  it  becomes  a 
law,  will  compel  pharmacists  and  druggists  to  put  a  par- 
ticular kind  of  cork  in  all  bottles  containing  anything 
poisonous.      The  hill  reads: 

'No  pharmacist,  druggist,  apothecary,  or  his  salesman, 
r.gent,  clerk  or  representative,  or  person  otherwise  carry- 
ing on  business  as  a  dealer  in  drugs  or  medicines,  or  phy- 
sician, surgeon  or  dentist,  or  practitioner  of  medicine, 
dentistry  or  surgery,  shall  put  up,  sell,  offer  for  sale, 
give  away  or  dispense,  either  upon  prescription  or  other- 
wise, unless  such  prescription  shall  dispense  with  the  re- 
quirements hereof  any  poison,  poisonous  medicine,  drug 
or  preparation  in  a  vial  or  bottle,  unless  such  vial  or 
bottle  be  corked  in  such  a  manner  as  to  apprise  Iby  the 
sense  of  touch  the  person  or  persons  uncorking  the  same 
that  the  contents  thereoif  contain  poison  or  poisonous  in- 
gredients. This  act  shall  not  be  construed  to  repeal  or 
m'Odify  any  other  statute  or  law  imiposing  upon  the  person 
affected  hereby  the  duty  of  using  any  other  precaution  in 
similar  cases,  nor  to  apply  to  patent  or  proprietary 
medicines. 


Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling. 
The  ihsual  number  of  games  were  rolled  at  Reid's 
alleys  'by  teams  of  the  Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling 
Association  last  Saturday.  The  Johnson  &  Johnson  and 
the  Church  &  Dwight  Co.  teams  each  won  two  games. 
The  fccores  follow:  National  Lead  Co.,  687,  against 
Lanraan  &  Kemp,  739;  Johnson  &  Johnson,  841,  against 
National  Lead  Co.,  647;  Lanman  &  Kemp,  744,  against 
Johnson  &  Johnson,  796;  Church  &  Dwigbt  Co.,  743, 
against  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Chemical  Co.,  713;  Sea- 
bury  &  Johnson,  760,  against  Roessler  &  Hasslacher 
Chemical  Co.,  869;  Church  &  Dwight  Co.,  882,  against 
Seabury  &  Johnson,  673. 


New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Association. 

A  large  number  of  members  of  the  New  York  Retail 
Druggists'  Association  met  in  Oddfellows'  Hall.  No.  98 
Forsyth  street,  Monday  night,  January  20,  in  response  to 
a  notice  of  a  special  meeting  to  discuss  the  bill  introduced 
in  the  Senate  by  Mr.  Hill,  affecting  the  manner  of  elect- 
ing mem'bers  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  'for  the 
Eastern  Section.  The  measure  was  discussed  at  length, 
and  it  was  decided  to  send  a  committee  to  be  present  at 
the  hearing  of  the  bill,  Wednesday,  January  22.  J. 
Weinstein,  A.  Bakst,  P.  Diamond  and  C.  Bernstein  were 
appointed  lo  serve  ?.s  this  committee  and  were  instructed 
to  .favor  Mr.  Hill's  bill  with  an  additional  clause  requiring 
members  oi  the  State  Association,  who  vote,  to  be 
licensed  phajanacists  or  druggists. 


Bushwic'^  Association  Will  Celebrate  First  Anniversary. 

The  first  anniversary  of  the  Bushwick  Pharmaceutical 
Association  will  be  celebrated  by  an  informal  reception 
to  the  members  and  their  ladies  on  Monday  evening, 
February  24,  at  Sigmund's  Hall,  Hamburg  avenue,  cor- 
ner of  Woodbine  street,  Brooklyn.  Suitable  entertain- 
ment will  "be  provided  and  dancing  will  commence  at 
10.30. 

The  regular  meetings  of  the  Bushwick  Association  are 
held  on  the  second  and  fourth  Mondays  of  each  mon'th. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

■ ^Oharles   F.   Lynn,   manager  of  the   New  York  branch 

of  Eli  Lilly  &  Co,,  is  now  established  at  No.  133 
William  street.  Mr.  Lynn  has  had  the  ground  floor  fit- 
ted with  imodern  fixtures  and  uses  it  as  a  stock  room, 
carrying    a   moderate    supply    of   the    goods   made    by   the 


January  30,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


123 


S.  V.   B.   SWANN. 

Mr.  Swaiin.  proprietor  of  the  pharmacy  at  52nd  street 
and  Sixth,  avenue,  graduate  of  the  Albany  College  of 
Pharmacy  and  niember  of  the  Neiv  York  College,  is  well- 
known  in  New  York  pharmaceutical  affairs.  As  secretary 
of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association  he  has 
been  instrumental  in  greatly  increasing  its  membership. 
He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Legislative  Committee  o'f  the 
i^tate  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  has  .iust  been  pro- 
posed as  a  memher  of  the  New  York  Deutscher  Apothe- 
ker-Verein.  He  managed  the  store  of  Kellogg  &  Co.  at 
1031  Sixth  avenue  at  one  time,  and  was  a  representative 
for  the  Fischer  Chemical  Oo.  about  3  years,  in  which  ca- 
pacity he  made  many  friends  among  pharmacists. 


firm.  His  office  is  in  the  front  on  the  same  floor. 
F.  T.  McCaj-thy,  of  Canandaigua,  N.  Y.,  has  recently 
accepted  a  position  with  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,  and  will  represent 
them  in  Eiastern  New  York,  making  Albany  his  head- 
quarters. 

Charles    E.    Sullivan    has    been    obliged    to    close   his 

business  at  No.  339  W.  Warren  street,  Trenton,  N.  J., 
and  is  now  clerking  with  druggist  Charles  Stuckert  at 
the  corner  of  State  and  "Warren  streets,  Trenton.  M. 
Schwartz,  who  conducted  a  drug  store  at  105  S.  Broad 
street  in  that  city  has  a'.so  discontinued,  the  store  being 
sold  to  a  clothing  firm. 

George  J.  Seabury  was  elected  chairman  of  the  Lit- 
erature Committee  of  the  American  Protective  Tariff 
League,  by  the  Bo^rd  of  Managers  at  the  annual  meet- 
ing held  on  Tuesday,  January  16.  Wilbur  F.  Wakeman, 
ex-appraiser  of  the  port  of  New  Y'ork,  is  secretary  of 
the  league. 

The  four  story  factory  building  of  the  Ideal   Rubber 

Co.  at  Nos.  28  and  30  Rodney  street,  Brooklyn,  was  badly 
<3amaged  by  fire  on  Monday,  January  20.  The  firm  sent 
out  notices  that  the  fire  would  inconvenience  them,  to  a 
certain  extent  but  that  tpusinees  would  he  attended  to 
as    usual. 

The  drug  business  of  the  late   Charles  A.   Osmun  at 

No.  13  Seventh  avenue  is  now  managed  by  T.  B.  Breen, 
formerly  proprietor  of  the  pharmacy  at  Seventh  av- 
enue and  Thirty-flifth  street.  The  Misses  Carrie  and 
May   Osmun  assist   Mr.    Breen. 

P.  Diamond,  of  the  N.  Y.  R.  D.  A.,  not  V.  Diamond  as 

announced   in  the  Era  last  week,  has  opened  a  store  at 
7Sth  street  and   First  evenue,   not  Park  evenue.     George 
Kleinau   has  conducted  a  store   at  78th  street  and  Patrk 
avenue  for  several  years. 
John    C.    Denner,     proprietor    of    tflie    pharmacy    at 


Sixty-ninth  street  and  Columbus  avenue,  and  former 
treasurer  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
has  gone  on  a  two  months  trip  to  Cuba.  He  is  accom- 
panied by  Mrs.   Denner. 

Samuel  Goodman,  a  drug  clerk  charged  by  the  Board 

of  Pharmacy  with  having  made  false  statements  in  his 
application  for  examination,  pleaded  guilty  in  the  court  of 
Special  Sessions  last  week  and  was  sentenced  to  thirty 
days  in  the  city  prison. 

Henry    Heinemann,    proprietor    of    the    piharmacy    at 

No.  2042  Seventh  avenue,  and  Paul  Langefeld.  proprie- 
tor of  the  pharmacy  at  No.  407  Tenth  avenue,  were  eacb 
fined  $25.00  for  permitting  unlicensed  clerks  to  com- 
pound prescriptions. 

J.  Bakst.  druggist  at  the  corner  of  Madison  and  Pike 

streets,  was  recently  robbed  of  fifty-seven  dollars. 
Thieves  entered  the  store  of  W.  Schwartz  at  No.  223 
Monroe  street  one  nig'ht  last  week  and  carried  away  the 
cash  register. 

^Max  Mariamson,  a  popular  pharmacist  in  the  Borough 

of  the  Bronx,  at  165th  street  and  Colwell  avenue,  is  re- 
ported to  be  about  to  join  the  benedicts  and  is  receiving 
congratulations   from    friends. 

Charles  Friedgen  has  purchased  the  pharmacy  at  Am- 
sterdam avenue  and  120th  street  from  Dr.  W.  E.  Drey- 
fus. Mr.  Friedgen  was  formerly  with  C.  A.  Whitmack 
at  42d  street  and  Tenth  avenue. 

^P.    Gauss,    pharm.acist     at    No.     1608    Second    avenue, 

has  sold  his  store  to  Edwin  O.  Bmrrian.  The  latter  con- 
ducted a  store  at  No.  64  Columbus  avenue  about  three 
years    ago. 

Robert  B.  MdCoy  is  one  of  Sea/bury  &  Jdhnson's  new 

representatives.  He  will  look  after  the  firm's  interests 
in  Iowa  and  Missouri,  making  St.  Louis  his  headquarters. 

A.   L.   Dickinson,   Danbury,   Conn.,  and  H.    C.   Porter, 

Jr.,  of  Towanda,  N.  Y.,  both  well  known  retail  pharma- 
cist, were  in   Neiw   York   last   week 

George    B.    Burrows,    representative    in    the    Northern 

part  of  New  York  State  for  Schieffelin  &  Co.,  has  been 
in   the   city   for   a   few   days. 

. 1.  Z.  Garfield  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  Ninety- 
sixth  street  and  Lexington  avenue  to  Soenneken  &  Co., 
a  new  firm. 

E.    R.    M.    Pecoraro,    the    retail    druggist    at    No.    45 

Spring  street,  has  opened  a  store  at  No.  83  Carmine 
street. 

^H.  E.  Steinhelber  Ihas  purchased  the  drug  business  of 

J.   H.   Du  Bois,   at  144th   street  and  Amsterdam  avenue. 

M.     Sacket     has     acquired     the    drug     business     of   I. 

Sshlossberg  at  the  corner  of  Grand  and   Suffolk  streets. 


First  Manufacturer  of  Soft  Capsules. 

New  York,  January  24. 
To  the  Editor:— We  note  on  page  106  of  the  January 
23  Era  a  notice  wlhlch  states  that  soft  capsules  were  first 
manufactured  by  Dundas  Dick  in  1865.  We  wish  to  say 
most  positively  that  our  Mr.  H.  Planten,  the  founder 
of  this  house,  mads  soft  capsules  many  years  before 
Mr.  Dick  came  to  this  country  and  to  liim  is  due  the 
credit  of  having  made  this  kind  of  capsules  some  time 
during  the  year  1840,  but  as  the  medical  profession  was 
not  then  prepared  to  adopt  them.  t)h'e  manufacture  was 
discontinued  for  a  time.  Your  kind  correction  In  some 
future  issue  will  be  appreciated  and  do  justice  to  the 
memory  of  Mr.  H.  Planten. 

Yours  truly 

H.  PLANTEN  &  SON, 
H.  Rolft  Planten,  Atty. 


About  Corks. 

The  immense  business  in  corks  done  by  Justus  Brauer 
&  Son,  of  248  N.  Front  street,  Philadelphia,  was  es- 
tablished by  J.  Brauer  In  1S65.  This  concern  makes  a 
specialty  of  prescription  and  homeopathic  corks  and 
druggists  will  find  the  prices  right.  Any  kind  of  machine 
cut  corks  can  be  supplied  by  the  firm  In  any  size  or 
quantity.    Write  and  get  a  price  list  and  samples. 


]'.M 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  30,  1002. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


HOLYOKE    TO    ESTABLISH    A    MUNICIPAL 
DRUG    STORE. 

Boston,  January  25— Holj-oke  is  about  to  try  the  ex- 
periment of  'having  a  municipal  drug  store,  a 
new  order  of  things,  to  be  conducted  in  connec- 
tion with  the  office  of  city  physician.  The  pro- 
ject is  along  the  line  of  economy  and  also  for 
fairness  in  giving  the  city's  patronage  to  many  drug- 
gists, rather  than  to  a  very  lew.  In  past  years  there  has 
been  consideralble  critfcism  'because  city  physicians  have 
caused  their  prescriptions  to  be  filled  at  one  or  two  drug 
stores  exclusively.  As  a  result,  the  contest  for  the  office 
oi  city  physician  sometimeis  has  been  more  like  rivalry 
between  drug  stores  than  a  contest  between  men.  Las't 
year  most  of  the  prescriptions  went  only  to  t*o  drug 
stores.  One  yeaj-  the  prescriptions  went  to  one  drug  store 
only  and  this  meant  several  hundred, dollars  a  month  as 
extra  business.  It  is  proposed  to  fit  up  a  room  near  Che 
city  physician's  ibfflce  to  keep  drugs  in  general  use. 
When  anything  in  this  line  is  needed  for  an  applicant  for 
i^kl  the  physician  can  compound  the  ingredients  on  the 
^^)t.  In  special  cases  prescriptions  may  be  given  to  be 
filled  at  the  nearest  drug  store  according  to  the  instruc- 
tions. This  x^an  will  cause  a  fairer  distribution  of  pre- 
scriptions than  has  been  the  case.  It  will  largely  decrease 
the  cost  of  caring  for  the  worthy  sick.  Druggists  have 
been  invited  to  send  in  bids  for  furnishing  the  supplies 
and  they  were  requested  'to  'bid  on  each  of  a  long  list  of 
articles  necessaxy  for  such  a  department.  The  lowest 
bidder  on  each  article  will  receive  the  contract  which  will 
probably  make  a  general  distribution.  'Many  people  feel 
that  the  city  phyeician  should  not  have  ^11  'this  extra 
wO'rk  thrown  upon  Wm  and  that  a  competent  drug  clerk 
should  'be  in  charge  ot  this  municipal  store. 


CITY'S  LARGE  REVENUE  FROM  LIQUOR  LICENSES. 

Boston,  Jan.  23. — Many  facts  of  interest  are  brought 
out  in  the  annual  report  of  the  Boston  Board  of  Police, 
just  issued.  Regarding  pure  alcohol  there  were  re- 
ceived twenty-five  applications  from  dealers  in  paints 
and  chemicals  for  special  licenses  to  'Sell  pure  alcohol 
for  mechanical,  chemical  or  manufacturing  purposes. 
All  were  granted,  the  applicants  being  actually  engaged 
in  the  business,  as  required  by  the  law.  There  also  were 
issued  during  the  year  252  druggists'  licenses,  of  the 
sixth-class,  and  six  special  licenses  of  the  fourth,  or 
wholesale  druggists'  class.  Three  druggists'  licenses  were 
forfeited  and  five  were  cancelled.  The  number  of  places 
of  all  classes  licensed  during  the  year  was  980;  number 
of  licenses  forfeited,  1;  refused  to  issue,  1.  The  total  rev- 
enue paid  into  the  city  treasury  from  fees  for  liquor 
licenses  was  $1,439.6&4,   no  small  sum  it  will  be  seen. 


Forest  Hills  Pharmacy,  Cambridge,  Changes  Hands. 

Boston,  Jan.  23.— Frank  E.  Shea  and  Alfred  D,  Shea 
of  Cambridge  have  bought  the  Forest  Hills  Pharmacy, 
in  the  Forest  Hills  District,  which  for  a  number  of 
years  was  conducted  by  William  Blake,  who  recently 
died  and  for  whose  estate  the  place  'has  been  sold  by  his 
administrator.  The  Sheas  are  both  men  of  considerable 
experience  in  this  line  and  are  capable  of  conducting  a 
thoroughly  up-to-date   store. 


Trade  Conditions  NormaL 
Boston,  Jan.  25.— No  radical  change  in  the  condition 
of  trade  or  of  the  general  market  is  found.  It  keeps 
evenly  good,  or  at  least  satisfactory,  is  the  consensus  of 
opinion.  The  demand  for  various  lines  of  goods  is  stated 
to  be  of  an  average  character,  with  no  special  aotivity 
In  any  on©  class  or  line.  The  prescription  end  of  trade 
holds  in  a  normal  condition — or  perhaps  a  little  above  the 
normal   state. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

Dr.   WiUiaim   Ingalls   of   The  Warren,   Rox'bury,    well- 

knoiwn  to  druggi.^ts  ot  this  city,  celebrated  his  eighty- 
ninth  birthday  January  13.  He  graduated  from  Harvard 
Medical  'School  in  IS36  and  began  practice  on  Tremont 
street,  in  a  room  over  Theodore  Metcalfs  drug  store.  It 
is  said  of  him  that  he  entered  the  building  the  first  day 
that  Mr.  'M'etcalf  unlocked  the  front  door  of  his  present 
store,  ready  for  'business.  He  has  been  a  constant  visitor 
at  the  store  ever  since,  and  the  Theodore  Metcalf  Co. 
feel  pro'ud  of  the  fact  that  in  all  of  their  dealings  with 
him  during  sixty-five  years  they  have  never  had  an  un- 
pleasant word. 

In  his  recent  inaugural  address,  the  mayor  of  Somer- 

ville  uTged  thorough  enforcem'ent  of  the  liquor  laws,  and 
officers  since  then  have  bean  as  alert  as  so  many  Sher- 
lock Holmes.  As  the  result  of  recent  visits  to  the  store 
of  R.  G.  Perkins,  owner  of  two  places,  he  was  haled  into 
court  because  it  was  alleged  that  he  molated  the  law  as 
applied  to  the  sale  of  liquor.  Jamas  Donagan,  clerk  of 
the  pharmacy  of  F.  E.  Whitmore,  also  faced  a  like  alle- 
gation, and  both  men  'had  their  cases  continued.  The 
drug  stores  connected  with  these  cases  are  situated  in 
the  most  fashionable  section  of  the  city. 

^Some  impression  seems  to  have  gone  about  that  W. 

B.  Chandler  of  W.  B.  Chandler  &  Co.,  owners  of  the  Mer- 
rick pharmacy  at  West  Springfield,  has  given  up  his  in- 
terest in  the  drug  business.  This  is  not  true,  however, 
for  Mr.  Chandler  simply  allows  himiself  a  leave  of  ab- 
sence which  may  last  for  several  months,  while  he  at- 
tends to  a  special  matter  of  business.  Meanwhile  his 
partner,  Oscar  E.  Kaeppel,  will,  by  special  arrange- 
ments, have  the  assistajnce  in  the  store  of  Charles  Ely 
of   Springfield,    an  'experienced   pharmacist. 

Johm  H.  Buttrick,  of  the  drug  firm  of  L.  H.  Butler  & 

Co.,  Middlesex  street,  Lowell,  has  recently  sustained  a 
paralytic  stroke.  One  night  a  little  before  the  midnight 
hour,  one  of  his  clerks  found  Mr.  Butcrick  in  a  'helpless 
condition  in  the  basement  of  the  store.  Help  and  medic- 
al aid  wiere  summoned  and  the  druggist  was  removed  to 
his  home.  Later  it  was  announced  that  he  was  a  little 
beter  with  signs  of  improvement  to  come. 

Following  a  plan  for  securing  a  competent  executive 

staff,  the  proprietors  of  "Father  John's  Medicine"  have 
engaged  Frank  W.  Hall,  recently  superintendent  of  the 
J.  C.  Ayer  Company  at  Lowell  for  the  laboratory  on 
Central  street  in  that  city.  Mr  Hall  has  had  a  large 
experience  in  the  important  positions  which  he  has  oc- 
cupied in   the   past. 

— —A  new  claimant  for  favor  is  the  Independent  Phar- 
m'aceutical  Company,  organized  under  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  Maine  to  m'anufacture  drug  supplies  and  surg- 
ical apparatus.  It  is  to  have  a  capital  stock  of  $300,000, 
of  which  ,$50  has  been  paid  in.  William  L.  Delahanty 
and  Munson  D.  Pardee,  both  of  Worcester,  Mass.,  are 
the  president  and   treasurer  respectively. 

The  Theodore  Metcalf  Drug  Company  which  has  had 

three  drug  stores,  two  of  which  are  in  Boston,  has  sold 
its  Harvard  Square  pharmacy  in  Brookline  to  David  C. 
Hickey  and  Thomas  Curran  who  intend  to  go  on  with 
the  business  on  the  same  general  plan  followed  by  the 
Metcalf    Company. 

A  part  interest  in  the  drug  business  of  Amasa  P.  Ad- 
ams, at  Thorndike,  has  been  sold  to  James  F.  Loftus. 
Mr.  Loftus  in  the  past  has  been  in  the  confectionery 
and  periodical  business.  He  is  to  have  general  charge 
ot  the  drug  store. 

— B.  J.  Conley,  ot  the  drug  firm  ot  Conley  &  Mannix, 
New'burj-port.  has  sold  'his  interest  in  tlhe  business  to 
his  partner,  W.  H.  Mannix,  for  whom  F.  W.  Wosson  of 
Boston  will  act  as  m'anager,  to  be  in  charge  of  the  store. 
- — ^With  debts  of  about  $4600  and  no  assets,  Edward  E. 
Murphy,  a  manufacturing  chemist  of  Chelsea,  has  filed 
a  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy. 

John  M.  Cassidy,  of  I/ee,  who  has  had  much  pharma- 
ceutical experience,  has  taken  a  position  as  manager  of 
a  large  drug  store  in  New  London,  Ct. 
• — The  drug  business  of  G.  W.  Mathewson,  Broadway, 
East  Somerville.  has  passed  by  purchase  Into  the  hands 
ot  A.   B.   Carpenter  &  Co. 


January  30,  lOOO. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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PHILADELPHIA. 

SMALLPOX  EPIDEMIC. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  25.— 'Ninety  new  cases  of  smallpox 
and  nineteen  deaths  from  this  disease  were  reported  by 
the  Board  of  Health  for  the  week,  an  increase  of  eight 
cases  over  the  week  of  January  11-18  and  three  more 
deaths,  'but  a  decrease  of  forty-one  cases  from  the  week 
of  the  4th  to  11th.  Since  the  first  of  the  month  361 
cases  of  smallj^ox  have  been  reported,  with  66  deaths. 
TyphoM  fever  also  seems  to  toe  reaching  dangerous  pro- 
portions, 117  cases  being  recorded  for  the  week,  with  nine 
deaths,  no  doubt  caused  'by  the  present  filthy  water 
supply. 

The  smallpox  epidemic  and  its  attendant  "scare"  have 
brought  out  many  humorous  features,  one  of  grim  re- 
tribution coming  from  Camden,  Where  the  only  doctor 
to  be  taken  ill  with  smallpox  is  one  of  the  only  two 
there  to  scoff  at  vaccination.  Dr.  Grace,  the  party  In 
question,  was  taken  ill  early  in  the  week,  a  fellow  prac- 
titioner diagnosing  Ws  illness  as  smallpox,  much  to  his 
disgust,  whereiupon  .he  was  promptly  quarantined  in  his 
house,  he  refusing  to  go  to  the  Municipal  Hospital.  One 
of  the  funniest  incidents  and  one  without  any  drawTsack 
of  seriousness  was  the  raid  made  by  the  vaccinating 
physicians  of  the  Board  of  Health  on  the  irLmates  of  the 
cheap  lodging  "nouses  and  the  Salvation  Army  Barracks. 
Accompanied  by  a  squad  of  policemen,  the  doctors  de- 
scended on  a  number  of  these  places  between  12  and  1 
o'clock  at  night,  when  all  the  inmates  were  sound 
asleep,  and  succeeded  in  vaccinating  several  hundreid  men 
of  the  tramp  and  *'pan-'handler"  type  in  the  three  nights. 
The  entrance  of  the  doctors  and  their  call  for  all  the  In- 
mates to  peel  off  for  vaccination  usually  resulted  in  a 
panic-stricken  rush  for  doors  and  windows,  all  in  vain 
thooi'gh,  for  an  athletic  "cop"  was  at  every  point  and 
the  kickers  received  vigorous  and  effective  treatment  to 
persuade  them  to  go  back  and  face  the  music,  those  who 
still  resisted  Ibeiitg  promptly  thrown  down  on  the  floor 
and  sat  upon  until  vaccinated.  Since  the  spreading  of 
the  news  of  these  raids,  Philadelphia  has  toeen  freer  of 
Iholboes  and  beggairs   than  for  many  a  day. 

The  usual  numiber  of  people  with  miraculous  cures 
has  cropped  up.  About  the  most  silly,  although  the  one 
believed  in  most  implicitly  by  a  great  number  of  peo- 
ple, is  the  remedy  recommended  by  the  Sisters  of  St. 
Joseph's  Orphan  Asylum  (Catholic),  which  is  being  g'iven 
out  by  them  in  astonishingly  large  quantities.  The  rem- 
edy, declared  to  be  a  positive  preventive  of  smallpox  as 
well  as  a  cure  for  it.  is  this:  Solid  extract  of  digitalis. 
one  grain;  zinc  sulphate,  one  grain;  sugar,  half  a  tea- 
siKfonful;  water,  four  ounces.  Dissolve  the  dig'italis  and 
the  zinc  separately;  mix  the  solutions  and  dissolve  in 
the  mixture  the  sugar."  The  Bisters  say  that  "it  is  of 
the  utmost  importance  that  solid  extract  of  digiitalis  be 
used.  Some  druggists  say  there  is  no  such  thing,  but  do 
not  be  fooled  by  them,  as  ithe  liquid  extract  is  value- 
less." The  dose  is  one  teaspoonful  every  hour  for 
twelve  consecutive  hours,  after  iwhich  the  person  is  im- 
mune to  smallpox  for  one  month,  w'hen  the  treatment 
must  be  repeated.  At  least  the  Sisters  say  so,  insisting 
that  the  digitalis  tones  up  the  system  and  the  zinc  purl-- 
fieg  the  blood.  Many  druggists  are  making  a  good  thing 
of  it  by  putting  up  the  preseriptlion  for  25  cents.  A  Vir- 
ginia man  announces  througli  the  newspapers  that  cream 
of  tartar  in  tablespoonful  doses  e^-ery  hour  will  cure 
every  case  of  smallpox,  no  matter  how  severe  it  may  be. 
At  20  cen'ts  an  ounce  there  is  money  in  it. 


The  State   Pharmaceutical   Board   Begins   Prosecutions. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  25.— Having  completed  its  inspec- 
tion of  the  drug  stores  of  this  city  and  secured  through 
its  agents  evidence  of  violations  of  the  pharmacy  laws 
by  about  sixty  druggists,  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Ex- 
amining Board  began  this  week  the  prosecution  of  the 
offe<nders.  Four  druggists  were  brought  before  Magis- 
trate Stratton  Wednesday  charged  with  having  violated 
the  law  in  conducting  a  drug  store  without  properly 
licensed  clerks,  or  for  having  compounded  prescriptions 
and  sold  poisons  illegally  without  being  licensed.     They 


are:  George  Slominski,  Seventh  and  Pine  Streets;  Dr. 
Jos.  Cummings,  Third  and  Pine  Streets;  Dr.  F.  W. 
Friedman,  Washington  and  Passyunk  Avenues,  and  Dr. 
W.  H.  L.ong,  of  Forty-sixth  Street  and  Lancaster  Ave- 
nue, who  is  charged  with  conducting  a  drug  store  at 
Thirteenth  and  Fitzwater  Streets,  with  an  unregistered 
clerk.  Each  was  held  in  $400  bail  Ifor  appearance  in  court, 
except  Dr.  Friedman,  whose  hearing  was  postponed  until 
Thursday,  the  additional  charge  of  assault  and  battery 
being  made  against  him.  Slominski  was  proven  to  have 
been  running  his  store  under  the  certificate  of  another 
man,  wihich  he  had  "rented"  for  this  purpose;  he  ac- 
knowledged his  guilt  and  was  held  for  court. 

On  the  authority  of  a  member  of  the  Board,  there  are 
quite  a  number  of  drug  stores  here  conducted  in  violation 
of  the  law  and  also  some  druggists  who  persistently  sell 
poisons  without  proper  formalities,  while  many  have  un- 
registered or  unqualified  clerks  employed,  who  compound 
prescriptions,  sell  poisons,  etc.,  etc.  The  intention  of 
the  Board  is  to  ferret  out  this  class  of  men  and  secure 
evidence  to  convict  them  in  court,  the  safety  of  the  pub- 
lic and  the  protection  of  law  abiding  druggists  demand- 
ing such  a  course.  There  will  be  no  prosecution  of  drug- 
gists on  minor  technicalities  or  for  trifling  variations 
from  the  letter  of  the  law  as  long  as  the  Board  is  satis- 
fied that  they  are  acting  honestly  and  in  good  faitli,  but 
flagrant  and  persistant  violators  need  expect  no  mercy. 
The  local  Association,  the  P.  A.  R.  D.,  is  heartily  en- 
dorsing the  action  of  the  State  Board. 


Druggist  Victim  of  a  Lawsuit. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  2o.— Doctor  Edwin  R.  Smiley,  treas- 
urer of  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  since  its  organization,  is  the 
unwilling  victim  of  a  lawsuit  to  set  aside  the  will  of  Mrs. 
Mary  T.  Vandeveer,  whom  he  had  attended  profession- 
ally for  many  years.  Mrs.  Vandeveer  bequeathed  the 
bulk  of  her  estate  of  $30,000  to  Dr.  Smiley  as  a  token 
of  her  appreciation  of  his  kindness  and  unremitting 
care  of  her  for  many  years,  whereupon  her  relatives  be- 
gan a  contest  of  the  will,  alleg'lng  an  unsound  mind  in 
the  deceased.  It  is  claimed  that  her  relatives  had 
banded  together  to  steal  heir  property,  and  that  because 
of  this  latter  particularly  she  left  her  property  to  Dr. 
Smiley  to  "sp..e''  them.  No  attempt  to  influence  the 
old  lady  to  leave  him  her  property  is  charged  against 
Dr.  Smiley;  be  was  ignorant  of  the  terms  of  the  Will 
until  It  was  read,  and  he  is  looked  upon  as  being  the 
Victim  of  circumstances.  The  case  Will  come  to  a  flnal 
hearing  Thursday,  and  the  doctor's  many  friends  are 
hoping  that  he  will  receive  at  least  a  share  of  the 
$30,000. 


Drug  Bowling  League  Notes. 

Philadelphia.  Jan.  25.— By  taking  two  out  of  the  three 
games  from  Whitall  Tatum  Co.'s  team  Tuesday  evening, 
the  Aschenbach  &  Miller  team  tied  them  for  flrst  place. 
The  W.  T.  Co.'s  team  has  held  first  place  since  the  tourney 
began  and  A.  &  M.  second  place,  so  from  now  on  the  con- 
test between  these  two  teams  will  be  rather  warm.  Both 
teams  rolled  good  scores,  the  highest  being  838  (A.  & 
M),  the  lowest  720  (W.  T.);  Smith,  Belsterling  and  E.  S. 
Thorp  rolling  the  highest  totals.  On  the  other  alley. 
Smith,  Kline  and  French  Co.'s  team  were  rolling  ag.ainst 
H.  K.  Wampole  Co.'s  team,  the  former  team  winning  all 
three  games.  C.  P.  Donnel,  of  the  S.  K.  F.  team,  rolled 
the  bigh  average  of  188.  the  Wampole  team  doing  rather 
poor  work,  the  score  showing  up  quite  one-sided.  The 
interest  in  the  games  as  the  teams  take  u[»  position  for 
the  finals  Is  becoming  Intense,  quite  a  crowd  of  local 
drug  men  attending  at  every  contest. 


Robbed  Druggist. 
Philadelphia,  ^an.  25.— J.  H.  Klein,  a  druggist  at  54 
North  Twelfth  Street,  was  victimized  by  a  beggar  to- 
day, whose  plea  of  sympathy  for  his  condition  of  deafness 
and  dumbness  w.ts  used  as  a  blind  for  robbery.  While 
Mr.  Ktein  went  back  to  the  cash  drawer  to  get  some 
small  change  for  the  fellow,  he  pocketed  several  bottles 
of  perfumery,  a  box  of  fine  soap  and  several  small  orna- 
ments,   which    were    not   missed    until   some    time   later. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  30,  1903. 


The  police  were  notified  and  found  the  man  a  short  dis- 
tance away,  where  he  was  trying  to  work  another  mer-( 
chant,  and  wihen  searched,  the  druggist's  property  was 
found  in  his  pockets.  Although  claiming  to  be  deaf  and 
dumib,  the  rascal  quickly  found  his  tongue  when  sent 
up  for  three  months  by  a  magistrate,  roundly  cursing 
everybody  connected  with  his  arrest  and  punishment. 


Retail   Druggists'   Annual   Entertainment. 

Philadelphia,  Jan.  25.— The  tlhird  annual  "Progressive 
Euchre"  of  the  Philadt-lphia  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists will  be  given  on  February  11  at  Mercantile  Hall, 
Broad  Street,  a'bove  Master.  The  affair  promises  to  be 
even  a  greater  success  than  the  one  of  last  year,  the 
preparations  'being  made  on  a  large  scale.  Over  300 
prizes  have  already  been  promised,  and  several  hundred 
dollars  have  been  collected  from  sales  of  advertising 
space  in  the  programme.  Tickets  may  be  had  from  any 
member  of  the  "Entertainment  Committee,"  which  is 
composed  of  the  following  drugg'ists;  Chairman,  N.  A. 
Cozens;  vice-chalirman,  G.  W.  Fehr;  secretary,  D.  J. 
Reese;  treasurer,  H.  A.  N-olte;  other  members,  W.  T. 
Myers,  U.  G.  RufC,  A.  C.  Schofleld,  J.  Eppstein,  J.  W. 
Frey,   G.   P.  Sc'hee'hle,  M.   Kratz  and  J.   C.   Perry. 

Navy  Hospital  Corps. 
Philadelphia,  Jan.  25.— Among  the  recent  changes 
in  the  Navy  Hospital  Corps  are  several  affecting  Phila- 
delphia Iboys.  D.  T.  Walts,  formerly  a  clerk  at  Seventh 
and  Oxford  Streets,  the  apothecary  df  the  "Vixen"  during 
the  Spanish  War,  has  just  been  discharged  because  of 
expiration  of  his  enlistment.  Mr.  Walts  was  lately  on 
duty  at  the  Naval  Hospital,  Portsmouth,  N.  H.  Mr.  S. 
Simon,  a  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  student,  hai 
been  ordered  for  duty  a,t  the  Marine  'Barracks  at  the 
League  Island  Navy  Yard,  relieving  Charles  L.  Du- 
Rocher,  who  IS  now  on  the  training  ship  "Hartford." 
New  York  druggists  will  ^be  pleased  to  learn  that  Phar- 
macist Hammar,  of  the  "Olyimpia,"  has  now  a  very 
pleasant  billet  at  the  Mare  Island  (Cal.)  Navy  Yard. 


Business  Fairly  Good. 

Philadeltphia,  Jan.  25.— The  week's  business  has  aver- 
aged up  pretty  well,  sales  of  drugs  and  patents  being 
fairly  good  and  prescriptions  slightly  (increased  over  last 
week.  Trade  has  about  settled  down  to  the  usual  con- 
dition of  this  time  of  the  year.  Smallpox  is  decreasing, 
but  vaccination  has  taken  a  spurt,  fully  50,000  people  hav- 
ing been  vaccinated  this  month,  it  is  said.  Jobt)ers  re- 
port a  quiet  week,   with  moderate  orders. 


P.  C.  P.  Social  Meeting. 

IPhiladelp'hia,  Jan.  25.— The  Class  of  1904  gave  a  re- 
ception to  the  present  Senior  Class  last  Tuesday  evening 
at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  this  being  the 
monthly  "Social"  given  for  the  entertainment  of  the 
students.  After  a,  good  programme  of  vocal  and  instru^ 
mental  music,  dancing  was  indulged  in  until  a  late  hour, 
refreshments   being   served   down   stairs. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

A  fire  broke  out  last  Thursday  night  in  the  works  of 

the  Barrett  Manufacturing  Company,  Tucker  and  Ber- 
muda Stree^ts,  Frankford,  but  it  was  quickly  extinguish- 
ed before  any  serious  damage  was  done.  Probably  most 
Eastern  druggists  are  interested  in  this  factory,  although 
few  of  them  perhaps  know  it,  as  from  this  concern  comes 
much  of  the  supply  of  "moth  balls"  and  "tar  camphor" 
they  .sell.  The  Barrett  Works  are  said  to  be  the  largest 
manufacturers  of  coal-tar  products  in  the  United  States. 

Robert    S.    Doake.    a    well-known    downtown    druggist, 

wTiose  store  Is  located  at  Fifteenth  and  South  Streets, 
died  suddenly  of  pneumonia  Sunday,  January  20.  Mr. 
Doake  was  a  Mason  of  high  degree  and  was  also  a 
momber  of  the  (Red  Men.  He  was  noted  for  his  char- 
ity to  the  many  unfortunates  lin  his  neighborhood.  Fu- 
neral services  were  held  last  Thursday,   at  the  res'idence 


of  his  stepfather,  Mr.  George  Perry,  the  interment  being 
in  Mount   Pleasant  Cemetery. 

- — ^Dr.  William  Bell,  whose  store  at  Nineteenth  and 
Wharton  Streets  has  been  for  many  years  a  landmark, 
died  last  Saturday.  During  the  Civil  War,  Dr.  Bell 
saw  much  service  in  the  Union  Army,  leaving  it  as  Cap- 
tain of  Company  C,  Twenty-fourth  United  States  Infan- 
try, and  has  been  a  prominent  member  of  local  "Grand 
Army"  Post  No.  10  CGreble  Post),  almost  from  its  or- 
ganization. Dr.  Bell  was  sixty-six  years  old  at  the  time 
of  his  death. 

- — The  unusual  situation  of  twice  as  many  druggists 
advertising  for  clerks  as  there  were  clerks  seeking  posi- 
tions was  noted  in  the  Sunday  "Inquiirer."  There  were 
twenty-two  druggists  wanting  clerks,  while  only  eleven 
clerks  wanted  "jobs."  The  continuing  scarcity  of  drug 
clerks  is  a  boon  to  the  good  ones,  who  can  n'ow  get 
almost  any  reasonable  salary  if  capalble,  and  good  sales- 
men. Salaries  generally  are  higher  now  than  for  many 
years. 

The  sale  of  vaccine  ttifbes   and  points  'h'as  been  phe- 

n'omenal  tMs  month.  Over  50,000  have  been  sold  al- 
ready; thousands  of  people  are  rushing  to  be  vaccinated; 
all  public  school  teachers  and  scholars  and  university 
students  have  been  compelled  to  undergo  this  operation. 
The  Union  Traction  Company  will  this  week  require  all 
its  employes  to  be  effectively  vaccinated,  and  many  lao- 
tories  and   the  big  stores  are  following  suit. 

^B.   H.    Mcl^iurg,   an    "honor"   graduate   of   1901  class, 

P.  C.  P.,  has  been  appointed  an  "apothecary"  at  the 
Pennsylvania  Hospital,  Eighth  and  Spruce  Streets.  Med- 
ical Inspector  W.  A-  McClurg,  United  States  Navy,  a 
near  relative  of  Mr.  MoClurg,  has  been  assigned  to 
Dewey's  flagship,  the  "Olympia,"  as  her  meidical  officer. 
The  "Olympia"  will  be  sent  as  an  American  representa- 
tive at  King  Edward's   coronation. 

- — ^E.  M.  Boring,  one  of  Philadelphia's  oldest  druggists 
and  an  active  worker  in  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association  and  local  scientific  circles,  has  met  with  the 
double  bereavement  of  the  death  of  his  wife's  aged 
m'other  and  her  uncle.  The  old  gentleman  was  one  of 
the  prominent  members  of  the  Fifteenth  Street  Meeting 
House  and  a  consistent  "Friend"  for  over  fifty  years. 
• — ^William  Dilman,  a  young  man,  was  held  in  $500  bail 
today  to  answer  to  the  charge  of  pilfering  from  George 
B.  Evans'  Eighth  and  Arch  Streets  drug  store.  An  em- 
ploye of  the  store  noticed  the  man's  suspicious  actions 
some  months  ago,  since  which  time  he  has  been  watched 
closely  while  in  the  store,  and  last  evening  he  was 
caught  in  the  act  otf  stealing  goods. 

At   the  last  meeting  of  the   Executive   Board  of   the 

P.  C.  P.  Alumni  Association,  the  president  was  author- 
ized to  appoint  a  committee  on  athletics.  The  following 
gentlemen  were  appointed:  Dr.  J.  L.  Morrison,  P.  P. 
Stroup,  E.  F.  Cook.  Their  duties  will  be  to  look  aften 
the  suits,  etc.,  of  the  varlious  "teams"  and  to  arrangi 
schedules   for   games. 

. — ^John  B.  Tingle,  a  graduate  of  1901,  P.  C.  P.,  is  at 
■present  rep'resenting  George  D.  Feidt  &  Co.  in  Western 
Pennsylvania,  Ohio  and  West  Virginia,  with  headquarters 
at  222  Dinwiddle  Street,   Pitt^urg. 

• ^C.  John  Grafton,  for  some  time  in  charge  of  the  labor- 
atory of  Stoever's  Board  Street  Station  Pharmacy,  has 
accepted  a  posi'ion  with  V.  C.  Roberts,  1109  South  Forty- 
seventh  Street,   North  Philadelphia. 

^President  W.  I*  Cliffe  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  left  this  week  for  a  short  sea  trip 
to  the  West  Indies  and  w'ill  spend  some  time  in  Jamaica. 


^The  Macoanb  County,  Mich.,  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion held  Its  first  quarterly  meeting  in  the  parlors  of  the 
Sherman  House,  Mt.  Clemens,  January  14.  This  Associa- 
tion is  a  branch  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  its  officers  are: 
President.  E.  F.  Phillips,  Armada;  vice-presidents.  J. 
Meier,  Mt.  Clemens  and  T.  D.  Coe,  Romeo;  secretary,  J. 
Schanher,  Mt.  Clemens;  treasurer,  L..  D.  Bates,  New  Bal- 
timore. With  two  ex'ceptions  every  druggist  in  the  county 
is  a  member.     A  uniform  schedule   has  been  adopted. 


January  30,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


13r 


BALTIMORE. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

— r-George  G.  Muth,  connected  with  Muth  Bros.  &  Co., 
■wliolesale  drugirists,  who  was  confined  to  the  house  for 
PHILADELPHIA  BOWLERS  AT  MONUMENTAL  CITY  some  weeks  with  inflamatory  rheumatism,  is  able  to  he 
Baltimore,  January  24.— A  lively  group  at  members  of  out  again,  and  last  Friday  visited  the  esitablishmemt  for 
the  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Club  of  Philadelphia  were  given  the  first  Ume.  He  is  still  required  to  exercise  the  great- 
good  cheer  last  Saturday  night  by  drug  trade  bowlers  est  care  to  prevent  a  relapse, 
of  this  city,  who  had  visited  the  Town  of  Brotherly  Love  „,   ^     ^,^ 

some  weeks   ago   on   invitation  and  had   enjoyed  a  royal  '^^^  monthly  meeting  of  the  Wedgewood   Club,    that 

good  Ume.  On  that  occasion  the  Baltimore  men  took  all  organization  of  jolly  Baltimore  druggists,  which  aims 
the  six  games  bowled.  Last  Saturday  there  were  seven  solely  to  promote  sociability,  will  be  held  this  evening 
contests,  and  of  this  number  the  local  team  gathered  ^*-  ^^^  Eutaw  House.  The  dinner  will  of  course  consti- 
in  four.  During  a  recess  the  Philadelphians  were  taken  to  *"'®  ^'^  principal  feature  of  the  procedings. 
the  Academy  Hotel,  and  there  feasted  on  oysters,  planked  —Druggist  George  H.  Dannetell,  Broadway  and  Gough 
shad,  Baltimore  vs.  Philadelphia  punch,  Chesapeake  street,  has  recovered  from  an  attack  of  typhoid  fever, 
duck,  wine  and  other  things  that  cheer  and  likewise  im-  .^nich  kept  him  confined  to  the  house  for  some  time.  At 
part  apparent  mobility  to  articles  which  to  other  persons  ^^e  height  of  the  disease  his  recovery  was  despaired  of. 
look  stationary.  Everybody  who  participated  in  the  en- 
tertainment, either  as  guest  or  host,   unhesitatingly  pro-  The  store  of  the  late  Dr.  Pacetti,  recently  conducted 

nounces  the  event   to  have  been  one  productive   of  good  as  the  Adams  Pharmacal  Company,  at  Druid  Hill  avenue 

fellowship  and  joy,  and  interesting  stories  continue  to  be  and  Mosher  street,   has  been  purchased  by  Samuel  Fox, 

told  about  wliat  happened  to  citizens  whose  names  are  not  formerly  with  Max  Perel. 

Jones.    The  record  made  on  the  bowling  alleys  of  the  Dia-  _             ,„    „.  .              .  ttt  n,       ,     ™.            _  i,       j   ^.v.^ 

™„„j       V,        *.,  .     .  1,   J     <»  ^  ,-,  George  W.   Eachner,   of  Walbrook,  has  purchased   the 

mond,  where  the  contests  were  pulled  off,  was  as  follows:         ,  "        ^   „_,_   ,»   ' .  ut  .,   „       *„ i„ 

pharmacy   at  2312  Madison   avenue   which  was  formerly 

PHILADEIjPHIA.  conducted   by   Mr.   Booth.    It  is   known   as   the   Madison 

Smith     1G7    201    147    003    |1S8    169    189  T>hnr-m!if<v 

Covey    1T4    173    159    195    162    176    135  inaimai,y. 

?;'^'s°"     "3    129    132   im    124    138    164       Among   the   out-of-town   druggists    in   Baltimore   last 

i.<ioya    U7    liK)    117    loy    Itl    21b    1d3  ,                 _.                .,,               t-,>,      *             x^tv. 

Donnell   140    188    148    200    139    136    148  week  were  George  A.   Meyers,   Dallastown,   Pa.;   Joseph 

—     —     ■ —     —     —     —     —  B.  Boyle,  Westminster,  Md.;  and  J.  B.  Higgins,  Laytons- 

™"^^     B-ALi^hih'    ™    ^    '^    ^^    '''  -»>e.   ^W- 

GolXeouJh   :::;::::::;:. -.-ito    '"    '"'   lU    m    ill    it?  — I»-uggist  W.  L.  Campbell.  who  conducts  the  pharmacy 

Waters    i 148      ..    137      162  at  the  corner  of  North  and  Park  avenues,  formerly  owned 

Winkelman    120      . .       . .    149    136      . .  Ihv  the  late  Joseph  Denton,  was  married  on  Wednesday  of 

Blumner    134    148    132       ,  ■„,.  „..^ 

Dohme     210    132    142    139    1»4    190    157  ^^sz  wecB^ 

^^"•''s    1^9    183   214    asi    1^    142    m  William  H.  Treiber,  head  clerk  for  Mr.  F.  W.  Schanze, 

Totals     828    713    822    824    885    779    827  Pennsylvania  and  North  avenues,  one  of  the  most  attrac- 

Philadelphia's  average,  798  1-7.  t've  stores  in  the  city,  recently  took  unto  himself  a  wife. 

Baltimore's  average,   811  1-7.  ,  W.  B.  Woolford,  formerly  a  member  of  the  retail  drug 

As  for  the  competitions  between  the  local  teams,   they  firm  of  Caspar!  &  Wool'ford,  has  accepted  a  position  with 

become  more  engros.sing  as  time  progresses.    While  Sharp  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
&  Dohme  for  a  time  held  an  undisputed  lead,  McOormick  ^  _,  ,       ,  *      t»    i       t->     •     p   /-.„ 

jp    r^^'o   t„,„     >,„      ^^.,  ■     „j        i         J-  ,.         .^  Eugene  Stagmer,  a  local  man  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 

&  Co.  s   team,    has  deve.oped   extraordinary   strength,   as  ,  ,  .  -.i.  ..x.     tj-   irr  i„  r^L     ...i.  ■di,:io,j„i 

„„„  ,,„  „^ f_  „  t„   ■   i,».  I,       ,,  %,        ■  ,    T.  \^  Jias  resigned  to  go  with  the  H.  Wampole  Co.,  at  Philadel- 

can  be  seen  from  tonight  s  scores,  when  McCormick  &  Co.         >,■ 

took  two  out  of  the  three  games.    The   totals  were:   Mc-       ^  '^' 

Cormick   &   Co.,    8.32,   806.   854;    Sharp  &   Dohme,   722,   860,       ^Druggist    R.    E.    L.    Campbell,    927    Linden    avenue,    is 

765.    W.   Smuck,   oif   McCormick   &   Co.,   made  215  in   the       studying  medicine. 

first  game  and   E.    Smuck.   scored   up  212   in   the   second.  

Baumgartner  contributed  not  less  than  221-  to  the   third 

total.    Dr.    Dcxhme's   recovery   from   his   recent   attack   of  PROF.  EMIL  SCHEFFER. 

typhoid  fever  seems  to  be  complete,   as   the  total  of  214 

rolled  up  by  him  in  the  second  game  amply  shows.    Mc-  Louisville,    Jan.    24.-Prof,    Emil    Scheffer,    one   of    the 

Cormick  &  Co.'s  average  for  the  three  games  of  830  2-3       '"^®'  known  pharmaceutical  chemists  of  the  United  States. 

tas  seldom  been  excelled.  'i^^'3  ^t  his  home  in  Louisville,  Ky.,  Jan.  22.    He  was  one 

of  the  founders    of   the   Louisville   College   of   Pharmacy 

and  long  occupied  a  chair  In  that  institution.  Although 
widely  known  as  an  educator  and  chemist,  his  greatest 
renown  rests  upon  his  work  in  the  study  and  preparation 
of  pepsin.  In  1S70  he  perfected  a  process  for  the  prepara- 
tion of  liquid  pepsin.  Two  years  later  he  succeeded  in 
preparing  the  dry  or  powdered  product,  and  he  and  his 
son  continued  the  manufacture  o^f  both  forms  of  pepsin 
until  1897,  when  Prof.  Scheffer  retired  from  business.  One 
of  his  formulas  for  pepsin  was  official  in  the  U.  S.  Phar- 
macopoeia of  1880. 

Emil  Scheffer  was  bom  in  Stuttgart,  Germany.  In  1821, 
and  received  his  technical  training  in  the  universities  of 
Tubigen  and  Stuttgart,  at  one  time  serving  as  assistant 
to  Prof.  Gmelin.  He  removed  to  United  States,  and 
entered  the  retail  drug  business  In  Louisville,  many  years 
ago.  while  that  city  was  still  little  more  than  a  village. 
His  store  on  Market  street,  between  Floyd  and  Preston 
streets  was  long  a  landmark  in  that  locality.  Prof.  Schef- 
fer was  eminently  successful  in  his  undertakings,  and 
lived  an  active  life.  Besides  being  occupied  with  business 
and  with  the  affairs  of  the  Louisville  College  of  Phar- 
macy, he  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Kentucky  Phar- 
maceutical Association  and  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association.  He  possessed  many  medals  of  honor 
.awarded  him  by  pharmaceutical  societies  In  this  country 
and  abroad. 


MARKED  IMPROVEMENT  IN  TRADE. 

Baltimore  January  27.— A  marked  improvement  is  re- 
ported in  the  drug  trade  both  out  of  town  and  locally. 
The  local  salesmen  state  that  they  are  meeting  with  much 
success  and  that  the  retailers  feel  greatly  encouraged. 
The  prescription  business  has  picked  up  materially  and  all 
the  prepara;tions  that  enter  into  the  compounding  of 
medicines  are  active  cicordingly.  Orders  are  also  com- 
ing in  freely  from  other  points  which  serve  to  make 
trade  very  brisk.  Whereas  until  now  the  movement  had 
been  rather  restricted  wholesalers  as  well  as  manu- 
facturers of  pharmaceuticals  now  say  they  are 
very  well  satisfied  with  immediate  results  and  with 
the  outlook  for  the  future.  The  volume  of  bus- 
iness at  the  present  time  seems  to  be  ahead  of 
the  corresponding  period  of  last  year  and  the  range 
of  prices  appears  to  be  satisfactory.  The  move- 
ment in  heavy  chemicals  is  evidently  proportionate, 
while  botanicals  are  in  the  main  firm.  The  market  for 
mandrake  root  is  reported  to  be  advancing,  while  ladles' 
slipper  remains  high  and  scarce.  Lebella  seed  has  been 
practically  cleaned  up  and  lelbclia  herfb  is  firm  at  prevail- 
ing figures  which  range  from  8  to  11  cents.  Oil  of  sassa- 
fras is  coming  in  slowly,  and  values  are  steady.  An- 
gelica root  is  stated  to  be  scarce  and  higher. 


1?8 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  30,  1903. 


CHICAGO. 


ROBERT  STEVENSON  &  CO.  AND  THE  N.  A.  R.  D. 

Chicago,  Jan.  25.— On  Jan.  IG  the  National  Retail  Drug- 
gists'  Association  sent  out  a  confidential  circular  in  which 
the  firm,  o-f  Robert  Stevenson  &  Company  of  Chicago  was 
placed  on  the  "cut  off  list  as  one  of  those  firms  which 
supplied  cutters  with  goods. 

Members  of  the  firm  in  an  interview  stated  that  while 
a  cutter  was  for  a  time  supplied  \vith  goods  it  was  with- 
out the  knowledge  of  the  firm;  that  the  entire  amount 
of  the  bills  for  the  goods  supplied  the  cutter  did  not  ex- 
ceed fiity  dollars  and  that  he  paid  cash  for  wttat  he 
bought,  hence  no  charges  were  made  on  the  books  at  the 
timeand  the  matter  did  not  come  to  the  attention  of  the 
firm  until  the  issuance  of  the  circular  alrove  mentioned. 
They  stated  that  the  position  of  the  firm  is  now  and  al- 
ways has  been  even  before  it  was  demanded  by  retail 
organizations,  never  knowingly  to  sell  t  o  cutters  or  to 
support  the  policy  of  drug  cutting.  In  pursuance  of  this 
principle  hundreds  of  thousands  o'f  dollars  worth  of  busi- 
ness had  been  turned  away  every  year.  They  stated  fur- 
ther that  had  the  policy  of  the  firm  been  otherwise,  they 
would  have  selected  a  more  profitable  customer  than  Mr. 
Emp'.e  at  Seventy-first  street  and  Cottage  Grove  avenue 
and  would  have  derived  more  profit  than  could  be  obtained 
from  a  small  store  in  the  suburbs  of  the  city  to  pay  them 
for  risking  the  established  reputation  of  the  firm.  Any 
deliberate  policy  that  would  risk  the  established  reputation 
of  a  firm  tor  the  sake  of  a  fifty-dollar  orded  would  be  a 
foolish  and  a  suicidal  policy  and  one  not  to  be  considered 
for  a  nioment.  Messrs.  Stevenson  &  Company  stated  and 
as  did  every  one  at  all  familar  with  their  methodsand  had 
had  dealings  with  them,  that  their  business  had  always 
been  run  on  principle  and  that  they  had  never  deliber- 
a'tely  sacrificed  their  principles  for  the  sake  of  getting 
any  order,  whether  large  or  small.  Such  mistakes  as 
may  have  been  made  are  due  to  accident  or  to  the 
pressure  of  business  in  which  due  attention  may 
once  in  a  while  fail  to  be  given  to  each  order.  The  firm 
believed  that  their  friends  would  understand  the  matter 
in  this  light  and  that  the  officers  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  would 
also  conclude  that  there  has  been  no  deliberate  intention 
to  violate  any  agreement  or  principle. 

Mr.  Wooten,  secretary  of  the  "N.  A.  R.  D.,  said  that  in 
the  absence  of  the  committee  he  did  not  feel  authorized 
to  make  a  detailed  statement  with  regard  to  the  matter, 
but  stated  that  the  comtmittee  believed  due  consideraion 
was  given  to  warrant  the  action  taken.  A  few  days  later. 
however,  the  following  circular  was  issued,  and  it  is  to  be 
■hoped  that  the  IncidenL  Is  now  closed: 

"In  the  matter  of  Robert  Stevenson  &  Company  of  Chi- 
cago. 

CWcago,   Jan.   22,    1902. 
To   the  Memebrs    of   the   Asociations   that   are   Affiliated 

with  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists: 

The  National  Executive  Committee  has  received  from 
Robert  Stevenson  &  Company  a  specific  statement  to  the 
effect  that  the  sales  of  proprietary  medicines  to  ag- 
gressive cutters  (referred  to  in  a  circular  recently  issued) 
were  not  intentional,  but  were  acts  of  inadvertence  in 
each  and  every  case. 

Having  been  also  assured  by  this  firm  of  its  intention 
to  act  in  future  with  greater  care  and  along  the  line  of 
the  best  interests  of  the  trade,  the  Committee  deems  it 
the  part  of  fairness  to  the  firm  as  well  as  to  the  members 
of  the  affiliated  bodies  that  these  facts  be  made  known. 

The  previous  record  for  loyalty  of  Rwbert  Stevenson  & 
Company  is  assurance  that  the  firm  will  carry  out  its 
pledges  in  good  faith.  The  Committee  deems  it  unneces- 
sary to  enter  into  details  as  to  the  various  sales  to  price 
demoralizers,  but  it  is  M  simple  act  of  justice  to  state  here 
that  no  supplies  have  been  traced  from  this  house  to  the 
large  State  street  cutters. 

This  reestaiblishment  of  the  friendly  relations  which 
have  heretofore  existed  between  the  firm  and  the  retail 
trade  will  undoubtedly  cement  more  firmly  the  various 
interests  involved  and  gives  promise  of  still  larger  de- 
velopment of  good  will  and  cooperation. 
Fraternally  yours. 
TIIOS.  V.  WOOTBN,  Secretary." 


has  just  been  decided  in  favor  of  the  appellants,  the 
decision  of  the  lower  court  having  been  reversed.  Gross- 
cup,  J.,  delivered  the  opinion  of  the  court.  William  R. 
Warner,  complainant  in  the  original  suit,  set  out  in  his 
bill  of  complaint  that  he  was  the  owner  of  the  trade 
mark,  "Pancreopepsine;"  that  it  is  a  coined  word  to 
Whose  use  he  is  exclusively  entitled  under  the  trade 
miark  laws:  tihat  the  defendants,  the  Searle  &  Hereth 
Company,  long  after  the  rights  of  the  complainant 
to'ad  accrued,  had  put  upon  the  market  a  preparation  un- 
der the  laJbel,  "Pancro-Pepsin,"  and  th:at  the  same  was 
an  infringement  upon  the  trade  mark  of  the  com.plain- 
ant,  who  therefore  asked  for  the  usual  injunction  and 
accounting.  The  lower  court  decided  the  case  in  favor  of 
the  complainant  and  ordered  the  injunction  and  account- 
ing as  prayed.  The  defendant  company  appealed  with 
the  result  noted  above.  The  final  decision  in  brief  is  to 
the  effect  that,  as  stated  by  the  decree  of  the  lower 
court,  there  is  no  evidence  in  the  record  to  show  unfair 
competition.  The  court  rules  reversing  tlhte  other  find- 
ings of  the  lower  court  because  of  the  fact  that  the 
words,  "Pancreatin"  and  "Pepsin"  were  In  common  use 
by  the  trade  and  the  medical  profession  for  many  years 
prior  to  the  taking  out  of  the  trade  mark  by  William 
R.  Warner  in  1876,  hence  Mr.  Warner  hid  no  right  to 
the  exclusive  use  of  the  words  either  by  themselves  or 
In  combination.  The  decree  of  the  circuit  court  w^s 
therefore  reversed  and  remanded,  with  Instructions  to 
that  court  to  dissolve  the  injunction  and  take  such  other 
action  as  might  be  necessary  to  conform  to  the  opinion 
of  the  court  of  appeals. 

The  main  point  that  Judge  Grosscupimakes  in  his  de- 
cision is  that  the  word  constructed  by  the  aippellee  la 
a  generic,  not  an  arbitrary  word.  The  term  "Pancreo- 
pepsine" Is  a  compound  word  made  from  words  wlhdch 
had  a  recognized  significance  In  the  medical  profession 
before  the  trade  mark  under  consideration  was  adopted. 
The  general  rule  is  that  a  word  which  has  a  generic 
meaning  in  line  with  that  sought  to  be  conveyed  by  the 
trade  m'ark  is  not  a  proper  word  to  t>e  used  las  a,  trade 
mark. 

Tour  correspondent  understands  that  the  circuit  court 
of  appeals  is  the  highest  court  having  jurisdiction  over 
the  case  and  that  its  decision  is  t\herefore  final. 


SEARLE  &  HERETH  WIN  CASE. 

Chicago,  Jan.  23.— The  case  of  the  Seairle  &  Hereth  Co., 
-\ppellants,  v.  Wm.  R  Warner.  Appellee,  in  the  United 
S.ates  Circuit  Court  of  Appeals  for  the  Seventh  Circuit 


VETERAN  DRUGGISTS  MEET. 

Chicago,  Jan.  25.— The  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists' 
Association  held  a  deferred  quarterly  meeting  at  the 
Union  Hotel  on  January  21.  About  twenty-five  memibers 
were  present.  President  Ebert  presided.  It  was  an- 
nounced that  former  President  Barclay's  condition  was 
serious  and  that  his  demise  was  expected  at  any  time. 
A  pape>r  was  read  by  Albert  B.  Hunt,  manager  of  the 
city  department  cf  the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Company,  giving 
an  account  of  the  beginning,  rise  and  progress  of  that 
well-known  house.  Following  the  preliminary  part  ot 
the  meeting  a  farewell  supper  was  given  In  honor  of 
Henry  BIroth,  who  will  depart  soon  for  a  trip  through 
Europe.  Mr.  Bodemann  presented  a  characteristic  greet- 
ing to  the  crowned  Ihteads  of  Europe,  to  be  conveyed  by 
Mr.  BIroth  on  behalf  of  the  association.  The  traveler 
was  also  presented  with  passports.  It  Is  thought,  how- 
ever, that  he  will  present  neitlher  the  greeting  nor  the 
p'assports.  The  following  committee  was  appointed  to 
take  part  In  greeting  Prince  Henry  on  his  arrival  in 
Chicago:  Messrs.  Waldron,  Bodemann.  Gale,  Jamleson 
and  Blockl.  The  following  committee  was  also  appointed 
to  confer  with  Mr.  Jamleson  concerning  the  annual 
meeting  next  Summer:  Messrs.  Weber.  Waldron  and 
Blockl.  The  secretary  was  authorized  to  draft  a  letter 
to  Senators  Cullom  and  Mason  and  to  the  Representa- 
tives In  Congress  from  Chicago,  requesting  their  sup- 
port for  the  proposed  amendment  to  the  bill  relating  to 
changing  the  rank  of  ph.vsicians  in  the  Marine  Hospital 
Service.  The  bill  and  the  proposed  amendment  were  re- 
ferred to  In  this  column  last  week.  A  letter  of  thanks 
Was  read  from  the  newly  appointed  member  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  thanking  the  association  for  its 
support  and  help  In  securing  his  appointment.  Andrew 
Sdherer  of  Chicago  was  elected  to  membership  in  the  as- 
sociation  and   the   meeting  adjourned. 


January  30,  1902. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


1-21) 


DRUG  CLERKS  MEET. 

Chicago,  Jan.  25.— Members  ot  the  Drug  Clerks'  Asso- 
ciation of  Illinois  met  at  the  Palmer  House  Monday- 
night  and  laid  the  groundwork  for  a  consistent  fight  tor 
sftiorter  hours,  better  pay  and  improved  sanitary  condi- 
tions in  stores.  On  account  of  the  close  attention  which 
the  clerks  are  compelled  to  pay  to  their  business  it  is 
said  that  a  great  number  of  them  go  into  consumption, 
and  their  greatest  desire  is  to  secure  a  ten-hour  day, 
with   pay   for   all   overtime. 

The  meeting  was  addressed  by  Professor  C.  S.  N. 
Hallberg  of  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy.  I.  B. 
Kronberger.  lately  of  Boston.  Rev.  Thomas  B.  Gregory, 
and   S.   T.    Hart,    manager   of   the   local   organization. 

Professor  Hallberg  told  the  young  men  present  that 
they  should  begin  work  by  districting  the  city  and  ar- 
ranging other  details  before  attempting  to  force  the 
points  for  which  tlhey  are  struggling.  He  told  them  they 
should  eliminate  the  word  "clerks"  from  the  title  of 
their  organization,  saying  that  so  long  as  they  retained 
it  they  could  not  hope  to  gain  favor  with  the  public  in 
their   figftit. 

Mr.  Kroruberger  talked  of  the  sanitary  conditions, 
and  said  so  long  as  the  clerks  were  obliged  to  sleep  in 
the  stores  where  they  were  employed  they  should  not 
be  compelled  to  impair  their  health  by  so  doing.  Rev. 
Mr.  Gregory  declared  that  he  was  not  in  favor  of  nigftit 
work  at  any  stage,  and  that  if  a  person  must  work  at 
night  he  should  be  well  paid  for  it. 

It  was  stated  by  Mr.  Hart  that  a  committee  would  be 
sent  to  Springfield  at  the  next  session  of  the  legislature 
to  ask  for  laws  fixing  a  minimum  wage  scale  for  phar- 
macists at  $S0  and  for  assistants  at  $60.  He  urged  that 
all  drug  clerks  be  brougfht  into  the  organization  in  order 
that  it  would  be  impossible  to  secure  the  services  of  any 
of  them  for  less  than  the  minimum  scale. 


DRUGGIST  WANTS  OFFICE. 

Chicago,  Jan.  25.— A  druggist  of  JacksonvillS,  111.,  has 
gotten  out  cards  announcing  that  ihe  is  a  candidate  for 
the  appointment  on  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  in  1903. 
Here  is  one  of  the  letters  he  is  writing  to  druggists 
throughout   the   State: 

"Dear  Sir;— I  shall  be  pleased  to  receive  your  support 
and  inlluence  in   the  coming  election  for  member  of  the 
IHinois  Pharmacy  Board,   and  assure  you  any  favor  you 
may  show  in  my  behalf  will  be  fully  appreciated. 
Tours   truly, 


Some  of  those  to  whose  attention  the  matter  has  come 
are  asking  if  it  is  not  in  doubtful  taste  for  a  druggist 
to  thrust  himself  forward  as  a  candidate  for  appoint- 
ment on  the  Board.  Heretofore  the  office  has  been  sup- 
posed, at  least,  to  seek  the  man.  Members  of  the  Board 
say  that  there  is  not  enougb  pay  in  the  office  to  warrant 
muoh  activity  being  spent  in  getting  it. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

-^A  regular  meeting  of  the  Drug  Trade  Bowling  League 
was  held  at  Bensinger's  Alleys  on  Monday  evening,  Jan- 
uary 20.  The  following  are  tJhe  totals  and  percentages: 
E.  H.  Sargent  &  Company,  677,  718,  791,  aguinst  Buck  & 
Rayner.  65S.  7!i7,  66".;  Parke,  Da^^s  &  Company,  705,  641, 
722,  against  Sharp  &  Smith.  679,  726,  638;  Fuller  & 
Fuller  Company.  628,  596,  644,  against  Lord,  Owen  & 
Company,    615,    525.   637.     Standing  and   percentages: 

Per 
Won.       Lost.       Cent. 

Sharp    &    Smith    2S  11  .71S 

E.  H.  Sargent  &  Company  24  15  .615 

Lord.    Owen   &   Company    21  IS  .538 

Parke,    Davis    &    Company    21  IS  .538 

Buck  &  Rayner   14  25  .358 

Fuller   &   Fuller  Company    10  29  .256 

The  company  surgeons  of  the  Chicago  &  Alton  Rail- 
way met  in  Jersey ville,  III.,  January  13  and  organized 
the  Chicago  &  .\lton  Railway  Surgical  Association,  the 
first  organization  of  the  kind  in  America.  Dr.  W.  R. 
Rhodes  of  Mexico,  Mo.,  was  elected  president.  Dr. 
Howard  Crutdher  of  Chicago,  consulting  surgeon,  stated 


that  President  Felton  had  Instructed  him  to  prepare 
medicine  cases  not  to  exceed  seven  pounds  in  weight 
to  be  placed  on  all  passenger  trains  for  use  of  any  phy- 
sician, also  emergency  packages  for  use  In  freight  yards 
and   on   freight   trains,    tor   use  of  the  laity. 

John    'Woltze,    who    formerly    owned    a   store    at    445 

North  avenue  and  sold  it  recently  to  Max  Georges,  has 
opened  an  elegant  new  store  at  4368  North  Clark  street, 
Rogers   Park. 

It   is   reported    that   Fred   Haeger  has   sold   his   drug 

store  at  Clark  and  Division  streets  and  Is  going  to  rais- 
ing chickens. 

The  drug  store  formerly  occupied  by  E.   P.   McClure 

at  1324  Ogden  avenue  has  been  taken  by  the  ■Williams 
Pharmacy. 

It  is  reported  that  Dr.  Craig  ■will  soon  open  a  hand- 
some drug  store  at  Fifty-ninth  and  South  HSilsted 
streets. 

The   firm   of   Robinson   &   Doty,   druggists   of  Oxford, 

Iowa,  has  been  dissolved,  E.  A.  Doty  succeeding. 

The  Plaza  Pharmacy  Company  ot  Chicago  (has  been 

incoriKirated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $6,000. 

The  store  of  H.   F.  Hill  &  Company,  Woodford,  Ind., 

was  destroyed  by  fire  recently. 

W.  L.  Weller,  a  prominent  druggist  of  Cedar  Rapids, 

Iowa,  died  last  week. 

A.    T.    Seely,    a   druggist   of   Tork^'llIe,    111.,    has    sold 

out. 


MICHIGAN. 


Companies  Elect  Officers. 

Detroit.  January  25. — The  annual  meeting  of  the  Board 
of  Directors  of  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.  was  held  last  week, 
and  the  following  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were 
elected:  T.  D.  Buhl,  President;  D.  C.  Whitney,  Vice- 
President;  Wm.  M.  Warren,  General  Manager;  H.  A. 
Wetzel,  Secretary,  and  J.  H.  Smedley.  Treasurer.  These 
officers  with  E.  G.  Swift  and  Truman  H.  Newberry  con- 
stitute the  Board  of  Directors. 

The  following  officers  of  the  Mosquera-Julia  Food  Co. 
were  elected  for  the  coming  year:  Wm.  M.  Warren. 
President;  H.  L.  Russell,  Vice-President,  and  H.  A.  Wet- 
zel, Secretary  and  Treasurer.  The  usual  dividend  was 
declared  and  the  stockholders  of  the  company  state  they 
are  well  pleased  with  the  fine  showing  made  during  the 
past  year. 


MICHIGAN    NOTES. 

The  store  of  T.  H.  Richards,  No.  7S0  Jefferson  avenue, 

this  city,  was  entered  and  ?S.OO  in  money  secured  one 
night  last  week  and  the  stores  of  F.  E.  Smallidge,  No. 
701  Jefferson  avenue,  and  W.  J.  Reed,  No.  174  Rivard 
street,  were  also  broken  into,  but  the  thieves  were 
frightened  away  before  anything  was  taken.  At  the 
latter  store  the  clerk  awoke  in  tione  to  see  the  thief 
going  through  his  coat  pockets,  but  states  that  he  would 
hardly  be  able  to  identify  him. 

Thomas    Hefferman,     a    druggist    of    Baldwin,    Laka 

county,  and  his  bondsmen  have  been  sued  by  Mrs.  Amelia 
Cummings  for  $10,000  damages.  She  claims  that  James 
Cummings,  who  was  tried  for  the  murder  of  his  brother, 
Percy,  last  Summer,  had  been  in  the  habit  of  obtaining 
liquor  at  the  defendant's  drug  store,  which  caused  him 
to  neglect  his  family  and  led  to  the  circumstances  caus- 
ing the  death  of  his  brother. 

iDupont  M.   Newbro,   Butte,   Mont.,  vice-president  and 

treasurer  ot  the  Montana  Drug  Co.,  is  In  Detroit  en- 
deavoring to  select  a  suitable  location  for  the  manu- 
facture ot  a  number  of  proprietary  preparations  in  which 
he  is  interested.  Mr.  Newbro  intends  to  take  charge  ot 
this  part  of  his  business,  but  at  the  same  time  he  will 
retain  his  holdings  in  the  Montana  Drug  Co.  and  a  num- 
ber of  other  industries. 

H.   C.   Knlll,   Jr.,   Is   remodeling-  and  refurnishing  the 

Interior  ot  the  Corner  Drug  Store  at  Port  Huron.  A  new 
floor  and  a  new  steel  celling  are  being  put  in  and  new 
show   cases   throughout   have   been   purchased.     A   largo 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[January  30,  lOOC. 


WILLIAM  D.  CHURCH. 

William  D.  Church,  senior  memiber  of  the  firm  of 
Church  a.  West,  retail  druggists  of  Grand  Rapids,  Mich., 
Is  one  of  the  best  kiiown  pharmacists  in  the  State.  Mr. 
Church  was  born  in  Ajin  Arbor.  Mich,  and  after  grad- 
uating from  the  High  School  entered  the  University  of 
Michigan,  graduating  from  the  School  of  Pharmacy  in 
1S79.  After  spending  some  time  in  the  retail  business  in 
Detroit,  he  accepted  a  position  "on  the  road"  with  Parke. 
Davis  &  Co.,  visiting  nearly  every  State  in  the  Union, 
but  traveling  principally  in  Michigan.  In  1899  with  B.  K. 
West  he  purchased  the  White  &  White  drug  store,  located 
in  the  Morton  House,  the  leading  hiotel  of  Grand  Rapids. 
Church  &  West  employ  fifteen  clerks,  keep  open  day  and 
night,  and  do  a  large  business. 

new  soda  fountain  of  the  most  improved  type  has  been 
installed.  Mr.  Knill  states  that  when  the  aJlteratlons 
are  completed  there  will  he  no  drug  store  in  the  State 
superior  to  his. 

Chas.  McCargar  of  M'ulliken  was  recently  arrested  for 

conducting  a  drug  store  without  being  a  registered  phar- 
macist.    It  is  noticeable  that  very  few  instances  of  the 
kind  are  reported,   which  is  an  indication  that   the   field  , 
of  pharmacy  is  not  often  entered  by  others   than   those 
wTio  are  qualified. 

^Dr,  W.  L..  Shank,  formerly  connected  with  the  hospital 

of  the  Missouri  Mining  &  Lumber  Co.  at  Grandiin,  Mo., 
has  severed  his  connection  with  that  company  and  will 
enter  the  department  of  traveling  service  of  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.,  with  headquarters  at  St.  Louis. 

The  case  of  the  Farbenfabriken  of  Elberfeld  Co.  vs. 

Fulmer  &  Jenkins  for  imitating  the  labels  of  certain  ot 
the  company's  products  is  still  toeld  up  in  the  couirts, 
and  the  end  does  not  seem  fo  be  in  sight.  The  outcome 
of  the  case  cannot  be  antidipated. 

W.   A.    Jones,    formerly   with   the   firm  of   Harwood   & 

Kephart  of  Petoskey,  has  left  that  firm  and  accepted  a 
position  as  manager  of  the  Corner  Drug  Store  of  H.  C. 
Knill,  Jr.,  at  Port  Huron. 

Edward    Mallinckrodt,    ot   the   Mallinokrodt   Chemical 

Works  ot  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  paid  Detroit  one  of  his  rare 
visits  during  the  past  week,  calling  upion  patrons  of  his 
house. 

A.  E.  Stanley  &  Oo.  have  purchased  the  drug  business 

of  T.  O.  Bennett  &  Co.,  Mlltord,  which  they  will  operate 
hereafter  on  a  very  much  more  extended  -basis. 

C.  E.  W"oo".ley  will  shortly  open  a  pharmacy  at  Brown 

City,  and  says  that  he  will  have  one  of  the  most  at- 
tractive and  well  stocked  stores  in  the  State. 

R.    W.    Campbell,    vlce-presiderkt   of    the   J.    P.    Hartz 

Co.,  Ltd.,  with  headquarters  at  the  Toronto,  Ontario, 
branch,   was  in  Detroit  recently  on  business. 


The  firm  of  Kirtland  &  Labar,  druggists,  at  Sidnaw, 

has  been  dissolved  and  the  firm  of  H.  L.  Kirtland  &  Co. 
will  be  their  successors. 

John    Crlspe   of   Plainwell    has    disposed   of   his   drug 

store    and   intends    to    engage   in    other   business   in    the 
future. 

R.  S.  Johnson,  representing  Merck  &  Co.,   New  York, 

called  on  the  trade  in  Detroit  during  the  past  week. 

Mr.  Wines  of  the  firm  of  Barron  &  Wines  of  Howell 

visited  Detroit  last  week  on  business. 

The    firm   of   Bailey    &    Bush   at   Gobelville    has   been 

succeeded  by  Tames  &  Hannon. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

PROHIBITORY   TAXATION. 

St.  Paul,  Mtan.,  Jan.  25. — The  wholesaJle  and  manu/fact- 
iiring  druggists  of  the  Northv/est  feel  uneasy  over  the  re- 
port of  the  State  Tax  CommLssdon,  which  has  framed  a 
new  tax  law  for  tiie  state  and  whose  work  iwill  he  passed 
upon  by  the  legislature  which  has  been  called  in  special 
session  foir  February  4,  for  that  purpose.  One  <yf  the 
main  efforts  of  the  Commission  was  to  catch  the  wealtliy 
tax  dodgers  whose  evasions  have  added  so  much  to  the  bur- 
dens of  the  jniddle  and  poor  classes.  But  the  coimmlssion 
went  too  far,  according  to  general  opinion,  in  the  matter 
of  fixing  tax  rates.  The  proposed  law  requires  all  mer- 
cliants  and  nBinuCacturers  to  list  not  only  all  their  stocks 
and  manufactures,  but  all  their  materals,  for  taxation. 
In  addition  all  credits,  claims  and  accounts  due  them  must 
be  listed  and  after  subtraJcting  their  indeibtedness  they 
moist  pay  an  aJdditional  tax  of  3  per  cent,  on  the  balance 
/between  what  is  owing  them  and  what  they  owe.  Worse 
than  this,  all  raw  material  under  the  proposed  law 
would  'be  taxied  several  times  in  ithe  various  staiges  cyf 
transition  from  manufacturers  to  consumer. 

The  wholesale  drug  trade  has  suffered  much  frota  gen- 
erally unsatisfaictory  treaBment  and,  it  is  claimed,  person- 
al, spite,  and  those  engaged  in  it  are  very  restive  under 
present  conditions.  If  the  propose'd  tax  law  is  ena'cted 
and  i(s  rigidly  administered  it  seems  protiaMe  that  large 
business  houses  will  be  driven  out  of  business  and  out  cKf 
the  state.  Other  parts  of  the  Commission's  work  are  be- 
ing oriticized  severely  and  the  expectation  is  that  the  leig- 
islat-ure  wiW  make  some  radical  c'hanges  and  mo'difica- 
tions  Ibefore  enacting  the  law. 


THOSE    ALLEGED    OVERCHARGES. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Jan.  25.— The  work  of  taking  an  in- 
ventory of  the  drugs  at  the  Minneapolis  City  Hospital  by 
the  Hospital  Committee  of  the  board  of  corrections  and 
charities  is  in  progress.  This  is  a  result  of  the  alleged 
overcharges  toy  the  A.  D.  Thompson  Drug  Co.  of  Minne- 
apolis, of  which  the  Bra  has  already  told.  Deputy  Public 
Examiner  Eckman  and  Wiliam  Marchbank,  a  local  drug- 
gist, are  taking  the  inventory.  Following  their  rep'orit  the 
Hospital  Comtnittee  will  sulbmit  the  hills  to  some  ooimpe- 
tent  authority  to  determine  exactly  the  amount  of  the 
■overcharges  in  each  case.  City  Engineer  Nelson  defolaires 
that  he  does  not  fear  the  result  of  the  investigation,  and 
promises  that  when  the  committee  is  all  through  and  has 
made  its  report  he  will  then  take  his  innings. 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

Sutecessionis:     R.    R.    Swallum,    Huihbard,    la.,    by    the 

Winter  Drug  Co.;  Hirons  &  GraJham,  Earley,  la.,  "by  W. 
P.  Hirons;  Trullinger  &  Coleman,  Farragut,  la.,  by  Cole- 
man Bros.;  Miller  Bros.,  Parkershurg,  la.,  by  WHUam 
Miller;  W.  K.  Clark,  Niol>rara,  Neib.,  by  George  L.  Ad- 
ams; 'H.  A.  Daaibenberger,  Fonda,  la.,  Iby  N.  L.  Norton; 
Rohinson  &  Doty,  Oxford,  la.,  by  E.  A.  Doty;  J.  F.  Le 
Gore  &  Co.,  Rockwell  City,  la.,  hy  J.  F.  Le  Gore;  W.  E. 
Stewart,  Stratton,  Neb.,  by  R.  W.  Ratcliff;  Ed.  Mitchell, 
Helena,  Mont.,  hy  Mitchell  &  Matchett;  Bi^okartv  &  JaJc- 
obson,  Gleriwood,  Minn.,  by  Jalcoibson  &  Sather;  L.  J. 
Lundemo,  Litchfield,  Minn.,  by  E.  Theodore  Dillnerj 
Franklin  Bros.,  Frost,  Minn.,  by  E.  F.  Franklin;  Berg  & 


January  30,  1902. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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Putnam,  Luverne,  Minn.,  by  William  Puitnam;   Cortelyou 
&  Maldauer,   Sisseton,  S.   D.,  by  P.   P.   Maldauer. 

^Dr.  George  A.  Boylan,  a  druggist  o£  Mlnto,  N.   D.,  Is 

dead  after  a  long  illness  Of  Brig'ht's  disease.     He  was  a 
Mason  and   a  Forester. 

i'  rank  NeTV-man,  Des  Moines,  la. ;  E.  E.  Rogers,  Knox- 

ville,  la.;  W.  Jones,  Volga,  la.,  and  E.  J.  Dunham,  Oak- 
ville,  la.,  have  sold.        > 

Miss  A.  M.  Schimidt  has  gone  to  Tyrrell's  drug  store 

at  Lin'distrom,    Minn.,   Tvhere   she   has   accepted  the  posi- 
tion of  'pharmacist. 

G.  A.   Bork  has  left  the  city  and  is  now  working  In 

Spau'lding's  drug  store  at  Alexandria,  Minn. 
A  receiver  has  been  appointed  for  the  Western  Surgi- 
cal Dressing  Co.  of  Milwaukee. 

^The  Fiebling  ChemicaJl  Co.,  Milwaukee,  has  increased 

its  capital  stock  to  $20,000. 

^Mrs.  M.  F.  Mariger,  Tvho  owned  a  drug  store  at  Bount- 
iful, Utah,  died  last  week. 

W.    L.   W^-elles,    Cedar   Rapids,    la.,   and   C.    G.    Rapp, 

Omaha,  Neb.,  are  dead. 

Henry  Pennington,   late   of  Monticello,   Minn.,   is  now 

in  West  Superior,   Wis. 

^New:     B.   B.    Boyd,    Flaxton,    N.    D. ;   Martin   Z.   HiU, 

Nemahah,    Ne(b. 

The  Ganoungs  Pharmacy  Company   Is  to  in-corporate 

at  Lincoln,  Neb. 

Dr.  McKinnon  has  retired  from  J.  G.  Anderson  &  Co., 

Wadena,    Minn. 

A.  A.  Lawson  has  gone  to  work  in  a  Cass  Lake,  Minn., 

drug  store. 

Dr.   C.  -R.    McKiniey,   Ediwal'l,   Wash.,   will  remove  to 

Brewster. 

S.  C.  OJson,  of  New  Ulm,   Minn.,  iwas  in  the  city  this 

week. 

H.  A.  Scarr  &  Co.,  Perry,  la.,  have  given  bill  of  saJe. 

^S.  B.  Krohn  contemplates  starting  at  Hendricks,  Minn. 

C.  W.  Ray,   Nicollet,   Minn.,  contemplates  ^sellinig. 


ST.  LOUIS. 


SATISFACTORY  AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  WHOLE- 
SALERS AND  RETAILERS. 

St.  Louis,  Jan.  IS.— It  will  be  remembered  that  some 
months  ago  the  wholesale  druggists  of  this  city  in- 
augurated a  new  set  of  rules  and  regulations  in  regard 
to  discounts  and  returns  of  empty  containers  which  was 
serious'.y  objected  to  by  the  local  retail  druggists'  as- 
sociation. Negotiations  have  been  in  progress  ever  since, 
the  outcome  of  which  has  been  most  satisfactory  to  the 
retail  trade.  A  circular  announcing  the  result  has  been 
mailed  to  every  retail  druggist  in  the  city.  TIhe  circular 
is  signed  by  the  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.,  J.  S.  Merrell 
Drug  Co.  and  Moftitt-West  Drug  Co.,  and  contained  the 
following   paragraphs: 

Containers  will  be  received  for  credit  by  the  house 
from  wiiom  they  are  purchased,  if  in  good  condition, 
credit  being  based  upon  a  discount  of  20  per  cent,  less 
than  the  amount  charged  for  such  containers.  This  being 
your  proposal. 

Begiuning  with  purchases  of  January,  1902,  our  cash 
discount  will  be  IVi  per  cent,  when  bills  are  paid  prior 
to  the  10th  of  the  month  following  date  of  purchase. 

No  cash  discount  will  be  allowed  after  the  10th  of  the 
month.  •     ' 

In  meeting  the  wishes  of  our  retail  friends,  we  ask 
in  return  their  cordial  co-operation  to  mainta.in  in  their 
integrity  tho  principles  df  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and 
N.  W.   D.  A. 


ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

^W.  S.  Flemming  has  decided  to  retire  from  business. 

On  the  first  of  the  month  he  will  close  his  store  at 
Seventeenth  street  and  Washington  avenue  and  store 
his  stock  until  he  finds  a  buyer.  He  has  been  quite 
active  in  politics  for  many  years  and  the  prolits  'from  his 
drug  store  have  placed  him  where  he  can  live  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life  in  ease  and  comfort.  The  lease  on 
the  building  expires  soon  and  tho  owners  desire  to  tear 
it  down  and  erect  a  much  larger  building,  otherwise  he 
would  have  no   trouble   in  disposing  of  his  stock  intatt. 

The     St.     Louis     Retail     Druggists'    Saturday    Night 

Club  has  just  held  its  annual  meeting  and  decided  to 
meet  hereafter  in  the  forenoon  of  the  second  Tuesday 
of  each  month  at  the  Mercantile  Club.  The  Club  has 
elected  the  following  officers  for  the  ensuing  year: 
President,  J.  M.  Good;  vice-president,  A.  J.  Enderle; 
secretary,  C.   D.  Merrem;   treasurer,   A.  J.  Davenport. 

The  druggists  qt  the  city  were  sorry  to  learn  of  the 

death  of  Robert  VoUberg  on  last  Sunday  morning.  For 
many  years  he  had  conducted  a  drug  store  at  Jefferson 
avenue  and  Cherokee  street.  He  was  a  man  of  plenty 
of  means  and  he  believed  in  taking  life  easy.  He  was 
highly  honored  and  respected  by  aU  wiho  knew  him,  but 
he  preferred  to   live  quite  a  secluded  life. 

^Judge    &    Dolph's    drug    store    at    616    Locust   street 

looks  pretty  much  torn  up.  Many  of  tiheir  show  cases 
are  standing  on  kegs  and  barrels,  but  their  customers 
all  understand  that  it  means  they  are  getting  ready  to 
move  into  their  new  quarters  at  515  Olive-street.  They 
are  having  many  of  their  fixtures  altefefl,  repainted, 
varnished,   etc. 

—The  following  is  the  result  of  the  meeting  of  the 
Druggists'  Cocked  -  Hat  League  teams  last  Thursday 
night:  Herf  &  Frerichs  3,  Mound  City  Paints  2;  Mof- 
ntt-West  Drug  Co.  4,  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Co.  1;  Tlie 
-Searle  &  Hereth  Co.  3,  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.  2.  Dr. 
Klippel  carried  off  the  honors  of  the  evening  with  a 
5S  average. 

A  new  drug  store  is  being  opened  at  High  and  Mor- 
gan streets  by  the  Silverstones.  It  will  be  known  as 
The  Cut  Rate  Drug  Co.  The  proprietors  have  no  inten- 
tion of  selling  below  the  regular  scheduled  prices.  The 
same  company  recently  purchased  the  drug  store  at 
High   and   Biddle   streets   from   E.    H.    Schnietz. 

The  Missouri  Board   of  Pharmacy  held  a  meeting  at 

Jefferson  City  January  W  for  the  examination  of  appli- 
cants for  registration.  There  were  fifteen  candidates 
and  of  these  the  folloiving  three  were  succesfuJ:  J.  S. 
McElhinny  and  L.  H.  McGilMan,  of  St.  Louis,  and  J.  W. 
Boles,   of  Versailles. 

^Owing  to  some  little  hitch  in  arrangements,  the  ad- 
dition to  the  list  of  schedule  priced  articles  given  to 
your  correspondent  on  the  first  of  the  year,  will  not  go 
into  effect  until  atoout  March  1.  By  that  time  the  drug- 
gists expect  to  have  several  more  articles  added  to  the 
list. 

E.    P.    McColIough,    representing    Colgate    &    Co..    of 

New  York,  has  purchased  the  E.  J.  May  drug  store  at 
Wihittier  and  Olive  streets.  He  says  tliis  will  not  in  the 
least  interfere  with  his  other  work  as  he  intends  to 
place  a  first-class  man  in  charge  of  the  store. 

Geo.   Conley,  representinrg  the  J.   S.  Merrell  Drug  Co. 

in  Central  Missouri,  was  pretty  badly  bruised  In  a  rail- 
road wreck  between  Fulton  and  Mexico,  Mo.,  last  Tues- 
day. It  ivlll  probably  be  some  time  before  he  will  be 
able   to  resume   his   work. 


BANQUET    OF    THE    ST.    LOUIS    DRUG    CLERKS' 
SOCIETY. 

St.  Louis,  Jan.  25.— The  St.  Louis  Drug  Clerks'  Society 
gave  a  complimentary  banquet  to  Its  members,  and  the 
members  of  the  faculty  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  and 
representatives  of  the  local  who'.esale  drug  -houses  at 
the  West  End  Hotel,  Thursday  night,  January  16.  About 
forty  members  were  present.  O.  F.  C.  Bausch  acted  as 
toastmaster.  The  banquet  was  strictly  a  temperance 
affair. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

NEW  TORK 

Compound  Alum  Powder 


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THR  PHARxMACEUTlCAL  ERA. 


[January  30,  U'03. 


JAMES   D.   SIPP. 

James  D.  Sipp  is  the  Eastern  salesag-ent  for  the  Duroy 
&  Haines  Co.,  growers  and  manufacturers  oit  Duroy 
wines,  Sandu.'Jky,  Ohio.  His  ihe-adquarters  are  at  Nos. 
1  and  3  Parlf  Row,  New  York  City.  Mr.  Sipp  has  rep- 
resented several  well  known  firms  'before  his  present  en- 
gagement and  he  was  at  one  time  in  the  retail  druiff  bus- 
iness at  Riverside,  a  suburib  olf  Chicago. 

^Dr.  O.  A.   Wall  grave  an  illustrated  lecture  at  the  St. 

Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  last  Tuesday  nig'ht.  His 
subject  was:  "Why  we  see  things  in  color."  The  lecture 
was  under  the  auBipices  of  the  Alumni  Association. 
Theo.  F.  Hagnow  1500  Chateau  avenue,  has  pur- 
chased the  drug  store  at  Jefferson  and  Blh«nandoiah  av- 
enues owned  by  th«  late  Julius  Kooh.  He  h'as  installed 
E.    H.   Voepel  as  manager  of   the  store. 

^The  city  salesmen  of  the  local  wliolesale  drug  houses 

say  that  business  is  unusually  dull  just  at  present.  They 
consider  it  a  reaction  from  the  large  lamount  of  bus- 
iness   done   early   in    the   month. 

^No  druggist  or  drug  clerk  in  St.   Louis  shouM  forget 

the  annual  entertainment  and  ball  to  be  given  by  the 
alumni  association  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  iPlharmacy 
Tuesday   nig<ht,   Februairy   6. 

^H.   P.   Bader  Ihas  been  appointed  postmaster  of  East 

St.  Louis.  He  is  one  of  the  leading  druggists  of  that 
city  and  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  local  and 
national  politics.  Ho  served  a  term  of  four  years  as 
miayor  of  East  St.   Louis. 

- — -Michael  .\rendes  and  A,  H.  Stalle,  of  the  J.  S.  Merrell 
Drug  Co.,  left  this  afternoon  to  spend  Sunday  with 
Police  Commissioner  A.  C.  Stoever  on  his  big  stock  farm, 
neiar  Ava,  LI. 

T<he  J.   S.   Merrell  Drug  Co.,    of  this   city,   has   taken 

the  agency  for  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation cigar  in  wlilch  the  retail  dealers  are  all  interested. 

T.  A.   Brueggemann  h'as  purchased  a  half  interest  in 

the  Soutlhi  Broadway  Pharmacy.  He  has  been  chief  clerk 
In  the  store  for  many  years. 

L.  P.  Hemm,  owner  of  two  drug  stores  in  Kirkwood, 

Mo.,  has  returned  from  Oaliforniia  where  he  spent  sev- 
eral months  recuperating. 

S.    E.    Barber,   until   recently   a  prominent   city   drug 

salesman,  has  gone  to  work  for  the  Aetna  Life  Insur- 
ance  Co. 

F.  J.   Meyer,   a  former  South   St.  Lomls  druggist,   has 

gone   on   the  road   for  the   Moffitt-West  Drug  Co. 


NO  DEMAND  FOR  IMITATIONS. 

To  be  imitated  is  the  fate  of  every  success.  Inability 
to  bring  forth  an  original  idea  is  by  no  means  uncommon, 
and  those  wiho  make  their  living  by  trading  on  the  suc- 
cesses of  others  are  not  few.  In  this  class  we  do  not  in- 
clude the  counterfeiter,  who  is  outside  the  law,  but  that 
numerous  company  who,  keeping  witMn  their  legal) 
rig'hte,  make  their  goods  as  near  in  name  and  appear- 
ance to  some  staple  article  as  the  law  will  permit. 
There  is  no  demand  for  their  goods,  and  not  a  dollar 
is  spent  in  creating  any;  their  only  chance  to  sell  lies 
in  the  resemblance  of  their  goods  to  some  other  for 
which  there  is  a  demand.  The  trade  is  flooded  with  such 
preparations  all   dependent  upon  another's   advertising. 

The  Centaur  Company's  experience  with  Castoria  has 
been  no  exception  to  this  rule.  Probably  no  medicinal 
preparation  now  on  the  market  has  been  more  exten- 
sively advertised,  or  is  more  widely  known  than  Cas- 
toria; and  "Children  cry  for  it"  and  "the  kind  you  have 
always  bought"  are  phrases  so  well  known  thiat  even  the 
comedian  on  the  stage  turns  them  to  his  use,  knowing 
that  no  one  in  his  audience  will  be  ignorant  of  their 
application.  Castoria  and  the  flowing  signature  of  Mr. 
Fletcher  stare  at  one  from  every  newspaper  and  maga- 
ine  and  signs  everywhere  in  town  and  country.  And  he 
is  blind  indeed  who  does  not  know  that  the  Castoria  he 
wants,  tihe  kind  his  father  bought,  and  his  grandfather 
before  him,  bears  this  same  signature,  -and  that  all 
others   are    spurious. 

It  is  not  the  fault  of  the  Imitator  that  his  goods  do 
not  sell,  or  tliat  nobody  wants  them.  It  is  not  his  fault 
that  every  bottle  of  his  remedy  that  is  sold  Is  substi- 
tuted for  tIhe  genuine.  This  state  of  affairs  is  due  en- 
tirely to  the  active  and  untiring  efforts  of  Mr.  Fletcher 
to  impress  upon  the  public  mind  that  there  is  but  one 
Castoria,  and  that  one  is  Fletcher's.  These  efforts, 
while  expensive,  have  borne  fruit.  Tihe  manufacture  of 
counterfeit  Castoria  Was  been  all  but  stopped,  and  the 
sa,'.e  of  the  otihter  kinds  Is  now  so  limited  as  to  amount 
to   little. 

A  few  years  ago,  many  Imitations  did  shkjw  them- 
selves, but  an  active  advertising  and  legal  campaign, 
kept  up  to  the  present  day,  shotwed  the  druggist  the  dif- 
ference between  the  two  preparations.  At  that  time 
jniany  of  the  spurious  goods  closely  resemb'.ed  tihe  gen- 
uine in  appearance,  but  all  such  were  gradually  driven 
from  the  field,  either  through  legal  process,  or,  m,ore 
often,  through  absolute  absence  of  demand.  The  cus- 
tomer would  have  none  of  them.  He  knew  the  kind  he 
had  always  booiglht,  and  he  wanted  it.  But  to  the  drug- 
gist himself  much  credit  is  due.  He  knew  there  was 
no  real  call  for  the  other  Castorias,  and  few  druggists 
risked  their  reputations  or  tlhelr  trade  by  handling  the 
goods   at  ^11. 

Speaking  of  the  fake  goods  made  by  one  manufac- 
turer, Vice  Chancellor  Reed,  sitting  in  the  Court  of 
Chancery  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  not  long  ago,  rendered  a 
decision  on  the  subject  in  which  he  said: 

"Every  one  of  tjhe  packages  put  in  evidence  by  the 
defendant  shows  a  persistent  adoption  of  the  size  of  the 
bottle  and  the  label  of  the  complainant  The  Centaur 
Co.,  All  these  manufacturers  knew,  just  us  the  de- 
fendant knew,  that  if  the  remedy  was  put  up  in  round 
bottles,  or  in  a  bottle  distinctly  langer  or  smaller,  or 
if  the  bottles  were  so  differently  wrapped  as  to  at  once 
arrest  the  attention  of  a  casual  purchaser,  the  sale  of 
tlWe  remedy  in  such  packages  would  at  once  become  sub- 
stantially   reduced." 

This  decision  hits  the  nail  squarely  on  tlie  head.  There 
is  no  demand  for  spurious  Castoria  as  such.  The  only 
chance  for  its  sale  lies  in  the  closeness  of  Its  resem- 
blance to  the  original  article.  The  honest  druggist  will 
have  none  of  tlhese  fake  goods;  it  is  not  only  a  matter 
of  honor  with  him,  but  a  matter  of  plain  business 
policy. 

Castoria  paid  its  own  tax  during  the  late  war,  be- 
cause it  did  not  want  to  burdfen  tth©  retailer  wbo  had 
stood  by  it  so  long  with  this  additional  expense,  and  It 
now  offers  a  discount  of  5  per  cent,  and  2V-  per  cent,  to 
any  dealer  who  can  buy  12  dozen  at  a  time.  There  are 
very  few  who  cannot  handle  a  gross  within  12  months. 


January  30,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


133 


PATENTS,   TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


(OEDOEID 


&  V.  6^2j 


6f/V^7 


PATENTS. 
Issued  January  21,  1902. 

601,382.— Henry  A.  Hughes,  Jr.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  as- 
signor to  Perfection  Jar  Closure  Company.  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  and  Camden,  N.  J.,  a  corporation  of 
New    Jersey.      Jar    or   bottle    closure. 

091,402.— Alexander  Mezzaros,  Szekeafejervar,  Austria- 
Hungary.  Method  ot  preserving  organic  subs- 
tances. 

691,432.— Robert  S  Anderson,  Toronto,  Canada,  Majohine 
for  cutting  oork  dislcs. 

691,437.— Robert  K.  Bcgue,  Honeygrove,  Tex.  Specific- 
gravity    scale. 

691,463.— Ludwig  Grote,  London,  England,  assignor  to 
Grote  Bottle  Mpchine  Company.  Jersey  City.  N. 
J.,  a  Corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Finishing-mold 
for  maldng  glass  bottles. 

691,470.— Harry  W.  Jordan,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to 
the  Pittsburgh  Reduction  Co.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  a 
Corporation  nf  Pennsylvania.  Method  of  making 
aluminum  hydrate. 

691,553.— William  c  Leak,  San  Antonio,  Tex.,  assignor  of 
one-half  to  Otto  Graff  and  Albert  Head.  San  An- 
tonio,  Tex.      Non-refillable   bottle. 

691,642.— Stephan  Llppert  and  Charles  W.  Hottman,  Phlla- 
delphi.i.   Pa      Bottle-Tvashing  machine. 

691,681.— ^Vilhelm  Weber,  Stolberg  II,  Germany,  assignor 
to  Chemi.sche  Fabrik  Rhenania,  Aachen,  Germany. 
Aseptic  preparation  from  Pancreas  and  process  of 
producing   same. 

C.'»1.6S7.— Rtfbert  B.   Wilson    Woodhaven,   N.   T.   Capsule. 

091,698.— Richard  H,  Eddy  and  Joseph  B.  Johnson,  Provi- 
dence, R.  I.  Vaginal  Syringe. 


',066.— Medicators.  Inhalers,  Respirators  and  Similar 
Surgical  Appliances,  Elmore  J.  Worst,  Ashland, 
Ohio.     The  word  "Oorona." 


LABELS. 
Registered  January  21,  1902. 
8,913.— Title:  "Sopura  DenUfrice."     (For  Tooth-Powder). 
Sopura  Company,   Boston,    Mass.     Filed  December 
20,    lUOl. 
8,914.- Title:   "Antl-Whioop."     (For  a  Medicine).     Frank 

C.   Titzell,    Chicago,    111,     Filed  Dec.   26,   1901. 
8,91"-— Title:     "Af-eton."     (For     a     Medicine).       Acetone 

Medical  Co.,  Mystic,  Conn.     Filed  Dec.  26,  1901. 
8,91U.— Title:    "Dr.   L,uig's  L,emon  Cough  Remedy."    (For 
a     Medicine).       Patton     Bros.,     Catiettsburg,     Ky. 
Filed  Dec.  23,  1901. 
8,917.- Title:    "Dermicure."      (For   a  Medicine).      George 
B.   Holden,   Haverhill,   Mass.     Filed  Dec.   18,   1901. 


YOUR  MONEY'S  WORTH- 


TRADE  MARKS. 
Registered  January  21,  1902. 

,37,062.— Soap    and    Certain    Named    Toilet    Preparations. 

Albert  F.  Wood.  Detroit,  Mich.     The  word  "Satin." 
37,663.— Liniment,     Salve     and     Ointment.        The     C3eber 

Drug  Company  of  Baltimore   City,    Baltimore     MJ 

The    representation    of    an    old     man    a.ssuming    .i 

standing   position,    wearing   a  robe   and   a  cap   and 

holding  a  bottle  in  one  hand  and  having  the  other 

hand    resting   upon    a    table. 
.37.004.— Quinate   of   Lithium,      Vereinlgte   CMninfabrikcn, 

Zimmer    &    Co.      Ges.    mit    Beschrankter    Haftung. 

Franktort-on-the-MaJn,       Germany.        The       word 

"Urosin." 
37,665.— Syringes.    Tyer  Rubber  Co.,  Andover,  Mass.  The 

word  "Homestead." 


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[January  30,  1903. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

Aggregate  of  Business  Is  Satisfactory. 

'New  York,  Jan.  28.— Dealers  report  a  cdntinuea  average 
demand  for  seasonatile  articles  and  business  in  the  agpe- 
grate  reaches  satisfactory  proportions,  with  flulctuations 
in  prices  mainly  within  a  narrow  range. 

OPIUM.— Cable  advioes  continue  to  reflect  easy  pri- 
mary markets  but  there  is  no  quotable  change  in  spot 
values,  and  jobbers  quote  the"  old  range  of  $3.20@3.4O  for 
0  per  cent  and  $3.3<yfl)3.50  for  11  per  cent.  Powdered  re- 
mains nominally  steady  at  $4.25@4.50  for  13  per  cent, 
?4.75@5.0O  for  16  per  cent  and  .$1.50@4.Td  for  agranular. 

MORPHINE.— -4.  continued  Arm  and  fairly  active  mar- 
ket is  reported,  with  jobbers  quoting  the  old  range  of 
!i;2.40@2.50  for  eighths  in  1-oz  boxes,  ip2.35(g)2.45  in  2y2-oz 
iiOKes,  $2.15@2.25  in  ounce  vials  and  $2.10@2.20  dn  5-oz 
cans,  according  to  ibrand  and  quantity. 

QUININE.— There  is  a  continued  absence  of  new  feat- 
ures of  interest,  and  the  market  remains  tame,  with  quo- 
tations nominally  unchanged  at  27c  for  bulk  in  100-oz 
tins,  2T1/4C  in  50-oz  tins,  2Sc  in  25-oz  tins  and  34c  in  ounces. 
SALICYLIC  ACID.— Under  the  influence  noted  last 
week,  manufacturers  have  further  reduced  their  quota- 
tions 2c  per  lb  and  the  revised  jobbing  flgures  are  62@72o 
for  pound  cartons,  57(?f6Tc  for  halves,  and  62@)72c  for 
quarters,  according  to  quantity. 

SALICYLATE  OF  SODA.— The  market  is  easier  in 
sympathy  with  salicylic  acid  and  jobbers  have  reduced 
quotations  to  53@)63c. 

OIL  BERGAMOT.— .Arrivals  of  new  crop  have  caused 
holders  to  modify  their  views  and  jobbers  are  quoting 
:$2.50e2.75  for  prime  and  $2.25@2.50  for  good. 

OIL  SPEARMINT.— Values  are  again  higher,  owing  to 
lecarcity  both  here  and  at  producing  points  and  the  revised 
jobbing  range  is  l$l.T0@'l.S5,  as  to  quality  and  quantity. 

OIL  ANISE.— The  market  is  easier  in  tone  and  jobbing 
prices  have  been  reduced  to  $1.50{f>1.75. 

OIL  WINTEiRGREEN.— Synthetic  is  lower  and  small 
l-nts  are  obtainable  at  75c@$1.00,  as  to  quantity. 

SALOL.— Manufacturers  have  rediiced  quotations  5c 
per  lb  and  jobbing'  prices  are  corresporading'ly  lower,  the 
revised  flgures  being  $1  35  for  S-lb  pkgs,  $1.45  ifor  pounds, 
$1.50  for  halves,  and  $1.60  for  quarters.  Lots  of  25  lbs  or 
over  20c  per  lb  less. 

COCAINE.— A  continued  unsettled  market  is  re(ported 
as  a  result  of  competition  aiiTiong  manufacturers,  and  job- 
bing quotations  show  a  further  decline  to  $5.25@5.50  for 
large  crystals  and  '$.').00@5.25  for  small. 

DAMIANA  LEAVES.— Stocks  are  light  and  more  close- 
ly concentrated  and  jobbers  have  advanced  quotation's  to 
27@33c  for  whole.  SOSSnc  for  ground  and  32@3Sc  tor  pow- 
dered. 

UNION  SALAD  OIL.— Manufacturers'  prices  are  hig'h- 
er,  owing  to  increased  cost  of  raw  material  and  jobbing 
quiotations  have  been  marked  up  to  65@56c  toy  the  barrel 
and  65(&75c  for  less. 

ELM  BARK.— Owing  to  extreme  scarcity,  jolbbers  have 
advanced  quotations  to  16@20c  for  select.  15@18c  for 
ground  and  17@20c  for  powdered. 

CACAO  BUTTER.— Foreign  markets  are  easier  and 
spot  jotobin'g  quotations  for  Dutch  have  deolined  to  37@ 
42c. 

ALTHEA  ROOT.— Values  have  reacted  tfrom  the  ex- 
treme figures  quoted  last  -week  and  jobbers  now  offer  to 
sell  at  26@30c  for  whole  and  32@)S7c  for  cut  or  powdered. 
ESERINE.— Scarcity  of  raw  material  has  caused  a 
stronger  market  and  jobbing  quotations  have  been  ad- 
vanced to  16'??18c  per  grain  for  alkaloid  and  14®16o  for 
sulphate  or  salicylate. 

GUM  BENZOIN.— Supplies  are  diminishing  and  the 
market  is  Ormer,  with  an  advance  in  jobbing  quotations 
to  45@50c  for  extra,  401i;45c  for  good  and  50@55c  for  pow- 
dered. 

HYPOPIIOSPHITES.— Jobbing  quotations  for  calcium, 
soda  and  potash  have  been  reduced  to  G5@75c. 

FLAXSEED.- Values  are  a  shade  easier  and  joWbers 
quote  whole  cleaned  at  .$7.00@7.2o  per  barrel  and  BiWGc  per 
lb  for  less;  ground  3%'?f4c  by  the  barrel  and  5@6c  for  less. 
NUTMEGS.— The  market  is  easier  and  jobbers  have  re- 
duced quotations  to  35(g'45c  for  whole  and  40{g)50c  for  pow- 
dered. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Accounts    Payable,    System   of   Keeping 112 

Ant    Exterminator     118 

ASSOCIATIONS  Clubs.  Alumni,  etc.:  Bushwick 
Pharmaceutical.  122;  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists, 
12S;  Illinois  Drug  Clerks,  129;  Macomlb  Co. 
(Mich.,)  Retail  Druggists.  126;  Manihiattan  Phar- 
Imaceutical,  121;  New  York  Retail  Dfruggists, 
122;  Philadelphia  Retail  Druggists,  126;  St.  Louis 
Drug    Clerks.    131;       St.    Louis    Retail    Drug-gists, 

131;    Wedgewood    Club    127 

BOARDS    of    PHARMACY:       Illinois,     120;    Michigan, 

134;    New    York     121;    Pennsvlvania    125 

BOWLING  DRUG  TRADE:     Baltimore,  127;  Chicago. 

129;    New    York.    122; '  Philadelphia 12S 

Cash    System,    Ideal 114 

C'ipiQhona    Plantations   in   Java 113 

COLLEGES    of    PHARMACY:      Philadelphia 126 

Cyanogen,    Conductivity    Ill 

Drug  Store   Problems    119 

EDITORIALS:  Cascarilla  Bark  in  Cigarettes,  111: 
Credit  System  in  Colleges  of  Pharmacy,  110; 
Drug  Store  Problems,  110:  Manhattan  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  Withdraws  from  N.  A.  R. 
D,   109;  Revenue  from  Fines  and  Liquor  Licenses 

Massacihusetts.   110;  Taxation  in  Minnesota Ill 

Emulsion     Copaiba    117 

Extract  Calabar  Bean,   Fluid,   Action  of  Light 118 

Witch    Hazel,    Darkened 117 

Glove    Cleaner     118 

Hectograph    117 

Hill    Bill     122 

Holyoke    Municipal    Drug   Store    124 

Ink,    Hectograph    117 

Iodine.    Sea    Water    120 

MARKET    REPORT 134 

Meat  Extracts,   Food  Value   118 

NEWS  LETTEItS:  Baltimore,  127;  Chicago,  128; 
Micliigan,  129;  New  England,  124;  New  York.  121; 
Paris    113;   Philadelphia,   125;   St.   Louis,   131;  The 

Northwest l.SO 

Oil    Cananga     118 

Ointment.    Haemorrhoids    117 

PATENTS.    TRADEMARKS.    ETC 133 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Person- 
al Interest,  etc.:  Bell.  Dr.  William,  126:  Chiirch. 
W.  D..  130;  Doake,  Robert  S..  126;  Independent 
Pharmaceutical  Co.,  124;  Ingalls,  Dr.  William. 
124;  Klein.  J.  H.,  125;  Mo.squera — Julia  Food  Co., 
129;  Osmun,  Charles  A.,  120;  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
129;  PoTtug'aloff  J.,  122;  Scheffer.  Prof.  Bmll, 
127;  Sipp,  James  D.,  132;  Smiley,  Dr.  Edwin  R.. 
125;    Stevenson   &   Co..    Robert.   128;    Swann.   S.   V 

B.,    123;  Thompson   Drug  Co.,   A.    D 130 

Photographic   Supplies   in   the  Drug   Store 116 

Pillem   and   the   Sym.bol   Doctors 112 

Poison    Cork    Bill    122 

Prescriptions,    Card    System   115 

QUESTION     BOX      117 

Roup    in    Poultry- 118 

SHOP    TAI,K    Ill 

Soap     Curd    118 

Pynthol     118 

Taxation   in  Minnesota    130 

Tincture   Benzoin,    Compound    118 

Larkspur    Seed    118 

Vanilla,    Adulterated     Ill 

The  Michigan  Board  of  Pharmacy  heJd  a  meeting  at 

Detroit,  January  14-15.  There  were  ftfty-seven  applicants 
present,  forty-two  taking  the  examination  for  Registered 
Pharmaicist  Cer'tiflcates  and  fifteen  for  Assistant  papers. 
Following  is  a  lisit  of  those  receiving  certificates  as  Reg- 
istered Pharmacists:  Miss  Dora  L.  Bodlne,  Clio;  William 
J.  Cassidy,  Detroit;  Alfred  J.  Carlisle,  Detriot;  A.  C. 
Deno,  Burr  Oak;  M.  L.  Hoffman,  Detroit;  C.  L.  Kllngen- 
smith,  PrattvlMe;  J.  R.  Knorr,  Grand  Rapids;  E.  L.  Lia 
Racque,  iSt.  Ignaoe;  F.  B.  McCain,  Detroit;  W.  L.  Mc- 
Kinnon,  Port  Huron;  R.  B.  Mills,  Almont;  Ray  W.  Olin, 
Port  Huron;  F.  S.  Pierce,  Beaverton;  R.  W.  Bennle, 
Detroit;  WHiam  DH.  Zentner,  Detroit. 

Assistant  Pharmacists:  C  M.  Barry,  St.  Louis;  Alfred 
Bourassa,  Chatham,  Ont. ;  George  Hemmeter,  Saginaw, 
W.  S. ;  Lee  M.  Knill,  Port  Huron;  M.  B.  Pickens,  Detroit; 
Archie  Pealsley,  Port  Huron;  Arthur  Royce.  Mecosta; 
James  S.  Strong,  Detroit;  Charles  W.  Ziegler,  Saginaw, 
W.  S.  The  next  meeting  will  Ibe  held  at  'Grand  Rapids, 
Marfeh  4  and  5. 


ARTHUR    COLTON, 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 

«^*and   Appliances."^ 

Detroit,   Mich.,     U.  S.  A. 


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the  Hawaiian  islands,  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and  the  Phil- 
ippines, besides  having  a  classified  business  directory  of 
tiiose  firms  who  supply  the  drug  trade,  classified  Ac- 
cording to  the  lines  of  goods  which  they  make  or  sell. 
The  list  was  compiled  by  a  recent  canvass  of  the  trade, 
«nd  it  will  be  found  "accurate  and  complete.  It  is  pub- 
lished by  D.  O.  Haynes  &  Co.,  and  Is  furnished  at  Jo.OO 
ret,  postpaid. 


The  Worcester  plan,  or  "  price  restrictive  plan," 
has  during  the  past  week,  received  another  severe 
blow,  this  time  in  Pennsylvania  where  its  friends  are 
numerous.  A  suit  brought  in  Philadelphia  for  the 
purpose  of  determining  the  legal  status  of  this  meth- 
od of  maintaining  prices,  resulted  in  a  decision  sim- 
ilar to  that  recently  pronounced  in  Massachusetts, 
namely,  that  a  manufacturer  cannot  by  merely  print- 
ing a  contract  upon  the  package,  control  the  price  of 
goods  through  several  sales.  A  contract  made  with 
the  first  purchaser  is  not  necessarily  binding  upon 
subsequent  buyers  of  the  same  goods.  It  has  now 
been  decided  in  two  States,  that  the  Worcester  plan, 
as  at  present  applied,  does  not  restrict  prices.  It  is 
apparently  time  that  the  friends  of  this  proposed  rem- 
edy for  price  cutting,  were  thinking  of  some  means 
for  overcoming  the  very  serious  legal  diflficulties 
which  threaten  the  usefulness  of  the  plan. 


The  amendment  to  the  New  York  pharmacy  law 
in  which  it  is  proposed  to  change  the  present  method 
of  electing  members  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  has 
been  subjected  to  a  great  deal  of  tinkering,  and,  as 
frequently  happens  with  measures  which  are  essen- 
tially unsatisfactory  and  unnecessarily  complicated, 
modification  does  not  seem  to  result  in  improve- 
ment. A  number  of  changes  in  the  original  amend- 
ment have  been  proposed  and  argued,  and  the  bill 
has  been  successfully  piloted  through  the  Senate. 
In  its  present  form  it  is  still  very  unsatisfactory  to 
many  pharmacists  in  this  city.  It  does  not  extend 
the  franchise  to  all  licensed  druggists  of  this  sec- 
tion, but  restricts  the  right  to  vote  to  the  members 
of  certain  societies.  The  injustice  of  this  provision 
requires  no  demonstration,  since  it  disfranchises 
more  than  half  the  pharmacists  of  the  section.  All 
licensed  pharmacists  and  druggists  in  other  sections 
of  the  State  are  allowed  to  vote.  Why  should  this 
same  privilege  be  denied  those  of  the  Eastern  sec- 
tion? It  now  appears  that  the  proposed  amendment 
in  the  Senate  bill  has  not  been  framed  with  such 
care  as  the  time  and  energy  spent  in  its  construc- 
tion would  lead  one  to  expect.  It  contains  a  very 
serious  flaw,  which  brings  it  into  conflict  with  that 
part  of  the   law  which   is  to   remain  unchanged.     It 


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[February  C,  1902. 


provides  for  a  meeting  to  be  held  in  the  "borough 
of  Manhattan,  at  which  three  members  shall  be 
elected,"  and  one  in  the  "borough  of  Brooklyn,  at 
which  two  members  shall- be  elected,"  which  is  im- 
possible under  the  present  law  which  provides  that 
the  term  of  one  member  shall  expire  each  year; 
consequently  only  one  member  can  be  elected  each 
,year,  and  not  three  for  Manhattan  and  two  for 
Brooklyn.  It  is  quite  clear  that  further  changes  are 
necessary.  Instead  of  adding  additional  clauses,  and 
thus  rendering  the  law  more  and  still  more  compli- 
cated, why  not  render  the  measure  both  simple  and 
j,ust  by  making  requirements  for  the  elect-ion  of 
board    members   uniform   throughout    the    State? 

Our  Letter  Box  contains  this  week  a  cOmmuni- 
.  cation  about  pharmacists  in  the  United  States  ser- 
vice, demonstrating  with  unusual  clearness  and  force 
the  injustice  of  the  present  attitude  of  the  Govern- 
ment toward  our  calling.  It  is  difficult  for  the  or- 
dinary American  citizen  to  realize  the  true  meaning 
of  commissioned  rank  in  the  army  and  navy,  and  the 
humiliation  to  which  the  pharmacists  in  the  service 
are  at  present  subjected.  As  a  nation  we  profess  to 
have  little  regard  for  rank  and  titles,  and  are  proud 
of  our  belief  that  "a  man's  a  man  for  a'  that."  Ow- 
ing to  the  abundant  opportunities  in  our  country, 
for  the  application  of  industry  and  talent,  we  have 
come  to  think  that  worth,  of  necessity,  always  re- 
ceives its  just  reward  of  respect  and  compensation, 
and  that  artificial  distinctions  can  not  produce  any 
considerable  amount  of  either  hardship  or  satisfac- 
tion. Our  correspondent  shows  that  in  the  army 
and  navy,  rank  is  a  very  serious  matter.  It  creates 
barriers  and  distinctions  which  are  very  real  indeed. 
The  enlisted  man  can  not  associate  with  the  officer 
whatever  may  be  his  personal  qualities.  He  is 
strictly  a  work  horse  who  is  supposed  to  be  useful 
only  when  directed  by  the  higher  intelligence  of  a 
superior,  and  is  not  allowed  to  use  either  his  reason 
or  his  discretion  in  any  way.  The  men  who  do  the 
work  of  the  pharmacist  in  the  United  States  service 
belong  essentially  to  this  class,  the  Government  ap- 
parently refusing  to  recognize  their  services  as  be- 
ing in  any  degree  professional.  The  situation  could 
scarcely  be  more  humiliating  and  discreditable  to 
our  profession.  It  remains  for  the  pharmacists  of 
the  country  to  decide  whether  these  conditions  shall 
be  continued  indefinitely  or  shall  be  altered  so  as  to 
give  a  just  recognition  to  an   honored  calling. 

Rear  Admiral  W.  R.  Van  Reypen,  Surgeon-Gen- 
eral of  the  United  States  Navy,  retired  on  the  2Sth  of 
last  month  upon  the  completion  of  forty  years  of  ac- 
tive service.  The  druggists  of  the  country  owe  Admi- 
ral Van  Reypen  a  debt  of  gratitude  for  his  efforts  in 
raising  the  status  of  pharmacists  of  the  navy,  giving 
the  older  men  higher  rank  and  pay  than  men  en- 
trusted with  similar  duties  in  the  army  and  marine 
hospital  service.  For  the  success  in  securing  this 
change  in  the  rank  of  the  apothecaries  in  the  navy 
Surgeon-General  Van  Reypen  may  be  given  the 
credit,  for  while  splendid  work  was  done  by  the  A. 
Ph.  A.,  through  Dr.  Payne,  had  he  not  advocated 
the  measure,  it  would  have  failed.  The  opposition 
of  the   Surgeon-General   would   have  been   enough  to 


prevent  any  effective  action  in  behalf  of  the  hospital 
stewards;  as  Congress  relied  upon  his  judgment  in 
such  matters,  his  support  was  of  vital  importance. 
His  action  in  this  matter  was  characteristic  of  the 
maft;  for  his  efforts  during  his' administration  have 
been  consistently  to  improve  the  medical  corps.  The 
hospital  ship  "Solace"  which  did  such  good  work 
during  the  late  war,  was  Admiral  Van  Reypen's  idea, 
and  -the  adoption  of  this  plan  by  foreign  nations 
speaks  well  for  its  usefulness.  The  new  Siirgeon- 
General  is  Dr.  Rixey,  who  is  well-known  as  the 
personal    physician    of    President    McKinley. 

A  number  of  the  contestants  for  the  prizes  of- 
fered in  our  Problem  Department,  either  overlook 
or  deliberately  ignore  the  conditions  which  are 
printed  above  '  Si'tfh  series  of  problems,  and  which 
they  are  weSlcTy 'requested  to  note.  Many  answers 
have  been  received  which  can  not,  we  regret  to  say, 
be  considered,  in  the  award  of  prizes,  because  they  do 
not  fulfill  the  prescribed  conditions.  These  require- 
ments were  adopted  only  after  careful  consideration, 
and  are  not  mere  arbitrary  rulings  as  so  many  of 
our  readers  seem  to  think.  Uniformity  in  size  of 
paper  and  arrangement  of  problems,  solutions  and 
addresses,  is  necessary  for  properly  filing  and  classi- 
fying the  many  communications  received.  It  is 
strange  that  readers  who  evidently  prepare  their  an- 
swers with  great  care  should  neglect  these  details, 
which  are  to  the  problem  editor,  of  very  great  im- 
portance. We  have  been  asked  whether  the  solu- 
tions of  problems  are  expected  to  be  given  in  full, 
or  if  a  simple  statement  of  results  is  sufficient.  As 
the  problem  editor  is  not  afflicted  with  a  supera- 
bundance of  time,  and  as  it  is  a  matter  of  indiffer- 
ence to  him  how  the  results  are  obtained,  provided 
that  they  are  correct,  we  think  each  contestant  can 
safely  consult  his  own  convenience  in  this  matter. 
The  main  thing  is,  to  send  answers  which  are  cor- 
rect, and  so  arranged  that  they  will  receive  con- 
sideration in  their  proper  order. 

The  writer  of  a  letter  in  this  week's  correspon- 
dence thinks  the  Era  is  rather  hard  upon  the  chronic 
debtor.  He  complains  that  this  unfortunate  has  fre- 
quently been  roughly  handled  in  our  columns,  and 
very  kindly  undertakes  his  defense.  No  doubt  the 
chronic  debtor  has  his  good  points,  and  much  may 
also  be  said  in  palliation  of  his  very  grievous  faults. 
The  reason  why  the  trade  journals  do  not  often  say 
nice  things  about  him.  is  probably  because  he  is 
pretty  unpopular  with  the  trade,  and,  is  notoriously 
modest.  He  seems  to  prefer  not  to  call  attention  to 
the  fact  that  he  is  a  chronic  debtor.  If  he  will  come 
out  of  his  hole  and  state  his  grievance  he  will  cer- 
tainly get  a  hearing,  and  possibly  also  justice. 

Our  correspondent  says  a  number  of  amusing 
things  aboiit  tTie  chronic  debtor,  but  we  can  not  ad- 
mit that  he',lig:s  made  out  a  very  strong  case  in  his 
favor.  He, makes  a  number  of  interesting  sugges- 
tions, mostly  designed  for  the  purpose  of  keeping 
the  creditor  out  of  his  own.  These  suggestions  may 
be  valuable  as  siig^cstions,  but  the  general  applica- 
tion of.  the. principles  invj^Jved  would  be  rather  de- 
moralizing-to  trade  in  general.  The  writer  of  the 
letter   seems   to   consider   the    successful    dodging   of 


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''bills  a  very  commendable  amusement.  He  makes  an 
exception  in  the  case  of  debts  lor  rent  and  wages, 
presumably  because  these  obligations  are  particular- 
ly difficult  to  dodge.  Many  excellent  people  occa- 
sionally find  it  convenient  to  get  into  debt,  and  debts 
grow  old  very  quickly  when  one  is  not  watching  out. 
It  is  quite  probable  that  most  chronic  debtors  would 
not  be  what  they  are  it  they  could  help  it.  Few  of 
them  try  to  defend  practices  which  are  so  very  in- 
convenient to  other  people.  Even  our  correspondent 
who  seems  to  have  the  courage  of  his  convictions 
in  an  unusual  degree,  has  thought  best  not  to  sign 
his  tribute  to  the   debtor  with  his  true  name. 

The  explosion  which  recently  shook  a  consider- 
able portion  of  this  city  and  the  circumstances  con- 
nected with  the  care  of  the  wounded,  again  calls  at- 
tention to  the  peculiar  relations  which  the  druggist 
bears  to  the  public  in  cases  ct  emergency.  When- 
ever a  serious  accident  occurs,  the  first  objective 
point  always  seems  to  be  the  nearest  druf^  store,  the 
pharmacist  commonly  being  expected  to  supply  some 
emergency  treatment  before  a  physician  arrives.  The 
drug  stores  in  the  neighborhood  of  the  subway  ex- 
plosion w-ere  all  converted  into  temporary  hospitals 
immediately  after  the  people  began  to  recover  from 
the  shock.  In  one  store  the  force  of  clerks  aided  in 
attending  to  the  immediate  wants  of  twenty-five  of 
the  injured,  employing  many  yards  of  dressings  be- 
sides other  necessaries  quickly  supplied  from  the 
shelves  of  the  store.  In  such  cases  the  patient  is 
usually  quickly  removed  to  more  permanent  quar- 
ters, and  the  druggist  is  left  to  clean  up  the  muss, 
estimate  the  cost  of  the  material  used,  and  to  won- 
der where  his  compensation  is  to  come  from.  If 
later  he  should  succeed  in  finding  out  where  the  bill 
belongs,  he  is,  in  this  State,  not  allowed  to  receive 
pay  for  anything  besides  the  materials  used,  charges 
for  services  rendering  him  liable  to  prosecution  for 
illegal  practice  of  medicine.  It  is  quite  evident  that 
either  the  laws  need  changing,  or  the  popular  no- 
tions concerning  the  duties  of  the  pharmacist  require 
modification.  It  is  easier  to  change  the  laws  than 
the  people,  and  it  has  been  suggested  that  this  sub- 
ject should  be  brought  to  the  attention  of  those 
skilful   in  launching  reforms. 

An  ingenious  foreigner  has  patented  a  process 
for  preserving  organic  substances  by  means  of  the 
vapors  obtained  by  the  distillation  of  onions.  What 
class  of  materials  are  intended  to  be  preserved  in 
this  way  is  not  stated.  Presumably  the  pungent  aro- 
ma of  the  odoriferous  bulbs  is  expected  to  have  a 
discouraging  effect  upon  the  micro-organisms  that 
destroy,  but  it  may  be  doubted  whether  germs  have 
a  very  discriminating  taste  in  such  matters.  Those 
which  are  in  the  habit  of  associating  with  the  inhab- 
itants of  various  parts  of  southern  Europe  can  cer- 
tainly not  object  very  strongly  to  alliaceous  odors. 

Some  pharmacists  have  peculiar  ideas  about  the 
eternal  fitness  of  things.  The  other  day  a  New  York 
druggist  in  watching  the  efforts  of  a  couple  of  his 
clerks  in  cleaning  a  show  case  suddenly  became  ex- 
asperated at  what  he  considered  inadequate  methods, 
and  brushing  his  delinquent  subordinates  aside  he 
proceeded  to  do  the  job  himself.     While  engaged  in 


this  operation  which  was  apparently  satisfying  to 
him  if  not  particularly  edifying  to  the  smiling  clerks, 
one  of  his  most  remunerative  customers  entered  the 
store  and  spoke  to  the  proprietor  about  some  im- 
portant business.  The  druggist,  apparently  includ- 
ing all  humanity  in  his  condemnation  of  the  incapa- 
ble youngsters,  neither  spoke  to  him  nor  seemed  to 
notice  him  until  the  clerks  had  been  satisfactorily 
rebuked,  a  process  which  lasted  several  minutes. 
This  story  is  incomplete  in  that  the  effect  of  the  in- 
cident upon  the  customer  is  not  known,  and  it  is 
therefore  impossible  to  draw  a  moral.  No  doubt 
our  readers  can  supply  both  the  sequel  and  the  mo- 
ral,  each  to   his   own   satisfaction. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  National  Asso- 
ciation of  Retail  Druggists  has  decided  to  support 
the  movement  now  on  foot  for  securing  a  reduction 
in  the  tax  on  alcohol.  The  advantages  to  the  manu- 
facturers and  the  country  in  general  which  would 
be  gained  by  a  substantial  lowering  of  the  present 
excessive  tax  on  alcohol  used  for  industrial  pur- 
poses, have  frequently  been  discussed.  Now  that 
the  United  States  has  entered  the  contest  for  the 
industrial  supremacy  of  the  world,  and  is  no  longer 
in  need  of  all  the  revenue  it  can  secure,  it  seems  that 
this  question  should  receive  prompt  attention.  The 
tax  on  alcohol  places  American  manufacturers  who 
use  this  raw  material,  at  a  serious  disadvantage  in 
their  competition  with  those  of  other  countries, 
where  alcohol  costs  only  a  small  fraction  of  the 
price  paid  in  this  country.  A  circumstance  which 
should  bear  weight  with  Congress,  is  the  fact  that 
the  Government  now  consumes  immense  quantities 
of  this  material  in  the  manufacture  of  smokeless 
powder.  -Apparently  the  only  argument  which  can 
be  brought  against  the  advocates  of  free  alcohol, 
are  the  facts  that  the  present  tax  yields  a  handsome 
revenue,  and  that  the  temperance  people  think  be- 
cause alcohol  is  a  constituent  of  strong  drink,  its 
uses  must  all  be  reprehensible.  Free  alcohol  is  nec- 
essary for  our  continued  industrial  growth,  and  the 
present  seems  to  be  an  appropriate  time  for  secur- 
ing the  legislation  necessary  for  this  eminently  de- 
sirable  end. 

The  death  of  Prof.  Emil  Scheffer,  recorded  in  the 
Era  of  last  week,  recalls  the  disinterestedness  of  this 
eminent  pharmacist  in  placing  the  results  of  his 
work  upon  pepsin  freely  before  the  w'orld.  Although 
a  manufacturer  himself,  he  published,  without  re- 
serve, the  methods  and  formulas  which  he  found  ef- 
fective, and  thus  did  more  than  all  others  to  place 
the  preparation  of  this  valuable  remedy  upon  a  sat- 
isfactory basis.  This  attitude  towards  the  profession 
at  large,  is  unfortunately  extremely  rare.  Most 
manufacturers  prefer  to  consider  their  discoveries, 
not  as  additions  to  the  sum  total  of  the  science  of 
the  profession,  but  as  trade  secrets  to  be  carefully 
hidden,  and  utilized  for  private  gain.  That  this  policy 
is  both  short-sighted  and  unwise,  has  repeatedly 
been  proved.  The  most  flourishing  industries  are 
those  in  which  processes  and  improvements  are  free- 
ly discussed.  Manufacturing  establishments  which 
employ  carefully  concealed  methods,  as  often  as  not 
have  nothing  to  hide  but  unprogressive  and  anti- 
quated processes. 


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PHARMACISTS,  U.  S.  HEALTH  SERVICE. 

To  the  Editor: — On  December  i8th,  a  Bill  was 
introduced  in  the  House  of  Representatives  and  in 
the  Senate  of  the  United  States  providing  for  the 
changing  of  the  name  of  the  U.  S.  Marine  Hospital 
Service  to  the  U.  S.  Health  Service,  increasing  the 
rank  and  pay  of  the  Surgeon-General,  authorizing 
the  appointment  of  several  Assistant  Surgeons  Gen- 
eral and  fixing  the  relative  rank  of  the  medical  offic- 
ers to  correspond  with  similar  grades  in  the  Army 
and  Navy  but  of  interest  to  the  pharmacists  chiefly 
through  its  absolute  avoidance  of  any  provision  for 
pharmacists   in   the   future   establishment. 

Not  that  the  pharmacist  is  not  considered  a  nec- 
essity, for  the  most  active  opponents  of  our  profes- 
sion freely  express  the  opinion  that  some  one  must 
be  employed  to  do  tjie  pharmaceutical  work  of  the 
various  hospitals  and  stations  of  the  Service,  but  for 
so  many  years  past  the  military  and  naval  services 
have  authorized  the  violation  of  the  pharmacy  laws 
of  the  various  states  of  the  union  by  permitting  the 
assumption  of  the  pharmacists  duties  by  other  than 
pharmacists,  that  they  have  overlooked  the  fact  that 
a  pharmacist  when  employed  as  such  is  in  common 
justice  entitled  to  the  recognition  his  professional 
education  and  the  honor  of  his  profession  demands. 
History  of  Pharmacy  in  the  U.  S.  Service. 

The  official  history  of  pharmacy  in  the  United 
States  is  indeed  a  panorama:  From  the  original  es- 
tablishment of  the  army  and  navy  we  find  that  an 
apothecary  general,  deputies,  apothecaries  and  assis- 
tant apothecaries  were  regularly  appointed  and  com- 
missioned as  officers  of  the  United  States.  In  1821 
these  were  abolished  in  a  sweeping  act  which  reduced 
the  army  to  one  regiment  and  the  medical  depart- 
ment to  one  medical  officer;  the  pharmacists'  duties 
devolving  upon  the  hospital  mate  and  hospital  stew- 
ard, who  seem  to  have  been  in  reality  the  medical 
department  in  themselves.  Later  we  find  the  pharm- 
acist occupying  commissioned  offices  under  the  title 
of  Hospital  Quartermaster,  Captain  of  Trains  and  a 
variety  of  other  designations  equally  distant  from 
what  their  true  title  should  have  been,  and  which 
were  abolished  in  each  reduction  of  the  army  to  a 
peace  footing. 

In  later  years,  to  meet  the  requirments  of  our 
small  army  posts,  the  various  positions  were  com- 
bined under  the  one  designation  of  Hospital  Steward, 
and  these  were  in  the  majority  of  instances  filled  by 
men  appointed  solely  as  a  reward  for  some  personal 
or  public  service  to  the  Commanding  Officer  or  the 
ranking  medical  officer. 

Changes  Effected  by  the  A.  Ph.  A. 

The  Navy  and  the  Marine-Hospital  Service, 
through  the  intervention  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  and  such  representative  officers 
as  Dr.  Geo.  F.  Payne  of  Atlanta,  have  so  altered  this 
that  at  present,  applicants  for  appointment  are  re- 
quired to  possess  diplomas  from  reputable  colleges  of 
pharmacy,  even  though  still  serving  under  the  old 
designation  of  hospital  stewards,  a  title  by  the  way, 
which  from  association  with  past  degradation,  is  now 
cordially  disliked  by  one  and  all. 

The  introduction  of  House  Bill  7189,  practically 
reorganizing  the  Marine-Hospital  Service  as  well  as 
changing  its  name,  was  an  opportunity  for  this  status 
to  give  our  profession  the  tardy  recognition  and  the 
official  status  it  deserves,  but  failing  to  do  so.  Presi- 
dent Whelpley  promptly  arranged  for  the  introduc- 
tion of  an  amendment  providing  for  the  appointment 


of  the  pharmacists  at  present  employed  as  hospital 
stewards,  as  "l-'harmacists"  with  tlie  rank  of  Second 
lieutenants  and  a  compensation  of  $1200  per  annum. 

The  increased  compensation,  while  always  accept- 
able to  the  man,  is  a  matter  ol  secondary  importance 
to  the  profession;  but  the  recognition  and  tne  com- 
missioned rank  provided  for  in  this  amendment,  if 
carried,  will  be  the  most  decided  step  forward  which 
the  profession  has  accomplished  in  a  great  many 
years. 

The  Meaning  of  Commissioned   Rank. 

The  meaning  of  commissioned  rank  is  little  under- 
stood by  any  except  those  who  have  been  in  contact 
with  the  army  and  navy.  In  these  services,  a  barrier 
is  firmly  fixed,  for  reasons  of  discipline,  between  the 
enlisted  man  and  the  commissioned  officer  a  barrier 
that  is  almost  insurmountable. 

The  enlisted  man  is  barred  from  any  communica- 
tion with  the  officer  except  on  strictly  official  busi- 
ness; he  can  in  no  ca^se  be  allowed  to  use  his  own 
judgment  nor  can  he  be  placed  in  charge  of  govern- 
ment property,  no  matter  how  insignificant,  without 
the  theoretical  presence  at  least  of  a  commissioned 
officer;  he  is  strictly  a  work  horse,  prohibited  from 
using  either  his  intelligence  or  discretion  in  any  way, 
while  the  slightest  social  intercourse  is  a  military 
crime  punishable  by  the  regulations  as  a  menace  to 
discipline;  and  it  is  with  this  class  the  pharmacists 
present  status  places  him,  a  discredit  to  all  of  us  alike 
and  a  dishonor  to  our  profession. 

Advantages  of  the  Present  Amendment. 

To  remove  them  from  this  false  position  is  a  duty 
every  pharmacist  owes  to  his  profession. 

With  the  passage  of  this  amendment,  which  is 
now  under  consideration  in  the  Committee  on  Inter- 
state and  Foreign  Commerce  of  the  House  and  Pub- 
lic Health  and  Quarantine  in  the  Senate,  an  entirely 
new  field  will  be  opened  to  the  profession  which  will 
attract  the  better  class  of  young  pharmacists  who  will 
be  an  honor  to  their  profession  and  their  service. 

The  present  amendment  is  the  culmination  of  the 
continuous  fight  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation has  waged  for  years  for  fair  treatment  and 
justice,  and  it  is  deserving  of  the  support  and  co-op- 
eration of  each  individual  member  of  the  profession. 

We  urge  every  pharmacist  who  has  the  future 
welfare  of  his  profession  at  heart,  to  write  his  Con- 
gressmen and  Senators  requesting  a  favorable  con- 
sideration and  support  of  the  amendment  to  House 
Bill  7189  and  Senate  Bill  2162  providing  suitable  rank 
and  recognition  for  our  profession  in  the  Marine- 
Hospital  Service. 

X.  Y.  Z. 


GOOD  WORDS  FOR  THE  CHRONIC  DEBTOR. 

To  the  Editor: — Several  items  have  appeared 
lately  in  your  paper,  which  have  "roasted"  the 
chronic  debtor.  I  was  in  hopes  that  some  of  the 
assailed  would  reply,  but  to  my  surprise  nothing 
ever  has  appeared  which  gave  the  debtors'  side  of 
the  story.     May  I  be  permitted  to  do  so? 

The  man  who  owes  is  numerous;  the  man  who 
pays  promptly,  but  few.  The  majority  should  rule. 
It  all  comes  through  the  practice  of  giving  credit. 
Maufacturers  are  so  eager  to  get  their  goods  on  the 
market,  competition  is  so  strong,  that  every  man  who 
is  in  the  grocery  business  and  does  not  sell  Smith's 
soap  is  pressed  to  buy  it.  Jones,  the  groceryman, 
tries  to  cut  them  ofif  with  the  statement  that  he  uses 
another  soap,  gets  thirty  days'  credit  and  some  free 
goods.  Smith's  house  offers  him  sixty  days  and  as 
much  free  goods  as  the  other  folks.  As  a  matter  of 
fact,  Mr.  Jones  has  bought  his  soap  in  five-box  lots 
for  cash  up  to  this  time,  because  he  could  not  get 
credit.  Anxious  to  get  this  customer  from  a  rival 
firm.  Smith's  house  senas  his  order  in  before  he 
gives  references,  or  Smith's  credit  man  may  find 
a  Jones  rated  in  the  agency  book  which  he  presumes 
is  the  one  in  question.  In  any  event  Jones  gets  the 
goods.  Sixty  days  after  the  delivery  Smith's  col- 
lector calls.     Naturally  be  wants  money.     Jones  with 


February  6,  1902.] 


THE  i'HARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


139' 


the  new  soap  has  been  a  decided  failure  as  a  retailer 
of  the  brand  and  with  that  "bunch"  of  goods  on  his 
hands  the  bill  due  and  practically  nothing  in  from  it, 
he  must  put  up  hard  cash  and  lose  chances  of  good 
bargains,  because  he  got  credit.  That's  the  honest 
position. 

If  Jones  were  an  old  hand  at  the  game,  he 
would  point  to  a  sign  on  the  wall,  and  the  collector 
would  read,  "Bills  paid  only  on  the  first  of  the 
month."  The  other  side  of  the  sign  reads,  "Bills 
paid  only  on  the  fifteenth  of  the  month."  The  way 
to  use  it  is  simply  to  have  the  sign  indicate  the  date 
furtherest  away.  When  the  collector  calls  he  sees 
he  was  mistaken.  Thus  one  month  passes.  Next 
month  the  Smith  firm  puts  it  in  the  hands  of  their 
lawyer.  He  writes  three  letters,  one  every  week, 
each  containing  additional  threats,  and  at  the  end 
of  the  second  month  sues.  Now  the  lawyer  wants 
his  costs  to  run  up,  and  instead  of  suing  in  the  mu- 
nicipal court  and  getting  action  in  eight  days,  he 
sues  in  the  city  court  and  takes  six  weeks.  When 
the  judgment  finally  is  given  he  finds  that  the  gro- 
cery store  has  changed  hands,  and  belongs  to  another 
man,  whose  bill  of  sale  is  perfectly  straight. 

All  this  from  the  temptation  offered  the  grocery- 
man  in  the  form  of  credit.  It  is  shameful.  Several 
firms  in  New  York  never  pay  bills  of  any  kind,  and 
the  competition  and  number  of  houses  in  the  same 
line  enable  them  to  continue  getting  supplies  for 
years.  That  is  business.  Of  course  the  debtor  must 
eat.  He  does  so  at  the  credit  man's  expense.  Some 
of  the  meanest  letters  ever  heard  of  are  sent  to 
debtors  by  creditors.  One  man  I  know  of  received 
a  dunning  letter  every  day  for  six  months  from  a 
man  whom  he  owed  a  small  sum.  The  debtor  wrote 
his  creditor  that  he  was  ill  and  about  to  have  an  op- 
eration performed  at  a  local  hospital.  Doctors  have 
assured  him  that  something  is  in  his  appendix,  and 
if  it  is  the  money  due  the  creditor,  why  the  doctor 
will  forward  it.  Another  instance  of  the  annoyance 
debtors  sufTer  at  times  came  in  the  shape  of  a  daily 
letter  and  a  postal  requesting  payment  of  the  sum 
due  a  man  down  South.  In  two  months  the  creditor 
spent  $i.Q0  in  mail  matter  regarding  that  bill.  When 
the  debtor  sent  him  a  calculation  showing  him  how 
foolish  he  had  been  to  waste  money  that  way,  (at 
the  rate  of  95  cents  per  month),  when  by  merely 
placing  95  cents  per  month  in  a  bank  without  in- 
terest, he  would  have  obtained  the  whole  amount 
due  by  the  writer  in  thirty-six  years.  The  letters 
ceased,  and  I  suppose  the  man  is  making  use  of  the 
suggestion. 

At  times  debtors  get  bills  receipted,  with  expla- 
nation in  the  following  tone:  "Sir: — .\s  the  bill  has 
been  due  three  or  more  years,  and  lawyers,  etc., 
cannot  collect  it,  we  receipt  it  and  send  it  to  you, 
hoping  you  will  frame  it  as  it  will  no  doubt  be  the 
only  receipted  bill  you  ever  had."  This  is  wrong. 
Useless  insults  are  unmanly.  Besides,  the  receipted 
bill  is  always  evidence  to  salesmen  that  the  debtor 
pays  his  indebtedness,  for  with  a  nicely  receipted  bill 
in  sight,  what  can  Mr.  Salesman  think?  Again,  "re- 
ceived   of    Jones,    $ worth    of    experience"    is    a 

poor  form  to  send  in  a  receipted  bill.  The  proper 
way  to  adjust  matters  is  to  abolish  credit  entirely 
and  see  how  many  houses  fail,  and  which  they  are. 
Who  would  go  to  the  wall?  Not  the  debtor,  but 
the  big,  blustering  and  mighty  wholesalers.  I  know 
a  man  in  town  who  never  pays  anyone.  That  is 
wrong.     Rent   and   office   help   should  be   excepted. 

All  the  kick  is  not  on  the  creditor's  side.  Con- 
sider the  Bible  teaching:  "It  is  more  blessed  to 
give  than  to  receive,"  and  adhere  to  it. 

THE  DEBTOR. 


A  Charitable   Project. 

Dover.  N.  J.,  Jan.  27.  1902. 

To    the    Editor: — Will    you   kindly   notice    in    your 

valuable  trade  paper  that  we  are  on  a  committee  to 

assist    the    ladies    of   Dover   to    establish    a    cemetery 

here  in   which  the  poor  and   friendless   who  die  here 


may  have  free  and  decent  interment.  Our  appeals 
to  the  trade  and  the  public  have  met  with  gratifying 
success,  such  as  a  truly  charitable  project  merits. 
Should  any  of  the  Era's  readers  feel  disposed  to  give 
us  a  hand  we  would  be  glad  to  hear  from  them.  Any 
checks  from  one  dollar  up  will  be  gratefully  ac- 
knowledged by 

Yours  Very  Respectfully, 

RED  CROSS  DRUG  CO. 


USE  OF  METHYL  ALCOHOL  IN  PHARMACOPOEIAL 
PREPARATIONS. 

To  the  Editor:— Will  you  please  insert  the  follow- 
mg  copy  of  my  letter  to  Cushman  Bros.  &  Co.,  of 
this  city,  in  the  Era  and  oblige, 

SIDNEY  FABER, 
Secretary  N.  Y.  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
New  York,  Jan.  29,  1902. 
Messrs.  Cushman  Brothers  &  Co., 
No.  78  Hudson  street.  City. 
Gentlemen: — The    Board    of    Pharmacy   desires   to- 
call  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  salesmen  in  your 
employ  call  on  pharmacists  with  samples  of  a  brand 
of  methyl  alcohol  put  on  the  market  under  the  name 
of    "Colonial    spirits"    and    recommend    pharmacists 
that  this  can  be  used  in  place  of  alcohol  in  making 
all     external     pharmacopoeial     preparations,     notably 
soap  liniment,  tincture  of  iodine,  etc. 

The  law  of  this  State  forbids  the  use  of  anything 
for  the  purpose  except  "alcohol,"  and  any  pharmacist 
using  your  "Colonial  spirits"  or  any  other  brand  of 
methyl  alcohol  in  pharmacopoeial  preparations,  rend- 
ers himself  liable  to  be  prosecuted  both  under  the 
Penal  Code  and  the   Pharmacy  law. 

As  these  statements  have  been  made  to  myself  by 
two  of  your  salesmen  on  different  occasions,  I  must 
take   it    for   granted   that   they   are   acting   under   in- 
structions and  therefor  bring  this  to  your  attention. 
Yours  truly, 

SIDNEY  FABER, 

Secretary. 


DISINFECTANTS  RECENTLY  PATENTED.— 
A  substance  to  be  used  for  the  preservation  of 
foods  of  for  toilet  purposes  is  prepared  by  associat- 
ing benzoyl  sulphonic-imide  and  p-phenetol  carba- 
mide, or  their  salts,  with  antiseptics  such  as  sulphur- 
ous acid,  suphites,  formaldehyde,  boric,  salicylic  and 
hydrofluoric  acids  and  their  salts,  etc. 

A  method  for  rendering  phenols  soluble  consists 
in  employing  the  salts  of  ph^nanthrene  mono  and 
disulphonic  acids  as  solvents  for  cresol.  The  sul- 
phonates  of  other  tar  hydrocarbons,  and  also  carba- 
7.o\,  may  be  used  in  the  same  way.  The  solutions  are 
useful  as  disinfectants  and  for  pickling  timber. 

A  process  for  the  manufacture  of  solid  formalde- 
hyde consists  in  adding  to  the  solution  of  this  sub- 
stance a  very  small  quantity  of  soda  soap,  and  allow- 
ing the  mixture  to  solidify. 


THE  ACTION  OF  SUNLIGHT  UPON  EN- 
ZYMES.— O.  Emmerling  (Ber.)  has  investigated  the 
action  of  light,  both  direct  and  diffused  sunlight  upon 
the  activity  of  several  of  the  common  enzymes.  The 
influence  of  light  upon  the  activity  of  these  substanc- 
es was  found  to  be  slight.  Emulsin.  invertase  and 
diastase  were  entirely  unaffected;  lactase  was  only 
slightly  affected;  the  activity  of  yeast  maltase  and 
rennet  was  considerably  diminished  by  exposure  to 
light,  but  maltase  could  be  obtained  only  in  the  form 
of  extract  of  yeast  and  the  other  substances  present 
may  have  contributed  to  this  result.  In  experiments 
with  pepsin  and  trypsin  the  results  were  not  uniform, 
the  activity  of  these  enzymes  being  sometimes  un- 
affected, and  at  other  times  diminished.  Toxins  were 
found  to  be  for  more  sensitive  to  the  action  of  light 
than  ordinary  enzymes. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  6,  1903. 


What  will  the  advocates  of  professional  ethics 
think  of  this  crafty  scheme  for  extracting  small 
change  out  of  the  pockets  of  the   "dear  public"? 

"Here's  a  hint  for  druggists,"  said  the  origina- 
tor of  this  scheme  the  other  day,  "particularly  those 
in  Philadelphia  where  the  city  water  is  usually  semi- 
solid during  the  rainy  season.  Most  people  dislike 
the  taste,  or  lack  of  taste,  of  boiled  water,  and  this 
prevents  many  from  taking  this  very  necessary  pre- 
caution, so  any  way  of  rendering  boiled  water  more 
palatable  would  be  greatly  appreciated.  A  German 
chemist  has  found  that  the  peculiar  taste  of  boiled 
water  is  due  to  its  loss  of  lime  salts  and  carbonic 
acid  gas  and  its  dissolved  air,  stating  that  boiled 
water  may  be  made  palatable  by  the  addition  of  a 
little  calcium  hydrate  and  a  thorough  shaking  in  a 
vessel  holding  only  half  its  capacity  of  water.  Here's 
the  hint:  Let  the  druggist  put  up  a  small  package 
containing  qucklime,  chalk  and  tartaric  acid,  in  such 
proportions  that  the  acid  will  be  sufficient  to  entire- 
ly decompose  the  chalk  and  the  quicklime  enough 
to  partially  precipitate  the  calcium  tartrate  thus 
formed,  using  waxed  paper  for  the  first  wrapping. 
Have  the  directions  read  'Add  as  much  of  the  powder 
as  will  cover  a  penny  to  one  gallon  of  boiled  water, 
set  aside  five  minutes,  then  pour  half  the  water  into 
a  gallon  jug  or  bottle  and  shake  vigorously  for  a  few 
miuutes,  removing  the  cork  frequently  during  the 
shaking.'  Of  course  the  real  benefit  comes  from 
aerating  the  water  by  the  shaking,  the  rest  is  for  ef- 
fect. If  these  directions  are  closely  followed,  a  very 
palatable  water  will  result,  the  amount  of  lime  salts 
in  it  giving  it  a  slight  taste,  while  the  carbonic  acid 
gas  and  the  air  dissolved  during  the  shaking  will  en- 
tirely remove  the  objectionable  'flatness.'  Strictly 
speaking,  a  thorough  shaking  of  boiled  water  in  a 
bottle  holding  double  the  amount  operated  on  will 
make  it  palatable  if  the  air  is  frequently  renewed  by 
uncorking  the  bottle  during  the  shaking;  however, 
the  druggist  can  keep  this  fact  to  himself  for  his  own 
benefit  as  there  is  not  yet  much  profit  in  selling  air. 
The  powder  mentioned  is  to  create  the  impression 
in  the  mind  of  the  customer  that  the  improvement  in 
the  water  is  caused  by  it;  the  use  of  a  neat  package 
or  bottle  to  hold  it  is-  to  bring  in  dollars  and  cents 
to  tji.e  druggist  shrewd  enough  to  create  a  demand 
fpr.it,  unless  he  has  sufficient  reputation  to  get  a 
quarter  apiece  from  his  customers  for  telling  them  to 
shake  their  boiled  water  with  plain  atmospheric  air." 


The  Observant  Druggist  saw  something  new  last 
Monday  at  the  Hotel  Walton,  Philadelphia's  fashion- 
able caravansary,  and  he  told  it  to  the  Era  man  as 
being  worth  space  in  "Shop  Talk."  "I  saw  a  well- 
dressed  man  at  the  Walton,"  he  said,  "take  out  his 
pocket-book,  extract  therefrom  a  bill  and  proceed  to 
wipe  his  eye-glasses  with  it,  an  action  that  struck  me 
as  being  rather  peculiar,  especially  as  the  man 
seemed  both  sober  and  sensible.  As  you  know,  I  am 
always  on  the  lookout  for  anything  new,  so  I  mus- 
tered up  the  cheek  to  satisfy  my  curiosity.  'Excuse 
me,  sir,'  I  said  to  the  man,  'but  do  you  know  what 
you  are  doing?'  'Yes,'  he  reqlied,  'I  am  wiping  my 
glasses.'  'Do  you  know  what  you  are  using?'  I 
asked.  'Yes,  sir,  I  do;  I  am  using  a  new  two-dollar 
bill;  I  never  use  anything  else.'  For  a  moment  I  was 
taken  aback  but  curiosity  overcame  my  hesitancy  as 
I  was  now  keenly  anxious  to  see  the  matter  through, 
so  I  said  to  him,  'Isn't  that  a  rather  expensive 
habit?  Pardon  my  seeming  impertinence,  but  you 
have  certainly  aroused  my  curiosity.'     'Oh,  that's  all 


right,'',  he  _  answered;  'I've  got  used  to  being  asked 
about  my  little .  fad.  I  assure  you  that  I  do  not  do 
this  from  a  desire  to  parade  my  wealth,* as  I  haven't 
any  too  much.  Some  time  ago  I  found  out  that  a 
new  bill  was  the  best  thing,  possible  to  use  for  wip- 
ing off  glasses;  it  does  not  scratch  them  or  leave  .any 
dust  or  lint  behind,  and  I  have  yet  to  find  any  trouble 
in  spending  any  I  have  used  for  this  purpose,  and, 
as  I  don't  throw  any  away,  the  scheme  is  not  at  all 
costly.  Make  a  note  of  it;  you  may  wear  glasses 
yourself  some  day,  but  be  sure  to  use  a  new,  clean 
bank  note;  old  ones  are  too  greasy  for  this  purpose.' 
I  thanked  the  gentleman  and  mentally  made  this  note 
and  also  another  one  of  my  own — that  appearances 
don't  always  do  to  go  by!  I'd  advertise  new  one 
dollar  bills  for  'eye-glass  cleaners'  if  I  wasn't  sure 
the  department  stores  would  take  up  the  idea  and  cut 
prices;  I'd  charge  25  cents  extra  and  put  'em  up  in 
nice  little  blue-and-gold  envelopes,  and  I'd  sell  'em, 
too!" 


"Although  I  am  a  married  man  and  have  four 
grown-up  daughters  I'm  not  kicking  a  bit  over  the 
bills  I  get  for  these  new-fangled,  high,  tight  collars 
the  women-folks  are  wearing,"  remarked  a  Market 
street  druggist  confidentially.  "Their  use  has  sold 
me  more  cough  medicines  and  gargles  than  I  ever 
sold  any  Winter  before.  How?  Well,  I've  studied 
up  on  the  subject,  and  I  am  sure  that  sixty  per  cent, 
of  the  colds  the  women  are  having  nowadays  comes 
from  this  swathing  up  the  neck  with  bandages  of 
fancy  silk  ribbons,  or  chiffon  or  whatever  the  stuff 
they  consider  fashionable  may  be  called.  Indoors 
and  out,  most  of  the  time,  they  wear  this  'stock,'  so 
when  they  happen  to  leave  it  ofT,  when  not  'dressed 
up'  or  when  they  go  on  some  little  errand  in  the 
neighborhood,  the  slightest  draught  or  exposure 
gives  them  a  cold  because  the  skin  is  tender  and  used 
to  warmth.  And  that's  not  the  worst  of  it,  as  I 
am  trying  to  impress  on  my  girls,  the  tightness  of 
these  neckbands  results  in  damage  to  the  chords  and 
muscles  of  the  throat  and  makes  the  neck  lose  its 
plumpness  and  reddens  the  skin.  One  of  them,  who 
sings  in  the  church  choir,  has  been  under  the  care  of 
a  specialist  for  the  past  ten  days  for  some  aflfection 
of  her  voice;  'too  tight  neck  band'  he  tells  me  is 
the  cause,  and  I  know  of  a  lady  who  has  become  al- 
most totally  deaf  from  the  strangulation  of  the  blood 
supply  of  the  head.  Still,  I  suppose  that  as  long  as 
it  is  the  fashion  for  women  to  strangle  themselves 
with  tight  collars  and  neck  bands  they  will  keep  on 
wearing  them.  My  girls  almost  had  a  fit  when  I 
ordered  them  to  stop  wearing  the  blamed  things. 
Of  course  I  got  the  worst  of  the  argument,  but 
what's  a  'mere  man'  anyhow  when  he  begins  to  criti- 
cise women's  apparel,  but  I'm  consoling  myself  by 
adding  up  my  daily  sales  of  cough-  medicine.  Did 
you  say  that  you  wanted  a  fifty  cent  bottle  of  cough 
medicine  for  your  wife?    Thanks!" 


A  prominent  business  man  entered  a  South  Side, 
St.  Louis,  drug  store  a  few  days  ago  with  a  pre- 
scription which  called  for  a  proprietary  remedy  in 
"original  bottfe,"  The  druggist  washed  the  label 
off  and  dispensed  it  accordingly.  The  customer  asked 
the  druggist  if  it  was  not  a  patent  medicine  and  the 
druggist  replied  no,  it  was  a  proprietary  remedy. 
The  customer  said  they  were  all  the  same  and  he 
paid  for  the  medicine  and  told  the  druggist  to  pour 
the  medicine  in  the  sink  or  do  what  he  pleased  with 
it,  saying  that  he  knew  he  had  rheumatism  and  that 
if  he  had  any  faith  in  patent  rheumatic  cures  he 
should  have  bought  it  from  the  druggist  and  not  pay 
a  doctor  one  dollar  for  his  advice  as  to  which  one  to 
use.  The  druggist  tried  to  explain  the  difference  be- 
tween a  patent  and  a  proprietary  remedy,  but  it 
would  not  work.  He  asked  the  druggist  to  recom- 
mend some  good  physician  to  him,  but  this  the  drug- 
gist refused  to  do,  telling  the  customer  that  this 
would  get  him  into  serious  trouble.  The  customer  re- 
turned  a    few   hours   later   with    another   prescription 


February  6,  1902.] 


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141 


and  seemed  unusually  happy  and  contented  when  he 
heard  the  link  of  the  mortar  and  pestle.  He  had 
been  to  another  physician  but  had  first  called  up  the 
first  physician  and  told  him  what  he  thought  ol  him. 
That  evening  this  physician  called  on  the  druggist 
and  wanted  to  create  a  "rough  house"  and  threat- 
ened him  with  a  damage  suit,  and  would  not  listen 
to  any  explanation.  The  druggist  feels  that  he  pur- 
sued exactly  the  right  course,  but  feels  that  if  he  had 
been  a  tritle  more  careful  he  could  have  avoided 
this  unpleasantness. 


"Have  you  ever  noticed  the  number  of  young 
men  that  are  nursing  sore  chins  lately?"  asked  a 
young  physician  of  the  druggist.  "Yes,"  he  said, 
"and  I  am  selling  lots  of  zinc  ointment  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  club  next  door.  What's  up?"  "Pipes," 
replied  the  doctor,  solemnly:  "not  one  in  fifty  of  the 
boys  know'S  what  causes  his  sore  chin,  but  that's 
what  it  is.  You  see,  it's  the  fad  now-adays  to  smoke 
short-stemmed  pipes,  English  'bull-dogs;'  to  be  in 
the  fashion  you  must  sport  this  as  short  as  possible. 
See  this?"  asked  the  man  of  medicine  as  he  pulled 
a  typical  "bull-dog"  out  of  his  pocket,  "now  watch 
me.  I  put  the  pipe  in  my  mouth  and  the  bowl  rests 
on  my  chin,  in  contact  with  the  skin  just  at  the  for- 
ward bend,  and  as  it  gets  heated  up  from  smoking 
the  bowl  acts  just  like  a  poultice  and  draws  to  a  head 
any  impurities  that  may  be  in  its  vicinity.  I've 
treated,  so  far,  about  a  dozen  cases  and  my  prescrip- 
tion has  been  invariably  'get  and  smoke  a  long 
stemmed  pipe.'  I  think  I  am  about  the  original  dis- 
coverer of  the  malady  and  its  cure,  so  I  have  christ- 
ened it  'pipe-osis  chinnitis.' "  "Say,  doctor,"  put  in 
the  druggist,  "don't  you  think  that  about  fifty  cents' 
worth  of  Unguentum  Aquae  Rosae  would  be  a  nice 
thing  to  supplement  your  'long-stem'  prescription 
and  give  it  some  professional  standing?  You'd  get 
a  dollar  for  ordering  it  and  I'd  get  fifty  cents — see?" 
"Not  being  color-blind,  I  do,"  replied  the  Y.  P. 


"Superstitions  are  queer  things,"  said  a  Philadel- 
phia druggist  to  a  friendly  customer  the  other  day, 
"about  the  only  things  that  equals  them  for  silliness 
is  the  patent  medicine  testimonial."  "Yes,  it's  79 
cents  a  bottle,"  he  answered,  wrapping  up  a  bottle 
•of  someone's  Celery  Comp.,  "and  here's  about  the 
latest  I've  heard.  My  little  boy  has  been  sick  for 
some  time.  On  Saturday  last  he  seemed  better  but 
got  worse  on  Sunday,  so  that  I  was  somewhat  wor- 
ried, although  now  he  is  nearly  well.  On  last  Sun- 
day evening  I  met  an  old  lady,  a  great  admirer  of 
my  boy,  who  was  very  solicitous  in  asking  about  his 
condition,  but  w-hen  I  told  her  that  he  seemed  to  be 
much  worse  today  she  surprised  me  by  exclaiming, 
'thank  the  Lord,  he  is  safe  now!'  I  couldn't  under- 
stand her  manner  at  all,  and  very  frankly  told  her 
that  I  didn't  see  anything  in  my  boy's  condition  to 
be  thankful  for,  as  he  was  w'orse  now  than  at  any 
lime  past.  'Why,  it's  the  best  of  signs.'  she  ex- 
claimed, 'when  sick  people  get  worse  on  Sunday  it's 
a  sure  sign  that  they  are  going  to  get  well,  but  if 
they  get  better  on  Sunday,  you  might  as  well  give 
up  hope.'  She  added  that  she  based  her  opinion  on 
many  years'  experience,  but  it  was  a  new  one  to  me 
and  I  didn't  take  much  stock  in  her  theory.  All  the 
same,  the  youngster  began  to  pick  up  on  Monday." 


One  of  the  most  enterprising  druggists  in  the 
state  of  Tennessee  is  Frank  M.  Freeman  of  Adams- 
ville.  This  gentleman  conducts  a  hotel  in  connection 
with  his  pharmacy,  and  he  figures  that  he  will  do 
some  business  whatever  the  condition  of  trade  may 
be.  If  people  will  persist  in  keeping  well  and  there- 
fore spend  not  their  shekels  for  drugs,  his  hotel  goes 
merrily  on.  for  people  must  travel:  and  it  he  buys  a 
bill  of  goods  from  a  drummer  he  has  the  satisfaction 
of  getting  part  of  his  money  back  before  the  travel- 
ing man  gets  out  of  town.  His  wife  is  his  only 
nartner  and  their  pictures  adorn  the  firm's  letter 
heads,   his   on   the   left   and   hers    on   the    right.      Be- 


J.  R.  TAGUE. 

T^  •'■  ;?•  "^i^"^'  manager  of  the  Van  Vleet-Mansfield 
Urug  Co.,  Memphis,  Tenn..  is  a  native  of  Indiana  and  was 
t)orn  m  that  State  42  years  ago.  For  eleven  years  prior 
to  lf>5j  he  was  in  the  retail  drug-  business  at  Little 
Rock,  Ark.  He  came  to  Memphis  in  1885  and  entered 
the  employ  of  the  Mansfield  Drug  Co..  and  when  that 
house  and  the  ^  an  Vleet  Drug  Oo.  were  consolidated 
he  was  retained  toy  the  new  firm  as  assistant  manager. 
Upon  the  death  of  Mr.  Woods,  fhe  manager,  several 
year.s  later,  Mr.  Tague  was  placed  In  the  position  he 
now  holds.  Mr.  Tague  served  for  three  years  as  apothe- 
cary on  board  ship  in  the  Paoific  ocean  and  in  that 
position  saw  a  great  deal  of  the  world.  Besides  beinc 
a  man  of  much  personal  mjagnetism  and  strengthi  of 
character,   he  is  an  ardent  lover  of  athletic  sportsT 

tween  the  two  pictures  is  this  unique  ad:  "Frank  M. 
Freeman's  Hotel  and  Drug  Store."— "Me"  and  the 
"Old  Woman"  Sole  proprietors. 

Not  the  "Largest  Hotel  in  theBurg." 

Not  "Newly  Furnished  Throughout." 

No  "Free  Bus." 

"Not  the  Best  Grub  the  Market  Affords." 

But  simply  something  good  to  eat,  and  plenty  of 
It. 

Under  his  picture  is  this  :  "This  is  "Me,"  and 
under  his  white's  picture,  "This  is  Mollie— The  Old 
Woman."  This  combination  of  pharmacist  and  mine 
host  is  said  to  be  a  very  popular  man. 


The  old  saying,  "All  things  come  to  him  who 
waits,"  is  considered  by  many  of  the  St.  Louis  local 
drug  clerks  to  be  quite  true.  They  have  waited  for 
years  for  their  employers  to  give  them  shorter  hours 
but  in  very  few  cases  have  they  asked  for  it.  Owing 
to  the  great  scarcity  of  good  drug  clerks  which  has 
existed  in  that  city  for  over  a  year,  many  of  the 
proprietors  who  have  good  clerks  have  taken  to 
looking  more  carefully  after  the  welfare  of  their 
help.  It  is  getting  to  be  quite  a  general  rule  now 
for  the  clerk  who  opens  the  store  early  in  the  morn- 
ing to  be  let  of?  duty  at  supper  time  or  early  in  the 
evening,  and  the  one  who  closes  the  store  late  at 
night  to  report  for  duty  at  nine  or  ten  in  the  morn- 
ing. They  also  get  their  regular  afternoons  oft  each 
week.  There  are  a  few  stores  in  the  city  where  this 
rule  has  been  in  force  for  many  years  but  they  were 
few  and  far  between,  while  now  it  is  almost  the  rule 
instead  of  the  exception. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  6,  1902. 


THE  POSSIBILITIES  OF  A  DENTAL  SUPPLY 
DEPARTMENT. 

By   JOSEPH    F.    HOSTELLEY,    CoUingsdale,    Pa. 

AN  undertaking  that  might  be  made  to  yield  a 
very  acceptable  revenue  to  the  druggist 
would  be  an  endeaver  to  induce  the  dentists 
of  his  town  to  prefer  the  pharmaceuticals 
of  his  store.  Druggists  who  have  in  their 
minds  never  listed  the  remedies  of  the  dentist's 
armamentarium,  will  have  cause  for  surprise  when 
even  a  partial  list  of  these  materials  is  brought  to 
their  attention.  The  dentist  employs  many  thera- 
peutic agents  which  could  be  supplied  by  an  enter- 
prising druggist  and  which  the  dental  practicioner 
now  obtains  from  many  sources,  among  others  supply 
houses.  We  do  not  question  the  quality  or  quan- 
tity of  the  goods  which  the  dentist  gets  at  haphazard, 
nor  have  we  any  quarrel  with  the  supply  house.  The 
logic  of  our  proposition  is,  that  one  druggist  might 
claim  the  profit  that  is  divided  among  many;  that 
the  supply  house  is  often  beyond  easy  reach  and  con- 
venience of  the  dentist  and  that — competition  is  a 
legitimate  and  healthy  factor  in  business. 

To  intelligently  solicit  the  attention  of  dentists 
to  a  department  of  pharmaceutical  supply,  the 
druggist  should  become  fluently  conversant  with  the 
names  of  the  various  materials  peculiar  to  the  den- 
tal practice,  and  should  be  somewhat  intelligent  in 
the  manner  of  their  use.  This  statement  need  not 
suggest  a  course  in  dental  therapeutics.  Knowl- 
edge sufficient  for  the  occasion  may  be  acquired  by 
occasional  reference  to  text-books,  advertising  lit- 
erature, by  conversation  with  dentists,  and  by  hand- 
ling the  medicaments  themselves.  Association  with 
dentists  will  rapidly  develop  a  knowledge  of  a  few 
dental  terms,  so  that  in  a  short  time  the  druggist 
may  intelligently  invite  attention  to  the  dental  acces- 
sories of  his  pharmacy. 

To  suggest  the  course  of  observation  that  will 
bring  the  druggist  in  touch  with  the  subject,  we 
ofTer  an  abridged  glossary  of  dental  medicaments 
with  brief  notes  as  to  their  application  in  dentistry. 
This  enumeration  is  by  no  means  a  complete  list  of 
dental  remedies  in  common  use,  nor  does  it  indicate 
the  full  therapeutic  scope  of  any  one  remedial  agent. 
It  is  merely  suggestive. 

Creosote: — Stimulant.  rubefacient,  escharotic, 
styptic,  sedative,  antiseptic.  Dental  scope:  odontal- 
gia, alveolar  abscesses,  suppurating  pulps,  hypersen- 
sitive dentin, etc. 

Carbolic  Acid: — The  therapeutic  value  and  appli- 
cation of  this  agent  to  the  dentist  is  almost  analo- 
gous to  creosote;  some  think,  however,  that  its  so- 
lutions are  less  irritant  to  tooth  pulps.  It  has  been 
almost  superseded  as  a  styptic  by  phenol  sodique. 

Phenol  Sodique: — Astringent,  antiseptic,  deodor- 
ant, disinfectant,  parasiticide,  sedative,  hemostatic, 
antiphlogistic,  local  anesthetic. 

Oil  of  Cloves: — Employed  in  dentistry  in  nearly 
the  same  field  as  carbolic  acid  or  creosote;  sometimes 
used  in  combination  with  one  or  the  other. 

Oil  of  Eucaloytus: — .Antiseptic,  disinfectant,  seda- 
tive, mildly  astringent.  Dental  scope:  Ulcers,  putres- 
cent  pulps,   abscesses,   etc. 

Potassium  Permanganate: — Disinfectant,  stimu- 
lant and  escharotic.  Dental  application:  Fetid  and 
gangrenous  ulcerations  of  the  mouth,  antiseptic  for 
decomposing  pulps,   etc. 

Hydrogen  Dioxide: — A  valuable  antiseptic  in  all 
infectious  conditions  of  the  mucous  membrane  of 
the  mouth;  a  haemostatic;  for  treating  abscesses; 
an  idea!  mouth  wash:  for  cleaning  and  keeping 
aseptic  bridge  work,  plates  and  dentures  for  re- 
moving green  stain  from  the  teeth. 

Iodoform: — Antiseptic  in  treatment  of  alveolar 
abscesses  and  putrescent  pulps;  anodyne  following 
extraction  of  abscessed  teeth. 

Aluminum  Chlorid: — .Antiseptic  and  disinfectant 
in  treatment  of  caries  of  bone,  putrifying  pulps,  al- 
veolar abscesses,  etc. 

Zinc   Chlorid: — .Antiseptic,   disinfectant,   escharotic. 


Salicylic  Acid: — Used  in  powder  or  ethereal  solu- 
tion as  an  application  to  suppurating  or  gangrenous- 
pulps;  employed  in  combination  in  ulcers,  inflamma- 
tion of  mucous  membrane,  etc. 

Solution  Persulfate  of  Iron; — Astringent  in  dilute 
solution,  arresting  hemorrhage  after  extraction  of. 
teeth. 

Tincture  Aconite: — Used  in  treatment  of  irritated 
.Tnd  inflamed  pulps  of  teeth:  locally  applied  aborts 
incipient  inflammation;  relieves  odontalgia  and  pain 
following  tooth   extraction. 

Tincture  Arnica: — Applied  to  irritable  pulps;  also 
abraded  surfaces  in  combination  with  glycerin;  for 
ulcers  of  the  oral  cavity  in  combination  with  tannic 
acid  or   glycerol   of  tannin. 

Tincture  Capsicum: — Stimulant,  accelerates  sup- 
puration; stimulates  the  gums  and  mucous  mem- 
brane  in   chronic   inflammation   and   ulceration. 

Tincture  lodin: — Useful  in  the  treatment  of  in- 
flammation and  ulceration  of  the  gums,  alveolar  ab- 
shcesses.  fungous  growths  of  gums  or  pulp,  suppur- 
ating pulps,  etc. 

Glycerin: — Solvent  and  emollient. 

Many  other  dental  requirements  will  make  them- 
selves known  to  the  druggist  as  he  progresses  in  the 
details  of  the  department.  Among  some  of  the  com- 
mon accessories  of  the  operating  room  which  we 
have  not  recounted  might  be  mentioned:  Absorbent 
cotton,  camel's  hair  brushes,  mercury,  bay  rum,  a 
gentle  sedative  to  the  nerves  of  a  sensitive  patient, 
yellow  and  white  wax,  borax,  prepared  chalk,  pumice 
stone,  rotten  stone,  rouge,  emery,  buckhorn  powder, 
Arkansas    stone   powder. 

Let  the  druggist  with  a  dental  department  pre- 
pare a  nicely  perfumed  tooth  powder  and  wash  and 
put  it  forcibly  and  frequently  before  the  dentists  of 
the  town.  Present  them  with  full  size  samples.  Gain 
their  good  will.  Get  acquainted  with  them.  Visit 
their  offices  periodically.  Do  this  either  in  person 
or  through  a  representative.  Tell  them  that  essen- 
tially a  cleansing  agent  for  the  teeth  will  not  be 
amiss  in  their  office.  Remind  them  that  if  they  ap- 
prove of  the  preparations  for  their  own  use,  they 
might  suggest  their  merits  to  patients  inquiring  for 
a  commendable  tooth  wash  or  powder.  Another  per- 
tinent specialty  would  be  a  good  antiseptic  solution. 
Put  it  up  attractively  and  sample  the  dentists  with- 
it  liberally.  Dentists  use  an  antiseptic  solution  of 
some  nature  daily. 


TAKING  STOCK  IN  A  DRUG  STORE. 

By  WM.   MITTELBACH,   Boonville,   Mo. 

THE  mere  thought  of  doing  such  a  thing  a& 
taking  stock  is  enough  to  check  the  steps  of 
many  in  this  direction.  It  does  look  like  an 
almost  impossible  thing  to  do  at  first,  and  the 
easy  going  man  soon  comes  to  the  conclusion  to  make 
a  rough  estimate  of  his  possessions,  and  let  her  go  at 
that.  He  finds  at  the  bank  a  balance  of  several  hun- 
dred dollars  to  his  credit  and  concludes  he  has  made 
just  that  much.  If  on  the  other  hand  he  finds  his 
account  overdrawn,  the  other  fellow  (his  creditors) 
generally  do  the  conclusion  act,  by  taking  charge  of 
the  business  and  winding  him  up  on  short  notice.  In 
either  case  the  conclusion  may  be  wrong,  and  only 
a  careful  inventory  of  stock  will  disclose  the  true 
condition  of  affairs.  The  little  balance  to  ones  credit 
at  the  bank  is  swept  away  by  a  shrinkage  in  stock 
equal  to  twice  that  amount,  or  on  the  other  hand,  the 
shortage  in  cash  may  be  doubly  accounted  for  by  the 
increase  of  goods  on  hand.  The  later  is  surely  a 
better  condition  than  the  former.  Many  a  business 
could  be  saved  if  proper  business  methods  were  used. 
Proceed  in  a  careful,  systematic  way  to  make  your 
inventory  of  stock  cleaning  up  as  you  progress  not- 
ing the  things  you  find  to  have  been  neglected  or 
overlooked  and  also  any  surplus  of  stock  which  may 
have  been  accumulated.  You  will  soon  become  thor- 
oughly interested  in  your  work  and  at  the  same  time 
will  be  surprised  at  the  number  of  things  apparently 
forgotten,  and  fast  becoming  dead  stock.    To  be  sue- 


February  G,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


143 


cesslul  you  must  correct  your  methods  and  rid  your 
stock  of  such  articles.  In  these  days  of  quick  trans- 
portation it  is  not  necessary  to  have  large  quantities 
even  of  the  more  popular  goods.  Classify  your  stock 
while  going  over  it.  Renew  your  cost  and  selling 
marks  where  necessary;  collect  all  dead  stock  m  one 
part  of  your  store  and  dispose  of  it  at  any  old  price. 
Better  still  exchange  it  for  some  new  stuff  just  in- 
vented by  some  ambitious  patent  medicine  man. 
What  you  may  get  will  at  least  be  new  to  you,  and 
will  affect  the  eyes  less  than  the  old  stuff  you  have 
been  looking  at  for  so  many  years.  If  you  can't  do 
either  of  these  things,  in  a  reasonable  time,  then  pay 
some  poor  old  darkey  twenty-five  cents  to  haul  it  to 
the  public  dumping  grounds  and  consign  the  whole 
cargo  to  mother  earth,  from  whence  it  came.  You 
may  for  a  few  days  mourn  the  loss  of  your  dear  de- 
parted friends  but  you  will  also  soon  realize  that  the 
space  once  occupied  by  them  is  worthy  of  better 
things. 

A  careful  taking  of  stock  is  worth  any  rrian's 
time,  and  it  is  absolutely  necessary  for  correct  cal- 
culations in  business. 


The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
•crlbers  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription  work,  dispensing  difficulties,  etc. 

Requests  for  Information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mall,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS.  RECEIVE 
department  from  nou-subscrlbers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  Is  necessarily  made  to  Information 
published  In  previous  Issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 


Bead  for  Liquors. 

(R.  Co.)  In  the  liquor  trade,  anything  added  to 
liquors  to  cause  them  to  carry  a  "bead"  and  to  hang 
in  pearly  drops  about  the  side  of  the  gla_ss  or  bottle 
when  poured  out  or  shaken  is  called  "beading,"  the 
popular  notion  being  that  liquor  is  strong  in  alcohol 
in  proportion  as  it  "beads."  The  object  of  adding 
a  so-called  "bead  oil"  is  to  impart  this  quality  to  a 
low-proof  liquor,  so  that  it  may  appear  to  the  eye  to 
be  of  the  proper  strength.  The  following  formulas 
for  "bead  oil"  are  given: 

(1)  Sweet  Almond   Oil   1  fl.   ounce 

Sulphuric  acid,   concentrated   1  fl.   ounce 

Sugar,    lump,    crushed    t  ounce 

Alcohol,   sufficient. 

Triturate  the  oil  and  acid  very  carefully,  together 
in  a  glass,  wedgewood  or  porcelain  mortar,  or  other 
suitable  vessel:  add  by  degrees  the  sugar,  continue 
trituration  until  the  mixture  becomes  pasty,  and  then 
gradually  add  enough  alcohol  to  render  the  whole 
perfectly  fluid.  Transfer  to  a  quart  bottle,  and  wash 
out  the  mortar  twice  or  oftener  with  strong  alcohol 
until  about  20  fluid  ounces  in  all  of  the  latter  has 
been  used,  the  washings  to  be  added  to  the  mixture 
in  the  bottle.  Cautiously  agitate  the  bottle,  loosely 
corked,  until  admixture  appears  complete,  and  set 
aside  in  a  cool  place.  This  quantity  of  "oil"  is  sup- 
posed to  be  sufficient  for  100  gallons  of  liquor,  but 
is  more  commonly  used  for  about  80  or  85  gallons. 
The  liquor  treated  with  this  "oil"  is  usually  allowed 
to  become  clearer  by  simple  repose. 

(2)  Soapwort.    coarsely   ground    13  ounces 

Dilute  alcohol,  enough  to  make 1  g'allon 

Extract  the  soapwort  by  maceration  or  percola- 
tion. 

This  is  also  intended  for  80  gallons  of  liquor,  pre- 


ferably adding  .to  the  latter  one-half  gallon  of  simple 
syrup.  The  nigredients  of  the  above  formulas,  ac- 
cording to  the  Manual  of  Beverages,  are  not  injuri- 
ous— not  at  least  in  the  quantities  required  for  "bead- 
ing." It  is  said  that  beyond  a  certain  degree  of  dilu- 
tion of  the  liquor  with  water,  these  preparations  fail 
to  produce  the  intended  effect.  The  addition  of  su- 
gar or  syrup  increases  their  efficacy. 


Safety  Matches. 

(S.  A.  &  Co.)  We  cannot  give  the  formula  for 
the  particular  composition  to  which  you  refer.  How- 
ever, we  give  two  formulas,  taken  from  a  foreign 
technical  journal,  but  we  question  the  ability  of  the 
inexperienced  operator  to  successfully  compete,  eith- 
er in  price  or  quality  of  product,  with  regular  manu- 
facturers  making  these   matches   on  the   large   scale. 

(i)  Dip  the  splints  into  a  paste  composed  of  pot- 
assium chlorate,  6  parts;  sulphide  of  antimony,  2  to  3 
parts;  glue,  weighed  dry,  i  part.  The  paste  for  the 
rubbing  surface  is  amorphous  phosphorus,  10  parts; 
oxide  of  manganese  or^sulphide  of  antimony,  8  parts; 
glue,  weighed  dry,  3  to  6  parts.  The  ingredients  must 
be  thoroughly  mi.xed  and  care  must  be  taken  not  to 
mix  the  potassium  chlorate  in  the  dry  state  with  the 
other  materials;  it  should  be  first  mixed  with  glue 
dissolved  in  warm  water.  The  paste  for  the  rubbing 
surface  may  be  spread  with  a  brush  or  spatula  on  the 
side  of  the  box.  (2)  Glue,  i  parts;  chrome  yellow, 
2  parts;  oxide  of  iron,  2  parts;  peroxide  of  mangan- 
ese, 24  parts;  hyposulphite  of  lead,  8  parts;  chlorate 
of  potassium,  36  parts.  Composition  for  the  box: 
Hyposulphite  of  lead,  260  parts;  chlorate  of  potassi- 
um. 14  parts;  oxide  of  iron,  7  parts;  powdered  glass, 
8  parts;  finest  glue,  4  parts;  amorphous  phosphorus, 
24  parts.  Glue  is  dissolved  in  water  and  the  other 
substances  in  powdered  form  are  afterwards  mixed 
with  it  to  the  consistence  of  paint  and  applied  with  a 
brush  to  the  surface  of  the  box. 

We  do  not  answer  queries  by  mail. 


Interstate  Registration. 

(Reader)  The  boards  of  pharmacy  of  the  follow- 
ing states  recognize  under  certain  conditions,  the 
certificates  of  licentiates  by  examination  of  other 
boards;  Arkansas,  Georgia,  Kentucky,  Louisiana, 
Michigan,  Minnesota,  New  Mexico,  North  Dakota, 
Ohio,  South  Dakota,  Washington  and  Wisconsin.  As 
the  New  Jersey  Board  of  Pharmacy  does  not  grant 
registration  to  licentiates  of  other  boards  without 
examination  it  is  not  probable  that  a  board  of  an- 
other state  will  grant  registration  to  licentiates  hold- 
ing New  Jersey  certificates.  Following  are  the  names 
of  states  in  which  the  boards  of  pharmacy  are  al- 
lowed to  grant  certificates  of  registration  to  gradu- 
ates of  colleges  of  pharmacy:  Alabama,  Colorado, 
Delaware,  Florida.  Idaho,  Iowa,  Missouri,  Montana, 
North  Dakota,  South  Dakota,  Vermont.  For  speci- 
fic information  you  should  address  the  secretary  of 
the  board  of  pharmacy  in  the  State  you  wish  to  be- 
come registered  in. 


Coltsfoot  Kock. 

(J.F.)     The  following  is  an  old  English  formula: 

Spanish   licorice   1   pound 

Tragacanth    2    ounces 

Essence  of  lemon   1  fl.  ounce 

Extract   of  poppies   2  ounces 

Powdered  sugar   28  pounds 

Water,  a  sufficitne  quantity. 
Dissolve  the  licorice  in  three-fourths  of  a  pint  of 
water,  and  the  tragacanth  in  one  and  a  quarter  pints 
of  water  add  the  other  ingredients  and  mix  thor- 
oughly. Lastly  force  the  paste  through  a  metal  tube, 
with  a  plate  at  the  bottom  having  stellate  hoes  in  it; 
cut  into  lengths  and  dry. 

The  original  recipe  directs  that  the  paste  be  col- 
ored with  Spanish  brown,  but  the  use  of  caramel 
would  be  more  in  accordance  with  modern  hygienic 
demands.  The  extract  of  poppies  referred  to  is  an 
aqueous  extract  of  the  poppy  capsules. 


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[February  6,  1902. 


Massage    Cream   Containing  No   Fat. 

(H.  L.)     Try  the  following: 

Powdered  tragacanth   2  drams 

Oil   at  rose  geranium 15  minims 

Rectified  Spirit    h^  ounce 

CHycerin 3-6    ounces 

WaAer. 
Dissolve  the  oil  of  rose  geranium  in  the  rectified 
spirit  and  add  to  the  tragacanth  contained  in  a  mor- 
tar; mix  well,  then  add  all  at  once  the  glycerin  and 
water  previously  mixed,  and  stir  until  uniform. 

Some   formulas   for   "creams"   made   with   fats   or 
oil  are  given  in  the  Era  of  January  2,  1902,  page  12. 


Flashlight  Powder. 

(1)  Miagnesium  powder   4  ounces 

Potassium    permanganate    4  ounces 

[Barium    Peroxide    2   ounces 

(2)  Aluminum    powder    5   ounces 

Antimony    sulphide    1   ounce 

Potassium   nitrate   2%  ounces 

Potassium   chlorate    12   ounces 

(3)  Potassium    chlorate    5   ounces 

Potassium  ferrocyanide  260  grains 

Sugar    ns  grains 

Aluminum   2  ounces 


"Emplast.  Kaolin." 
(H.  F.  S.)  One  of  our  medical  exchanges  pub- 
lished the  following  formula  some  months  ago: 
Kaolin,  1000  parts;  glycerin,  1000  parts;  boracic  acid, 
100  parts;  oil  of  pepermint,  i  part;  oil  of  winter- 
green,  I  part;  oil  of  eucalyptus,  2  parts.  Heat  the 
Kaolin  to  212  degrees  F.  for  an  hour  to  render 
sterile;  then  add  the  glycerin  and  heat  for  forty  min- 
utes. Stir  in  the  oils  and  keep  in  air-tight  containers. 
See  also  this  journal,  January  2,  1902,  page  12. 


PHARMACY. 

OIL  OF  ISANO  AND  ISANIC  ACID.— The  Is- 
ano  is  a  tree  belonging  to  the  Oleaceae,  found  in 
various  regions  of  tropical  Africa  and  in  particular  in 
the  neighborhood  of  Brazzaville  (Bull.  Acad.  med.). 
The  fruit  of  this  tree  is  a  drupe  about  three  centi- 
metres long,  containing  a  brown  seed  which  is  re- 
markable for  the  large  quantity  of  fatty  matter  which 
it  contains.  This  fatty  material,  which  makes  up  as 
much  as  60  per  cent,  of  the  kernel,  contains  an  acid 
fat  which  has  been  called  isanic  acid.  Isanic  acid  is 
obtained  in  the  form  of  thin  crystals  which  melt  at  41 
degrees  and  are  very  soluble  in  strong  alcohol,  and  in 
ether,  bezine  and  chloroform.  It  is  also 
soluable  in  alkalis,  and  produces  salts 
whach  may  be  obtained  in  crystalline  forms. 
Isanic  acid  is  a  body  which  is  extremely 
alterable;  it  rapidly  absorbs  oxygen  from  the  air,  as- 
suming a  more  or  less  dark  rose  color.  Its  alkaline 
salts  are  also  liable  to  change.  In  composition  this 
body  corresponds  to  the  formula  Ci«  H20  O^.  Numer- 
ous observations  have  shown  that  isanic  acid  posses- 
ses the  properties  of  a  violent  purgative,  and  the 
physiological  action  of  the  oil  of  isano  is  probably 
due  to  the  presence  of  this  substance. 


SUBSTITUTE  FOR  CACAO-BUTTER.— Ac- 
cording to  G.  Possetto  (Giorn.  di  Farm.  Chim.),  a 
substitute  for  cacao-butter,  called  "vegetable  butter" 
or  "cacao-butter  S",  is  sold  in  blocks  of  two  kilos,  or 
•in  cakes  wrapped  in  tin-foil.  This  fat  has  a  faint 
tallow-like  odor,  and  melts  at  34  to  .35-.=;  degrees  C. 
It  behaves  much  like  cacao-butter  towards  alcohol 
and  ether.  It  is  partially  soluble  in  hot  0.^  per  cent, 
alcohol,  and,  on  cooling  the  solution,  a  white  semi- 
crystalline  precipitate  is  deposited,  which  gives  con- 
stants almost  identical  with  those  of  Japan-wax. 
The  author  concludes  that  the  material  consists  of 
70  to  7t  per  cent,  of  cocoanut-oil  and  25  to  .30  per 
cent,   of  Japan  wax. 


ALSOL  aceto-tartrate  of  aluminum,  appears  in 
the  form  of  easily  soluble,  white,  crystalline  granu- 
lations (Merck's  Annalen).  This  product  now  also 
appears  in  commerce  in  the  form  of  a  solution.  It 
has  been  shown  to  be  an  excellent  antiseptic  and 
astringent,  suitable  as  a  substitute  for  basic  ace- 
tate of  lead,  which  is  poisonous,  and  the  solutions  of 
acetate  of  aluminum,  the  action  which  is  much  too 
weak.  The  disinfecting  power  of  aceto-tartrate  of 
aluminum  has  recently  been  studied  by  Aufrecht 
(Deutsche  Aertze-Zeitung),  who  compared  its  bacte- 
riocidal efficiency  with  that  of  acetate  of  aluminum 
and  carbolic  acid.  This  author  finds  that  while  car- 
bolic acid  is  superior  to  aluminum  acetate,  the  aceto- 
tartrate  of  aluminum  is  far  more  efficient  than  phe- 
nol, certain  microorganisms  being  destroyed  by  a  5 
per  cent,  solution  of  aceto-tartrate  of  aluminum, 
while  phenol  produced  no  effect  under  similar  con- 
ditions. 


THE  USE  OF  FLOATS  IN  BURETTES.—  Dr. 
Kreitling  (Ztschr.  f.  angew.  Chem.),  after  numerous 
experiments  with  various  kinds  of  floats,  concludes 
that  it  is  best  not  to  employ  these  aids  in  taking 
burette  readings.  The  author  shows  that  the  simp- 
lest method  for  determining  the  lowest  point  of  the 
meniscus  is  found  in  the  use  of  suitable^  screens.  Af- 
ter trial  in  many  thousands  of  measurements  this 
method  was  found  to  be  the  most  reliable,  especially 
in  analyses,  in  which  transparent  solutions  are  em- 
ployed. 


MASKING  THE  ODOR  OF  METHYL  SALIC- 
YLATE.—According  to  M.  Petit  (Bull,  de  Pharm. 
de  Lyon),  who  has  experimented  with  various  means 
for  modifying  the  odor  of  methyl  salicylate,  states 
that  the  desired  results  may  be  obtained  by  the  ad- 
dition of  1.5  to  2  per  cent,  of  pure  essence  of  lavend- 
er. In  this  way,  the  odor  of  the  preparation  may  be 
rendered  fairly  agreeable  thus  facilitating  its  use. 


CASEINATE  OF  ALUMINUM  was  first  pre- 
pared by  Rud.  Meyer  (Apot.  Zeit.).  It  is  a  yellowish 
white,  tasteless  powder  containing  about  5  per  cent. 
of  aluminum.  It  is  insoluble  in  water  and  is  decom- 
posed by  dilute  acids.  It  has  been  recommended  for 
medical  use  as  an  astringent.  According  to  recent 
observations,  this  remedy  has  proved  valuable  in  the 
treatment  of  intestinal  catarrh,  producing  no  undesir- 
able secondary  effects  upon  the  stomach. 


PNEUMINE  is  a  product  obtained  by  the  action 
of  formaldehyde  upon  creosote  (Bull,  de  Pharm.  du 
Sud-Est.).  It  is  a  yellow  powder  which  is  odorless 
and  tasteless,  and  is  insoluble  in  water.  It  is  admin- 
istered in  cachets  in  tuberculosis  in  doses  of  .5  gram. 
to  2  gram5.  Its  use  may  be  continued  for  some 
time  without  unfavorable  effects. 


SOLUTION  OF  SAPONINE.— According  to  the 
Moniteur  Scientifique.  a  pure  solution  of  saponine 
may  be  prepared  by  treating  a  decoction  containing 
this  substance  with  formaldehyde,  and  adding  an  acid 
capable  of  forming  an  insoluble  salt  with  lime.  After 
filtration,  a  pure  solution  of  this  body  is  obtained. 


CARBONIC  ESTERS  OF  QUININE  AND 
CINCHONIDINE  are  prepared  by  an  improved  pro- 
cess recently  patented.  The  method  consists  in  the 
treatment  of  the  hydrated  salts  of  the  alkaloids  by 
the  esters  of  chloroformic  (chlorocarbonic)  acid  in 
the  presence  of  pyridine. 


SOLUBLE  CASEIN  is.  in  reality,  a  compound 
of  casein  and  an  alkali  (Moniteur  scientifique).  It  is 
obtained  in  the  form  of  a  voluminous  white  powder, 
almost  colorless  and  without  taste,  and  entirely  solu- 
ble in  water,  forming  an  opalescent  solution. 


rULMOFORM.  methylene  diguaiacol  is  obtained 
by  the  action  of  formaldehyde  upon  guaiacol  (Bull, 
de  Pharm.  du  Sud.-  Est.).  It  is  employed  in  tuber- 
culo.'iis  in  doses  of  .50  gram  to  2  grams. 


February  6,  1903.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


145 


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ANSWERS    TO    PROBLEMS— SERIES    11. 

No.  II. — How  many  avoirdupois  pounds  of  U.  S. 
P.  sodium  carbonate  are  required  to  precipitate  lOO 
troy  pounds  of  calcium  chloride? 

Ans. — 212.27-  Avoirdupois  pounds. 

No.  12. — If  subject  to  a  specific  duty  ot  $2.00  per 
gallon,  what  must  be  the  selling  price  per  gallon  of 
an  importation  of  500  gallons  of  French  Cognac  to 
-enable  the  importer  to  realize  15  per  cent  profit,  if 
the  net  invoice  price  is  18  francs  per  gallon,  and  the 
•charges  other  than  duty  aggregate  95  francs  in  France 
and  $50  in  the  U.  S.,  the  course  of  exchange  on  Paris 
being  5.20  francs  to  the  dollar? 

Ans. — $6.44. 

No.  13. — A  soda  fountain  is  supplied  with  twelve 
different  kinds  of  syrup.  A  customer  asks  the  clerk 
in  attendance  for  a  glass  of  soda  containing  a  com- 
bination of  any  four  of  the  syrups.  In  how  many 
■ways  can  the  clerk  comply  with  the  request? 

Ans.— 495. 

No.  14. — A  drug  stock  was  insured  for  one  year 
Tor  $12,000  at  5^  per  cent.  Six  months  thereafter  the 
policy  was  cancelled  at  the  request  of  the  insured. 
What  was  the  return  premium,  the  short  rate  for  six 
months  being  %  per  cent?  What  would  have  been 
-the  return  premium  if  the  policy  had  been  cancelled 
at  the  request  of  the  underwriters? 

Ans. — $30.00,  short  rate;  $37.50,  if  cancelled  at  re- 
•quest   of  underwriterc. 

No.  15. — A  porter  in  a  saloon  drew  from  a  barrel 
of  whiskey  of  32  gallons  S  gallons  and  replaced  it  with 
5  gallons  of  water;  thinking  it  would  bear  a  little 
more  water,  he  repeated  the  operation,  thus  drawing 
and  replacing  with  water  five  times.  How  much 
of  the  original  whiskey  was  then  in  the  barrel,  and 
liow  much  water? 

Ans. — Whiskev,   13  717419/1048576  gals. 
Water        18331157/1048576   gals. 


No.  16.— How  many  cubic  centimeters  of  official 
tmcture  of  nux  vomica  may  be  prepared  from  2 
pounds  (Av.)  of  the  drug  assaying  2  per  cent  total 
alkaloids. 

Ans.— 6048.82   Cc. 

No.  17.— How  many  grams  of  official  acetic  acid 
can  be  obtained  from  2  ounces,  Troy,  of  sugar  of 
lead? 

Ans.— 54.727  grams. 

No.  18.— What  annual  rate  of  interest  on  the  net 
sales  is  equivalent  to  a  discount  of  5  per  cent  on  the 
gross  sales,  if  the  term  of  credit  is  60  days? 

Ans. — 31  11/19   per   cent. 

1  ^°-  -.Jri"^'^^*  '^'■"S  clerks  board  at  the  same 
place.  What  time  will  it  require  them  to  seat  them- 
selves every  day  differently  at  dinner,  allowing  36s 
days  to  the  year?  b  o  j 

Ans. — HO  years  and   170  days. 

No.  20.— How  many  ounces  Imperial  measure  are 
there  in  40a  cubic  centimeters? 

Ans.— 14.086   ounces    Imperial   measure. 


PROBLEMS,   SERIES   VI. 

No.  61.— The  bore  of  a  syringe  which  holds  one 
pint,  wine  measure,  is  ij^  inches  in  diameter;  what 
IS  the  length  of  the  piston? 

No.  62.— What  is  the  percentage  composition  of 
a  quantity  of  potassium  chloride  and  sodium  chloride, 
which  increases  in  weight  by  heating  with  sulphuric 
acid  to  the  amount  of  19.2  per  cent? 

No.  63.— What  principal  loaned  Sept.  5,  1888,  at 
6  per  cent  per  annum,  will  amount  to  $4,513.60  on 
March  2,   1889   (find  exact  time  in   days)? 

No.  64.— A  rocket  is  projected  vertically  upward 
with  a  velocity  of  386  feet;  after  what  time  will  it 
begin  to  fall,  and  to  what  height  will  it  rise? 

No.  65— What  amount  of  potassium  carbonate 
must  be  precipitated  with  tartaric  acid  in  order  to 
yield  the  tartar  for  furnishing  100  g.  of  tartar  em- 
etic? 

No.  66.— A  tree  120  feet  high  was  broken  oflf  in 
a  storm,  the  top  striking  40  feet  from  the  roots,  and 
the  broken  end  resting  upon  the  stump,  allowing  the 
ground  to  be  a  horizontal  plane,  what  was  the  height 
of  the  part  standing? 

No.  6. — In  a  large  laboratory,  where  the  necessary 
caustic  potash  is  made  from  the  carbonate,  there  is 
an  average  annual  consumption  of  60  lbs.  pure  car- 
bonate. The  question  arises,  what  advantage  will 
there  be  in  the  use  of  carbonate  of  sodium?  The 
price  of  the  first  is  50  cents;  that  of  the  latter  (crys- 
tallized)   15  cents  a   kilo. 

No.  68. — What  weight  is  able  to  keep  a  spherical 
balloon  in  equilibrium,  which  has  a  diameter  of  4  m., 
is  filled  with  hydrogen,  and  the  covering  of  which 
weighs  5.31  kilos,  the  temperature  being  o  deg.,  the 
pressure  normal,  and  the  specific  gravity  of  the  air  14 
times  that  of  hydrogen? 

No.  69. — If  I  buy  goods  amounting  to  $1600,  and 
agree  to  pay  half  in  3  months,  and  the  remainder  in 
5  months,  and  afterward  wish  to  pay  the  entire  debt 
in  one  amount,  when  should  the  payment  be  made? 

No.  70. — What  increase  in  volume  does  water  sus- 
tain, if  500  times  its  volume  of  muriatic  acid  gas  be 
dissolved  in  it.  when  the  specific  gravity  is  increased 
to  1. 21   fat  o  deg.)  by  this  operation? 


One  of  the  St.  Paul  druggists  the  other  day  varied 
the  monotony  of  prescription  compounding  by  letting 
fall  a  few  words  for  the  benefit  of  a  friend  who  stood 
by  watching — words  tending  to  remove  a  popular 
misconception.  "The  common  idea  of  profits  in  the 
drug  business."  said  he,  "is  that  they  are  enormous; 
but  this  view  is  far  removed  from  the  facts.  In  hard- 
ly any  other  business  is  so  much  outlay  required,  for 
it  is  a  business  that  demands  the  skill  and  devotion 
of  men  of  a  high  order  of  talent  and  training.  An 
uneducated  and  unintelligent  druggist  would  be  as 
much  out  of  place  in  this  calling  as  the  traditional 
bull  in  a  china  shop." 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  6,  1902. 


OBITUARY. 


JAMES     S.    BARCLAY*. 

Chicago,  January  30.— James  S.  Barclay,  the  OaJc 
Park  drugg'ist  of  the  "Sign  of  the  Golden  Lion,"  died 
at  his  home,  No.  109  Marion  street,  Oalt  Paxlc,  cm  Janu- 
ary 23.  The  cause  of  his  death  is  said  to  have  been 
cancer  of   the   stomach. 

Mr.  Barc'.ay  was  born  in  Russelville,  Ky.,  In  1831  and 
passed  his  seventy-first  birth  day  last  week.  He  was 
educated  as  a  chemist  in  Philadelphia,  and  came  to 
Chicago  in  1854.  Here  he  opened  a  wholesale  drug 
house  with  his  brother,  P.  W.  Barclay,  at  South  Water 
and  Dearborn  streets,  under  tlhe  firm  name  of  Barclay 
Brothers.  In  1865  the  brothers  went  to  Cairo,  111.  In 
1891  the  firm  in  Cairo  was  dissolved  and  Mr.  J.  S.  Bar- 
day  removed  to  Oak  Park  in  the  hope  that  the  quiet 
suburban  life  would  benefit  his  wife's  health.  Mrs.  Bar- 
clay is  sixty-three  years  of  age.  Before  marriage  she 
was  Mies  Mary  Eliza  Taylor  of  Springfield,  111. 

The  funeral  took  place  in  Oak  Park  Sunday  afternoon. 
January  2o,  at  3.00  P.  M.  It  was  under  the  direction 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity  and  the  Chicago  Veteran 
Druggists'  Asssociation.  The  services  were  held  in  the 
Methodist  Church  of  which  Mr.  Barclay  was  a  memher. 
The  Veteran  Druggists'  Association  was  represented  by 
W.  J.  Baxter,  Wilhelm  Bodemann,  Elbert  E.  Ebert, 
W.  K.  [Porsyth,  Chlarles  W.  Crassly,  T.  N.  Jame- 
eon.  T.  H.  Patterson,  P.  J.  Schroeter,  Louis  'WaUere- 
dorf,  L.  K.  Waldron,  Robert  Stevenson  and  Sidney  G. 
Manny.  Mr.  Bodemanin  paid  the  following  tribute  to  the 
memory  of  the  departed: 

As  an  ofiicer  of  the  Veteran  Druggists  Assoolation  and 
In  the  name  of  my  comrades,  it  is  my  sad  duty  to  pay 
a  last  tribute  of  respect  to  our  departed  friend.  Our 
association  la  composed  of  the  veterans  of  pharmacy, 
and  Mr.  Barclay  was  not  only  an  honored  member,  but 
a  former  presSdent  of  our  organization.  The  platform  of 
our  society  is  brief  and  beautiful:— "Cheers  for  the 
Living  and  Tears  for  the  Dead."  Mr.  Barclay  lived  that 
principle  and  others  of  right  living  with  such  devoted 
loyalty  that  younger  members  will  do  well  to  emulate 
his  example.  The  professiion  to  which  he  devoted  his 
life  honors  itself  by  honoring  him,  and  in  the  name  of 
the  pharmacists  of  this  city  and  State  I  stand  here  on 
this  solemn  occasion  to  bid  a  loving  farewell  to  our  friend 
and  colleague. 


facturer  of  soda  fountains  almost  by  accident.  He  wanted 
an  apparatus  for  his  drug  store  and  designed  it  and  had  it 
made.  He  then  entered  on  the  mantifacture  of  soda  foun- 
tains and  apparatus  on  a  larger  scale  the  business  de- 
veloping rapidly  to  large  proportions.  In  his  treatment 
of  his  employes  he  was  always  liberal,  and,  in  1888  he 
estaiblished  a  profit-sharing  system  for  their  benefit. 
He  was  the  father  of  Pinehurst,  N.  C.  Tears  ago  he 
bought  a  tract  of  land  there,  laid  out  the  town,  erected 
public  buildings,  cottages  and  a  hotel  with  accommoda- 
tions for  200  guests.  Mrs.  Tufts,  a  son  and  a  daughter 
survive  him. 


JAMES  "W.  TUFTS,  president  of  the  American  Soda 
Fountain  Company  of  Boston,  founder  of  the  Pinehurst 
Colony  In  North  Carolina,  and  for  40  years  a  resideri/t  of 
Medford,  Mass.,  died  at  his  residence  In  North  Carolina, 
on  Sunday  evening,  February  2,  aged  66.  He  was  born  Im 
Charlestown,  Mass.,  on  Feb.  11,  1836.    He  became  a  manu- 


GERBARD  MENNEN,  well  known  as  the  proprietor 
of  the  talcum  powder  bearing  his  name,  died  at  Newark, 
N.  J.,  Monday,  February  3.  Death  was  due  to  blood 
poisoning  caused  by  an  operation  on  a  carbuncle  on  -his 
neck,  about  two  weeks  ago.  He  was  born  in  Bremen, 
Germany,  in  1857,  and  came  to  America  when  a  boy. 
He  first  studied  pharmacy  in  this  city  and  about  twenty- 
five  years  ago  he  started  a  drug  store  in  Newark,  con- 
ducting it  until  a  few  years  ago,  when  he  sold  out  to  de- 
vote all  his  time   to  Ms  talcum  powder  business. 

Mr.  Mennen  was  a  member  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  Kane  Lodge,  F.  and  A.  M.,  Board' 
of  Trade,  Eintracht  Society,  Humor  Society  and  Arion 
Siwging  Society.     A  widow  and  two  children  survive  him. 


CHAJILES  W.  PURDT,  last  surviving  member  of  the 
wholesale  drug  firm  of  Patterson  &  Purdy,  at  No.  158 
William  street,  Manhattan,  died  of  pneumonia,  Sunday, 
February  2,  at  his  home.  No.  547  Bedford  avenue,  Wil- 
liamsburg. He  was  63  years  of  age  and  had  been  con- 
nected with  the  drug  business  about  47  years.  He  was  a 
descendant  of  the  Debevotse  family  which  settled  oa 
Long  Island  over  200  years  ago.  Mr.  Purdy  was  only 
ill  a  week.  He  was  a.  member  of  the  Royal  Arcanum  and 
the  Union   Club.    A   widow   survives  bim. 


WILLIAM  B.  STAFFOItD,  at  one  time  a  prominent 
wholesale  druggist,  died  at  his  home.  No.  50  West  Ninety- 
second  street,  Manhattan,  Monday,  January  27.  He  was 
born  in  Madison,  N.  T.,  in  1816  and  came  to  New  York 
in  1855.  becoming  a  memtoer  of  the  wholesale  drug  firm 
of  Dudley  &  Stafford.  The  firm  was  dissolved  in  1872 
and  he  retired  from  active  commercial  life.  In  1877  he 
was  made  president  of  the  North  River  Savings  Bank 
and  filled  the  office  until  he  resigned  in  1894. 


GEORGE  G.  COWL,  a  well  known  drug  broker  who- 
had  offices  at  No.  100  William  street.  New  York  City, 
died  of  pneumonia,  Sunday  morning.  January  26,  after 
an  illness  of  about  three  weeks.  Mr.  Cowl  entered  the 
drug  business  about  40  years  ago  with'  the  old  firm  of 
A.  B.  &  D.  Sands.  He  later  started  business  as  a  broker 
in  crude  drugs  with  J.  H.  Mineze  and  had  been  in  business 
himself  atoout  twenty-five  years.  He  was  in  his  5Sth 
year. 


WILLIAM  RADAM,  a  manufacturer  of  patent  medi- 
cine, died  at  his  home  in  this  cijty  February  3.  He  was 
a  native  of  Germany  and  came  to  this  country  at  the 
age  of  22,  settling  in  Austin,  Tex.  He  later  became  in- 
terested in  the  manufacture  of  a  proprietary  microbe 
killer,  and  made  money  rapidly.  It  is  said  death  was  due 
to  heart  distease.     He   leaves  a  widow. 


The  Tennessee  Board  of  Pharmacy  met  at  MemiplMs 
January  21,  22  and  23.  The  members  present  were:  B. 
H.  Owen,  president,  Clarksvil'.e;  A.  B.  Rains,  vice  presi- 
dent, Columbia;  Jas.  S.  Robinson,  Mem'phis;  C.  M.  Greve, 
Chattanooga,  and  W.  A.  McBath,  Knoxville.  The  two 
latter  were  recently  appointed  by  Gov.  McMillan  to 
succeed  J.  F.  Voigt,  Chattanooga  and  Al.  A.  Teager, 
Knoxville,  whose  terms  had  expired.  The  report  of  the 
analysis  of  pharmaceutical  preparations  for  West 
Tennessee  by  Prof.  E.  A.  Ruddiman  dhiemist  shows  a 
very  gratifying  improvement  In  the  character  of  these 
articles.  The  following  were  granted  certificates  as 
registered  pharmacists:  Harry  Mayer,  Memphis;  Josh 
L.  Purman,  Memphis;  F.  B.  Sharp.  Knoxville.  The  next 
meeting  will  be  held  at  Nashville,  April  15,  16  amd  17. 


NEWS  D^ARTMENT. 

NEW   YORK  AND  VICINITY. 


THE  STATE  PHARMACY  LAW. 


Prominent  Pharmacists  Criticise,  and  Advocate  Changes. 

Since  the  introduction  of  the  Hill  bill  In  the  le^sla- 
ture  there  hae  been  much  talk  among  Ohe  pharmacists 
In  the  Eastern  Section  about  the  representation  on  the 
Board.  The  bill  has  been  discussed  at  meetings  of  the 
Pharmaceutiea;  Associations  of  Greater  New  York  and 
there  is  a  diversity  of  opinion  as  to  who  should  have 
the  right  of  franchise.  Many  pharmacists  have  claimed 
It  ie  unjust  that  the  Western  Section,  with  only  409 
stores,  should  have  the  same  number  of  members  on 
the  Board  as  the  Eastern  Section  with  2,235  stores. 
There  has  also  been  considerable  comment  on  the  ex- 
penses of  the  different  sections  and  the  relative  amount 
of  work  done,  as  shown  in  the  annual  report  of  the 
Board. 

A  representative  of  the  Era  has  interviewed  some  of 
the  prominent  pharmacists  in  Greater  New  York  on 
these  questions  and  their  opinions  follow: 

Clarence  G.  Bigelow:  "I  am  strongly  in  favor  of  giv- 
ing every  proprietor  of  a  pharmacy  a  voice  in  the  election 
of  members  of  the  Board  in  the  Eastern  Section  and 
think  there  should  not  be  any  discrimination  as  to  mem- 
bership in  an  association.  I  can  see  no  necessity  for  ex- 
tending the  franchise  to  clerks,  as  the  tew  does  not 
affoot   them." 

Questioned  about  the  Board,  Mr.  Bigelow  said:  "From 
the  experience  of  the  Boajd  in  its  first  year  I  think  it 
ie  quite  evident  there  is  need  of  a  change,  and  the  soon- 
er it  takes  place  the  better  it  will  be  for  pharmacists. 
The  present  Board  is  entirely  too  large  and  expensive 
and  I  believe  a  smaller  Board  can  do  all  the  work  re- 
quired. I  favor  having  a  Board  of  five  members,  each 
member  to  represent  a  certain  section,  and  if  necessary 
let  the  mennbers  be  sa. axled.  The  present  division  of 
the  State  ie  certainly  not  based  on  the  number  of  stores 
registered,  or  on  the  actual  work  done  by  the  Branches 
in  the  matter  of  examinations  for  license,  investigation 
of  complaints,  prosecutions  and  inspection  of  pharma- 
cies. The  registration  of  stores  shows  that  Chree-flfths 
of  the  pharmacists  of  the  State  are  located  in  the  East- 
em  Section  and  upon  this  basis  the  Eastern  Branch 
contributed  three-fifths  towards  the  general  expenses 
of  the  wihole  Board." 

Dr.  William  Muir:  "The  Pharmacy  law  as  it  stands 
to-day  may  not  be  perfect,  but  experience  has  taught 
me  that  you  cannot  always  get  from  the  legislature  just 
what  you  "want,  for  several  reasons,  one  of  "which  is  the 
diversity  of  opinion  among  the  pharmacists  theimselves 
In  different  sections,  as  well  as  political  and  other  out- 
side influences.  I  am  in  favor  of  giving  the  present  law. 
which  is  undoubtedly  a  vast  improvement  on  former 
New  York  pharmacy  laws,  a  fair  trial.  A  year  is  hard- 
ly enough  time  in  whicji  to  determine  the  good  or  defect- 
ive points  of  the  law  and  I  am  opposed  to  yearly  tink- 
ering with  it  by  amendments.  The  year  1904.  when,  as 
agreed  by  the  State  Association,  a  bill  will  be  introduced 
requiring  as  a  prerequisite  for  examination  before  the 
Board,  that  all  applicants  must  be  graduates  of  some 
recognized  college,  it  seems  to  me,  will  be  the  proper  time 
to  Introduce  amendments  to  strengthen  or  remedy  any 
defects  that  might  be  discovered  In  the  existing  law. 
Regarding  the  manner  of  electing  members  of  the  Board 
for  the  Eastern  Section,  I  am  on  record  as  favoring  only 
members  of  incorporated  pharmaceutical  associations 
having  the  right  to  vote." 


Dr.  George  C.  Diekman:  "I  think  every  licensed 
pharmacist  should  be  given  the  right  to  vote  for  mem- 
bers of  the  Board.  There  are  many  good  men,  who,  for 
some  reason  do  not  care  to  join  an  organization,  but  I 
think  Bhese  men  have  just  as  much  right  to  vote  as  any 
others.  I  favor  a  general  franchise.  I  think  the  present 
Board  is  too  large  and  unwieldy  and  that  better  re- 
sults can  be  obtained  at  less  expense  if  there  are  fewer 
members.  The  Board  has  only  had  one  year's  experi- 
ence, however,  and  probably  it  would  not  be  well  to 
advocate  any  change  at  present." 

Dr.  Albert  H.  Brundage:  "These  matters  appear  to 
me  to  'be  entitled  to  the  most  careful  consideration.  It 
would,  however,  under  the  circumstances,  seem  inad- 
visable to  institute  any  changes  at  this  time  other  than 
those  proposed  by  the  action  of  the  State  Association 
at  its  last  annual  Jneeting. " 

Sidney  Faher:  "I  would  like  to  see  the  francMse 
made  general  as  I  think  all  licensed  pharmacists  should 
be  allowed  to  vote  irrespective  of  membership  in  any 
organization.  This  would  make  the  law  uniform 
throughout  the  State,  as  that  Is  the  method  now  used 
in  the  middle  and  western  sections.  I  think  at  the 
present  time  it  wou'-d  be  unwise  to  make  any  other 
changes  in  the  law  and  1  favor  leaving  it  as  it  is." 

George  H.  Hitchcock:  "The  present  law  falls  far 
Eihort  of  my  ideal  of  the  pharmacy  law  we  should  have. 
It  exacts  everything  from  the  pharmacist  and  gives 
liim  nothing  in  return.  My  idea  is  that  the  whole 
question  should  be  put  in  the  hands  of  the  Board  of 
Regents  and  that  they  should  appoint  a  State  Board 
of  Examiners  to  hold  examinations  in  Albany  every  t"wo 
or  three  months,  and  that  all  applicants  for  license 
should  be  graduated  from  recognized  colleges  of  pttiaj- 
macy  and  have  had  two  or  more  years  practical  ex- 
perience in  a  pharmacy.  This  is  the  only  way  in  which 
the  pharmacist  may  ever  expect  to  be  properly  recog- 
nized and  brought  to  the  level  which  by  right  of  educa- 
tion, by  training  and  faithful  service  to  the  public  he  Is 
entitled  to  reach.  If  the  present  law  as  a  whole  is  to 
continue  I  think  every  pharmacist  should  have  the  right 
to  vote  for  members  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  It  la 
American.  It  is  right.  However,  as  the  proposed  law 
only  requires  a  pharmacist  to  be  a  member  of  some 
incorporated  Association  and  there  are  enougih  of  thean 
whose  doors  are  open  to  a'.l  at  a  slight  expense.  It  would 
work  no  material  Injury  to  any  one,  and  on  the  other 
hand  it  might  tend  to  increase  the  interest  in  pharma- 
ceutical matters.  There  seemed  to  he  two  sides  to  the 
question  at  the  conference  and  as  the  majority  favored 
the  proposed  change,  for  the  sake  of  harmony.  In  whlcto 
I  thoroughly  believe,   I  accepted   their  decision." 

W.  C.  Anderson:  "I  believe  if  the  franchise  Is  made 
general  there  will  be  too  much  of  a  tendency  to  work 
political  deals,  and  possibly  a  person  unfitted  for  tiho 
position  might  be  made  a  member  of  the  Board.  I  favor 
allowing  only  members  of  associations  to  have  a  voice 
In  the  election,  as  provided  In  the  Hill  bil".."  Referring 
to  the  Board,  Mr.  Anderson  said:  "I  think  It  advisable 
to  continue  the  Board  as  at  present  for  a  while,  anyway. 
A  year  seems  hardly  long  enough  to  allow  a  fair  trial, 
and  Improvements  will  doubtless  be  made  this  year.  A 
change  at  this  time  might  not  better  existing  conditions 
and  I  think  time  enough  should  be  given  the  law  so  that 
when  a  change  is  made  It  can  be  as  near  perfection  as 
possible.  I  consider  that  the  present  Board  has  done 
very  well  considering  the  time  It  (has  been  In  existence 
and   the  opportunities  It  has  had." 


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THE  PHARMACEUTJCAL  ERA. 


[February  6,  1902. 


J.  Weinstein:  "I  believe  in  Universal  Suffrage,  Obut 
favor  tlie-  Wll  recently  introduced  toy  Senator  Hill  as  I 
think  it  gives  all  pharmacists  the  riglht  to  vote.  A 
pharmacist  need  only  join  an  organization  to  exercise 
his  right  and  it  will  stimulate  organization  which  is  un- 
doubtedly the  best  way  to  promote  the  interests  of  the 
profession."  Questioned  about  the  Board  Mr.  Weinstein 
said:  "The  report  of  the  Board  for  the  first  yeiar's 
work  shows  that  as  at  present  divided  the  Sections  are 
not  all  self-supporting  and  I  ajm  strongly  in  favor  of  re- 
dividing  the  State  and  making  a  smaller  Board.  If  the 
Western  and  Middle  Sections  were  united  and  repre- 
sented on  the  Board  by  five  members,  the  Eastern  Sec- 
tion remaining  as  at  present,  I  believe  the  Board  would 
be  able  to  do  better  work  and  report  a  good  surplus 
each  year.  It  seems  to  me  that  the  present  division  is 
unjust  and  that  the  annual  report  recently  given  should 
Induce  all  pharmacists  to  work  for  a  more  equal  divi- 
sion,  acording  to  the  number  of  stores." 

Dr.  A.  L.  Goldwater:  "I  think  the  present  law  re- 
garding the  manner  of  electing  members  of  the  Board 
for  the  Eastern  Section  is  manifestly  unfair.  The  elec- 
tion should  be  by  popular  vote  of  all  licensed  pharma- 
cists, instead  of  giving  the  franchise  to  a  few  only,  as 
is  the  case  when  the  franchise  is  confined  to  mjembers 
of  incorporated  Associations.  As  it  was  agreed  at  the 
last  meeting  of  the  State  Association  to  leave  this  ques- 
tion in  the  hands  of  the  legislative  committee,  wthen  the 
conference  imet  in  November,  I  kept  my  pledge  made  at 
the  State  Association  meeting  and  supported  the  motion 
to  allow  only  members  of  incorporated  pharmaceutical 
Associations  to  be  given  the  right  of  franchise.  It  was  a 
compromise  measure.  I  do  not  advocate  any  other 
changes  in  the  pharmacy  law  at  present  but  if  anything 
is  done  I  think  the  iwesent  Board  should  be  superseded 
by  a  Board  of  Regents,  leaving  registration,  inspections 
and  prosecutions  in  the  (hands  of  the  Board  of  Healtlh 
and  the  police  department." 

J.  Maxwell  Pringle,  Jr.:  "I  have  always  advocated 
giving  every  licensed  pharmacist  the  riglit  to  vote  and 
think  in  free  America  there  should  be  no  controversy 
on  suoh  a  question.  All  pharmacists  must  conduct  their 
stores  in  accordance  with  the  law  and  I  believe  they 
should  all  have  a  voice  in  the  election  of  members  In  the 
body  that  looks  to  the  enforcement  of  such  law.  I  am 
in  favor  of  one  Board  and  one  law  for  the  whole  State, 
the  Board  to  consist  of  not  more  than  five  members." 

S.  V.  B.  Swann:  "I  am  in  favor  of  universal  suff- 
rage, but  think  the  voting  should  be  controlled  by  or- 
ganizations and  that  only  licensed  pharmacists  or  drug- 
gists should  vote.  I  am  opposed  to  sub-dividing  the 
Eastern  Section,  however.  In  my  opinion  the  present 
Board  is  too  large  and  five  members  could  do  the  work 
at  much  less  expense,  dividing  the  State  according  ito  the 
stores,   pro  rata." 

George  E.  Schweinfurth:  "l  think  the  amendment  to 
the  Pharmacy  Law  as  introduced  by  Senator  Hill  should 
meet  with  the  approval  of  the  pharmacists.  Every  li- 
censed pharmacist  or  druggist  can  vote  if  he  is  a  mem- 
ber of  an  incorporated  association,  and  I  think  only 
those  who  take  enough  interest  in  pharmaceutical  mat- 
ters to  become  identified  with  an  organization  should  be 
entitled  to  vote."  Referring  to  the  Board  Mr.  Schwein- 
furth said;  "I  cannot  see  the  necessity  for  a  Board  of 
fifteen  members  and  think  the  expenses  could  be  greatly 
reduced  and  work  acompHshed  easier  if  five  members 
constituted  the  BoaJ-d.  I  would  be  in  favor  of  making 
a  Board  of  five  members  eadh  salaried  for  I  do  not  think 
it  just  to  ask  a  pharmacist  to  devote  the  time  required 
by  the  Board  work  gratis.  The  first  annual  report  of  the 
Board  shows  that  something  should  be  done  to  keep 
down  the  expenses  and  I  am  satisfied  a  smaller  Board 
could  report  a  surplus  at  the  end  of  each  year." 


DYNAMITE  EXPLOSION  WRECKS  DRUG 
STORES. 


The  explosion  of  dynamite  in  the  rapid  transit  sub- 
way at  41st  street  and  Fourth  avenue,  this  city,  Monday, 
January  27,  did  considerable  damage  to  the  drug  stores 
of  F.  W.  Sehoonmaker,  at  Xo.  40  West  42d  street,  and 
James  A.  Hetherlngton,  at  the  corner  of  42d  street  and 
Vanderbilt  avenue.  These  and  other  drug  stores  in  the 
I  eighborhood  were  used  as  temporary  hospitals  and  the 
druggists  were  kept  busy  giving  first  aid  to  the  injured. 

The  entire  front  of  the  Sehoonmaker  Pharmacy  "was 
blown  out,  but  none  of  the  cut  glass  show  bottles  in  the 
windows  were  broken  and  the  goods  were  only  slightly 
damia'ged.  None  of  the  shelf  glassware  in  the  store  was 
broken,  and  the  whole  damage  was  placed  at  about  $400. 
T'.  B.  Wooley,  manager  of  the  store,  was  seated  at  his 
desk  in  the  rear  of  the  store  at  the  tinie  of  the  explosion. 
He  was  struck  on  the  head  by  a  piece  of  glass  from  a 
window  behind  him,  and  it  required  two  stitches  to  close 
the  cut  inflicted.  Mr.  Wooley  said  the  plate  glass  was  In- 
sured, but  at  first  the  insurance  company  refused  to 
recognize  the  claijm,  stating  that  by  a  clause  in  the  con- 
tract it  was  exempt  from  liability  when  glass  was  broken 
by  an  explosion.  The  company  acknowledged  the  claim 
later  -when  it  was  found  the  clause  referred  only  to  ex- 
plosions occurring  inside  the  store  where  the  glass  was 
insured. 

The  twelve  French  plate  glass  windows  in  the  store 
01"  James  A.  Hetherlngton  were  shattered  and  a  large 
rart  of  the  goods  displayed  were  ruined.  Curiously 
enough,  out  oi  twenty-four  cut  glass  show  bottles  rest- 
ing upon  hanging  stands,  only  one  was  broken.  The  force 
of  the  explosion  seemed  to  enter  the  prescription  depart- 
ment first.  The  bottles  were  scattered  and  most  of  tliem 
broken.  Considerable  damage  was  done  in  the  stock 
room,  but  wires  prevented  a  large  number  of  bottles  from 
falling  from  tlie  shelves.  The  shelfware  and  stock  in 
the  main  store  was  not  damaged.  Thomas  H.  Hethering- 
tcn,  who  manages  his  brother's  store,  and  the  ci'erk  at 
the  cigar  counter  were  knocked  down  by  the  concussion 
but  received  no  serious  injuries.  The  entire  damage  done 
will  probably  amount  to  aJbout  $2,500  and  is  covered  by 
in-^urance.  The  rear  of  the  store  was  made  a  temporary 
hospital  where  about  ten  of  the  injured  were  looked 
after.  Probably  twice  that  number  were  supplied  with 
giuze,  plaster,  etc.,  to  care  for  their  injuries. 

Van  Horn  &  Co.'s  pharmacy,  at  No.  307  Madison  av- 
enue, between  41st  and  42d  streets  was  not  damaged  by 
the  explosion,  being  protected  by  some  large  buildings. 
Guy  R.  P.  Ellison,  president  of  the  company,  said  about 
twenty-five  Injured  persons  were  cared  for  in  the  store. 
Some  of  them  were  seriously  hurt  and  one  man  died 
while  being  taken  from  the  store  to  an  ambulance.  Mr. 
Ellison  said  his  firm  supplied  a  large  quantity  of  sur- 
geon's gauze,  bandages,  etc.,  and  used  aristol  as  a  dress- 
ing for  most  of  the  wounds.  He  said  they  were  well  pre- 
pared for  the  emergency,  as  they  make  a  specialty  of 
supplying  physicians  with  sterilized  sutures  and  sur- 
gical dressings. 

J.  Carmon  Keogh,  manager  of  Haas'  Pharmacy  at  89th 
street  and  Fifth  avenue,  said  no  damage  was  done  to  the 
stor*  but  he  telt  the  shock  of  the  explosion  and  was 
called  upon  to  supply  some  of  the  slightly  injured  with 
plaster,  gauze,  etc.  Munsch.  Protzmann  &  Co.,  39th 
street  and  Sixth  avenue,  also  cared  for  some  of  the 
injured. 


Perfumers  Convene  Next  Week. 
As  noted  in  the  Era  of  Jan.  16,  the  annual  conven- 
tion of  the  Manufacturing  Perfumers'  Association  will 
be  held  in  this  city  next  week,  Feb.  13  and  14.  Import- 
ant business  will  come  before  the  convention  and  some 
Interesting  papers  will  be  read  by  members.  A  banquet 
and  entertainment  will  be  held  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  on 
the  evening  of  Feb.  14. 


PROF.  C.  F.  CHANDLER  ENTERTAINS. 

A  large  number  of  the  members  of  the  German  ap- 
othecaries' Society  took  advantage  of  the  invitation  of 
Professor  Charles  F.  Chandler  and  met  in  Havemeyer 
Hall.  Columbia  College,  last  Thursday  evening.  Probab- 
ly two  hundred  persons,  including  the  wives  of  the  mem- 
bers and  guests,  were  present  in  the  lecture  room  when 
President  Schleussner  introduced  Professor  Chandler, 
who  referred  to  the  numerous  occasions  he  had  been  en- 
tertained by  the  Deutscher  Apotheker  Verein  and  saJd  he 
thought  it  would  be  well  for  him  to  reciprocate,  but  he 
would  not  "inflict  a  lecture'  on  those  present,  but  would 


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NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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endeavor  to  give  some  experiments  which  would  bo  In- 
teresting to  all.  He  first  boiled  water  by  pouring  ice 
water  on  heated  water,  then  distilled  some  water,  burned 
potassium  in  water,  lighted  a  lamp  with  an  icicle,  broke 
water  into  its  component  parts  by  electrolysis  and  con- 
cluded with   some  interesting  experiments  with  light. 

Some  very  fine  lantern  slides  were  exhibited  on  a 
screen  and  ithen  the  guests  were  shown  through  the 
building,  one  of  the  finest  of  its  kind  in  America.  In  an 
adjoining  building  the  guests  discussed  the  well  served 
dinner  which  Professor  Chandler  had  provided.  A  vote 
ot  thanks  to  the  the  host  and  some  short  speeches  ended 
the  evening's   entertainment. 


Manhattan  Wants   Hill  Bill   Changed. 

The  JIanhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association,  through 
its  members  G.  H.  Hitchcock  and  A.  C.  Searles  has  of- 
fered the  following  amendment  to  Senate  Bill  No.  16  and 
Assembly  bill  No.  TO,  better  known  to  pharmacists  as 
the  Hill  bill; 

"The  election  of  the  members  of  said  Board  of  Phar- 
macy for  the  Eastern  Section  shall  occur  at  a  meeting 
of  licensed  pharmacists  and  druggists  to  be  held  in  the 
month  of  June  of  each  year.  The  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy shall  designate  a  date  in  said  month,  and  a  suit- 
able place  in  the  city  of  New  York  for  said  meeting, 
and  shall  give  at  least  fifteen  days'  notice  of  said  time 
and  place  Co  all  licensed  pharmacists  and  druggists  re- 
siding in  said  section,  according  to  their  booKs  of  regis- 
tration; and  no  person  shall  be  entitled  to  a  vote  at 
such  election  unless  he  be  a  lawfully  registered  phar- 
macist or  druggist,  residing  within  the  said  Eastern 
Section,  and  such  election  shall  be  by  ballot. 


A.  B.  Rogers  of  Rogers  &  Pyatt  Retires. 

Rogers  &  Pyatt,  the  well  known  drug  firm  at  Nos.  78 
and  80  Maiden  Lane,  has  dissolved  as  a  copartnership 
and  reorganized  as  a  corporation,  with  Mr.  Pyatt  presi- 
dent and  Henrj-  S.  Chajtfield,  secretary  and  treasurer. 
A.  B.  Rogers,  who  has  been  the  active  head  of  the  firm 
over  twenty  years  retires,  having  been  advised  by  his 
physician  to  give  up  active  business  and  seek  health  in  a 
nulder  climate.  Accompanied  by  Mrs.  Rogers  and  their 
daughter  he  will  go  to  California  and  may  visit  other 
States  in  the  South. 

Mr.  Rogers  retains  a  financial  Interest  in  the  corpor- 
ation. 


W.  D.  T.  B.  A.  Dinner. 

The  Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Association  held 
Its  first  annual  dinner  in  the  rooms  of  the  Drug  Trade 
dub,  Thursday  evening,  Jan.  30.  Over  100  memTjers 
and  guests  were  present.  President  H.  P.  Baker  of  the 
General  Chemical  Co.  acted  as  toastmaster.  The  lol- 
lowing  members  furnished  entertainment  during  the 
evening:  "William  A.  Prendergast,  Charles  and  J. 
Schaefer,  J.  L.  Smith,  Fred  Hastings,  J.  R.  Boyd,  Harry 
M.  Phillips,  P.  De  Hart  and  Messrs.Budleman  and 
Kemble. 


Insurance  on  Drugs  and  Chemicals. 

The  New  York  Fire  Insurance  Exchange  will  probably 
revise  its  recent  classification  of  drugs  and  chemicals. 
A  committee  from  the  drug  trade  section  of  the  Board  of 
Trade  has  had  a  conference  with  the  Warehouse  Com- 
mittee of  the  Fire  Insurance  Exchange  and  the  latter 
committee  will  revise  the  schedules  and  submit  to  the 
fire  insurance  Interests  for  approval  at  a  future  meeting. 


Burglars  Visit  Caswell,  Massey  &  Co. 
Thieves  broke  open  a  show  case  accidently  left  in  front 
ot  Caswell.  Massey  &  Co.'s  drug  store  at  Broadway  and 
Twenty-fifth  street,  Friday  night,  January  31.  and  stole 
about  forty  dollars'  worth  of  cologne  and  other  toilet 
articles.  The  thieves  were  e\'idently  interrupted  in  their 
work  as  a  jimmy  was  left  behind. 


More  Licensed  Pharmacists. 
The  eastern  section  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
examined  twenty-nine  applicants  for  licenses  as  pharma- 
cists Wednesday,  Jan.  29.  The  following  were  success- 
ful; Isidor  IJernstein,  James  P.  Burns,  Joseph  Herzen- 
berg  and  Mark  D.   Sullivan. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Drug  Trade  Club  will  be 

held  in  the  club  rooms  at  100  Willia.-n  street  on  Tuesday, 
February  11,  at  12  noon.  The  following  have  been  nom- 
inated for  members  ot  the  Board  of  Governors,  term 
expiring  19Co:  J.  L.  Hopkins,  H.  P.  Baker,  Wm.  Mc- 
Carroll  and  James  Hartford.  The  polls  will  be  open 
from  12  M.  to  1  P.  M. 

The  Empire  Perfumery  Co.,  of  No.  330  Fulton  street, 

Brooklyn,  has  been  baiTed  from  the  use  ot  the  mails. 
The  Postoffice  Department  at  Washington  issued  a  fraud 
order  against  the  concern  because  it  advertised  to  give 
away  jewelry  with  orders  for  perfumes  and  then  did 
not  live  up  to  its  promises. 

The   weli-known     firm     of     Battelle   &   Renwick,    163 

Front  street,  established  1840,  has  been  Incorporated 
under  the  laws  of  the  State  of  New  York  with  a  capi- 
tal of  ?250,000.  The  following  are  the  officers:  President, 
J.  G.  Steenken;  vice-president  and  treasurer,  E.  J.  Brock- 
ett;  secretary,  W.  J.  Bennett. 

WiUiam   M.    Wajren,    manager,    and   Prof.    Frank   E. 

Ryan,  chief  pharmacist  of  Parke  Davis  &  Co.,  were  in 
the  city  last  weelc.  Frank  Cuddy,  one  of  the  firm's  city 
salesmen,  who  was  on  the  sick  list  several  days  agbi  is 
caUing  on  his  customers  as  usual  this  week. 

W.    E.    Titus,    the    popular   member    of    McKesson    & 

Robbins'  credit  department,  is  receiving  the  congratula- 
tions of  his  m.any  friends  on  the  arrival  of  a  new  member 
of  his  family.  The  boys  say  he  is  quite  inoud  ot  his 
first  daughter. 

Nelson   S.   Kirk,   until  recently  proprietor  of  the  drug 

store  at  Third  avenue  and  Thirtieth  street,  Manhattan, 
is  now  proprietor  of  the  store  at  Dee  avenue,  corner  of 
Rutledge  street.  Brooklyn,  formerly  owned  by  the  late 
Thomas  A.   Beard, 

The    "pure   chemical    bill"    was    given    a   preliminary 

hearing  at  Albany,  Wednesday,  January  29.  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Muir  and  William  Erdman,  attorney,  of  No.  141 
Broadway,  Manhattan,  appeared  in  favor  of  the  measure. 
- — T.  J.  Backe,  who  for  a  long  time  conducted  the  drug 
store  at  Broadway  and  43th  street,  has  moved  around  the 
corner  to  No.  206  West  45th  street.  The  work  being  done 
on  the  rapid  transit  subway  compelled  him  to  move. 

J.    B.    Daurance,    at   one  time   proprietor   of  the   drug 

store  at  Broadway  and  Thirtieth  street  and  also  one 
on  Forty-second  street,  near  Sixth  avenue,  is  now  head 
elerk  with  Thomas   T.   Rushmore.   Garden  City,   D.   I. 

-Webster    Bros.,     who    recently    sold     their    store    at 

Eighty-first  street  and  Second  avenue,  are  soon  to  open 
a  drug  store  under  the  Ca'iro,  on  Twenty-ninth  street, 
between  Broadway  and  Sixth  avenue. 

- — John  Dolson  &  Co.,  druggists,  at  Amsterdam  avenue 
and  One  hundred  and  second  street,  have  been  notified 
they  will  have  to  vacate  their  present  place  by  March  1 
as  the  building  has  been  sold. 

J.    B.    Benson,    formerly    proprietor   of    the   pharmacy 

at  Lexington  avenue  and  Ninety-second  street,  is  now 
acting  as  head  clerk  for  Charles  M.  DuGay  at  34th  street 
and  Tliird  avenue. 

James   H.    Dubois,   who  recently   sold   his  drug  store 

at  One  hundred  and  forty-fourth  street  and  Amsterdam 
avenue  to  H.  Steinhelder,  has  gone  on  a  Southern  trip 
for   a   month. 

G.   K.   Campbell,   formerly  proprietor  of  a  drug  store 

in  Jersey  City,  is  about  to  open  a  store  at  One  hundred 
and  Nineteenth  street  and  Lexington  avenue,  Man- 
hattan. 

Theodore  A.  Spear,  for  many  years  in  the  drug  bus- 
iness at  One  hundred  and  twenty-fifth  street  and  Eighth 
avenue.  Is  now  located  at  Smilhtown  Branch,  L.  I. 

^Five  hundred  and  eighty-four  medical  men  registered 

at  the  annual  meeting  ot  the  New  York  State  Medical 
Society  in  Albany  last  week. 

The   osteopathy  bill   was   given   a  hearing  before   the 

Health  Committee  ot  the  Senate  last  week  and  was  al- 
most unanimously  defeated. 

John  T.  Ogle,  former  manager  of  the  Sherman  Square 

Pharmacy,  Is  reported  to  have  purchased  a  drug  store  at 
Haverstraw,   N.   V. 

The    Sun    Printing    and   Publishing   Oo.    has    filed    an 

execution  with  the  Sheriff  against  the  Abbey  Effervescent 
Salt  Co.  for  $8,K8.00 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  6,  190.3. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 

DRUGGIST  IS  SUED  FOR  A  LARGE  SUM. 

Boston,  Feb.  1.— Suit  has  been  brought  in  the  civil 
session  of  the  Superior  Court  at  Salem  ag-ainst  Charles 
J.  JetEers,  a  Swampscott  druggist,  by  George  D.  iR.  Dur- 
kee  for  himself  and  his  two  minor  children,  to  recover 
damages  on  account  of  an  alleged  mistake  in  a  pre- 
scription. The  claim  of  the  plaintiffs  is  that  the  two 
children  were  ill  just  about  two  years  ago  and  a  ipttilyisi- 
cian  wrote  a  prescription  which  was  filled  at  Jeffere' 
store.  Some  of  the  powders  were  given  to  the  younger 
child,  and  he  beoame  violently  ill.  When  one  or  two 
powders  were  also  given  to  the  other  child,  and  he  was 
taken  sick  in  the  same  way,  the  doctor  was  calleid,  and 
the  use  of  Uhe  medicine  stopped.  It  is  claimed  tliat 
there  was  arsenic  in  the  powders  and  that  these  were 
compounded  by  a  clerk  who  wae  not  a  registered  phar- 
macist. The  p'hysician  in  the  case  has  stated  that  he 
diagnosed  the  case  of  the  clhildren  as  acute  indigestion 
and  prescribed  first,  one-tenth  of  a  grain  of  calomel  in 
tablet  form  and  later  gave  the  prescription  for  the 
powders.  This  was  shown  to  call  for  one  grain  o>f  ipecac 
powder,  one  dnam  subnitrate  bismuth,  three  grains  of 
salol  and  half  a  dram  of  sugar  of  milk.  The  physician 
stated  the  prescription  in  question  to  be  a  proper  one 
In  such  a  case.  Damages  are  brought  in  tlie  case  of 
each  ohild  for  S2,500  and  the  father  asks  for  $500  for  the 
cost  of  doctors,  medicine  and  mental  worry  caused  by 
the  sickness  of  the  children,  who  were  very  young. 
The  defense  Is  a  general  denial. 


BOSTON  DRUGGISTS  AS  HOSTS. 

Boston  Feb.  l.-On  the  evening  of  Tuesday,  January 
28,  the  members  of  the  Boston  Druggists'  Association, 
to  the  number  of  about  sixty,  gathered  at  Young's 
Hotel  for  the  annual  meeting  and  dinneir  of  the  organi- 
zation. There  were  present  as  guests  of  honor  Hon. 
Rufus  A.  Soule,  president  of  the  Massachusetts  Senate: 
Hon.  James  J.  Myers,  speaker  of  the  Massachusetts 
House  of  Representatives;  Representative  Wiliam  J. 
Bui  jock  of  New  Bedford,  Massachusetts;  Hemry  Bailey, 
chairman  of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  in  iNewton,  and 
James  P.  Guerin,  secretary  of  the  Massachusetts  State 
Pbarmaoeutical  Association.  They  all  were  among  the 
speakers  of  the  evening,  together  with  S.  A.  D,  Shepard, 
treasurer  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
and  otihters.  Before  dinner,  at  which  the  president  of 
the  association,  Fred  A.  Hubbard,  president,  the  annual 
business  meeting  took  place,  at  which  the  following 
named  officers  and  committees  were  elected:  President, 
Fred  A.  Hulbbard;  treasurer,  George  H.  Ingraham;  sec- 
retary, James  O.  Jordan;  executive  coimmitteeHReuben 
L.  Richardson,  chairman;  George  F.  Kellog,  Dr.  Albert 
Nott,  Joel  S.  Orne.  Elliot  W.  Keyes,  Cornelius  P.  Flynn 
and  William  D.  Wheeler;  membership  committee — ^Amos 
K.  Tilden,  chairman;  Henry  Canning,  Jdhn  G.  Godding, 
Frank  A.   Davidson  and   William  F.   Sawyer. 


Maiden  Druggists  on  the  Anxious  Seat. 

Boston,  February  1.— This  is  an  anxious  time  for  the 
twenty-five  or  thirty  druggists  in  tihe  nearby  city  of 
Maiden,  where  they  have  been  granted  sixth-class  liq-uor 
'licenses  for  several  years  and  now  are  in  doubt  as  to 
what  the  present  board  of  aldermen  will  do  about  re- 
newing their  licenses.  In  past  years,  the  committee  on 
licenses  recommended  that  no  licenses  be  granted  for 
the  sale  of  liquors,  but  a  majority  of  the  aldermen  op- 
posed the  report  and  voted  to  grant  them.  Two  of  tIhe 
aldermen  were  druggists  and  of  course  voted  for  licens- 
es, but  their  places  are  now  filled  by  others  who  are 
thought  to  be  opposed  to  the  granting  of  the  licenses. 
The  same  two  who  once  opposed  granting  them  are 
again  on  the  committee  and  if  they  secure  tlhe  support  of 
the  two  new  members  as  regards  license  this  year  it 
■will  look  bad  for  the  druggists.  Maiden  always  has  been 
r<abld  on  the  question  of  temperance.  The  members  of 
the    W.    C.    T.    U.,    who   have   always    strongly    opposed 


giving   the  druggists  liquor   licenses,   are   using   their  In- 
fluence with  tlhe  new  board  of  aldermen. 


Druggist  Fined  in  Court. 

Boston,  February  1.— On  the  charge  of  imlawfuUy 
keeping  liquor  for  sale  at  his  place  of  business,  George 
A.  Greer,  New  Bedford  druggist,  has  been  a  defend- 
ant in  court  in  that  city  and  was  fined  $75.  He  ap- 
pealed and  furnished  securities  in  the  sum  of  $300  for 
a  continuance.  Greer  was  represented  by  counsel  aind 
did  not  personally  appear.  The  complaint  against  the 
druggist  was  sworn  out  by  a  man  on  a  charge  of  illeg- 
ally keeping  liquor  with  intent  to  selJ.  He  to^d  of  Wav- 
ing bought  whiskey  in  *he  store  on  various  occasioms, 
although  frequentcirs  of  the  store  (who  claim  to  have 
been  there  on  some  of  the  occasions  when  the  man  says 
he  was  ithere)  sitate  that  they  never  knew  of  the 
coimplainaint  ever  obtaining  a  drink  there.  The  man 
further  alleged  that  his  wife  had  been  foimd  in  an  in- 
toxicated condition  in  the  drug  store  and  that  she  had 
obtained  liquor  there  and  drumk  it  on  the  premises.  It 
is  stated  that  tlhle  man  himself  had  had  financial  diffi- 
culties  with  Mr.   Greer. 


Massachusetts   Board   Grants   Certificates 

Bo'ston,  February  1.— At  a  meeting  of  the  Massachu- 
setts Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy,  held  on  Janu- 
ary 28,  the  following  named  candidates,  out  of  ten  ex- 
amined, qualified  for  certificates  of  registration:  Harry 
A.  Bartholomew,  Boston;  Joseph  A.  Raciot,  Ohielsea  and 
Abraham  G.  RolCman,  Boston.  In  addition  to  these 
three  still  other  certificates  have  been  granted  during 
January  to  Megerdich  Boyajian,  Boston;  Michael  F.  Sul- 
livan, Fall  River;  Charles  E.  Bagley,  Boston;  Charles 
H.  Bacon,  Danvers;  WH'.iam  D.  Ma'cPherson,  Boston; 
Frank  N.  Gile,  Boston;  Kohn  K.  Allraam,  Southbrlidge; 
George  A.  Edmands,  Boston  and  Frank  J.  iMoriarty, 
Boston.  This  makes  a  total  of  twelve  successful  ones 
out   of   forty  candidates. 


Drug  Store  Burglaries. 

Boston,  February  1. —.Burglars  have  been  getting  in 
their  fine  work  lately  in  East  Boston.  One  night  three 
drug  stores,  Packard's  in  Central  Square,  Coburn's  on 
Meridan  street  and  that  of  J.  H.  Crockett  on  Lexington 
street,  were  entered  and  mioney  drawers  and  cash  reg'ister 
forced  open  and  plundered.  Two  of  these  same  stores 
had  been  visited  only  a  week  or  so  before,  when  the 
burglars  succeeded  in  making  a  clean  sweep  of  every- 
thing in  the  shape  of  money.  The  police  have  issued  a 
warning  to  the  keepers  of  the  various  drug  stores  to  be 
sure  and  lock  "and  bolt  and  bar",  if  necessary,  their 
places  when  closing  for  the  night.  The  warning  (has 
been  heeded,  yet  the  thieves  seem  to  flourish. 


Trade  Satisfied  with  Present  Business  Conditions. 

Boston,  February  1.— 'Business  keeps  pretty  good  and 
druggists  find  no  reason  to  complain  at  all,  e/speoially 
those  who  are  alive  to  the  fact  that  a  Change  in  the 
appearance  of  windows,  frequently,  and  the  amamge- 
ment  of  goods  inside  occasionally,  Qiielp  to  make  business 
good.  The  general  market  shows  no  alarming  features, 
business  cantinuJng  about  as  It  has  been  doing  recently. 
In  a  general  way  it  Is  stated  that  trade  conditions  are 
satisfactory. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

In  trying  to  bring  Into  effect  the  project  of  a  muni- 
cipal pharmacy  in  Holyoke,  the  overseers  of  the  poor 
have  had  no  easy  task  recently.  Special  meetings  have 
been  Iheld  to  open  bids  for  furnishing  supplies  for  this 
unique  municipal  drug  store,  which  is  to  be  established 
in  the  City  Hall  basement  in  connection  with  the  city 
physiciam's  office.  There  were  many  bids  submitted  by 
local  concern.'?,  and  because  of  the  many  Items  in  the 
bids  it  will  require  conslderaJble  thought  to  award  the 
contract. 
R.    G.    Perkins,    a    Somerville    druggist,    recently   ar- 


February  6,  lOO?.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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rested  on  a  charge  of  selling  liquor,  has  been  discharged 
In  the  court  because  of  entire  lack  of  evidence.  Three 
men  who  miade  the  complaint  against  him  were  in  court 
and  two  stated  that  they  never  ihad  been  in  Mr.  Per- 
kins's store,  while  the  third  on  one  occasion,  two  years 
ago,  had  been  in  the  store  but  haid  not  bought  any 
liquor.  The  witnesses  declared  their  desire  to  withdraw 
the  complaint. 

The  Flagg  Remedy  Company  of  Ohelsea  has  euffered 

with  a  loss  to  the  amount  of  $1,000  through  fire  in  Its 
office.  When  Char'.es  A.  Flagg,  who  was  in  the  ofttco 
at  the  time,  lighted  a  match  the  tap  flew  off  Into  a  bas- 
k-et  of  waste  paper,  wihJch  immiediately  blazed  lap.  Mr. 
Flagg  was  slightly  burned  about  the  hands  in  trying  to 
put  out  the  blaze.  When  the  firemen  arrived  the  entire 
office  was  in  flames,   which   were  soon  extinguished. 

On   the   allegation   of    "violating  the   liquor   laws"   at 

his  drug  store  in  the  Flint  district  at  Fall  River,  whera 
a  raid  resulted  in  the  seizure  of  a  large  quantity  of  liquor, 
J.  C.  E.  Panneton,  has  been  before  tlie  court  there,  to- 
gether witlh  his  two  clerks,  Honorat  J.  Masse  and  Al- 
phonse  J.  Morrisette.  Through  counsel  they  entered  a 
plea  of  not  guilty  and  a  continuance  of  the  case  was 
granted. 

Tn  the  Superior  Court  before  Juidge  Richardson,  a  suit 

In  equity  has  been  brought  by  the  Red  Croes  Chemical 
Company  against  Charles  R.  Bennison  and  others,  ask- 
ing for  an  Injunction  to  restrain  the  defendants  from 
alleged  infringement  of  the  plaintiff's  trademark.  The 
defendants  deny  that  there  has  ever  been  any  infringe- 
ment. The  decision  has  not  been  handed  down  by  the 
court. 

Tlhie  stock  and  business  of  the  late  A.  Anctll,  a  Fa'.l 

River  druggist,  has  been  sold  to  Lieander  Boldue,  who  has 
had  a  ph^macy  of  his  own  on  the  same  street  as  Mr. 
Anctil's  store.  Mr.  Boldue  also  bought  the  store  In 
Which  his  new  purchase  is  situated. 

^With  a  capital  stock  of  $3,000  the  Phoenix  Pharmacy 

at  NewbuTyport  has  been  incorporated  to  conduct  a 
general  drjg  business  in  that  city.  James  E.  Mannix, 
William  H.  Mannix  and  Frank  W.  Wasson  are  interested 
In  promoting  the  enterprise. 

The   police    of   Afalden   have   raided    the   pharmacy   of 

William  H.  Kneeland.  in  the  Edgeworth  district  of  that 
city,  securing  some  liquor.  Mr.  Kneeland  was  at  home 
at  the  time,  confined  there  by  illness  and  his  clerk  was 
in  charge. 

The  commitee  on  licenses  at  Fitdhburg,  after  con- 
sideration of  the  applications  for  about  a  dozen  licenses 
of  the  druggists'  (or  sixth-)  class,  reported  unanimously 
to  the  city  government  a  recommendation  that  these  be 
not  issued. 

The  business  of  the  Bay  State  Chemical  Company  Cf 

Easthampton  has  been  sold  by  the  proprietors,  Kelly  & 
O'Brien,  to  Reed  and  Rust,  who  intend  to  remove  the 
stock,  etc.,  from  the  old  stand  to  their  other  store. 

A  store  has  been  leased  in   the  'U'^olllson  Building  at 

Pittsfield  by  Carl  Hydre-n,  wihio  ^vill  soom  open  a  new 
drug  store.  He  recently  sold,  to  E.  Eugstrom,  his  former 
pharmacy  In  another  part  of  Pittsfield. 

The   C.    E.    Ware   pharmacy   In    Holliston   has   passed 

Into  new  ownership,  through  purchase  by  Thomas  E. 
Newell.  Mr.  Ware's  clerk,  Mr.  Keane,  will  continue  in 
the  employ  of  the  new  owmer. 

With  liabilities  of  a  little  more  than  $4,600  and  assets 

of  about  $1,850.  Walter  P.  Thorn,  a  druggist  in  the  Au- 
bumdale  district  of  Newton,  has  entered  volumtarlly  a 
petition  In  bankruptcy. 


PHILADELPHIA. 


stone's  Julep  Straws. 

Stone's  Julep  Straws  are  free  from  taste  or  odor,  are 
cleanly,  and  protect  sensitive  teeth  from  extremes  of 
heat  or  cold.  Many  druggists,  besides  using  them  at  the 
soda  fountain,  recommend  them  Instead  of  glass  medlcino 
ttubes.  The  straws  are  put  up  In  packages  of  100  for 
retailing  and  500's  for  fountain  use.  The  manufacture 
of  Stone's  straws  is  protected  by  patent  of  October  16. 
18»4.  Infringements  will  be  promptly  prosecuted.  Any 
Wholesale  druggist  can  supply  Stone's  straws,  made  by 
Estate  of  M.   C.   Stone,  Washington,   D.   C. 


A    Serious    Setback    for    the    "Worcester    Plan"    in 
Pennsylvania. 

IPhiladflFhla,  Fefb.  1— In  Common  PJeas  Court,  Part  'V., 
Judge  Ralston  handed  down  a  decision  in  the  "test  case" 
brciug-ht  before  court  here  to  determine  the  status  of  the 
"Worcester  Plan"  in  Pennsylvania  that  seems  to  render 
ths  "price  protective  plan"  of  no  effect  in  this  State.  The 
suit  was  brought  by  Dr.  Julius  Garst  against  druggist 
A.  J.  Wissler  of  this  city,  the  plaintiff  suing  to  recover 
$105  for  alleged  breach  of  contract,  the  defendant  having 
sold  five  iboxes  of  "Phenyo-C^ffeln"  for  less  than  the 
stated  price  in  spite  of  the  notice  on  each  box  that  th» 
tlt'.a  ciintmuett  In  the  maker  to  prohibit  a  sale  at  less 
than  25  cents  a  box  of  five  tor  $1.00;  claiming  that  the 
acceptance  of  the  box  of  pills  Was  an  assent  to  this  con- 
dition of  sale,  etc.  Mr.  Wissler  was  stated  to  hava 
applied  :o  Dt.  Garst  for  his  pills  and  was  given  a  form  of 
ontract  substantially  as  above  and  was  referred  to  Dr. 
Garst'r  local  agents.  Mr.  Wissler  then  bought  five  boxes 
of  these  pills  from  another  retail  druggist  at  the  stated 
pi'ice  of  $1.00,  and  resold  them  at  the  "cut  price"  of  18 
cents  each,  thus  damaging  the  plaintiff  to*  the  flxeQ 
amount  of  $21  a  box. 

On  the  side  of  the  defendant  the  argument  was  thus: 
He  denied  having  any  dealings  with  plaintiff  except  to 
apply  for  the  medicine  or  notice  from  the  retailer  of 
whcni  he  had  purchased  the  five  boxes  of  any  condition 
of  sale.  He  also  claimed  to  have  the  right  to  sell  his 
purchase  loi  whatever  price  he  ch'ose  and  that  any  re- 
striction fwas  not  binding  on  him.  Defendant  allege* 
that  the  notice  on  boxes  was  illegal  and  contrary  to  pub- 
lli3  policy,  the  claim  for  damages  excessive  and  that  no 
rig'ht  of  action  existed. 

For  the  plaintiff,  a  rule  of  judgment  for  wan't  of  sut- 
fljient  aCidavit  was  taken  and  furnished  the  basis  of  the 
argument  belore  the  Court  Mondaj-.  The  plaintiff's  claim 
was  'that  a  notice  such  as  was  on  each  box  had  been 
declared  to  be  a  Condition  of  sale  that  must  be  abided 
by;  that  the  maker  of  a  proprietary  article  had  absolute 
pr(,perfy  in  it,  that  the  defendant  had  notice  of  the  con- 
dition in  three  different  ways,  and  he  did  ntot  secure 
ownership,  but  merely  possession  of  the  article  subject 
to  the  contract.  The  buying  of  the  pills  amounted  to 
an  assent  to  the  conditions  printed  on  each  box.  Counsel 
alio  claimed  that  the  system  of  "cut  rates"  worked  an 
Irjury  on  the  maker  and  patentee,  the  retail  druggists 
and  the  public  toy  driving  the  sale  of  the  medicine  from 
t'le  stores  of  druggists  willing  to  comply  with  the  condi- 
tions. The  decision  of  the  Massachusetts  courts  were 
quoted  in  support  of  the  argument. 

la  rerfly,  counsel  for  the  defndant  asserted  that  nO- 
question  of  public  policy  or  copyright  was  involved  and 
that  the  sale  of  medicine  at  "cut  rates"  benefitted  the 
manufacturer.  The  notice  given  was  claimed  to  be  at 
vaiiance  with  legal  principles  of  purchase  and  sale.  Irt 
that  the  title  passed  to  the  purchaser  absiolutely  when 
property  Tvas  bought,  and  that  the  only  Way  a  condl- 
tlinal  sale  could  be  enforced  was  by  direct  and  express 
notice  of  the  condition,  which  was  not  done  In  this  case. 
The  words  on  the  box  could  not  be  considered  an  ex- 
press notice  as  the  defendant  was  three  times  removed 
from  the  plaintiff,  the  title  having  passed  twice  before 
it  reached  him,  and  that  this  fact  removed  the  plaintilt 
too  far  from  the  defendant  to  permit  the  maker  to  enforce 
the  contract. 

The  decision  of  the  Court  Thursday  discharged  the 
rule  for  Judgment  broug'ht  by  counsel  for  Dr.  Garst,  and 
was  to  this  effect.  "There  Is  no  averment  that  the  de- 
fendant ever  agreed  to  the  terms  of  the  notice;  he  merely 
took  into  his  possession  the  boxes  of  pills,  but  had  no 
contractural  relations  with  .plaintiff.  The  plaintiff  by 
printing  the  notice  on  each  box  attempts  to  make  a 
contract  with  each  person  accepUng  a  box,  whether 
that  person  assents  to  It  or  not.  In  "Gurst  vs.  Harris. 
177  Mass.,  72",  the  defendant  purchased  the  pills  direct 
from  the  maker,  the  terms  of  the  agreement  were  read 
to  him,  and  a  written  statement  delivered.  He  expressed 
no  dissent,  and  it  was  held  that  he  agreed  to  the  forms 


3  52 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  6,  190,^ 


and  was  liable.  In  Garst  vs.  Hall  &  Lyon  Co.  the  de- 
fendant did  not  purchase  from  the  plaintiff,  the  casa 
being  nearly  similar  to  this,  the  Court  deciding  that  the 
right  of  sale  can  be  enforced  only  against  contrajcting 
parties.  That  the  contract  is  attached  to  the  property 
and  follows  it  through  successive  sales  and  passing  .of 
title  is  a  very  different  prioposMon."  Judge  Ralston 
then  said:  "The  Court  is  of  the  opinion  that,  so  for  as 
persons  having  no  actual  contractual  relations  with  the 
plaintiff  are  concerned,  the  notice  on  the  tilox  is  of  no 
effect  whatever,  that  'the  acceptance  of  a  box  of  pills 
without  notice  constitutes  no  contract  and  that  the  plain- 
tiff cannot  impose  his  dontract  upon  a  person  who  does 
not  assent  to  its  terms,  nor  can  he  establish  the  accept- 
ance of  tHB  box  as  evidenoe  indicating  such  assent.  Rule 
discharged." 

It  is  as  yet  too  early  to  ascertain  the  opinions  of  local 
druggists,  but  it  is  claimed  that  the  decision  does  not 
prevent  the  enforcement  of  the  "Worcester  Plan"  under 
other  conditions,  the  weak  point  in  this  case  plainly 
being  the  absence  of  a  direct  contract  between  the  maker 
and  the  final  retailer.  The  case  was  purposely  put  to  the 
severest  test  to  save  successive  suits,  and  the  fact  that 
the  Court  upheld  the  validity  of  a  direct  contract  as  im- 
posing terms  of  sale  shows  that  the  'iprice  protective 
plan"  is  based  on  sound  law,  suc'h  contracts  can  be  en- 
forced by  making  sales  between  the  contracting  parties. 


ANNUAL   MEETING   AND   DINNER   OF   DRUG 
EXCHANGE. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  1.— The  Philadelphia  Drug  Ex- 
change held  its  forty-first  annual  meeting  on  Thursday 
evening,  after  w'hich  the  members  attended  the  annual 
dinner  at  the  Bourse.  The  foUowing  officers  were 
elected:  President,  Adam  Pfromm,  of  Ptromm  &  Kindig; 
vlce-<president,  E.  J.  Lavino;  secretary,  Wm.  Gullager; 
treasurer,  E.  H.  Hance;  directors.  Dr.  R.  V.  Mattison, 
W.  V.  Smith,  J.  Ferg-usson,  H.  R.  Rosengarten,  C.  F. 
Shoemaker,  M.  W.  Kline  and  C.  E.  Hires.  The  rejSort  of 
the  Board  of  rurectors  for  the  past  year  described  it) 
as  "one  of  record  breaking  prosperity,  its  most  grati- 
fying feature  'being  its  permanent  and  substantial  char-, 
acter."  The  absence  of  speculation  in  the  drug  market 
was  noted,  and  the  setback  to  the  "Pure  Flood  and  Drug 
Law"  was  deplored.  The  repeal  of  that  part  of  the  War 
Revenue  tax  affecting  druggists  and  the  passage  of  a 
national  bankruptcy  law  were  reported  as  having  greatly 
aided  the  trade.  Recommendations  were  made  to  secure 
legislation  to  repeal  the  tax  on  alcohol  used  for  manu- 
faeturinig,  that  merchants  should  prepare  themselves 
for  the  prospective  adoption  of  the  metric  system  by 
law  and  that  reciprocity  should  be  extended  to  Cuba  on 
sugar  and  tobacdo  as  far  as  was  compatible  with  the 
interests  of  this  country.  The  city  authorities  and  in- 
surance men  were  comimended  tor  their  consideration  in 
framing  the  present  ordinance  governing  the  storage  and 
sale  of  explosives  and  chemicals.  A  number  of  speeches 
by  prominent  men  were  made  at  the  dinner,  the  retiring 
president,  Walter  V.  Smith,  speaking  of  the  importance 
of  the  Exchange  to  the  drug  trade  in  protecting  members 
and  securing   favorable  legislation. 


Drug  Bowling  League. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  1.— By  winning  three  straight 
games  Tuesday  nig'ht  from  the  unlucky  "Wanderers", 
Whitall  Tatum  Co.'s  team  Is  again  at  the  head  of  the 
list.  These  games  were  rather  one-sided,  n.e  "Wander- 
ers" having  picked  up  a  "hoodoo"  somewhere  in  their 
wanderings,  W.  T.  Co.'s  team  winning  by  the  wide  mar- 
giins  of  103.  11.3  and  LSS.  The  gamies  between  the  team 
of  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.  and  R.  Shoemaker  were  some- 
wTiat  exciting,  the  H.  K.  M.  boys  getting  two  out  of  tha 
three  by  chesty  work  after  the  Shoemaker  crowd  had 
thrown  them  a  scare  by  winning  the  first  game  by  34 
pins.  The  last  game  was  a  "heart-breaker,"  only  Bis 
pins  saving  the  vaccine  makers  from  defeat.  Now  It  is 
up  to  Aschenbach  &  Miller  to  tie  the  top  score. 


ter  Streets  were  held  in  bail  for  $400  for  court,  charged 
with  violating  the  pharmacy  laws  early  in  the  week.  So 
for  these  two  and  four  others  last  week  have  been  all  t!he 
oases  brought  before  a  magistrate  by  the  State  Board, 
which  evidently  intends  to  proceed  with  only  such  casei 
as  sufficient  evidence  to  commit  for  trial  can  be  shown. 
Other  arrests  are  to  follow  soon. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

The  P.  C.  P.  Class  of  1902  visited  the  works  of  Wiit- 

all  Tatum  Company  last  Wednesday,  a  special  trairt 
being  provided  for  them,  and  for  several  hours  its  mem- 
bers were  shown  throngh  all  the  departments  where 
glassware  of  all  kinds  were  being  made,  the  various 
processes  being  fully  explained.  After  the  tour  througli 
the  works,  a  banquet  was  given  the  visitors  in  the  Mill- 
ville  Institute,  several  members  of  the  firm  being  preseniK 
and  addressing  the  class. 

^E.   L.  Giles  has   bought  Dr.  Freedman's  drugstore  at 

Second  and  Federal  streets.  Maurer's  drugstore,  at 
Twenty-first  and  Fitzwater  streets,  has  (been  sold  to  Mr. 
Crawford,  owner  of  another  store  at  Fiftai  and  Fair- 
mont avenue.  Dr.  Caithrall  has  bought  the  drugstor* 
at  iNinth  and  Spring  Garden  streets.  C.  L.  Dobson, 
Thirtieth  and  Fletcher  streets,  will  soon  open  a  neiw 
drugstore  at  Sixty-second  and  Vine  streets. 

v.^in    Wednesday    noon,    Miss    Arminia   C.    Rosengaxten 

was  married  to  Mr.  Malcolm  McLeod,  a  prominent  SCM 
ciety  and  club  man,  the  wedding  being  held  at  Holy 
Trinity  ChurcTi,  Ninteenth  and  AVaJnut  Streets.  Miss 
Rosengarten  is  a  granddaughter  of  the  late  Joseph  Ros- 
engarten, one  of  the  founders  of  the  iwell-known  firm  ot 
Rosengarten  &  Sons,  inanufaoturers  of  chemicals. 

Messrs.      Hughes,     Olsho,     Frink     and     HoltzTiouser, 

there  being  two  druggists  among  the  applicants,  peti- 
tioned the  Court  last  week  for  a  charter  for  the  Frank- 
lin Optical  College,  which  was  described  as  "An  edu- 
cational institution  for  the  study  of  eye  structure  and 
the  laws  of  physics."  The  applicants  were  najned  as 
directors  for  the  first  year. 

^Charles  Henwood,   one  of  Scranton's  oldest  druggists, 

was  attacked  with  heart  failure  at  his  home  last  Mondajl 
and  died  in  a  few  moments.  He  was  sixty  years  old, 
having  spent  a  lifetime  in  the  drug  trade. 

On  Saturday  last,  closely  follow*lng  the  death  of  her 

brother,  Druggist  Robert  S.  Doake,  Mary  E.  Doake 
passed  away.  She  was  buried  beside  her  brother  In 
Mount  Moriah  cemetery. 


More  Arrests  by  State  Board. 

Philadelphia,    Feb.    1.— Dr.    Chas.     Zentner    of    924    S. 
Ninth  Street  and  Dr.   G.   Manllo   of  Elg'hth  and  Carpen- 


Albargin. 

(Gelatose-SHver)  is  an  antiseptic,  germicide  and  antl- 
gonorrheal  remedy,  containing  15  per  cent,  of  silver, 
twice  the  amount  of  any  other  silver  proteid.  The  gela- 
tose  molecule  is  very  much  smaller  than  is  -that  of  al- 
bumin, and  this  fact  allows  of  a  more  ready  and  thorough 
penetration  of  the  tissues.  The  greater  silver  strength 
requires  a  lesser  silver  percentage  solution  to  destroy 
the  various  forms  of  bacteria;  0.1  to  1.0  per  cent,  being 
used,  according  to  indications.  This  fact  materially  les- 
sens the  cost  of  treatment,   a  not  unimportant  item. 

Albargin  Js  not  preclpitatea  from  solutions  by  hydro- 
chloric acid,  sodium  ohlorid  solution,  nor  does  it  coagu- 
late albumin,  thus  building  an  impossible  barrier  to  th» 
p.ntiseptic  virtues  of  silver.  This  product  seems  to  pos- 
ses.=-  all  the  requirements  of  an  ideal  antiseptic  for  tho 
treatment  of  gonorrhea,  eye  and  ear  conditions,  anJ 
throat  affections  where  a  remedy  of  this  character  Is  In- 
diicatcd.  Messr.o.  Victor  Koechl  &  Co.,  of  New  York, 
are  agents  for  this  promising  remedy. 

This  firm  has  also  the  Valerianic  acid  diethylamid, 
known  by  the  trade  name,  Valyl.  Experiments  show 
Valyl  to  possess  all  the  virtues  of  Valerianic  acid  and 
Valerian  when  at  its  best.  Valyl  Is  offered  In  gelatin 
capsules  each  containing  2  grs.,  iwlth  an  equal  amount 
of  olive  oil,  and  Is  recommended  In  hysteria,  functional 
heart  disturbances,  migrain,  hemlcrania,  neuralgia  and 
painful   menstruation. 


Why  not  be  up-to-date  and  use  the  Charlerol  Oval  In 
your  Prescription   Department? 


February  6,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


153 


BALTIMORE. 


OPPOSTION  TO  PHARMACY  BILL. 
Baltimore,  January  30.— It  is  already  apparent  that 
the  new  pharmajcy  bill  'dratted  by  the  legislative  com- 
mittee of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
introduced  in  the  Legislature  last  week  by  Dr.  Ever- 
hart,  of  Baltimore  county,  will  not  have  a  smooth  road 
to  travel  either  in  committee  or  out  of  it.  Already  ths 
House  com'mittee  on  hygiene  has  split  over  the  measure 
The  county  members  affect  to  believe  that  the  bill  will 
greatly  injure  business  in  their  respective  sections,  and 
will  produce  much  inconvenience  to  the  people.  It  Is 
claimed  that  under  the  provisions  of  the  bill  practioaMy 
no  g'eneral  store  would  be  allowed  to  sell  drugs  of  any 
sort,  which  is  of  course  not  the  case  and  has  been  plain, 
ly  pointed  out  by  members  of  Bhe  legistlative  conunittea 
of  pharmacists. 

Those  entrusted  with  the  work  of  securing  the  enact, 
ment  of  a  pharmacy  Jaw  have  taken  especial  pains  to 
make  it  plain  that  no  interference  with  tlhie  country 
Btotre  keepers  In  the  sale  of  ordinary  preparations  and 
common  remedies  is  intended,  and  that  the  measure  is 
deslgTied  to  accomplish  nothing  more  than  to  give  the 
public  the  benefit  of  skill  and  special  training  in  the 
matter  of  compounding  prescriptions. 

Mr.  Benson,  of  Montgomery  county,  is  one  of  those 
who  believe  that  the  pihlarmacy  bill  should  be  amended 
amd  several  of  its  provisions  cleared  up.  A  clerk  or 
assistant  is  required  to  have  only  one  year's  experience 
In  the  business  before  he  is  allowed  to  register  and  put 
up    prescriptions,    while    four    years'    experience    is    de- 

■  manded   of    the   owner   of   the   store.      This   clause,    Mr. 

.Benson  believes,    should   be   modiiflea. 


Botanicals  Going  Up. 

Baltimore,  February  3.— The  past  week  has  been  rath- 
.er  quiet  in  the  drug  trade,  largely  owing  to  tihle  bad 
.  weather,  which  kept  people  in  doors  and  ^'so  because 
It  happened  to  be  the  end  of  the  month,  wtien  retail 
druggists  are  in  the  habit  of  curtailing  their  purchases 
in  ortjer  to  keep  down  the  bills  rendered  at  the  first  of 
tflie  new  month.  The  manufacturers  of  pharmaceuticals, 
however,  found  the  volume  of  orders  sufficiently  large 
to  keep  the  laboratories  busy  all  the  time,  and  the  range 
of  values  seems  to  be  somewhat  higher.  The  botanicals 
mentioned  recently  as  moving  up  in  price  show  no  in- 
dications of  a  decline,  and  persons  who  have  studied  the 
market  assert  that  the  supplies  are  sufficiently  small  to 
keep  up  tihfe  quotations  until  the  new  crops  begin  to 
come  in.  Values  are  even  likely  to  go  higher,  as  the 
demand  appears  to  be  in  excess  of  the  stocks  on  hand. 
Stillingia  root  and  saw  pa'.mette  berries  are  reported  to 
be  scarce,  the  former  bringing  from  5  to  8  cents  and  the 
latter  from  6  to  12  cents,  according  to  grade.  The  old 
crop  is  believed  to  be  all  in  and  has  been  found  con- 
siderably smaller  than  was  expected,  so  that  the  pros- 
pects for  a  continuance  of  high  quotations  are  very 
favorable.  The  movement  of  rheavy  ohemdcals  is  as  large 
as  can  well  be  expected  at  this  season)  of  the  year,  and 
the  outlook   for   the   future   is   favorable. 


Among  the  Bowlers. 

Baltimore,  February  1.— In  the  bowling  contest  Mc- 
Cormick  &  Co.  have  crawled  up  until  they  are  only  a 
short  distance  behind  Sharp  &  Dohme,  and  this  lap  may 
be  wiped  out  in  the  very  next  set  of  games.  The  tall- 
enders  thiis  season  are  the  Ferrell  &  Kellum  Co.  five, 
■who  are  evidently  unable  to  catch  the  spirit  of  the  game 
and  lag  woefully  behind.  Last  Tuesday  night  they  met 
the  quintette  of  the  Armstrong  I>rug  Company  and  lost  all 
three  ot  the  contests  by  GoS.  574  and  602  against  756,  710 
and  691.  Last  nig^ht  Root  &  Herbs  gave  battle  to  the 
Stanley  &  Brown  Drug  Company,  the  later  capturing  all 
three  games  from  the  Root  and  Herbs  by  liberal  mar- 
gins. The  totals  were  787,  808  and  801  against  765,  740  and 
716.  The  team  average  was  within  a  fraction  of  200  and 
must  be  counted  among  the  best  of  the  season.  The 
standing  ot  the  several  teams  after  this  week's  game  is 
as  follows: 


Names.  -                                         "Wton.  Loslt.  Perceht. 

Sharp   <5i   Dohme    10  8  .7W"  - 

McCormick    &    Co 21  9  .700 

James   Bally   &   Son 18  3  .667 

Root   and  Herbs    17  13  sg^ 

Stanley    &   Brown    Drug   Co la  17  '433 

Armstrong    Cork    Co n  ig  '407 

Ferrell   &   KeHum  Drug  Co 1  26  037 


Wedgewood  Club  Meets. 

Baltimore,  January  31.-The  first  banquet  this  year  of 
the  Wedgewood  Club,  was  held  last  niglht  at  the  Eutaw 
House,  amd  the  occasion  took  on  an  exceptionally  form- 
al character.  A  beautifully  decorated  club  was  pre- 
sented to  Mr.  Owen  C.  Smith,  the  presiding  officer,  as 
the  badge  of  his  dignity,  and  bhe  buoyant  spirit  of' the 
club  members  found  full  vent.  Many  jokes  at  Mr. 
Smith's  expense  were  perpetrated,  and  excellent  good 
fellowship  prevailed.  Dr.  Joseph  Hart,  who  conducts 
a  pharmacy  at  Fayette  and  Monroe  streets,  was  elected 
a  member  and  oflhier  business  vras  transacted.  The  In- 
vited guests  were  Messrs.  Charles  M.  Coon  and  John 
H.   Dietrich. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

John    Stillman,    a   popular   young  druggist,    who   now 

manages  the  down-town  store  of  Oscar  E.  Ross,  has  just 
completed  a  long  term  as  treasurer  of  the  Journalists' 
Club.  He  had  been  re-elected  from  year  to  year  almost 
since  the  organization  of  the  club,  but  at  the  last  election 
positively  refused  a  renomination.  He  has  filled  the  posi- 
tion in  a  most  commendable  and  conscientious  manner. 

George  L.  Muth,  the  senior  member  of  the  wholesale 

drug  firm  of  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  15  East  Fayette  street, 
was  confined  to  his  house  several  days  last  week  with 
an  attack  of  the  grip.  He  contracted  the  malady  several 
years  ago,  and  since  then  It  has  shown  a  tendency  to 
reaippear  every  "Winter.    The  attack  is  not  sesrlous. 

Rock  Candy  Syrup. 

It  pays  to  use  the  best  goods  in  preparing  soda  water 
syrups.  High  grade  syrups  are  necessary  to  the  pro- 
duction of  the  best  quality  of  fountain  drinks,  and  the 
cnly  sure  way  to  develop  and  hold  a  large  and  satis- 
factory soda  water  business  is  to  dispense  the  best 
quality  of  drinks  in  the  most  attractive  manner  possible. 
Pure  Rock  Candy  Syrup  is  the  finest  simple  syrup  known 
:.nd  the  best  base  for  all  fruit  syrups.  Druggists  should 
be  extremely  careful  in  selecting  a  brand  of  rock  candy 
syiup.  The  manufacturers  of  the  Diamond  brand  call  at- 
tention to  the  fact  that  genuine  rock  candy  syrup  can 
only  be  had  under  the  brand  of  some  well  known  manu- 
facturer of  rock  candy,  and  as  such  has  a  distinctive 
market  value.  Rigney  &  Co.'s  Diamond  Brand  Rock 
Candy  Syrup  is  the  product  of  what  is  stated  to  be  the 
most  modern  and  completely  equipped  rock  candy  plant 
in  America.  This  syrup  Is  claimed  to  be  pure  drips  from 
rock  candy  made  from  the  best  and  purest  refined  sugar 
obtainable,  which  Rigney  &  Co.  have  specially  prepared 
fcr  them.  Rigney  &  Co.  gruarantee  the  fine  quality  of 
their  rock  candy  syrup  and  state  that  if  It  is  not  found 
as  represented  It  may  be  returned  at  their  expense.  It 
js  sold  at  a  popular  price,  and  If  not  to  be  had  of  your 
Jobber,  the  manufacturers  will  supply  you  direct.  They 
offer  a  special  discount  on  three  barrels  or  five  half 
barrels,  or  more,  which  may  be  taken  as  wanted  dur- 
ing the  season.  Write  for  particulars  and  for  free 
samples  to  Rigney  &  Co.,  346  Park  ave.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


Paper  Bottle  Caps  Popular. 
The  majority  of  druggists  put  up  specialties  that  re- 
quire the  use  of  bottle  caps  to  complete  the  neat  ap- 
pearance desireid.  The  L.  &  F.  paper  bottle  caps  are 
recommended  for  such  use.  They  present  a  trim  clean 
cut  appearance  and  are  inexpensive.  The  "Manhattan," 
supplied  in  boxes  of  one  gross  and  the  "Baronet,"  In 
boxes  of  500  are  having  a  large  sale  among  druggists 
throughout  the  country.  Lehn  &  Fink,  120  William 
street,  New  York,  will  send  samples  and  price  list  to  any 
druggist  upon   request. 


364 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  C\  1903. 


CHICAGO. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE  MEETS. 

Chicago,  Jan.  30.— The  Executive  Commi'ttee  of  the 
National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  met  at  the 
office  of  the  secretary  on  January  27  and  28.  All  the 
members  of  the  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs.  Simon 
N.  Jones,  Louisville;  James  W.  Seeley,  Detroit;  F.  E. 
Holliday,  Topeka;  John  C.  Gallag'her  .Jersey  City; 
Oharles  Fleisohner,  New  Haven;  "W.  063.  Bingham,  Tus- 
caloosa, Ala.;  and  F.  W.  Meissner,  I^a  Porte,  Ind., 
were  present.  The  topic  of  advertising  came  up 
for  discuission ,  It  having  d-eveloped  that  manufac- 
turers often  print  on  their  almanacs  and  advertising 
matter  the  names  of  cutters.  Manuifadturers  urge  that 
this  aJdverti'sing  matter  Is  printed  a  year  in  advance  when 
they  have  no  means  of  telling  who  are  or  are  not  cutters. 
The  secretary  was  directed  to  endeavor  to  secure  the 
more  cordial  co-operation  of  the  manufacturers  in  this 
maitter. 

The  iinancial  condition  of  thie  association  was  dis- 
cussed and  found  to  be  satisfactory,  but  the  dues  for 
the  present  year  are  not  coming  in  so  rapidly  ae  could 
be  desired.  The  affiliated  associations  are  requested  to 
get  their  dues  in  as  soon  as  possible. 

It  is  intended  in  the  future  to  have  some  members  of 
thIe  committee  atend  the  meetings  of  all  the  state  phar- 
maceutical associations.  This  work  will  be  so  arranged 
that  each  member  of  the  committee  will  be  assigned  to 
attend   the   meetings   most   convenient   to   him. 

Matters  Ot  organization  were  gone  inlto  and  discussed, 
maps  were  brought  out  amd  the  Whole  country  was  gone 
over  with  the  idea  of  arranging  for  the  flnaJ  comple- 
tion of  th'e  orgamiaation  work  for  the  entire  country. 
Auxiliary  aesociations  have  just  "been  organized  In  the 
cities   of   Memiphis,   Washington  and   Richmond. 

The  committee  decided  that  the  place  of  holding  the 
next  annual  convention  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  will  be 
Cleveland.  The  time  has  not  yet  been  definitely  decided 
upon,  but  It  will  be  sometime  in  September  or  Ootober. 
A  test  case  will  he  Instituted  soon  to  determine 
whether  or  not  the  Worcester  Plan  is  vallid  and  enfocc- 
ible  in  Illinois.  Suit  will  be  brought  by  a  manufacturer 
ajgiainst  a  cutter  who  has  violated  hie  agreement  to  sell 
at  regular  rates.  The  committee  he^d  a  conference 
with  the  attorney  who  has  been  retained  to  bring  the 
suit. 

The  wonkJng  of  the  tripartite  plan  was  discussed  in 
all  its  phases,  with  particular  reiference  to  the  situation 
in  Chicago  and  other  large  cities. 

The  committee  decided  to  suipport  the  present  move- 
ment looking  toward  the  reduction  of  the  tax  on  alcohol 
used  in  the  arts.  The  secretary  was  instructed  to  pre- 
pare suitable  petitions  and  letters  relating  to  the  subject, 
and  use  all  proper  means  to  forward  the  cause  of  the 
reduation.  The  subject  of  traide  mark  and  patent  legisla- 
tion was  also  discussed  and  it  was  decided  to  urge  upon 
Congress  the  necessity  of  so  amending  the  lawis  that  Ger- 
man manufacturers  shall  not  be  able  to  levy  tribute  upon 
the  sick  of  this  country.  The  committee  will  support  the 
movement  toward  securing  a  proper  recognition  oif  phar- 
macy in  the  public  service  of  the  United  States  and  will 
urge  upon  Congresismen  the  justice  of  the  amendment 
to  the  proposed  law  raising  the  rank  and  salarieis  of 
physicians  in  the  United  States  Marine  Hospital  Service. 
That  ajnendment  was  quoted  in  [these  columns  recently 
and  gives  to  pharmacists  suitable  rank  and  pay  along 
with  the  other  medical  officers. 

The  following  standing  committees  for  1901-1902  have 
been  appointed: 

National  Legislation— Robert  N.  Ha^rper,  Washington, 
D.  C;  P.  W.  Vaugham,  Durban,  N.  C;  Cliarles.  Freer- 
icks,  Jr.,  Cincinnati,  O.;  W.  C.  Gordon,  Wheeling,  W. 
Va.;   N.  S.   Whitman,   Nashua,   N.   H. 

Trademarks  and  Patents— W.  Bodemann,  Chicago,  III.; 
Charies  T.  Heller,  St.  Paul,  Minn.;  B.  H.  Owent  Clarks- 
vUe,  Temn. ;  Charles  W.  Wajd,  Rutland,  Vt ;  W.  G. 
Shepard,    Seattle,   Wash. 

Commercial  Relations— George  D.  Case,  MiUedgevllle, 
Ga.;    D.    W.    Heseltlne,    Portland,    Me.;    T.    B.    Cartwell, 


Wilmington,  Del.;  A.  H.  Hollister,  Madison,  Wis.;  N.  R. 
Gi^chriet,   Wokonda,    S.    D. 

Pharmacy  Laws— .William  D.  Wheeler,  Boston,  Mass.; 
Jno.  H.  Pickett,  Oscaloosa,  la.;  J.  W.  Gayle,  Frankfort, 
Ky. ;  E.  B.  Lair,  Wopoka,  Kan.;  Paul  L.  Hess,  Kansas 
City,    Mo. 

Form  of  Organization- William  O.  Fralley,  Lancaster, 
Pa.;  William  H.  Barr,  Milwaukee,  Wis.;  H.  S.  Foulkes, 
Terre  Haute,  Ind.;  Charles  R.  Sherman,  Omaha,  Neb.; 
Fredk.   Reed,   Norman  ,Okla. 

Auditing—George  B.  Feltner,  New  Orleans,  La.;  W.  H. 
Skinner,  Pocahontas,  Ark.;  W.  L.  Shockey,  CJripple( 
Creek,  Colo.;  Walter  Master,  Willow  City,  N.  D. ;  F.  M. 
Fisk,  Cassopo^Is,  Mich. 

Transportation— E.  C.  Llngan,  Cleveland,  O.;  J.  P. 
Kochler,  Stockton,  Cal. ;  E.  M.  Delgado,  Jacksonville, 
Fla. ;  W.  E.  Brown,  Baltimore,  Md. ;  Jno.  M.  Douli, 
Butte,  Mont.;  A.  W.  Allen,  Portland,  Oreg.;  Albert  Fen. 
ner.  Providence,  R.  I.;  Frank  M.  Smith,  Charleston,  S. 
C.  ;N.  E.  Grammer,  Ft.  Wortttii,  Tex.;  R.  W.  WlUaims, 
Three  Rivers,   Quebec. 


PHARMACY  BOARD  AND  CLERKS  WORK  TO- 
GETHER. 

Chicago,  Feb.  1. — The  Drug  Clerks'  association  In  Its 
fig<ht  for  shorter  hours  for  all  drug  clerks,  is  preparing 
to  show  that  the  State  pharmacy  law  is  being  violated 
by  a  ceritain   class   of   druggists. 

Wiith  the  aid  of  the  Statd  Board  of  Pharmacy  the 
association  will  attempt  to  prove  that  there  are  mors 
pharmacists  and  their  assistants  at  work  in  Illinois  than 
have  been  granited  certificates  of  registration.  They  will 
support  tiheir  arguments  with  figures  contained  in  the 
annual  report  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  which 
will  ibe  compared  with  the  number  of  drug  stores  operated 
in  the  State. 

"  It  is  difficult  to  make  the  public  understand  the  sit- 
uation," said  President  S.  T.  Hart.  "  According  to  the 
most  recent  report  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  there 
were  4,439  registered  pharmacists.  The  services  of  ntore 
than  5,000  are  required  in  the  drug  stores,  department 
dispensaries,  hospitals,  and  medical  institutes  in  the 
State,  or  more  than  theState  board  has  on  Its  hooks. 

"  In  Chicago  there  are  about  1,050  stores,  artd  in  Cook 
County  possibly  350  more.  These  require  the  services  of 
at  least  3,050  registered  pharmacists,  as  every  druggist 
who  attends  to  the  business  done  in  his  own  store  must 
be  a  registered  pharmacist.  Outside  Cook  County  the 
services  of  2.050  more  are  required.  Then  there  is  at 
least  5  per  cent,  of  the  pharmacists  traveling  or  in  some 
■branch  of  the  business. 

"  The  average  salary  of  a  pharmacist  is  $15  per  week, 
artd  at  an  assistant  $10.  A  pharmacist  must  have  had 
five  years'  practical  experience  and  an  assistant  three 
years  before  they  can  get  certificates.  We  want  to  call 
attention  to  the  hours  we  are  compelled  to  work  and  the 
wages  paid  for  that  work. 

"  The  people  can  help  us  In  our  endeavor  to  have  the 
pharmacy  law  enforced  by  reporting  the  absence  of  cer- 
tiflcaites  from  drug  stores.  The  reputable,  careful  drug- 
gist has  nothing  to  fear  because  he  lives  up  to  the  law, 
and  usually  he  wants  the  lawbreaker  punished." 

The  clerks  will  arrange  for  meetings  on  the  three  sides 
of  the  city  to  explain  their  position  and  appeal  ifor  assis- 
tance In  securing  better  hours. 

In  a  recent  interview  with  a  reporter  of  a  local  paper 
President  Hart  of  the  local  Drug  Clerics'  Association  thu's 
outlined  the  reasons  for  the  shorter  hours  movement: 

"We  maintain  that  a  man  who  works  eighteen  hours 
a  day  and  then  goes  hehlnd  the  counter  to  sleep,  as  most 
drug  clerks  do,  is  totally  unfitted  for  the  strenuous  duties 
of  a  drug  clerk.  The  loss  of  vitality  Is  so  great  as  to 
render  a  man  incompetent  to  perform  his  duties.  The 
safety  of  the  public  is  greatly  endangered  thereby.  When 
a  man  has  worked  that  long,  with  close  confinement, 
his  brain  refuses  absolutely  to  work,  and  the  conse- 
quence is  thaJt  the  clerk  often  makes  a  serious  blunder. 

"Under  these  conditions  it  Is  the  easiest  thing  In  the 
world  for  a  clerk  to  mistake  the  label  on  a  bottle  and 
give  a  dose  of  deadly  poison  In  the  place  of  some  other 
ingredient   which  Is   called   for   in  the  prescription.     The 


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consequence  is  that  'the  undertaker  is  called  in  the  next 
morning  and  the  clerk  ig  arresteid  for  a  serious  offense. 

"Then,  too,  such  long  hours,  whioh  no  man  on  earth 
can  stand  up  under,  ^force  the  clerk  to  use  drugs  or  be- 
come addicted  to  alcohol.  The  result  in  this  case  is  even 
worse  than  otherwise.  Very  often  a  man  acquires  'these 
bad  habits,  and  then  he  is  glad  to  accept  a  position  for 
almost  nothing,  just  so  that  he  will  be  close  to  the  alco- 
hol bottle  or  morphine  or  some  other  drug.  Naturally 
this  menaces  the  public  safety  to  an  untold  extent." 

The  clerks  have  appointed  the  following  committee 
to  confer  with  a  committee  of  the  Chicago  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Association:  ,  W.  A.  Rennen,  A.  A.  Pavlik.  S.  T. 
Hart,  C.  A.  UUman,  C.  R.  Milnor  and  I.  B.  Kronberger. 
The  C.  R.  D.  A.  Committee  will  be  appointed  at  the 
next  regular  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee.  The 
press  committee  of  the  Drug  Clerks'  Association  consists 
of  Messrs.  S.  T.  Hart,  S.  C.  Swan  and  I.  B.  Kronberger 

The  movemenit  is  taking  on  great  power.  It  is  receiv- 
ing the  unqualified  support  of  all  'the  leading  papers  and 
the  clerks  feel  that  the  success  of  their  plans  is  assured. 


ILLINOIS   BOARD   NOMINEES. 

Springfield,  111.,  January  28.— The  Illinois  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  has  selected  the  following  registered 
pharmacists  to  be  voted  upon  in  the  twenty-flve  Con- 
cessional districts  of  the  State  lor  appointment  as  mem- 
ber of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  to  succeed  G.  H. 
Sohrbeck,  of  Moline: 

George  P.  Mills,  Evanston;  N.  J.  Horn,  JoUet;  X..  C 
Lewis,  Belvidere;  C.  P.  Guenther,  Freeport;  C.  H.  Sohr- 
beck, Moline;  George  C.  Lescher,  Galesburg;  W.  M.  Ben- 
ton, Peoria;  Ralph  F.  Fradford,  Pontiac;  A,  Esslinger, 
Danville;  E.  M.  Knowlton,  Urbana;  Joseph  Shreve, 
Jacksonville;  C.  C.  Webster,  Staunton;  Thomas  Knoebel, 
East  St.  Louis;  G.  W.  Bower,  Olney;  G.  W.  Corrothers, 
Fairfield;  Frank  Thomas,  Cairo;  Albert  E.  Ebert,  Charles 
Avery,  B.  S.  Coolban,  F.  M.  Mares,  John  Stucklik,  Prank 
J.  Knowles,  Otto  Hartwig,  J.  H.  Hettinger  and  Herman 
Fry,  Chicago. 

For  member  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  the  Departiment 
of  Pharmacy,  University  of  Illinois,  the  president  of  the 
university  will  make  a  selection  of  a  successor  to  Albert 
K.  Ebert,  of  Chicago,  from  a  list  of  three  to  be  submitted 
by  the  Pharmaceutical  association  and  selected  from  the 
following    list: 

B.  A.  Tyler,  Evanston;  A.  E.  Holmes,  Aurora;  P.  A. 
Anderson,  La  Salle;  William  Slnniger,  Galena;  F.  W. 
Bahnsen,  Rock  Island;  W.  H.  Schmiedeskamp,  Quincey; 
Fritz  Lueder,  Peoria;  H.  H.  Green,  Bloomington;  F.  M. 
Stacey,  Tusoola;  W.  II.  Garrison.  Pearl;  F.  R.  Milner, 
Litchfield;  J.  J.  Weingartner,  Belleville;  Wiillam  Florin, 
Altamont;  A.  H.  Porter,  Xenia;  T.  S.  Campbell,  Pirack- 
neyvlHe;  Walter  H.  Gale,  Joseph  B.  Grubb,  Grant  L. 
Kidder,  Alvin  Dietz,  W.  A.  Stucklik,  George  H.  Ackeran, 
F.    E.    Falkenberg,    Louis    Lehman    and    Fred    Haeger, 

Chicago.  

Some  New  Corporations. 

Chicago  Feb.  1.— The  following  is  a  list  of  recent 
incorporations: 

GriftiOh  Chewing  Gum  Company,  Chicago;  capital,  $5,- 
000;  manufacturing  chewing  gum  and  patented  articles; 
incorporators.  Harry  Griffith,  J.  D.  Allan  and  Frank 
Crozier. 

Dr.  Whyte  Associated  Specla'.lsts,  Chicago;  name 
changed   to   Goat   Lymph    Sanitarium   Association. 

A.  D.  Loar  Medicine  Company,  Bloomington;  capital, 
$2,500;  manufacturing  and  dealing  in  drugs  and  dheiml- 
cals;  incorporators,  A.  D.  Loar,  James  L.  Bonnett,  Belle 
Loar. 

Western  Medical  and  Toilet  Comjjany,  Chicago;  capi- 
tal, $2,500;  manufacturing  medical  and  toilet  prepara- 
tions: Incorporators,  Sal'.le  Cain,  Mabel  C.  Pool,  S.  G. 
Phelps. 

Calenduline  Company,  Chicago;  capital,  .$.'?0.000  manu- 
facturing pharmaceutical  compounds;  incorporators,  Jo- 
seph E.  Pafen,  0.'?car  A    Kropf.  George  A.  Paltlson. 


Ihe  report  of  the  board  of  directors  showed  that  the 
company  is  in  a  healthy  condition.  The  by-Jaws  were 
amended  so  as  to  reduce  the  board  of  directors  from 
fifteen  to  nine  menibers.  Under  this  action  but  one 
director  was  elected.  W.  K.  Forsyth  was  unanimously 
chosen  for  the  position.  Hereafter  the  annual  meeting 
of  the  company  will  be  held  on  the  third  Tuesday  in 
Janiiary  at  1:00  p.   m.   each  year. 

The    Drug    Trade    Bowling    League   rolled    the    usual 

games  Monday  night  at  Bensinger's  Alleys.     The  scores 

were  as  follows:  Lord,  Owen  &  Co.,  730,  711,  665  against 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co..,  715,  673,  618;  Buck  &  Rayner,  767, 
812,  679  against  Sharp  Smith  607,  6S4,  759;  Fuller  &  Puller 

Co.,  640,  701,  710  against  E.  H.  Sargent  &  Co.,  798,  700,  768. 

The  wife  of  Herman  Weber,  a  member  of  the  Chicago 

Veteran   Druggists'    Associatlion,    died   on   Jan  27.     Mem- 
bers of  the  Association  attended  the  fxmeral. 
Oscar    Lei'stner,    Western    representative    of    William 

L.   Sitrauss   &    Company   of   New   York,    will    leave   next 

week  on  a  Western   trip. 

The   Bromo   Chemical    Company   of  iSalt   Lake,    Utah, 

has  been  incorporated  in  Illinois:  capital  stock  In  Utah, 
?;50,000;  dn   Illinois,   $2,500. 

The  drug  firm  of  Leedom  &  Don,  Morocco,   Ind.,  has 

dissolved  partnership.   Dr.   Leedom  succeeding. 

A.  O.  Happfeld  has  bought  the  drug  store  of  the  lata 

P.   W.   Dodge   at   482    Western   avenue. 

An  involuntary  petition  in  bankruptcy  has  been  filed 

against  D.  K.  Devor,  Rldgeville,  Ind. 

David  W.  McKenna  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  Forty- 
seventh  street  and  Evans  avenue. 

R.  H.   Blackridge  has  sold   his  drug  store   in   Jason- 

ville,  Inid. 

E.  P.  MoOIure  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  1324  Ogden 

avenue. 


Art  Tile  Fountains  Move. 

The  Low  TTle  Co.  of  Boston  has  recently  removed 
from  129  to  34  Portland  St, where  they  have  more  room 
fcr  the  display  of  their  well-known  products.  This 
move  was  made  necessary  by  the  constantly  growing  de- 
mand for  their  Art  Tile  Soda  Fountains,  of  which  this 
comipany  are  the  sole  manufacturers. 

Some  Important  improvements  have  been  made  In  the 
Interior  construction  of  their  fountains,  notably  In  the 
syrup  containers.  The  draw  can  system  as  now  used 
by  this  company  Is  highly  endorsed  by  the  hundreds  of 
well-known  druggists  who  use  it.  These  cans  are  made 
of  block-tin  or  porcelain,  as  may  be  preferred.  Some 
three  years  ago  tlvis  company  reduced  the  prices  of  their 
fiuntains  some  20  per  cent,  with  a  view  'to  getting 
more  nearly  In  line  with  legitimate  industries  that  do 
business  on  \  cash  time  basis,  and  are  satisfied  with  a 
mi'derate  and  reasonable  profit.  The  small  cash  pay- 
ment and  long  Installment  method  has  become  pretty 
firmly  estabMshSd  in  this  branch  of  business,  and,  as  may 
be  hupposed,  the  gross  sales  have  shown  a  ma.terlal 
falling  off.  NoBwithstandlng  this  fact  the  new  depart- 
ure has  been  strictly  adhered  to,  the  result  after  three 
years'  trial  having  demonstrated  that  among  the  large 
number  of  buyers  of  soda  fountains  the  proportion  who 
have  At  their  command  the  necessary  means  to  avail 
themselves  of  the  advantages  which  this  system  offers  is 
suffic:ently  Targe  to  fully  Justify  Its  continuance.  The 
Lo-v  Tile  Co.  invite  ail  prospective  purchasers  to  com- 
.■nunicate  with  them. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  United  States  Pharmacal 

Company    was    held    at    the    Briggs    House    on    Jan.    28. 


A  Surgical  Dressing. 

Each  month  finds  more  physicians  made  familiar  with 
Marach.  the  new  antiseptic  poultice  and  surgical  dress- 
ing, and  consequently  the  demand  for  the  article  Is  In- 
creasing. The  makers  of  Marach  say  physicians  recom- 
mend it  for  pneumonia,  pleurisy,  brondhitis,  erysipelas. 
tonsilltis,  abscesses,  poisoned  wounds,  etc.,  and  it  Is  un- 
equalled for  inflammation  and  congestion.  Samples  and 
advertising  matter  will  be  sent  free  to  druggists  writing 
to   the  Columbia   Chemical    Co.,    Denver   Colorado. 


156 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  6,  1902. 


CINCINNATI. 


Bill  to  Restrict  Selling  of  Cocaine. 

Cincinnati,  Feb.  1.— The  bill  to  restrict  the  sale  ot 
cocaine,  which  Chief  Deitsch  is  advocating,  was  drawn  up 
by  Assistant  Corporation  Counsel  W.  H.  Ellis,  and  is  now 
in  the  hands  of  Maj-or^  Pleischmann  to,  be  turned  over  to 
the  Hamilton  County  delegation  in  the  Legislature.  The 
bill  provides  that  no  person  shall  sell  or  give  away  any 
quantity  of  cocaine,  except  upon  the  prescription  of  a 
physician.  It  also  requires  .druggists  to  mairlt  upon  the 
Jabel  of  the  bottle, or  package  in  which  cocaine  is  sold  or 
given  away  the  word  "poison,"  and  they  must  write  in  a 
book  kept  for  that  purpose  the  d^y  and  date  on  which  it 
Is  sold  or  given  away,  the  name  of  the  physician  who 
prescribes  it,  the  quantity,  the  name,  sex  and  color  O'f  the 
person  obtaining  it,  the  name  and  address  of  the  person 
for  whom  It  is  intended,  and  the  purpose  for  which  it  is 
required.  The  bill  provides  a  fine  of  from  $25.00  to  $200, 
or  imprisonment  of  from  five  to  thirty  days,  or  both,  for 
any  person  violating  the  law  or  permitting  its  violation 
on  his  premises.  Violators  of  the  law  will  also  be  liable 
lor  all  damages  caused  by  the  cocaine.  The  law  does  not 
apply  to  the  sales  of  wholesalers  to  retailers. 

Union  of  Drug  Stores  Is  Being  Consifidered. 

Cincinnati,  Feb.  1.— A  plan  by  means  of  which  a  num- 
ber of  capitalists  intend  to  stir  up  the  drug  trade  is  being 
discussed.  So  far  only  one  meeting  has  been  held,  but 
if  the  scheme  appears  feasible  a  capitalist,  recently  con- 
nected with  the  wholesale  trade,  a  retail  drugg'ist  with 
considerable  capital,  and  other  men  at  means  will  com- 
bine for  a  new  departure  in  the  drug  business.  Their  in- 
tention is  to  establish  a  manufactory  of  drugs  and  pro- 
prietary medicines.  When  this  is  accomplished  they  pur- 
pose buying  small  drug  stores  and  others  incumibered  by 
mortgages,  and  starting  new  ones.  The  business  will  be 
conducted  on  the  same  principle  as  the  various  grocery 
stores  that  are  scattered  about  the  city  and  are  conducted 
i:nder  one  nianaigement.  'WTien  the  plan  is  put  into  oper- 
ation wholesale  cutting  in  the  prices  of  drugs  can  be  ex- 
pected. 


CINCINNATI  NOTES. 

The  contentioii  ot  Marie  H,  Fratz  that  John  G.  Fratz, 

her  brother,  the  druggist  at  Kenyon  avenue  and  Bay- 
miller  streets,  has  failed  to  account  to  toer  as  guardian, 
was  heard  in  the  Court  o*  Common  Pleas  Thursday.The 
first  intimation  of  any  difference  appeared  in  the  insol- 
vency oourt  seme  time  ago.  Miss  Fratz  pleads  that  her 
brother  has  not  on  hand  $3,288.8.'?  as  his  last  report  seems 
to  show,  and  that  the  form  of  assets  have  changed  and 
passed  out  of  his  hands.  She  asks  for  an  opening  o'f  the 
account  and  judgment.  The  estate  is  that  of  John  G. 
Fratz,  once  a  prominent  druggist  and  politician. 

^For  the  purpose  of  security  only,   John  Keeshan,   the 

pioneer  druggist,  Saturday  confessed  judgment  for  $466.79 
in  favor  of  the  Isaac  Wol!f  estate  and  Daniel  Wolf. 
Kramer  and  Kramer,  counsel,  say  that  no  execution  will 
result,  and  that  Mr.  Keeshan  is  solvent. 


Varoma. 

Tha  Vaporia  Medical  Co.  has  been  succeeded  by  the 
Varoma  Medical  Co.,  and  the  name  Varoma  substituted 
for  Vaponia.  'SohietEelin  &  Co.,  New  York,  are  acting  as 
sol';  agents  for  the  Varoma  Medical  Co.,  and  they  re- 
quest that  all  orders  and  inquiries  be  addressed  to  them. 
Varoma  Is  a  combination  of  volatile  coal  tar  derivatives, 
perfectly  inocuous,  yet  possessing  high  antiseptic  powers. 
The  vapor  of  Varoma  is  unirritating.  Is  free  from  un- 
X'leasant  odors,  and  may  "be  safely  breathed  by  the 
ycungest  child.  As  a  general  disinfectant  agent  for  pur- 
ifying the  aJc.  it  Is  claimed  that  Varoma  will  be  found 
ito  possess  decided  advantages  over  non-vola;tlle  antl- 
sepUcs,  since  the  vapor  penetrates  to  parts  that  cannot 
be  reached  by  fluids.  The  additional  fact  that  it  will 
not  Injure  the  clothing,  furniture,  paintings,  draperies, 
or  delicate  fabrics,  makes  It  all  the  more  adapted  to 
this  purpose.  With  Varoma  is  furnished  a  vaporizer  that 
Is  inexpensive  and  convenient  for  application,  and  it  em- 
bcdles  some  entirely  new  features. 


THE  SOUTH. 


The  N.  A.  R.  D.  in  Tennessee, 

Memphis,  Jan.  30.— In  answer  to  the  solicitations  of 
the  Trade  Interest  Committee  of  the  Tennessee  State 
Druggists'  Association  E.  C.  Bottume  has  been  sent  to 
this  State  for  the  purpose  of  organizing  the  drug  trade 
to  fig'ht  cut  prices.  It  is  the  opinion  Of  many  that  Mr. 
Bottume  and  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  will  not  have  altogether 
easy  sailing  in  making  a  change  in  this  city,  because 
two  very  serious  oibstacles  ore  to  be  encountered  at  the 
very  outset.  The  first  is  the  indifference  that 
exists  as  regards  the  low  prices  oljtained  for  patent  medi- 
cines. The  number  of  drug  stores  in  the  city  is  Aston- 
ishing small,  considering  the  population,  and  previous 
efforts,  wliile  being  independent  and  not  dn  touch  with 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  have  not  been  very  successful.  In  the 
present  instance  some  Of  the  druggists  refuse  to  join 
the  Association;  but  tliey  all  agree  to  adopt  a  scale  of 
20,  40  and  80  cents  for  all  $1.00,  50  and  25  cent  piatemts. 
They  say  that  the  situation  in  this  city  is  n'ot  toad  toy 
any  means;  that  they  are  not  compelled  to  meet  depart- 
ment store  prices,  and  they  really  see  no  reason  for 
m'aking  a  change  at  the  present  time  anyway.  The 
other  reason  is  that  if  prices  were  raised  drug  stores 
would  spring  up  to  take  advantage  of  the  increase  in 
prices  and  the  good  would  not  amount  to  anything  after 
all.  There  is  probably  no  city  in  the  country  where 
better  prices  are  obtained  for  drug  sundries  and  prescrip- 
tions, therefore,  it  is  not  hard  to  understand  why  so 
little  enthusiasm  prevails.  Mr.  Bottume  clalled  the 
druggists  of  the  city  together  last  week,  but  the  attend- 
ance was  so  small  that  nothing  was  done  at  tthalt  time. 
He  orgianlzed  a  branch  in  Obion  county  before  coming 
to  Memphis,  Which  promises  to  develop  and  do  much 
good.  Every  aruggist  In  the  county  joined  and  lots  of 
enthusiasm  for  the  movement  was  shown.  The  follow- 
ing officers  were  elected:  Dr.  Hibbitts,  of  Union  City, 
president;  C.  L.  Moffett,  Troy,  vice-president,  and  John 
T.  Moss,  of  Union  Clity,  secretary.  There  Is  little  doutot 
that  with  the  possible  exception  of  Memphis  the  IN.  A. 
R.  D.  will  meet  with  plenty  of  encouragement  In  the 
State. 


IMPORTANT  BUSINESS  CHANGES. 

Memphis,  Jan.  30.— The  interest  of  F.  A.  Hessig,  presi- 
dent of  the  Hessig-EIIis  Drug  Co.,  has  toeen  purchased 
by  J.  W.  Keys,  of  West  Point,  Miss.;  E.  M.  Ellis,  ot 
Memphis,  and  L.  C.  Balch,  of  Little  Rock.  The  stock 
of  G.  C.  Bennett  and  R.  M.  McCldan  alsio  Was  purchased 
toy  the  three  gentlemen  named,  and  it  is  said  the  deal 
involved   a    sum    in    the    neighborhood    of   $60,000.  The 

Hessig-Ellis  Drug  Co.  was  established  In  June,  1900,  the 
business  taking  the  names  of  P.  A.  Hessilg  and  E.  M. 
Ellis,  and  although  new  In  the  field,  it  Was  toeen  suc- 
cessful. Mr.  Hessig  has  been  a  prominent  figure  In 
wholesale  drug  circles  in  Memphis  for  nearly  twenty 
years,  and  is  one  ot  the  best  men  in  the  business.  Ho 
has  been  very  successful  and  everything  toe  touched  has 
yielded  him  a  handsome  profit.  He  will  go  to  California 
to  be  gone  some  time. 


SOUTHERN  NOTES. 

—The  stockholders  of  the  Paris  Medicine  Co.  held 
their  annual  meeting  at  Paris,  Tenn.,  last  week.  The 
reports  show  the  largest  year's  business  on  record  by 
$70,000.  A  quarterly  dividend  of  45  per  cent  was  de- 
clared. The  following  officers  were  elected:  Directors, 
E  W.  Grove,  A.  H.  Duncan,  O.  C.  Barton,  A.  H.  Lankford 
and  F.  L.  Seely.  Officers:  E.  W.  Grove,  president;  A.  H. 
Duncan,  vice-president,  and  F.  L.  SeeJy,  secretary.  Mr. 
Grove  the  president  of  the  company,  was  a  druggist  of 
Paris  at  the  time  the  company  was  organized.  The  stock 
pays  so  well  that  a  citzen  of  Paris  recently  sold  shares 
that  cost  him  .$2,500  for  $5,000 

Successions:    H.  Satol*  by  C.  1..  Tales,  Edmond,  Okla; 

J.  R.  Smith,  by  Kldd  and  McCoy,  Okarche,  Okla;  J.  J. 
McGee,  by  J.  J.  McGee  aaid  Son,  Austin,  Ark.;  Dr.  Mc- 


February  6,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


157 


Dowel,  by  the  Glendora  Drug  Co.,  Glendora,  (Miss.;  C.  A. 
Menier,  by  Dieniier  and  Carter,  FayettevUle,  Tenn.; 
Boyd  Butler,  by  C.  L.  Bradley,  ClarksviUe,  Tenn.;  Bliack- 
burn,  by  Blackburn  and  Reeved,  Ada,  L  T. ;  Wells  Bros., 
by  W.   B.   Wells,   Whitewrlght,   Tex. 

• Successions:     J.    M.   Baird,   by  Holloman   &  Co.,    Itta 

Bena,  Miss.;  Sams  &  L/imay,  by  W.  A.  Sams,  Coal  Hill, 
Ark;  HuUgins-Muse  Drug  Co.,  by  F.  W.  Hudgins  Estill 
Springs,  Tenn.;  G.  J.  Stepelton,  by  W.  B.  Helem,  Clifton. 
Tex.;  J.  C.  Bennett,  by  Bennett  &  Dickson,  Jefferson, 
Ga.;  l^eth  &  Soott,  by  F.  M.  Leeth,  Oakum,  Ala.;  M. 
Bradley,   by  Giles  M.  Manor,  Anding,  Miss. 

C.    A.    McArthnr,    formerly    in    business    In    this    city, 

but  now  traveling  for  Nelson,  Baker  &  Co.,  of  Detroit, 
caJled  on  his  friends  recently.  This  is  Mr.  McArthur's 
home  but  he  has  gone  to  iL.ou'isville  to  live  on  account  of 
his   wife's   health. 

E.    W.    Henderson,    one   of   the  best-known   traveling 

men  in  this  section,  has  resigned  his  position  witih  the 
WilUam  S.  Merrell  Chemical  Co.,  and  will  travel  for  Ell 
Lilly  &  Co.  in  southeastern  Arkansas  and  a  part  of  Douls- 
(ana. 

. — It  is  reported  that  'the  Federal  Chemical  Co.  (has  de- 
aidetl  to  avail  itself  of  its  option  on  land  In  'Nashville. 
Tenn,  and  erect  theraon  a  $200,000  ohemloal  plajnt.  At- 
lanta has  been  makinig  a  big  fight  for  'the  enterprise. 

Dr.    P.    E.    B.    Robertson,    of   Gainsville,    Ga,   and   De- 

Lacy  Uaw,  of  Montgomery,  Ala.,  have  purchased  'the  bus- 
iness of  the  G.  H.  Fuller  Drug  Co.,  at  the  former  place. 
The  style  of  the  neiw  firm  is  Robertson  and  liaw. 

C.  A.  Sullivan,  of  Florence,  Ala.,  has  moved    into  his 

new  store  which  is  located  in  the  handsome  building  re- 
centJy  ereoCed  and  owned  by  him.  Mr.  Sullivan's  phar- 
miacy  will  be  one  of  the  most  modern  in  the  state. 
— — L.  H.  Dancy,  a  young  druggist  of  Clarendon,  Ark., 
and  formerly  of  Holly  Springs,  Miss.,  -was  married  to 
Miss  Nell  Carey,  of  the  latter  city,  January  15.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.    Dancy   will   live  in   Clarendon. 

Bmil   Devi,   manager  of  C.   F.   Boehringer  &   Soehne's 

New  York  branch,  was  in  the  city  last  week  and  called 
on  the  wholesale  trade.  This  is  Mr.  Le'Vi's  first  trip 
South  Sn  nearly  eighteen  years. 

W.  G.  Poole,  until  recently  traveling  for  Nelson,  Baker 

&  Co.,  of  Detroit,  in  this  State  and  part  of  Mississipipi, 
has  toeen  placed  in  charge  of  the  city  business  of  the 
same  firm  at  Cleveland,   O. 

Milton      H.     Hickox,     for    twelve    years    with    John 

Wyeth  and  Bro..  Philadelphia!  will  travel  in  the  southern 
states  for  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemical  Works. 

Winston    &    Winston,    of    this    city,    will    discontinue 

their  store  north  Second  and  Looney  streets,  and  devote 
their  time  altogether  to   the   Chelsea  place. 

E.   D.   McGee,   a  portrait  painter,   living  in  this  city, 

bas  Ibeen  arrested  for  an  alleged  short  change  operation 
performed  on  a  Paducah,  Ky.,  druggist. 

J.   C.   Robinson,    formerly  connected  with   Patton  and 

Worsham.  Dallas,  Texas.,  will  travel  in  the  South  in  the 
interests  of  Powers  and  Weightman. 

— Byrd  Busby,  who  recently  sold  his  business  at  Cold- 
water,  Miss.,  will  invest  in  a  pharmacy  at  Oklahoma 
City,  O.  T. 

^Sold:     J.   G.   Sanderson,   Ashdown,   Ark.;   J.    M.   Gest, 

Beebe,    Ark.;   J.    L.    Bond,    Kerns,   Terni. 

W.   H.   Smith,   of  Milana,  Tex.,   has  exchanged  sitocks 

with   W.   T.    Booker,   of   Rogers,   Tex. 

F.    W.    Mayo   has  resigned   his   position   with   'WlinBton 

&  "Winston,   and  will   probable  go  west. 

The  drug  store  of  H.  T.  Hill  &  Co.  was  damaged  by 

fire  at  Woodfort,  I.  T.,  recently. 

Dr.  Thos.  H.  Hughes,  of  New  Decatur,  Ala.,  is  lo- 
cated in  a  handsome  new  store. 

J.   F.    Vickers,  representing  Eli  Lilly  &  Co.,   is  in  the 

city   calling  on  his  trade. 

Parrish,    Patterson    &    Co.    have    opened    a   now    drug 

store  at  Nashville,  Tenn. 

J.   J.   Tobln,   of  Austin,   Tex.,  has  filed  a  petition  for 

relief  in  bankruptcy. 


FREDERICK  E.  NIECE, 

Frederick  E.  Niece  is  a  member  of  the  Kings  County 
CN.  Y.)  Pharmaceutical  Society,  a  graduate  of  the  Brook- 
l.vn  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  a  well-known  retail  phar- 
macist of  Brooklyn.  He  is  a  native  of  Scranton,  Pa., 
where  he  entered  the  drug  (busdness  In  1893.  He  Is  a 
registered  pharmacist  by  examination  In  Penmsylvainda 
and  New  York  and  a  member  of  several  pharmajceutical 
associations  and   fraternal   organizations. 


Hill   &   GillLspie  have  been   succeeded  t>y  J.   G.   Webb 

at  Tu^cumlbi'a,  Ala. 

C.  O.  Tyner,  of  Atlaata,  Ga.,  has  flled  a  pablUoii  deny- 
ing insolvency. 

D.    M.   Day   has  been  stioceeded  by   GUI  and  Cox  at 

Hartsell,   Ala. 

• ^^The  store  of  J.  C.  Gatlin,  Bearden,  Ark.,  was  burg-lar- 

ized  recently. 

—James   Byars   has  opened  a   new  drug  store  at  Bay- 
City,  Tex. 

R.   A.   Moreihead,   Lamar,   Ark.,   has   made  an  assign- 
ment. 
^The   Horrell   Drug   Co.,    Hot  Springs,    Ark.,    has   sold 

out. 

^T.  J.  Walder,  a  druggist  of  Tate,  Texaa,  has  sold  out 

^Harvy  and  Roby,  Kosciusko,  Miss.,  have  disaoaved. 

Akers  and  Colson,  Cleburne,  Ark.,  have  dissolved. 

S.   S.  Collogh,   Massey,    Tenn.,    has   been  attached. 

N.   A.   Adams,    of   Dadeville,   Ala.,  died   recently. 

V.  E.  Sumpter,  Brinkley,  Ark.,  has  sold  out. 

W.  T.   Brooker,  Rogers,  Tex.,   has  Sold  out. 

Baker    Bros.,    Oasca.,    Ark.,    have    dissolved. 

J.  G.   Sanderson,  Ashdown,  Ark.,  has  sold. 

Love  Bros.,   Strawn,  Tex.,  have  sold  out. 

L.  D.  Moss,  Godley,  Tex.,  has  sold  out 

D.   K.   Hall,   of  Dwight,   Ark.,   is  dead. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

XEVr  YORK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


158 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  6,  1902.' 


A  Pleased  Customer. 

Is  there  anything  that  makes  you  more  cheerful  than 
a  pleased  customer?  You  will  always  have  them,  if 
you  sell  tiiem  perfumes  of  your  own  manufacture  from 
the  Wil-Iow  Floral  Oils.  It  you  have  not  tried  them,  it 
di  time  that  you  got  into  line.  You  simply  add  alcohol 
and  water  t.J  the  oil  and  you  have  the  completed  article. 
No  fancy  prices  for  colors;  <they  are  already  in  the  Oil. 
It  might  be  interesting  to  some  of  our  readers  to  know 
some  thing  of  the  history  of  IMr.  Lowe.  The  Original 
Wil-low  .started  his  brilliant  business  career  in  1S82,  as 
a  drug  clerk,  -when  he  toiled  fourteen  weary  hours  each 
day.  He  soon  took  up  the  study  of  pharmacy,  and  dur- 
ing his  Junior  year  received  a  Testimonial  of  Merit. 
He  graduated  from  the  Northwestern  University  as  a 
Ph.G.  in  ISSO  with  high  honors,  being  valedic'torian  of 
his  class.  He  went  abroad  'in  1890,  at  which  time  he 
visited  many  famous  perfumers,  and  gained  valuable 
inforrnatiun  which  he  is  using  at  the  present  time.  For 
ten  j.fars  after  his  return  to  the  United  States  he  trav- 
elled Eost  and  West,  acquiring  a  better  knowledge  of  the 
world  and  its  ways.  He  also  established  a  complete 
lioniatory  at  his  home  to  assist  him  in  continuing  his 
studies. 

On  .Tan.  1,  1900,  he  launched  his  present  line  of  the 
\^  ll-Imv  Oils.  To  say  that  he  has  been  successful  would 
oe  hut  mildly  expressing  it.  The  Wil-low  Oils  and  his 
clever  trade  mark  Wil-low  derived  from  the  first  three 
letters  if  hip  tirst  and  last  names,  Willis  H.  Lowe,  are 
otlaining  a  national  reputation,  and  they  have  come  to 
sc8y.  The  single  fact  that  ithe  Wil-low  Oils  require  no 
color  is  a  saving  of  both  time  and  money  to  every  drug- 
g'.st.  He  has  associated  with  him  several  of  the  most 
famous  chemists  and  perfumers,  ivir.  C.  W.  Dewey  and 
Mr.  J.  F.  McCuMoug'h  are  travelling  for  him  in  New 
England,  and  Mr.  W.  J.  Taylor  is  making  a  trip  through 
New  York  State.  He  has  local  representatives  in  nearly 
every  large  city.  Yoat  have  only  to  drop  a  line  to  Wil-low 
to  receive  full  information  in  regard  to  the  prices,  etc., 
of  his  Oils  He  'does  all  in  his  power  to  assist  liis  cus- 
tomers, furnishing  them  free  with  handsome  and  appro- 
priate labels,  instructing  them  as  to  the  best  ways  of 
putting  the  goods  up,  and  ex-plaining  the  quickest  and 
cheapest  methods  of  introducing  them.  Ho  would  be 
pleased  to  receive  a  trial  order,  wihich  would  receive 
his  careful  attention.  He  has  just  entered  new  and  com- 
modius  quarters  at  247  Atlantic  avenue,  Boston,  Mass., 
where  he  occupies  a  whole  floor  of  a  six  story  double 
Nuildine. 


"Best"  Tonic  Pictures. 

For  many  years  the  manufacturers  of  Pabst  Ma.lt  Ex- 
tract, The  "Best"  Tonic,  have  given  some  sort  of  an  art 
picture  to  the  retail  drug  trade  who  buy  in  cask  lots.  The 
sub.iects  have  been  varied,  but  always  of  the  highest  type. 
Druggists  throughout  the  country  remember  with  a 
great  deal  of  pleasure  the  popular  "Perfection,"  the 
"Batoy  Secrets"  picture,  ami  the  famous  "Wedding  Se- 
crets" picture  which  ran  into  several  editions.  The 
"Health  and  Beauty"  picture  of  1899,  and  the  "Baby's 
First  Adventure"  of  1900  are  still  fresh  in  the  minds  of 
the  druggist,  but  the  1002  offer  of  an  Art  Basel  which 
combines  a  tiunch  of  roses  by  the  celebrated  rose  painter, 
Paul  de  Dongpre,  and  a  reproduction  of  "Perfection"  by 
''Y.  H.  McEntee,  is  a  suibject  which  has  already  dem- 
onstrated its  wonderful  popularity.  The  "Best"  Tonic 
Department  has  advertised  this  easel  in  the  leading  mag- 
azines, offering  to  send  it  to  any  address  upon  receipt  of 
ten  cents  to  cover  postage  and  packing.  Each  Easel  thus 
mailed  out  Is  sent  at  considerable  loss,  but  the  company 
feels  that  it  will  get  even  from  the  advertising  that  ap- 
pears on  the  back  of  the  Easel,  the  front  being  free  from 
any  printing.  During  the  first  half  of  January  more  than 
twenty  thousand  requests  were  receive,  so  that  it  is  safe 
to  say  this  picture  twill  have  a  very  extensive  circulation, 
independent  of  the  thousands  which  will  be  distributed 
by  druggists  who  buy  "Best"   Tonic  in  cask  lots. 

In  talking  with  the  representative  of  the  Pharmaceu- 
tica!  Era,  Mr.  Kathrens,  the  general  manager  of  the 
"Best"  Tonic  Department,  said: 


"I  am  pleased  to  observe  that  druggists  are  very  ap- 
preciative of  the  general  advertising  of  the  "Best"  Tonic. 
This  is  demonstrated  by  the  manner  in  which  they  co- 
operate with  us.  It  is  a  mistake  to  think  that  the  re- 
tuiler  does  not  value  the  general  advertising  done  by 
pioprietors.  Perhaps  we  stand  a  little  closer  to  them  than 
.some  proprietors  do;  closer,  certainly,  than  the  manu- 
facturers of  any  similar  preparation,  and  we  appreci- 
a;e  the  attitude  of  the  druggist  and  render  him  every 
possible  protection  in  the  maintenance  of  price— son.e- 
times  at  a  considerable  sacrifice  to  ourselves.  The  result 
is  that  there  is  probably  less  cutting  on  "Best"  Tonic 
than  on  any  other  well-  known  preparation  the  drug- 
g-ist  sells.  There  are  many  people  who  would  perhaps 
never  go  into  a  drug  store  were  it  not  for  the  fact  that 
some  advertisement  directed  them  thither  toy  saying: 
'Get  it  at  your  druggist's.'  What  the  retail  druggist  is 
most  in  need  of  is  the  faJir  co-operation  of  ail  proprie- 
tors." 


Apollinaris. 

Ap.illinaris,  the  Queen  of  Table  Waters!  What  an 
opportunity  it  gives  to  exhaust  the  vocabulary  of  com- 
mendatory adjectives.  Was  there  ever  a  greater  suc- 
cess than  Apollinaris  enjoys?  The  sales,  which  became 
large  as  far  back  as  1876,  have  continuously  grown,  and 
even  the  enormous  figures  of  recent  years  were  exceeded 
in  1901.  The  prominence  Of  Apollinaris  not  only  in  thia 
country,  but  throughout  the  world,  has  never  been  in- 
terrupted or  even  threatened.  But  the  merit  of  Apollin- 
aris is  so  well  recognized  that  it  would  be  unnecessary 
to  diweil  upon  it. 


American   Paper  Bottle   Caps. 

The  use  of  the  American  Paper  Bottle  Cap  on  a  Ihottle 
greatly  improves  its  appearance.  Many  druggists  at- 
tach as  much  importance  to  the  cap  as  to  the  label.  These 
caps  can  'be  bought,  with  the  name  of  the  druggist  on 
them,  at  a  small  cosit.  Sample  caps  and  price  list  are 
sent  to  druggists  who  will  write  for  them  to  the  Say- 
ford  Paper  Specialty  Co.,   Camnden,   N.   J. 


Druggists'  Tie  Pins. 

Druggists'  tie  pins  can  be  bought  at  reasonable 
prices  from  The  J.  Arthur  Co.,  Nos.  IS  and  20  Colonial 
Arcade,  'Oleveland,  O.  Oxidized  or  bright  silver  pins  are 
sent  postpaid  on  receipt  of  26  cent.  (See  the  announce- 
ment in  tjhis  is'sue  of  the  Era. 


Attention  is  called  to  the  announcement  In  this  issue, 
of  the  Crandall  &  Godley  Co.,  137  and  159  'Franklin  street. 
New  York.  This  firm  makes  "Pepfeoto"  ft-uit  juices  and 
crushed  fruits  for  soda  water  trade,  claimed  to  be  the 
standard  of  excellence.  A  trial  of  these  fruit  juices  will 
convince  druggists  of  the  truth  of  the  claim. 


Druggists  contemplating  the  purchase  of  Soda  Stools, 
chairs  or  tables  will  do  well  to  get  prices  arad  styles  from 
the  A.  H.  Andrews  Co.,  300  Wabash  avenue,  Chicago. 
The  goods  sent  out  by  this  firm  are  attractive,  artistic, 
cleanly  and  said  to  be  indestructible  and  the  prices  should 
pleas©  intending  purchasers. 


Manufacturers  of  Proprietary  Preparations  and  all 
others  interested  in  Patents,  Trade  Marks  and  Trade 
Names  should  refer  to  Hugo  Moch's  advertisement  on 
page  21. 


Are  you  in  business  for  your  healtth  or  for  profit? 
If  the  latter,  you  will  be  interested  in  a  side  line  which 
sells  Itsellf  and  affords  a  good  profit.  Lucas'  Home 
Helps  accomplish   both. 


. — Tlie  Kingston  (N.  Y.)  Drug  Clulb  elected  tihe  following 
offieera  at  the  annual  meeting  held  recently:  President, 
Chas.  C.  Ten  Broeck;  vice-president,  Chas.  L.  MoBrlde; 
sieoretary,  W.  M.  Cooper;  treasurer,  J.  S.  Burns.  Tffe 
clulb  was  organized  about  two  years  ago  with  the  late 
Georgfe  W.  Johnston  as  president.  It  has  done  mucli 
toward  creaiting  a  better  feeling  among  the  dniggists  of 
that  city,  and  the  memory  of  the  banquet  held  last  year 
lingers  in  the  minds  of  the  drug  clerks,  and  It  is  said  they 
are  looking  forward  to  the  time  when  another  one  will 
be  held. 


February  6,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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PATENTS,    TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


CfZ   OfL^ 


c>fz,on 


C>  92..  o-ss- 


PATENTS. 


Issued  January  28,  1902. 

l,772.^Fritz    Jacobson,    Brooklyn.    N.    T.    Vaporiaer. 

L,881. ^Francis  E.  Thompson  and  Freeman  N.  Young, 
assiirnors  to  Moxle  Nerve  Food  Company  of  New 
England,  Boston,  Mass.,  a  corpora'tlon  o£  Maine. 
Registering-faucet  for  syrup-bottles. 

!,018.— Rudolf  Knietsch.  Ludwigshafen,  Germany,  as- 
signor to  the  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda  Fajbrik,  iLud- 
wigshafen,  Germany,  a  corporation  of  Baden.  Ap- 
paratus for  making  sulfuric  arihydrid. 

2,024.— John  W.  Lyon,  Providence,  R,  I.  Self-cloeing 
faucet. 

2,043. — Joel    U.   Adams,    Cincinnati,    Ohio.    Suspensorj-. 

!,035.— Esfing'ton  N.  GilflUan  and  Eddy  T.  MoKatg, 
Chicago,  111.,  assignors  to  New  York  L<ajbelling  Ma- 
chine Company,  a  corporation  of  New  York.  La- 
belling machine. 

2,058.— Jacob  A.  Moller,  Jr.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Stopper 
for  bottles. 

2,166.->Jakob  Schafter,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Medicine-car- 
rier. 

2,205— Arthur  C.  C.  Liardet.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor 
to  the  Liardet  Nonreflliable  Bottle  Company,  a 
corporation   of   New   Jersey.    Non-reflllable    bottle. 


TRADE-MARKS. 
Registered  Jan.  28,  1902. 
37.685.— Suspensory  bandages.    The  'tt'are  Mfg.  Co.,  Cam- 
den, N.  J.    The  word  '^Bicycle." 


LABELS. 


Registered  Jan.  28,  1902. 

8,924.— Title:  "Kol-Saver".  (For  a  chemical  compound.) 
Arthur  G.  Hulbert,  Chicago,  111.  Filed  Dec.  30, 
1901. 

8,926.— Title:  "Rincon  Heights  Virgin  Olive  Oil",  (For 
olive  oil.)  Guy  E.  Grosse,  Santa  Rosa,  CaJ.  Filed 
•Dec    30,  1901. 

8,935.— Title:  "Dr.  Westmal's  Coldolds".  (For  a  medi- 
cine.) Western  Pharmacal  Company,  Omaha,  Neb. 
Filed   January  6,    1902. 

8,936^-^Title:  "White  Cross".  (For  \-accmation  shield  ) 
sv   York,    N.    T.    Filed  Dec. 


Chocolate  for  Soda  Syrups. 
There  is  satisfaction  in  serving  chocolate  flavored  soda 
when  it  is  known  the  chocolate  used  is  the  best  pro- 
curable. It  pays  to  use  the  best  essence  in  making  choc- 
olate syrup.  It  increases  trade.  Runkel  Brothers  claim 
the  use  of  their  essence  of  powdered  chocolate  will 
double  your  fountain  trade  in  one  month.  The  essence 
is  packed  in  5-pound  can.s  at  40  cents  a  pound,  also  in 
10  and  33-pound  cans.  Samples  and  prices  for  larger 
quantities  will  be  furnished  on  application.  Address 
Runkel  Brothers,  Nos.  44,5-451  West  30th  street,  New 
York. 


Good  Brushes. 
The  price  is  not  the  only  thing  to  be  considered  In 
purchasing  brushes.  If  druggists  want  to  secure  perm.a- 
nent  customers  they  take  great  care  in  selecting  a  line 
of  brushes  that  they  can  recommend.  There  is  good 
profit  in  selling  Leiner's  brushes  and  at  the  same  time 
a  druggist  can  feel  eatisfied  that  his  customer  is  getting 
the  best  quality.  Leiner's  bath  brush  with  detachable 
handle  is  a  quick  seller  and  should  be  for  sale  in  all  up- 
to-date  drug  stores.  The  illustrated  price  iist  which 
Leiner  &  Co.  send  out  should  be  a  great  help  to  drug- 
gists buying  a  stock  of  brushes.  Write  for  it  to  M. 
Leiner  Co.,  12,57  Boston  Road,  New  York, 


Special  Offer  on  Shelf  Bottles. 

Any  druggist  who  is  about  to  open  a  new  store  or  to 
renovate  an  old  one  should  not  fail  to  take  advantage  of 
the  offers  made  by  the  Dawes  Mfg.  Co.,  Pittsburg,  Pa., 
on  their  Egypctian  shelf  bottle  ware.  One  offer  is  a  seit 
consisting  of  145  pieces,  pint,  quart  and  half-gallon  salt- 
mouths  and  the  same  sizes  in  tinctures,  for  $28.50.  An- 
other is  a  216  piece  set  for  $42.50.  The  bottles  are  labeled 
ready  to  put  on  the  shelf  and  will  be  shipped  on  receipt 
of  order.  For  such  handsome  glassware  these  offers  are 
e.xtraordinary  and  certainly  deserve  attention  of  intend- 
ing purchasers. 


YOUR  MONEY'S  WORTH- 


PURE  FINE  PARA  RUBBER  BANDS 

A  LOT  OF  THEM  FOR $  I  .OO 

A  GOOD  QUANTITY  FOR   -   -   -   -     .75 

NOT  SO  MANY  FOR .50 

ENOUGH  FOR .25 

A  NICE  LITTLE   BOX   FOR    -       -       -       -  .15 

SEVERAL  DOZENS  FOR        ...       -  .|o 

JUST  WHAT  YOU  WANT  FOR  -       -  .05 

ANY  OF  THESE  ASSORTMENTS  SENT  POSTPAID  TO 
ANY  ADDRESS  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  UPON  RECEIPT 
OF  PRICE.    SATISFACTION  GUARANTEED  BY 

THE  GOODYEAR  TIRE  &  RUBBER  CO. 

AKRON,  OHIO 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  6,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

Tone  of  General  Market  Steady. 

'New  York,  February  4.— Seasonajble  articles  are  finding 
a  good  consuming'  outlet  and  the  aggregate  volume  of 
business  continues  of  satisfactory  proportions  witli  the 
tone  of  the  general  maj-ket  steady. 

OPIUM.— Primary  markets  caWed  sliglitly  firmer  but 
the  improvement  is  not  sufficient  to  cause  any  change 
in  the  local  situation  and  jobbers  are  'willing  to  sell  at 
the  old  range  of  $3.20®'3.40  for  9  per  cent,  and  $3.30@3.30 
for  11  per  cent.  Powdered  is  held  at  $4.2o@4.50  for  13 
per  cent.,  $4.TiJ@5.00  for  IG  per  cent,  and  $4.50@4.75  for 
granular. 

MORPHINE.— There  is  a  continued  active  oonsuimlng 
■demand  and  jobbing  prices  are  well  sustained  at  $2.40@ 
2.50  for  eighths  in  1-oz.  boxes,  $2.35@2.45  in  2y2-oz.  boxes, 
$2.15®2.25  in  ounce  vials  and  $2.10@2.20  in  5-oz.  cans, 
according  to  brand  and  quan'tity. 

QUININE.— A  continued  tame  and  featureless  market 
is  reported  by  both  manufacturers  and  dealers  with 
jobbing  quotations  nominally  unchanged  at  27c  for  bulk 
in  100-oz.  tins,  27"Ac  in  50^oz.  tins,  28c  in  25-oz.  tins  and 
34o  in  ounces. 

SALIOYI^ATE  OF  SODA.— Under  the  influence  noted 
last  week,  jobbers  have  further  reduced  quota'tions  to 
50<§)60c. 

'BENZOIC  ACID.— Competition  among  importers  has 
caused  a  break  in  prices  and  the  revised  jobbing  range 
is  15>ai7c. 

OIL.  ANISE.— A  continued  easy  feeling  is  manHtfested 
on  the  part  of  dealers,  and  jobbing  quotations  sihow  a 
further  dpcline  to  $1.40<§)1.65. 

OIL.  SPEARMINT.— Primary  markets  are  hardening 
owing  to  extremely  small  stocks  and  jobbers  have  ad- 
vanced spot  quotations  to  $1.70@1.8S. 

OIL.  PENNYROYAL..— Values  are  higher  both  here 
and  in  producing  markets^  and  jobbers  are  quoting 
?1.60@1.S0. 

OIL.  SPRUCE.— Available  supplies  are  very  light  and 
quotations  for  jobbing  quantities  have  been  advanced 
to  60'a70c. 

UNION  SALALJ  OIL..— Manufacturers  prices  are  Zc 
lower  and  jobbers  have  reduced  quotations  to  52@53c  by 
the   barrel   and   6.5'?i/70c   for"  smaller   quantities. 

SPERM  OIL.. — Primary  markets  are  firmer  and  spot 
jobbing  quotations  have  been  marked  up  to  $1.10@1.25, 

ALCOHOL..— Grain  is  easier  in  sympathy  with  West- 
ern markets  and  jobbing  prices  hiave  been  reduced  to 
$2.54©2.55  by  the  barrel  and  $2.60@2.75  for  less:  odorless 
in  barrels,  $2.56(5'2.57,  and  in  smaller  quantities,  $2.70@ 
2.85. 

THYMOL..— L.ack  of  important  demand  and  more  or 
less  pressure  to  sell  on  the  part  of  speculative  holders, 
have  caused  a  d'ecline  in  jobbing  quotations  to  !P3.35#3.60. 
COCAINE.- An  unsettled  market  d'ue  to  keen  competi- 
tion among  manufacturers  has  resu/lted  in  a  decline  in 
jobbing  prices  to  $4.75@5.O0  for  large  crystals  and  $4.50 
@4.75  for  small. 

BLTCHU  L.KAVES.— Quiet  and  easier  markets  are  re- 
ported with  a  decline  in  long  to  750850  and  short  80@35c. 
The  latter  powdered  is  quoted  35(ii40. 

OOL.CIIICUM  SEED.— The  tendency  of  values  is  down- 
ward and  the  revised  jobbing  figures  are  55@65c  for 
whole,  efKfnOc  for  ground  and  65®75c  for  powdered. 

SAL.  ROCHEiL!L,E.— The  tone  of  the  market  is  easier 
and  jobbers  have  reduced  quo'tations  to  16@16'4c  in  bar- 
rels, 17(5)17V4c  in  coses  and  19@25c  for  broken  lots. 

CITRIC  ACID.— Powdered  is  a  shade  lower  and  o'b- 
taJnable  in  a  jobbing  way  at  40045c  as  to  quantity. 

LITHIUM  CARBONATE.— The  market  continues  easy 
in  tone  and  jobbing  quotations  have  been  reduced  to 
.$2.5002.75  per  lb.  and  20@25c  per  oz.,  according  to  size 
of  order. 

CANNABIS  INDICA. — Foreign  markets  are  stronger 
and  jobbing  prices  show  an  advance  to  80@90c. 

QUICKSILVER.- Owing  to  a  decline  in  prodiucing 
markets  jobbers  have  refl^iced  quotations  to  72@75c. 

'CARBONATE  OF  COPPER.— Lower  prices  of  the 
metal  have  caused  jobbers  to  reduce  their  quotations 
to  30035c. 

'CHLORATE  O'F  POTASH.— Supplies  are  more  abund- 
ant and  jobbing  quotations  'have  declined  to  8%@9c  for 
crystals  in  kegs  and  12015c  for  less,  powdered  9@9^4c 
in  kegs  and   13(H>16c  for  less. 

PARIS  GREEN.— The  market  is  easier  and  the  follow- 
ing schedule  of  prices  have  been  lodopted: 

Arsenic    kegs    13   @i4c 

Kegs  of  100  lbs.    ... 13%@14»Ao 

Kits    of   56,.  28    and.   14    lbs 14'%01Ti|o 

2  and  5-lb.  paper  pkgs MvlO'lTVoC 

l-'*>  "  "     15    020c" 

H'"J-  "  "     16    020c 

Vi-lb.  "  "     17    (5)220 

lyOts  of  500-Qbs..  %c  per  lb.  less 

SAl.,OL.— .Tobbers  hi,nve  not  followed  the  manufactur- 
frs'  decline  in  prices  noted  in  this  column  laist  ■week,  the 
former  figures  of  .fl.40  for  5-lb.  pkgs.,  $1.50  «or  pounds, 
.J1.5o  for  halves  and  $1.S5  for  quarters,  still  obtaining. 
Lots  of  25-lbs.   or  over,  20c  per  lb.  less. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Acid,    Isanic    144 

Alcohol,  Methyl,  Uise  in  Pharmacopoeial  Prepara- 
tions      139 

Alsol    144 

Aluminum    Caseinate    144 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs,  Alumni,  etc.— Bostom  Brug- 
gists,  150;  German  Apothecaries,  148;  Illinois  Drug 
Clerks,  154;  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical,  149;  Man- 
ufacturing Perfumers,  148;  National  Association  of 
Retaiil  Druggiists,  154;  New  York  Drug  Trade  Club, 
149;  Philadelphia  Drug  Exchange,  152;  Wedgewood 

CluJb    153 

"Bead"    for    Liquors    143 

BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY.— Illinois,  154,  155;  Massa- 
chusetts,   150;    New   York,    149;    Penmsylvania,   152; 

BOWLING,   DRUG  TRADE.— Baltiinore,'  153;'  Chicago, 

155;   New  York,    149;   Philadelphia    152 

Burettes,    Floats    144 

Cacao  Butter,   Substitute   144 

Casein,    iSoluble     144 

Coltsfoot    Rock     143 

OORREISPO'NDENCE     138 

Cream,    Massage    144 

Debtor,    Chronic    138 

Dental   Department  'in   Drug  Stores    142 

Disinfectants,    Recently    Patented    139 

Drug    Store    Problems    143 

Dynamite  Explosion  Wrecks  Drug  Stores   148 

EDITORIALS.— Free  Alcohol,  137;  New  York  Board 
of  Pharmacy  Elections,  135;  Our  Problem  Contest. 
136;  Pharmacists  in  U.  S.  Service,  136;  Prof.  Emil 
Scheffer,  137;  The  Chronic  Debtor,  136;  The  Drug- 
gist in  Emergency  Cases,  137;  Worcester  Plan  De- 
cision      135 

"Emplast,     Kaolin"     144 

Enzymes,    Action    of  Sunlight    139 

Plashligbit    Powder     144 

Law,    Pharmacv.    New    York,    Criticisms    147 

MARKET    REPORT    160 

Matches,    Safety     143 

Methyl    Salicylate,    Masking   Odor    144 

NEWS  LETTERS.— Baltimore.  153;  Chicago,  154;  Cin- 
cinnati,   156;    New    England,    150;    New    York,    147; 

PhiladelpMa,    151 ;    The    South    156 

OBITLTARY     146 

Oil,    Isano    144 

PATENTS,    TRADEMARKS,    ETC 159 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Personal 
Interest,  etc.— Barclay,  James,  146;  Cowl,  George 
G..  146;  Flagg  Remedy  Co.,  150;  Grear,  George  A., 
150;  Henw^ood,  Charles,  1.52;  Hessig- Ellis  Drug  Co., 
156;  Jeffers,  Charles  J..  150:  Mennen,  Gerhard,  146: 
Niieee,  Frederick  E..  157:  Purdv,  Charles  W.,  146; 
Radam.,  William,  146:  Rogers,  A.  B..  149;  Scheffer, 
Prof.  Emil,  137:  Stafford,  William  B.,  146;  Tague, 
J.    R.,    141:    Tufts,    James    W.,    146;    Van    Reypen, 

Rear-Admiral     138 

Pharmacists  LT.  >S.   Health  Service   138 

QUESTION    BOX    143 

Quinine    Carbonic   Ester    144 

Registration,    Interstate    143 

Saponine,    Solution    144 

SHOP    TALK    140 

Stock,    Taking     142 

Worcester   Plan    in    Pennsylvania    151 


Unsanitaiy  Soda  Fountains. 

So  many  unsanitary  soda  fountains  have  been  found 
lately  that  it  has  been  suggested  that  a  clause  be  added 
to  the  pure-food  laws  of  the  different  States,  giving 
authority  to  the  Commissioners  and  their  inspectors  to 
condemn  ail  fountains  not  possessing  perfect  sanitary 
syrup  receptacles  and  other  parts  protected  from  Uie 
public  gaze  by  the  decorative  onyx  or  marble  too  freely 
used  nowadays.  The  Twentieth  Century  Sanitary  Foun- 
tain, manufactured  by  the  L.  A.  Becker  Co.,  98  Franklin 
Street,  Chicago,,  has  been  pronounced  by  everyone  to 
be  the  only  hygienic  and  cleanly  fountain  on  the  market. 
All  the  syrups  aire  in  glass  stoppered  bottles,  in  plain 
view  of  the  public,  and  entirely  separated  from  the 
fountain  proper,  thus  assuring  absolute  cleanliness. 
Every  druggist  who  purchased  a  fountain  in  the  down- 
town district  of  Chicago  last  year  bought  a  Twentieth 
Century  Sanitary  Fountain— a  fact  that  cannot  be  over- 
looked. 


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THE   ERA  BINDER. 

Readers  of  the  Era  wiho  preserve  their  copies  should 
have  an  Era  binder.  It  holds  copies  for  six  months 
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A  BOOK  FOR  THE  DRUG  STORE  LABORATORY. 

Every  druggist  has  use  for  the  book  like  the  Era 
Formulary.  It  is  full  of  money-making  sugg'estions. 
It  givjs  directions  for  for  making  so  many  profitable 
thing's  that  can  and  should  be  made  and  sold  in  drug 
stores  that  it  acts  as  a  constant  incentive  to  the 
druggist  to  extend  bis  field  of  operations  and  do 
imiore  ot  those  things  which  his  training  has  qualified 
Jiim  to  do. 

The  book  contains  .5,000  formulas  and  they  cover 
the  field  of  chemical,  pharmaceutical  and  specialty 
manuJ'acturing.  There  are  800  formulas  for  unofficial 
pnarmaceuticals,  1,01.?  for  toilet  articles,  456  for  vet- 
erinary remedies,  772  tor  family  medicines,  235  for 
t:oda  water  syrups,  flavoring  extracts,  mineral  waters, 
f-tc,  and  for  that  big  field  which  the  druggist  has  so 
little  cultivated— the  manufacture  of  articles  for  do- 
mestic use,  such  as  soaps,  cleaning  preparations,  inks, 
dyes,  disinfectants,  vermin  destroyers,  etc.,  and  articles 
for  the  industries  and  workshops,  like  cements,  pastes, 
poli-shes.  leather  dressings,  paints,  varnishes,  etc..  there 
are  over  1..300  formulas.  This  book  is  one  of  the  essen- 
tials for  every  druggists  workroom,  and  it  is  a  paying  In- 
vestment to  have  a  copy  of  it  in  that  part  of  the  store 
for  constant  use.  Price  $5.00  per  copy,  delivered.  D.  O. 
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The  Price  List  Edition  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Era, 
section  two,  which  forms  a  part  of  the  present  issue, 
is  considerably  larger  than  the  corresponding  edition 
of  July  ipoi.  A  comparison  of  the  various  lists  with 
those  of  former  issues  will  show  that  many  articles 
have  been  added  and  numerous  corrections  have  been 
made.  The  retail  druggist  will  find  this  considerable 
volume  a  valuable  reference  list,  in  which  he  can 
quickly  find  such  information  about  materials,  prices 
and  manufacturers  as  his  business  may  require. 
Many  druggists  still  depend  wholly  upon  the  cata- 
logues issued  by  the  various  wholesale  dealers  for 
this  information,  and  frequently  find  themselves  com- 
pelled to  ransack  the  pages  of  a  number  of  these 
lists,  often  of  widely  varying  dates  of  publication, 
before  finding  what  they  want.  The  Era  price  list 
edition  is,  in  reality,  a  combination  of  all  these  cata- 
logues, having  the  information  conveniently  arranged 
and  brought  up  to  date,  so  that  the  price  and  man- 
ufacturer's address  of  any  article  the  druggist  is 
likely  to  want  may  be  found  with  the  least  amount 
of  trouble  and  loss  of  time. 

In  order  to  make  it  possible  to  keep  the  price 
list  of  this  edition  constantly  up  to  date,  the  list  of 
drugs  and  chemicals  is  so  arranged  that  a  blank 
margin  is  left  beside  the  printed  prices.  Upon  this 
margin  the  druggist  can  enter  the  changes  due  to 
fluctuations  in  the  market  published  from  week  to 
week  in  the  regular  edition  of  the  Era.  In  this  way 
the  price  list  may,  with  very  little  trouble,  be  made 
a  permanent  and  authoritative  buyer's  guide.  If  cor- 
rected and  kept  up  to  date  this  list  possesses  many 
advantages  not  found  in  the  various  reports  and  cir- 
culars upon  which  the  merchant  ordinarily  depends 
for  information  about  the  market.  It  can  not  only 
be  made  to  show  the  relative  fluctuations  due  to 
varying  causes  but  it  also  gives  a  comprehensive  view 
of  the  market  as  a  whole,  an  advantage  which  the 
progressive  druggist  will  readily  appreciate.  No 
pharmacist  who  uses  this  edition  as  it  is  meant  to  be 
used,  that  is,  as  a  book  of  daily  reference,  can  fail 
to  recognize  its  value  and  convenience. 

The  officers  of  the  Texas  State  Pharmaceutical 
.Association  have  evidently  made  up  their  minds  that 


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the  meeting  of  their  organization,  which  is  to  be  held 
in  Dallas  in  April,  shall  not  lack  in  interest.  They 
have  gone  about  securing  the  desired  result  in  a 
characteristically  business-like  and  effective  manner. 
The  committee  on  notes  and  queries  has  prepared 
and  submitted  a  set  of  questions  which  the  druggists 
of  the  State  are  requested  to  answer  at  the  coming 
meeting.  This  method  of  stimulating  interest  may 
not  be  entirely  novel,  but  many  of  the  questions 
which  are  to  receive  the  attention  of  the  pharmacists 
are  decidedly  original.  The  mere  sight  of  these 
queries  should  be  sufficient  to  provoke  an  animated 
discussion  in  any  gathering  of  druggists.  The  sub- 
jects cover  nearly  all  branches  of  the  calling,  and 
it  is  to  be  hoped  that  they  will  all  receive  definite 
answers.  Definite  facts  about  such  questions  as, 
"What  is  Substitution?"  and  "The  Commercial  Value 
of  Training  Received  at  Schools  of  Pharmacy,"  are 
exactly  what  every  pharmacist  wants  to  know.  The 
discussion  about  "The  Humorous  Side  of  Pharmacy" 
should  prove  instructive  as  well  as  amusing,  for  the 
ability  to  see  the  funny  side  of  things  is  now  recog- 
nized as  an  important  factor  in  business  besides  being 
of  valuable  assistance  in  making  life  wortli  living. 

Many  people  complain  of  the  insincerity  of  patent 
medicine  advertisements.  They  believe  that  the  state- 
ments about  the  wonderful  powers  of  the  remedies 
offered  for  sale,  and  the  marvellous  cures  and  re- 
coveries which  they  bring  about,  are  either  intended 
to  deceive  the  public,  or  are  merely  evidences  of 
unusual  mental  agility  on  the  part  of  the  advertiser. 
It  now  appears  that  a  great  injustice  has  been  done 
the  patent  medicine  man,  for  we  have  received  proof 
that  he  believes,  sometimes  at  least,  every  word  of 
his  advertisements.  The  board  of  health  of  San 
Francisco  has  been  looking  about  for  a  means  of 
protecting  the  public  against  the  danger  of  infection 
found  in  telephones.  A  wealthy  inventor  of  a  patent 
germicide,  who  seems  to  be  a  true  friend  of  humanity, 
and  evidently  sincerely  believes  that  his  invention  is 
as  valuable  to  mankind  as  it  is  remunerative  to  him, 
offers  to  relieve  the  board  of  all  further  worry.  In 
a  letter,  apparently  submitted  in  entire  sincerity,  he 
says:  ' 

"I  see  in  the  paper  an  article  about  the  danger  in 
telephone  transmitters  and  a  request  to  inventors  to 
prevent  disease.  I  can  easily  explain  to  your  board 
how  to  keep  the  mouthpiece  free  from  disease.  Let 
each  owner  of  a  phone  sponge  out  the  bacillus  with 

's   ■ ,    full    strength,     or     spray   into    it.      I 

guarantee  no  germ  can  e.xist  in  the  phone.  Just  apply 
a  drop  of  it  onto  a  roach,  spider,  fly.  flea,  microbe  or 
bacillus,  or  any  insect,  and  it  will  penetrate  him  so 
quick  that  it  will  dry  up  the  lymph  and  blood  and 
kill  him  instantly..  We  used  to  give  it  internally  to 
an  old  canary  bird  for  heart  failure.  This  medicine 
will  go  through  an  old  felt  hat  immediately.  I  gave 
it  to  my  chickens  and  Spitz  dog  when  they  were  sick 
with  pneumonia  and  cured  them  and  little  chickens, 
four  days  old,  when  sunstruck  also." 

Questions  about  our  Drug  Store  Problems  con- 
tinue to  come  in.  A  number  of  contestants  have  re- 
quested us  to  name  the  authorities  that  should  be 
consulted  for  the  constants  used  in  the  calculations. 
The  use  of  atomic  weights  and  specific  gravities  ob- 
tained from  different  books  of  reference  is  frequently 


the  cause  of  widely  varying  results.  It  would  un- 
doubtedly be  more  convenient  if  all  the  data  necessary 
for  the  solution  of  each  problem  were  stated  in  full, 
but  if  all  the  quantities  used  in  the  calculations  were 
given,  the  problems  would  lose  much  of  their  edu- 
cational value.  Looking  up  thie  constants  in  the 
various  authorities  and  properly  employing  them  to 
secure  the  desired  results  is  a  more  desirable  exer- 
cise for  the  pharmacist  than  the  mere  mathematical 
calculation.  For  this  reason  the  problem  editor  does 
not  attach  great  importance  to  the  exact  value  of 
fractions  which  are  so  small  that  they  are  never  taken 
into  account  in  practical  work.  As  the  U.  S. Pharma- 
copoeia is  the  official  book  of  reference  of  the 
pharmacists  in  this  country,  it  is  only  natural  that 
this  authority  should  be  consulted  more  frequently 
than  others  in  the  Era's  contests,  biit  answers  based 
upon  other  authorities  will  not  be  considered  in- 
correct. Slight  differences  which  escape  refined 
methods  of  scientific  research  are  seldom  of  great 
importance  in  the  work  of  the  drug  store. 

Recent  reports  about  the  short  weight  quinine 
tablets  supplied  to  the  Government  by  Clinton  E. 
Worden  &  Co.,  show  how  easily  reports  of  analyses 
can  be  made  to  mislead.  A  few  weeks  ago  two 
samples  of  quinine  tablets  supplied  to  the  U.  S.  Gov- 
ernment in  Manila  were  found  to  contain  less  quinine 
than  called  for  in  the  contract.  The  results  of  the 
analyses  of  these  samples  have  been  widely  published 
and  commented  upon.  It  was  made  to  appear  that 
the  samples  represented  large  shipments  of  tablets 
which  had  intentionally  been  made  to  contain  less 
quinine  than  agreed  upon,  for  the  purpose  of  de- 
frauding the  Government.  It  was  said  that  starch 
and  gypsum  had  been  added  in  order  to  make  up  for 
the  smaller  weight  of  the  alkaloid  employed.  Many 
unfair  and  misleading  statements  were  published,  all 
seemingly  intended  to  create  the  impression  that  the 
manufacturers  who  furnished  these  tablets  were,  if, 
not  dishonest,  at  least  grossly  negligent  and  un- 
reliable. That  these  conclusions  were  entirely  wrong 
and  the  implied  charge  was  wholly  unjust  is  shown 
by  a  statement  issued  by  the  authorities  at  Washing- 
ton which  completely  exonerates  the  contracting 
firm,  and  shows  that  the  shortage  concerned  only  a 
small  shipment  of  tablets  and  was  entirely  due  to 
accidental  causes. 

It  appears  that  a  small  portion  of  the  quinine 
tablets  furnished  by  C.  E.  Worden  &  Co.  accidentally 
ran  short  in  weight.  As  soon  as  this  firm  learned  of 
this  fact,  they  insisted  that  the  entire  shipment  be  re- 
turned at  their  expense,  and  the  error  was  quickly 
corrected,  the  entire  order  being  replaced.  In  the 
report  to  the  Surgeon  General,  which  has  recently 
been  issued,  it  is  stated  that: 

"Two  analysis  were  made  of  different  samples. 
In  one  of  these  there  was  a  deficiency  in  the  amount 
of  the  quinine  salt  amounting  to  36  per  cent  and  in 
the  other  to  26  per  cent,  in  each  tablet.  This  is  not 
denied  by  Mr.  Worden,  but  is  attributed  to  an  error 
of  an  employe. 

"The  amount  of  ash  found  in  the  two  samples  was 
nearly  the  same — about  14  per  cent,  calculated  on  the 
quinine  salt  (200  mg.).  The  mineral  matter  found  in 
the    large    number   of   samples    of    supplies    furnished 


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by  Mr.  Worden  has  varied  from  9  per  cent  to  18  per 
cent,  calculated  on  the  quinine.  The  tablet.s  also 
varied  in  weight  from  260  to  280  nigs.,  or  from  60  to 
80  mgs.,  in  excess  of  the  required  weight  of  quinine. 
The  foregoing  are  the  pertinent  facts  furnished  by 
analysis,  and  from  them  the  inference  is  clear  that  the 
charge  made  is  absolutely  without  warrant. 

"It  may  be  here  remarked,  apropos  of  the  presence 
of  mineral  matter  in  the  tablets,  that  the  use  of 
talcum,  together  with  starch  and  sugar  of  milk,  as 
an  excipient.  is  very  comniion  in  some  of  the  best 
houses  in  the  country.  It  is  also  much  used  in  Ger- 
many, a  well-known  formula  in  use  there  prescribing 
a  weight  of  talcum  eciual  to  one-sixth  of  the  weight 
of  quinine  in  the  tablet.  It  is  in  no  sense  of  the  word 
an  adulterant." 


Holyoke's  recent  decision  to  establish  a  municipal 
pharmacy  has  caused  much  discussion  concerning  the 
advisability  of  adopting  similar  measures  in  other 
Massachusetts  towns.  In  Springfield  the  matter  is 
being  agitated  with  great  vigor,  many  reasons  why 
an  institution  of  this  kind  would  be  a  good  thing 
being  brought  to  light.  It  is  claimed  that  a  municipal 
pharmacy  would  be  a  means  of  greatly  reducing  ex- 
penses, and  of  removing  the  dissatisfaction  due  to  the 
unequal  division  of  the  town's  patronage  among  the 
druggists  of  the  place.  It  is  also  claimed  that  this 
method  would  more  effectually  keep  physicians  out 
of  politics:  although  no  one  seems  to  have  shown  why 
doctors  are  less  useful  in  public  affairs  than  other 
influential  men.  Another  argument  advanced  by  the 
friends  of  municipal  pharmacies  is  that  these  institu- 
tions would  prevent  scandals  from  extortionate 
charges  for  supplies  and  services.  According  to  the 
new  plan  bids  for  furnishing  drugs  and  medicines 
will  be  solicited  publicly,  thus  giving  all  members  of 
the  trade  equal  chances.  In  Holyoke  it  has  been  pro- 
posed to  divide  the  patronage  among  the  bidders, 
the  basis  upon  which  the  division  was  to  be  effected 
not  being  stated.  Although  these  advantages  may 
appeal  to  some  minds,  we  are  inclined  to  thmk  that 
most  people  will  prefer  to  worry  along  in  the  old 
way.  The  equal  division  of  something  which  everyone 
^ecms  to  want  looks  very  attractive,  but  experience 
has  shown  that  the  distribution  of  good  things  al- 
most invariably  leads  to  grievous  friction. 


PERISTROPHE  ANGUSTIFOLIA.— Hans  Mo- 
lisch  (Ber.  d.  d.  Bot.  Ges.)  thinks  it  probable  that  all 
cumarin  plants  contain  a  ferment  which  separates 
this  body  from  a  glucoside  after  the  death  of  the 
plant,  in  a  manner  similar  to  that  in  which  vanillin 
is  formed.  In  a  study  of  Peristrophe  angustifolia,  a 
cumarin  plant  indigenous  in  Java  and  not  uncommon 
in  hot  houses,  the  author  finds  that  the  fresh  leaves 
have  practically  no  fragrance,  but  that  upon  drying 
an  agreeable  cumari-  odor  is  developed.  The  odor 
is  especially  powerful  xshen  the  leaves  are  kept  in  an 
air  bath  at  a  temperature  of  60  degrees  for  about 
forty-five  minutes.  Leaves  which  have  been  frozen 
also  develop  fragrance  when  again  subjected  to  a 
higher  temperature,  and  the  odor  is  also  produced 
after  a  certain  time  in  bruised  parts  of  the  plant.  The 
presence  of  cumarin  is  easily  demonstrated  by  a 
method  recently  described  by  A.  Nestler,  the  crystals 
being  obtained  upon  the  surface  of  a  watch  glass  by 
sublimation.  Leaves  which  have  been  suddenly 
placed  in  boiling  water  do  not  yield  the  cumarin  od- 
or, this  behavior  being  similar  to  that  of  another 
cumarin  plant,  Ageratum,  which  has  been  shown,  by 
Behrens,  to  develop  no  odor  after  having  been  treat- 
ed with  hot  water  or  absolute  alcohol. 


ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

List   of   Graduates   for  Januaiy,    1902. 
Matriculation  No.  Grade. 

l.'t»78.    Miss    Jessie    L.    Crary.    912    Sixth    Ave., 

Humtington,    W.    Va 03  per  cent. 

i!UUT.     William  A.   Fluhr,    1.511   Metropolitan 

Ave.,    Brooklyn,    N.   Y 93  per  cent. 

2911.  Earnest  Stovall,   Saltillo,   Miss 97  per  cent. 

3CK)1.    Levins  S.  Wilkie,  79  Dudley  Ave.,  Utica, 

N.    Y 98  per  cent. 

2991.    Edward   Scheele,    Hamburg,    Minn 93  per  cent. 

3801.    Earl    Crockett,    Clyde,    Ohio 98  per  cent. 

3284.    Albert    Lewis,    320   Main    St..    Winnipeg, 

Manitoba     90  per  cent. 

2874.    J.    W.   Gram,    701  Lake   Ave.,    Rochester 

N.    Y '. 90  per  cent. 

2077.    Howard  R.  Parr,  Oskaloosa,  Iowa 96  per  cent. 

2993.    Frederick  G.    Rugg'les,   Yukon,    Okla 97  per  cent. 

;:o-10.     Louis    McCarthy,    Oil    City.    Pa 92  per  cent. 

3U9T.    A.   K.   Bruce,   115  George   St.,   St.   Elmo, 

Tenn 97  per  cent. 

3(171.    Harry  Kershaw,  Upland,  Del.  Co.,  Pa.  .95  per  cent. 

2912.  Malcolm   B.    Rogers,    Clyde,    Ohio 98  per  cent. 

2578.    Carl   H.    Plandermeyer,     493     St.      Clair 

(St.,    Cleveland,    O'hlo 92  per  cent. 

The  above  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a 
short  time.  A  large  and  very  handsome  engraved  diplo- 
ma, printed  on  artificial  parchment,  with  the  graduate's 
name  enigrossed,  especially  suited  for  framing,  will  be 
furnished  to  all  who  request  it  for  the  suu-n  of  $2.00. 
Those  who  desire  the  latter  should  forward  the  neces- 
sary  fee  at  once,   to   the   Pharmaceutical  Era. 

The  record  of  Stjster  Rosalia  (matriculate  No.  2507),  of 
Troy,  N.  Y.,  whose  graduation  in  the  Septemiber  class 
was  published  in  the  Era  of  October  24  last  year,  should 
be  corrected  to  read  "99  per  cent,  on  final  examination," 
instead  'of   "96  per  cent.",   as  erroneously  reported. 

THE   POSITION  OF  PLEUROCOCCUS   AND  MOSSES 
ON  TREES. 

Having  observed  during  the  past  winter  that  cer- 
tain chlorophyll-containing  plants  do  not  grow  most 
abundantly  on  the  north  side  of  trees,  as  is  common- 
ly supposed  by  the  laity  at  least  and  as  stated  in  at 
least  one  of  the  more  recent  books  on  botany. 
Henry  Kraemer,  of  thePhiladelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, presents  some  of  the  results  of  his  observa- 
tions, which  are  still  in  progress.   (Botanical  Gazette) 

The  trees  on  which  the  observations  were  made 
were  located  in  a  piece  of  woodland  and  were  princi- 
pally black  oaks  with  a  few  white  oaks,  chestniUs, 
and  beeches.  The  chlorophyll-containing  plants 
found  growing  upon  these  trees  were  principally 
pleurococcus  and  some  members  of  the  Bryaceae. 
These  were  growing  upon  all  sides  on  the  bark  of 
the  trees  except  the  southwest  side,  and  approxi- 
mately in  the  following  ratio:  In  lo  per  cent,  of  the 
trees  upon  the  west  side;  in  lo  per  cent,  upon  the 
northwest  side;  in  lo  per  cent,  upon  the  north  side; 
in  20  per  cent,  upon  the  northeast  side;  in  35  per 
cent,  upon  the  east  side;  and  in  15  per  cent,  upon  the 
southeast  side.  A  further  examination  showed  that 
they  grew  in  the  greatest  profusion  on  the  shelving 
side  of  the  trunks  of  trees  with  a  slant  of  10  degrees 
to  20  degrees;  furthermore  trunks  which  were  nearly 
vertical  were  not  inhabited  by  these  minute  plant 
forms.  They  were,  however,  nearly  always  found 
upon  the  slanting  surfaces  near  the  ground.  In  some 
cases  the  growth  extended  approximately  to  a  height 
of  20  or  30  feet,  and  the  position  varied  as  the  shelv- 
ing varied,  so  that  the  growth  might  extend  on  the 
same  tree  at  different  heights  from  go  degrees  to  270 
degrees.  Rather  careful  observations  thus  far  ob- 
tained tend  to  show  that  it  is  the  shelving  portions 
of  the  trunks  of  trees  which  receive  and  hold  the 
greatest  amount  of  moisture,  and  as  the  latter  is  ap- 
parently one  of  the  most  important  requisites  for  the 
development  of  these  green  plants,  we  can  readily 
understand  why  we  find  them  distributed  on  nearly 
all  sides  of  the  trees,  and  not  limited,  as  popularly 
supposed,   to  the   north   «idc   of  trees  only. 


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[February  13,  1902. 


THE  LAW  OF  PHARMACISTS. 

By  LOUIS  LANDE,  L.  L.  B., 
Member     of    the     New     York     Bar. 

EVER\  one  of  course  is  supposed  to  know  the 
law,  but  the  pharmacist  who  finds  most  of  his 
time  taken  up  in  keeping  in  touch  with  the 
latest  discoveries  in  pharmacy  may  well  be 
excused  if  he  has  not  been  able  to  familiarize  him- 
self with  all  the  rules  by  which  the  law  attempts  to 
regulate  the  sale  of  drugs  in  its  zealous  regard  for 
human  Hit.  and  this  article  is  written  with  the  idea 
of  giving  the  pharmacist  a  general  idea  of  the  laws 
applying  to  him. 

And  before  discussing  the  laws  regulating  the  sale 
of  drugs,  the  word  "drug"  itself-  must  be  defined,  as 
it  becomes  very  important  in  the  construction  of 
insurance  policies,  leases  and  chattel  mortgages  on 
drug  stores,  as  well  as  in  criminal  prosecutions  against 
pharmacists   for  selling  whiskey  or  other  liquors. 

Generally  speaking,  the  term  "drug"  will  include 
all  articles  ordinarily  and  usually  kept  in  a  drug 
store.  Thus,  when  the  question  arose  as  to  whether 
benzine  is  included  in  an  insurance  policy  on  a  drug 
store,  it  was  left  to  the  jury  to  be  decided  by 
them  as  a  question  of  fact,  as  the  judge  "could  not 
say,  as  a  matter  of  law,  that  benzine  is  not  included 
in  the  term  'drugs.' "  A  chattel  mortgage  convey- 
ing drug  stock  was  held  to  include  all  articles  ordm- 
arily  and  usually  kept  in  a  drug  store,  even  jars, 
show  cases,  etc. 

In  criminal  law,  however,  the  word  "drug"  is 
more  restricted.  Thus,  in  Georgia,  a  druggist  selling 
at  his  store  half  a  quart  of  whiskey  on  the  state- 
ment of  a  physician  that  it  was  wanted  for  medical 
purposes,  was  convicted  for  selling  it  without  a 
license,  tne  Court  refusing  to  class  whiskey  as  a 
medicine   and    rendering   the   following     opinion: 

"We  are  old-fashioned,  and,  perhaps,  ignorant  of 
the  expansion  of  many  words  in  modern  use,  among 
them  the  word  'drug.'  We  have  grown  up  with  the 
idea  that  drugs  were  compounds  mostly  of  mineral, 
animal  or  vegetable  substances  made  by  apothecaries 
and  others,  used  as  medicine  in  the  treatment  of 
disease  and  commonly  called  physics.  We  can  not 
well  see  how  whiskey  can  be,  with  propriety,  in- 
cluded in  the  term  last  used.  The  term  carries  along 
with  it  an  idea,  inseparable  from  it,  of  something  re- 
pulsive, nauseous — at  which  the  gorge  heaves.  Whis- 
key, on  the  contrary,  is  inviting  and  exhilarating." 

The  laws  applying  to  the  sale  of  drugs  may  be 
divided  into  civil  and  criminal,  and  because  of  the 
heavy  punishment  incurred  by  their  violation,  we 
shall  deal  with  the  latter  first. 

Criminal  Liability. 

The  New  York  Penal  Code  contains  the  follow- 
ing provision  relating  to  the  sale  and  preparation  f 
drugs.     Section  401-40S. 

It  is  a  misdemeanor,  punishable  by  one  year  im- 
prisonment, $500  fine,  or  both,  "to  wilfully,  negli- 
gently or  ignorantly  omit  to  label  drugs,  or  label 
them  wrongly,  or  put  up  a  greater  or  less  quantity 
than  that  prescribed  for  or  otherwise  deviating  from 
the  prescription,  in  consequence  of  which  human  life 
or  health  is  endangered." 

It  is  a  misdemeanor  to  "sell  or  give  away  any 
poison  without  first  recording  the  sale  in  a  book, 
the  name  and  residence  of  the  person  receiving  such 
poison,  and  the  name  of  a  witness  to  the  sale,  ex- 
cept upon  the  written  prescription  of  a  practicing 
physician.  And  the  druggist  is  liable  to  a  fine  of  $50 
if  he  refuses  to  permit  any  person  to  inspect  this 
book  upon  a  reasonable  demand,  made  during  busi- 
ness hours. 

It  is  a  misdemeanor  to  "sell  poison,  except  upon 
a  prescription,  w'lhout  attaching  to  the  box  or  vial, 
the  label  with  the  name  and  residence  of  a  practic- 
ing physician  and  the  word  'poison'  thereon,  and, 
no  sulphate  or  other  preparation  of  opium  except 
paregoric  and  those  preparations  containing  two 
grains   or  less   of   opium   or   morphine   to   the   ounce 


without  a  scarlet  label  lettered  in  white,  plainly  nam- 
ing the  contents  and  the  name  of  the  purchaser." 

It  is  a  misdemeanor  for  any  person  to  "prepare 
a  medical  prescription  unless  he  has  served  two 
years  as  apprentice  in  a  drug  store,  or  is  a  graduate 
of  a  medical  college  or  college  of  pharmacy,  except 
under  the  direct  supervision  of  a  person  possessing 
these  qualifications." 

The  violation  of  this  section  is  punishable  by  a 
fine  of  $100,  or  six  months  imprisonment.  And  in 
case  of  death  the  yerson  offending  is  guilty  of  felony, 
punishable  by  a  fine  of  from  $100  to  $S,ooo,  by  im- 
prisonment of  from  one  to  five  years,  or  both. 

"A  person  who,  except  on  a  written  order  of  a 
physician,  refills  more  than  once,  prescriptions  con- 
taining opium,  morphine,  or  preparations  where 
opium  exceeds  l-i  grain  or  1-20  grain  morphine  is 
also  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,"  and  so  is  the  sale  of 
adulterated  or  spoiled  drugs  knowingly  without  in- 
forming the  purchaser  of  the  adulteration,  and  the 
Public  Health  Law  prohibits  the  sale  of  drugs,  not 
even  patent  medicines,  except  by  duly  licensed 
pharmacists. 

It  will  thus  be  seen  that  the  criminal  law  punishes 
all  acts  of  omission  or  commission  which  would  en- 
danged  the  life  and  health  of  the  community.  And 
attention  must  be  called  to  the  fact  that  in  only  one 
instance — that  of  the  sale  of  adulterated  drugs — is 
knowledge  of  the  crime  taken  into  consideration. 
In  every  other  instance  the  mere  act  is  a  crime, 
whether  done   "wilfully,  _  negligently  or  ignorantly." 

These  are  the  provisions  of  the  Criminal  Law, 
where  the  State  seeks  to  punish  the  druggist  for  his 
negligence.  The  injured  person,  may,  in  addition, 
recover  money  damages  for  the  pain  and  suffering  or 
losses  that  he  sustamed,  and  this  brings  us  to  the 
consideration  of  the  druggists' 

Civil   Liability. 

It  is  customary  in  law  to  arrange  the  wrongs  for 
which  individuals  may  be  held  liable  into  two  classes: 
The  first  embracing  those  which  consist  in  the  mere 
breach  of  contract  between  one  person  and  another, 
and  the  second,  those  which  arise  independent  of 
contract,  but  out  of  the  duty  which  one  owes  to  an- 
other, and  which  is  expressed  by  the  legal  maxim 
"So  use  your  own  as  not  to  injure  another's  prop- 
erty." 

A  druggist  may  be  held  civilly  liable  on  the 
ground  of  a  contractural  duty,  that  in  selling  a  medi- 
cine he  impliedly  warrants  it  to  be  of  the  character 
called  for,  and  when  any  injury  results  from  the  prep- 
aration of  the  medicine  he  may  be  held  liable,  and 
also,  on  the  ground  of  negligence  as  the  druggist  is 
bound  to  know  the  properties  of  the  medicine  he 
sells,  and  if,  through  negligence,  or  want  of  skill  in 
himself,  or  his  clerks,  in  compounding  a  drug,  an 
injury  results,  the  druggist  is  liable   in  damages. 

The  following  are  actual  cases  taken  from  the 
reports  and  are  cited  here  to  show  the  instances  in 
which  druggists  were  held  liable  for  losses  caused 
by  substituting  one  drug  for  another. 

A  planter  engaged  in  raising  cotton,  ordered 
Paris  Green  for  killing  the  cotton  worm,  but  the 
preparation  given  by  a  druggist  was  found  to  be 
harmless,  and  did  not  have  the  intended  effect,  and 
the  druggist  was  compelled  to  pay  the  damages 
caused  by  the  mistake. 

In  1859,  a  druggist  in  England  was  adjudged  to 
pay  £2.000  for  killing  a  flock  of  sheep  with  a  certain 
ointment  sold  by  him  to  be  used  in  rubbing  them, 
although,  the  judge  said,  "it  was  hard  that  a  man  who 
had  made  only  a  profit  of  a  few  pence,  could  be  held 
responsible   for  so   heavy  a   sum." 

Of  course,  such  cases  will  rarely  happen  to  a 
town  druggist,  whose  preparations  are  intended  to 
cure  the  "ills  that  human  flesh  is  heir  to."  And 
because  in  such  cases  an  error  is  bound  to  have  dis- 
astrous results,  the  law  requires  the  highest 
degree  of  care  known  to  practical  men  a  care, 
which  must  be  commensurate  with  the  danger 
involved,    and    not   merely   the    ordinary   and    reason- 


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able  care  which  men  of  other  callings  are  required  to 
observe  in  the  conduct  of  their  business. 

As  was  said  by  Judge  Cooley  in  a  famous  decis- 
ion— "people  trust  not  merely  their  health  but  their 
lives  to  the  knowledge,  care  and  prudence  of  drug- 
gists, and  in  many  cases,  a  slight  want  of  care,  is 
liable  to  prove  fatal.  It  is  therefore  proper  and 
reasonable,  that  the  care  required  should  be  propor- 
tionate to  the  dangers  involved." 

A  druggist  was  held  liable  for  selling  sulphate  of 
zinc,  for  Epsom  salts,  and  in  another  case,  for  sell- 
ing morphine  w'here  quinine  was  called  for. 

Where  laudanum  was  sold  for  tincture  of  rhubarb 
and  spirit  of  camphor  for  camphor,  the  druggist  was 
held  liable,  and  also,  where  sulphuric  acid  was  sub- 
stituted for  sulphuric  ether,  two  drugs  which  may 
sound  alike  but  as  every  pharmacist  knows  are  quite 
different  in  effect,  the  druggist  was  obliged  to  pay 
damages,  as  well  as  in  a  case  where  the  prescription 
required  that  snake  root  and  Peruvian  bark  should 
be  furnished  in  certain  quantities  and  the  drucgist 
improperly  mixed  Spanish   Flies  with  the  bark. 

Not  only  are  druggists  liable  for  negligence  in 
mixing  drugs,  but  even  in  handling  them.  Thus,  in 
one  case  in  London,  in  compounding  a  medicine,  the 
druggist  ground  the  different  articles  in  a  mill  used 
to  grind  poisonous  drugs  without  properly  cleansing 
the  mill,  and  he  was  held  liable  in  damages. 

Wholesale  druggists  are  not  only  liable  for  injury 
caused  by  their  drugs  to  their  immediate  purchasers 
as  other  druggists  are,  but  even  to   third  parties. 

Thus,  in  the  case  of,  Thomas  vs.  Winchester,  6  N. 
Y.  396,  it  was  held,  that,  a  dealer  in  drugs  who 
carelessly  labels  a  deadly  poison  as  a  harmless  medi- 
cine, and  sends  it  so  labeled  into  the  market,  is  liable 
to  any  person  injured  thereby,  though  it  may  have 
passed  through  other  hands  by  intermediate  sales 
before  it  reached  the  person  injured. 

The  facts  of  the  case  were  these:  The  druggist 
negligently  sold  a  package  of  poison  labeled  as 
"extract  of  dandelion,"  a  harmless  medicine,  to 
another  druggist,  who  resold  it  to  a  third,  who  sold 
it  to  the  person  injured  who  supposed  it  to  be  cor- 
rectly labeled. 

The  liability  of  the  wholesaler  does  not,  however, 
wholly  exempt  the  pharmacists  from  liability.  Thus, 
when  a  label  on  a  harmless  drug  was  placed  by  a 
reputable  wholesale  druggist  on  a  poisonous  drug 
purchased  from  him  and  the  pharmacist  failed  to 
discover  the  mistake  in  handling  the  drug  while  put- 
ting it  into  a  jar,  and  then  sold  it  as  the  drug  indi- 
cated on  the  label,  he  was  held  liable. 

But,  by  the  provisions  of  the  New  York  Public 
Health  Law,  a  druggist  is  not  responsible  for  drugs 
sold  by  him,  in  the  original  packages  of  a  wholesale 
house,  or  for  the  sale  of  patent  medicines. 

A  pharmacist  incurs  no  liability  by  recommend- 
ing a  medicine  prepared  by  another  person  for  a 
specific  ailment. 

In  every  case  where  a  druggist  is  sued,  it  must 
be  proved  that  it  was  through  no  fault  of  the  patient 
that  the  injury  complained  of  occurred  and  that  the 
drug  was  the  approximate,  or  immediate  cause  of  the 
injury.  So  a  druggist  was  held  liable  for  causing 
the  death  of  a  person  by  negligently  compounding 
poison  in  a  prescription,  although  the  person  died 
from  yellow  fever  and  the  doctor's  certificate  stated 
so,  the  Court  said  "Although,  she  was  very  ill,  she 
had  at  least  one  chance  for  her  life,  the  injection  of 
a  violent  and  exciting  substance  into  her  body  took 
that  one  chance  away.  She  died,  it  is  true,  from 
yellow  fever,  but  it  was  the  enema  which  made  the 
fever  result  fatally." 

The  druggist,  like  every  one  else,  must  be 
cautioned  from  becoming  a  party  to  any  practical 
tricks.  Thus,  where  a  druggist  at  the  request  of  a 
customer,  dropped  croton  oil  on  a  piece  of  candy, 
which  the  purchaser  gave  to  another  person,  to  his 
"serious"  inconvenience,  and  the  druggist  knew  that 
it  was  intended  to  be  given  as  a  trick,  and  not  for 
medical  purjjoses,  he  was  held  guilty  of  assault  and 
battery. 


Aromatic  Elixir  of  the  U.  S.  P. 

Williamsport,  Pa.,  Jan.  31,  1902. 
To  the  Editor: — 

The  aromatic  elixir  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  has  al- 
ways been  to  me  a  very  unsatisfactory  preparation  in 
that  it  is  difficult  to  obtain  a  perfectly  clear  product 
when  first  filtered.  I  would  suggest  that  the  direc- 
tions for  its  preparation  be  changed  in  the  new  re- 
vision, by  adding  to  320  grams  of  sugar,  placed  in  a 
bottle,  the  compound  spirit  of 'orange,  alcohol  and 
calcium  phosphate;  then  the  water,  as  directed.  Up- 
on filtering  the  mixture  formed  in  this  way,  the  elixir 
will  leave  nothing  to  be  desired. 

How  would  it  strike  the  trade  and  benefit  those 
not  accustomed  to  the  metric  system  if  all  the  bot- 
tle manufacturers  would  stamp  the  number  of  Cc.  on 
the  bottom  of  the  bottles,  as  some  of  the  German 
makers  do? 

E.  A.  CORNELL. 


DRUG    STORE    PROBLEMS    A   VALUABLE    COURSE 
OF  STUDY. 

New  Haven,  Conn.,  Feb.  4,   1902. 
To  the  Editor: — 

Concerning  the  problem  contest  conducted  by 
your  valuable  paper  I  would  like  to  say  that  while 
it  has  taken  up  quite  a  little  of  my  time,  which  by 
right  should  have  been  devoted  to  other  matters,  I 
enjoyed  the  work  and  it  has  caused  me  to  think 
over  subjects,  which  I  thought  I  had  long  forgotten, 
but  find  them  on  a  little  study  quite  well  fixed  in  my 
memory.  The  solution  of  these  problems  would 
serve  as  a  valuable  course  of  study  for  one  not  fam- 
iliar with  the  kind  of  work  which  they  involve  and 
their  scope  is  so  wide  that  the  exercise  would  be  of 
lasting  benefit  to  any  one. 

GEORGE  D.  LINDE. 


CITROPHENE.— The  value  of  citrophene  as  a 
remedy  in  febril  maladies  is  discussed  by  Dr.  Delin- 
eau  (Nouveaux  remedes).  This  body  is  a  citrate  of 
monophenetidine  recently  discovered  by  Dr.  J.  Roos. 
It  is  a  white  powder  having  a  slightly  acid  taste, 
soluble  in  250  parts  of  cold  water  and  in  50  parts  of 
boiling  water,  and  easily  soluble  in  water  charged 
with  carbon  dioxide.  It  is  only  slightly  soluble  in 
alcohol,  and  melts  at  186  deg.  C.  This  product  is  an 
antipyretic  and  is  recommended  as  a  remedy  for 
neuralgia.  The  author  finds  it  an  acceptable  substi- 
tute tor  quinine.  Its  taste  is  not  disagreeable  and  it 
does  not  produce  unpleasant  ringing  of  the  ears. 


RHODODENDRON  CHRYSANTHUM.—  Von 
Archangelski  (Apot.  Zeit.)  has  separated  three  new 
bodies  from  the  leaves  of  Rhododendron  chrysan- 
thum,  which  have  been  employed  in  the  treatment  of 
gout  and  rheumatism.  Of  these  three  substances, 
andromedotoxin.  a  glucoside,  resembles  digitalin  and 
is  very  toxic.  The  other  two  bodies,  rhododendrol 
and  rhododendrin.  have  no  physiological  action. 
Rhododendron  is  a  glucoside  yielding,  upon  hydroly- 
sis, rhododendrin  and  a  hexase.  Thai  has  previously 
reported  the  presence  of  another  glucoside,  ericalin, 
in  this  plant. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  13,  1902. 


[Abi 


Quite  a  hit  was  made  recently  by  an  up-to-date 
druggist  in  a  near-by  city  by  his  unique  scheme  to 
increase  the  sales  of  his  cod  liver  oil,  plain  and  in 
emulsion,  "beef,  wine  and  iron,"  malt  extract  and 
similar  medicines  sold  as  tonics  or  fattening  agents. 
First  he  bought  a  second-hand  platform  scale,  pamted 
and  polished  up  until  it  looked  good  as  new;  second- 
ly, he  had  a  lot  of  cards  printed,  with  blank  space 
for  name  and  address  of  one  person  and  spaces  about 
an  inch  and  a  half  wide  ruled  in  two  columns,  three 
columns  being  on  the  card,  below  the  name  and  ad- 
dress spaces  and  a  third  space  running  across  the 
whole  card.  On  the  back  of  the  card  was  printed  a 
well-worded  advertisement  of  the  above  remedies, 
giving  a  brief  description  of  each,  how  prepared  and 
for  wdiat  used,  etc.;  thirdly,  he  advertised  by  cir- 
cular, letters,  verbal  speech  and  about  four  inches 
of  space  in  a  local  sheet  distributed  free  to  residents 
of  his  section,  that  every  person  buying  twenty-five 
cents  (or  more)  of  his  cod  liver  oil  or  emulsion, 
malt  extract,  prepared  food,  etc.,  etc.,  would  be 
weighed  free  of  charge  at  the  time  of  purchase  and 
would  also  be  given  a  card  with  spaces  for  entering 
his  weight  weekly  and  requesting  all  such  custom- 
ers to  come  weekly  to  be  weighed,  this  free  of  any 
charge.  To  round  the  plan  off  and  excite  interest, 
he  offered  a  prize  of  a  five  dollar  gold  piece  to  the 
adult  gaining  the  most  weight  while  taking  his  prep- 
arations during  each  month,  provided  that  at  least 
one  hundred  contestants  entered,  one  dollar  prizes  to 
be  given  for  each  twenty-five,  until  one  hundred  was 
reached.  For  children,  the  prize  was  twenty-fiv« 
soda  water  checks  for  fifty  entries,  and  fifty  cents' 
worth  for  each  25,  as  above. 

.\t  first  the  scheme  seemed  to  fall  flat  and  the 
druggist  bewailed  the  cost  of  the  scales,  then  all  at 
once  the  tide  turned.  A  young  school  teacher,  very 
popular  in  the  neighborhood,  who  had  just  recovered 
from  an  attack  oftyphoid  fever,  bought  half  a  dozen 
bottles  of  malt  extract  and  a  pint  bottle  of  cod  liver 
oil  emulsion,  was  weighed  at  the  time  of  purchase, 
with  sundry  exclamations  of  despair  at  the  tale  of  the 
scale,  ninety  pounds,  and  was  persuaded  to  come  in 
for  weekly  weighing.  Now  the  druggist  says  it  was 
his  malt  and  oil  that  did  it,  his  rivals  say  that  it  was 
the  cooking  of  the  young  lady's  mother  who  came  to 
live  with  her  daughter  about  that  time.  Whatever  it 
•was,  the  young  teacher  tipped  the  scale-beam 
ninety-two  pounds  the  first  weighing,  ninety-five  the 
second  and  from  that  time  on  went  up  to  a  hundred 
and  twenty-two  pounds  by  a  steady  progress  of  two 
to  three  pounds  a  week.  That  settled  the  fate  of  the 
plan.  Six  weeks  after  the  teacher  had  gained  her 
first  two  pounds  the  druggist  had  an  even  hundred 
and  fifteen  contestants  for  the  prize  and  he  had  to 
hire  an  extra  clerk  to  help  out.  Then  he  went  to  the 
doctors  thereabouts  and  told  them  of  his  scheme  and 
requested  them  to  send  their  patients  to  his  store 
for  weekly  weighings,  promising  to  keep  a  correct 
record  of  each  and  furnish  them  with  a  copy  of  it, 
suggesting  that  these  regular  weekly  weighings 
would  be  of  great  value  in  indicating  the  condition 
of  patients  and  in  showing  the  effect  of  the  treatment 
given.  Eighty  per  cent,  of  the  doctors  took  up  the 
scheme  enthusiastically,  and,  after  a  couple  of 
month's  demonstration  of  the  value  thereof,  one  of 
them  read  a  paper  on  "The  Value  of  Weekly  Weigh- 
ings of  Patients  as  Showing  the  Effect  of  Treatment 
and  the  Activity  of  the  Bodily  Functions"  at  a  meet- 
ing of  his  medical  society,  while  several  of  the  others 
got  their  medical   friends,  in  all  parts  of  the  city,  to 


send  their  patients  to  him  to  be  weighed.  Result: 
A  net  profit  of  $126.85  on  malt,  oil,  etc.,  for  the  third 
month  and  an  average  of  40  to  50  prescriptions 
daily. 

"Yes,  I'm  often  called  upon  to  do  some  queer 
stunts,"  remarked  the  West  Philadelphia  druggist 
mentioned  in  the  Era  some  time  ago  as  making  a 
specialty  of  doctoring  cats,  dogs  and  other  pets, 
"and  one  of  the  queerest  happened  last  week.  One 
of  my  best  customers,  a  maiden  lady,  brought  in  her 
toy  spaniel  for  treatment,  begging  in  tearful  accents 
that  I  'mend  poor  Gyp's  tail,'  for  the  calamitous 
condition  of  which  she  felt  responsible,  she  said. 
Yes,  that's  no  joke;  it  was  a  bona-fide  case  of  'frac- 
tura  ossis  tailii,'  and  it  was  worth  just  four  dollars 
and  sixty  cents  to  me,  too!  It  seems  that  Gyp  had 
been  'a  naughty  boy'  and  his  mistress  had  punished 
him  with  a  spanking,  the  palm  of  her  hand  coming  in 
sharp  contact  with  the  stump  of  a  tail,  which  was  as 
stiff  as  a  poker,  dislocating  a  joint  and  making  the 
dog  howl  with  the  pain.  I  speedily  pulled  the  joint 
back  in  place,  out  of  sight  of  the  mistress  who  could 
not  bear  the  sight  of  her  pet's  'suffering' — it  enabled 
me  to  charge  her  twice  as  much,  too — applied  some 
soothing  lotion  and  put  up  the  injured  member  nicely 
with  splints  and  bandage.  It  didn't  need  a  splint,  for 
in  fact  the  tail  was  all  right  as  soon  as  I  pulled  the 
joint  back  in  place,  but  the  lady  wanted  it  done,  and 
as  she  told  me  to  'fix  up  the  dear  little  fellow  re- 
gardless of  cost,'  I  raised  no  objection  and  it  gave 
me  a  better  excuse  for  asking  her  a  good  price." 
"Did  she  kick  at  the  $4.60?"  "Not  on  your  life;  she 
is  telling  her  friends  that  I  am  the  best  and  most  sen- 
sible dog  doctor  in  the  city  and  that  my  charges  are 
"awfully  cheap.'  You  know  I  have  the  knack  of  put- 
ting up  a  beautiful  bluff  in  the  way  of  a  sympathetic 
face!" 


A  druggist  whose  windows  are  not  the  least  at- 
tractive part  of  a  very  attractive  store,  has  hit  upon 
a  plan  for  calling  the  attention  of  the  passer-by  that 
is  distinctly  novel.  This  particular  window  drew  the 
attention  of  people  who  seldom  look  at  a  show  win- 
dow of  any  sort.  The  novelty  consisted  of  a  stage, 
in  minature,  of  course,  with  handsomely  painted 
'cenery  and  pretty  "props"  to  match.  The  scene 
that  tlic  Era  correspondent  saw  was  a  beauiful  lawn 
witli  rustic  chairs  and  a  wood  drop  for  a  back- 
ground. In  the  center  of  this  lawn  was  a  fountain, 
constantly  playing,  and  at  intervals  of  five  minutes 
llie  color  of  the  water  would  change.  This  was  kept 
up  for  about  an  hour,  and  the  curtain  would  descend 
and  remain  down  for  about  fifteen  minutes  when  the 
performance  would  be  repeated.  The  idea  was  so 
novel  and  the  effect  so  pretty  that  it  attracted  a  great 
deal  of  attention  throughout  the  day.  At  night  the 
effect  was  enhanced  by  the  use  of  colored  lights.  This 
ad,  while  apparently  simple,  cost  a  good  deal  of 
money,  as  it  required  the  services  of  a  scene  painter 
and  an  electrician,  but  the  proprietor  says  he  loses 
nothing,  which  that  means  it  pays. 

One  of  the  leading  down  town  druggists  of  St. 
T,ou!s,  in  cleaning  out  an  old  store  room  a  few  days 
ago.  found  a  very  large  stuffed  snake  of  a  tropical 
variety,  which  measured  nine  feet  in  length  and 
eight  inches  at  its  greatest  diameter.  It  had  been 
used  years  ago  in  connection  with  some  show  win- 
dow advertisement  and  the  druggist  saw  at  once 
that  it  was  a  good  thing,  cleaned  it  up  and  fixed  a 
stand  to  coil  it  around.  He  placed  the  exhibit  in  the 
window  and  next  morning  there  was  a  crowd  in 
front  of  his  store  looking  at  the  big  snake  and  read- 
ing a  sign  which  said:  "What  is  this?"  "Who  can 
name  it  and  give  full  information  as  to  its  family, 
etc.?"  "A  prize  to  the  person  who  can  do  this." 
The  proprietor  says  he  learned  more  about  snakes 
during  the  past  few  days  than  he  ever  knew  before, 
but  he  has  not  yet  learned,  what  kind  of  a  snake  this 
one  is  as  it  seems  to  be  of  quite  a  rare  variety.  He 
intends  to  work  up  several  other  window  displays  in 
•   which  this  old  snake  will  be  the  central  figure. 


February  13,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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A  young  druggist  who  conducts  a  pretty  store  in 
the  suburbs  has  a  plan  for  tagging  the  packages  he 
sends  out  that  is  decidedly  unique.  He  has  a  rack 
fitted  with  pigeon  holes,  in  these  are  placed  cards, 
neatly  printed,  on  which  is  the  name  of  every 
street  in  the  neighborhood.  He  also  has  a  distinct 
card  for  a  package  that  is  to  be  charged,  and  one  for 
a  cash  delivery.  This  does  away  with  the  danger  of 
making  the  wrong  delivery  through  bad  penmanship, 
and  as  every  charge  package  is  accompanied  by  a 
card  that  must  be  returned  with  the  name  of  the 
person  receiving  it  written  upon  it.  the  trouble  of 
disputed  accounts  is  done  away  with,  the  card  being 
always  at  hand  to  prove  that  the  purchase  was  made. 


Several  of  the  large  down  town  drug  stores  in 
St.  Louis  have  a  little  device  which  is  a  great  con- 
venience to  the  "in  a  hurry"  city  directory  custom- 
ers and  at  the  same  time  more  tlian  pays  the  annual 
subscription  price  for  that  book.  They  have  two 
city  directories.  One  of  them  is  free  and  conven- 
ient for  every  one.  The  other  one  is  in  a  patent  de- 
vice, and  you  must  drop  a  penny  in  the  slot  before 
you  can  open  the  book.  The  druggists  claim  that 
this  is  an  excellent  arrangement,  and  that  some  cus- 
tomers even  use  this  penny  in  the  slot  directory 
when  the  other  one  is  not  in  use. 

Another  man  has  a  display  that  also  shows  con- 
siderable ingenuity,  he  has  also  enlisted  the  services 
of  the  scenic  artist.  He  too,  has  a  lawn,  and  on  this 
lawn  he  has  stacked  tooth  brushes,  much  in  the  man- 
ner in  which  guns  are  stacked  during  a  military  en- 
campment. Back  of  this  array  of  brushes  is  a  pretty 
meadow  scene  which  is  so  skillfully  arranged  that  it 
seems  to  be  a  part  of  the  ground  on  which  the  brush- 
es are  stacked.  Just  above  the  back-ground  is  a 
neat  sign  that  reads,  "An  .A.rmy  of  Tooth  Brushes." 
The  window  is  deep  and  the  display  is  a  very  pretty 
one. 


F.VLSE  GOTO  BARK.— Prof.  C.  Hartwich 
(Schweiz.  Wchschr.  f.  Chem.  u.  Pharm.)  describes  a 
variety  of  false  coto  bark  found  in  Bolivia.  This 
bark  appears  in  more  or  less  flat  pieces  i.i  centi- 
metres thick,  of  a  brown  color,  with  outer  surface 
smooth  and  inner  surface  coarsely  striated  and  some- 
what darker.  The  fracture  is  granular,  and  the  odor 
strongly  aromatic  and  difficult  to  describe;  the  taste 
is  similar  to  the  odor,  recalling,  to  a  certain  extent, 
cinnamon.  The  section  shows  that  the  drug  consists 
exclusively  of  secondary  bark.  In  the  outer  parts  of 
the  cross  section  the  bast  fibres  are  distinguished 
with  difficulty,  as  the  parenchyma  has  undergone 
considerable  sclerosis.  The  stone-cells  are  distinctly 
stratified  and  porous.  It  is  especially  noteworthy 
that  the  cells  in  the  first  line  of  the  medullary  rays 
are  sclerosed.  The  medullary  rays  separate  in  an 
■  irregular  manner.  Toward  the  inner  surface  the 
stone-cells  become  less  plentiful  and  finally  disappear 
entirely.  In  the  inner  portions  the  bark  appears  dis- 
tinctly stratified  by  the  tangential  collapsing  of  sieve- 
tubes  and  parenchyma  with  oil-cells.  Bast  fibres  are 
wanting.  In  the  cells  of  the  medullary  rays  and  the 
bast  parenchyma  are  found  a  few  needles  and  rhom- 
bohcdrons  of  calcium  o.xalate.  It  does  not  seem  im- 
probable that  this  bark  is  derived  from  one  of  the 
Lauraceae,  as  many  of  its  features  resemble  those  of 
the  barks  of  this  family.  The  absence  of  bast  fibres, 
which  are  usually  so  plentiful  in  this  family,  throws 
some  doubt  upon  this  relationship;  the  fibres  are, 
however,  also  absent  from  Laurus. 


SOLDANELLA  RESIN.— According  to  L.  Beu- 
laygue  (Repertoire),  a  resin  obtained  from  Calystegia 
.soldanella  is  suitable  for  use  as  a  purgative  resin, 
as  a  substitute  for  scamniony  resin,  in  doses  of  24 
grains  for  adults  and  12  grains  for  children.  It  may 
be  prepared  by  the  official  process  for  the  extraction 
of  scammony,  appearing,  when  obtained  in  this  way, 
as  an  amber  yellow  substance,  soluble  in  ether  and 
alkaline  solutions,  and  melting  at  113  deg.  C. 


PINE  COUGH  CURES. 

By    T.   T.    PEPPER,    Woodstock,    Ont. 

I  The  Name. 

THINK  that  many  druggists  will  agree  with  me 
when  I  make  this  statement  that  a  great  deal 
depends  on  the  name  of  any  preparation.  Of 
course,  the  preparation  itself  must  have  merit  in  order 
to  help  make  other  sales  than  the  first  one,  and  it 
must  be  well-dressed,  that  is,  have  a  nice  label,  and 
attractive  wrapper  or  carton,  with  nicely  chosen 
wording  describing  its  good  qualities.  A  great 
number  of  cough  cures  have  the  word  "  Pine  "  as  one 
word  of  their  names,  and  a  great  similarity  exists 
among  these  names,  for  instance,  they  are  "White 
Pine  Syrup;"  "Compound  White  Pine  Syrup;" 
"White  Pine  Expectorant;"  or  "Syrup  of  White 
Pine  and  Tar,"  etc.  Why  not  have  different  names, 
something  more  original  and  distinguishing,  some 
name  that  will  give  to  that  particular  cough  cure  the 
mark  of  individuality  and  assist  it  to  stand  out  sep- 
arate and  distinct  among  other  cough  cures?  Why 
not  call  it  by  the  name  of  some  State  in  which  the 
Pine  tree  is  a  prominent  product,  for  example, 
"  Michigan  Pine  Syrup,"  "  Maine  Pine  Syrup," 
\yisconsin  Pine  Syrup,"  "  Oregon  Pine  Syrup,"  &c. 
Names,  such  as  those  I  have  mentioned  along  with 
others  similar  to  them  might  be  used  by  druggists  in 
the  different  States.  Perhaps  some  druggists  in  the 
different  States  may  approve  of  this  suggestion  and 
adopt  some  of  these  names  for  their  own  cough 
cures. 

Here  in  Canada  we  have  a  region  of  lakes  and 
rocks  and  pine  trees  making  a  most  picturesque  and 
romantic  country  very  largely  visited  as  a  summer 
resort  by  tourists  from  all  parts  of  Canada  and  the 
United  States,  and  known  by  the  name  of  Muskoka, 
or  the  Highlands  of  Ontario.  Here  the  pine  tree 
flourishes,  and  summer  visitors  collect  and  take  home 
with  them  pine  needles  to  make  up  into  cushions, 
which  continue  to  give  oft'  the  pleasant  aroma  of  the 
pine  tree,  a  constant  reminder  of  their  summer  vaca- 
tion and  its  pleasures.  This  fact  suggested  to  me 
some  years  ago  tlie  idea  of  calling  one  of  my  cough 
cures  "  Muskoka  Pine  Syrup."  Other  names  might 
be  used  here  in  Canada,  for  example,  "  Canada  Pine 
Syrup."  "  Canadian  Pine  Cough  Cure."  "Algoma 
Pine  Syrup,"     "  Ontario  Pine  Syrup."  &c. 

The    Formula. 

The  formula  for  a  compound  white  pine  syrup  has 
been  published  so  often,  that  it  seems  almost  unnec- 
essary to  repeat  it  here,  but  it  is  just  possible  that 
some  druggist  may  not  have  noticed  it,  and  so  this 
is  the  formula  I  use  for  my  Muskoka  Pine  Syrup.  I 
always  make  it  here  in  my  own  back  shop: 

White   pine   bark ,.50   ozs.   Troy. 

Balm    of   Giic-ad    buds.C  oz.s.,  5  drs.,  20  grs.Troj'. 

Spikenard  root 6  ozs.,  o  drs.,  20  grrs.  Troy. 

Sassafras  bark 3  ozs.,  2  drs.,  40  grs.  Troy. 

Wild  cherry  bark ijO  ozs.  Troy. 

Blood    root 5   ozs.,    400  grs.    Troy. 

Morphine  acetate 130  grs. 

Chloroform 6  ozs.,  5  drs.,  20  grs.  Troy. 

Granulated  Sugar SO  lbs.  Avoir. 

Water,  q.  s..  to  make  30  pints  (wine). 
Reduce  the  vegetable  drugs  to  moderately  coarse 
powder  and  make  by  ordinary  maceration  and  per- 
colation, dissolving  the  sugar  in  the  percolate,  then 
dissolving  the  morphine  acetate  in  a  small  quantity 
of  the  syrup,  adding  this  to  the  I'est,  and  lastly  adding 
the  chloroform.  If  alcohol  is  used  along  with  the 
water  to  percolate  with,  a  better,  clearer  and 
stronger  syrup  is  obtained. 

We  put  the  syrup  up  in  three  ounce  flint  bottles 
with  panel  on  one  side.  We  place  a  label  on  the 
bottle,  wrap  circulars  advertising  our  cough  cure  and 
some  of  our  other  pixparations  around  the  bottle  and 
put  the  whole  into  a  lithographed  carton,  on  which 
are  two  typical  Muskoka  scenes  and  suitable  read- 
ing matter  relative  to  the  curative  qualities  of  the 
medicine  within.  Our  selling  price  is  25  cents  a 
bottle. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  13,  1902. 


How  to  Advertise  and  Push  Its  Sale. 

This  we  do  by  newspaper  advertising,  issuing  cir- 
culars, displaying  the  Muskoka  Pine  Syrup  in  attrac- 
tive ways  in  our  drug  store  window  and  on  the  cases 
and  ledges  in  the  store,  and  whenever  opportunity 
offers  by  personal  talks  to  our  customers.  By  con- 
tinually following  up  these  several  methods  we  have 
established  a  very  satisfactory  sale  for  the  prepara- 
tion. I  here  show  a  couple  of  advertisements  clip- 
ped from  one  of  our  daily  papers,  with  which  we 
have  an  annual  contract: 


Muskoka 

Pine 

Syrup... 


-is  controlled  and  sold 
-exclusively  in  the  city 


-of  Woodstock  at  25c 
-per  large  bottle  by 


The  Druggist, 

J.  T.  Pepper 


White  Pine  Bark 
Wild  Cherry  Baric 
Balm  of  Gilead  Buds 

are  some  of  the  old,  well-tried  and 
proven  remedies  which  enter  into 
that  wonderfully  good  Cough  Cure 
called 


which  will  be  found  invaluable  for 
the  relief  and  cure  of  coughs,  colds, 
etc.  It  is  a  large  bottle  and  only 
costs  25  cents.      You  can  get  it  at 

J.  T.  PEPPER'S, 


Drug  Store 


We  give  out  nicely  printed  circulars  across  the 
counter  and  wrap  them  up  in  parcels  so  that  they  get 
right  into  the  home  where  they  are  read.  A  circu- 
lar we  are  distributing  now  is  not  original  at  all,  but 
it  makes  people  laugh  when  they  read  it  and  that 
rnakes  them  feel  good,  and  leaves  a  favorable  impres- 
sion that  Muskoka  Pine  Syrup  is  a  good  cough  medi- 
cine. A  splendid  means  of  making  and  helping  sales 
is  to  make  attractive  displays  in  the  drug  store  win- 
dow. We  do  the  best  we  can  in  this  direction,  and 
any  druggist  can  do  the  same.  It  is  a  great  satis- 
faction to  me  to  have  a  person  come  in  and  say  "  I 
would  like  a  bottle  of  that  cough  medicine  in  the 
window,"  and  I  give  it  to  him  or  her  with  great  good 
will,  for  it  pleases  me  to  know  that  my  window  dis- 
play is  good  enough  to  do  business  for  me,  and  the 
profit  on  sales  of  your  own  preparations  is  a  very 
good  thing  to  have.  Many  such  would  make  drug- 
gists rich. 


FROSTING  ELECTRIC  LIGHT  GLOBES.— 
The  usual  process  employed  to  frost  electric  light 
globes  is  by  means  of  hydrofluoric  acid;  electric  light 
lamps  are  also  frosted  by  using  the  sand-blast  pro- 
cess. The  first  process  is,  however,  too  tedious  and 
dangerous  for  our  friends  to  use,  while  the  latter 
requires  special  machinery.  A  substitute  for  these 
processes  is  to  use  either  alum  or  a  transparent  solu- 
tion of  white  shellac  dissolved  in  wood  alcohol. 

In  using  the  alum  process  make  a  saturated  solu- 
tion of  alum  in  water  and  dip  the  globe  into  this, 
holding  it  in  a  horizontal  position  while  the  crystals 
are  forming  and  the  excess  of  liquid  is  draining. 
The  drying  and  cooling  process  should  be  very  slow, 
in  order  to  impart  a  perfect  crystalization  to  the 
glass.  Repeated  dippings  and  dryings  will  make  a 
heavier  coating  of  crystals.  To  make  red  glass 
globes  color  the  alum  solution  with  cochineal  or  log- 
wood. Yellow  globes  are  made  by  coloring  the  solu- 
tion with  turmeric;  blue  by  using  indigo,  and  othe'r 
colors  by  using  Diamond  dyes.  Another  method  of 
frosting  globes  is  by  dipping  them  in  a  hot  solution 
of  Epsom  salts,  or  a  hot  solution  of  sal  ammoniac. 
In  frosting  globes  they  should  be  previously  polished 
carefully  with  a  sheet  of  clean  tissue  paper  to  free 
them  from  all  dust  and  grease.  (Dry  Goods  Econo- 
mist). 


COMPOSITION  OF  HENS'  EGGS.— D.  Lebbin 
(Therap.  Monatsh.)  has  determined  the  proportions 
of  the  various  ingredients  present  in  the  egg  of  the 
common  hen.  The  average  composition  of  an  egg  of 
ordinary  size  was  found  to  be  as  follows: 

Shell     5.5    gram,  10.89  per  cent. 

iWelg-ht  of  yolk 29.50      " 

Weight  of  white 15.50      " 

'Water    32.29      "        65.19  per  cent. 

In  yolk 7.37      " 

In  white 25.55      " 

Albumin    5.92      "        11.76  per  cent. 

In  yolk 2.70     " 

In  white 3.22     " 

Fat    5.20      '■        10.30  per  cent. 

In  yolk 5.16      " 

In   white 01 

The  average  composition  of  the  egg,  free  from 
the  shell  and  dried,  was  found  to  be  as  follows: 

Proteids     48.52  per  cent. 

Flat     42.92     "        " 

lAsh    3.86     " 

P2  06    2.36     " 

Fe2  03    063   " 


Woodstock. 


If  you  get  it  at  Pepper's  its  good. 


CINCHONA  BARK  FROM  GUATEMALA.— 
Prof.  C.  Hartwich  examined  two  samples  of  cinchona 
bark  from  Guatemala,  both  said  to  be  derived  frcjm 
Cinchona  calisaya  (.Schweiz.  Wchschr.  f.  Chem.  u. 
Pharm.).  One  sample  consisted  of  fine  large  tubes, 
and  might  be  classed  with  the  best  bark  received 
from  Java.  It  contained  8.2  per  cent,  alkaloid.  The 
second  sample  consisted  of  short  tubes  and  contained 
S.o8  per  cent,  alkaloid.  These  barks  were  peculiar  in 
having  unusually  large  bast  fibres. 


February  13,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


I(i9 


The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
Bcrlbera  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
«nd  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
piescrlptlon  work,  dispensing  difficulties,  etc. 

Requests  for  Information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
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NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  qerles  In  this 
lepartment  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  Is  necessarily  made  to  information 
published  In  previous  Issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
inay  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Rose  Water  from  the  Oil. 
(F.  W.  P.)  The  following,  known  as  the  "hot 
water  method,"  is  said  to  produce  a  very  satisfactory 
rose  water  from  Kizanlik  oil:  Put  4  pints  of  hot 
water  (180  deg.  F.)  in  a  bottle;  to  this  add  30  minims 
oil  of  rose  previously  dropped  upon  a  folded  filter 
paper.  Cork  loosely,  to  prevent  bursting  the  bottle, 
and  shake  well.  Upon  agitation  the  filter  paper  will 
be  reduced  to  a  pulp  and  the  oil  rapidly  disseminated 
and  dissolved  in  the  water.  After  having  cooled, 
filter,  adding  enough  water,  through  the  filter,  to 
make  the  whole  measure  4  pints. 

Another  process,  taken  from  the  Dublin   Pharma- 
•C'.ipoeia,   is  as  follows: 

Agitate   together   and   filter: 

Oil  of  rose 20  minims 

Distilled  water y^  gallon   (Imp.) 

There  are  various  other  processes  in  which  filtra- 
tion through  an  absorbent  powder  is  made  use  of; 
the  object  of  using  the  powder  is  to  divide  thorough- 
ly the  oil  and  expose  a  greater  surface,  so  that  the 
water  in  filtering  through  it  may  become  thoroughly 
saturated.  In  the  process  for  aromatic  waters,  given 
in  the  Pharmacopoeia  of  1870,  magnesium  carbonate 
was  the  powder  used.  This  is  objectionable  on  ac- 
count of  its  slight  solubility  in  water.  Upon  this 
ground  its  use  was  discarded  by  the  Pharmacopoeia  of 
1880.  and  the  method  of  percolation  through  cotton 
adopted.  Other  powders,  such  as  calcium  phosphate 
(U.  S.  P.,  1890),  kaolin,  talcum,  etc.,  have  been  sug- 
gested as  substitutes,  but  there  are  quite  as  forcible 
objections  to  the  use  of  some  of  them  as  against  the 
magnesium  carbonate.  Medicated  and  perfumed  wat- 
ers should  always  be  prepared  by  distillation  when- 
ever practicable.  The  above  formula,  known  as  the 
"hot  water  method,"  is  founded  upon  the  fact  that 
most  of  the  volatile  oils  are  much  more  soluble  in 
hot  water  than  in  water  at  ordinary  temperature; 
hence,  if  the  oil  is  thoroughly  agitated  with  hot  water 
in  a  suitable  vessel,  such  as  a  tin  can  or  a  bottle,  and 
allowed  to  stand  until  the  excess  has  separated,  the 
water  will  be  found  to  be  saturated,  W'hen  it  may  be 
decanted  and  filtered. 


Chinese  Blue. 

(H.  L.  S.)  Regarding  the  identity  and  manufac- 
ture of  Chinese  Blue,  Blount  and  Bloxam  (Chemistry 
for  Engineers  and  Manufacturers)  say:  The  best 
and  purest  variety  of  Prussian  blue  is  known  com- 
mercially as  Chinese  blue,  and  is  made  by  mixing  a 
solution  of  ferrous  sulphate  ("copperas"),  containing 
100  pounds  to  every  30  gallons  of  water,  and  10 
pounds  of  sulphuric  acid  with  a  solution  of  potassium 
lerrocyanide  of  equal  strength.  This  dilution  is  ad- 
vantageous as  giving  a  finer  precipitate  than  would 
be  obtained  in  stronger  solutions.  The  precipitate 
.  is  white  at  first,  being  ferrous  ferrocyanide,  Fe=FeCy«, 
T)ut    on   account    of   dissolved    oxygen    and    of   ferric 


sulphate  in  commercial  copperas  it  is  frequently  light 
blue  owing  to  the  formation  of  some  ferric  ferrocy- 
anide. The  precipitate  is  allowed  to  settle,  the  clear 
liquor  run  off,  and  the  precipitate  oxidized  to  ferric 
ferrocyanide  by  treating  it  with  any  convenient  oxid- 
izing agent,  bleaching  powder  (made  into  a  thin 
cream  with  water)  being  the  cheapest;  nitric  acid  is 
preferred  on  the  Continent;  air  would  probably  be 
cheaper  than  either  of  these,  but  it  is  found  that  the 
color  of  the  product  is  not  so  good.  After  the  ad- 
dition of  the  bleaching  powder,  dilute  hydrochloric 
acid  IS  added,  chlorine  is  thus  evolved,  and  oxidizes 
the  ferrous  ferrocyanide  to  Prussian  blue.  Some- 
times the  bleaching  powder  is  used  to  oxidize  the 
ferrous  sulphate  into  ferric  sulphate  previously  to 
precipitation,  but  the  blue  thus  prepared  is  not  of 
equally  good  tint.  By  substituting  potassium  ferricy- 
anide  for  the  ferrocyanide,  a  blue  of  redder  tint  than 
that  produced  by  the  latter  is  obtained.  The  blue  is 
washed  and  pressed  into  cakes.  Common  Prussian 
blues  are  either  prepared  by  oxidizing  ferrous  fer- 
rocyanide by  air,  or  by  the  addition  of  diluents  such 
as  barium  sulphate,  chalk,  etc.,  to  ordinary  Prussian 
blue.  If  in  the  preparation  of  Prussian  blue,  potas- 
sium ferrocyanide  be  kept  in  excess— e.  g.,  by  pour- 
ing: the  iron  solution  into  the  solution  of  ferrocyanide 
—-"soluble"  Prussian  blue  is  formed.  This  substance 
is  only  soluble  in  pure  water,  so  that  it  does  not 
dissolve  until  the  mother  liquor  has  been  removed 
and  the  blue  washed.  Formerly,  soluble  Prussian 
blue  was  much  used  for  making  inks,  but  it  is  now 
largely  replaced  by  aniline  dyes. 


Toothache   Gum. 

(C.    Dr.    Co.)      The    following    are    from    the    Era 

Formulary: 

(1)     Paraffin    94  grains 

BurgTindy  pitch   SOO  grains 

0(il   cloves   Y,  fl.   dram 

Creosote   %  fl.  dram 

Melt  the  first  two  ingredients,  and,  when  nearly 
cool,  add  the  rest,  stirring  well.  May  be  made  into 
small  pills  or  sent  out  in  form  of  small  cones  or 
cylinders. 

(2). — IMelt  white  wax  or  spermaceti,  two  parts, 
and  when  melted  add  carbolic  acid  crystals,  one 
part,  and  chloral  hydrate  crystals,  two  parts;  stir 
well  until  dissolved.  While  still  liquid,  immerse  thin 
layers  of  carbolized  absorbent  cotton  wool  and  allow 
them  to  dry.  When  required  for  use  a  small  piece 
may  be  snipped  off  and  slightly  warmed,  when  it  can 
be  inserted  into  the  hollow  tooth,  where  it  will  solid- 
ify. 

(3). — Griffiths  gives  this  one: 

Beeswax  or  hard  paraffin 2  ounces 

Lard    1^2  ounce 

Oil  of  cloves  1  ounce 

Creosote    1  ounce 

Powdered  sugar  1  dram 

Melt  the  beeswax  and  lard;  when  cool  add  the 
oil  of  cloves  and  creosote;  pick  absorbent  cotton  into 
fine  thread  and  thoroughly  saturate  it  with  the  above 
mixture;  sprinkle  with  sugar,  then  roll  into  pipes; 
wrap  with   waxed  paper  and  place   in  vials. 

(4)     Oil    of   cloves 2   drams 

Carbolic   acid,    cr>-stal 6   ounces 

Yellow   beeswax    1   ounce 

While  still  liquid,  immerse  thin  layers  of  absorb- 
ent cotton,  and  when  sufficiently  cool,  roll  them  into 
the  shape  of  rods. 


Elixir    of    Glycerophosphates. 

(C.  R.  G.)  We  know  of  no  official  formula  of 
this  character,  although  an  elixir  containing  the  gly- 
cerophosphates of  lime  and  soda  or  lithium  and  pot- 
assium may  be  easily  made  by  dissolving  the  re- 
quired quantities  of  the  respective  salts  in  the  arom- 
atic elixir  of  the  Pharmacopccia.  The  following  form- 
ula is  taken  from  one  of  our  German  exchanges: 
Sodium  glycerophosphate.  25  parts;  distilled  water,  50 
parts;  orange  flower  water,  50  parts;  syrup  of  orange 
peel,    20    parts.      Dose — a    teaspoonful    three    times 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  13,  190-.'. 


daily.    We  also  give  a  formula  for  a  syrup  of  glycero- 
phosphates which  has  been  highly  recommended: 

Glyceropho.sphate  of  lime   V/i  drams 

Glycerophosphates      of      soda,      lime, 

magnesia  and  iron,   of  each %  drajn 

Tincture  of  nux  vomica  %  dram 

Pepsin    45    grams 

Diastase    13   grains 

Tincture  of   orange 3   drams 

Syrup  of  cherries  to 6  ounces 

Mix    and    filter.     Dose— A  dessertspoonful    to    a 
tablespoonful  twice   daily  at  meal  times. 


Smelling   Salts. 

(E.  C.  F.)  See  this,  journal,  September  5,  1901, 
page  283.  The  simplest  way  to  make  lavender  salts 
is  to  fill  the  bottle  with  clear  pieces  of  carbonate  of 
ammonia  and  add  a  sufficiency  of  a  solution  of  2 
drams  of  oil  of  lavender  in  4  ounces  of  spirit  of  arn- 
monia.  The  solution  of  lavender  must  be  strongly 
alcoholic,  otherwise  it  will  dissolve  the  carbonate  of 
ammonia  and  make  the  bottle  messy.  The  author 
of  Pharmaceutical  Formulas  states  that  a  little  oil 
of  rose  or  neroli  may  be  added  to  the  lavender  to 
round  it  off  a  little,  and  the  solution  may  be  tinted 
with  a  mixture  of  phenylene  and  methyl  blues  (vio- 
let) tincture  of  cudbear  (red-blue),  eosm-yellow 
(yellow),  and  safranine  (pink);  and  green  may  be  ob- 
tained with  the  blues  and  eosin-yellow. 

Water  Analysis  and  Boiler  Compounds. 

(E  E.)  An  analysis  of  water  for  drinking  pur- 
poses should  also  show  its  suitability  for  use  in  a 
boiler  The  impurities  which  render  water  unfit  for 
use  in  boiler?,  are  scale-forming  materials  and  sub- 
stances which  corrode  the  iron  or  steel  of  the  shell 
and  tubes.  Any  simple  analysis  of  the  mineral  solids 
in  a  water  would  show  the  proportion  of  these  ma- 
terials present. 

Liquid  Face  Powder. 
(H.  W.  V.)       See  January  23,  1902,  Era,  page  91. 


Massage   Cream. 
(C.  Dr.  Co.)     See  this  journal,  Feb.  6,  1902,  page 


PILLARS  OF  THE  PAST. 

ONCE,  in  the  dead  days  beyond  recall— a  mere 
matter  of  440  years  before  the  birth  of 
Christ— a  small  cottage  in  the  island  of  Cos 
sheltered  a  young  man.  He  was  not  an 
ordinary,  but  an  extraordinary  young  man— assiduity 
being  one  of  his  most  marked  attributes  DefiO"- 
stration  of  this  was  the  persistency  with  which  he 
read  the  tablets  in  the  temples  of  the  gods  whereon 
each  individual  had  had  the  disease  which  afflicted 
him,  and  the  means  by  which  he  had  recovered,  writ 
large  When  this  young  person  f^rst  saw  the  light 
of  day  his  sisters,  cousins,  and  his  aunts,  in  consulta- 
tion w'ith  his  parents  after  heated,  prolonged  and 
repeatedly  adjourned  debates,  decided  that  no  appel- 
lation less  high  sounding  than  Hippocrates  would  be 
worthy  of  the  eighteenth  by  his  father  from 
^sculapius.  Therefore,  Hippocrates  it  was;  but 
oft-times  the  familiarity  of  the  family  circle  reduced 
it  to  "  Hippo."  In  due  course,  from  student  o 
physic  Hippo  passed  to  practitioner,  then  celebrated 
phvsician.  deliverer  of  his  countrymen  and  Homer  of 
his'  profession.  The  terrible  pestilence  when  the 
Peloponnesian  war  began,  presented  an  opportunity 
for  his  skill.  He  delivered  Athens,  and  shortly  after 
his  name  figured  in  the  ancient  Greek  equivalent  of 
the  Birthday  Honors  when  he  received  a  golden  crown, 
the  privileges  of  a  citizen  of  Athens,  and  the  iniliatum 


at  the  grand  festivals.  Having  thus  become  a  big 
gun,  so  to  speak,  he  could,  like  many  another  of 
to-day,  say  all  sorts  of  things  which  he  dare  not  utter 
in  the  time  of  his  obscurity.  Thus  it  came  about 
"  Hippo  "  was  candidly  confessing,  that  of  42  of  his 
patients  only  17  recovered.  Yet  let  it  be  understood, 
that  from  his  careful  observations  and  judicious 
record  of  every  disorder,  the  physicians  of  succeed- 
ing ages  received  not  inconsiderable  advantages — the 
more  especially  as  his  knowledge  resulted  often  from 
experiments  on  his  own  body.  He  ascribed  diseases 
to  alterations  of  the  humors — blood,  pituita  or 
phlegm,  and  yellow  and  black  bile — and  he  employed 
diet,  baths,  exercise,  blood-letting  (venesection,  cup- 
ping, and  scarification),  the  actual  cautery,  the  knife, 
as  well  as  a  large  number  of  minerals,  such  as  sul- 
phur, lime,  salt,  lead  carbonate,  copper  acetate,  and 
red  and  yellow  arsenic  sulphides.  The  vegetable 
substances  resorted  to  by  him  numbered  amongst 
them  acacia,  allium,  conium,  cuminum,  euphorbia, 
foeniculum,  helleborus,  linum,  quercus,  scammonia, 
staphisagria,  turpentine,  and  veratrum.  An  ex- 
tremely popular  man,  Hippocrates  laid  on  life's  other 
shore  B.  C.  361,  just  missing  his  century  by  one.  He 
received  the  name  of  "  Great." 

When  people  had  anno  dominied  for  about  130 
years,  one  Claudius,  surnamed  Galen,  was  ushered 
into  the  world.  In  due  course  his  architectural 
father  sent  him  forth  from  Pergamus  to  most  of  the 
learned  seminaries  of  Greece  and  Egypt,  where  he 
philosophised,  indulged  in  a  good  deal  of  mental 
exercise  in  the  mathematical  gymnasium,  and  was  a 
young  terror  at  physic.  After  peregrinating  thusly, 
he  finally  reached  Rome.  There  distinction  came  to 
him  soon.  People  marvelled  at  his  cures,  hinted  at 
magic,  and  asserted  he  was  enchanted.  A  bond  of 
friendship  w-as  set  up  between  the  now  celebrated 
physician  and  Marcus  Aurelius — in  fact,  Marcus  quite 
chummed  on  to  Claudius;  but,  unfortunately,  he  died, 
and  Pergamus  once  more  saw  its  famous  native. 
There  he  too  died  A.  D.  193,  aged  four  score  years 
and  10.  Of  the  300  volumes  from  the  pen  of  Dr.  C. 
Galen,  the  larger  part  were  bunrt  in  the  Temple  of 
Peace  at  Rome.  He  waxed  encomiastic  when  allud- 
in,g  to  Dioscorides,  to  whom  he  acknowledged 
his  great  indebtedness,  and  his  writings  are  chiefly 
notably  by  reason  of  his  explaining  the  operation  o' 
medicines  by  reference  to  their  elementary  qualities 
'heat,  cold,  dryness  and  moisture).  Of  each  of  these 
he  admitted  four  degrees,  and  this  doctrine  was  held 
until  the  days  of  that  fanatical  impostor  Paracelsus, 
who.  between  A.  D.  1493  and  1541,  in  spite  of  his  pre- 
posterous claim  to  the  possession  of  the  Elixir  of 
T.ifc,  conferred  important  benefits  on  medicine  by 
introducing  chemical  medicines  (employing  mercury 
in  syphilis),  and  substituting  tinctures,  essences,  and. 
extracts  for  various  disgusting:  preparations.  It  was 
a  fight  between  the  principles  of  Galcn  and 
Paracelsus.     Paracelsus  won. 

Just  about  the  time. when  the  Romans  were  fight- 
ing the  Britons  in  this  country.  Pedacius  Dioscorides 
was  doing  that  bit  of  scribbling  on  materia  medica, 
which  constitutes  the  best  of  the  ancient  ones  on  the 
subiect.  It  was  for  1,600  years  reckoned  the  first 
authority.  It  included  descriptions  of  90  minerals, 
"  700  nlants,  and  168  animal  substances,  not  mention- 
ine  the  different  simples  the  same  substance  often 
affords."— CBr.    &   Col.   Dr.). 


.■\CTTO\  OF  BERBERINE.— The  physiological 
action  of  bcrberine  upon  animals  and  plants  has  been 
imcstiQ-aterl  by  Mosse  and  Tautz  (Chem.  Zcit.  Rep.). 
They  find  that  this  alkaloid  acts  as  a  powerful  poison 
oil  nnimals,  causing  atrophy  and  atony,  reducing  the 
reflex  action  of  the  nervous  system,  and  producing 
local  nervous  aflfpctinns.  In  a  short  time  this  is  fol- 
lowed by  nephritis  and  leucocytosis.  Berbcrine  was 
found  to  arrest  or  strongly  modify  the  action  of 
'trvrhnine  on  frofs.  It  checks  the  development  of 
moulds  and  bacteria. 


February  13,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


171 


Drug  Store  Problems* 

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ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  III. 

(21)  A  platinum  wire  10  cm.  in  length  weighs 
0.12  gram.  The  relative  density  of  platinum  being 
21.275,  calculate  the  diameter  of  the  wire. 

Ans. — 0.268  millimetres. 

(22)  A  wholesale  druggist  derives  from  the  sum 
he  has  at  interest  a  yearly  income  of  $2,940.  Four- 
fifths  of  it  bears  4  per  cent,  and  one-fifth  S  per  cent. 
How  much  money  has  he  out  at  interest? 

Ans. — 70,000  dollars. 

(23)  An  alkali-maker  consumes  300  tons  of  salt 
per  week;  he  divides  three-quarters  of  his  yield  of 
soda-ash  etjually  for  the  preparation  of  soda  crystals, 
bicarbonate,  and  solid  caustic  containing  70  per  cent. 
Nai  O.  What  weight  of  sulphur  will  he  need  to  use 
weekly,  and  what  is  the  theoretical  weekly  yield  of 
the  four  products  of  manufacture? 

Ans. — 82.19  tons  of  sulphur;  68  tons  of  salt  cake; 
107.7.^2  tons  of  bicarbonate;  183.398  tons  of  soda  crys- 
tals; 56.87  tons  of  solid  caustic. 

(24)  If  syringes  with  hard  rubber  fittings  cost 
$18  per  dozen,  what  must  be  the  selling  price  of  each 
to  yield  20  per  cent  profit? 

Ans.— $1.80. 

(25)  In  building  a  drug  store  five  men  under- 
take to  carry  a  piece  of  timber,  30  feet  long,  of  equal 
size  and  density  throughout;  one  takes  a  position  at 
one  end.  and  the  others  with  a  cross-bar  place  them- 
selves so  far  from  the  other  end  that  all  shall  carry 
an  equal  weight.  How  far  from  the  end  which  the 
man   supports  alone  is  the   cross-bar  placed? 

.-^ns.— 18.}4  feet. 

(26)  A  glass  bulb  of  i20cc.  capacity  weighs  14  s 
grams.  The  relative  density  of  the  glass  being  2.48. 
calculate  the  thickness  of  the  walls  of  the  bulb. 

Ans, — 0.49  millimetres. 

(271     By    selling    an    article    at    $1  25    a    dnmorist 


gains  20  per  cent.    What  was  the  cost  per  dozen? 
Ans. — $12.50. 

(28)  Determine  the  size  of  three  wine  casks  from 
the  following  conditions:  When  the  first  empty  cask 
is  filled  from  the  second  full  cask,  there  remains  in 
the  second  only  2/9  of  the  wine;  if  the  second  empty 
cask  is  filled  from  the  third  full  one,  then  there  re- 
mains in  the  third  only  ^  of  the  wine;  but  there 
is  not  enough  by  50  gallons  in  the  first  full  cask  to 
fill  the  third  empty  cask.     What  did  each  cask  hold? 

Ans. — First,  70  gallons;  second,  90  gallons;  third, 
120  gallons. 

(29)  A  piece  of  Swedish  filter  paper  measuring 
60  centimeters  square,  leaves  on  burning  0.1062  gram 
of  ash.  Calculate  the  amount  of  ash  left  on  burning 
filters  possessing  the  following  radii;  (a)  3  centi- 
meters; (b)  4  centimeters;  (c)  5  centimeters;  (d)  6 
centimeters;  (e)  8  centimeters;  (f)   10  centimeters. 

Ans.— (a)  0.00083  grams;  (b)  0.00148  grams;  (c) 
0.00231  gram;  (d)  0.00333  gram;  (e)  0.00593  gram;  (f) 
0.00926  gram. 

(30)  If  certain  proprietary  preparations  are  sold 
at  their  marked  price  the  rate  of  profit  will  be  20  per 
cent.  What  will  be  the  rate  of  profit  if  the  same 
goods  are  sold  at  JO  per  cent  discount  on  their 
marked  price? 

Ans.— ^  per  cent. 


PROBLEMS,   SERIES   VII. 

No.  71. — If  a  heavy  sphere  whose  diameter  is  8 
inches,  be  put  into  a  conical  vessel,  full  of  water, 
whose  diameter  is  10  and  altitude  12  inches;  it  is  re- 
qiiired  to  determine  how  many  cubic  inches  of  water 
will  run  over. 

No.  "ji. — What  amount  of  carbonic  acid  may  be 
obtained  from  25  Kg.  of  a  limestone,  which  contains 
30  per  cent,   of  magnesium  carbonate? 

No.  72- — A,  B  &  C  formed  a  copartnership;  A 
agreeing  to  furnish  6/15  of  the  capital;  B  5/15  and  C 
4/15.  At  the  end  of  the  first  year  a  settlement  was 
effected,  the  books  showing  that  A's  account  was 
overdrawn  by  $1,500,  B's  by  $1,200  and  C's  by  $960. 
There  was  a  net  gain  of  $6,000,  which  was  shared  in 
proportion  to  each  partner's  required  investment. 
Interest  was  allowed  on  the  excess  and  charged  on 
the  deficiency  of  each  partner's  required  investment. 
A's  excess  of  debit  interest  was  $124.62.  B's  $120.81 
and  C's  $98.07.  How  much  was  due  each  partner  at 
the  date  of  settlement? 

No.  74. — A  speaks  the  truth  3  times  in  4;  B  4 
times  in  5;  and  C  6  times  in  7.  What  is  the  proba- 
bility of  the  truth  of  a  statement  which  A  and  B  as- 
sert and  C  denies? 

No.  75. — K  firm  of  patent  medicine  manufacturers 
commenced  business  as  follows:  .Assets — Cash  $7,500, 
merchandise  on  hand  $4,500.  personal  accounts  due 
the  firm  $3,200,  bills  receivable  $875.  Liabilities — Due 
by  the  firm  on  personal  accounts  $2,500,  bills  payable 
$3,600.  At  the  end  of  the  first  year  they  had  $8,000 
in  cash.  $5,600  in  merchandise,  $4,100  due  the  firm  on 
personal  accounts;  and  they  owed  $4,000  on  personal 
accounts,  and  $900  on  outstanding  notes.  What  was 
the  net  gain  or  loss  of  the  firm? 

No.  76. — If  a  sewer,  having  a  circular  cross  sec- 
tion of  2  feet  diameter,  running  one-half  full,  conveys 
1,000  gallons  of  sewage  per  minute,  what  diameter 
would  you  require  for  a  circular  sewer  (running  half 
full)  to  carry  double  the  quantity,  the  inclination  re- 
maining the   same? 

No.  77. — Iodic  acid  may  be  obtained  by  passing  a 
stream  of  chlorine  through  water  containing  iodine 
in  suspension.  How  much  iodine  and  chlorine  will 
be  needed  to  prepare   100  grams  of  iodic  acid? 

No.  78. — How  much  black  oxide  of  maganese, 
with  t;  ner  cent,  of  foreign  materials,  is  necessary 
to  furnish  the  chlorine  which  converts  I  lb.  of  arsen- 
ous  acid  (anhydride)  into  arsenic  acid  (anhydride),  if 
only  T'>r/'  p-r  cent,  of  the  chlorine  enters  into  the 
operation? 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  13,  1903. 


No.  79. — A  druggist  hired  a  clerk  for  9  montlis,  at 
$40  a  month,  to  be  paid  monthly;  at  the  end  of  the 
time  he  had  paid  nothing;  he  then  settled,  allowing 
interest  at  7  per  cent.,  and  gave  his  note,  on  interest, 
due  in  I  year  4  months  and  15  days.  What  will  he 
pay  when  his  note  falls  due? 
No.  80.— 

One  ev'ning  I  chanc'd  with  a  tinker  to  sit. 
Whose  tongue  ran  a  great  deal  too  fast  for  his  wit; 
He  talk'd  of  his  art  with  abundance  of  mettle; 
So  I  ask'd  him  to  make  me  a  flat-bottom'd  kettle. 
Let  the  top  and  the  bottom  diameters  be. 
In  just  such  proportion  as  five  is  to  three; 
Twelve  inches  the  depth  I  proposed,  and  no  more; 
And  to  hold  in  ale-gallons  seven  less  than  a  score. 
He  promis'd  to  do  it,  and  straight  to  work  went, 
But  when  he  had  done  it  he  found  it  too  scant; 
He  alter'd  it  then,  but  too  big  he  now  made  it. 
For  though  it  held  right,  the  diameters  failed  it. 
Thus  making  it  often  too  big  and  too  little. 
The  tinker  at  Idst  quite  spoiled  his  kettle; 
But  he  vows  he  will  bring  his  sad  promise  to  pass, 
Or  he'll  utterly  spoil  every  ounce  of  his  brass; 
Now,  to  save  Iiim  from  ruin,  I  pray  find  him  out 
The  diameter's  length,  for  he'll  ne'er  do't,  I  doubt. 
Note. — The    language    and    the    conditions    of    this 
problem   are    equally    quaint   and   flavored    with    age. 
Tlie  poor  tinker  has  long  ago   stopped   "spoiling  his 
brass,"  for  the   question  is  said  to   have  appeared  in 
print   for   the   first   time   in   the   year   171 1.     The   old 
"ale-gallon"    of    the    problem    contained    282    cubic 
inches. 


OBITUARY. 


CHARLES  CARRODL,  GARDNER,  one  at  the  promiin- 
pnt  memlbcrs  of  the  drug  traide  in  New  York,  died  at  his 
late  home  in  Newark,  N.  J.,  Wednea'day,  February  5. 
He  was  born  in  Piermont.  N.  Y.,  In  1852,  and  first  entered 
the  drug  business  with  McKesson  &  Robbins  Sn  1867. 
He  was  conmected  with  the  Doty  Plaster  Co.  a  short  time 
ond  also  had  charge  of  the  New  York  branch  of  Grosve- 
nor  &  Rich-jrds  at  one  time.  In  1SS7  he  aocecpted  a  posi- 
tion with  Seabury  &  Johnson,  taking  charge  of  the  sales- 
ir.en.  and  reimained  in  that  position  until  18.03  when  he 
went  with  Lazelle,  Dalley  &  Co.,  taking  an  interest  m  the 
concern.  About  four  or  five  years  ago  he  was  compelled 
by  ill  health  to  retire  for  a  time,  but  after  a  few  months 
rest  returned  and  again  took  his  position  with  the  firm, 
retaining  his  position  until  he  became  head  of  the  Cen- 
tury Perfumery  Co..  which  he  conducted  until  the  time 
of  his  death.  Mr.  Gardrier  wa.s  a  man  of  good  business 
iudgment  and  was  very  popular  with  both  employers  and 
■employees  jf  the  differ'ent  concerns  he  bad  been  con- 
nected wnth.  He  leaves  a  widoiw  and  two  sons.  The 
funeral  was  held  last  Saturday  and  was  largely  at- 
tended by  tonner  business  associates. 

CHARLES  TASKER  HOWARD,  aged  about  seventy, 
an  old-time  merchant  of  Boston,  died  Feb.  3.  He  was 
born  in  that  city  where  he  received  his  early  education, 
entering  Harvard  University  from  which  he  Tvas  gradu- 
ated in  1856.  After  completing  his  studies  he  became 
associated  with  his  father,  Benjamin  Howard,  a  well 
known  siMpping  and  commiBsion  merchant  of  Boston, 
and  continued  with  him  until  the  latter's  death.  He 
then  became  treasurer,  in  1871,  of  the  Merrimac  Chem- 
ical Company,  continuing  in  that  position  until  a  year 
age,  when  failing  health  induced  him  to  resign.  Up  to 
a  short  time  ago,  however,  Mr.  Howard  was  a  dally 
visitor  to  the  office  of  the  company.  His  wife,  by  a 
second  marriage,  three  sons  and  two  daughters  survive 
Mr.Howard. 


FRANK  E.  ENGELMAN,  for  many  years  identified 
with  the  retail  drug  trade  in  Philadelphia,  died  Febru- 
ary 7  of  a  complication  of  diseases  at  his  residence,  No. 
Gs'west  Logan  street.  Genmantown.  Mr.  Engelman  was 
born  in  Philadelphia,  and  for  about  nineteen  years  was 
connected  with  a  well  known  drug  house  in  Arch  street. 
For  the  last  eight  or  nine  years  ihe  was  a  druggists' 
attorney  and  notary  public,  with  offices  In  the  Bourse, 
and  did  an  extensive  business  buying  and  seMIug  drug 
stores.     A  widow  and   one  daughter  survive   him. 


HARVEY  C.  CLARK. 

Harvey  C.  Clark,  one  of  the  most  esteemed  citizens  of 
Detroit,  Mich.,  and  a  member  of  the  wholesale  drug  Arm 
of  Farrand.  Williams  &  Clark  o>f  that  city,  died  early 
Saturday  morning,  Feb.  8.  Death  was  due  to  acute 
bronchitis.  Mr.  Clark  was  born  at  Cuyahoga  FaUs,  O., 
in  1S39,  and  after  graduating  from  itihe  Western  Reserve 
College  in  1861,  went  to  Detroit,  where  he  entered  the 
employ  of  his  uncle,  William  Farrand.  in  the  wholesale 
drug  firm  of  Farrand,  Sheley  &  i.,o.  In  1872  he  was  ad- 
'mitted  'to  partnership,  his  name  apipearing  in  the  rear- 
rangement of  the  firm's  business  in  1890  under  the  title 
of  Farrand,  Williams  &  Clark.  Mr.  Clark  never  married 
and  lived  wSth  his  ajged  mother,  now  84  years  ot  ajge, 
who,  'With  his  three  sisters  and  one  brother,  Rev.  Wm. 
H.  Clark,  survive  him. 


The  Oklahoma   Board   of  Pharmacy   met   at   Enid   on 

January  14.  A  class  of  twenty-six  applicants  for  regis- 
tration took  the  examination.  The  following  received  the 
required  grade  and  were  granted  certificates  of  regiistra- 
tion:  Snow  Brownlee,  Ponca  City;  J.  H.  Bowen,  Lament; 
Bred  B.  Bower,  Billings;  Geo.  R.  Gibson,  Homestead; 
T.  G.  Hoyt,  El  Reno;  Frank  S.  Jones,  Lawton;  Walter 
Mize,  Arapahoe;  Will  E.  Nixo-n.  Ingersoll;  Geo.  R.  Par- 
ham,  Perry;  Sam.  D.  Rains,  Oklahoma  City;  Jno.  S. 
Stewart,  Lexington;  Bob't  H.  Smiley,  Oklahoma  City; 
O.  C.  Stephenson,  Anadarko;  Constance  Walcott,  Chand- 
ler. The  next  regular  meeting  of  the  board  will  be  held 
at  Guthrie  April  8.  The  secretary  Is  receiving  nunxerous 
application  for  registration  upon  certificates  from  other 
States  and  diplomas  from  colleges  and  desires  to  inform 
those  expecting  to  locate  In  Oklahoma  that  the  only 
method  by  which  they  can  register  is  by  passing  the  ex- 
amination presented  by  the  Board  of  Pharmacy.  Any  in- 
formation will  be  cheerfully  furnished  upon  request  en- 
closing stamp  for  return  postage.  F.  B.  Lillle,  secretary. 
Guthrte,   Oklahoma, 


CHLOROPHYLL  ASSIMILATION.— The  pro- 
duction of  enzymes  and  diastases  is  considered,  by 
L.  Macchiati  (Bull.  Soc.  Bot.  Italiana),  to  be  a 
function  of  the  vital  activity  of  the  living  cell.  He 
thinks  is  probable  that  the  chlorophyll  assimilation 
of  green  cells  is  the  effect  produced  by  a  special 
diastase  under  the  influence  of  sunlight.  According 
to  this  theory  all  phenomena,  of  assimilation  or  syn- 
thesis and  of  dissimilation  or  decomposition  are 
special  processes  of  fermentation. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 

NEW   YORK  AND  VICINITY. 


N.  Y.  C.  P.  ALUMNI  BALL. 

The  Seventh  Annual  concert  and  ball  of  the  Alumni 
Association  0(f  the  Ne\\-  York  College  of  Pharmacy  last 
Thursday  evening,  February  6,  at  the  Lennox  Lyceum, 
was  attended  by  Uhe  largest  number  of  pensons  that  has 
ever  g-athered  at  an  aftaJr  of  the  Association.  The  con- 
cert did  not  begin  at  the  advertised  ti-me  but  the  audi- 
ence was  in  good  humor  and  did  not  abject  to  the  wait. 
The  first  number  on  the  concert  program  was  an  over- 
ture "Little  Duchess,"  by  the  orchestra.  Robert  C. 
Campbell,  tenor,  made  his  first  appearance  before  a  New 
Tork  audience,  and  deserved  the  encore  he  recedved. 
The  orchestra  played  selections  from  "Florodora,"  and 
a  cornet  solo  was  followed  by  the  boy  soprano,  David 
Hoffman,  who  received  a  hearty  encore  to  his  song. 
Miss  Margaret  Ashton,  soprano,  made  the  hit  of  the 
evening  and  responded  to  two  encores,  her  selections  be- 
ing exceedingly  well  rendered.  A  mardh,  "Yule  Tide," 
completed   the   concert   program. 

Charles  S.  Erb,  president  of  the  Alumni  Association, 
and  Mrs.  Erb  led  the  grand  march,  or  "entree,"  to  the 
music  of  Keller's  "Pharmacist."  About  300  couples 
joined  in  the  march  and  the  ladies  were  presented  with 
souvenirs  from  Solon  Palmer  &  Son  and  WHlia-m  R. 
Warner  &  Co.  There  were  twenty-two  numbers  on  the 
dance  program  and  it  was  "early  morn"  wheiT  the  last 
was    played. 

The  toall  room  was  prettily  decorated,  the  balcony  be- 
ing draped  witlh  American  flags.  The  first  box  at  the 
left  of  the  s'tage  was  occupied  by  the  Kappa  Psi  Club, 
then  came  the  "Rovers,"  N.  Y.  C.  P.  '03.  and  the  Brook- 
lyn College  of  Pharmacy  Aluimni  memtoere,  who  occu- 
pied three  boxes  in  the  centre,  directly  opposite  the 
stage.  The  Phi  Chi  Olub,  R.  D.  B.  A.,  N.  Y.  C.  P.  '03 
and  the  Press   occupied  boxes  to  She  right  of  the  stage. 

The  work  of  arranging  the  concert  was  done  entirely 
by  Fred  Borggreve,  who  devoted  a  great  deal  of  time  to 
make  the  affair  a  success.  The  members  of  the  execu- 
tive committee  wore  handsome  badges,  the  Alumni  pin 
being  fastened  in  the  centre  of  a  star  of  white  silk 
trimmed  with  gold.  The  members  of  the  committee 
werer  Fred  Borggreve,  chairman;  Charles  H.  Bjorkwall, 
Henry  J.  K.  Binder,  Jr.,  Bruno  R.  Dauscha,  George  C. 
Diekman,  William  H,  Ebbitt,  Leo.  W.  Gelsler,  Jr.,  L.  F. 
Gregorius.  Nelson  S.  Kirk,  Eugene  F.  Lohr,  Frank  N. 
Pond.  Joseph  Piereon.  George  E.  Schweinfurth,  R.  H. 
Timmerman  and  FYed  Wdchelns.  G.  H.  Hitchcock  was 
chairmlan  of  the  Sub  Committee,  Harrj'  B.  Ferguson  of 
the  Press  Committee  and  Thomas  M.  Davies  of  the 
Reception  Committee.  H.  A.  Herold  was  floor  manager 
and    was    assisted    bv    Ed.    F.    Pfaff.    Jr. 


Druggists  Fined. 
Saverio  A.  Mascia,  of  No.  599  Morris  avenue,  Henry 
Eisentraeger,  of  No.  1882  Third  avenue  and  Gustav  H. 
'\irthen.  of  No.  1160  Union  avenue,  were  fined  $25.00  eax^h 
St  week  for  permitting  unlicensed  persons  to  compound 
.  :id  dispense  prescriptions  in  the  absence  of  a  licensed 
I'harmacist.  The  charges  were  made  by  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  the  cases  being  tried  in  the  Court  of  Special 
Sessions,    Manhattan. 

Enos    Crouse.    a    drug   clerk,    was   charged   w^ith   com- 
pounding a  prescription  while  not  under  the  supervision 
of    a   licensed    pharmacist.      When    the   case    was   called 
("reuse  did  not  reiapond  and  a  bench  warrant  was  Issued 
r    his    aiTest. 


N.  Y.  RETAIL  DRUGGISTS'  ASSOCIATION. 

Medical  Insurance  Companies  and  Ten-Cent 
Dispensaries  Scored. 

The  New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Association  held  its 
regular  meeting  in  Odd  Fellows  Hall,  Friday  night,  Feb- 
ruary 7.  The  secretary  read  the  minutes  of  the  meeting 
previous  and  the  treasurer  reported  receipts  ?S8.90  and 
di^ursemtnts  $3S.So  since  the  last  meeting.  The  follow- 
ing pharmaxaists  were  elected  members:  Max  Wustrom, 
Morris  Lipset,  Henry  Jacobi,  Louis  N.  Haipern,  Isaac 
Hoffman.    Max  Mahler  and   Morris   George   Kantrowitz. 

The  deleg-ation  to  the  liearing  of  the  Hill  bill  before 
the  Senate  committee  on  public  health  reported  good 
prospects  tor  the  pa.ssage  cf  the  bill.  The  delegation  re- 
ported the  outlook  hopeful  as  representatives  of  only  one 
association  had  appeared  against  the  bill,  but  it  was 
urged  that  the  association  should  be  well  represented  at 
the  next  hearing,  (because  the  battle  had  not  yet  been 
won.  The  report  was  adopted,  and  the  delegates  re- 
ceived the  thanks  of  the  association. 

The  majority  of  the  members  present  expressed  indig- 
nation at  the  stand  which  one  association  had  taken  on 
the  Hill  bill,  this  stand  was  siaid  to  be  contrary  to  an 
agreement  made  at  the  meetings  of  the  Starte  Association 
at  Buffalo.  The  members  agreed  to  continue  their  ef- 
forts dm  behalf  of  equal  rights  for  ail  associations,  rega,rd- 
less  of  the  fate  of  the  pending  bill. 

The  several  medical  insurance  companies  and  the  new 
ten-cent  dispensaries  were  reported  to  have  an  unfavor- 
able effect  upon  the  drug  business  in  localities  where 
they  are  conducted.  These  matters  were  discussed  at 
length  and  finally  a  committee  was  appointed  to  meet  the 
lepresentatives  of  the  Eastern  Medical  Society  and  de- 
vise means  to  counteract  these  increasing  evils.  A  re- 
quest to  have  the  hour  of  meeting  changed,  so  as  to  be 
loss  inconvenient  was  left  over  until  the  next  meeting. 
Tj:e  meetings  of  the  association  are  mow  held  at  mid- 
night, and  while  some  members  advocate  afternoon  ses- 
sions, others  say  that  they  do  not  employ  registered 
clerks  and  are  therefore  unable  to  attend  if  the  meetings 
are  held  earlier. 

HEARINGS  AT  ALBANY. 

Poison   Cork   Bill    Probably    Buried. 

More  Hearings  This  Week. 

The  ihearing  on  the  poison  cork  bill  before  the  Senate 
Committee  on  Public  Health.  Wednesday,  CPebruairy  5, 
iwas  attended  by  Dr.  William  Mulr,  George  H.  Hitchcock, 
Warren  L.  Braxiit,  George  Kleinau,  Prof.  Michaelis,  and 
William  F.  McConnell,  who  all  opposed  the  measure.  Dr. 
Muir  showed  that  if  the  bill  became  law,  an  ordinary 
prescription  with  l-200th  of  a  grain  of  arsenic,  which 
would  be  albsohitely  harmless  taJcen  In  proper  dosa®e, 
would  require  a  poison  oork.  while  a  patent  medicine, 
such  as  McMunn's  elixir  of  opum.  and  some  other 
preparations,  would  not  require  their  addition.  Mr. 
Hitchcock  said  that  physicians  would  make  very 
strong  objections  to  having  poison  corks  used 
in  bottles  containing  litt'e  poison,  because  patients  would 
in  this  way  be  unnecessarily  alarm'ed.  Other  points 
mJade  against  the  bill  were  that  it  'would  require  the  use 
of  corks  instead  of  glass  stioppers  in  bottles  oontalntag 
acid,  and  that  many  poisonous  drugs,  such  as  oxalic 
add.  sugar  of  lead.  etc..  in  the  form  of  powder. 

Senator  Marshall,  both  a  physician  an  pharmacist,  ap- 
peared in   favor  "of   the  bill.      The  opponents  of   the  bill 


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[February  13,  190-?. 


say  that  it  will  protoably  not  toe  heard  of  again. 

The  hearing  on  the  pure  dhemical  bill  was  adjourned 
until  Tuesday,  February  11,  as  Assemblyman  PendTy  said 
that  Diodge  &  Olcott  will  mot  send  any  representative  to 
tine  he-aring  as  the  'Objection  they  had  to  it,  a  part  ot 
Che  phrase'oWgy,  will  be  remedied  by  an  amendment.  It 
is  probable  that  t'he  measure  will  be  'brought  out  of  the 
Health   Oommlttee  in   a  'few  diaye. 

The  Soda  Water  bill  and  the  Hill  ibiU  were  to  receive 
hearings  yesterday. 


RENSSELAER  COUNTY  PHARMACISTS'    BANQUET. 

The  first  ann-ual  banquet  of  the  Reii-sselaer  County 
Pharmaceutical  Assiociati'on  was  celebrated  at  Altnuria 
HaU,  Troy,  J>J.  Y.,  Tuesday  riight,  January  28,  and  was 
pnonounced  an  enjoyable  and  su'coessful  affair  by  those 
present.  He'nry  iSc^neiider,  president  of  the  association, 
acted  as  tO'astmaste-r  and  made  the  addres'S  of  welcome. 
He  then  Jntroduce'd  Warren  L.  Bradt,  secre'tary  'Of  the 
Board  'of  IPiharmacy  fior  that  section,  who  gave  a  sihort 
speech,  de'aling  principally  with  'the  obj'ects  lo^  the  Board, 
Which  Ihe  said  iweTe  chiefly  the  emforicement  of  the  gen- 
eral health  laws  and  the  proteotion  of  druggists.  Wdl- 
'li'ara  A.  Thompson  bold  some  interesting  stories  about 
the  'drug  business  'as  it  was  years  'ago.  During  'his  re- 
marks Mr.  Thompson  said  th'at  next  August  'it  'WO'Uld  toe 
fifty  years  since  Ihe  entered  t'he  drug  blusdness  at  No.  161 
River  street.  Other  'spea,kers  we're  Charles  F.  Polk, 
Fred  Schneid'eir,  A.  M.  Wig'ht  and  A.  M.  Kmowls'on.  Let- 
ters of  regret  from  Prof.  William  C.  Anderson,  of  Brook- 
lyn, and  S.  H.  Carragan,  'New  York,  were  read.  Robert 
Ralstion  -and  Mr.  Jiones,  of  'Detroit,  represented  the  Com- 
mercial TraveleTS  at  the  banquet. 

Doring's  orchestra,  und'er  the  direction  'of  Prof.  W. 
T.  Lawrence,  furnished  music  during  the  eveninfe.  The 
(Empire  Quartette,  consisting  'Of  George  W.  Franklin, 
firs't  tenor;  Edwin  Humpihrieys,  seco'nd  tenor;  James  C. 
Daing,  ibass,  and  Fred  C.  'Comstock,  bariton'e,  sang  sev- 
eral popular  selections.  J.  iBert  Curley  served  as  piano 
aooom'panist.  Ernest  Morris  giaAre  a  sentimental  siolo 
d'uring  the  eveniing. 

The  committee  in  charge  'Of  the  banquet  consisted  of 
J.  F.  Killilea,  John  J.  Healy  and  'W.  G.  Adams. 


SUIT     AGAINST     DRUGGIST     MENN     DISMISSED. 

A  damage  suit  for  $13,000  brought  against  druggist 
Howard  Menn,  of  No.  Oil  East  165th  street,  has  been  dis- 
missed 'by  Justice  Charles  F.  MacLean,  of  the  Supreme 
Court.  Tlie  action  was  brought  by  Clarence  P.  Fish, 
a  brick  layer,  who  had  obtained  from  Mr.  Menn's  drug 
store  a  remedy  for  an  injured  linger.  He  claimed  that  the 
clerk  advised  him  to  use  carbolic  aoid  solution  and  sold 
him  a  bottle  of  pure  acid  without  instructions  as  to  its 
use,  and  that  after  using  the  pure  acid  he  had  been 
obliged  to   have   the   linger   amputated. 

Counsellor  Joseph  Steiner,  attorney  for  the  druggist, 
contended  that  the  evidence  showed  that  the  clerk  had 
no  authority  to  practice  medicine  and  surgery,  and  his 
employer  could  not  be  held  responsible  for  his  alleged 
nxi'S'Conduct  or  negligence,  and  that  Fish's  damages,  if 
he  had  any,  would  be  against  the  clerk.  It  appeared  that 
Fish  knew  the  dangerous  character  of  the  drug  and  was 
cnargeab'le  with  contributory  negligence.  Justice  MacLean 
dismissed  the  case. 


Wholesale   Drug   Trade  Bowling. 

The  wholesale  Drug  Trade  B'owlinig  Association  teams 
met  as  usu'al  at  iReids'  alleys  last  S'aturday.  The  scores 
of  the  games  follow:  Powers  &  Weightman,  666,  against 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  811;  Ohurdh  &  Owight  Co.,  778, 
against  Powers  &  Weightmams  690;  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
865,  'against  Church  &  Dwig'ht  Co.,  779;  Johnson  &  Joh-n- 
sion,  827,  against  Colgate  &  Co.,  759;  Boessler  &  Hass- 
lacher,  729,  againist  Ooleaite  &  Co.,  810;  Johnson  &  Joihn- 
s'on.   816,  against  Roessler  &  Hasslacher,   755. 

The  stanidiings  of  the  teams  in  tihe  league  to  date 
follow: 

Team.  Flayed.       Won.       Dost. 

Johnson  &  Jc^hnson   18  13  5 

Dodige  &  Olcott 20  14  6 

Colgate  &  Co.  16  10  6 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co 16  10  6 

General  Chemical  Co IS  11  7 

Ohunch  '&  Dwigbt  Co 18  9  9 

Seatoury   &  Jdhnson   18  8  10 

Bowers  &  Weiglh'tman  18  S  10 

Natjon'al  Dead  Co ; 18  7  11 

Danman   &   Kemp    18  4  14 

Roessler  &  Hasslacher   16  3  13 


New    Members   Drug   Club. 

The  Board  of  Managers  of  the  Drug  Trade  Cluto  held 
a  mc'eting  Frid'ay,  February  7.  and  the  follawlng  mem- 
toers  were  elected:  Resident,  Homer  Wise,  No.  32  Dib- 
erty  s'treet;  Guy  OsbO'me,  'No.  46  'Cliff  street;  H.  H.  Doug- 
lass, N'O.  38  Park  Bow;  Ch'ar'les  'W.  Boscourtz,  No.  34 
West 'Street;  W.  E.  Rowley,  No.  100  William  street;  Rich- 
ard 'Dudemsing,  No.  156  Broadway;  n'on-Tesident,  Albert 
C.  'Barnes,  Overbrook,  Pa.;  Charles  H.  Pjttison,  Topeka, 
Kian. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

^The  fraud  order  issued  by  the  Postoffice  Department 

against  the  'Herba  Cura  Co.,  No.  100  Maiden  Dane,  oper- 
ated by  Rudolph  Weil,  was  due  bo  an  advertis'ement  offer- 
ing t'O  give  a  sewing  tnuac'hine  to  every  one  selling  eight 
boxes  of  Cure-all  pills.  When  the  eight  boxes  had  toeen 
sold  and  the  seller  demanded  the  machine  the  company 
answered  t'hat  'the  offer  required  'the  sale  of  twelve  pack- 
ages, each  containing  eigfht  boxes. 

The  National  Therapeutic  Society's  executive  com- 
mittee held  a  meeting  at  the  Aoad'emy  of  Medicine,  Feb. 
5,  at  which  Dr.  T'homas  Satterthwaite  was  m'ade  chair- 
anan  and  Dr.  Smith  Ely  JellSffe  secretary  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  Arrangements  for  a  meeting  of  the  society  to 
be  held  iMay  13  and  14  at  the  New  York  Academy  of 
Medicine. 

G.  W.  McLane,  representative  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 

in  Sioutlh  AmeriC'i.,  and  !N.  N'icolai,  the  firm's  representa- 
tive in  the  British  West  Indies,  have  left  for  their  re- 
spective fields  of  latoor.  G.  F.  Demarest,  a  student  at  the 
Dong  Island  Meidical  College,  began  his  initial  trip  for 
the  'house  'On  Monday. 

^S.    Robinson,   proprie'tor    of    the    pharmacy    at  'No.   4T 

Dewis  street,  was  severely  burned  with  carbolic  acid  one 
d'ay  last  week.  The  clerk  left  a  bottle  of  the  add  on  a 
gas  stove  and  the  bottle  expiio'ded,  Mattering  the  ho't  liquid 
over  'Mr.   Robiinson's  face   and   hands. 

The  plant  of  the  American  Color  cS:  Chemical   Co..   at 

Van  Renssellajer  Island,  was  'burned  to  'the  ground 
Wednesday,  Feb.  5.  The  loss  was  about  $40,000,  said  to 
be  covered  by  insurance.  The  fire  started  in  the  office 
of  a  junk  shop  adjoining  the  works. 

Som'e  Oif  the  drugg'ists  who  visited  New  York  last  week 

were:  F.  N.  Wheeler,  of  F.  N.  Wheeler  &  Co.,  Springfield, 
Mass.;  G.  W.  Friitchey,  of  B'Oionton.  'N.  J.;  Dr.  P.  Traub, 
B'ord'entown  N.  J.,  and  Mr.  'Barnham  of  the  PaJine  Drug 
Co.,   Roc'hester,  N.  Y. 

Justin  T.     Smltlh,   a  retail  druggist  of  Scranton.    Pa.. 

has  been  caJling  on  friends  in  the  Ne'W  York  miarket  last 
week.  Mr.  Smith  was  on  his  way  home  from  a  trip  in 
■Vermont  and  looked  as  if  the  trip  had  benefitted  his 
health. 

Charles    E.    Purdy,    formerly    with    Julius  Neergaard, 

No.  225  Piftih  avenue,  Brooklyn,  is  now  m'anager  of  Hollis 
M.  Barnes'  drug  store,  at  Madison  avenue  and  110th 
street.  Mr.  Purdy  has  a  financial  interest  in  t'he  busi- 
ness. 

A  special  meeting  'Of  the  Drug  Clerks'  Circl'e  has  been 

called  for  Sunday,  Feb.  9,  to  discuss  the  advisability  of 
sending  a  delegation  to  Albany  to  appear  before  the  As- 
sembly Committee  on  Public  Healt'n  in  favor  of  the  Hill 
bill. 

John  Menzies  has  resigned   his  position   with  Daggett 

&  Ramsdell,  and  is  'doing  detail  work  among  physiicians 
for  F.  Haas,  i^harmaci.'st,  at  Fifth  avenue  and  Thirty- 
ninth  street. 


February  13,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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E.  J.  Carron,  Towanda,  Pa.,  and  E.  J.  Martin  and  M. 

J.  Slaljen,  of  Utica,  N.  Y..  were  among  the  out-of-town 
pharmacists  who  attended  the  N.  T.  C.  P.,  alumni  ball 
last  week. 

Pred  H.  Blackmer  has  sold  Jiis  drug  store  at  Ithaca, 

N.  Y.,  to  Lattimore  &  Co.  The  firm  of  Egbert  &  Merrill, 
retail  druggists  at  Ithaca,  has  dissolved,  John  Egbert 
retiring. 

M.  Newmark.  formerly  head  clerk  for  S.  Ma/rculesku, 

at  No.  S3  Delancey  street,  is  now  in  partnership  with  H. 
Medreder,  di-uggist  at  the  corner  of  Stanton  and  Cannon 
streets. 

Walter  S.   Hagar,   at  one  time  with  A.   P.  Kerley,  at 

the  Sherman  Square  Pharmacy,  is  noiw  night  clerk  at  tihe 
Knickerbocker  Pharmacy,  Broadway  and  Thirty-eighth 
street. 

Henry   E.    Condray,    recedving  clerk   for  McKesson   & 

Robhins,  has  resigned  his  position  and  will  retire  from 
active  busiiness.  Mr.  Coudray  started  with  the  firm  in 
ISoO. 

• B.    F.   French,   proprietor   of  the   Roberts   pharmacies 

in  Rome  and  Florence,  Italy,  Is  visiting  in  the  city  .  He 
called  on  some  of  the  do'wn-town  drug  houses  last  week. 
• — 'E.  H.  Klapp,  -who  us«d  to  be  with  William  Wilson,  at 
Broadway  and  Forty-second  street,  is  now  representing 
the  Mandell  Drug  ^o..  No.  24  Howard  street,   this  city. 

The  case  against  Theodoi     Lorenz.  ex-inspector  of  the 

State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  was  dismissed  in  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,   Brooklyn,  Thursday,  Feb.  6. 

H.    Sarason,    head    clerk    for   Ratkowitz    Brothers   for 

the  past  five  years,  has  purchased  the  Sifcore  of  this  firm 
at  the  corner  of  Third  avenue  and  102nd  street. 

(N.    Fetter,    pharmacist    at    Fifth    avenue    and    119th 

street,  has  sold  his  store  to  Brennglass  &  Kashoff,  of 
First  avenue  and  Seventy-seventh  street. 

W.  A.  Hendrie,  a  retail  druggist  of  Montreal,  Can.,  is 

now  clerking  with  Arthur  Higgintootham,  Columbus  ave- 
nue and  Ninety-second  street. 

'A.   G.    Yeomans.   president   of   the  retail  drug  firm   of 

Redd,  Yeomans  &  Cubit,  has  gone  to  Florida  for  a  few 
weeks'  trip. 

H.    T.    Koons,    N.    Y.    C.    P.,    '01,   of  Allentown,    Pa.,   is 

clerking  with  druggist  A.  P.  Kerley  at  102nd  street  and 
Broad'way. 

Charles  O.  Rano  has  purchased  the  pharmacy  at  the 

corner  of  Niagara  and  Carolina  streets,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

J.  B.  Joyce  has  sold  his  pharmacy,  at  No.  544  Throop 

avenue,  Brooklyn,  to  Wray  W.   Franz,   N.   Y.  C.  P.   '99. 

^Doty  &  Humphrey,   retail  druggists  at  Poughkeepsie, 

N.  Y.,  have  incorporated  as  the  Doty  &  Humphrey  Co. 

J.    Eich.:er   has    purchased    the    drug   store    of    C.    R. 

Siemann,   at  First  avenue  and   Ninety-first  street. 

^The  Blauw   &   Brickner  Drug  Co.    has  succeeded   the 

Blauw  Drug  Co.  at  Rochester,  IN.   Y. 

Evan  F.  Lilly,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  Eli  Lilly  & 

Co..   was  in  New  York  last  week. 

^A.   Weiinstein,   druggist  at   No.   156  Second  street,   has 

recently  become  a  benedict. 


Investigation  Invited. 

The  Empire  State  Drug  Co.,  26-32  Wells  street,  Buf- 
falo, N.  Y.,  wants  every  druggist  in  tlhe  United  States 
to  become  familiar  with  its  plans  and  methods  of  doing 
business.  The  fact  that  the  Company  paid  a  cash  a.vi- 
dend  of  4  per  cent,  in  l'.»i>l  proves  the  success  of  ita 
plans.  Write  for  a  prospectus  if  you  are  wiliing  to  In- 
vestigate a  successful  plan  of  opposing  cutters,  getting 
full  prices  and  becoming  in  truth  a  manufacturer  of 
proprietaries. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 

DRUGGIST  AND  HIS  CLERKS  ALL  IN  THE  SAME 
BOAT. 

Boston,  Feb.  S.— The  Fall  River  police  have  felt  that 
some  of  the  East  End  druggists  in  that  city  have  not 
kept  within  the  restrictions  of  the  liquor  laws  and  have 
exceeded  their  rights.  A  recent  unexpected  visit  to  the 
store  of  J.  C.  E.  Panneton  proved  so  successful  that 
large  quantities  of  liquors  of  various  kinds  were  dis- 
covered and  seized.  Mr.  Panneton  was  arrested,  with 
also  his  two  clerks,  Messrs.  Morrisette  and  Masse,  for 
alleged  maintaining  of  liquor  nuisance.  An  officer  tes- 
tified to  the  effect  that  from  the  middle  of  Novemjber  up 
to  the  time  of  the  raid  he  saw  almost  1,000  drinks  of 
liquor  served  at  the  store,  at  various  hours  of  the  flay 
and  night  to  many  men  and  fiiiat  many  intoxicated  men 
were  seen  coming  from  the  store  at  all  hours;  and  that 
nearly  two  ■nagon  loads  of  liquors  were  seized  in  the 
store  at  the  time  of  the  raid.  He  had  carefully  noted 
down  all  his  observations.  Panneton  claimed  that  these 
liquors  were  purchased  last  year  w^hen  he  *had  a  license. 
Two  other  officers  were  the  only  witnesses  for  tlhe- 
Oovermnent.  No  defence  was  offered  although  effort 
was  made  for  the  release  of  the  two  c'.erks  on  the 
ground  that  they  were  only  such,  and  not  keepers  of  a 
public  nuisance.  The  judge  found  all  three  equally 
gui.ty  as  to  violation  of  liquor  laws  both  in  the  pro- 
prietor's presence  and  absence.  Earf.v  therefore  'n'as 
lined  $65,   and  all   aippealed. 


A  Movement  For  Shorter  Hours. 

Boston,  Feb.  S.— Because  primarily  they  believe  that 
they  work  more  hours  out  of  tihie  twenty-four,  each  day, 
than  any  otiier  class  of  wage  earners,  the  drug  clerks 
of  North  Adams  hajve  formed  a  protective  union,  or 
association,  to  bring  about  certain  reforms,  if  possible, 
to  better  their  condition.  Nearly  all  the  drug  clerks  in 
that  city,  representing  all  except  one  of  the  stores,  at- 
tended the  resent  stated  meeting  and  they  effected  or- 
ganization ^/ith  the  following  named  officers:  President, 
Addison  H.  Hastings;  vice  president,  John  Farley;  sec- 
retary, FYed  L.  Bradford;  treasurer,  Charles  Parrow. 
E.  L.  Triganne,  Joseph  Malone,  William  French,  Al- 
phonse  Girard  and  Malcolm.  Bryson  were  appointed  a 
co'mmittee  to  draw  up  a  constitution  and  by-laws  to  be 
presented  at  the  next  meeting,  at  the  call  of  the  presi- 
dent. The  organization  hopes  to  increase  sociability 
ajnong  the  members  besides  seeing  what  can  be  done 
in  connection  with  tlim  shortening  of  the  hours  of  labor. 
It  is  said  that  in  many  cases  present  long  hours  can  be 
shortened  considerably  without  affecting  the  finances 
of  the   store. 


Every  druggist  should  be  able  to  own  a  cash  register 
now.  The  Standard  Cash  Register  Co.,  Wabaslh,  Ind,, 
offers  reliable  machines  at  prices  within  the  reach  of 
all.  The  Company  also  furnishes  cash  register  paper 
of  all  kinds  at  btst  prices.  A  price  list  is  sent  upon  re- 
quest. 


Business  Proving  Satisfactoiy. 
Boston,  Feb.  8.— There  has  been  some  revival  of  the 
recent  brisk  trade  in  the  many  things  needed  for  vac- 
cination, like  points,  shields,  bandages,  lotions  and  the 
like,  and  new  cases  of  smallpox,  while  not  many  nor 
of  a  type  to  cause  any  special  alarm,  have  aroused  new 
interest  in  the  subject.  This  has  been  fostered  because 
of  important  hearings  before  the  Legislative  committees, 
given  to  tlliOse  who  believe  In  vaccination  and  those  who 
are  strongly  opposed  to  it.  Some  heated  arguments 
have  gone  on,  pro  and  con,  and  with  so  much  new  in- 
terest the  druggist  have  some  of  them  found  a  re- 
vival of  the  demand  for  needed  articles.  Trade  in 
other  lines  keeps  pretty  good.  There  has  been  a  recent 
call  for  remedies  to  relieve  colds,  of  which  there  is  gen- 
eral prevalence  just  now.  partly  because  the  dust  has 
blown  fitfully  and  fiercely  and  set  many  people  to 
sneezing.  No  one  Is  found  who  has  any  reason  for 
complaining  that  his  business  Is  unsatisfactory  at  this 
time. 


]76 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  13,  1902. 


Adulterated  Drugs  in  Massachusetts. 

Boston,  Feb.  8.— In  the  last  ^monthly  report  issued 
by  the  State  Board  of  Health  in  Maseachusetts  it  is 
learned  that  seventy  different  articles  in  the  line  of 
.drugs  were  examined,  and  of  these  thirty -five  were 
found  to  be  of  good  quality  and  thirty-five  were  adult- 
erated or  found  to  vary  from  the  legal  standard.  One 
complaint  was  entered  in  the  courts  during  the  morath 
for  violation  of  the  laws  relative  to  the  inspection  of 
drugs.  Cities  and  towns  from  wiMch  samples  were  col- 
lected were  Boston,  Revere,  Leominster,  Taunton.  Win- 
throp,  Dediham,  Chelsea,  Brookline,  Hyde  Park,  Spring- 
field, Holyoke.  Cambridge,  Somerville.  Melrose,  Woburn, 
Haverhii;,  Lawrence,  Salem,  Fitchburg,  NeWburyport, 
Lowell,  New  Bedford,  Brockton,  Worcester,  Gloucester 
Newton    and   Watertown. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

^At  an  early  hour  one  morning  this  week  a  man  who 

proved  to  be  about  twenty  years  of  age  was  arrested 
with  a  quantity  of  cigars  and  several  small  articles  in 
his  poss<:!ssinn,  which  he  is  accused  of  stealing  from  the 
drug  store  of  Karan  J.  Hart,  at  1270  Dorchester  avenue. 
A  ladder  placed  against  a  rear  window  of  the  store 
Showed  how  entrance  had  been  gained.  The  man  same 
up  in  court  on  the  charge  and  was  held  In  ?500  for  ii 
girand  jury. 

The    marriage    of    .\lbert    E.    Murdock,    grandson    of 

Albert  L.  Murdock  of  the  Murdock  Liquid  Food  Com- 
pany, to  Miss  Bessie  Mabel  Webster,  daughter  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  George  B.  Webster,  of  Boston,  took  place  on 
February  6,  at  the  home  of  the  bride's  parents.  The 
bridegroom  ie  prominent  in  musical  circles.  After  a 
wedding  journey  the  young  people  will  make  their  home 
in  Dorchester,  where  they  will  welcome  their  friends 
after   March   6. 

The  local  association  of  druggists  at  Lowell  has  just 

had  an  annual  bu.sines  meeting  which  was  toe.d  in  a 
prominent  hotel  in  that  city,  followed  by  a  banquet. 
The  president  of  the  organiatioin,  Charles  E.  Carter,  pre- 
sided. Several  minor  matters  of  business  were  considered 
after  which  came  the  election  of  officers,  resuCtng  in  the 
unanimous  choice  of  the  same  board  which  has  been 
serving.     Afterward  caime   an   excellent  entertainment. 

^The   townspeople  in  Leicester  are  feeling  a  bit  warm 

because  Mr.  Mou.ton,  the  druggist  of  that  place,  is  re- 
fused a  sixth-class  license.  His  pharmacy  is  much  pat- 
ronized and  he  has  never  been  known  to  violate  the  law 
in  any  way.  The  need  of  some  place  where  liquor  may 
be  bought  in  reason  and  under  prescribed  regulations  is 
greatly  felt.     Even  alcohol  cannot  now  be  purchased. 

^N.    G.    Cofren,    a   Maiden    druggist   who    has    been    in 

poior  health  for  some  time,  has  recently  failed  so  that 
it  was  felt  best  to  move  him  to  a  Boston  hospital,  which 
has  been  done.  The  stock  and  fixtures  of  his  store  have 
been  sold,  and  the  store,  situated  on  Faulkner  street, 
has  been  closed.  It  probably  will  be  reopened  later 
under    new   proprietorship. 

Representative  Walter  E.   Nichols,  who  is  a  druggist 

at  154  Chandiler  street,  has  introduced  in  the  legisla- 
ture an  order  tihat  the  committee  on  public  health,  of 
whioh  he  is  himself  a  member,  investigate  the  work  of 
the  board  of  health  of  Boston,  its  officers  and  agents, 
relative  to  the  small  pox  conditions  and  cases  during 
the   past   six  months. 

^Part   interest   in   the   p'ha.rmacy   of   Richard   McAuliffe 

&  Co.  at  Rairjdolph  has  been  sold  to  Archibald  Dakin,  a 
Brockton  druggist,  whose  plan  is  to  give  up  Ms  place  in 
that  shoe  city  and  devote  his  time  to  the  Randolph  store 
to  which   his   Brockton   stock   will   be  moved. 

iBecause  of  a  recent  raid  on  the  drug  store  of  Walter 

A.  Kneeland,  of  Maiden,  resulting  in  the  seizure  of  a  con- 
siderable quantity  of  liquor,  he  luis  been  deprived  of 
his   sixth-class  license,   -wfhlch   has   been   revoked. 

Gorman    N.     Winslow,    a    drug    clerk    employed    by 

Houghton  &  Dutton,  has  voluntarily  filed  a  petition  in 
bankruptcy,  owing  a  little  more  than  ?1,1(J«  against 
which  he  has  no  assets. 


^A.   S.   Hoyt  of  Manchester,   N.    H.,    who  formerly   was 

a  clerk  at  Blake's  drug  store  in  the  Forest  Hills  dis- 
trict, has  recently  been  the  guest  of  friends  near  his 
former  haunts. 

Jamaica  Plain  drug  clerks  have  taken  up  bowling  and 

are  meeting  rival  teams  on  the  alleys,  and  with  good 
success,    too,   whenever  opportunity   offers. 

John   Breslin   is    a   new   clerk    at   Utley's    drug   store 

in  Woburn.  He  formerly  worked  for  a  leading  Boston 
newsipaper. 

Pharmacist   Cowan,   of  the   United   States   Na-VT   Yard 

a:  Charleston,  is  still  quite  ill  at  the  Naval  Hospital  in 
Chelsea. 


PHILADELPHIA. 


IMPORTANT     COMBINATION     OF     PHILADELPHIA 
DRUG   STORES  PLANNED. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  a.— On  the  authority  of  a  prominent 
member,  the  Era  is  able  to  give  to  its  readers  the  deta'ils 
of  an  important  and  far-reaching  consolidation  of  drug 
stores  in  Philadelphia,  the  plans  of  which  have  been 
:wK>rked  out  by  business  men  of  wide  experience,  aJong  the 
lines  advocated  by  Mr.  Mason's  paper  read  at  the  recent 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association. 

The  Consolidated  Drug  Company  was  chartered  under 
Delaware  laws  on  Jan.  27,,  1902,  with  a  capital  of  $500,000, 
di\-1ded  into  otVOOO  shares  of  $10  each,  full-paid  and  non- 
assessable. The  Delaware  Corporation  Guarantee  & 
Trust  Company  acted  as  transfer  agents,  and  the  Con- 
tinental Title  &  Trust  Company  of  Philadelphia  will  regis- 
ter and  sell  the  stock,  which  is  soon  to  be  listed  on  the 
Philadelphia  Stock  Exchange.  A  meeting  will  be  held 
soon  for  the  election  of  permanent  officers.  It  is  expected 
that  the  company  will  begin  operations  within  a  montlh 
or  so,  with  the  twenty-five  drug  stores  on  which  options 
are  now  held.  Ultimately  the  company  will  control  a 
hundred  or  mere  drug  stoT<es  here  with  perhaps  as  many 
more  througliout  the  State,  the  stores  to  be  held  to  toe 
only  those  whose  location,  class  of  trade,  etc.,  render 
them  desirable  investments. 

Druggist  J.  J.  MdFadd'en,  South  Philadelphia's  veteran 
who  ihas  started  more  young  druggists  on  the  road  to 
prosperity  than  almost  any  other,  acting  as  spokesman  for 
the  company,  makes  the  following  statement:  "The 
stock  of  the  Consolidated  Drug  Co.  is  to  bear  S  per  cent, 
interes't,  and  a  fixed  amount  over  this  is  to  go  into  a 
sinking  fund  for  enlarging  its  operations  and  the  purdhase 
of  other  stores.  This  can  be  easily  done  under  the 
methods  of  the  company.  In  the  first  place,  the  company 
will  have  the  advantages  of  all  rebates,  discounts,  etc., 
coming  from  large  purchases  and  cash  payments,  then, 
everything  is  to  be  on  a  caslh  basis,  there  will  be  absolute- 
ly nio  credit  accounts  at  lany  of  the  stores.  A  central 
pharmaceutical  laboratory  will  be  established  for  manu- 
facturing at  wholesale  all  the  preparajtions  now  com- 
pounded in  small  quantities  in  each  store  and  much  that 
druggists  buy  from  manufacturing  houses.  In  this  way 
more  than  fifty  per  cent,  can  be  saA"e  on  this  expense." 

"We  are  root  figTiting  the  ^cut-rate'  stores  or  any  one 
else,  but  we  do  intend  to  compete  in  a  legitimate  way 
w'ith  every  one  in  the  drug  business,  by  giving  the  public 
the  best  mateirials  and  in  the  best  forms  at  the  lowest 
profit-making  prices.  We  will  have  attractive,  up-to-date 
stores  with  the  best  services  of  well-paid  and  not  over- 
worked employes.  To  this  end  we  w^ill  shorten  the  hours 
lor  keeping  our  stores  open  to  probably  twelve  hours  with 
Six  idays  for  a  week.  One  store  in  a  district  will  be  kept 
open  all  day  and  night  and  Sunda.vs,  so  that  the  customer 
will  have  to  go  only  a  few  squares  further  at  nig'ht  or  on 
Sunday,  and  fne  clerks  will  be  able  *o  perform  com- 
petent service,  because  they  ■will  be  'given  adequate  time 
for  rest  and  recreation." 

The  affairs  of  the  Consolidated  Drug  Company  ore  to 
be  run  on  a  strictly  business  basis,  and  the  proposed  con- 
solidation of  drug  stores  in  this  city  is  of  great  interest 
to  druggists  everywhere. 


February  13,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


PHILADELPHIA  ASSOCIATION   OF   RETAIL 
DRUGGISTS. 

Philadelphia.  Feb.  S.— Ai  Friday's  monthly  meeting  of 
the  local  retail  druggists'  association  the  recent  decision 
ot  the  Court  on  the  test-suit  brought  to  establish  the 
^\■orceste^  Plan's  va'.idity  in  this  State  was  naturally 
the  .subject  of  much  discussion.  From  opinions  expressed 
by  some  prominent  and  representative  Philadelphia  re- 
tail druggists,  both  among  the  supporters  and  the  op- 
ponents of  the  "plan."  it  can  safely  be  said  that  few 
members  of  the  local  association  expected  a  favorable 
decision  in  the  Wissler  case  after  reading  the  arguments 
on  both  sides.  It  is  universally  acknowledged  that  the 
"passing  along '  of  the  contract  with  bill  of  sale  is  the 
weak  point;  the  power  and  legal  right  ot  the  maker  to 
impose  any  conditions  of  sale  for  his  goods,  where  not 
inimical  to  the  public  welfare  has  been  decided  to  be 
unassailable  where  the  buyer  knows  of  and  accepts  such 
as   a  consideration   in  the  sale. 

"The  only  salvation  for  a  price-protective  plan  that 
will  be  legal  and  effective,  although  the  goods  pass 
through  a  dozen  bands  is  this,"  said  one  of  the  most 
ardent  '.oci;  Worcesterites  to  the  questioner.  "The  pro- 
prietor, first  of  all,  must  demand  a  legal  assent  to  the 
conditions  of  sale  from  his  direct  customer,  and  in  addi- 
tion a  witnessed  verbal  or  written  contract  from  him  that 
he  will  not  se'.l  his  goods  to  any  one  unless  the  purcftiaser 
agrees  both  to  the  conditions  of  sale  and  the  contract  not 
to  sell  the  goods  without  an  agreement  from  Ms  customer 
both  to  maintam  price  and  to  exact  the  same  contract 
from  his  customers  too.  As  tnis  seems  rather  compli- 
cated, I  might  make  my  idea  plainer  bj-  saying  that  the 
contract  not  to  sell  the  goods  without  a  pledge  from  the 
buyer  to  maintain  full  prices  must  be  supplemented  by 
one  pleniging  the  buyer  to  exact  the  same.  Of  course, 
this  Is  a  bothersome  sort  of  business,  but  I  firmly  be- 
Jieve  that  if  the  maker  will  demand  the  above  outlined 
idea  ot  a  contract  between  oach  buyer  and  seller  with  a 
penalty  of,  say  $25  ,  for  each  breach  agreed  on,  that  the 
Courts  will  declare  it  legal  and  binding,  for  eacn  seller  is 
for  the  time  being  actual  owner  of  the  goods  and  he  has 
the  same  right  as  the  maker  to  impose  his  own  terms 
upon  the  buyer,  which  the  lattei'  will  be  bound  to  observe 
if  they  are  accepted  with  the  proper  legal  form.  The 
common  law  that  the  purchaser  of  goods  lias  full  owner- 
ship defeated  t'ne  "Worcester  Plan"  in  our  case,  but  the 
same  law  can  be  made  to  establish  it  beyond  attack;  each 
owner  accepts  ownership  with  certain  conditions  that  he  is 
bound  to  pa^  on  to  the  buyer,  and  he  will  be  able  to  bring 
suit  if  his  conditions  are  violated  or  be  sued  by  the  buyer 
ahead  of  ■him  It  he  Ijreaks  the  contract.  Under  the  old 
plan,  the  neglect  to  enter  into  contract  ot  any  one  of  the 
chain  of  owners  nullified  its  legality;  under  the  new,  not 
one  of  a  hundred  successive  buyers  and  sellers  can  will- 
fully or  carelessly  neglect  to  impose  terms  of  sale  without 
breaking  a  contract,  which  he  assumed  as  a  consideration 
ot  the  sale.  Ot  course.  I  realize  that  it  will  come  hard 
at  first  to  demand  such  an  agreement  from  a  customer 
who  intends  using  the  medicine,  yet  this  very  insistence 
will  make  him  appreciate  the  efforts  being  made  to  pro- 
tect him." 

OKher  druggists  interviewed  were  more  reserved,  but 
practically  all  agree  that  it  is  certainly  best  to  know  the 
status  of  the  "Worcester  Plan"  here  before  going  too 
far. 


liaily.  as  is  allowed.  The  firm  admitted  its  guilt  and 
agreed  to  remove  its  works  to  the  outskirts  of  the  city. 
The  quantities  ot  alcohol,  ether,  gasoline,  benzine,  etc., 
druggists  are  permitted  to  keep  in  stock  is  strictly  regu- 
lated. 

That  the  stealing  of  gas  by  means  ot  a  pipe  connected 
surreptitiously  with  the  supply  pipe  of  a  landlord  cannot 
be  legally  'orougiit  before  court  unless  there  is  produced 
direct  proof  of  the  ownership  ot  the  gas  consumed,  was 
decided  by  Judge  AmoW  this  week.  The  accused  had 
attached  a  pipe  to  his  landlord's  gas-pipe  in  his  room  and 
had  used  about  20,000  feet  to  keep  himself  warm  before 
'being  detected  redress  for  the  \mfortunate  landlord,  said 
the  Judge,  miglit  come  through  a  civil  suit  tor  debt. 


SOME  LEGAL  DECISIONS. 

Philadelphia.  Feb.  S.— In  the  United  States  Circuit 
Court  of  Appeals  Judge  Acbeson  handed  down  what  seems 
tn  be  .T  fina!  decision  in  the  Phenacetin  Case."  affirming 
the  decision  ot  ■the  Circuit  Court  and  granting  the  in- 
junction against  Maurer.  The  case  is  too  well  known  to 
need  description,  this  decision  affirms  the  patent  rights 
of  the  Farbenfabrlken  of  Klberfeld  Company  to  the  full 
control  ot  all  phenacetin  sales  in  the  United  States 
through  its  agents. 

.lujire  Davis  in  court  Xo.  .S  upheld  the  force  ot  the  re- 
nt  city   ordinance  regulating  the  amount  ot  storage  of 
\i>Io.sive.s   f  tc.  in  the  suit  brought  by  the  city  against  the 
makers  of  a  rubber  cement  who  had  been  receiving  and 
storing   gasoline   in    greater    quarttlties    than    one    barrel 


A  FAIRLY  BUSY  WEEK. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  8.— The  retailers  have  had  a  fairly 
busy  week,  especially  those  in  the  sections  favored  (?) 
with  Schuylkill  water  by  direct  pumpage,  where  the  num- 
ber of  typhoid  fever  coses  is  bringing  up  prescription  calls 
with  a  jump.  The  cold  spell  has  brought  a  big  demand  tor 
chest  protectors  and  vests,  cod  liver  oil  prei>arations, 
I'piments.  cough  syrups,  etc.,  sell  well. 

Jobbers  report  a  good  week's  business,  the  demand 
b^ing  steady  and  the  market  firm  and  undisturbed  t;- 
marked  Changes.  Both  local  and  out-of-town  orders  are 
brisk  and  of  good  amount;  drug  sundries  are  moving 
briskly  and  seasonable  specialties  are  selling  well.  Manu- 
facturers are  all  busy  and  in  some  cases  behind  their  or- 
ders, especially  in  vaccine  and  surgical  dressings,  with  a 
bright  outlook  for  continued  business.. 

Quite  a  number  of  drug  stores  are  offered  for  sale  this 
week,  notable  among  them  being  that  ot  the  late  Thomas 
A.  Tall,  at  S61S  Germantown  avenue,  which  is  to  be  sold, 
with  all  fixtures,  etc.,  on  Feb.  ISch.  The  "Hoffman  Per- 
fume Company"  of  Philadelphia,  capital  $125,000,  has  been 
chartered  unde  the  Delaware  laws  at  Dover.  In  many  of 
the  towns  up-State,  business  was  practically  suspended 
during  the  recent  "blizzard"  there. 


Drug  Bowling  League. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  8.— In  the  Drug  Bowling  League 
tourney  last  Tuesday  evening  K.  Shoemaker  &  Co.'s 
team  won  two  out  of  the  three  games  played,  with  Smith, 
Kline.  French  Sr  Co  's  team,  the  tail  enders.  and  H.  K. 
Waimpoie  Co.'s  team  surprised  everybody  by  winning  a 
gome  from  the  H.  K.  Multord  team,  the  first  game  they 
have  -R-On  this  season.  In  the  first  set.  the  first  and  second 
games  were  rather  slow,  the  Shoemaker  team  winning 
the  first  b.v  SO  pins  and  S.  K.  F.  team  the  second  by  116. 
but  the  third  was  a  corker,  the  Shoemaker  team  pulling  it 
out  ot  the  fire  by  only  3  pins  to  the  good.  After  losing 
the  first  two  games  with  their  usual  graceful  abandon 
and  unselfishness,  the  Wampole  men  then  proceeded  to 
wipe  up  the  alley  with  their  opponents.  It  is  rumored 
that  the  Wampole  team  has  challenged  the  -Whitall 
Tatums  for  the  championship  on  the  side. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

Several  physicians  on  the  Board  ot  Education's  Com- 
mittee on  Hygiene  have  recommended  the  fumigaHon  of 
paper  money  with  formaldehyde  as  a  preventive  of  small- 
pox infection,  declaring  paper  money  to  be  a  most  fre- 
quest  and  dangerous  medium  ot  spreading  contagion. 
The  matter  was  referred  to  the  City  Board  of  Health  as 
being  under  its  jurisd'iction.  Many  banks  and  firms  hand- 
ling large  sums  ot  money  are  using  small  formaldehyde 
generators  to  disinfect  all  paper  money  recei\'ed.  So  far. 
has  not  been  reported  that  Philadelphia  druggists  need 
money  disinfectors. 

George  At.  Beringer,  a  prominent  Camden  druggist,  has 

been  brought  into  public  notice  through  his  connection 
as  a  chemist  with  tne  case  ot  Mrs.  Haines.  Who  is  charged 
with  infanticide.  Mr.  Beringer  was  retained  by  the 
authorities  to  make  a  chemical  analysis  ot  the  contents  ot 
the  Child's  viscera,  and  he  has  testified  that  the  stomach 
alone  contained  seven  grains  ot  arsenic.  Such  work  by 
retail  druggists  is  sadly  needed  to  bring  about  recogni- 
tion ot  their  professional  training. 
A  couple  of   "eye  specialists"    have   been    victimizing 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  13,  1903. 


Alloway,  Jersejites,  with  fake  eye  glasses.  The  men  go 
frojn  house  to  house  and  after  examinin'g'  the  eyes  of  all 
who  permit  them,  pronounce  some  affection  to  be  present 
and  usually  succeed  in  selling  spectacles  to  correct  the  de- 
fects. From  $1  to  $3  is  charged,  accordng  to  the  apparent 
prosperity  of  the  victims,  for  their  glasses,  which  invaria- 
bly turn  out  to  be  worthless.  Here  is  a  chance  for  some 
enterprising  Jersey  druggist  to  win  fame  anid  coin. 

Druggist  C.  F.  Wild,  -who  has  a  drug  store  at  Sixteenith 

and  Thompson  streets,  was  held  in  $100  bail  this  week 
accused  of  assaulting  ■William,  McGregor,  a  .private 
watchman.  It  seems  that  Mr.  Wild  noticed  McGregor 
trying  the  door  of  his  store  late  Friday  nigh/t  and  when 
he  learned  that  the  man  was  a  watchman  instead  of  a 
thief,  ordered  him  to  let  his  door  alone  unless  he  was  told 
to  examine  it.  Words  followed,  then  McGregor  claims,  he 
was  assaulted, 

President  Warren  H.   Foley,   the  P.   A.   R.   D.'s  choice 

for  1902,  is  winning  high  praise  from  members,  officers 
and  comimitteemen  for  his  prompt  and  business-like  ad- 
ministration of  that  difficult  position,  his  committee  ap- 
pointments showing  evidence  of  careful  consideration  of 
the  aibility  of  each  member  and  his  fitness  and  willingness 
for  his  committee's  work. 

The  Philadelphia    College    of    Pharmacy   'Basket    Ball 

team  seems  to  be  starting  early  to  keep  up  public  tradi- 
tion that  the  dru.^gist  is  an  easy  "mark",  local  teams 
here  apparently  just  using  them  for  practice.  The  "Con- 
tinentals" defeated  the  P.  C.  P.'s  this  week  by  the  score 
of  44  to  7,  in  a  very  one-sided  game,  Ho'.stein  winning 
the  honors  of  the   team, 

^Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mahlon  N.  Kline  and  Miss  Kline  gave  a 

tea  ait  their  home,  266  W.  Tulpahocken  street,  German- 
town,  tost  week,  the  tea  table  being  noted  for  its  unusu- 
ally laa-ge  and  'handsome  decomations  of  "American 
Beiauty"  roses.  A  dinner  for  elg'hteen  followed  this  re- 
ception. 

An  unusually  large  importation  of  drugs  and  Chemicals 

was  received  here  lately  'in  the  British  steamex  Tropic. 
The  cargo  contained  fluorspar,  500  drums  chemicals,  100 
casks  arsenic,  30  casks  tiartar  emetic,  67  bailes  of  cacao 
butter,  125  barrels  manganese  diox'ide  and  m'any  mother 
large  orders  of  chemica'ls. 

^A   large  progressive   euchre  in   aid   of  'the  Samaritan 

Hospital  was  given  Thursday  evening  in  Clearfield  Hall, 
at  Broad  and  Clearfield  streets,  by  the  ladies  oS  that 
nei'g'hbiorhood,  Mrs.  D.  B.  Bransome  iwias  one  ot  the 
patronesses. 

- — Thieves  forced  an  entrance  early  Tuesday  morning 
into  the  drug  store  of  Tyler  &  Walton,  S23  North  Broad 
street,  and  got  away  safely  with  over  $114  worth  of  post- 
age stamps  and  $4  in  cash.  A  numiber  of  similar  house- 
breakings are   daily  reported   from   all  parts  of  the   city. 

^Arcihitect  Htutton   has   been   commissioned  to  prepare 

plans  for  a  new  fi'ont  and  interior  alterations  ait  1012 
Chestnut  street  for  Geo.  B.  Evanst  HiaJd  woods  and  plate 
glass  are  to  be  used  throughout. 

—George  Finnerty  of  1309  Porter  street  has  been  noti- 
fied that  he  passed  the  recent  State  Board  examination 
'With  high  honjors,  and  Ms  friend's  are  warmly  congratu- 
lating ihJm. 

The  drug  sitore  at  Eighth  and  Parrish  streets,   owned 

by  Randal,  is  reported  to  have  been  sold  to  parties  among 
whom  is  Bauer  &  Blacks'   Philadelphia  representative. 

It  has  been  urged  that  the  local  lassociatlon  of  retail 

druggists  publish  a  private  list  of  "bad  deibtors"  for  cir- 
culation among  mem'bersi. 

Jenkdntown   and   Gloucester,    N.    J.    are   enjoying   the 

benefits  of  a.telephone  war  between  rival  oompam'ies,  rates 
going  down  all  the  time. 


BALTIMORE. 


Murine,  the  well-known  eye  remedy,  is  not  an  eye  wa- 
t'er.  It  Is  prepared  'by  oculists  and  Is  claimed  to  be  a 
cure  for  all  eye  diseases.  It  retails  at  50  cents'  and  the 
dealer  gets  a  fair  profit.  Murine  is  being  'largely  adver- 
tised and  druiggists  can  get  it  fnora  any  jobber.  It  is  put 
up  by  the  Murine  Eye  Remedy  Co.,  Chicago. 


MORE    PHARMACY    LEGISLATION. 

Baltimore.  Feto.  9.— It  appears  that  the  bill  to  restrict 
thie  practice  of  pharmacy  throughout  Maryland  is  not 
the  only  'one  before  the  General  Assembly.  There  has 
been  introduced  by  Semator  Bryan,  of  the  city  delegation 
a  measure  that  makes  it  unlawful  for  any  druggist  or 
other  dealer  to  substitute.  Infractions  are  to  be  pun- 
ished as  misdemeanor  by  fine  or  imiprisoiiment,  or  both. 
The  bill,  it  is  said,  is  urged  especially  by  the'  Emerson 
Drug  Company  as  a  means  of  checking  the  practice  of 
dealers  to  recommend  something  else  when  its  prepara- 
tions are  asked  for. 

H.  P.  Hynson,  of  Hynson,  Westcott  &  Co.,  calls  atten- 
tion to  the  faict  which  seems  to  have  escaped  many  drug- 
gists that  while  strenuous  efforts  are  being  made  by  drug- 
gists all  over  the  country  and  by  several  national  ogani- 
.  zations  to  urge  the  enactment  of  Senate  bill  2162,  intro- 
duced on  Becemtier  19,  1901,  by  Mr.  Perkins,  to  "increase 
the  efficiency  and  change  the  name  of  the  United  States 
Marine  Hospital  Service,"  which  provides  for  giving  sur- 
geons and  hospital  stewards  and  assistants  the  rank  of 
commissioned  officers.  Another  measure  introduced  Jan- 
uary 7,  1902.  by  Mr.  Spooner  seems  to  have  been  entirely 
overlooked.  Mr.  Spooner's  bill  is  in  'fiact  the  more 
important  and  would,  if  passed,  accomplish  all  the  other 
measure  aims  to  do  and  a  great  deal  more.  It  is  far 
more  comprehensive  in  scope,  creating  the  "National 
Commission  of  Public  Health,"  which  shall  be  a  bureau 
in  tile  Treasury  Department,  and  "the  duties  of  which 
shall  be  to  collect  and  disseminate  information  with 
regard  to  the  prevalence  of  infectious  diseases  in  this 
and  other  countries:  to  collect  and  publish  vital  sta- 
tistics," and  to  talte  such  other  measures  as  are  required 
to  guard  the  country  against  the  introduction  of  infec- 
tious and  contagious  diseases  and  to  improve  the  sani- 
taiT  conditions  here.  The  effect  of  this  bill,  if  passed, 
would  be  to  legislate  out  of  office  the  present  surgeon 
general  of  the  Marine  Hosp'ital  Service  and  to  make 
sweeping  changes  in  the  methods  of  dealing  with  the 
subject  of  health  by  the  Ji-oderal  autiiorities.  This  bill, 
Mr.  Hynson  thinks,  is  even  m.ore  worthy  of  the  attention 
of  pharmacists  than  the  other,  and  he  finds  it  peculiar 
that  the  measure  has  apparently  been  over-looked  in 
favor  of  an  act  that  is  e%-idcntly  in  the  interest  of  certain 
officials  and  is  actively  advocated  by  them. 


THE    PHARMACY   BILL. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  5.— To  meet  the  objections  urged  by 
county  members  in  the  legislature  at  Annapolis  against 
the  bill  introduced  in  that  body  at  the  behest  of  the  pro- 
fession of  pharmacy  throughout  the  State,  the  friends  of 
the  measure  have  had  it  amended  in  the  direction  of  lib- 
eralizing its  provisions  still  more.  In  its  amended  shape 
the  proposed  law  certainly  affords  all  the  freedom  to 
country  store  keepers  which  these  tradesmen  can  reason- 
ably desire.  If  any  fault  is  to  be  found  with  the  meas- 
ure it  is  that  the  concessions  made  are  too  sweeping  and 
Vv'iU  deprive  the  law,  if  enacted,  of  proper  effectiveness. 

The  bill  was  reported  favorably  this  morning  by  the 
commiUee  on  Hygiene.  The  principal  change  is  in  the 
first  section.  As  amended  by  the  committee  the  measure 
reads  as  follows: 

"That  no  person  on  and  after  the  first  day  of  July  fol- 
lowing the  passage  of  this  act  shall  open,  conduct  or 
keep  a  pharmacy  in  this  State,  either  as  principal  or 
agent,  unless  such  person  shall  have  obtained  a  phar- 
macist's cerliflcate  as  hereinafter  prescribed,  and  no 
phanmacy  shall  at  any  time  be  left  in  charge  of  any  per- 
son who  has  not  a  certificate  as  pharmacist  or  assistant 
to  compound  prescriptions  or  to  sell  or  dispense  poisons 
and  medicines, 

"It  shall,  however,  (be  lawiful  for  physicians  to  coin- 
pound  and  dispense  their  own  prescriptions,  but  unlawful 
for  any  person,  dealer  or  firm  not  a  certified  pharmacist, 
acting  pharmacist  or  assistant,  to  compound  a  phy- 
sician's prescription. 

"Any    person    violating   this    section    shall,    upon    con- 


February  13,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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viction,  be  guilty  of  a  misclemeanor  and  fined  not  more 
than  $100." 

The  following  ."section  has  been  added: 

"ProvidecJ.  however,  that  nothing  in  this  act  shall  be 
construed  as  preventing  general  merchants  of  the  coun- 
ties of  the  State  from  selling  such  drugs  and  medicines 
as  have  heretofore  been  handled  by  the  general  mer- 
chants of  the  counties  of  the  State  at  Maryland." 


TRADE   RATHER  QUIET. 

Baltimorf.  Feb.  lO.-Ru.alni^ss  among  the  druggists  last 
week  was  r.Tther  quiet.  The  intense  cold  Ifept  the  publi  ■ 
indoors  whenever  this  w.as  possible,  and  there  were  com- 
paratively few  calls  for  medicaments.  One  article,  how- 
ever, developed  activity  and  may  be  still  more  in  demand 
this  week,  that  article  being  vaccine  virus.  A  number 
of  smallp.ix  cases  developed  among  the  cattlemen  aU'l 
other  irregulars  brought  here  by  an  English  steamie'.'. 
■-'nd  the  health  officers  are  now  engaged  in  a  vaccination 
crusade.  Everyone  who  comiplaJns  the  least  about  being 
indisposed  is  immediately  taken  hold  of  and  vaccinated 
on  the  suspicion  that  he  may  have  smallpox  in  its  in- 
cipient sta.tce.  This  has  ereated  a  run  on  virus  and,  inci- 
dentally, has  been  reflected  in  other  articles,  but  other- 
wise the  situation  is  rather  quiet,  both  in  the  city  and 
out-otf-lown.  Botanicals  are  about  the  same,  the  market 
for  the  goods  In  wihlcli  there  is  a  comparative  scarcity 
being  hig'h  and  firm.  The  movem'ent  in  beavy  chemicals 
i"^  as  usual  at  this  season  of  the  year,  if  allowance  be 
made  for  the  impediment  to  distril^ution  attributible  tn 
the  severe  weather. 


With   the  Bowlers. 

Baltimore,  Felb.  S.— The  relative  positions  of  MoCor- 
mick  &-  Co.  and  Sharp  S:  Dohme.  the  leaders  in  the  race 
fnr  tbe  Baltimore  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Olub  trophy,  ware 
not  changed  by  the  results  of  this  week's  games  at  thi> 
Diamond,  both  team  taking  two  games  and  losing  one 
to  their  respective  opponents.  Last  Tuesday  McCormick 
&  Co.  met  Jamps  Bally  &  Son  and  won  out  by  exception- 
ally good  scores,  the  totals  being  8.58.  79i  and  .822  against 
V,S8.  857  and  77J,  In  the  second  contest  Fairley,  of  James 
Badiley  &  Son.  rolled  up  the  astonishing  total  of  254. 
therebj'  capturing  the  game.  Dast  night  Sharp  &  Doibme 
took  two  out  of  the  three  g^mes  from  the  Armstrong 
fork  Company  by  720.  727  and  7H0  to  690.  843  and  692. 


Mr.   Yakel   Very   111. 

Baltimore.  Feb.  7.— Louis  Takel,  president  of  the  Koh- 
ler  'Manufacturing  Compamy.  is  ver>'  ill  and.  it  is  feared, 
cannot  long  survive.  Some  months  'ago  lie  developed 
.■•yraptoims  of  Bright's  disease  and  lately  the  malady  has 
taken  an  .Viirming  turn.  A  trip  which  he  took  last  year 
to  Florida,  d'ld  not  benefit  him  to  the  extent  he  had 
hoped.  Mr.  Yakel  is  about  af>  years  old  and  has  been 
\  er>'  sucoesstf'jl.  Last  year  his  comipany  moved  into  a 
crtiminiodloais  new  building  nn  North   Liberty  street. 


BALTIMORE    NOTES. 

The  phamiacv  on  North  Howard  street,  near  Frank- 
lin, for  many  years  conducted  by  Columbus  V.  Emich.  a 
\'eteran  in  the  business,  who  was  unfortunately  over- 
taken by  financiail  embarra-ssments  some  time  ago  and 
had  to  make  an  a.ssignment,  has  been  rpunchased  by 
Messrs.  Rowe  t^  Smith.  The  new  owners  have  moved  it 
next  door  and  installed  new  fixtures,  besides  making  a 
number  of  other  imrprox'ements,  which  bring  the  estab- 
liiShment  up  to  'date.  Messrs.  Rowe  &  Smith  own  several 
other  stop's  in  the  city,  one  of  them  on  the  corner  of 
Columbia  avenue  and  Scott  street,  another  on  Columbia 
avenue  and  a  third  in  North  Baltimore. 

Among  the  out--oif-town   visitors   last  week   were   W. 

E.  SneKing.  Norfolk  Va.:  W.  M.  Sivey.  Tunnelton.  W. 
Va..  and  C.  H.  Michaels,   Reisterstown,  Md. 

A  feature  at  the  last  session  of  the  Wedgewood  Club 

was  the  recitation  by  H.  P.  Hynson  of  an  original  parody 
on  the  rhy.ne  about  the  house  that  Jack  budlt.  It 
lirought  in  all  the  members  of  the  club  in  an  appropriate 
and  witty  way.  Lampooning  their  foibles  and  "praising 
their  excellencies,  and  was  greatly  enjoyed  by  the  audi- 
ence. Dr.  R.  E.  Lee  Hall  as  sergeant— at-arms,  was  the 
recipient  of  a  gavel  in  the  sharpe  of  a  basebaill  bat, 
adorned  with  a  pennant  bearing  he  words  "Wedgewood." 


MICHIGAN. 


H.   B.  FAIRCHILD. 

H.  B.  Fairchild.  general  manager  of  the  Hazeltine  & 
Perkins  Drug  Coimpany,  Grand  Rapids.  Mioh.,  was  born 
in  Rochester,  Ne'W  Yori?.  in  1S46.  He  served  an  the  Civil 
War  a.-;  a  member  'O'f  the  Third  New  York  Cavalry,  and 
at  the  close  of  the  war,  entered  the  employ  of  Spencer 
Bul'iynioie,  wholesale  druggists  in  Buffalo,  and  later  with 
other  firms  in  the  same  city.  In  1872  Mr.  Fairchild 
removed  to  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.,  and  became  generil 
manager  if  a  wholesale  business  inaugurated  by  C.  N. 
.=!hopard.  He  still  occupies  this  position  in  the  same 
firm  of  which  he  became  a  partner  a  few  years  later. 
This  firm  has  since  been  incorporated  under  the  name, 
Hazeltine  .«.-  Perkins  Drug  Conjipany. 


Drug  Store  Thieves  at  Work. 

Detroit,  Feb.  1.— Drug  stores  in  this  city  have  received 
considerable  attention  from  the  thieving  fnaternity  dur- 
ing the  last  few  months.  The  latest  attempt  was  made 
one  day  last  week  on  tflie  Peninsular  Pharmacy  on  Fort 
Street,  West,  which  is  operated  by  Edward  A.  Kavan- 
agh.  Mr.  K'avanagh.  his  wife  and  a  customer  were 
talking  in  the  store  late  iin  the  evening  when  four  men 
walked  in,  presented  their  revolvers  and  ordered  them 
to  throw  up  their  hands.  The  valuables  secured  were 
two  'gold  watches  and  about  SC'i.OO  in  cash.  A  diamond 
pin  worn  by  Mr.  Kava'nagh  was  overlooked  by  the  rob- 
bers.    Three   of   the   Hhdeves   have   been   apprehended. 


MICHIGAN  NOTES. 

William     M.     Warren,     general     manager     of     Parke. 

Davis  &  Co.,  was  in  New  York  the  past  week.  Prof.  F. 
G.  Ryan,  chief  pharmacist,  with  the  same  house,  has 
been  visiting  several  eastern  points,  putting  In  m'Ost  of  his 
time  In  New  York  City.  A.  L.  Palmer,  Northern  Ohio 
representative,  was  here  a  few  days  ago  and  F.  W. 
Buescher.  Buffalo  representative,  brought  a  party  of 
special  customers  to  Detroit  last  week  for  an  Inspection 
of  tJhie  firm's  laboratories,  and  gave  them  several  days' 
entertainment  In   various  ways. 

,\mong    the    representatives    of    out-of-town    houses 

who  were  in  Detroit  during  the  past  week  were:  C.  W. 
Griffiths,  representing  Messrs.  Kerf  &  Frerlchs,  St. 
Louis.  Mo.;  Mr.  McLean,  The  Canfield  Oil  Co.  of  Cleve- 
land,  Ohio:  "W.  M.  Kuemmerle.   Jr..   the  Standard  Glass 


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[February  13,  1902. 


Works  of  Baiiimore,  Ma.;  H.  Warrick,  i'ritzscJie  Bros., 
N.  Y.;  Mr.  Washbourne,  J.  W.  Busih'  &  Co.,  N.  T.,;  B.  J. 
Garrigues,   WhitaJl,   Tatum   &   Co.,   Philade'.phia,   Pa. 

C.    C.   McCli.ntock,  for   many   years   representative   on 

the  road  tOr  the  HerShey  Chocolate  Co.  oj  Baltimiore, 
Md.,  has  severed  his  connection  with  that  firm  and  in- 
tends to  engage  in  business  for  himself  in  the  line  of 
tine  confections.  The  territory  he  formerly  occupied  will 
be  hereafter  covered  by  Jas.  T.  Mulqueen,  who  le  now 
making  his  maiden  trip,  having  called  in  the  Detroit 
trade   during  the   past  week. 

Paul  Hook,  a  drug  c:erk  of  Grand  Rapids,  was  re- 
cently taken  into  custody  and  charged  with  the  larceny 
of  a  quantity  of  diamond  riiige,  the  property  of  a  guest 
at  the  IJvingston  Hotel.  Upon  being  searched  two  dia- 
mond rings,  a  gold  watch,  and  a  quantity  of  money  were 
found   upon   his  person. 

.4.  party  of  dental  students  from  the  Detroit  College 

of  Medjcine  inspected  the  Daboratories  of  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.  January  30,  and  after  making  the  usual  trip, 
they  were   served    with   refreshments. 

D.  E.  Prall,  Saginaw,  intends  to  shortly  make  exten- 
sive improvements  in  his  pha.rmacy  in  tlilat  city,  and  has 
ordered  a  handGome  soda  fountain  as  part  of  the  equip- 
ment. 

F.  O.  Nesbitt  of  Durand  is  making  extensive  altera- 
tions in  h's  pharmacy,  amd  will  put  in  a  line  of  the  prod- 
uct;; of  one  of  the  large  pbarraaceutical  manufacturers. 
O.  C.  Pemberton,  pharmacist  at  Mecosta,  has  dis- 
posed of  h:s  drug  business  and  will  eng'age  in  other 
fields  of   work   in   tine   future. 


of   the    oldest    retai'-    drug   firms 
intends    to    install    a    large    soda 


J.    Smith  &   Son.    or 

In   Saginaw,   West   Side 
fountain. 

F.    M.    Kilbourn.    Corunna.    recently    disposed    of    his 

drug  stock  at  that  place. 

-: — C.  H.  Prantz,  Bay  City,  will  place  in  his  store  an  up- 
to-date  soda  fountain. 


CHICAGO. 


CLERKS  WANT  SANITARY  ROOMS. 

Chicaga,  Feb.  6.— The  Drug  Clerks'  Association  of 
Chicago  last  night  unanimously  passed  a  reso-ution  de- 
manding a  city  ordinance  prohibiting  sleeping  in  drug 
stores.  Alderman  F.  A.  Hart  will  introduce  the  ordi- 
nance  in   the   City   Council. 

At  the  meeting,  which  was  held  at  the  Association 
headquarters,  167  Dearborn  street,  it  was  decided  to  hold 
meetings  all  over  the  city  in  the  interest  of  .shorter 
hours,  more  pay,  and  to  arouse  public  opinion  to  support 
the   passage  of   the  ordinance. 

In  Chicago  and  throughout  tihe  West  proprietors  re- 
quire c'.eirks  to  sleep  in  the  store  to  answer  night  ca!l6. 
When  the  accommodations  are  comfortable  no  objection 
is  made,  but  clerks  say  that  in  the  vasit  majority  of 
cases  their  sleeping  quarters  are  not  only  void  of  com- 
fort but  are  actually  unsanitary.  The  secretary  was  in- 
structed to  write  district  organizations  of  the  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists'  Association  asking  co-operation  with 
the  clerks-  In  securing  shorter  hours.  A  second  meeting 
for  furfher  consideration  of  the  question  of  hours  and 
slei-p'ng  quarters  will  be  h<^ld  on  next  Wednesday  after- 
noon  in   the   headquarters   of  the  Association. 


WANTS   DRUGGISTS   TO   TAKE  AN   INTEREST   IN 
BOARD  ELECTION. 

Chicago,  Feb.  S.— Tlie  secretary  of  the  board  of  phar- 
macy ihas  sent  out  sample  voting  cards  to  awaken  an 
interest  among  druggists  in  the  selection  of  a  member 
of  the  board  of  pharmacy  and  of  the  advisory  board  of 
the  University  to  succeed  the  members  whose  terms  ex- 
pire   Dec.    31,    1902. 

The  secretary  desires  a  general  expression  of  prefer- 
ence from  the  druggists  of  the  state  and  is  taking  the 
above  method  as  a  reminder  to  them  of  their  duty.  Mr. 
Ebert  thinkS  that  the  retiring  member,  G.  Henry  Sohr- 
beck,  who  took  Col.  Jewett's  place  on  the  board  of  phar- 
macy, should  be  reappointed.  Mr.  Sohrbeck  has  been 
but  one  year  on  the  board  and  is  an  unusually  good 
man  for  the  pcsition.  Mr.  Ebert  is  therefore  advising 
everyone   to   vote  for   Mr.    So'hrbeck. 


CHICAGO   NOTES. 

Learning   that  a  would-be   purchaser   of   carbolic  acid 

contemplated  suicide,  Charles  Lange,  a  druggist  at  West 
Lake  and  Wood  streets,  exercised  a  little  diplomacy  and 
thwarted  her  purpose.  His  prospective  customer  was  a 
young  woman,  well  dressed,  who  lived  in  Jackson  boule- 
vard. Langc  asked  her  'many  questions  as  to  her  pur- 
pose, and  she  finally  admitted  enoug'h  to  convince  Mm 
she  intended  to  take  her  life,  because  of  disappoin'tment 
in  love.  He  quietly  connmunicated  with  her  family  and 
then  detained  her  in  conversation  until  her  mother  came. 
The  young  iwoman  was  taken  'home,  and  yes'terday  re- 
turned and  t'hanked  the  druggist  for  effecting  a  change 
in  her  purpose. 

A    well    informed    man    interesLed    in    the    drug    trade 

says  that  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  plan  now  in  operation  in 
Chicago  'has  increased  the  profits  of  the  retailers  ten  per 
cent,  at  least.  Ninety-seven  per  cent,  of  the  druggists 
of  Chicago  are  doing  business  under  an  agreed  price  list. 
Even  England  is  copying  some  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  plans, 
for  the  manufacturers  are  trying  to  put  into  effect  a 
plan  that  wil'.  guarantee  a  minimum  profit  on  their 
goods. 

Mr.    Ebert    has    received    from    J.    H.    Mitchell,    Ph.    G. 

of  McCallsburg,  la.,  a  copy  of  the  Richmond  (Va.) 
"  Whig  "  of  September  18,  18T3,  giving  an  account  oif  the 
second  day's  session  of  the  twenty-first  annual  meeting 
of  the  American  PharmaceutScal  Association  held  at 
Richmond.  The  letter  of  Mr.  Ebert  to  the  Association 
delating  the  Ebert  prize  is  published  in  the  report. 
— ^P.  O.  Huebner,  formerly  with  the  Chicago  office  of 
Mercik  &  Company,  wi:i  enter  the  employment  of  the 
Chicago  branch  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Company  on  Febru- 
ary 10.  Mr.  Huebner  will  cover  the  Norttolwest  and 
Southwest    portions    of    the    city. 

-^Anent  the  hot- crusade  of  tihe  drug  clerks  it  may  be 
of  interest  to  say  that  the  Drug  Clerks  A.'^eociation  of 
IllinoliS  is  getting  as  many  as  forty  or  fifty  applications 
a   day  for  membership  from   all   parts  of  the   State. 

Walter    H.     Gale,     treasurer    of    the    Chicago    Retail 

Druggists'  Association,  has  been  confined  to  his  bed  for 
two  weeks  with  inflammation  of  the  bowels.  His  con- 
dition  is   Improving. 

David  W.  McKenna  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  Forty- 
seventh  street  and  Evans  avenue  to  Oscar  U.  Slsson, 
who  owns  a  drug  store  at  Fifty-first  street  and  Cottage 
Grove   avenue. 

G.    A.    Eggers    has    succeeded    R,    H.    Doederlein    at 

985  North   Halsted  street. 

-^M.  M.  Hensley  has  sold  hds  drug  store  in  Anderson, 
Ind.,  to  Mrs.  C.  HugheL 


Chicago  Trade  Busy. 

Chicago,  Feb.  8.— Business  is  good  and  the  manufact- 
uring pharmacists  are  busy  and  so  are  the  jobbers. 
There  Is  considerable  sickness  and  much  demand  for 
seasonable  drugs.  All  ^tap'.e  drugs  are  selling  in  large 
quantities.  The  retailers  are  enjoying  a  fairly  good  bus- 
iness also  and  jobbers  report  that  their  collections  are 
fairly  prompt. 


A  Correction. 

The  advertisement  of  the  Empire  State  Drug  Co., 
which  appears  on  the  back  cover  of  this  issue  oif  the  Era. 
says,  "We  paid  a  cash  dividend  of  40  per  cent.  •  •  •. 
This  is  a  typogr.a.p'hical  error,  the  line  should  read,  "We 
paid   a   cash   dividend   of  4   per   cent." 


February  13,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


IHl 


THE  NORTHWEST. 


NEWLY-FLEDGED    PHARMACISTS. 

St.  Paul,  Alinn.,  Fell.  S.— As  the  resu.t  of  its  tiuar- 
terly  examination  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  thi; 
week  granted  certilicates   to   these: 

Irwin  R.  Andtrson,  Ernest  H.  Burfeind,  1/ouis.Guld- 
brand.-en.  Frank  J.  Xagel,  George  R.  Douglass,  Floyd  S. 
Williams.  Minneapolis;  Harry  H.  Canright,  Fairmont; 
Arnold  Christensen,  Albert  Lea,  Leroy  W.  English, 
Bertha;  Rudolph  H.  Ehrenberg.  Appleton;  Herman 
Hauetcr,  Eellingham;  Frank  G.  Harnish.  Hastings;  Wm. 
A.  Hargesheimer,  Winona;  Frank  Kramer,  Rochester; 
Julius  F.  L,i-->pold,  Heron  Lake;  Charles  H.  Moulton, 
WiTinebago  City;  Gustav  H.  Sommer,  Ruch  City;  Oscar 
Zuecher,    Melrose. 

The  following  were  granted  the  certificate  of  assist- 
ant pharmacist: 

Setih  A.  Ash,  James  F.  Browne,  Joseph  A.  Breiden- 
back.  Hans  H.  Bodsgard,  Conrad  H.  Boeckman,  Julius 
W.  Doxey,  Addison  C.  Douglass,  D.  Roy  R.  Elick,  Alex- 
ander G.  Gillespie,  Henry  H.  Gregg,  Louis  M.  Howser, 
Charles  Karnofsky,  Frank  W.  Klenert,  Albert  A.  Kurtz, 
Elmer  E.  Larsen.  John  H.  Lehman,  Leig'h  Paine,  Albert 
W.Pontiue,  Franklin  T.  Shackelford,  Oscar  U.  Soder- 
gren.  Fred  C.  Swineford.  Lindley  O.  Stockdill,  James  A. 
Watson,  Oscar  Wanthe,  Edward  H.  Korfhage.  David  F. 
Bergstrom,  Walter  E.  Chllstrom,  Edwin  U.  French 
Theodore  Heinrick.  Albert  Leadstrom,  George  A.  New- 
ton, Marie  A.  Piesinger.  Fred  Petricks,  John  H.  Stadon, 
Ernest  B.    Newman. 


THE  MINNEAPOLIS  OVERCHARGES. 

Et.  Paul.  Minn..  February  S.— Too  many  drugs  and 
medicines  have  been  purchased  for  the  use  of  the  Minne- 
apolis city  hospital  during  the  past  six  monttis.  This  is 
the  conclusion  reached  by  the  two  experts— a  druggUst  and 
a  professional  accountant — who,  under  the  direction  of 
the  city  hospital  committee  of  the  board  of  charities  and 
corrections,  made  an  inventory  of  the  stock  now  on  hand. 
As  the  Era  has  already  stated,  the  drugs  were  supplied 
by  the  A.  D.  Thompson  Drug  Co.,  of  Minneapolis,  which 
has  been  officially  accused  of  overcharging.  Those  who 
took  the  inventory,  however,  expressed  no  opinion  as  to 
the  prices  in  their  report.  This  function  devolves  upon 
the  hospital  committee.  Wihen  informed  of  the  nature 
of  the  report  City  Physician  Nelson  said:  "As  far  as  the 
drug  expert's  criticism,  if  he  has  m'ade  any,  on  the  amount 
of  purdhases  I  have  made  for  the  city  hospital,  I  have 
yet  to  learn  that  a  druggist  is  competent  to  Judge  of  the 
quantity  and  quality  of  the  drugs  and  medicines  that  a 
physician  may  order  fOT  his  patients."  Before  long  the 
A.  D.  Thompson  Dru,g  Co.  will  have  the  floor  to  explain 
why  it  charged  Che  olty  such  stiff  prices. 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

An   unusually  large  number  of  new   stores   have   been 

opened  in  this  territory  the  past  week,  proving  that  a 
good  many  men  still  Relieve  there  is  something  worth 
while  in  the  drug  business.  Here  is  the  list:  A.  Gilmore 
&  Co.,  Black  Duck,  Minn.;  Hans  Larsen,  Barrett,  Minn.; 
Max  Wenzel,  Pipestone.  Minn.;  George  M.  Adams  and 
E.  M.  Thomas,  Niobrara,  Neb.;  J.  S.  Miller  &  Co..  Ber- 
v'lck,  N.   D. :  A.  M.  Rette,  Portal,  N.   D. 

DavM   R.   Noyes  of  Noyes  Bros.   &  Cutler,   St.   Paul, 

whose  .son  Daniel  Raymond  Noyes  was  severely  injured 
in  a  coasting  accident  near  Lennox,  Mass.,  Jan.  1,  re- 
ceived word  this  week  that  the  young  gentleman  is 
continually  improving.  He  was  said  on  Wednesday  for 
the  first  time  to  be  up  and  dressed  and  moving  about 
his  room.  His  father  and  friends  are  greatly  encouraged 
by  this  report. 

Mrs.  H.     J.  Sholey,  wife  of  the  manager  of  the  cigar 

department  of  Noyes  Bros.  &  Cutler,  is  dead  from  an 
oijcration  and  the  body  was  taken  to  Coldwater,  Mich., 
for  interment.  Her  maiden  name  was  Julia  Houghtatlng 
and  she  was  born  at  Auburn.  N.  T.,  forty-two  years  ago 


J.   F.    VICKERS. 

J.  F.  Vickers,  one  ot  Eli  Lil'.y  &  Co."s  Southern  reprr- 
sentatiuns.  is  a  native  of  Tennessee.  Prior  to  his  con- 
nection vriih  his  present  employers  'he  owned  and  oper- 
ated a  fine  drug  store  in  Omaha,  Neb.  Mr.  Vickers.  or 
"Vic."  as  he  is  known  by  fellow  knights  of  the  grip,  is 
unmarried  .".nd  very  popular. 


She  married  Mr.  Sholey  twenty-five  years  ago  and  t;,e 
couple  had  lived  in  St.   Paul  nine  years. 

W.  R.  Dickinson,   Frank  Fisk  and  Star  Warson  have 

incorpcrated  the  Dickinson  Drug  Company,  which  will 
continue  the  drug  business  started  at  Lea3,  S.  D..  by 
W.  R.  Dickinson  over  twenty  years  ago.  Mr.  Dickinson 
is  president  of  the  new  company,  Mr.  Fisk  vice-president 
and  Mr.    Warson   secretary    and    treasurer. 

Successions:    E.    Theodore    Eiliner,    Henning,     Minn., 

ty  R.  J.  Lindberg;  C.  R.  McKinley,  Edwall,  Wash.,  by 
Ci.  G.  Grimes;  Edward  Mitchell,  Helena,  Mont.,  by 
Mitchell  &  Matchett;  J.  H.  Anderson,  Hull.  la.,  by  J.  H. 
Halihan. 

Among   the  country   druggists    visiting   the    wholesale 

houses    here   this    week    were   A.    Tyrrell,    of    Lindstrom, 
Mmn.,   and  L.  A.   Christenson,   of  Baldwin,   W'is. 
Louis  Hergenrather   has  left   Kakota.   N.   D.,   and  re- 
turned  to   Minnesota  and   is   now   in   a   Minneapolis  drug 
store. 

D.   A.    Lewis,   Albion,    Neb.,    and    the   Hockensmith   & 

Marks  Drug  Co.,   Halsey,   Ore.,    have   incorporated. 

The    Council    Drug    Co.,    Council,    Idaho,    sustained    a 

$2,400  fire  loss   this  week;   insurance,   Jl.OCO. 

Franklin  Bros.,  Blue  Earth,   Minn.,  and  Knox   &  Co., 

Mrn-nhis.    Neb.     have   dilssolved. 

Miss  Edna  SchuUs  is  going  lo  work  in  Mr.  Robert- 
son's drug  store  at  Lyle.  Minn. 

The  Anmstrong  Drug  Co.,    Denniston,    la.,    has   given 

a   bill   of   sale 

p.  J.  (^nk  .Grpely    Neb.,  is  removing  to  Ok'.ahoma, 

J.    W.    Price,    Burlington,    la.,    has   traded   stock. 

Miss  M.  E.  Adams  is  leaving  Ceylon,  Minn. 

W".  H.  Graft,  Iowa  City,   la.,  has  sold. 


Coca  Cola  Co.  Wins  Suit. 

Atlanta,  Felbruary  6.— The  Coca  Cola  Co.,  Atlanta,  won 
a  ?10,S58.80  suit  from  the  Government  yesterday  in  the 
Federal  Court  for  sums  collected  on  the  output  of  that 
concern  as  war  taxes  during  the  late  war.  The  Govern- 
ment held  that  Coca  Co:a  was  a  proprietary  medicine, 
while  its  makers  contended  it  was  a  beverage.  The  man- 
ufacturers feel  encouraged,  as  $30,000  additional  Is  In- 
volved. 


The  list  of  package  paints,  varniahes.  enamels,  etc.. 
Included  In  Lucn's  advertisement  in  this  Issue  Includes  a 
line  of  goods  whic'h  ought  to  be  in  every  drug  store. 


182 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  13,  1902. 


ST.  LOUIS. 


F.    H.    PECK. 

P.  H  Peck,  Hospital  Steward,  U.  S.  Marine  Hospital 
Service  St.  Louis.  Mo.,  was  born  at  Portsimoiuth.  O.. 
tliirty  years  agn.  After  flni.ihingr  the  course  in  pharmacy 
of  tihe  Ohio  State  University  in  1S89.  te  entered  the  retail 
trade,  at  first  acting  as  clerk,  and  Jater,  as  proprietor. 
In  1893  he  was  appointed  to  a  position  in  the  Hospital 
Corps  of  the  World's  Fair  in  Chicago.  When  the  expo- 
sition closed  Mr.  Peck  entered  the  Marine  HosipitaJ  Ser- 
vice and  has  since  served  at  thirty-one  different  stations. 
He  has  bten  active  in  the  fight  to  dmiprove  the  status  of 
nharmacists  in  the  putolic  siervice,  and  is  the  author  of 
the  proposed  amendment  to  House  Bill  7189,  which  was 
fraimied  for  tlhls  purpose. 


Druggists'  Bowling  League. 

St.  IjOU'Is,  Feb.  8  — .\t  the  meeting  of  the  Druggists' 
Cocked-Hait  L.eague  last  Thursday  night  WlMiam  Graham 
and  William  F.  ICahre  resigned  the  offices  of  president 
and  vice  president,  respectfully,  and  William  Kunz  and 
Tj.  B.  David  were  elected  to  succeed  them.  The  MofEitt- 
We.?t  Drug  Co.'s  team  won  tour  games  from  Meyer 
Bros.  Drug  Co.'steam.  Herf  &  Frerichs'  team  won  three 
out  of  five  from  the  team  of  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Co.  and 
the  Mound  City  PaJnts  won  four  from  Searle  &  Hereth 
Co.'s  aggregation. 

ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

^There  is  quite  an  epidemic  of  smallpox  in  this  vicin- 
ity, amd  pharmacists  find  the  Ihlandling  of  vaccine-virus 
quite  a  profitable  business  since  the  city  has  ceased  to 
furnish    lymph   to   physicians   free  of  charge. 

The   J.    S.    Merrell   Drug   Co.   was  damaged   to   the  ex- 

te<nt  of  $1,000  by  smoke  and  water  during  a  big  fire  across 
the  street  from  their  plant  last  Monday  night. 

^A.    C.    Shiith    of    Carrolton,    Mo.,    was    married    last 

Thursday  to  Miss  Catharine  Rea,  of  that  city.  The 
couple  are  spending  their  honeymoon  in  this  city. 

William    Soldon,    a   drug    clerk    of    Macon,    Mo.,    was 

accidently  shot  to  death  while  out  hunting  a  few  days 
ago. 

J.  R.  Strite  has  purchased  W.  S.  Fleming's  drug  stock 

and  will  move  it  to  his  mew  store  at  Fairmont  and  Clan- 
enden  avenues. 

^Dr.  H.   M.   Pettlt,   a  prominent  druggist  of  Carrolton, 

Mo.,  has  gone  to  Virginia  to  spend  a  few  weeks  with  old 

friends. 

. — 'E.  R.  Niel  of  Murphyshoro,   III.,  has  purchased  C.   O. 

Pellet's  Pharmacy   of   that   city. 


A  Youthful  Veteran. 

A  few  weeks  ago  there  were  published  in  the  Era 
a  few  reimarks  of  an  ex-druggist  who  had  long  since 
retired  from  business  with  enoiagih  to  support  hie  de- 
clining years  in  comfort,  but  who  could  not  break  his 
habit  of  spending  his  evenings  at  the  drug  store.  It 
would  have  been  interesting  to  hear  what  this  old  fellow 
thought  about  the  flood  of  proprietary  preparations  now 
offered  to  the  public  in  constantly  increasing  numbers, 
and  to  (have  him  tell  something  about  the  staple  rem- 
edies thirty  years  ago.  There  were  "patent  medicines" 
in  those  days,  and  lots  of  them,  too,  but  how  many  of 
the  38,000  preparations  listed  in  the  current  Price  I.,ist 
section  of  the  Era  were  known  in  those  good  old  days  of 
full   prices?     Not  many;   perhaps  not  ten  per  cent. 

To  those  old  veterans  who  still  survive  we  pay  our 
respects.  They  have  lived  long  and  useful  ISves.  They 
toave  watched  their  less  fortunate  comrades  drop,  one  by 
one,  by  the  wayside,  and  they  owe  their  own  longevity 
to  a  popularity  founded  on  imerit,  that  would  seem  to 
make  them  good  for  still  aoiother  generation.  Of,  this 
company  of  old-timers,  none  is  more  respected  than 
Castoria,  the  kind  that  has  Ohas.  H.  Fletcher's  bold 
signature  across  the  label,  the  kind  "children  cry  tor," 
and  the  kind  "you  have  always  bought."  Remedies 
have  come  and  have  gone,  some  have  died  a  natural 
death  (Inanition,  has  been  the  usual  diagnosis),  and 
some,  convicted  of  the  crime  of  gross  imitation,  have 
perished  miserably  by  legal  process,  but  Castoria  has 
gone  on  serenely  the  best  known  and  most  popular  rem- 
edy of  its  day,  its  friends  in  every  household  and  its 
name  a  part  of  the  English  language.  Victor  Hugo,  a 
veteran  himself,  once  said,  "forty  is  the  old  age  of 
youth,  and  fifty  is  the  youth  of  old  age."  Castoria  now 
in  its  fourth  decade,  still  a  youth,  looks  forward  to 
many  years  of  popularity  before  it  may  toe  said  to  have 
reached  even  the  "youth  of  old  age." 

So  long  and  so  honorable  a  career  furnishes  but  one 
deduction,  there  must  be  real  merit  behind  it.  This  is 
an  age  of  great  advertisements,  and  advertising  has  been 
reduced  almost  to  a  science,  but  no  amount  of  advertis- 
ing ever  kept  a  remedy,  or  anything  else,  alive  for  thirty 
years,  unless  it  had  solid  qualities  behind  it.  An  exam- 
ination of  the  files  of  any  leading  newspaper  for  ten 
years  will  show  advertisements  galore  of  medicines  now 
moribund,  many  dead  and  even  forgotten.  The  public 
is  startled  one  day  with  a  big  announcement  of  some 
new  preparation,  which,  perhaps,  sells  while  the  adver- 
tising appropriation  lasts,  but  which  goes  the  usual  way 
as  soon  as  the  fund  has  run  out.  Advertising  only  helps. 
It  simply  tells  the  consumer  the  article  is  good  for  him; 
if  he  finds  it  is  not,  no  amount  of  printers'  ink  will  make 
another  sale  to  him.  Fletcher's  Castoria,  too,  has  spent 
large  sums  in  advertisng,  a  small  fortune  every  year, 
in  fact,  but  a  large  part  of  this  fund  has  been  spent  to 
protect  the  public  and  the  druggist  from  imitations.  To 
be  sure,  it  has  advertised  Castoria,  it  has  told  of  its  good 
qualities,  amd  has  suggested  its  use  in  places,  where 
it  would  not  have  gone  without  publicity,  but  its  merit 
has  kept  it  there,  and  it  has  done  all  it  agreed  to  do. 

As  a  matter  of  equity,  Castoria  is  entitled  to  the  fruits 
of  its  long  -ind  honorable  career.  It  ought  not  to  be 
<  ompelled  to  spend  large  sums  to  retain  that  which  is 
its  own.  The  consumeir  should  feel  that  the  best  Is 
none  too  good,  and  that  he  cannot  use  a  bogus  article 
at  any  price.  Ani  most  of  them  do  feel  this  way.  To 
the  everlasting  honor  of  the  retail  druggist  be  it  said 
that  he,  too,  feels  this  way,  and  with  rare  exceptions, 
the  vender  of  the  ".iust  as  good"  kind  finds  pretty  slim 
picking    in    the   drug    trade. 

Nothwlthstanding  this,  it  has  seemed  wise.  If  not 
necesary,  to  acquaint  every  man,  woman  and  child  In 
this  country  that  there  is  but  one  Castoria,  and  that 
one  is  Fletcher's.  It  has  taken  money  and  brain  and 
nerve  to  do  all  this,  but  it  has  been  done.  Now,  all  It 
wants  is  fair  play;  merit  will  do  the  rest. 

In  buying  Castoria,  a  liberal  discount  Is  made  on  gross 
lots. 

How  many  druggists  are  there  that  cannot  sell  144 
bottles    in   a    year? 


February  13,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


183 


JAMES  W.  TOFTS. 
As  briefly  reported  in  the  Era  of  last  week,  the  death 
on  February  '1.  at  Pinehurst.  N.  C,  of  James  W.  Tufts, 
president  of  the  American  Soda  Fountain  Company,  was 
■wholly  unexpected,  and  was  the  result  of  heart  failure 
Induced  by  indigestion.  'VVihien  it  came,  he  and  his  wife 
were  guests  at  The  Carolinas,  one  of  several  hotels 
owned   by    Mr.    Tufts    at    Pinehurst. 

'Mr.  Tufts  was  born  in  1835,  in  CharlestrfWTi,  'Where 
as  a  boy  he  went  to  school.  When  quite  young  he  went 
as  apprentice  to  Kidder's  apothecary  store,  in  Charles- 
town,  a  p'.ace  prominent  in  its  day.  After  faithfully 
serving  his  apprenticeship  and  learning  much  in  thoee 
daj's  of  hard  work  in  any  pharmacy,  he  went  into  busi- 
Tiess  for  himself  when  he  was  twenty-one  years  of  age, 
buying  a  place  in  Somerville.  Some  years  later  he  also 
bought  a  pharmacy  in  Medford,  now  known  as  the 
Howard  Pharmacy.  It  was  at  the  Medford  store  that 
Mr.  Tufts  first  conceived  the  idea  of  making  a  sodn 
water  apparatus,  and  this  he  did  merely  for  his  own  use, 
\vith  no  thought  whatever  of  its  being  the  seed  that 
eventually  was  to  grow  into  a  business  of  wide  expan- 
sion and  proportions.  His  fountain  was  of  the  crudest 
description  and  provided  for  the  use  of  only  about  a 
liailf  dozen  i>f  syrups.  He  kept  it  covered  from  curious 
gaze,  because  of  its  incomplete  look,  rather  than  to 
l>rotect  his  original  ideas.  He  later  gave  up  his  interest 
in  tht-  drug  business  and  was  established  in  business  in 
Boston  in  the  early  sixties  as  manufacturer  of  soda 
water  .ii^paratus.  The  firm  name  was  simply,  "James 
"W.  Tufts."  The  business  grew  to  enormous  proportions 
and  in  1801  it  was  combined  with  that  of  A.  D.  Puffer 
&  Sons,  this  city.  Charles  Lippincott  &  Co.,  Philadel- 
phia, and  John  Matthews.  Xew  York,  all  forming  the 
American  Soda  Fountain  Company  for  the  manufacture 
of  a'.l  kinds  of  apparatus  and  fixtures  used  in  the  busi- 
ness. Mr.  Tufts  became  the  president  and  has  alwaj'S 
oomtinued   in   that   office. 

He  resided  in  Medford,  where  his  home  is  one  of  the 
finest  places  in  that  city.  For  several  years  Mr.  Tufts 
has  passed  the  winter  seasons  at  Pinehurst.  a  place 
■wWoh  owes  its  birth  and  growth  to  his  enterprise.  The 
entire  town,  witli  all  its  hotels,  cottages,  etc..  was  built 
and  has  been  owned  by  Mr.  Tufts,  who  also  built  and 
owned  the  electric  railway  running  from  Pinehurst  to 
Southern  Pines,  operated  wholly  for  the  pleasure  and 
needs   of   the   visitors   of  those   places. 

Mr.  Tufts  delighted  to  help  otihers  and  never  missed 
an   opportunity   to  do   good,   yet  always   did   this   quietly 


and  unostentatiously.  As  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
North  End  Union  in  Boston  he  was  constantly  finding  op- 
portunities for  doins  something  of  practical  use  and  his 
sound  advice  was  often  sought.  His  purse  always  was 
open  in  Uhe  interest  of  any  good  cause,  either  charitable 
or  practical,  wherein  others  might  be  helped.  Per- 
sonally, he  kept  in  the  background  as  much  as  i>ossIble 
in  his  good  works.  Besides  his  wife,  his  son  Leonard 
and  his  daughter.  Mrs.  Williajn  T.  Jenney,  survive  Mr. 
Tufts. 

The  funeral  wnas  Oiield  from  the  family  residence  In 
Medford.  The  400  employees  of  the  factory  went  out 
from  Boston  and  attended  a  memorial  service  at  which 
was  delivered  a  short  eulogj-.  During  the  service  the 
offices  and  factories  of  the  American  Soda  Fountain 
Comipany  all  over  the  United  States  were  closed,  not 
a  wheel  moved,  and  never  was  man  more  sincerely 
mourned  than  by  those  who  ihad  come  in  such  close 
contact  with  the  upright,  thoughtful  man,  James  "W. 
Tufts.  The  burial  was  at  the  Oak  Grove  Cemetery, 
Medford. 


THE  SOUTH. 


Mempiiis,  Tenn.,  February  8. 

Dr.  J.  P.  Balch.  manager  of  the  Jackson,  Tenn,  Drug 

Co..  wears  a  contented  smile  caused  by  the  largest  holi- 
day business  in  the  history  of  the  store.  When  reminded 
that  the  holidays  have  long  since  gone,  he  reinarks  that 
the  smile  of  prosperity  often  lingers,  or  words  to  that 
effect. 

R.  C.  Stockton,  formerly  connected  with  the  Southern 

Pharmacal  Co.,  Louisville  Ky.,  is  now  wiith  the  Nash- 
ville Glass  and  Sundry  Co.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

^Fred  Fusion,  until    recently    with    C.     W.     Jennings, 

South  Cherrj'  street.  Nashville,  is  now  with  the  West 
End  drug  store  of  Demonville  and  Co. 

Hamner,   Hawkins  and  Co.   have  opened  a  new  dmg 

store  at  Jackson,  Tenn.  Mr.  Caldwell  is  in  charge  o£  the 
prescription  department. 

.W.   H.    Cushman  has   removed   from  Fifth  and  Main 

streets  to  Che  corner  of  Josephine  and  Meridian  streets, 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

D.  M.  Mlnsey  has     purchased     the     James     Richards' 

stock  and  fixtures, North  Cherry  and  Jefferson  streets, 
Nashville,  Tenn. 

The   Stewart   Drug   Co.,    Lexington.   Tenn,,    suffered  a 

severe  loss  by  fire  recently.  The  insurance  was  ample  to 
cover  the  loss. 

Dr.  J.  B.  Sand,  of  Nashville,  Tenn.,  will  shortly  make 

a  trip  East  in  the  interest  of  a  preparation  of  his  manu- 
facture. 

The  Globe   Drug  Co.,   TusoumWa,   Alia.,   now   occupies 

the  new  store  built  for  its  occupancy. 

Huntington,   Tenn.,   has  a  new   drug  store   conducted 

by  the  Mews  Drug  Co. 

Brown  and  Williams  have  bought  out  Dr.  Cunning- 
ham,  Boonviile,  Miss. 

Harry  Martin,  representing  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemical 

Works,   of  St.  Louis,  was  in  the  city  this  week. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

XEAV^  YORK 

Compound  Alum  Powder 


184 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  13,  190;?. 


MISS  LILLIAN  MAJOR. 

Miss  Lillian  Major  is  the  only  dauglit'er  at  A.  Major 
of  "cement  fame."  Tlie  portrait  printed  liiierewitii  is 
.not  the  first  lilieness  of  her  that  has  aippeared  in  print, 
her  pioturo  as  a  little  child  having-,  lor  a  number  oif 
years,  serve'd  as  a  part  of  the  trademark  of  Major's  ce- 
ment. Miss  Major  is  known  as  a  talented  young  lady 
and  was  the  object  of  consderable  attention  at  the  re- 
tsent  annual  toall  and  entecrtainment  of  the  'New  York  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  Alumni  Association  in  which  she  took 
part. 


Look  for  Increased  Sales. 

To  the  ordinary  observer  it  would  seem  that  the  sale 
of  300,000  bath  cabinets  in  one  year,  through  the  drug 
trade  alone,  is  an  enormous  business.  Mo'.lerakopp  & 
MoOreery,  makers  of  the  Buckeye  Folding  Vapor  BatJh 
Cabinet,  state  that  this  number  of  their  cabinets  was 
sold  by  the  drug  trade  in  1001,  and  the  present  indica- 
tions are  that  the  number  will  be  greatly  increased  in 
1902.  There  is  no  doubt  that  vapor  baths  are  becoming 
mare  popular  every  month  and  the  question  with  many 
druggists  is  not  wihether  they  will  handle  bath  ca/binets 
or  not,  but  which  one  gives  the  'best  satisfaction  to 
customers.  The  Buckeye  is  guaranteed  by  the  makers 
■who  claim  it  to  be  the  most  easily  heated  of  any  cab- 
inet on  the  market,  consequentiy  it  costs  less  to  operate. 
It  is  made  to  conform  to  the  shape  of  the  body,  thus 
taking  up  as  little  space  as  possible,  and  has  a  remov- 
able top.  MoUenkopp  &  McCreery,  10-lS  Dorr  street, 
Toledo,  Ohlio,  will  send  particulars  of  their  special  prop- 
osition to  the  drug  trade  to  any  dealer  who  writes  for  it. 


(FlOT  the  convenience  of  the  trade  Messrs.  H.  Planten 
&  'Son,  the  well-kn'own  'Capsule  Manufacturers  of  New 
T'Ork,  have  just  issued  'a  'price  list  wi'tth  dietlaiied  formu- 
las 'Of  Capsules  and  '"Pertoids"  of  Sandal  Oil  and  Its 
var'i'ous  combinations  and  if  you  have  'n-ot  yet  seen  a  copy, 
send  them  a  poistal  card  and  you  'Will  receive  in  return 
lOne  'of  'the  miost  instructive  'liists  published  'Of  this  lino 
of  'pharmamceutioals.  The  growing  piopularity  of 
'IPIanten's"  Sandal  Products  is  attributed  by  Me'ssrs.  H. 
Planten  &  Son,  solely  to  'the  fact  that  they  employ  ex- 
tfluslvely  the  very  toest  grade  of  'Eas't  Ind'ta  iSandal  Oil  in 
every  formula  on  their  lis't,  and  thiat  "Sterling  Quality" 
'WBI  'make  and  keep  customers  every  time.  Their  motto, 
"Quality  the  Best  onl'y,"  'has  ©"Vier  been  their  pride  In  all 
their  siuccessful  'business  career  and  on'e  tio  w'M'Cih  they 
ct:lck  cl'osely  at  all  timC's. 


Money  Making. 

There  are  various  ways  for  phaTmacis'ts  to  make 
money,  but  in  the  hurry  and  scurry  .of  every  day  life, 
th'ey  do  not,  or  think  Bhey  cannot  spare  the  time  bo  'ex- 
periment, but  go  on  using  the  same  old  thing,  and  buy- 
ing at  the  sajme  ^Id  price  from  year  to  year,  reducing 
tiiei'r  profits  step  toy  step,  to  meet  the  competition  that 
assails  thetm  from  every  paint.  Toilet  requisites  being, 
pei^haps,  one  'Of  fthe  most  profitable  and  more  easily 
maniipulated  side  lines,  are  frequently  bought  at  a  price 
from  50  to  100  per  cent  hig'her  than  the  druggist  could 
'turn  them  out  himself,  if  lie  'would  look  'around  to  find 
how  and  where  to  buy  his  raw  materiiaJ.  At  this  sea- 
S'On  of  the  year  face  creams  and  emollien'ts  tor  softening 
the  skin  ^are  in  great  d'emand.  and  grosses  of  'them  may 
be  sold  if  they  are  put  up  in  an  attractive  style.  For 
these  products  the  best  base  will  be  found  to  'be  Wool 
Fat,  its  po'we.rs  of  absorpt'i'on  being  greater  than  that  'Of 
any  otlher  grease,  and  it  will  leave  the  skin  free  from 
oil  after  use.  One  of  fhe  best  ptrepa-rations  of  this  kind 
on  the  im'arket  is  ''Britislh  L.anolin,"  which  is  the  purest 
form  'Of  W'O'Ol  Fat,  and  'is  sold  lat  fh©  very  low  •flgnire 
of  35  cents  per  pound  can;  in  larger  cans  and  barrels  it  is 
relatively   ciheaper. 


How  to  Advertise. 

Any  manufacturer,  whol'esale.  Jobber  or  retailer  should 
find  use  for  the  book  on  advertising  issued  by  The  Whit- 
man Company  No.  113  Nassau  street  New  York.  It 
contains  a  lot  of  miscellanecus  information  tliat  should 
be  of  value  to  the  enterprising  dealer  who  wants  to  in- 
crease his  business.  The  book  is  entitled  "The  Individ- 
ual advertising  Department,"  and  is  sold  at  a  dollar  per 
copy.  The  Whitman  Company  offers  to  send  the  book 
to  any  dealer  who  writes  for  a  copy  on  his  business 
stationery  and  gives  him  the  option  of  returning  the 
book  if  he  thinks  the  Comipany  gets  tihe  best  of  the 
trade.  See  the  advertisement  of  The  Whitman  Com- 
pany in  this  issue  of  tlie  Era  and  then  write  for  the 
book. 


"The  Busy  Salesman." 

A  comibination  show  case  and  counter  which  is  said  to 
give  supreme  satisfaction  wlherever  used  is  well  named: 
"the  busy  salesman.'*  It  is  just  the  thing  for  tlie  dis- 
play of  druggists'  sundries,  notions,  fancy  goods,  etc., 
and  is  advertised  as  being  much  lower  priced  than  its 
handsome  appearance  would  indidate.  The  case'  can  be 
made  of  any  kind  of  wood,  with  inlaid  corners,  and  is 
fitted  with  wood,  flannel  covered  or  glass  shelves,  ad- 
justable on  piatent  racks.  The  dimensions  can  be  made 
to  conform  with  Individual  desires.  A  4S-page  cata- 
logue, sent  free  upon  request,  tells  all  about  'the  case  and 
oflh'er  goods  made  by  The  Bryan  Show  Case  Works, 
Bryan,    Ohio. 


Pure   Chemicals. 

Tth'e  "pure  chemical  bill,"  recently  introduced  in  tha 
New  YO'fk  '.egislature  shows  that  pharmacists  are  alive 
to  their  interests  and  are  going  to  insist  on  only  pure 
drugs  being  sold  in  groceries  as  well  as  pharmacies. 
Every  dealer  can  be  certain  that  he  is  selling  pure 
borax  if  he  handles  the  Mule  Team  brand  of  the  Pacific 
Ooast  Borax  Co.  Their  borax  is  put  up  in  l-lb..  2-lb. 
and  5-lb.  cartons  tor  dispensing.  AjU  jobbers  carry  tli« 
Pacific  Coast  Co.'s  borax  in  stock. 


Tanglefoot. 

We  welcome  an  old  friend  'back  to  the  Era.  In  "the  Tajn- 
glefoot  advertisement  In  this  issue.  Tanglefoot  ha,s  be- 
eorae  alimost  a  part  of  Bhe  English  language;  at  least,  It 
Is  a  eymomym  for  a  good  sticky  fly  paper. 


A  d'oUar  is  surely  well  iravested  if  it  will  bring  a  busi- 
ness of  $18,000  in  a  town  of  5,000  inhabitants,  in  one  year. 
R.  T.  Bower,  Petoskey,  Mich.,  tells  in  a  booklet  he  Issues 
and  for  ■which  he  charges  $1  how  such  a  'trade  can  be 
developed.     See  Ms  adv.  In    this  issue  of  the  Era. 


The  'Ohamlerol   O-viail    dlna'ins   every   drop.    Which   Is  an 
ex'trem'ely  desirabte  feature  In  any  bottle. 


February  13,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


185 


PATENTS.    TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


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PATENTS. 
Issued  Februaiy  4,  1902. 

C!'2.2?V.— John  C.  Carpenter,  Canton,  Ohio.  MucMage 
bottle. 

692,2iT2.— Sydney  A.  Jackson,  Heaton  Chapel,  and  Louis 
Lang,.  Old  Trafford,  Manchester,  England.  Appar- 
atus for  supplying  aerated   liquids  on  draft. 

092,321.— Arthur   Maake,    New    York,    N.    T.    Bottle. 

(192,352— George  Rouse,  Joliet,  111.,  assignor  of  one-fourth 
to  John  Mason,   Joliet.   111.    Bottle-stopper. 

602,437.- Gotthold  Fuchs,  Biebrich,  Germany,  assignor  to 
Kalle  &  Company,  Bietirich.  Germany.  Hydro- 
chlorid  of  cinnamyl-quinin  and  process  of  making 
same. 

692,438.- William  E.  Gallagher,  South  Framingham,  Mass. 
Liquid    dispensing    apparatus. 

6r2,450 — John  A.  Just,  Syracuse.  N.  Y..  assignor  of  one- 
half  to  D.  H.  Burrell  &  Company.  Littlefalls, 
N.  Y.,  a  Firm.  Adhesiive  Casein  and  process  of 
making  same. 

692,451.— John  A.  Just.  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  assignor  of  one- 
half  to  D.  H.  Burrell  &  Company,  Littlefalls, 
N.  Y.,  a  Firm.    Baking-powder. 

e92,-!52.— John  A.  Just.  Syracuse.  N.  Y.,  assignor  of  one- 
half  to  D.  H.  Burrell  &  Company,  Littlefalls, 
N.   Y..   a  Firm.    Baking-powder. 

692.453.— John  A.  Just.  Svracuse.  N.  Y..  assignor  of  ome- 
half  to  D.  H.  Burrell  &  Company,  Littlefalls, 
N.    Y.,    a    Firm.    Baking    Powder. 

692.454.— John  A.  Just.  Syracuse,  N.  Y..  assignor  of  one- 
half  to  D.  H.  Burrell  &  Company,  Littlefalls, 
N.   Y.    Method  of  making  Casein  phosphate. 

692,492. — James  A.  Turney,  Toledo,  Ohio.  Labeling-ma- 
chine. 

602,520. — Edward  A.  Johnson  and  Goodwin  M.  Roberts, 
Columbus.    Ohio.    Xon-refillable   bottle. 

692,552.— Cyrus  J.  Seltzer,  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  assignor  to 
George  Woodward.  Philadelphia  Pa.  Comlbined 
Atomizer   and   Nebulizer. 

692,588.- William  C.  Alpers.  Bayonne.  N.  J.  Sodium  Sul- 
fogualacolate  and  process  of  making  same. 

692,702.— Henry  Pennie,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Bottle-stopper" 
fastener.  

602,708.- Corwin  T.  Price.  Washington,  D.  C.  Tooth 
brush    and   powder   cabinet. 

692,721.— Cj-rus  J.  Seltzer.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  assignor  to 
George    Woodward,    Philadelphia,    Pa,    Atomizer. 

692,722.— Cyrus  J.  Seltzer,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  a.ssignor  to 
George    Woodward.    Philadelphia.    Pa.    Atomizer. 

692,760. — Max  Razlen,  Ludwigshafen.  Germany,  a/ssignor 
to  the  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik,  Ludwigs- 
hafen, Germany,  a  Corporation.  Process  of  mak- 
ing hwlrnsu'lfites. 

692,766— Caroline  Carr,  Sunderland,  England.  Non-reflll- 
able   bottle. 

692.772— Edward  T.  Evans,  Upper  Clapton,  England. 
Non-refillable  bottle. 

692,798— Cyrus  J.  Seltzer,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Tip  for 
atomizers  ajnd  nebulizers. 


3,  1902.    Serial  No.  88,361.  Term  of  patent  14  years. 
The   design   for   a   cushion. 
35,668.- Bottle.    Rudolph  J.  Taussig,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 
Filed    Dec.    19,    1901.    Serial    No.    86,620.    Term   of 
patemt  7  years.    The  design  for  a  bottle. 

TRADE    MARKS. 
Registered  February  4,  1902. 

37,733.— Certain  Named  Chemical  Substances  and  Prep- 
arations. -Actien-Gesellschaft  fur  Anilin-Fabri- 
kation,    Berlin,    Germany.    The    word    "Bromocoll." 

37,734.— Certain  Named  Chemical  Substances  amd  Prep- 
arations. Actien.  -Gessellschaft  fur  Anilin-Pabrlka- 
tlon,    Berlin,    Germany.    The    word    "Peruol."  . 

37,735.— Certain  Named  Chemical  Compounds.  Steim  & 
Heller,    Cleveland,    Ohio.    The    word    "Mosok." 

37,736.— Mercury'  Preparations.  Chemdsche  Fabrik  auf 
Actien,  vorm.  E.  Schering,  Berlin,  Germany.  The 
word    "Subiamin." 

37,757.— Certain  Named  Antiseptic  Poultice.  The  Colum- 
bia Chemical  Company.  Demver,  Colo.  The  capital 
letter  "M"  and  the  wovA  "Marach." 

37,739.— Certain  Named  Toilet  Preparations.  Eucryl, 
Limited.   Hull.    England.    The   word   "Eucryl." 

37,740.— Certain  Named  Toilet  Articles  and  Preparations. 
Rezo  Remedy  Co.,  Iowa  City,  Iowa.  The  word 
"Rezo."  

37,741.— Hygienic  Cream  or  Paste  for  the  Skin.  Bossard- 
Lemaire,  Paris,  France.  The  words  "La  Reine 
des  Cremes." 

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[  February  13,  1903 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 


Aggregate  Volume  of  Business  Satisfactory. 

Kew  York,  February  11.— Only  a  limited  num'ber  oi 
fluctuiitions  in  prices  are  reported  but  seasonable  articles 
coninue  to  find  a  good  consuming  outlet  with  the  aggre- 
gate volume  of  business  showing  satisfactory  proportions 
and  the  tone  of  the  general  market  fairly  steady. 

OPIUM.— There  is  no  material  change  in  the  condition 
of  the  market  and  the  consuming  demand  continues  slow 
and  unimportant  with  jobbing  quotations  nominally 
steady  at  $3.2<Jrtj3.40  for  9  per  cent,  and  .?3.30#3.oO  for  11 
per  cent.  Powdered  is  finding  a  fairly  good  outlet  at 
?4.io@4.50  for  13  per  cent.,  $1.75@5.00  for  16  per  cent,  and 
il.5U(y4.73  for  granular. 

MORPHINE.— Moderate  quantities  are  moving  freely 
on  orders  from  consumers  and  jobbing  prices  are  firmly 
maintained  at  if2-HKa-.aO  in  eighths  in  1-oz.  boxes,  $2.35@ 
2.45  in  2V.-0Z.  boxes,  i|;2.13@2.25  in  ounce  vials  and  $2.10 
@2.20  in  5-oz.   cans  according  to  ibrand  and  quantity. 

QUININE.- The  demand  has  not  improved  to  any  per- 
ceptible extent  and  a  continued  tame  market  is  reported 
with  quotations  for  jobbing  quantities  nominally  tm- 
changed  at  2ic  for  bulk  in  100-oz.  tins,  27Vic  in  50-oz.  tins, 
2So  in  25-oz.    tins   and  34o   in   ounces. 

RESORCIN.— Owing  to  a  decline  in  manufacturers 
prices,  jobbers  have  reduced  their  quotaUons  to  $1.75® 
2.CK)  per  lb.,  and  14#16c  per  oz. 

OOLCHICUM  SEED.— Values  are  again  slightly  easier 
partly  on  account  of  competition,  and  the  jobbing  quo- 
tations shiow  a  further  decline  to  oOaSUC  for  whole,  5o4i65c 
for  ground  and  60@70c  for  powdered. 

LiARKSPUR  SEED.— Lack  of  aemand  has  caused  a 
weaker  feeling  among  holders  and  jobbing  prices  show 
a  decline  to  8l>@90c  tor  whole  and  90c@$1.00  for  powdered. 

GRAINS  OIF  r  ARADISE.— The  market  is  a  shade 
easier  and  jotobers  have  reduced  quotations  to  28@36c. 

MBNTH  OL.— Lower  offers  of  nearby  arrivals  have  had 
a  depressing  effect  on  the  market  and  joibbers  are  quoiting 
yl.0D(jf4.!K»  per  lb.  and  35@40c  per  oz. 

THYMOL.— Slow  demand  ajtd  pressure  to  sell  on  the 
part  of  speculative  holders  have  caused  a  weaker  mar- 
ket and  a  further  reduction  in  jobbing  quoitations  to 
¥3.30(g3.35.  ,    ^ 

'SALICYLIC  ACID.— Under  the  influence  of  the  recent 
decline  in  manufacturer's  prices,  jobbers  have  reduced 
quotations  to  50Ct55c  in  pounds,  55@65c  in  halves  and 
(J0@65c  in  quarters. 

SAoLICYLATE  OF  SODA.— In  sympathy  with  the  above 
jobbing  quotations  have  been  reduced  to  50@55c. 

'F.EECHWOOO  CREOSOTE.  —  Manufacturer's  prices 
are  a  shade  lower  and  the  revised  jobbing  quoitations  are 
$1.10(S1.'20  for  pounds,  halves  and  quarters,  toottles  extra- 

BALSAM  FIR.— Canada  is  firmer  under  light  stocks 
both  here  and  in  producing  markets  and  joWbers  have 
ach'anced  quotations  bo  $4.0O@4.50  per  gallon  and  65lgi70c 
per  lb.,  inclusive.  ,,   ,  .  , 

TARTARIC  ACID.— Powdered  is  slightly  easier  and 
jobbers  are  quoting  29y2(®30c  in  barrels,  30y2@31  in  50-lb. 
cases  and  33@38c  for  smaller  quantities. 

BENZOIC  ACID.— Under  the  influence  noted  last  week, 
jobbing  quotations  for  English  have  been  further  reduced 
to    14@16c.  ,  ,.    ^^ 

SUNFLOWER  SEED.— Spot  scarcity  and  light  receipts 
from  producinig  points  have  caused  an  advance  in  jobbing 
quotations  to  7@10c.  ,    ^         ^v.   . 

AJVIMOCNIUM  IODIDE.— Jobbers  have  marked  up  their 
quotations  to  $3.80(3)4.00  per  lb.  and  23#35c  per  oz. 


Transfer  Signs. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  ladvertise.ment  of  the  Meyer- 
oord  Go.  in  this  issue  of  the  .Era.  This  company  makes 
a  specialty  of  opalescent  decalcomania  transfer  sflgns, 
Tvihioh  have  become  so  popular  with  large  advertisei-s. 
The  Company  guiarantees  its  signs  and  can  reproduce  any 
desi^m  iwlsihed  for.  The  signs  are  artistic  and  very  ef- 
fective, hesiaes  toeing  the  most  permanent  meShod  of  ad- 
vertising known.  The  sig-ns  of  the  Meyercord  Co.  are 
said  to  be  aheap  enough  in  cost  to  displace  lithographic 
liangings  and  oalemlars  as  tem  advertising  medium.  Sam- 
pie  designs  .are  fiuirnished  free  of  charge  and  firms  tlhat 
advertise  will  do  well  to  send  tor  some  'and  get  a  price 
list  at  the  saime  time.  The  Meyercord  signs  all  look  to 
be  worth  more  than  they  cost.  Write  to  The  Meyer- 
cord  Co.,  CHajmber  of  Commerce,   Chicago,   111. 


INDEX  TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Pase. 

A.SSOCIATIOXS,  Clubs,  Alumni,  etc.:  Chicago  Drug 
Clorks'  Association,  ISO;  Drug  Clerks'  Circle,  174; 
Lowell  (Ma^s.)  Druggists,  176;  New  York  College  of 
I'harmacy  Alumni,  173;  JMew  York  Drug  Club,  174; 
iNew  York  Retail  Druggists,  173;  North  Adams 
(Mass.)  Drug  Clerks,  n'j;  Philadelphia  Retail  Drug- 
gifts,  177;  Rennselaer  Co.  (N.  Y.)  Pharmaceutical. .  .174 
BOARDS   OF    PHARMACY:    lUinbds,    180;    Minnesota, 

181,  New  York,   173;  Oklahoma 172 

BOWLING,    Drug   Trade;    Bajltimore,   179;   New   York, 

174;  Piiiladelphia,  177;  St.  Louis 182 

Chinese   Blue    169 

Citropheno     165 

COKKESPO'NDENCE    165 

Coto    Bark,    False 167 

Cough   Cure,   Pine 167 

Iirug  Store  Problems   165,  171 

EDITORIALS:  Clinton  E.  Worden  &  Co.,  162;  Drug 
Store  Problems,  162;  Era  Price  List  Editiom,  161; 
Municipal  Pharmacy,  163;  Pateait  Medicine  Adver- 
tisements,   162;    Texas   Pharmaceutical   Assooiation 

Queiies   161 

Eggs,  Hens',  Composition   168 

I'.lixir,  Aromatic,   U.  S.  P 165 

'Glycerophosphates    169 

IZva,  Course  in  Pharmacy  Graduates 163 

Gfilen    170 

Hippocrates    170 

I/amps.  Electric,  Frosting 168 

Law,   Pharmacists    164 

MARKET  REPORT   186 

Mot'ses,  Position  on  Trees 163 

National  Commission  of  Public  Health 178 

NEWS  LETTERS:  Baltimore,  178;  Chicago,  180;  Mich- 
igan, 179;  New  England,  175;  New  York,  173;  Phil- 
adelphia,  176;   St.   Louis,   182;   The   Northwest,   181; 

The    South 183 

PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS,  etc 185 

I'eristrophe  Angustifolia    163 

PERSONALS,  includi'ng  Obitua.ries,  Items  of  Personal 
Interest,  etc.:  Clark,  Harvey  C,  172;  Coca  Cola  Co., 
181;  Consolidation  Drug  Co.,  176;  Engelman,  Frank 
K.,  172;  Fairohild,  H.  B..  179;  Gardner.  Charles 
Carroll,  172;  Herba  Cura  Co.,  174;  Howard,  Charles 
Tasker,  172;  Major.  Miss  Lillian,  184;  Menn,  How- 
ard,  174;   Peck,   F.  H..   182;   Tufts,   James  W.,  183; 

Viclcers,  J.  F.,  181;  Yakel,  Louis 179 

Pnenacetin,   Decision    177 

Pillars  of  the  Past   170 

Pr.ison  Cork  Bill  Hearing  173 

Rhododendron   Chrysanthum.   165 

Rose  Water  from  Oil  169 

'SHOP    TALK    166 

SineUing    Salts    170 

Solamella,   Resin   107 

Syrup  Glycerophosphates   170 

White    Pine    167 

Toothache   Gum    169 

■^Vti  ter  Analysis  and  Boiler  Compounds  170 

Worcester  Plan    177 


Fruits  and  Syrups. 

The  soda  season  will  soon  toe  in  full  swing  again  and 
many  druggists  are  planning  new  drinks  and  additions 
to  their  stock,  which  'Will  help  increase  their  profits  in 
diapensiing  the  popular  beverage.  The  Duroy  &  Haines 
Co.,  the  well  known  manufacturers  of  Duroy  Wines, 
claim  to  be  able  to  save  dealers  money  and  request  that 
they  examine  their  samp'les  of  concentrated  fruits  and 
syrup  tor  the  soda  fountain  before  .placing  orders.  The 
company  makes  five  specia.ties  which  were  popular  last 
year  and  piromise  to  be  much  more  so  this  year.  Kola 
Cherry  bids  fair  to  be  one  of  the  most  popular  drinks 
of    the   vear. 


TIhe  Aseptuloid  Vaccination  iShields  made  by  'Edward 
Kleinschmidit,  No.  122  Fulton  street.  New  York,  Should 
prove  good  sellers  at  the  present  time.  The  toest  m&.- 
.terials  are  used  in  t'he  mantifacture  .of  these  sihlelds,  and 
.as  Chey  can  be  sold  at  a  handsome  profit,  jobtoers  and 
retailers  will  do  well  to  send'  fo>r  samples  and  po-ice  list. 


Ohas.  JaoQibs  &  Co.  have  a  new  one  of  their  chlaraoter- 
latio  advertisements  in  this  issue.  It  .will  pay  every  drug- 
gist to  refer   to  it. 


ARTHUR    COLTON, 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 
and  Appliances, 

DETROIT,   MICH.,   U.  S.   A. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


EVERY   THURSDAY. 


VOL.   XXVII. 


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A  DRUGGISTS'  DIRECTORY. 

It  is  not  generally  known,  perhaps,  tliat  the  ETa  Drug- 
gists' Directory  contains  not  only  complete  lists  of  the 
druggists  of  this  country,  but  of  those  in  Canada,  the 
Hawaiian  Islands,  Cuba,  Porto  Rfco,  3rwi  'the  Philippines. 
■The  lists  in  Cuba,  Porto  Rico  and  the  Hawaiian  I^ands 
were  revised  by  correspondents  on  the  spot,  and  were 
substantially  accurate  at  the  time  the  book  was  published, 
last  October.  A  count  ot  those  druggi.sts  ^ows  431  in 
■Cuba,  128  in  Porto  Rico,  and  6  in  Hawaii.  These  lists 
alone  ought  to  be  worth  to  Che  exporter  'the  price  that  is 
dhiarged  for  the  complete  Directory.  Another  very  valua- 
ble feature  of  the  Directory  Is  the  ClassiflecJ  Business 
Directory  of  firms  who  supply  g-oods  to  the  drug  trade. 
This  list  contains  tlhe  names  of  aibout  7,000  manutaotureirs 
and  jobbers,  all  classitied  under  the  general  line  olf  goods 
which  they  handle  or.  make.  The  entire  li.gt  was  compiled 
by  a  recent  canvass  of  the  trade,  a  canvass  which  dn 
the  larger  cities  was  made  fromv  store  to  store  by  our 
own  representatives.  The  Directory  is  published  by  D.  O. 
Haynes  &  Co.,  and  'is  furnished  alt  $5.00  net,  postpaid. 


THE  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

The  leictures  'are  issued  in  monthly  instalments,  and 
the  entire  work  of  tihe  Course  can  be  completed  within 
twelve  months. 

NEW  CLASSES  "formed  EACH  MONTH. 
Recitations    and    examinations   are   conducted   by   cor- 
respondence   directly    with    eacli    regularly    matriculated 
student. 

Especially  vailuable  as  a  preparation  for  examination 

by   a   board  of   pharmacy,    to   those  who   cannot   attend 

a  college  of  pharmacy,  and  to  all  desiring  to  review  their 

tformer  study  of  the  subjects  emfbraced  in  the  curriculum. 

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The  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  United  States 
Pharmacopeia  has  inaugurated  a  movement  which 
has  for  its  object  the  preparation  of  a  suitable  me- 
morial to  the  late  Dr.  Charles  Rice.  It  seems  pecu- 
liarly appropriate  that  this  movement  should  have 
been  begun  by  those  with  whom  Dr.  Rice  was  asso- 
ciated in  his  greatest  work,  the  revision  of  the  Phar- 
maccepia.  Although  he  was  widely  known  as  an  au- 
thority upon  subjects  connected  with  pharmaceutical 
science, much  of  his  most  valuable  work  did  not  ap- 
pear upon  the  surface  and  could  be  fully  appreciated 
only  by  those  who  aided  him  in  sifting  and  arranging 
the  vast  volume  of  details  that  passed  through  his 
hands.  The  members  of  the  Committee  of  Revision 
alone  are  able  to  say  what  the  United  States  Phar- 
macopceia  owes  to  his  efforts.  They  alone  know  how 
freely  he  gave  his  time,  strength  and  scholarly  ability 
for  the  improvement  of  the  last  three  editions.  We 
trust  the  committee  will  receive  the  hearty  support 
of  the  pharmacists  of  the  country.  The  Era  has  been 
requested  to  solicit  and  receive  contributions  for  the 
Rice  Memorial  from  its  readers,  and  will  gladly  un- 
dertake the  care  of  any  sums,  either  large  or  small, 
which  those  who  appreciate  the  labors  of  Dr.  Rice 
in  behalf  of  pharmacy  may  wish  to  send  to  this 
ofTice. 

The  field  in  which  the  late  James  W.  Tufts  was 
active  is  far  removed  from  that  in  which  Dr.  Rice 
labored  with  such  conspicuous  success,  but  to  him 
also,  the  druggist  owes  much.  There  are  perhaps  a 
few  who  still  think  that  the  soda  fountain  does  not 
properly  belong  in  the  pharmacy,  but  to  most  Amer- 
icans a  drug  store  without  one  of  these  attractive 
pieces  of  apparatus  is  very  incomplete,  lacking  a 
most  important  and  essential  feature.  Mr.  Tufts,  the 
pioneer  in  this  industry,  has  done  much  to  bring  the 
American  soda  fountain  to  its  present  state  of  beauty 
and  perfection.  To  him  is  due  a  debt  of  gratitude 
not  only  from  the  druggist  who  finds  the  sale  of 
soda  water  a  profitable  side  line  and  an  agreeable 
means  of  bringing  people  into  his  store,  but  also 
from  the  thousands  who  daily  find  this  beverage  a 
source  of  refreshment  and  delight. 

The    problem    in    Scries    II.    of    the    Drug    Store 


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[February  30,  1903. 


Problems,  about  the  five  men  carrying  a  piece  of 
timber,  must  be  unusually  puzzling.  It  has  elicited 
a  great  variety  of  answers.  A  surprisingly  large 
number  of  contestants  apparently  understand  that 
the  man  at  the  end  of  the  timber  is  expected  to  sit 
upon  it,  instead  of  supporting  it,  for  they  place  the 
bar  only  five  feet  from  this  end.  This  suggests  an- 
other interesting  problem.  How  much  must  the  man 
weigh  in  order  to  balance  the  timber  upon  the  bar 
placed   five    feet    from    the    end   upon   which    he    sits? 

E.  B.  Heimstreet.  member  of  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  of  Wisconsin  for  the  past  twenty  years, 
is  to  leave  the  Board  at  the  expiration  of  his  term, 
which  ends  in  April.  The  Governor  failed  to  re-ap- 
point this  veteran  member  although  it  seems  that 
everyone  expected  him  to  do  so,  his  name  having 
been  submitted  to  the  Governor  with  the  endorse- 
ment of  many  influential  pharmacists.  For  some  rea- 
son the  Governor  saw  fit  to  appoint  some  one  not 
included  in  the  list  furnished  by  the  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association.  Mr.  Heimstreet  has  done  much 
for  pharmacy  in  Wisconsin.  He  was  active  in  form- 
ing the  State  Pharmaceutical  .Association,  and  in  se- 
curing laws  for  the  regulation  of  the  sale  of  drugs 
and  poisons.  He  has  been  called  the  father  of  the 
State  Association,  and  the  failure  of  the  Governor 
to  re-appoint  him  to  the  position  which  he  has  filled 
so  long  is  a  source  of  .surprise  to  many  and  has 
caused  considerable  comment.  It  seems  a  pity  that 
Wisconsin  pharmacy  is  to  loose  a  servant  who  has 
grown  old  in  her  service,  for  old  servants  are  apt  to 
know  very  thoroughly  what  they  are  about. 

-Another  enterprise  involving  the  consolidation  of 
many  pharmacies  under  a  single  management  has 
been  launched,  this  time  in  Philadelphia.  The  plans 
about  which  something  was  said  in  the  Era  of  last 
week,  seem  to  have  been  well  thought  out.  The  en- 
terprise has  been  given  the  form  of  a  stock  com- 
pany and  is  evidently  expected  to  be  very  remunera- 
tive, for  a  dividend  of  8  per  cent,  on  the  stock  is 
promised.  The  preparations  now  compounded  in 
each  store  will  be  prepared  in  a  large  central  lab- 
oratory. The  organizers  of  the  company  expect  to 
do  a  cash  business,  and  will  make  use  of  all  possible 
advantages  to  be  gained  by  buying  in  large  quanti- 
ties. The  representatives  do  not  say  that  cut  rate 
methods  will  be  resorted  to,  but  they  do  not  by  any 
means  promise  not  to  make  it  uncomfortable  for  the 
independent  retail  druggist.  A  statement  of  unusual 
interest  to  clerks  is  to  the  eflfect  that  business  hours 
will  probably  be  shortened  to  twelve  hours  a  day,  and 
six  days  a  week.  The  famous  prophesy  about  the 
future  of  pharmacy  made  a  few  months  ago  is  com- 
ing true  with  startling  rapidity. 

The  decision  in  the  suit  for  damages  brought 
against  druggist  Menn  is  perhaps  of  no  great  sig- 
nificance except  in  so  far  as  it  defines  more  clearly 
the  responsibility  of  the  pharmacist  in  regard  to  in- 
juries caused  by  materials  purchased  in  his  store. 
Only  a  few  weeks  ago  it  was  decided  in  the  courts 
that  a  druggist  can  not  be  held  liable  for  damages 
due  to  the  improper  use  of  drugs  obtained  in  his 
store,  provided  that  he  supplied  the  article  called  for 


correctly  marked  and  labeled.  But  the  case  of  drug- 
gist Menn  involves  another  set  of  conditions.  A  cus- 
tomer called  for  a  remedy  for  an  injured  finger,  de- 
pending upon  the  druggist  to  make  the  proper  se- 
lection. In  the  absence  of  the  proprietor  the  clerk 
supplied  carbolic  acid  without  giving  detailed  direc- 
tions about  its  use.  It  appears  that  the  purchaser 
did  not  use  the  remedy  properly  and  in  consequence 
came  to  grief.  His  suit  for  damages  against  the 
druggist  was  dismissed  on  the  ground  that  the  clerk 
had  no  authority  to  prescribe  any  remedy  and  that 
therefore  his  employer  could  not  be  held  liable  for 
his  action.  The  decision  shows  that  employers  are 
not  responsible  for  medical  and  surgical  treatment 
and  advice  furnished  by  their  clerks.  .Although  not 
legally  responsible,  conscientious  pharmacists  will 
still  take  all  possible  precautions  to  prevent  accidents 
of  this  kind. 

Several  of  our  readers  think  that  in  a  recent  com- 
ment, the  Era  attached  too  great  importance  to  the 
withdrawal  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation from  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  They  claim  that  the 
New  York  association  contains  relatively  few  mem- 
bers, and  that  their  loss  has  very  little  effect  upon 
the  national  character  of  the  greater  organization. 
Xo  doubt  opinions  in  this  matter,  as  in  most  other 
things,  depend  largely  upon  the  point  of  view  of  the 
observer.  New  York  may  still  be  represented  in  the 
N.  -A.  R.  D.,  but  in  the  defection  of  the  Manhattan 
-Association  the  national  body  loses  a  very  important 
body  of  American  druggists.  Rumors  are  afloat  that 
the  executive  committee  of  the  national  organization 
is  perfecting  plans  for  regaining  the  los;  groun'i, 
and  placing  the  Association  upon  a  more  satisfactory 
basis  in  this  city  than  has  hitherto  been  possible.  The 
retail  druggists  of  the  country  have  never  possessed 
an  organization  having  even  a  small  fraction  of  the 
power  which  the  N.  -A.  R.  D.  is  able  to  wield  if 
properly  supported,  and  even  a  small  extension  of  its 
field  of  usefulness  should  be  a  cause  for  general  re- 
joicing. It  has  accomplished  enough  in  the  past  to 
amply  justify  its  e.xistence.  and  if  the  results  of  its 
present  undertaking  sometimes  seem  to  be  somewhat 
slow  in  coming,  this  may  be  accounted  for  in  a  great 
measure,  by  the  tremendous  difficulty  of  the  task. 

-After  all  is  said  and  done,  there  seems  to  be  only 
one  specific  remedy  for  the  cut-rate  disease,  and  that 
is  voluntary  agreement  among  the  druggists  them- 
selves to  maintain  prices.  The  value  of  associations 
seems  to  lie  chiefly  in  their  ability  to  induce  people 
to  agree,  and  all  of  the  many  plans  thus  far  proposed 
are  intended  to  bring  pressure  to  bear  in  order  to 
force  agreement.  Where  there  is  entire  harmony 
no  associations  or  plans  are  necessary,  and  without 
at  least  some  measure  of  agreement  these  means  are 
of  no  avail.  The  druggists  of  Pittsfield  have  shown 
during  the  past  week,  how  easy  it  is  to  do  away  with 
price  cutting  if  the  pharmacists  really  make  up  their 
minds  to  do  so.  They  voluntarily  adopted  a  com- 
mon price  schedule;  no  written  statement  was  signed, 
verbal  agreement  being  considered  sufficient.  All  of 
the  toil  and  trouble  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  would  be 
either  easy  or  unnecessary,  if  druggists  would  all  act 
in  a  similar  manner,  but  unfortunately  it  is  easier  to- 


February  20.  UH>2.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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disagree  than  to  agree,  and  the  national  organization 
will  have  enough  work  to  do  for  some  time  to  come. 

Massachusetts  has  a  wonder  of  wonders — one 
worth  going  far  to  see.  The  marvel  of  this  phenom- 
enon is  so  great  that  many  who  have  grown  old  in 
the  drug  business  will  doubt  its  existence.  The  won- 
der is  a  town  without  one  solitary  discontented  drug 
clerk.  This  wonderful  town  is  Springfield,  which 
must  be  a  perfect  paradise  for  clerks.  But  things 
can  not  always  have  been  so  lovely  there,  for  there 
are  evidences  of  former  discontent  remaining  in  the 
form  of  a  drug  clerks'  union,  which  seems  to  have 
been  founded  for  the  purpose  of  righting  the  wrongs 
of  the  clerks  and  disciplining  disagreeable  employ- 
ers. At  a  recent  meeting  of  this  organization  it  was 
shown  that  every  member  had  been  perfectly  satis- 
fied for  the  past  two  years,  and  as  the  association 
seemed  to  have  outlived  its  usefulness,  the  advisabili- 
ty of  putting  the  poor  thing  <;uiet!y  out 
of  the  way  was  discussed.  .Some  mem- 
bers thought  that  it  might  be  -.vise  to  keep 
it  alive  a  little  longer  if  possible,  and  the  death  blow 
was  not  delivered.  Either  the  drug  clerks  of  Spring- 
field are  a  remarkably  docile  lot,  or  their  organiza- 
tion possesses  extraordinary  powers.  _ 


TESTING  WAFERS. — An  anonymous  writer 
(Ztschr.  d.  .\llg.  oesterr.  A.  Y.)  discusses  the  qualities 
which  wafers  used  in  administering  medicines  should 
possess.  In  his  opinion,  wafers  should  have  a  pure, 
white  color,  and  should  not  be  brittle,  but  must  be 
elastic,  and.  while  possessing  the  greatest  possible 
softness,  must  be  easily  worked  without  splitting  the 
edges.  The  taste  should  be  entirely  indifTerent.  and 
after  swallowing  the  wafer,  even  after  ten  or  fifteen 
minutes,  no  disagreeable  or  astringent  taste  should 
develop  in  the  mouth,  nor  irritation  of  the  throat. 
The  solubility  of  wafers  and  the  ease  with  which  they 
are  softened  in  water,  are  best  determined  by  the 
efTect  produced  in  swallowing  a  sample.  The  easier 
the  receptacle  glides  down  the  throat  and  the  less 
it  is  felt  in  the  stomach,  the  greater  its  solubility. 
A  wafer  w'hich  has  little  solubility  is  difficult  to  swal- 
low, and  produces  an  effect  of  pressure  in  the  stom- 
ach, the  intensity  and  duration  of  which  indicates 
the  solubility  of  the  wafer.  The  material  of  which 
wafers  are  constructed  should  not  contain  more  than 
one  per  cent,  ash,  and  should  not  be  tinted  with  blue 
coloring  matter. 


GUALAC  WOOD.— E.  Paetzold  (Bull,  des  Sci- 
ences Pharm.).  in  a  study  of  guaiac  resin  and  guaiac 
wood,  has  found  that  not  only  the  bark  of  the  tree, 
but  also  the  wood  and  resin,  contain  saponin,  to 
which  may  be  ascribed  the  medicinal  value  formerly 
attributed  to  the  wood.  The  bark  and  sap  wood 
contain  relatively  large  proportions  of  this  body, 
while  in  the  sap  wood  and  the  resin  it  is  much  less 
abundant.  If  the  value  of  guaiac  as  a  remedy  in  cer- 
tain diseases  is  due  to  the  presence  of  saponin,  it 
would  seem  that  the  bark  and  sap  wood  should  be 
substituted  for  the  parts  of  the  tree  now  used  in 
medicine. 


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SYNTHESIS  OF  VAXILLIX.— A  new  process 
for  the  synthetic  preparation  of  vanillin  has  been 
described  (Pharm.  Cent.").  In  this  process  proto- 
catechuic  aldehyde,  dissolved  in  concentrated  soda 
solution,  is  treated  with  dimethyl  sulphate,  the  mix- 
ture being  warmed  for  some  time.  The  mixture  is 
acidified  and  extracted  with  ether,  the  ether  extract, 
after  removing  the  solvent,  being  again  extracted 
with  chloroform.  From  the  chloroform  solution  the 
vanillin   is   obtained  and  purified   by  cystallization. 


THE   RICE   MEMORIAL. 

Philadelphia,  February  i. 
To  the  Editor:  Tlie  Board  of  Trustees  and  Com- 
mittee of  Revision  of  the  United  States  Pharmaco- 
poeial  Convention  have  inaugurated  a  movement  to 
erect  a  monument  and  prepare  a  volume  containing 
a  portrait,  with  a  sketch  of  the  life  and  labors  of 
their  late  beloved  Chairman,  Dr.  Charles  Rice.  A 
memorial  fund  has  been  started  by  the  Committee 
and  an  appropriation  made.  As  soon  as  the  move- 
ment began,  it  became  evident  that  the  many  friends 
of  Dr.  Rice  throughout  the  country,  would  be  glad 
to  make  contributions.  I  feel  sure  that  you  will  be  in 
sympathy  with  a  movement  to  honor  the  memory  of 
one  of  the  noblest  and  most  unselfish  workers  in 
pharmacy.  The  pharmaceutical  world  recognized  in 
Dr.  Charles  Rice  a  master  mind,  and  as  his  labors 
were  confined  largely  to  pharmacopoeia!  work,  the 
eminent  propriety  of  the  inauguration  of  these  trib- 
utes to  his  memory  by  his  associates  and  co-workers 
on  the  Pharmacopoeia,  will  be  universally  recognized. 
Sincerelv  vours. 

JOSEPH  P.  REMINGTON. 

Chairman   of  the   Revision    Committee. 

THE    WORCESTER    PLAN. 

Chicago.  February  8. 
To  the  Editor:  I  have  just  read  the  Era"s  report 
of  the  Worcester  "knockdown"  decision  in  Pennsyl- 
vania. The  Buffalo  Convention  acted  wisely  in  not 
knocking  out  the  Tripartite  Plan  for  a  "restrictive" 
plan  that  docs  not  restrict.  Yours,  for  a  restriction 
plan   that   will   work.  X.   Y. 


ACTION  OF  XITRIC  ACID  ON  METALS.— 
A.  J.  Ewart  (Nature)  shows  that,  contrary  to  a  state- 
ment common  in  text-books,  hydrogen  is  produced 
by  the  action  of  nitric  acid  on  metals  under  certain 
conditions.  He  calls  attention  to  the  fact  that  the 
reaction  is  greatly  influenced  by  the  temperature  of 
the  reacting  materials.  If  magnesium  is  treated  with 
dilute  acid  (i  6-i '8)  nearly  pure  hydrogen  is  produced 
at  first,  but  as  the  temperature  rises  and  the  propor- 
tion of  magnesium  nitrate  increases,  the  evolution 
of  this  element  is  rapidly  diminished.  Strong  nitric 
acid  is  at  low  temperatures,  without  action  on  metals 
(copper,  zinc,  magnesium);  if  the  temperature  is  al- 
lowed to  rise  slowly,  little  or  no  action  takes  place 
until  a  certain  point  is  reached,  when  a  sudden  and 
violent  reaction  occurs,  the  temperature  rising  ab- 
ruptly. The  temperature  at  which  this  violent  reac- 
tion begins  differs  wHth  different  metals;  in  the  case 
of  copper  it  is  between  19  degrees  and  21  degrees  C; 
magnesium,  between  17  degrees  and  19  degrees  C; 
and  zinc,  between  o  degrees  and  2  degrees  C. 

NEW  CASEIN  COMPOUND.— Panza  (Jour,  de 
Pharm.)  has  investigated  a  substance  appearing  as  a 
precipitate  in  the  process  of  destroying  animal  matter 
by  means  of  strong  hydrochloric  acid  and  potassium 
chlorate,  commonlv  employed  in  toxicological  anal- 
ysis. The  author  believed  this  substance  to 
be  of  an  albuminous  nature  and  has 
confirmed  this  opinion  by  producing  a 
similar  body  from  casein.  It  appears  in  the  form 
of  a  yellow  powder,  soluble  in  alkalis,  but  unsoluble 
in  water,  neutral  solvents  and  acids.  It  gives  none 
of  the  reactions  of  albuminoids;  an  elementary  an- 
alysis show-cd  the  presence  of  carbon,  hydrogen,  ni- 
trogen, sulphur,  chlorine  and  phosphorus.  It  seems 
to  be   a   direct   derivative   of  casein. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  30,  190-3. 


PROF    RiOENTG-BN 
Plhysical   Science   Prize. 


AL.rii,ii,D    LI^KNIlAKiD    NOBEL,. 
The  Founder  of  tiie  Noibel  Prizes. 


PROF.   BEHRING. 
Winner  of  the  Medicine  Prize  ($4O,00Q). 


(.Wriltcii   for   Ihe   Era.) 

PROFESSOR   VAN'T   HOFF. 


Winner    of    the    Chemistry    Prize    of    Forty    Thousand 

Dollars       Instituted    by    Alfred   Nobel,    the 

Manufacturer  of  Dynamite. 

THE    five    prizes    founded    by    Nobel    are    of   a 
strictly     international     character.       As     our 
readers  will  have  already  seen  by  the  news- 
papers,   two    of   the    laureates    are    German, 
one    Dutch,    and    one    French,    the    remaining    prize 
having  been  divided  between  a  Swiss  and  a  French- 
ma'i. 

The  German  savants  to  whom  two  of  the  Scien- 
tific pr.'zes  have  been  awarded  are  well  known  to  the 
geneml  public,  and  more  especially  to  doctors  and 
pharmacists.  The  Era  was,  we  believe,  one  of  the 
first  American  journals  to  publish  a  detailed  account 
of  Prof,  Roentgen's  remarkable  discovery  of  the  "X" 
rays,"  some  six  years  ago;  while  the  name  of  Prof. 
Behring,  who  takes  the  Medical  prize,  is  inseparably 
connected  with  the  anti-diphtheric  serum,  which  is 
one  or  the  most  successful  developments  of  the 
Pasteurian  theories  of  healing. 

Professor  Van't  Hoff,  the  young  Dutch  professor 
to  v.hom  the  Chemistry  prize  has  been  awarded,  is 
a  somewhat  less  familiar  figure.  A  few  biographical 
notes,  communicated  by  one  of  his  fellow  country- 
men, may  therefore  not  be  without  interest. 

Jacobus  Henricus  Van't  Hoff  is  the  son  of  a 
Rotterdam   doctor,   who   still  practices   on   that   busy 


Clu-liM.'.'Iry  I'riise. 


seaport;  his  mother  belonging  to  a  respected  family 
o!  merchants  of  the  same  town.  He  was  born  on 
August  30th,  1852,  and  passed  the  first  seventeen 
years  of  his  life  at  Rotterdam.  But,  after  passing  his 
"iLind  Examen"  (final  examination),  in  1869,  with 
ilying  colors — he  was  ranked  "No.  i"  on  the  list  of 
competitors— he  inscribed  himself  as  a  chemistry 
student  at  the  Polytechnic  School  of  Delft.  Here 
again,  he  evinced  exceptional  ability,  completing  the 
thiec  years'  course  in  two  years  (the  "classical  lan- 
guages" examination  was  omitted  by  authorization 
of  the  Minister  of  the  Interior),  and  entered  the 
LTniversity  of  Leyden  in  1872.  After  passing  his  ex- 
aminations at  this  historic  seat  of  learning,  he 
worked  for  some  months  in  Kekule's  laboratory  at 
Bonn  (Germany)  and  was  for  a  short  time  with  Wurtz 
in  Paris.  He  returned  to  Holland  in  1873  to 
continue  his  studies  at  Utrecht,  and  in  1874  published 
liis  celebrated  pamphlet  on  "Chemistry  in  Space" 
("^''orstel  tot  Uitbreiding  der  Structuur  Formules  in 
der  Ruimte").  The  same  year  he  took  his  Dr.  Sc. 
degree  with  a  thesis  on  "Cyanuric  Acids."  In  1876 
(lie  was  not  yet  24)  he  was  nominated  Chemistry 
Professor  at  the  Utrecht  Veterinary  School;  and 
two  years  later  was  promoted  to  the  chair  of  Chem- 
istry at  the  University  of  Amsterdam. 

Having  thus  attained,  at  26  years  of  age,  the 
highest  position  Holland  could  offer  him,  he  married 
( in  1879)  Miss  Jenny  Mees,  the  daughter  of  a  highly 
esteemed  Rotterdam  family.  His  ambition  was  now 
to  have  a  laboratory  at  his  disposition  where  he 
could  pursue  his  studies  and  experiments  without 
the  necessity  of  delivering  lectures  and  presiding  at 
examinations;  and  such  a  position  was  unobtainable 
in  Holland.  In  1894  an  offer  came  from  Berlin,  but 
was  refused.  In  1896  new  and  pressing  solicitations 
came  from  the  Prussian  capital.  He  was  offered 
the  laboratory  (the  occupation  of  the  professional 
chair  being  left  entirely  to  his  own  choice)  and  finally 
decided  to  expatriate  himself;  and  thus  tlie  "Dutch 
Berthelot"  (as  he  is  sometimes  styled)  now  forms 
one  of  the  brilliant  pleiades  of  Germany's  chemistry 
professors. 

He  is  chiefly  famous  as  the  originator  of  Stereo- 
Chemistry,  which  considers  each  compound  as  a 
molecular  edifice  to  which  the  usual  laws  of  geometry 
and  mechanics  may  be  applied.  A  profound  philoso- 
pher, a  clever  experimentalist,  and  an  excellent  pro- 
fessor, the  Nobel  prize  is  the  fitting  consummation 
of  \'an't  Hoff's  brief  and  brilliant  career. 

It  will  be  interesting  to  observe,  as  years  roll  by, 
Iiow  often  the  Nobel  prize  crosses  the  Atlantic.  . 
.American  success  has,  so  far,  been  unusually  con- 
nected with  industry  and  commerce,  but  universal 
education  and  richly  endowed  universities  should 
in  due  time  produce  savants  of  no  mean  order;  and 
the  country  of  Franklin  and  Edison  may  yet  boast 
of  its  Listers,  or  its  Rayleighs,  it  Berthelots  and  its 
Pnsteurs,  its  Roentgens.  Bolirings  or  \'an't  Hoffs. 


February  20,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


191 


ExtraLts  from  an  Address  on  the 

PREPARATION  OF  PHARMACISTS. 

By  PROF.  F.  J.  WULLING,  Dean  of  the  College  of 
Pharmacy,   University  of  Minnesota. 

The  pharmacist  of  today  is  not  doing  all  he  can 
to  insure  a  better  standing  in  the  future  than  he  now 
has. 

The  permanency  of  this  country  of  ours  is  due 
largely  to  the  excellent  public  school  system  *  *  *  * 
which  provides  about  twenty  years  of  free  instruction 
for  all  who  desire  it.  *  *  *  *  We  have  to  maintain 
this  educational  system  as  a  means  of  self  preserva- 
tion. *  *  *  *  Why  should  not  the  profession  of  phar- 
macy insist  upon  training  of  similar  adequacy  for  its 
members?  *  *  *  *  The  facilities  are  afforded  by  the 
State,  but  are  not  sufficiently  taken  advantage  of  ex- 
cept by  a  few  who  are  wise. 

As  we  have  strengthened  the  citizenship  of  the 
nation  so  can  we  strengthen  the  position  of  pharma- 
cy by  sending  it  men  with  better  equipment  and 
greater  mental   ability. 

We  are  the  caretakers  of  those  who  are  to  come 
and  of  those  who  are  to  shape  the  future  of  phar- 
macy, but  most  of  us  shirk  the  responsibility  devolv- 
ing upon  us  of  demanding  a  higher  average  of  intel- 
ligence of  those  whom  we  are  taking  into  our  ranks. 

It  does  not  lie  in  the  hands  of  the  young  men  as 
to  what  is  to  become  of  them  and  the  profession;  *  * 

*  *  it  lies  in  the  hands  of  the  pharmacists  who  se- 
lect   the   yoimg   men. 

The  members  of  the  profession  are  the  ones  who 
largely,  shape  conditions  for  those  who  are  to  come. 

*  *  *  *  To  better  insure  the  welfare  of  the  profes- 
sion, the  pharmacists  should  make  provision  for,  and 
insist  upon,  the  thorough  training  of  those  who  are 
to  follow. 

I  do  not  care  whether  it  (a  thorough,  training  in 
the  sciences  and  art  relating  to  pharmacy)  is  ob- 
tained at  college  or  whether  it  is  procured  outside  of 
it  so  long  as  it  is  obtained. 

If  the  young  men  entering  upon  professions  would 
have  better  academic  training,  better  common  and 
high  school  education,  they  would  have  a  mental 
equipment  that  would  help  them  to  push  their  way 
upward  more  rapidly  and  to  become  better  members 
of  the  community. 

If  you  look  over  the  list  of  successful  men  you 
will  find  some  who  began  with  very  little  training, 
but  you  cannot  show  that  they  have  not  acquired  a 
training  since  and  in  most  instances  in  the  most  un- 
satisfactory   ways,    involving   the    greatest    hardships. 

*  *  *  *  Why  not  be  kind  to  the  young  men  you  take 
into  your  employ  by  encouraging  them  to  get  the 
necessary  training  in  a  way  that  is  more  expeditious 
and  fraught  with  less  hardship?  More  will  thus  be 
successful  and  much  valuable  time  will  be  saved 
them. 

Pharmacists  should  take  a  greater  interest  in  the 
young  men  who  are  to  become  their  successors. 

It  is  our  part  to  provide  the  conditions  that  will 
produce  better  men. 

If  a  young  man  enters  your  employ  who  was  not 
able  to  get  such  a  (high  school)  training,  provide 
him  with  text-books  on  academic  subjects,  let  him 
study,  assign  lessons  to  him  and  hear  him  recite; 
study  the  lessons  yourself.  Then  if  it  is  not  possi- 
ble for  him  to  get  a  training  that  will  make  him  a 
thoroughly  competent  pharmacist  advise  him  to  re- 
tire into  other  fields.  Indeed  it  is  your  duty  to  see 
that  he  does  so. 

The  profession  of  pharmacy  is  a  trust  in  the  hands 
of  the  pharmacists  of  today,  committed  to  them  by 
their  predecessors  for  use  and  safe-keeping  and  de- 
velopment, and  for  which  they  are  to  render  account. 
It  ought  to  be  their  pride  to  administer  this  trust  in 
a  way  to  reflect  the  greatest  amount  of  credit  upon 
themselves  and  to  create  the  greatest  amount  of  ben- 
efit for  those  into  whose  hands  they  finally  place  it 
for  safe-keeping. 

•Delivered  at  Redfi^ld.  South  Dakota. 


One  of  Detroit's  progressive  druggists,  who  has 
been  making  analyses  of  urine  for  physicians,  during 
more  than  a  year,  speaks  highly  of  this  addition  to 
the  ordinary  duties  of  the  pharmacist,  having  found 
that  it  not  only  adds  materially  to  the  income  of  his 
establishment,  but  is  also  effective  in  gaining  the  at- 
tention and  confidence  of  the  public.  He  says  that 
he  first  equipped  himself  with  a  microscope  and  other 
simple  apparatus  necessary  to  perform  urinary  analy- 
sis and  then  sent  personal  letters  to  the  best  physi- 
cians in  his  neighborhood  and  to  those  likely  to  use 
such  a  convenience,  announcing  his  readiness  to  ac- 
cept such  commission.  The  charge  for  such  work 
•was  moderate,  the  greatest  care  was  taken  in  every 
examination  and  the  confidence  of  the  medical  men 
was  soon  secured.  The  knowledge  necessary  for  the 
work  is  easily  acquired,  and  a  very  high  degree  of 
efficiency  can  be  attained  in  a  comparatively  short 
time  by  careful  application  and  frequent  experimental 
tests.  This  class  of  work  forms  a  field  which  is  rare- 
ly entered  by  the  pharmacist,  and  for  no  good  reason, 
inasmuch  as  the  technique  and  general  knowledge 
necessary  for  successful  manipulation  can  be  secured 
readily,  and  the  pecuniary  reward  is  not  inconsider- 
able: moreover,  the  medical  profession  will  heartily 
applaud  and  will,  in  almost  every  instance,  be  glad  to 
turn  over  to  the  druggist  all  the  work  of  this  kind 
that  they  have.  Of  course,  such  ideas  must  develop 
with  discretion.  The  confidence  of  the  physician 
must  be  secured  and  then  maintained,  and  not  only 
the  medical  profession,  by  the  way,  but  the  laity  as 
well  must  be  made  aware  of  the  fact  that  the  phar- 
macist is  prepared  for  this  work.  People  often  think 
something  is  the  matter  with  them,  that  they  have 
diabetes,  Bright's  disease,  or  any  one  of  countless 
other  ailments,  which  can  be  determined  by  an  ex- 
amination of  the  urine. 

There  has  been  an  unusually  brisk  demand  for 
"violet"  preparations  during  the  present  season,  and 
several  of  the  drug  stores  in  the  neighborhood  of 
Fifth  Avenue,  New  York,  report  larger  sales  of  violet 
toilet  water,  perfumes,  cream,  etc.,  than  ever  before 
experienced.  Some  of  the  druggists  quickly  per- 
ceived that  the  ladies  had  a  special  liking  or  "fad" 
for  violet  and  were  prepared  to  supply  extra  quanti- 
ties of  the  preparations  of  this  perfume.  One  drug 
store,  not  far  from  the  Waldorf,  where  many  of 
New  York's  fashionable  people  purchase  supplies  of 
various  kinds,  prepared  a  very  neat  and  artistic 
window  display  which  probably  aided  in  selling  hun- 
dreds of  bottles  of  violet  water.  In  the  center  a 
pretty  wreath  of  violets  was  suspended  on  a  string 
composed  of  the  same  flowers.  A  background  was 
formed  of  violet  covered  cloth,  and  strewn  about 
bottles  of  violet  water,  tastefully  grouped  in  tiers, 
were  small  bunches  of  violets.  Three  oil  paintings, 
all  showing  violets  in  some  form,  added  much  to 
the  effect  of  the  display. 

One  dropping  into  W.  A.  Frost  &  Co.'s  drug 
store  in  St.  Paul  is  apt  to  notice  something  that 
puzzles  him.  It  is  two  enormous  bottles,  each  hold- 
ing probably  two  gallons,  standing  side  by  side  and 
labeled:  "Extract  of  a  Little  of  Everything.  Tj  cents 
an  ounce."  "What  in  the  world  is  that?"  "Oh,"  replies 
Mr.  Frost.  "I  was  clearing  out  the  odds  and  ends  of 
my  stock  of  perfumes  and  poured  them  all  together 
in  these  bottles." 


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[February  20,  1902. 


SPECIAL  PHARMACOPOEIAL  REQUIRE- 
MENTS. 

A  FRIEND  of  students  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmaco- 
pceia,  has  compiled  the  following  list  of  re- 
quirements specified  for  certain  official  cel- 
lular drugs.  This  list  should  prove  con- 
venient to  those  who  wish  to  compare  the  require- 
ments of  the  present  edition  of  the  U.  S.  P.  with 
those   of  other  authorities. 

Allium. — The  official  description:  "Garlic  should 
be  used  without  having  been  dried." 

Anthemis. — Oft.  defin. :  "Collected  from  cultivated 
plants." 

Belladonnae  Radix. — Off.  des.:  "Roots  which  are 
tough  and  woody,  breaking  with  a  splintery  fracture, 
should  be  rejected;  likewise  the  hollow  stem  bases 
which  are  sometimes  present." 

Cannabis  Indica. — Off.  def. :  "Grown  in  the  East 
Indies." 

Cantharis. — Off.  def:  "Cantharides  should  be 
thoroughly  dried  at  a  temperature  not  exceeding  40 
degrees  C.  (104  deg.  F.),  and  kept  in  well  closed 
vessels." 

Caryophyllus. — Off.  def.:  "The  unexpanded  flow- 
ers  of." 

Castanea.— Off.  def.:  "Collected  in  September  or 
October,  while  still  green." 

Cetraria.— Off.  des.:  "It  should  be  free  from  pine 
leaves,  mosses,  and  other  lichens,  which  are  frequent- 
ly found  mixed  with  it." 

Cinchona.— Off  def.:  "Yielding,  when  assayed  by 
the  process  given  below,  not  less  than  five  per  cent, 
of  total  alkaloids,  and  at  least  2.5  per  cent,  of  qui- 
nine." 

Cinchona  Rubra.— Off.  def.:  "Containing  not  less 
than  five  per  cent,  of  its  peculiar  alkaloids." 

Cinnamomum  Cassia.— Off.  def.  "Grown  in  China 
(Chinese   Cinnamon)." 

Colocynthus.— Off.  def.  "Deprived  of  its  rind." 
Off.  des.  "The  pulp  only  should  be  used,  the  seeds 
being  separated  and  rejected." 

Conium.— Off.   def.:     "Gathered  while  yet  green." 

Cubeba.— Off.  def.  "The  upripe  fruit  of."  Off. 
•des.  "Cubeb  should  not  be  mixed  with  the  nearly 
inodorous   rachis   or  stalks." 

Cusso. — Off.    def.      "The   female    inflorescence    of." 

Digitalis.— Off.  def.:  "Collected  from  plants  of 
the  second  year's  growth." 

Dulcamara.— Off.  def.     "The  young  branches." 

Ergota.— Off.  def.  "The  sclerotium  of  claviceps 
purpurea  (Fries)  tulasne  (class  Fungi)  replacing  the 
grain  of  rye,  Secale  Cereale  Linne  (nat.  ord.  Gram- 
ineae).  Ergot  should  be  only  moderately  dry.  It 
should  be  preserved  in  a  close  vessel  and  a  few  drops 
of  chloroform  should  be  dropped  upon  it  from  time 
to  time  to  prevent  the  development  of  insects.  When 
more  than  one  year  old,  it  is  unfit  for  use.  Off.  des.: 
Old  Ergot,  which  breaks  with  a  sharp  snap,  is  al- 
most or  entirely  devoid  of  a  pinkish  tinge  upon  the 
fracture,  is  hard  or  brittle  between  the  teeth,  and  is 
comparatively  odorless  and  tasteless,  should  be  re- 
jected." 

Eucalyptus.— Off.  def.:  "Collected  from  the  older 
parts  of  the  tree." 

Fel   Bovis.— Off.  def.:     "The  fresh  bile  of." 

Frangula.— Off.  def.  "Collected  at  least  one  year 
before  used." 

Galla.— Off.  des.:  "Light  and  whitish  colored  nut 
gall  should  be  reiected. 

Gossypium  Purificatum.— Off.  def.  "Freed  froin 
adhering  impurities,  and  deprived  from  fatty  matter." 
Off.  des.:  "When  Purified  Cotton,  previously  com- 
pressed in  the  hand,  is  thrown  on  the  surface  of 
cold  water,  it  should  readily  absorb  the  latter  atid 
sink,  and  the  water  should  not  acquire  either  an  acid 
or  an  alkaline  reaction  (evidence  of  proper  purifica- 
tion.) 

Hammelis.— Off.  def.:     "Collected  in  autumn." 


Hyoscyamus.— Off.  def.  "Collected  from  plants  of 
the   second  year's   growth." 

lUicium. — Off.  des.:  "Star-anise  should  not  be 
corifounded  with  the  very  similar  but  poisonous 
fruit  of  lUicium  anisatuni  Linne  (Illicium  religiosum, 
Siebold),  the  carpels  of  which  are  more  woody, 
shrivelled,  and  have  a  thin,  mostly  curved  beak,  a 
faint,  clove-like  odor,  and  an  unple'asant  taste." 

Ipecacuanha. — Off.  des.:  "When  ipecac  is  sound 
and  free  from  mouldiness,  its  quality  is  proportion- 
ate to  the  thickness  of  the  bark,  and  the  thinness  of 
the  ligneous  portion." 

Juglans. — Ofif.  def.:     "Collected  in  autumn." 

Limonis  Cortex. — Off.  def.  "Of  the  recent  fruit." 
Off.  des.:  "The  spongy,  inner  layer  usually  present 
in  the  segments  should  be  removed  before  the  Lem- 
on Peel  is  used." 

Limonis  Succus. — Off.  def. :  "The  freshly  ex- 
pressed juice  of  the  ripe  fruit." 

Linum. — Off.  des.:  "  Ground  Linseed  (Linseed 
Meal,  or  Flaxseed  Meal),  for  medicinal  purposes, 
should  be  recently  prepared,  free  from  unpleasant  or 
rancid  odor.  When  extracted  with  carbon-disulphid 
it  should  yield  not  less  than  25  per  cent,  of  fixed 
oil." 

Lobelia. — Off.  def.  "Collected  after  a  portion  of 
the  capsules  have   become   inflated." 

Lupulinum, — Off.  des.  "When  Lupulin  is  agitated 
with  water  and  the  mixture  allowed  to  stand,  no  con- 
siderable sediment   (sand,  etc.)   should  be  deposited." 

Manna. — Off.  des.  "Manna  consisting  of  brown- 
ish, viscid  masses  containing  few  or  no  fragments  of 
a  crystalline  structure  should  be  rejected." 

Myristica — Off.  def.:     "Deprived  of  its  testa." 

Opii  Pulvis. — Off.  def.:  "And  reduced  to  a  very  fine 
(No.  80)  powder.  Powdered  Opium,  for  pharma- 
ceutical or  medicinal  purposes,  when  assayed  by  the 
process  given  under  Opium,  should  yield  not  less 
than  thirteen  (13)  nor  more  than  fifteen  (15)  per 
cent  of  crystallized  morphine.  Any  Powdered  Opium 
of  a  higher  percentage  may  be  brought  within  these 
limits  by  admi.xture  with  Powdered  Opium  of  a  lower 
percentage,   in   proper  proportions." 

Opium. — Off.  def.:  "The  concrete,  milky  exuda- 
tion obtained  by  incising  the  unripe  capsules  of 
Papaver  somniferum  Linne'  (nat.  ord.  Papaveracae), 
and  yielding,  in  its  normal  moist  condition,  not  less 
than  nine  (g)  per  cent,  of  crystallized  morphine,  when 
assayed  by  the  process  given  below." 

Pimenta.— Off.    def.:      "The    nearly    ripe    fruit    of." 

Piper. — Off.  def.:  "The  unripe  fruit  of." 

Prunum. — Off.   def.:     "The  fruit  of." 

Prunus  Virginiana.— Off.  def.:  "The  bark  of  the 
very  large  and  of  the  very  small  branches  is  to  be 
rejected." 

Pulsatilla. — Off.  def.:  "Collected  soon  after  flow- 
ering. It  should  be  carefully  preserved,  and  not  be 
kept  longer  than  one  year." 

Quillaja. — Off.  def.:     "The  inner  bark  of." 

Rheum. — Off.  des.:  "When  chewed.  Rhubarb 
feels  gritty  between  the  teeth  and  imparts  a  yellow 
color  to  the  saliva.  Rhubarb  which  is  very  porous, 
or  has  a  prominently  mucilaginous  taste,  or  is  of  a 
dark  brown  color  internally,  should  be  rejected." 

Rhus  Toxicodendron. — Off.  def.:  "The  fresh  leaves 
of."  Off.  des.  "Rhus  Toxicodendron  should  not  be 
confounded  with  the  leaves  of  Ptelea  trifoliata 
Linne  (nat.  ord.  Rutaceae),  which  are  similar  in 
appearance,   but   have   all   the   leaflets   sessile." 

Rosa  Gallica. — Off.  def.:  "Collected  before  ex- 
panding." 

Sambucus. — Off.  des.:  "The  peduncles  and  ped- 
icels of  the  inflorescence  should  be  rejected." 

Sanguinaria. — Off.    def.:      "Collected    in    autumn." 

.Santonica. — Off.  def.:  "The  unexpanded  flower 
heads   of." 

Sarsaparilla. — Off.  des.:  "The  thick,  woody,  knot- 
ty rhizome,  if  present,  should  be  removed." 

Scilla.— Off.    def.:      "Deprived    of    its    dry,    mem- 


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branaceous  outer  scales,  and  cut  into  thin  slices,  the 
central  portion   being  rejected." 

Senna. — Off.  des. :  "It  should  be  free  from  stalks, 
discolored  leaves,  and  other  admixtures." 

Spigelia. — Off.  des.  "It  should  not  be  confounded 
with  the  underground  portion  of  Phlox  Carolina, 
l.inne  (nat.  ord.  Polemoniaceae).  the  roots  of  which 
are  brownish-yellow,  rather  coarse,  straight,  and  con- 
tain a  straw-colored  wood  underneath  a  readily  re- 
movable bark." 

Strophanthus. — Off.  def. :  "Deprived  of  its  long 
awn." 

Tabacum. — Off.  def.:  "The  commercial,  dried 
leaves   of." 

Taniarindus. — Off.  def.:  "The  preserved  pulp  of 
the  fruit  of."  Off.  des.  "A  piece  of  bright  iron, 
left  for  thirty  minutes  in  contact  with  the  pulp  pre- 
viously somewhat  diluted  with  water,  should  not 
exhibit  any  reddish  deposit  of  copper." 

Taraxacum. — Off.  def.:  "Gathered  in  autumn." 
Off.  des.:  "It  should  be  free  from  the  root  of  Cich- 
orium  Intybus.  Linne  (nat.  ord.  Compositae),  which 
closely  resembles  it,  but  is  usually  paler,  and  has  the 
milk-vessels  in   radiating  lines." 

Triticum. — Oft'  def.  "Gathered  in  the  spring  and 
deprived  of  the  roots." 

IJlmus. — Off.  def.     "The  inner  bark  of." 

Xanthoxylum. — Off.  des.:  "Xanthoxlyum  should 
not  be  confounded  with  the  bark  of  Aralia  spinosa, 
Linne  (nat.  ord.  Araliaceae).  which  is  nearly  smooth 
externally,  and  beset  with  slender  prickles  in  trans- 
verse rows." 

Scammonium. — Off.  def.  "A  resinous  exudation 
from  the"  living  root  of." 


TOOTH  PASTES. 

By  FRANK  B.  STYLES,  Hempstead,  "L  .1. 

TO  prepare  a  good  tooth  paste  or  cream  is  not 
as  easy  as  preparing  a  good  tooth  powder. 
To  obtain  just  the  right  consistency  is  a 
question  of  experiment.  If  the  paste  is  too 
hard  it  cannot  be  pressed  into  nor  out  of  a  collapsible 
tube  in  a  satisfactory  manner;  and  if  too  soft,  it 
again  gives  poor  satisfaction.  It  is.  therefore,  quite 
necessary  to  experiment  a  little  before  going  too 
heavy  into  making  tooth  pastes.  A  very  good  formu- 
la and  one  that  is  not  expensive  to  prepare  is  as 
follows: 

Pre<Sir'i:ta.bedi  Chalk,  English   IG  ounces 

Orris  Root,   powderekJ   4  ounces 

CaiStSle  'Soajp.   powd'ered    -1   ounoes 

OH  of  Peippemmant    1  dnaim 

Oil  df  Wintergreen    1  diram 

Solution  of  Carmine,   q.  s..   to  color. 

GlycCTtne. 

Water,  of  eadh,  a  isuftiicienit  quanttty. 

This  must  be  made  a  paste  by  adding  glycer- 
ine and  water,  equal  parts,  .^dd  the  solution  of  car- 
mine to  the  chalk  and  triturate  or  sieve  till  the  right 
shade  is  produced:  then  add  the  powdered  orris  root, 
oils,  and  soap.     Beat  all  thoroughly  together. 

.•\nother  very  good  tooth  paste  may  be  made  by 
the  following  formula: 

Preiciiipitalted   Chalk,    EngMah    16   ounces 

Orris   Root,   powidered    5  ounces 

Oinniamion.   powdeo'ed   1    omice 

Oloa'es,   powdereid    4   dnaimis 

Tincture  dC  quillaja   2  fl.  ounces 

Honey,  a  sufficient  quBJitity  to  make  a  paste. 

There  is  but  little  comment  to  be  made  on  a 
tooth  paste.  The  most  that  can  be  done  after  mak- 
ing a  paste  is  to  put  it  up  in  an  attractive  package. 
Compared  with  a  powder,  paste  can  be  used  with  no 
loss  by  waste  as  in  pouring  out  a  powder  it  is  almost 
impossible  to  put  it  all  .jii  the  brush,  or  even  alter 
it  is  on  the  brush  to  get  it  all  on  the  to.'tli. 

There   are   many   kinds   of   containers   which   may 


be  used  for  dispensing  creams  or  pastes.  Among 
them,  and  the  most  popular,  are  the  tall  opal  cream 
jar  and  the  collapsible  tube.  The  jar  is  the  easiest 
filled  and  made  ready  for  the  market.  The  tube  is 
the  most  economical  as  it  costs  less  and  it  saves  and 
keeps  the  paste  clean  for  the  customer.  I  believe  the 
tube  is  the  best  to  use.  To  put  the  paste  in  the 
tubes  with  a  spatula  and  do  a  nice  clean  job  of  it 
takes  a  long  time  and  an  expert  hand.  One  cannot 
expect  to  do  good  work  with  poor  tools  and  it  will 
be  economy  to  get  a  little  machine  for  filling  the 
tubes,  such  as  the  butchers  use  to  fill  cases.  By 
means  of  this  machine  the  paste  is  verv  readily  put 
into  the  tubes  and  these  can  be  transferred  to  a 
rack  till  a  sufficient  number  are  filled  when  the  ends 
of  the  tubes  are  closed  with  a  pair  of  pincers  made 
for  that  purpose.  It  is  very  necessary  not  to  get 
the  tubes  too  full  or  the  ends  will  not  fold  over, 
nicely.  This  folding  can  be  done  by  hand  and  a 
spatula  but  it  is  slow  work  at  best,  and  I  believe  in 
saving  time  since  time  is  money.  It  is  better  to  get 
a  regular  machine  for  tTie  purpose. 

After  having  filled  and  closed  the  tubes,  neat 
labels  to  surround  them  must  be  used.  The  label 
should  be  long  enough  to  lap  an  edge  on  to  itself 
to  make  sure  of  its  staying  where  it  is  placed.  It  is 
a  very  good  idea  to  have  one's  trademark  pressed 
into  the  shoulder  of  the  tube.  This  tube  should  have 
a  carton  of  good  design,  as  the  external  appearance 
of  many  a  package  has  completely  ruined  the  sale 
of  what  should  have  been  a  profit  maker.  There  are 
plenty  of  first-class  printing  houses  which  make  a 
specialty  of  this  kind  of  work.  The  carton  will  not 
cost  much  and  will  be  in  the  end  a  cheap  ad.  for 
one's  store.  When  buying  tubes  it  will  be  w^ell  to 
get  a  sufficient  quantity  of  small  ones,  holding  about 
two  teaspoonsful  each,  to  use  as  samples  for  gratuit- 
ous distribution.  A  label  bearing  the  legend  "Free 
Sample  of  Smith's  Tooth  Paste"  is  all  that  is  needed. 
These  samples  and  accompanying  advertisement  may 
be  placed  in  every  package  of  any  kind  of  tooth 
paste  sold.  With  a  little  systematic  advertising  the 
wide  awake  druggist  can  work  up  quite  a  trade  in 
his  own  tooth  paste. 


NEW  YORK  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

EXAMINATIONS    HELD   JANUARY    15,    1902. 

LICENSED  PHARMACIST. 

PHARMACEUTICAL    CHEMISTRY. 

Questions  one  to  eight  relate  the  following'  sutjatlancea 
sut>miitted  for  identiflcation: 

(11  Potassium  nitrajte,  non-powdered;  (2)  oopper  sul- 
phate, crystals;  (3)  spermaceti;  (4)  spirit  of  peppermint; 
(.5)  tincture  lof  opium;  (6)  boric  acid,  powdered;  (7)  bis- 
muth sub-nitrate;   (8)  ammoniated  tincture   of  valerian. 

1.  (a)    Give  'otticJal  title. 

(b)  Name  official  preparation   made  from  it. 

2.  (a)    Give  offlciail  title. 

■(b)    (State  chemical  formula. 

3.  <a>'    iState  source. 

Give     solubility     oif     waiter,     alcOhoI,     ether,     and 
chloroform. 

4.  (la)    State  strength. 

Cb)    Give  source  of  color. 

5.  (a)    State  proper  percentage  of  drug:. 

Cb)    Stajte  proper  percentage   of  active   principle. 

6.  '(a)    Give  .official  title. 
<b)    Give  synonym. 

(c)  'State  siolub'iUty  in  water,  and  alcohol. 

7.  (a)    Give  official  title. 

(b)  What   is   indicated    by    efteirescenoe   when    this 

subsUance  is  added  'to  acids? 

8.  (a)    Give  official  title. 

(li)    Name  menstruu'm   used. 

(c)  iState  proper  'percenitag«  strength  of  drug. 

9.  (a)    Nam«  two  extracts  for  wlilclh   Vhe  U.  S.   P.  pro- 

vides assay   processes, 
(b)    Give  standard  In  each  case. 


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10.  (aj    Name  two  pMls  which  the  U.   S.   P.  directs  shall 

be  coated, 
(b)    Name  ooait'lng  in  each  case. 

11.  (a)    iName  tw^o   plastei-s   which   the   U.    S.   P.    directs 

shall  oe  spread, 
(b)    What  is  diacihylon  plaster? 

12.  AS2O3  +4ICHC03= 

(a)  Complete  above  equati'on. 

(b)  In  w(hat  lofficial  preparation  does  it  occur? 

13.  (a)    State  physical  effect  of  lig-ht  ion  yellow  Iodide  of 

Mercury. 
(b)    State  chemical  effects  of  I'ig'ht  on  same. 

14.  (a>    State  two  diffienences  'in  physical  ai>i>eiariance  be- 

tween  crystalHn©  and   exsiccated   Sulphate  of 
iT'on. 
(b)    State  relative  stoength. 

15.  Estimate   the   dose   in   grains   where   0.01   Gm.    of 

Aconitine  is  prescribed  for  15  doees. 

MATERIA    MEDICA,    BOTANY   AND    PHAR- 
MACOGNOSY. 

The  following  specimens  were  exhibited:      (1)  Matico 
leaves;   (2)  Arniica  root;   (3)  Btock  snalieroot;   (4)  Gentian 
root;  (5)  Blue  flag  roiot;  (6)  Senega  root;  (7)  Strophantlhius 
seed. 
Of  seven  samples  shown  give— 

(a)  Pharmacopoeial  title. 

(b)  Botanical  name. 

(c)  Oiommon  name. 

(d)  Part  of   plant  official. 

(e)  'Active  principle  or  const'ituerot. 

8  "Wlhat  acid  is  'obta'ined  from  Arg'ols? 

Give   the  officiaj   titles  of   two  double  salts  of 
itlhis  acid. 

9  Name  the  three  chief  Organs  of  Vegetation. 

State  'the  functions  of  each. 

10  'Into   wha/t    two   classes    are    Orgian'ic    drugs    divided; 

give  two  examptes  'in  each  class. 

11  Give  the  botanical  name  of  -the  plant  from  wlhich  each 

O'f  t'he  following  is  obtained: 

(a)  Kino, 

(b)  'Nutmeg, 

(c)  Myrrh, 
(d)    Ma-nma, 

(e)    ILupu'lin. 

12  What  Natural  Order  furnishes  the  greatest  number  of 

official    drugs?     What    official    drugs   ore   Cb- 
ta'ineci  from  iflhe  clas®  'Ijichenes? 

13  Give  th-?  Fl i arms oopoei ail  titles  of  four  ofKcial  drugs: 

containing  a  fixed  oil. 

14  (Name  four  official  (preparations  containing  Carbonate 

of  Iron, 
ir.    Is  Oil  of  Thyme  a  fixed  w  a  volatile  oil? 

Give    the    botanical    name   of   'the    plant      State 
from  what  part  of  the  plant  tihe  oil  is  obtained. 
18   Naane  five   official  ^weparations  containing  a  free   or 

uncotmbined  element. 
17    Give  the  Pharmacopoeial  title  of  Ihe  following: 
Griftitlh's   Mixture, 
Lead  Water, 
Brown  Mixture, 
Canron  Oil, 
Liabarraque's  Solution. 

TOXICOLOGY  AND  POSOLOGY. 

N.B.— In  giving  doses  Write  the  Nlame  of  'the  Drug 
amd  give  the  MTNIMUM  'and  MTAXIMUM  dose,  unless 
otherwise  directed. 

1.  Diefine  the  difference  ibetween  a  True  Poison  and  a 
Oorr'osive.       Give  two  examples  of   each. 

2.  State  the  prominent  symptoms,  and  what  physio- 
logical antidote  you  would  employ  in  poisonlnlg  by  Tinc- 
ture lof  Aconite.      By  Atropine. 

3.  Wlhat  is  the  pods'onous  principle  of  the  Castor 
Bean  and  wihlat  symptoms  dioes  It  develop? 

4.  Name  two  stimulants,  two  demulcen'ts,  two  rectal 
injections,   administered  in  case  of  Poison. 

5.  In  poisoning  by  Oxalic  Acid  iwihait  neutralizing 
agents  should  be  avoided?    Why? 

6.  What  emergency  treatment  Would  you  lemploy  In 
poisoning  by  Rat  Paste?     By  iSitrychnlne? 

7.    State  how  you  would  Identify  poisoning  by  Nitrate 
of  Sliver,   otherwise  than  hy  syimptoms.     By  Arsenic. 


S.  What  are  the  ordinary  symptoms  of  poisoning  by 
Potassium  Iodide?  What  emergency  treatment  should  be 
employed?    How  would  you  identify  it  in  vomit? 

9.  How  do  Hypodermic  and  Rectal  doses  of  a  medi- 
cine compare  with  the  'Ordinairy  mouth  dose  of  the  same 
med'icine  ? 

10.  What  precaution  is  prescribed  by  law  for  the  sale 
of  poisons  in  Sc'hediule  A  and  B  of  the  Pharmacy  Law? 

11.  State  the  Hypodermic  dose  of  Atropine,  Digitalin, 
Siulphate  of  'Morphia,  Nitrate  of  Strychnine. 

12.  State  the  Rectal  dose  of  Extract  of  Belladonna, 
Gal'l'ic  Acid,  O'piium,  Tannic  Acid. 

13.  State  the  dose  of  Basham's  Mixture,  Tincture  of 
Colchicum  Seed,  (Fluid  Extract  of  Ipecac,  Oil  of  Pepper- 
mint. 

14.  State  the  dose  of  Ammonium  Carbonate,  Corrosive 
Sublimate,  James'  Powder,  S'odium  Salicylate. 

15.  State  the  dose  of  Arsenious  Acid,  Ohloroform, 
Carbolic  Acid,   Sulpliate   of  Sparteine. 

PRACTICAL   PHARMACY. 

Compound  the  following  and  answer  the  questions  re- 
lating thereto: 

1. 

B       PuJv.    rad.    rhei,    3       i 

SacchaiH  l<actis 3       j 

Mix,  di'vide  into  10  equal  parts  'and  moke  powders. 
2. 

IJ       'Pofcassii  cihloratia  3       S3 

Acidi  hydrochlor 3        } 

Aquae  q.  s.  ad  . . . , S       ij 

IM-'isce  flat  S'olutio. 

Sig.    One    teaspoonfuj    as  a   gangle   every    three    (8) 
hours. 

(a)  In  what  manner  did  you  mix  the  above? 

(b)  Why? 

3. 

IJ      Camphiorae gr.       IJ 

Olei  theobrom.  q.  s. 
Misce  et  div.  in  Suipipos.  reot.  No  vi. 
Sig.   Camphor  suppositories, 
(a)  'Sitate  how  much  oil  Of  theobroma  you  used. 
4. 
U 

Camphorae gr.   xxiv 

Satpo  pulv gr.   vj 

Misc  ft.  ipil.  No.  vi. 
Slgna  :     One  at  night. 

(a)  Stiite  -what  excipien't  you  used,  (b)  State  what 
quantity  of  camphor  (expressed  in  metnc  terms)  is  con- 
tained in  each  pill. 

5. 

Zinci  sullphatis gr.    Ij. 

©olut.  acidd  borici  (sat)   S       «j 

Misce  ft   sol. 

Sig.  Eye  wash. 

(a)    State  'how  much  boracic  acid  you  used. 

For   INTERPRETATION,   COMMENT    and  CRITICISM: 

6. 
R       Argentil  nf tratis   gr.       x 

Cocainae  hydirochlor  -. ; gr.    xv 

Aquae  q.  s.  a)d S        J 

Misce: 

'Sig.     Two  (2)  drops  in  each  eye  at  beditime. 
7. 
1}      Potassil  permangan  3      j 

IFt.  pil.  No.  XX 

(a)   State  what  exclpient  you  would  employ. 


METHYL  HEPTENONE,  a  body  which  occurs 
in  oil  of  lemon  grass  and  other  essential  oils,  has 
been  prepared  by  WalL^ch  (Ch.  and  Dr.)  by  splitting 
off  water  from  its  oxime,  a  base  isomeric  with  and 
resembling  the  alkaloid  coniine.  He  also  prepared 
an  isomeric  methyl  heptenone  by  treating  ordinary 
methylheptenylamine  with  bromine  and  splitting  off 
hydrobromic  acid  from  the  compound  thus  formed. 
Upon  treating  the  resulting  base,  CsHuN,  with  ni- 
trous acid,  the  new  ketone  is  formed. 


February  20,  1902.] 


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DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


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ANSWERS   TO   PROBLEMS,   SERIES   IV. 

(31)  The  freight  on  12,250  pounds  of  goods  was 
$73.50  for  240  miles.  A  pro  rata  sum  was  charged 
on  28,250  pounds  of  the  same  class  of  goods  for  90 
miles.  What  was  paid  for  freight  for  the  shorter  dis- 
tance? 

Ans.— $63.56. 

(32)  Calculate  the  percentage  composition  of 
cane  sugar  CiiHi^O",  using  the  atomic  weights  given 
in  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia. 

Ans. — Carbon,  42.10;  Hydrogen,  6.45;  Oxygen, 
5I-45- 

(33)  The  following  results,  obtained  in  an  analy- 
sis of  Roclielle  salt,  gives  sufficient  data  for  the  es- 
timation of  K  and  Na  in  the  sample  used;  find  the 
percentage   of  each   of  these  elements   present. 

Weight  of  salt  taken   0.7012  gram 

Weight  of  mixed  alkaline  chlo- 
rides     0.3305    grarn 

Weight  of  AgCl  obtained. ..  .0.7129  gram 
Ans. — K,   13.75  per  cent.;   Na,  8.25  per  cent. 

(34)  The  real  estate  of  a  bankrupt  wholesale 
drug  firm  was  sold  by  their  assignee  for  $12,000,  and 
their  goods  for  $6,122.  There  were  collected  on  notes 
due  the  firm  $^,107,  and  on  personal  accounts  $2,673. 
The  total  liabilities  of  the  firm  are  $27,033  and  the 
expenses  of  settling  $734.94.  How  much  on  the  dol- 
lar can  be  paid,  and  what  should  the  Smith  Chemi- 
cal Company  leceive,  whose  claim  is  $6,215? 

Ans.— 82  cents  on  the  dollar.     $5,096.30. 

(35)  1.2060  grams  of  a  mixture  of  sodium  bro- 
mide and  sodkUm  chloride  gave,  on  complete  pre- 
cipitation by  silver  nitrate,  2.6554  grams  of  mixed 
silver  chloride  and  bromide,  which,  on  reduction, 
yielded  1. 8418  grams  of  metallic  silver.  Calculate  the 
proportion    of    chloride    and    bromide. 

-Ans. — NaCI,  60.3,  per  cent.;  NaBr,  39.7  per  cent. 

(,^6)  A  piece  of  cast  iron,  the  relative  density  of 
which  is  known  to  be  7.2,  is  suspected  to  have  in- 
ternal cavities.  Its  weight  is  found  to  be  203.04 
grams,  and  when  suspended  in  water  at  J  degrees  C 
it  is  found  to  weigh  171-84  grams.  What  is  the  total 
volume  of  these   cavities? 

Ans. — 3  cubic  centimetres. 

(37)  The  value  of  a  certain  consignment  is 
$711.72.  For  what  sum  must  the  shipper  have  it  in- 
sured to  obtain  both  the  value  of  the  consignment 
and  the  premium  thereon  if  it  should  be  totally  lost, 
the  rate  of  insurance  being  $1.15  per  $100? 

Ans. — $720.00. 

i^S)  A  glass  bulb  weighted  with  mercury  and  sus- 
pended from  one  of  the  pans  of  a  balance  weighs  in 


air  73.42  grams,  in  alcohol  37.996  grams,  in  water 
29.14  grams;  what  is  the  specific  gravity  of  the  al- 
cohol? 

Ans.— .80. 

(39)  A  right  prism  of  ice,  the  length  of  whose 
base  is  20.45  yards,  breadth  15.75  yards  and  height 
10.5  yards,  floats  on  the  sea;  the  specific  gravity  of 
the  ice  is  .930,  and  that  of  the  sea  water  1.026;  what 
is  the  height  of  the  prism  above  the  surface  of  the 
water? 

Ans.— 2  ft.,   11.388  inches. 

(40)  How  much  potassium  iodide  (KI)  will  be 
required  to  yield  78  grams  of  iodine? 

Ans. — 102.06  grams. 

PROBLEMS.  SERIES  VIII. 

No.  81. — If  a  message  is  sent  by  telegraph,  with- 
out any  loss  of  time,  at  12.00  M.,  from  Berlin  to 
Cincinnati,  what  is  the  time  of  its  receipt  at  Cincin- 
nati? 

No.  82.— A  bottle  holds  2.545  grams  of  alcohol, 
42.74  grams  of  mercury,  and  5.829  grams  of  sulphuric 
acid.  Find  the  specific  gravity  of  mercury  and  of  sul- 
phuric acid,  the  density  of  alcohol  being'.8o95. 

No.  83. — At  what  time  between  5  and  6  o'clock  are 
the  hour  and  minute  hands  of  a  watch  exactly  to- 
gether? 

No.  84. — How  much  crystallized  microcosmic  salt 
must  be  ignited  to  furnish  a  gram  of  sodium  meta- 
phosphate? 

No.  85. — If  stock  bought  at  92  will  pay  7  per  cent, 
on  the  investment,  at  what  rate  should  it  be  bought 
to  pay  10  per  cent.? 

No.  86. — A  glass  rod,  weighing  13  grams  in  air, 
weighs  8  grams  in  water,  and  3.8  grams  in  sulphuric 
acid:  what  is  the  specific  gravity  of  the  sulphuric 
acid? 

No.  87. — What  relative  quantities  of  alcohol  75 
per  cent.,  80  per  cent.,  98  per  cent,  and  99  per  cent. 
pure,  must  be  mixed  to  produce  a  mixture  which 
shall  be  95  per  cent,  pure? 

No.  88. — If  $6,000  worth  of  bonds  are  sold  for 
$5,107-50,  including  a  brokerage  of  %  per  cent,  how 
much  below  par  are  the  bonds  quoted? 

No.  8g. — How  much  water  will  dilute  9  gal.  2  qt. 
I  pt.  of  alcohol  96  per  cent,  strong  to  84  per  cent.? 

No.  90. — Being  engaged  in  laying  out  an  obI:>ng 
garden,  which  contained  just  an  acre  and  a  half,  I 
found  that  having  cut  of!  from  one  end  a  square 
area,  the  greatest  square  that  I  could  form  in  the  re- 
mainder contained  just  64  square  rods.  What  were 
the  length  and  breadth  of  my  garden? 


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[February  20,  1902. 


THe  object  of  this  department  1b  to  furnish  our  sub- 
icrlber*  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription  work,  dispensing  difflcultles,  etc. 

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frequent  reference  Is  necessarily  made  to  Information 
published  In  previous  Issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Self-Shaving    or    Depilatory    Soap. 

(S.  T.  W.)     The  following  has  been  p-jblished:- 
(■>.)     Powdered  wheat  starch  20  parts 

Water    120  parts 

V")     Sodium  sulphide 34  parts 

Barium  sulphide 30  parts 

Water    180  parts 

(c)      Palm   oil    36  parts 

Glycerine 21  parts 

Dissolve  the  powdered  starch  in  120  pans  of  tepid 
water  in  one  vessel  and  set  aside  for  use  when  wanted 
(a).  In  a  second  vessel  dissolve  the  sodium  sulphide 
(crystals),  and  stir  it  and  the  barium  sulphide  in  the 
180  parts  of  water  (b) ;  add  the  glycerine.  In  another 
separate  vessel  melt  the  palm  oil. 

To  mix  the  compounds,  make  the  sulphide  solu- 
tion (b)  boiling  hot,  stir  up  the  starch  solution  (a) 
and  thru  gradually  stir  it  into  the  sulphide  solution 
(b) ;  keep  stirring  ui.til  the  starch  thickens;  add  the 
melted  palm  oil,  mix  all  v.  ell  together  and  add  the 
perfume  (citronella  essence,  mirbai;e  or  oil  of  laven- 
der, etc.).  Before  the  mass  cools  .md  ccugeals  pour 
it  into  porcelain  pots  or  wide-moMthod  bottles.  Di- 
rections for  use:  Rub  the  soap  into  the  hair  to  be 
removed  until  the  hair  loses  its  crisone-is  and  fihimcn- 
tous  form,  and  becomes  a  pulpy  mass;  then  wash  the 
part  well  with  water  and  the  hair  will  all  be  removed. 
Should  the  skin  smart  after  applying  the  soap  rub  in 
a  little  olive  oil  or  vaseline. 

Cucumber  and  Benzoin  Lotion. 
(T.    F.    G.)     The    following    formulas    are     from 
Pharmaceutical  Formulas: 
I. 

White  glycerine  soap   %  ounce 

Cucum'ber   ointment    1  ounce 

Essence  of  jockey  clufb   %  ounce 

Rectified  spirit 1  ounce 

Tepid  distilled  water   32  ounces 

II. 

Curd  soap   H  ounce 

Cucumber  ointanent    1   ounce 

Spirit   of   cucumber 2  ounces 

Oil   of  rose  geranium t'2  dram 

Distilled  water  30  ounces 

Dissolve  the  soap  in  2  ounces  of  water  by  boiling. 
Put  the  ointment  in  a  very  warm  mortar  and  mix  the 
soap  solution  thoroughly  with  it;  then  add  the  rest 
of  the  hot  water  slowly,  stirring  well  all  the  time  to 
produce  a  uniform  cream.  Dissolve  the  oil  in  the 
spirit  and  ^dd  to  the  emulsion  contained  in  a  bottle, 
shaking  well.  Another  good  plan  which  seldom  fails 
is:  Melt  the  pomade  on  a  water-bath,  and  dissolve 
the  soap  in  hot  water  separately.  Put  together  and 
shake  until  nearly  cold,  then  add  the  rest  of  the  in- 
gredients and  a  sufificient  quantity  of  tincture  of  ben- 
zoin. 

Gelatine    and    Potassium    Bichromate. 

(H.  L.  S.)  "Why  is  it  necessary  to  mix  gelatin 
and  potassium  bichromate  solutions  in  the  dark  in 
making  cement?" 

Because  gelatin  is  rendered  insoluble  when  mixed 
^'■ith  chromic  acid  and  exposed  to  the  light.  This 
fact  is  largely  utilized  in  photo-lithography.  The  ex- 
act modus  operandi  of  this  process  varies  materially 


according  to  circumstances.  In  a  general  way  it  con- 
sists in  obtaining  a  sensitive  film  by  pouring  a  solu- 
tion of  bichromated  gelatin  on  to  a  glass  plate.  This 
is  exposed  under  a  photographic  negative,  and  then 
treated  with  warm  water.  The  gelatin  dissolves  from 
those  portions  of  the  film  which  were  protected  from 
the  light  by  opaque  parts  of  the  negative,  while  the 
rest  remains  insoluble.  In  this  manner  a  reproduc- 
tion of  the  photograph  is  obtained  in  relief,  hardened 
by  alum,  and  then  can  be  used  in  a  printing  press. 
In  practice,  however,  the  gelatin  film  is  not  used  di- 
rect, the  impression  being  transferred  to  a  litho- 
graphic stone. 

Barber's  Shampoo. 
(E.   K.   S.)  The  two   following  make  liquid  prep- 
arations: 

(1)  Soft    soap    114   ounces 

PoLassiuon  carbonate   2%  drams 

Alcohol  3  fl.  ounces 

Essence  jockey  cluib  V.  fl.  ounce 

Water  enough  to  make   25  fl.   ounces 

(2)  Solution   pota.ssa    4   fl.   ounces 

Borax  1  ounce 

Bay  Tiwn. %  fl.  ounce 

Tincture  quiHaja %  fl.  ounce 

Water  to  make   16  ounces 

Shampoo  Paste. 

(3)  Conti  Castile  snap   4  ounces 

Potassium  canbonate 1  ounce 

Water    6  ounces 

Oil  lavender  5  minims 

Oil  bergamot  10  minims 

To  the  water  add  the  soap,  in  shavings,  and  the 
potassium  carbonate,  and  heat  on  a  water  bath  for 
two  hours.  Stir  until  creamy  and  add  the  oils.  The 
addition  of  a  small  quantity  of  glycerin  will  prevent 
the  paste  from  becoming  hard  upon  standing. 

Syrup  of  Terebene. 
(T.  F.  G.)     The  following  formula  has  been  pub- 
lished,  although   an   ideal   syrup   containing  terebene 
cannot    be    made    owing   to    its    sparing   solubility    in 
aqueous  mixtures. 

Terebene   1  fl  dram 

Powdered  acajcia    4  drams 

Peppermint  water IV;  fl.  ounces 

Syrup  tolu,  to  make  6  fl.  ounces 

Make  an  emulsion  of  the  terebene,  acacia  and  6  fi. 
drams  of  the  peppermint  water,  then  add  the  balance 
of  the  water,  and  finally  the  syrup.  Some  years  ago 
J.  W.  England  (Am.  Journ.  Pharm.  June,  1898),  re- 
commended for  the  internal  administration  of  tere- 
bene a  preparation  made  by  admixing  the  terebene 
with  an  equal  volume  of  olive  oil,  emulsifying  with 
powdered  acacia,  sugar  and  water,  and  flavoring  with 
oil  of  gaultheria;  each  tablespoonful  to  contain  S 
minims  of  terebene. 


Petroleum-Proof  Cement. 

(C.  H.)  A  cement  sometimes  employed  for  fasten- 
ing the  brass  tops  on  kerosene  lamps  and  one  which 
is  said  to  be  proof  against  the  action  of  petroleum  oil 
is  made  by  boiling  3  parts  of  resin  and  I  part  of 
caustic  soda  in  5  parts  of  water.  This  composition 
forms  a  soap,  which,  when  mixed  with  half  its  weight 
of  plaster  of  Paris,  sets  firmly  in  about  three-quarters 
of  an  hour.  It  is  also  said  to  be  of  great  adhesive 
power,  not  permeable  by  kerosene,  a  low  conductor 
of  heat,  and  but  superficially  attacked  by  hot  water. 

Magnesium  Hydrate. 

f\V.  B.  C.)  The  following  formula  has  been  re- 
commended: 

Magnesium   sulpha te   19  draims 

Solution  of  potasga q.  s. 

Water   q.  s. 

Dissolve  the  magnesium  sulphate  in  water,  pre- 
cipitate with  solution  of  potassa,  wash  the  hydrate 
thoroughly,  and  diffuse  in  a  sufficiency  of  water  to 
make  20  ounces. 


Formulas  Wanted. 

(W.  &  Co.)  "Extract  of  onion"  for  flavoring  pur- 
poses? 

(R  V,.)  "Liquid  that  will  erase  records  from 
phonograph  plates?" 


February  20,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


"D^^i^i^--^ -    '^--  ^^- ^.£t^^  .^1. 

■^ 

irattic 

Stypticin 

Mfm  SALESMAN  for  a  chemical 
HiV    house     recently     bought    a 

Creolin-Pearson 

Uterine  sedative  and  hemo- 

KMJ   drug -store    in    one  of  our 

Current  advertising  in  popu- 

lar periodicals   will  stimulate 

largest  cities.      He  put  in  a  line  of 

sales.     Doubtless  our  window 

tablets;    in  "dental''  tablets; 

Merck's  Chemicals  and  proceeded 

cards  and  booklets  (sent  on  re- 

and as  powder. 

to  advertise  them  among  the  phys- 
icians of  his  neighborhood. 

quest)  will  also  help  you. 

Dionin 

He  had  been  selling  chemicals  of 

lodipin 

another  label  for  years,  but  when  it 

Cough  sedal  i  ve  and  anodyne ; 

came  to  dispensing  he  preferred 

Two  strengths,    lo-per-cent. 

also  much  valued  in  treatment 

"  Merck's." 

for  internal  use;  25-per-cent.for 

of  chronic  morphmism.     Pro- 

The  reason  for  his  preference  is 

hypodermic    use.        Employed 
principally  in   syphilis  and 

grn.  tablets. 

that    he,   like   thousands   of  other 
dispensers,  recognizes  "Merck's" 

scrofula. 

Gadool 

as  a  passport  to  favor  among  med- 
ical men. 

Thiocol 

.■\lc.  ext.  cod-liver  oil.    Much 

Are  you  taking  advantage  of  the 

A  drv,water-soluble,o^orless, 

employed  for  makiner    "taste- 

possible influence  of  Merck  labels 

extremelyassiniilable  and  well- 

less"  preparations  of  cod-liver 

on  your  prescription  business? 

borne  form  of  guaiacol.    Mark- 

oil.     Sample  and  tested  form- 

eted as  powder,  5-grn. -tablets, 

ulas  free. 

Do  you  specify  "J'U^ck's  ? " 

and  syrup. 

Bromipin 

Dormiol 

Contains  lo  per  cent. bromine. 

MERCK  &  CO. 

Hypnotic  and  nerie  sedative. 

Sedatu-eand  nervine:  free  from 

For  convenience  of  dispensers 

disadvantages  of   the  alkali 

NEW  YORK:    University  Place 

Dormiol  is  marketed  in  50-per- 

b 

bromides. 

CHICAGO:      RandolpK    Street 

cent,  solution  only. 

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10 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  20,  1902. 


OVER  FOUR  MILUON  PACKAGES 

OF 

Mulford's  Antitoxin 

have  been  used  without  a  single 
untoward  result  of  any  kind. 
The  most  scrupulous  care  is 
exercised  in  the  method  of  pre» 
paring:  and  testing:  this  product. 
All    official    reports   show   that 

IT  SAVES   MORE  LIVES  THAN 
ALL  OTHER  SERUMS  COMBINED  ; 


s^ 


H.   K.   MULFORD   COMPANY 


y^ 


Philadelphia 


CHEMISTS 

New  York 


Chicago 


Liberal    Terms    to    Progressive     Druggists. 


cs.  p.  ■«.)■ 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


PERFUMERS'  8TH  ANNUAL  CONVENTION. 


Important   Business   Transacted — Tax   On  Alcohol  Dis- 
cussed— New  Officers  Banqueted  at  Waldorf. 

The  (majority  of  the  large  perfume  houses  of  the 
United  States  were  represented  at  the  eighth  annual  con- 
vention of  the  Manufacturing  Perfumers'  Association, 
hleld  In  the  rooms  of  the  Down  Town  Club,  No.  60  Pine 
street,  Thursday  and  Friday,   February  13  and  14. 

First    Session. 

President  Jajnes  E.  Davis  called  the  meml)ers  to  order 
at  2  P.  M.  Th3ursday.  Beifore  proceeding  to  the  regular 
business,  Henr>'  Dalley  presented  some  amendments  to 
the  constitution  and  by-laws  which  were  passed  unan- 
imously. One  of  these  increased  the  number  on  the 
Kxecutive  Board  from  five  to  seven  meimbers. 

W.  B.  Rotieson,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  mem- 
bersfhip,  reported  that  much  more  Interest  ihad  been 
shown  in  the  association  during  the  past  year,  and  the 
conunittee  had  secured  28  active  axid  31  associate  meim- 
bers. 

Presidenlt  Davis  presented  his  report  in  Which  he  spoke 
of  the  excellent  condition  of  the  onanufacturing  perfume 
industry  of  the  country  and  of  thie  large  volume  of  bus- 
iness done  in  1901.  He  spoke  of  the  repeal  of  the  stamp 
tax,  w<hioh  look  efTect  July  1,  1901.  and  referred  to  the 
reduction  in  prices  made  by  some  of  the  leading  perfu- 
mers as  soon  as  it  was  positively  Known  the  tax  would 
be  repealed.  He  said  there  was  no  necessity  for  a  price 
reduction  prior  to  Judy  1,  and  if  the  members  of  tKe  As- 
sociaJtion  had  worked  in  harmony  many  thousands  of 
dollars  would  Ihave  been  saved.  Referring  to  the  adop- 
tion 0(f  the  new  constitution  and  by-laws  in  March,  1901, 
Mr.  Davis  said:  "I  wish  to  ipartioularly  call  your  atten- 
tion to  the  re-adjustment  of  committees  on  Foreign.  Goods 
and  Under-Valuation  of  Importations,  whicih  have  been 
merged  into  one,  and  now  known  as  Article  13  of  the 
By-laws,  and  is  named  the  Committee  on  Importations 
and  UndeirvaluaitionB  of  Foreign  Goods.  It  goes  without 
saying  that  this  is  a  very  Important  com'mittee."  He  also 
spoke  of  the  work  of  the  Committee  on  Trade  Interests 
and  Fratern.il  Relations,  and  cailled  attention  to  the 
booklet  it  issued,  containing  the  trade  names  and  trade- 
marks used  by  different  members,  and  urged  that  mem- 
bers assist  the  committee  by  furnishing  trade  names  and 
trade-marks  used  by  them.  He  recommended  that  the 
Incoming  corcmlttee  do  its  utmost  to  try  and  bring  about 
a  more  harmonious  method  of  doing  business  m  the  per- 
fume line  and  said:  "Probably  there  is  no  class  of  mer- 
chandise manufactured  where  there  are  so  many  differ- 
ent prices,  and  so  many  different  metthiods  of  arrivin<g  at 
the  same  conclusion  as  perfumes."  In  ccmcluding  his  re- 
marks Mr.  Davis  said: 

"In  my  experience  as  president  of  your  association. 
covering  uhe  pasit  year.  I  have  found  many  fully  de\"eloped 
evils,  and  as  they  do  not  seem  to  grow  less,  I  have 
ithought  beet   to  tabulate  them  as  foUows: 

Ist.    The  consignment  of  goods. 

2nd.    Prepayment  of  freight  in  less  than  $25.00  lots. 

3rd.    Dating  of  bills  ahead. 

4Hh.  Putting  up  of  American  penfumes  under  fictitious 
foreign  names,  giving  the  impression  of  being  imported; 
thus  increasing  dhe  demand  for  foreign  manufactures. 

5t]h.    Free  offers  and  gratuities  or  premiums. 

6th.    Furnishing  small  labels  for  decanting  purposes. 

7th.  Encouraging  the  trade  to  ihave  goods  put  up  un- 
der their  own  name  ^hus  'causing  the  manufacturer  to  lose 
his  identity 

8th.  Another  growing  evil  is  a  custom  existing  among 
the  essential  oil  men  to  secure  orders  by  offering  to  sup- 
ply formulas  for  m.Tking  perfumes,  and  small  quantities 
of  essential  oils  for  this  purpose,  to  those  who  are  not 
legitimate  manufacturers,  from  whom  they  think  they 
can  secure  a  little  business  'by  so  doing. 

9th.  The  tendency  to  increase  discounts  beyond  reas- 
oniable  limits. 

10th.    Giving  bonus  of  advertisements  in  publications. 


11th.  Giving  bonus  Ckf  prizes  of  objects  not  related  to 
the  perfumery  Vnisine.ss,  suclh  as  clocks,  ornaments,  etc. 

12th.  Exchange  of  goods  that  do  not  sell  witE'  the 
dealer. 

13th.  An  extra  discount  for  cash,  varying  from  3  to 
0  per  cent. 

11th.  'Claims  for  shortages.  These  are  beoomlH^  so 
numerous  that  they  can  be  classified  under  the  head  ot  a 
growirig  evil  and  as  the  bulk  of  claims  are  undoubtedly 
small  in  value,  and  for  fear  at  giving  offense  to  the  cus- 
tomer, a  credit  is  made  and  the  claim  charged  to  profit 
and  loss. 

Now,  the  problem  to  solve  is.  how  can  these  growing 
evils  be  lessened  or  stopped?  Many  letters  received  by 
me  dtiring  the  year  lead  me  to  believe  that  the  perfume  In- 
dustry of  this  country  is  getting  down  to  a  low  ebb.  I 
wlslh  to  call  your  particular  attention  to  the  fact  that 
certain  foreign  manufacturing  perfumers  have  started 
branch  houses  in  this  country,  manuifacturdng,  I  be'lieve, 
or  at  least  boftling  and  packing  their  goods  in  this 
country,  in  order  to  save  duty  charges,  and  then  selling' 
the  same  as  if  made  and  put  up  in  France.  In  many 
cases  the  goods  undoubtedly  are  alcohoCic  liquids,  and 
in  other  cases  prolbably  are  imported  in  concentrated 
form  and  dhe  spirits  added  here.  I  would  suggest  that 
the  Legislative  Comimlttee  take  this  matter  up.  as  I  be- 
lieve we  should  secure  suitable  legislation,  by  whdch 
goods  thai  are  bottled  and  packed  in  the  United  StaTses 
should  bear  a  label  to  that  effect,  so  that  consumers 
will  know  that  the  goods  are  manufactured  in  tlhis  coun- 
try and  are  therefore  not  imported.  There  is  no  doubt 
biit  that  tlie  people  of  America  are  being  educated  more 
n  nd  more  each  year  to  the  fact  'fh^at  perfumery  manu^c- 
tured  in  America  stands  equal,  and  in  many  cases  supe- 
rior, to  that  manufactured  abroad,  and  it  is  only  neces- 
sary for  the  members  of  our  Association  to  look  around 
lo  see  the  gradual  dwindling  of  many  of  the  trade-marks 
which  have  ifor  several  years  been  practicaWy  considered 
the  leaders  on  the  part  of  importing  perfumers.  Amer- 
ica has  brouglil  to  the  front  many  articles  which  are  now 
manufactured  under  trade  names  in  this  country  and 
wiMch  have  assumed  in  point  of  sales  an  enormous 
amiount.  and  for  aiccuracy  and  trueness  to  the  natural 
(•dor  of  the  flower  no  one  has  ever  been  able  to  manu- 
f.Toture  closer  than  the  American   perfumer." 

Secretary  Monroe  P.  Llnd  reported  that  the  present 
member^ip  was:  Active  51  and  associate  45,  a  gain  of  28 
and  31,  respectively.  Treasurer  Harry  S.  Woodworth 
announced  receipts  of  $1,215.35  and  disbursements  of  $1,- 
170.13.  leaving  a  balance  of  $45.22  in  the  treasury.  Theo. 
Ricksecker.  chairman  of  the  Executive  Board,  said  the 
year  had  been  one  of  unusual  activity  with  perfumers. 
The  Board  had  held  seven  meetings  and  various  informal 
conferences.  It  recommended  the  attention  of  tihe  mem- 
bers to  the  tax  on  alcohol. 

Henry  Dal'.ey.  chaiirman  of  the  Legislative  Committee, 
said  his  committee  had  found  it  possible  to  present  their 
cases  so  as  to  secure  at  least  measurably  that  for  which 
it  was  contending.  "This  was  notably  tlhte  case  when  in 
I'^flS  the  Internal  Revenue  Stfimp  Tax  was  imposed. 
Tour  committee  believed  it  would  be  able  to  effect  a  re- 
duction of  the  proposed  tax  of  4  cents  on  a  dollar  of 
retail  price.  That  it  was  not  able  to  do  so  grew  out  ot 
the  fact  that  injudicious  statements  had  been  made  by 
o-R'Tiers  of  proprietary  articles.  Who.  under  a  mistaken 
impression  that  a  tax  of  8  cents  on  a  dollair  of  retail 
price  was  proposed,  declared  that  they  would  toe  perfectly 
satisfied  if  it  were  reduced  to  4  cents.  The  impressions 
made  by  these  persons  made  it  practically  impossible  to 
effect  a  larger  reduction  than  was  made,  viz..  to  2V4 
cents  on  a  doMar  of  retail  price."  Mr.  Dalley  said  Bhat 
since  the  last  annual  meeting  the  committee  had  not 
been  called  upon  to  act  upon  any  new  legislation  but  at- 
tenition  had  been  and  is  being  directed  to  the  question  of 
reciprocity.  He  said  the  special  interest  of  the  perfumery 
Industry  is  centered  in  the  proposed  Rwiprocity  Treaty 
with  France,  which  Is  believed  to  be  injurious  to  the  do- 
mestic interests,  and  read  a  number  of  letters  from  in- 
fluential members  of  Congress  who  supported  the  views 
of  the  committee  on  the  question.  He  referred  to  the 
question  of  a  reduction  of  the  tax  on  alcohol  and  said 
it  would  probacy  be  brought  up  at  the  present  session 
of  Congress  as  it  had  been  announced  by  prominent 
Senators  and  Representatives  at  the  termination  of  the 
56th   Congress   that   the    whole   subject   ot   the   laws   re- 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  20,  1903. 


lating  to  the  taxation  of  distilled  spirits  wou'.d  toe  care- 
fully considered  toy  a  special  sub-oomimiit'tee  and  a  report 
made  to:  Congress  as  to  Uhie  changes  in  existing  laws 
thoug'ht  advisable.  He  said  there  is  a  strong  sentiment 
in  Congress  in  favor  of  reducing  the  tax  on  distilled 
spirits  from  $1.10  to  90   cents   per  proof  gallon. 

Mr.  Dalley  said  it  would  be  interesting  to  ascertain 
and  follow  the  effect  of  the  new  ruling  -of  the  Treasury 
department  in  respect  to  assessment  of  duties  on  the 
weiglht  of  bottles  and  other  containers,  in  addition  to 
that  assessed  on  perfumery  and  such.  [While  this  might 
toe  an  advantage  to  domestic  goods  it  is  not  desirable 
to  increase  the  duty  so  as  'to  make  it  prohibitory  'as  French 
manufadturers  will  then  come  to  this  country.  He  re- 
ported that  the  importations  of  foreign  perfumery  had 
inoreased  by  $82,763   or  16  per   cent. 

Richard  A.  Hudnut  reported  for  the  committee  on 
undervaluations  and  said  they  had  not  found  any  in- 
stances of  remarkably  low  valuations  on  imported  goods 
but  it  was  well  for  the  committee  to  be  on  the  look  out 
for  possible  undervaluations  on  imported  perfumery  and 
manufactured  goods.  A  report  was  received  from  O.  P. 
Meyer,  of  St.  l^ouis,  who  was  unatole  to  be  present.  He 
referred  to  the  booklet  recently  issued  by  his  Committee 
on  Trade  Interests  and  Fraternal  Relations,  whidh  con- 
tains a  lisit  of  trade  names  'and  trade-marks  used  by 
various  concerns.  He  recommended  the  establishment  of 
a  bureau  on  trade  marks  and  a  bureau  on  traveling 
salesmen.  Repcrts  were  also  received  from  Robert  C. 
Eastman,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Revision  of  tlhfe 
Constitution  and  By-Laws;  Theo.  Ricksecker,  for  suto- 
committee  of  the  Executive  Board,  ana  Henry  Da'.ley 
as  clhairman  of  the  special  committee  appointed  to  at- 
tend the  Reciprocity  Convention  as  "Washington,  Novem- 
ber  19-21,   1901. 

A  Committee  on  Nominations  was  appointed,  with 
Adolph  Spiehler,  of  Rochester,  chairman,  'to  report  at 
■the  next  session.  After  remiarks  from  Henry  Dalley, 
urging  fair  competition;  Theo.  Ricksecker,  speaking  of 
Hhe  good  work  of  the  Association  and  the  friendly  spirit 
shown  by  members  after  his  flirm's  recent  loss  by  fire, 
when  matured  tinctures  were  offered  him  at  cost;  Rob- 
ert C.  Eastman,  referring  to  the  benefits  of  the  Asso- 
ciation, and  Richard  Hudnut,  suggesting  that  firms  in- 
struct representatives  not  to  speak  against  competitor's 
goods,   the  first  session  was  adjourned. 

Second    Session. 

The  meeting  of  the  second  session  was  called  to  order 
at  11:30  A.  M.  Gilbert  Colgate,  chairman  of  the  Com- 
mattee  on  Resolutions,  presented  a  report  and  It  was 
taken  up  "eriatim.  The  first  matter  dealt  with  was  the 
practice  of  American  firm's  putting  up  perfumes  under 
foreign  names,  giving  the  impression  of  being  iwiported 
and  thus  incrensin'S'  tihe  demand  for  foreign  goods.  Mr. 
Plaut  said  he  thought  many  firms  were  putting  up  goods 
in  that  manner  withoi't  thinking  of  the  injury  to  Ameri- 
can manufacturers  and  that  if  they  were  informed  would 
discontinue  .sucib  practices.  Mr.  Dalley  said  the  impres- 
sion that  "perfumes  under  foreign  names  had  a  better 
sale  tflian  domestic  goods  should  be  discouraged,  as 
Americans  can  make  as  good  goods  as  foreign  manufac- 
turers. He  moved  the  folloaving  resoJiultion,  which  passed: 
"Resolved.  That  tt  is  the  sense  o,f  this  Association  that 
a  'law  sh'O'uid  ibe  enacted  prohibiting  that  all  perfumery 
and  articles  for  tIhe  toilet,  purporting  to  be  wholly  or 
partially  manufactured  or  put  up  in  a  foreign  Country,  but 
actually  manu'factured  wholly  or  partially  or  ipt  up  in  th'o 
United  Sta'tes,  flhal'l  bear  a  label  seitting  fordh  the  fact 
that  the  artice  was  manuifactured  or  put  up  in  the  United 
States." 

The  question  of  essential  oil  dealers  furnishing  for- 
mulas as  an  inducement  for  dealers  to  purchase  their 
material  wias  thoroughly  discussed,  Messr.s.  Robeson, 
Wright,  Ricksecker,  Dalley  and  McLaughlin  taking  part. 
A  resolution  was  finally  passed,  as  follows: 

"Resolved.  Tha't  it  is  the  sense  of  this  meeting  that 
members  of  this  Asaociation  fhall  pledgie  thiemselves  i.n 
writing  to  the  proper  officers  of  'the  Association  that 
upon  notice  from  the  secretairv  that  mianuifaoturers  of, 
or  dealers  in,  first  midterials  are  selling  or  propose  to 
give  formulae  as  an  induce;ment  to  engage  in  'the  manu- 
facture of  penfU'mery,  they  will  thereupon  cease  to  pur- 
chase from  sucih  'houses  and  continue  such  course  until 
satisfactory  assurances  to  the  Exeieuitive  Board  are  given 
that  these  practices  are  discontinued,  and,  be  It  further 
resolved,    that   the   matter   be   referred    to    the   Executive 


Board   for  delinite  action,   with  fuCl  power  to  carry  out 
the  sense  expressed  in  this  resolution." 

The  question  O't  prepaying  freights  was  finally  referred 
to  the  oommi'ttee  on  trade  interests  and  fraternal  rela- 
'tions.  The  recommendation  made  by  the  comonittee  on 
trade  interests  to  establish  a  bureau  to  furnish 
a  list  r/i  different  discounts  and  either  data 
and  a  burC'au,  'On  salesmen  was  adopited.  A  mjotion 
of  Mr.  Hudnu't.  "that  no  goods  manufacturer  by  meim- 
bers  O'f  the  association  be  consigned,"  passed  unanimous- 
ly. The  practice  of  dating  goods  ahead  received  atten- 
tion and  a  resolution  was  passed  that  'the  foredating  of 
goods,  "except  in  the  case  of  holiday  goods  in  the  fall  of 
tlhe  year,  Whereby  a  lairger  discount  than  the  customary 
2  per  cent  is  allowed,  be  abolished."  The  question  of 
free  offers,  and  graituities  or  premiums  was  tabled,  as 
were  also  those  referring  to  the  furnishing  of  small  la- 
bels for  decanting  purposes,  encouraging  the  trade  to 
have  preparations  'PUt  up  under  their  own  name,  ex- 
ohange  of  goods  that  do  not  sell  with  the  dealer,  in- 
creased discounts  and  claims  for  shortages.  Tliie  secre- 
tary was  authorized  to  expend  a  sum  not  to  exceed  $300 
annu'aKy  for  assistance  in  his  work. 

The  committee  on  nominaltions  brought  in  its  report 
and  the  following  officers  were  elected  and  installed: 
President,  James  E.  Davis,  Detroit;  first  vice-president, 
Gilbert  Colgate,  New  York;  second  vice-president,  Joseph 
Cave,  Philadelphia;  secretary,  Henry  Dalley,  New  Yor'c, 
treasurer,  H.  S.  Woodworth.  Rochester.  Executive 
Board,  Richard  A.  Hudnut,  Sturgis  'Coffin  and  Alfred  G. 
Wright,  terms  expire  1903;  Frederick  K.  Stearns  and 
Theo.  Ricksecker,  1904;  Eddy  Palmer  and  George  A. 
Lorenz,  1905. 

A  rising  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  fihie  member- 
ship and  entertainment  committees  and  the  meeting  ad- 
journed to  meet  at  the  banquet  at  the  Waldorf  in  the 
evening,  at  which  short  speeches  were  made  by  Messrs. 
Wright,  Dorenz  and  Harrison. 


Ohio   Board   of   Pharmacy. 

The  following  persons  passed  the  examination  of  the 
Ohio  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  January  13  and  14: 
PHARMACISTS— Robt.  D.  Hamilton,  Darrowville;  Perry 
E.  Powell,  Kenton;  Dulu  M.  Hutt,  Waverly;  C.  A.  Houk, 
Arcanum;  Henry  M.  Knemoeller.  Cincinnati;  W.  H. 
Haumesser,  Wauseon;  C.  W.  Phillips,  Akron;  O.  F.  Seeds, 
Commercial  Point;  D'oyle  Sheldon.  Shelby;  C.  F.  Pink, 
Frederickton;  Wm.  J.  Mock,  Cleveland;  G.  W.  Mbrehouse, 
'Sparta;  Carl  Tuttle,  Berlin  Heights;  Roy  C.  Start,  Toledo; 
Carl  F.  Sohwilk,  Upper  Sandusky;  H.  Dale  Shields,  Co- 
lum'bus;  W.  H.  Gamible,  McKeesport,  Pa.;  E.  B.  Frase, 
Barberton;  G.  F.  Franke,  Wapakoneta;  John  G.  Neilly, 
Cambridge;  F.  A.  Childs,  Crestline;  F.  W.  Price,  Pome- 
roy;  Leo  A.  Lesser,  Cleveland;  B.  E.  Vale,  East  Liverpool; 
Robt.  K.  Davis,  Findlay.  Total  applicants,  79.  Passed. 25. 
ASSISTANT  PHARM.4.CISTS— Frank  B'auer,  Cincin- 
nati; H.  E.  Kennedy,  Toledo;  F.  W.  McNess,  Cleveland; 
Max  Drayer,  Oolum'bus;  Wm.  Johns,  Cleveland;  E  E. 
Owen,  Warren;  C.  F.  Woodward,  Dennison;  J.  K.  Haly, 
Z'anesville;  C.  G.  Kimmel,  Wharton;  Glaren'ce  Gressel. 
W'hartbn;  Mary  L.  Brown,  Dayton;  E.  R.  Lehman,  Well- 
ington; LC'ah  H.  Burdsal,  Cincinnati;  Joseph  Schneider, 
Cincinnati;  L.  L.  Bunnell,  Fra,nklin;  Harry  Mason,  Co- 
lumbus; H.  B.  Rudolph,  Jr.,  Springfield;  C.  H.  Deterding, 
Columbus;  Perry  B.  Miner,  Llndenville;  Karl  J.  Rausch- 
kolb,  Oolumbus;  Wilber  H.  Stoll,  Cleveland.  Totai  appli- 
cants, 38.     Passed,  21. 

FOR  ASSISTANT  PHARMACIST  ON  EXAMINA- 
TION AS  PHARMACIST— Roy  C.  Parks,  Cleveland;  T.  C. 
Rogers,  Greenville;  H.  A.  Twining,  Hajskins;  E.  C.  Sells, 
Keniton;  A.  J.  Kuenle,  Dayton;  G.  A.  Prinzbach,  Cinoln- 
nati;  C.  F.  Ackerman,  Cleveland. 

Tlhe  next  examination  will  be  held  in  Columbus  May 
13  and  14,  and  possibly  the  15th,  alsk).  If  more  than  150 
applicants  file  applications  a  third  day  will  be  necessary 
in  ord'er  to  properly  accomodate  the  extra  number.  Here- 
after all  persons  claiming  to  be  graduates  oif  schools  of 
pharmacy  must  file  eviderace  of  such  fact  no  matter 
whether  their  school  work  is  necessary  to  fulfill  the  ex- 
perience requirement  or  not.— W.  R.  OGIER,  Secretary, 
CO'lumlbus. 


February  20,  1902.} 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


199 


NEW  YORK  AND  VICINITY. 


KINGS  COUNTY  PHARMACEUTICAL  SOCIETY 


The  principal  business  transacted  at  the  regular 
monthly  meeting  of  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceuitical 
Society,  hekl  In  the  Brooklyn  Oollegre  oi:  Pharmacy,  Tues- 
day, February  11,  was  a  resolution  passed  authorizing 
the  trustees  of  the  college  and  tihe  building  committee  to 
purchase  a  site  for  a  new  college  building,  the  suim  to  be 
expended  not  to-  exceed  $10,000.  The  present  quarters 
used  for  college  purposes  are  entirely  too  small  to  accom- 
modate the  large  numher  of  students  attending  and  it  has 
been  decided  that  a  new  and  well  equipped  building  is  ab- 
solutely necessary. 

President  Oscar  C.  Kleane,  Jr.,  called  the  meeting  to 
order  at  S  p.  m.  Secretary  F.  P.  Tuthill  read  the  min- 
utes of  the  previous  meeting  and  reported  four  applica- 
tions for  moirtberslhip.  The  following  were  etected  new 
members:  Arnold  W.  N.  Brandenberg,  Fernando  E.  V. 
Brandenberg,  Charles  A.  Cannon,  Samuel  Holzman,  Liouis 
J.  Jacoiby.  Henry  B.  Lentz,  L/Ouis  May,  Nicolas  McDonald 
and  Edward  W.  P.  Rave. 

Treasurer  P.  \Y.  Ray  reported  a  balance  of  $387.73  in 
the  trc-;isury  of  tne  Society  on  February  10  and  a  balance 
of  .fT.Sl&.^C  on  hand  in  the  Oollege  funds  January  24. 

T.  J.  France  reported  ifor  the  legislative  committee 
in  the  absence  of  the  chairman.  Dr.  William  Muir,  who 
was  at  Albany  looking  after  legisCation  affecting  phar- 
macy. He  gave  an  account  of  legislative  matters  to  date, 
and  said  that  tIhe  poison  cork  bill  had  been  opposed  and 
would  probably  not  be  heard  cJf  again.  The  other  bills 
were  to  (be  given  hearings  during  Dr.  Muiir's  stay  in  Al- 
bany. Mr.  France  said  a  bill  had  been  introduced  in  the 
Assenjbiy  on  February  5.  by  Albert  T.  Fandher,  of  Sala- 
manca, Cattaraugus  County,  which  would  aiUow  any  mer- 
chant or  retail  dealer  in  places  where  tlhere  is  no  drug 
store  within  three  miles,  bo  sell  carbolic  acid,  laudanum, 
spirits  of  nitre  or  quinine  in  originail  packages,  providing 
the  package  have  the  label  of  a  'licensed  pharmacist.  He 
recomimended  that  the  Society  instruct  the  secretary  to 
write  a  letter  to  each  member  of  the  assembly  committee 
on  public  health,  'favoring  the  passage  of  the  Hill  bill, 
and  said  the  letter  should  be  written  so  as  to  reach  the 
members  not  later  than  Wednesday,  February  12.  Sec- 
retary Tuthill  said  it  would  be  impossible  for  him  to 
write  sudh  a  letter  at  so  short  notice  and  it  was  decided 
to  send  a  telegram  to  the  chairman  of  the  Assembly 
Committee  on  Public  Health,  from  the  Kings  County  So- 
ciety in  session,  asking  to  have  the  Hill  biCl  reported  out. 
The  report  of  the  Legislative  committee  was  adopted. 

Dr.  F.  P.  Tuthill  gave  an  outline  oif  the  work  done  by 
the  Building  committee  towards  obtaining  a  site  for  a 
new  College  buKding,  and  tihe  Society  was  asked  to  pass 
a  resolution  authorizing  the  purchase  of  a  plot  of  land  for 
College  purposes  at  a  cost  not  to  exceed  $10,000.  A  mem- 
ber asked  how  fund.<5  would  be  obtained  ard  Dr.  Ray  ex- 
plained that  there  were  .f9,l-i7.VO  in  the  Col'legt  funds  at 
present  and  the  trustees  "can  easily  borrow  from  $20,000 
to  $30,000  to  build.  The  resiolution  was  passed  unanimous- 
ly and  a  p:.>t  of  ground  lOOxSCVi  feet  will  probaibly  be  pur- 
chased. 

J.  G.  WischerBh  asVed  why  the  Society  did  not  publish 
an  account  of  the  proceedings  of  the  meetings  each 
month,  90  that  meirbers  unable  to  attend  could  be  posted 
on  Society  doings?.  Secretary  Tuthill  informed  hum  that 
both  the  Pharmaceutioal  Era  and  Druggists'  Circular 
always  contained  full  reports  of  the  proceedings  at  the 
Kings  County  Srjcicty  meetings  and  it  had  never  been 
considered  necessary  to  publish  a  journal.  The  matter 
was  discussed  at  some  length  and  on  motion  of  Dr.  W. 
Schroeder  a  committee  was  appointed  to  investigate  and 
ascertain  the  feasibility  of  a  plan  to  establish  a  Society 
.iournal.  and  report  at  Chie  next  meeting.  Dr.  Schroeder, 
Dr.  J.  H.  Droge  and  J.  G.  Wischerth  were  appointed 
members  of  the  comimittee.  Mr.  Wischerth  called  atten- 
tion to  a  contemplated  plan  of  some  of  the  members  to 
form  a  Central  purcha-'lng  agency  similar  to  the  Consoli- 
dated  Drug   Co..   and  asked   that   members  interested   in 


such)  a  plan  conununicate  with  him.  Carl  F.  Schleussner 
spoke  of  the  small  profit  made  by  druggists  compelled 
to  sell  Board  of  Health  Antitoxin  and  asked  that  the 
Society  apooint  a  comimittee  to  work  in  conjunction  with 
a  similar  committee  from  the  Germian  Apothecaries  So- 
ciety to  try  and  have  the  Board  of  Health  allow  more 
than  10  per  cent,  to  druggists  handling  its  antitoxin. 
Messrs.  Stehloussner,  Hegeman  and  Truog  were  appoined 
members  of  the  committee.  It  is  expected  that  L.awyer 
William  L.  Perkins  will  read  a  paper  on  pharmaceutical 
law  at  the  next  meeting. 


ASSEMBLY 


COMMITTEE    GIVES  HEARING 
ON  HILL  BILL. 


The  As.semWy  committee  on  public  health  gave  a 
hearing  on  the  Hill  bill,  which  has  passed  the  Senate, 
Tuesday,  February  11,  and  the  following  well  known 
pharmacists  were  present:  Thos.  Stoddart,  Wm.  Mxiir, 
G.  H.  Hitchcock,  Dr.  Gustavuis  Michaelis,  J.  Weinsten, 
A.  C.  Soarles,  P.  V.  Diamond,  G.  Kleinau,  C  Bernstein 
and  two  members  of  tlie  Drug  Clerks'  Circle. 

Senator  Hill  was  the  first  speaker  before  the  com- 
mittee and  said  the  bill  was  as  desired  by  the  State 
Pharmaceu'tiical  Association,  which  body,  he  thought, 
should  look  after  atl  laws  regulating  pharmiacy.  He  asked 
that  the  bill  be  reported  out  in  its  present  form.  Assem- 
blyman Etiward  R.  O'Moilley,  of  Erie  County,  also  spoke 
:n  favor  of  the  bill.  George  H.  Hitchcock  said  he  h&jd 
been  sent  as  chairman  of  tihe  Legislative  committee  of  the 
Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Associaition  to  strenuously 
oppose  the  amendment  as  proposed  in  the  Hill  bill, 
which  would  disfranchise  at  least  two^thirds  of  the  phar- 
maicists  residing  in  the  section.  He  said  if  an  attem.pt 
was  made  to  compel  pharmacists  to  join  associations, 
outside  opposition  would  be  aroused  at  once  and  he 
thought  it  would  create  discord  and  bad  feeling  within 
associations.  He  read  editorials  from  the  three  pharma- 
ceutical journals  in  the  Eastern  section  and  closed  his 
arguments  with  a  strong  appeal  for  equal  rigftits  to  all 
pharmacists.  '  >  '.'i  *>\ 

Mr.  Stoddart  spoke  in  favor  of  the  amendment.  He 
said  the  battle  had  been  f  ouglht  at  the  State  Association 
meeting  and  it  had  been  agreed  to  present  a  bill  to  the 
Legislature  on  the  lines  on  which  the  Hill  bill  was 
drawn.  The  State  Association  had  agreed  to  stand 
as  one  body  before  the  Legislature  and  ihe  hoped  the 
Assembly  would  report  the  bill  out  in  its  present  form. 
Dr.  WSUiam  Muir  said  all  associations  are  open  to  li- 
censed pharmacists  and  if  tihey  have  any  interest  in 
pharmacy  they  can  get  a  vote.  If  necessary  a  number 
'can  get  together  and  form  an  association  t^f  their  own 
and  he  thought  if  a  pharmacist  had  not  enough  interest 
in  his  profesiion  to  contribute  the  nominal  fee  required 
to  belong  to  an  organization  he  should  not  be  entitled  to 
a  vote.  Messrs.  Kleinau  and  Diamond  and  the  represen- 
tatives of  the  Drug  Clerks"  Circle  spoke  along  the  same 
lines  and  lioped  for  the  passage  of  the  bill  in  its  present 
form. 

A  hearnig  on  the  Compressed  Gas  bill,  introduced  by 
Senator  Audett,  wa.'?  given  on  Wednesday.  Senator  Na- 
thaniel A.  Elsberg  stated  that  ex-Senator  Ford  was  una- 
ble to  attend  and  asked  tliat  another  hearing  be  given  so 
that  he  could  appear  against  the  measure.  Tihe  hearing 
was  slated  for  this  week,  but  it  has  since  been  learned 
that  it  is  -unlikely  the  ex-Senator  will  appear  against  It. 
Dr.  Muir,  Mr.  Stoddart,  Mr.  Kleinau  and  Mr.  (Hitchcock 
ail  spoke  in  favor  of  the  bill  at  Wednesday's  tearing  and 
it  is  probaiWe  it  will  pass. 


Manufacturing  Chemist  wanted.      See   Want  Colucmn 
of  this  paper. 


200 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  20,  1902. 


MANHATTAN    PHARMACEUTICAL    ASSOCIATION. 

The  meeting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceuitlca-l  Asso- 
clartiion  held  in  the  College  of  PlDarm-acy,  No.  115  West 
esth  street,  Monday,  February  17,  was  not  largely  at- 
tended on  account  of  the  severe  storm.  Pres-ident  J. 
Maxwell  Pringle,  Jr.,  called  the  meeting  to  order  aJt  9.30 
P.  M.  AJtter  Secretary  S.  V.  B.  SKvann  had  read  the  min- 
utes and  Treasurer  G.  H.  Hitchcock  reported  $136.87  the 
balance  on  Wand.  Mr.  Hitchcock  reported  tfor  Ithe  Legis- 
lative commdittee.  He  gave  a  list  of  bills  thiat  had  not 
been  acted  ".pon,  including  the  Nye  bill,  giving  physicians 
the  sajme  rights  as  pharmacists  without  an  examination; 
Sanders  bill,  compelling  dealers  to  pay  a  $50  license  to 
sell  paper  wrapper  cigarettes;  Nye  toilQ,  against  the  sale 
oif  adulterated  drugs;  Fandher  bill,  allowing  deaJlers  in 
country  districts  to  se'jl  po'isons  in  original  packages  when 
put  up  by  licensed  pharmacists.  He  said  Mr.  Seariles  and 
himself  had  attended  hearings  at  Albany  on  several  bills 
and  had  submitted  an  amendment  to  the  Hill  bi«  and 
there  was  a  strong  prolbability  that  the  latter  bill  would 
not  be  reported  out  in  its  present  form.  He  thomglht  the 
poison  cork  bill  was  killed  and  that  the  compressed  gas 
bill  of  Senator  Audett  would  pass.  In  closing  Mr.  Hitch- 
cock reeort'.mended  tihiat  all  pharmacists  holding  New 
York  city  'licenses,  exchanige  them  for  a'U  State  Kicenses. 
as  it  was  possible  a  law  mdghit  be  passed  sometime  with- 
drawing the  right  now  given. 

W.  Li.  Schaaf  reported  for  the  committee  on  trade  in- 
terests and  road  extracts  from  the  City  charter,  pub- 
lished by  tihe  Bureau  of  Combustibles,  showing  the  quan- 
tities of  explosives  it  is  permissable  to  carry  in  stock 
in  retail  stores.  I>r.  Piekman  reported  for  the  committee 
to  arrange  for  meetings  iwith  the  Materia  Medica  section 
of  the  medical  associations  and  said  the  local  associations 
did  not  seem  to  be  interested,  in  the  branch'  but  it  was 
probalble  the  State  Medical  Association  would  take  the 
miatter  up.  A  letter  from  She  secretary  of  the  N.  A.R.  D. 
■was  read,  expressing  regret  at  the  action  oit  the  aissocia- 
tion,  and  S'taling  the  name  had  been  taken  Ifrom  the 
membership  roll.  A.  E.  Merin  was  the  only  new  m^embeir 
elected. 

BILL  TO  ALLOW  ANY  DEALER  TO   SELL   POISON. 

Assemblyman  Albert  T.  Fancher,  of  Salamanca,  Cat- 
taraugus Co.,  'ha-<;  introduced  a  bill  in  the  Legislature  to 
amend  the  fubTic  health  law  relative  to  the  sale  of  cei- 
taln  drugs  in  original  packages  by  merchants  and  retail 
dealers  The  'bill  provides  that  any  merchant  or  retail 
flealer  in  a  place  wlhere  there  is  no  drug  store  within 
three  miUs,  may  sell  cairbolic  acid,  laudanum,  spirt  of 
nitre  or  quinine  in  original  packages  put  up  by  licensed 
pharmacists  and  that  'he  may  also  sell  the  non-poistonous 
domestic  remedies.  The  'bill  really  provides  that  any 
dealer  in  eucih  places  may  conduct  a  drug  store  on  a 
small  scale  without  a  permit  as  is  necessary  under  the 
Costollo  law.  ' 


Wholesale   Drug   Trade  Bowling. 

The  second  game  of  the  series  rolled  by  teams  of  the 
W'holesale  Drug  Trade  'Bowling  Association  at  Reid's 
Ohurdh  street  alleys  last  Saturday  was  one  of  the  closest 
playeid  this  season.  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.'s  team  defeated 
tlhat  of  the  Roessler  &  Hasslaoher  Chemical  Co.  by  only 
five  pins.  The' scores  of  all  the  teams  follow:  Colgate 
&  Co.,  837,  against  Pajrke,  Davis  &  Co.,  768;  Roessler  & 
Hasslacher,  758,  against  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  763;  Sea- 
bury  &  Johnson,  713,  against  General  Chemical  Co.,  770; 
Lanman  &  Kemp,  755.  against  General  Ohiemical  Co.,  731; 
Seabury  &  Johnson,  S15,  against  Lanman  &  Kemp,  734. 


Fire   in   Ritter's   Drug   Store. 

The  drug  store  of  Samuel  Ritter,  at  No.  253  West 
Eleventh  street,  Man'hattan,  was  damaged  by  fiire,  Mon- 
day night,  February  10.  The  ifire  is  said  to  have  started 
from  an  explosion  of  benzine,  shortly  before  midniglWt. 
The  store  is  in  a  tenement  building  and  when  the  in- 
mates heard  the  cry  of  fire  a  panic  ensued  and  the  po- 
licemen ihad  di.ticulty  in  persuading  the  families  to  re- 
main in  'the  building.  The  firemen  had  little  difficulty 
in  putting  out  the  fire.  A  few  hundred  dollars  will  prob- 
«bly  cover  tihe  loss. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

^Thomas  P.  Cook,  of  the  New  York  Quinine  &  Chem- 
ical Works,  has  returned  from  his  annual  trip  West  and 
gives  encouraging  reports  of  the  prospects  of  this  year's 
N.  W.  D.  A.  convention  at  Monterey,  Cal.,  in  October. 
Mr.  Cook  says,  that  althooigh  there  was  at  first  some 
doubt  as  to  the  success  of  a  meeting  so  far  west,  the 
present  Indications  are  that  the  attendance  -will  be  a3 
I'ange  as  "usual.  A.  number  of  the  Eastern  'membarB  are 
already  planning  to  attend  and  will  take  their  ann'ual 
vaoa-tion  at  tiie  same  time.  Arrangements  are  being 
made  for  low  rates  of  transportation,  and  suitable  en- 
tertainment will  be  provided  for  members  en  route.  Mr. 
Cook  says  'he  is  personally  acquainted  with  all  the  cus- 
tomers of  his  firm  and  takes  the  trip  he  just  completed 
eadh  year.  He  reports  good  prospects  for  business  In 
1902. 

^Last   week's   visitors     in    the    drug   secti'on      included 

Henry  C.  Dwight,  Hartford,  Conn.;  Louis  'L.  Robbins, 
Nyack,  N.  Y. ;  Dr.  J.  S.  Wood,  Collingwood,  Ohio;  J.  O. 
Jones,  Wallingford,  Oonn. ;  George  H.  Monroe.  Fresnio, 
Cal.;  A.  W.  Twiss,  Bethel,  Conn.;  G.  H.  iShachaford, 
Lancaster,  Eng. ;  L.  H.  Goodwin.  Hartford,  Conn.;  George 
F.  Wrigtht,  Hampton,  Ontario,  and  G.  W.  Ganong,  M.  P., 
St.  Stephen,   N.  B. 

—•—Thomas  J.  'MacMahon,  the  well-known  pharmacist  of 
No.  51  'West  Thirteenth  street,  has  filed  a  petition  In 
bankruptcy,  giving  liabilities  of  $15,172.82  and  no  assets. 
The  principal  creidito<rs  (mentioned  in  the  petition  are: 
George  J.  Seabury,  $903;  Tarrant  &  Co.,  $2,500;  Estate 
of  B.  W.  McCready,  $4,300;  Bradbury  and  Medora  Wil- 
liams, $5,500. 

^U.   S.   Lourieff,    a   well-informed    Russian   plh'armaoist, 

gave  an  interesting  talk  on  pharmacy  in  that  country 
one  evening  lasit  week  in  a  hall  'at  Thirty-fourth  street 
and  Third  owenue.  S.  Rosenstock,  J.  Knigtot,  C.  M.  Du- 
Gay,  William  "Weiss  and  Frank  Cuddy  were  among  those 
present. 

Robert  E.   Milligan,   a.  former  proprietor  of  the  drug 

store  on  Fulton  street,  near  Pearl,  New  York  City,  and  at 
one  time  manager  at  one  of  the  Wilson  pharmacies,  is 
now  employed  as  chemist  for  the  Continental  Filtration 
Co.,  Chicago,  111. 

Thomas  Woods,  formerly  salesman  for  Alfred  Wright, 

and  James  Brady,  formerly  salesman  lor  Lazell,  Dalley 
Sk  Co.,  Ihave  formed  a  co-poirtnership  and  are  now  push- 
ing the  sale  of  G-arwood's  iperfumes  and  Roevel's  soaps. 

— ^F.  J.  H.  -Badhe,  druggist  at  Thirty-eighth  street  and 
Ninlth  avenue.  New  York  City,  was  recently  miairried  to 
Miss  Sadie  F.  Smalling.  Mr.  Baohe  is  a  son  of  Dr.  J. 
H.   Bache,   No.  309  West  'Fifty-first  street. 

CL.    Altman,    a   former   clerk  with   P.    H.    Henckel    at 

Amsterdam  avenue  and  Eighty-elgtwth  street,  has  en- 
gaged -with  S.  Albert  at  Lenox  avenue  and  One  hundred 
and  sixteenth  street. 

. The  drug  stares  of  'B.    Kent,    C.   P.    Kinsilla.    W.   H. 

Kinsilla,  M.  A.  Mackintosh  and  S.  Sykes,  at  Paterson, 
N.  J.,  were  conisumed  by  the  flames  in  the  disastrous  Are 
of  Sund'ay,  February  9. 

—Adrian  Paradis,  ex-president  of  tflie  Kings  County 
Phanmaceutical  Society,  has  been  confined  to  'his  home 
several  days,  'but  is  now  reported  to  be  convalescing. 

J.  W.  Ballou,  the  well-known  New  'Haven  plhormacist, 

has  had  bis  store  remodeled  and  now  has  one  of  tttio 
finest  and  most  modem  piharmacies  in   the  Elm  City. 

E.  R.  Champion  is  now  manager  of  C.  H.  Garrettson's 

drug  store  at  Flushing.  L.  I.  Mr.  Champion  was  for- 
merly in   the  drug  business  in   Connecticut. 

William  S.   McDenmott  has   purchased  the  drug  store 

at  No.  431  Union  avenue,  Paterson,  N.  J.  He  was  clerk 
for  B.   Kent  of  that  city  for  several  years. 

J.    L.   Rice,    the   obliging   and  efficient   bookkeeper   at 

the  Drug  Trade  Club,  was  on  the  sick  list  last  week,  btiit 
is  now  at  his  desk  as  usual. 

^W.  S.  Mersereau  reitumed  from  his  trip  abroad  on  the 

Lucania,  Sunday,  February  9. 


February  20,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


201 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


CHANGES    OF    LAWS    DESIRED    WHICH    WOULD 
BENEFIT   DRUGGISTS. 

Boston,  Feb.  15. — ^Before  the  lyegls'.aUve  Committee  on 
Public  Health,  a  hearing  (bias  been  held  on  the  petition  of 
Senator  Sullivan  relative  to  increasing  the  present  poTveir 
of  the  Board  of  Regigtratiom  in  Pharmacy.  William.  W. 
Bartlet  spoke  in  behaSf  of  the  bill,  and  urged  thart.  the 
Board  of  Registration  in  Phoirmacy  be  authorized  to  re- 
consider its  action  in  cases  ■Where  It  may  have  suspended 
the  license  or  certificate  of  roglstnajtJon  of  a  plhiarmacist 
aoctised  of  violating  the  liquor  law.  Evem  though  he  is 
found  technically  guilty  by  the  court,  the  intent  to  break 
the  law  is  not  always  apparent,  j'et  the  inrocent  man  has 
no  remedy  when  his  certifloate  is  suspended.  Mr.  Bartlet 
suggests  an  amemdment  to  the  present  law  by  wthich  it 
may  provide  for  the  possible  oaee  at  the  boiard  finding  a 
supposed  man  not  guilty,  and  afterward  desiring  to 
change   its  mind. 

C.  F.  Nixon,  president  of  the  board,  also  spoke  in  be- 
half of  the  bill.  He  stated  the  board  to  be  the  only  body 
he  knows  of  which  can  make  a  decree  w<hich  cannot  be 
revoked  by  any  power  on  earflhi  He  said  tihajt  it  some- 
times happens  'ithat  a  main  whose  license  has  been  re- 
voked becomes  an  eminently  proper  person  to  resume  the 
business  of  a  plharmacist,  but  there  is  now  no  way  in 
wiiich  this  can  be  done  legally,  and  so  for  some  trifling 
offense  he  Tnay  be  debarred  forever  from  following  the 
only  calling  for  whicOi  hie  is  adapted  and  trained.  To  mee<t 
sudh  a  case,  the  board  might  revoke  ithe  license  only  tor 
a  definite  itime,  at  the  end  of  -n^hioh  a  license  may  be 
given  again. 

President  Nixon  also  reooniimended  a  change  in  the 
pharmacy  laiv  Which,  as  it  now  stands,  provides  tlhat  li- 
censes of  tflie  sisth  class  cam  be  granted  only  to  "a  regis- 
tered pharmacist  actively  engaged  in  business  on  Ihis  own 
account."  Sixth-class  licenses  now  remain  in  "force  iin 
"cases  where  the  registered  pharmacist  has  died  or  be- 
come incapacitated,  and  his  business  le  conducted  by  his 
widow,  execuitior  or  administrator,  under  a  registered 
rfliiarmacist,"  but  there  is  no  provision  for  the  renewing 
of  such  license  on  May  1,  the  usual  time  for  granting  and 
renewing  them,  to  the  widow,  executor  or  administrator 
or  to  the  registered  clerk.  In  many  cases  this  has  be- 
come a  flnamcial  injury  to  widows  oi  deceased  phar- 
m)a<rists.  It  is  recommended  that  the  law  shall  be  so 
amended  as  to  empower  the  registered  clerk  to  receive 
the  license  so  that  he  may  continue  the  business  in  the 
widow's  name  and  thus  prevent  a  financial  sacrifice  that 
in  many  cases  has  been  very  greaJt. 


SPRINGFIELD    DRUG    CLERKS    WELL    SATISFIED 
WITH   THEIR  EMPLOYERS. 

Boston,  Feb.  15.— After  due  consideration  of  the  mat- 
ter, itihe  local  drug  clerks'  union  in  Springfield  has  decided 
not  to  give  up  the  glUost— not  quite  yet!  Although  duly 
chartered  and  having  a  large  membership,  the  union, 
which  was  formed  about  two  years  ago,  has  done  very 
little.  No  clerk  has  complained  of  his  treatment  by  his 
employer,  and  tihere  seemed  to  be  no  reason  for  continu- 
ing the  union,  especially  since  no  interest  has  been  mani- 
fested by  members  in  tshe  attains,  and  there  has  been  a 
very  small  attendance  at  the  meetings.  Recently,  when  a 
meeting  was  called  to  elect  officers,  a  quorum  was  not 
present  and  the  'leaders  became  discouraged  in  trying  to 
keep  the  union  in  existence.  However,  at  the  annual 
meeting  held  this  week  It  was  decided  to  continue  the  or- 
ganization. Some  enthusiasm  was  shown  by  clerks  who 
feel  that  there  Is  stiU  work  that  tflie  union  can  accom- 
plish. Officers  were  elected  as  follows:  President.  Mar- 
shall R.  Johnson;  vice-president,  H.  H.  Oook;  secretary, 
W.  W.  Bradbury;  treasurer,  Thomas  McCarthy;  financial 
secretary.  Frank  Callanan;  guard.  John  Doyle;  the  Ex- 
ecutive Committee  Is  made  up  of  the  president  and  vice- 
presidenit,  with  John  Doyle,  H.  L.  Lerou  and  W.  K.  Rice. 
Mr.  Doyle,  Mr.  Cdok,  Mr.  Lerou,  Mr.  Rice  and  Mr.  John- 
son were  dhosen  as  delegaites  to  the  Central  Labor  Union. 


CUT-RATE   AGREEMENT   BETWEEN   PITTSFIELD 
DRUGGISTS. 

(Boston,  Feb.  15.— ''i\Tiat  threatened  to  become  a  regu- 
lar cut-rate  wax  on  patent  medicines  among  the  trade  In 
Pittsfield  has  instead  brought  into  effect  an  agreement 
on  the  part  lof  ten  or  twelve  of  the  leading  drug  firms 
of  thait  place  regarding  the  prices  ajt  wthich  they  are  to 
sell  certain  goods.  It  Is  all  tihe  outcome  of  the  attitude 
ol  Dr.  W.  H.  Ourrier,  a  prominent  druggist,  who,  about 
a  dozen  years  ago.  Inaugurated  a  cut-rate  store  there,  and 
ddd  a  most  successful  business.  Then,  a  year  or  so  ago, 
others  in  the  trade  formed  the  Pittsfield  Protective  Drug 
Association  and  Dr.  Currier,  who  was  running  his  store 
on  tlhie  out-rate  basis,  was  compelled  to  raise  his  prices 
to  those  of  the  local  association.  At  a  meeting  recently 
held,  a  new  scale  of  prices  made  on  certain  proprietary 
medicines  shows  a  reduction  of  about  fifteen  per  cent. 
There  are  some  few  exceptions  to  this  plan,  yet  all  will 
act  oClke  in  tihe  matter.  There  is  no  signed  agreement, 
biiit  tlhose  in  it  are  satisfied  with  the  reduction  and  agree 
to  the  neiw  figures.  Bach  druggist  gave  his  word  of 
tuoaor  that  he  woud  live  up  to  the  agreement.  As  a 
whole,  they  offer  a  reward  of  $25  to  any  person  who  will 
prove  that  he  has  purchased  any  article  ion  a  published 
lisit  for  less  fhian  ifihe  price  agreed  upon. 


Trade  of  Fairly  Good  Character. 

Boston.  Feb.  15. — lyittle  regarding  any  Change  in  the 
trade  situation  can  be  said  this  week,  which,  as  a  whole, 
has  been  satisfactory.  Business  is  in  a  "healthy"  condi- 
tion, with  nothing  special  to  give  impetus  to  it.  There 
seems  to  be  about  the  usual  demand  tor  the  various  lines 
of  goods,  with  also  about  the  ordinary  <amouTiit  of  pre- 
scription work  to  be  done.  The  call  for  sundries  is  of 
fair  proportions. 


NEW   ENGLAND   NOTES. 

^In  the  police  court  at  Somerville  more  than  ordinary 

justice  has  been  imposed  on  F.  E.  AVhittemore,  a  druggist 
in  HigW.and  avenue,  that  city,  and  his  clerk,  James  Dono- 
van, who  have  been  fined  $50  and  given  three  months  each 
in  the  House  of  Correction  for  illegally  selling  liquor 
losit  month.  Both  appealed  and  were  held  in  $400  for  the 
Superior  Court. 

-^The  local  pharmaceutical  associaJtion  of  Springfield,  at 
its  recent  annual  meeting  in  that  city  elected  the  follow- 
ing-named otticens:  President,  S.  A.  Richards;  vice-presi- 
dent, Charles  V.  Ryan;  secretary,  D.  F.  Keete;  treasurer. 
F.  A.  Eldred;  Executive  iCommlttee,  F.  L.  Vaughn,  chair- 
man; James  J.  Sullivan,  B.  E.  Delonard,  W.  B.  NobCe  and 
A.  E.   Lerche. 

The  business  of  the  Johnson  Drug  Co.,  at  South  Had- 

ley  Falls,  has  passed  into  the  hands  of  William  C.  Cowan, 
of  Springfield,  and  is  now  under  the  mianagement  of  Mir. 
Bernard  of  that  city.  Mr.  Cowan  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  and  has  for  some 
time  done  good  work  in  the  employ  of  Albert  E.  Lerche, 
of  Springfield. 

^The   Flint   Remedy   Co.   is   a  netw  corporation,   which 

purposes  tJo  manufacture  proprietary  medicines.  James 
H.  Nuttall  of  New  Bedford  is  president  and  Edward  W. 
Russell  of  that  city  treasurer.  The  entire  capital  of  $5,- 
000  has  been  pa.J  in. 

—Hot  asf.ies  in  a  barrel  of  rubbish  caused  a  slight  fire, 
one  night  this  week,  in  the  basement  of  a  building  in  the 
South  End  district,  occupied  by  the  Dr.  Greene  Nervura 
Co.      The  damage  was  slight. 

I  The  drug  store  now  open  at  the  comer  of  Shawmut 
avenue  and  Dover  street  Is  owned  by  Jtohn  H.  Ohadwlck, 
who  gained  his  experience  In  the  business  as  a  clerk  In  a 
Clinton  drug  store. 

The  stock  of  the  drug  store  of  Dyson  &  Briggs,  in  Fall 

River,  sold  to  A.  J.  Giguerre  not  long  ago,  has  been  re- 
moved to  the  store  at  the  comer  of  Main  and  Spring 
streets  in  that  city. 

Joseph     W.    Colcord.    '.ong  a  prominent    druggist    In 

Lynn,  Is  trying  to  effect  a  settlement  of  his  business  af- 
fairs by  offering  to  compromise  at  22V4  per  cent  on  the 
dollar. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  20,  190:3. 


PHILADELPHIA. 


ANNUAL  EUCHRE  OF  THE  P.  A.  R.  D. 

Piuladelphia,  February  15.— The  third  annual  euchre 
of  the  Philadelphia  Ass-o'ciation  af  Retail  Dru'g'gists  was 
held  on  Tuesday  evening.  February  11,  at  Mercantile 
Hall.  In  point  o£  attendance  and  convenience  of  arrange- 
ments it  was  more  successful  than  either  of  its  prede- 
cessors. The  list  cif  prizes,  which  numbered  in  the  neigh- 
borhood of  three  ihundred,  was  headed  toy  a  Meredith 
piano,  valued  at  ?350.  A  series  oif  ten  games  was  played 
and  the  tables  were  arranged  in  such  a  systematic  man- 
ner that  not  the  slightest  confusion  occurred  during  the 
progTess  of  the  games. 

Mrs.  Benjamin  Lyons  was  the  fortunate  -winner  ot  the 
grand  prize— the  piano.  Mrs.  Emma  Allen  took  Ohe  first 
ia-dies  prize— a  silver  water  set,  which  was  the  contribu- 
tion of  "Valentine  H.  Smith  &  Company,  and  Mrs.  F.  E. 
Ball  received  the  second  ladies'  prize  of  a  fine  ladies' 
writing  desk.  Another  of  the  prizes,  a  tumbler  washer, 
was  taken  by  a  >r'ew  .Jersey  man,  while  the  Torsion  bal- 
ance was  won  by  J.  F.  Mack. 

At  the  conclusion  of  tihe  euohre,  there  was  dancing, 
the  miisdc  for  the  occasion  being  furnished  by  George 
W.  Johnson's  orchestra.  The  entertainment  committee 
Which  bad  entire  charge  of  the  affair,  consisted  of  tlhe 
following  memibers— N.  A.  Cozens,  G.  W.  Fehr,  D.  J. 
Reese,  H.  A.  Nolle.  W.  T.  Myers.  XJ.  G.  Ruff,  A.  C. 
Schofield.  Jacob  Eppstein.  J.  W.  Frey,  G.  P.  Scheele, 
Mahlon  iCratz,  and  J,  C.  Perry. 


P.  C.  p.  NEWS. 

Philadelphia,  February  15.— The  third  of  the  series  of 
popular  lectures,  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy, 
was  given  on  Wednesday  evening,  February  12th.  Pro- 
fessor Hauipt,  a  member  of  tihe  Canal  Commission,  was 
the  lecturer,  and  his  subject  was  "Interoceanio  Canals." 
As  was  to  be  expected,  the  greater  part  of  the  lecture 
was  given  over  to  a  consideration  of  the  Panama  and 
Nicaragua  routes  between  the  Atlantic  and  Pacific 
Oceans.  He  illustrated  his  lecture  witlh  a  numher  of  ex- 
cellent lantern  slides,  showirtg  in  detail  the  obstacles 
which  were  to  be  overoome  in  e,aclh  of  the  routes. 

The  annual  session  of  the  Grand  Council  of  the  Phi 
Chi  Fraternity  was  held  in  Chicago  on  the  7th  and  8th  of 
February,  at  She  house  of  the  Beta  Chapter.  J.  Heber 
Parker,  a  member  of  the  senior  olass,  presided  at  the 
meetings.  At  the  annual  election,  James  S.  Billups,  of 
the  junior  class,  'was  elected  to  an  important  position. 

On  Wednesday  morning,  Fdbniary  12th,  the  senior 
class,  accompanied  Iby  several  members  of  the  faculty, 
visited  the  vaccine  f.arms  of  H.  K.  Mulford  &  Company, 
at  Glenolden,  Pa.  This  has  become  a  regular  annual 
event  which  is  much  looked  forward  to  by  the  boys. 

The  basket  ball  te^am  was  defeated  by  the  team  of  the 
West  Jersey  Academy,  on  Saturday,  Fefbruary  8  at 
Bridgeton,  N.  J. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

The    siale    of    the    machinery,    materials,    and    patent 

rights  of  the  Sterilaqua  Company,  which  went  into  re- 
ceivers hai'ds  last  December,  mil  take  place  February 
24,  at  822  North  American  .sitreet.  this  city.  The  plant 
is  to  be  sold  as  a  whole,  the  terms  toeing  thalt  one  thou- 
sand dollars  be  paid  at  the  time  of  sale,  and  the  balance 
within  five  days. 

Two  contests  in  th^  Drug  League  Series  were  bowled 

last  week,  Aschenbach  and  Miller  taking  tihree  straight 
games  from  the  Wanderers,  and  Whitall  Tatum  Company 
taking  tire  same  number  straigihtt  from  Robert  Shoemaker 
&  Company.  This  still  leoves  Whrtall  Tatum  Company  in 
tlhe  lead  and  two  games  ahead  of  Aschenbaoh  and  Miller. 

The  wedding  cf  Dr.  George  C.  Parry  and  Miss  Edythe 

Weston,  on  Wednesday  evening,  February  13th,  was 
quite  a  pharmaceutical  affair.  The  bride  had  been  for 
five  years  in  charge  of  tlhe  pharmacy  of  the  West  Phil- 


adelphia Hospital  for  Women.  The  bridegroom  is  a  grad- 
uate in  medicine  and  dentistry. 

The     followinig     changts     have     been     made:     Jessie 

W.  Pechin  has  purchased  the  drug  store  at  Cambria 
street  and  Germantown  avenue.  The  store  at  13th  and 
Fitzwater  streets  has  been  sold  to  Mr.  Ruff. 
— -George  B.  Evans  is  having  alterations  made  in  the 
..^tore-room  at  1012  Market  street  and  as  soon  as  these 
are  completed,  will  open  a  new  drug  store,  to  be  operated 
on  the  same  plan  as  his  other  stores. 

New   drug  stores   have   been    opened   as   follows:    Mr. 

Keim,  former  head  clerk  with  Jolhn  P.  B^-ey,  at  5900  Ger- 
mantown avenue;  George  J.  Mammel.  at  Fourth  and. 
Norris  streets. 

■ The  foilcwing  fli-ms  wlM  open  drug  stores  in  the  neap: 

future:  Dr.  Gill,  formerly  of  29th  and  Diamond,  on  Broad- 
.street,  near  Venango;  and  Moss  &  Moore,  at  15th  and 
Clearfield  streets. 

S.  H,  Carragan  and  wife,  Caswell  A.  Mayo  ahd  F.  P. 

Tuthill  and  wife,  a.!J  of  New  York,  came  over  to  attend' 
'the  P.  A.  R    D.  euchre. 


BALTIMORE. 


THE    VOGELER    CO.'S    AFFAIRS. 

Baltimore,  February  13.— The  affairs  of  the  Charles  A. 
Vogeler  Company,  manufacturers  of  St.  Jacob's  Oil  and 
other  proprietary  preparations,  which  went  Into  the 
hands  of  trustees  on  December  19,  1899,  continue  to  oc- 
cupy the  courts  here.  Last  week  ithe  auditor  filed  his 
accoiunts  of  the  receivership,  shofning  that  a  total  of  6&1 
claims,  aggregating  $355,955.09,  or,  with  interest,  $408,347, 
had  been  allowed,  and  that  on  this  amount  a  dividend  ot 
55  per  cent  was  declared,  amounting  to  $224,535.85.  The 
difference  beltween  'the  two  sums  had  beeji  set  aside  to 
cover  receivership  charges,  among  which  were  commis- 
sions to  trustees,  $29,829.19;  court  costs,  including  audi- 
tor's fee  of  $936,  $1,392.50;  trustees'  expenses,  $130,629.55; 
expenses  of  the  London  branch,  $47,865.52;  fee  to  Fran- 
cis T.  Homer  for  prO'fessional  services  by  order  of  the 
court,  $25,000;  fee  to  Col.  Charles  Marshall,  for  profes- 
sional services  by  order  of  the  count,  $12,500.  The  build- 
ing, 300  and  302  West  Lombard  street,  brought  $59,200, 
and  from  the  sale  of  tlhie  business  trade-marks  and  patent 
rights  to  William  E.  Geddes,  of  London,  $194,847.92  -Was 
realized,  the  casih.  frxwn  sale  o(t  merchandise  being  $146,- 
203.65. 

Soime  of  the  oreditors  regard  the  expenses  as  too  high 
and  the  court  has  been  appealed  to.  The  petitioner  in  one 
case  is  tlhe  National  Bank  of  Avondale,  Pa.,  which 
claims  to  be  a  creditor  in  tlhe  sum  of  $2,500,  and  which 
excepts  to  the  report  of  the  auditor.  Another  suit  was 
filed  yesterday.  Some  persons  versed  in  affairs  of  this 
kind,  however,  maintain  that  the  charges  were  reason- 
able, several  trips  to  London  having  been  necessary  in  or- 
der to  dispose  of  the  assets. 


Trade  Rather  Quiet. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  17.— The  jobbing  drug  trade  at  least 
ha'S  been  rather  quiet  so  far  this  month.  During  the 
past  week,  however,  it  has  picked  up  considerably  and 
may  now  be  said  to  be  regarded  as  rather  good  again. 
Considerable  activity  developed  during  the  past  few  days 
and  orders  came  in  ifreely,  both  from  out-of-town  and 
from  local  druggists.  The  manufacturers,  too,  are  quite 
busy;  in  fact,  tfliey  have  continued  to  employ  laboratory 
forces  without  intermission,  and  the  general  state  of  the 
trade  has  been  good.  No  special  changes  have  'taken 
place  in  the  market  for  botanicals.  The  articles  in  which 
a  shortage  was  reported  not  long  ago  are  still  high,  and 
there  is  no  indication  that  tlhey  will  decline.  The  move- 
ment in  heavy  chemicals  is  of  fair  proportions,  and  the 
factories  seem  to  be  fully  occupied.  Retailers  are  also 
doing  a  fair  amount  of  business.  The  smallpox  scare 
here  has  caused  a  heavy  run  on  vaccine  virus  and  has 
stimulated  correspondingly  the  demand  for  other  medica- 
ments. 


February  x'O,  190-^.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


With  the  Bowlers. 
BaUimore,  Feb.  15.— The  Ferrell  &  Kellaim  Drug  Co. 
continues  to  hold  up  the  position  of  taJl-enders  in  tlhB 
race  for  tlie  Baltimore  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Club's 
tropihy  with  great  persistency  and  decision.  Last  Tues- 
daj-  night  at  the  Diamond,  it  went  down  three  times 
before  the  victorious  men  of  the  Stanley  &  Brown  Drug 
1-0.,  the  :atter  making  724,  658  and  'i±6  points,  respective- 
ly, against  GIU,  ti5S  and  645  points.  Last  night  the  Root 
and  Herbs  took  all  three  games  from  the  same  oppo- 
nents. wi!io  thus  stand  unrivalled  with  six  defeats  to 
their  credit  in  a  singly  week.  The  Ferrell  &  Keilajn 
quintet  put  up  a  fairly  good  game  '.ast  night,  making  to- 
tals of  OS.".  GSl  and  672,  but  their  opponents  did  so  much 
better,  rolling  up  scores  of  SO",   7S4  and  753. 


CiNCINNATl. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

Charles  L.  Baker,  for  a  :ong  period  of  years  connect- 
ed with  J.  J.  'i'homsen's  Sons,  on  Geman  street,  wfhole- 
sale  druggists,  and  after  the  retirement  of  the  firm  in 
tlhe  employ  of  one  of  the  Messrs.  Thomsen,  Who  is  a  drug 
Importer,  has  emibarked  in  business  on  his  own  account. 
He  has  the  oftices  on  his  own  at  220  and  222  Equitable 
Building,  and  his  having  mucfb  success  as  a  drug  l>roker 
and  manufacturers'  representative. 

Louis  Yakel,   of   the   Kohler   Manufacturing   Co.,    still 

lies  at  his  home  on  Linden  avenue  in  a  very  precarious 
condition,  and  physicians  are  in  constant  attendance. 
His  chances  of  recovery  are  regarded  as  rather  slim. 


KENTUCKY. 


Well-known  Druggist  Dead. 
Louisville.  Feh.  15.— Bernhard  Beckmann,  retired  drug- 
gist, died  of  a  complication  of  diseases  at  his  home  in 
this  city,  January  30.  He  was  a  native  of  Germany  and 
came  to  the  United  States  in  1851,  first  locating  at  Day- 
ton, Ohio,  where  he  remained  two  years,  then  coming  to 
Louisville.  He  built  a  drug  store  at  Clay  and  Jefterson 
streets  and  remained  there  for  ten  years.  Then  he  built 
another  store  at  Baxter  avenue  and  Broadway  and  re- 
mained in  business  until  1895.  When  he  retired.  Mr. 
Beckmann  was  one  of  the  best  known  druggists  in  the 
South,  a  capable  business  man  and  had  amassed  a  com- 
fortable fortune.     He  is  survived   by  five  children. 


KENTUCKY  NOTES. 

Dr.  Robert  A.   Browne  has  purchased  the  drug  store 

formerly  conducted  by  L.  F.  and  Oscar  F.  Reinert  at 
Dover,  talcing  charge  January  29.  The  Reinert 
brothers  have  not  .decided  what  they  will  do,  although 
it  is  likely  that  they  will  open  a  drug  store  in  some  other 
part  of  the  state. 

Taylor  &  GofE  have  sold  their  drug  store  at  Hiseville 

to  Lon  Hamilton  and  Claud  Steel.  Messrs.  Hamilton  and 
Steel  are  both  young  men  and  this  is  their  first  business 
venture. 

Paul  Wertzel   has  sold  his  interest  in  the  drug  firm 

of  Robertson  &  'Wertzel  at  Frankfort.  He  has  not  yet 
decided  where  he  will  locate  but  he  will  cling  to  his  pro- 
fession. 

George  N.   Kohlhass,    of  Frankfort,   has   purchased   a 

half  interest  in  the  drug  store  conducted  by  his  uncle, 
C.  J.  Clarke  at  Paris.  ■Walter  Kenney  is  the  retiring 
member  of   the   firm. 

Rice  &  Pate,  druggists  at  Providence,  have  deter- 
mined to  quit  the  drug  business.  They  began  to  sell  their 
stock  and  fixtures  at  auction  last  Saturday. 
- — Hugh  Murray  has  purchased  an  interest  In  the  Mur- 
ray Drug  Company  at  Lebanon.  George  D.  Boldrlck,  for 
many  years   a  member  of  the   firm   will   retire. 

Patton  Bros.,  druggists  at  Ashland,  are  succeeded  by 

Crump  &  Field.  The  change  was  made  the  first  of  the 
week. 


DRUGGIST  CAUGHT  BY  OLD  SWINDLING  SCHEME. 

Cincinnati,  February  13.— What  appears  to  have  heen 
the  old  lig'htning-rod  game  under  a  new  guise  was  worked 
recent'.y  tliroughout  the  OMo  Valley,  and,  as  a  result,  the 
druggists  in  nearly  every  town  in  ti'aat  section  were  made 
victims,  and  are  now  becoming  aware  of  the  fact. 

The  first  one  to  tumble  to  the  clever  scheme  that  was 
worked  on  him  was  Herman  Igler.  druggist  of  Glendale. 
and  his  apprisal  of  the  true  state  of  affairs  was  due  to  a 
letter  he  received  a  few  days  ago  from  a  New  York  law 
firm,  notifying  him  that  they  hold  several  of  his  notes 
for  collection.  These  notes,  -n-tMch  aggregate  $100,  are  de- 
clared to  be  long  past  due,  and  prompt  payment  is  de- 
manded or  immediate  suit  is  threatened.  Druggist  Igler 
w.Ts  nonplussed  at  first,  but  believed  that  some  mistake 
had  been  made,  until  it  final'.y  struck  him  that  he  had 
be^  the  victim  of  a  very  smooth  young  man.  Who  called 
at  his  store  some  time  since,  and,  representing  bimself 
as  an  agent  for  a  New  Torlc  Optical  Ocrajpanj-.  said  that 
he  was  placing  agencies  for  "nis  spectacles,  and  finally 
prevailed  upon  Ig'.er  to  take  the  agency  for  Glendale.  It 
was  arranged  that  the  Optical  Company  was  to  collect 
on  all  sales  once  every  month,  and  that  Igler  was  to  re- 
tain one-sixth  of  the  receipts  as  his  commission.  Then 
the  salesman  produced  a  nirmbeir  of  contract  forms, 
which  .he  reque-'ted  the  druggist  to  sign,  and  being  in  a 
hurry  to  go  to  his  dinner  Mr.  Igler  affixed  his  signature 
to  them  and  dismissed  the  matter  from  his  mind.  Not 
until  he  had  received  the  notice  from  the  New  York  lawyer 
did  he  tliink  of  it  again:  then  it  came  to  iliim  like  a  flash 
tlhat  he  had  been  beaten  by  one  of  the  oldest  games  on 
record.  He  is  now  satisfied  that  the  blank  contracts  he 
signed  have  been  filled  in  as  promdsBory  notes,  whicih 
have  been  negotiated  and  now,  being  past  due.  are  about 
to  be  sued  upon.  A  little  investigation  upon  his  part 
revealed  the  fact  Uhiat  other  druggists  in  the  'Valley  are 
being  pestered  with  like  notes,  which  they  can  trace  only 
to  the  spectacle  agent. 

The  first  suit  growing  out  of  ifihe  above  transaction 
was  filed  in  Squire  Dumont's  Court  at  Norwood  by  the 
Lamar  Optical  Co.,  of  New  York,  against  Fred  Schanzle, 
Jr.,  druggist  at  Elmwood.  The  druggists  have  com'bined 
and  will  fight  the  payment  of  tfhiese  notes  to  the  bitter 
end. 


Ohio    Valley     Retail     Druggists'    Association    Protests 
Against  Cocaine  Bill. 

Cincinnati,  February.  13.— A  protest  against  tihe  Legis- 
lative bill  to  compel  druggists  to  register  the  sale  of  co- 
caine the  same  as  other  poisons,  was  framed  Tuesday 
by  the  Ohio  Valley  Retail  Druggists'  Aseciation.  They 
declare  they  are  wilUng  to  sell  it  only  when  prescribed 
•by  physicians,  but  do  not  think  it  is  right  to  seek  name, 
age  and  sex  of  the  purchaser  for  the  poison  register. 

The  question  of  advertising  prices  to  meet  the  cut  rate 
druggists   waB   discussed,   but   no   action  was  taken. 


CINCINNATI  NOTES. 

The  wholesale  and  retail  drug  store  of  J.  Jajmes  Wood 

&  Son,   at   Maysville,   Ky..    was   destroyed   by   fire;    loss, 
?25,000;  insured. 

Frank  Amann  has  opened  a  new  store  at  Portsraoutih, 

Ohio.    His  brother,  Charles  Amann,  wiCl  be  manager. 

T.   F.   Bindle  ihas  purchased  the  McKenzie  Pharmacy 

at  Wilmington,  Ohio. 

-^-W.   C.   Suezbache   succeeds  R.   H.   L«ansing  &   Co.    at 

Chillicothe,   Ohio. 

. Hisle  &  Car.ter   druggitts.  Winchester,  Ky.,  have  made 

an  assignment. 

E.  S.  Coblentz  succeeds  G.  S.  Coblentz  at  Springfield. 

Ohio. 


The  work  done  on  prescription  labels  by  E.  P.  Gobie, 
Woodstock,  Vt.,  Is  worth  while  Investigating.  Mr.  Goble 
makes  a  specialty  of  druggists'  labels  of  all  kinds.  Just 
now  he  is  advertising  dose  labels  at  25c  per  thousand. 
He  will  send  his  new  catalogue,  just  issued,  to  any  drug- 
gist who  will  write  for  it. 


204 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  20,  1902. 


MICHIGAN. 


EMPLOYES    WILL   BECOME   STOCKHOLDERS. 

Detroit,  Feb.  15.— iA.t  the  annual  oneeting  of  the  direotors 
of  Parke,  Davis  &  Oo.,  four  thousand  shares  of  the  stock 
of  iChe  company,  par  vailTie  of  $25  each,  -were  allotted  to 
those  executives,  bra/nch  managers,  foreman,  superinitemd- 
ents,  etc.,  wlho  Ihlave  been  idefntlfied  with  the  house  for 
fiflteen  years  or  more,  the  number  of  shares  given  to  each 
person  Ibeing  determined  entirely  by  the  period  of  service 
aind  the  respomsibilMes  ■which  said  employe  is  under.  The 
shajres  alloitted  are  to  be  sold  at  $35  each,  which  price  is 
based  upon  the  valuatijon  of  tlhie  ajSBets  of  the  house,  noth- 
ing being  enltered,  htowever,  In  the  way  of  good  wiK,  repu- 
tation, etc.,  sdmijly  actual  assets  conBistmg  of  real  estaite, 
buiWings,  mjaohinery  and  fixtures  and  general  stock.  As 
the  market  value  of  the  Stock  is  about  $70  per  share,  the 
investmemt  will  be  a  good  one,  and  not  only  that,  but 
proviBion  has  Ibeem  made  to  fumSsih  the  necessary  money 
for  tihe  purclhiase  of  this  stock  to  Ithtose  employes  who 
have  mot  the  means  at  their  comimand.  The  money  wifll 
be  loaned  to  ithem  at  5  per  cent  interest.  The  idea  of  this 
allloltment  is  to  bring  tihe  employes  more  closely  in  touch 
wilth  the  house  and  its  interests,  and  it  cannot  fail  to  have 
tM's  effect.  The  action  is  so  very  unusuail  as  to  make  it 
worthy  of  special  comment. 


MICHIGAN  NOTES. 

J.   Schaner,   piopriotor  of  the  Cemtral  Drug  Store,   Mt. 

Clemens,  is  remodeling'  the  interior  of  Ihiis  drug  store  and 
hias  put  in  a  new  door  of  w'hite  and  green  Itile.  new  steel 
oeiling,  new  show  cases,  coumters,  etc.  The  new  fixtures 
are  of  solid  'matoogajny,  as  is  the  top  of  a  new  fiflteen  foot 
onyx  soda  counter  and  the  office  furniture.  Among  the 
new  and  handsiome  signs  he  will  put  in  place  Is  a  six-foot 
ililuminaitel  mortar  of  his  own  design.  Mr.  Schaniher  says 
when  his  improvements  are  completed  he  will  "have  the 
finest  drug  store  in  Michigan. 

^The  Walter  K.  Schmidt  Drug  Co.,   Grand  Rapids,  has 

filed  articles  of  incorporation  with  t)he  county  clerk  and 
succeeded  to  the  business  of  Walter  K.  Schmidt,  a  well- 
known  retail  druggist  of  that  city.  The  capital  of  the 
new  company  Is  $40,000,  of  which  Mr.  Schmidt  htolds  $16,- 
810,  Charles  E.  Heath  $13,450,  Albert  Kol  $2,240  and  Al- 
bert Kol  as  trustee  $7,500.  Drugs  and  photographic  sup- 
plies will  continue  to  be  handled  wholesale  and  retail  at 
the  old   stand,  84  Canal   street. 

—1— Martin  Kimira,  of  KimimBros.,  Grand  Rapids,  has  been 
pCaced  under  airrest  for  having  sold  liqiioir  to  John  Ball, 
a  minor,  who  became  inJtoxicated  and  was  arrestel  in 
oonsequence.  IThie  police  of  the  cilty  are  elated,  inasmuch 
as  they  have  t^-en  endeavoring  for  a  long  time  to  secure 
evidence,  wi'th  which  to  convict  druiggists  who  are  in  the 
habit  of  Belling  liquor  to  minors  or  fior  other  than  medi- 
cinal purposes. 

— — lAmong  the  representatives  of  out-of-town  houses  who 
have  called  upon  the  Detroit  trade  during  the  past  week 
are  Thomas  P.  Cook,  manager  of  the  New  York  Quinine 
it  Chemical  "\\  orks.  N.  Y. ;  Alfred  Klahre,  of  the  Roessler 
&  Hasslaoher  Clhemioal  Co.,  and  Jacob  Manheimer,  of 
MaMheiimer  &  Jiiben,  dealers  in  essential  oils,  New  York 
City. 

• The   ftore  at  71   Third  avenue,   Deitroit,    operated   for 

lihe  last  three  years  by  J.  B.  Simipson,  ^ras  recently  sold 
to  Robert  W.  Remnie,  who  has  been  employed  for  some 
little  time  in  the  biological  department  of  Parke.  Davis 
&  Co.  Mr.  Rennie  is  a  graduate  of  ithe  Detroit  College 
of  Pharmacy,  and  has  had  considerable  experience  as  a 
retail  pharmacist. 

—Edwin  H.  Burr,  for  many  yars  superlntendeirt  of  the 
manufacturing  plant  of  Lazell,  Datley  &  Co.,  New  York, 
but  at  present  'general  manager  of  the  American  Branch 
of  Roure — Btrtrand  Fils,  Grasse.  France,  manufacturers  of 
essential!  oils,  perfumeirs'  materials,  etc.,  made  bis  initlaJl 
trip  to  Detroit  recently. 

iCharles  P.  Frank,  w(ho  died  recently,  was  a  practic- 
ing plhysician  in  Detroit  for  a  numlber  of  years,  and  at 
one  tinne  oonducted  a  drug  store  at  the  comer  of  Brush 
and  Congress  streets,  under  the  firm  name  of  Lansing  & 
Frank,  his  partner  ^being  ex-Coroner  R.   R.   Lansing. 


W.  G.   Norvell,   in  charge  of  the  shipping  and   order 

department  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  made  a  flying  trip  to 
Cincdnnatl  last  week.  R.  J.  Donnelly,  one  of  the  Michigan 
representatives  for  the  same  house,  was  in  Deitroit  the 
past  week. 

Geo.  H.  Monroe  and  wife  of  Fresno,  California,  recent- 

dy  passed  through  Deitroit  on  their  way  to  New  York  and 
other  dties  k>f  the  East.  Mr.  Monroe  operates  two  large 
and  proisperouB  drug  stores  in  Fresno. 

Ohas.  H.  Giddings  has  purchased  the  pharmacy  of  Wm. 

C.  Hosier  ait  Mattawan.  The  store  is  an  old  esltabllslhed 
one  amd  will  be  conducted  in  the  future  along  the  same 
lines  whiclU  have  lobtained  In  the  past. 

W.   W.   Landman,    representing   Fledschman  &  Co.  of 

Cincinnati,  Ohio,  and  C.  M.  Badgeley,  represeintlng  Chas. 
Pfizer  &  Co.,  New  York  city,  called  on  the  Detrtoit  trade 
during  the  pasit  week. 

Fred   M.   Kllbourn,   pthlarmaoist  at  Corunna   for  quite 

a  long  time,  has  disposed  of  his  business  to  C.  M.  Pea- 
cock, who  will  make  a  number  of  imprtovements  and  alter- 
ations in  the  store. 

^Henry  H.    Darby,    of  Chesaning.   has  disposed   of  his 

drug  business  to  A.  Cameron  &  Cox,  who  will  make  a 
number  of  alterations  in  the  store,  and  considerably  aug- 
ment the  stock. 

• ^Harry  Fox,   pharmacist  at  Gaylord,   recently  had  his 

pharmacy  destroyed  by  fire  in  ithe  conflagration  wMdh 
wiped  out  a  great  mamy  of  the  business  houses  of  that 
place. 

Arthur  Todd,   for  some  time   clerk   at  Ithe  Champion 

Drug  Store,  Jacksom,  has  relinquished  his  position  and  re- 
turned to  hJB  home  at  Spring  Harbor. 

—•—About  fifty  members  of  the  junior  deiitail  class  of  th* 
Detroit  College  of  Medicine  visited  *he  laboratories  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 

— --Jahtairles  McCargar,  of  Mulliken,  was  recently  convict- 
ed and  fined  $100  for  conducting  a  pharmacy  without  be- 
ing a  registered  pharmacist. 

-^-John  Bell,   druggist  at  Lexington,  recently  suffered  a 
severe  losB  by  the  burnimg  of  ttiis  drug  store. 
O.  A.  Fanver,  botanist  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,'  is  con- 
fined to  his  home  hy  illness. 

P.    E.    Hall,,    of    Parke,    Davis    &    Co.,    is   in    Kansas 

City. 


Number  Prescriptions. 

Attention  is  called  to  the  automatic  steel  numbering 
machine  advertised  on  page  16  in  this  issue  oif  the  Bra. 
The  figure  ■niheels  in  this  machine  axe  made  olt  steel  and 
are  inked  automatidally.  It  can  be  set  to  number  either 
consecutively  or  duplicate,  that  is,  repeating  tihe  same 
number  twice  and  then  changin'g  to  the  next  higher  num- 
ber, (whicih  would  be  useful  to  druggists,  as  they  can 
numlber  the  labels  and  prescriptions)  or  to  repeat,  that 
IS,  to  number  the  s'a^me  number  over  and  over.  So  many 
have  written  questioning  their  ability  to  sell  a  first  class 
machfine  at  the  very  low  prices  that  the  finm  has  decided 
to  send  them  on  approval  to  responsible  firms.  This  is 
.an  exceptional  opportunity  for  druggists  to  Ibuy  a  first 
class  machine  at  a  very  Ic/w  price.  We  understand  the 
stock  is  limited  and  the  prices  are  not  guaranteed  for  any 
lengith  of  lime.  The  Safford  Stamp  Works,  at  Chicago,  is 
one  of  tht!  best  and  largest  manufacturing  places  of 
rubber  stamps,  .scda  checks,  etc.,  in  this  country.  They 
Wave  a  very  complete  catalogue  which  will  be  sent  prompt- 
ly upon  request  to  all  who  will  mention  this  paper.  Ad- 
dress: Charles  L.  Safford,  Nob.  175-181  Madison  street, 
Chicago. 


Corrugated  Paper  for  Packing. 
The  Hinde  &  Dauch  Paper  Co..  Sandusky,  Ohio.,  man- 
ufacture 40,000  pounds  a  day  of  corrugated  paper,  and 
are  one  of  the  leading  concerns  in  the  country  in  j-ds 
line.  Corrugated  paper  is  indispensable  for  packing 
fragile  articles.  There  is  nothing  so  safe  nor  so  clean, 
and  those  who  use  it  find  that  it  is  as  cheap  as  other 
paickings.  The  iHinde  .&  Dauch  Paper  Co.  have  torandhea 
in  'New  York,  Chicago  and  St.  Louis,  and  are  prepared  to 
fl.I  orders  of  any  amount  on  short  notice. 


February  20,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


11 


of 


Please  the  fastidious  partakers  of 
extremely  Cold  or  Hot  Liquids. 

X\XN.NNWN^\XVN 

They  are  Cleanly. 
Free  from  Taste  or  Odor, 
Prevent  all  Drippings  on  Clothing. 
Protect  Sensilive  Teeth  from  Extremes 
Cold  or  Heat. 

By  serving  them  at  your  Fountain  you  take  a 
long  step  towards  dispensing  Perfect  Soda  V/atfr. 

Recommend  them  instead  of  the  glass  medicine 
tubes. 

They  are  cleaner,  healthier  and  can  not  fill  the  pa- 
tient's mouth  with  broken  glass,  while  they  mav  be 
bent  to  any  desired  shape. 

Put  up  in  packages  of  loo,  especially  for  you  to 
retail,  or  in  soo  packages  for  Fountain  Use.  Spec- 
ify which  you  prefer  when  ordering  of  your  Wh(jic- 
sale  Druggist  or  Sundry-man. 

Remember   the    manufacture    of 

STONE'S  STRAWS 

is  protected  by  Patent  of  Oct.  i6,  1894.  Any  in- 
fringement of  Patent  Rights  will  be  promptly  prose- 
cuted to  the  full  extent  of  the  law. 

ESTATE  OF 

M.  G.  STONE,  Manufacturer, 

WASHINGTON,  D.   C. 

I09-I  I  I  Chicago  St.,  N.  E. 


■  .NOTICE.. 

To  all  Druggists  handling 

RAYMOND'S 

Pectoral  Plaster 


Look  over  your  stock  and  send  any  of  our 
Plasters  having  stamps  on  them  to  us  by  mail  at 
merchandise  rate  and  we  will  exchange  for  new 
goods  and  refund  postage. 

We  wish  you  all  to  have  new  clean  stock  and 
shall  expect  you  to  keep  it  so  in  the  f  ature  by  put- 
ting the  stock  you  have  on  hand  on  top  of  new  every 
time  you  buy. 

If  you  do  this  you  will  have  no  trouble  with 
our  goods  and  if  you  neglect  to  do  so  it  will  be  your 
own  fault  if  you  find  yourself  with  old  stock,  and 
you  must  not  expect  us  to  exchange  again. 


RAYMOND  &  CO., 


Room  205 


61  Beekman  St.,  NEW  YORK 


VASELINE  HAIR  TONIC 

It  is  the  original,  and  in  our  opinion,  the  only 
properly  deodorized  extract  from  Petroleum 
suitable  for  the  liair  in  existence.  The  many 
articles  advertised  as  derived  from  petroleum, 
etc.,  are  followers  of  the  success  obtained 
from  the  reputation  secured  by 


ABSOLUTELY  •HARMLESS, 

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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  20,  1902. 


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Brand  Rock  Candy  Syrup  I 


is  the  absolutely  pure  product  of  the  highest  grade  of  Rock  Candy  pro- 
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to  prevent  crystallization  in  a  normal  temperature. 

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IMPORTANT   NOTICE. 

THE  WHOLESALE  AND  RETAIL  DRUG 
TRADE  are  warned  against  buying  or  selling  colora- 
ble imitations  of  the  well  known 

Fellows'  Compound 
Syrup  of  Hypophosphitcs, 

even     though    these    bear    a     different     name     than 
"Fellows.'.' 

The  highest  Courts  have  decided  that  if  a  prepa- 
ration is  oflFered  for  sale,  which  so  much  resembles 
another  one  that  an  innocent  purchaser  may  be  de- 
ceived by  this  resemblance,  that  this  is  an  infringe- 
ment of  the  trade-mark  law,  and  makes  all  persons 
who  sell  it,  either  at  Wholesale  or  Retail,  liable  for 
damages  to  the  proprietor  of  the  article  imitated. 


THE  FELLOWS'  BIED.  IK.  CO..  Itil. 

SOLE   PROPRIETORS   OP 

FELLOWS'  COMPOUND 
SYRUP  OF  HYPOPHOSPHITES. 

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CONSTANT  VIGILANCE 

Is  the  price  of  being  prepared  to  meet 
all  demands.  Every  indication  leads 
us  to  believe  that  you  will  need  a  good 
stock  of  Hood's  Sarsaparilla  and  Hood's 
Pills  for  the  Spring  trade. 

The  demand  for  Hood's  Calendars 
has  been  tremendous,  exhausting  our 
supply  before  the  first  of  January. 
Had  we  anticipated  any  such  call,  we 
should  have  ordered  a  much  larger 
number.  We  are  doing  strong  con- 
servative advertising,  and  the  orders 
are  large  and  frequent.  We  want  you 
to  be  ready  to  get  your  share  of  this 
business,  and  therefore  urge  that  you 
place  an  order  with  your  jobber 
TO-DAY.  Advertising  matter  with 
your  card  thereon,  gladly  sent  you  at 
any  time  you  request  it. 

C.  1.  HOOD  CO., 
Lowell,  Mass. 


February  20,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


CHICAGO. 


C.  A.  R.  D.  ADVISORY  BOARD  MEETS. 

Chicago,  Feb.  15.— The  Advisory  ^Board  of  the  Aux- 
iliary Districts  of  the  C.  R.  D.  A.  met  last  Tuesday  af- 
ternoon at  the  Sherman  House.  The  clerks'  committee, 
of  which  Mr.  Hart  was  the  cihairman,  presented  the  case 
for  the  "clerks  and  aeked  that  action  be  taken  looking 
toward  the  furniment  of  the  reforms  desired  by  the 
clerks.  The  consensus  of  opinion  at  the  meeting  was, 
however,  that  the  Advisory  Board  had  no  authority  to 
take  action  in  a  matter  that  should  be  a  topic  for  the 
whole  association  to  discuss,  but  that  the  board  could 
frame  a  resolution  expressing  its  views.  The  follOTVing 
resolution  was  therefore  passed: 

Resolved  by  thie  Executive  Comimittee  of  the  Auxiliary 
Districts  of  the  C.  R.  D.  A.,  at  the  regnalar  monthly 
meeting.held  February  1],  1902.  that  we  recommend  to 
the  association  that  such  measures  be  adopted  as  will, 
as  far  as  pussiltle.  secure  fewer  working  IhouTS  for  all 
engaged  in  tlie  retail  drug  business,  and  ithat  the  asso- 
ciation urge  upon  its  members  the  securing  of  such 
sleeting  quarters  for  clerks  as  are  unobjeotiomable  from 
a  sanitary  point  ot  view. 

The  clerks  were  advised  to  carry  on  their  work  among 
the  auxiliary  organizations  and  get  the  consent  of  these 
bodies  to  shorter  hours,  and  in  April  tihe  "whole  matter 
would  be  brought  up  for  discussion  at  the  regular  quar- 
terly meeting  of  the  C.  R.  D.  A. 

The  minutes  ot  the  previous  meeting  were  read  and 
approved,  and  Mr.  Straw  made  a  report  on  behalf  of  the 
comimittee_  appointed  to  see  the  telephone  company  and 
find  out  what  could  be  done  to  remedy  the  existing  in- 
equities in  the  telephone  rates  and  service.  The  com- 
pany, he  said,  throug'h  President  Sabin,  declared  itself 
in  favor  of  the  five-cent  automatic  telephone;  would  put 
in  no  more  ten-cent  'phones,  but  those  druggfsts  who 
had  such  might  keep  them  under  the  same  conditions  ot 
service  and  remuneration  as  are  now  operative.  If  tlhey 
changed  to  the  five-cent  slot  'phones,  they  would  have 
to  submit  to  the  same  conditions  as  are  imposed  upon 
all  who  are  using  these  'phones;  i.  e.,  pay  for  all  calls 
except  such  calls  as  ambulance,  police  and  first  calls. 
To  regulate  the  deadheads  who  are  getting  a  good  deal 
of  service  free  over  the  ten-cent  'phones,  and  in  tihiis  Tvay 
doing  both  the  druggists  and  the  company  out  of  some 
of  their  income,  the  company  has  devised  a  system  Which 
it  asks  the  holders  of  the  ten-cent  machines  to  adopt. 
A  book  of  coupons  is  given  to  each  Ihiolder  of  a  machine, 
each  sheet  being  numbered  from  one  up,  and  blank  spaces 
are  left  for  a  record  of  each  call,  giving  the  telephone 
number,  date,  name  of  party  calling,  etc.  "RTienever 
anyone  wants  a  free  call  the  operator  asks  for  the  ticket 
number,  which,  ot  course,  only  the  druggist  and  the 
"central"  knows.  Unless  he  can  give  the  ticket  number 
be  can  not  get  a  free  call.  Before  he  can  get  the  ticket 
number  he  must  show  the  druggist  'that  he  is  entitled  to 
it.  and  has  legitimate  use  for  free  service.  The  report 
of  the  committee  embraced  other  matters,  such  as  the 
proposition  of  tne  company  to  put  in  'phones  at  a  low 
figure  on  Uhe  prescription  desks  of  the  druggists  apart 
from  tih'e  public  'pihones,  and  a  rather  amusing  account 
of  the  number  of  slugs  and  bad  coins  that  the  coUeotors 
of  the  company  had  found  during  the  year  In  the  various 
'phones.  On  tnotion  the  report  of  the  committee  was 
accepted  and  the  committee  discharged.  On  motion  of 
Dr.  Ingalls  tihe  president  was  instructed  to  appoint  a 
telephone  committee,  to  be  composed  of  nine  members, 
two  members  each  from  the  North,  'West  and  South 
Sides  and  one  from  down  town,  to  be  in  the  nature  of  a 
permanent  comimittee. 

The  board  then  passed  a  resolution  to  the  effect  that 
the  association  heartily  endorses  the  action  of  the  N.  A. 
R.  T>.  Executive  Committee  with  regard  to  Robert  Stev- 
enson &  Co. 

Mr.  Straw  then  made  a  report  concerning  the  reor- 
ganization of  the  Englewood  district.  Mr.  Wooten  intro- 
duced a  resolution,  wlildhi  he  withdrew,  and  the  meeting 
adjotirned. 


DRUG  CLERKS  STILL  ACTIVE. 

Chicago.  Feb.  lei— The  drug  clerks  today  sent  out  the 
following  letter: 

"In  our  crusade  for  shorter  hours,  improved  sanitary 
conditions  of  sleeping  apartments,  for  the  vigorous  prose- 
cution of  all  violators  of  the  State  pharmacy  laws  and 
for  extra  pay  for  overtime,  we  were  told  to  secure  the 
unification  of  all  drug  clerks. 

In  a  movement  of  thds  kind  it  is  an  absolute  necessity 
to  secure  a  large  percentage,  if  not  all,  of  the  drug  clerks. 
One  and  ail  should  .nssist  in  this  movement.  If  you  are 
not  now  dissatisfied  with  your  condition,  help  your"brother 
clerk  by  Joining  in  this  movement.  Give  him  your  moral 
support;  he  may  be  able  to  help  vou  at  a  later  day. 

The  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association,  through  the 
members  of  its  ad%'lscry  board,  said  to  us:  'This  ques- 
tion should  be  brought  up  in  the  auxiliary  district  first 
iind  before  the  quarterly  meeting  of  the  association  in 
April,  organize  the  clerks  in  districts  and  come  to  an  un- 
derstanding with  the  auxiliar>'  district  organizations. 
Then  the  whole  matter  will  be  brought  up  in  the  general 
meeting. 

This  means  you.  You  are  one;  We  need  your  help, 
physicially.  morally  and  financially.  Don't  say,  'I'm  only 
one;  they  have  the  other  clerks  and  don't  need  me.'  We 
do  need  ycu,  and  through  your  memlbersihip  and  help,  we 
expect  to  belter  your  condition  and  the  condition  ot  your 
fellow  drug  clerks.  If  you  are  already  on  our  membership 
roll,  send  your  dues,  come  up  and  help  us  at  our  meet- 
ings by  your  presenc*-.  If  you  have  a  grievankie,  come 
and  state  it.  It  is  due  to  you  and  to  your  fellow  mem- 
bers." 

(Here  follows  a  list  at  the  officers  oif  the  association.) 


On  next  Wednesday  evening  another  mass  meeting  ot 
drug  clerks  will  be  held  either  at  the  Sherman  House  or 
at  the  Grand  Pacific.  The  iplace  has  hot  yet  been  defi- 
nitely deoildcQ  upon.  It  is  said  that  good  speakers  will 
be  in  attendance. 

At  t'ne  meeting  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  the  C.  R.  D.  A. 
held  Tuesday  afternoon  at  the  Sherman  House,  the 
clerks'  delegation  were  given  a  resolution  endorsing  the 
movement  in  gpneral.  The  clerks  were  directed  to  bring 
their  matters  before  the  auxiliary  association  of  druggists 
in  the  city  and  were  promised  that,  at  the  coming  general 
meeting  in  April,  their  movement  would  be  made  a  gen- 
eral order  ot  business,  and  would  be  thoroughly  discussed 
and  probably  acted  upron.  The  meeting  of  the  Advisory 
Board  is  reported  elsewhere  in  detail. 

A  letter  from  Mr,  Bodemann  favoring  organization  has 
given  the  drug  clerlis  no  little  encDuragement. 

ILLINOIS  BOARD  MEETS. 
Chicago,  Feo.  15.— The  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
which  has  been  in  session  since  Monday  imorning  con- 
ducting examinations,  completed  them  Thursday  at  noon. 
A  large  class  of  candidates  for  registration  was  present, 
numbering  165,  ot  whom  112  earned  certificates. 
Th«  following  were  granted  certificates  as  regis- 
tered pharmacisits:  W.  A.  Barnett.  Henry  Bader.  C. 
H.  Brown,  A.  J.  Broman,  R.  E.  Carlyou,  T.  F.  Cummings, 
H.  R.  DeLand.  J.  T.  Fawcett,  W.  B.  Freeman,  W.  A. 
Foi<bes,  R.  J.  Forbrich,  E.  J.  Giessy,  W.  Hardeman,  A. 
F.  Hennessey,  Lewis  Hyman,  A.  Jaus,  A.  J.  Jewell.  W. 
A^  Keller.  T.  J.  Knaak,  A.  Koenigstein,  Ernst  Lessin^, 
J.  V.  Lee,  C.  M.  Lindvall,  W.  P.  Lutzen,  M.  A.  Masor. 
H.  T.  Moyer,  O.  J.  Mattlhiael,  C.  McCormlck,  Jr.,  F.  E. 
Pierce,  M.  R.  Price,  T.  F.  Provost,  W.  N.  Rickert.  J. 
Ruzicka.  J.  J.  Samuels,  C.  R.  Sanderson,  A.  T.  Schledeir, 
A.  B.  Shutts,  V.  A.  Sloan,  C.  M.  Snow,  D.  P.  Stephens, 
L.  F.  Supp,  J.  T.  Sweeney,  A.  F.  Schroeder,  H.  E.  Secor, 
J.  W.  Thorsfon,  H.  D.  A^albracJit,  W.  E.  Wendt,  J.  F. 
■Welch,  J.  P.  Warren,  H.  Weinkauff,  L.  W.  Brookings. 
H.   L.  Oady.  T\'.  S.  Blodh,  A.  Doug'herty,   L.   D.   Jackson, 

A.  E.  Landers,  C.  Markus,  J.  H.  Newman,  E.  L.  Old- 
field,  S.  W.  Taliaferro,  J.  P.  Cholewinski,  B.  Dedkel- 
mann.  A.  C.  Dockhorn,  O.  A.  Fritz,  H.  T.  Graham.  H. 
N.  Henckell.  J.  J.  Metz,  C.  W.  Minshall,  H.  Mlnchin,  E. 
S.  McNidhols.  P.  A.  Scihfroeter.  J.  B.  TIscornia.  E.  Wil- 
liams, C.  E.  Westcott,  S.  M.  WilliamB,  H.  J.  Burmeist- 
er,    A.   Seekamp,   M.   Spira. 

A.ssistant  pharmacists:  A.  H.  Bauer,  F.  H.  Bess,  John 
Breruier.  F.  J.  Denn.  B.  S.  Geiger,  R.  R.  Gharet,  Har- 
vey Gill,  M.  W.  Gurpe,  O.  Heronemus,  M.  L.  Holm.  A. 
F.   John,   E.    J.    Kairlovsky.   J.    L.    Kies.   V.  E.    Lawrence, 

B.  T.  Locke.  W.  A.  Mynara.  J.  J.  McClugage.  W.  H. 
Perry,  O.  L.  Proihaska,  J.  E.  Schneider,  A.  H.  Schwarze, 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  20,  1902 


"W.  H.  Schroeder,  C  A.  Salopoulomlos,  G.  H.  Thomp- 
son, E.  T.  Todd,  J.  A.  Thomas,  H.  E.  Walter,  C.  J. 
Weimer,  J.  B.  Wojtalewicz,  W.  H.  Zalbel,  L.  R.  A. 
Schwanke,  O.  Evers,  J.  A.  Mayer,  E.  E.  Stacy. 

The   percentage   of  'those   who   passed   is   tlhle  highest 
reached  in  several  years. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 


MRS.  BARCLAY  DIES. 

Chicago,  Feb.  15.— Mrs.  Mary  Eliza  Taylor  Barclay 
died  Fetoruary  13,  at  her  home,  109  Marlon  street,  Oalc 
Parle,  just  three  weeks  after  the  death  of  her  husband, 
James  S.  Barclay,  druggist,  at  the  "Sign  of  the  Golden 
Lion,"  Oak  Park. 

Mrs.  Bai-clay  had  been  an  invalid  for  many  years  and 
at  the  time  of  her  husband's  deatlhi  was  so  ii;  that  her 
life  was  despaired  of.  She  desired  to  accompany  his  re- 
mains to  Kentucky,  where  they  are  to  be  buried,  or  to 
have  her  toody  borne  with  his  to  burial.  The  funeral  of 
Mr,  Barclay  was  therefore  postponed,  and  now  the  mor- 
tal remains  of  the  two  so  long  united  in  life  will  be  laid 
to  rest  together  in  Ruesellville,  Ky.,  the  boyhood  home 
of  Mr.  Barclay.  Mrs.  Barclay  was  born  in  Springfield, 
ni.,  six?ty-two  years  ago.  There  ore  three  surviving 
children-JL,uan  E.,  James  T.  and  Philander  TV.  Barclay, 
all  of  Oak  Park. 


Trade  in  Chicago  Active. 
Chicago,  Feb.  15. — Jobbers  and  manufacturing  chem- 
ists report  much  activity  in  all  staple  lines.  There  is  a 
good  demand  for  quinine  and  other  drugs  of  a  like  char- 
acter. The  smallpox  scare  created  a  brisk  call  for  vac- 
cine points,  but  this  is  subsiding.  There  have  been  very 
few  new  stores  lately,  and  hence  not  so  many  stock  or- 
ders. Collections  are  good  and  ready,  money  seems  to 
be  easy  to  get. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

^At  tihe  meeting  of  the  Auxiliary   Advisory   Board   at 

the  Sherman  Hoiuse  this  week  it  was  very  strongly  urged 
by  one  member  that  the  agitation  of  the  clerks'  m-ove- 
ment  hy  the  newspapers  is  having  a  bad  effect  upon  the 
drug  business  by  educating  the  public  mind  in  a  (be'.ietf 
that  druggists  and  their  clerks  are  unreliable  and  un- 
safe persons. 

'F.  X.  Virden  has  (bought  tflie  drug  store  formeirly  own- 
ed toy  A.  M.   Reis,  at  311  East  North  aventue. 

^C.   A.   Tracy,   a  well-known  druggist  of   Indianapolis, 

Ind..  has  sold  out. 

^Mrs.  C.  Hughel  has  succeeded  M.   M.  Hensley  at  An- 
derson, Ind.  i 
^^J.  B.  Stairkey  has  so'.d  his  drug  store  at  GrayVille,  111. 

'Ernest  Bishop.   Bement,   III.,  has  sold  his  drug  store. 

^O.  J.  Knickerhocker,  of  E'lkhart,  Ind.,  has  sold  out. 


Free  Advertising  for  the  Retailer. 

The  Mnralo  Co.,  (New  Brighton.  New  York,  whose  ad- 
vertisem'int  appears  in  this  Issue,  imakes  a  splendid  prop- 
osition to  druggists  handling  painters'  and  decorators' 
supplies.  They  ask  for  a  list  of  painters  and  decoratbrs 
from  each  druggist  having  suoh  a  clientele  and  purpose 
appealing  direct  to  these  Individuals  witih  samples  and 
■literature  of  a  personal  nature,  directing  them  to  go  for 
their  eupplles  to  the  store  that  furnishes  the  names.  It 
Is  a  good  advertiseiment  for  the  druggist  and  doesn't  cost 
a  oilcke'l.  Mtiralo  is  claimed  to  be  the  best  wall  finish 
on  the  miarket,  and  pays  a  profit  of  100  per  cent  to  the 
flealer.  Send  in  your  list  and  let  The  Muralo  Co.  help 
you  se'.l  not  only  Muralo,  (but  other  supplies  as  well. 


A  Nickel  Business. 

The  aiflvcrtisement  of  the  American  Sod'a  Poun'tain 
Co.  in  this  issue  of  the  Era  is  well  worth  perusing. 
Druggists  should  take  the  hint  thrown  out  and  endeavor 
to  increase  the  soda  water  branch  of  their  business, 
which  is  shown  to  'have  such  possibilities.  To  attain  thie 
greatest  success  in  any  line  requires  strict  attention  to 
the  most  minute  details  and  the  American  Soda  Foointain 
Co.  cam  supply  the  trade  with  all  accessories  to  the  soda 
water  business.  Now  Is  the  time  to  prepare  for  the  sea- 
son's trade  In  beverages  and  it  will  he  well  (for  druggists 
to  consult  Ohe  American  Co.  before  purchasing  appara/tus. 


VIRGIL  DILLIN, 

Mr.  Dilli.T  was  born  at  Linneas.  Mo.,  in  1850.  When  he 
was  six  years  old,  the  family  removed  to  Chillicothe,  same 
State,  where  young  Dillin  lived  until  he  was  twenty-one. 
Then  he  went  on  the  road,  traveling  for  the  Collins  Bros. 
Drug  Co.,  of  St.  Louis,  for  ten  years  and  subsequently 
an  equal  period  for  the  Moftitt-West  Drug  Co.,  also  of 
St.  Louis.  In  Septem'l>er  last  Mr.  Dilliin  went  to  Minne- 
apolis, where  he  bought  out  the  HofClin  Drug  Co.,  at 
First  avenue  South  and  Washdnsrton  streets.  It  is  one  of 
the  best  "comers"  in  Minnea'polls  and  the  store  Is  irun 
under  the  style  of  the  Dillin  Drug  Co. 


HORRIBLE  FATE  OF  A  DRUGGIST. 

St.  Paul.  Minn.,  Felbruary  15. — Men  searching  the  ruins 
of  Hotel  Vendoime  in  Minneapolis,  which  was  burned  on 
the  7th  Inst.,  have  just  discovered  the  body  of  Martin  C. 
Aker.  a  drug  clerk  of  Monte-zideo;  Minn.  It  had  not  been 
known  that  the  fire  was  accompanied  by  tragedy,  al- 
though there  was  so  much  excitement  and  confiislon  aji'd 
such  dense  and  stifling  smoke  that  some  of  the  more  ex- 
perienced Jiremen  expressed  the  fear  that  some  olf  the 
guests  had  been  killed.  The  ghastly  discovery  was  made 
by  Harry  Glidden,  day  olerk  at  the  Vendome,  and  several 
others,  whu  were  lo<3king  for  oersonal  effects.  Mr.  Aker's 
b'ody  was  found  In  thie  basement.  The  remains  were  quite 
encased  in  ice  and  surrounded  iby  timbers  which  had 
(fallen  when  the  roof  gave  iway.  A  large  sum  otf  money 
was  found  on  the  body,  which  Is  now  In  the  county 
morgue.  The  body  is  not  badly  burned,  and  It  Is  thought 
death'  resulted  from  suffocation.  No  satisfactory  theory 
can  be  advanced  in  explanation  of  Mr.  Aker's  sad  deajth. 
Deceased  came  to  Minneapolis  the  day  before  the  fire  and 
consulted  a  specialist  in  regard  to  trouble  of  the  eyes. 
Mr.  Alter  h.is  lived  at  Montevideo  since  early  childhood 
tind  was  highly  respected.  He  was  in  the  employ  of  the 
Star  Drug  Store,  was  twenty-eighit  years  old  and  un- 
married. He  leaves  an  aged  moibher.  A  telegram  from 
the  dead  man's  relatives  expresses  doubt  as  to  the  Iden- 
tity olf  the  body  ifoaind»  but  the  coroner  insists  that  the 
lx)dy  Is  unquestionably  that  of  Mr.  Aker. 


St. 


BLOWN  OVER. 

Paul,  Minn..  February  1,=;.— The  last  cha.pter  la  hero 


recorded  In  the  case  of  the  alleged  overcharging  by  the 
A.  D.  Thompson  Drug  Co..  of  MBnneaipolis,  for  supplies 
furnished  the  city  hospital  there.  At  a  meeting  of  the 
Board    of   Charities    and   Corrections,    the   hospital   cx>m- 


February  20,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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mittee,  w-hich  investigated  the  affairs  of  the  hospital, 
impressed  I'pon  Dr.  H.  S.  Nelson,  city  physician,  that  his 
administration  was  proving  a  very  extravagant  one.  As 
an  aid  to  more  economy  in  the  drug'  department  the  com- 
mittee wli;  recommend  that  a  pharmacist  be  employed 
to  take  charge  of  the  purchase  and  disperising  of  drugs 
at  the  hospital,  and  the  committee  made  it  pMn  that  the 
appointee  would  take  his  orders  directly  ifrcm  the  com- 
mittee and  not  from  Dr.  Nelson.  The  report  of  the  ex- 
amining expert.^  showed  that  the  drugs  in  stock  now  in- 
voiced $2,300  more  than  wtien  Dr.  Nelson  assuimed 
charge  of  the  hospital.  Many  things  had  been  purchased 
that  were  uot  necessary,  they  declared.  The  board  form- 
ally allowed  the  bill  of  the  A.  D.  Thompson  Drug  Co., 
not  considering  the  allegation  of  overcharges  sustained. 


New  Pharmacists  for  North  Dakota. 
St.  Paul.  Minn.,  February  15.— Twelve  of  the  twenty- 
three  applicants  for  permits  to  practice  pharmacy  in 
North  Dakota  were  successful  at  the  State  Board's  ex- 
amination at  Fargo.  They  are:  A.  G.  Gillespie,  Minto; 
J.  F.  Brown,  Redtield.  S.  D.j  J.  A.  Briedenbach,  Grand 
Forks;  T.  R.  Williams,  Larimore;  A.  A.  Kurtz,  James- 
town; R.  G.  Lund,  Oakes;  G.  M.  Gaylord,  York;  H.  F. 
Sitzer,  Leeds;  George  W.  McKndght,  Willow  City;  W.  E. 
Patten,  Grand  Porks;  A.  H.  Movius,  Lidge>rwood;  S.  E. 
Plxley.  Charcli's  Ferry. 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

Successions :    The  McDonald  Drug   Co.,   Hope,   N.   D., 

by  Jolhnson  &  Everson;  A.  A.  Lenocker,  Oakland,  la.,  by 
Harrison  &  Dabney;  Hogo  Kraenzlein.  Milwaukete,  Wis., 
by  F.  W.  Kemp;  D.  A.  Lewis,  Albion,  Neb.,  by  the  LiewJs- 
Thompson  Drug  Co.;  F.  E.  Ormsby,  Martelle,  la,  by 
M.  S.  Tague;  Hackett  &  Watts,  Humboldt,  iNeb.,  by  L.  S. 
Hackett;  Davia  Donovan  (paints).  Washington,  la.,  by 
Johnson  &  Donovan;  Holleran,  Shultz  &  Pfander,  Ackley, 
la.,  by  Sohultz  &.  Pfinder;  E.  F,  Ganz  (pub- 
lisher as  well  as  druggist),  Alma,  Wis.,  toy  J.  G.  Auer. 
Succwsions:  A.  Schoel.  Sanborn,  la.,  by  G.  H.  Kotter- 
man;  James  Forsyth.  Om'aha,  Neb.,  by  S.  E.  Howell: 
Smith  &  Siraimons,  Missoula.  Mont.,  by  David  Smith;  "W. 
E.  Paxton.  Bridgeport,  Neto.,  by  J.  S.  Komine;  G.  W. 
Bingham  (soda  works),  CorvalUs.  Ore.,  by  James  Bier; 
A.  Lunt  &  Sons,  Nephi.  Utah,  by  Lunt  &  Sparks  Bros.; 
Winchester  Drug  Co.,   Eldora,  la.,  by  Smith  &  Reed. 

Wholesale  drug  houses  report  an  unusual  inquiry  for 

gopher  "medicine."  The  Minnesota  and  Dakota  commun- 
ities that  are  annailly  raided  by  gophers,  those  indus- 
trious crop-consumers,  evidently  intend  to  make  it  un- 
pleasant for  them.  There  is  also  a  large  demand  for 
formaldeihyde  for  preparation  of  seed  wtieat. 
The  St.  Paul  Dispatch  has  this  shocking  editorial  par- 
agraph: "Inspector  White  asked  a  Duluthj  druggist  for 
brandy  to  relieve  an  ache  In  his  midst  and  br^^jght  it 
the  brandy,  not  the  ache— down  for  analysis.  It  proves  to 
be  anything  but  brandy;  probably  some  of  that  stuff  that 
drives  Pennsylvania  miners  crazy,  and  what  they  call 
'fuss-fangle'   down   there." 

R.  iF.   H.   Brauns,    who  used  to  run  a  drug  store  at 

Harvey,  N.  D.,  and  afterwards  went  to  the  Philippines 
wHth  a  regiment  and  has  lately  been  quartered  at  Fort 
Snelling,  'has  sought  and  obtained  honorable  dJsdharge 
••by  favor"  and  will  return  to  civil  life  and  pill-mixing. 

A   smoking  stove  m   tihe  basement  of  iSonnen's   drug 

store.  Seventh  and  St.  Peter  streets,  St.  Paul,  gave  the 
fire  departmo^iit  a  run  this  week,  but  did  not  do  any 
damage. 

^Miss   Edna  B.   Stulz   has  begun   work   in   Robertson's 

drug  store  at  Lyle,  Minn.,  and  Miss  M.  E.  Adams  has 
left  Ceylon  and  gone  to  Sllcher's  drag  store  at  Renville. 

R.  F.  H    Brattns  has  been  discharged  from  the  army 

by  tfavor  and  has  gone  to  fwork  at  Dickinson,  N.  D.,  in 
Mr.   White's  drug  store. 

— B.  E.  W«bber  is  fitting  up  a  fine  drug  store  on  the 
North  Side  of  Minneapolis,  whldh  he  expects  to  occupy 
ia  two  or  three  weeks. 
;  — H.  chapman  has  left  J.  D.  Jones'  drug  store  at  Ipswich, 
S.  D.,  and  has  gone  to  work  in  D.  F.  Jones'  drug  store  In 
Water6own,  S.  D.      ' 


The  Co-operative  Grocery  &  Drug  Co.,   Logan,  Utah, 

has  given  notice  of  an  Intention  to  amend  its  articles  of 
incorporation. 

A.   E.  Grout  has  returned  from  North  Dakota  and  is 

now  in  Holcomb's  drug  store  on  Payne  avenue,  St.  Paul. 

The  White  Drug  Co.,  Whatcom,  Was'h.,  and  Al.  Falk- 

enlhainer,  Titonka,  la.,  sustained  "fire  losses  this  week. 

^H.  H.  Harris,  druggist,  and  W.  B.  Ankeny,  jeweler, 

Corning,  la,  have  consolidated  as  Ankeny  &  Harris. 

W.   T.    Gilmore    is   going   to   Red   Lake   Falls,    Minn., 

to  toke  charge  of  the  store  of  F.  Heidgerken. 

^T.  C.  Blsooe  has  gone  to  work  in  Wetzell's  drug  store 

at  Little  Falls,  Minn.,  for  the  second  time. 

New:    L.   Fernalld,  Litchfield,   Minn.;   Davidson  Bros., 

lone.   Ore.;  C.   S.  Moody,   Greer,   Idaho. 

Bills  of  t^ale  have  been  given  by  the  Mento,  la..  Drug 

Co.   and  Calvin  Treager,   Arlington,   Wash. 

J.  T.  Martin,  druggist,  and  Jung  &  Co.,  general  store 

men,  Cordova,  Neo.,  have  consolidated. 

The  stock  of  the  Midland  Glass  &  Paint  Co.,  Omaha, 

Neb.,   has  been  increased  to  $50,(XK). 

. Erickson   &  Runburg,   Clarkfleld,   Minn.,   have  filed  a 

voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy. 

D.  F.  Sinclair  has  sold  lids  interest  in  Peterson  &  Sin- 
clair,  East  Grand  Forks,   Minn. 

Lee  M.  Ocker,  Aplington,  la.,  and  the  Whltlock  Drug 

Co.,    Osceola,    la.,   have  sold. 

C.   H.   Brown,  of  Little  Falls,   Minn.,  paid  the  city  a 

brief  visit   this  week. 

M.  S.  Woodard,  a  Boelus,  Neb.,  druggist,  has  entered 

the  hotel  business  also. 

L,.    D.    Carlson   has   left    Cokato,    Minn.,    and   gone   to 

Bird  Island  to  work. 

t;V.  D.  Case  has  gone  to  Fountain,  Minn.,  to  work  tor 

Solie  &  McKeown. 

^Dr.   Davis,  of  Dickinson.   N.  D.,   was  in  the  city  this 

week  on  business. 

New:    C.     S.    Moody,     Greer,    Idaho;     C.     G.    Snyder, 

fereston,  Wash. 

O.  P.  Allphia,  Ansley,  Neb.,  Is  closing  out  and  expects 

to  move  to  Idato. 

A.  iSchoel,  Sanborn,  la,  and  F.  D.   Jefferey,  AtlanUc 

la.,  have  sold. 

Mr.  Cole  has  retired  from  F.  P.  Offerman  &  Co.,  Fair- 
haven,    Wash. 

Hanson  &  Co.,  Edinburg,  N.  D.,  have  been  burned  out. 

.—^Armstrong  &  Co.,  Grand  River,  la,  have  agreed  to  sell. 

^T.  F.  Moran,  Hudson,  Wis.,  has  removed  to  Waukesha. 

The  lone  Pharmacy,  lone.  Ore.,  has  incorporated. 

^The  Corrinne,  Utah.  Drug  Co.  has  discontinued. 

.At  the  meeting  of  the  Kentucky  Board  of  Pharmacy 

held  in  Newport  January  14,  of  a  class  of  twenty-four 
the  following  applicants  successfully  passed  the  examina- 
tion: C.  W.  Aitkin,  Lexington:  N.  B.  Davidson,  Louls- 
\iiUe;  B.  B.  Downs,  Greenup;  B.  F.  Hermann,  Newport; 
E  H.  Higgins,  Hopkinsville;  D.  L.  Lawson,  Louisville; 
F.  L.  Lee,  LaGrange;  A.  H.  McNaughton,  Louisville; 
T.  J.  Turner,  Mayfield;  H.  R.  Smith,  Bellevue.  The  next 
meeting  will  be  held  in  Louisville,  April  8.  Applicants 
should  file  papers  with  the  secretary,  J.  W.  Gayle,  Frank- 
fort, Ky.,  at  least  ten  days  before  the  time  of  meeting. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

XEW  YOKK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


20? 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  20,  1903. 


ST.  LOUIS. 


Druggists'  Economy  Club. 
St.  L/ouis,  Feb.  1?.— The  second  annual  banquet  of  the 
St.  Louis  Drugg'istB'  Economy  O^ub  was  held  at  the  Plant- 
ers Hotel,  Monday  evening,  Feb.  3.  The  entire  thirty 
members  were  presejit  and  brougiWt  their  wives,  H.  iP.  A. 
Spilker,  aoting  as  toastmaster.  The  following  were  the 
speakens  amd  their  subjects:  The  Missouri  Pharmiaceutical 
Association,  Dr.  Otto  F.  Claus;  The  St.  Douis  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Association,  Chas.  Hahn;  The  Retail  Druggists' 
Saturday  Night  Club,  H.  P.  Fricke;  Charter  Members, 
Dr.  Otto  Hartwig;  Bachelors  as  Pharmacists,  F.  W. 
AmgermiueEer.  This  cluib  was  organized  two  years  ago 
and  began  witJh  ten  members.  Tlhleir  principal  object  is  to 
boiy  together  in  large  quarutities  and  so  get  the  best  possi- 
ble prices.  H.  F.  A.  Spilker  has  charge  o£  the  store  room 
and  acts  as  distributer.  The  club  holds  meetings  once  a 
w«ek  which  are  both  of  a  social  amd  business  character. 
The  following  is  a  list  ot  the  officers:  President,  C.  C. 
May;  vice-president,  R.  S.  Vitt;  secretary,  J.  S.  Weipert; 
tretasurer,  H.  F.  A.  Spilker. 


Will  Honor  Dr.Enno  Sander. 

St.  Douis,  Feb.  6. — A  movemenlt  is  on  foot  to  give  Dr. 
Enno  .Sander  a  banquet  on  the  eve  of  hie  eightieth  anni- 
versaj'y  which  wiCl  be  Feb.  20.  It  is  gotten  up  by  his  phar- 
maceuitica]  friends  and  associates.  The  following  commit- 
tee has  the  arrangememits  in  charge:  H.  F.  A.  Spilker, 
chairman;  I>~.uis  Schi'rk,  Prof.  Gusta"\nis  Hinrichs.  and 
Dr.  H.  M.  WhelpCey.  The  doctor  ie  still  actively  engaged 
In  business  amd  has  recently  nioved  ihis  mineral  water 
jyiamt  into  new  quarters  at  Tweraty-eighith  and  Chestnut 
streets.  He  has  always  taken  an  active  part  in  iooal  and 
national  phartmaceutical  affairs,  and  was  one  ot  the 
founflens  and  first  professors  in  the  iSt.  Douis  College  of 
Pharmacy. 


ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

- — ^The  stockholders  of  the  J.  S.  Merrell  Drag  Co.  held 
their  annual  meetimg  at  the  Mercantile  Club  Cast  Tuesday 
morning  and  elected  the  following  officers:  President,  C. 
P.  Waltoridge;  first  vice-president,  H.  S.  Merrell;  second 
vice-president,-  George  R.  Merrell;  secreitary,  E.  B.nsohad- 
ler;  treasurer,  H.  A.  Stalle.  The  committee  cm  new  quar- 
ters reported  that  the  old  McLean  biiilding  at  Fourth  and 
Market  sitreets  was  torn  down,  and  work  on  the  com- 
pany's new  buiiuing  would  begin  at  omce.  The  new  build- 
ing will  probaKy  be  ready  for  oooupancy  by  the  first  of 
next  August. 

The  members'of  the  senior  class  of  the  St.  Louis  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  are  making  arrangements  ito  give  a  ball 
d-urimg  the  interva-'  between  receiving  their  notice  of  pass- 
ing satisfactory  examination  and  the  oiight  of  commence- 
ment, which  occurs  about  the  middle  of  April.  It  has 
beem  fifteen  years  since  the  students  of  tlhle  college  gave 
a  ball  and  no  one  seems  to  kmow  why  the  plan  was  given 
up. 

The  emtertainment  and  ba'.l  given  by  tlhie  St.  Louis  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  Alumni  Association  on  Tlhanrsday  night, 
February  6.  was  all  that  had  been  anticipated,  more  than 
a  thousanl  tickets  being  taken  in  at  the  door.  The  dance 
lasted  until  daylight. 

-^— iDr.  H.  M.  Whelpley  delivered  a  lecture  February  S, 
before  the  Colored  Peop'.e's  Self  Improvement  Federation 
of  St.  Louis.  His  subject  wOis  "The  Wondens  of  tihe 
Miorosoope." 

J.  H.  Saherzinger,  1025  Nineteenth  street,  has  just  had 

a  new  front  put  In  his  'Store  and  many  improvements 
made  in  the  inlterior  of  tlhle  store. 

Bmiel   Foehling  has  liurdhased  the  drug  store  of  the 

estate  of  Kcscielski  at  2606  South  Broadway. 


Druggists  who  carry  a  stock  of  the  Surgical  'Patorlo 
Oo.s  elastic  stockings  and  simjilar  surgical  appliances  ex- 
presB  the  greatest  satisfaction  derived  from  handling 
sudh  reliable  gvjods.  This  company  sends  out  only  goods 
of  the  best  quality,  and  will  send  a  descriptive  price  list 
to  any  dealer  who  writes  for  it.  The  company's  address 
Is   No.   528  North  Tenth   street,   BWiladelphia. 


A  Leading  Side  Line. 

There  is  an  increased  interest  being  shown  in  photo- 
graphy and  a  great  desire  on  the  part  of  people  in  every 
station  in  life  to  make  pictures.  Tlhen,  tO'O,  the  science  of 
photography  has  proigressed  in  a  marvelous  degree  within 
the  last  year  or  two.  Pictures  made  by  amateurs  are  be- 
coming better  and  better,  and  this  has  lent  an  added  in- 
terest to  the  subject.  We  refer  to  these  facts  for  the  pur- 
pose oif  showing  wihat  a  field  the  camera  industry  offers 
to  the  druggist  in  the  thriving  town.  With  the  ajmount 
of  talk  and  advertising  that  is  being  done  to  forward  the 
sales  of  cameras,  it  is  a  coraparatively  easy  matter  to  dis- 
pose of  a  gio'odly  stock  of  plate  cameras  during  any  one 
year. 

The  sale  of  cameras  at  the  prices  at  whidh  Tve  under- 
stand bhey  are  ilisted  is  most  remunerative  in  itself,  con- 
sidering the  large  discounts  allowed.  With  the  druggist, 
hoiwever,  the  sale  of  the  camera  only  begins  his  trad© 
with  a  loustomer;  indeed,  the  druggist  who  understands 
his  business  finds  in  the  customer  a  never  ending  source 
of  profit.  The  druggist  is  able  to  manufacture  himself 
many  of  the  developers  and  other  supplies  used  in  photo- 
graphy, and  his  profits  on  these  goods  are,  of  course, 
correspondingly  large. 

From  a  careful  investigation  off  the  oondiltions  that 
obtain  in  the  plate  camera  business  today,  we  are  war- 
ranted in  saying  that  cameras  'as  a  side  Une  are  a  fertile 
source  of  profit  to  the  average  druggist.  In  this  connec- 
tion there  is  one  subject  that  should  be  emphasized.  It 
is  thds:  the  druggist  who  puts  in  a  line  of  cameras 
Elhould  himself  become  enthusiastic  over  the  art  of  pho- 
tography; indeed,  should  become  a  photographer.  The 
attention  he  gives  to  the  subject  in  thiis  way  will  be  of 
inestimable  value  to  him  in  the  sale  of  these  'goods,  and 
will  lead  hini  to  understand  more  Shorougthly  the  needs 
of  the  amateur  photographer  and  to  take  advantage  off 
thiese  facts. 

It  is  understood  that  the  Rochester  Optical  '&  Camera 
Co.,  who  claim  to  be  the  largest  plate  oaniera  manutaic- 
turers  in  the  world,  are  preparing  a  little  booklet  ad- 
dressed to  drug.gists  whidh  will  be  sent  on  request  and 
Which  covers  the  points  herein  made.  This  latter  com- 
pany has  done  much  to  encourage  the  sale  of  cameras 
through  druggists  and  has  a.liways  been  very  successful. 


Easter  Lilies. 

Tihfe  p'age  advertisement  of  Frank  Netschert,  New 
York,  in  this  issue  of  the  Era  is  a  very  forcible  reoninder 
of  the  approach  of  Easter 
and  the  necessary  floral 
decorations  for  that  sea- 
son. Mr.  Netchert,  as  all 
old  readers  of  this  journal 
know,  is  the  leader  in  this 
class  of  work,  and  his  nat- 
ural prepared  plants  are 
being  used  and  sold  by  a 
great  many  druggists  all 
over  the  country.  The  ad- 
vantage of  Netschert's 
plants  for  decorating  pur- 
poses, especially  decora- 
tions that  must  remain  in 
position  a  few  days,  is 
readily  seen.  To  all  ap- 
pe'arances  a  pot  of  Netoh- 
ert's  Easter  lilies  is  a  prod- 
uct ot  the  gardener's  skill, 
but  unlike  that  product, 
Netchert's  lilies  are  as 
fresh  after  a  week  as  the 
day  they  were  potted.  The 
profit  on  his  goods  is  about 
.MR)  iM  1  i,)]i  .mil  still  tin-  price  is  so  low  'tliat  you  can 
compete  with  the  florist  with  a  price  from  25c  to  one 
dollar,  less  than  the  natural  perisihable  lily.  Send  for 
his  illustrated  52-page  catalogue. 


Dr.  James  H.  Chipman,  a  member  of  the  rdtail  drug 

firm  of  Marshall  &  Chipman,  Georgetown.  Delaware, 
was  recently  married  to  Miss  Edna  Barle  Manners, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Madaliiie  Manners,  of  the  same  tofwn. 


February  20,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


209 


PATENTS,    TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


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PATENTS. 
Issued  February  ii,  1902. 

692,848.— Joseph  B.  Goodman,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Non- 
refiUable   bottle. 

692,863.— Joseph  Koetschet,  St.  Fons,  France,  assignor  to 
Societe  Chimique  des  XJsines  du  Rhone,  ancienne- 
ment  GiUiard  P.  Monnet  et  Cartier.  Lyons.  France, 
a  Corporation.  Substituted  sulfinid  and  process  of 
mailing   same. 

6!)2,y20.— Gustav  Schirmer,  Chicago,  111.  Fomitain-syringe 
holder. 

692,951.— Edwin  Walker.   Erie,   Pa.     Bottle-tap. 

692,955.— Elmeir  A.  Wilcox,  Chicago,  111.,  assignor  to  Adam 
P.  Ka.=t:er  and  Frank  S.  Smitlh,  Chicago,  111. 
Soda-water  apparatus. 

692,957.— Allen  V.  Wilson.  Clavton,  N.  J.,  assig-nior  of  one- 
half  to  John  Wesley  Webb,  Clayton,  N.  J.  Imple- 
ment for  finishing  necks  and  lips  of  bottles. 

693,020.— Elihridcre  G.  Howe.  Millbury,  Mass.  Swinging 
crate  for  bottles  or  carl>oys. 

693,035.- Pierre  L.  E.  lyederlin.  Chedde,  France.  Process 
of  the  electrolytic  manufacture  of  chlorates  and 
perchlorates. 

693,138.— Robert  W.  Johnson,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
Method  of  preparing  and  inclosing  surgical  liga- 
tures. 

693,156.- Marz  F.  Rochester,  Ingleside,  Md.  Pharmaceu- 
tical  Implement. 

693,161.— John  Schies.  Anderson.  Ind.,  assignor  of  one-half 
to  PYank  R.  Meyers,  St.  lyouis.  Mo     Bottle-closure. 

693,349.— Mordecai  H.  Fletcher,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  assignor 
to  the  Veaetol  Company.  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  a  Cor- 
poration of  Ohio.     Dentifrice. 

693,350.— Mordecai  H.  Fletcher,  Cincinnati.  Ohio,  assignor 
to  the  Vegetol  Company,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  a  Cor- 
poration of  Ohio.  Package  for  tooth  powder  or  like 
preparations. 


37.784. 
37,785, 


TRADE  MARKS. 

Registered  February    11,   1902. 

-Insect-Exterminators  In  Liquid  Form.    Richard  B. 
The   comjiound  words 


Norwood.    Plainfield, 
"King-Nomo   Bug." 

-Certain  Named  Toilet  Preparations  and  Soap. 
Mirona  B.  Hubbert,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.  Three  flgrures 
on  the  representation  of  a  crest— 1.  e.,  a  goat  with 
fish's  tail,  a  dragon  facing  the  goat,  and  a  fleur- 
de-lis  between  them— accompanied  by  the  hyphen- 
ated word   "Miro-Dena." 

37.786.— Proprietary  Medicines.  John  J.  Ledwith,  Newark, 
N.  J.     The  ietters  "N.  P.  C." 

37,787.- Proprietary  Medicines.  John  J.  Ledwith.  Newark, 
N.  J.     The  word   "Ceratlne." 

37,788.— Remedies  for  La  Grippe,  Colds  and  Headache. 
Bromo-Chemical  Co.,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah.  The 
word  "Bromo-Lax." 

37,789.- Remedy  for  Certain  Named  Diseases.     Rudolph  F. 
Kovaclc.  Allegheny.  Pa.    The  portrait  of  the  regis- 
trant  and   a   facsimile   of   his   signature. 


790.— Remedy   for   Certain   Named  Diseases.     Urias   B. 

Kline,   Reamstown,   Pa.     The  words   "The  Lion  of 

Diseases  is  Led  by  a  Child"  and  the  representation 

of  a  lion  led  by  a  child. 
791.— Remedy    for   Certain    Named   Diseases.      John   C. 

Kyles,  Coffee  Springs,  Ala.    A  three-quarter  length 

portrait  of  the  registrant. 
792.— Ood-Liver  Oil.     Frank  W.  Ward.  Memphis,  Tenn. 

The  compound  word  "Gadu-Olein." 
793.— Medicinal   Preparations  Containing  Malt  Extract. 

The  Maltine  Company,  Brooklyn,  N.  T.     The  word 

"Maltine." 


LABELS. 

Registered  February    ii,   1902. 

8,955.— Title:     "Malt  Pepsin."     (For  Chewing  Gum).     The 

Lidwell  Gum  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.    Filed  January 

20,  1902. 
8,963.— Title:      "Vis    Vitae."      (For    a    Hair    Restorative). 

Nora  E.    Smith,   Battlecreek,   Mich.     Filed  Decem- 
ber 27,    1901. 
8,964.— Title:      "Harifoam   Vegetable   Shampoo   Tonic   and 

Dandruff  Cure."     (FVjr  Tonic  and  Dandruff  Chore). 

Childs   Drug   Co.,    Lexington,    Ky.     Piled   January 

la    1902. 


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[February  20,  1903. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 


Jobbing  Market  Moderately  Active. 

New  York,  Feb.  18.— Se.asonatole  'articles  have  oontin- 
oied  to  And  a  good  consuming-  outlet  and  the  generall  job- 
bing market  has  been  moderately  active,  w<ith  the  ag-gre- 
gate  volume  of  business  of  fair  average  proportions,  but. 
as  noted  last  week,  fluctuations  in  prices  have  been  limited 
and  none  of  the  changes  is  of  more  than  ordinary  im-port- 
ance. 

OPIUM.— Foreign  markets  are  cabled  weak  and  lower 
under  pressure  to  realize  and  continued  favoraible  crop 
repiorts,  but  in  a  jobbing  way  the  condition  of  affairs  is 
practically  unchanged  and  the  ruling  figures  are  $3.20@ 
3.40  tor  9  per  cent  and  $3.30@3.50  for  11  per  cent.  Pon- 
dered continues  to  find  a  fairly  good  outlet  oJt  ff  25@4.50 
tor  13  per  cent.,  $4.75@u.OO  for  16  per  cent.,  and  $4,500)4.75 
for  granular. 

MORPHINE.- Small  parceils  continue  to  move  freely 
Into  chajincls  of  consumption  and  jobbing  prices  are 
steadily  maintained  at  the  old  range  of  $2.4«@'2.o0  for 
eighths  in  1-oz  boxes,  $2.35(5)2.45  in  2%-'OZ  iboxes,  $2.15@ 
2.25  in  ounce  vials  and  $2.102>2.2O  in  5-oz  cans,  accordang 
to  brand  arid  quantity.  . 

QUININE.— Although  ttie  general  movement  is  less 
active  than  usual  at  'tMs  season  of  the  year,  there  is  a 
fairly  good  jotxbing  inquiry  and  thie  tone  oif  the  market  is 
steadier  under  the  influence  of  reduced  bark  shipments 
from  Java  and  consequent  improvement  abroad.  Quota- 
tions however  aje  unchanged  at  27c  for  bulk  in  100-oz 
tins,  '27il»c  in  od-oz  tins,  2Sc  in  25-oz  tins  and  34)0  in  ounce 
^■ials.  .  .     _ 

BALSAM  COPAIBA.— Central  American  is  firmer,  ow- 
ing to  the  strong  tenor  of  advices  ifrom  producing  mar- 
keifs  where  poMtical  troubles  are  materially  interfering 
with  commercial  affairs.  The  lay  down  oosit  is  decidedly 
higher  and  jobbing  quotations  have  been  advanced  to  50 
@65c  for  prime,  ac^icrding  to  quantity. 

BALSAM  TOLU.— Excessive  stocks  and  a  slow  con- 
suming demand  have  caused  a  weaker  feeling  among  the 
larger  holders  and  the  jobbing  market  is  weaker  in  sym- 
pathy witn  quotations,  Shoiwing  a  decline  to  38@40c,  as 
to  size  of  order.  ,  .     i  , 

BUCHU  LEAVES.— Short  are  unchanged  but  long  are 
firmer,  owing  to  extreme  soaroi'ty  and  for  small  lots  the 
quoted  ranare  Is  Sl.lS^l.'JS.  ,  , 

OIL  CASSIA.— Weaker  foreign  markets  and  keen  com- 
petition among  importers  has  caused  a  dieoldne  in  Job- 
bing quotations   to   90cG«1.00. 

DAMIANA  LEAVES.— Supplies  are  exceeding'ly  light 
and  advices  from  the  Pacific  Coast  are  to  the  effect  that 
stocks  at  primary  sources  are  about  exhausted.  Job- 
bers consequently  are  firmer  in  their  views  and  quota- 
tions have  been  advanced  to  25'§''35c. 

CANARY  SEED.^Smvrna  is  slightly  easaer  an  sympa- 
thy with  primary  markets  and  jobbers  are  quoting  3@3V4c 
bv  the  bag  and  4iS5c  for  smaller  quantities. 

'  WOOD  ALCOHOL.— Manufacturers'  prices  have  been 
advanced  5c  and  the  revised  jobbing  quotations  are  70® 
75c  in  barrels  and  80«i'85c  in  cans. 

COLCHICUM  SEED.— There  is  no  tfurther  quotable 
change  in  values  but  the  tone  of  the  market  is  weak  and 
auoitabions  an  a  lobbinig  way  are  more  or  less  nominal 
at  50(ffi35c  for  whole,  55@65c  for  ground  and  60@70c  for 
powdered.  .    ..       ,  .      ^,  .  *■ 

GAMBIER.— TiWe  recent  speculative  boom  in  this  arti- 
cle lias  collapsed  and  shipments  from  Sir.gapore  are  of- 
fered at  a  material  concession  from  former  prices.  Job- 
bing quotations  hfcVe  been  reduced  to  7@7y2C  by  the  ba;l« 
and  10@12c  for  less. 


The  second  quarterly  meeting  of  the  New  Hampshire 

Commission  of  Pharmacy  was  held  at  the  State  House, 
Concord,  on  Wednesday,  January  22.  when  the  following 
candidates  passed  the  senior  examination:  Elmer  W. 
Hancock,  Hillsboro  Bridge;  Cleon  D.  Tufts.  Manchester; 
Geo.  F.  Spillane,  Nashua:  Ernest  J.  McOritlis,  West  Stew- 
artstown.  Junior  candidates  who  passed  were:  Paul  V. 
Rockwood,  Dover;  William  P.  Scannell,  Concord.  The 
third  quarterly  meeting  will  be  held  at  Concord,  Wednes- 
day, April  23.    Geo.  F.  Underbill,  secretary. 


Elmer  Outten,  a  prominent  retail  druggist  of  Lewes, 

Sussex  Co.,  Delaware,  was  recenltly  married  to  Miss 
Orah  VaugOin,  daughter  oif  Mr.  and  Mrs.  James  Edward 
Vauglin,  Clayton,  Kent  &  Co.,  Delaware.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Outten  spent  seveiral  days  at  the  Charleston  Exposition 
during  their  wedding  tour. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs,  Alumni.  Etc.— Chicago  Drug 
Clerks,  205;  Chicago  Retail  Druggists,  205;  Kings 
County  Pharmaceutical,  199;  Manhattoji  Phar- 
maceutical, 200;  Manufacturing  Perfumers,  197; 
Ohio  Valley  Retail  Druggists,  203;  Philadelphia 
Retail  Drug'gists,  202;  Springfield  (Mass.)  Drug 
Cilerks,   201;   Springfield    (Mass.)    Druggists,   201; 

St.  Louis  Druggists'  Economy  Club 20S 

BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY.— Illinois,  205;  Kentucky, 
207;    New    Hampshire,    210;    New      Jersey,    210; 

North  Dakota,  207;   Ohio   198 

BOWLING,    DRUG    TRADE.— Baltimore,    203;      New 

York,    200;    Philadelphia    202 

Casein  COimpound,  New 189 

Cement,     Petroleum-Proof     196 

COLLEGES  OF  PHARMACY.- Philadelphia,  202;  St. 

Louis     208 

CORRESPONDENCE     189 

Drugs,   Cellular,    Special   Requirements    192 

Drug    Problems    195 

Guaiac    Wood    189 

BDITORIALS.-^Drug  Problems,  1S7;  Drug  Store  Oon^ 
solidation  in  Philadelphia,  188;  James  W.  Tufts, 
1S7;  N.  A.  R.  D.  a  National  Organization,  188; 
Rice  Memorial,  187;  Springfield  (Mass.)  Olerks, 
189;    Voluntary    Agreement    a    Remedy    for    CJut 

Rate    Disease    188 

Hill    Bill     .■ 199 

Lotion.   Cucumber  and  Benzoin   196 

Magnesium    Hvdrate    196 

MARKET   REPORT    210 

Metals,   Action  of  Nitric  Acid   189 

Methvl    Heptenone    194 

NEWS  LETTERS.— Baltimore,  202;  Chicago,  205; 
Cincinnati,  203;  Louisville,  203;  Michigan,  204; 
New  England,  201;  New  York,  199;  Philadelphia, 

202;  St.  Louis,  208;  The  Ntorthwest   206 

Pastes.    Tooth    193 

PATENTS,    TRADEMARKS,    Etc 209 

PERSONALS,  Indluding  Obituaries,  Items  of  Per- 
sonal Interest,  Etc.-JBarclay,  Mrs.  Mary  E.,  206; 
Beckman.  Bemhard.  203;  Behring:,  Prof..  190; 
Dillin.  Virgil.  206;  Flint  Remedy  Co.,  201;  Frank, 
Charies  P.,  204;  Igler.  Herman,  203;  Macmahan, 
Thomas  J  200;  Merrell  Drug  Co.,  J.  S.,  208;  No- 
bel. Alfred  Bernhard,  190;  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
•204;  Roentgen.  Prof.,  190;  Sander,  Dr.  Enno,  208; 
Van't  Hoff,  Prof.  J.  H.,  190;  Vogeler  Co.,  Charles 

A 202 

Pharmacists,   Preparation   191 

Pliarmacopoeial   Requirements,   Special    192 

QUESTION    BOX    196 

Questions,  Examination,  New  York  Board  of  Phar- 
macy       193 

Rice    Memorial    189 

Shampoo.    Barbers'     196 

SHOP    TALK    191 

Soap,.    Self-Shaving    196 

Swindling    .Scheme     203 

Svrup  Terebene    196 

Vanillin,     Synthesis     189 

Wafers,  Testing   189 

The  New  Jersey  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  granted  cer- 
tificate of  registration  to  the  following  applicants  who 
passed  the  examination  held  January  16  and  17:  REGIS- 
TBREOD  PHARMACISTS— Harry  Lee  Bickel,  Philadel- 
phia. Pa.;  Robert  St.  Clair  Blew,  Bridgeton;  William 
Henry  Britton,  Caldwell;  Harry  W.  Christman,  Ocean 
City;  William  Allen  Cole,  Jersey  (3ity;  Sidney  L.  Dor- 
land,  New  York,  N.  Y. ;  J.  Howard  Frlck,  Atlantic  City; 
Bayard  Hiiliard,  Vincentown;  Elwood  Rue  Hall,  Monf- 
clair;  Isaac  Johnson,  East  Orange;  Frederick  Edwin 
Knowles,  Newark;  Daniel  J.  McAghon,  Jersey  City; 
Thomas  M.  Pascall,  Newark;  J.  E.  Price,  Branchville; 
Albert  E.  C.  Roy,  New  York,  N.  Y.;  Charles  F.  Rlchter, 
New  York,  N.  Y. ;  Aaron  Reich,  Newark;  Charles  H.  A. 
Stoerzer,  Newark;  Paul  Traub,  Bordentiown;  J.  Horton 
Uhle,  East  Orange;  Harry  Vaughn,  Morristown;  Adolph 
Wolfret,  New  York,  N.  Y.  REGISTERED  ASSISTANTS— 
Parker  George  Clark,  Atlantic  City;  Walter  R.  Rleck, 
Newark;  Louis  Schneider,  Jr.,  Newark. 

The  next  exajmination  will  be  held  dn  Trenton,  Thurs- 
day and  Friday,  April  17  and  18.  HENRY  A.  JORDEN, 
('Bridgeton),  Secretary. 


ARTHUR    COLTON. 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 
and  Appliances, 

DETROIT,   MICH.,   U.  S.   A. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


EVERY   THURSDAY. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


THE  ERA  KEY  TO  THE  U.  S.  P. 

The  popularity  and  sales  of  the  Era  Key  to  the  TJ.  S. 
Pharmacopoeia  are  probably  exceeded  by  those  of  no 
other  publication  issued  for  pharmacists,  as  both  the 
latter  and  mem'bers  of  the~  medical  profession  have  found 
that  it  supplies  an  omission  in  giving  doses  for  U.  S.  P. 
drugs,  chemicals  and  preparations.  In  addition,  it  gives 
the  strength  and  official  and  common  names  of  the 
various  preparations.  It  is  useful  to  the  pharmacist  in 
supplying  him,  in  convenient  form,  with  some  of  the 
essential  features  of  the  U.  S.  P.,  and  is  of  service  to  the 
physician  in  familiarizing  him  with  official  preparations. 
It  is  bound  omly  in  board  covers,  imitation  pressed  leath- 
er, and  the  price  is  25  cents  per  copy,  postpaid.  Special 
prices  are  quoted  on  quantity  lots. 


CHANGES  IN  PHARMACY. 

The  older  pharmacists  do  not  need  to  be  educated  over 
again,  but  they  all  know  that  methods,  and  even  facts, 
in  pharmaceutical  practice  differ  to  some  extent  from 
those  of  years  ago.  They  are  also  aware  that  a  review 
of  studies  and  renewed  acquaintance  with  elementary 
principles  are  great  helps  in  keeping  their  knowledge  up 
to  date.  The  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  offers  a  most  de- 
siderable  opportunity  to  pursue  a  systematic  review  of 
pharmacy.  The  method  of  conducting  the  course  keeps 
up  attention  and  interest.  The  time  necessary  to  be  de- 
voted to  it  can  easily  be  spared  by  even  the  ibusiest  phar- 
macist, and  the  expense  is  but  nominal.  The  expenditure 
of  $10  secures  the  Era,  which  every  pharmacist  should 
have  anyway,  and  also  provides  for  the  quizzes  and  ex- 
aminations by  mail  which  are  features  of  the  Course. 

Practising  pharmacists  who  wish  to  review  their  early 
situdies  under  the  guidance  of  competent  instructors,  and 
thus  better  equip  themselves  professionally,  should  send 
for  prospectus,  giving  full  details  of  the  Era  Course  in 
Pharmacy.  Address  The  Pharmaceutical  Era,  396  Broad- 
way,   New  York. 


Liquor  dealers  of  New  York  State  have  been  send- 
ing complaints  to  the  Department  of  Excise  about  the 
pharmacists  who  are,  they  claim,  conducting  a  gen- 
eral traffic  in  alcoholic  drinks  while  paying  only  a 
nominal  fee  of  $5.00  annually  for  the  privilege  of  sell- 
ing liquor  on  the  prescription  of  a  physician.  Com- 
missioner of  Excise  CuUinan  has  been  collecting  evi- 
dence, and  is  now  ready  to  begin  prosecutions  against 
200  druggists.  The  liquor  dealers  naturally  object  to 
this  illegal  competition  on  the  part  of  the  druggists. 
It  is  reported  that  the  commissioner  will  recommend 
an  amendment  to  section  II  of  the  liquor  tax  law, 
imposing  a  greatly  increased  rate  of  taxation  upon  the 
sale  of  liquor  as  conducted  by  pharmacists.  The  pro- 
moters of  this  amendment  seem  to  think  that  all 
druggists  break  the  law  in  this  matter,  and  that  the 
State  should,  therefore,  even  things  up  for  the  liquor 
dealers  and  at  the  same  time  increase  its  revenues, 
by  raising  the  pharmacy  liquor  tax.  It  is  quite  clear 
that  the  law  has  not  been  obeyed  as  it  should  have 
been,  but  it  has  not  been  proved  that  the  present 
law  can  not  be  enforced,  and  that  all  druggists  are 
transgressors.  Imposing  a  heavier  tax  upon  the 
druggist  would  punish  the  innocent  and  the  guilty 
alike.  The  honest,  reputable  pharmacist  is  not  deriv- 
ing great  profits  from  the  sale  of  liquor,  and  to  in- 
crease his  tax  would  not  only  be  unjust  but  would 
place  a  premium  upon  a  practice  which  is  a  direct 
violation  of  law. 

The  manufacturing  perfumers  have  been  discussing 
the  evils  of  a  curious  practice  which  seems  to  be  com- 
mon in  the  perfume  trade.  This  practice  consists  in 
attaching  foreign  labels  to  American  goods,  thus  lead- 
ing customers  to  think  that  they  are  purchasing  goods 
manufactured  abroad,  while  they  are  in  reality  re- 
ceiving articles  produced  in  this  country.  Many  Ameri- 
cans seem  to  think  that  while  this  country  supplies 
the  ordinary  necessaries  in  a  fairly  satisfactory  man- 
ner, the  requirements  of  refined  life  are  as  yet  better 
understood  abroad.  No  one  finds  fault  with  the  ham 
and  eggs  of  this  country,  but  many  still  prefer  the 
perfumes  and  other  luxuries  prepared  on  the  other 
side  of  the  Atlantic.  This  preference  for  foreign  per- 
fumes seems  to  be  well  understood  in  the  trade,  and 
some   manufacturers   have   been   labeling  their  goods 


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[February  27,  1903. 


accordingly.  Apparently  no  one  was  greatly  troubled 
about  the  deceit  thus  practised  upon  the  public,  as 
long  as  foreign  goods  really  were  superior,  but  the 
manufacturers  claim  that  our  countryment  now  pro- 
duce perfumes  which  are  every  whit  as  good  and  in 
many  cases  better  than  those  prepared  abroad;  and 
it  grieves  them  to  see  foreigners  obtain  credit  for 
American  excellence.  They  believe  that  the  people 
should  be  taught  to  prefer  the  products  of  their  own 
country,  especially  when  these  products  excel  those 
of  foreign  manufacture.  There  are  other  and  better 
reasons  for  the  use  of  honest  labels  than  that  ad- 
vanced by  the  manufacturers;  but  this  one  promises 
to  do  some  good,  and  the  friends  of  just  dealing  will 
therefore  be  glad  to  overlook  its  apparent  selfishness. 


The  head-piece  which  adorns  the  top  of  these  col- 
umns has  been  criticized  because  the  graceful  letters 
shown  seem  to  be  flowing  from  the  tip  of  a  quill  pen. 
The  critic  thinks  the  Era  should  be  more  progressive 
and  encourage  the  use  of  more  modern  appliances. 
In  these  days  of  the  typewriter  and  fountain  pen,  the 
quill  does  seem  somewhat  old-fashioned,  it  is  true, 
but  this  ancient  weapon  suggests  other  qualities 
which  are  not  unbecoming  to  a  modern  journal — 
namely,  reliability,  simplicity  and  dignity.  A  picture 
of  a  modern  pen  would  immediately  raise  questions 
about  which  particular  new-fangled  variety  should  be 
used,  and  the  regulation  two-inch  stub  of  lead  pencil 
would  manifestly  lack  in  dignity. 


English  journals  announce  the  death  of  Mr.  Wil- 
liam Martindale,  joint  author  of  the  "Extra  Pharma- 
copoeia," past-president  of  the  British  Pharmaceutical 
Society  and  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Conference,  mem- 
ber of  the  society's  Board  of  Examiners  for  England 
and  Wales,  and  member  of  numerous  scientific  socie- 
ties. Mr.  Martindale  was  little  more  than  sixty  years 
old  at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  his  loss  will  be  keen- 
ly felt..  He  occupied  many  positions  of  trust,  which 
his  training  and  ability  rendered  him  peculiarly  fitted 
to  fill.  Although  deeply  interested  in  botany  and  oth- 
er purely  scientific  subjects,  his  fame  rests  chiefly  up- 
on his  ability  as  a  practical  pharmacist.  In  his  death 
the  art  of  pharmacy  sustains  a  severe  loss.  He  de- 
voted much  time  and  energy  to  the  interests  of  Brit- 
ish pharmacy  but  much  of  his  work  possesses  interest 
not  confined  to  any  one  country  and  time.  Our 
readers  will  remember  Mr.  Martindale  as  one  of  the 
British  delegates  to  the  International  Congress  of 
Pharmacy,  held  at  Chicago  in  1893,  during  the  time  of 
the  World's  Fair. 

Among  the  decisions  of  the  Treasury  Department 
of  the  United  States,  is  one  amending  the  regulations 
of  the  Marine  Hospital  Service  by  striking  out  the 
words  '"hospital  stewards,"  and  inserting  the  word 
"pharmacist."  Although  the  official  title  of  the  dis- 
pensing pharmacists  in  the  service  is  thus  changed  to 
be  more  nearly  in  accord  with  the  duties  which  they 
perform,  their  rank  and  pay  remain  the  same.  This 
change  may  be  an  agreeable  one  to  the  members  of 
the  service,  as  it  removes  a  title  which  had  become 
very  obnoxious   to  them,  but  the  decision   cannot  be 


considered  as  mending  matters  as  far  as  pharmacy  at 
large  is  concerned.  While  the  duties  of  preparing 
and  dispensing  medicines  were  formerly  entrusted  to 
non-commissioned  men,  not  nominally  pharmacists, 
the  present  decision  places  pharmacists  officially  in  the 
rank  of  non-commissioned  men.  The  government 
therefor  no  longer  fails  to  recognize  pharmacy  as  a 
pursuit,  but  officially  places  it  in  a  rank  inferior  to 
that  occupied  by  other  professions.  This  sort  of  rec- 
ognition is  very  different  from  that  which  the  phar- 
macists of  the  country  have  so  long  sought  to  obtain. 

Contestants  for  the  prizes  offered  in  the  problem 
department  of  the  Era,  should  preserve  copies  of  all 
answers  sent  to  this  office.  Readers  of  our  published 
answers  naturally  wish  to  compare  them  with  those 
found  by  themselves,  and  most  memories  are  unre- 
liable when  reqtiired  to  retain  numbers  and  quanti- 
ties for  several  weeks.  The  problem  editor  has  re- 
ceived requests  to  return  answers  submitted  to  him, 
and  he  wishes  it  understood  that  he  can  not  undertake 
to  perform  this  service  except  in  very  unusual  cases. 

One  of  our  foreign  exchanges  thinks  well  of  the 
two-headed  snake  window  display  mentioned  in  these 
columns  a  few  weeks  ago,  and  recommends  the  idea 
to  its  readers  as  a  good  one.  Unfortunately  direc- 
tions for  procuring  the  essential  feature  of  the  display 
are  not  given,  so  that  it  will  be  somewhat  difficult  to 
put  this  recommendation  into  practice.  Of  late  there 
has  been  among  foreigners  a  commendable  willing- 
ness to  adopt  American  methods,  but  an  importa- 
tion of  methods  does  not  always  insure  American  suc- 
cess. The  imitators  of  our  commercial  and  industrial 
methods,  often  find  that  they  lack  one  very  important 
factor  for  success  and  that  is  one  which  cannot  be  ex- 
ported— namely,  American  resources.  The  idea  of  the 
snake  window  display  like  so  many  other  American 
ideas,  can  do  the  reader  of  our  exchange  no  good, 
for  where  will  he  obtain  his  two-headed  snake?  There 
are,  without  doubt,  other  countries  which  possess  phe- 
nomenal resources,  but  in  the  matter  of  forked  ser- 
pents, as  in  iron  ore  deposits,  the  United  States 
seems  to  be  unrivaled  and  beyond  competition. 

It  is  often  surprising  to  note  how  much  our  expe- 
riences, even  in  matters  purely  scientific,  depend  upon 
our  surroundings.  Things  which  with  us  are  too 
common  to  excite  comment,  are  often  great  curiosi- 
ties to  people  in  other  parts  of  the  world.  English 
journals  have  recently  been  printing  numerous  letters 
from  pharmaceutical  botanists  about  an  unusual 
growth  observed  in  oranges.  One  writer  presented 
a  carefully  prepared  description  of  this  curious  mor- 
'phological  abnormality.  Some  of  our  readers  will, 
perhaps,  smile  when  they  learn  that  this  unusual 
growth  is  nothing  more  or  less  than  the  distinguish- 
ing feature  of  our  common  navel  orange.  This  va- 
riety of  citrus  fruit  is  in  reality  an  interesting  botani- 
cal phenomenon,  but  in  parts  of  our  country  where 
navel  oranges  are  as  common  as  are  potatoes  in  Ire- 
land, it  no  longer  excites  the  curiosity  of  any  one. 

In  a  letter  which  appears  upon  another  page  of 
the  present  issue,  a  correspondent  seems  to  show 
pretty   conclusively    that    the   Worcester   plan    can    be 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


21:; 


made  to  restrict  prices  in  ;i  manner  not  too  compli- 
cated to  be  practicable.  He  shows  that  this  plan  is 
and  has  for  some  time  been  in  successful  operation 
both  in  this  country  and  in  England.  According  to 
his  statements  the  New  York  Central  R.  R.  Co. 
maintains  the  price  of  its  tickets  very  thoroughly  by 
this  method,  and  certain  manufacturing  pharmacists 
in  England  experience  no  difficulty  in  preventing  the 
sale  of  their  goods  at  cut  prices  by  a  similar  plan. 
These  firms  do  not  resort  to  the  complicated  process 
which  has  been  proved  a  failure  in  the  courts  of 
Massachusetts  and  Pennsylvania,  but  enforce  their 
contracts  by  a  far  simpler  means,  a  writ  of  injunction. 
This  method  of  enforcing  the  price  restrictive  plan 
would  seem  to  be  far  superior  to  that  proposed  in 
the  columns  of  the  Era  a  few  weeks  ago.  It  is  much 
less  troublesome  and  moreover  seems  to  have  been 
found  effective.  It  will  be  interesting  to  note  how 
successfully  it  withstands  the  assaults  of  the  lawyers. 
It  is  clear  that  the  Worcester  plan  is  not  a  dead  issue 
as  some  have  declared  it  to  be.  Its  friends  still  think 
it  can  be  made  to  accomplish  great  things. 

After  the  price  restrictive  plan  has  been  made  ef- 
fective and  lias  been  successfully  brought  through  the 
ordeal  of  the  law  courts,  will  come  the  diflicult  task 
of  securing  its  adoption  by  the  manufacturers.  It 
now  seems  that  the  only  power  on  earth  which  can 
enforce  the  adoption  of  any  plan  upon  a  reluctant 
manufacturer  lies  in  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Whatever 
method  of  bringing  the  cutter  into  line  is  finally  found 
most  eflective,  whether  the  tripartite  plan  or  the  Wor- 
cester plan  or  both  are  adopted,  the  druggists  of  the 
country  must  stand  together.  Small  organizations 
can  effect  nothing.  After  the  cutter  has  ceased  to 
make  it  uncomfortable  for  other  people,  there  will  be 
other  evils  which  will  require  the  attention  of  the 
retail  trade.  Full  prices  for  all  goods  will  not  neces- 
sarily mean  prosperity  for  the  retailer.  A  new  com- 
plaint has  recently  been  heard  in  England.  It  seems 
that  the  retailers  induced  a  manufacturer  to  enforce 
full  prices  for  his  goods,  which  were  in  consideration 
of  this  action  vigorously  pushed.  After  all  this  had 
been  accomplished  and  the  retailers  were  beginning 
to  realize  fair  profits  from  heavy  sales  of  these  goods, 
the  manufacturer  calmly  raised  the  jobbing  price, 
thus  taking  all  the  profits  himself  and  leaving  the  re- 
tailers their  original  pittance  for  expenses.  Perhaps 
no  .A.merican  manufacturer  would  ever  contemplate 
a  similar  action,  but  this  is  by  no  means  certain.  A 
strong  national  organization  will  always  be  a  good 
thing  to  have  on  hand  for  an  emergency. 

-^  bill  has  been  introduced  into  the  Ohio  legisla- 
ture to  permit  the  registration  of  a  pharmacist  with- 
out examination,  provided  that  thirty  years  has 
elapsed  since  the  candidate  began  the  practice  of 
pharmacy.  This  bill  will  be  vigorously  opposed,  as 
it  certainly  deserves  to  be.  There  is  only  one  general 
reason  for  trying  to  avoid  examinations,  and  that 
is  a  real  or  fancied  inability  to  pass.  The  purpose  of 
pharmacy  laws  is  the  protection  'of  the  public  from 
dangers  arising  from  improper  dispensing.  State 
board  examinations  test  the  candidate's  ability  to  dis- 
pense medicines  without  danger  to  his  future  patrons, 
and  no  one  unable  to  endure  this  test  can   safely  be 


allowed  to  practice  pharmacy.  The  danger  of  permit 
ting  ignorant  persons  to  dispense  powerful  drugs  is 
the  same  whether  the  necessary  facts  have  been  for 
gotten  or  were  never  known. 


WORCESTER  PLAN  RENDERED  EFFECTIVE  BY 
MEANS  OF  A  WRIT  OF  INJUNCTION. 

Cleveland,   Ohio,    Feb.   ig. 

To  the  Editor. — I  notice  under  your  Philadelphia 
items  of  February  13th,  a  communication  bearing 
upon  the  Worcester  Plan,  wherein  a  rather  compli- 
cated arrangement  has  been  suggested  for  establishing 
proof  of  conditions  under  which  price  restrictive  arti- 
cles should  be  sold.  It  w'ould  seem  to  me  very  bur- 
densome to  ask  of  a  retailer  to  require  his  customers 
to  sign  a  notice  requiring  that  the  article  purchased 
should  not  be  re-sold  for  less  than  the  stipulated 
price.  Judge  Ralston,  of  Philadelphia,  in  deciding  the 
case  against  Wissler  cites  the  decision  as  rendered  in 
Garst  vs.  Harris  and  upholds  the  same,  concluding 
his  remarks  with  this  quotation:  "The  defendant  pur- 
chased the  pills  directly  from  the  plaintiff,  the  terms 
of  the  agreement  were  read  to  him  and  a  written 
statement  delivered  to  him.  He  expressed  no  dissent, 
and  it  was  held  that  he  agreed  to  the  terms  and  was 
liable."  It  is  a  well  established  premise  of  law  that 
the  principal  is  bound  by  the  acts  of  his  authorized 
agent,  such  being  the  case  it  naturally  follows  that 
restrictive  conditions  may  be  conveyed  not  only  from 
the  manufacturer  direct,  but  also  through  a  wholesale 
distributer  acting  for  and  as  his  agent.  This  is  the 
basis  on  which  Messrs.  Elliman  &  Co.,  of  England, 
and  Messrs.  Allen  and  Hansburys  of  the  same  place 
are  now  operating.  They  find  that  price  restrictive 
conditions  are  fully  capable  of  being  enforced  at  law 
when  presented  in  accordance  with  law.  Of  course 
there  is  no  doubt  whatever  that  were  it  possible  to 
secure  from  all  retailers  compliance  with  conditions 
proposed  by  your  Philadelphia  correspondent,  that 
then  and  in  such  event  price-cutting  could  be  abso- 
lutely stopped  upon  all  goods  sold  under  a  signed 
contract.  This,  however,  in  my  judgment,  could 
never  be  reduced  to  a  practical  working  basis  for  re- 
tailers would  rather  throw  the  goods  out  of  stock 
than  carry  on  such  a  cumbersome  arrangement. 

But  why  need  we  seek  such  devious  ways  to  ac- 
complish a  purpose  when  the  various  courts  of  the 
country  have  given  ample  means  of  redress?  De- 
cisions have  upheld  time  and  again  the  fact_  that 
goods  purchased  subject  to  contract,  or  conditions 
accepted  without  dissent,  are  binding  upon  the  party 
so  accepting.  It  seems  to  me  needless  to  attempt 
to  follow  price  restriction  through  innumerable  hands 
by  the  means  proposed.  No  less  a  corporation  than 
the  New  York  Central  is  today  nperatin.g  under  the 
Worcester  Plan.  They  find  it  effective,  and  have  fully 
demonstrated  that  a  cutter  can  be  cstonned  from  dis- 
posing of  their  tickets  by  the  service  of  injunction,  to 
illustrate:  .^n  original  purchaser  buys  a  ticket,  or 
goods,  as  the  case  may  be.  from  a  railroad  through 
its  agent,  and  accepts  such  ticket  or  goods  to  be  used 
for  a  certain  puroose  only.  i.  e.,  transportation  from 
one  point  to  another,  or  in  the  case  of  goods,  re-sale 
to  consumer.  If  such  ticket  or  such  goods  so  pur- 
chased are  used  for  the  obiect  sold,  well  and  good, 
but  as  in  the  case  of  the  New  York  Central  let  us 
surinose  that  a  broker,  scnlner  or  cutter  intervenes 
and  in-'i-ccs  the  oricrinal  pi'rrhascr  to  violate  his  con- 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  27,  1902. 


tract  by  re-sale  for  other  than  the  purposes  originally 
agreed  upon.  Right  here  conies  in  the  principle  ol 
law  that  holds  legal  contracts  or  obligations  as  sacred, 
and  no  man,  be  he  broker,  scalper  or  cutter  has  a  right 
to  carray  on  nefarious  traffic  and  by  inducing  the  viola- 
tion of  contracts,  benefit  himself  at  the  expense  of 
others.  Wherefor  an  injunction  would  lie  in  any  high 
court  in  any  State,  granting  the  railroad  or  manufac- 
turer a  injunction  restraining  such  broker,  scalper  or 
cutter  from  inducing  others  to  violate  their  contracts. 

Possibly  analysts  may  claim  that  a  flaw  exists  in 
the  chain  of  proof  wdien  redress  is  sought  under  an 
injunction,  but  to  such  assertion  I  need  refer  them  no 
further  than  to  an  investigation  under  the  question 
as  raised  by  a  bill  of  discovery. 

That  this  line  of  procedure  is  effective  for  prevent- 
ing cutting  when  goods  have  passed  through  third  and 
fourth  hands  was  fully  demonstrated  to  me  during 
the  late  Pan-American  Exposition.  For,  after  cor- 
respondence with  the  attorneys  for  the  New  York 
Central,  Messrs.  Depew  &  Spratt,  of  Buffalo,  I  made 
a  trip  to  that  city  in  order  to  satisfy  myself  as  to 
the  effectiveness  of  injunction  proceedings,  I  give 
you  the  results  of  my  inquiries.  Selecting  fifteen  of 
the  largest  ticket  scalpers  in  that  town  I  called  on 
seven  of  them  at  various  times,  requesting  that  they 
furnish  or  secure  for  me  a  ticket  to  different  points 
over  the  New  York  Central  and  its  branches,  and 
succeeded  in  only  two  cases  in  obtaining  any  conces- 
sion. With  the  other  eight  I  pursued  a  different  policy 
and  stated  that  I  had  a  ticket  to  sell,  and  although 
such  supposed  ticket  was  stated  to  be  good  from  Buf- 
falo to  New  York,  the  highest  offer  that  was  made 
me  was  the  magnificent  sum  of  fifty  cents  (50c),  and 
even  then  I  was  informed  that  the  ticket  broker 
whom  I  was  interviewing  had  nothing  whatever  to  do 
with  the  transaction,  but  that  a  friend  of  his  purposed 
making  th-?  trip.  All  these  facts  above  set  forth 
transpired  subsequent  to  the  granting  of  an  injunc- 
tion by  the  Supreme  Court  of  Erie  county;  and  my 
attention  was  repeatedly  called  bv  the  scalpers  to 
copies  of  such  injunction  posted  in  their  places  of 
business. 

To  further  illustrate  the  effectiveness  of  such 
measures  I  would  say  that  during  the  recent  G.  A. 
R.  Convention  held  in  this  city,  a  similar  injunction 
was  secured  with  the  result  that  most  of  our  scalpers 
went  out  of  business  on  New  York  Central  tickets, 
and  one  of  them  after  investing  uowards  of  $100.00 
in  such  commodity  facetiously  utilized  the  same  to 
wall-paper   his    room.  E.    R.    COOPER. 


_  RUSSIAN  OPIUM.— E.  Goldberg  fChem.  Zeit.) 
gives  the  results  of  his  observations  of  Russian  opium. 
The  author  states  that  the  poppy  is  rarely  cultivated 
in  Russia,  although  there  are  districts  with  soil  and 
climate  suitable  for  its  cultivation.  The  opium  pro- 
duced in  that  country  forms  flattened  spherical  lumps, 
differing  in  size,  wrapped  in  poppy  leaves,  soft  and 
elastic  within,  of  a  pale  brown  color  and  smooth  sec- 
tion; it  has  a  waxy  lustre,  a  peculiar  narcotic  odor, 
and  a  sharp  bitter  taste.  Microscopic  examination  of 
the  opium  showed  portions  of  fruit  capsules,  but  no 
foreign  impurities.  Four  samples  contained  15.3  to  17.2 
per  cent,  of  water,  4.25  to  4.4  per  cent,  of  ash,  and  .•^8.5 
to  .•?9.7  per  cent,  of  water  soluble  constituents.  The 
=iuthor  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  standard  for  pow- 
dered opium  should  be  fixed  at  S  per  cent,  water,  and 
10  per  cent,  morphine.  Russian  opium  containing  less 
than  TO  per  cent,  morphine  could  then  be  mixed  with 
other  opiums  containing  a  larger  proportion  of  mor- 
phine. ' 


EXCTPIENT  FOR  VALERIANATE  OF  ZINC. 
—J.  H.  Shuttleworth  fPharm.  Journ.")  finds  that  the 
best  excinient  for  valerianate  of  zinc  is  powdered 
tragacanth  and  syrup  of  glucose.  The  author  uses  for 
everv  grain  of  valerianate  one-third  grain  of  traga- 
canth and  sufficient  syrup  of  elucose  to  make  a  uni- 
form mass.  This  mixture,  rolled  briskly,  gives  a  pill 
■which  has  always  proved  satisfactory. 


NEW    REMEDIJiS    AND    PHARMACEUTICAL    SPE- 
CIALTIES. 

BRANNOLIN,  an  application  for  wounds,  com- 
posed of  tincture  of  arnica,  spermaceti,  tallow,  wax, 
oil  and  extract  of  myrrh. 

CALMINUM,  a  remedy  for  whooping-cough,  con- 
taining antipyrin  and  heroin. 

DIOSCOREINUM,  a  new  antispasmodic  and  ex- 
pectorant. 

ELATERIN,  a  remedy  for  dropsy,  consisting  of 
the  active  constituents  of  Momordica  elaterium. 

ETHYLOL,  chemically  pure  ethyl  chloride. 

FERSAN-EIS,  a  remedy  for  gastric  hemorrhage, 
prepared  by  mixing  15  grams  fersan,  1$  grams  milk, 
the  yolk  of  one  egg,  10  grams  of  sugar  and  a  little 
vanilla,  and  freezing  this  mixture  in  an  ice  machine. 

GERANIN  is  prepared  from  various  species  of  ge- 
ranium and  cinchona  bark;  it  yields  an  extract  which  is 
said  to  be  useful  in  diabetes.  It  is  employed  in  arthri- 
tis, dyspepsia  and  nervous  diseases.  It  appears  in  the 
market  in  the  forms  of  wine  and  fluid  extract. 

GUAIACOLTERPIN  AND  GUAIACOLTER- 
PIN-CHLORICHTHYOL.— The  first  preparation 
contains  guaiacol,  terpinol,  and  eucalyptol;  the  sec- 
ond contains,  beside  these,  chloroform  and  ammonium 
sulphichthvol. 

GLYCERIN-SOLIDIFICATUM  is  composed  of 
gelatin  alba,  14  parts;  distilled  water,  20  parts;  and 
glycerin,  60  parts. 

HERBA  EPHEDRAE  NEVADENSIS.— A  blood 
purifier  in  gonorrhea,  in  the  form  of  an  infusion  or 
fluid  extract. 

HEROIN -BROMOFORM- SYRUP.— A  syrup 
containing  in  one  teaspoonful  .005  gram  heroin  hydro- 
chlor.  and  .15  gram  bromoform.  It  is  employed  as  a 
remedy  for  coughs,  consumption  and  whooping-cough 
in  children. 

JAMROSIN,  obtained  from  an  East  Indian  myr- 
taceous  plant,  is  said  to  produce  favorable  results  in 
diabetes. 

lODOGENOL,  iodoalbumin  peptonate,  a  new  io- 
dine albumin  preparation. 

CORPULIN,  a  remedy  for  obesity,  contains  ex- 
tract of  bladderwrack,  and  extract  of  Tamarindus  in- 
dica  and  Cascara  sagrada. 

LACTANIN,  bismuth-bilactotannate,  is  a  remedy 
for  disorders  of  the  bowels  in  children. 

MEDIGLYCIN.  a  liquid  glycerin  soap  to  which  va- 
rious medicated  substances  may  be  added  in  solution, 
among  others,  camphor,  phenol,  creolin,  ichthyol,  po- 
tassium iodide,  mercury  and  sulphur. 

OZONOFORM.  a  disinfectant  for  dwellings  and 
sick-rooms,  a  combination  of  ozone  with  a  distillate  of 
the  fir. 

SANGOSTOL,  a  calcium-iron  preparation  having 
an  agreeable  taste  and  said  to  be  suitable  for  rachitic 
and  scrofulous  children. 

SONNIN.  a  white,  odorless  powder  composed  of  a 
mixture  of  four  parts  of  powdered  salicylic  acid  and 
six  parts  of  powdered  boric  acid. 

TEUTON-PREPARATIONS.— Under  this  name 
a  number  of  preparations  appear  in  the  market.  They 
are  extracts  manufactured  in  Prague,  and  contain 
definite  proportions  of  the  following  constituents  di- 
gested and  extracted  at  a  certain  temperature  with 
sterilized  whey:  Radix  bardannae,  cortex  chinae  sue, 
herb,  and  rad.  urticae.  allium  cepa.  rad.  petroseline, 
and  a  little  salicylic  acid,  alum  and  lactic  acid.  A  Teu- 
ton-soap is  also  prepared.  C'Vpot.  Zeit.  and  Pharm. 
Zeit..  through  Journ.  der  Pharm.  von  El. -Loth.). 


ADULTERATION  OF  PEPPER.— According  to 
A.  Mennechet  (Journ.  Pharm.  Chim.),  powdered  pep- 
per is  sometimes  adulterated  with  Myrisine  Africana 
and  Embelia  Ribes.  The  oresence  of  these  fruits  may 
be  detected  by  means  of  the  microscope,  or  by  the 
following  method:  The  suspected  pepper  is  extracted 
with  ether,  and  a  little  water  and  a  few  drops  of  am- 
monia added  to  the  ether  extract.  Upon  shaking, 
the  aqueous  layer  becomes  violet,  if  the  adulterants 
named  are  present  in  the  powder.  With  pure  pepper 
this  coloration  does  not  appear. 


February  S7,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


21-0 


■'Do  you  see  that  man  going  out  of  the  door?" 
said  a  druggist  to  the  Era  man  recently,  "Well,  he  is 
what  I  call  a  hypochondriac  of  the  first  water.  He 
cannot  enjoy  any  of  the  sweets  of  life  without  the 
idea  that  something  is  the  matter  with  him.  He  sim- 
ply lives  on  medicine,  and  if  any  one  were  to  tell  him 
to  take  a  little  fresh  air  and  throw  away  his  medicine 
he  would  put  that  person  down  as  a  lunatic.  There 
were  a  couple  of  them  at  one  time,  both  customers  of 
mine,  but  the  other  fellow  got  well,  thanks  to  a  pow- 
erful imagination.  It  happened  in  this  way.  He  came 
in  here  one  day  and  told  me  that  while  at  a  picnic 
some  years  before  he  swallowed  a  small  frog,  and  he 
was  sure  the  thing  was  still  there  and  growing  larger 
all  the  time.  He  was  so  sure  that  he  was  right  that 
I  advised  him  to  go  to  Dr.  Blank,  and  thought  no  more 
about  it  until  the  next  day  when  he  and  the  Doctor 
came  in  together.  The  Doctor  told  the  man  that  he 
would  relieve  him  of  his  trouble  and  gave  him  a  pow- 
erful emetic.  In  about  five  minutes  that  man  threw  up 
as  healthy  a  looking  frog  as  you  ever  saw.  The  man 
got  well  and  has  never  to  my  knowledge  complained 
since.  For  fear  you  may  question  my  veracity.  I  might 
say  that  Dr.  Blank  procured  that  frog  at  an  aquarium. 
He  saw  that  this  man  was  suflfering  from  a  peculiar 
halucination,  and  that  the  only  way  to  relieve  him  was 
to  humor  him.     I  did  not  hear  this,  I  saw  it." 

There  is  a  druggist  whose  place  of  business  is  in 
a  Southern  city,  who  has  more  friends  among  the 
traveling  men  than  he  can  count.  They  swear  by  him, 
one  and  all,  and  will  go  to  any  amount  of  trouble  to 
do  him  a  service.  He  is  one  of  the  most  modest  men 
imaginable  and  it  was  not  his  intention  to  blow  his 
own  horn  when  the  Era  man  got  him  to  tell  how  he 
stood  so  w'ell  with  the  drummers.  In  fact  he  did  not 
know  he  was  talking  for  publication,  it  was  done  un- 
consciously, as  he  did  not  know  the  Era  man.  Said 
this  druggist:  "Nothing  gives  more  pleasure  than  to 
greet  the  traveling  men  and  see  what  they  have  to 
ofTer.  I  consider  them  the  best  business  friends  I 
have  and  have  picked  up  many  a  bit  of  valuable  infor- 
mation and  saved  many  a  dollar  through  listening  to 
their  advice.  I  make  it  a  rule  never  to  get  out  of  pa- 
tience with  them;  I  realize  that  they  have  a  hard 
enough  time  as  it  is  without  being  given  the  cold 
shoulder  and  I  am  for  them.  And  I  find  it  pays,  too, 
as  I  get  the  best  prices  obtainable  and  am  kept  posted 
on  lots  of  things  that  would  surprise  my  competitors. 
I  get  information  not  supposed  to  be  known,  not 
things  that  ought  not  to  be  told,  but  items  that  if 
properly  applied  are  very  valuable.  Yes.  sir.  I  am  the 
traveling  man's  friend,  first,  last  and  all  the  time.  They 
may  meet  with  discourtesy  and  rebuffs  at  other  places, 
but  here  they  will  always  be  welcoine." 

Two  New  York  druggists  were  discussing  the 
profits  of  the  various  departments  of  the  business,  the 
other  day,  and  one  said  if  he  could  get  enough  pre- 
scription'trade  he  would  do  away  with  the  proprietary 
preparations  entirely.  The  other  druggist  remarked. 
"Do  you  know  what  per  cent,  of  your  profits  is  real- 
ized from  the  sale  of  proprietaries?"  Druggist  number 
one  replied  that  he  did  not.  and  then  his  friend,  in 
whose  store  the  conversation  took  place,  took  a  book 
from  his  desk  and  showed  how  he  kept  an  account  of 
the  sales  made  in  his  store.  His  book  w-as  ruled  with 
columns  for  the  following  entries:  Date,  drugs,  pat- 
ents, own  preparations,  sponges,  toilet  articles  and  ci- 
gars. .\t  the  end  of  each  day's  business  he  entered 
the  sales  in  the  proper  column  and  he  said  his  figur- 
ing showed  that  almost  60  per  cent,   of  his  profits — 


not  sales — came  from  the  sale  of  proprietary  prepara- 
tions. The  other  druggist  took  the  hint  and  said  he 
would  "take  another  think"  before  disposing  of  his 
proprietary  department. 

A  little  incident  was  recently  called  to  the  attention 
of  the  Era  man  which  points  to  the  inadvisability  of  a 
driiggist  keeping  his  prescription  books  open  to  phy- 
sicians. A  druggist  uptown,  who  permitted  this  prac- 
tice, noticed  that  the  prescriptions  of  a  prominent  lo- 
cal physician  became  very  few  and  that  the  formerly 
frequent  visits  of  the  physician  himself  almost  ceased. 
Chancing  one  day  to  meet  him  on  the  street,  he  in- 
quired \yith  diffidence  the  cause  of  the  doctor's  appar- 
ent avoidance  of  his  store,  and  received  what  to  him' 
was  a  very  surprising  answer:  "I  don't  care  to  go  tO' 
or  be  identified  with  a  pharmacy  where  physicians  are 
permitted  to  examine  each  other's  prescriptions."  The 
druggist  put  on  his  thinking  cap  and  seeing  how  in- 
ethical  the  practice  is  from  the  physician's  point  of 
view  his  prescription  books  are  now  nowhere  to  be 
seen. 


A  Harlem  druggist  has  put  into  practice  a  useful 
idea  by  the  use  of  which  he  never  need  have  to  say 
to  a  customer  that  ragged,  annoying  sentence,  "I'm 
out  of  that  just  at  present."  He  has  little  slips  upon 
which  is  printed.  "Last  Package — Put  on  Want  List," 
and  when  he  has  reached  the  last  of  anything  he  at- 
taches a  slip  to  it.  so  that  when  the  article  is  sold  the 
salesman  is  forcibly  reminded  to  record  the  name  on 
the  want  list. 


A  SERMON  TO  SOME  OF  MY  PROFESSIONAL 
BRETHREN. 

By  THERSITES  MENDAX. 

Hazael  Hopper  (commonly  called  Haze  Hopper) 
is  a  customer  of  mine;  he  owns  a  "big  doctor  book," 
printed  at  some  time  in  the  forties,  and  combines  a 
very  defective  education  with  the  greatest  amount  of 
conceit  and  "gall"  it  is  possible  for  a  human  being  to 
possess.  For  the  last  three  years,  however,  he  has 
been  less  obtrusive,  and  I  hope  that  with  increasing 
age  he  may  gain  wisdom.  I  may  mention  that  he 
keeps  half  a  dozen  horses,  some  cows,  poultry  and  a 
pig  or  two;  also  that  he  has  "money  in  the  bank," 
and  pays  cash  for  all  he  buys. 

About  four  years  ago  I  gave  an  order  to  a  print- 
ing firm  for  a  number  of  neat  cardboard  cartons  in 
which  I  intended  to  put  up  the  usual  line  of  heavy 
drugs,  such  as  Epsom  salts,  saltpeter,  alum,  etc.,  etc. 
These  cartons  cost  me  about  two-fifths  of  a  cent  each; 
they  make  a  most  attractive  package,  and  I  make  a 
very  fair  margin  on  each  five-cent  sale.  Hazael  and  I 
had  a  little  difference  on  the  subject  of  a  liquor  pre- 
scription which  I  had  declined  to  refill.  He  transferred 
his  account  to  another  store,  and  bought  his  coarse 
drugs  at  the  grocers  where,  he  said,  he  got  better 
value  for  his  money  and  didn't  have  to  pay  for  "fancy 
boxes."  It  happened,  however,  that  I  was  the  owner  of 
a  recipe  for  the  cure  of  "greasy  heel,"  which  Hazael 
had  tried  and  found  very  effective;  so,  one  day,  after 
our  disagreement,  he  came  into  my  store  and  _  de- 
manded a  fifty-cent  box  of  ointment.  I  was  waiting 
on  a  lady  customer  who  had  just  bought  and  paid  for 
a  package  each  of  borax,  sulphur  and  Epsom  salts. 
While  I  was  wrapping  up  the  ointment.  Hazael  asked' 
her  why  she  didn't  buy  her  salts  at  Smith's  grocery, 
she  would  get  more  for  her  money  there  and  not  have 
to  pay  for  fancy  boxes,  etc..  etc.  Had  the  man  been 
perfectly  sober  I  should  have  taken  the  matter  up. 
but  he  was  just  "full  enough"  to  be  beyond  all  reason- 
ing without  being  drunk.  He  produced  from  his 
pocket  divers  paper  bags  tied  w-ith  string,  told  my 
customer  what  he  paid  for  each,  and  invited  me  to 
weigh  them  against  my  packages.  I  declined  to  do 
so.  and  he  went  out.  thanking  Providence  that  no  drug- 
gist could  "pull  the  wool  over  his  eyes."  The  lady 
I  had  been  waiting  on  was  one  of  the  meanest  women 
in    town.   but.    like    Mr.    Hopper,    she   paid   cash    for 


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[February  27,  1903. 


everything.  I  saw  that  his  words  had  produced  some 
effect,  even  if  he  did  happen  to  be  "heavily  jagged," 
and  when  she  went  out  1  cursed  Hazael  from  the  bot- 
tom of  my  heart. 

That  evening  I  was  detained  in  my  store  until  after 
midnight.  One  of  the  doctors  with  whom  I  do  busi- 
ness had  gone  out  of  town,  and,  before  leaving,  he 
asked  me  to  remain  in  until  he  telephoned  me  trom 
the  country.  I  was  expecting  to  get  a  very  good  or- 
der from  him  when  he  was  through  with  his  case,  as 
he  did  little  or  no  dispensing  himself.  Moreover,  he 
was  at  a  house  I  had  been  very  anxious  to  have  deal- 
ings with  for  some  time.  Suddenly  the  door  opened 
and  Hazael  Hopper  entered.  "Look  here,  Mendax," 
said  he,  "I  believe  I  made  a  little  mistake  this  even- 
ing, and  I  can't  find  Dr.  Smith;  I  took  a  dose  of  this 
stufT" — producing  a  paper  bag  from  his  pocket — "and 
I  want  to  know  if  it  will  do  me  any  harm."  I  took 
the  bag,  which  contained  powdered  saltpeter,  weighed 
it,  and  discovered  that  Hopper  had  taken  over  two 
ounces  at  one  dose.  While  I  was  preparing  a  rnustard 
and  water  emetic,  he  explained  that  he  had  mistaken 
it  for  Epsom  salts,  and  that  he  had  administered  the 
salts  to  his  horse  and  taken  the  "horse  medicine"  him- 
self. While  he  was  responding  to  the  emetic,  the  tel- 
ephone bell  rang  and  Dr.  Smith  dictated  the  prescrip- 
tions he  wanted  sent  out  to  his  patient  on  the  early 
morning  train.  I  told  hmi  what  had  happened  and  he 
promised  to  be  back  as  quickly  as  his  horse  could 
run.  I  assisted  Hopper  to  return  home,  and,  at  his 
pressing  request,  I  remained  with  him  until  the  doctor 
arrived.  The  upshot  of  the  matter  was  that  Hopper 
had  a  severe  attack  of  nephritis,  brought  on— so  the 
doctor  said— by  over  indulgence  in  saltpeter.  Between 
loss  of  business  and  doctor  and  druggists'  bills,  it  cost 
him  a  hundred  and  fifty  qdd  dollars. 

These  circumstances  were  recalled  to  my  mind  the 
other  day,  when  I  happened  to  be  in  a  friend's  drug 
store  some  distance  from  home.  He  keeps  a  very 
neat  little  place:  his  stock  Is  quite  up-to-date,  and  he 
is  a  good  man  professionally,  but  he  regards  the  ex- 
penditure ot  money  in  attractive  labels,  cartons  and 
wrappers  as  wilful  waste.  For  instance,  he  sells  his 
condition  powders  in  paper  bags  at  twenty  cents  per 
pound.  Unless  they  are  asked  for,  they  remain  under 
the  counter  in  a  box  or  a  barrel.  He  manufactures 
a  very  fine  cough  syrup  and  other  mixtures  which 
"cannot  be  beaten,"  but  he  puts  them  up  in  the  cheap- 
est style  and  expects  them  to  compete  with  proprie- 
tary goods  attractively  gotten  up.  My  friend  is  only 
one  out  of  many  country  druggists.  He  might  pos- 
sibly do  worse  if  he  wasted  money  on  expensive  con- 
tainers in  which  to  pack  trash,  but  his  goods  are  em- 
phatically not  trash.  ,     ,       ■ 

Now.  in  a  city  circumstances  compel  the  druggist 
to  be  neat  in  every  respect,  that  is,  if  he  wishes  to 
make  a  living;  but  in  the  country  towns  and  villages 
—where  competition  is  not  so  keen— I  notice  that 
many  of  my  professional  brothers  are  lamentably  lax 
in  the  matter  of  packages  and  containers.  In  many 
stores  the  trade  in  spices,  heavy  chemicals,  such  as 
alum,  salts  and  borax,  is  a  thing  of  the  past.  Why. 
Because  the  grocer  across  the  way,  or  next  door,  has 
his  shelves  full  of  neat  quarter  and  half  pound  pack- 
ages—in many  cases  filled  with  a  very  inferior  grade 
of  goods— and  the  druggist  keeps  his  spices  in  a 
drawer  where  they  cannot  be  seen. 

Some  time  ago  I  got  a  "snap"  in  true  cinnamon 
bark.  I  made  a  little  exhibit  in  my  window,  about  a 
hundred  quarter  pound  packages  and  five  or  ten 
pounds  of  the  unground  bark.  I  also  put  a  couple  of 
glass  trays  of  choice  unground  bark  on  my  counter, 
with  some  of  the  commonest  grade  of  cassia  bark  in 
another  tray  I  not  only  managed  to  get  a  "run"  on 
cinnamon  bark  but  on  other  spices  and  cooking  es- 
sences as  well.  T  take  particular  care  that  my  es- 
sences are  true  to  name,  and  not  merely  passable  im- 
itations of  what  they  claim  to  be.  I  display  them  on 
my  counter  side  by  side  with  more  expensive  articles, 
and  my  package  goods  I  also  keep  in  view.  I  find  it 
pays  me  better  to  do  so  th.Tn  to  avail  myself  of  the 
cheap  window  displays  which  are  given  away  with   a 


gross  of  "Rubberneck's  ten  cent  tooth  paste"  or 
"Knowgood's  nickel  corn  and  wart  eradicator."  Rub- 
berneck and  Knowgood  tell  me  I  am  a  fool  to  do  so. 
but  I  am  quite  w'illing  that  they  should  have  their  own 
opinion  ol  me  as  long  as  I  am  making  a  little  money 
for  myself.  I  find  it  pays  me  better  to  advertise  cer- 
tain preparations  of  inine  on  these  packages  than  it 
does  to  print  a  general  card  on  them.  For  instance, 
borax  and  household  ammonia  go  well  together.  So 
do  senna  leaves  and  laxative  salts  (1  put  up  an  effer- 
vescent saline  of  my  own).  My  furniture  cream  car- 
tons advertise  my  silver  polish,  and  vice-versa.  A  per- 
son who  buys  a  box  of  headache  wafers,  and  finds 
them  a  good  article,  will  very  probably  try  the  emul- 
sion advertised  on  the  side  of  the  box. 

Mr.  Hopper  is  dealing  with  me  again  now.  He  tried 
to  bring  an  action  against  the  grocer  who  sold  him 
the  unlabeled  saltpeter,  but  it  fell  through. 

Cobwebs  on  a  bottle  of  wine  undoubtedly  help  to 
sell  it  in  some  instances,  but  if  it  happens  to  be  qui- 
nine wine  the  fewer  fly  specks  and  the  less  dust  there 
is  on  the  carton,  the  better  for  the  retailer.  Cartons 
not  only  show  ofl^  your  goods  but  they  save  no  end  of 
time  in  the  busy  season.  The  idle  time  in  the  Winter 
and  early  Spring,  which  is  such  a  drag  in  many  a  rural 
drug  store,  can  be  profitably  spent  in  putting  up  do- 
mestic remedies  and  household  necessaries  by  the 
druggist  and  his  clerk  or  boy.  A  good  formulary 
costs  from  two  to  four  dollars,  crude  ingredients  are 
not  very  expensive;  and  for  advertising,  the  personal 
influence  of  the  druggist,  backed  by  his  running  ad. 
in  the  local  paper,  are  the  main  requirements.  When 
you  put  up  an  article  under  your  own  name,  see  that 
the  preparation  is  a  good  one,  make  it  attractive,  give 
it  a  chance  to  sell,  and  it  will  advertise  you  and  your 
store.  Don't  imitate  the  labels  of  patent  medicine 
firms.  If  you  are  putting  up  a  liniment  of  your  own, 
make  the  carton  as  different  from  any  other  liniment 
carton  as  you  possibly  can.  Don't  buy  the  cheapest 
hypophosphites  you  can  get,  in  bulk,  and  bottle  them 
with  your  own  label  on  the  bottle  and  a  wrapper  in 
close  imitation  of  some  highly  advertised  brand.  Put 
them  up  yourself  from  beginning  to  end  and  have  a 
distinctive  label  of  your  own.  Now  and  then,  one  of 
your  physician  friends  may  like  to  see  how  you  pre- 
pare certain  remedies  or  household  articles.  Let  him 
see  how  the  thing  is  done,  and  if  he  finds  that  you  can 
prepare  a  decent  elixir,  and  do  prepare  it  with  due 
regard  to  both  accuracy  and  elegance,  he  will  probably 
prescribe  it.  Don't  try  to  do  too  much.  You  may 
make  an  excellent  job  of  nine-tenths  of  the  elixirs  in 
the  National  Formulary,  but  it  may  pay  you  better  to 
buy  the  other  tenth  from  a  reliable  wholesale  house. 
Don't  monkey  with  fluid  extracts  unless  you  have  had 
a  thorough  course  of  instruction  in  their  manufacture. 
The  country  druggist  is  rarely  in  a  position  to  stand- 
ardize them  in  any  way;  and  he  can  never  make  the 
physiological  tests  some  of  them  require.  As  there 
are  certain  surgical  operations  which  should  only  be 
performed  in  a  hospital,  so  there  are  certain  pharma- 
ceutical preparations  which  can  only  be  prepared  in 
a  laboratory  of  the  first  class. 

To  conclude.  I  address  this  article  to  my  friends  in 
the  rur?l  districts — I  am  myself  a  druggist  in  a  small 
town.  I  have  not  the  least  wish  to  hurt  their  feelings 
by  implying  that  their  business  is  conducted  in  a  slov- 
enly manner,  but  if  I  can  stop  one  of  the  small  leaks 
through  which  a  sood  manv  drueeists'  profit  is  run- 
ning away,  I  shall  consider  that  I  have  not  written  in 
vain. 

ADULTERATED  SAFFRON.— Blarez  Qour.  de 
Pharni.)  describes  several  samples  of  adulterated  saf- 
fron which  have  been  lately  encountered.  The  so- 
phistication of  the  material  did  not  consist  in  the 
addition  of  vegetable  fibres  and  filaments,  but  seems 
to  have  been  effected  by  adding  a  syrupy,  non- 
srvstallizable  and  liygroscopic  solution  of  an  organic 
acid  with  a  mineral  base.  The  impurity  was  indicated 
by  an  unusually  high  yield  of  ash.  The  author  was 
unable  to  identify  the  acid  used;  tartaric  and  citric 
acids    and    sugar   were    absent. 


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KINO. 

NUMER  XI.   of  the  Agricultural   Ledger  (pub- 
lished   by    the    Government    of    India)    is    a 
thesis    by    David    Hooper,     F.C.S.,,    F.L.S., 
on  "The  collection  and  composition  of,  and 
the   trade   in,    Malabar   kino,    with   a   revision   of   the 
article  in  the   Dictionary  of   Economic   Products." 

The  revision  of  that  article  has  been  rendered  nec- 
essary on  account  of  the  great  interest  attached  to 
the  recent  fluctuation  in  the  price  of  medicinal  kino 
and  its  cause.  During  the  course  of  an  extensive 
correspondence  between  the  Reporter  on  Economic 
Products  and  members  of  the  Forest  service  import- 
ant additional  information  has  been  obtained  with 
regard  to  the  distribution  of  the  tree  and  the  col- 
lection and  preparation  of  its  juice  for  the  European 
market.  Authentic  specimens  of  the  kino  from  the 
different  localities  have  been  forwarded  to  the 
Reporter  and  deposited  in  the  Economic  Court  of 
the  Indian  Museum,  and  an  opportunity  has  been 
taken  to  subject  the  samples  to  comparative  tests  in 
the  chemical  laboratory,  especially  in  respect  to  their 
tannin  value.  The  genuine  Malabar  kino  is  an 
important  indigenous  drug  in  India  which  has  been 
recognized  many  years  in  the  British  and  other 
pharmacopoeias.  An  unlimited  supply,  we  are  told, 
is  now^  obtainable  through  the  forest  department, 
and  at  a  price  that  will  preclude  all  competition  of 
other  articles  of  a  similar  nature. 

The  kino  tree  is  a  large  deciduous  tree  of  South- 
ern and  Central  India  and  Ceylon,  extending  north- 
wards as  far  as  the  Banda  District  of  the  North- 
western Provinces.  It  is  most  abundant  in  the 
North  Malabar  district  of  the  Madras  Presidency, 
where  the  juice  is  manufactured  into  the  drug.  The 
tree  occurs  in  fair  abundance  in  the  Coimbatore, 
Nilgiri,  and  Tinnevelly  districts  of  the  Madras  Presi- 
dency, also  in  Berar  and  the  Central  Provinces.  In 
all  these  localities  kino  might  be  obtained  if  a  neces- 
sary demand  arose.  In  the  northern  and  southern 
forest  circles  of  Bombay  no  kino  industry  exists,  but 
the  Bibla  or  Bia  is  a  valuable  timber  tree  especially 
in  the  Thana  division,  and  it  would  not  pa.v  Govern- 
ment to  sacrifice  a  fixed  revenue  from  timber  for  a 
product  of  much  less  value  as  the  gum  from  the  tree. 
In  Hyderabad  (Nizam's  Dominions)  Pterocarpus 
marsupium  is  at  present  one  of  the  most  valuable 
reserved  trees  under  the  Forest  department.  The 
manufacture  of  kino  '''-om  the  juice  of  the  Vengai 
(Pterocarpus  marsupium)  is  conducted  in  the  dis- 
trict of  North  Malabar.  Anjurakandy  a  village  at 
the  foot  of  the  ghats  is  supposed  to  be  the  site  of  the 
factory  where  the  first  supply  w-as  prepared  for  the 
■narket  early  in  the  past  century.  The  best  season 
for  collecting  kino  is  in  the  dry  weather,  during 
February  and  March,  when  the  trees  are  in  blossom. 
The  gum  is  of  inferior  quality  during  the  rains,  and 
in  the  process  of  drying  at  this  season  the  use  of 
artificial  heat  would  have  to  be  resorted  to.  The 
tree  "  bleeds  "  pretty  freely  at  all  times  of  the  year. 
The  Karambars  or  hill  tribesmen  of  the  district, 
whose  chief  means  of  livelihood  is  the  collection  of 
minor  forest  produce,  have  hitherto  employed  very 
wasteful  methods  in  extracting  the  juice.  The  right 
to  tap  the  trees  is  now  put  up  to  auction  together 
with  that  of  collecting  other  forest  produce  such  as 
beeswax  and  honey.  In  other  cases  the  tapping  is 
conducted  by  rangers  under  the  supervision  of  the 
district  forest  officers  :  the  collection  is  undertaken 
subject  to  the  condition  of  its  being  done  properly 
and  without  causing  undue  damage  to  the  trees.  A 
few  years  ago  J.  G.  F.  Marshall,  the  district  Forest 
Officer,  adopted  the  following  method  of  collecting 
it.  .\  longitudinal  cut  is  made  with  an  axe  or  with 
a  knife  called  macha  katti  through  the  bark  of  the 
trees  down  to  the  cambium  about  I'/S  feet  long,  and 
side  cuts  are  made  to  lead  into  this.  A  bamboo 
tube  is  then  fixed  at  the  bottom  of -the  main  incision 
in  order  to  catch  the  juice.  In  the  course  of  about 
24  hours  the  flow  of  the  gum  ceases  and  the  bamboo 
is  taken  down.  When  several  of  these  bamboo  cup< 
are   nearly   full   they   are   taken   to   headquarters   and 


emptied  into  a  large  cauldron  and  the  juice  is  boiled. 
During  the  boiling,  the  impurities  consisting  of 
pieces  of  bark,  wood  and  leaves,  rise  to  the  surface 
and  are  skimmed  off.  When  sufficiently  concen- 
trated to  the  consistence  of  a  thick  extract,  it  is 
exposed  to  the  sun  in  thin  layers  in  shallow  vessels 
until  it  is  dry  enough  to  crumble  to  pieces.  The 
kino  is  then  weighed  and  packed  away  in  wooden 
boxes.  The  present  District  Forest  Officer,  North 
Malabar,  has  adopted  the  plan  of  drying  the  juice 
in  shallow  trays  in  the  shade.  The  trays  are 
arranged  on  tiers  of  shelves  in  a  shelter,  and  the 
dust  excluded  by  the  use  of  muslin-covered  doors. 
Poured  into  trays  in  layers  of  about  '/s  inch  thick,  the 
gum  takes  about  seven  or  eight  days  to  dry.  The 
result  is  a  dark  ruby  kino  of  exceptional  purity. 
Other  methods  of  collection  obtain  in  Tinnevelly  and 
Kanara.  Mr.  Marshall  found  the  yield  of  juice  per 
tree  to  be  roughly  iV^  pounds,  which  is  equivalent 
to  ^4  pound  of  the  dried  gum  ready  for  medicinal 
purposes.  E.  D.  M.  Hooper,  Acting  Concervator  of 
Forests,  Madras,  reckoned  that  a  large  tree  tapped 
to  death  in  the  Wynaad  yielded  from  i  to  3  quarts 
of  juice;  another  tree,  8  feet  in  girth,  and  30  feet 
in  bole,  yielded  1/2  gallon  (3  pounds  4  ounces  dry 
gum). 

In  addition  to  Butea  kino,  which  is  sometimes 
offered  as  a  substitute  for  true  kino,  the  astringent 
gum  of  Bombax  known  as  Mocha  rus  is  occasionally 
used.  The  kino  obtained  from  Pterocarpus 
dalbergioides,  the  Padouk  tree  of  the  Andamans,  is 
very  similar  in  composition  to  that  of  the  Vengai. 
Very  little  is  known  about  the  exudations  *of 
Ougeinia  dalbergioides  and  Sesbania  grandiftora, 
which  are  said  to  resemble  the  Malabar  drug.  The 
red  juice  of  certain  wild  nutmeg  trees  (Myristica 
gibbosa  and  M.  Kingii)  has  recently  been  studied 
and  found  to  have  a  remarkable  resemblance  to  the 
official  kino. 

Kino  consists  chiefly  of  kino-tannic  acid,  a 
catechol  tannin  giving  a  green  reaction  with  ferric 
salts.  Kino  yields  to  ether  a  minute  percentage  of 
crystalline  pyrocatechin.  East  Indian  kino  was 
found  by  Vauquelin  to  consist  of  75  per  cent,  of  tan- 
nin and  peculiar  extractive,  24  per  cent,  of  red  gum, 
and  I  per  cent,  of  insoluble  matter.  Some  recent 
experiments  performed  by  Will  and  Branch  have 
tended  to  show  that  while  Malabar  kino  is  highly 
soluble  and  pure,  the  amount  of  tannic  acid  only 
reaches  to  about  half  the  weight  of  the  drug.  The 
experiments  also  showed  that  the  kino  dried  by  arti- 
ficial heat  agrees  with  that  dried  by  the  heat  of  the 
sun,  and  that  boiling  the  juice  has  a  somewhat  dele- 
terious effect  on  the  product.  Samples  of  kino  have 
been  examined  in  the  chemical  laboratory  in  the 
Economic  Section  of  the  Indian  Museum,  with  a 
view  to  determine  more  particularly  the  amount  of 
tannin,  moisture  and  ash. 

The  following  table  exhibits  the  results  of  the 
analyses  of  the  various  specimens: 

Tannin 
Non-  in  dry 

Tan-    tan-  Insolu-  suh- 

Water.    nin.    nins.  uble.  Ash.  stance. 

1.  Wynaad     15.7      79.0       3.8        ...        1.5      93.7 

2.  Coimtoatore     14.0      82.4       1.6       0.4        1.0      !M5.5 

3.  TinnCT-elly    15.7      79.6       1.1       1.3       2.3      94.1 

4.  Niiffiris     15.3      79.1       4.1        ...        1.5      93.7 

5.  Malabar     14.7      79.5       4.2       ...        1.6      93.2 

6.  Malabar     14.9      78.4       4.6       1.0       1.1      92.1 

7.  Central    Provinces.  13.5      76.4       4.0       4.0       2.1      88.3 

8.  Central    Provinces.  12.2      70.4      10.6       5.1       1.7      80.2 

9.  Central    Provinces.  15.1      70.0     11.5       1.5       1.9     82.4 
10.  Malabar    14.7      S2.8       1.6       ...        0.9      97.0 

The  tests  for  kino  in  the  British  Pharmacopoeia 
for  1898  require  that  it  should  "  be  partially  soluble 
in  cold  water,  almost  entirely  soluble  in  alcohol  (90 
per  cent.)  Yields  little  or  nothing  to  ether.  Not 
less  than  80  per  cent,  should  be  soluble  in  boiling 
water."  These  tests  are  quite  consistent  with  the 
above  results.  The  80  per  cent,  of  extractive  matter, 
which  could  be  equally  well  separated  by  means  of 
cold  water  instead  of  boiling  water,  together'  with  15 
per  cent,  of  moisture  natural  to  the  kino,  would  leave 
a  margin  of  5  per  cent,  for  insoluble  impurities. 

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[February  27,  1902. 


kino  can  be  produced  annually,  at  the  cost  price  of 
three  to  four  annas  a  pound.  Except  for  the 
requisition  of  the  Medical  Store  Departments  of  Cal- 
cutta, Madras  and  Bombay,  there  is  scarcely  any 
demand  for  the  article  in  India.  The  drug  collected 
in  Malabar  finds  an  outlet  in  the  ports  of  Calicut  and 
Tellicherry.  The  Native  State  of  Travancore  exports 
its  produce  through  Cochin  and  Alleppy,  while  gum 
collected  in  South  Kanara  would  be  despatched  from 
Mangalore.  Coasting  steamers  and  country  sail- 
ing boats  called  bugalows  collect  products  at  all  the 
Travancore  and  Malabar  ports  and  convey  them  to 
Bombay.  The  last  few  years  have  witnessed  a  great 
fluctuation  in  the  price  of  kino  in  the  London  drug 
market.  In  October,  1874,  the  price  of  kino  was 
quoted  in  London  at  £3  to  £5  per  cwt.  In  20  years 
afterwards,  it  suddenly  rose  to  £20  to  £30  per  cwt., 
and  then  to  i6s.  to  17s.  per  lb.,  at  which  price  it 
remained  for  some  time. 

The  high  price  of  kino  continued  to  be  a  matter 
for  speculation  in  England  in  1895,  and  the  reason  of 
the  monopoly  could  not  be  explained.  Mr.  E.  M. 
Holmes  addressed  a  letter  in  September  of  that  year 
to  the  Reporter  on  Economic  Products  drawing 
attention  to  the  excessive  charges  for  the  gum  and 
its  scarcity  in  the  market,  and  suggesting  the 
despatch  through  some  authorized  source  of  moder- 
ately sized  parcels  of  the  pure  drug.  The  genuine 
gum  was  then  selling  for  i6s.  per  lb.  and  astringent 
gums  from  other  sources  were  also  reserved  m  the 
market  at  high  prices.  Communication  was  opened 
up  with  the  Inspector  General  of  Forests  and  For- 
est officers  in  Southern  India  which  resulted  m  addi- 
tional information  concerning  Malabar  kino  and  a 
collection  of  specimens  of  the  drug  representative  of 
the  various  districts  where  the  Pterocarpus 
mar-iupium  is  more  or  less  abundantly  produced.  It 
was  very  evident  that  the  trade  at  home  was  in  an 
unsatisfactory  condition  and  the  kino  that  was  sold 
as  such  was  'often  adulterated  with  the  gum  of  Born- 
bax  and  particles  of  bark  and  wood  or  was  carelessly 
collected  in  India.  In  Malabar  where  the  trees  are 
plentiful,  special  attention  has  been  given  during  the 
past  few  years  to  the  preparation  of  the  kino,  and 
many  important  improvements  effected  in  the  manu- 
facture, w^hich  have  brought  the  article  to  a  state  of 
almost  absolute  purity.  The  gum  was  also  collected 
in  other  districts  by  Forest  officers  who  recognized 
the  importance  of  the  industry.  Specimens  were 
sent  to  the  Imperial  Institute  for  examination  and 
opinion,  and  were  handed  over  to  trustworthy  brok- 
ers for  valuation.  The  reports  being  favorable, 
further  consignments  of  excellent  gum  in  larger 
quantities  were  despatched  to  London,  and  the 
desired  result  was  attained  in  securing  reasonable 
prices  for  consumers.  .  ,     r      j 

During  i8g6  the  price  of  kino  m  London  declined 
to  I2S  and  lis.  per  lb.,  although  many  holders  of  the 
gum  held  out  for  higher  prices.  The  result  was  that 
the  drug  became  very  much  neglected  and  the  stocks 
remained  unsold.  In  1897  and  1898  very  slight  depres- 
sion was  noticed  in  the  market.  During  1899  there 
was  a  remarkable  fall  in  the  value,  and  the  prices 
realized  for  Cochin  gum  as  the  year  advanced  were 
los  ,  8s.,  7s.  6d.,  6s.,  4s.  6d.,  3s..  and  2s.  The  deliver- 
ies were  good  at  the  end  of  the  year,  and  the  large 
stocks  became  greatly  reduced.  The  lowering  of 
the  value  continued  in  1900  and  in  one  of  the  last 
reports  (Mav  26th,  1900)  it  is  stated  '  six  cases 
Cochin  sold  very  cheaply  at  is,  per  lb."  This  most 
desirable  result  of  reducing  the  price  of  kino  to  its 
normal  valuation  has  no  doubt  been  attained  by  the 
reasonable  action  of  the  Forest  Department  m  India. 
From  results  obtained  by  Professor  Dunstan.  it  is 
made  clear  that  the  Chanda  kino  has  very  much  the 
same  composition  as  that  from  Malabar.  Although 
the  kino  answers  all  the  tests  of  the  British  Phar- 
macopoeia, it  is  very  inferior  to  the  best  kino  in 
appearance.  The  fragments  are  smaller,  duller  and 
darker  in  color,  which  will  probably  detract  from  the 
commercial  value.'  It  is  probable  that  these  defects 
are   due   chiefly,   if   not   entirely,   to   careless   prepara- 


tion, especially  from  overheating  in  drying  the  mate- 
rial. "  I  have  already  discussed  the  commercial  posi- 
tion of  kino  in  a  previous  report,  dated  June  14th, 
1898,  and  it  still  commands  a  high  price  in  the  Eng- 
lish market.  It  would,  therefore,  seem  to  be  worth 
while  to  submit  for  examination  another  sample  of 
Chanda  kino  more  carefully  prepared. 

"  I  may  add  that  a  commercial  expert  whom  I 
consulted  on  the  general  question  of  kino,  suggested 
that  it  would  be  more  profitable  to  the  producers  if 
Indian  kino  of  uniform  quality  were  sent  to  England 
and  consigned  to  one  drug  broker  only.  If  this  were 
done  it  is  stated  that  a  better  price  would  be  obtained 
for  the  material.  It  is  thought  that  so  long  as  indis- 
criminate shipments  are  made  by  any  one,  and  for- 
warded to  various  brokers  in  this  country,  that  the 
price  of  kino  will  fluctuate  very  greatly,  and  may  on 
some  occasions  fall  as  low  as  37s.  6d.  per  cwt.  " 

Rumphius  is  perhaps  the  first  writer  on  the  East 
to  notice  the  medicinal  properties  of  the  gum.  He 
remarks  that  the  gum  looks  like  dried  blood,  and 
cures  diarrhoea  ;  he  also  says  that  the  bruised 
leaves  are  applied  to  boils,  sores  and  skin  eruptions. 
Ainslie  (Materia  Indica,  II.,  264)  refers  to  the  occur- 
rence of  Pterocarpus  marsupium  on  the  Coromandel 
Coast,  and  relates  that  the  bark  and  gum  are  sup- 
posed by  the  natives  to  have  virtues  in  toothache. 
The  exudation  from  a  species  of  Pterocarpus  called 
draco  growing  in  Java  yields  red  gum,  which  is  con- 
sidered tonic.  Dr.  Ainslie  defines  kino  as  a  power- 
ful astringent,  and  employed  with  success  in  fiuor 
albus,  chronic  diarrhoea,  and  uterine  and  intestinal 
haemorrhages.  That  from  Malabar,  however,  is 
chiefly  reserved  for  the  European  market,  and 
Burea  or  Palas  kino  is  employed  in  native  practice. 
From  whatever  source  obtained,  kino  is  milder  in 
its  action  than  catechu,  probably  on  account  of  the 
phlobaphene  it  contains,  and  is,  therefore,  better 
adapted  for  children  and  delicate  patients. — (Br.  & 
Col.    Dr.) 


PREPARATION  OF  GENTIOPICRIN.— Em. 
Bourquelot  and  H.  Herissey  (Compt.  rendus)  ob- 
tained from  20  kilograms  of  fresh  gentian  root  about 
250  grams  of  crystalline  gentiopicrin.  The  following 
method  was  employed:  About  2  liters  of  95  per  cent, 
alcohol  are  heated  to  the  boiling  point,  upon  a  water 
bath,  in  a  flask  of  about  3  liters  capacity,  and  I  kg. 
of  the  fresh  root  is  cut  into  small  pieces  and  thrown 
into  the  boiling  alcohol.  The  flask  is  fitted  with  a  re- 
flux condenser  and  the  heat  continued  for  one  half 
hour,  after  which  the  mixture  is  cooled  and  the  liquid 
removed  by  means  of  pressure.  The  alcohol  is  distilled 
of?  and  the  slightly  acid  residue  digested  for  twelve 
or  thirteen  hours  with  a  little  calcium  carbonate,  fil- 
tered and  the  filtrate  evaporated  to  a  syrupy  consist- 
ency. The  syrupy  liquid,  which  now  weighs  about  120 
grams,  is  set  aside  to  crystallize,  this  process  being 
hastened  by  the  addition  of  a  few  crystals  of  gentio- 
picrin. The  crude  gentiopicrin  thus  obtained  is  a 
bright  yellow  solid  which  is  further  purified  by  dis- 
solving'in  equal  parts  of  95  per  cent,  alcohol  and  chlo- 
roform, boiling  with  animal  charcoal,  and  shaking  with 
ether. 


RESERVE  CARBOHYDRATES.— G.  Dubat 
(Comptes  rendus")  finds  reducing  sugars  in  the  en- 
dosperm of  the  seeds  of  several  species  of  Lihaceae. 
These  sugars,  which  are  derived  from  the  reserve 
carbohydrates  composed  of  saccharose,  mannanes, 
dextrancs  and  a  small  quantity  of  pentasanes,  were 
found  especially  in  Ruscus  aculeatus.  G.  Champenois 
found  in  the  seeds  of  Aiicuba  japonica  a  large  pro- 
portion of  cane'  sugar  with  a  glucoside.  The  horny 
endosperm  also  contains  a  galactane,  a  mannane  a 
pentane,  a  mannose  and  a  pentose,  the  last  probably 
arabinose. 


February  27,  1902.] 


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ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  V. 

\o.  51. — A  druggist  sold,  through  a  broker,  a  bill 
of  exchange  on  Havre  and  realized  $3,196  as  net  pro- 
ceeds. What  was  the  face  of  the  bill,  exchange  be- 
ing 5.I9J4>  2nd  brokerage  %  per  cent? 

Ans.— 16,616  francs,  face  of  bill. 

No.  S2 — A  column  of  distilled  water  100  mm.  high 
is  tound  to  balance  columns  of  (a)  glycerine  79.3 
mm.  high,  (b)  olive  oil  109.3  mm.  high,  (c)  turpentine 
1 14.9  mm.  high.  What  are  the  relative  densities  of 
these  three  liquids? 

Ans. — (a)  Glycerine,  1.26;  (b)  Olive  oil,  0.915;  (c) 
Turpentine,  0.87. 

No.  53. — The  assessed  valuation  of  the  property 
of  a  village  is  $832,000.  The  estimate  of  corporate 
expenses  includes  $1,500  for  schools,  $1,600  for  streets, 
$1,200  for  salaries  and  commissions,  and  $692  for  sun- 
dry other  expenses.  What  will  be  the  rate  of  taxa- 
tion expressed  as  mills  on  the  dollar?  What  taxes 
will  be  required  of  a  pharmacist,  whose  real  estate 
is  assessed  at  $8,000  and  personal  property  at  $450? 

Ans. — 6  mills;  $50.70. 

No.  54. — Faraday  calculated  that  the  gold  con- 
tained in  4  sovereigns  could  be  drawn  into  a  wire 
long  enough  to  surround  the  earth.  The  weight  of 
a  sovereign  is  7.988  grams,  and  91.66  per  cent  of  this 
is  pure  gold,  possessing  a  relative  density  of  19.3. 
Assuming  that  the  length  of  a  quadrant  of  the  earth 
is  10,000,857  metres,  find  the  thickness  of  the  wire. 

Ans. — 0.0000219  millimetres. 

No.  55. — If  7  gallons  of  Madeira  wine  cost  as 
much  as  9  gallons  of  Port,  and  9  gallons  of  Port  as 
much  as  12  gallons  of  Sherry,  and  the  price  of  three 
gallons  of  these,  taking  one  of  each  kind,  is  $8.50, 
what  is  each  worth  per  gallon? 

Ans.— Madeira,  $3.60;  Port,  $2.80;  Sherry,  $2.10. 

No.  56. — One  hundred  grams  of  pure  silver  cyanide 
are  shaken  up  with  120  grams  of  hydrochloric  acid 
containing  26.1  per  cent  of  HCl.  Required  the 
amount  of  silver  chloride  produced,  and  the  percent- 
age amount  of  hydrocyanic  acid  in  solution. 

Ans. — 106.99  grams,  AgCI;  the  solution  will  contain 
17.79  per  cent,  of  hydrocyanic  acid. 

No.  57. — The  sum  of  the  ages  of  two  drug  clerks 
is  50,  and  the  sum  of  the  squares  of  their  ages  equals 
1,300.     Required    the    age    of   each. 

Ans. — 30  and  20  years. 

No.  58. — To  a  solution  of  baryta  suflficient  alco- 
holic solution  of  phenolphthalein  is  added  to  produce 
a  distinctly  pink  coloration;  I  cc.  of  the  solution 
equals  0.104  cc.  carbon  dioxide.  A  volume  of  25  cc. 
of  the  colored  solution  becomes  decolorized  on  the 


aspiration  of  540  cc.  of  air  through  it,  owing  to  the 
absorption   of  CO:;  find  percentage  of  COa  present? 

Ans. — 0.47  per  cent,  by  volume. 

No.  59. — Desiring  to  warm  a  vessel  gradually,  I 
place  it  10  feet  from  the  fire,  but  find  that  it  is  too 
cool  in  this  position;  what  relative  amount  of  heat 
will  it  receive  if  I  place  it  within  5  feet  of  the  fire? 

Ans. — Four  (4)  times  as  much. 

No.  60. — 0.5005  gram  of  a  sample  of  calcite  was 
weighed  out,  dissolved  in  dilute  HCl  and  precipitated 
as  calcium  oxalate;  the  washed  precipitate  was  treated 
with  dilute  sulphuric  acid  and  the  solution  titrated 
with  potassium  permanganate  solution,  of  which  icc. 
equals  0.0056  gram  of  iron;  100.08  cc.  of  the  perman- 
ganate were  decolorized.  What  was  the  percentage 
of  calcium  in  the  mineral? 

Ans. — 39.98. 


PROBLEMS,  SERIES    IX. 

No.  91. — Smith  and  Jones  engaged  in  manufactur- 
mg  pharmacy,  the  former  investing  $18,000  and  the  lat- 
ter $16,000,  and  agreed  to  share  the  gains  and  losses- 
in  proportion  to  investment.  At  the  end  of  the  year 
their  resources  were  $58,000  and  their  liabilities  $9,- 
000.  If  Smith  was  to  receive  a  salary  of  $1,500  per  an- 
num for  taking  charge  of  the  books,  and  nothing  was 
withdrawn  by  either  during  the  year,  what  was  the 
interest  of  each  partner  at  the  end  of  the  year? 

No.  92.. — How  much  water  must  be  mixed  with  a 
solution  of  a  specific  gravity  1.42  to  reduce  the  specific 
gravity  to  1.2? 

No.  93.— A  sample  of  potassium  iodid  contains  so- 
dium chlorid  as  impurity.  On  precipitating  18.55 
grams  of  the  salt  with  silver  nitrate  there  is  obtained 
a  precipitate  of  silver  iodid  and  chlorid  mixed,  which 
is  found  to  contain  14.4  grams  of  silver.  What  were 
the  relative  proportions  of  the  two  salts  in  the  orig- 
inal sample? 

No.  94. — A  vitriol-maker  prepares  100  tons  of  vit- 
riol of  specific  gravity  1.6,  containing  70  per  cent  of 
acid:  how  many  tons  of  pyrites  containing  42  per  cent. 
of  sulphur  must  for  this  purpose  be  burnt?  Supposing 
that  3  per  cent,  of  the  theoretical  yield  of  sulphur  re- 
mained unburnt  in  the  pyrites,  what  would  be  the  dif- 
ference in  the  production  of  sulphuric  acid? 

No.  95. — A  jobber  sold  a  druggist  the  following 
bills  of  merchandise:  March  3,  1888.  $467.20  at  30  days; 
March  25,  1888,  $562.75  at  60  days:  April  12,  1888, 
$210.58  at  4  months:  May  3,  1888,  $535.10  at  30  days; 
and  May  15,  1888,  $285  at  90  days.  What  was  the 
equated  date  for  paying  the  sum  of  the  several  bills? 

No.  96. — One  hundred  cubic  centimetres  of  a  semi- 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  27,  1902, 


normal  solution  of  sodium  carbonate  were  added  to 
100  Cc.  of  a  neutral  solution  containing  copper  sul- 
phate. After  filtration,  the  residual  Na^COa  was  de- 
termined by  means  of  N/2  sulphuric  acid,  of  which  27 
Cc.  were  required.  What  weight  of  CuSO*  in  grams 
was  present  in  each  litre  of  the  solution? 

No.  97. — A  peach  orchard  contains  720  sq.  rd.,  and 
its  length  is  to  its  breadth  as  5  to  4.  What  are  its 
dimensions? 

N.  98. — A  man  owns  2/5  of  a  manufacturing  plant, 
and  insures  J4  of  his  interest  at  1%  per  cent.,  paying 
$112.50  premium.  What  was  the  value  of  his  interest 
in  the  plant?  If,  before  the  policy  lapses,  the  plant 
should  be  damaged  by  fire  to  the  extent  of  $4,000, 
what  sum  will  he  receive  from  the  insurance  company? 

No.  99. — Two  pints  of  water  are  mixed  with  8  pints 
of  a  solution  specific  gravity  1.3.  What  is  the  specific 
gravity  of  the  mixture. 

No.  100. — What  force  applied  to  the  handle  of  a 
screw  10  feet  long,  with  threads  one  inch  apart,  work- 
ing on  a  wedge  whose  head  is  S  inches  and  length  of 
side  30  inches,  will  produce  an  effect  measured  by 
10,000  lbs?  ' 


Tbe  object  of  this  department  Is  to  fumlah  our  sub- 
■crlbera  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription  work,  dispensing  difficulties,  etc. 

Requests  for  Information  are  not  acknowledged  ky 
mall,  and  ANONTMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  RECEIVE 
NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  qerlea  In  this 
department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  Is  necessarily  made  to  Information 
published  in  previous  issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Removal  of  Superfluous  Hair. 

(L.  A.  H.)  All  depilatories  or  preparations  for  the 
removal  of  hair  from  the  face  are  more  or  less  inju- 
rious to  the  skin,  and  the  more  efficient  a  preparation 
of  this  sort  is,  the  more  likely  it  is  to  prove  injurious. 
No  depilatory  removes  the  hair  permanently,  and  all 
such  preparations  afford  merely  temporary  relief  from 
superfluous  hair.  The  only  method  of  permanent  re- 
moval is  through  the  destruction  of  the  hair  bulb  by 
means  of  the  electrical  needle;  an  operation  which 
should  be  attempted  only  by  a  dermatologist  or  phy- 
sician skilled  in  the  process.  We  present  the  follow- 
ing formulas  from  the  Era  Formulary. 

(i)  Powdered  quicklime,  10  grams;  sulphide  of 
barium,  10  grams;  starch,  10  grams.  The  powder  is 
first  moistened  with  little  water  and  then  applied.  It 
acts  in  a  few  minutes.  (2)  Quicklime,  16  ounces; 
pearlash,  2  ounces;  liver  of  sulphur,  2  ounces.  Powder 
very  finely  and  keep  in  a  stoppered  bottle.  Direc- 
tions— When  required  for  use  mix  a  small  quantity  with 
water  to  form  a  soft  paste;  apply  to  the  spot  and  in 
three  minutes  remove  with  a  paper  knife.  If  the  skin 
smarts  much  apply  a  little  cold  cream.  (3)  Sodium 
sulphide,  6  drains;  powdered  lime,  3  ounces:  starch, 
2  ounces:  powdered  orris,  I  ounce.  Mix.  The  sul- 
phide of  barium  should  be  fresh.  It  can  be  prepared 
by  making  barium  sulphate  and  its  own  weight  of 
charcoal  into  a  paste  with  linseed  oil.  rolling  the  paste 
into  the  shape  of  a  sausage  and  placing  it  on  a  bright 
fire  to  incinerate.  When  it  has  ceased  to  burn  and  is 
a  white-hot  mass,  remove  from  the  fire,  cool  and  pow- 
der. Any  of  the  foregoing  may  be  made  into  pastes 
with  soft  soap  or  glycerin.  Another  way  is  to  take 
fresh-burned  quicklime,  30  parts,  slake  with  about  15 
parts  of  water,  and,  when  cold,  sift.    Place  the  powder 


in  a  wide-mouthed  bottle  and  add  water  to  make  a 
paste.  Pass  sulphuretted  hydrogen  through  a  tube  to 
the  bottom  of  the  paste  for  an  hour  or  two,  then  add 
glucose,  70  parts,  and  oil  of  lemon,  3  parts.  This  paste 
does  not  keep  well. 


Preserving  Eggs. 
(M.  E.  P.)  Various  methods  of  preserving  eggs 
have  been  piiblished  in  previous  issues  of  the  Era. 
One  method  in  quite  general  use  consists  in  pouring 
over  the  eggs,  contained  in  a  stone-ware  vessel,  a 
solution  of  sodium  silicate  i  part  in  water  20  parts. 
Good  results  are  said  (Pharmaceutical  Formula)  to 
have  been  obtained  by  immersing  the  eggs  for  six 
hours  in  the  following  solution: 

Salicylic  acid   1  ounce 

Borax 10  ounces 

Hot  water  10  graltons 

Dissolve  and  cool.  This  solution  is  claimed  to 
give  eggs  the  buff  color  so  characteristic  of  Winter 
"new  laid  eggs,"  but  is  the  better  for  the  addition  of 
a  little  annatto.  A  bath  of  melted  paraffin  is  also 
good  for  preserving  eggs;  so  is  hot  milk  of  lime — 
both  acting,  doubtless,  by  destroying  surface  bacte- 
ria and  coagulating  a  thin  layer  inside  the  shell.  An- 
other method  is  to  dissolve  an  ounce  of  cream  tartar 
in  a  gallon  of  boiling  water,  and  add  2  ounces  of 
slaked  lime.  Set  aside  until  cold,  and  put  the  eggs 
in  the  clear  solution,  where  they  are  kept  until  wanted. 
From  a  report  of  a  number  of  experiments  in  the 
preservation  of  eggs  made  by  the  Canadian  Ministry 
of  Agriculture  in  1899,  we  learn  that  after  an  exami- 
nation of  the  eggs  "preserved"  by  various  methods  it 
was  concluded  that  saturated  lime  water  gave  by  far 
the  best  results.  When  removed  from  the  lime  water 
in  which  the  eggs  had  been  immersed  continuously 
their  outward  appearance  was  excellent,  the  yolks 
were  non-adherent,  of  good  color,  and  fairly  globular, 
the  albumen  was  somewhat  more  limpid  than  in  fresh 
eggs,  and  slightly  discolored;  a  very  slight  "stale" 
odor;  air  space  normal,  and  the  "preserved"  eggs 
when  poached  were  free  from  all  objectionable  taste 
and  of  good  appearance. 


Library  Paste. 
(A.  J.  P.)  (i)  Dissolve  2  drams  of  alum  in  a  quart 
of  water  and  add  flour  sufficient  to  make  a  thick 
cream.  Powder  together  10  cloves  and  a  dram  of  ro- 
sin and  stir  the  powder  into  the  cream.  Put  on  the 
fire  in  a  vessel  of  sufficient  size  4  ounces  of  water  and 
bring  to  a  boil.  When  in  active  ebullition  pour  into 
the  vessel  the  mixture  of  flour,  etc.,  in  a  thin  stream, 
stirring  all  the  time  to  prevent  burning.  Pour  into 
an  earthenware  vessel,  cover  tightly  and  keep  in  a 
cool  place.  This  paste  keeps  well.  When  needed  for 
use  take  out  a  portion  and  replace  cover  on  container. 
If  needed,  thin  down  with  boiling  water. 

(2)  Rice  starch 2  ounces 

Gelatin   6  drams 

Water 16  fl.  ounces 

Oil  otf  cloves   15  minims 

Incorporate  the  starch  powder  with  the  water,  add 
the  gelatin  and  heat  gently  over  a  water-bath  until  a 
jelly-like  compound  results. 

(3)  Best  (Bermuda  arrow  root 1%  ounces 

Sheet  gelatine  or  best  Russian  glue.... SO  grains 

"Water 15  ounces 

Metiiy laited  spirit 1  ounce 

Put  the  arrowroot  into  a  small  pan,  add  I  ounce 
water  and  mix  it  thoroughly  up  with  a  spoon,  or  the 
ordinary  mounting  brush,  until  it  is  like  thick  cream; 
then  add  14  ounces  water  and  the  gelatine  broken  in- 
to fragments.  Boil  for  four  or  five  minutes,  set  aside 
until  partially  cold,  then  add  the  methylated  spirit  and 
si.x  drops  of  carbolic  acid.  Be  very  particu- 
lar to  add  the  spirit  in  a  gentle  stream,  stirring 
rapidly  all  the  time.  Keep  the  paste  in  a  corked  stock 
bottle  and  take  out  as  much  as  may  be  required  for 
the  time,  and  work  it  up  nicely  with  the  brush. 


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Quinine  Hair  Tonic. 
(B.  G.  R.)  Try  one  of  the  following: 

<1)  Quiiuiie  hydrochloride  20  grains 

Eau  de  cologne 1  ouimce 

Oil  of  lavender 6  minims 

Oil  of  rose  geranium 10  minims 

Oil  01'  neroil   4  minims 

Glycerine ly^  ounces 

Oocliineal  coloring-  1  dram 

Mix  the  cochineal  with  the  glycerine  before  adding. 
Set  aside  for  two  weeks  and  filter. 

(2)  Triturate  i  ounce  of  quinine  sulphate  with  6 
ounces  of  vinegar  of  cantharides;  add  48  ounces  of 
water  and  enough  acetic  acid  to  entirely  dissolve  the 
•quinine;  add  48  ounces  of  glycerin,  48  ounces  cologne 
spirit,  24  ounces  of  bay  rum,  6  ounces  fluid  extract  of 
jaborandi  and  84  ounces  of  rose  water.  Add  coloring, 
either  red  or  brown,  as  may  be  desired,  and  filter. 

(3)  Quinine  hydrochloride,  sandalwood,  of  each  1.5 
part;  tannic  acid,  tincture  of  cantharides,  of  each,  3.5 
parts;  glycerine.  20  parts;  cologne  water,  15  parts;  va- 
nillin, 0.02  part;  rectified  spirit,  to  make  300  parts. 
Filter  after  four  days. 


Elixir  of  Phosphate  of  Iron,  Quinine  and  Strychnine. 
(C.  K.)     The  following  formula  was  communicated 
to  one  of  our  exchanges  some  years  ago  as  produc- 
ing an  elixir  of  a  beautiful  greenish  tint,  permanent 
"for  any  length  of  time: 

Iron   phosphate   (Rosengarten's  scales 

only)   132  grams 

Quinine  sulphate  66  grams 

Strychnine    1  gram 

Alcohol   500  cc 

Water 500  cc 

Glycerin   500  cc 

Aromatic  elixir,  uncolored,   enough  to 

make  4000  cc 

Dissolve  the  iron  phosphate  in  the  water  in  a 
TDOrcelain  capsule.  Powder  the  strychnine  and  dis- 
solve in  the  alcohol.  Mix  the  glycerin  and  the  solu- 
tion of  strychnine,  and  shake  well  in  a  Florence  flask. 
Add  the  quinine  sulphate  and  dissolve  by  the  aid  of 
Tieat.  To  this  hot  solution  add  looo  cc.  aromatic 
-elixir;  shake  well:  then  add  the  solution  of  iron  phos- 
Tjhate,  shake,  and  add  sufficient  elixir  to  make  4000 
•cc.     Filter  through  white  paper. 


Emulsion  of  Copaiba. 

(A.  J.  D.)  S.  D.  Knox,  Little  Rock,  Ark.,  submits 
"his  comments  on  the  method  of  compounding  the 
following  prescription  published  in  the  Era  January 
JO,  1902,  page  117: 

Oil  of  cubeb   1  dram 

Oil  of  gaultheria 1  dram 

B.ilsa.m  of  copaitoa  4  dram 

Solution  of  potassa 1  dram 

Syrup  of  acaoia   1  ounce 

ST'irlt  of  nitrous  ether  1  ounce 

Camphor  water  3  ounces 

He  writes:  "A.  J.  D.  is  told  to  emulsify  the  bal- 
■sam  and  oils  with  the  acacia.  I  think  the  oils  should 
Tje  emulsified  with  the  acacia  and  the  balsam  of  co- 
paiba mixed  with  the  solution  of  potassa.  The  two 
mixtures  are  then  shaken  together  and  two  ounces 
•of  camphor  water  added.  After  again  shaking  the 
spirit  of  nitrous  ether,  previously  mixed  with  one 
ounce  of  camphor  water,  is  gradually  added  to  the 
mixture.  By  following  this  procedure  I  think  your 
-correspondent  will  have  a  'presentable'  mixture,  but 
not  a  very  thick  one." 


Imperial    vs.   Wine   Measure. 

(A.  J.  L.l  "Is  there  any  difference  in  the  measure 
•of  an  Imperial  fluidounce  and  a  fluidounce  wine  meas- 
ure? Problem  No.  20  (Drug  Store  Problems)  spe- 
cifies Imperial  measure  and  the  United  States  Dis- 
pensatory gives  480  minims  to  a  fluidounce  of  either 
kind;  the  United  States  Pharmacopoeia  gives  the  value 
of  400  cc.  as  13.526  fluid  ounces,  while  your  answer  to 
the   problem    is    14.086   ounces.    Imperial    measure." 


Our  answer  is  correct.  The  Imperial  fluid  ounce  is 
about  4  per  cent,  smaller  than  the  United  States  or 
wine  fluidounce,  though  each  is  sub-divided  into  480 
minims.  The  unit  of  capacity  for  liquids  in  the  United 
States  is  the  wine  gallon  of  231  cubic  inches,  while  the 
Imperial  gallon  contains  277.274  inches.  As  the  latter 
is  divided  into  20  fluidounces,  one  fluidounce  Imperial 
becomes  the  equivalent  in  capacity  of  460.86  minims 
(7.68  fluidrains)  United  States  wine  measure  or 
28.397  cubic  centimeters.  Dividing  400  by  28.397  gives 
the  answer  to  the  problem  or  14,086  fluid  ounces  Im- 
perial. 


Cement  for  Mending  Rubber  Water  Bottles. 

(P.  H.  H.)  Experience  seems  to  indicate  that  a 
rubber  water  bottle  once  broken  cannot  be  satisfac- 
torily mended.  However,  we  give  the  following 
formula  for  a  cement  which  is  claimed  to  be  excellent 
for  mending  various  articles  made  of  rubber,  etc.: 

Caoutchouc,  cut  fine 62  parts 

Chloroform   250  parts 

Mix  and  dissolve;  then  make  another  solution  of 

Oaoutohou^c GO  parts 

Resin  24  parts 

Oil  of  turpentine  250  parts 

and  mix  -the  two  solutions,  agitating  or  stirring  until 
the  mixture  is  homogeneous. 


Books  on  Brewing. 

(D.  E.  R.)  The  following  books  contain  methods 
employed  in  the  chemical  analysis  of  beer;  Allen. 
"Commercial  Organic  Analysis."  volume  I;  Bulletin  13, 
"Foods  and  Food  Adulterants."  Part  III,  Fermented 
Alcoholic  Beverages.  Malt  Liquors,  Wine  and  Cider 
(published  by  the  Division  of  Chemistry,  United 
States  Department  of  Agriculture,  Washington,  D. 
C);  Sadtler,  "Hand-Book  of  Industrial  Organic 
Chemistry;"  Blyth,  "Foods,  Their  Composition  and 
.Analysis."  Volume  III  of  Wiley's  "Principles  and 
Practice  of  Agricultural  Analysis"  may  also  be  profit- 
ably consulted. 


Antiseptic  Powder. 
(Powder.)  The  formula  you  submit  is  incomplete 
and  seems  to  have  been  copied  from  the  "literature" 
sent  to  physicians  by  some  enterprising  manufacturer 
of  specialties.  A  formula  for  an  antiseptic  powder 
along  the  line  you  indicate  was  published  in  this 
journal  January  16,  1902,  page  67. 


Magnetic  Ointment. 

(J.  F.  L.,  Jr.)    We  cannot  give  the  formula  for  this 
proprietary  article. 


SPOONFUL  DOSES.— C.  B.  Lowe  (Am.  Jour. 
Pharm.)  believes  that,  owing  to  the  widely  varying 
capacity  of  the  different  forms  of  domestic  spoons,  the 
practice  of  prescribing  and  measuring  rnedicines  by 
these  means  is  open  to  very  serious  objection'.  This 
subject  is  of  considerable  importance,  especially  in 
cases  in  which  maximum  doses  are  prescribed.  Since 
the  standardization  of  powerful  pharmaceutical  prepa- 
rations is  being  widely  advocated,  and  also  the  use  of 
alkaloidal  salts  instead  of  crude  drugs,  a  more  perfect 
method  of  measuring  doses  seems  desirable,  if  not 
positively  necessary.  The  author  found  the  capacity  of 
ten  teaspoons  to  vary  from  75  to  130  minims;  the  three 
spoons  having  the  smallest  capacity  were  known  to  be 
over  one  hundred  years  old.  A  similar  variation  was 
observed  in  table-spoons  and  dessert-spoons,  the  av- 
erage being  25  per  cent,  in  excess  of  the  accepted 
measure.  By  using  certain  teaspoons,  a  patient  might 
easily  take  3''32  grain  of  strychnine  instead  of  1/16 
grain,  as  prescribed;  or  six  minims  of  dilute  hydro- 
cyanic acid  instead  of  four  minims.  The  use  of  glass 
graduated  measures  is  recommended. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  27,  1902. 


OBITUARY. 


FACTS  REGARDING  THE  FREE  DISTRIBU- 
TION OF  ANTITOXIN  AND  VACCINE  VIRUS. 


V%^, 


WILLIAM  MARTINDALE. 

■William  Martlndale,  the  eminent  Eng-lisli  pharmacist 
who  died  at  his  home  in  London  on  February  2,  1902, 
•was  born  in  1840  near  Carlisle.  He  was  educated  at  a 
private  school,  and  began  his  pharmaceutical  career  as 
an  apprentice  In  the  firm  of  Messrs.  Martlndale  &  Sons. 
He  came  to  London  in  1862,  and  after  a  course  of  study 
In  Bloomsbury  Square  passed  his  major  examination  in 
1866.  He  filled  various  positions  before  engaging  in  busi- 
ness on  Uls  own  account,  and  for  five  years  held  ithe  ap- 
pointment of  pharmacist  and  teacher  of  pharmacy  at  Uni- 
versity College  Hospital,  where  he  also  served  as  Dem- 
onstrator of  Materia  Medlca.  He  was  one  ot  five  gentle- 
men who  controlled  the  publication  of  the  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Journal  when  it  first  became  a  weekly  paper.  In  1873 
(he  purchased  a  pharmacy  in  New  Cavendish  street,  which 
he  carried  on  until  his  death.  He  held  numerous  positions 
of  trust,  both  political  and  pharmaceutical,  and  was  *he 
author  of  "Extra  Pharmacopoeia,"  and  many  papers  oa 
scientific  and  practical  subjects. 


E.  C.  FLEMING,  for  forty  years  a  well-known  drug- 
gist and  business  man  of  Xenia,  O.,  died  Feb.  21.,  aged 
66.  He  had  been  a  sufferer  from  organic  heart  trouble, 
first  becoming  seriously  ill  about  a  year  ago.  He  rallied 
and  became  almost  as  well  as  ever,  but  in  December  last 
suffered  a  recurrence  of  his  trouble,  since  which  time 
he  gradually  failed,  until  death  ended  hite  sufferings. 
He  was  a  native  of  Wev^^tmoreiand  county.  Pa.,  and  early 
dn  life  located  at  Carlisle,  O.  For  a  number  ot  years  he 
followed  teaching.  In  1S63  he  engaged  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness at  Xenia.  which  he  continued  at  the  same  location 
until  his  death.  He  leaves  two  sur%'iving  children  and 
a  widow  by  a  second  marriage. 


(EJLBRIDGB  H.  GROVE'R,  one  of  the  best  known 
drugtgists  of  Boston  with  a  store  in  the  South  Boston  dis- 
trict, dield  Feb.  16  from  heart  failure.  He  was  sixty-two 
years  of  age  and  was  born  in  Newton  Upper  Falls.  After 
completing  his  school  life  he  began  his  husiness  career  In 
Boston.  About  thirty  years  ago  he  set  up  his  store  In 
South  Boston,  and  has  l)een  there  ever  since.  During  the 
Civil  War  he  served  as  an  officer  in  the  navy  under 
Farragut.  He  was  a  m.em'ber  of  several  organizations, 
Including  the  Kearsarge  iNaval  Veterans'  Association, 
tihe  Ancient  and  Honorable  Artillery  Company  and  St. 
Omer  Commandery,  Knights  Templars. 


HARRY  WARRICK,  for  the  past  four  years  travel- 
ing representative  of  Fritzsche  Bros.,  No.  37  Barclay 
street.  New  Tork  city,  died  of  pneumonia,  at  his  home 
on  142  nd  street  Friday,  February  14. 


In  the  city  of  New  York  and  the  State  of  Massachu- 
setts the  Boards  of  Health  employ  somewhat  different 
but  equally  effective  methods  of  interfering  with  the 
druggist  and  the  physician.  In  the  city  of  New  York  the 
Board  of  Health  undertakes  the  manufacture  and. sale  of 
both  antito.xin  and  vaccine  virus  but  just  to  what  extent 
it  would  !be  difficult  to  estimate,  .because  the  board  does 
not  publish  a  report  in  making  this  assertion  we  do  not 
overlook  the  free  distribution  of  these  commodities.  A 
very  large  amount  of  each  is  distributed  free  of  charge, 
and  too  often,  we  fear,  without  reference  to  the  position 
in  which  the  recipients  are  placed,  and  to  this  extent  a. 
serious  injustice  is  done  to  the  druggist.  Of  its  demora- 
lizing effect  upon  the  unsuspicious  or  uinBorupulous  phy- 
sician it  is  not  necessary  to  speak  at  present.  It  may  b© 
argued  that  if  the  products  referred  to  are  sold  to  drug- 
gists, who  afterwards  retail  them  to  their  customers  on 
a  physician's  prescription,  no  very  serious  harm  has  been 
done  to  the  druggist.  What  guarantee  is  there  that  every 
druggist  is  treated  on  an  equal  footinig?  It  is  well  known 
that  politicians  do  not  neglect  their  friends,  and  in  say- 
ing this  no  charges  are  made  against  the  present  or  any 
previous  administration  in  New  York;  merely  am  axiom 
in  American  politics  is  reiterated. 

Did  space  permit  we.  should  like  to  state  a  few  facts 
with  regard  to  defects  in  the  system  of  procuring  the 
products  under  the  present  regulations  of  the  New  York 
City  Board  of  Health,  but  we  shall  content  ourselves 
with  pointing  out  that  the  horses  for  the  supply  of  anti- 
toxin are  boarded  in  a  veterinary  hospital  on  a  sitreet  In 
a  crowded  neighborhood,  with  no  opportunity  lor  exer- 
cise except  on  that  street;  that  dn  that  same  hospital  is  a 
heterogeneous  gathering  of  sick  animals;  that  when  it 
is  necessary  to  exitract  the  serum,  the  horses  have  to  be 
led  a  distance  of  two  miles,  through  the  crowded  streets 
of  the  city  to  laboratories  and  after  the  operation  they 
are  again  led  back  to  their  unhygiendo  surroundings. 

The  following  table  showing  the  total  number  ot  pack- 
ages issued  by  the  State  Board  of  Health  of  Massachu- 
setts during  the  six  yeai-s  ending  with  March  31st,  1901, 
is  taken  from  their  annual  report  just  issued,  and  will  be 
read  with  interest: 

In  1895-1896  (year  ending  March  31) 1,724  bottles 

In  1S96-1897  (year  ending  March  31) 3,219  ibottles 

In  1897-1898  (year  ending  March  31) 4,668  bottles 

In  1898-1809  (year  ending  March  31) 12,491  tiottles 

In  1899-1900  (year  ending  March  31) 31,997  bottles 

In  1900-1901  (year  ending  March  31) 53.389  bottles 

Total    107,488  ibottles 

Taking  these  figures  as  they  stand  it  is  shown  that  in 
the  year  lost  quoted  thirty  times  as  much  amtitoxin  was 
distributed  in  the  State  of  Massachusetts  gratuitously 
as  was  the  case  the  first  year  of  free  distribution.  To 
this  it  should  be  added  that  during  the  last  two  yeans 
each  package  consisted  of  1,500  units  as  compared  with 
1,(X)0  units  m  the  previous  years.  The  total  value  of  the 
antitoxin  given  away  since  the  introduction  of  this  sys- 
tem, which  we  cannot  regard  as  otherwise  than  perai- 
cious,  would  be,  in  round  numlbers,  about  ?175,000. 

From  this  it  would  seem  as  though  the  citizens  of  the 
State  of  Massachusetts  were  gradually  being  induced  to 
play  the  part  of  paupers,  unwittingly  no  doufbt,  tout  still 
playing  the  part.  No  one  who  has  studied  the  matter  can 
for  a  moment  thi'nik  that  the  enormous  quantity  ot  anti- 
toxin which  was  given  away  last  year  was  distributed 
solely  to  those  too  poor  to  pay  for  it.  Were  such  the 
case  then  we  would  be  compelled  to  admit  that  diph- 
theria had  made  tremendous  inroads  on  the  good  people 
of  Massachusetts.  As  we  set  out  only  to  state  facts  and 
not  to  draw  inferences,  we  are  precluded  from  saying 
much  that  we  would  like  to  say,  but  who  cannot  help 
suggesting  that  it  would  be  well  to  have  an  expression 
from  the  physicians  and  druggists  of  New  York  City  and 
the  State  of  Massachusetts. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  NOTES. 

Cliicago,  February  20. 

Nearly  all  of  the  organizers  o£  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  are  at 
present  in  the  South.  One  of  them  is  in  Southern  Illinois, 
and  otlhers  are  in  Kentucky,  Tennessee,  Alabama,  Flor- 
ida, Louisiana,  Virginia  and  Washington,  D.  C.  They 
aire  meeting  with  distinct  success  in  their  work  and  as 
they  gain  in  experience  success  oomes  easier.  It  is  ex- 
pected that  next  week  the  city  of  Washington  will  be 
com/pletely  organized.  N.  W.  Hoffman,  the  organizer,  Is 
meefting  is  to  avoid  holding  them  too  often,  not  to  hold 
capital   city  seem  to   be  ready   tor  the  work. 

The  druggists  of  Richmond,  Va.,  have  been  reorganized 
and  much  is  expected  of  the  new  association.  The  cities 
of  Norfolk  and  Newport  News  are  being  organized  as 
fast  as  Organizer  F.  C.  Vincent  can  attend  to  the  work. 

In  Tennessee  Organizer  E.  C  Bottume  has  done  w^at 
the  retail  drug  trade  of  the  South  has  considered  im- 
possible. He  has  organized  the  city  of  Mempihis  and  rec- 
onciled the  discordant  elemenits  among  the  druggists 
there.  James  S.  Robinson  is  president  of  th«  Mempbls 
Association  and  T.  B.  Ballard  is  secretary. 

Another  great  victory  has  been  achiefved  in  DuUuth, 
Minn.,  where  the  druggists  and  the  department  stMres 
axe  all  lined  up  on  a  differenitiai  proposition  that  seems 
to  be  fair  to  everyone  concerned.  E.  E.  Chajpman  is  the 
organizer  and  desei^'es  tihe  commendation  of  the  trade. 

In  Alabama  Organizer  W.  L.  Post  is  meeting  with  a 
very  cordial  reception  and  oonsideraible  good  work  is 
Toeing  done. 

A  resume  of  the  work  done  up  to  Jan.  1,  1902,  shows 
that  325  associations  have  been  formed  by  the  organiza- 
tion department  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  These  are  mostly 
county  associations  whose  average  membership  is  four- 
teen. Tliey  have  been  formed  largely  in  the  Northern  and 
the  North  Central  States.  During  the  Winter  it  was 
thouglit  best  to  send  the  organizers  South  where  the 
weather  conditions  are  more  favorable  to  tftie  economical 
handling  of  the  work  than  they  are  in  the  North  during 
the  Winter  season.  With  the  advent  of  Spring,  however, 
flh«  organizers  will  begin  to  work  east  and  the  work  will 
be  continued  with  vigor  until  the  entire  country  is  cov- 
ered. 

The  N.  A.  R.  D.  has  gotten  out  a  very  handsome  cer- 
tificate of  membership  which  is  presented  to  those  asso- 
ciations organized  under  the  organization  department  and 
whicHb  therefore  pay  a  nominal  organization  fee.  Mem- 
bers of  other  associations  auxiliary  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
will  Ibe  supplied  with  the  certificates  of  membership  in 
quantities  of  less  than  ten  certificates  at  five  cents  each, 
more  than  ten  and  under  fifty  at  four  cents  eadh,  and  In 
quantities  of  fifty  or  more  at  three  cents  eaJdh,  diarges 
In   all   oases  prepaid. 

All  associations  affiliated  with  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  are 
especially  requested  to  be  prompt  in  the  payment  of  their 
dues.  In  order  that  the  work  may  be  carried  on  prop- 
erly sufficient  funds  must  be  promptly  available  for  the 
purpose.  All  associations  in  arrears  are  therefore  re- 
quested to  send  in  their  remittances  with  tiie  least  pos- 
sible delay. 

The  following  is  a  partial  list  of  the  unreported  asso- 
ciations recently  organized  and  affiliaJted  with  the  N.  A. 
R.  D.: 

Alaibama— Escambia  Couinty  and  Pike  County. 

Florida^Escambia  and  Santa  Rosa  Counties.  Or- 
ganizer Shodde  started  wark  in  this  state  at  Pensacola 
and  is  working  eastward.  In  addition  to  the  county 
associations,  which  include  only  white  members,  he  is 
forming  a  state  association  for  colored  members. 

Illinois — ^Hamilton,  Jefferson,  Randolph,  Wliiteside  and 
McHenry  County  associations  just  organized. 

Kentucky— Lyon  County  and  Web.ster  County  associa- 
tions. In  the  latter  county  the  ten  per  cent  cut  on  patents, 
which  had  been  in  existence  for  some  time,  was  removed. 
Organizer  Weeks  Is  nearing  the  center  of  the  state. 


Michigan— Macomb,  St.  Clair  and  Livingston  Counties 
organized.  Organization  work  has  been  discontinued  in 
this  state  for  the  winter. 

Tennessee— Obion  County  organized.  A  start  was  made 
in  this  state  by  Organizer  Bottume,  who  was  transferred 
from  New  York  state. 

Virginia— The  Capital  City  Association  was  recently 
formed  at  Richmond  to  take  the  place  of  the  former  asso- 
ciation in  that  city.  Chesterfield  County  has  been  or- 
ganized. Organizer  Vincent,  who  was  the  Miichigan  or- 
ganizer,  has  been  transferred  to  this  state. 

Wisconsin— The  Dane  County  Association  has  been 
formed  with  76  members.  This  county  includes  the  city 
of  Madison.  The  work  in  this  state  has  been  abandoned 
for  the  winter  and  will  be  resumed  in  the  spring. 

A  strong  factor  in  the  success  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Ja 
the  rigid  insistence  that  salesmen  show  their  salesman'3 
cards.  While  in  small  associations  this  may  not  be  so 
important,  in  the  larger  associatiions  it  is  of  great  im- 
portance. The  card  is  the  salesman's  passport— his  guar- 
antee that  his  firm  is  loyal  to  the  interests  of  its  principal 
customers,  the  retail  druggists. 

The  best  way  to  insure  attendance  at  association 
meeting  is  to  avoid  holding  them  too  often,  not  to  hold 
a  meeting  unless  there  is  something  of  importance  to  be 
discussed  and  to  combine  some  social  feature  with  the 
business  part  of  the  meeting,  either  before  or  after  the 
'business  has  been  disposed  of.  When  members  leave  a 
meeting  feeling  that  their  tlime  has  been  wasted,  it  is 
always  harder  to  get  them  out  again.  It  should  be  the 
business  of  every  member  to  make  every  other  member 
acquainted  all  around  and  to  take  part  in  the  discussions. 
When  a  stranger  comes  Into  the  meeting'  shake  hands 
wth  him  as  soon  as  opportunity  offers.  Such  attentions 
are  appreciated  by  everyone.  Don't  act  stiffly  toward 
your  brother  druggist,  even  if  you  may  not  have  gone 
through  the  formality  of  an  introduction.  If  he  is  a 
druggist  he  ought  to  be  given  credit  for  being  a  good 
fellow  whether  you  know  him  or  not.  As  to  the  subject 
of  refreshments  before  the  meeting,  we  have  the  author- 
ity of  Chauncey  Depew,  who  says  that  he  always  likes 
to  know  that  his  audience  has  had  something  to  eat  be- 
fore he  ibegins  to  speak.  A  sandwilch  and  proper  liquid 
refreshments  always  taste  good  away  from  home. 
Smokers,  banquets,  'balls  and  parties  are  coming  very 
much  into  favor  among  tlie  successful  associations. 

A  very  creditable  report  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  convention 
is  contained  in  a  circular  issued  by  Charles  Herbert  Jones, 
organizer  for  the  Ohio  Valley  Association.  We  wish  that 
more  of  our  associations  would  take  the  pains  to  inform 
their  members  of  what  is  being  done. 

The  Executive  Committee  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  undoubt- 
edly voices  the  sentiments  of  the  memtoers  of  the  asso- 
ciation an  expressing  thanks  for  the  continued  loyalty 
of  Its  atfiliatcd  associations,  especially  those  In  the  East, 
Whose  memlbers  seemed  to  believe  that  the  only  hope 
for  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  was  the  outright  adoption  of  the 
Worcester  Plan.  Before  long  we  shall  learn  to  what 
extent  some  price  restrictdve  plan  is  practicable  and  aJl 
affiliated  associations  will  reap  whatever  benefit  that 
shall  result.  In  respecting  the  old  and  Inspecting  the 
new  we  believe  that  we  are  pursuing  the  right  and  con- 
servative policj',  amd  we  feel  sure  the  end  of  the  present 
year  will  see  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  stronger  than  ever  before, 
with  a  price  restrictive  plan  in  operation  that  shall  have 
stood  all  legal  tests 

Charles  F.  Merker,  of  East  St.  Louis,  111.,  secretary  of 
the  St.  Clair  County  Retail  Druggists'  Association,  re- 
ports that  full  prices  have  been  charged  by  the  druggists 
of  East  St.  Louis  for  the  past  two  years  and  patrons  have 
gotten  used  to  it  and  pay  full  prices  without  comment. 
He  believes  that  If  the  full-price  plan  were  consistently 
tried  In  St.  Louis  and  upheld  it  would  work  there 
and  people  would  cease  to  expect  something  for  noUiiing. 


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[February  27,  1902. 


NEW  YORK  AND  VICINITY. 


DRUG  SECTION  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 

New  Committees  Appointed  for  the  Year. 

The  Drug  Section  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Trade 
and  Transportation  (held  its  regular  monthly  meeting 
Thursday,  February  20.  Chairman  Jesse  L.  Hopkins  pre- 
sided and  Secretary  William  F.  MaConnell  read  the  min- 
utes of  the  annual  meeting.  John  M.  Peters,  chairman  of 
the  Legislative  Committee  said  he  had  nothing  to  report 
"but  Mr.  McConnell  stated  that  wlhale  in  Albany  a  short 
time  ago  'he  had  attended  a  hearing  on  the  Marshall 
Poison  Cork  Ml  and  had  opposed  the  measure  on  behalf 
of  the  Drug  Section.  The  meeting  approved  Mr.  Mc- 
Oonnell's  action,  after  Tie  had  read  the  bill. 

John  H.  iStallman,  chairman  of  the  committee  ap- 
pointed to  investigate  insurance  classification  and  rates, 
reported  that  his  committee  had  met  members  of  the 
Board  of  Underwriters  and  that  body  had  agreed  to  con- 
sider the  claims  of  the  Section.  Tihe  report  was  adopted 
and  on  motion  of  Mr.  Plaut  it  was  agreed  that  the  secre- 
tary should  send  a  letter  containing  the  important  points 
in  the  report  to  each  meimber  of  the  Section,  asking  him 
to  sulbmit  his  views  to  the  committee  which  will  then 
send  its  recommendations  to  the  underwriters.  Mr.  Mc- 
Connell intormed  the  Section  of  the  introduction  into  the 
Legislature  of  the  Slater  ibili  against  the  sale  of  formal- 
dehyde and  salicylic  acid  as  preservatives  of  food.  Mr. 
Plaut  spoke-  at  some  length  on  the  bill  and  advocated  the 
formation  of  a  State  Commission  to  investigate  tihe  use  of 
drugs  in  preserving  food.  The  matter  was  referred  to 
the  Legislative  Committee.  Mr.  Hopkins  called  attention 
to  the  book  on  tares  issued  'by  the  committee  of  importers 
of  drugs  and  chemicals,  saying  he  found  it  a  valuable 
work  and  reco-mmended  that  it  be  revised  before  sending 
new  copies  to  foreign  exchanges.  The  committee  'was  di- 
rected to  make  any  corrections  or  additions  it  deemed 
necessary. 

The  committees  of  t)he  Drug  Section  for  the  ■coming 
year  are: 

Standing  (Execultive)  Conimlttee.— E.  W.  Fitch, 
Thoimas  P.  Main,  AViliiam  S.  Merseroau,  Joseph  A.  Velsor, 
John  Anderson. 

Coimmittee  on  Legislation.— John  M.  Peters,  James 
Hartford,  Albert  Plaut,  William  S.  Gray,  Henry  B.  Hard- 
{■ng.. 

Com.Tndttee  on  Memibership.— Thomas  P.  Cook.  Philip 
S.   Tilden,   H.  C  Levis,  J.   E.   Young,   H.   P.  Ohatfleld. 

Committee  on  Artiitration. — George  M  Oicott.  W.  S. 
Mersereau.  Oorydon  E.  Tyler,  I.  Sherwood  Coffin,  James 
B.   Horner. 

Committee  on  Manufacturing  Chemists. — John  Ander- 
son, Henry  T.  Jarrett,  Jacob  Kleinlhans,  William  A.  Ha- 
mann,  Hugh  Hill. 

Committee  of  Importers  of  Essential  Oils. — Carl 
Brucker,  Christian  G.  Euler,  J.  L.  Weber. 

Committee  of  Manufacturing  Pharmacists.— E.  W. 
Fitch.  Ernst  Stoftrogen,  William  J.  Schieffelin,  Samuel 
W.   Fairchild,  Horatio  N.   Eraser. 

Committee  of  Jobbing  Druggists.^Albert  Plaut,  chair- 
nran.  and  one  representative  from  each  jobbing  house  In 
the  Drug  Trade  Section;  Irving  McKesson,   secretary. 

Committee  of  Manufacturing  Perfumers. — Sturgis 
Coffin,   Henry  Dalley,   Richard  M.    Colgate. 

Com-mittee  of  Importers  of  Drugs  and  Chemicals. — 
John  T.  Stallman,  George  R.  Hillier,  Emil  Levi,  Wil- 
liam B.   Kaul'raann,   Carl  P.   Stelfel,   Adolph  Henning. 


DRUG  TRADE  CLUB  ANNUAL  MEETING. 

The  Drug  Trade  Club  held  its  annual  meeting  Tuesday, 
February  11,  and  elected  J.  C.  Hopkins,  H.  F.  Baker, 
Williaon  McCarroU  and  James  Hartford  meimtoers  of  the 
Board  of  Governors  to  serve  until  1905.  The  first  meet- 
ing of  the  Bioard  was  held  on  Wednesday,  February  19, 
and  the  following  officers  were  re-elected:  J.  C.  Hopkins, 
president;  William  Hamann,  vice-president;  Alexander 
Robb,  treasurer,   and  Harry  Hall,  secretary.     The  treas- 


urer's report  showed  a  handsome  surplus  on  hand  after 
all  Wlls  had  been  paid.  The  year  was  reported  to  be  a 
'most  successful  one  for  the  club;  the  resident  membership 
list  is  full  and  twenty-five  applicants  are  now  on  the 
waiting  list. 

The  following  non-resident  members  were  elected: 
Charles  M.  Phelps,  Racine,  Wis.;  George  D.  Crabbs, 
Lockland,  O. ;  George  Simon,  Passaiic,  N.  J.;  G.  B.  Heckel 
and  Arthur  H.    Elliott,   Philadelphia. 


DRUGGISTS  AND  THE  EXCISE  LAW. 

A  New  Law  Recommended. 

Evidence  collected  by  State  Excise  Commissioner  Cul- 
linan  during  the  past  few  weeks  shows  that  a  large 
number  of  pharmacists  in  the  State,  and  especially  in 
New  York  City,  'have  been  violating  the  excise  laws,  and 
the  Commissioner  has  announced  his  intention  to  begin 
prosecutions  against  200  druggists.  He  will  also  recom- 
mend an  amendment  to  Section  11  of  the  liquor  tax  law, 
imposing  a  greatly  increased  'rate  of  taxation  upon  the 
liquor  traffic  as  conducted  by  pharmacists,  in  order  to 
correct  existing  a'buses  and  protect  legitimate  dealers 
against  illegal  and  unjust  co'mpeitioii. 

The  Commissioner  reports  that  numerous  complaints 
have  been  received  during  the  'past  three  months  at  the 
Department  of  Excise,  that  pharmacists  were  conducting 
a  regular  liquor  business  and  illegally  competing  with 
citizens  who  pay  an  annual  tax  ranging  between  $100 
and  ,$S00.  Pharmacists  now  pay  a  tax  of  ?5  annually  for 
the  privilege  of  selling  spirits  only  upon  the  prescription 
of  a  physician,  except  as  to  the  sale  of  alcohol  for  medici- 
nal and  mechanical  purposes. 

'Commissioner  Cullinan  states  that  the  total  amount  of 
annual  excise  taxes  paid  by  the  pharmacists  found  to 
be  doing  an  illegal  business  is  $940.  The  amount  whleh 
they  should  have  contributed  annually  by  reason  of  the 
business  of  trafficking  as  storekeepers  under  sub-division 
2  of  section  11,  which  the  evidence  secured  shows  they 
have  toeen  doing,  is  $74,500,  a  net  annual  loss  to  the  tax- 
payers of  the  State  of  .$73,.'iai.  The  Commissioner  fig- 
ures the  probable  loss  to  taxpayers  since  the  amendment 
of  the  law  in  K97  at  ¥367,800. 


HEGEMAN  &  CO.  TO  BUILD  ON  BROADWAY. 

Hegeman  &  Co.,  a  corporation  and  owner  of  the  well- 
known  retail  drug  store  at  No.  196  Broadway,  with 
branches  in  various  parts  of  the  city,  has  taken  a  twen- 
ty-ione  year  lease  of  the  'buildings  at  Nos.  200  and  202 
Broadway,  with  an  option  on  the  lease  of  ten  years  more. 
George  Ramsey,  vice-president  of  the  company  and  man- 
ager of  the  main  stored  says  the  present  buildings  will  be 
torn  down  about  May  1  and  a  modern  six-story  structure 
will  be  erected.  The  lease  of  the  present  store  expires  at 
the  end  of  this  year  and  the  new  store  will  be  ready 
albout  December  1.  Mr.  Ramsey  says  the  ground  floor 
will  be  used  as  a  retail  drug  store  and  the  others  rented 
for  offices.  The  "buMding  will  have  a  frontage  of  50  feet 
and  a  depth  of  171  feet,  and  the  drug  store  will  be  one  of 
the  finest  and  best  equipped  in  the  United  States,  if  not 
in  the  world.  The  company  will  have  an  electric  plant 
of  its  own  and  special  attention  will  be  given  to  the  soda 
water  department.  The  branch  at  No.  205  Broadway  will 
be  continued. 


COLLEGE    OFFICERS   NOMINATED. 

The  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  will  hold  its  an- 
nual meeting  at  eight  o'clock,  Tuesday  evening,  March 
IS.  The  following  list,  sent  to  members  of  the  college  by 
Secretary  Thos.  F.  Main,  contains  the  na'mes  of  the  can- 
didates fO'r  the  offices  to  be  filled:  For  Po-esdent,  Charles 
F.  Chandler;  1st  Vice-President,  Wm.  Jay  Schieffelin; 
2nd  'Vice-President,  Reuben  R.  Smith;  3rd  Vice-Presi- 
dent, Ernest  Molwitz;  Treasurer,  Clarence  O.  'Blgelow; 
Secretairy.  Thomas  F.  Main;  Assistant  Secretary,  O.  J. 
Griffin;  Trustees  to  serve  three  years.  Otto  Boeddiker, 
M.  J.  Rreitenbach,  John  R.  Caswell,  Chas.  S.  Erb,  Sam- 
uel W.  Fairchild;  Trustee  to  serve  one  year,  Carl  Schur. 


February  21,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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DRUGGISTS  BOWL  MATCH  GAME. 

The  Retail  Druggists  Bowling  Associationn  rolled  three 
match  games,  the  first  of  a  series,  with  the  team  from 
Seabury  &  Johnson's  New  York  offices,  at  Starr's  Fifty- 
ninth  street  alleys,  Tuesday  evening,  February  18.  The 
first  two  games  were  won  by  the  latter  team  but  the 
retailers  rallied  in  the  last  game  and  rolled  up  a  score 
which  made  them  victorious  in  the  three  games  by  28 
pins.  The  S.  &  J.  team  was  ahead  on  the  total  number 
of  pins  until  the  sixth  frame  of  the  last  g-ame  but  the 
bowling  of  Captain  SchweinfuTth  and  Mr.  Hitchcock  gave 
the  R.   D.   B.   A.   the  victory. 

It  was  the  regular  "\nsitors'  night"  of  the  R.  D.  B.  A. 
and  four  alleys  had  been  engaged.  W.  Timm,  of  Seabury 
&  Johnson,  played  several  selections  on  the  piano  during 
the  evening  and  Messrs.  Pringle,  Wichelns  &  Dauscha 
aided  in  the  entertaining  with  vocal  and  instrumental 
music.  Luncheon  was  served  after  the  match  game  and 
then  several  friendly  games  were  rolled.  Dr.  H.  C. 
Lovis  made  the  highest  score  of  the  evening,  3i2,  and  L. 
"W.  De  Zeller  came  second  with  222. 

The  sccres  of  he  match  games  follow: 
FIRST    G.OIE. 
R.    D.    B.    A.  Seabury   &   Johnson. 

Schweinf  urth  124|  Lovis  202 

White  IC5|De    Zeller  142 

Dauscha  133|  Scrimshaw  liO 

Pringle  149|  Benjamin  102 

Hitchcock  136|  Judge  152 

SECOND    G.AJiIE. 
Sohweiniurtn  160|  Lovis  ITl 

•Wihite  1611  De   Zeller  147 

Haddad  119|  Hopping  108 

Pringle  125|  Scrimshaw  133 

Hitchcock'  116|  Judge  166 

THIRD   G.^IE. 
Schweinf  urth  1S2|  Lovis  129 

■White  IKUDe    Zaaier  130 

Swann  134|  Sayre  120 

Pringle  140|  Scrimshaw  208 

Hitchcock  192|  Judge  133 


Total  2.1811    Total  2,153 

The  next  games  of  the  series  wil  be  rolled  at  Reid's 

alleys.  No.  192  Church  street.  Saturday  evening,  March  8. 


SOCIETY   OF    CHEMICAL   INDUSTRY. 

The  New  York  Section  of  the  Society  of  Chemical 
Industry  met  at  the  Chemists'  C!ub.  No.  lOS  'n'est  55th 
Street,  Friday  evening.  February  21,  at  8:15  o'clock.  The 
following  palters  were  read:  Charles  B.  Jacobs.  "The 
Manufacture  of  Soluble  Barium  Compounds  in  the  Elec- 
tric Furnace;"  Peter  T.  Austen,  "The  Occurrence  of  Salts 
of  Alumina  In  Plant  Life  and  Natural  Waters;"  Russell 
'^'.  Moore.  'On  the  Composition  of  Commercial  Cj-anido 
of  Potash."  George  L.  Norris,  "The  Determination  of 
Arsenic  in  Iron  and  Stee'.;"  Clifford  Richardson  and  E. 
C.  Wallace.  "On  the  Occurrence  of  Free  Sulphur  in 
Beaumont  Petroleum." 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

W.  Timm.  a  representative  of  Louis  Ritz  &  Co.,  Ham- 

iDurg,  Germany,  is  at  present  with  Seabury  &  Johnson, 
No.  39  Maiden  Lane.  Messrs.  Ritz  &  Co.  are  foreign 
agents  of  the  well-known  plaster  house  and  Mr.  Timm 
will  remain  here  several  months  getting  an  insight  of 
American  methods.  He  expresses  surprise  at  the  sky- 
scrapers which  some  of  the  drug  houses  occupy  and  the 
completeness  and  size  of  the  stock  carried  by  some  of  the 
large  concerns. 

The  Eastern  Section  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 

examined  seventy  applicants  for  licenses  at  the  Neiw 
York  College  of  Pharmacy  Wednesday,  February  12.  A. 
Dreso^ier,  a  prominent  pharmacist  of  Newark,  N.  J.,  and 
a  former  member  of  tflie  Nerw  Jersey  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
■was  present  to  see  how  examinations  are  conducted  by 
the  New  York  Board. 

The  Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Association   has 

•engaged  alleys  at  Reid's,  No.  198  Church  street,  for  Fri- 


day evening,  February  28.  Invitations  have  been  issued 
to  all  members  and  a  pleasant  evening  is  anticipated. 
Members  who  are  not  on  the  league  teams  will  have  the 
use  of  the  aUeys  in  preference  to  those  on  the  teams. 

George  H.  Burr,  a  retail  druggist  of  Northport.  L.  I., 

was  in  the  city  on  a  buying  trip  last  week.  Mr.  Burr 
usually  transacts  his  business  here  and  gets  home  the 
same  day,  but  on  account  of  the  heavy  snow  storm  Mon- 
day it  took  hlTn  a  day  to  travel  from  his  store  to  "drug 
towm"   last   week. 

It  is  rumored  that  some  of  the  large  retail  drug  firms 

in  the  down  town  business  section  of  the  city  are  look- 
ing for  stores  up  town  and  that  some  of  the  well-known 
firms  in  the  latter  section  want  to  establish  branches 
down  toi^'n.  There  is  a  possibility  of  some  exchanges 
being  made. 

P.   J.   Tormey.   of  the   Owl   Drug  Co..   San   Franoslco; 

George  F.  Brown,  Rahway,  N.  J.;  and  C.  H.  Daggett, 
Providence,  R.  I.,  were  visitors  in  the  drug  district  last 
week.  Mr.  Daggett  was  entertained  at  the  Drug  Club 
Wednesday  by  H.  T.  Jarrett,  of  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemi- 
cal Works. 

S.   Marculescu,   the  well-known  East  Side  pharmacist 

of  No.  5  Delancy  street,  is  taking  a  vacation.  He  is  at 
present  in  the  South  and  after  visiting  some  of  the  lead- 
ing Southern  cities  will  spend  a  few  weeks  at  Lakewood 
ibefore  returning  to  business. 

J.  A.  Hetherington   and  F.  W.   Schoonmaker,  pro^prie- 

tors  of  the  drug  stores  on  East  42nd  street  that  were 
damaged  by  the  recent  tunnel  explosion  have  had  new 
fronts  put  in  and  the  stores  are  even  more  attractive  than 
before  the  accident. 

^H.  'S.  Pannell.  formerly  with  B.  Kent,  the  well-known 

Paterson,  N.  J.,  pharmacist,  and  E.  H.  Licht,  formerly 
witih  S.  Nauheim  on  Lexington  avenue,  are  now  clerking 
for  Daiggett  &  Ramsdell,  No.  17  West  Thirty-fourth 
street. 

^Park,    Davis    &    Co.'e   (bOTvling   team   has    received    a 

challenge  from  the  team  of  Rail!  Bros.,  cotton  merchants 
at  No.  11  Old  Slip.  The  teams  will  probably  meet  on 
Reid's  Church  street  alleys  during  the  week  of  March  3. 

R.   P.   Rowe,   E.   F.    Be^e,   George   O.    Carpenter  and 

C.  F.  Wells  were  re-elected  directors  of  the  National 
I>ead  Co.  for  three  years  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
stockholders,   Thursday,    February  20. 

.Alfred  G.   Brown.   Edward  B.   Hawkins  and  Walter  H. 

Bond  are  incorporators  of  the  United  States  Toilet  Co., 
of  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  to  manufacture  toilet  articles,  etc. 
The  oaixital  stock  will  be  $250,000. 

The  Mattson  Rubber  Co..  241  Greenwich  street,  sus- 
tained a  loss  of  .$150  by  a  fire  on  Friday,  February  21. 
This  is  the  second  time  the  firm  has  been  visited  by  fire 
within   a   short   time. 

J.  M.  Tobin.  well  known  as  the  proprietor  of  the  phar- 

msccy  at  Narragansett  Pier,  R.  I.,  which  Is  only  open  in 
the  Summer  season,  is  at  present  with  the  Vitone  Manu- 
facturing Co. 

George   Reid,   resident  representative   In  Philadelphia 

for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  and  George  M.  Berrldge,  of  the 
firm's  Detroit  purchasing  department,  were  in  the  city 
last   week. 

H.   D.    Bobbins,    of   McKesson   &   Bobbins,    sailed   for 

Europe  on  the  St.  Paul  last  week.  He  was  accompanied 
by  Mrs.  Robbins  and  will  probably  be  gone  about  two 
months. 

George   C.    Waldie,    for   nineteen   years   with   Dundas, 

Dick  &  Co..  is  now  in  business  at  No.  304  Eleventfh  street, 
Brooklyn,  and  is  pushing  the  sale  of  his  menthiol  pencils. 
The  Martinez  Pharmacal  Co.  of  New  York  has  incor- 
porated with  $3,000  capital.  A.  M.  Jimenes,  Francisco 
Escobar  arid  Santiago  Martinez  are  named  as  directors. 

The  Cook  Medical  Co.,  of  Brooklyn,   N.  Y.,  Is  a  new 

incorporation,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $10,000.  The  di- 
rectors are:  Ezra  Hunt,  P.  C  Hunt  and  Isabella  E.  Hunt. 

"William  J.  Balrd  is  at  his  desk  at  the  office  of  Powers 

&  WeJghtman,  after  a  serious  Illness  of  several  months. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  27,  1902. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


LATE    PRESIDENT    OF    THE    AMERICAN      SODA 

FOUNTAIN  COMPANY  REMEMBERS 

EMPLOYES. 

Boston,  Fetoruaxy  21.— The  late  James  W.  Tufts,  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Soda  Fountain  Company,  highly 
regarded  the  faithfulness  of  his  employes  and  many  of 
them  have  been  especially  remembered  by  him  througto 
the  provisions  of  his  wiill  which  gives  away  in  all  more 
than  $75,000  among  those  who  have  helped  him  attain 
the  success  whTch  came  to  him  in  his  "business  Ufe.  Mr. 
Tufts  aPways  took  a  great  deal  of  interest  in  his  em- 
ployes. He  once  estaJblisheti  a  savings  institution  for 
them,  and  paid  10  per  'cent  interest  on  deposits.  This 
institute  was  closed,  however,  when  the  American  Soda 
Fountain  Company  was  tformed,  in  1S90.  At  another 
time,  when  a  mutual  aid  association  was  formed,  and 
which  still  exists,  Mr.  Tuifits  personally  paid  one-half  of 
the  expenses,  and  whatever  sum  was  raised  by  the  insti- 
tution Mr,  Tufts  duplicated. 

There  are  about  450  men  who  have  t)een  employed  in 
the  Boston  branch  of  the  American  Soda  Fountain  Com- 
pany for  at  least  four  years.  The  men  get  individually 
various  sums,  like  $300,  $200,  and  $100.  To  each  of  the 
five  foremen  and  to  each  of  the  six  head  men  at  the 
coumting  room,  the  sum  oi  $300  is  left.  To  eacto  of  about 
320  married  men  who  were  in  the  employ  of  the  com- 
pany in  the  time  specified,  the  sum  of  $200  is  leift;  and  to 
about  SO  single  men,  the  sum  of  $100  is  left.  He  also 
made  provision  for  his  domestic  servants  and  his  daugh- 
ter receives  the  sum  of  $30,000  uncondliUonally  and  imre- 
stricted. 


DRUG  STORE  PARTNERSHIP  IN  LITIGATION. 

Boston.  February  21.-jMartin  C.  Murphy  of  Brockton 
has  asked  the  courts  to  decide  whether  or  not  lie  is  part 
owner  of  a  drug  store  in  that  city.  He  claims  that  he 
formed  a  partnership  with  Joihn  F.  Murphy  to  open  a 
drug  store  in  Brockton,  which  they  did  about  the  middle 
o«f  December.  Martin  Murphy  paid  for  half  of  the  fix- 
tures in  the  place  an-d  supposed  toe  was  a  full  partner  to 
that  extent,  until  lie  discovered  that  John  Murphy  had 
sold  a  share  in  the  business  to  a  Natick  man.  Martin 
seemed  to  be  out  in  the  cold  with  nothing  to  show  for 
his  money.  He  went  to  see  a  lawyer  who  entered  a  suit 
In  equity  to  get  an  injunction  restraining  the  other  Mur- 
phy and  tSie  Natick  man  from  transferring  any  of  the 
property  in  the  store.  A  temporary  injunction  was 
granted  and  the  matter  went  to  a  special  master.  Effort 
was  made  to  show  that  the  plaintiff,  Martin  Murphy,  had 
dntimated  when  he  was  made  a  partner  that  he  toad  a 
"pull"  with  the  police.  To  this  testimony  there  was  ob- 
jection and  the  master  ruled  the  question  out.  John  P. 
Murptoy  was  asked  if  ihe  had  any  licensed  druggist  In 
partnenstoip  with  him,  and  he  admitted  he  had  not. 


Important  Drug  Change  in  Brookline. 

Boston,  February  21.— David  Hickey  and  Thomas 
Curran,  the  former  partner  and  clerk,  respectively,  of 
Ptoillp  A.  Nordell,  the  preacher-druggist  of  the  Butler 
Pharmacy  at  Brookline,  are  about  to  miake  a  new  move. 
When  Mr.  Nordell  recently  went  into  bankruptcy,  the  two 
men  above  named  formed  a  partnership  and  bought  out 
the  Metcalf  drug  store,  situated  about  opposite  the  But- 
ler Pharmacy  in  Harvard  Square,  as  duly  announced  In 
the  Era.  This  pharmacy  occupied  a  large  store  wtoioh  Is 
to  be  divided  and  halif  will  be  used  by  a  leading  periodical 
and  newsdealer,  while  Hickey  &  Curran  will  move  again 
over  into  the  otlher  half.  At  the  same  time  they  will  close 
up  the  Metcalf  Pharma'cy  and  this  name,  so  long  Identi- 
fied with  the  trade  In  Brookline,  will  pass  into  history  as 
a  memory.  AH  the  goods  will  be  moved  across  to  the 
old  Butler  place. 


highly  conducive  to  colds,  made  tra)ding  at  the  drug 
stores  much  brisker  tfhan  otherwise  would  have  been  the 
case.  Remedies  and  medicines  for  coughs  and  colds  have 
found  a  lively  sale  all  the  week.  Perhaps  more  hot  soft 
drinks  have  been  sold  than  in  any  other  like  period  this 
Winter.  Dealers  do  not  complain  and  those  who  frankly 
admit  that  thus  far  the  business  of  the  new  year  Is  as 
good  as  might  well  be  expected  aJbout  state  the  conditions 
which  others  have  experienced. 


Weather  Conditions  Make  Trade  Brisk. 

Boston,  Felbruary  21. — ^The  snow  storm  at  the  begin- 
ning of  Bhe  present  week,  which  Was  of  the  heavy,  S'tlcky 
variety  that  clings   to   clothing,    soaks   through   and   Is 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

■ — The  introduction  and  general  adoption  of  a  new  scale 
of  prices  at  Pittsfield  has  aroused  the  Druggists' 
Association  of  North  Adams  to  consideration  of  the  mat- 
ter of  prices,  especially  as  it  had  been  understood  that 
one  druggist  intended  to  resume  cut  prices  on  patent 
medicines.  The  Association  felt  it  best  to  look  Into  the 
matter.  The  druggist  who  had  intended  to  cut,  stated 
at  the  meeting  that  he  had  not  intended  to  change  bis 
prices  until  he  was  Informed  that  an  outside  firm  was  to 
come  into  the  city  under  conditions  similar  to  those  la 
Pittsfield.  As  the  result  of  the  conference  of  the  drug- 
gists, however,  it  was  decided  not  to  cut  prices  in  any  of 
the  stores,  and  patent  medicines  will  continue  as  hereto- 
fore to  be  sold  at  the  prices  set  by  the  manufacturers. 

.\  man  who  was  found  to  'Have  stolen  at  various  times 

from  Oilman  Bros.,  druggists,  quantities  of  drugs,  includ- 
ing cocaine,  morphine  and  other  things,  has  been  ar- 
rested and  is  serving  a  year's  sentence.  His  pilferings 
amounted  to  about  $150.  While  the  man  pleaded  guilty, 
he  refused  to  give  the  slightest  information  as  to  any 
confederate,  yet  the  inspectors  feel  that  some  employe  at 
the  store  stoo|d  in  with  him  in  this  crooked  business. 
— iThe  Bay  State  Chemical  Company  has  been  organized 
at  Montello,  to  manufacture  standard  pharmaceuticals 
for  physicians'  prescriptions.  The  officers  are:  President, 
Dr.  .'Vllen  D.  Hammond;  vice-president,  J.  H.  McCleave; 
secretary  and  treasurer,  Leslie  T.  Adams;  all  of  whom 
are  on  the  Board  of  Directors  together  with  Dr.  James 
Alfred,  Dr.  E.  iS.  DeLacheur  and  Dr.  E.  W.  Clark,  all  of 
West  Bridgewater,  and  Dr.  E.  P.  Linfield  of  Avon. 

John   H.  Mitchell,   a  Haverhill   druggist,   has  been  in 

the  Superior  Court  charged  with  a  violation  of  his  sixth- 
class  license,  on  which  charge  he  was  discharged.  In 
this  ca^e  a  man  was  arrested  on  the  charge  of  drunken- 
ness, went  into  court  and  said  he  had  purchased  a  half 
pint  of  liquor  cuf  Mitchell.  His  story  was  believed  In  the 
lower  court  and  Mitchell  was  fined.  He  appealed  and 
later  won  his  case  before  a  jury. 

^.\gain   has   the   Cochrane   Chemical  Company,   Boston 

and  Everett,  came  out  suceessiful  in  Mis  case  in  'Oourt 
wherein  suit  was  brought  by  Alexander  Boudrot  for 
damages  for  personal  injuries.  On  a  second  trial  in  the 
United  States  Circuit  Court  a  verdict  of  $8,300  for  the 
plaintiff,  Boudrot,  has  just  been  set  aside.  After  the 
first  trial  the  verdict  of  $4,500  likewise  was  set  aside. 

For  the  purpose  of  making  and  selling  non-alcohollo 

beverages  the  Nanhaught  Tonic  Company  has  been  or- 
ganized under  the  laws  of  Maine,  with  $500,000  capital 
stock,  of  which  $30  has  been  paid  in.  C.  P.  A.  Smith  of 
Boston  is  president  and  treasurer. 

An   over-heated   furnace   in    the  building  at   1104-1106- 

Dorchester  avenue.  South  Boston,  caused  a  flre  on  the 
first  floor  and  in  the  basement,  occupied  by  Tessier  Bros., 
druggists.  The  damage  was  about  $2,000.  The  building- 
is  o^Tied  by  John  Lyons. 

Tiiieves  recently  entered  t/he  pharmacy  of  Leon   Bol- 

duc.  In  Fall  River,  formerly  the  store  of  the  late  Alex- 
ander Anticil.  A  few  smiall  articles  were  taken.  The 
safe.  In  which  there  was  money,   was  undisturbed. 

A  long  record  of  regular  monthly  dinners  is  piling  up- 

with  the  Paint  and  Oil  Club  of  New  England,  which  has 
just  had  its  134th  dinner.  This  was  at  the  Parker  House 
and  about  fifty  members  were  present. 
The  selectmen  of  Broiokline  have  just  granted  a  sixth- 
class  license  to  G.  Irving  Gllcreas,  whose  pharmacy  Is  at 
1621  Beacon  street.  This  formerly  was  Edmund  Ket- 
ohum'e  drug  store. 

F.  L.  Crowe,  oif  the  iNew  England  Vaccine  Company, 

has  ben  chosen  president  of  the  Wlnnislmment  Republi- 
can Club  of  Chelsea. 

The  Waban  Phai^macy  at  Waban,  a  part  of  Newton, 

is  to  be  reopened  about  March  1  by  G.  F.  Rhodes. 


February  27,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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PHILADELPHIA. 

PHARMACEUTICAL  MEETING  OF  THE  P.  C.  P. 

Philadelphia,  Ftb.  ■-'::. -The  regular  monthly  Pharma- 
ceutical meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharma- 
cy was  hald  Tuesday,  February  13.  James  T.  Shimi, 
treasurer  of  the  College,  presiding. 

Prof.  Edgar  F.  .Smith.  Vice-Provost  ot  the  Univer- 
sity of  Pennsylvania  was  the  first  spealier  on  the  pro- 
gramme and  gave  an  avidress  on  the  subject  of  "Atomic 
Weights."  which  was  both  scholarly  and  convincing. 
He  reviewed  the  work  of  Dalton  and  Berzelius,  the 
former  of  whom  proposed  hydrogen  as  a  basis  for  atomic 
weight  determinations  and  the  latter  the  use  of  oxygen 
as  a  standard  of  comparison.  Professor  Smith  said  that 
hydrogen  is  the  ideal  standard  and  has  the  claim  of  pri- 
ority in  its  favor,  but  onnng  to  the  small  number  of  com- 
pounds formed  by  its  direct  union  with  the  other  els- 
ments,  oxygen  is  to  be  preferred  as  a  standard  for  atomic 
■weight  determinations.  Another  point  referred  to  by  the 
speaker  was  that  if  oxygen  be  considered  to  have  the 
atomic  weight  of  16  then  about  one  half  of  the  atomic 
•weights  of  the  other  elements  will  be  whole  numbers. 

Dr.  Albert  Robin,  Bacteriologist  and  pathologist  of  the 
Delaware  State  Board  of  Health,  read  a  lengthy  paper 
on  "Adulteration  of  Drugs  and  Food  Products."  In  con- 
sidering the  subject  of  food  adulteration  the  speaker 
said  that  the  claim  is  made  by  manuifiacturers  that 
competition  is  so  close  as  to  compel  them  to  adopt  meth- 
ods they  would  otherwise  be  glad  to  abandon.  Then  he 
said:  "This  position,  however,  cannot  be  maintained 
with  regard  to  drugs.  Here,  evidently,  the  price  to  the 
consuTner  does  not  enter  into  consideration,  the  prices 
being,  as  they  mostly  are,  altogether  out  of  proportion 
to  the  original  cost.  Neither  does  competition,  in  so  far 
as  the  retail  price  of  the  drugs  is  concerned,  compel 
the  druggist  to  reduce  the  cost  which  may  be  said  to  be 
fairly  uniform  with  a  liberal  margin  for  wholesale  fluct- 
uations." 

M.  I.  Wilbert,  Apothecary  to  the  German  Hospital, 
Philadelphia,  read  a  paper  entitled  "Dose  Measures  and 
Measured  Doses."  The  author  having  tested  the  capacity 
of  spoons  according  to  the  definition  of  the  French  Codex, 
finds  that  they  do  not  var>-  to  any  considerable  degree. 
In  considering  the  accuracy,  or  inaccuracy,  of  medicine 
glasses,  Mr.  Wilbert  said  we  need  not  be  surprised  to 
find  at  times  that  these  measures  are  not  even  approxi- 
mately correct,  and  one  peculiarity  is  that  the  more  ex- 
pensive glasses  are  more  likely  to  be  inaccurate  than  the 
cheaper  ones.  In  regard  to  the  personal  equation  in 
measuring  do.3es,  the  speaker  ?aid  that  this  Is  a  factor  of 
considerable  moment  and  is  one  which  is  generally  lost 
sight  of  in  discussions  of  this  kind. 


PHILADELPHIA  ASSOCIATION  OF  RETAIL  DRUG- 
GISTS. 

Philadelphia.  Feb.  21.— At  the  regular  monthly  meet- 
ing of  the  P.  A.  R.  D..  on  Friday.  February  7.  the  pro- 
prietary committee  submitted  a  complete  report  on  the 
Garst  \is.  Wissler  case,  which  was  discussed  in  the  Era's 
Philadelphia  letter  of  February  7.  The  committee  recom- 
mended that  the  Association  continue  the  action  to  the 
Appellate  Court,  because  "E\-en  if  the  'important  notice" 
on  the  package  and  the  acceptance  thereof,  is  not  con- 
strued by  the  higher  court  to  constitute  an  actual  con- 
tractural  relation,  we  will  get  a  deifinite  opinion,  and 
through  it  be  shown  the  way  in  which  the  plan  may  be 
made  good  in  law  .and  thus  get  price  protection  settled 
for  all  time  for  this  State."  There  was  ordered  appointed, 
at  this  meeting  a  committee  of  five  members  to  formulate 
a  plan  to  put  into  effect  the  protective  feature  outlined  In 
the  annual  address  of  ex-PresIdent  Rumsey. 

The  regular  routine  business  of  the  Association  was 
transacted  and  the  usual  reports  made.  Four  applica- 
tions for  membership  were  also  favorably  acted  upon. 


Aschenbach  and  Miller  team,  by  taking  three  games 
straight  from  the  representatives  of  H.  K.  Wampole, 
the  tail-enders,  succeeded  in  making  a  tie  with  the  Whit- 
all,  Tatum  Co.'s  team  for  first  place.  Of  the  three  games 
bowled  by  the  tKims  of  the  Smith,  Kline  and  French 
Co.,  and  the  H.  K.  Multord  Co.,  the  Smith,  Kline  and 
French  Co.  bowlers  managed  to  win  two  thus  strengthen- 
ing their  hold  on  third  place.  The  standing  of  the  teaims 
to  date  is  ajs  follows: 

Won.  Lost.  P.  C. 

Whitall,    Tatum   Co 21        3       .875 

Aschenbach   and    Miller 21        3       .875 

Smith,    Kline,    French   Co 16        8       .667 

H.   K.   Mulford  Co 11       13       .458 

R.   Shoemaker   8       16       .333 

Wanderers     6       18       .250 

H.   K,   Wampole  Co 1       23       ,042 


P.    C.   P.   NOTES. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  22.— Two  new  chapters  of  the  Phi 
Chi  Fraternity  will  be  installed  this  spring,  one  at  the 
Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy  and  another  at  the 
University  of  California.  The  officers  of  the  Bpsilon 
Chapter— Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy— have  been 
inistrumental  in  having  charters  granted  these  new  or- 
ganizations. 

The  Philadelphia  College  Basket  Ball  Team  defeated 

the.  team   of   Company   G.    First   Regiment  on   Tuesday, 
February  10,  by  the  score  of  14  to  4. 

^A  group  photograph  Of  the  entire  faculty  was  taken 

by  Gilbert  &  Bacon  at  their  studio  on  Saturday  morning. 
February  22. 


Druggists  In  the  February  Elections. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  21.— At  the  municipal  elections  held 
on  Tuesday,  February  IS,  three  druggists  were  elected 
to  office,  and  two  others  were  candidates.  In  the  Sev- 
enteenth ward  the  voters  expressed  their  satisfaction  with 
the  representation  of  August  Hohl  in  Select  Coimcll  by 
re-electing  him  a  member  of  that  body.  G.  R.  Smyser  of 
the  Twenty-fourth  ward— West  Philadelphia— also  re- 
ceived proof  of  satisfactory  service,  he  being  re-elected 
a  member  of  Common  Council.  Emil  Jungman  was  elect- 
ed School  Director  in  the  Twelfth  ward  running  ahead 
of  the  ticket  in  that  ward.  Dr.  Moses  Stearn,  a  candi- 
date for  Select  Council  in  the  Fifth  ward  and  D.  Ross, 
a  candidate  for  School  Director  in  the  Thirty-first  ward 
were  both  defeated. 


Bad  Weather  Interferes  With  Business. 

Philadelphia,  Feb.  22.— The  extremely  disagreeable 
weather  for  the  last  week  has  had  a  very  depressing  ef- 
fect upon  retail  trade.  Prescription  trade  has  been 
fairly  good,  but  outside  of  this  and  other  absolute  neces- 
sities there  has  been  very  little  going  on.  Should  the  bad 
weather  continue  it  is  probable  that  prescription  and 
medicine  trade  will  increase  sitfficiently  to  counterbal- 
ance the  dropping  off  of  side  lines.  The  jobbers  report 
trade  fairly  good  but  have  experienced  great  difficulty 
In  making  prompt  shipments. 


Drug  Bowling  League. 
Philadelphia,    Feb.    22.— Two   contests   were   bowled   In 
The  Drug  Lieague  series   last   Wednesday   evening.     The 


PHILADELPHIA   NOTES. 

■ — Judge  Sulzberger  in  Common  Pleas  Court  No.  2,  has 
granted  leave  to  the  applicants  for  a  charter  for  the 
Franklin  Optical  College,  to  change  its  application  so  as 
to  strike  out  the  words  "with  power  and  authority  to  con- 
fer appropriate  degrees."  The  signers  of  the  application 
are  M.artin  J.  Nevlnger.  Ludwlg  Holzhausser,  Sydney  L. 
Olsho.  Francis  L.  Hughes  and  M.  S.  Frink,  They  say  that 
they  simply  desire  to  establish  an  institution  to  teach  the 
science  of  the  eye,  but  do  not  intend  to  confer  degrees, 

G.  H.  Blythe,  a  drug  clerk  of  Thirty-fifth  street,  above 

Arch  street,  is  being  held  without  ball  on  a  charge  of 
orimlnal  malpractice.  Two  others  are  concerned  in  the 
case  .one  a  woman,  who  Is  said  to  have  given  full  In- 
formation to  the  police. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  27,  1903. 


The  building  of  Edwin  B.  Giles  &  Co.,  manufacturing 

chemlstls,  232S-30  Market  street  was  damaged  -by  fire  early 
on  the  morning  of  February  18.  The  flre  originated  in  the 
cellar  among  some  waste  paper.  The  loss  is  estimated 
at  $8,000. 

At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  of  the  PYanklin  In- 
stitute held  on  Wednesday,  February  19,  It  was  resolved 
to  urge  the  enactment  of  such  laws  by  Congress  as  will 
make  the  metric  system  the  sole  Government  standard. 

IrvJn   E.   Saul,    the   Procter   Medalist  of   the   class   of 

1901,  P.  C.  P.,  for  some  time  past  with  George  B.  Elvans 
has  taken  a  position  with  Pechin  at  13th  and  Columbia 
avenue. 

The    drug   store   of    Charles    A.    Bckles    a;t    12th    and 

Spruce  streets  has  recently  been  moved  from  the  North- 
west to  the  Southwest  corner. 

. Robert   C.    Brodie,   "the   veteran  dlruggist  of  20th   and 

Callowhill  streets  is  confined  to  his  home  with  a  very 
severe  attack  of  pneumonia. 

The  drug  store  at  8018  Germantown  avenue,  belonging 

to  the  estate  of  Thomas  A.  Tall  was  sold  at  auction  on 
February    18. 

C.  H.  Bohn  has  sold  his  store  at  Second  and  Poplar 

streets  to  R.  A.  Olechak. 


BALTIMORE. 

MORE  PHARMACY  LEGISLATION. 

Bal'timore,  Feb.  22. — As  far  as  can  be  learned  from 
Anmapolis  the  prospects  of  pharmacy  legislation  during 
the  present  session  of  the  Legislature  are  very  encour- 
aging. Druggists  who  have  been  to  the  State  Capital 
and  sounded  the  various  members  of  the  city  delega- 
tion and  many  lawmakers  from  the  counties,  declare? 
that  sentiment  in  favor  of  the  proposed  statute  is  very 
strong  and  that  all  the  opposition  has  been  silenced.  The 
business  interests  which  formerly  antagonized  the  regu- 
lation of  pharmacies  are  now  said  to  'be  in  line  for  such 
a  measure.  All  the  provisions  w'hich  might  cause  trouble 
have  been  eliminated  or  satisfactorily  amended,  and  un- 
less the  advocates  of  the  bill  are  greatly  disappointed 
in  their  expectations  or  altogether  mistaken  as  to  the 
situation,  the  bill  now  before  the  Senate  will  become  a 
law.  It  was  favorably  reported  "by  the  committee  on 
hygiene  and  passed  its  third  reading  on  last  Wednesday 
after  some  unimportant  amendm^ents.  Efforts  were  made 
to  exempt  two  or  three  counties,  but  they  proved  unsuc- 
cessful, as  the  friends  of  the  measure  thought  it  should 
apply  to  the  whole  State. 

A  bill  has  also  been  introduced  providing  restrictions 
upon  the  sale  of  poisons  and  in  a  general  way  regulat- 
ing the  traffic  therein.  The  measure  makes  careful  pro- 
vision for  the  recording  of  all  sales  of  poisons  and  pro- 
vides that  such  dangerous  substances  should  not  be  sold 
at  all  without  a  physician's  prescriptions.  Penalties  are 
imiposed  for  violations  of  the  law. 

In  addition  to  these  two  measures,  as  already  stated, 
there  is  before  the  General  Assembly  a  bill  to  prevent 
substitution.  This  bill  was  introduced  at  the  special  in- 
stigation of  the  Emerson  Drug  Company,  but  it  is  claimed 
the  m.easure  if  enacted  will  benefit  all  manufacturers  of 
proprietary  articles.  The  -bill,  as  reported  in  a  former 
communication,  imposes  fines  and  imprisonment  on  con- 
viction. 


With  the  Bowlers. 
Baltimore,  Feb.  22.— The  iteam  of  Sharp  &  Dohme  g'jt 
another  set-back  last  Tuesday  night  at  the  Diamo/id, 
when  the  men  of  James  Baily  &  Son  took  two  out  of  the 
three  games  by  828.  762  and  761  points,  respectively, 
agiainjst  083,  743  and  803.  The  loss  of  at  least  one  game 
seems  to  have  been  due  largely  to  the  circumstance  that 
Dickson,  ordinarily  a  good  bowler,  was  decidedly  off, 
scoring  only  108  in  the  first  and  119  in  the  second  game. 
All  other  members  showed  up  fairly  well.  Dr.  Dohma 
displayed  his  prowess  by  making  not  only  high  invidu- 
al  score  but  high  average  for  his  team,  his  figures  being 
19"  and  195  and  167  1-3  respectively.  Fairley  occupied 
the  same  position  for  James  Baily  &  Son,   he  being  tied 


for  high  average  with  Byers  by  168  1-3.  His  high  score 
wais  197.  Last  night  McCormick  clinched  its  hold  on  first 
place  by  taking  three  games  from  the  Armstrong  Cork 
Company,  by  699,  791  and  856,  against  692,  708  and  688. 
Bauragartner  miade  high  score,  (213)  for  his  side  and  also 
took  the  honor  for  high  average  with  1.88  2-3.  Coyne,  for 
the  Armstrong  Cork  Company,  made  180  in  the  first  game, 
and  Hoffman,  of  the  same  side,  178  in  the  second.  All  the 
contests   were   decidedly   interesting. 


Business  Rather  Quiet. 

Baltimore,  Feb.  24. — Although  from  the  commercial 
standpoint  some  improvement  wais  to  be  recorded  in  the 
drug  'trade  last  week,  the  general  movement  is  rather 
uneventful.  Trade  seems  to  be  reviving  in  a  gneral  way. 
The  volume  of  transactions  for  the  past  six  days,  how- 
ever, was  not  remarkable.  Bad  w^eather  kept  people  in- 
doors and  a  holiday  took  off  a  portion  of  the  trade.  Bet- 
ter results  are  looked  for  this  week.  The  manufacturers 
continue  to  be  busy  in  the  laboratories,  but  of  course 
share  in  the  common  experience  in  the  salesrooms.  A 
fair  amount  of  business  is  being  done,  but  relative  quiet 
prevails  and  the  aggregate  of  transactions  is  not  as  large 
as  it  has  been.  The  market  for  botanicals  is  about 
the  same,  with  the  articles  that  are  reported  scarce  high 
as  to  price.  A  moderately  large  movement  in  heavy 
chemicals  prevails. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

The  Truitt  Drug  Company,  of  Allegheny  county,  Md., 

has  been  incorporated  at  Cumberland  with  a  capital  stock 
of  S4.000  by  I.  Gordon  Truitt.  Edwin  B.  Claybrook,  G. 
Frank  Haker,  Harry  S.  Wailes  and  J.  A.  McHenry.  The 
company  will  conduct  a  retail  drug  and  paint  business. 
Louis  Hofstetter,  in  charge  of  the  botanicals  depart- 
ment for  Muth  Bros.  &  Co.,  has  been  quite  ill  for  a 
week  or  more,  but  is  now  reported  to  be  on  the  mend. 


Crown   Cachets. 

Every  druggist  in  the  country  should  acquaint  hijmselif 
with  the  merits  of  the  Crown  Cachets  advertised  by  Ohas. 
Adolf  Wolff  in  this  issue.  Although  Mr.  Wolff  does  not  sell 
directly  to  the  retail  trade,  he  is  the  representative  for 
the  jobbing  trade  of  Johann  Schmidt.  Nurnberg,  Ger- 
many. These  Cachets  are  put  up  in  different  sizes  and  In 
different  styles,  and  in  Wihite  as  well  as  in  colors.  They' 
are  furnished  with  any  printing  on,  or  embossed.  Printed 
and  emtiossed  Cachets  are  furnished  only  on  order,  and 
those  druggists  who  put  up  their  own  preparations  and 
use  Cachets  would  do  well  to  look  into  this  matter  of 
embossed  Cachets,  as  every  one  that  goes  out  is  an  ad- 
vertisement of  the  store  whence  it  came.  Mr.  Schmidt 
also  makes  Powder  Wafers  and  Sheet  Wafers,  both  round 
and  Square. 

Mr.  Wolff  is  also  agent  in  this  country  for  the  -whole- 
sale trade  for  Metal  Screw  Cap  Icebergs.  These  Bags  are 
of  the  highest  quality,  and  those  who  use  them  will  have 
no  other  makes. 


Bulk  Perfume  Extracts. 
On  page  189,  Second  Section,  Price  List  Edition  of  the 
Era,  the  Evergreen  Chemical  Co.,  New  Tork.  publish  an 
iimportant  notice  to  the  trade.  They  furnislh  concentrated 
flower  oils  and  colors  from  ■which  can  be  made  bulk  per- 
fume extracts  equal  to,  and  in  many  cases  superior  to, 
the  highest  grade  of  domestic  or  foreign  makes.  They 
also  malte  handsome  colors  for  toilet  and  medicinal  prep- 
arations, a.nd  supply  the  leading  perfumers  and  pharma- 
ceutical chemists  in  this  country.  The  Evergreen  Cheml- 
ileal  Co.  will  send  postpaid  and  free  of  charge,  to  any 
druggist  wiio  will  take  the  trouble  to  write  for  It,  their 
latest  'booklet  of  toilet  requisite  formulas,  all  of  which 
are  thoroughly  up  to  date  and  which  are  especially 
adapted  to  druggists'  use.  They  are  glad  at  all  times  to 
furnisih  information  regarding  their  line,  as  well  as  valu- 
able hints  which  will  aid  druggists  in  disposing  of  their 
products. 


February  27,  1002.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


2:2'J 


MICHIGAN. 


CHICAGO. 


DRUG  CLERKS  TO  HAVE  AN  ENTERTAINMENT. 

Detroit,  Feb.  122.— The  rf^iilnr  nrinthly  meeting  of  the 
rh-ue  Clerics'  Association  of  Miciiigan  was  held  recently 
and  the  resignation  of  the  President  W.  L.  Leiacock, 
was  accepted  as  he  had  taken  a  position  which  rendered 
careful  attention  to  the  details  of  the  Association  out  of 
the  question.  N.  H.  Jones  was  elected  to  flU  the  vacancy, 
Mr.  Jones  is  succeeded  by  C.  E.  .Abraham  as  chairman  of 
the  entertainn^ent  comniittc-e.  A  special  meeting  was  h-?ld 
Feb.  ISHh,  and  it  was  decided  to  have  an  April  Fool  party 
at  Strassburgs  Dancing  Academy  on  the  evening  of 
April  1.  The  following  have  been  appointed  to  act  a.s 
chairmen  of  the  various  comimittees:  A.  P.  Young,  F.  E. 
North,  M.  Early,  W.  Rose.  At  this  special  meeting  L. 
O.  Connor  and  E.  Eberhardt  were  admitted  as  m,embers 
of  the  Association. 


MICHIGAN   NOTES. 

Friday  of  last  week  about  sixty  pharmacy  stu- 
dents, in  charge  of  Prof.  Oscar  Oldberg  of  the  Northwest- 
ern University,  Chicago,  111.,  visited  the  laboratory  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  Dainty  refreshments  were  served 
at  the  end  of  the  laboratory  trip  in  the  employes'  library 
and  in  the  evening  the  visitors  were  tendered  a  course 
banquet  at  the  Hotel  Cadillac.  The  occasion  was  a  very 
enjoyable  one  and  during  the  evening  many  speeches 
were  made  by  the  executives  of  Paxke,  Davis  &  Co.,  and 
the   visitors. 

W.  P.  Doty  some  time  ago  secured  judgment  againist 

the  Detroit  United  Railway  for  personal  injuries  received 
by  being'  run  down  by  a  car  on  the  Woodward  Avenue 
line.  The  Railway  company  carried  the  case  to  the  Su- 
preme Court,  which,  however,  has  just  confirmed  the 
judgment  rendered  by  the  lower  court.  Mr.  Doty  is 
one  of  the  prominent  druggists  in  Detiroit,  and  also  treas- 
urer of  the  Michigan  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
Dr.  Chas.  T.  McClintock,  chief  of  the  biological  de- 
partment of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  has  been  confined  to  his 
room  for  the  past  two  weeks  with  an  attack  of  acute 
bronchitis.  W.  H.  Holden,  superintendent  of  the  same 
company's  laboratories  is  away  on  an  extended  trip 
and  will  \-i3it  Toronto,  Montreal,  Quebec  and  New  York 
before  returning  to  this  city.  Geo.  S.  Berridge  is  in  the 
Kast   on    business. 

Walter  G.    Leacock,    for  some   time  past  prescription 

clerk  with  Chas.  F.  Mann,  and  later  with  his  successor, 
J.  Frank  Webb,  at  the  comer  of  Calumet  and  Third 
avenue,  Detroit,  has  resigned  his  position  at  that  phar- 
macy and  acceipted  the  post  of  city  representative  for 
Messrs.   Nelson.  Baker  &  Co. 

Geo.   M.    Schettler  of  Detroit,   intends  to   occupy   the 

store  next  door  to  his  pharmacy  as  soon  as  it  is  vacated 
by  the  present  tenant.  This  increased  space  will  give  him 
plenty  of  opportunity  to  make  a  very  fine  display  of 
some  elegant  fixtures  which  have  been  ordered. 

W.  H.  Wheeler  of  Cedar  Springs,  will  shortly  install 

a  drug  department  in  his  general  store  at  that  place,  to 
be  operated  under  the  firm  name  of  W.  H.  Wheeler  & 
Son,  the  son,  E.  M.  Wheeler,  being  in  charge. 

^Among    the    out-of-town    representatives    who    visited 

Detroit  during  the  past  week  were  Mr.  Moore  represent- 
ing Dodge  &  Olcott,  and  David  Mahoney,  representing 
A.  A.  Stillwell  &  Co.,  both  of  New  York  city. 
A  fire  started  over  Henderson's  Pharmacy  at  Jack- 
son, in  the  office  of  a  physician,  but  happily  was  extin- 
guished before  it  did  very  much  damage  to  the  store 
underneath. 

The  Harley  Drug  Co.  has  been  incorporated  at  South 

Haven,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $5,000,  and  will  engage  in 
the  drug  business  at  that  place. 

Richard   Johnson,    representing  Merck   &   Co.,    passed 

through  Detroit  last  week  on  a  two  months'  trip  to  the 
Pacific  coast. 


MEETING  AT  CHICAGO   COLLEGE   OF  PHARMACY. 

Chicago,  Feb.  22.— A  week  ago  last  Thursday  night  a 
very  interesting  lecture  was  given  at  the  Chicago  College 
of  Pharmacy  on  the  suhject  of  sponges.  L.ast  Thursday 
evening  W.  G.  Baxter,  a  well-known  cigar  man,  gave  a 
useful  talk  on  cigars  as  a  side  line  for  druggists.  The 
speaker  gave  a  brief  history  of  the  introduction  of  to- 
bacco into  the  civilized  world,  and  described  some  of  its 
original  uses.  He  said  that  the  early  discoverers  found 
it  in  use  by  the  Indians  in  their  religious  rites  and  it  was 
used  by  them  also  as  a  medicine.  'U'Tien  it  was  finally 
introduced  in  Europe  It  was  used,  among  other  things, 
as  incense  in  churches.  The  difficulties  attending  the 
introduction  of  tobacco  into  the  old  world  were  described. 
Mir.  Baxter  said  that  the  Hollanders  tise  proportionately 
more  tobacco  than  any  other  people,  and  following  these 
in  order  come  the  people  of  the  Latin  countries,  Ger- 
many and  the  United  States.  Specimens  of  Havana,  Su- 
matra and  Connecticut  leaf  were  shown  and  their  differ- 
ences were  pointed  out,  together  with  the  use  of  each 
in  the  manufacture  of  cigars. 

Mr.  Baxter  said  that  nothing  is  so  profitable  as  a 
side  line  for  druggists  as  cigars  when  they  are  rightly 
handled.  A  good  cigar  trade  always  jaelds  .a  handsome  in- 
come and  requires  but  little  time  and  effort  The  busi- 
ness usually  is  done  on  a  cash  basis,  and  if  the  necessary 
care  is  given  to  the  stock  there  is  no  reason  why  the 
druggists  may  not  retain  the  cigar  trade  of  the  public. 
Care  should  be  used  in  the  selection  of  the  stock  and 
then  pains  should  be  taken  to  find  out  the  best  way  to 
preserve  the  fiavor  of  the  cigars.  During  those  seasons 
when  artificial  heat  is  used  it  is  necessary  that  the  ci- 
gars be  kept  moist  by  artificial  means.  The  best  way  to 
accomplish  this  is  by  means  of  open  pans  or  trays  olf 
water  set  in  the  cigar  cases.  Different  grades  of  cigars 
should  not  be  put  in  the  same  case.  Nothing  is  more 
delicate  than  the  finer  grades  of  tobacco  leaf.  When  the 
fine  imported  grades  are  put  In  the  same  case  with  the 
ranker  brands  the  former  take  on  some  of  the  flavor*  of 
the  latter  and  so  deteriorate  in  value.  The  druggist 
should  endeavor  to  work  up  a  trade  on  good  cigars,  and 
the  highly  advertised  brands  do  not,  as  a  rule,  fulfill 
this  requirement  very  long  after  they  are  put  on  the 
market.  A\Ti6Te  the  trade  is  wholly  of  a  transient  nature, 
however,  probably  the  advertised  brands  should  be 
shown. 

Those  present  asked  the  speaker  a  number  of  pertinent 
questions,  and  remarks  were  made  by  Messrs.  Day,  Rud- 
nick,  Thorburn  and  Bbert. 


The  Telephone  Again. 
Chicago,  Feb.  20.— Users  of  the  ten  party  line  tele- 
phones are  complaining  that  the  service  is  getting  poor 
and  that  when  they  complain  to  the  telephone  company 
an  agent  Is  sent  around  to  look  at  the  'phone  and  talk 
over  the  complaint.  This  agent  is  a  plausible  gentleman 
who  advises  the  subscribers  that  they  can  get  better  ser- 
vice by  putting  in  a  four  party  line  at  ten  cents  per  call. 
The  company  can  afford  to  give  better  service  on  such  a 
line.  This  argument.  It  Is  said,  often  works  with  those 
■who  really  need  the  telephone.  In  San  Francisco  it  Is 
said  that  the  rule  that  on  ten  party  lines  the  subscribers 
may  talk  only  five  minutes  is  often  broken  and  couples 
will  hold  the  line  for  half  an  hour  at  a  time,  much  to  the 
exasperation  of  the  other  users.  This  practice  the  com- 
pany, it  is  said,  will  make  iio  effort  to  stop,  because 
when  a  customer  gets  quite  desperate  he  TviU  give  up  the 
party  line  'phone  and  order  one  of  a  more  expensive  and 
more  satisfactory  kind.  The  druggists  of  Chicago  are 
quite  -willing  to  see  the  party  lines  go  into  inocuous  de- 
suetude, but  It  is  really  not  a  matter  of  much  Importance. 


Manufacturing    chemist    wanted.      See    Want    Column 
of  this  paper. 


Bowling. 

Chicago,   Feb.  20.— ^At  the  meeting  of  the  Drug  Trade 

owling    League   held    on   Monday   evening,    Feb.    17,    the 

following   games   were   rolled:   Parke,   Davis   &   Co.,    647, 

774.  770,  against  E.  H.  Sargent  &  Co.,  660.  SW,  707;  Sharp 


330 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  37,  1902. 


&  Smith  696,  791,  795,  against  Lord,  Owen  &  Co.,  6SS, 
830,  798;  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.,  647,  694,  685,  against  Buck 
&  kayiier,   647,   683,   604. 

CHICAGO  NOTES. 

Burglars  entered  the  barn   of  V.  A.   Fox,   a  druggist 

at  Forty-third  street  and  Prairie  avenue,  on  the  night 
of  February  19  and  carried  away  about  $30  worth  of  har- 
ness and  tools.  The  barn  is  at  the  rear  of  Mr.  Fox's  res- 
idence at  4108  Prairie  avenue. 

The  Hottinger  Drug  &  Truss  Company  of  Chicago  has 

been  incorporated.  The  capital  stock  is  $12,500;  object,  to 
manufacture  and  deal  in  imedicines,  surgical  appliances, 
etc.;  incorporatore,  John  B.  Hottinger,  Joseph  Hottinger 
and  LA.rthur  Hottinger. 

F  P  Boyden,  a  popular  druggist  at  2111  West  Harri- 
son street,  on  March  1  will  move  his  store  to  the  corner 
of  Fortieth  and  West  Harrison  streets,  where  he  will 
have   more   commodious   quarters  and   a  better   location. 

Xhe  Willard  Pharmacy  a:t  1714  North  Halsted  street, 

formerly  owned  t.y  Dr.  Fricke,  has  been  sold  to  C.  J. 
Snyder  &  Bro.  _^ 

The  drug  fi'rm  of  Clapesattle  &  Felts  of  Fort  Wayne, 

Ind.,    has    dissolved   partnership,    George    A.    Clapesattle 

^The   Dr.   Gossom  Medicine  Company   of  Chicago   has 

certified  to  an  increase   of  capital  stock  from  $10,000  to 

$40,000.  ^       1.  ■„ 

-4_The  Perlman  Drug  Company  of  Chicago  has  been  in- 
corporated with  a  capital  stock  of  $1,000. 

TOie  drug  store  oif  Henry  C.  Gruneman  at  Fort  Wayne, 

Ind     was  destroyed  by  fiire  recently. 

A.  M.  Reis,  311  North  avenue,  has  sold  his  drug  store 

to  F.  X.  Dieden.  


CINCINNATI. 


New  Drug  Company  Incorporated. 

Cincinnati,  Feb.  CO. -The  Stein-Gray  Drug  Co.  was  in- 
corporated at  Columbus.  Saturday,  under  the  laws  of 
Ohio  with  a  paJid-in  capital  of  $150,000,  and  within  a  few 
days'  one  of  the  largest  wholesale  drug  ajid  druggists- 
sundry  houses  of  the  West  will  be  located  in  this  city. 
Many  prominent  and  wealthy  citizens  are  subscribers 
to  stock  in  the  new  venture,  among  them  Otto  Stein,  for 
years  president  of  the  Stein-Vogeler  Drug  Co.;  W.  T. 
Gray  and  W.  T.  Gray.  Jr.,  of  the  Gray  &  Huston  Co.; 
Wm.  F.  Doepke  of  Alms  &  Doepke  Co.,  and  Geo.  Mer- 
rell  of  the  W.  S.  Merrell  Chemical  Co.  Jerome  D.  Oreed, 
attorney  for  the  company,  states  that  the  capital  stock 
w-ill  very  likely  be  increased  to  $300,000  in  the  near  future. 
The  new  company  will  occupy  the  double  stone  front 
building  o.i  Fourth,  Elast  of  Main  street,  and  will  have 
verj-  handsome  quarteirs. 

CINCINNATI  NOTES. 

Senator  Eckert  introduced  a  bill  into  the  Legislature, 

making  it  a  misdemeanor  to  use  pans  green  on  tobaicco 
plants.  A  fine  of  $25  to  $.S00  or  imprisonment  of  10  to  60 
days   is   the   penalty. 

^Representative  Max  Stlbeiftierg    of    Cimcinmati,    is    at 

■work  on  a  bill  to  require  pharmacists  tio  give  a  copy  of 
each  prescription  filled  to  the  purchaser  of  the  medicine. 

Druggists  who  have  not  only  their  own  Interest  at 
heart  but  the  interests  of  the  trade  at  large,  should  give 
careful  consideration  to  the  plan  of  the  ESmpii-e  State 
Drug  Co.,  Buffalo,  advertised  in  this  issue.  The  customers 
of  this  Company  are  its  stockholders,  now  numbering 
some  1.600,  and  each  of  these  stockholders,  besides  mak- 
ing a  profit  on  the  goods  vrtiich  they  bought,  Teceived  4 
per  cent  dividend  on  their  stock.  The  Empire  State  Drug 
Co.  make  a  pretty  general  line  of  pharmaceuticals,  and 
of  proprietary  preparations  of  frequent  demand  which  can 
be  sold  at  full  prices.  The  plan  is  well  worth  looking  in- 
to. The  company  is  firmly  established,  and  is  making 
money  for  its  stockholders. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 


WALTER    NELSON, 
Druggist      memlber    of     the    Minnesota     Legisilature, 
viewed    by  a  Twin   City    Cartoonist. 


UMLAND  THE  ONLY  ONE  IN  EARNEST. 

St.  Paul,  IMinn.,  Feb.  22.— Mr.  Umland  of  this  city,  one 
of  the  druggist  (members  of  the  Lower  House  Of  the  Leg- 
islature, and  who  rejoices  in  the  possession  of  six  given 
names  caused  some  amusement  in  the  House  one  day 
this  week.  He  sent  to  the  clerk's  desk  a  copy  of  an  arti- 
cle printed  in  one  of  the  St.  Paul  papers.  It  declared 
that  the  Legislature  was  not  doing  anything  but  draw 
its  mioney,  that  it  had  been  in  session'  only  three  hours 
and  twenty  minutes,  but  that  the  clerks  doctored  the 
records  ito  make  it  appear  that  more  time  was  put  In.  Mr. 
Umland  offered  a  resolution  declaring  the  article  an  Im- 
peachment of  the  integrity  of  the  House  and  denying  the 
privilege  of  the  floor  to  the  representative  of  the  paper. 
The  'House  treated  the  article  and  the  resolution  as  a  joke. 
On  a  rising  vote  no  one  voted  for  it  but  Mr.  Uonla-nd  and 
two  others.  Only  a  dozen  rose  to  vote  against  it.  James 
A.  Peterson  moved  that  the  resolution  be  expunged  from 
the  records.  Mr.  Umland  protested,  and  declared  the  ar- 
ticle a  reflection  on  the  House  and  its  officers  which  de- 
served rebuke.    The  Peterson  motion  prevailed. 


Body  Fully  Identified. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Feb.  22.— The  remains  of  Martin  C. 
Aker,  the  Montevideo  drug  clerk  who  was  killed  in  the 
Hotel  Vendome  fire  in  Minneapolis,  were  taken  to  Monte- 
video this  week.  A  good-sized  delegation  of  drug  clerks 
of  Minneapolis  took  an  Interest  in  the  case  and  escorted 
the  body. to  the  station  last  evening.  The  coroner  fully 
investigated  the  case.  It  was  decided  that  no  inquest  was 
needed.  The  consensus  of  opinion  ds  that  Aker 
was  aroused  rwith  the  other  guests  and  that 
he  returned  to  his  room  for  his  personal  ef- 
fects. It  is  believed  that  he  was  overcome  (by 
amoke  in  his  room  and  remained  senseless  on  the  floor 
until  it  fell  to  the  basement,  where  the  corpse  was  found. 
There  seems  to  be  no  question  that  he  had  been  warned 
of  the  danger  and  had  plenty  of  time  in  which  to  make 
his  escape.  iFurther  proof  that  the  body  was  that  of 
Aker  was  given  when  Lieut.  Gov.  L.  A.  Smith  called  at 
the  morgue  and  positively  identified  the  body.  Lieut. 
Gov.  Smith  lives  at  Montevideo  and  knew  Aker  well.  The 
remains  were  also  recognized  by  E.  B.  Hedberg,  secretary 
of  the  Masonic  Lodge  at  Montevideo. 


The  advertising  which  John  I,u'cas  &  Co.  ^ve  Ito  the 
dealers  who  handle  their  paint  is  a  revelation.  They  pride 
themselves  on  the  originality  of  their  ideas,  and  the  char- 
acter of  the  advertising  matter  which  they  send  out  cer- 
tainly bears  them  out. 


Pharmacist  to  Have  Charge. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  Feb.  22.— The  Board  of  Corrections 
and  Charities  put  it.s  promised  measures  for  reform  in 
the  purchase  of  supplies  at  the  Minneapolis  city  hospital 
in  effect  the  other  night  by  voting  to  employ  a  phanma- 
cist  to  take  charge  of  the  hospital  drug  department.  He 
is  to  make  all  purchases  and  dispense  supplies  only  on 
the  requisition  Of  the  city  physician  and  his  assistants. 
The  city  physician  may  pass  upon  the  character  and 
quality  of  the  drugs  wanted,   but  will  have  no  hand  In 


February  27,  1902. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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'.  A.   C.   E.  A.  UIMI.AND, 
jist  member  of  the   Minnesota  Legislature. 
as  viewed  -by  a  oartoonJst. 


their  purchase.  The  pharmacist  will  also  act  In  the  ca- 
pacity of  storekeeper,  while  the  present  storekeeper  will 
take  charge  of  the  telephone.  City  Physician  Nelson 
does  not  like  fhe  plan  at  all,  and  it  is  possible  that  he 
■will  insist  upon  the  privilege  of  selecting  the  pharmacist 
himself.  The  present  arrangement  calls  for  a  selection 
by  the  two  physicians  of  the  Board,  Mayor  Ames  and 
Commiesioner  Woodard. 


NORTHWESTERN    NOTATIONS. 

Successions:  Baehman  &  Hey,   Preston,  Minn.,  by  A. 

Bachman;  M.  N.  Franks  &  Co.,  Farmington,  la.,  by  C. 
P.  Franks  &  Co.;  E.  A.  Palmer,  Turtle  Lake,  Wis.,  by 
L.  E.  G-riswwId;  Cremer  &  Clayton,  Mazeppa,  Minn.,  by 
Floyd  Kingsley;  George  J,  Tiss,  Luveme,  la.,  by  Ties  & 
Shadle;  T.  J.  Loar  (deceased).  Monroe,  la.,  by  George  W. 
Loar;  Veda  (Mrs.  D.  W.)  Neill,  Peru,  Neb.,  by  Thomas 
Frickers;  Dell  G.  (Morgan,  Council  Bluffs,  la.,  by  Morgan 
&  Dickey;  Linn  E.  Jones,  "WTiatcom,  Wash.,  by  Warren 
Cole;  Russell  &  Case,  Stephen,  Minn.,  by  A.  R.  Pease. 

Edgar  Hodgkin.son's  drug  store  at  Devil's  Lake.  N.  D. 

■was  damaged  by  Are  on  the  18th  Inst.  His  stock  was 
saved  by  moving  it  out  in  the  street.  He  was  fully  in- 
sured. 

C.   Teager,    a' druggist  with   stores   at  Arlington   and 

Friday   Harbor,   Wash.,   has   indulged   In   the   novelty  of 
buying  out  his  wife,  who  owned  the  stores. 
Oscar  Xuecher,  who  has  been  spending  a  Uttle  vaca- 
tion  at  his  home  in  Melrose,   Minn.,   has  gone  to  Grand 
Forks,  N.  D.,  to  work  for  G.  C.  Sabin. 


New:    J.    N.    English,    Bertha,    Minn.;    A.    Germain, 

Somerset,  Wis.;  W.  H.  Benham,  Seattle,  Wash.;  Currens 
&  Co.,  St.  Anthony,  Idaho. 

^O.   L.    McDonnell,  Hope,   N.   D.,   and  J.   H.  Pickett  & 

Co.,  Crawfordville,  la.,  have  sold. 

B.  J.  Ness  has  left  Rietzke's  Pharmacy,  St.  Paul,  and 

is  now  taking  a  little  rest. 

The   senior    partner   of   Cievenger   &   Lyon,    Marengo, 

la.,    has   sold   his  interest. 

. Dr.    E.    M,   Shaw   has   retired   from   the   Ragley-Shaw 

Drug  Co.,  Seattle,  Wash. 

G.  S.  Silcher,  of  Renville,  Minn.,  has  gone  to    Chicago 

on  a  brief  visit. 

George    Martin    is    now    in    Swartz's    drug     store    at 

Brainerd,    Minn. 

The   S.    B.   Medicine  Co.,   Dufur,   Ore.,    has   moved    to 

Portland. 

Meijert    &    Fisch,     Remsen,     la.,    will      dissolve      on 

March  1. 

John  H.  Perry  &  Co.,   Rhodes,   la.,  have  given  a  bill 

of   sale. 

^M.  v.  Wetzell  -was  In  the  city  on  business  Wednesday. 

-^Roy  H.  Gates,  Waterloo,  is  an  involuntary  bankrupt. 
R.  J.  Bradley,  Percival,  la,  is  dead. 


ST.  J^UIS. 

ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION  ELECTS  OFFICERS. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  19.— The  largest  and  one  of  the  most 
enthusiastic  annual  meetings  in  the  history  of  the  Alumni 
Association  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  was 
held  at  the  College  building  Thursday  nfglit.  Feb.  18. 
There  were  105  meimlbers  present.  The  president  in  his  ad- 
dress recommended  that  the  library  committee  of  the 
association  be  instructed  to  co-operate  with  the  same 
committee  of  the  College  and  that  both  of  these  commit- 
tees be  urged  to  make  the  library  of  more  service  to 
students.  He  pointed  out  the  fact  that,  according  to  the 
by-laws,  the  Association  allowed  this  committee  $75  per 
year  with  which  to  purchase  books,  but  that  little  or 
no  money  had  been  expended  for  'books  for  several  years. 
The   Association   heartily   indorsed   this   recommendation. 

The  committee  on  constitution  and  ©y-Iaws  reported 
in  favor  of  the  amendment  proposed  at  tne  last  meeting, 
to  change  the  method  of  voting  for  officers  from  that 
of  the  popular  vote  to  the  plan  of  a  nomination  com- 
mittee composed  of  one  member  from  ea<ih  graduating 
class  represented  at  the  annual  meeting.  After  con- 
sideo-able  discussion  the  proposed  amendment  was  tabled. 
The  treasurer's  report  showed  a  balance  of  over  $1,0(X)  in 
the  bank.  The  committee  on  necrology  reported  five 
deaths  among  the  members  during  the  past  year. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  new  memibers  showed 
■an  increase  of  43  during  the  year.  It  was  voted  that  Dr. 
Enno  Sander  be  elected  an  honorary  member  on  th« 
occasion  of  the  celebration  of  his  eightieth  birthday  next 
Wednesday  night.  This  was  done  in  recognition  of  his 
ser\ices  in  founding  the  College  and  in  organizing  this 
association.  The  following  officers  -were  elected  for  the 
ensuing  year:  President,  Wxn,  H.  Lament;  first  vice- 
pregident.  Louis  Schurk;  second  vice-president,  Paul 
Schneider;  recording  eeoretary,  E.  H.  Voepel ;  correspond- 
ing secretary.  Dr.  Paul  Weeke;  treasurer,  Charles  Giet- 
ner;  registrar.  Col.  Fred  Neu;  executive  Board.  Dr.  O. 
A.  Wall,  Jr.,  Theo.  F.  Hagenow,  Dr.  Otto  F.  Claus,  Wm. 
F.  Kahre,  Dr.  O.  H.  Elbrecht,  R.  S.  Vitt. 

After  the  meeting  the  members  went  to  the  Arabian 
Knights,  where  the  officers  were  installed  and  luncheon 
was   served. 


ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

Arrangements  are  being  made  to  open  a  new  depart- 
ment store  at  Broadway  and  Washington  nvenue.  It  will 
be  known  as  the  Meyer  Store  and  it  is  claimed  the  com- 
pany has  a  series  of  depar'tment  stores  in  various  parts 
of  the  country  and  in  many  of  them  are  drug  depart- 
ments, which  have  proved  so  satisfactory  that  the  com- 
pany will  put  one  in  .here.  It  Is  expected  the  store  will 
be  ready  for  business  about  April  1.      Several    representa- 


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[February  27,  1902. 


CALIFORNIA. 


WM.  H.  LAMONT. 

Wm.  H.  Lamont  is  the  newly  elected  president  of  the 
Alumni  Association  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy. 
He  OS  a  native  of  Liouisville,  Ky.,  and  graduated  from 
the  St.  Louiis  Oo'llege  of  Pharmacy  in  18i)2.  winning  the 
gold  medfil  for  a'ttainiing  the  best  general  average  and 
standing  in  his  class.  He  served  as  chief  clerk  in  several 
8t.  Louis  drug  stores  for  a  time  and  then  purchased  the 
pharmacy  at  Maryland  and  Boyle  avenues,  that  city. 
A  year  later  he  sold  out  and  went  on  the  road  for  Eli 
Lilly  &  Co.,  of  Indianapolis.  At  the  beginning  of  the 
present  year  he  was  placed  tin  charge  of  the  comi>any's 
local  office  in  St.  Louis,  a  position  he  still  holds.  Mr. 
Lamont  has  been  a  hard  worker  for  the  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation and  his  election  as  president  of  thfe  organization 
de  a  lltting  recognition  of  his  services  land  the  esteem  in 
which  he  is  held  by  his  fellow  memlbers. 


tives  of  the  pharmaceutical  manufacturers  have  Inter- 
viewed the  company  and  have  been  told  that  as  soon  as 
thie  company  found  the  right  party  to  manage  their  drug 
depar^tment  the  orders  for  drugs  would  be  placed.  This 
is  of  interest  to  local  druggists  as  it  will  be  the  first  de- 
partment drug  store  ever  opened  in  St.  Louis.  The  local 
association  will  see  that  the  company  lives  up  to  the 
schedule  of  prices. 

Dr.  Joseph  Temm  died  at  the  home  of  'his  son,,  drug- 
gist A.  J.  Temm,  Feb.  19.  Dr.  Temm  was  88  years  of  age 
and  one  of  the  leading  druggists  of  this  city  aJbout  the 
time  of  the  Civil  War.  Two  of  his  sons,  A.  J.  and  W.  D. 
Temon,  are  in  business  here  at  the  present  time.  Dr. 
Temm,  was  bom  and  educated  in  Germany  and  came  to 
St.  Louis  in  1846.  He  practiced  medicine  for  about  ten 
years  before  entering  the  drug  business. 
—^Albert  Koch,  a  North  Side  drug  clerk,  was  In  court 
the  forepart  of  the  week  endeavoring  to  convince  the 
Judge  that  $8  per  week  was  imore  alimony  than  he  could 
afford  to  pay  his  recently  divorced  wife.  He  claimed  that 
eight  dollars  represented  his  entire  week's  salary  and 
hie   employer   could  not  afford   to  pay  him  any  more. 

^W.    W.    Von   Sickle,    formerly   In   charge   oif   the    Star 

Drug  Co.,  has  accepted  a  position  with  the  Kief  Drug  Co. 
of   Pittsburg,    Miss. 

M.   C.   Arendes  and  A.   H.    Stolle,   of  the  J.    S.   Merrill 

Drug  Co.   are   spending  a  week  at  Hot  Springs,  Ark. 
Joseph     Popp,      of     L.      Popp     &     Co..       is       spend- 
ing his  Winter  vacation  at  Hot  Springs,  Ark. 

C.    O.    Bunsch    of   Kast    St.    Lnuis,    has  Bold    his   drug 

store  to  the  Creecemt  Pharmacy  Co. 

—John  Renter  is  opening  a  new  drug  store  at  2«523  N. 

Broadway. 


W.  M.  Searby  Resigns  From  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

San  Francisco,  Feb.  15  — W.  M.  Seartoy,  one  of  the 
best-known  druggists  in  San  Francisco,  and  president  of 
the  California  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  since  Its  or- 
ganization, has  sent  in  his  resignation  from  the  Board 
to  the  Governor  of  California.  Mr.  Searby  says  that  he 
made  up  his  mind  to  resign  from  the  Board  two  months 
ago,  but  did  not  take  the  step  until  a  day  or  two  ago. 
When  asked  for  his  reason  for  his  resignation.  Mr.  Searby 
said:  "The  business  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
has  not  been  going  on  to  my  liking.  I  am  not  satisfied 
with  the  manner  in  which  the  business  has  been  con- 
ducted. Things  are  in  such  a  state  that  I  have  been 
unable  to  mend  them.  I  will  not  bake  further  responsi- 
bility. Everyone  who  knows  me  looks  to  me  for 
justice,  and  I  do  nrft  want  to  be  responsii'ble  for  actions 
that  I  do  not  approve  and  cannot  remedy.  When  ttia 
general  policy  of  the  Board  met  with  my  approval,  I  sus- 
tained it.  When  the  policy  is  such  that  I  can't  sustain 
it,  I  do  not  want  to  be  held  responsible  for  its  actions." 


Licentiates  Get  Certificates. 
San  Francisco,  February  15.— The  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  at  its  last  meeting  appointed  a  committee  of 
two,  for  the  purpose  of  waiting  on  the  chief  of  police,  to 
stir  him  up  regarding  druggists'  clerks  and  Chinese  who 
are  violating  the  pharmajcy  lajw.  The  Board  will  meet 
next  in  Los  Angeles  on  April  8,  and  again  here  on  April 
15.  The  Board  has  granted  the  following  certificates  of 
Licentiate  in  Pharmacy:  R.  D.  Fuller,  C.  J.  Lundell,  R. 
E.  Henke,  S.  Eastman,  R.  Liich,  A.  W.  Cochran,  W.  F.  A. 
Moltzen,  J.  C.  Rehrer,  F.  A.  Schroeder,  G.  S.  Levy,  H. 
P.  Armour,  C.  H.  Powell,  O.  J.  Mlouron,  F.  D.  Curtis,  A. 
H.  McFarlane  and  G.  G.  Frisbee.  W.  E.  Pleasants  was 
given  an  assistant's  certificate.  J.  G.  Burque,  M.  MuHer, 
C.  C.  Rounds,  H.  S.  Davis,  J.  H.  Hubacbek,  F.  W.  Mc- 
Aulifte,  and  J.  A.  V.  Brice,  were  given  certlficaltes  of 
licentiate  on  credentials  presented.  W.  C.  Brown  pre- 
sented credentials  for  an  assistant's  licentiate. 


Drug  Store  Liquor  His  Undoing. 

San  Francisco,  Feb.  15. — In  the  principal  drug  store  of 
Needles.  Cal..  the  proprietor  found  a  stranger  prostrate 
on  the  floor  of  his  store,  when  he  opened  it  for  business. 
He  thougtht  the  man  was  the  victim  of  a  murder.  Inves- 
tigation proved  him  to  be  a  burglar,  who  had  entered  the 
store  by  way  of  the  cellar  and  a  trap  door,  the  night 
before.  He  took  from  the  show  cases,  a  quanMty  of  cut- 
lery, and  .going  out  sold  the  stolen  goods,  and  cheered' 
himself  with  liquor.  Emboldened  toy  the  spirits,  the  man, 
whose  name  is  George  Sparks,  went  back  to  the  drug 
store.  In  exploring  the  shop  he  disioovered  a  demijohn 
of  whiskey.  He  took  a  num^ber  of  drinks,  and  became 
obfuscated.  Then  he  could  not  find  the  trap  door.  He 
staggered  about  the  room,  knocking  over  the  furniture, 
and  at  last  exhausted  went  to  sleep.  He  told  about  it  In 
jail. 


Crusade  Against  Unregistered   Druggists. 

San  Francisco,  Feb.  15.— (The  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
has  decided  to  inauigiirate  a  crusade  against  all  persons 
dlsipensing  drugs  wltho\it  having  been  registered  accord- 
ing to  law,  "John  Doe"  warrants  have  been  sworn  out 
for  certain  druggists  and  their  assistants  known  to  be 
violating  the  law,  and  the  police  have  been  notified  to 
serve  them.  The  State  Board  has  been  in  session  In  this 
city  for  ten  days  past,  meeting  daily  at  the  College  of 
Physicians  and  Surgeons,  and  with  the  assistance  of  the 
police  department,  the  members  have  been  securing  tho 
evidence  against  the  more  flagrant  violators  of  the  phar- 
macy law.  It  Is  also  said  that  there  are  a  number  of 
druggists'  assistants  who  are  not  complying  with  the 
law  requiring  registry. 


February  27,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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CALIFORNIA   NOTES. 

The   following  San   Francisco   changes   are   noted:    F. 

A.  Gamble  is  with  the  No-Percentage  Drug  Company; 
Paul  Jones  is  wiflh  Gleason's  Pharmacy  at  Clay  and 
Kearney  streets.  O.  Eastland,  corresponding  secretary 
of  the  San  Francisco  Drug  Clerks'  Association,  who  has 
been  ill,  is  back  again  at  work.  Jesse  Forsyth  is  work- 
ing for  Leon  Di  Nola  at  542  HaJght  street.  Dan  Fuller 
is  assistant  at  the  Polyclinic  on  Ellis  street.  A.  W.  Woolf 
is  with  the  Golden  Rule  Pharmacy.  W.  D.  Irvine  has 
severed  his  connecticms  with  A.  O.  Schmitt  and  is  now 
with  Leon  Di  Nola.  J.  T.  Bice  is  now  assistant  with 
Dr.  Grazer  at  Nineteenth  and  Mission  streets.  C.  Chap- 
man is  with  the  Van  Ness  Pharmacy,  Van  Ness  avenue 
and  Market  street.  G.  Oswell  is  assistant  for  Dr.  O.  P. 
Crozier,  California  and  Hyde  streets.  The  former  pro- 
prietor of  the  Pill-Box  on  Market  street.  Dr.  W.  M. 
Forster,  has  gone  to  South  America,  where  he  has  ac- 
cepted a  position  as  phyaician  and  surgeon  for  one  of  the 
leading  railroads.  The  Medical  and  Herbal  Institute  at 
1207  Market  street  has  been  bought  by  G.  M.  Agnew,  and 
re-named  the  City  Hall  Pharmacy. 

Norman  C.  Heron,  a  manufacturer  of  era^alj'ptus  rem- 

•edies  at  2415  South  Main  street,  Los  Angeles,  was  fined 
?loO  in  the  police  court  for  practice  medicine  without  a 
license.  Heron  does  considerable  business  in  eucalyptus 
decoctions,  but  he  is  not  a  doctor.  It  was  proved  in 
court  that  he  had  prescribed  treatment  in  one  case, 
and  signed  a  certificate  of  death  in  another  as  an  M.  D., 
not  overlooking  the  matter  of  collecting  a  fee. 

Ward  &  Bailey,   the  North  Fair  Oaks  druggists,  have 

been  arrested  and  fined  ?200  for  iUegally  selling  liquor. 
There  was  only  one  violator  of  the  ordinance,  "but  aa 
the  store  Is  owned  by  two  men,  each  of  them  was  found 
jruilty,  and  the  fine  was  twice  ?100.  If  the  proprietors 
liad  been  triplets  the  line  ■n'O'Uild  have  been  ?300,  and  if 
the  drug  store  had  been  owned  toy  a  corpcration  the  fine 
might  have  bankrupted  it. 

J.  S.  Potts  aftd  J.  A.  Logan,  proprietors  of  a  drug  stX)re 

on  Market  Street  in  San  Francisco,  have  obtained  judg- 
ment for  the  sum  of  ?1, 754.80,  against  James  R.  T. 
Mershon,  an  oil  broker.  The  plaintiff  entrusted  Mer- 
shon  with  the  saie  of  a  block  of  stock  of  the  value 
of  $2,500,  and  claim  that  no  account  was  ever  rendered. 
They  sued  for  the  full  value  of  the  stock  and  cost. 

William    J.    Memtz.    a    drug    clerk    employed    by    his 

father,  a  druggist  at  1501  Polk  street,  San  PYancisoo,  was 
secretly  married  last  June  in  San  Rafael  to  Miss  Arma 
Bellrude.  The  marriage  was  quietly  performed  on  ac- 
count of  parental  opposition.  iNow  the  young  couple  have 
been  married  again,  the  oibjections  of  tlheir  relatives 
having  been  removed. 

-^The  drug  store  of  Leon  Di  Nola  &  Company  of  642 
Haight  street.  San  Francisco,  was  entered  by  burglars  a 
^ort  time  ago.  Only  a  small  amount  of  money,  some 
postage  stamps,  and  some  small  articles  were  stolen. 

J.  W.  Bradley  is  now  with  Deane's  Drug  Store  in  Los 

Angeles.  He  was  formerly  manager  of  the  Thaxter  Store 
at  Reno,  Nevada,  and  recently  in  charge  of  the  Junction 
Pharmacy  in  San  FVancisco. 

^A.  W.  Colgate,  of  New  York,  manufacturer  of  soaps 

and  perfumes,  is  at  the  Van  Nuys  Hotel,  in  Los  Angeles, 
with  his  wife  and  Mrs.  George  F.  Stone,  of  New  York. 

A.  M.  Cole,  of  Virginia  City,  Nevada,  has  engaged  Mr. 

M'cCloud,  who  was  formerly  manager  of  the  Central 
Drug  Store  at  Stockton. 

Conrad  Evens,  who  lost  his  drug  store  at  Los  Angeles 

by  fire,  is  now  clerk  for  Dr.  Johnson  of  Mountain  View. 

Pierce  &  Robbins,  af  Porterville,  have  engaged  L.  R. 

RenShaw  to  succeed  Todd  Claubes. 

Jean  P.  Fevrler  has  become  a  partner  in  Zabaldano's 

drug  store  at  1124  Stockton  street. 

C.   F.   Heinzeman.   of  Los  Angeles,   has  now  as  clerk 

Otto  Sellers,  of  San  FYancisco. 

The  Breiwer  Drug  Company,  of  Selma,  has  beem  suc- 
ceeded by  Foster  &  Morris. 

William  Englund,  the  Marysville  pharmacist,  has  had 

a  severe  attack  of  grip. 

Charles   Righter   is   now   in   the   employ   of   Dr.    J.   J. 

Lasch,  of  Tulare. 

—•Schroder  &  Fellows  have  opened  a  new  store  in  Po- 
mona. 


"Tarpoo." 

A  new  soap  that  is  being  advertised  by  the  Home  Soap 
Co.,  Nos.  6S  and  70  Clarkson  street.  New  York,  is  called 
"Tarpoo"  and  is  claimed  to  be  the  best  shajmpoo.  "Tar- 
poo Olive  Oil  Tar  Castile"  Is  supplied  to  the  trade  at 
^.GO  per  box. 


The  Floyd  Medicine  Co.,  for  many  years  at  Owensboro, 
Ky.,  have  moved  to  Detroit,  and  have  incorporated  with 
a  capital  of  $250,000.00  divided  into  shares  of  $10.00  each. 
Tihe  officers  of  the  new  company  are  Frank  W.  Pioyd, 
President  and  Treasurer;  D.  E.  Prall,  of  Saginaw  Mldh., 
Vice-President,  and  R.  M.  Floyd,  Secretary.  Mr.  Prall 
is  of  the  firm  of  D.  E.  Prall  &  Co.,  well-knowm  wholesale 
and  retail  druggists,  and  is  also  president  of  'the  Hinkley 
Bone  Liniment  Co.  The  company  will  push  the  sale  of 
Owens'   Pink   Etixture. 


Druggists  who  sell  spectacles  and  eye  glasses  can 
purchase  supplies  from  the  well-known  firm  T.  A.  Will- 
son  &  Co.,  Reading,  Pa.,  at  remarkably  low  prices.  This 
firm  claims  an  output  of  10,000  pairs  daily  and  as  it  does 
not  employ  traveling  salesmen  can  sell  at  low  prices.  A 
postal  card  to  the  firm's  address  will  bring  you  a  cat- 
alogue and  price  list. 


Pharmacists  desiring  anything  in  pharmaceutical  ma- 
chinery, should  correspond  with  Arthur  Colton,  Detroit, 
Mich.,  before  making  purchase.  Mr.  Colton  has  made  a 
specialty  of  this  line  for  many  years  and  can  supply  phar- 
maceutical machinery  of  any  kind  at  moderate  rates.  A 
catalogue  and  desoriptive  circular  are  sent  upon  request. 


Druggists  who  carry  a  line  of  medicated  confectionery 
will  do  well  to  get  quotations  from  The  Roworth  Mfg. 
Co.,  No.  85  Maiden  Lane,  New  York.  This  is  an  old  and 
reliable  firm  and  makes  a  specialty  of  manufacturing 
confectionery,  etc.,  from  druggists'  own  formulae.  Sam- 
ples are  furnished  upon  request. 


Why  not  be  original?  Don't  use  the  same  prescription 
bottle  that  every  other  druggist  in  town  is  using,  have  a 
shape  of  your  own.    Try  tihe  Charleroi  Oval. 


The   Era  has  just  received  a  oopy   of   the     "Broome 

County  Almanac  and  Manual  of  Information,"  published 
by  the  Barkman  Drug  Store,  No.  77  Court  street,  Bing- 
hajnton,  N.  Y.  The  book  is  well  arranged  and  contains 
information  useful  for  residents  of  Broome  county,  and 
President  McKinley's  last  speech  is  a'.so  printed  in  the 
book.  The  Barkman  store  is  owned  by  The  Elk  Drug 
Co.,  of  which  Edgar  C.  McKallor  is  the  president  and 
general  manager.  The  company  recently  purchased  a 
store  at  No.  21  Main  street,  Binghamton,  which  was  well 
known  as  the   Willaird   Day   drug  store. 


A  book  containing  the  constitution  and  by-laws  of  the 

Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  its  college, 
the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  has  recently  been 
sent  out  to  the  members.  It  is  a  neat  book  of  46  pages 
and  contains  a  list  of  over  400  active  members  of  the 
coMege  and  society. 

The  twenty-first  annual  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts 

Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be  held  in  Nortlhampton 
Tuesday,  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  June  3,  4  and  5.  H. 
A.  Wiswell  of  Northampton  will  be  the  local  secretary. 


E.  K.  SQUIBB  &  S0:N^S 

XEW  YORK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


234 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  27,  1902. 


The   Quaker   City   Oval. 

The  Quaker  City  oval  is  a  bottle  designed  specially  for 
prcscripUoiis  and  pharmaceutict'l  preparations.  It  is  sim- 
ilar to  the  Philadelphia  oval,  retaining  its  good  features 
and  adding  new  O'nes.  The  "Q.  C."  has  a  large  opening  in 
the  neck,  stands  firm  on  a  broad  base,  is  easily  emptied 
and  makes  a  neat  package  when  iwrapiped.  The  Salts- 
burg  Bottle  Works  Co.,  Ltd.,  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  makes  the 
bottle  and  will  send  a  sample  and  price  list  to  any  dealer 
sending  three  two  cent  stamps  to  cover  cost  of  mailing. 


Talcum  Powder. 

AH  druggists  know  there  is  an  immense  quantity  of 
talcum  powder  used  in  this  country,  but  probably  all  do 
not  know  that  E.  S.  Jackson  &  Co.,  of  No.  230  West 
Second  street,  Cincinnati,  have  been  in  the  talcurm  busi- 
ness exclusively  for  ten  years.  The  company  does  a  large 
business  supplying  talcum  oif  the  finest  quality  for  use  in 
the  arts  and  to  manufacturing  chemists.  The  company 
supplies  the  powder  in  any  quantity  desired  at  the  lowest 
market  price  and  invites  jobbers  and  manufacturers  to 
write   for   samples  and   quotations. 


Under  Your  Own  Labf:i. 

The  Pharmacal  Drug  Co.  of  Buffalo  "make  everything 
in  proprietaries,"  and  guarar^tee  satisfaction.  They  state 
that  any  customer  who  sells  goods  of  their  manufacture 
can  positively  guarantee  them  to  the  consumer,  inasmuch 
as  any  goods  proving  unsatisfactory  mfey  be  returned  at 
their  expense.  Send  in  a  Itrial  order  for  goods  at  prices 
based  on  quality  alone,  or  ask  (for  sample  cartons  and 
complete  price  list. 


They  Made  the  Steering  Gear. 

The  Edson  Mfg.  Co.  olf  Boston,  Mass.,  was  selected  to 
build  the  steering  gear  for  the  Kaiser's  yacht  Meteor 
launched  recently  at  Shooter's  Island.  This  is  of  more 
than  ordinary  interest  to  the  drug  trade  by  reason  of  the 
fact  that  the  Edson  people  have  long  been  affiliated  with 
the  tra3e,  manufacturing  bottle  filling  machines,  stills, 
etc.  Their  new  bottle  filling  machine  in  particular  claims 
recognition. 


Meadows'  Malted  Milk. 
The  Elgin  Milkine  Co.,  of  Elgin,  III.,  manufacturers  of 
Meadows'  malted  milk,  announced  that  the  suit  brought 
against  them  by  the  Horlick's  Food  Co.  to  restrain  them 
from  using  the  w'ords  "malted  milk,"  was  decided  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1902,  in  the  United  States  District  Court  and 
that  the  decision  gives  the  Elgin  Co.  the  right  to  tise  tihe 
words.  Retail  Druggists  can  buy  Meadows'  malted  milk 
at  $2.50  per  dozen  or  the  hospital  size  at  $20.00  per  dozen. 


Suprema  Cream. 

There  is  no  doubt  that  a  first-class  article  sells  better 
when  put  up  in  handsome  style  and  in  the  case  of  Su- 
prema Cream  the  new  skin  food,  the  beauty  of  the  pack- 
age is  an  indication  of  the  excellence  of  its  contemts. 
TIMs  new  toilet  article  is  to  be  advertised  in  a  very  effec- 
tive manner  and  as  every  sale  at  .TOc  is  half  profit  to  the 
druggist,  it  ought  to  prove  very  popular  in  the  trade. 


A  Word  to  the  Wise. 

Rumerill  &  Co.,  No.  52  Purchase  St.,  Boston,  Mass., 
make  all  kinds  of  seamless  tin  boxes,  plain  or  decorated, 
also  enameled  tin  signs  for  advertising.  They  advertise 
that  they  are  not  in  the  trust  and  agree  to  deliver  all 
orders   promptly. 


An  Ounce  of  Prevention  Worth  a  Pound  of  Cure. 

iBrescniiption  checks  prevent  mastakas,  explanatlioiiis,  I'oissi 
of  business  and  many  minor  troubles  in  a  drug  store.  See 
fac-simile  of  the  proper  kind  of  check  in  J.  B.  Burr's  ad- 
vertisement in  this  issue. 


On  the  Want  adv.  page  of  this  issue,  C.  L,  Hauthaway 
&  Sons,  Boston,  Mass.,  advertise  for  a  few  salesmen  trav- 
eling in 'the  Central,   Southern  and  Western   States. 


WHY   THE   SALESMAN   FAILED. 

We  happened  to  be  in  a  well-known  drug  store  th& 
other  day,  when  a  salesman  ifor  a  proprietary  medicine 
came  in.  The  store  was  not  different  in  appearance  (from 
its  neighbors  in  the  town,  but  it  did  the  largest  'business, 
and  its  proprietor  was  known  to  be  a  man  of  decided  con- 
victions an  everything  pertaining  to  tihe  management  of 
a  modern  drug  store.  It  was  his  boast  that  notoody  could- 
ask  for  anything  that  iproperly  belonged  in  a  drug  store 
that  'he  didn't  have  in  stock,  and  his  reputation  in  the 
town  bore  out  the  statement. 

The  salesman  who  came  iin  was  a  good  one,  and  ObOT- 
oughly  understood  Ihis  business,  but  he  was  selling  an 
imitation  of  a  staple  preparation  that  had  a  large  sale. 
His  only  argument  was  that  his  goods  were  just  as  good 
as  the  other,  that  while  tlhey  resembled  the  other  la 
style,  they  did  not  infringe  on  the  trade  mark  righta  of 
the  other,  and  could  therefore  ibe  sold  with  safety,  and 
they  were  ten  per  cent  cheaper.  His  people  were  not 
advertising  tlhem,  nor  sipending  a  cent  to  create  a  demand' 
for  them,  in  fact  he  admitted  there  was  no  demand  for 
them,  but  they  would  sell  easily  to  those  who  called  for 
the  other,  and  the  druggist,  consequemtly,  could  make 
just  that  much  more  money.  He  presented  his  case  well, 
but  in  vain.  The  old  druggist  would  have  none  of  them, 
not  even  when  he  had  been  told  that  every  other  drug 
store  in  the  town  had  bought  them,  and  the  man  went 
away  without  his  order.  The  druggist  tlhen  turned  to 
me,  and  said  he  had  sudh  cases  to  deal  with  every  day, 
but  he  positively  refused  to  carry  in  stock  any  prepara- 
tion made  to  trade  on  the  reputation  or  some  other. 

"I  have  made  this  husiness,"  said  he,  "by  keeping 
wlhiat  people  call  for,  and  toy  giving  it  to  them,  amd  the 
success  of  my  tousiness  piroves  that  I  am  right,  I  might 
induce  my  trade  to  take  this  man's  stuff  'When  the  other 
was  called  for,  and  make  a  few  cents  more  on  each  bot- 
tle, but  I  wcmld  surely  lose  in  the  long  run.  There  m.ay 
be  some  localities  where  it  pays  to  coax  a  man  to  take 
something  Ihe  hadn't  thought  of  buyitig,  but  I  doubt  it;  it 
certainly  does  not  pay  here.  When  a  customer  doesn't 
know  what  he  wants,  and  is  willing  to  leave  ilt  to  me, 
then  I  feel  justified  in  selling  him  what  I  please,  and  us- 
ually something  I  make  myself,  but  in  my  store,  a  man 
can  always  depend  on  getting  exactly  what  he  asks  for, 
If  it  is  possible  to  get  it," 

Talk  like  this  was  certainly  refresttiing.  I  had  read 
so  much  about  the  "just  as  good"  business  that  I  had 
come  to  believe  every  druggist  was  a  substituter,  hut  I 
certainly  was  wrong  in  this  case. 

This  case  is  a  type.  Every  well  advertised  proprietary 
has  this  trouble  to  go  'through.  Castoria,  for  instance, 
has  sipent  tltuousands  of  dollars  in  advertising  and  in  lelgal 
services  to  protect  the  public  and  the  honest  druggist 
against  just  such  methods  as  this,  amd  if  it  were  not  for 
the  merit  of  Castoria,  and  the  fact  that  the  average  drug- 
gist is  honest,  serious  inroads  into  its  business  would 
have  been  the  result. 

Spurious  goods  usually  have  little  merit,  and  what 
virtues  they  do  possess  are  borrowed  from  the  genuine. 
They  have  no  demand  to  recommend  them  to  the  dealer, 
but  they  take  their  chances  of  fooling  him  by  specious 
offers  of  a  little  lower  price,  or  they  fool  the  public  by  a 
similarity  to  the  original  Castoria,  the  kind  the  p.uMlc 
wants.  These  contraband  Castorias  have  been  knocked 
out,  again  and  again,  but  they  spring  up  here  and  there 
just  enough  to  make  constant  warning  necessary.  Now 
and  then  some  imitator,  holder  than  his  fellows,  puts  up 
something  which  he  labels  Castoria,  and  so  closely  does 
he  follow  his  model,  that  the  buyer  is  deceived  until  he 
tastes  the  stuff,  but  this  has  nearly  stopped  since  Mr. 
Fletdher  made  his  signature  a  part  of  the  genuine  la*el. 
The  law  protects  him  in  the  use  of  this  label,  and  compels 
others  to  use  distinctive  wrappers,  although  legal  tech- 
nicalities seem  to  permit  the  free  use  of  the  word  at 
present, 


February  27,  190-.'.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


235 


PATENTS.    TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


(?93.^~^9 


^93.G7^  Cf3.C,37 


PATENTS. 
Issued  February  i8,  1902. 

es*3,436. — ^Walter  H.  Perkins,  Waterbury.  Conn.,  assiginor 
to  the  T\'atert>ury  Mfg.  Co.,  Waterbury,  Conn., 
a  Corporation.    Water-bottle  stopper. 

693,536.— Edward  F.  Baker,  Passaic,  N.  J.  Sticky  fly-pa- 
per. 

693,589.— Charles  A.  Cffle,  Poland,  Me.  Bottle-washing  ma- 
chine 

693,601.- Clarence  P.  Heath,  Providence,  R.  I.,  assignor  of 
oneJhalf  to  Edward  B.  Dodge,  Saylesville,  R.  I. 
non-reflUable  bottle. 

693,635.— Adolf  Zanner,  Brussels,  Belgium.Apparatus  for 
concentratimg  sulfuric  acid, 

693,637.— Arthur  E.  Brethour.  Ottawa,  Canada.  Filler  for 
Capsules,  wafers,  etc. 

693.67-1.— Cora  M.  Thomas,  Parmington,  N.  H.  Cleaning 
device  for  bottles  or  the  like. 

693, 678.— George  M.  Wilson.  SaiiH  Ste.  Marie,  Canada.  Ma- 
chine for  producing  chlorin  gas  and  caustic  soda 
from  common  salt. 


DESIGNS. 

35,754.— Bunsen-Burner  Mixir.ig-Tube.  Townsend  Stites, 
Gloucester  City,  N.  J.,  assignor  to  Welsbach  Ught 
Co..  Gloucester  Citv,  N.  J.,  a  Corporation  of  New 
Jersey.  Filed  Sept.  30,  1901.  Serial  No.  77.170. 
Term  of  patent  U  years.  The  design  for  a  Bun- 
sen^burner  mixing-tube. 


TRADE  MARKS. 
Registered  February  i8,  1902. 

37,818.— Remedy  for  Di.^eases  of  the  Mouth  and  Throat. 
The  Ozo  Remedy  Co..  New  Brisfhton.  Pa.  Tbe 
namie  'H3zoIine,"  a  monogram  of  the  letters  "O  Z 
O."  and  a  cloud-effect  back-grouind. 

37.819.— Remedy  for  a  Certain  Named  Disease.  Hugh 
Mayes,  Princeton,  Ky.  The  letters  "F.  R."  in 
monogram  form. 

37,820.— Resolvent  Pills.  Potter  Drug  and  Chemical  Cor- 
poration, Boston,  Ma.«s.    The  word  "Cuticura." 


LABELS. 


Registered  February    11,   1902. 

8,965.— Title:  "Karlsbader  ITvTir  Regenerator."  (For 
Hair-Regererator^  Joiin  Mrazay,  Philadelphia, 
Pa.     Filed  January  10,   1902. 


I.— Title:  "Tar  Heel  Tonic  and  Blood  Purifier."  (For 
Medicine).  Charles  D.  Higgins,  Greensboro,  N.  C. 
Filed  January  3,  1902. 


N.  W.  D.  A.  Proprietary  Committee  to  Meet. 

Representatives  of  some  of  the  most  prominent  job- 
bing houses  in  the  drug  trade,  members  of  the  Committee 
on  Proprietary  Goods  of  the  National  Wholesale  Drug- 
gists" Ass'ciation,  will  meet  at  the  Waldorf-Astoria  Hotel 
in  tliis  cits'  tomiorrow  (Friday)  at  11  o'cIc»ck.  Matters 
of  great  importance  to  the  trade  will  be  discussed  and 
it  is  not  imgrobaJblc  that  eftoirts  will  be  made  to  bring 
about  more  harmonious  methods  0(C  doing  business. 


YOUR  MONEY'S  WORTH- 


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PURE  FINE  PARA  RUBBER  BANDS 

A  LOT  OF  THEM  FOR $  1  .OO 

A  GOOD  QUANTITY  FOR       -       »      -       -  .75 

NOT  SO  MANY   FOR .50 

ENOUGH  FOR .25 

A  NICE  LITTLE   BOX  FOR    -      -      -      -  .15 

SEVERAL  DOZENS  FOR         -       -       -       -  .ro 

JUST  WHAT  YOU  WANT  FOR  -       -  .05 

ANY  OF  THESE  ASSORTMENTS  SENT  POSTPAID  TO 
ANY  ADDRESS  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  UPON  RECEIPT 
OF  PRICE.    SATISFACTION  GUARANTEED  BY 

THE  GOODYEAR  TIRE  &  RUBBER  CO. 

AKRON,  OHIO 


236 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[February  27,  1903. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

FEW  PRICE  CHANGES  AND  MARKET  STEADY. 

New  York,  Fdb.  25.— Scarcely  anything  transpired  dur- 
ing tlie  past  week  to  materially  change  the  general  con- 
dition of  affairs,  and  ithere  is  little  to  note  beyond  a  con- 
tinued fair  movement  of  seasonable  articles  into  chan- 
nels of  consumption  with  the  undertone  of  the  market 
steady.  Only  a  very  few  price  changes  are  recorded,  and, 
as  noted  for  several  weeks  past,  none  is  of  more  than  or- 
dinary  importance. 

OPIUM.— Advices  from  ajbroad  indicate  a  favorable  out- 
look for  the  igrowing  crop  and  continued  quiet  and  some- 
what easy  primary  markets,  but  there  are  no  develop- 
ments in  the  local  situation  and  spot  quotations  for 
jobbing  quantities  remiain  nominally  unchanged  at  the  old 
range  of  $3.20@3.40  for  9  per  cent.  'and$3.30(gS.50  for  11  per 
per  cent.  Powdered  is  moving  fairly  on  consuming  or- 
ders at  $4.23@4.50  for  13  per  cen;t,  $1.75®o.OO  for  16  per 
cent,   and  .i;-1.50@4.75  for  granular. 

MORPHIIsrE.— There  is  no  abatement  of  demand  from 
the  consuming  trade  and  the  market  has  a  moderately 
active  appearance,  with  jobbing  prices  unchanged  at 
$2  4CKg2.oO  for  eighths  in  1-oz.  boxes,  $2.35@2.45  m  214-oz. 
boxes,  $2.15@2.25  in  ounce  vials  and  $2.10@2.20  to  5-oz. 
cans,  according  to  brand  and  quantity. 

QUININE.— Dealers  report  a  continued  good  inquiry 
for  small  lots  with  quotations  fairly  steady  at  27c  for 
bulk  in  100-oz.  tins,  271/20  for  50-oz.  tins,  28c  in.  25-oz.  tins 
and  34c  in  ounce  vials. 

OOD  LIVER  OIL.— Late  advices  from  Norway  are  to 
the  effect  that  in  addition  to  poor  fishing  thus  tar  this 
season  the  livers  are  very  lean  and  the  yield  of  oil  conse- 
<iuently  very  light.  This  has  stimulated  a  firmer  feel- 
ing among  importers  and  the  tone  of  the  market  is  de- 
cidedly stronger  with  prices  of  all  preferred  brands  about 
$1.00  per  btol.  higher.  The  result  has  been  an  advance 
in  jobbing  quotations  to  $27.00@28.00  per  bbl.  for  prime 
and  };iM.0O@'25.00  for  lower  grades.  Prime  in  small  lots 
is  held  at  $1.15@l-30  per  gallon,   as  to   quantity. 

lOIL  CITRONELLA.— The  general  market  is  a  shade 
easier,  owing  to  competition  among  the  larger  holders, 
and  joibbers  have  advanced  their  ramge  of  prices  to  39® 
49c,   according  to   size  of  order. 

BAYIBERRY  WAX.— Depleted  stocks  due  to  the  small 
quantity  gathered  during  the  past  season  has  caused 
the  market  to  harden  and  jobbing  quotations  have  been 
advanced  to  32@37c. 

BEESWAX.— Stocks  are  steadily  diminishing  under  a 
good  ooineuming  demand  and  there  Is  very  little  ohtain- 
aJble  at  the  various  producing  points.  The  result  is  a 
stronger  market  and  higher  prices,  the  revised  jobtoung 
quotations  being  39@43c  for  city  and  37(g41c  for  country. 

Colored  Sign  Free. 

Druggists  who  carry  a  stock  of  Humphreys'  Veteri- 
nary Specifics,  and  that  will  include  the  majority  of  the 

prog  ressive 

ones     in     the 

United  States 

and    Canada, 

an     have     a 

>  .1  n  d  s  0  m4 

J  ramed    metal 

sign,   fac-sim- 

ile  of  the  cut 

i  n       brilliant 

I  1  ors,    sent 

I  '0.    Dealers 

ivho  have  had 

signs  sent  out 

i.  I  .  .       Ml  ilicine  Co.  on  former 

ocpa-^i.ins  Know  ill'  Kimi  or  wiirk  the  company  distribute 
and  will  doubtless  take  advantage  of  this  offer.  The 
head  office  of  the  company  is  at  the  corner  of  William 
jind  John  streets.  New  Tork  City,  where  all  requests  for 
this  sign  should  he  sent. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Antitoxin,    Free   Distribution 222 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Olubs,  Alumm.  etc.:  Society  Chem- 
ical Industry  New  York  Sectiin.  226;  Michiigan 
Drug  Clerks.  229;  National  Association  Retail 
Druggists,  223;  New  England  Paint  and  Oil  Club, 
226;  Neiw  York  Board  of  Trade  and  Transporta- 
tion, Drug  Trade  Section,  224;  -New  York  Drug 
Club,  224:  North  .4dams  (Mass.),  Druggists,  226; 
Philadelphia    Retail    Druggists,    2r27;    St.    Uouis 

College    of    Pharmacy,    Alumni 231 

BOARDS    OF    PHARM.^CY:      California,    232;    New 

York    (Eastern   Section)    225 

Books,    Brewing 221 

BOWLING  DRUG  TRADE;  Baltimore,  228;  Chicago. 

229;   Ni3W  York.  22.5;   Philadelphia 227 

Cem-ent,    Rubber 221 

COLLEGES    OF    PHAIiMACY:     Chicago,    229;     New 

York,   224;    Philadelphia 227 

Corpulin 214 

CORRESPONTlEiNCE    213 

Drug  Store  Problems 214) 

EDITORIA.L.S:  Registration  Without  Examination 
in  Ohio,  213;  Worcester  Plan  by  Injunction.  213; 
Navel  Oranges,  212;  Drug  Problems,  212;  Hospit- 
al Stewards  now  Ph.irmaoists.  212;  "William 
Martindale,   212;  Domestic  -Goods  Under  (Foreign 

Labels,  211 ;  New  Y  ork  Excise  Law 211 

Eggs,    Preserving 220 

Elixir  Phosphate  oif  Iron  Quinine  and  Strychnine 221 

Emulsion  Copaiba 221 

Glycerin,  SoiMdifled 214 

Hair,   Superfluous.   Removing ii20 

Tonic,    Quiniine 221 

Imperial  vs.  Wine  Measure 221 

Kino 217. 

MARKET  REPORT 338 

New  York  Excise  Law  and  Pharmacists 224 

NEWS  LETTERS:  Baltimore,  228;  California,  232; 
Chicago,  229;  Cincinniati,  230;  Michigan,  229; 
Neiw  England,  226;  New  York,  224;  Philadelphia, 

227;  St.  Louis , 231 

Opium,   Russian 214 

Paste,   Library 22U 

PATENTS,   TRADEMARKS,   etc. :    235 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Per- 
sonal Interest,  etc.:  Aker,  Martin,  C,  230; 
Cochrane  Chemical  Company,  226;  Fleming,  E. 
C,  222;  Grover,  Eibridge  H.,  222;  Hegeman  & 
Co.,  224;  Hottinger  Drug  and  Truss  Co.,  230; 
Lament,  Wm.  H.,  232;  Martindale,  William.  222; 
Nelson.  Walter,  230;  Searby,  Wm.  M.,  232;  Stein- 
Gray  Drug  Co.,  2.30;  Temm,  Dr.  Joseph,  231; 
Truitt  Drug  Co.  22S;  Tufts,  James  W.,  226;  Um- 
land.  G.  F.  A.  C.   E.  A.,  231;   Warrick,  Harry...  222 

Pills.   Zinc  Valerianate 214 

QUESTION  BOX 220 

Sermon  to  My  Professional  Brethren 215 

SHOP  TALK 213 

Spoons.  Variation  in  Size .'i21 

Syrup    Heroin-Bromcform     214 

AVorcester  Plan  Rendered  Effective  by  Injunction....  213 

Delayed  Shipments. 

The  manufacturers  of  the  Record  Vaporizer  take  this 
opportunity  to  state  that  all  orders  can  now  be  filled 
promptly.  Increased  facilities  for  handling  our  business 
make  it  possible  to  guarantee  prompt  shipment  of  all  or- 
ders no  matter  how  large  or  how  small.  We  find  our 
vaporizer  at  $1.50  has  become  more  popular  than  we  even 
hoped  for  and  dealers  report  that  they  sell  very  rapidly 
when  exposed  with  price  marked  on  thean.  Let  us  send 
you  our  discounts  and  price  list. 

The   New   York   Surgical   Appliance  Co., 

1244  Broadway,  New  York. 


Vaseline   Hair   Tonic. 

The  success  of  the  original  Vaseline  Hair  Tonic  has 
caused  numerous  imitations  to  be  put  on  the  market, 
some  of  which  are  known  to  be  harmful.  If  druggists 
will  buy  that  made  by  the  Chesebrough  Manufacturing 
Co.,  of  No.  17  State  street.  New  York,  they  can  be  sura 
they  are  selling  a  reliable  and  meritorious  preparation.  It 
Is  put  up  in  three  sizes,  retailing  at  25c,  50c  and  75c.  All 
jobbers  carry  it. 


ARTHUR  COLTON. 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 
and  Appliances, 

DETROIT,   MICH.,    U.   S.   A. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


EVERY   THURSDAY. 


VOL.   XXVII. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


ERA  WANT  ADS. 

If  drugg'ists  and  their  c'.erks  knew  how  productive 
these  little  advertisements  are.  the  page  assigned  to  them 
would  not  be  large  enough  to  hold  them  all.  We  have 
■been  told  tihat  this  page  is  more  frequently  referred  to 
than  any  other  page  in  the  paper.  These  advertisements 
are  designed  to  help  the  druggist  sell  his  store  or  to  buy 
another,  to  buy  or  to  sell  his  soda  fountain,  to  secure 
Tiis  clerk;  they  he'.p  clerks  get  new  situations,  and  they 
are  good  for  the  thousand  and  one  little  wants  which  come 
up  in  the  daily  business  of  every  drug  store.  They  are 
only  2  cents  a  word,  and  replies  can  be  sent  in  our  care 
If  the  advertiser  prefers  not  to  have  'his  name  known. 


THE  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

"I  must  extend  my  thanks  to  you  in  reg.ird  to  the  Era 
Course  in  Pharmacy  which  has  been  a  great  help  to  me 
in  advancing  Tn.vself  to  the  position  I  am  now  to  take — 
that  of  drug  clerk  to  the  Cit.v  and  Count.v  Hospital,  St. 
Paul,  Minn.  I  aim  to  take  full  charge  of  the  drug  depart- 
ment. I  wish  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  the  best  of 
success.  JOMX  JL  PRINOBL.L." 

Minneapolis,   Minn. 

The  lectures  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  are  es- 
pecially valualble  as  a  preparation  for  examination  by  a 
board  of  pharmacy,  to  those  who  cannot  attend  a  col- 
lege of  pharmacy,  and  to  all  desiring  to  review  their 
former  study  of  the  subjects  embraced  in  the  curricu- 
lum.   The  fee  for  the  full  course  is  only  $10. 

Write  for  descriptive  Prospectus,  now  ready.  Address 
The  Pharmaceutical  Era.  396  Broadway,  New  York. 


Jcuaivcm 


The  injustice  of  the  proposal  to  increase  the  li- 
cense-fee exacted  from  New  York  pharmacists  for 
the  privilege  of  selling  liquor  for  medicinal  purposes, 
because  some  druggists  are  accused  of  violating  the 
excise  law,  must  be  apparent  to  everyone  who  gives 
the  matter  a  moment's  thought.  The  source  of  this 
agitation  is  easily  discovered.  Although  the  excise 
laws  are  violated  every  Sunday  in  this  city  in  a 
wholesale  manner  by  those  who  make  a  business  of 
selling  liquor,  no  one  has  proposed  to  increase  the 
tax  on  saloons  for  this  reason.  The  druggists  of  the 
state  should  be  prepared  to  protect  their  interests  at 
once,  and  should  see  that  the  Stranahan  excise  bill 
suffers  the  speedy  death  which  it  deserves.  Under 
the  bill  introduced  by  Senator  Stranahan,  the  license- 
fees  for  the  privilege  of  selling  liquor  for  medicinal 
purposes  in  cities  of  the  first  class  is  increased  to 
$100  a  year;  in  cities  of  the  second  class  it  is  made 
$75;  and  in  villages  and  cities  of  the  third  class  the 
fee  is  to  be  $15.  The  fee  for  druggists  who  sell 
liquors  in  bulk  is  increased  from  $5  to  $15.  Aside 
from  the  injustice  of  punishing  all  druggists  for  the 
transgressions  of  the  few,  the  bill  is  in  other  ways 
inconsistent  in  the  extreme.  It  is  very  improbable 
that  even  druggists  who  violate  the  law  derive  profits 
amounting  to  $100  from  the  sale  of  liquor.  An  in- 
crease of  taxes  without  extension  of  privileges  can 
lead  to  only  one  result — increased  illegal  liquor  sell- 
ing by  druggists.  The  adoption  of  measures  which 
force  people  to  break  the  law  in  order  to  protect 
themselves  from  loss,  is  curious  legislation. 

^Ve  have  received  a  communication  commenting 
upon  a  letter,  recently  published  in  our  columns,  about 
the  use  of  methyl  alcohol  in  pharmacopoeial  prepa- 
rations intended  for  external  use.  The  writer  con- 
firms statements  made  in  the  letter  about  the  methods 
employed  by  salesmen  in  inducing  pharmacists  to 
substitute  wood  alcohol  for  ordinary  spirit  in  official 
preparations.  It  seems  that  the  representatives  of 
certain  persons  who  have  wood  alcohol  to  sell  not 
only  advocate  this  form  of  substitution,  but  try  to 
create  an  impression  that  falsification  of  official  reme- 
dies is  so  common,  and  so  well  sanctioned  by  usage, 
that  a  druggist  who  does  not  resort  to  similar  methods 
is  wofully  unprogressive  and  behind  the  times.     They 


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[March  6,  1902. 


make  the  assertion  that  nine  out  of  ten  pharmacists 
employ  wood  spirit  instead  of  ethyl  alcohol  in  the 
preparation  of  U.  S.  P.  liniments,  etc.,  and  even  claim 
that  some  of  their  best  customers  are  certain  promi- 
nent members  of  the  profession  whose  duty  it  is  to 
uphold  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  pharmacy  laws.  It  is 
of  course,  unwise  to  attach  too  much  importance  to 
the  statements  of  an  eager  salesman  when  urging 
the  purchase  of  his  wares,  but  it  seems  that  the  charge 
of  substitution  brought  against  the  druggists  in  this 
sweeping  way,  is  too  serious  to  be  easily  excused  on 
the  score  of  business  fibbing.  The  law  requires  that 
pharmacopoeial  preparations  shall  conform  to  the  offi- 
cial standard.  If  the  pharmacopoeia  requires  that 
tincture  of  iodine  be  prepared  with  ethyl  alcohol,  the 
use  of  wood  alcohol  instead  is  a  violation  of  the  law. 
We  can  not  believe  that  pharmacists  are  so  devoid  of 
morals  as  this  salesman  tries  to  make  out.  If  his 
statements  were  true  there  would  be  little  use  in  hav- 
ing either  pharmacy  laws  or  pharmacopoeias.  We 
hope  no  druggist  will  take  the  assertions  made  by  the 
wood  spirit  man  seriously,  and  that  the  salesman  with 
the  doubtful  methods  will  not  be  over  successful. 

The  results  of  the  Era  problem  contest  for  Janu- 
ary are  announced  upon  another  page  of  the  present 
issue.  Only  one  contestant  succeeded  in  answering 
all  of  the  fifty  problems  practically  without  error. 
A  very  large  proportion  of  the  answers  were  correct, 
especially  after  due  allowance  had  been  made  for 
varying  data  obtained  from  different  authorities,  etc. 
Most  of  those  who  failed  to  win  prizes  did  so  purely 
from  lack  of  perseverence.  They  seem  to  have  been 
too  easily  discouraged,  either  leaving  individual  prob- 
lems unanswered,  or  omitting  series  altogether.  For 
the  encouragement  of  the  timid  who  fear  that  their 
chances  of  winning  prizes  in  competition  with  so 
many  contestants  is  very  small,  the  problem  editor 
wishes  us  to  state  that  of  the  twenty-eight  contest- 
ants who  submitted  answers  to  all  of  the  problems, 
twenty-three  received  prizes.  Twenty-eight  is  only 
a  very  small  proportion  of  the  total  number  compet- 
ing, and  the  answers  which  secured  prizes  were  in 
no  way  superior  to  those  obtained  by  others  who  were 
less  persevering.  Perseverance  pays  in  problem  con- 
tests as  in  all  other  undertakings.  Comparatively 
few  of  the  answers  to  problems  which  involve  the 
use  of  data  obtained  from  various  sources,  were  ex- 
actly the  same,  figure  for  figure,  as  those  printed  in 
the  Era.  Contestants  should  understand  that  these 
contests  are  very  different  from  high  school  exami- 
nations, and  that  although  precise  results  are  always 
desirable,  they  may  rest  assured  that  all  possible  al- 
lowance will  be  made  for  difference  due  to  variations 
in  tables,  etc. 

The  New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy  is  having  some 
trouble  in  making  it  understood  how  old  licenses 
may  be  exchanged  for  all  State  licenses.  It  seems 
that  pharmacists  who  have  obtained  licenses  upon 
the  presentation  of  diplomas  or  from  boards  of  other 
States,  expect  to  exchange  these  licenses  for  all 
State  licenses  of  New  York.  Members  of  the  board 
are  at  a  loss  to  explain  how  this  misunderstanding 
has  arisen,  for  the  conditions  governing  this  ex- 
change of  licenses  have  been   explicitly  stated.     The 


Era  has  been  requested  to  emphasize  the  fact  that 
only  those  who  have  secured  licenses  after  examina- 
tion before  some  board  regularly  constituted  in  this 
State,  either  under  the  present  law  or  some  former 
law,  are  entitled  to  the  privilege  of  exchanging  them 
for  all  State  licenses. 

Illinois  has  excellent  pharmacy  laws,  which  will 
undoubtedly  be  of  great  benefit  to  the  cause  of  phar- 
mancy,  but  the  druggists  of  that  state  seem  to  be 
curiously  indifferent  to  what  is  being  done  in  matters 
which  concern  them  more  than  all  other  members 
of  the  community.  The  law  requires  that  boys  who 
desire  to  become  pharmacists  and  enter  the  employ 
of  druggists  with  this  object  in  view,  shall  be  regis- 
tered as  apprentices,  and  that  the  time  spent  in  gain- 
ing the  experience  required  for  registration  as  phar- 
macists shall  be  computed  from  this  date,  thus  ren- 
dering registration  as  apprentice  a  requirement  for 
admission  to  examinations.  It  is  the  duty  of  every 
apprentice  to  register,  and  the  duty  of  the  pharmacist 
to  see  that  his  apprentice  is  duly  registered.  Al- 
though the  law  has  been  published  and  widely  dis- 
cussed in  the  journals,  the  board  of  pharmacy  still 
seems  to  have  difficulty  in  bringing  its  provisions  in- 
to effect,  because  those  most  concerned  are  ignorant 
of  its  lequirements.  Owing  to  the  unfamiliarity  of 
many  proprietors  and  clerks  with  the  provisions  of 
the  old  and  new  pharmacy  laws,  requiring  the  regis- 
tration of  apprentices,  the  board  of  pharmacy  has 
concluded  to  admit  all  applicants  for  registration  as 
assistant  and  registered  pharmacists  to  examination, 
until  July,  1902,  provided  that  they  can  prove  the  re- 
quired amount  of  experience  and  are  now,  or  become, 
registered  as  apprentices  before  that  date. 

Although  progress  toward  the  adoption  of  the 
metric  system  in  this  country  is  and  has  been  exceed- 
ingly slow,  one  can  perceive  by  careful  observation 
that  this  movement  is  really  gaining  ground.  It  is 
now  reasonably  safe  to  predict  that  its  adoption  at 
some  time  in  the  dim  future  is  certain.  The  advan- 
tages of  the  metric  system  in  comparison  with  the 
system  of  weights  and  measures  now  in  use,  are  so 
evident  that  people  have  long  since  stopped  ques- 
tioning them.  Its  advantages  to  commerce  and  trade, 
and  to  pharmacy  in  particular,  have  been  pointed  out 
so  frequently  that  they  are  probably  familiar  to  all. 
One  advantage  which  seems  to  be  brought  forward 
less  frequently  than  others,  is  the  time  which  could 
be  saved  to  the  children  in  our  schools  by  the  adop- 
tion of  this  simplified  system  of  units.  The  average 
child  now  probably  spends  at  least  four  months  in 
memorizing  the  complicated  relations  of  denominate 
numbers,  while  the  metric  system  might  be  acquired 
in  one  fourth  of  this  time.  If  statistics  were  available 
it  would  be  easy  to  calculate  how  many  millions  of 
hours  could  annually  be  saved  of  the  time  of  the  chil- 
dren of  the  country.  The  value  to  the  community  of 
our  little  ones'  time  may  not  be  great  reckoned  in 
dollars  and  cents,  but  this  time  is  nevertheless  very 
precious  to  the  individual.  How  much  better  it  would 
be  to  spend  this  time  in  play  or  in  acquiring  some- 
thing pleasant  and  useful,  instead  of  wasting  it  in 
tearful  struggles  with  a  barbarous  system  of  units 
which  has  been  abandoned  by  every  civilized  country 
except  the  United  States  and  England. 


March  6,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


23'3 


Prof.  J.  H.  Beal  has  introduced  in  the  Ohio  legis- 
lature a  bill  intended  to  take  the  place  of  the  poison 
law  at  present  in  force  in  that  State.  The  author  of 
this  bill  is  also  the  author  of  the  model  pharmacy  law 
endorsed  by  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion, and  it  is,  therefore,  interesting  to  note  in  how 
far  he  has  found  it  expedient  to  put  regulations  which 
he  thinks  desirable  into  practice.  The  bill  introduced 
by  Prof.  Beal  differs  from  the  provisions  for  the  reg- 
ulation of  the  sale  of  poisons  in  the  model  law,  in  that 
it  contains  an  important  provision  for  the  control  of 
the  sale  of  cocaine  and  morphine,  and  that  a  few  sub- 
stances are  omitted  from  the  list  of  poisons.  The 
added  section  is  evidently  intended  to  prevent  the 
supply  of  cocaine  and  morphine  to  those  addicted  to 
the  use  of  these  powerful  drugs.  It  prohibits  the  sale 
or  delivery  of  "cocaine  or  its  salts,  morphine  or  its 
salts,  or  any  of  the  alkaloids  or  salts  of  alkaloids  of 
opium,  except  upon  the  written  prescription  of  a  le- 
gally qualified  physician,  dentist  or  veterinary  sur- 
geon, such  prescriptions  not  to  be  refilled  except  up- 
on the  written  order  of  the  person  prescribing  the 
same;  except,  however,  that  sulphate  of  morphine 
may  be  sold  by  a  registered  pharmacist  or  assistant 
pharmacist  in  original  packages  containing  not  less 
than  one  eighth  of  an  ounce  when  registered  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions"  of  the  act.  The  bill 
intrusts  prosecutions  for  violations  of  the  law  to  the 
board  of  pharmacy. 

There  is  probably  considerable  truth  in  the  asser- 
tion that  American  pharmacy  is  not  in  a  more  satis- 
factory condition  simply  because  druggists  cannot  be 
made  to  take  a  proper  interest  in  their  calling.  Many 
members  of  the  retail  trade  spend  practically  all  of 
their  waking  hours  in  their  places  of  business,  which 
they  leave  so  seldom,  that  when  they  find  themselves 
outside  the  familiar  walls  they  feel  uncomfortable 
and  out  of  place.  Thej'  see  the  world  only  over  their 
own  counters  or  through  the  windows  of  their  own 
stores,  and  gradually  acquire  a  narrow  view  of  things 
in  general  and  of  their  own  calling  in  particular. 
Such  druggists  seldom  read  the  journals  or  take  any- 
thing more  than  a  mild  interest  in  pharmaceutical 
associations  and  discussions  of  matters  not  confined 
to  their  immediate  surroundings.  This-  continued  ex- 
clusion must  finally  destroy  the  pharmacist's  profes- 
sional pride  and  diminish  general  respect  for  the  call- 
ing. It  has  been  suggested  that  social  clubs,  where  re- 
tail druggists  could  congregate  and  discuss  different 
topics  in  an  informal  manner,  would  be  of  great  ben- 
efit to  individual  members,  and  tend  to  produce  more 
of  the  professional  self-respect  so  necessary  to  the  ad- 
vancement of  pharmacy.  Bowling  clubs  and  the  va- 
rious college  organizations  have  done  much  to  inter- 
est young  and  old  in  the  calling.  Every  one  cannot 
be  a  member  of  a  bowling  team  or  belong  to  a  col- 
lege club,  but  there  seems  to  be  no  good  reason  why 
the  benefits  of  these  organizations  cannot  be  ex- 
tended by  means  of  clubs  of  other  kinds,  to  other 
druggists  who  are  now  leading  lonely  and  narrow 
pharmaceutical  lives. 

Observant  readers  of  the  Era  may  have  noticed 
the  curiously  contradictory  headlines  upon  opposite 
pages  of  our  news  department  last  week.  Upon  one 
page  attention   was  called  to  the  fact  that  the  disa- 


greeable weather  had  greatly  improved  business  in 
Boston,  while  upon  the  following  page  it  appeared 
that  in  Philadelphia,  conditions  apparently  the  same, 
produced  opposite  effects.  It  does  not  appear  that 
the  weather  in  these  two  cities  was  very  different 
during  the  week  in  question,  and  the  reason  for  its 
very  different  effects  upon  trade  forms  an  interesting 
subject  for  speculation.  Are  the  people  of  the  Hub 
so  strenuous  that  they  ignore  mere  climatic  condi- 
tions and  consequently  need  repairs,  while  the  staid 
Philadelphians  remain  within  doors,  or  are  the  evil 
effects  of  the  weather  upon  throats  and  lungs  slower 
in  developing  in  the  Quaker  City  in  keeping  with  the 
proverbial  drowsiness  of  that  historic  town? 

A  drug  clerk  of  St.  Louis  seems  to  be  in  very  se- 
rious trouble.  It  appears  from  recent  reports  that 
an  unfortunate  pharmacist  of  that  town  found  difficul- 
ty in  making  things  pleasant  for  his  wife,  who  in  con- 
sequence secured  release  from  matrimonial  bonds 
with  an  order  to  her  former  yoke-mate  to  contribute 
eight  dollars  per  week  toward  her  support.  Eight  dol- 
lars per  week  alimony  does  not  strike  one  as  exorbi- 
tant, but  in  this  case  it  does  seem  to  be  rather  se- 
vere. In  the  petition  of  the  poor  clerk  for  a  reduc- 
tion of  this  sum,  he  stated  that  his  entire  salary 
amounted  to  just  eight  dollars  a  week  and  his  em- 
ployer could  not  afford  to  pay  him  more.  We  feel 
sorry  for  the  poor  judge  who  has  this  case  in  charge. 
The  question  of  how  much  alimony  an  eight  dollar 
drug  clerk  should  pay  is  by  no  means  an  easy  one. 

THEODOR  PECKOLT,  practicing  as  a  phar- 
macist in  Rio  Janeiro  since  1847,  will  celebrate  his 
eightieth  birthdav  on  July  13  next,  and  some  friendly 
admirers  of  the  zeal  he  has  shown  in  the  prosecution 
of  scientific  work  in  connection  with  the  medicinal 
and  economic  plants  of  Brazil,  have  issued  a  circular 
proposing  to  present  him.  on  the  occasion  above 
mentioned,  with  an  album  containing  portraits  ot  his 
colleagues  in  Europe  and  an  address  of  congratula- 
tion. ^The  circular  is  signed  by  Director  Greshoff  of 
Haarlem;  Professor  Hartwich.  Zurich;  Schiir,  Strass- 
burg;  Thoms.  Berlin;  Tschirch,  Bern:  and  V.  Vogl, 
Vienna.  They  suggest  that  those  desiring  to  take 
part  in  this  presentation  should  forward  to  Profes- 
sor Tschirch,  of  Bern,  before  March  15,  a  photo- 
graph, with  name  of  sender  written  on  a  strip  of 
white  paper,  together  with  a  minimum  contribution 
of  five  shillings  towards  the  cost  of  providing  a  suit- 
able album.     (Pharm.  Journ.). 

ERA  COURSE  IN   PHARMACY. 

List  of  Graduates  for  February,  1902. 
Matriculation  No.  Grade. 

S.-ilT       Carl   Cotton.    Fairfield,   Me 92  per  cent 

2S05       E.  C.  Hutchins,  Emory,  Tex 82  per  cent 

3044       VTrri.       Henderson       McEldowney, 

Sheridan,   Ore 96  per  cent 

2547       Charles  E.  Clark.  Greely.  Colo 99  per  cent 

3328       Wm.  G.  C.  Hill,  Soio.  Ohio   98  per  cent 

30S5       Jos.  A.   Racicot.  179  Nichols  St., 

E^-erett.  Mass 9*  per  cent 

2514       Peter  J.  DePree,  75  Brainard  St., 

Grand   Rapids.   Mich 99  per  cent 

2972       J.  A.  Stovall,   SaltUlo.  Miss 90  per  cent 

The  above  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a 
short  time.  A  large  and  very  handsome  engraved  diplo- 
ma, printed  on  artificial  parchment,  with  the  graduate's 
name  engrossed,  especially  suite<l  for  framing,  will  be 
furnished  to  all  who  request  It  for  the  sum  of  ?2.00. 
Those  who  desire  the  latter  should  forward  the  neces- 
sary fee  at  once,  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  6,  1903. 


NOMADIC    ARAB'S  TENT. 


ARAB   PHARMACY. 

By    DR.    F.    MALMEAC,    Pharmacist-Major    in    the 
French  Army.* 

IN  every  Arab  market  the  "taleb  addoua,"  or  na- 
tive pharmacist,  may  be  seen  under  his  small, 
low-pitched  tent,  squatting  in  the  center  of  a 
series  of  tiny  bags  and  boxes.  The  arrange- 
ment of  his  drug  store  is  in  nowise  comparable 
to  our  luxurious  pharmacies.  The  space  is  so 
cramped  that  the  proprietor  is  obliged  to  remain 
seated  and  the  buyer  to  remain  outside.  Here  the 
Arab  often  seeks  the  drug  he  thinks  he  requires. 

One  may  search  in  vain  for  any  compounded 
medicine;  simple  drugs  and  a  few  salts  constitute 
the  arsenal  of  these  nomadic  "medicine  men"  who  go 
from  market  to  market  to  sell  their  drugs — often  at 
high  prices.  Two  or  three  come  regularly  to  Setif 
market,  installed  side  by  side  they  all  sell  the  same 
medicaments. 

Besides  a  few  Arab  handkerchiefs  and  some  bot- 
tles of  more  or  less  dubious  perfumes,  the  drugs, 
resins  and  salts  are  outspread  under  the  tent.  The 
excitant  medicines  are  most  conspicuous — cumin, 
coriander,  aniseed  and  most  umbelliferous  pilants, 
zedoary,  turmeric,  ginger,  and  nutmeg.  They  have 
also  a  certain  number  of  resins — aloes,  scammony 
and  especially  asafetida.  Chemistry  is  Ittle  repre- 
sented in  these  wandering  pharmacies;  we  have  only 
been   able   to   find   sulphate    of   iron  and   copper   and 


•Translated  from  "La  Nature.' 


carbonate  of  soda.  Needless  to  add  they  are  of  the 
lowest  current  quality.  For  a  few  cents  one  can  ob- 
tain a  small  packet  containing  samples  of  all  the 
drugs  under  the  tent.  If  the  Arab  proprietor  has  any 
metallic  or  vegetable  poison,  he  is  careful  to  hide  it, 
and  replies  to  any  indiscreet  European  who  may  ask 
for  it  "Don't  know;  don't  understand."  Only  once 
we  thought  we  saw  metallic  arsenic  in  one  of  these 
tents. 

It  is  to  be  noted  that  no  medicament  is  labeled, 
either  in  French  or  Arabian.  This  is  no  doubt  be- 
cause every  "taleb"  is  very  jealous  of  his  own  name 
for  the  drug  and  is  careful  not  to  advertise  it.  The 
nomadic  "taleb  addoua"  is  also  a  "toubib;"  few  Arab 
prescriptions  are  brought  to  him  for  he  always  pre- 
scribes himself. 

In  the  large  centres,  it  is  the  Mozabites,  intelli- 
gent dealers  and  proprietors  of  veritable  and  flour- 
ishing bazars,  who  execute  Arab  prescriptions.  Many 
of  them  know  the  most  popular  poisonous  plants  and 
mineral  poisons,  which  they  know  how  to  secrete 
and  only  sell  to  sure  persons.  Arsenic  and  its  com- 
pounds are  the  most  appreciated. 

If  certain  natives  still  deal  with  the  "taleb  ad- 
doua" or  the  "Mozabite."  the  greater  number  fre- 
quent our  pharmacies  where  they  often  bring  the 
prescriptions  of  our  doctors  and  their  "toubibs."  It 
is  therefore  most  important  that  the  pharmacist  who 
intends  to  open  shop  in  Algeria  should  know  the 
.Arabian  language  and  materia  medica.  This  latter, 
as  we  have  explained,  is  very  difificult,  not  because 
of  the  number  of  medicaments  but  because  the  same 
substance  is  often  known  by  the  most  diversified 
names    and    all    these    names    are    generally   used. 


Ah  I/,  \  1  ;l  I  i:    liK.XI.liKS'    STORKS. 


TIJA-TU.\.  a  plant  which,  according  to  recent  re- 
ports, is  being  used  in  the  Hawaiian  Islands  in  lep- 
rosy with  some  beneficial  results,  and  is  said  to  be 
a  native  of  Venezuela,  is  probably  Jatropha  gossy- 
pifolia  (Pharm.  Journ.).  This  species  has  been  iden- 
tified as  the  tua-tua  of  Venezuela  by  the  late  Dr. 
Ernst  of  Caracas.  But  descriptions  of  the  uses  of 
this  drug  do  not  indicate  any  special  efficiency  in  lep- 
rosy. It  is  stated  that  a  decoction  of  the  leaves  is 
used  as  a  mild  purgative  in  disorders  of  the  stomach 
and  in  fevers;  a  decoction  of  the  root  is  said  to  be 
an  excellent  remedy  for  dropsy;  and  a  milky  juice 
obtained  from  this  plant  is  applied  to  ulcers  of  the 
mouth.  This  species  is  found  from  Mexico  to  Bra- 
.'.il  in  two  forms — staphysagriafolia  and  elegans.  In 
British  Guiana  it  has  been  observed  near  Demerara, 
.-inil  it  also  occurs  in  West  Africa.  A  related  species, 
Jatropha  cureas  is  in  India  considered  valuable  as  an 
application   to    indolent   sores. 


March  6,  1903.] 


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341 


PHARMACISTS   IN  THE  PUBLIC  SERVICE. 

Atlanta,  Ga.,  Feb.  22. 
To  the  Editor:  Hospital  Stewards  of  the  United 
States  Marine  Hospital  Service,  who.  when  we  be- 
gan our  work,  were  likely  to  be  discharged  at  any 
time  without  notice,  were  some  time  ago  through  the 
efforts  of  our  Committee  placed  upon  the  Civil  Ser- 
vice list  and  have  been  held  there  since  that  time. 
The  Marine  Hospital  Stewards  are  required  to  be 
graduates  in  pharmacy  and  the  title  of  Hospital 
Steward  has  been  one  that  always  left  a  bad  flavor 
in  the  mouth  of  the  modern  pharmacist  when  applied 
to  a  member  of  his  profession.  The  Marine  Hospi- 
tal Service  has  just  issued  an  order  recognizing  the 
Hospital  Stewards  by  the  title  of  pharmacists.  This 
is  one  of  the  requests  we  make  in  our  amendment 
in  the  present  bill  before  Congress.  It  is  simply  the 
recognition  of  a  part  of  our  claims.  The  claim  wc 
make  for  advance  in  salary  is  a  moderate  one.  Grad- 
uates in  pharmacy  who  are  competent  to  pass  the 
Marine  Hospital  Service  examinations  can  make  so 
much  more  in  private  life  that  they  do  not  desire  the 
positions.  Tn  the  recent  Civil  Service  examination 
for  Marine  Hospital  Stewards  in  Georgia  only  one 
man  applied  for  the  position  and  failed  to  pass  the 
requirements.  This  same  gentleman,  although  he 
failed  only  a  few  months  ago,  is  now  making  double 
the  salary  he  would  have  obtained  as  a  Marine  Hos- 
pital Steward.  This  is  a  very  good  illustration  of  the 
inadequate  pay  that  is  given  by  the  Marine  Hospital 
Servce  to  the  Hospital  Stewards,  now  entitled  Phar- 
macists. We  earnestly  trust  the  pharmacists  of  the 
United  States  will  with  one  accord  immediately  write 
to  the  representatives  and  request  the  passage  of 
the  A.  Ph.  A.  amendment  to  House  Bill  7189  and 
Senate  Bill  2162,  which  gives  the  rank  of  Second 
Lieutenant  and  a  salary  of  $1,200  to  the  Marine  Hos- 
ptal  Stewards  and  request  their  senators  and  con- 
gressmen not  to  vote  for  this  bill  which  advances 
the  medical  officers,  if  our  amendment  is  not  in- 
cluded also.  The  pharmacists  of  the  United  States 
are  awake  to  the  necessity  of  asking  for  what  they 
want  and  I  trust  none  will  fail  to  grasp  the  impor- 
tance of  a  prompt,  brief  letter  to  each  of  their  rep- 
resentatives and  senators,  asking  what  is  under- 
scored above.  Xow  is  the  opportunity  for  each  phar- 
macist of  the  United  States  to  act  in  the  matter  that 
we  may  secure  at  least  equal  recognition  with  the 
veterinary  surgeons  and  the  dentists  in  the  public 
service.  Nearly  every  civilized  country  now  gives 
commissions  to  pharmacists.  Let  the  twentieth  cen- 
tury American  pharmacist  show  that  he  is  not  indif- 
ferent to  the  proper  recognition  of  his  profession 
by  our   Government. 

GEORGE  F.  P.\YNE. 
Chairman  of  special  committee   of  the  A.  Ph.  A.   for 
the  proper  recognition  of  pharmacists  in  the  ser- 
vice  of  our   Government. 

THE  WORCESTER   PLAN  IN   PHILADELPHIA. 

Pliiladelphia,  Feb.  26. 
To  the  Editor:  The  expressions  of  your  Philadel- 
phia correspondent,  in  a  recent  issue,  relative  to  the 
decision  of  the  Common  Pleas  Court  in  this  city  on 
the  status  of  the  Worcester  Plan,  are  not  precisely  in 
accord  with  the  sentiments  of  the  retail  trade  as 
represented  in  the  Philadelphia  .Association  of  Retail 
Druggists.  That  we  are  not  discouraged  is  proved 
by  the  fact  that  the  action  is  to  be  continued  through 


the  higher  courts.  The  real  meaning  of  the  decision 
of  the  Common  Pleas  Court  and  the  status  of  the 
Worcester  Plan  in  this  State,  as  we  understand  it,  is 
set  forth  in  the  special  report  of  our  Proprietary 
Committee  as  presented  and  unanimously  accepted 
at  the  last  meeting.  Will  you  not  be  kind  enough 
to  publish  this  letter  with  copy  of  the  report  attacliea 
hereto.      Very   respectfully, 

CHARLES  LEEDOM,  Chairman  Proprietary 
Committee,  P.  A.  R.  D. 

REPORT   OF   THE   PROPRIETARY  COMMITTEE   OF 

THE  PHILADELPHIA  ASSOCIATION  OF  RETAIL 

DRUGGISTS. 

Mr.  President  and  Members:  Your  Committee 
begs  to  submit  the  following  report. 

The  case  testing  the  Worcester  Plan  of  Price 
Protection  (.Garst  vs.  Wissler)  came  up  for  argument 
in  Common  Pleas  Court  No.  5  on  Jan.  27,  with  a  full 
bench  sitting  (three  judges),  our  attorneys,  JMessrs. 
Paxson  and  Savidge,  being  accorded  the  privilege  of 
opening  and  closing.  Our  paper  books  had  been 
previously  printed,  the  newspapers  had  already 
spoken  of  the  importance  of  the  case  and  the  Court 
was  very  much  interested.  The  Presiding  Judge 
stated  that  it  was  a  close  case  and  one  of  great  in- 
terest. Frequently  the  argument  was  suspended 
while  the  Court  held  consultations  and  after  a  full 
presentation  of  the  case  each  Judge  propounded 
questions  upon  which  he  desired  argument.  Our  at- 
torneys were  careful  to  state  that  while  the  case 
would  probably  reach  the  Appellate  Court,  yet  they 
did  not  doubt  that  if  it  was  decided  then  in  our  favor 
it  would  stop  rate  cutting  until  at  least  a  decision  of 
tlie  Appellate  Coitrt  was  secured.  They  urgently  re- 
quested that  an  opinion  be  filed. 

Our  case  was  argued  on  Jan.  27,  and  three  days 
later  the  decision  was  handed  down;  this  latter  fact 
in  itself  shows  the  importance  of  the  case. 

The  notice  on  the  box  and  actual  contractual  re- 
lations were  the  points  on  which  the  President  Judge 
seemed  to  stick.  He  noted  that  in  the  Garst.  vs. 
Harris  suit,  177  Mass.  '/2,  the  defendant  purchased 
the  pills  directly  from  the  plaintiff,  the  terms  of  the 
agreement  being  read  to  him  and  a  written  state- 
ment delivered  to  him.  He  expressed  no  dissent,  and 
it  was  held  that  he  agreed  to  the  terms  and  was  lia- 
ble. This  much  of  the  opinion  sustains  the  Worces- 
ter Plan  of  Price  Protection. 

In  this  case  we  sought  to  obtain  more  than  the 
Harris  decision  gave  us.  That  is,  by  placing  the 
■'Important  Notice"  on  the  box  and  the  acceptance 
thereof  without  other  notice,  we  sought  to  prove 
that  the  individual  so  accepting  became  a  party  to 
the  contract  and  was  liable.  In  this  contention  the 
Court  evidently  did  not  care  to  take  the  responsi- 
bility of  establishing  the  law  on  contractual  relations. 
It  will  be  remembered  that  we  were  endeavoring  to 
establish  a  law.  a  precedent  for  our  State  and  that 
it  was  and  is  our  intention  to  have  a  ruling  by  the 
Appellate  Court,  even  though  the  decision  had  been 
in  our  favor  in  the  present  suit. 

Recommendation. 

Your  Committee  considers  that  inasmuch  as  the 
most  important  features  of  our  suit  have  been  won 
through  the  Court  of  Common  Pleas,  the  Worces- 
ter Plan  of  Price  Protection,  on  the  basis  of  the 
Garst  vs.  Harris  decision,  is  sustained.  The  Court 
did  not  seem  willing  to  take  upon  itself  the  respon- 
sibility of  defining  the  law  on  actual  contractual  re- 
lations, it  being  understood  that  our  case  was  to  go 
to  the  Appellate  Court.  Therefore  your  Committee 
recommends  that  this  Association  continue  the  ac- 
tion to  the  .Appellate  Court,  believing  that  although 
the  "Important  Notice"  on  the  package  might  not  be 
construed  by  the  Court  as  being  an  actual  contrac- 
tual relation,  we  may  still  get  a  definite  opinion  and 
through  it  be  shown  in  what  way  our  action  will  be 
considered  good  law,  thus  settling  the  question  of 
price  protection  for  all  time  in  this  State.  It  will  then 


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[March  6,  1902 


be  established  that  goods  sold  with  a  notice  of  the 
conditions  of  sale,  the  conditions  being  read  to  the 
purchaser  at  the  time  of  the  transaction,  renders  the 
purchaser  so  notified  a  party  to  the  agreement  and 
liable  under  the  law.  This  is  the  principle  of  the 
Worcester  Plan. 

Signed:    Jacob  PAER, 

HARRY  L.  STILES, 

E.  T.  SPENCER, 

C.  W.  SCHULL, 

CHARLES  LEEDOM,  Chairman, 

Proprietary  Committee. 


A  prominent  St.  Louis  druggist  has  for  years 
been  pushing  a  line  of  Indian  remedies  of  his  own 
manufacture.  He  has  at  times  resorted  to  all_  sorts 
of  schemes  to  bring  his  remedies  to  the  notice  of 
the  public,  but  recently  he  made  a  window  display 
which  he  claims  "beats  them  all."  The  proprietor 
has  a  doctor  friend  who  began  his  professional  ca- 
reer as  a  drug  clerk  down  among  the  Ozarks  some 
twenty-five  years  ago.  He  also  began  to  make  a 
collection  of  Indian  relics  about  the  same  time,  and 
now  he  has  the  finest  private  collection  of  its  kind 
in  the  State.  As  a  result  of  the  longstanding  friend- 
ship with  the  doctor,  the  druggist  obtained  the  col- 
lection and  proceeded  to  decorate  his  front  show 
window  with  a  lot  of  Indian  curios,  the  equal  of 
which  was  never  seen  outside  of  a  museum.  The 
druggist  was  very  wise  in  using  the  word  "claimed" 
in  labeling  many  of  the  curios  and  in  positively  re- 
fusing to  name  their  owner.  For  instance,  there  is 
a  vicious  looking  old  knotted  club  which  bears  the 
sign:  "Claimed  to  be  the  club  which  was  to  put  to 
death  the  famous  Capt.  John  Smith  if  Pocahontas 
had  not  interfered."  School  children  were  very  much 
interested  in  this  club;  and  the  policemen  on  the  beat 
said  each  of  the  oflficers  on  the  levee  should  have  one 
of  them.  There  were  bows  and  arrows  of  all  de- 
scriptions, scalping  knives,  tomahawks,  peace  pipes, 
war  pipes  and  clay  pipes,  primitive  stone  implements, 
relics  of  famous  Indian  massacres,  bones  of  famous 
chiefs;  in  fact  relics  connected  with  nearlv  every- 
thing in  the  history  of  Indian  warfare.  Scattered 
here  and  there  in  the  display  were  bottles  of  the 
druggist's  Indian  remedies. 

To  druggists — and  "their  name  is  legion" — who 
are  annoyed  by  boys  who  persist  in  stealing  small  ar- 
ticles from  their  counters  a  remedy  invented  by  T.  C. 
Jackson  of  Shenandoah,  Iowa,  may  prove  of  the  high- 
est value.  The  other  day,  while  Mr.  Jackson  was 
happening  to  "keep  his  weather  eye  open"  while  ad- 
ministering the  ordinary  routine  of  his  drug  store  he 
detected  a  lad  filching  a  valentine.  The  vengeful  man 
of  drugs  seized  and  led  the  boy  to  the  back  of  the 
store,  where  the  youngster  had  almost  a  fit  from 
fright  and  was  compelled  to  sit  down  and  study  the 
ten  commandments.  Not  until  the  erring  lad  could 
commit  this  section  of  Holy  Writ  to  memory  was  he 
released  from  custody.  He  has  not  been  seen  in  that 
store  since.  Whether  his  absence  is  due  to  fear  or  in 
being  incapacitated  by  this  strange  and  sudden  attack 
of  piety  Mr.  Jackson  has  not  been  able  to  decide. 
And  he  doesn't  care  much,  since  he  is  certain  that  his 
store  is  afflicted  with  one  thief  less. 

Some  people,  as  druggists  and  all  other  kinds  of 
tradesmen  are  aware,  "kick"  on  prices  as  a  matter 
of  habit,  if  not  of  principle.     A  representative  of  this 


gentry  walked  into  a  St.  Paul  pharmacy  the  other 
day  and  called  for  a  bottle  of  a  certain  kind  of  med- 
icine. "How  much  is  it?"  he  asked.  "Five  dollars," 
replied  the  man  of  drugs.  The  customer  eyed  the 
other  in  astonishment  for  a  moment  and  then  blurted 

out:     "Keep  your  d d  medicine  and  I'll  keep  my 

gout!" 

ADVERTISING. 

A.   B.   BURROWS,  Takoma  Park,  D.  C. 

ONE  of  the  best  advertisements  for  a  druggist 
is  to  stay  behind  his  counter  and  be  in  readi- 
iness  for  prescriptions  which  are  the  greatest 
source  of  profit.  It  hardly  pays  to  advertise 
one  specialty  in  a  limited  field,  as  the  expense  in- 
curred cuts  heavily  into  the  profits.  If  you  have  a 
specialty  you  think  deserves  national  fame  that  is  an- 
other matter,  but  we  will  confine  ourselves  to  local 
advertising. 

Some  of  the  heaviest  advertisers  whom  it  has  been 
our  good  (?)  fortune  to  come  in  contact  with  have 
proven  to  be  the  greatest  scalawags,  and  the  public 
is  waking  up  to  this  fact.  So  when  people  come 
back  to  you  after  having  enough  of  the  cutter,  give 
them  what  they  ask  for,  and  what  you  haven't  got, 
get  and  send  it  to  them  with  a  neat  little  seal  on  the 
package  bearing  your  name  and  address.  Periodi- 
cally it  is  an  excellent  plan  to  get  up  little  folders 
containing  short  talks  to  the  people  on  the  proprie- 
ty of  their  saving  time,  money  and  possibly  human  life 
by  patronizing  you,  incidentally  mentioning  some 
good  specialty  that  you  put  up  yourself,  like  beef, 
wine  and  iron,   or  little  liver  pills. 

The  most  effectual  method  of  advertising,  com- 
pared to  the  expense,  is  in  neat  placards  distributed 
tastefully  about  the  store  calling  attention  to  sea- 
sonable goods.  People  know  that  you  have  a  drug 
store,  they  believe  you  are  reliable  and  sell  pure 
drugs,  but  they  must  be  reminded  of  your  specialties, 
and  if  you  don't  remind  them  of  your's  some  other 
druggists  will  remind  them  of  their's. 

A  word  or  two  about  show  windows.  I  would 
rather  see  a  clean  window  with  a  couple  of  neat  show 
globes  and  tasteful  drapery  without  a  single  bottle 
of  medicine  or  cheap  package  goods  displayed  than 
to  see  a  whole  window  full  of  catchpenny  nostrums, 
and  I  suppose  the  public  would  too. 

Cultivate  cordial  relations  with  the  physicians  of 
your  neighborhood.  They  are  the  best  advertisers 
you  have  on  your  skill  in  compounding  prescriptions. 

A  FOOT  POWDER  AS  A  MONEY  MAKER- 

By  J.  T.  PEPPER,    Woodstock,  Ont. 
The    Name. 

OF  late  years  many  preparations  have  been  put 
on  the  market  to  relieve  the  discomfort  of 
sore  feet.  They  are  put  up  under  various 
names  and  in  different  kinds  of  packages. 
Such  names  as  "foot  ease,"  "foot  rest,"  "foot 
elm,"  "ease  'em,"  and  so  forth  have  been  used.  The 
powder  I  put  up  is  called  'Foot  Comfort."  It  is  usual 
to  wrap  up  small  powders  and  put  them  in  a  slide 
powder  box.  while  others  are  put  up  in  tins  similar 
to  talcum  powder. 

The  Formula. 
This   formula   I   devised   myself,   although   I   think 
it   similar   to   others.     It  has   given   good   satisfaction 
for   several   years   and   that   is   the   best   proof   of   its 
merits. 

Salicylic  acid  '  drams 

(Boric  adid 2  ounce.?,  440  grains 

Talcum   3S  ounces 

Slippery  elm  bark  1  ounce 

Orris  Root  1  ounce  _ 

These  are  all  in  verv  fine  powders,  and  are  mixed 
thoroughly  by  putting  them  through  a  fine  sieve  sev- 
eral times.  Then  weigh  out  one  ounce  exactly  and 
divide  into  eighteen  powders.  We  put  eighteen  pow- 
ders in  a  slide  powder  box  and  wrap  the  label  with 
paste  right  on  to  the  box.     This  quantity  will  make 


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about  thirty-five  boxes  .  We  sell  the  foot  powder 
for  25  cents  a  box,  which  gives  a  most  handsome 
profit.  There  are  not  many  preparations  a  druggist 
can  so  easily  make  that  will  give  him  so  large  a 
profit;  in  fact,  I  know  of  no  other  one.  The  mate- 
rials are  all  inexpensive  and  are  kept  in  every  drug 
store.  The  boxes  cost  about  $i.oo  per  gross  and  the 
labels  $1.00  per  thousand.  The  labor  to  mix  and  sift 
the  powders  is  not  onerous,  and  the  folding  of  the 
little  powders  is  light  work.  The  most  of  the  work 
can  be  done  by  the  apprentice  after  a  little  instruc- 
tion. 

To  make  this  article  complete  so  that  any  drug- 
gist can  adopt  this  idea  and  make  a  foot  powder  of 
his  own,  I  have  inserted  the  label  or  wrapper  which 
I  use  and  which  is  printed  in  red  ink  on  white  paper. 
The  title  and  what  the  "Foot  Comfort"  is  good  for 
is  on  the  top  or  front  of  the  box,  advertising  matter 
on  the  sides,  and  full  directions  appear  on  the  bot- 
tom or  back  of  the  box. 

The  Label  or  Wrapper. 


Don't  Hobble  around  with  Sore  Feet.  Foot 
Comfort  will  cure  you.  It's  new.  It's 
easy  to  use.  It's  up-to-date.  It's  what 
you  have  been  looking  for.  Try  it.  Do  it 
now.     Price  25c. 


FOOT  COMFORT 

»-  CURES  ~« 

SORE  FEET.  TIRED  FEET,  TENDER 
FEET,  ACHING  FEET,  SWEATY  FEET, 
SWOLLEN  FEET,  BLISTERED  PBET, 
CHILBLAINS.  FROSTBITES,  BUNIONS, 
INGROWING   TOE    NAILS,    &C. 

GUARANTEED  ABSOLUTELY  PURE  AND  HARMLESS. 

J.  T.  PEPPER,  Druggist,  Woodstock. 


Foot  Comfort  immediately  relieves  that 
hot,  burning  sensation  so  often  trouble- 
some during  warm  weather.  Try  it.  Do 
it  now.      It  will  only  cost  you  25c. 


Direotions.— Shake  one  powder  into  each 
boot  or  shoe  every  morning  for  a  few  imorn- 
ings,  then  every  second  morning  until  com- 
pletely cured.  Foot  Comfort  should  not  be 
placed  in  the  stockings  but  in  the  shoes, 
which  should  then  be  shaken  well  to  distrib- 
ute the  powder  all  over  the  inside  of  the 
shoes.  For  corns  and  ingrowing  nails  apply 
the  powder  to  the  part  affected  after  trim- 
ming the  nail  and  paring  the  corn  closely. 
To  dissolve  a  powder  in  water  and  bathe 
the  feet  at  night  g'ives  great  relief.  It 
cools  and  heals  prickly  heat,  sunburn  or 
inflamed  skin  on  any  part  of  the  body. 


The  druggist  who  has  not  paid  any  attention  to 
selling  a  preparation  of  this  kind  will  be  surprised 
how  easy  it  is  to  sell  it  and  how  much  of  it  can  be 
sold.  Of  course,  during  the  very  hot  weather  of 
summer  is  when  the  most  sal^s  can  be  made,  but  I 
have  customers  for  it  all  the  year  round.  All  sorts 
of  people  buy  it  during  the  hot  weather,  the  dwellers 
in  the  crowded  city  as  well  as  the  farmer  in  the  coun- 
try, but  in  the  winter  season  the  only  customer  is 
the  chronic  sufferer  from  tender  or  perspiring  feet. 


How  to  Sell  It. 

We  have  popularized  this  specialty  by  advertising 
it  in  the  daily  and  weekly  papers  and  by  displaying  it 
in  our  show  window  and  on  the  show  cases  within  the 
store.  The  following  is  one  of  the  advertisements  I 
have   used   in   the   newspapers: 


Foot 
Comfort 

Is  a  prepared  powder  of  just 
the  right  curative  properties  to 
comfort  tired,  aching,  pinched, 
swollen  and  over  burdened  feet. 
If  more  people  knew  of  the  com- 
fort obtained  from  its  use,  more 
people  would  use  it.  It  destroys 
the  odor  of  perspiration,  sweet- 
ens the  shoes,  and  preserves  the 
leather,  25  cts.  a  box.     Get  it  at 

Pepper's 

Drug  Store, 

WOODSTOCK. 


HYDROGEN  ANTIMONIDE.— Alfred  Stock 
and  Walther  Doht  (Berichte.)  have  prepared  the 
pure  antimonide  of  hydrogen  by  the  action  of  a 
strong  aqueous  solution  of  tartaric  acid  together 
with  dilute  hydrochloric  acid  on  a  powdered  alloy  of 
zinc  and  25  per  cent,  of  antimony,  and  drying  and  pu- 
rifying the  gas  by  means  of  phosphoric  anhydride 
and  liquid  air.  The  pure  compound  which,  the  au- 
thors state,  has  never  before  been  obtained  in  a  pure 
condition,  has  a  peculiar  odor,  somewhat  resembling 
hydrogen  sulphide,  and  quite  distinct  from  that  of 
arsine  and  phosphine. 


A  FORM  OF  SULPHUR  CORRESPONDING 
TO  OZONE. — A  blue  sulphur,  obtained  by  shaking 
a  sulphide  of  bismuth,  zinc  or  cadmium  with  SaCla,  in 
benzine,  and  heating  the  precipitate  thus  formed  to 
70  degrees  C,  is  considered,  by  N.  A.  Orlow  (Chem. 
Centralblatt),  to  be  S3  bearing  the  same  relation  to 
ordinary  sulphur  as  ozone  to  oxygen.  This  blue 
suphur,  which  is  identical  with  Woehler's  sulphur, 
becomes  white  or  yellow  when  dried  or  treated  with 
alcohol.  Its  foriTiation  does  not  depend  upon  the 
presence  of  benzine  or  carbon  disulphide,  but  it  may 
also  be  obtained  by  the  use  of  toluol. 


GLYCEROARSENIC  ACID.— M.  V.  Auger 
(L'Union  Pharm.)  reviews  the  work  of  M.  Pagel 
who  recently  described  a  very  stable  glyceroarseniate 
of  calcium.  In  a  number  of  experiments,  the  author 
failed  to  obtain  similar  results.  He  reached  the  con- 
clusion that  arsenic  acid  and  glycerin  react  upon  each 
other  producing  ether  acids  with  the  separation  of 
one  and  two  molecules  of  water,  but  that  the  product 
obtained  is  immediately  hydrolysed  when  brought  in- 
to contact  with  cold  water,  which  renders  it  impos- 
sible to  form  an  arsenioglycerate  in  the  wet  way. 


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[March  6,  1902. 


The  object  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  sulb- 
scritoers  amd  their  clerics  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription    work,    dispensing    difficulties,    etc. 

Requests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  RECEIVE 
NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  queries  in  this 
departmemt  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to  dnformation 
pulbdished  in  previous  issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Remedy  fo'.  Scat  Worms. 
(E.  R.  M.)  Vermifuges  followed  by  irrigation  of 
the  bowel  with  infusion  of  quassia  (2  oz.  to  the  pint) 
or  a  solution  of  common  salt  are  frequently  pre- 
scribed by  physicians  in  the  treatment  of  seat  or 
thread  worms.  The  old  fashioned  "salts  and  senna" 
and  santonin  are  common  remedies.  Here  are  two 
or  three  favorite  prescriptions  employed  by  practi- 
tioners: 

Powdered  santonin  30  to  60  grains 

Resin  of  jalap  2  grains 

Chocolate   1  ouince 

Mix  and  divide  into  30  lozenges.  One  in  the  morn- 
ing on  empty  stomach  to  infant  of  two  years;  two  or 
three  lozenges  to  older  children. 
(2) 

Compound  powder  of  scamimony  4  grains 

Aromatic  powder 5  grains 

Mix.     For  one  dose  at  night. 

(3) 
The  Era  Formulary  is  authority  for  the  following 
"syrup"  for  thread  worms: 

Santonin    60  grams 

Podophyllin    S  grains 

Oil  of  peppermint  5  drops 

Aromatic  spSrit  of  ammonia %  fl.  ounce 

Dilute  alcohol  4  fl.  ounces 

Dissolve  and  add  the  solution  to  a  mixture  of 
equal  volumes  of  simple  syrup  and  water  to  make  10 
fluidounces. 


Emulsion    of    Iodoform. 

(J.  G.  J.)  There  are  a  number  of  formulas  for 
emulsion  of  iodoform,  the  first  of  those  following  be- 
ing published  some  years  ago  in  the  British  Medical 
Journal: 

Iodoform    3  parts 

Starch   1  part 

Triturate  in  a  mortar  until  a  fine  powder  results, 
and  then  add  the  following  mixture: 

G-lycerin  20  parts 

Water  12  parts 

Warm  gradually,  and  stir  constantly  until  133  de- 
grees C.  is  reached.  The  resulting  emulsion  will  be 
10  per  cent.,  and  is  very  stable.  Moreover,  it  is  found 
to  act  more  energetically  than  the  emulsion  prepared 
in  the  ordinary  way. 

(2)  Iodoform  2  graims 

Oil  sweet  almonds  S  gramns 

Saponin    0.12  grams 

Wa  ter   100  graims 


Darkened  Extract   of  Witch  Hazel. 

(J.  A.  K.)  R.  W.  Kaufiiian,  Seaford,  Del.,  writes: 
"Several  weeks  ago  the  writer  saw  in  the  Era  (Jan- 
uary .•?o,  page  117)  an  inquiry  how  to  decolorize  dis- 
tilled extract  of  witch  hazel  which  had  been  colored 
by  being  put  into  a  tin  can.  I  had  two  similar  expe- 
riences, one  with  whisky  and  another  with  St. 
Thomas  bay  rum.     In  each  case  a  solution  of  gela-  ■ 


tine  (Cooper's)  was  used  which  cleared  the  liquids, 
after  filtering  to  their  original  normal  color.  This 
method  will  apply  to  a  removal  of  tannate  of  iron  in 
solution  and  which  is  very  likely  the  trouble  with  the 
witch  hazel  'J.  A.  K.'  has  on  hand." 

Solution  Sodium  Phosphate. 

(A.  L.  B.)  The  following  is  a  formula  for  the 
preparation  of  a  concentrated  solution  of  sodium 
phosphate  without  the  use  of  citric  acid: 

Solium  phosphate  (anhydrous)   1,536  grains 

Phosphoric  acid,  So  per  cent 542  grains 

Water  to  make g  fl.  ounces 

Dissolve  the  sodium  phosphate  in  the  mixture  of 
acid  and  water;  filter  through  absorbent  cotton. 


Extracc  01  Oiion. 
(W.   &  C.)     Dr.  J.     H.   Oyster,     Paola,     Kansas, 
states  that  a  satisfactory  extract  of  onion  for  flavor- 
ing purposes  may  be  made  by  macerating  onions  with 
diluted  alcohol. 


458. 


Glycerine  Tonic. 
(J.  D.  B.)     See  this  journal,  March  24,   1898,  page 


PHARMACY. 

INDICATORS.— Dr.  J.  Meisner  (Ztschr.  f.  an- 
gew.  Chem.)  recommends  the  use  of  the  indicators 
phenolphthalein  and  methyl  orange,  as  they  answer 
practically  all  requirements.  lodeosin  is  necessary 
only  in  difficult  alkalimetric  titrations,  such  as  alka- 
loid determinations.  Contrary  to  the  statements 
often  found  in  the  literature  of  the  subject,  the  au- 
thor finds  that  the  cinchona  bases  may  also  be  ti- 
trated with  iodeosin,  while  hematoxylin  is  not  suited 
to  this  purpose.  The  guaiacoldiazobenzolin  indicator, 
described  by  Riegler,  is  still  better.  In  all  cases,  in 
which  this  is  at  all  possible,  the  end  reaction  should 
not  be  observed  in  the  hot  solution,  but  the  reading 
should  be  deferred  until  the  mixture  has  cooled. 


SOLID  AMMONIA.— Ammonia  in  a  solid  form 
is  manufactured  under  a  German  patent  by  the  fol- 
lowing process:  Three  to  five  parts  of  stearate  of 
sodium  are  dissolved  with  a  gentle  heat  in  10  parts 
of  10  per  cent,  ammonia.  This  solution  is  introduced 
into  85  to  go  parts  of  30  per  cent,  ammonia,  the  mix- 
ture being  stirred  constantly  and  the  temperature 
maintained  at  40  degrees  C.  After  some  time  the  li- 
quid forms  a  mass  having  the  consistency  of  paraffin. 
If  the  stearate  of  sodium  is  replaced  by  the  potas- 
sium salt,  still  larger  quantities  may  be  employed. 
When  exposed  to  the  air,  and  more  rapidly  with  the 
application  of  heat,  all  of  the  ammonia  is  evolved, 
leaving  the  stearate  of  sodium  which  may  be  used 
again. 

ACTIVE  PRINCIPLE  OF  ERGOT.— Dr.  W. 
Van  Rijn  (Pharm.  Weekbl.)  concludes,  from  a  num- 
ber of  experiments,  that  different  varieties  of  ergot 
should  be  tested  in  different  ways.  In  cases  of 
hemorrhages,  extracts  containing  ergotinin  were 
found  active,  while  another  preparation  containing 
no  ergotinin  was  equally  effective.  This  proves  that 
ergotinin  is  not  the  only  active  constituent  of  ergot, 
and  in  determining  the  value  of  this  drug  other  sub- 
stances  should  also  be  taken  into   consideration. 

FRUTIL  is  a  non-alcoholic  carbonated  beverage 
prepared  from  the  juice  of  apples.  According  to  the 
Pharm.  Zentral.,  too  Cc.  contain  8.47  to  8.80  grams 
extract,  .S.62  to  6.0.S  grams  invert  sugar.  .67  to  .83 
grams  cane  sugar,  .34  to  .71  gram  free  malic  acjd, 
ro4i  to  .124  gram  total  nitrogen.  .21  to  .27  gram  min- 
eral matter,  and  has  a  specific  gravity  of  1.033  to 
1.0.34. 


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DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


In  this  Department  will  be  printed  each  week  aseries  of  problems  of  special  educational  value  to  all 
persons  connected  with  the  drug  trade. 

CASH  PRIZES  to   the   amount    of   $75.00   will   bedistributed    each    month    to    the    subscribers    sending 
us    the    largest    number    of    correct    answers    to    theproblems  printed  during  the  preceding  month,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  given  below.    This  sumwill  be  divided  into  twenty-four  prizes,  as  follows: 
J  St  PRIZE,  $25.00  3rd  PRIZE,  $t0.00 

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and  20  PRIZES  OF  $1.00  EACH. 


NOTE  THESE  CONDITIONS. 


1.— All  answers  to  problems  must  reach  the  Problem  Edi- 
tor within  four  weeks  of  the  date  of  the  Era  in 
which  they  appeared. 

2.— Answers  should  be  sent  In  promptly.  In  case  of  a  tie 
the  award  will  depend  upon  the  general  excellence 
of  the   answers. 

3. — All  contestants  must  be  subscribers  to  the  Era. 

4.— Use  note-size  paper.  Cut  out  the  problem  and  paste 
at  top  of  sheet  and  write  your  answer  below,  using 
both  sides  of  the  paper  if  necessary. 

5. — ^Be  sure  to  write  your  name  and  full  address  on  each 
sheet— at  the  bottom. 


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Installment  will  be  printed  in  the  Era  itour  weeks 
later. 

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of  the  prizes  will  be  announced  monthly. 

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ceutical Era.  396  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  T.,  and 
do  not  enclose  any  other  communications  with  your 
answers  to  these  problems. 


PRIZE    WINNERS    OF    THE    JANUARY    PROBLEM 

CONTEST. 

ist  Prize. 

J.  L.-  Billman,  Eldorado,  Ohio. 

2d  Prize. 

D.  D.  Bronson.  Lowville,  N.  Y. 

3d  Prize. 
J.  M.  Sissons,  Beeton,  Ont. 

4th  Prize. 
A.  J.   Lindgren,  West  Duluth,  Minn. 

5th  Prize. 
J.  T.  Pepper,  Woodstock,  Ont. 
H.  C.  Tammen,  Yankton,  S.  D. 
W.  H.   Bonnett,   Brookville,  Pa. 
Herman  Hollander,   Galena,  111. 
J.    M.    Kerrigan,    Brooklyn,   N.    Y. 
R.   D.   Lancaster,   Forksville,   Pa. 
Samuel  Hopkins,  Providence,  R.  I. 
J.  M.  McCann,  Toledo,  Ohio. 
Joseph  Fell,  Cleveland,  Ohio. 

E.  W.   Goff,  Bay  City,  Mich. 

A.  L.  Reichert,  Red  Lake  Falls,  Minn. 
C.  A.  Waldron.   Park   Rapids,   Minn. 
C.   F.  Towne,  Albert   Lea,  Minn. 
Arthur  St.   Onge,   Nashua,   N   .H. 
J.  B.  Davis,  Jeffersonville,  Ohio. 
H.  C.  Lisle.  Genoa  Junction,  Wis. 
A.   E.   Schmidt.   Baltimore.   Md. 
CI.  Mercer.  Wilkinsburg,  Pa. 
C.  E.   Pickles,  Brookings,  S.   D. 
J.  Linde,  New  Haven,  Conn. 


ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  VI. 

No.  61. — The  bore  of  a  syringe  which  holds  one 
pint,  wine  measure,  is  ij4  inches  in  diameter;  what 
is  the  length  of  the  piston? 

Ans. — 16.33986  inches. 

No.  62. — What  is  the  percentage  composition  of 
a  quantity  of  potassium  chloride  and  sodium  chloride, 
which  increases  in  weight  by  heating  with  sulphuric 
acid  to  the  amount  of  ig.2  per  cent? 

Ans.— 52.767  NaCl:  47-2.^3   KCI. 

No.  63. — What  principal  loaned  Sept.  5,  1888,  at 
B  per  cent  per  annum,  will  amount  to  $4,513.60  on 
March  2,   1889  (find  exact  time  in  days)? 

Ans.— $4,.-?83.5.S+.  .     „ 

No.  64. — A  rocket  is  projected  vertically  upward 
with  a  velocity  of  386  feet;  after  what  time  will  it 
begin  to  fall,  and  to  what  height  will  it  rise? 


Ans. — 12  seconds;  2,316  feet. 

No.  65 — What  amount  of  potassium  carbonate 
must  be  precipitated  with  tartaric  acid  in  order  to 
yield  the  tartar  for  furnishing  100  g.  of  tartar  em- 
etic.' 

Ans. — ^21.2  grams. 

Ac.  60. — A  tree  120  feet  high  was  broken  ofl  in 
a  storm,  the  top  striking  40  feet  from  the  roots,  and 
the  broken  end  resting  upon  the  stump,  allowing  the 
ground  to  be  a  horizontal  plane,  what  was  the  height 
of  the  part  standing? 

Ans.— 53.33  1/3  feet. 

No.  67. — In  a  large  labaratory,  where  the  necessary 
caustic  potash  is  made  from  the  carbonate,  there  is 
an  average  annual  consumption  of  60  lbs.  pure  car- 
bonate. The  question  arises,  what  advantage  will 
there  be  in  the  use  of  carbonate  of  sodium?  The 
price  of  the  first  is  50  cents;  that  of  the  latter  (crys- 
tallized)   15  cents  a  kilo. 

Ans.— $5.15+- 

No.  68. — What  weight  is  able  to  keep  a  spherical 
balloon  in  equilibrium,  which  has  a  diameter  of  4  m., 
is  filled  with  hydrogen,  and  the  covering  of  which 
weighs  5.31  kilos,  the  temperature  being  0  deg.,  the 
pressure  normal,  and  the  specific  gravity  of  the  air  14 
times  that  of  hydrogen? 

Ans.— 35  Kg. 

No.  69. — If  I  buy  goods  amounting  to  $1600,  and 
agree  to  pay  half  in  3  months,  and  the  remainder  in 
5  months,  and  afterward  wish  to  pay  the  entire  debt 
in  one  amount,  when  should  the  payment  be  made? 

Ans. — In  four   (4)   months. 

No.  70. — What  increase  in  volume  does  water  sus- 
tain, if  500  times  its  volume  of  muriatic  acid  gas  be 
dissolved  in  it.  when  the  specific  gravity  is  increased 
to  1. 21   Cat  o  deg.)  by  this  operation? 

Ans — .50. 

PROBLEMS,  SERIES  X. 

No.  loi. — James  Page  has  a  circular  garden,  10 
rods  in  diameter;  how  many  trees  can  be  set  in  it, 
so  that  no  two  shall  be  within  ten  feet  of  each  other, 
and  no  tree  within  two  and  a  half  feet  of  the  fence 
enclosing   the    garden? 

No.  102. — A  druggist  has  an  income  of  $1,120  per 
annum  from  stocks  that  pay  a  quarterly  dividend  of 
35^  per  cent.  What  did  he  pay  for  them  at  109^, 
brokerage  54  Per  cent? 

No.  103. — At  what  point  are  the  numbers  on  the 
scales  of  Fahrenheit  and  Celsius  identical?  To  what 
temperature  does  this  point  correspond  on  the  scale 
of  Reaumur? 


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[Alarch  6,  1903. 


No.  104. — A  druggist  sold  goods  to  a  certain 
amount,  on  a  commission  of  4  per  cent.,  and,  having 
remitted  the  net  proceeds  to  the  owner,  received 
J4  per  cent,  for  prompt  payment,  which  amounted  to 
$15.60.     What  was  the  amount  of  his  commission? 

No.  105. — If  a  magnet  exerted  a  pull  of  4  ounces 
upon  a  piece  of  steel  at  a  distance  of  3  inches,  how 
much  force  would  it  exert  at  a  distance  of  }4  of  an 
inch? 

No.  106. — 10  Cc.  of  a  gas  are  measured  at  15  de- 
grees C.  What  volume  will  the  gas  occupy  at  150  de- 
grees C. 

No.  10.- — A  ladder  70  feet  long  is  so  planted  as  to 
reach  a  window  40  feet  from  the  ground,  on  one 
side  of  the  street,  and  without  moving  it  at  the  foot 
it  will  reach  a  window  30  feet  high  on  the  other 
side;   what   is  the  breadth   of  the   street? 

No.  108. — 5.75  grams  of  silver  nitrate  are  added 
to  5.75  grams  of  a  solution  of  hydrochloric  acid  con- 
taiaing  10.22  per  cent.  HCl.  How  much  silver  is 
precipitated  and  how  much   remains  in   solution? 

No.  109. — A  merchant  gained  $1,313.40  on  goods 
amounting  to  $8,756;  at  that  rate,  what  would  he 
gain  on  goods  amounting  to  $12,375? 

No.  no. — There  is  a  conical  glass,  6  inches  high, 
5  inches  wide  at  the  top,  and  which  is  1/5  part  filled 
with  water.  What  must  be  the  diameter  of  a  ball, 
let  fall  into  the  water,  that  shall  be  immersed  by  it? 


A  FEW  PRACTICAL  FORMULAS^ 

By  H.  C.  BRADFORD,  Martin,  Tenn. 

Formulas  galore  are  extant  for  almost  every  prep- 
aration "under  the  sun,"  but  not  all  of  them  are 
"working"  formulas  by  any  means.  My  experience 
has  been  that  even  those  of  the  United  States  Phar- 
macopoeia must  sometimes  be  modified  more  or  less 
to  suit  the  individual  manipulator. 

Syrup  of  Hypophosphites. 

Thus,  in  making  syrup  of  hypophosphites,  U.  S. 
P.,  I  find  2  grams  diluted  hypophosphorous  acid  too 
small  a  quantity  to  give  best  results,  and  always  use 
10  Cc.  for  quantity  named.  This  amount  secures  easy 
solution  of  the  calcium  hypophosphite  and  insures  the 
finished  syrup  against  precipitation.  (I  do  not  like 
citric  acid  in  this  preparation,  as  advised  by  some). 

The  moral  to  be  drawn  from  this  is  not  to  de- 
pend too  much  on  ready-made  formulas,  but  alter 
them  to  suit  your  fancy,  always  however,  taking 
the  precaution  never  to  alter  the  amount  of  active 
ingredient  in  official  or  semi-ofificial  preparations. 

I  submit  herewith  some  formulas  that  have  given 
perfect  satisfaction  both  to  myself  and  the  medical 
profession: 

Compound  Elixir  of  Apium  Graveolens. 

Fid.  ext.  coca 2  ounces 

Fid.  ext.  fcola 2  ounces 

Fid.  ext.  celery  seed  2  ounces 

Pld.  ext.  black-haw 2  ounces 

Aromatic  spirit   1  ounce 

Alcohol 3  ounces 

Solution  of  saccharin 3  ounces 

Aromatic  elixir,  enougli  to  make ^  ounces 

Mix,  let  stand  one  week  (or  longer)  and  filter 
through  talcum.  Each  fluidram  contains  5  grains  of 
each  of  the  active  ingredients. 

The  solution  of  saccharin   is  made  as  follows: 
Solution  of  Saccharin. 

S,iccharin    4   drams 

Sodium  bicarbona/te.   C.  P 2  dra^ms 

Di.sMlIed  water,  enough  to  malce 16  ounces 

This  elixir  is  a  modification  of  that  of  the  Na- 
tional Formulary  by  the  same  name,  and  differs  from 
it  in  containing  a  larger  amount  of  active  ingredients, 
the  substitution  of  celery  seed  for  root,  and  the  addi- 
tion of  a  small  amount  of  saccharin  as  a  sweetener. 
My  reason  for  thus  arbitrarily  changing  this  formula 
in  this  manner  is  to  make  it  conform  in  strength  to  a 
certain  popular  proprietary  compound  of  the  same 
composition. 

•(Western  Druggist). 


Compound  Elixir  of  Cascara  Sagrada. 

Fid.  ext.  cascara  sagrada  2  ounces 

Fid.  ext.  senna l\i  ounces 

'Fid.  ext.  juglans  1  ounce 

Fid.  ext.  h.voscyaimus  %  ounce 

Pure  talcum   y,  ounce 

Solution  of  saccharin 3  ounces 

Aromatic  elixir,  enough  ito  malie 16  ounces 

Mix,  let  stand  two  weeks  (or  longer)  and  filter. 

This  preparation  slowly  deposits  a  small  amount 
of  sediment  on  standing,  hence  it  is  best  to  wait  as 
long  as  possible  before  filtration.  I  have  made  no 
examination  of  the  sediment,  but  it  seems  to  be  inert, 
as  the  preparation  is  at  all  times  active.  I  have  dis- 
pensed many  gallons  of  this  with  much  satisfaction, 
physicians  writing  for  it  and  specifying  "Bradford." 

Fluid  Hydrastis. 

This  preparation  is  in  common  use  as  a  substitute 
for  fluid  extract  of  hydrastis  in  aqueous  solutions,  it 
mixing  clear  with  the  latter.  I  use  the  following 
formula,  which  is  all  that  may  be  desired. 

■Hydrastine  hydrochloride   20  grains 

Glycerin   ; 6   ounces 

Dlistiiled  water 16  ounces 

Mix  and  filter.  It  is  advisable  to  keep  this  prep- 
aration in  amber  bottles. 

Essence  of  Pepsin. 
This  preparation  has  given  me  more  trouble  than 
any  pharmaceutical  in  the  entire  list.     There  are  hun- 
dreds of  formulas,  but  I  never  found  one  that  suited 
me  until  I  devised  the  following: 

Scale  pepsin  ; 128  grains 

[Dilute  hydrochloric  'adid   60  drops 

Glycerin    4  ounces 

Best  sherry  wine   4  ounces 

'IMstWled  water,  enough  to  make 16  ounces 

Mix  the  glycerin,  water  and  acid;  dissolve  the 
pepsin  in  the  mixture  and  add  the  wine  and  some  tal- 
cum (about  14  ounce).  Let  stand  two  weeks,  with 
frequent   shaking,   and   filter. 

This  pepsin  solution  will  not  curdle  milk  (that 
property  being  imparted  by  rennet,  being  in  no  wise 
due  to  pepsin),  bvit  it  is  a  most  elegant  preparation 
and  contains  I  grain  of  pepsin  in  each  fluidram. 

Elixir  of  Lactated  Pepsin. 

Scale   pepisin 128   graans 

Pancreatin    44  grains 

Diastase   9  grains 

Hydrochloric  aciid  6  drops 

I..actic  acid    12  drops 

Comipound  tincture  of  cardamom  2  ounce.s 

Tifnioture  of  cudbear 2  ounces 

Elixir  orange,  enough  to  make 16  ounces 

Manipulate  in  the  same  manner  as  essence  of  pep- 
sin. 

The  same  difficulties  encountered  in  the  last  prep- 
aration were  met  with  here,  but  were  overcome  in  a  dif- 
ferent manner.  Aromatic  fluid  extract  in  suitable  quan- 
tities might  be  substituted  in  some  cases  for  the  com- 
pound tincture  of  cardamom. 


ACTION  OF  FORMALDEHYDE  UPON  GUN 
COTTON.— L.  Vanino  (Berichte.)  finds  that  when 
gun  cotton  is  treated  with  a  20  per  cent,  solution  of 
formaldehyde  its  sensitiveness  to  shocks  is  greatly 
diminished  and  almost  entirely  destroyed.  When 
moistened  with  formaldehyde  solution  and  dried  on 
the  water-bath  the  gun  cotton  loses  its  explosive 
power  without  suffering  decomposition.  By  remov- 
ing the  deposited  paraform  by  means  of  boiling 
water,  the  original  properties  of  the  explosive  are 
restored. 


S.ACCHARO.SE  IN  PANAMA  WOOD.— G. 
Meillere  (Bull,  de  la  Soc-  chini.  de  Paris)  has  found 
that  the  carbohydrate  present  in  Panama  wood  is  not 
identical  with  lactosin,  as  is  generally  supposed.  The 
author  purified  this  sugar  by  repeated  recrystalliza- 
tion  from  methyl  alcohol  and  dialysis,  and  found  that 
it  consists  of  an  impure  saccharose  containing  some 
saponin. 


March  G.  1903.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


PatticuisiAy  Significant 


Stypticin 

uterine  sedative  and  hemo- 
static. Maybehadin  K-grn.  s.c. 
tablets;  in  ^-gru.  hypodermic 
tablets;  in  "dental''  tablets; 
and  as  powder. 

Dionin 

Cough  sed.itive  and  anodyne; 
also  much  \'.Hlued  in  treatment 
of  chronic  morphinism.  Pro- 
curable as  powder  and  in  J^- 
grn.  tablets; 

Gadtfol 

Ale.  ext.  cod-liver  oil.  Much 
employed  for  making  "taste- 
less" preparations  of  cod-liver 
oil.  Sample  and  tested  form- 
ulas free. 

Bromipin 

!  Cnntains  ID  per  cent. bromine. 
Sedativeand  nervine;  free  from 
disadvantages  of  the  alkali 
bromides. 


I  SALESMAN  for  a  chemical 
^^1  liouse     recently    bought    a 

drug  -  store    in    one  of  our 

hirgest  cities.  He  put  in  a  Hne  of 
Merck's  Chemicals  and  proceeded 
to  advertise  them  among  the  phys- 
icians of  his  neighborhood. 

He  had  been  selling  chemicals  of 
another  label  for  years,  but  when  it 
came  to  dispensing  he  preferred 
"Merck's." 

The  reason  for  his  preference  is 
that  he,  like  thousands  of  other 
dispensers,  recognizes  "Merck's" 
as  a  passport  to  favor  among  med- 
ical men. 

Are  you  taking  advantage  of  the 
possible  influence  of  Merck  labels 
on  your  prescription  business? 

Do  you  specify  "J'U^ck'^  ? " 


MERCK  &  CO. 


NEW  YORK: 
CHICAGO  : 


Urviversity  Pla.co 
RandolpK    Street 


Creolin-Pearson 

Current  advertising  in  popu- 
lar periodicals  will  stimulate 
sales.  Doubtless  our  window 
cards  and  booklets  (sent  on  re- 
quest) will  also  help  you. 


lodipin 


ngth^ 


lO-pe 


for  interna!  use  ;  25-per-ceiit.for 
hypodermic  use.  Employed 
principally  in  syphilis  and 
scrofula. 


Thiocol 


A  dry,water-soluble,Oviorless, 
extremely  assimilable  and  well- 
borne  form  of  guaiacol.  Mark- 
eted as  powder,  5-grn.-tablets, 
and  syrup. 


Dormiol 


Hypnotic  and  nene  sedative. 
For  convenience  of  dispensers 
Dormiol  is  marketed  in  50-per- 
cent, solution  only. 


Sells   on   Sight  I 

''  RED    CROSS  '' 
MEDICINE    SPOON. 


^VERY    druggist  should  carry  the  "  Red  Cn 
Spoon.      Every  home  needs  it.     Every 
mands  it,  for  sickness  is  sure  as  death  ai 
,re  no  exceptions. 

The  "  Red  Cross  "  Medicine  Spoon  is  as  far  ahead  of  the 
irdinary  tei  spoon  for  administering  medicine,  as  the  trnlley 
■ar  is  ahead  of  the  old  omnibus,  and  sells  like  hot  cakes  with 


'  Red  Cross  "  Medi 
makes  the  medicine  hour  welcome  to  the 
patient. 

It  holds  exactly  a  retnstered  drachm.      \ 
it  sets  flat,  accurately  dropping  or  pouring 


Used  by  the  best  nurses,  commended  by  prominent  physicians. 
Made  of  sterling  silver,  gold  lined.  Retails  for  ^'iM  with  good 
money  in  it  for  the  druggist. 

It  is  unique,  and  its  apparent  utility  sells  it  as  fast  aa  they 
can  be  manufactured.  Better  write  to-day,  and  be  the  first  in 
your  locality  to  handle  "  Red  Cmss  "  Medicinft  Spmin.  It 
will  ftilil  to  iioth  your  reputation  anil  vour  profits.  Send  for 
full  (Irs.riptiv.Tir.ulfirs. 

3.  B.  S(  $.  m.  Knowks  Co., 


'rK«)vii>i:N<i:,  h.  1. 


THE    LIGHTNING 


Tumbler  Washer 

-AND- 

THE    LIGHTNING 

Bottle  Washer 


PAT'D  Nov£o.aiaa4. 


Botti  Work 
Automatically. 

You  Simply  Press 
The  Button  =  = 

The  machine  does  the  rest. 

Price  of  Tumbler 
Washer,    -    $20 

Price    of    Bottle 
Washer,     $3.50 

Write    for    Catalogues,    etc. 


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CANTON,    OHIO. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  6,  190». 


EGYPTIAN  SHELF  BOTTLES 


WRITE  FOR  SPECIAL  OFFER 


DAWES  MFG.  GO. 


Pittsburg,  Pa. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 

NEW   YORK   AND   VICINITY. 


DRUGGISTS  CHARGED  WITH  VIOLATING  THE 
LIQUOR  TAX  LAW. 

Bill  in  Senate  to  Increase  License  Fee  will  be  Opposed. 

A  number  of  druggists  In  this  city  and  other  parts  cf 
the  State  have  received  a  notice  from  Deputy  State  Com- 
missioner of  Excise  M.  N.  Clement,  Informing  them  his 
■department  Is  in  possession  of  satisfactory  evidence  that 
the  provisions  of  the  liquor  tax  law  had  been  violated 
by  them  during  the  excise  year  beginning  May  1,  1901, 
ajid  that  they  have  become  indebted  to  the  people  of  the 
State  of  New  Ycwk  In  the  sum  of  $500  each.  Each  drug- 
gist is  modestly  requested  to  pay  over  to  tihe  department 
without  delay  the  ?500,  "upon  receipt  of  which  a  proper 
satisfaction  will  be  executed  and  forwarded." 

Druggists  are  called  upon  to  not  only  defend  them- 
selves against  the  excise  department  in  the  above  in- 
stances, but  to  oppose  a  measure  recently  introduced  Into 
the  Sena.te  by  Mr.  Stranahan,  at  the  request  of  State 
Excise  Coanmissioner  CuUinan.  This  measure  contains 
amendments  to  the  liquor  tax  law,  providing  that  In- 
•stead  of  a  flat  $5.00  tax,  whidh  drug  stores  now  pay  for 
the  privileges  of  selling  liquor  upon  the  prescription  of  a 
physician,  they  shall  hereafter  pay  a  tax  graded  accord- 
ing to  population,  ranging  from  $15  to  ?100,  the  same  as 
■was  exacted  during  the  first  year's  operation  of  the  Raines 
law.  Should  the  measure  become  a  law.  New  York  City 
druggists  will  be  required  to  pay  an  annual  tax  of  $100. 
while  in  Buffalo,  Rochester,  Syracuse,  Utica,  Troy  and 
Albany  the  tax  will  be  $50. 

Some  of  the  druggists  who  have  received  the  notices 
referred  to  above  have  been  Interviewed  by  a  represen- 
tative of  the  Era  and  they  all  stated  without  exception 
fhat  they  would  fight  the  excise  department  in  the  mat- 
ter. One  druggist  says  he  does  not  believe  there  is  a 
•drug  store  in  the  State  where  the  excise  law  is  not  vio- 
lated. If  the  strict  letter  of  the  law  Is  to  be  adhered  to. 
He  says  he  rarely  has  a  physician's  prescription  for  li- 
quor, but  wihen  a  customer  he  knows  asks  for  liquor  and 
states  that  a  physician  has  ordered  it  for  sickness  he 
sells  It.  Another  druggist  said  he  had  never  sold  liquor 
on  a  prescription  in  his  life,  that  the  physicians  in  'his 
neighborhood  did  not  write  such,  if  liquor  was  required 
■for  sickness  the  physician  would  tell  the  patient  to  go  to 
the  drug  store  and  get  it.  In  almost  every  instance  tihe 
■customer  who  applies  for  liquor  and  gets  it  is  known  to 
the  druggist.  Many  of  the  druggists  who  have  been  re- 
<iuested  to  pay  the  $500,  talk  of  combining  and  fighting 
the  department  on  the  question,  and  it  Is  not  itnprobable 
that  the  pharmaceutical  associations  will  take  the  mat- 
ter up. 

Pharmacists  generally  ■will  oppose  the  Stranahan  bill 
and  doubtless  delegates  from  the  several  organizations 
In  the  State  will  be  present  when  a  hearing  is  given  on 
the  bill. 

Mr.  Culllnan  is  reported  to  have  said  that  toe  will  en- 
deavor to  enforce  the  provisions  of  the  liquor  tax  law  to 
the  letter,  that  the  charges  have  not  been  made  against 
the  druggists  without  careful  investigation,  and  (he  has 
four  ■witnesses  for  each  case  complained  of.  He  has 
notified  the  different  district  attorneys  in  the  counties 
•where  the  violations  are  said  to  have  occurred  to  be  pre- 
pared to  prosecute  the  cases,  as  the  department  proposes 
to  Institute  criminal  and  civil  actions  against  the  of- 
fenders. The  civil  action  will  include  the  revoking  of 
the  license  and  taking  the  bond  of  $500.  Unless  a  con- 
"vlctlon  criminally  is  secured  the  druggist  can  secure  an- 
other license.  A  criminal  violation  constitutes  a  mis- 
demeanor and  can  be  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  more  than 
?500  or  imprisonment  for  not  more  than  a  year  or  both. 


N.    W.    D.    A.    PROPRIETARY    GOODS    COMMITTEE 

MEETS. 

Members  Present  Differ  as  to  Work  Accomplished. 

The  National  'U'holesale  Druggists'  -Association's  com- 
mittee on  proprietary  goods  'held  a  meeting  at  the  Wal- 
dorf-Astoria Friday,  February  2S,  the  session  lasting 
from  11  a.  m.  until  evening.  AH  the  New  York  Oity 
wholesale  and  jobbing  houses  were  represented  at  'the 
meeting  and  the  following  members  of  the  committee 
were  present:  C.  F.  Shoemaker,  Philadelphia,  chairman; 
Prank  A.  Faxon,  Kansas  City;  M.  N.  Kline,  Philadel- 
phia; George  A.  Kelly,  Pittsburg;  Fred  L.  Carter,  Bos- 
ton; William  J.  AValker,  Albany;  Chartes  F.  Weller, 
Omaha;  M.  Carey  Peter,  Louisville;  John  B.  Purcell, 
Richmond,  'Va. ;  Lucien  B.  Hall,  Cleveland;  W.  A.  Hover, 
Denver;  John  M.  Carey,  Indianapolis;  Horace  M.  Shairp, 
Philadelphia;  Albert  Plant  and  Thomas  F.  Main,  New 
York,  and  J.   E.   Toms,   Philadelphia,  secretary. 

According  to  one  of  the  members  of  the  committee 
"the  meeting  was  called  to  consider  various  matters  re- 
fating  to  the  drug  trade  and  to  correct  some  abuses." 
It  is  generally  understood  that  the  object  of  the  meetiuij 
was  to  have  certain  Eastern  firms  account  for  violations 
of  the  tripartite  agreement,  and  for  giving  extra  dis- 
counts on  goods  included  in  the  rebate  list.  The  meeting 
was  held  with  closed  doors  and  as  the  opinions  of  those 
present  differ  as  to  the  results  obtained,  it  is  impossible 
to  predict  what  effect  the  meeting  will  have  on  the  N. 
A.   R.   D.   plan. 

Some  say  there  were  times  during  tihe  meeting  -when 
it  looked  as  though  the  tripartite  agreement  and  the  re- 
bate list  would  be  abandoned  as  far  as  the  jobbers  were 
concerned.  Others  asseirt  that  the  meeting  was  har- 
monious throughout,  and  that  while  certain  Eastern 
houses,  one  New  York  firm  in  particular,  ■were  accused 
of  having  violated  agreements  and  allowed  extra  dis- 
counts, everything  was  satisfactorily  explained;  and 
further  that  new  pledges  were  made  and  inside  of  ten 
days  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  plan  would  be  working  more 
smoothly  than  before  the  meeting. 

Wha'tever  the  result  of  the  meeting  Is,  it  Is  gemerally 
conceded  that  it  was  called  after  numer'ous  complaints 
had  been  received  from  houses  claiming  that  competitors 
were  making  offers  of  special  discounts  on  goods  in  the 
rebate  list,  and  that  investigations  were  requested. 

Nothing  official  about  the  meeting  was  procurable.  It 
looked  more  like  a  peace  conference  than  anything  else. 
The  Western  dealers  have  apparently  received  satisfac- 
tion, and  accordingly  refuse  to  disclose  the  names  of  the 
guilty  ones.  The  latter  have  evidently  promised  "not  to 
be  caught  again,"  and  perhaps  things  ■will  run  along 
sm'oothly  for  another  period. 

While  the  members  from  the  West  appeared  to  attach 
considerable  Importance  to  the  meeting,  It  was  different 
■with  the  Eastern  men.  On  of  the  latter  when  ques- 
tioned by  the  representative  of  the  Era  as  to  what  was 
aeeomplisihed  said:  "I  can  tell  you  in  a  very  few  words. 
The  king  of  Prance,  with  an  army  of  ten  thousand  men 
marched  up  the  hill  and  then  marched  down  again." 

The  meeting  may  have  been  harmonious  but  the  Era 
representative  found  opinions  concerning  the  results  ob- 
tained as  expressed  by  persons  present  to  be  considerably 
out  of  accord. 


A.  Ph.  A.  Committee  on  Exhibits. 
Thomas  P.   Cook,   chairman   of  the  committee  on  ex- 
hibits of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association,  was 
In  Philadelphia  last   week  where  a  meeting  of  his  com- 
mittee was  toedd.       Mr.    Cook   Is   enthusiastic    about   the 


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prospects  of  the  exhiibition  feature  of  this  yeaj's  meet- 
ing, which  will  be  the  fiftieth  anniversary,  and  will 
doubtless  be  unusually  well  attended,  and  says  more  space 
will  be  procured  for  exhibition,  and  probably  several 
more  manufacturers  than  were  represented  last  year  will 
send  exhibits.  Althougti  the  meeting  will  not  be  held 
until  September,  the  committee  is  fully  alive  to  the  work 
to  be  done,  and  has  consequently  set  about  early  procur- 
ing sipace,  etc. 


BOARD  OF  TRADE  WANTS   PURE   FOOD   COMMIS- 
SION. 

The  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  JSTew  York  Board  of 
Trade  and  Transportation  has  sent  a  protest  to  the  Sen- 
ate at  Albany  against  the  so-called  "pure  food  bills." 
The  protest  is  signed  by  John  M.  Peters,  chairman  of  the 
legislative  committee;  Jesse  L.  Hopkins,  chairman  of  the 
drug  trade  section  and  William  F.  McCormell,  secretary 
of  the  section.  It  states  that  while  the  members  of  the 
B'oard  are  in  sympathy  with  the  ostensible  purposes  of 
■the  bills  they  do  not  recognize  any  urgent  necessity  for 
their  passage,  and  earnestly  favor  the  reference  of  the 
whole  subject  sought  to  be  covered  by  pure  food  legis- 
lation to  a  commission,  or  to  chemists  identified  with 
the  departments  of  the  State,  to  whom  should  be  given 
euffioient  time  to  'thoroughly  consider  the  necessity  for 
such  legislation  ae  well  as  its  probable  effects.  The  pro- 
test says: 

"To  define  adulterations  within  the  meaning  which  is 
conveyed  in  the  prohibitory  laws,  or  the  extent  to  which 
l)reserva'bive  agents  may  be  employed  and  the  point  at 
which  they  become  dangerous  to  health,  requires  careful 
investigation  by  scientific  men.  Hasty  legislation  which 
makes  broad  prohibition  of  so-called  "adulterations,"  and 
of  the  use  of  preservatives,  cannot  fail  to  do  great  in- 
justice and  to  work  harm  to  consumers  as  well  as  to  pro- 
ducers. The  experience  of  European  countries  with  regu- 
lations of  this  kind  has  not  been  entirely  satisfactory, 
and  we  are  advised  tliat  an  effort  is  being  made  to  secure 
their  modification  in  the  direction  of  mocre  scientific  dis- 
crimination tJ^tween  those  admixtures  which  are  in  fact 
deleterious  or  harmful,  and  those  which  are  advan- 
tageous. 

"The  comprehensive  provisions  of  Senate  Bill  No. 
336  would,  in  the  judgment  of  the  members  of  the  Drug 
Trade  Section,  open  the  way  for  endless  litigation  as  a 
result  of  disagreements  as  to  what  constituted  'Harmful 
substances,'  and  the  discrimination  against  the  two- 
well-know.i  preservative  agents  which  are  named  in  the 
bill  is  in  itself  without  justification  In  the  clinical  experi- 
ence with  those  chemicals. 

"Bill  No.  497  also  lacks  definitenese  in  its  provisions  as 
to  what  is  injurious  to  health,  and  while  perhaps  as  free 
from  ambiguity  as  it  is  possible  to  make  a  hastily  drawn 
act  of  this  character,  any  attempt  to  enforce  its  provis- 
ions would  have  to  be  based  upon  opinions  concerning 
which  there  is  much  confusing  disagreement." 

Attention  is  called  to  the  disastrous  effect  of  legisla- 
tion at  variance  with  the  laws  of  other  States,  with 
which  products  are  interchanged  and  the  protest  ends 
with  an  appeal  to  have  the  whole  subject  referred  to 
competent  chemical  and  legal  experts  for  investigation. 


First  Anniversaiy  of  the  Bushwick  Ph.   A. 

The  first  anniversary  of  the  Bushwick  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Association  was  celebrated  at  Sigmund's  Hall.  Ham- 
burg avenue  and  Woodbine  street.  Brooklyn,  on  Monday, 
February  24.  The  tastefully  decorated  hall  was  com- 
fortably filled  with  tihe  members  of  the  association,  and 
their  friends  and  dancing  was  indulged  in  until  well  to- 
ward morning.  Refreshments  were  served  during  the 
evening  and  several  speeches  were  made.  The  speakers 
•were:  President  E.  F.  Wagner,  Secretary  Otto  Edler  and 
Dr.  R.  W.  Glaubit.  Dr.  Ketterle  recited  an  original 
poem,  and  Charlies  A.  Kleine  rendered  a  violin  solo.  Other 
numbers  were  a  cornet  solo  by  Mr.  Henning.  soprano  solo 
by  Miss  Kunkle,  tenor  solo  by  Mr.  Xanken  and  a  bari- 
tone solo  by  Mr.  Haupt. 

Much  interest  Is  taken  In  this  thriving  association, 
and  the  guests  expressed  a  desire  to  be  present  when 
the  second  anniversary  is  celebrated. 


LEWIS  T.  LAZELL. 

Lewis  T.  Lazell,  head  of  the  well  known  perfume- 
firm,  Lazell,  Dalley  &  Co.,  of  New  York,  died  at  his  home- 
No.  69  Livingston  street,  Coluimjbia  Heights,  Brooklyn,. 
Friday,  February  28,  after  an  illness  of  almost  a  year. 
He  was  born  near  Worcester,  Mass..  February  19,  1825,. 
educated  in  W'orcester,  and  when  a  boy  entered  the  drug- 
business  there.  In  1835  he  came  to  New  York  and  with 
Edward  H.  Marsh  formed  the  wiholesale  drug  firm  of 
Lazell.  Marsh  &  Hunn.  On  the  death  of  Mr.  Marsh  in 
1885,  Mr.  Henry  Dalley  was  admitted  and  the  firm,  took. 
Its  present  name.  In  1891  the  drug  ibusiness  was  sold 
and  the  firm,  as  a  corporaition.  continued  the  manufactur- 
ing perfume  business,  exclusively.  OVIr.  Lazell  was  an  ac- 
tive member  of  the  Baptist  denomination,  being  a  trustee 
of  tihe  Pierrepont  street,  Brooklyn,  Baptist  church;  a 
member  of  the  New  -England  iSociety  of  the  city  of  New 
York,  and  of  the  Hamilton  Club,  of  Brooklyn.  He  was. 
thoroughly  respected  fby  a  large  circle  of  friends  and  his 
tastes  were  decidedly  domestic.  His  love  of  fishing  was. 
noted  and  he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Oquossoc 
Angling  Association,  of  Rangeley  Lake,  Me.,  which  he 
visited  annually  to  indulge  in  his  favorite  sport.  It  Is- 
said  of  Mr.  Lazell  that  he  never  lost  a  friend  except  by 
death.   . 


Board  of  Directors  Pass  Resolutions  on  Death  of  Lewis 
T.  Lazell. 

The  following  resolutions  were  passed  by  the  tioarct 
of  directors  of  Lazell.  Dalley  &  Co.,  at  a  special  meeting- 
held  on  March  1st,  1902: 

■^^'HEREAS.  Information  has  reached  tfliis  Ixjard  of 
the  death  of  Mr.  Lewis  T.  Lazell,  on  February  28th,  1902, 
and 

■WHEREAS,  Through  the  lomg  connection  of  Mr.  Dazelt 
with  this  board  and  with  t!he  various  firms  to  which  this- 
company  is  the  successor,  we  have  learned  to  respect  the 
man  and  love  the  friend  who  has  passed  away;  therefore, 
be  it 

RESOLVED,  That  tIhe  loss  which  we  have  now  sus- 
tained cannot  be  repaired  and  that  the  memory  of  this 
just  and  upright  man  is  a  legacy  with  which  we  would 
not  part; 

RESOLVED,  That  these  resolutions  he  spread  upon 
the  minutes  of  this  board  and  that  a  copy  of  the  same  be 
transmitted  to  his  wife. 


March  6,  190?.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

Charles  F.  Weller,  of  the  Richardeon  Drug  Co.,  Oma- 
ha, Neb.,  was  in  the  city  ovea-  Sunday,  stopping  at  the 
Waldorf.  He  attended  the  meeting  of  the  committee  on 
proprietary  goods  of  the  N.  W.  D.  A.  last  Friday.  Mr. 
Weller  gives  a  favorable  report  of  trade  conditions  in  the 
West  and  says  prospects  for  the  j'ear's  business  are 
good.  Speaking  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  plan,  he  said  dt  was 
working  well  in  most  sections,  although  there  were  places 
where  there  was  room  for  improvement.  Mr.  Weller  de- 
clined to  talk  about  the  meeting  he  attended  here,  ex- 
cept that  it  was  harmonious  and  any  matters  needing 
adjustment  would  doubtless  be  attended  Vo  within  ten 
days . 

—Reports  say  that  a  large  witchhazel  combine  Is  about 
to  be  formed  in  "wihich  fifteen  concerns  are  interested. 
The  reports  say  the  capital  of  the  combine  will  be  $3.- 
000,000  and  among  those  interested  are:  E.  A.  Dickin- 
son. ISssex.  Conn.;  Hughes  Distilling  Co.,  Chester,  Conn., 
and  Gould  &  Co..  Maiden.  Conn.  The  appearance  in  the 
market  of  witchhazel  made  of  perfumed  water  is  said 
to  be  the  cause  of  the  formation  of  the  combine.  The 
proposed  combine  is  said  to  have  for  Its  main  object  the 
driving  of  such  goods  from  the  market,  eo  that  only 
the  genuine  product  will  be  procurable. 

The  final  hearing  on  the  Audett  bill,  giving  druggists 

the  right  to  make  soda  water  in  tenement  buildings,  was 
given  before  the  Senate  Codes  Committee.  'Wednesday, 
February  26.  James  Jackson,  representing  the  United 
Fruit  Trades*  Association  was  the  only  one  to  appear 
against  the  measure.  He  argued  that  the  present  law 
is  satisfactory  to  the  majority  of  citizens  and  that  there 
Is  no  necessity  for  the  bill.  The  committee  decided  that 
the  Assembly  measure,  which  is  in  better  form,  should 
be  allowed  to  pass  that  house  first,  and  then  be  put 
through  the  Senate. 

Polk  Miller,   of  the  Polk  Miller  Drug  Co.,   Richmond. 

Va.,  widely  known  in  the  trade  as  an  entertainer,  is  in 
the  city.  Mr.  Miller  brought  a  quartette  of  genuine 
Southern  negroes  "with  him  and  gave  an  entertainment  in 
the  Carnegie  Lyceum  on  Monday  and  Tuesday  evenings. 
under  the  auspices  of  the  Daughters  of  the  Confederacy. 
Mr.  Miller  was  entertained  at  the  Drug  Club  yesterday 
by  Presadent  Jesse  D.  Hopkins.  He  was  accompanied  by 
his  quartette,  who  entertained  the  club  memtoers  during 
the  luncheon   hour. 

Charles  E.   Smith,  the  genial  representative  of  Parke, 

Davis  &  Co.  in  this  city,  has  lately  been  overwhelmed 
with  callers  wishing  to  sell  dogs.  He  was  at  a  loss  to 
understand  the  cause  of  the  "stampede"  until  last  Mon- 
day when  he  received  a  postal  card  bearing  a  clipping 
from  one  of  the  morning  papers,  with  the  following  ad- 
vertisement: Wanted  to  purcase. — A  good  watch  dog. 
Call  before  10  a.  m.:  Charles  B.  Smith.  26  East  116th 
street.    Mr.  Smith  is  looking  for  the  joker. 

Thomas    D.     McElhenie.     the    well    known    Brooklyn 

pharmacist,  of  No.  259  Ryerson  .street,  who  has  con- 
ducted a  drug  store  known  as  the  Twilight  Park  Phar- 
macy at  Haines  Falls.  Greene  County.  N.  T..  during  the 
Summer  months  since  18SS.  is  offering  this  store  for  sale. 
H©  says  this  is  a  good  chance  for  a  druggist  in  search 
of  better  health  and  at  the  same  time  some  profit. 
Elaborate  preparations  are  being  made  for  the  com- 
mencement exercises  of  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
macy to  be  held  In  Carnegie  Hall.  Thursday.  April  24. 
The  graduating  class  will  be  a  large  one.  and  it  is  said 
that  the  entertainment  will  be  more  elaborate  than  any- 
thing ever  before  attempted  by  the  college. 

The    American    Drug   Trade    Bowling   Association    will 

probably  have  the  annual  tournament  in  Philadelphia  on 
April  17.  18  and  19  this  year.  A  conference  of  members 
of  the  executive  committee  from  the  several  cities  rep- 
resented has  been  held,  and  the  above  dates  will  probably 
be  decided  upon. 

^The  Dr.  David  Hartley  Co..  of  Portland.  Me.,  is  a  new 

corporation,  which  will  undertake  the  manufacture  of 
drugs.  The  capital  stock  is  $10,000  and  the  incorporators 
are  Harry  B.  Russ.  president:  Frank  E.  Haines,  treas- 
urer, and  S.  W.  Bates,  clerk,  all  of  Portland. 

The    St.    Louis    Cheimical    Co.    has    been    Incorporated 

at  Trenton,  N.   J.,  to  manufacture  caustic  soda,  bleadh- 


ins  powder,  etc.  The  capital  stock  is  $1,000,000  and  the 
incorporators  are  David  E.  Harrison,  John  Faulkner  and 
George  H.   Courier  of  East  Orange,   N.   J. 

Fred  W.   Kerr,  the  Port  Richmond,  S.  I.,  druggist,  la 

being  congratulated  by  friends  on  his  appointment  as 
analyst  for  the  New  York  Board  of  Health.  Mr.  Kerr 
is  now  official  ajialyst  of  all  milk  sold  in  the  borough,  of 
Richmond. 

A.  new  corporation  is  The  Chemical  Specialty  Co.,  of 

Newark,  N.  J.,  with  J.IO.tXX)  capital.  E.  E.  Nordell, 
Thomas  S.  Hulit,  Liong  Branch,  N.  J.,  and  Frederick  Ij. 
Harding,  Newark,  N.   J.,  are  the  incorporators. 

^A  new  pharmacy  has  been  opened  at  Northport,  L.  L, 

to  be  known  as  the  Lowry  Pharmacy.  A.  Jones,  formerly 
with  druggist  George  M.  Burr  oi  the  same  place,  is  man- 
ager of  the  new  store. 

^The  Berlin  Pharmacal  Co.,  New  Britain,  Conn.,  re- 
cently declared  insolvent,  has  on  petition  of  C.  M.  Janrts, 
been  allowed  four  mohths  for  the  presentation  of  all 
claims. 

G.  F.  Van  Slyck,  as  receiver,  has  secured  a  judgment 

for  5663  against  the  Alphasol  Co.,  manufacturers  of  pro- 
prietary medicines  at  No.  622  Third  avenue.  New  York 
City. 

H.  E.  Tuck,  the  well  known  WSlkesbarre,  Pa.,  phar- 
macist, was  in  New  York  last  week  calling  on  his  friends 
in  the  trade.    He  has  left  for  a  trip  to  Florida. 

(William  Howell,   well  known   in  the   drug  circles  haa 

opened  an  office  at  No.  62  Maiden  Lane  and  is  pushing 
the  sale  of  "little  mother"  nippies. 

^Mr.    Menrill   has   retired   from   the   firm   of   Egbert   & 

Merrill,  Utica,  not  Mr.  Egbert,  as  announced  in  a  recent 
issue  of  the  Era. 

iW.  P.  De  Camp,  a  former  Glen  Falls,  N.  Y.,  phar- 
macist, is  in  the  city  visiting  the  trade  in  the  interest 
of  Merck  &  Co. 

-4— The  already  comfortable  rooms  of  the  Drug  Trade 
Club  at  100  William  street  are  being  renovated  and 
redecorated. 

J.  Edgar  Plaster,  formerly  with  Dr.  A.  D.  Cuskaden, 

druggist  at  Atlantic  City,  N.  J.,  is  in  the  city. 


A  New  Window  Display. 

The  druggist  of  the  larger  cities  is  already  acquainted 
with  the  exceedingly  attractive  window  displays  which 
those  who  ca,rry  Orangeine  in  stock  are  enabled  to  make. 
These  window  displays  not  only  denote  the  dharacter  of 
the  store,  but  they  are  of  the  highest  possible  value  as 
an  advertisement.  The  Orangeine  Chemical  Co.,  Chicago, 
now  have  a  new  and  handsome  display  which  any  drug- 
gist can  arrange  in  twenty  minutes,  and  this  display  will 
be  mailed  to  him,  if  he  carries  Orangeine  in  stock,  on 
receipt  of  his  request.  A  very  significant  feature  of  the 
sale  of  Orangeine  is  the  fact  that  those  who  sell  the  most 
of  it  find  it  more  profitable  to  sell  Orangeine  Powders 
than  to  push  their  own  preparations.  The  policy  of  the 
Orangeine  Chemical  Co.  has  been  to  permit  the  trade  to 
participate  in  their  profits,  and  under  their  standing  six 
dozen  offer  even  the  small  druggist  can  make  a  large 
margin  on  Orcingeine. 


Hints  on  Serving  Ice  Cream. 
One  of  the  secrets  of  success  in  selling  ice  cream  is  to 
seiwe  it  well  and  by  using  the  Improved  Rapid  Ice  Cream 
Disher,  the  most  satisfactory  results  can  be  obtained.  Its 
use  prevents  spattered  counters,  smudgy  hands,  soiled 
plates  and  the  other  things  that  result  when  an  ordinary 
spoon  is  used.  The  Improved  DisJher  is  what  the  nam« 
implies,  in  every  sense  of  the  word.  It  seems  that  no 
more  imiwovements  can  bo  made  now.  Sales  the  fourth 
year  being  750  per  cent  over  the  first  year  speak  well  for 
the  popularity  of  this  disher.  It  Wont  cost  you  anything 
to  get  a  catalogue  describing  this  Improved  Disher  and 
other  articles  useful  to  the  active  druggist  manufactured 
by  the  Kingery  Manufacturing  Co.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio.  The 
ice  cream  season  will  soon  be  In  full  swing  again  ^o  your 
request  tor  a  catalogue  should  be  sent  in  early. 


250 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  6,  1903. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


A  DRUGGIST'S  WIFE  ASSAULTED  BY  HIGHWAY- 
MAN. 
Boston,  March  1.— Mrs.  John  W.  Sherburne,  ■wife  of 
the  junior  member  of  the  drug  firm  of  Carter  &  Sher- 
burne, Lowell,  was  the  victim  this  week  of  a  peculiarly 
bold  assault,  in  broad  day  light,  by  a  highwayman.  Mrs. 
Sherburne  had  been  visiting  friends  on  Beacon  street, 
near  Carleton,  where  she  was  rehearsing  for  a  musicale 
soon  to  be  given.  She  left  the  house  and  went  to  the 
Corner  to  take  a  street  cair.  While  she  was  Waiting  for 
the  car,  a  man  drove  up  in  a  sleig'h,  jumped  out,  tore 
her  chatelaine  from  her  belt,  knocked  her  down  and  then 
drove  away.  Mirs.  Shenburne  kepit  her  presence  of 
mind  and  plucklly  tried  to  fight  her  assailant  off,  beat- 
ing Ihim  over  the  head  with  her  umbrella  and  scream- 
ing for  help.  The  chatelaine  bag  was  a  large  one  of 
gray  leather,  with  a  silver  clasp  and  a  very  heavy 
chain,  and  did  not  come  off  at  the  first  wrench,  as  the 
tihief  evidently  had  expected  l-t  to  do.  During  the  strug- 
gle her  cries  had  made  the  horse  restless,  and  perceiv- 
ing this,  she  "clucked"  and  stanted  the  animal  going, 
thinking  that  someone  would  come  to  her  aid  before 
the  man  could  escape  on  foot.  When  the  stranger  saw 
the  horse  moving,  he  struck  Mrs.  Sherburne,  knocking 
her  down  and  securing  the  chatelaine.  He  then  turned 
and  ran  after  his  sleigh.  Mrs.  Sherburne  quickly  re- 
gained her  feet  and  ran  after  him.  She  caught  him  by 
Ills  coat  coUaT,  whereupon  he  struck  Iher  down  again, 
jumped  into  the  sleigh  and  got  away  quickly.  The 
highwayman  secured  the  chatelaine,  two  new  ?5  bills,  a 
book  of  itickets  between  Boston  and  Lowell,  worth 
about  $10,  some  small  change  and  other  articles. 


Weather  Conditions  Give  Impetus  to  Trade. 

Boston.  March  1. — Not  over  good  weather  conditions 
this  week  have  given  impetus  to  the  drug  business,  for 
it  has  brought  about  bad  walking  and  has  meant  wet 
clothing,  all  tending  toward  colds  if  no  more  serious 
results.  The  druggists  notice  at  once  the  effect  of  such 
days,  or  such  wet  conditions,  and  *here  begins  to  be 
more  numerous  calls  for  the  various  things  which  come 
under  the  general  'head  oif  Temedies.  Still  another 
source  of  additional  trade  is  found  to  come  from  the 
fact  that  in  stormy  wea.ther  people  seek  the  shelter  of 
drug  stores  while  waiting  for  street  cars  and  many  who 
had  not  thought  at  all  of  buying  even  a  thing  really 
see  something  which  they  suddenly  remember  they  need, 
and  forthwith  a  sale  is  m.ide  by  the  courteous 
druggist  whose  store  has  offered  them  shelter.  Espe- 
cially is  this  so  as  regards  the  soda  fountain  trade. 


Board   of   Pharmacy   Meeting. 

Boston,  March  1.— Tihajt  the  high  standard  required 
for  registration  in  pharmacy  in  Massachusetts  is  so  well 
recognized  in  this  anfl  other  States  is  due  largely  to 
the  careful  examinations  of  the  Board  of  Registration, 
which  has  iheld  these  on  each  Tuesday  during  Febru- 
ary. Ten  candidates  are  examined  each  time,  and  yet 
out  of  all  the  candidates  in  February  only  the  follow- 
ing named  were  able  to  pass  successfully  and  received 
certificates  of  registration:  Harry  T.  iStirling,  Plymouth; 
Maximilian  W.  Weis,  Boston,  and  BVed  L,.  Robertson, 
Springfield.  Meetings  will  be  held  by  the  Board  each 
Tuesday   during  March. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

- — ^Fire  in  a  three  and  one-half  story  brick  building  at 
1.3  and  15  Ferry  street,  Boston,  started  in  the  prem- 
ises occupied  by  John  Coffin  &  Co..  chemical  specialties, 
and  spread  to  other  parts  of  the  building.  The  ground 
floor  and  a  portion  of  the  upper  part  of  the  building  are 
occupied  by  C.  P.  Seaverns  &  Co.,  of  Broad  street,  for 
the  storage  of  paints  and  drugs.  The  loss  will  be  con- 
siderable. Several  firemen,  in  their  work  in  the  build- 
ing, had  their  clothing  set  afire  by  burning  chemicals, 
which  were  dropping  down  the  holstway  at  the  entrance, 
and  a  number  of  others  were  overcome  by  the  fumes 
of  acids.  ' 


iFor  the  first  time  in  eleven  years  Chelsea  is  a  li- 
cense city,  and  the  Board  of  License  Commissioners  now 
has  something  to  do  in  considering  applications  for  li- 
censes. The  situation  is  such  as  to  cause  worry  to  the 
Board.  There  is  a  big  demand  for  saloon  licenses, 
thirty-tour  of  which  can  be  granted  in  all.  They  will 
cost  $1,300  each.  Druggists  have  been  assured  that 
they  will  be  given  the  usual  sixth-class  licenses  and  deal- 
ers in  paints  and  oils  likewise  will  be  granted  licenses. 
Chelsea  is  a  very  congested  city,  and  there  are  few  cities 
that  have  so  many  inhabitants  in  such  a  small   place. 

James  W.  Tufts,   the  late  president  of  the  American 

Soda  Fountain  Company,  who  died  a  millionaire,  dur- 
ing several  years  as  a  drug  apprentice,  saved  a  teiw 
hundred  dollars  with  which  to  embark  in  business  on 
his  own  account.  He  always  applied  himself  closely 
to  'his  business,  even  after  be  became  president  ocf  the 
company,  and  was  general'ly  in  his  office  at  7  o'clock  in 
the  morning,  and  earlier  in  his  life  often  reached  there 
at  0:30  o'clock  in  the  moirning. 

On  a  charge  of  uttering  forged  orders  for  goods  pur-. 

porting  to  be  for  the  Walker-Rintels  Drug  Co.,  Nathan 
P.  Hargrave,  about  thirty  years  of  age.  'has  been  ar- 
rested. He  was  in  the  employ  of  this  company,  whicli 
has  two  stores  in  Boston— one  on  Boylst'on  street  in  the 
Back  Bay  section,  and  another  at  the  foot  of  Summer 
street,  opposite  the  South  Station.  In  using  the  orders, 
Hargrave  represented  that  the  firm  had  sent  him  for 
goods. 

Charles  S.   Cogley,   who  lately  severed  his  connection 

with  t)he  McAuliffe  Pharmacy  (in  Randolph,  where  he  was 
succeeded  by  Archibald  Dakin.  has  gone  into  business 
on  his  own  account  by  purchasing  a  drug  store  in  Salem. 
Mr.  Dakin,  by  the  way,  not  only  will  have  charge  of  the 
prescription  depart>ment  at  the  Randolph  store,  but  will 
devote  muc^  of  ills  time  to  the  preparation  of  several 
medicines  of  his  own  which  he  wishes  to  put  on  the  mar- 
ket. 

In  the  windows  of  Charles  E.   Butler's  drug  store  In 

Charlestown  there  is  an  interesting  display  of  relics,  rare 
old  books  and  prints,  and  the  entire  collection  attracts 
much  attention.  'Solid  shot  'from  -Bunker  Hill's  battle 
ground,  old  flint  lock  guns,  minie  balls  firom  Southern 
battlefields,  a  shell  from  the  Viscaya  at  the  naval  bat- 
tle of  Santiago  and  n/umerous  swords,  battle  axes  and 
gun<  are  shown  among  many  other  things.  e 

Members   of     the   Boston     Druggists'   Association     at 

their  regular  meeting  and  dinner,  held  at  Young's  Hotel 
this  week,  had  as  a  guest  of  honor  Dr.  T.  J.  Dillon,  of 
this  city,  who  gave  a  most  interesting  after-dinner  talk 
on  the  subject  of  "Leaves  from  the  iMg  of  a  Ship  Sur- 
geon." The  president  of  the  association,  <F.  A.  Hub- 
bard,  presided. 

The   Beach   &   Clarridge   Co.    of  Boston  has   filed  the 

annual  report  of  its  financial  condition,  as  follows:  Ma- 
chiner.v,  .$2,842;  cash  and  debts  receivable,  $10.04G;  mian- 
uifactures  and  merchandise,  $52,213;  fixtures,  $3,926; 
profit  and  loss,  $13,342;  a  total  of  $82,369;  against  which 
there  is  capital  stock,  $60,000,  and  debts,  $22,369;  total, 
$82,369. 

What  in  the  past  has  been  known  as  Gaudelet's  Phar- 
macy and  Lorigan's  Pharmacy,  in  the  Masonic  building 
at  Newtonville,  will  hereafter  be  known  as  Fred  R.  Dur- 
gin's  store.  Mr.  Durgin  has  purchased  the  store  and  in- 
tends that  it  shall  be  conducted  as  a  strictly  first-class 
one. 

George  E.   Crane,  a  Haverhill  druggist,  is  to  make  a 

removal  of  his  business  from  its  pj^sent  location  to  the 
place  in  Emerson  street,  that  city,  which  he  once  be- 
fore occupied.  Mr.  Crane  formerly  was  'a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  Haverhill. 

Important   renovations    and    changes    are    under    way 

at  C.  'B.  Emerson's  drug  store,  corner  of  Merrimac  and 
Bridge  streets,  in  Lawrence.  The  store  is  the  oldest  of 
this  trade  in  'that  City. 

E.   G.   Combs   has  succeeded  to   the  drug  business  of 

Charles  E.  Combs,  ait  Oambridgeport,  who  is  hereafter 
to  make  hie  home  in  Newington,  N.  H.,  where  he  will 
take   up   farming. 

. William  Kyle,  formerly  a  clerk  in  Dewey's  drug  store 

in  Chi'Oopee,  has  given  up  this  line  of  work,  having 
bought  out  a  lunch  and  confectionery  store. 


March  6,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


251 


PHILADELPHIA- 


DONORS  OF  PRIZES  TO  THE  P.  A.  R.  D. 

Philadelhla,  March  1.— The  entertainment  committee 
■ot  the  Phiiadelphia  Retail  Druggists'  Association  reports 
the  tollowing  list  of  donors  of  prizes  to  the  winners  in  the 
annual  euchre  contest  held  February  11:  A.  W.  WIrz,, 
John  F.  Betz  &  Son,  Kiohard  Binder  &  Co.,  George  D. 
Feidt  &  Co..  W.  B.  Burk  &  Bro.,  H.  K.  Multord  Co., 
John  Wyeth  &  Bro.,  Pure  Omia  Water  Co.,  Croft  &  Al- 
len Co.,  Duncan  &  Moorehead,  John  M.   Maris  &  Co.,  J. 

B.  Lippincott,  V.  H.  Smith  &  Co.,  Westtorook  Printing  Co., 
G.  Lohren  &  Bro.,  Whiting  Paper  Co.,  Armour  &  Co.,  Jas. 
Patterson's  Sons,  Roig  &  Dangsdorf,  Boltz,  Cl>Tner  & 
■Co.,  Otto  Elsenlohr  &  Bros.,  H.  K.  Wampole  &  Co.,  Chas. 
Hllborn,  National  Drug  &  Chemical  Co.,  D.  Maurer  & 
Son.  R.  M.  Green  Co.,  Harris  &  Berntz,  Daniel  Oettinger, 
A.  H.  Bolton,  Vetterlein  Bros.,  F.  B.  Groff,  Moxie  Nerve 
Food  Co.,  H.  B.  Lockwood,  Stewart  Newberger  &  Co., 
Park  Theater,  W.  T.  Myers,  Chas.  Rehfus.  chairman 
1901;  C.  W.  SlTull,  Schandein  &  Lind,  Domingo  Viana  & 
Co.,  Mrs.  D.  J.  Reese,  George  Sturm,  The  Clawson  Co., 
Henry  1..  Wilson's  Sons  Co.,  Thymoldent  Mfg.  Co.,  A. 
Steppac^er,  American  Water  Co,  WeHsbach  Co.,  W.  A. 
Rumsey.  Harry  L.  Stiles,  W.  R.  Lesher,  R.  E.  Powell, 
all  ot  PhiladelpJiia. 

Mariani  cS;  Co.,  Scott  &  Bowne,  Henry  Heide,  Seabury 
■&  Johnson,  Centaur  Co.,  Condon  &  Co.,  Richard  D. 
Young.  Upjo'hn  Pill  Co.,  American  Chicle  Co.,  Ladd  & 
Coffin,  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Morgan  Drug  Co.,  The  Phar- 
maceutical Era,  Springer  Torsion  Balance  Co.,  Solon  Pal- 
mer. Fairchild  Bros.  &  Foster  and  The  American  Drug- 
gist, all  of  New  York;  Duroy  &  Haines,  Sandusky.  Ohio; 

C.  I.  Hood  &  Co.,  Lowell,  Mass.;  Mellor  &  Rittenhouse, 
Camden.  N.  J.;  Mellin's  Food  Co.,  Boston,  Mass.;  H. 
Gamse  &  Bro.,  Baltimore,  Md.,  Walter  M.  Lowney  Co., 
Boston;  Johnson  &  Johnson,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J.; 
Royal  Glue  Co..  Washington,  D.  C. ;  Paul  Rieger  &  Co., 
California;  T.  C.  Wheaton  &  Co..  MillviHe,  N.  J.;  Adolph 
Spiehler,  Rochester,  N.  T.;  Long  Island  Bottling  Co., 
Brooklyn.  N.  Y. ;  Wim.  H.  Brown  &  Bro.,  Baltimore;  Na- 
tional Cash  Register  Co.,  Dayton,  Ohio;  Wm.  M.  Warren, 
Detroit,  Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.,  Detroit;  Freeman  Per- 
■fume  Co.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio;  California  Grape  Food  Co., 
California:  John  Blocki,  Chicago,  and  Horlick's  Food  Co., 
Racine,  Wis. 


P.  C.  P.  NOTES. 

Philadelphia.  March  l.^The  last  of  the  monthly  re- 
-cepUons  for  this  year  was  held  at  the  College,  Tuesday 
evening,  February  25.  It  was  given  by  the  Class  of  '03, 
in  honor  of  the  Senior  Class,  and  proved  to  be  one  of 
the  best  attended  and  most  enjoyable  of  the  season. 
The  program  was  largely  musical.  Mr.  Keller,  presi- 
dent of  the  class,  welcomed  the  guests,  and  the  address 
of  the  evening  was  delivered  by  Prof.  Clement  B.  Lowe. 
Follciwing  the  program,  refreshments  were  served,  and 
there  was  the  usual  round  of  dances. 

Prof.  Charles  H.  LaWall  is  in  Binghamton,  N.  T. 

The  annual  banquet  of  the  Epsilon  chapter  of  tihe  Phi 
Chi  Fraternity  was  held  at  the  Hotel  Flanders  Thursday 
evening.  February  27.  The  entire  active  membership  of 
the  organization  was  present,  together  with  Messrs.  R. 
H.  French,  R.  N.  Bell,  C.  H.  Ziegler,  G.  S.  Jetton,  G. 
M.  Musser  and  J.  P.  Wolfinger,  of  the  Fraternity  Alum- 
ni. The  guests  present  were  Professors  Remington, 
■Sadtler,  Lowe  and  Moerk,  and  M.  W.  Bamford,  Howard 
B.  Frenoh,  the  president  of  the  college,  was,  previous 
to  the  banquet,  elected  an  honorary  member  of  the  fra- 
ternity and  acted  as  toastmaster.  The  set  toasts  were 
responded  to  by  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Rolland  H. 
French,  Jas  S.  Billups,  J.  Heber  Parker  and  David  W. 
Ramsaur.  There  were  also  a  number  of  impromptu 
■  toasts. 

■    The  final  exaiminatlons  ot  the  Freshmen  class  In  phar- 
•macology  and  practical  pharmacy  began  today. 


with  Rolbert  Shoemaker  &  Co.  without  him.  Thus  handi- 
capped they,  of  course,  lost  all  three  games.  The  team, 
of  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.  started  in  bravely  to  show 
Whitall.  Tatum  Co.'s  team  a  thing  or  two  about  the 
game,  and  succeeded  in  capturing  the  first  game  by  the 
narrow  margin  of  three  points.  They  couldn't  stand  the 
pace,  however,  and  were  badly  defeated  in  the  remain- 
ing two  games  of  the  seriee.  Although  the  Whitall 
Tatum  Co.'s  team  won  two  games  and  lost  but  one  its 
percentage  was  lowered  sufficiently  to  give  Aschenlbaich 
&  Miller's  team  the  lead  by  a  few  points,  thus  'breaking 
the  tie  for  first  place. 


Drug  Bowling  League. 

Philadelphia,  March  1.— One  of  the  Wanderers  wander- 
ed a  trifle  too  far  on  Tuesday,  February  25,  with  the  re- 
sult that  his  fellow  bowlers  had   to   go   into  the  contest 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

The  regular  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  section  of  the 

American  Chemical  Society  was  held  in  the  Harrison 
Laboratory,  University  of  Pennsylvania,  Thursday  even- 
ing, February  20.  The  secretary  of  the  section,  F.  E. 
Dodge,  presented  a  paper,  "On  the  Fire  Risks  ot  Chemi- 
cal Factories." 

^At  the  meeting  of  the  chemical  section  of  Fr.inklin  In- 
stitute on  Thursday  evening,  February  27,  W.  H.  Krug, 
presented  a  paper  on  "Analytic  Methods  tor  Carbohy- 
drates." Mr.  Krug,  who  is  connected  with  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture,  Division  of  Forestry,  dwelt  particu- 
larly on  the  use  of  these  methods  in  detecting  adultera- 
tion. 

-^In  the  equity  suit  of  Van  Stan's  Stratena  Co.,  Ltd., 
versus  Victor  F.  Van  Stan,  Judge  Pennypacker  has  de- 
cided that  no  fraud  was  shown  by  the  defendant  in  selling 
and  advertising  a  cement  similar  to  that  of  the  company 
and  that  the  bill  Should  be  disimissed. 

The  course  in  chemistry  at  the  High  School  was  closed 

with  appropriate  exercises  on  Wednesday  evening,  Feb- 
ruary 26.  The  number  of  students  completing  the  course 
was  in  the  neighborhood  of  200. 

Raymond  High,  formerly  of  the  analytical  department 

of  Edward  R.  Squitrt)  &  Sons,  has  taken  charge  of  the 
analytical  work  of  H.  K.  Wajmpole  &  Co. 

F.  B.  Kilmer,  of  Johnson  &  Johnson,  New  Brunswick, 

N.  J.,  made  a  visit  to  Philadelphia  last  Week. 


From  The  West. 

Testimonials  are  coming  in  from  all  pairts  of  the  coun- 
try praising  highly  the  Wil-Low  Floral  Oils  and  the  other 
Wil-Low  specialties;   the   following  is  a  specimen.    It  is 
from  one  of  the  most  enterprising  Western  druggists. 
Mr.  Willis  H.  Lowe, 

Boston,  Mass. 

Dear  Sir:  Have  been  on  the  lookout  with  a  powerful 
spyglass  tor  severajl  yeairs  for  a  man  with  concentrated 
perfume  extracts,  thoug'bt  we  had  discovered  him  several 
times,  but  found  on  near  investigation  that  we  had  been 
looking  at  him  from  the  wrong  end  of  the  spyglass,  so 
that  insteaji  of  getting  lairger  when  he  came  nearer,  ha 
became  smaller  and  smaller.  Wil-Low,  when  he  came 
nearer,  kept  on  increasing  in  size  until  he  has  fllled  our 
whole  (perfume)  horizon.  The  difference  of  10c  an  oz.  to 
SOc  an  oz.  in  cost  with  goods  of  the  same  grade,  is  past 
argument,  and  as  Dave  Harum  says,  'Have  always  found 
a  man's  heart  nearer  his  breeches  pocket  than  his  breast 
pocket.'     Truly  yours, 

LIGNEfLL  &  SODBRGREiN. 

West  Superior,  Wis." 

If  you  desire  further  information  in  regard  to  the  Wil- 
Low  products,  drop  a  lin«  to  Willis  H.  Lowe.  217  .Atlantic 
.Vve.,  Boston,  Mass.,  requeetlng  his  booklet,  "The  Sym- 
bols of  Success." 


On  Spring  Remedies. 
A  special  Spring  offer  that  should  Interest  the  pro- 
gressive pharmacists  is  advertised  in  this  issue  by  the 
P.  L.  Abbey  Co.,  Kalamazoo,  Miah.  This  company 
makes  a  specialty  of  preparations  for  the  drug  trade  that 
can  be  sold  at  a  good  profit  and  always  uses  only  pure 
drugs  in  manufacturing.  This  special  offer  is  for  drug- 
gists to  handle  Celery  and  other  preparations  that  pay 
well.  A  postal  card  addressed  to  the  company  will  bring 
full  particulars. 


•>53 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  6,  1902. 


BALTIMORE. 


Trade  on  the  Increase. 

Baltimore,  March  3.— Business  among'  tlie  wholesalers 
last  week  was  rather  larger  than  for  the  previous  siix 
days.  Orders  came  in  more  freely  tooth  froimi  local  and 
ouit-of-town  druggists  and  the  volume  of  transactions 
underwent  an  appreciaKe  increase.  In  a  general  way, 
howea-er,  trade  has  not  so  far  this  year  shown  marked 
expansion,  and  the  expectations  entertained  some  time 
SLgo  have  not  been  realized.  The  manufacturers  of  pfhar- 
raaoeuticals  keep  ithe  lalboratories  busy  in  anticipation  of 
hea%aer  orders  to  come,  and  there  has  been  something  of 
a  rCA'i-i'al  of  activity,  but  there  ajipears  to  be  yet  room 
for  expansibn.  The  movement  in  (heavy  chemicals  is  of 
normal  proportions,  while  the  market  for  botanicals 
presents  no  extraordinary  features.  The  demand  for  vac- 
cine virus  has  been  very  brisk  of  late  and  continue.s  spir- 
ited. Energetic  efforts  are  toeing  made  by  the  Health  De- 
partment to  ward  off  a  smallpox  epidemic  and  wholesale 
vaccination  is  the  order.  A  number  of  cases  of  the  dis- 
ease have  developed  in  Wasihington. 

Mr.  Yakel  is  Dead. 

Baltimore,  March  1.— Mr.  Louis  Takel,  president  of  tho 
Ktohler  Manufacturing  Company,  whose  serious  illness 
has  been  noted  in  this  correspondence,  died  last  Thurs- 
day morning  at  his  residence.  23(6  Linden  avenue,  of 
Brigih't's  disease.  His  case  had  ibeen  considered  hopeless 
by  the  attending  physi<:ians  for  some  time  past.  Mr. 
Takel  has  been  identified  with  the  Kohler  Manufacturing 
Company  since  its  organization,  in  1890,  and  developed 
such  business  ability  as  ito  be  very  successful.  Per- 
sonal friends  estimate  his  estate  at  $300,000.  He  had 
been  in  bad  heakh  for  several  years,  being  subject  to 
occasional  attacks  of  the  malady  which  finally  carried 
him  off,  but  he  always  rallied  and  would  find  relief  on 
trips  to  Florida  and  other  places.  Within  the  past  year 
t/he  Kohler  Cwmpany  moved  into  a  fine  new  building  on 
North  Liberty  strec't,  which  afforded  ample  space  for 
the  various  departments.  It  (is  understood  that  Mr.  Yakel's 
brother,  who  has  been  for  some  time  past  connected  with 
the  Company,  will  continue  the  business.  Mr.  Yakel  was 
49  year  old. 


Wedgewood  Club  in  Session. 

Baltimore,  March  1.— The  Wedgewood  Club  had  anoth- 
er one  of  its  social  sessions  last  Thursday  at  the  Eutaw 
House,  wlhen  the  spirits  of  the  diners  ran  high  and  every- 
one comtributed  his  quota  to  the  fun.  A  feature  of  the 
evening  were  the  menu  "cards,"  which  were  in  reality 
not  cards  at  all,  but  cleaned  oyster  shells,  with  the  differ- 
ent varieties  of  bivalves  served  written  upon  them.  The 
feast  was  one  of  tihe  kind  generally  designated  as  "oyster 
roasts"  and  served  affectively  to  drive  dull  care  away. 
J.  B.  Thomas,  of  Thomas  &  Thompson,  presided,  and  R. 
S.  McKinney,  of  Taneytowu.  Md.,  was  one  of  the  invited 
guests. 


Working  Up  N.  A.  R.  D.  Interests. 

Baltimore,  March  1.— One  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  organ- 
izers, who  worked  with  much  success  in  Washington, 
effecting  the  formation  of  an  affiliated  body  there,  has 
come  over  to  Baltimore  to  arouse  interest  here,  and  put 
in  several  days  this  week  calling  on  retail  druggists  and 
impre.ssing  them  with  the  aims  and  purposes  of  the  asso- 
ciation. As  reported  in  this  correspondence,  there 
has  existed  a  disposition  for  some  time  past  among  local 
druggists  to  regard  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  with  apathy,  but  the 
preparatory  work  now  being  carried  on  appears  to  be 
making  headway  and  waning  enthusiasm  may  be  revived. 

BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

. — 'Among  the  vis'iting  druggists  in  Baltimore  last  week 
were  the  following:  R.  S.  McKinney,  Taneytown,  Md. ; 
W.  G.  Duckett,  Washington;  Joseph  A.  Jeffries,  Warren- 
ton,  Va. ;  Dr.  P.  D.  Fahrney,  Frederick;  Francis  Miller, 
of  Forthman  &  Miller,  Waynesboro,  Pa. 

Dr.  John  P.   PIquett,  a  retail  druggist  at  Edm,ondson 

avenue  and  Calhoun  streets,  and  a  member  of  the  Mary- 


land College  of  Pharmacy  faculty,  has  been  very  ill,  but 
is  now   reported  to  be  improving. 

— »— Dr.  W^ebster,  until  recently  In  the  employ  of  D.  It 
Nordman,  Central  avenue  and  Preston  street,  has  gone 
with  Isaac  Kremer,  High  and  Lombard  stireets. 
-^John  Harry  Stutt,  formerly  with  Wolf  Bros.,  Chester 
and  Bak  streets,  has  accepted  a  clerkship  in  the  phar- 
macy of  Dr.  Thomas  Sudler,  Baltimore  and  Harrieon 
streets. 

Louis  Hofstetter,    with   Muth   Bros.   &  Co.,   who   was 

sick  for  a  week  or  so,  has  returned  to  his  duties. 


PITTSBURG  AND  VICINITY. 

DRUGGISTS  AGAIN  IN  TROUBLE. 

Pittsburg,  March  3.— Several  months  ago  a  number  of 
druggists  at  Blairsvllle,  Pa.,  a  local  option  town,  by  an 
act  of  Legislature,  were  convicted  on  a  charge  of  selling 
liquor  without  prescriptions,  and  of  selling  on  Sunday, 
and  sentenced  to  pay  a  fine  and  spend  twenty  day» 
in  jail.  Word  now  comes  from  there  that  the  same  par- 
ties, with  one  e.\ception  have  again  been  arrested,  the 
one  excetption  having  received  a  friendly  tip  of  the  in- 
tended action,  immediately  closed  his  store  and  left  for 
parts  unknown.  The  parties  behind  the  crusade  are  said 
to  be  'the  Anti-Saloon  League,  and  secured  their  evidence 
through  a  detective,  who  had  been  working  in  town  in 
the  guise  of  an  insurance  agent.  The  cases  will  be  pre- 
sented to  the  grand  jury  the  coming  week  and  if  indict- 
ments are  found,  they  wall  probably  come  up  for  trial 
at  the  coming  term  of  court.  It  is  generally  believed 
that  in  the  event  of  being  found  guilty  a  heavy  sentence 
will  be  imposed  inasmuch  as  this  will  be  the  second 
conviction.  It  is  understood  that  the  present  crusade  of 
■the  Anti-Saloon  League  is  to  extend  over  that  entire  sec- 
tion covered  by  special  act,  and  that  already  in  addition 
to  the  above  they  have  caused  the  arrest  of  a  druggist 
at  Homer  City,   Pa. 


FLOOD  DAMAGES  DRUGGISTS. 

Pittsburg,  March  3.— The  immense  flood  now  raginy 
in  this  vicinity  and  which  is  the  greatest  but  one  in 
the  history  of  this  city,  has  caused  immense  damaga 
to  druiggis'ts  located  in  the  down  town  section.  Penn- 
sylvania Avenue,  proverbial  for  its  great  number  of  drug 
stores  was  entirely  inundated,  and  many  druggists  com- 
pelled to  close  their  stores  because  of  water  to  'the  depth 
of  two  or  three  feet  being  in  them.  P.  C.  Shilling  Co., 
who  ow.n  several  stores  along  that  thoroughfare  are 
among  the  heavy  losers,  and  estimate  their  damage  at 
several  thousand  dollars.  Druggists  in  the  lower  sec- 
tions of  Allegheny  are  also  heavy  losers,  though  to  what 
extent  is  not  now  known,  as  at  this  writing  the  water® 
have  not  begun  to  recede. 


Druggist's  Tragic  End. 
Pittsburg,  March  3.— Dr.  W.  E.  Troxell,  a  well  known 
and  popular  druggist  and  physician  of  Lilly,  Pa.,  was 
struck  and  frightfully  crushed  by  a  train  at  that  place 
last  week.  He  was  returning  from  a  call  on  one  of  his 
patients  and  was  obliged  to  cross  the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road tracks.  A  blinding  snow  stoirm.  which  was  raging, 
prevented  him  from  seeing  the  train,  which  struck  him, 
until  too  late,  and  his  death  was  instant.  He  is  survived 
by  a  -wife  .and  one  child. 


PITTSBURG  NOTES. 

George  Rives,  who  has  been  travelling  in  the  interest 

of  the  sundry  department  of  W.  J.  Gilmore  &  Co.,  has 
resignevi  to  form  a  partnership  with  John  Edwards  to  en- 
gage in  the  busine.'^s  of  drug  brokers. 

C.    A.    SChaefEer    has    sold    his    Frankstown    Avenu&. 

Pharmacy  to  Mr.  Theodoie  Herman.  Mr.  Herman  wa» 
formerly  with  Richard  Mierzwa. 


Frank  S.   Henry   of  the   Williams  Manuf'g  Company, 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  met  with  a  serious  accident  in  alight- 
ing from  a  street  car,  Feb.  13.  He  fell  upon  his  shoulder,, 
bi-eaking  one  of  the  small  bones.  Mr.  Henry  hopes  to  be 
soon  able  to  be  out  again. 


March  6,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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MICHIGAN. 


Detroit,  Mich.,  March  1. 
-^C.  X.  Simiih,  representing  the  Michigan  Chemical  Co., 
manufactuirers  of  alcohol  at  Bay  City,  called  on  mem- 
bers of  the  trade  in  Detroit  the  past  week.  The  prod- 
uct of  the  company  is  made  from  beet  sugar  refuse,  and 
it  is  noted  that  the  first  car  lot  of  a'.cohol  has  just  been 
shipped,  on  v.-hich  the  ta.K  amounted  to  about  $8,000. 

The  four  men  charged  ivith  holding  up  Druggist  R.  A. 

Kavanagh  on  the  night  of  January  30,  have  received 
their  preliminary  examination  before  a  justice  ajid  have 
been  held  in  the  sum  of  $10,000  each  for  trial. 
H.  Griffin,  of  the  Griffin  Drug  &  Paint  Co.,  of  Peeks- 
kill,  N.  Y.,  paid  a  visit  to  Detroit  recently  to  see  his  son, 
Harry  Griffin,  who  is  employed  in  the  laboratory  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 

There   nas   a  small  fire,    caused   by  gasoline,  in    the 

store  of  the  Central  Drug  Co.,  97  Woodward  avenue,  one 
day  last  week,  but  the  blaze  was  extinguished  with  but 
little  loss. 

George    H.    Trestain   has   resigned    his   position    with 

the  Michigan  Drug  Co.  and  is  at  present  engaged  in  do- 
ing relief  work  in  the  retail  stores  of  Detroit. 

Ge<wge  Ream,  formerly  with  F.  E.  Smallldge,  701  Jef- 

fenson  avenue.  Detroit,  leaves  for  California  in  a  Short 
time  to  engage  in  some  other  line  of  business. 

The  firm  of   Perrj-    &   Hargadorn,    of   Bay  City,    has 

been  dissolved.  The  business  in  the  future  will  be  con- 
ducted entirely  by  H.  C.  Hargadorn. 

W.  H.  Koch,  for  a  short  time  representing  the  inter- 
ests of  Parke.  Davis  &  Co.  in  Ohio,  has  severed  his  con- 
nection .with  the  house. 

A.  iL.  Palmer,  Southern  Ohio  representative  for  Psarke, 

Davis  &  Co.,  visited  the  laboratory  during  the  week  just 
pasrt. 

C.   W.   Griffith,   representing  Herf  &  Frerlchs,   of  St. 

Douis,  called  on  Detroit  trade  during  the  i>ast  week. 

Patrick  H.    Fahey.   of  Hubbardston.   recently  suffered 

a  c-onsiderable  loss  by  fire  with  only  partial  insurance. 

1.   R.   Stanard,  of  St.  Charles,  has  been  succeeded  in 

the  drug  business  at  that  place  by  L.  A.  Laubenger. 

L.  D,   Dronberger.    representing  M'allinckrodt  Chemical 

Works,   St.   Louis,  visited  Detroit  the  past  week. 

Ij.  T.  Dockner.  of  Adrian,  states  that  he  is  desirous  Of 

disposing  of  his  piharmacy  at  that  place. 

F.    Haber.    of   ■S\'oolner   &    Co..    distillers,    Peoria,    111., 

called  on  the  Detroit  trade  last  week. 

E.  G.  Curtis,  of  Fenton,  recently  disposed  of  his  drug 

business  ait  'that  place. 

O.   C.   Pemberton   has  been  succeeded  by  J.   W.   Kirt- 

land  at  Mecosta. 


FWTD  N0VC2O.&l8a<k. 


A  Problem  Solved. 

.\ny  druggist  who  has  a  so- 
■  ia  water  trade  will  find  an 
exceeding  useful  article  ad- 
vertised in  this  issue.  The 
Automatic  Lightning 
Tumbler  Washer  makes  it 
an  easy  matter  to  serve  a 
large  number  of  customers 
in  a  very  short  time.  No 
time  is  wasted  in  washing 
lumblers.  The  pressing  of 
a  button  does  the  work  for 
you.  Tihese  washers  cost 
only  5!20  and  are  ma,de  by 
the  Whiteman  Manufactur- 
ing Co.,  Canton,  Ohio.  A 
descriptive  catalogue  is 
sent  free  upon  request. 


CHICAGO. 


Northwestern  Pharmacy  School  Holds  Meeting. 

Chicago,  March  1.— A  meeting  of  the  students  of  the 
School  of  Pharmacy  of  tlie  Northwestern  University  was 
held  in  the  assembly  room  of  the  school  on  Friday  even- 
ing, February  28.  The  speaker  of  the  evening  was 
Thomas  V.  Woolen,  secretary  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  His 
topic  wais  the  general  one  of  how  best  under  present 
conditions  to  conduct  a  drug  store.  He  said  that  young 
men,  on  their  entrance  into  the  commercial  sdde  of  phar- 
macy when  they  become  proprietors  or  managers  of  drug 
stores,  are  confronted  with  the  supreme  problem  of  how 
to  make  the  drug  store  pay.  Without  in  the  least  un- 
dervaluing the  ethical  side  of  the  profession,  the  busi- 
ness side  must  be  learned  and  in  this  the  pharmacist 
must  succeed  or  adopt  some  other  calling.  The  cut-price 
evil  owes  its  existence  to  the  semi-commercial  character 
of  the  drug  business.  Price  cutting  is  a  short-sighted 
policy  and  its  motive  lies  in  selfishness,  but  in  the  end 
it  defeats  its  own  motive.  Price  cutters  should  be  ap- 
proached in  a  manly  and  reasonable  spirit,  on  a  business 
basis  and  shown  how  and  where  their  policy  is  hurtful, 
not  alone  to  the  mass  of  druggists,  but  in  the  end  ine- 
vitably so  to  themselves.  Clerks  should  be  among 
those  who  most  strongly  discountenance  the  practice,  for 
it  tends  to  lower  their  salaries  by  making  the  store 
"cheap"  and  lessening  Its  profits.  The  history  of  commer- 
cial disturbances  proves  that  the  greatest  sufferers  are 
those  whose  compensation  is  the  smallest.  Young  men 
just  entering  the  drug  business  should  understand  that, 
in  ordinary  drug  stores,  they  can  not  do  business  suc- 
cessfully on  a  small  margin  of  profit.  Druggists  should 
get  in  touch  with  their  physicians,  should  gain  and  keep 
thedr  confidence.  If  the  druggist  puts  out  preparations 
of  his  own,  he  should  advertise  them  and  sell  them  for 
what  they  are,  not  try  to  substitute  his  own  when 
another's  preparation  is  called  for.  Co-operation,  not 
competition,  is  the  cure  for  price  cutting.  Competition 
ds  the  root  of  the  evil;  co-operation  must  cure  it.  The 
cause  must  be  removed.  The  speaker  emphasized  the 
necessuty  of  neatness  in  the  store  and  the  cultivation  of 
those  qualities  of  tact  and  adaptibiiity  necessary  to  suc- 
cess in  every  retail  business.  He  approved  the  tendency 
toward  organization  among  the  clerks  and  said  that  thla 
experience  would  fit  them  for  larger  usefulness  in  organi- 
zation work  when  they  themselves  shall  become  owners 
of  stores. 


CHICAGO  JOBBERS   ADOPT   MEW  RULE. 

Chicago,  Feb.  27.— This  week  the  jobbers  of  Chicago 
have  inaugurated  a  new  rule.  They  will  take  no  or- 
ders after  4  p.  m.  each  day.  This  gives  the  clerical 
forces  of  the  different  houses  a  chance  to  clear  up  the 
work  of  each  day  and  leave  their  desks  at  a  reasonable 
hour.  The  jobbers  met  one  day  this  week  at  Mangler's 
restaurant,  talked  the  matter  over  and  subscribed  to  an 
agreement  to  the  above  effect.  This  new  rule  has 
worked  some  inconvenience  temporarily  to  some  of  the 
retail  druggists,  but  it  is  quite  generally  conceded  to  be 
reasonable  and  as  soon  as  it  is  generally  understood 
there  will  be  no  difficulty.  It  is  understood  that  the 
local  members  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  the  C.  R.  D.  A. 
are  in  harmony  with  the  new  arrangement,  and  t)eUeve 
that  it  will  work  for  the  best  interests  <ot  the  trade. 


CHICAGO   NOTES. 

The  February   number  of  the  C.    R.   D.   A.    .\uxlllary 

is  just  off  the  press.  It  is  a  neat  publication  of  about 
eighteen  pages  and  the  cover  designs  are  of  a  very 
attractive  character.  Among  the  interesting  features  are 
brief  accounts  of  the  meetings  of  the  officers  of  the  auxil- 
iary districts  and  the  news  from  the  several  district,  re- 
marks on  the  pure  food  and  drug  law.  little  economies 
in  the  drug  store,  etc. 

^^Charles  Hubbard,   a  prominent  wholesale  druggist  of 

Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  passed  through  Chicago  this  week  on 
his  way  home  from  California,  where  he  has  been  for 
the  past  two  months.  ^ 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  6,  1902. 


The  annual  election  of  officers  ot  the  Chicago  Retail 

Druggists'  Association  will  be  held  at  the  Masonic  Tem- 
ple on  Tuesday  afternoon,  April  8. 

• A.    C.    COile    'has    sold    his    drug"    store    at    Forty-third 

sitreet  and  Indiana  avenue  to  Edgar  T.  Hitchcock. 
. — 'Andrew  Delger  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  Noble  ave- 
nue and  North  Clark  street  to  Otto  Bartling. 

Dr.  Max   Teydenrieh   has   sold   his  drug  store  at  890 

West  Twenty-flrst  street,  to  Iwan  Matthei. 

K.  S.   Chudzinski  has  bought  I.   Piatt's  drug  store  at 

Nineteenth  street  and  Hayne  avenue. 

It  is  reported  that   Dr.    Formaneck   will  open  a  new 

drug  store  at  612  Throap  street. 

J.  F.   Frantz   ha.s   sold   his   drug  store  at  Sixty-ninth 

street  and  Wentworth  avenue. 

Ludwig  Alexa  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  at  Nine- 
teenth  and   Paulina   streets. 

J.  J.    Magee,    Fifty-seventh   street   and   Liake  avenue, 

has  sold  out. 


ILLINOIS  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

At  the  examination  held  by  the  Illinois  Board  of  Phar- 
macy in  Chicago,  at  144  E.  39th  street.  Felbruary  11-14, 
the  following  passed  as  registered  pharmacists:  H.  Bader, 
A.  J.  Broman,  R.  E.  Carlyon.  H.  U  Cady.  J.  P.  Chole- 
winski,  T.  F.  Cummings,  H.  R.  DeLand,  B.  Diekelmann, 
P.  J.  Forbric'h,  W.  A.  Forbes,  O.  A.  Fritz,  W.  B.  Free- 
man, W.  Hardiman,  L.  Hyman,  A.  Jaus,  L.  D.  Jackson, 
A.  J.  Jewell,  W.  V.  Keller,  T.  J.  Knaak,  A.  J.  Koenlg- 
S'tein,  A.  E.  L,anders.  B.  Lessing,  M.  U.  Masor.  C.  J. 
Major,  O.  I.  Matthaei,  C.  Markus,  J.  J.  Metz,  H.  Min- 
chin,   H.   T.   Moyer,  J.   H.    Newmian,   E.    L.   Oldfield,  F. 

E.  Pierce,  F.  T.  Provost,  M.  R.  Price.  W.  M.  Rickert,  J. 
Ruzicka.  J.J.  Samuels,  A.  F.  Scbroeder,  P.  A.  Schroeter, 
H.  E.  Secor,  A.  Seekajmp,  A.  B.  Shutts,  V.  A.  Sloan, 
M.  Spira,  L,.  T.  Supp,  J.  T.  Sweeney,  C.  W.  Thorson, 
J.  B.  Tiscornia,  H.  D.  'Valbracht,  J.  P.  Warren,  J.  F. 
Weldh,  W.  E.  Wendt,  E.  Williams,  S.  M.  Williams,  E. 
Wysocki,  all  of  Chicago;  W.  A.  Barnett,  Bpringfleld;  W. 
S.  Block,  Port  Byron;  L.  W.  Brookings,  DuQuoiii;  C.  A. 
Brown,  Pama;  H.  J.  Burmeister,  Morris;  A.  C  Dock- 
horn,  Bloomington;  A.  Dougiherty,  Macomb;  J.  T.  Faw- 
cett,  Princeton:  E.  J.  Gissy,  Breese;  H.  T.  Graham, 
Wauconda;  A.  F.  Hennessey,  Joliet;  H.  N.  Henckell, 
Cairo;  J.  V.  Lee,  Evanston;  C.  M.  Lindvall,  Rocktord; 
W.  F.  I/Utyen,  p'lanagan;  C.  W.  Minshall,  Bloomington; 
C  A.  McCormick,  Jr.,  Hennepin;  E.  S.  McNichols,  High- 
land Park;  C.  R.  Sanderson,  Bloomington;  A.  T.  Schled- 
«r,  Lena;  C.  M.  Snow,  Earlville;  P.  P.  Stephens,  Rock 
Island;  S.  W.  Taliaferro,  Roseville;  C.  E.  Wescott,  Wil- 
liamsfleld;   H.   Weinkauff,   Peoria, 

Assistants:  A.  H.  Bauer,  J.  Brenner,  A.  M.  Oor- 
bus,  F.  J.  Dean,  R.  R.  Charet,  H.  J.  Gill,  O.  Hironimus, 
M.  L.  Holm.  A.  F.  John.  E.  J.  Karlovsky,  J.  L.  Kies, 
V.  E.  Lawrence,  B.  T.  Locke,  W.  A.  Mynard,  O.  L. 
Prohaska,  C.  A.  Salopoulcs,  W.  H.  Sohroeder,  A.  H. 
Schwarze,  iL.  R.  A.  Schwanke,  J.  A.  Thomas.  E.  T. 
Todd,   J.   E.   Wojtalewicz,   W.   H.   Zabel,   all  of  Chicago; 

F.  H.  Bees,  Peoria;  O.  Evers,  Rock  Island;  B.  S.  Geig- 
er.  El  Paso;  M.  W.  Crupe,  Oak  Park;  J.  A.  Mayer, 
Freeport;  J.  J.  MoClugage,  Peoria;  M.  H.  Perry,  Ster- 
ling; J.  E.  Schneider.  Pana;  E.  E.  Stacy,  Tuscola;  G.  H. 
Thompson,  Spring  'Valley;  H.  E.  Walter,  Aledo;  C.  J. 
Weimer,   Pekin. 

The  nexit  meeting  of  the  Board  for  Examination  will 
be  held  at  144  E.  39th  street,  Chicago,  April  22,  1902,  at  9 
a.  m.  The  following  examination  will  be  held  in  room 
3,  State  House,  Springfield.  May  27,  Springfield,  at  least 
ten  days  previous  to  the  above  date.  Addiress  all  com- 
munications to  L.  T.  Hoy,  Secretary,   Springfield,   111. 


Alt  this  time  ot  year  side  lines  like  Wall  Finish  pay, 
especiaJlly  those  kinds  of  Wall  Finish  which  are  put  up  In 
packages  and  are  thus  easy  to  dispense  over  the  counter. 
Muralo  is  one  of  the  best  of  these,  and  the  Muralo  Co., 
New  Brighton,  N.  Y.,  make  a  proposition  in  this  Issue 
■which  it  would  be  well  for  every  druggist  to  take  advan- 
tage of.  All  that  is  necessary  is  to  send  the  names  and 
ad^Iresses  of  painters  and  decorators  in  your  vicinity; 
Hhe  MuraJo  Co.  will  mall  to  them  samples  of  Muralo,  with 
advertising  matter,  and  will  direct  them  to  your  store 
to  purchase.  There  Is  a  profit  of  100  per  cent,  on  these 
soods. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

DRUGGIST  AS  AN  ART  CONNOISSEUR. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  March  1.— A  curious  thing  has  be- 
fallen Druggist  Merckle  of  Charles  City,  la.  He  Is  a 
member  of  the  school  board  and  a  big  row  has  arisen  In 
the  high  school  Over  a  question  of  art  and  morale.  The 
giraduating  class  presented  the  school  finely  executed 
copies  of  the  famous  statues  of  the  Venus  de  Milo  and 
Winged  Mercury.  The  Miss  Nancys  ot  the  taiculty  and 
school  board  rejected  the  gift  because  they  feared  the 
Jnorals  of  the  pupiKs  would  thereby  receive  a  fatal  knife 
thrust  under  the  flftlh  or  some  other  rib.  Three  of  the 
five  members  ot  the  board  voted  to  reject  the  gift.  Mr. 
Merckle,  to  his  credit  as  a  man  of  sense  be  It  recorded, 
was  one  of  the  miniority  that  favored  acceptance.  When 
the  die  was  cast  and  the  offending  statues  removed  from 
the  scihool,  Mr.  Merckle  promptly  placed  them  on  ex- 
hibition In  his  drug  store,  where  at  last  accounts  they 
were  attracting  hundreds  if  not  thousands  of  people 
daily — a  circumstance  that  does  not,  to  say  the  least,  in- 
jure  the   thrifty   druggist's   business   a  little   bit. 


NORTHWESTERN    NOTATIONS. 

Successions:     W.  D.  Richard,   Winnebago  City,   Minn., 

by  J.  P.  Humes;  Gronholm  &  OJa,  Eveleth,  Minn.,  by 
Henry  Oja;  Miller  &  Crumrine,  Eagle  Grove,  la.,  by  the 
Corner  Pharmacy;  E.  E.  Bell,  Falls  City,  Nelb.,  by  Henry 
King;  C.  W.  Phelps,  Eldon,  la.,  by  the  Shane-Selby  Drug 
Co.;  W.  C.  Wells,  Norwalk,  la.,  by  P.  W.  Jones;  A.  J. 
Robinson,  Britt,  la.,  by  H.  C.  Meyer  &  Co.;  Nelson  Drug 
Co.,  Guthrie  Center.  la.,  by  Nelson  &  Mareau;  Garrison 
Bros.,  Seattle,  Wash.,  by  E.  M.  Shaw. 
- — -Edwin  H.  Zeige,  a  young  clerk  in  Freckler  Bros."  drug 
store  at  Wimfbledon,  N.  D.,  has  committed  suicide  by 
shooting  himself  through  the  head.  Despondency  and 
brooding  over  some  trouble,  drove  him  to  the  act.  He 
was  well  liked  by  his  numerous  companions.  He  has 
a  sisiter  living  at  Glenwood,  Minn.,  and  his  fatlher  Uvea 
in   Minneapolis. 

Henry    Pennington,    who   recently   sold   out   his   drug 

business  in  Monticello,  Minn.,  has  been  temporarily  in 
charge  of  Fred  Kugler's  store  at  Duluth,  but  the  latter 
gentleman  having  returned  to  his  post.  Mr.  Pennington 
is  now  in  West  Superior,  Wis. 

Among  the  firms  that  dissolved  this  week  were:     H. 

M.  Gcbhard  &  Co.,  Two  Rivers,  Wis.,  and  McKeon  & 
Solie,  Fountain,  Minn.  The  latter  dealt  In  agricultural 
im-plements  as  well  as  drugs. 

— ^New:  iBrandt  Drug  Co.,  Brandt,  S.  D. ;  A.  L.  Gooden, 
Edison.  Neb. ;  M.  B.  Osborne,  WilSonville,  Ore. ;  Alexan- 
der Germain,    Somerset,   Wis. 

G.   W.   Silcher  has  gone   to  Chicago,   leaving  Miss  M. 

E.  Adams  in  charge  of  his  phairmacy  at  Renville,  Minn. 

E.    W^.    McGom.as.    of   Brock   &    MoGomas.    Pendleton, 

Ore,,  has  sold   his  interest  to  I.  N.   Gulliford 
H.   J.   Wegener,   Oshkosh,   AVIs.,   has  been  closed  un- 
der a  chattel  nnortgage. 

^Henry   Scarf  Is   helping  out  at  the  Greben  Drug  Oo., 

St.    Paul,   this  week. 

Dr.  G.  P.  Grimm's  drug  store  at  Buffalo  Gap,  N.  D., 

was  burned   this  week. 

-^-The  Medford  Drug  Co.   has  Incorporated  at  Medford, 

Ore. 

Eastman  cS:   Co.,  Ashland,   Ore.,   have  discontinued. 

Harry  Emanuelson  Is  at  work  again  in  Minneapolis. 


The  Nebraska  Roard  ot  Pharmacy  held  a  meeting  tor 

the  examination  ot  candidates  Wednesday,  Feb.  12,  at 
the  Her  Grand  Hotel.  Omaha.  There  was  a  class  ot  40 
ot  whom  the  following,  having  received  the  required 
rating,  iwere  granted  certificates:  Joseph  N.  P\)rd,  Ash- 
land; B.  J.  H.T,nHlton.  Omaha;  H.  C.  Hamsen,  Kearney; 
H.  H.  Hartman,  Bellwood;  Stephen  A.  Holt,  Gross;  F. 
A.  Kelley,  Beaver  City;  Jolhn  D.  Mundis,  Omaha;  Lucie 
A.  Mundis.  Omaha;  John  E.  Shafer.  Tekamah;  John  S. 
Simms,  Alma;  William  L.  Sutherland.  Shelton.  The  next 
meeting  will  be  held  at  Superior  Wednesday,  May  14.  and 
an  adjourned  meeting  at  Columbus,  June  3,  at  the  same 
time  as  the  Nebraska  State  Association  meeting. 


March  G.  100?.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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ST.  LOUIS. 


THE   DR.   SANDER   ANNIVERSARY. 

St.  Louis,  Feb.  27.— A  banquet  was  given  at  Taust's 
Cabin  last  night  to  Dr.  Enno  Sander  in  lionor  ol  his 
eiglitieth  birthday.  The  affair  was  arranged  by  the 
pharmaceutical  friends  of  the  venerable  doctor,  forty  of 
whom  were  present.  The  committee  in  charge  Off  the 
ajmangeanents  was:  H.  F.  A.  Spilker,  chairman;  D-r.  O. 
A.  Wall,  Sr.,  Louis  Schurk,  Prof.  Gustavus  Hinrichs  and 
Dr.  H.  M.  'SVhelpley.  Mr.  A.  E.  Ebert,  president  and 
historian  of  the  Chicago  Druggists'  Association,  was 
present  and  acted  as  toastmaster  Seven  formal  speeches 
"were  made  in  response  to  the  toasts,  as  follows:  Dr.  H. 
M.  Whelpley,  "Our  Guests;"  Dr.  O.  A.  Wall,  Sr..  "The 
Teacher  and  Pupil;"  H.  T.  Rohmng,  "Honor  to  Wlhom 
Honor  Is  Due;"  C.  F.  G.  Meyer,  St.,  "The  Pharmacist  of 
Old;"  William  H.  Lamont,  "Continued  Honors;"  Dr.  Ot- 
to F.  Claus,  "The  Pharmacist  of  Today;"  Prof.  J.  M. 
Good,  "His  Absent  Friends."  Letteirs  "to  the  number  of 
about  fifty  and  a  score  or  so  of  telegrams  were  re^ad  con- 
gratulating Dr.  Sander  upon  his  eightieth  anniversary,  and 
these  came  from  all  sections  of  tlhe  country,  as  far  west 
as  California,  from  Maine,  Minnesota  and  New  Orleans. 
Special  honors  were  bestowed  upon  Dr.  Sander  by  the 
St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  making  him  Emeritus 
Professor  of  Pharmacognosy  and  Bo'tany.  Dr.  Sander 
held  the  chair  in  these  subject  wihen  the  college  was 
first  organized.  The  Alumni  Association  of  the  college 
elected  him  an  honorary  member  of  their  body,  and  sev- 
eral Chicago  friends  presented  him,  with  a  handsome  sil- 
ver lo\nng  cup  inscribed  as  follows:  "This  Token  of  Es- 
teem Presented  to  Dr.  Enno  Sanger  by  his  Chicago 
friends  on  the  eightieth  anniversary  of  his  Birth,  Feb. 
26,  1902." 

John  Uri  Lloyd,  in  his  letter  of  congratulation,  ap- 
pended a  poeim  written  by  his  mother  about  fifty  yeajrs 
ago.  With  the  letter  Mr.  Lloyd  sent  the  volume  Of  his 
mother's  poems,  in  which  the  one  quoted  in  the  letter 
appeared.  The  original  was  dedicated  to  an  uncle  M  the 
au/thor,  but  the  substitution  of  "Enno"  for  the  name  of 
the  uncle  was  made  by  Mr.  Lloyd  and  the  sentiment  was 
found  to  be  strikingly  appropriate  to  the  man  and  the  oc- 
casion. 

The  faculty  of  the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  and 
the  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association  through  Mr. 
Bodemann,  sent  letters  of  congratulation  to  Dr.  Sander, 
emphasizing  the  value  of  his  work  for  pharmacy  In  the 
early  days  of  the  West. 

Dr.  Sander  was  l>orn  in  1822  in  the  village  of  Trinum 
in  the  province  of  Anhalt,  Germany.  His  father  was 
superintendent  of  a  baronial  estate.  The  young  man, 
ajfter  his  early  education,  attended  the  University  of  Ber- 
lin and  later,  graduated  from  the  University  of  Halle, 
which  conferred  upon  him  the  degree  of  Doctor  of   Pliil- 


osophy.  At  the  beginning  of  the  revolution  of  184S,  he, 
witih  the  majority  of  the  students,  allied  himself  with 
the  cause  of  the  revolutionists,  and  was  elected  as  a  dele- 
gate to  the  Assembly,  having  charge  of  the  movement. 
He  also  edited  one  of  the  revolutionary  publications.  On 
the  failure  of  the  movement,  he  was  captured  and  sen- 
tenced to  twelve  years'  imprisonment.  After  serving 
some  of  the  sentence,  through  the  influence  of  his  friends, 
he  was  liberated  on  the  condition  that  he  would  leave 
the  country. 

Dr.  Sander  arrived  in  the  United  States  In  1850.  He 
taught  school  for  several  years,  hut  in  1852  he  opened  a 
drug  store  in  St.  Louis,  in  which  city  he  remained  as 
one  of  the  mosit  prominent  druggists  for  about  thirty 
years.  On  retiring  from  the  drug  business,  he  engaged 
in  the  manufacture  of  mineral  waters,  which  buslnesB  he 
still  follows. 

Dr.  Sander  is  prominent  In  association  matters  and 
was.  In  1871,  elected  president  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceuitical  Association.  For  forty  years  he  has  been  the 
treasurer  of  the  St.  Louis  Academy  tif  Sciences  and  sUll 
holds  that  position. 


ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

- — C.  p.  Walbridge,  president  of  the  J.  S.  Merrill  Drug 
Co.,  left  Saturday  night  on  the  World's  Fair  Special  for 
a  tour  of  the  Western  cities  in  the  interest  of  the  World's 
Fair  of  1903. 

■ D.    C.  House,   formerly  city  salesman  for  the  Moffit- 

West  Drug  Co.,  Is  now  representing  Hance  Bros.  &. 
White  in   this  city. 

The  Taylor  Drug  Co.  pharmacy,  HuntswUle,  Mo.,  was 

completely  destroyed  by  fire  a  few  days  ago. 

Dr.    H.    D.     Patterson,    formerly    of   Tipton,   Mo.,     is. 

starting  a  new  drug  store  at  F'OTtuna,  Mo. 

The  Parlor  Drug  Co.,  of  Clarence,  Mo.,  was  visited  by 

a  $1,000  fire  early  this  week. 

Victor  &  Ferguson,  of  Motieriy,  Mo.,  have  sold  out  to- 

Davis  &  Holtbustor. 

B.    O.    Woods,   of   Monroe  City,   Mo.,  (has  sold  out  to 

Wood  &  Umstead. 

^R.  A.   Moore,  of  Fulton,  Mo.,  has  g'one  to  Florida  to- 

spend  a  month. 


The    next    meeting    of    the    Weist    Virginia    Board    of 

Pharmacy  will  be  held  at  Parkersburg,  May  22.  The 
examination  of  applicants  for  registration  Will  begin 
promptly  at  0  o'clock  and  will  be  held  in  the  Jackson 
Hotel.  W.  S.  Hamilton  of  Fairmount,  is  the  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  Board. 


Good  Writing  Paper. 
A.  G.  Elliot  &  Co.,  Philadelphia,  make  an  offer  In  this 
issue  which  ought  to  interest  every  druggist  who  caters 
to  fine  trade.  Their  $-1.40  trial  order  includes  three  pouinds 
of  each  size  of  each  color  of  tiheir  new  Marque  Vellum, 
and  one  box  of  each  size  of  envelopes  In  each  color, 
eighteen  pounds  ot  paper  and  1500  envelopes  in  ail.  The 
paper  retails  usually  for  20o  a  pound,  and  the  envelopes 
for  $1.00  a  box;  the  profit  to  the  druggist  is  merely  a  mat- 
ter of  arithmetic.  Marque  Vellum  is  one  of  their  latest 
productions.  It  is  a  finely  made  paper  with  kid  finish, 
put  up  in  pound  boxes  in  cream  and  blue  tints,  and  in 
three  sizes,  which  are  designated  in  their  advertisement 
in  this  issue. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

:SEW  YORK 


Acetic   Fluid    Extracts 


'?56 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  6,  1902. 


THE  SOUTH. 


DRUGGIST  IN  TROUBLE. 

Memphis,  Feb.  22.— W.  R.  Shyle,  a  i-oung  man  who 
carries  with  him  several  aliases,  and  who  claims  to  be  a 
druggist,  has  been  arrested  in  Birmingham,  Ala.,  on  the 
charge  of  having  in  his  possession  and  passing  counter- 
feit money.  The  man  is  about  28  years  of  age  and  very 
boyish  looking.  People  in  every  line  of  business  have 
been  coming  to  the  police  with  the  bogus  green  goods 
ajid  the  future  looks  pretty  dark  for  this  alleged  bad 
money  youth.  In  one  of  the  rooms  at  the  Eagie  Hotel, 
where  Shyle  was  stopping  previous  to  his  arrest,  was 
found  a  valise  in  which  were  more  than  $20,000  in  $20 
notes.  These  notes  were  poor  specimens.  Shyle  is  rather 
simple  and  does  not  seem  to  very  bright.  When  shown 
a  photograph  supposed  to  be  his,  and  which  was  not 
his,  he  laughed  and  said  that  he  knew  his  picture  was 
not  in  any  rogues'  gaJlexy.  When  asked  where  he  was 
from  he  answered  that  that  would  be  found  out  in  the 
other  world.  He  is  evidently  a  novice  in  the  counter- 
feiting business.  The  amount  of  money  found  in  his 
room  astonished  the  officials  as  novices  do  not  usually 
have  so  large  a  roll. 


THE  N.  A.  R.  D. 

Memphis.  Feh.  27.— To  the  great  surprise  of  everj-  one 
who  knew  anything  about  the  attitude  of  tflie  local  drug- 
gisits  toward  tne  N.  A.  R.  D.  the  pharmacisits  of  this  city 
have  formed  aji  association.  As  stated  in  a  recent  issue 
of  the  Era,  some  of  the  druggists  appeared  indifferent, 
amd  some  flatly  refused  to  join,  gUnng  several  reasons  for 
taking  itlne  stand  they  did.  Now,  however,  every  drug 
sttare  in  the  city  Ihas  fallen  into  line  and  the  most  per- 
fect hbrmony  seems  to  prevail.  One  man  in  particular 
wiho  has  always  flatly  refused  to  join  in  la  movement  to 
restore  prices,  'was  the  flret  to  sign  amd  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
plan  was  adopted  without  a  dissenting  voice.  The  drug- 
gists are,  for  some  reason,  averse  to  disouesing  the  change 
tlhat  has  oome  over  Hhiem,  and  information  as  to  just  what 
was  accomplisihed  ait  the  meeting,  besides  forming  an  as- 
Bociajtlon,  is  raither  scarce.  It  is  said,  however,  that  J. 
S.  Robinson  was  elected  president  and  T.  D.  Ballard,  sec- 
retary. It  is  ateo  understood  tihait  the  revision  of  prices 
will  not  be  undertaken  for  some  little  time.  The  getntle- 
men  eledted  to  tihe  offices  are  business  men  who  have 
the  welfare  of  the  retail  trade  at  heart. 


Shot  His  Friend. 

Memphis,  Feb.  22.— A  deplorable  shooting  affray  took 
place  in  the  drug  store  of  Geo.  Bodkin  at  L/Uxora,  Ark., 
last  week,  when  Mr.  Bodkin  shot  one  of  his  best  friends. 
The  friend,  whoso  name  is  Hall,  was  trying  to  get  Mr. 
Bodkin,  Who  was  under  the  influence  of  liquor,  to  go 
home.  The  druggist  resented  the  interference  and  draw- 
ing his  pistol  flred  three  shots  at  Hall  all  of  which  took 
effect.  Fortunately  none  of  the  wounds  are  serious  and 
the  wounded  man,  will  soon  be  able  to  leave  his  bed. 
Mr.  Bodkin,  who  is  one  of  the  most  peacable  of  men  when 
himself,  is  hearttobroken  over  the  affair. 


BUSINESS  QUIET. 

Memphis,  Feb.  22. — Business  in  wholesale  circles  is  very 
quiet,  and  there  seems  to  be  little  reCief  in  sigflit  befone 
faill,  when  the  crops  shall  have  been  gathered.  The  coun- 
try merohanlts  realize  tihat  the  doming  spring  and  summer 
win  probab'y  break  the  record  far  dullness  and  are  hxiy- 
Inig  oarefully,  and  only  what  they  are  absolutef.y  com- 
pelled to  have.  The  retaiil  men  of  the  city  are  busy  amd 
have  no  kick  to  make.  Several  scares  about  smallpox  in 
t!he  Mississippi  VaKey  have  kept  the  demand  up  for  va«- 


SOUTHERN  NOTES. 

P.  P.  Van  Vleet  is  a  very  happy  man  nowadays,  owing 

to  the  defeat  of  the  Belt  I.,ine  project,  a  scheme  to  run 
a  railroad  through  the  prettiest  part  of  suburban  Mem- 
phis. Mr.  Van  Vleet  owns  more  than  a  hundred  thousand 
dollars  worth  of  real  estate  right  in  the  track  of  the 
proposed    line,    which    would    have   been    ruined    had    the 


scheme  gone  through.  Meyer  Bros.,  druggists,  by  the  way, 
are  authority  for  the  statement  that  Mr.  Van  Vleet  went 
hunting  recently  and  bagged  fifty  ducks  at  one  shot. 
They  tail  to  say  whether  he  used  a  cannon  or  a  rifle. 

Successions:     A.  Cockerill  &  Co.,  by  Cockerill  &  Bon 

ner,  Houston,  Tex.;  J.  W.  Jenkins  by  H.  L.  Jackson  & 
Co.,  Ceruterville,  Miss.;  G.  A.  Spiller  by  P.  A.  Campbell, 
Voca,  Tex.;  E.  T.  G'illian,  by  E.  H.  Coleman,  Frost.  Tex.; 
■W.  Cox,  by  W.  J.  Cox  &  Co.,  (Bolivar,  Tenn.;  O.  F. 
Keihn  toy  M.  M.  Schwalb,  Halletsville,  Tex.;  C.  A.  Mc- 
Gowan  toy  J.  G.  Bouvier,  Jeanerette,  Da.;  C.  P.  Cooper 
by   C.    M.    Cooper,    Ruston,    La. 

—A  man  considerably  under  the  influence  of  liquor  tried 
to  pass  a  counterfeit  half-dollar  on  one  of  the  o'.erks  at 
Morgan's  drug  store  at  Oamden,  Ark.,  recently,  and  was 
treated  to  a  s'hiock  when  toe  was  arirested  by  Mr.  Morgan, 
who  is  mjayor  of  tJhe  town.  When  searched  he  was  found 
to  (be  supplied  witli  plenty  of  spurious  coin  and  had  every 
earmark  of  ani  expert  counterfeiiter. 

^George  Battier,   one  of  (Ohe  mlost  prospeirous  druggists 

in  Memphis,  Tenn.,  is  going  to  an  expense  of  several 
thousand  doClars  to  fit  up  has  place  lait  tihe  corner  of  Beale 
and  Hernando  streets.  The  large  stoTe  room  next  door 
has  been  secnred  and  Mr.  Battier  will  occupy  one  of  the 
largest  places  in  ithe  city  and  at  the  same  .time  ihave  one 
of  the  handsomest  stores. 

'Dr.    Sterling   P.    Bond,    formerly   of  Little  Rock,   Arlc., 

died  recently  in  Oklahoma.  Dr.  Bond  traveled  for  some 
years  for  the  C.  J.  Lincoln  Drug  Co.,  in  Arkansas  and  had 
been  practicing  medicine  for  some  time  before  his  death 
in  the  Territory.  He  was  the  son  of  Dr.  Jno.  B.  Bond, 
of  Little  Rock  where  his  remains  w^ere  interred. 

The  druggists  of  Memphis,  Tenn.,  who  sell  soda  water 

are  making  preparations  for  a  big  summer  trade.  They 
look  for  a  larger  business  than  they  had  last  summer, 
which  is  saying  a  good  deal  as  the  volume  then  broke  all 
previous   records. 

Julius  Gargaroi,  who  has  been  connected  with  the  re- 
tail: drug  trade  of  Memiphis  flor  some  years,  Is  now  wlflh 
the  Hessig,  Ellis  Drug  Co.,  where  he  has  charge  of  the 
laboratory. 

R.    W.    Cobb,    until    recently    connected    with    Parke, 

Davis  &  Co.,   of  Detroit  is  now  traveling  for  the  Brown  ' 
Medicine  Co.,   in  Tennessee. 

Mr.    Turner,    representing   Parke,    Davis    &    Co..    was 

in  Memphis  this  week,  Mrs.  Turner  accompanied  him.     ■ 

"W.  L.  James  &  Son,  Haysville,  Ky.,  lost  the  store  by 

fire  recently. 

G.  L.   Bates,   Gravette,   Ark,,   has  admitted  a   partner 

R.  B.  Evans,  Vilonia,  Ala,,  has  gone  out  of  business. 


The  Perfection  Bottle  Stopper. 

We  here  illustrate  what  is  stated  to  be  the  most 
satisfactory  stopper  ever  invented  for  retaining  the 
gas  in  all  bottled  liquids  charged  with  gas. 
It  is  well  known  that  all  mineral  wa- 
ters, ginger  ale,  wines,  champagne  and 
malt  liquids,  when  exposed  to  the  air, 
soon  lose  their  sparkle  and  become  flat. 
An  ordinary  cork  cannot  be  used  satis- 
factorily for  re-corking  a  bottle  of 
gas-charged  liquid  after*  it  has 
been  opened  On  the  slightest  provocation  the  cork  will 
blow  ou,t.  This  trouble  may  be  obviated  by  using  the 
Perfection  Stopper.  It  is  constructed  of  soft  rubber  and 
metal  In  such  a.  way  that  by  simply  pressing  with  one's 
thumb  on  the  top  of  the  pin  running  through  the  stopper 
the  rubber  cork  is  contracted  in  diameter  so  that  it  may 
be  inserted  into  the  neck  of  a  bottle,  and  on  releasing  the 
pressure  the  cork  resumes  its  natural  size  and  -remains 
flrmly  fixed  in  the  bottle.  It  is  simple  and  easy  to  op- 
erate and  gives  perfect  satisfaction.  Druggists  will  find 
the  Perfection  Stopper  an  exceedingly  usefuil  ar'Licle  at 
the  soda  fountain,  and  by  properly  displaying  It  they  can 
readily  work  up  a  good  sale  for  the  article.  It  Is  Invalua- 
ble in  the  sick  room  where  mineral  waters  or  wines  aire 
in  use,  and  there  should  be  a  good  demand  for  It  among 
physicians,  private  families,  hotels  and  clubs.  It  Is  made 
in  two  sizes,  one  for  large  neck  quarts,  the  other  for  pint 
or  ordinary  quart  bottles.  The  manufacturers  are  The 
Perfection  Bottle  Stopper  Co.,  26  C'.ark  St.,   Chicago,   111. 


March  6,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


25? 


PATENTS,   TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


O^'^.oj 


^9¥./2i 


C>9'/r/32.. 


&9d.  ?JZ 


PATENTS. 
Issued  February  25,  1902. 

,832.— John  W.  Butterfield  and  Benjamin  C.  Schmitt, 
OolumTjus,  Ohio.  Machine  for  applying  pa.ste  to 
labels. 

,&34.— Joseph  "W.  Calef,  Xew  Eastom.  Mass.  Non-reflll- 
able  bottle  stopper. 

,913.— Joshua  C.   Seney.   Waxahachie.   Tex.    Percolator. 

,013.— John  A  Hayes,  Philadelphia.  Pa  Stopper  for  bot- 
tles. 

,102.— Edward  C.  X..  Kressel,  Ixindon.  England,  assign- 
or of  two-thirds  to  Thomas  Hill-Jone^,  London. 
England.  Process  of  preparing  ailimentary  ex- 
tracts. 

131.- Joseph  Butkus  and  John  A.  Butkus,  Baltimore. 
Md.    Bottle-stopper. 

132.— Joseph  Butkus  and  John  A.  Butkus,  Baltimore, 
Md.    Bottle-stoppering  machine. 

138.— Frederick  J.  Corbett.  Prahran.  Victoria.  Austra- 
lia.   Process  for  manufacturing  white  lead. 

,139.— Frederick  J.  Cortiett.  South  Tarra.  Victoria, 
Australia.  Apparatus  for  manufacturing  white 
lead. 

,144.— Robert  F!anigan.  Baltimore,  Md.  Bottle-cap- 
ping machine. 

149.— Carl  Hoffmann.  Hochston-the-Main,  Germany, 
assignor  to  Farbwerke.  vorm.  Meister.  Lucius  & 
BruTiing,  Hochst-on-the-Main.  Germany,  a  Cor- 
poration of  Germany.  Acidyl  dialkylrhodamin 
and  process  of  making  same. 

1S7.— Frederick  G.  Pirie  and  Frederick  Sharman.  Lon- 
don, England.  Apparatus  for  storing,  measuring, 
and  delivering  aerated  liquids. 


37,851.- 
37,857.- 
37,858.- 

37,859.- 
37,860.- 

37.801- 
37.862.- 
37,863.- 
37,861.- 


TRADE  MARKS. 

Registered  February  25,  1902. 

-Cream  of  Tartar.    Royal  Baking  Powder  Co.    Jer- 
sey City,  X.  J.    The  word  "Royal." 
-Tonics.    Isaac    'tt'.    Douglass,    Michigantown.    Ind. 

The  word   "Sylilian." 
-Tonic    and     Restorative    Medicines.    Bendiner    & 

Schlesinger,  New  York,  N.  Y.    The  word  "Super- 

latone." 
-Tonic    and    Medicinal    Food.    Joseph    Herb,    West 

Superior.  Wis.    The  word  "Oxenol.' 
-Tonic,    Antiperiodic.    and   Antipyretic   Preparation. 

Allen  H.   Still,  Xew  York,  N.  Y.    The  word  "Mo- 

doquitnia." 
-Cough  Medicines.    Tar-^Ben  Medicine  Co.,  Newark, 

X.   J.    The  word   "Tar-Ben." 
-Certain  Xamed   Medicine.    Peacock  CJhemical  Co., 

St.  Louis.  Mo.    The  representation  of  a  peacock. 
-Blood.    Liver  and    Kidnev   Remedies.    The   Balsam 

Medicinal  Co.,  Sylva.  X.  C.    The  word  "Casaloda." 
-Blood    Specific.    Andrew   J.    Baxlev,    Dallas,    Tex. 

The  representation  of  an  Indian  in  the  act  of  dls- 

•tiarglng  an  arrow,  the  representation  of  a  heart 


37,867. 
37,868. 
37,869. 


impaled  bj'  the  arrow,  and  the  representation  of 

a   receptacle   into   which   drops   are   falling   from 

the  heart. 
-Laxatives.    Chester     Kent    &   Co.,   Boston,    Maiss. 

The  arbitrary  word  "Vinlax." 
-Medical     Composition    for    External    AppQioation. 

Jacob  Schwarz,   Mount  Pleasant,   Pa.    A  portrait 

of    the    registrant. 
-Antiseptics.    Ralph   H.    Page,    Detroit,    Mich.  The 

word   "Benzozone."  '* 

-Antiseptics.    Ralph  H.   Page,   Detroit,   Midh.     The 

word   "Acetozone." 
--Disimfectant  and  Preservative.    Farbenfabriken  of 

Elberfeld  Co.,  Xew  York.  X.  Y.    The  word  "Anti- 

germin." 


LABELS. 
Registered  February  25,  1902. 

8,983.- Title:  "The  Appetine  Stomach  Tablet."  (For 
Stomach  Tablets).  J.  W.  Stahlberg,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 
Filed  February  3,  1902 

8.984.— Title:  "Chlorothol."  (For  Anodyne).  J.  W.  Van 
Winckle,  Chicago,  111.    Filed  January  31,  1901 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  6,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

Trade  Seasonable  and  Few  Changes. 

New  York,  March  4.— Dealers  report  a  continued  fair 
moveiment  of  seasonable  articles  dnto  the  various  chan- 
nels of  consumption,  but  it  has  been  another  week  with- 
out many  price  changes  and  only  a  very  few  are  of  more 
than  ordinary  importance,  the  principal  one  "being  an  ad- 
vance in  manufacturers'   prices  of  quinine. 

OPIUiM.— No  improveimen't  can  be  noted  in  the  con- 
suming demand,  and  the  spot  market  remains  quiet,  but, 
according  to  recent  cables  from  Smyrna  there  is  an  im- 
proved Inquiry  abroad  and  several  round  lots  are  reported 
to  have  been  taken  for  manufacturing  consumption.  Quo- 
tations for  jobbing  quantities  remaiin  unchanged  at  $3.20 
(gS.40  for  9  per  cent,  and  $3.30@3.50  for  H  per  cent.  Pow- 
dered continues  to  move  fairly  on  consuming  orders  at 
$4.25CM.50  for  13  per  cent.,  S^-TSgo.OO  for  16  per  cent,  and 
$4.50S>4.75  tor  granular. 

MORPHINE.— Business  in  a  jobbing  way  continues 
moderately  active  and  the  market  retains  a  steady  under- 
tone, with  quotations  unchanged  at  $2.40(g'2.50  for  eighths 
in  1-oz.  boxes,  $2.35@2.45  in  2%-oz.  boxes,  $2.15@2.25  in 
ounce  vials,  and  $2.10@2.20  in  5-lb.  cans,  according  to 
brand  and  quantity. 

QUININE.— There  has  been  a  decided  improvement  in 
the  general  condition  of  affairs  and  all  influences  which 
usually  govern  the  trend  of  values  have  been  favorable 
to  holders.  At  the  monthly  bark  sale  in  Amsterdam,  last 
Thursday,  ■the  average  unit  value  was  fully  7  per  cent, 
higher  than  that  of  the  previous  auction,  and  the  ship- 
ments of  bark  from  Java  for  February  were  the  smallest 
of  anv  month  for  a  long  time  past.  As  a  result,  specula- 
tive interest  increased  in  the  London  market  and  prices 
gradually  moved  upward  until  yesterday,  when  manufac- 
turers announced  an  advance  of  Ic  per  oz.  in  their  quo- 
tations. The  revised  jobbing  figures  are  2Sc  for  bulk  in 
100-oz.  tins,  2Siic  in  50-oz.  tins,  29c  in  25-oz.  tins,  and  3oc 
in   ounce  vials.  .         _^ 

OILi  CITRONEL.DA.— Keen  competition  among  import- 
ers has  continued  to  exert  an  unsettling  influence  and  job- 
bers have  further  reduced  their  quotations  to  37lg4Tc,  ac- 
cording to  size  of  order.  .  ,    ,  ,  j 

OIL  LEMON.— Foreign  markets  are  calbled  lower  ana 
there  has  been  a  general  reduction  of  5c  per  lb.  in  spot 
quotations.  The  revised  prices  for  jobbing  quanuties  are 
S1.20@1.3o  for  pound  bottles.  $1.30((!il.43  for  pound  cop- 
pers. .$l.lo'ffl.30  for  5-lb.  cans,  and  $1.25(gl.40  for  5-lb. 
coppers,    all    inclusive. 

WILD  CHERRY  BARK.— Prime  grades  are  exceedmg- 
Iv  scarce  and  the  market  is  stronger,  with  jobbmg  quo- 
tations showing  an  advance  to  15@18c  for  select  split, 
17(5'22c  for  ground,   and  22@27c  for  powdered.  , 

GAMBOGE.^Stocks  are  very  much  reduced  and  in 
consequence,  holders  are  firmer  in  their  views,  with  quo- 
tations in  a  jobbing  way  advanced  to  "SSSoc  for  whole 
and  S5@95c  for  powdered.  •>,    .i„ 

GUARANA.— The  available  supply  Is  very  much  de- 
pleted and  jobbers  have  marked  up  quotations  to  9oc@i 
$1.05  for  w*ole.  and  $1.05@1.15  for  powdered. 

BAYBEKRi'  WAX.— The  market  is  again  higher  under 
the  influences  noted  last  week  and  prices  for  jobbing 
quantities  have  been  further  advanced  to  3o(§>4pc. 

BEESWAX.— Values  continue  to  harden  under  a  good 
demand,  steadily  diminishing  stocks  and  absence  of  of- 
ferings from  producing  districts,  and  Jobbing  quotations 
show  a  further  advance  to  39@43c  for  country,  and  41'g4oc 
for  city. 

If  you  have  an  exclusive  prescription  business,  the 
Charleroi  Oval  is  just  the  botUe  for  you. 


The  accompan>ing  illustraUon  is  the  well  known  des- 
ignation of  the  fly  de.-^troyer.  Fly  Buttons,  made  by  the 
Fly   Button  Co.,   Maumee,   O.     These   Buttons   are  made 

of  heavy  sbeels 
of  pel  soned 
paper,  3^ 
inches  in  di- 
ameter,  with  a 

■^_____  _        I  !_.,       I  _L  iiwri  wire       staple 

tlvrough  the  center." They  cost  the  druggist  2V1.C  each  and 
retail  at  5c  each,  no  cutting.  It  pays  to  push  these  But- 
tons, not  only  because  they  soil  better  every  year,  but  on 
account  of  the  premiums  which  the  manufacturers  give. 
A  good  rubber  dating  stamp  is  given  with  an  order  far 
six  dozen,  an  automatic  ink  battle  with  an  order  for  ni«« 
dozen,  etc.  Jobbers  keep  them;  if  not.  you  can  get  what 
you  want  by  writing  direct  to  the  manufacturers. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Pafe. 

Acid,  Glyceroarsenic 24S 

Advertising     242 

ASOCIATIONS,  Clubs.  Alumni,  etc.:  American  Chem- 
ical Society,  Philadelphia  Section.  251;  American 
PharmaceuticaJl,  247;  Boston  Druggists,  250; 
Bushwick  Pharmaceutical,  348;  Chicago  Retail 
'Druggists,  2.53;  National  Wholesale  Druggists, 
247;  New  York  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation 
Drug  Section,  24S;  Philadelphia  Retail  Druggists, 

251;   Wedgewood   Club 252 

Ammonia,    Solid    244 

BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY:  Illinois,  254;  Massachu- 
setts, 250;  Nebraska.  254;  West  Virginia 255 

BOWLING   DRUG   TRADE:    American   Drug   Trade, 

249;  Philadelphia   251 

COLLEGES  OF  PH.A.RMACY:  New  York,  249;  North- 
western University,  253;  PhiladeQpbia 251 

CORRESPONDENCE    241 

Drug  Store  P^roblems   245- 

EDITORI.4_LS:  Alimony  Drug  Clerks  Should  Pay,  239; 
Apprentices  in  Illinois,  238;  Drug  Problems,  238; 
Excise  Law  Violations  in  New  York.  237;  Methyl 
Alcohol  in  Pharmacopoeial  Preparations,  237;  Me- 
tric (System,  238;  Proposed  Poison  Law  for  Ohio, 
239;   Registration  on   Board   Certificates   in   New 

York.  23S;  Social  Clubs  for  Druggists 23» 

Elixir  Apium  Graveolens 34S 

Cascara  Sagrada,  Compound 246 

Lactated  Pepsin 24& 

Emulsion  Iodoform    244 

Era  Course  in  Pharmacy,  Graduates  as* 

Erepsin    24ft 

Ergot,  Active  Principle  244 

Essence  Pepsin    248 

Extract  Onion    244 

Witch  Hazel,  D'arkened  244 

Fluid  Hydrastis    246 

Fonmaldehyde,  action  on  Gun  Cotton  246 

Frutii 244 

Hydrogen  Antimonide    24S 

Indicators    244 

Liquor  Tax  Law,  Violations  In  New  York 247 

MARKET  REPORT 258 

NEWS  LETTERS:  Baltimore.  252;  Chicago,  253;  Mich- 
igan, 253;  New  England.  250;  New  York,  247; 
Philadelphia,  251;  Pittsburg,  252;   St.  Louis.  255; 

The  Northwest,  254;  The  South 256 

Panama  Wood.  Saccharose  246 

PATENTS,   TRADEMARKS,   etc   25T 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Personal 
Interest,  etc.:  Chemical  Specialty  Co..  249:  John- 
s«-in,  Jason  M.,  258;  Lazefll,  Lewis  T..  248;  Peckolt, 
Theodor,  239;  'Sherburne.  Mrs.  John  W.,  250; 
Sander,  Dr.  Enno.  255;  Shyle,  W.  R.,  256;  Trox- 
ell,  Dr.  W.  E.,  252:  Tufts.  James  W.,  250;  Yakel, 

Louis,  252;   Zeige.  Edwin  H   254 

Pharmacists  in  Public  Service 241 

Pharmacy.  Arab   ;g^ 

Powder.  Foot,  as  Money  Maker  f*j 

QUESTION  BOX 344 

SHOP  TALK    24^ 

Solution  Saccharin   Jjj 

Sodium  Phosphate   jj* 

Sulphur  Corresponding  to  Ozone  ^ 

Syrup  Hypophosphites   ^° 

Tua-Tua    ^vj 

Witch  Hazei  Combination   24& 

Worcester  Plan  in  Philadelphia ^Ji 

Worms.  Seat.  Remedy ^'" 

JASON  M.  JOHNSON,  proprietor  of  th'e  Bllthwood 
pharmacy,  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  died  Feb.  21  of  liemorrhag«  of 
the  brain.  He  was  born  in  New  Lebanon,  N.  Y.,  In  1837. 
In  1870  he  was  appointed  Internal  Revenue  Collector  for 
the  Twelfth  Congressional  District,  an  office  which  he 
held  In  Hudson  till  18S3.  He  then  wesnt  Into  the  drug 
business  in  Hudson  which  he  followed  until  bis  death. 
He  also  served  as  postmaster  of  Hudson  for  four  years, 
having  been  appointed  by  President  Harrison.  Mr.  John- 
son was  modest  and  unassuming  and  enjoyed  the  es- 
teem of  his  neighbors  and  fellow  citizens  to  a  great  de- 
gree. He  was  treasurer  of  the  Presbyterian  Church  In 
Hudson  for  many  years,  and  a  member  of  the  New  York 
Pharmaceutical  AesociaUon.  He  is  survived  by  three 
sons  and  t-wo  daughters.  The  funeral  exercises  were  held 
at  his  late  residence  Sunday  afternoon,  Feb.  23. 


ARTHUR  COLTON. 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 
and  Appliances, 

DETROIT,   IVi:CH.,   U.   S.   A. 


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WANT    ADVERTISEMENTS. 

A  glance  through  last  week's  Want  advertisements 
shows  stores  for  sale  in  Connecticut,  New  York.  Okla- 
homa, Indian  Territory,  Michigan  and  Ohi'o.  There  aje 
no  advertisements  of  drug  stores  wanted,  but  each  issue 
has  so  many  for  sale  advertisements  that  all  one  need 
do  is  to  consult  this  list  it  he  wants  a  store.  It  wwuld  he 
interesting  to  know  how  many  drug  stores  have  been  sodd 
through  the  medium  of  an  ERA  Want  advertisement,  but 
we  have  no  means  of  finding  out.  In  that  same  issue  were 
several  advertisements  of  situations  wanted,  one  drug- 
gist had  a  soda  fountain  for  sale,  one  had  a  battery  for 
sale,  several  wanted  clerks,  and  several  wanted  salesmen. 
AJll  this  goes  to  show  that  it  pays  to  use  ERA  Want  Ads., 
and  if  druggists  only  knew  'how  profitable  these  little 
cards  are,  the  page  devxited  to  Bhem  would  not  be  big 
■eniough  to  hoJld  them  all. 


THE  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

■'1  must  extend  my  thanks  to  you  in  regard  to  the  Era 
Course  in  Pharmacy  which  has  been  a  great  help  to  me 
in  advancing  myself  to  the  position  I  am  now  to  take — 
that  of  drug  clerk  to  the  City  and  County  Hospital,  St. 
Paul,  Minn.  I  am  to  take  full  charge  of  the  drug  depart- 
ment. I  wish  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  the  best  of 
success.  JOHN  M.  PRINCELL." 

Minneapolis,   Minn. 

The  lectures  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  are  es- 
pecially valuaJble  as  a  preparation  for  examination  by  a 
board  of  pharmacy,  to  those  who  cannot  attend  a  col- 
lege of  pharmacy,  and  to  a'.l  desiring  to  review  ttieir 
former  study  of  the  subjects  embraced  in  the  curricu- 
lum.   The  fee  for  the  full  course  is  only  $10. 

Write  for  descriptive  Prospectus,  now  ready.  Address 
The  Pharmaceutical  Era,  ii96  Broadway,  Xew  York. 


The  protest  of  the  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the 
New  York  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation 
against  the  pure  food  bills  now  before  the  Legisla- 
ture at  Albany,  calls  attention  to  the  extreme  diffi- 
culty of  dealing  with  the  evil  of  food  adulteration. 
The  subject  is  a  very  complicated  one,  and  can  not 
be  settled  off  hand  by  the  adoption  of  simple  and 
sweeping  measures.  As  pointed  out  in  the  protest, 
authorities  do  not  agree  even  upon  the  definition 
of  adulteration,  and  the  injury  likely  to  result  from 
the  use  of  the  added  material,  is  in  nearly  every  case 
still  a  subject  of  discussion.  So  many  substances  are 
now  used  in  a  legitimate  way  as  preservatives,  nearly 
all  at  some  time  sanctioned  by  scientific  authority, 
and  so  many  are  constantly  being  introduced  and  ad- 
vocated, that  it  often  puzzles  the  experts  to  deter- 
mine whether  an  addition  is  beneficial  or  injurious. 
Those  who  prepare  and  offer  for  sale  sophisticated 
materials  are  themselves  highly  specialized  experts 
and  are  meeting  the  efforts  of  the  analysts  at  every 
turn.  The  administration  of  pure  food  laws  is  un- 
doubtedly a  matter  which  should  be  intrusted  to  au- 
thoritative experts  and  not  to  lawyers.  In  pharmacy 
the  supply  of  pure  materials  has  been  the  subject  of 
constant  study  for  years,  the  result  of  this  study 
being  the  pharmacopoeia.  As  practically  all  sub- 
stances employed  in  preserving,  as  well  as  adulterat- 
ing, foods  are  those  with  which  the  pharmacist  is  pe- 
culiarly familiar,  it  will  be  difficult  to  find  more  com- 
petent experts  than  the  representatives  of  pharmacy 
or  a  more  authoritative  standard  than  the  pharma- 
copoeia. 

The  authorities  of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of 
Retail  Druegists  have  a  unique  way  of  keeping  the 
members  posted  on  association  matters,  and  of 
whetting  interest  which  in  the  best  managed  societies 
is  sometimes  apt  to  flag.  They  issue  monthly  bull- 
etins containing  news  interspersed  with  exhortations, 
set  off  with  "catchy"  headlines,  and  all  clothed  in  a 
racy  and  picturesque  style.  Among  the  headlines  in 
the  February  issue  we  notice  the  following  which  can 
scarcely  fail  to  arrest  the  attention  of  the  careless 
reader:  "Get  your  gun".  "Lest  we  forget",  "We -are 
looking    for   trouble",    "Are    you    thinking    of    dying 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[.March  ]:?,  1903. 


this  year?"  In  answer  to  a  question  "why  so  and  so 
was  dropped  from  the  rolls"  the  following  in  given: 

"He  didn't  pay  his  dues  for  a  year,  got  mad  be- 
cause the  P.  A.  R.  D.  didn't  get  the  price  of  postage 
stamps  reduced  so  that  he  could  make  50  per  cent, 
in  selling  them.  One  fellow  quit  because  the  P.  A. 
R.  D.  didn't  raise  the  selling  price  of  patent  medi- 
cines to  that  on  the  wrapper  over  night,  but  he  for- 
got that  he  had  been  "cutting"  under  his  neighbor  all 
day  and  wouldn't  agree  to  maintain  full  prices.  Another 
member  was  dropped  on  account  of  a  death  in  his 
family,  he  being  the  member.  Life  is  too  short  to 
tell  you  about  all  the  rest,  they'll  be  sorry  some  day 
perhaps." 

.Among  the  dreary  waste  of  words  which  com- 
monly makes  up  the  bulk  of  association  literature, 
language  of  this  kind  is  refreshing.  In  the  meantime 
the  P.  A.  R.  D.  is  constantly  gaining  in  strength  and 
vigor,  and  is  doing  much  for  the  druggist  and  the 
drug  business. 

The  New  York  Times  finds  certain  remarks  made 
by  one  of  our  pharmaceutical  journals  about  the 
druggist  and  the  excise  law,  very  funny.  It  ridicules 
our  neighbor  for  thinking  that  the  wholesale  charges 
brought  against  the  druggists  of  the  state  must  be 
false  because  pharmacists  as  a  class  are  unusually 
quiet  and  law-abiding.  Perhaps  our  pharmaceutical 
friend  was  somewhat  hasty  in  declaring  people 
charged  with  serious  transgressions  innocent  without 
even  a  preliminary  hearing.  It  would  probably  have 
been  better  to  wait  until  some  proof  could  be  shown. 
But  the  Times  makes  this  pardonable  error  of  an 
overzealous  partisan  a  text  for  a  discourse  upon  the 
demoralizing  nature  of  the  drug  business  and  the 
necessary  depravity  of  all  druggists,  which  is  also 
amusing  to  say  the  least.  It  admits  that  "the  drug- 
gist as  a  citizen  has  his  good  points,"  but,  it  adds, 
"men  cannot  sell  year  after  year  at  50  cents  per  half 
ounce  chemicals  which  cost  as  much  per  barrel  with- 
out having  their  judgment  warped  just  a  weeny  little 
bit  as  to  whether  a  man  would  or  would  not  die  if 
he  had  to  wait  for  a  drink  till  a  doctor  could  be 
summoned  to  write  a  prescription."  The  old  joke 
about  the  half  ounce  bottle  of  sweetened  w^ater  is 
probably  no  longer  funny,  but  the  idea  that  the 
druggist's  methods  of  doing  business  are  unusually 
apt  to  throw  a  man's  judgment  out  of  balance,  is 
highly  amusing  to  one  at  all  familiar  with  the  ways 
of  the  business  world. 

The  Rice  Memorial  Fund,  recently  begun  by  the 
Committee  of  Revision  of  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia, 
is  growing  in  a  manner  which  shows  that  pharmacists 
have  not  forgotten  what  Dr.  Charles  Rice  has  done 
for  the  cause  of  professional  pharmacy  in  this  coun- 
try. American  druggists  are  after  all  sufficiently  in- 
terested in  professional  matters  to  wish  to  honor  a 
name  which  will  always  be  great  in  the  history  of 
the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  the  pharmacists  standard 
of  morals  and  excellence.  The  Era  has  received  a 
number  of  contributions  to  this  fund  and  is  ready  to 
take  charge  of  any  sums  sent  to  the  fund  in  care  of 
this  ofifice.  In  an  undertaking  of  this  kind  many 
small  subscriptions  are  quite  as  acceptable  as  a  few 
large  ones,  and  we  trust  that  our  readers  will  show 
their  appreciation  in  an  effective  manner. 

The  two  hundred  druggists  accused  of  violating 
the  excise  law  are  in  more  serious  trouble  than  they 


at  first  supposed.  It  seems  that  if  convicted  they 
must  also  lose  their  licenses  received  from  the  board 
of  pharmacy.  This  matter  is  not  left  to  the  discretion 
of  the  board,  but  is  a  direct  requirement  admitting 
of  only  one  interpretation.  In  section  34  of  the  Li- 
quor Tax  Law  are  the  following  words:  "And  if  the 
corporation,  association,  copartnership  or  person  con- 
victed be  a  pharmacist  holding  a  license  issued  by  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  the  said  Board  of  Pharmacy 
shall,  in  addition  to  said  penalty,  immediately  revoke 
said  license."  The  loss  of  the  state  board  license  is 
a  far  more  serious  matter  to  the  practicing  pharmacist 
than  the  payment  of  a  fine,  for  without  a  license  he 
cannot  lawfully  carry  on  his  business.  Certainly 
druggists  have  an  abundance  of  reasons  for  trying 
to  avoid  conviction  for  liquor  selling.  There  ought 
to  be  a  society  for  the  protection  of  druggists  from 
lawmakers.  Alcoholic  liquors  are  both  chemicals  and 
medicines,  and  therefore  properly  belong  in  the  drug 
store.  The  law  limits  the  sale  of  these  drugs  by 
most  stringent  measures,  carrying  with  them  penal- 
ties which  seem  to  brand  this  sale  as  an  heinous 
crime.  After  giving  the  pharmacist  very  effective 
reasons  for  keeping  the  law.  it  is  proposed  to  in- 
crease his  tax,  apparently  with  the  expectation  that 
he  will  violate  the  law  anyway,  the  tax  being  made 
so  high  that  he  is  fairly  forced  to  commit  this  viola- 
tion or  suffer  serious  loss.  Has  the  poor  apothe- 
cary nothing  but  enemies  in  legislative  circles? 

The  problem  about  the  statements  of  three  liars 
of  varying  degrees  of  mendacity,  which  is  answered 
in  the  present  issue,  involves  conditions  which  seem 
to  lie  outside  the  pharmacist's  field  of  experience. 
.Apparently  our  readers  are  not  familiar  with  thp 
individual  who  is  in  the  habit  of  "saying  the  thing 
which  is  not,"  for  among  the  great  variety  of  an- 
swers received  we  have  thus  far  failed  to  find- a  cor- 
rect one.  Many  will  perhaps  doubt  the  practical 
value  of  this  problem,  preferring  to  reject  as  entire- 
ly false  all  statements  of  persons  whom  they  know 
to  be  untruthful.  This  is  probably  the  safest  method, 
but  there  are  many  people  otherwise  worthy  who  oc- 
casionally prevaricate,  and  a  scheme  which  would 
enable  us  to  determine  the  exact  percentage  of  truth 
in  their  remarks  might  sometimes  be  very  useful. 

The  Iowa  druggist  who  saw  no  harm  in  statues  of 
the  Venus  de  Milo  and  the  Winged  Mercury,  proved 
both  his  appreciation  of  the  art  of  sculpure  and  his 
thorough  comprehension  of  the  art  of  advertising  at 
one  stroke.  It  appears  frcjm  reports  received  last 
week,  that  a  gift  in  the  form  of  a  pair  of  copies  of 
these  statues  was  rejected  by  the  excessively  modest 
faculty  and  board  of  the  local  high  school,  in  spite 
of  the  efforts  of  the  more  liberal-minded  druggist. 
With  a  keen  eye  for  business  opportunities,  the  drug- 
gist pronitply  acquired  the  rejected  statues  and 
placed  them  on  exhibition  in  the  windows  of  his 
store.  He  thus  accomplished  three  objects  at  one 
and  the  same  time — he  obtained  an  artistic  decoration 
for  his  pharmacy,  registered  a  protest  against  nar- 
row-mindedness, and  secured  a  window  attraction 
which  draws  hundreds,  if  not  thousands,  to  his  store. 
One  shudders  to  think  of  the  dreadful  opinion  the 
faculty  and  board  must  now  have  of  this  enterprising 
lover  of  art. 


March  13,  1!)02.] 


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261 


Readers  who  are  blessed  with  good  memories  and 
are  fond  of  speculating  about  the  why's  and  where- 
for's  of  things,  must  have  noticed  the  rapidly  increas- 
ing proportion  of  foreign  names  in  the  lists  of  candi- 
dates for  pharmacists'  licenses  which  appear  in  Amer- 
ican journals  from  time  to  time.  Ten  or  twenty  years 
ago  names  of  members  of  pharmaceutical  associa- 
tions and  graduates  of  colleges  of  pharmacy  mostly 
showed  evidence  of  Anglo-Saxon  origin;  but  in  the 
last  few  years  the  names  of  pharmacists  and  candi- 
dates for  board  examinations  have  become  more  and 
more  difficult  for  the  ordinary  American  tongue  to 
pronounce.  Formerly  these  names  were  mostly  Eng- 
lish, with  a  fair  sprinkling  of  German,  but  now  there 
are  many  which  remind  one  of  the  novels  of  Sienkie- 
wicz  and  Marion  Crawford,  and  others  which  recall 
Marco  Polo's  travels.  The  cause  of  this  change  has, 
as  far  as  w'e  know,  never  been  explained.  Are  the 
young  men  of  Anglo-Saxon  parentage  less  willing  to 
submit  to  the  laborious  study  and  exacting  examina- 
tions now  demanded  for  registration  than  those  of 
more  recent  foreign  extraction,  or  must  we  seek  the 
cause  in  the  proverbially  low  salary  and  long  hours 
of  the  drug  clerk?  Perhaps  some  one  can  discover 
the  significance  of  the  fact  that  there  are  at  present 
also  fewer  names  unfamiliar  to  English  readers 
among  members  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  than  among  mem- 
bers of  less  distinctly  professional  associations. 


The  preparation  and  sale  of  antitoxin  and  vaccine 
virus  by  the  New  York  Board  of  Health  has  been 
and  is  ctill  the  cause  of  much  dissatisfaction.  The 
supply  of  these  remedies  by  municipal  authorities 
subjects  private  manufacturers  who  have  brought  the 
preparation  of  serums  and  lymph  to  the  highest  de- 
gree of  perfection,  to  an  unfair  and  needless  compe- 
tition. The  druggists  who  act  as  distributers  of  these 
products  also  suffer  from  this  municipal  commercial- 
ism, for  they  are  allowed  only  ten  per  cent,  of  the 
price  for  their  trouble,  a  proportion  which,  under 
the  circumstances,  is  much  too  small,  being  barely 
sufficient  to  pay  for  the  ice  used  as  a  preservative. 
Delegates  from  three  influential  pharmaceutical  socie- 
ties of  this  city  held  a  conference  with  Dr.  Lederle, 
President  of  the  Board  of  Health,  during  the  past 
week,  with  a  view  to  overcoming  some  of  the  evils 
of  this  municipal  interference  with  legitimate  private 
enterprise.  They  requested  that  the  percentage  al- 
lowed for  distribution  be  increased  to  33  1-3  per  cent., 
thus  rendering  it  possible  to  supply  the  municipal 
products  without  serious  loss.  This  request  was  not 
granted,  the  objection  being  raised  that  this  action 
would  make  it  appear  that  the  Board  of  Health  is 
trying  to  compete  with  private  manufacturers,  which 
is  in  reality  not  the  case  at  all.  According  to  the 
latest  available  reports,  the  delegates  have  presented 
their  request  in  written  form  for  further  considera- 
tion by  the  Board  of  Health.  This  undertaking 
shares  the  difficulties  of  all  attemp<s  to  remove  the 
unsatisfactory  features  of  practices  which  are  essen- 
tially objectionable.  There  is  now  no  good  reason 
why  the  municipal  manufacture  and  sale  of  antitoxin 
should  not  be  discontinued  entirely.  If  this  is  as  yet 
impossible,  it  should  at  least  be  so  arranged  that  it 
no  longer  interferes  with  legitimate  business. 


01/tMfi. 

^^^o^^ 


THE  HASKIN  MEDICINE  CO. 

Sheridan.  Ind.,  March  i.  1902. 

"To  the  Editor:  Ten  days  ago  a  neat  appearing, 
business-like  young  man  approached  me  in  my  store, 
stating  that  he.  with  two  other  gentlemen,  were  here 
to  advertise  "Haskin's  Nervine."  manufactured  by 
the  Haskin  Medicine  Co.  of  Binghamton.  N.  Y.  He 
presented  a  card  bearing  upon  one  side  testimonials 
from  people  who  had  used  the  medicine:  and  upon 
the  other  side  were  the  words  "Take  This  Ticket  to 

■ —  with  50  cts.,  and  receive  a  Dollar  Bottle 

of  Haskin's  Nervine."  The  young  man  said:  "Now, 
if  you  will  let  me  use  your  stamp,  we  will  print  your 
name  upon  this  ticket  and  make  a  house  to  house 
presentation  of  this  card,  thereby  creating  a  demand 
for  this  medicine  which  you  can  buy  of  me  during 
my  stay  in  your  city  at  $4.00  per  dozen:  remembering 
that  you  may  buy  any  amount,  or  none,  as  you  may 
choose,  but  when  you  purchase  you  must  do  so 
through  me.  I  will  advise  you  promitly  as  to  my 
whereabouts,  and  you  will  please  address  all  orders 
to  me  as  I  get  a  small  rake  off,  which  helps  to  keep- 
the   'Wolf  from  the  door.'  " 

I  gave  the  gentleman  my  stamp — and  it  was  the 
worst  thing  I  ever  did  in  a  business  way.  These 
"curs"  peddled  the  '"Raskin  Remedy"  almost  over  the 
entire  county  in  which  I  live,  telling  the  people  that 
they  were  w^orking  for  me.  and  thus  persuaded  about 
one  half  of  my  customers  to  buy  from  one  to  three 
bottles  at  50  cts.  each,  or  three  in  one  purchase  for 
$1.25. 

I  now  see  that  it  is  very  damaging  to  mv  business, 
as  a  large  number  of  my  customers  have  been  in  to 
see  me  in  regard  to  their  purchase  of  "Haskin  Ner- 
vine." each  saying  that  they  would  not  have  pur- 
chased it  had  my  naniie  not  appeared  on  the  ticket 
and  the  fact  that  the  peddler  said  he  was  working 
for  me.  I  do  not  find  "Haskin  Nervine"  listed  in  any 
catalogue  of  Patent  Medicines,  which  causes  me  to 
believe  that  these  "Peddlers"  manufacture  this  medi- 
cine. I  did  not  buy  or  sell  any  of  their  medicine,  but 
made  the  gentlemen  surrender  my  stamp,  and  in- 
formed them  that  1  did  not  aoprove  of  their  way  of 
creating  a  demand  for  a  medicine  that  I  w^s  expected 
to  sell.  C.  E.  ELLIOTT.  Ph.  G. 


OIL  OF  TOM.A.TOES.— Battaglia  (.A.nn.  Chim. 
Anal.)  finds  that  the  fixed  oil  obtained  from  ripe  to- 
matoes does  not  differ  widely  in  composition  and 
properties  from  many  other  oils  of  the  semi-drying 
class,  which  have  an  iodine  value  of  nearly  100.  This 
oil  is  found  to  have  the  following  properties:  Spec- 
ific gravity.  0.922;  refractive  index,  1.473:  iodine 
value,  106.Q:  iodine  value  of  the  fatty  acids,  112;  in- 
soluble fatty  acids,  95.1  per  cent.;  Reichert  value. 
18.9.  It  contains  small  quantities  of  cholesterine, 
myristicene.  oleine.  linoleine  and  stearine,  and  2.3- 
per  cent,   of  lecithine. 


ERF.PSIN.— Otto  Cohnheim  (Zeitsch.  fur  physioL 
Chem.)  shows  that  the  agent  producing  the  trans- 
formation of  proteoses  and  peptones  in  the  intestines 
into  forms  which  are  absorbed  by  the  blood,  is  not 
trypsin  but  another  soluble  ferment  which  he  has 
named  erepsin.  He  finds  that  trypsin  peptonizes  fi- 
brin while  this  ferment,  which  is  very  active  towards 
proteoses  and  peptones,  has  no  action   upon  fibrin. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  13,  1902. 


SODA  HINTS. 

By  FRANK  B.  STYLES,  Hempstead,  L.  I. 

NOW  is  the  time  to  look  over  j'our  stock  of 
soda  apparatus  and  beverage  materials 
preparatory  to  opening  your  fountain  April 
1st.  If  you  do  your  own  charging  it  will 
be  advisable  to  look  over  that  part  of  the  apparatus. 
In  case  any  extras  or  repairs  are  required  you  can 
send  an  early  order  for  them,  and  thus  stand  a  better 
chance  of  getting  the  fountain  started  on  time.  In- 
spect your  steel  fountains  thoroughly  and  have  the 
block  tin  pipes  examined  for  weak  spots.  Be  sure 
the  apparatus  is  in  prime  condition  before  starting 
it  up.  Take  the  fixtures  and  shelving  off,  and  clean 
the  fountain.  Polish  the  silver,  oil  the  various  mar- 
bles and  see  whether  the  ice-box  is  tight  and  in  good 
shape.  All  of  these  details  must  be  looked  after  very 
closely,  for  it  depends  on  them  whether  the  foun- 
tain w^ork  will  run  smoothly  and  without  a  break. 

How  about  your  stock  of  blown  soda  and  miner- 
al glasses?  Have  you  a  good  supply  on  hand?  If 
not,  lose  no  time  in  replenishing  your  stock  of  them. 
Your  tumbler-holders  will  need  polishing  and  per- 
haps replating.  How  about  them?  Better  attend  to 
this  duty  early.  Have  you  a  place  under  the  counter 
— out  of  sight— where  you  can  stand  used  glasses 
until  you  have  a  tray  full  of  them?  What  kind  of  a 
tray  have  you?  here  is  a  pointer!  Take  a  box  about 
twelve  inches  wide,  twenty-four  inches  long  and  three 
inches  deep,  and  make  in  the  bottom  of  it  a  number 
of  holes  in  regular  order,  large  enough  to  receive 
and  to  prevent  the  glasses  from  slipping  oflf  when  the 
tray  is  carried  to  the  sink. 

Hew  about  your  fruit  juices?  Were  those  you 
employed  last  year  satisfactory?  Are  you  going  to 
try  something  new?  Of  course  the  lemon  syrup  you 
have  always  used  will  suit  your  trade(?).  Your 
vanilla  is  so  well  known  that  it  would  endanger  the 
popularity  of  your  fountain  to  change  it  for  a  new 
syrup.  Sarsaparilla  you  can  change  a  little,  and 
make  it  as  follows: 

Essence  sarsaparilla   4  drams 

Burnt  sug-ar 2  drams 

Soda  foam   2  drams 

Syrup  c-noug-h  to  make 64  ounces 

The  essence  is  made  as  follows: 

Oil  of  wintergreen  1  ounce 

Oil  lof  sassafras 1  ounce 

Aleohol.  enoug'h  to  make 16  ounces 

Raspberry  syrup  can  be  made  from  the  fruit  juice, 
or  from  any  of  the  concentrated  syrups  prepared  by 
the  manufacturers.  As  a  soda  flavor,  raspberry  is  a 
good  standby,  although  perhaps  not  so  much  so  as 
the  three  syrups  first  named.  Speaking  of  raspberry 
syrup  always  reminds  me  of  a  mixture  of  syrups 
which  makes  a  very  satisfactory  combination,  and 
that  is  "Ginger  Boquet".     Here  is  the  formula: 

Soluble  essence  of  ginger 2%  ounces 

Citric  acid  V-  ounce 

Essence  ot  sarsaparilla  1  ounce 

Extract  of  vanilla  1  ounce 

Syruip,  enou'gih  to  make 4  pints 

Burnt  sug-ar 1  dram 

Another  good  flavor  not  hard  to  get  is  pineapple. 
Try  the  following: 

Pineapple  juice   y,  pint 

Soda  foam  2  drams 

Syrup,  enough  to  make 4  pints 

Orange  syrup  can  be  made  as  follows  from  a  spirit 
of   orange: 

Oil  of  sweet  orange  2  ounces 

Alcohol    14   ounces 

Macerate  two  ounces  of  fresh  orange  peel  in  this 
spirit  for  twenty-four  hours,  and  filter. 

Keep  this  tincture  from  the  bright  sunlight.  It 
possesses  a  yellow  color  which  may  be  employed  to 
tint  the  syrup.  To  make  the  syrup,  take  2  ounces  of 
the  spirit  of .  orange,  the  juice  of  a  large  sweet 
orange,  and  suflficient  syrup  to  make  4  oints. 

A  nice  grape  syrup  can  be  prepared  from  any  of 
the  first  class  preparations  of  unfermented  grape 
juice  on  the  market,  by  mixing  three  parts  of  svrup 
with  one  of  grape  juice.  This  is  best  served  in  blown 
soda  glasses.  First  half  fill  the  glass  with  shaved 
ice,   add  two  ounces  of  grape   syrup,  and  enough   car- 


bonated water  to  fill  the  glass.  A  julep  straw  or 
two  should  be  placed  in  the  glass  before  serving. 
This  alTords  a  very  grateful  beverage  on  a  hot  day. 

A  very  nice  combination  drink  is  suggested  by  the 
grape  syrup.  Take  a  cold  soda  glass  and  half  rill  it 
with  shaved  ice;  add  grape  juice,  i  ounce;  syrup  of 
lemon  and  syrup  of  vanilla,  each,  j/z  ounce;  turn  this 
over  two  or  three  times,  and  then  spin  the  fine  stream 
into  it.  If  convenient,  add  two  or  three  bits  of  sliced 
fruit.  Serve  with  straws.  A  good  wild  cherry  syrup 
can  be  made  by  diluting  U.  S.  P.  syrup  of  wild 
cherry. 

Here  is  a  formula  for  a  good  coffee  syrup: 

Mocha  coffee 3  ounces 

Java  coffee 5  ounces 

Boiling  water,  sufficient  to  make 

28  ounces  St  infusion 
Sugar    3V2   pounds 

Pour  the  boiling  water  on  the  freshly  ground 
coffee  contained  in  a  closed  vessel,  and  draw  out 
after  a  half  hour  28  ounces  of  infusion,  which  should 
be  filtered.  Pour  the  filtrate  upon  the  sugar,  prev- 
iously placed  in  a  percolator,  and  make  the  syrup  by 
percolation.  To  the  finished  syrup  add  two  or  three 
drams  of  soda  foam  (tincture  quillaja  of  the  N.  F.), 
as   desired. 

Stock  syrup  can  be  made  by  the  cold  process  by 
percolation.  A  saturated  syrup  made  in  this  way  will 
keep  a  long  time  without  spoiling. 

The  various  syrups  mentioned  will  be  enough  to 
keep  in  stock  for  any  ordinary  fountain,  and  from 
these  a  great  many  pleasing  combinations  can  be 
made. 


SERUM  THERAPY.— Advancing  knowledge  in- 
creases the  evidence  that  immune  serums  operate 
chemically.  Antito.xins  have  been  developed  for  dif- 
ferent vegetable  and  animal  poisons  and  for  arsenic, 
and  also  antagonists  to  the  action  of  such  principles 
as  rennet.  In  rare  cases  normal  serum  exhibits  the 
same  activity  as  that  specially  immunized.  The 
"lateral  chain"  theory  of  Ehrlich  gives  the  most  sat- 
isfactory explanation  of  the  formation  of  antitoxins. 
The  separation  of  toxins  and  antitoxins,  when  mixed 
under  proper  conditions,  is  probably  impossible. 
Time  and  heat  are  essential.  Filtration  experiments 
also  prove  the  chemical  combination.  Test-tube  ex- 
periments with  ricin  and  antiricin,  with  rennet  and 
antirennene,  and  others,  are  among  the  best  of  the 
body  cells.  In  addition  to  the  "immune  body",  an- 
other substance,  called  "addiment,"  complimentary 
to  it  is  described,  and  much  depends  on  the  order  in 
which  the  factors  are  brought  together,  the  former 
acting  only  in  the  presence  of  the  latter.  Improve- 
ment after  injection  of  normal  serums  is  explained 
by  assuming  that  it  supplies  the  deficiency  in  this 
complimentary  substance.  The  introduction  of  any 
kind  of  cellular  tissue  into  the  body  increases  the 
ability  of  the  blood  to  destroy  that  kind  of  tissue. 
The  possibility  of  attacking  cancer  by  means  of  com- 
minuted epithlium  at  once  appeals  to  us.  (A.  M. 
A.  through  American  Medicine.) 


SILICA  IN  ANIMAL  TISSUE.— The  studies  of 
senescence — of  the  general  loss  of  elasticity  of  the  tis- 
sues, brought  about  by  advancing  years — has  hitherto 
been  confined  to  anatomical  investigations.  An  in- 
teresting observation,  from  a  chemical  point  of  view, 
has  recently  been  made  by  Hugo  Schultz,  who  has 
concerned  himself  with  the  quantitative  estimation  of 
silica  present  in  the  tissues  at  different  periods  of 
life.  He  finds  that  there  is  a  steady  diminution  of 
this  substance  from  youth  to  old  age,  the  largest 
amounts  being  found  in  embryonal  connective  tissue. 
The  muscle  in  old  age,  for  example,  contains  .oigi 
gram,  while  in  youth  it  contains  .0270  gram  of  silica 
per  kilogram.  The  difference  is  even  more  marked 
in  the  tendons,  the  silica  content  of  which  is  in  ad- 
vanced life  .Odo8  gram,  while  in  youth  it  reaches 
.0865  gram.  The  jelly  of  Wharton  contains  no  less 
than  .2406  gram,     (.\merican  ^Icdicine.") 


March  13,  190:2. 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


26,1 


PHARMACY  IN  THE  EAST. 

By  N.  H.  REJEBIAN,  Mersina,  Turkey,  Asia  Minor. 

ALTHOUGH  a  native  of  this  land,  my  eyes  and 
thoughts  were  those  of  an  American  phar- 
macist, having  been  educated  as  a  pharma- 
cist in  America  and  having  practiced  there 
for  six  years.  This  I  say  because  after  my  arrival 
here  I  found  that  my  eyes  and  thoughts  had  to  be 
prepared  for  a  new  style  of  pharmacy. 

The  first  thing  I  wanted  to  do  after  landing  was 
to  enter  the  shop  of  one  of  my  fellow-druggists.  The 
shop  did  have  the  appearance  of  a  drug  store  in  gen- 
eral, but  quite  different  from  those  to  which  I  was 
accustomed.  No  show  windows  nor  show  bottles 
with  shining  colors  and  lights  behind  them.  No 
show  cases,  neither  sale  counters;  only  a  table  with 
a  couple  of  balances  on  it  for  dispensing  purposes. 
However,  the  arrangement  of  bottles  on  the  shelves 
proved  it  to  be  a  drug  store.  ]\Iy  intention  was  to 
start  a  business  for  myself,  but  I  found  it  more  ad- 
visable to  go  into  partnership  with  an  old  druggist 
and  remain  so  until  I  became  acquainted  with  the 
ways  and  methods  of  doing  business  here.  This  I 
had  to  do  especially  because  the  pharmacy  is  con- 
ducted according  to  the  requirements  of  the  French 
Pharmacopoeia  with  which  I  am  not  familiar;  and 
physicians,  being  almost  all  of  the  French  School, 
write  prescriptions  for  French  preparations,  some  of 
which  are  unknown  to  an  American  druggist.  Also, 
most  pf  the  galenical  preparations  are  of  different 
strength,  usually  weaker  than  the  corresponding 
American  preparation. 

I  hope  a  few  words  upon  the  different  phases  of 
pharmacy  will  interest  Era  readers. 

Pharmacy  as  a  calling  is  as  yet  very  young  in  our 
country;  the  country  is  the  oldest,  but  this  profession 
has  developed  here  the  latest.  Up  to  1879  there  was 
not  a  single  licensed  druggist  in  the  whole  state.  To- 
day their  number  does  not  exceed  twenty  in  a  popu- 
lation of  600.000.  At  first  druggists  obtained  their 
licenses  through  practice  and  not  through  a  college 
training  and  regular  examinations.  The  first  college 
graduate  started  a  business  in  1886.  However,  I  do 
not  mean  to  say  that  there  were  no  drug  stores  prior 
to  these  dates,  but  the  stores  were  managed  by  clerks 
of  more  or  less  experience  who  were  not  licensed. 

I  might  mention  here  also  that  medicine  is  not 
far  ahead  of  pharmacy.  The  first  physician  having  a 
diploma  came  to  the  state  capital  in  1861,  if  the  re- 
port is  correct.  Before  that  time — even  now  in  small 
towns  (of  course  none  at  all  in  country  places) — some 
old  folks  played  the  role  of  doctors  and  thus  prac- 
ticed and  sold  drugs  besides.  All  they  knew  and  they 
could  give  (no  prescribing)  were  and  are  Saparna 
(sarsaparilla) :  Chepichy  (sassafras);  Quena-quena 
(cinchona) :  Singer-doozy  (potassium  iodide)  and 
santonin.  These,  with  very  few  additions,  constitute 
the  Pharmacopoeia  of  the  so-called  old-time  physi- 
cians. Of  vegetable  drugs  they  invariably  use  the 
infusions. 

The  doctor  and  druggist  have  a  fixed  relation  with 
each  other.  Every  physician  has  a  druggist,  and 
every  druggist  must  have  a  physician,  or  physicians, 
of  his  own  to  work  with.  This  practice  is  more  so 
here  than  with  my  fellow-druggists  in  the  United 
States.  Ninety-nine  per  cent,  of  a  physician's  pres- 
criptions nre  compounded  in  one  (his)  drug  store. 
The  people  also  follow  this  rule;  physicians  are 
looked  for  and  found  more  frequently  in  the  respec- 
tive drug  stores  which  they  patronize  than  at  their 
residences.  They  have  no  regular  office  hours,  but 
perform  thc'r  duties  everywhere  whenever  they  are 
called  for.  Therefore  they  spend  most  of  their  leis- 
ure time  in  the  drug  stores,  where  they  can  be  found 
more  easilv.  Phvsicians  here  are  verv  much  res- 
pected bv  druggists  (T  ni.''v  sav  physiciins  in  this 
country   enjoy  a   higher   social   standing  than   in   any 


GARABET  PARSEGHIAN. 
First  druggist  in  the  Turkish  State  ot  Adama. 


other  country) ;  this  is  for  the  sake  of  their  prescrip- 
tions, ot  course.  '1  he  physician  also  receives  part  of 
the  druggist's  income  collected  through  his  prescrip- 
tions; it  may  be  anywhere  from  ten  to  thirty  per  cent. 
In  fact,  they  are  almost  partners  without  capital.  If 
a  physician  provides  half  of  the  capital  of  a  store 
then  he  is  entitled  to  half  of  the  profits  without 
putting  any  labor  into  it.  It  must  be  said  to  the 
credit  of  our  physicians  that  they  never  dispense, 
nor  do  they  pretend  to  know  about  pharmacy.  They 
write  from  ten  to  fifty  prescriptions  a  day.  Of  course 
the  number  of  physicians  here  is  much  smaller  than 
that  in  the  United  States;  cities  having  a  population 
of  from  fifteen  to  twenty-five  thousand  inhabitants  do 
not  have  more  than  three  to  five  physicians.  I  will 
have  to  confess  that  the  physician  is  more  or  less  the 
master  of  the  druggist;  at  the  same  time  I  would 
like  to  let  the  reader  know  this  much,  that  pharmacy 
is  regarded  here  as  a  first  class  profession  and  phar- 
macists are  highly  respected  by  the  public. 

Every  druggist  is  interested  in  the  income  of  a 
business,  so  a  word  or  two  on  this  subject  may  not 
be  out  of  the  way.  Our  income  is  almost  exclusively 
from  physicians'  prescriptions.  Once  in  a  great 
while  we  may  have  a  call  for  a  suspensory  bandage, 
or  a  truss,  or  a  syringe  from  people  who  have  used 
these  articles  before,  but  this  happens  very  seldom. 
We  do  not  handle  stationery;  we  are  far  from  sell- 
ing wall  paper  and  paints,  nor  even  candies  to  attract 
the  young  ladies,  (perhaps  because  young  ladies 
never  go  out  shopping) ;  nor  do  we  keep  postage 
stamps  to  accommodate  customers;  neither  do  we  sell 
patents,  to  speak  of.  On  the  rare  occasions  when 
the  store  physician  is  absent,  we  might  quite  as  well 
close  the  store,  as  far  as  the  financial  point  is  con- 
cerned. 

In  this  connection  we  might  also  mention  the  re- 
lative prices  charged  for  prescriptions.  In  the  United 
States  the  size  of  the  bottle  has  a  good  deal  to  do 
with  the  price,  while  here  the  kind  of  customer  helps 
us  to  determine  the  price.  There  is  a  class  of  people 
who  are  pleased  to  pav  more,  while  there  is  another 
class  of  whom  it  is  almost  impossible  to  get  more 
than  the  cost.  On  an  average,  we  charge  less 
than  in  the  United  States;  it  is.  however,  not  a  very 
uncommon  occurrence  to  receive  $2.00  to  $10.00  for  a 
medicine  which  is  not  worth  more  than  two  or  three 
cents. 


•^(i4 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  13,  1903. 


SCOPOLA  VERSUS  BELLADONNA/ 

Can  One  Drug  be  Ptopeily  Substituted  for  the  Other  in 

the  Manufacture  of  Plasters  and  Other  Preparations? 
By  A.  B.  PRESCOTT  and  J.  O.  SCHLOTTERBECK. 

JT  is  a  well  established  fact  that  the  alkaloid  hy- 
oscyamine  is  very  readily  converted  into  the  is- 
omer atropine  by  heating  in  a  partial  vacuum  at 
100  degrees  to  no  degrees  C,  or  by  contact  with 
alkalies  in  alcoholic  solution,  or  even  upon  long 
standing  in  the  free  state.  It  is  believed  by  Will  that 
atropine  does  not  exist  in  the  belladonna  plant  pre- 
formed, but  that  it  is  derived  solely  from  the  preex- 
isting hyoscyamine  during  the  drying  of  the  drug,  and 
during  the  process  of  extraction  and  purification.  In 
order  that  a  study  of  the  natural  alkaloids  can  be 
made  it  becomes  necessary,  therefore,  that  the  drug 
be  extracted  in  the  cold,  that  all  concentrations  be 
made  at  a  low  temperature  under  reduced  pressure, 
and  that  unnecessary  contact  with  alkalies  be  avoided. 
The  material  for  this  study  was  turned  over  to  us 
by  Prof.  J.  M.  Francis,  of  Detroit,  who  informs  us 
that  he  has  taken  every  precaution  possible  to  prevent 
the  conversion  of  one  alkaloid  into  another. 

SCOPOLA  ALKALOIDS. 

Hyoscyamine,  atropine,  hyoscine,  scopolamine 
and  atroscine  are  the  alkaloids  that  have  been  re- 
ported present  in  scopola  by  different  chemists.  The 
presence  of  hyoscyamine  has  been  found  by  all  inves- 
tigators and  all  are  agreed  that  it  is  by  far  the  most 
abundant  alkaloid.  Atropine  has  also  been  identified 
by  a  number  of  chemists,  but  it  is  present  in  very 
small  quantity.  Hesse  claims  to  have  found  hyoscine 
(Ladenburg).  though  he  gives  it  a  different  formula. 
Ladenburg  claimed  hyoscine  to  be  isomeric  with  atro- 
pine and  hyoscyamine.  viz.,  CnH^sNOa.  Hesse  claims 
for  it  the  formula  CuHi.iNOj.  The  hyoscine  hydro- 
bromide  which  Merck  has  made  for  Ladenburg  for 
years  consists  principally  of  scopolamine  hydrobrom- 
ide,  according  to  Schmidt's  observations.  Scopola- 
mine also  has  the  formula  Ci7H2iNOi.  Lastly.  Hesse 
claims  to  have  found  a  new  alkaloid  in  scopola  which 
re  calls  atroscine.  It  has  the  same  formula  as  the 
i-scopolamine  of  Schmidt,  and  according  to  the  latter 
is  identical  with  his  labile  scopolamine  containing  two 
-molecules  of  water  of  crystallization,  therefore  atros- 
cine-Hesse  and  i-scopolamine-Schmidt  are  hydrates  of 
one  and  the  same  alkaloid.  Since  scopolamine  was 
discovered  and  described  before  Hesse  reported  on 
atroscine.  the  latter  name  ought  to  be  abandoned. 

To  recapitulate,  the  alkaloids  of  scopola  are  hy- 
oscyamine. atropine,  and  scopolamine.  The  presence 
of  hyoscine  is  in  dispute  and  requires  more  work  upon 
large   quantities   of  crude   product. 

Separation  and  Purification. 

The  total  alkaloidal  product  of  about  twenty 
pounds  of  authentic  scopola  rhizome,  obtained  as 
stated  above,  consisted  of  masses  of  a  brownish  color, 
waxy  in  consistence,  and  smelling  strongly  of  chloro- 
Torm.  Preliminary  experiments  were  made  with  small 
quantities  to  determine  the  simplest  and  most  satis- 
factory method  of  separation  and  purification.  By  the 
first  method  the  alkaloids  were  dissolved  in  very  di- 
lute hydrochloric  acid  (about  N-2),  filtered,  placed  in 
a  separatory  funnel,  made  alkaline  with  very  dilute 
ammonia  water,  and  shaken  out  five  times  with  ether, 
using  a  mechanical  shaker  run  by  electrical  power. 
The  combined  ether  solutions  were  filtered,  the  ether 
removed  by  distillation,  the  translucent,  pale-yellow 
residue  dried  over  sulphuric  acid  and  then  digested 
with  absolute  ether.  The  solution  was  filtered  from 
insoluble  matter,  poured  into  a  wide-mouthed  Erlen- 
nieyer  flask,  and  allowed  to  evaporate  spontaneously. 
After  several  days  large  white  clusters  of  very  deli- 
cate, silky,  long  needles  separated.  The  ether  was 
decanted  and  a  second  crop  of  crystals  obtained. 
Melting-point  determinations  showed  the  alkaloid  to 
he  nearly  pure  hyoscyamine.     Fearing  that  even  am- 

•Bulletln  of  Pharmacy. 


monia  water,  and  the  heat  necessary  for  the  recovery 
of  ether  by  this  method,  might  induce  some  change 
in  the  nature  oi  the  alkaloids,  a  second  method  with- 
out the  use  of  these  agencies  was  devised. 

A  small  quantity  of  the  brownish  mass  of  alkaloids 
was  redissolved  in  chloroform  to  a  clear,  brownish 
solution,  poured  into  a  rather  large,  Hat-bottomed, 
crystallizing  dish,  and  exposed  to  the  air.  After  evap- 
oration of  the  chloroform  there  was  left  a  thin,  waxy 
coating  of  light-colored  crystalline  alkaloids.  The 
thin  layer  was  removed  with  a  spatula,  triturated  first 
with  chemically-cleaned  ground  glass,  and  then  with 
successive  portions  of  absolute  ether  until  all  the 
floating  particles  had  gone  into  solution.  After  filtra- 
tion the  nearly  colorless  ethereal  solution  was  allowed 
to  evaporate  as  before.  In  five  days  crystals  began 
to  appear  and  at  the  end  of  another  day  the  first  crop 
was  removed  and  quickly  dried  on  porous  plates  in  the 
open  air.  From  the  supernatant  ether  several  suc- 
cessive crops  of  crystals  were  obtained,  but  they  were 
less  pure  than  the  first.  A  number  of  melting-point 
determinations  of  the  different  fractions  showed  that 
the  results  were  fully  as  satisfactory  as  by  the  first 
method.  Results  are  not  accomplished  in  a  shorter 
time,  but  the  use  of  heat  and  alkalies  is  avoided. 

The  remainder  of  the  total  alkaloids  as  furnished 
us  was  now  treated  by  the  second  method.  Recrystal- 
lization  of  the  needle-like  crystals  was  continued  until 
a  large  portion  gave  a  melting  point  of  107  degrees  to 
108  degrees  C.  Ladenburg  gives  108.5  degrees  as  the 
melting  point  of  hyoscyamine. 

The  residue  from  the  ether  solutions  gave  addi- 
tional small  quantities  of  hyoscyamine,  but  it  required 
considerable  purification. 

Finally,  all  the  mi.xed  residues  were  dissolved  in 
very  dilute  hydrochloric  acid,  converted  into  the  in- 
soluble periodides  with  Wagner's  reagent,  filtered, 
washed,  decomposed  with  thiosulphite  solution,  made 
alkaline  with  weak  ammonia,  and  shaken  out  several 
times  with  chloroform.  This  is  under  investigation 
at  the  present  time  for  the  alkaloids  atropine  and  sco- 
polamine. They  are  present  in  such  small  quantities 
that  we  doubt  whether  we  shall  do  more  than  identify 
them  by  the  melting  points  of  their  gold  salts. 

Alkaloid  Melting  at  107 — 108  Degrees  C. 

Combustions  for  carbon,  hydrogen,  and  nitrogen 
determinations  gave  figures  which  correspond  closely 
for  the  accepted  formula  of  hyoscyamine,  viz.,  CkHu 
NO.,. 

Ordinary  methods  for  obtaining  the  common  salts 
of  hyoscyamine  in  a  crystalline  state  failed  of  results. 
Will  and  others  claim  to  have  made  these  salts  in  def- 
inite crystals.  We  shall  attempt  their  formation  by 
other  methods,  and,  if  successful,  photo-micrographs 
will  be  made.  Ladenburg  did  not  succeed  in  making 
them  from  pure  hyoscyamine. 

Platinum  chloride  causes  no  precipitate  in  an  acid 
solution  of  the  hydrochloride.  A  soluble  salt  is 
formed,  however,  which  can  be  obtained  in  crystals 
by  evaporation  of  the  water  solution. 

Gold  chloride  throws  out  from  an  acid  solution  of 
the  hydrochloride  an  oily  precipitate  which  rapidly 
turns  into  a  mass  of  thin,  crystalline  plates,  irregular 
in  outline,  and  of  a  golden-yellow  color.  The  first 
crop  of  crystals  melted  at  162  degrees  to  163  degrees 
C.  After  recrystallizing  twice  from  hot  water  tliey 
melted  at  159  degrees  to  160  degrees  C,  the  latter 
being  the  figure  obtained  by  Ladenburg.  This  gold 
salt  does  not  melt  in  boiling  water  as  is  the  case  with 
the  atropine  gold  salt.  This  constitutes  one  of  the 
distinguishing  features  of  the  two  isomeric  bodies. 

The  amount  of  gold  in  this  salt  was  determined  by 
incineration,  and  was  found  to  be  31.5  per  cent.,  while 
the  formula,  CuHmNOs.HCKAuCU,  requires  31.23  per 
cent. 

One  of  the  most  characteristic  properties  of  hy- 
oscyamine and  one  of  the  greatest  value  in  determining 
its  purity  is  its  rotatory  power.  Readings  were  made 
with  solutions  of  different  strength  with  remarkably 
uniform  results.  A  solution  of  5  grammes  of  hyoscy- 
amine in  100  Cc.  of  absolute  alcohol,  examined  in  a 


March  l;i,  190-.'.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


26.5 


Laurent  apparatus,  gave  the  following  figure:  [a]-D 
=  —  21-43  degrees.  Ladenburg  obtained  the  figure,  — ■ 
21.  degrees,  while  Will  found  the  average  to  be  — 
20.97  degrees. 

Conclusion. 

Judging  from  tlie  manner  of  crystallization,  solu- 
bilities, melting  point,  and  optical  rotation  of  the  free 
alkaloid,  and  tlie  behavior  ot  the  gold  salt  as  to  melt- 
ing point  and  manner  of  crystallization,  we  are  con- 
vinced that  the  predominating  alkaloid  of  scopola  is 
hyoscyamine,  and  that  the  crude  drug  is  almost  entire- 
ly dependent  upon  that  alkaloid  for  its  activity.  As 
_yet  atropine  has  not  made  its  appearance  during  any 
of  the  manipulations,  though  we  will  consider  it 
strange  if  the  final  residues  do  not  bring  it  to  light. 

The  mydriatic  power  of  the  hydrochloride  of  hyos- 
-syamine  was  tested  in  the  following  manner:  Two 
drops  of  aqueous  solution  containing  0,010  Gm.  of  free 
alkaloid  to  the  Cc.  placed  in  the  eye  of  a  cat,  pro- 
duced at  the  end  of  ten  minutes  a  permanent  and  com- 
plete dilatation  of  the  pupil  which  persisted  for  a  very 
long  time.  These  experiments  will  be  continued  in  a 
systematic  manner. 

BELLADONNA  ALKALOIDS. 

It  is  universally  admitted  that  the  principal  alka- 
loids of  belladonna  are  hyoscyamine  and  atropine.  A 
few  workers,  such  as  Schmidt  and  Will,  think  it  not 
improbable  that  of  these  two  hyoscyamine  is  the  pa- 
rent base  existing  in  the  growing  plant,  and  that  sub- 
sequent drying  and  extraction  of  the  drug  causes  more 
or  less  change  of  the  hyoscyamine  into  atropine.  The 
relative  proportion  of  these  alkaloids  varies  to  a  great 
extent,  depending  upon  the  age  of  the  plant  and  the 
time  of  .collection,  and  upon  diflferences  in  operative 
methods. 

In  addition  to  these  two  alkaloids,  several  others 
have  been  found,  but  in  such  small  quantities  that 
Hesse  believes  them  to  have  no  marked  influence  up- 
on the  pharmacology  of  the  drug,  being  more  nearly 
mere  chemical  curiosities.  Schmidt  claims  to  have 
found  a  very  small  amount  of  scopolamine.  Hesse 
discovered  atropamine,  which  is  identical  with  Merck's 
apoatropine.  Hiibschmann's  belladonnine  is  a  product 
derived  from  atropamine  and  is  therefore  not  to  be 
considered  with  the  natural  alkaloids  of  belladonna. 
Therefore  hyoscyamine.  atropine,  scopolamine,  and 
atropamine  (apoatropine)  are  the  only  alkaloids  that 
have  been  identified  in  belladonna. 

Separation  and  Purification. 

The  total  alkaloidal  product  of  about  twenty 
pounds  of  authentic  belladonna  root,  obtained  as 
stated  above,  was  in  the  form  of  a  grayish-white,  gran- 
ular, slightly  lumpy  powder  having  a  faint  odor  of 
chloroform.  A  portion  was  easily  dissolved  in  cold 
alcohol  to  a  brownish,  transparent,  highly  fluorescent 
.solution.  Distilled  water  was  added  just  short  of  per- 
manent milkiness.  After  filtration  the  solution  was 
set  aside  over  night.  By  morning  a  brownish,  resin- 
ous deposit  had  formed  on  the  bottom  of  the  dish, 
wTiile  the  supernatant  liquid  remained  perfectly  clear. 
The  latter  was  poured  into  another  dish  and  exposed 
to  the  air.  In  a  short  time  clusters  of  dense,  needle- 
like crystals  of  a  pale  yellow  color  began  to  appear. 
As  soon  as  no  visible  increase  in  crystallization  took 
place  the  supernatant  liquid  was  poured  off,  the  cry- 
stals drained  from  the  solvent  and  spread  upon  a  por- 
ous plate  to  dry.  These  were  redissolved  in  dilute 
alcohol  as  before  and  set  aside.  Crystallization  took 
place  in  a  relatively  short  time  and  the  nearly  white 
product  was  again  dried  as  before.  The  melting  point 
stood  about  midway  between  that  of  hyoscyamine 
(108.5  degrees)  and  atropine  (115  degrees).  This  in- 
dicated that  we  had  a  mixture  of  the  two  alkaloids. 
The  amount  of  hyoscyamine  in  this  mixture  can  be  de- 
termined by  a  simple  calculation  from  the  respective 
rotatory  powers.  The  optical  activity  of  hyoscyamine 
has  never  been  disputed,  it  being  about  [a)  D= — 21. X 
degrees.  The  activity  of  atropine  has  been  given  by 
different  observers  at  from  — 1.8  degrees  to  o  degrees. 
The  Tralance  of  experimental  evidence  favors  the  non- 


aclivity  of  atropine.  By  the  formula  x=a.  100/21.8,  m 
which  a  =  the  observed  reading  of  the  mixture,'  x 
-  the  per  cent,  of  hyoscyamine.  The  recrystallized 
mixture  gave  a  rotation  of  —12.46  degrees,  therefore 
12.46x100  21.8=57.+  per  cent,  hyoscyamine.  The  crude 
tota^  alkaloids  gave  the  following  figures:  15.2x100/ 
21.8— 69.+  hyoscyamine. 

The 

Fractional  Separation, 
of  these  two  alkaloids  is  a  tedious  and  wasteful  one, 
the  final  yield  of  nearly  pure  material  being  small.  We 
have  not  yet  prepared  an  absolutely  inactive  atropine 
our  experiments  in  this  direction  not  having  been 
completed.  We  have  adopted  a  modification  of  the 
method  of  Gadamer  as  follows:  The  mixed  alkaloids  of 
hyoscyamine  and  atropine,  or  the  so-called  pure  atro- 
pine of  the  market,  are  dissolved  in  abso 
lute  alcohol,  and  to  this  is  added  an 
absolute  alcohol  solution  of  sodium  hydrate 
in  such  proportions  that  there  will  be  about  I 
gramme  of  bases,  and  0.03  gramme  of  sodium  hydrate 
to  15  Cc.  of  absolute  alcohol.  This  is  filtered,  if  nec- 
essary, and  placed  in  a  refrigerator  until  it  has  become 
optically  inactive.  This  is  accomplished,  according  to 
our  experiments,  over  night.  Most  of  the  sodium  hy- 
drate separates  at  the  temperature  of  the  refrigerator 
and  settles  to  the  bottom  in  crystals.  After  filtering, 
carbon  dioxide  is  passed  into  the  solution  to  remove 
any  sodium  hydrate  that  may  be  present.  After  filter- 
ing, the  liquid  is  concentrated  to  very  small  volume 
by  distilling  at  low  temperature,  in  vacuo.  The  re- 
maining small  volume  of  liquid  is  removed  by  means 
of  a  ctirrent  of  dry  air.  The  residue  of  alkaloid  is 
dried  completely  in  a  vacuum  desiccator  and  then  dis- 
solved in  absolute  ether.  This  is  allowed  to  evaporate 
spontaneously  and  the  crystals  dried  on  porous  plates. 

What  was  said  of  the  platinum  salt  of  hyoscyamine 
applies  in  the  main  to  atropine  also.  The  gold  salt 
forms  in  a  manner  similar  to  that  of  hyoscyamine, 
but  the  hot  water  solution  becomes  milky  upon  sud- 
den cooling  before  the  crystals  appear.  By  incinera- 
tion of  the  gold  salt  practically  the  same  amount  was 
obtained  as  from  hyoscyamine  gold  chloride.  This  was 
expected,  since  these  alkaloids  are  isomers. 
Conclusion. 

In  our  opinion,  varying  proportions  of  hyoscyam- 
ine and  atropine  constitute  the  predominating  alka- 
loids of  belladonna  root.  It  is  upon  these  that  the 
activity  of  the  drug  almost   entirely  depends. 

Since  no  trustworthy  comparative  study  of  the 
pharmacology  of  assuredly  pure  hyoscyamine  and  op- 
tically-inactive atropine  has  ever  been  reported,  we 
have  entered  upon  arrangements  whereby  a  thorough, 
scientific  comparison  will  be  made  in  the  department 
of  pharmacology  of  this  university.  (Michigan)  as 
soon  as  we  can  supply  the  material.  This  we  hope  to 
accomplish  soon. 

Summary. 

At  this  stage  of  this  investigation  the  following 
can  be  said: 

1.  The  alkaloid  of  scopola  is  practically  all  hyos- 
cyamine. 

2.  Belladonna  root  contains  hyoscyamine  in  great- 
er abundance  than  any  other  alkaloid,  and  varying 
proportions  of  atropine. 

The  fact  that  we  have  taken  advantage  of  well- 
established  data  regarding  the  instability  of  hyoscyam- 
ine must  not  be  lost  sight  of.  It  is  highly  probable 
that  manufacturers  do  not  take  the  precautions  that 
obtained  with  these  drugs,  and  for  that  reason  it 
would  be  surprising  indeed  not  to  find  atropine  in 
preparations  and  alkaloidal  products  made  from  scop- 
ola. In  fact,  reliable  authorities  state  that  atropine 
has  been  prepared  by  certain  manufacturers  from 
scopola  for  the  past  ten  years.  We  can.  conceive  of  a 
scopola  preparation  of  one  manufacture  containing  re- 
latively as  much  atropine  as  a  similar  preparation  of 
belladonna  from  another  source,  the  variation  depend- 
ing upon  the  extent  to  which  the  change  from  hyos- 
cyamine to  atropine  has  been  allowed  to  go  on.  Fur- 
thermore, assuming  that  there  is  a  marked  difference 


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in  the  physiological  action  of  hyoscyamine  and  atro- 
pine (which  we  doubt),  then  it  would  seem  that  bella- 
donna preparations  in  the  hands  of  the  physician 
might  differ  among  themselves  fully  as  much  as  they 
could  from  scopola  preparations.  The  pharmacologi- 
cal study  previously  spoken  of  will  throw  light  upon 
this  question. 


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Cuny  Powder. 

(D.  R.  N.)    Try  one  of  the  following: 

(1)  Cayenne  pepper 1  to  4  drams 

Gin&er   4  drams 

Mace   4  drams 

Cloves  4  drams 

Mustard  ly,  ounces 

Turmeric 2  ounces 

White  pepper  3  ounces 

Foenugreek    4   drams 

Reduce  all  to  a  fine  powder  and  mix  thoroughly, 
passing  through  a  sieve. 

(2)  Coriander  se#ds 1  ounce 

Cayenne    1  ounce 

Cuimin  seeds   2  ounces 

Mustard  3  ounces 

Jamaica  ginger   3  ounces 

White  pepper   6  ounces 

Turmeric   16  ounces 

(3)  Black  pepper   y,  ounce 

Allspiice   ^  ounce 

Mustard  (scorched)   1  ounce 

Ginger   1  ounce 

Foenugreek  seeds   2  ounces 

Cinnamon  bark  2  ounces 

Turmeric   4  ounces 

Coriander  seeds  4  ounces 

Reduce  all  to  a  fine  powder  and  mix  thoroughly, 
passing  through  a  sieve. 

(4)  Cayenne  pepper 10  drams 

Ginger    4  ounces 

Pimento 4  ounces 

Dill  fruits 4  ounces 

Mustard  seed  8  ounces 

Cumin  seed  8  ounces 

Black  pepper  8  ounces 

Foenugreek  12  ounces 

Turmeric  1%  pounds 

Coriander   5  pounds 

Table  salt  1^^  ounces 

(5)  Mace  1  drami 

Allspiice    11/4  ounces 

Cumin  i^  pound 

Turmeric  %  pound 

Coriander  seed   1  pound 

Black  pepper  1  pound 


Liquid  Soda  Mint. 
(J.   G.   H.)     We  know  of  no  better  formula   than 
that  in  the  National  Formulary  (See  No.  272).     Here 
are  some  others  but  they  are  all  modifications  of  the 
National  Formulary  formula: 

(1)  Sodium  bicarbonate   2  drams 

Aiwmatlc  spirit  of  ammonia   %  fl.  ounce 

Peppermint  water,  enough  to  make. 8  fl.  ouinces 

Dose  one  teaspoonful. 


(2)  Sodium  bicarbonate  2  drams 

Sugar 2  drams 

Aromatic  spirit  oif  amimonia 13  minims 

Peppermint  water,  enough  to  make.  .8  fl.  ounces' 

Dose  one  tablespoonful. 

(3)  Sodium  bicarbonate   2  ounces 

Sugar  14  ounce 

Camphor  water  6  ounces 

Peppermint  water,  enough  to  make 2  pints 

(4)  Sodium  bicarbonate  2  ounces 

Glycerin  4  fl.  ounces 

Aromatic  spirit  of  amimonia 1  fl.  ounce 

Spearmint  water   

Peppermin't  water,  of  eaoh  2  pints 

Mix  and  filter. 


Confectioners'  Colors. 

(J.  C.  M.)  For  various  shades  of  red  use  liquid 
cochineal,  solution  of  carmine,  tincture  or  compound 
tincture  of  cudbear,  formulas  for  which  may  be  found 
in  the  National  Formulary.  The  following  coal  tar 
colors  have  also  been  recommended  as  producing 
satisfactory  shades  of  red;  they  are  said  to  be  harmr 
less;  fuchsin,  acid  fuchsin,  rocellin,  Bordeaux  red,  pon- 
ceau, erythrosin,  eosin  and  phloxin.  For  blue  use 
Prussian  or  ultramarine  blue,  or  the  aniline  dyes, 
Lyons  blue,  light  blue  or  Coupler's  blue.  Yellow — 
Carmine  lake,  saffron,  turmeric  or  fustic.  Green — 
Mixture  of  one  of  the  blues  with  yellow  or  the  aniline 
dye;  Malachite  green  may  be  used  for  the  purpose. 
Purple — Paris  violet  or  methyl  aniline.  For  coloring 
sugar  used  by  confectioners  and  bakers,  the  following 
method  furnished  by  a  manufacturer  may  be  em- 
ployed: Take  any  number  of  pounds  of  mould  A 
sugar,  sieve,  rejecting  everything  save  the  large  white 
crystals:  place  them  into  a  candy  pan,  add  a  little  red 
color,  either  prepared  cochineal  or  carmine,  and  with 
the  hands  rub  the  color  thoroughly  through  the  sugar 
until  it  is  red  as  desired.  Then  spread  out  on  trays 
or  on  large  sheets  of  heavy  paper  to  dry.  Sugars  hav- 
ing other  colors,  such  as  orange,  green,  yellow,  etc., 
may  be  produced  by  proceeding  in  the  same  manner, 
using  suitable  coloring  agents. 


Test  Paper  for  Detecting  Albumin  in  Urine. 

(L.  C.)  The  following  instructions  have  been 
published  for  making  these  reagent  papers  from  good 
thick  filter  or  blotting  paper:  Saturate  a  sheet  of 
paper  with  a  concentrated  solution  of  citric  acid,  and 
let  dry.  Saturate  another  sheet  with  a  3  per  cent,  so- 
lution of  corrosive  sublimate  in  a  12  per  cent,  solu- 
tion of  potassium  iodide  (mercuric  chloride  3.  potas- 
sium iodide  12,  distilled  water  100  parts.  Dissolve 
the  potassium  iodide  in  the  water,  and  afterward  add 
the  chloride,  and  dissolve).  Dry  this  sheet  also,  and 
cut  both  sheets  into  strips  two  inches  long  by  one 
half  wide.  Put  them  up  in  separate  packages  and 
label  one  "acidifying  paper,"  and  the  other  albumin 
test  paper.  In  use  first  acidify  a  small  amount  (say 
iccm.)  of  the  urine  with  the  acidifying  paper,  then 
add  the  test  paper  and  shake.  If  albumin  be  present 
in  a  greater  proportion  than  1:10000  it  will  manifest 
itself  by  separating  in  flocculent  masses. 


Information  Wanted. 
(H.  G.  S.)  wants  "to  know  where"  peroxide  of 
silicates  can  be  obtained.  It  was  on  the  market  a  few 
years  ago  as  a  potato  bug  destroyer,  etc.  Also  the 
address  of  T.  B.  Farrington.  formerly  of  422  West 
street.  New  York,  who  kept  the  article." 


Removing    Odor    of    Valerian. 

(E.  C.  P.)  The  odor  of  valerian  is  said  to  be  best 
removed  from  a  mortar  with  ammonia.  The  hands 
may  be  deodorized  by  treating  with  salicylic  acid  so- 
lution. 


Paste  to  Stick  Labels  to  Tin. 

(E.  P.  K.)     See  February  14,  1901,  Era,  page  178. 


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ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  VII. 

No.  71. — If  a  heavy  sphere  whose  diameter  is  8 
inches,  be  put  into  a  conical  vessel,  full  of  water, 
whose  diameter  is  lo  and  altitude  12  inches;  it  is  re- 
quired'to  determine  how  many  cubic  inches  of  water 
will  run  over. 

Ans. — 210.17722  cubic  inches. 

No.  72. — What  amount  of  carbonic  acid  may  be 
obtained  from  25  Kg.  of  a  limestone,  which  contains 
30  per  cent,   of  magnesium  carbonate? 

Ans. — 11.63  Kg- 

No.  TZ. — A,  B  &  C  formed  a  copartnership;  A 
agreeing  to  furnish  6/15  of  the  capital;  B  5/15  and  C 
4/15.  At  the  end  of  the  first  year  a  settlement  was 
effected,  the  books  showing  that  A's  account  was 
overdrawn  by  $1,500,  B's  by  $1,200  and  C's  by  $960. 
There  was  a  net  gain  of  $6,000,  which  was  shared  in 
proportion  to  each  partner's  required  investment. 
Interest  was  allowed  on  the  excess  and  charged  on 
the  deficiency  of  each  partner's  required  investment. 
A's  excess  of  debit  interest  was  $124.62.  B's  $120.81 
and  C's  $98.07.  How  much  was  due  each  partner  at 
the  date  of  settlement? 

Ans.— A,  $912.78;  B,  $793.69;  C,  $633.53- 

No.  74. — A  speaks  the  truth  3  times  in  4;  B  4 
times  in  s;  and  C  6  times  in  7.  What  is  the  proba- 
bility of  the  truth  of  a  statement  which  A  and  B  as- 
sert and  C  denies? 

Ans.— 140/143. 

No.  75. — A  firm  of  patent  medicine  manufacturers 
commenced  business  as  follows:  Assets — Cash  $7,500, 
merchandise  on  hand  $4,500,  personal  accounts  due 
the  firm  $3,200,  bills  receivable  $875.  Liabilities — Due 
by  the  firm  on  personal  accounts  $2,500,  bills  payable 
$3,600.  At  the  end  of  the  first  year  they  had  $8,000 
in  cash,  $S,6oo  in  merchandise,  $4,100  due  the  firm  on 
personal  accounts;  and  they  owed  $4,000  on  personal 
accounts,  and  $900  on  outstanding  notes.  What  was 
the  net  gain  or  loss  of  the  firm? 

Ans. — Net  gain.  $2825.00. 

No.  76. — If  a  sewer,  having  a  circular  cross  sec- 
tion of  2  feet  dian\eter,  running  one-half  full,  conveys 
1,000  gallons  of  sewage  per  minute,  what  diameter 
would  you  require  for  a  circular  sewer  (running  half 
full")  to  carry  double  the  quantity,  the  inclination  re- 
maining the   same? 

Ans. — 2.82  feet. 

No.  77. — Iodic  acid  may  be  obtained  by  passing  a 
stream  of  chlorine  through  water  containing  iodine 
in  suspension.  How  much  iodine  and  chlorine  will 
be  needed  to  prepare  100  grams  of  iodic  acid? 


Ans. — 72.135  grams  iodine;  100.815  grams  chlorine. 
No.  78. — How  much  black  oxide  of  maganese, 
with  15  per  cent,  of  foreign  materials,  is  necessary 
to  furnish  the  chlorine  which  converts  i  lb.  of  arsen- 
ous  acid  (anhydride)  into  arsenic  acid  (anhydride),  if 
only  I25<2  per  cent,  of  the  chlorine  enters  into  the 
operation? 

Ans.— 8.27  lbs   MnO;. 

No.  79. — A  druggist  hired  a  clerk  for  9  months,  at 
$40  a  month,  to  be  paid  monthly;  at  the  end  of  the 
time  he  had  paid  nothing;  he  then  settled,  allowing 
interest  at  7  per  cent.,  and  gave  his  note,  on  interest, 
due  in  I  year  4  months  and  15  days.  What  will  he 
pay  when  his  note  falls  due? 
Ans.— $403,858. 
No.  80.— 

One  ev'ning  I  chanc'd  with  a  tinker  to  sit. 
Whose  tongue  ran  a  great  deal  too  fast  for  his  wit; 
He  talk'd  of  his  art  with  abundance  of  mettle; 
So  I  ask'd  him  to  make  me  a  flat-bottom'd  kettle. 
Let  the  top  and  the  bottom  diameters  be, 
In  just  such  proportion  as  five  is  to  three; 
Twelve  inches  the  depth  I  proposed,  and  no  more; 
And  to  hold  in  ale-gallons  seven  less  than  a  score. 
He  promis'd  to  do  it,  and  straight  to  work  went. 
But  when  he  had  done  it  he  found  it  too  scant; 
He  alter'd  it  then,  but  too  big  he  now  made  it. 
For  though  it  held  right,  the  diameters  failed  it. 
Thus  making  it  often  too  big  and  too  little. 
The  tinker  at  last  quite  spoiled  his  kettle; 
But  he  vows  he  will  bring  his  sad  promise  to  pass. 
Or  he'll  utterly  spoil  every  ounce  of  his  brass; 
Now,  to  save  him  from  ruin,  I  pray  find  him  out 
The  diameter's  length,  for  he'll  ne'er  do't,  I  doubt. 
Ans. — 14.640008  inches  bottom  diameter. 
24.400163  inches  top  diameter. 


PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XL 

No.  III. — In  a  pair  of  nut-crackers  the  nut  is 
placed  one  inch  from  the  hinge,  and  the  hand  is  ap- 
plied at  a  distance  of  si.x  inches  from  the  hinge.  How 
much  pressure  must  be  applied  by  the  hand,  if  the  nut 
requires  a  pressure  of  13  lbs.  to  break  it,  and  what 
will  be  the  amount  of  the  pressure  on  the  hinge? 

No.  112. — A  drug  clerk  draws  off  a  gallon  on  each 
day,  for  20  days,  from  a  cask  containing  10  gallons 
of  wine,  each  time  supplying  the  deficiency  by  the 
addition  of  a  gallon  of  water;  and  then,  to  escape  de- 
tection, he  again  draws  off  20  gallons,  supplying  the 
deficiency  each  time  by  a  gallon  of  wine.  How  much 
water  still  remains  in  the  cask? 


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[March  13,  1902. 


No.  113. — A  glass  bottle  provided  with  a  stopper 
of  the  same  material  weighs  120  grams  when  empty. 
•(When  it  is  immersed  in  water,  its  apparent  weight 
Tis  10  grams,  but  when  the  stopper  is  loosened  and  the 
water  let  in,  its  apparent  weight  is  80  grams.  Find 
the  density  of  the  glass  and  the  capacity  of  the  bot- 
tle. 

No.  114. — 0.2151  gram  of  uric  acid  was  heated  with 
soda-lime  and  the  evolved  NH3  absorbed  in  HCl. 
The  NHiCl  was  evaporated  to  dryness  and  redis- 
solved,  the  CI  being  then  thrown  down  as  AgCl,  of 
which  0.7390  gram  was  obtained;  what  percentage  of 
nitrogen   did  the   sample   of  uric   acid   contain? 

No.  115. — At  a  certain  time,  between  2  and  3 
o'clock,  the  minute-hand  was  between  3  and4.  With- 
in an  hour  after,  the  hour-hand  and  minute-hand  had 
exactly  changed  places  with  each  other.  What  was 
the  precise  time  when  the  hands  were  in  the  first 
position? 

No.  116. — A  hydrometer  sinks  to  a  certain  depth 
in  a  fluid  of  density  .8;  and  if  100  gram  be  placed 
upon  it,  it  sinks  to  the  same  depth  in  water.  Find 
the  weight  of  the  hydrometer. 

No.  117. — Required  the  contents  of  the  largest  cube 
that  can  be  inscribed  in  a  sphere  20  inches  in  diame- 
ter. 

No.  118.— What  volume  of  platinum  of  density  21.5 
must  be  attached  to  a  litre  of  iron  of  density  7.5  that 
the  system  may  float  freely  at  all  depths  in  mercury 
of  density  13.5? 

No.  119. — Required  the  percentage  of  real  acid 
contained  in  1.483  grams  of  aqueous  acetic  acid,  which 
evolved  0.427  gram  of  carbonic  acid  on  adding  it  to 
bicarbonate   of   sodium. 

No.  120.— Six  Rogues,  viz.  A,  B,  C,  D,  E,  and  F, 
having  entered  into  confederacy  do  agree  to  divide 
whatever  sums  of  money  they  shall  at  any  time  take 
upon  the  Highways,  according  to  their  Valour,  that  is, 
in  proportion  to  the  number  of  Scars  they  should  then 
have  on  their  faces:  Now  the  first  two,  viz.  A  and  B, 
being  very  bold  and  daring  Fellows,  had  received  A 
20  and  B  19  Scars.  The  next  two,  viz.  C  and  D,  hav- 
ing a  less  share  of  courage,  and  not  caring  to  stand 
all  Brunts,  had  each  of  them  but  9  Scars,  but  the 
other  two,  viz.  E  and  F,  being  more  cowards,  always 
turned  their  backs  at  the  least  opposition,  and  so  by 
chance  they  had  one  a  piece;  and  they  having  at  sev- 
eral times  stolen  the  surn  of  £700  13s  do  desire  to 
know  how  they  must  divide  it. 

Note. — "Brunts"  no  longer  have  a  definite  money 
value,  and  exploits  similar  to  those  involved  in  this 
ancient  problem  are  fortunately  no  longer  common. 
Highwavmen  of  the  Rob  Roy  type  probably  never 
valued  their  plunder  in  dollars  and  cents,  and  the  an- 
swer to  this  problem  is  therefore  most  appropriately 
expressed  in  pounds,  shillings,  pence  and  farthings. 


METHYL  ALCOHOL  AMBLYOPIA.— Mout- 
ton  (Trans.  Amer.  Ophth.  Soc.)  reports  a  case  of 
blindness  from  drinking  bay  rum,  and  compares  it  to 
the  reported  cases  of  wood-alcohol  blindness  due  to 
the  use  of  cheap  essence  of  Jamaica  ginger  and  other 
substitutes  for  whiskey.  Under  a  recent  improvement 
in  preparation,  methyl  alcohol  is  sold  under  the  name 
of  "Columbian  Spirits,"  and  is  free,  in  a  degree,  from 
the  objectionable  features,  and  on  account  of  its  low 
price  it  may  be  expected  in  many  essences  and  sim- 
ilar preparations  sold  at  a  cheap  price,  particularly 
in  the  stores  of  rural  prohibition  districts.  On  this 
account  it  is  important  to  make  an  immediate  diag- 
nosis. The  most  important  toxic  symptoms  are  gas- 
troenteric disturbances  when  small  quantities  have 
been  taken,  and  coma  after  large  doses,  followed 
by  rapid  failure  of  vision,  which  later  improves,  but 
soon  fails  permanently.  There  are  contractions  of 
the  fields,  absolute  scotoma,  usually  central,  and 
sometimes  total  blindness.  These  symptoms  are  sim- 
ilar to  those  of  retrobulbar  optic  neuritis,  but  the 
protrnosis  is  far  different.  In  more  than  90  per  cent, 
of  the  ca.ses  of  wood-alcohol  amplyopia  useful  vision 
is  permanently  lost.     (American  Medicine.) 


RESIN  IN  BEESW.\X.— Ferdinand  Jean  (Ann. 
Chim.  Anal.j  describes  a  method  tor  the  estimation 
of  resin  in  adulterated  beeswax.  One  gram  of  t^^e 
wax  is  treated  with  80  per  cent,  alcohol  on  the  wateS 
bath.  When  the  wax  is  melted  the  mixture  is  shaken 
and  allowed  to  cool  quietly.  It  is  then  filtered 
through  balanced  filters,  and  the  insoluble  portions 
washed  with  cold  alcohol  until  the  washings  are  no 
longer  acid.  The  resin  and  stearic  acid  are  in  this 
way  obtained  in  the  filtrate,  the  wax  and  other  sub- 
stances remaining  upon  the  filter.  The  insoluble  por- 
tion is  weighed.  The  greater  portion  of  the  alcohol 
is  removed  from  the  filtrate  by  evaporation,  and  the 
residue  treated  with  ether,  the  resulting  etherial  solu- 
tion is  shaken  with  zinc  o.xide.  When  the  solution 
is  no  longer  acid,  the  mixed  stearate  and  zinc  oxide 
are  collected  on  a  filter,  washed  with  ether,  and  the 
etherial  solution  of  zinc  resinate  decomposed  with  di- 
lute hydrochloric  acid.  The  free  resin  can  then  be 
dissolved  in  petroleum  ether,  dried  and  weighed. 

ANTIPYRINE  CAMPHORATE.— Two  new  an- 
tipyretics have  been  prepared  by  combining  camphor- 
ic acid  with  antipyrine  (Schweiz.  Woch.  fiir  Chem. 
und  Pharm.).  These  combinations  are  the  acid  and 
neutral  camphorates  of  antipyrine.  The  acid  cam- 
phorate  is  obtained  by  the  reaction  of  one  molecular 
weight  of  camphoric  acid  and  one  molecular  weight 
of  phenyl-dimethyl-parazalone,  and  forms  white  crys- 
tals which  melt  at  95  to  98  degrees  C,  and  are  slightly 
soluble  in  hot  water,  in  alcohol,  and  in  acid  solutions. 
The  neutral  camphorate  is  prepared  by  combining 
two  molecular  weights  of  the  base  with  one  mole- 
cular weight  of  the  acid.  It  is  also  obtained  in  the 
form  of  white  crystals  which  are  similar  in  solubility 
to  the  acid  camphorate,  and  melt  at  98-100  degrees 
C.  Both  preparations  are  in  action  antipyretic  and 
antisudorific. 


AN  ANCIENT  PHARMACY.— On  October  4 
the  Apotheke  Zum  Weissen  Adler  or  "White  Eagle 
Pharmacy,"  at  Berlin,  celebrated  its  200th  anniver- 
sary, it  having  been  founded  October  4,  1701,  by 
Philip  Reinhart  Spener,  under  a  concession  from 
Frederick  I.  The  privilege  was  confirmed  to  "Spener 
and  his  heirs  for  ever"  some  twenty  years  later  by 
King  Friedrich  Wilhelm  I,  and  the  documents  pertain- 
ing to  this  confirmation  are  held  by  the  present 
owner  of  the  pharmacy.  According  to  the  archives 
of  the  State,  Spener  was  already  a  Koncessionirter 
of  three  years'  standing.  The  shop  was  removed  in 
1829  by  royal  permission  to  the  present  locality,  206 
Friedrichstrasse.  The  present  owner  is  Alexander 
Edward  Alfred  von  Gusnar.  (Chemist  and  Druggist). 

TESTS  FOR  NITRATES.— Cazeneuve  (Ch.  and 
Dr.)  describes  a  delicate  test  for  the  detection  of 
small  quantities  of  nitrates.  In  examinations  of 
water,  one  litre  is  evaporated,  the  residue  redissolved 
in  distilled  water  and  the  solution  treated  with,  one 
grain  of  brucine.  After  evaporation,  the  addition  of 
a  little  formic  acid  and  water  produces  a  yellow  color 
which,  after  twelve  hours,  becomes  pink.  Quantita- 
tive estimations  may  be  made  by  comparing  the  color 
obtained  with  a  standard  under  fixed  conditions.  This 
method  is  preferable  to  the  similar  test  in  which  sul- 
phuric acid  is  employed,  because  this  acid  frequently 
contains  nitrates  while  formic  acid  seldom,  if  ever, 
does. 

^The  Louisiana  Board  ot  Pharmacy  held  an  examina- 
tion February  7  and  8  and  as  a  result  the  following-  appU- 
camts  will  receive  certiHcates  as  registered  pharmacists: 
J.  W.  Peyton.  Ruston;  C.  K.  Schonberg'.  DonaMisonville; 
A.  "W.  Stone,  Shrevepoirt;  E.  R.  Bernstein,  Shreveport: 
"W.  J.  Cassrtin.  F.  A.  Volls,  C.  A.  Howard,  A.  B.  Pecou, 
J.  Gross.  C.  O.  Green.  E.  J.  Le^-i.  J.  H.  Dunn.  L.  V. 
Lowe.  J.  J.  Grosser.  F..  A.  Segrist.  Samuel  Addis  of  New 
Orleams.  Qualified  assistants:  R.  C.  Combel.  Wagg-a- 
man;  B.  H.  Lavimge.  L.  F.  Magruder.  E.  r.  Vocke.  K. 
L.  MdHenry,  iCha.s.  Ni«iud.  F.  T.  Mouton  and  H.  F. 
Bienveniu  of  New  Or'.eanis. 


March  13,  1903.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


Particalatly  Significant 


Stypticin 

Uterine  sedative  and  hemo- 
static. May  be  had  in  ?4.-grn.  s.c. 
tablets;  in  ^^-grn.  hypodermic 
tablets;  in  "dental'*  tablets; 
and  as  powder. 

Dionin 

Cough  sedative  and  anodyne ; 
also  much  valued  iti  treatment 
of  chronic  morphinism.  Pro- 
curable as  powder  and  in  %- 
grn.  tablets. 

Gaduol 


Ale.  ext.  cod-liver  oil.  Much 
employed  for  making  "  taste- 
less "  preparations  of  cod-liver 
oil.  Sample  and  tested  form- 
ulas free. 

Bromipin 

Contains  lo  per  cent. bromine. 
Sedative  and  nervine;  free  from 
disadvantages  of  tfie  alkali 
bromides- 


■rBI  SALESMAN  for  a  chemical 
Hk«  house  recently  bought  a 
E^jI  drug -store  in  one  of  our 
largest  cities.  He  put  in  a  line  of 
Merck's  Chemicals  and  proceeded 
to  advertise  them  among  the  phys- 
icians of  his  neighborhood. 

He  had  been  selling  chemicals  of 
another  label  for  years,  but  when  it 
came  to  dispensing  he  preferred 
"  Merck's." 

The  reason  for  his  preference  is 
that  he,  like  thousands  of  other 
dispensers,  recognizes  "Merck's" 
as  a  passport  to  favor  among  med- 
ical men. 

Are  you  taking  advantage  of  the 
possible  influence  of  Merck  labels 
on  your  prescription  business? 

Do  you  specify  "vltc^ck':i  ?" 


MERCK  &  CO. 

NEW  YORK:    University  Pla.ce 
CHICAGO:     Ra^ndolpK    Street 


Creolin-Pearson 

Current  advertising  in  popu- 
lar periodicals  will  stimulate 
sales.  Doubtless  our  window 
cards  and  booklets  (sent  on  re- 
quest) will  also  help  you. 


lodipin 


Two  strengths .  lo-per-cent. 
for  internal  use;  25-per-cent.for 
hypodermic  use.  Employed 
principally  in  syphilis  and 
scrofula. 


Thiocol 


A  dry,water-soluble,Ovjorless, 
extremely  assimilable  and  well- 
borne  form  of  guaiacol.  Mark- 
eted as  powder,  5-gm. -tab lets, 
and  syrup. 


Dormiol 


H>-pnotic  and  nerve  sedative. 
For  convenience  of  dispensers 
Dormiol  is  marketed  in  50-per- 
cent, solution  only. 


MULFORIXS 


SINCE  1894  OVER  FOUR 
MILLIONPACKAGESHAVE 
BEEN  USED  WITHOUT  A 
SINGLE  UNTOWARD  RE- 
SULT OF  ANY  KIND.  ALL 
OFFICIALREPORTSSHOW 
THAT  IT  = 


THAN 

ALL 

OTHER 

SERUMS 

COMBINED 


r 


H •  K.. M U  L.FO  R I>     CO M  RA  N^V 

RHIUADELPHIA.  NEW    VORK  CHICAGO. 


Liberal   Terms  to   Progressive   Druggists. 


10 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  13,  1902. 


^^.p4j^d4^i-  ^H>^2-cU<sL  -<ri^M4^  A^^^^^fn£A4:6:' 


^ 


FREE!— With  every  one  thousand  order  for  "HAVANA 
SPECIALS,"  we  will  give  100  of  our  new  **  HAVANA 
SECARROS;"  packed  attractively  in  foil  packages  of  ten, 
to  be  retailed  at  25  cents  per  package. 

(S.    p.   4.) 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  NOTES. 


ciiicaso,  March  S,  li)02. 
The  following  county  associations  have  1)6611  ■formed  in 
Alalrama  withirl  the  last  few  weeks:  Covington,  Coffee, 
Ijale,  Henry.  Barbour,  Macon,  Lee,  Dallas,  Wilcox-Mon- 
roe and  TuBcaJoosa-Greene  counties.  About  one-half  of 
the  counties  In  this  State  are  now  organized.  Organizer 
Post  expects  to  complete  the  work  of  organizing  the  entire 
State  by  April  15. 

The  District  of  Columbia  Association  was  organizer! 
February  19  with  13S  members  by  Orgamizer  N.  W.  Hoff- 
man. The  officers  of  the  association  are  as  follows; 
Rotiert  N.  Harper,  presi(^nt;  "U'ymond  H.  Bradbury,  sec- 
retary;  H.    C.    Easterday.   treasurer. 

In  Florida  the  following  county  associations  have  re- 
cently been  formed;  Gadsden,  Leon  and  Madison-Suwa- 
nee-Hamilton.  Organizer  Schodde  has  been  in  nearly  all 
the  counties  of  the  State  and  will  complete  the  organiza- 
tions therein  before  his  return  to  the  North. 

In  Illinois  the  Jackson  and  Williamson  county  associa- 
tions are  the  most  recent  adiJitions  to  the  rank)*  of  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.  This  State  is  organized  about  as  thor- 
oughly as  it  can  be  at  the  present  time.  A  recent  small- 
pox epidemic  in  the  southern  part  of  the  State  has  been 
the  cause  of  abandoning  the  work  there. 

In  Kentucky  organizations  have  been  formed  in  the 
pas^t  few  weeks  in  McLean,  Muhlenberg  and  Warren  coun- 
ties. Mr.  Bottume,  who  has  been  organizing  the  drug- 
gists in  Tennessee,  has  taken  up  the  work  in  Kentucky. 

The  newest  organizations  have  been  formed  In  the 
past  fe'w  weeks  in  McLean,  Muhlenberg  and  Warren 
counties.  Mr.  Bottuirae,  who  has  been  organizing  tha 
druggists  in  Tennessee,  has  taken  up  the  work  in  Ken- 
tucky. 

The  newest  orgamizalions  have  been  formed  in  the 
Fourche  and  Terre  Bonme  Parish  Association  and  the 
Iberia-Vermillion-St.  Martin  Parishes  Association.  The 
plan  of  organizing  the  State  one  parish  after  another  has 
had  to  be  .abandoned,  but  good  work  has  been  done  by 
grouping  the  parishes  In  the  most  convenient  way.  Or- 
ganizer Chapman  will  attend  to  the  several  large  cities 
and  will  then  work  in  Arkansas. 

Tennessee  has  been  organized  about  as  thoroughly  as 
will  be  profitable  by  Organizer  Bottume.  Some  parts  of 
the  State  can  not  be  reached  witJh  profit  at  the  present 
time.  Organizations  have  recently  been  formed  in  David- 
son couoity— in  which  Nalshvi'.le  is  located — and  in  Bedford 
county. 

The  newest  associations  in  Virginia  are  those  in  Alex- 
andria, tile  Tid?water— including  Norfolk,  Portsmouth  and 
Berkeley— and  the  Peninsular  association,  which  includes 
Newport  News,  Old  Point  Comfort,  Hampton  and  Phoe- 
bus. 

Frank  H.  Freericks,  the  new  organizer  for  the  Ohio 
Valley  Dioiggists'  Association,  has  just  issued  a  ringing 
call  to  the  members  of  the  association  to  stand  by  their 
colors  ami  keep  fighting.  He  hajs  little  sympathy  for  the 
member  who  never  attends  meetings,  never  asks  to  see  the 
salesman's  cards,  never  does  anj-thing  but  pay  his  dues 
and  then  complains  because  the  asisociation  is  doing  noth- 
ing and  the  cutters  are  doing  as  they  please.  Mr.  Free- 
ricks wants  memibers  with  grit  and  backbone  who  will  not 
only  do  things  themselves,  but  keep  doing  them. 

The  Februar.y  numiber  of  the  Association  Echo,  pub- 
lished by  the  Luzerne  County  Association  of  Pharmacists, 
WilkesjBaxre,  Pa.,  is  at  hand  and  contains  much  valuable 
matter  for  the  consideration  of  druggists  interested  in  the 
improvement  of  general  conditions.  The  following  item 
published  in  this  periodical  is  intereisting  and  it  is  sug- 
gestive, too,  because  it  shows  that  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  plan 
wi'.l  be  sure  to  work  more  and  more  with  the  increasing 
strength  of  the  association.    It   will  be   too  costly   to  ig- 


nore the  asisociation  or  try  to  get  around  the  trl-partlt6 
agreement.. 

■'  'How  they  do  it,'  haa  been  fairly  shown  in  a  very 
recent  matter  which  came  to  the  secretary's  notice  last 
week.  A  dishonorable  Jobber  in  another  city  needed 
goods  which  he  could  not  buy  direct,  being  'cut  off.'  He 
found  a  party  elsewhere  to  buy  for  him  by  allowing  the 
five  per  cent  discount  for  cash  to  be  retained  for  the 
service  rendered.  The  goods  were  shipped  to  Pittsburg, 
re-sliipped  to  Dayton,  Ohio,  thence  again  re-shipped  to 
destinatio.n,  each  time  under  a  different  name.  This  trans- 
action involved  the  loss  of  the  dLscount,  the  payment  of 
three  freights  and  fees  for  handling  in  this  city  and  in 
Dayton.  'R'here  could  there  be  any  returns  other  than 
satisfied  vanity  in  doing  business  5n  such  a  manner?" 

A  complaint  recently  came  into  the  office  of  the  N.  A. 
R.  D.  concerning  a  threatened  cuit  rate  war  in  one  of  the 
towns  of  Hancock  county.  111.,  where  there  is  an  associa- 
tion. Secretary  John  L.  Schultz,  of  Carthage,  reported 
the  matter  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  was  advised  what  to 
do.  Acting  promptly,  he  went  to  the  town  where  the  out- 
break was  threatened,  heard  boith  sides  of  tfhe  question 
and  brought  about  an  amicable  settlement.  The  con- 
troversy proved  to  be  a  misunderstanding  rather  than  an 
intention  to  do  injury.  The  jobber  who  sells  the  drug- 
gist who  was  reported  was  informed  of  tfhe  matter  at  the 
same  time  Secretary  Schultz  received  the  linformation 
and  co-operated  with  him  in  (bringing  about  a  satisfactory 
result.  The  supposed  cutter  was  not  a  member  of  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.,  but  he  has  sent  in  his  dues  and  has  becom-e 
a  memlDer. 

The  following  remarks  by  former  President  Simon  N. 
Jones  will  bear  consideration  by  thoughtful  persons 
everywhere  who  are  considering  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  move- 
ment in  its  legal  aspects: 

"So  many  people  take  up  the  idea  that  by  fixing  a 
price  schedule  we  are  certain  to  advance  prices.  This 
is  all  an  error.  We  are  only  endeavoring  to  get  the  price 
for  proprietary  goods  the  manufacturer  claims  the  goods 
are  worth,  and  on  counter  goods  a  fair  profit.  In  this 
state  (Kentucky),  the  court  of  appeal  has  sustained  the 
contention  that  at  is  not  unlawful  to  comhine  to  protect 
one's  inerests,  and  in  the  decision  of  the  case  of  the 
wholesale  grocers'  association,  which  had  fixed  a  con- 
tract price  on  sugar,  certainly  a  commodity,  the  court 
maintained  that  this  is  not  unlawful.  The  laibor  unions 
throughout  this  state  are  combining  to  effect  legislajtion 
making  it  a  felony  to  use  labels  on  goods  not  made  by 
organized  labor,  holding  them  out  to  be  so  made,  when 
there  is  a.n  organization  authorized  to  use  a  label." 

W.  F.  Magee,  of  Cissna  Park,  has  just  joined  the 
Iroquois  county  (111.)  Retail  Druggists'  Association  and 
has  sent  his  dues  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Mr.  Magee  says  that 
he  is  now  convinced  that  the  association  is  in  the  right 
track  and  he  is  fully  in  sympathy  with  it. 

The  Williamson  County  Retail  Druggists'  Association 
has  just  been  organized  in  Illinois  under  the  a,uspice8  of 
the  !N.  A.  R.  D.  The  following  officers  were  elected: 
President,  W.  D.  Abney,  Marion;  vice-president,  J.  O. 
Vick,  Herrin:  treasurer,  John  M.  Cline.  Marion;  secretary, 
E.  E.  Eubanks,  Lakecreek;  trustees,  J.  M.  Fowler,  Crab 
Orchard;  J.  O.  Kelly,  Cartep\'iUe;  D.  S.  Anderson,  Creal 
Springls. 

Rene  D.  Villere.  secretary  of  the  New  Orleans  Retail 
Druggists'  Association,  writes  that  the  cutters  In  that 
city  who  were  holding  out,  have  at  last  been  persuaded 
to  see  the  error  of  their  ways  and  have  come  Into  line. 
This  is  very  encouraging,  as  the  New  Orleans  situation 
was  anything  but  agreeable  or  hopeful  at  one  time. 

Elkhorn,  Wis.  had  two  cutters.  One  of  them  has 
joined  the  association  and  th«  other  has  sold  his  entire 
stock  of  proprietary  medicines,  so  there  are  no  longer 
any  cutters  In  Blkhom. 


270 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  13,  1902. 


NEW  YORK   AND  VICINITY. 


PHARMACISTS   INTERVIEW   HEALTH   COM- 
MISSIONER. 

Ask  for  Discounts  on  Sales  of  Board's  Antitoxin. 

Ernest  J.  Lrsderle,  Commissioner  of  the  Health  Depart- 
ment of  the  City  of  Xew-  York,  received  a  visit  on  Thurs- 
day, February  27,  from  druggists  representing  three  of 
the  pharmaceutical  societies  of  Greater  New  York.  The 
object  of  the  visit  wajs  to  set  forth  claims  for  a  more 
liberal  discount  cm  the  Board  of  Heallth  antitoxin,  which 
many  of  them  are  obliged  to  sell.  Oscar  GoldmaJin  amd 
Sidney  Faber  represented  the  German  -Apothecaries'  So- 
ciety; Charles  F.  Schleussner  and  Rudolph  Truog,  Kings 
County  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  S.  V.  B.  Swami,  Man- 
hattan Pharmaceutical  Association.  Mr.  Goldmann  ex- 
plained to  the  Commlissioner  that  10  per  cent  discount  was 
not  sufficient  remuneration  for  the  troulDle  and  work  con- 
nected with  the  sale  of  this  antitoxin  and  asked  that 
druggists  be  allowed  a  discount  of  33  1-3  per  cent,  the 
game  as  given  by  other  manufacturers.  Dr.  Dederle  ad- 
mitted that  the  discount  was  too  sma'.I  and  said  that 
personally  he  was  in  favor  of  allowing  a.  larger  discount 
but  felt  that  if  he  made  such  a  concession  he  would  be 
censured  by  the  public  for  tr>-ing  to  increase  the  sale  of 
Board  of  Health  antitoxin  in  opposition  to  that  made  by 
other  manufacturers. 

Mr.  Swann  argued  that  by  allowing  a  more  liberal  dis- 
count many  more  druggists  would  carry  the  antitoxin  in 
stock,  more  of  it  wouQd  be  sold,  and  thus  the  purpose  of 
the  Board  of  Health  would  be  greatly  helped  as  its  aim 
Is  to  increase  the  use  of  antitoxin.  He  said  that  there 
is  a  good  demand  for  the  Board's  antitoxin  but  that  on 
account  of  the  small  remuneration  many  druggists  did 
not  keep  it,  whereas  if  a  similar  discount  to  that  made  by 
other  manufacturers  was  allowed,  probably  the  miajority 
of  druggists  would  push  its  sale  and  in  that  way  greatly 
help  prevent  the  spreading  of  diphtheria.  The  other 
delegates   used    similar  arguments. 

Dr.  Lederle  said  he  could  not  take  any  action  in  the 
matter  at  the  time  but  requested  the  members  of  the  com- 
mittee to  present  to  the  Board  requests  in  writing. 

On  Monday,  March  10  Dr.  Lederle  informed  a  repre- 
sentative of  the  Era  that  the  committee  representing  the 
various  local  pharmaceutical  associations  had  presented 
its  arguments  in  writing  hut  the  communication  had  not 
been  acted  upon  by  the  Board.  Further,  he  said  that  it 
was  improbable  fhat  any  additional  discount  would  be 
allowed  on  the  sales  made  by  local  druggists  of  the  anti- 
toxin manufactured  by  the  Board  of  Health. 


RUMORS  OF  A  PERFUMERS'  COMBINE. 

Leading  Members  of  the  Industry  Assert  That  There  Is 
Nothing  in  the  Story. 

Press  dispatches  from  Detroit  last  week  announced 
that  a  perfumers'  combine  to  be  known  as  the  American 
Perfume  Co.,  with  a  capital  of  $5,000,000,  would  be 
formed  in  a  few  days  toy  about  fifteen  of  the  largest 
perfume  manufacturers  and  handlers  in  the  United 
States.  The  dispatches  said  headquarters  will  be  es- 
tablished in  New  York,  whence  the  movement  emanates, 
and  there  will  be  distributing  centers  in  Detroit  and  Chi- 
cago. The  Detroit  firms  in  the  movement  will  probably 
be  the  -Michigan  Drug  Co.,  F.  Stearns  &  Co.  and  the 
Seeley  Manufacturing  Co.  The  following  were  given  as 
houses  outside  of  Detroit  which  would  probably  join  the 
comtiination:  Colgate  &  Co.,  Richard  Hudnut,  Liadd  & 
Coffin,  Lazell,  Dalley  &  Co.,  Ricksecker  &  Co.,  New 
York;  the  Wright  Co.,  "Woodworth  Sons'  Co.,  Adolph 
Spiehler  &  Son,  'Rochester;  A.  Jergens  &  Co.,  Cincin- 
nati; French,  Cave  &  Co.,  Philadelphia;  B.  D.  Baldwin 
Co..  Chicago;  Meyer  Bros."  Drug  Co.,  St.  Louis  and 
Greenbaum  &  Co.,  San   Francisco. 

Representatives  of  several  of  the  New  York  houses 
reported  as  likely  to  join  the  combine  have  been  inter- 
viewed by  the  Era  representative,  and  without  excep- 
tion they  disclaimed  any  intention  of  entering  into  a 
"combination"  and  said,  they  had  no  knowledge  that 
such  a  consolidation  was  being  formed.  Some  thougnt 
the  dispatches  might  have  reference  to  the  Manufac- 
turing Perfumers'  Association,  which  is  in  no  sense  a 
comtoination,  but  was  formed  for  the  purpose  of  bring- 
ing those  interested  in  the  trade  into  closer  relation 
with  each  other  with  a  view  to  the  advancement  and 
improvement  generally  of  the  business.  A  Chicago 
paper  quotes  iB.  D.  Baldwin,  of  B.  D.  Baldwin  &  Co.,  as 
saying:  "I  doubt  the  Detroit  story,  and  as  for  our  part 
in  it  this  is  the  first  I  have  heard  of  the  scheme.  The 
perfume  business  would  toe  the  hardest  to  get  into  a 
combination,  for  the  reason  that  nearly  everything 
made  is  a  specialty,  sold  under  a  distinctive  name  and 
label.  The  capital  stock  mentioned  in  the  dispatch 
would  be  inadequate  and  some  of  the  largest  firms  in 
the  countrj'  have  been  left  out  of  the  list." 


NO  CHANGES  IN  LIQUOR  TAX  LAW  THIS  SESSION. 

The  ann.>uncement  has  been  made  that  no  amendments 
to  the  liquor  tax  law  will  be  passed  during  the  present 
sossion  of  the  Legislature,  and  pharmacists  are  not  wor- 
rying over  the  bill  recently  introduced  by  Senator  Strana- 
han,  providing  that  all  pharmacists  shall  pay  a  tax  rang 
ing  from  .$15  to  $100  for  the  privilege  of  seHling  liquors  on 
prescriptions.  Many  of  the  pharmacists  "who  have  re- 
ceived a  notice  from  the  deputy  commissioner  of  excise 
that  the  department  has  evidence  that  the  law  has  been 
violated  are  worrying  considerably  'however,  especially 
since  it  has  become  known  that  they  are  likely  to  lose 
their  pharmacists'  license.  Section  2  of  article  34  of  the 
liquor  tax  contains  a  clause  as  follows:  "And  i'f  the  cor- 
poration, association,  copartnership  or  person  convicted  be 
a  pharmacist  holding  a  license  issued  toy  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  the  said  Board  of  Pharmacy  shjaill,  in  addition 
to  said  penalties,  immediately  revoke  said  license." 

Two  prominent  members  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  said 
no  licein'ses  would  be  revoked  on  that  account  unless  the 
Board  received  due  notice  of  a  druggist's  conviction  from 
the  excise  department,  but  on  receipt  of  such  notice  the 
Board  has  no  option  in  the  matter  and  will  be  oWiged 
to  revoke  the  license  and  a  new  one  can  only  be  obtained 
by  p<ijssilng  an  examination  of  the  Board. 


GERMAN  APOTHECARIES  SOCIETY. 

The  'Tegular  meeting  of  the  German  Apothecaries" 
Society,  was  held  in  the  rooms  at  No.  192  Third  avenue, 
Thursday  evening,  March  6,  and  was  attended  by  about 
thirty-five  memjbers.  President  Charles  F.  'Schleussner 
occupied  the  chair.  Secretary  Klippert  read  the  min- 
utes and  Chairman  George  Kleinau  of  the  committee 
on  legislation  gave  an  account  of  work  done  at  Albany, 
and  the  progress  of  bills  affecting  pharmacy,  which  the 
society  favored.  Dr.  George  C  Diekman,  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  scientific  matters  gave  a  report  and 
promised  an  interesting  lecture  for  next  month.  Paul 
.^.rndt,  the  veteran  chairman  of  the  entertainment  com- 
mittee reported  progress  on  arrangements  for  the  an- 
nual outing  of  the  society,  to  be  held  on  Saturday,  July 
19,  at  Glenhead. 

Gustav  Ramsperger  and  William  G.  Ehlers,  two  of 
the  founders  of  the  society,  were  made  life  menLbers. 
At  the  conclusion  of  the  meeting  the  circulating  'books 
and  journals  of  the  society  were  sold  at  auction,  and 
the  result  of  the  sale  were  pronounced  satisfactory. 


WHOLESALE  MEN  BOWL. 

About  thirty  members  of  the  Wholesale  Drug  Trade 
Bowling  Association  met  at  Reid's  alleys.  No.  192  Church 
street.  Friday  evening.  February  2.S.  The  purpose  of  the 
meeting  was  to  give  members  of  the  Association,  non- 
contestants  in  the  tournament,  a  chance  to  bowl.  A  pleas- 
ant evening  was  spent,  luncheon  being  served  after  sev- 
eral games  had  been  rolled,  and  at  the  close  prizes  'were 
awarded  the  following:     L.   C.   Stevens,   high  average;  J. 


March  13,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


271 


Carberry,  "spare"  prize;  C.  McCormick,  high  score.  Non- 
contestants  in  tournament:  G.  G.  Huff,  high  average;  S. 
H.  Carragan,  "spare"  prize;  J.  A.  Corson,  high  score;  J. 
H.  RogOTS,  second  averase;  11.  B.  Hajss'.inger,  second 
"spare"  prize;  J.  R.  Boyd,  greatest  number  of  honors. 
Special  average  prizes  for  two  g.imes  -were  awarded  E.  A. 
Sayre.  W.  M.  Davis,  S.  H.  Carragan  and  John  Blake. 
The  games  of  the  tournament  rolled  at  the  alleys  last 
Saturday  resulted  as  follows:  Church  &  Dwight  Co.,  721, 
against  Parke,  Davis  &  Co..  ,S."J7;  Powers  &  Weightman, 
(three  men)  134.  against  Church  &  Dwight  Co.,  735;  Parke, 
Davis  &  Co..  78S,  against  Powers  &  Weightman,  (three 
mem)  42S;  Johnson  &  Johnson.  795.  against  Roessler  & 
Hasslaeher.  734;  Colgate  &  Co..  780,  against  Roessler  & 
Hasslacher,  S15;  Johnson  &  Johnson,  805,  against  Colgate 
&  Co.,   772. 


RETAIL  DRUGGISTS  BOWL  SEABURY  &  JOHN- 
SON. 

Three  more  of  the  series  erf  match  gajtnes  heitween 
teams  from  the  Retail  Druggists'  Bowling  Associa;tlon 
and  Seabur?'  &  Johnson's  New  York  offices,  were  rolled 
at  Reid's  Church  street  alleys  Saturday  evening.  March 
8.  and  resulted  in  a  victory  for  the  plaster  men.  who  now 
lead  the  retailers  in  the  total  number  of  games  rolled  by 
118  pine.  In  spite  of  the  stormy  weather,  a  number  of  the 
ibackers  of  each  team  were  piresent  during  the  contest 
and  spent  a  most  enjoyabile  evening.  Dunoheon  and  re- 
freshments were  served  during  the  evening  and  several 
of  the  contestants  exerted  themselves  to  add  to  the  enter- 
tainment. At  the  conclusion  of  the  last  game  Dr.  Dovis, 
captain  of  the  Seabury  &  Johnson  team,  announced  the 
"arrival  of  the  midnight  express"  with  prizes  for  Messrs. 
iSchweinfurth  and  Swann  of  the  R.  D.  B.  A.,  for  highest 
amd  lowest  scores  respectively  on  their  team.  Mr. 
Schweinfurth's  prize  was  a  good  sized  fcnddney  plaster, 
with  silk  facing,  on  which,  as  well  as  on  the  box  contain- 
ing the  plaster,  was  placed  the  following  inscription: 
TO  THE  MAN  'WTTH  THE  WINNING  WAY. 

The  holey  thing  herein  contained 

Rewards  jxiu  for  the  honor  gained. 

Of  beating  friend  and  foe  alike. 

By  piling  up  your  one  ten-strike. 

Tou  did  supply  that  aching  void 

And  gave  us  pleasure  unalloyed. 

Now  you  have  means  to  void  that  ache 

Caused  by  the  strain a  prize  to  take. 

Your  wondrous  nerve  this  prize  has  won. 

Keep  up  the  work  so  well  begun. 

Apply  the  prize  to  part  that's  weak 

And  make  the  hoys  your  record  seek. 
Retail  Pharmacists 

vs. 
Seabu^^'  &  Johnson, 

March    8th,    1902. 

Mr.  Swann's  prize  was  aH.-^io  a  plaster  and  the  si'.k  fac- 
ing and  cover  of  tflie  box  bore  the  following  directions: 

Dr.   Bowling's  Aim   Straight   Plaster. 

T\'arranted  to  prevent  scratches  and  poodles. 

ParticuCarly  recommended  to  those  suffering  from 
weakness  ajid  loss  of  strikes.  To  be  applied  over  back- 
bone for  ordinary  flunking  and  to  the  iback  of  Jieck  for 
acute  attack  of  the  three  hundred. 

Uttered  by 

The   Never  Balk   Khomlkal   Co., 
Makers  of  bracers  and  things.  New  York  and  all  over  the 
world. 

The  next  games  in  the  series  will  he  rolled  at  Starr's 
alleys  on  50th  street,  near  Sth  avenue. 
TIhe  scores  of  Saturday's  game  follow: 

1st     2nd     3rd  1st     2nd     3rd 

g'meg'meg'me  g'me  g'me  g'me 

Lovis    129      178      184       SchweinfurthlGS      142      163 

Dezeaier    193      163      155      White    157      153      119 

Withers    146      132      162      Haddad    107      142      139 

Scrimshaw    ..106     133      121      pringle   12G      127      15S 

Judge    175     149      194      Hitchcock  ...153     162      156 


JOBBING  DRUGGISTS  OF  BOARD  OF  TRADE  DRUG 
SECTION  CONFER. 

A  meeting  of  the  committee  of  jobbing  druggists  of  the 
Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Trade  and 
Ti-ansportation  was  iheld  at  the  rooms  of  the  Board,  No. 
203  Broadway,  Friday  afternoon,  March  7.  The  commit- 
tee is  composed  of  one  representative  from  each  jobbing 
drug  house  connected  with  the  Board,  with  Albert  Flaut 
chairman  and  Ir^-ing  McKesson,  secretary.  Some  of  the 
firms  represented  at  the  meeting  were  Lcshn  &  Fiink,  R. 
W.  Robinson  &  Son.  Bruen  Ritchey  &  Co.,  Henry  Klein 
&  Co.  and  Orlando  H.  Jadwin.  The  meeting  was  held  be- 
hind cttosed  doors  but  it  was  said  by  one  of  those  present 
that  the  object  of  the  meeting  was  to  discuss  trade  condi- 
tions and  go  further  into  matters  discussed  at  the  recent 
meeting  of  the  N.  W.  D.  A.  Committee  on  proprietary 
goods  at  the  Waldorf.  He  said  nothing  definite  was  done 
but  that  the  unsatisfactory  conditions  existing  in  the  job- 
bing trade  as  regards  the  tripartite  agreement  and  the 
rebate  plan  were  freelly  discussed.  Possibly  something 
will  be  done  at  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  section, 
on  Thursday,  March  20. 


Granted  Licenses  by  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
The  Eastern  Section  of  the  New  York  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  examined  seventy-two  applicants  for  pharma- 
cists' license  at  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  Wed- 
nesday. February  19.  Of  these  only  twenty-six  were 
granted  a  license.  The  following  were  successful:  O.  G. 
Bristol.  Alexander  Brown.  Harry  Baylinson.  William  H. 
Fraser.  George  Go'.dstein.  Joseph  Gutkin.  Theodore  Hall. 
Moses  Gunsberg,  Bernard  Handt.  Claude  B.  Hicks,  Jacob 
Israelson,  Henr>-  Jacobs.  Carl  G.  Johnson.  Henry  W. 
Johnson.  Philip  Mandel,  Eugene  Manheimer,  Michael 
Muldberg.  Ernst  Peppmuller.  Max  Rosenbaum.  Joseph 
Schlessinger,  Isador  Selkowitz,  Tobias  Shapiro,  Ralph 
Sherry.  Samuel  Stein,  Timothy  D.  Sullivan  and  Thomas 
Weber. 


Adolf  F.  Braidich. 

Adolff  F.  Braidich.  senior  member  of  the  firm  of  Thurs- 
ton &  Braidich.  importers.  No.  128  William  street,  died 
at  his  home  in  this  city  on  Wednesday.  March  5.  after  an 
illness  of  over  two  months.  He  was  born  in  Trieste.  Aus- 
tria, in  1850.  and  came  to  New  York  in  1880  and  entered 
the  firm  of  T.  R.  Merrick  &  C5o.  Later,  w^hen  Mr.  Mer- 
rick retired,  the  firm  name  became  Thurston  &  Braidich. 
At  Mr.  Thurston's  death,  in  1890.  James  G.  Shaw  was  ad- 
mitted as  a  partner,  the  firm  name  not  being  cfhanged. 
Mr.  Braidich  was  a  widower  and  tteaves  one  sister  now 
residing  in  Austria.  The  funieral  was  held  at  Mr.  Brald- 
ich's  country  home,  Babylon,  L.  I.,  last  Friday. 


749      755      816 


711 


726 


Total.  2.174. 


Compressed  Gas  Bill  Reported. 
The  bill  introduced  in  Bhe  Senate  hy  Mr.  Audett.  after 
being  amended  to  conform  with  the  CoSby  bill  in  the  As- 
sembly, has  been  reported  out  and  it  is  believed  it  will 
soon  be  made  a  law.  The  bill  in  its  present  form  provides 
that  nothing  in  the  penal  code  shall  prohibit  the  manufac- 
ture of  soda,  ginger  ale  or  miineral  water,  or  the  use  of 
compressed  gas  in  making  soda  water  in  any  building, 
even  though  it  is  used  for  dwelling  purposes. 

NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

Among  recent  visitors   at   the   Drug  Club   were:       R. 

E.  Finegan.  Lincoln.  Eng.;  George  F.  Green,  Washing- 
ton- H  A.  Hoover.  Denver;  F.  M.  Smith,  San  Francisco; 
R  C  Baker,  London;  Norman  A.  Walker.  Autofagasta, 
Chili-  S  T.  Mather,  Chicago;  C.  P.  Calvert,  Cmcm- 
nati-'c  F.  Weller.  Omaha;  C.  H.  Daggett.  Providence; 
Mrs'  and  Miss  Campbell.  London;  Earl  of  Caithness, 
London-  J.  B.  Queen.  East  Liverpool,  Ohio;  S.  Karman, 
Budapest;  J.  F.  Berry.  Dallas;  Williana  B.  Burke,  Phila- 
delphia, and  Hon.  L.  B.  McFarland.  Memphis,  Tenn. 
Other  visitors  in  the  drug  section  included  J.  W.  Law- 
rie    Tarry  town.   N.   Y.;   George  F.    Brown,   Rahway;   Mr. 

Millspugh.    Liberty     X.    Y.:    J.    P.    Walker,    Freehold.    N. 

J.;    R.      Mierzwa,    Pittsburg;    Mr.      Bruce,    ot    the     King 


272 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  13,  1903. 


Drug  Co.,  Rochelle,  Ga.,  and  W.  B.  Duryea,  Freehold, 
N.  J. 

Miss  Mildren  Master,  daughter  of  David  Master,   Jr., 

the  well  known  Brooklyn  pharmacist,  was  recently  mar- 
ried to  Francis  Lee  Herreshoff,  eldest  son  of  J.  B.  Fran- 
cis Herroshoff,  a  brother  of  the  famous  yacht  builders. 
The  marriage  was  performed  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
parents.  No.  231  Garfield  Place,  Brooklyn,  by  Rev.  George 
Calvert  Carter,  of  the  Episcopal  Church  of  the  Redeemer. 
Mr.  Master  is  proprietor  of  the  drug  stores  at  No.  242 
Flatbush  avenue  and  No.  109  Seventh  avenue,  Brooklyn. 

The  marriage  of  Miss    Mathilde    Hammond  Harding. 

daughter  of  Secretary  H.  B.  Harding  of  the  Humphreys' 
Homeopathic  Medicine  Co.,  to  Mr.  Emil  August  Tauchert. 
will  take  place  at  the  Church  of  the  Heavenly  Rest.  FWth 
avenue  and  Forty-fifth  street.  New  York  City,  on  Thurs- 
day. March  20.  Miss  Harding  has  a  large  circle  of  trlen-ds 
in  the  drug  traide.  having  attended  severa,l  meetings  of 
the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  and  Pro- 
prietary Association  of  America,  with  her  father. 

A  representative  of  one  of  the  downtown  drug  houses 

is  authority  for  the  following  statement:  "George 
Fitzgeorge.  secretary  of  the  Mercer  county  (N.  J.)  Re- 
tail Druggists'  Association  issues  a  white  card  to  everj' 
salesman  in  tliat  territory.  This  requires  that  he  shall 
not  sell  goods  to  two  aggressive  cutters  in  Trenton  or 
to  grocers.  The  salesman  found  guilty  will,  it  is  said, 
lose  tha  trade  of  all  members  of  the  association." 

John  Barr.v.  who  was  a  familiar  figure  in  the  downtown 

drug  district  about  12  years  ago.  when  he  worked  as  truck- 
man for  A.  J.  Ditman,  Albert  Ingard,  the  Bovinine  Co. 
and  other  houses,  died  at  St.  Mary's  Hospital,  Brooklyn, 
Thursday.  Feb.  6.  aged  70  years.  Mr.  Barry  was  eccentric 
and  always  took  a  great  interest  in  current  literature, 
and  was  well  versed  in  Latin  and  Greek.  He  was 
worth  several  thousand  do'.lars  when  he  died. 

Senator     Slater     pure    >fO'"id     bill     has     been     changed; 

it  now  forbids  the  use  of  formaldehyde,  salicylic  acid 
and  other  substances  in  milk  or  dairy  products.  It  is 
unlikely  that  the  drug  trade  section  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,  which  was  formerly  against  the  bill,  will  op- 
pose the  measure  in  its  present  form  and  the  general  be- 
lief is  that  it  will  become  law. 

R.  J.  Shaw,  druggist  at  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  has  sold  the 

building  which  he  has  occupied  for  several  years  and 
now  has  his  drug  business  in  a  leased  building  acrosa 
the  street  from  the  old  stand.  Charles  H.  Hall,  also  a 
Plainfield  druggist,  has  recently  moved  his  drug  stock 
and  fixtures  into  a  new  building  erected  for  him. 

William  M.   Crowley,   for  many  years  connected  with 

S.  P.  Bennett's  Pharmacy  (now  J.  T.  Touhey's)  at  Fall 
R'iver.  Mass.,  is  about  to  open  a  store  of  his  own  on 
Main  street  in  that  city.  Mr.  Crowley,  who  is  we'.l  known 
i'U  Fo.r.  River,  was  in  the  city  last  week  making  pur- 
chases from  the  drug  and  sundry  houses. 
■ Memlbers  of  the  wholesale  drug  trade  reported  numer- 
ous complaints  from  out-of-town  customers  last  week  on 
account  of  the  delays  in  transportation  of  goods  in  con- 
sequence of  the  heavy  storms.  In  many  cases  orders 
we<re  not  received  until  the  day  after  the  writer  had  re- 
quested the  goods  to  b<?  shippd. 

. — 'Nicholas  Cerulli.  a  druggist  of  No.  271  Third  avenue. 
Brooklyn,  was  taken  before  Magistrate  Devoy  in  the 
Myrtle  avenue  court,  Saturday,  March  8,  on  a  charge 
of  practising  pharmacy  without  a  license.  He  was  held 
in  .?500  bail,  and  the  case  was  to  be  resumed  yesterday 
(Wednesday). 

B.  Ambler,  of  I^angley  &  Michaels,  wholesa'.e  drug- 
gists. San  Francisco,  was  registered  at  the  Astor  House 
last  week.  Mr.  Ambler  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  most  ex- 
perienced druggists'  sundry  men  on  the  Pacific  coast  and 
this  was  his  fifteenth  trip  across  the  continent. 

Some  of  the  druggists  at  Paterson.  N.  J.,  report  quite 

serious  losseis  from  the  fiood  last  week.  Fritzsche  Bros." 
Essential  Oil  Works  at  Passaic.  N.  J.,  were  damaged  con- 
siderably by  the  water  and  several  other  chemical  con- 
cerns are  reported  to  have  suffered. 

Max   Brandt  of  No.   4'2.'>   Second    avenue  and  Antonio 

InternoBcia  at  iNo.  549  Morris  avenue  were  recenf.y  fined 
$25.00   and    .$35.00,    respectively,    for    allowing    unlicensed 


clerks  to  compound  prescriptions  in  the  absence  of  a 
qualified  man. 

Lloyd  &  Terry's  Pharmacy  at  No.  55  New  York  ave- 
nue, Brook'.yn,  has  been  purchais«d  by  Adatte  &  McMaster. 
Mr.  McMaster  was  formerly  manager  of  the  Edward 
Plummer  Pharmacy  at  No.  405  Fifth  avenue.  New  York. 
F.  Hartvigson's  pharmacy  at  No.  481  Amsterdam  ave- 
nue, corner  Eighty-third  street,  was  sold  at  auction 
Wednesday,  March  12,  to  William  C.  Gigner.  The  store 
is   now  under  the  management  of  S.   W.  'Nores. 

F.  M.  McJMaster.  tor  six  years  with  Ewen  Mclntyre  & 

Son.  o6th  street  and  Sixth  avenue,  is  now  manager  of 
the  drug  store  at  No.  405  Fifth  avenue,  near  37th  street, 
owned  by  the  estate  of  Edward  Plummer. 
'Frank  I.  Pierson,  a  well-known  druggist  of  Leomin- 
ster, Mass.,  with  a  branch  store  at  Fitchburg,  Mass., 
was  in  the  city  last  week  calling  on  friends  in  the  trade. 
Mrs.   Pierson  accompanied  him. 

Lewis   E.    Michel,   with     druggist   H.    E.    Steinhelber, 

Amsterdam  avenue  and  144th  street,  is  making  arrange- 
ments for  a  pleasure  trip  to  Europe  and  expects  to  sail 
some  time  this  month. 

The  election  of  officers  and  five  member  of  the  local 

committee  will  take  place  at  the  meeting  of  the  New 
York  Section  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  Industry  on 
April  25th. 

John  S.   Anistaki  of  Trenton.   N.   J.,   president  of  the 

Mercer  County  Retail  Druggists'  Association,  is  able  to 
attend  to  biusiness  again  after  an  illness  of  some  weeks. 

G.  Widrig  has  resigned  his  position  in  Wilson's  Phar- 

nipcy  at  42nd  street  and  Broadway  and  is>  now  with  Cas- 
well. Massey  &  Co..  at  47th  street  and  Fith  avenue. 
The  capital  stock  of  the  Roessler  &  Hasslacher  Chem- 
ical Co.  was  increased  from  $400,000  to  $500,000  at  a 
special  meeting  of  the  stockholders  last  week. 
W.  T.  R.  Mersereau  of  Schieffelin  &  Co..  has  the  sym- 
pathy oif  the  drug  trade  in  the  loss  of  his  wife,  who  died 
of  pneum'onia  Sunday  Feb.  23. 

•F.  A.  Hunold.  until  recently  with  E.  F.  Croshier,  drug- 
gist at  Flushing.  L.  I.,  is  at  present  with  C.  R.  Lush, 
Hemrstead,    .u.    I. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 

INSPECTION  OF  DRUGS    AS    A    PREVENTIVE    OF 
ADULTERATION. 

Boston,  March  S.— Inspection  last  month  of  food  and 
drugs  by  the  State  Board  of  Health  included,  among 
other  things,  study  of  one  hundred  and  thirty  drugs,  and 
of  these  sixty-eight  were  found  to  be  of  good  quality  and 
of  required  standard,  while  sixty-three  were  adulterated 
or  fell  be'.ow  the  legal  standard  or  varied  from  it.  Only 
the  things  against  which  there  was  suspicion  of  adultera- 
■Jcn  wore  examined.  Many  staple  products  are  rarely 
adulterated  and  therefore  require  practically  no  Inspec- 
tion. The  board  maimly  devoted  its  efforts  to  the  inspec- 
tion of  such  articles  as  it  had  found,  by  several  years  of 
experience,  to  be  especially  liable  to  adu'.teration.  Samples 
of  drugs  were  collected  for  examination  in  Boston  and 
26  other  citie.si  and  towns  in  Massachusetts.  The  samples 
of  drugs  found  to  be  adulterated  were  distilled  water,  yel- 
low wax,  extract  oif  glycerrhiza,  glycerin,  lime  water,  oil 
of  lemon,  olive  oil,  sodium  phosphate,  spirit  of  nitrous 
ether  washed,  and  precipitated  sulphur  and  tincture  of 
iodine.  It  is  interesting,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  drug- 
gists so  generally  carry  good-sized  stocks  of  confectionery, 
to  learn  that  in  the  inspection  of  fifteen  samples  of  candy 
gathered  here  and  there,  all  were  found  to  he  unadul- 
terated and  a'.l  well  within  the  standard  required  by  pure 
food  laws.  Thirty-two  samples  of  cream  of  tartar  were 
found  equally  meritorious.  There  were  one  hundred  ajid 
forty-five  samples  of  spices  inspected,  of  which  twenty- 
one  were  adulterated. 

Stormy  Weather  Gives  a  Little  Impetus  to  Business. 

Boston,  March  8.— One  of  the  heaviest  snow  storms  of 
this  season  struck  town  this  week,  causing  wet.  sloppy 
conditions,  which  have  meant  wet  feet  and  other  liks 
'•esults,  causing  colds  which  have  required  doctoring. 
Under  these  conditions  the  resources  of  druggists  are  mor« 


Jlarch  13,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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sought  than  the  aid  ot  phj^sicians,  and  the  stores  reap  the 
benefit  of  the  prevalence  of  colds.  Even  if  doctors  are 
cailed  in,  a  prescription  usually  must  be  filled,  so  the 
<irug  store  comes  into  the  game  in  one  way  or  another. 
This  has  given  a  little  impetus  to  the  business  of  the 
week,  other  than  which  there  hais  been  nothing  out  of  the 
common.  Trade  keeps  rather  steady  and  druggists  cer- 
tainly appear  to  be  satisfied  with  the  present  condition 
of  affairs. 


LICENSE  A  BURNING  QUESTION  IN  NEW  HAMP- 
SHIRE. 

Boston.  March  S.— Dr.  Alonzo  Greene,  of  the  Greene 
Xervura  Co.,  mayor  of  L/aconia,  N.  H.,  where  he  has  a 
Summer  home  and  lives  practically  all  the  year  round,  is 
mentioned  as  a  license  candidate  for  Governor  ot  the 
"Granite  State."  While  the  '.Icenise  question  cannot 
exactly  be  said  to  threaten  the  supremacy  of  the  Republi- 
can party  there,  it  is  already  giving  much  trouble  to  its 
leaders.  The  liquor  question  is  assuming  magnitude  in 
all  New  Hampshire  politics,  and  threatens  to  disrupt  all 
party  lines.  This  is  due  to  the  recent  activity  in  enforc- 
ing the  proliibitorj'  laws,  to  the  extent  that  it  has  caused 
the  liquor  trade  much  inconvenience  and  driven  pur- 
chasers outside  of  the  State.  Druggists  are  no  better  off 
than  saloon  keepers,  as  far  as  the  law  views  them.  This 
has  put  the  liquor  men,  wlio  have  generally  opposed  a 
license  system,  prdferring  unenforced  prohibition,  into 
line  with  thoee  who  favor  legal  regulation  of  the  traffic. 
For  fifty  years  the  Republicans  steadily  have  proved  their 
fidelity  to  the  prohibitory  law;  wTiile  the  Democrats  just 
as  steadily  have  declared  for  license.  The  towns,  particu- 
larly in  the  North  and  West,  have  declared  for  prohibition, 
while  the  rnanufacturing  cities  have  voted  almost  unani- 
mously for  license.  Public  sentiment  has  been  under- 
going great  clianges  of  late  on  account  of  growing  belief 
that  there  has  been  vast  corruption. 


American  Soda  Fountain  Co.  Elects  New  Officers. 

Boston,  March  8.— At  a  special  meeting  of  the  board  of 
■directors  of  the  Amierlcan  Soda  Fountain  Co.  last  week, 
the  following  changes  in  officers  were  unanimously  voted: 
James  N.  North,  president,  vice  James  W.  Tufts,  de- 
ceased; William  T.  Jenney,  treasurer,  vice  Jameis  N. 
IXorth,  resigned;  Leonard  Tufts,  asisistaait  treasurer,  vice 
AVilliam  T.  Jenney,  resigned:  F.  Hazard  Lippincott.  sec- 
ond vice-president,  vice  Leonard  Tufts,  resigned;  Charles 
TV'arren  was  chosen  a  director  to  fill  the  vacancy  in  the 
"board. 


NEW   ENGLAND   NOTES. 

Haverhill  druggists  have  lately  been  more  or  '.ess  ex- 
cited over  the  appearance  in  that  city  of  two  men  who 
were  unmistakably  liquor  spotters.  These  men  worked 
together,  and  their  mission  being  suspected  they  were 
watched  and  every  movement  followed.  Word  was  sent 
quietly  to  give  the  druggists  a  tip  as  to  the  situation. 
The  spotters  visited  many  drug  stores  and  so  far  as  is 
kno\\in  did  not  succe-M  in  securing  evideTice  of  illegal 
.celling.  The  reason  that  the  pair  worked  together,  it  is 
thought,  is  that  the  younger  man  appeared  to  be  under 
age  and  his  comp.anion  acted  as  witness,  if  a  sale  was 
made  to  him.  Later,  however,  the  men  were  separated 
and  the  older  man  apparently  confined  his  wanderings  to 
one  end  of  the  city,  while  the  younger  was  seen  many 
times  in  diftlrent  parts  of  the  other  end  of  the  city. 

• In  Maiden,  which  has  a  large  number  of  drug  stores 

in  proportion  to  its  population,  there  is  at  present  a  lively 
time  over  the  granting  at  druggists'  licenses  this  year. 
Opposition  is  most  pronounced,  but  it  is  not  likely  to  suc- 
ceed In  prevention  of  licenses.  One  plan  which  has  been 
suggested  Is  that  of  granting  one  license  in  each  ward, 
■but  this  has  many  disadvantages.  There  are  sevem  wards. 
■Some  years  ago  the  aldermen  of  Maiden  granted  only  one 
license  in  the  city  and  there  has  always  been  a  difference 
■of  opinion  as  to  whether  or  not  the  plan  worked  well. 

A  crusade  against  cigarettes  has  begun  at  the  works 

of  the  J.  C.  Ayer  Company,  o^f  Lowell,   which  this  week 


has  posted  notices  throughout  its  works  prohibiting  any 
employe  under  twenty-one  from  smoking  cigarettes.  The 
notice  reads  this  way:  "Believing  that  the  smoking  ot 
cigarettes  is  injurious  to  both  mind  ajnd  body,  thereby  un- 
fitting young  men  for  their  best  work;  therdfore,  after 
March  1,  1902,  we  will  not  employ  any  young  man  under 
twenty-one  years  of  age  who  smokes  cigarettes." 

■ The   ultimate   settlement  of  the  case   against  Wilfrid 

Mathieu.  clerk  at  the  C.  L.  Curtis  drug  store  at  South 
Framingham,  for  an  alleged  sale  of  lager  beer  to  a  cus- 
tomer, without  the  usual  signing  of  the  druggist's  book, 
has  been  a  verdict  ot  guilty  In  the  Superior  Court,  where 
it  was  heard  on  appeal  from  the  lower  court.  A  fine  of 
?30  was  imposed  and  paid. 

The  Scandinavian  Co-operative  Drug  Company  o'f  Wor- 
cester has  filed  in  the  Superior  Court  a  petition  for  the 
disisolution  of  the  company.  In  this  petition  it  is  stated 
that  the  capital  stock  of  the  corporation  is  .$4,125  and  the 
number  of  shares  165,  or  $25.00  per  share.  The  corpora- 
tion has  sold  its  stores  and  has  no  outstaiuding  debts. 

■ Complete  renovation     and     refumisliing     ot    Warren 

Smith's  new  drug  store,  situated  on  Center  street,  in 
Chicopee,  makes  it  one  of  the  best  pharmacies  in  Western 
Massachusetts.  It  is  to  be  under  the  management  of 
Frank  W.  Smith.  The  store  will  be  run  in  connection  with 
Mr.  Smith's  other  store  in  Exchange  street. 

Edward  L.  Barrett, a  pharmacist  of  experience,  has  been 

appointed  city  pharmacist  in  Lawrence,  where  he  was 
born  in  1875.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the  Massachusetts  Col- 
lege of  Phai-macy.  a  registered  pharmacist  for  the  past 
five  years,  and  has  been  employed  as  manager  of  J.  J. 
Forest's  drug  store. 

George  W.  Douglass  lately  has  become  the  new  man- 
ager of  the  Forest  Hills  Pharmacy,  in  the  Forest  Hills 
section  of  this  city.  The  store  has  been  completely  and 
newly  stocked  -with  goods,  following  along  the  line  of  the 
intention  oC  the  management  to  make  the  place  a  first- 
class  store. 

E.  F.  Geurtin  is  a  new  clerk  at  F.  O.   Swallow's  drug 

store  at  1.30J  Ceintre  street.  West  Roxbury  district  (Bos- 
ton), where  he  succeeds  Manuel  S.  Perry,  whose  long  ser- 
vice is  ended  so  that  he  may  go  into  business  on  his  own 
account  in  New  Bedford,  to  which  city  he  has  moved. 

^An   addition   to  the  business  interests   ot  historic   old 

Marblehead  is  to  be  Atkins's  dtrug  store,  to  occupy  a  part 
of  a  commodious  building  on  the  main  street  recently 
bought  by  Salkinis  &  Atkins. 

• Liquor  inspectors   this  week  made  a  raid   on  Blake's 

drug  store.  Main  street,  Brockton.  wTiere  they  found  only 
a  very  small  amount  of  liquor,  which  was  seized. 


Red  Cross  Medicine  Spoon. 

The   Red   Cross   Medicine   Spoon   is   unique.     Not   one 
teaspoon  in  a  hundred  holds  just  one  dram;  nine  times  out 

ot  ten  they  over- 
run from  U  to  Si 
of  a  dram,  an^l 
an  overdose  of 
medicine    is    the 

result.         This 

spoon  holds  a  registered  dram  resting  level  upon  the 
table,  more  than  a  dram  cannot  be  poured  into  it  without 
overflowing.  It  rests  perfectly  level  and  cannot  be  tipped; 
both  hands  are,  therefore,  free  to  drop  medicine  ac- 
curately and  to  meas\ire  carefully.  It  can  be,  held  firmly, 
therefore  is  just  the  thing  to  give  medicine  to  nervous 
patients  or  to  children.  It  is  made  of  sterling  silver,  and 
the  bowl  is  gold  plated,  so  that  It  is  impervious  to  the 
action  of  any  medicines  whidh  are  taken  internally.  In 
the  administration  of  iron  preparations  it  is  indispensable, 
as  the  curved  edges  and  fl.inged  top  prevent  Injury  to 
the  teeth:  the  medicine  need  not  touch  the  teeth  at  all. 
This  spoon  retails  for  i52.00,  and  there  is  good  money  In  It 
for  the  druggist.  Its  unique  appearance  and  Its  apparent 
utility,  which  will  strike  the  observer  at  first  sight,  sells 
it  as  fast  as  they  can  be  manufactured.  The  druggist 
who  is  first  in  his  town  to  push  this  spoon  will  make  a 
name  for  himself.  Full  descriptive  circulars  will  be  mailed 
by  addressng  the  manufacturers,  J.  B.  and  S.  M.  Knowles 
Co.,  89  Sabin  street.  Providence.  R.  I. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  13,  1902. 


PHILADELPHIA- 

IMPORTANT  DECISION  ON  FOOD  ADULTERATION. 

Philadelphia,  March  7.— A  case  on  food  adulteration 
originally  tried  in  the  Quarter  Sessions  Court  of  Phila- 
delphia co'unty.  resulted  in  an  important  decision  on 
this  subject.  A  local  grocer  Tvas  convicted  on  a  charge 
of  selling  raspberry  syrup  containing  salicylic  acid,  "an 
adulteration  injurious  to  health."  It  was  contended  by 
the  defense  that  in  order  to  come  under  the  statute, 
tlie  added  ingredient  must  be  present  in  such  quantity 
as  to  be  poisonous  or  injurious.  But  in  charging  the 
jury  the  court  instructed  that  if  the  foreign  substance 
added  to  an  article  of  food  be  injurious  in  any  quantity, 
the  statute  declares  it  an  adulteration;  even  though  in 
a  particular  instance  it  may  be  used  in  so  small  a  quan- 
tity as  to  be  harmless.  Upon  this,  a  verdict  of  "guilty" 
was  rendered.  An  appeal  was  then  taken  to  the  Su- 
perior Court  and  finally  to  the  Supreme  Court  of  Penn- 
sylvania, each  of  which,  in  turn,  sustained  the  action  of 
the  lower  court,   thus  establishing  the  law. 

This  ruling  is  far-reaching  in  its  effect.  It  is  well 
known  that  chemicals  are  used,  as  preservatives,  in  the 
manufacture  of  many  of  the  most  'common  foods.  Frank 
Halpen,  former  president  of  the  Grocers'  and  Importers' 
Exchange,  states  that  in  his  judgment  it  will  be  most 
difficult  to  enforce  the  statute  rigidly  under  this  inter- 
pretajtion. 


Drug  Bowling  League. 

Philadelphia,  March  7.— Aschenbach  &  Miller  made 
good  their  (hold  on  first  place  in  the  Drug  Bowling  League 
Championship  last  Tuesday  evening  by  taking  three  games 
straight  from  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.  The  leaders  were 
In  fine  form,  taking  each  of  the  three  games  by  a  wide 
margin.  While  this  game  was  going  on  the  Wanderers 
and  II.  K.  Wamp'ole  Co.  teams  were  trying  comidluslons, 
on  another  pair  of  alleys.  The  tail-enders  demonstrated 
their  ability  to  bowl  by  winning  the  first  game  with  a 
hundred  points  to  spare,  scoring  the  highest  number  of 
points  of  the  evening.  The  second  game  and  the  third 
game  ^were  taken  by  the  Wanderers— the  second  by  the 
narrow  margin  of  two  points,  and  the  third  easily  by  47. 
The  standing  of  the  teams  at  present  is  as  follows: 

Won.     Ixist.    Pet. 

Asichenbach   &   Miller    24  3  .888 

Whitall    Tatura  Co 23  4  .852 

Smith.  Kline  &  French  Co 17  10  .630 

H.  K.   Mulford  Co 11  16  .408 

R.   Shoemaker   11  16  .408 

Wanderers     8  22  .266 

H.  K.   Wampole  Co 2  25  .074 


Business  Fairly   Good. 

Philadelphia,  March  7.— The  jobbing  interests  report 
trade  fairly  good,  the  demand  for  drugs  being  unusually 
large  compared  with  that  for  sundries.  The  approach 
of  Easter  has  created  the  regular  demand  for  egg  dyes, 
but  it  is  doubtful  wrhether  the  sales  will  be  as  large  as 
usual  'because  of  the  high  price  of  eggs.  The  filthy 
condition  of  the  city  water  during  the  past  week  has 
boomed  the  water  business — sales  of  distilled,  spring  and 
mineral  waters  being  unusually   large. 

The  retail  trade  reports  prescriptions  fairly  numer- 
ous— in  some  sections  even  better  than  usual,  but  the 
sales  of  sundries  and  side  lines  in  general  are  very  slow, 
apparently  because  of  the  extremely  disagreeable  weath- 
er. Preparations  are  noticed  for  the  coming  of  the 
soda  water  season,  quite  a  number  of  stores  improving 
old  apparatus  and  several  putting  in  new  fountains  and 
carbonators. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

Another    secret   society    has    recently    been    organized 

at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  the  Pi  Theta 
Sigma.  The  members  held  their  first  annual  banquet 
at  the  Bellevue  on  Thursday,  March  6.  There  were 
twenty-seven  members  of  the  organization  present,  to- 
gether with  a  number  of  guests.  The  toastmaster  was 
A.    C.   C.   Gamer   and    the   speakers   Howard   B.    French, 


president  of  the  college.  Professors  Joseph  P.  Reming- 
ton, Samuel  P.  Sadtler,  Clement  B.  Lowe,  Frank  X. 
Moerk,  H.  W.  Lewis  and  M.  L.  Kellar. 
It  is  again  persistently  rumored  that  one  and  per- 
haps two  of  the  department  stores  on  Market  street  are 
about  to  open  drug  stores  in  connection  with  their  other 
departments.  There  seems  to  be  very  good  founriatlo.i 
for  these  rumors  at  least  as  far  as  one  of  the  stores 
is  concerned.  Despite  repeated  efforts  on  the  part  of 
the  Executive  Committee  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  to  inter- 
view the  parties  interested,  they  have  been  repeatedly 
put  off  on  one  pretext  or  another. 

^An    uptown    druggist    has    gotten    himself    into    legal 

difficulty  of  a  peculiar  nature.  Some  time  ago  he  en- 
gaged a  boy  of  16  to  learn  the  business.  Sbortly  af- 
ter engaging  him  the  boy's  parents  separated,  and  it 
seems  the  boy  has  since  been  turning  his  salary  over  to 
his  mother.  Now  the  father  of  the  boy  has  entered 
suit  against  the  druggist  to  recover  the  boy's  salary,  he 
being  legally  entitled  to  it. 

^Charles   Reh'fuss   and   H.   L.    Hetrick  have  purchased 

the  store  of  J.  E.  Moore  at  Twelfth  and  iPine  streets. 
Mr.  Hetrick  formerly  clerked  for  Mr.  Rehfuss,  but  has 
for  the  past  two  years  been  located  in  Brooklyn. 

Christopher   Koch,     Jr.,    has   purchased   the  store     of 

Slaughter  &  Richardson  at  Sixteenth  and  Diamond 
streets. 

A  new     store  will  be     opened  at  Forty-seventh     and 

Fairmount  avenues.  West  Philadelphia,  in  tlie  near  fu- 
ture. 


Druggist   Arrested   Charged  With   Arson. 

Louisville,  March  3.— Edward  P.  Caldwell,  proprietor 
of  the  drug  store  on  Fifteenth  and  Prentice  streets, 
which  was  destroyed  by  fire  early  on  the  morning  of 
March  2.  has  been  arrested  on  the  charge  of  being  In- 
strumental in  the  destruction  of  the  building.  The  stock 
and  fixtures  of  the  drug  store  were  insured  for  $2,500, 
and  the  arrest  was  made  at  the  instance  of  the  agent 
who  wrote  the  policy.  Two  boys  were  also  arrested  on 
the  charge  of  being  suspected  felons.  The  police  au- 
thorities state  that  one  of  the  boys  confessed  that  he 
and  his  companion  set  fire  to  the  building,  and  that  they 
were  to  receive  ?300  for  their  work.  The  young  man 
says  he  was  to  receive  $100.  while  the  other,  who  he 
claims  applied  the  match,   was  promised  $200. 

The  interior  of  the  drug  store  was  plentifully  sprinkled 
with  petroleum  and  turpentine  before  the  match  was 
applied,  and  the  occupants  of  the  upper  floors  of  the 
building  had  difficulty  in  escaping  with  their  lives.  Cald- 
well recently  abandoned  the  drug  business  to  enter  the 
Government  service  as  a  store  keeper. 


Good   Local   Advertising. 

,  whose  portrait  this  is,  ha^  long  been 
the  acknowledged  leader  in 
manufacture  of  Veterinary 
Remedies  aind  takes  occasion 
now  to  offer  to  the  trade  a 
splendid  advertising  propo- 
sition. 

He  requests  druggists  to 
send  him  a  list  of  the  live 
stock  owners  in  their  vicini- 
ty, on  receipt  of  which  he 
forwards  a  quantity  of  sam- 
ples to  the  store  sending  the 
list,  them  he  sends  a  personal 
invitation  to  each  owner  re- 
questing him  to  call  at  this 
store  for  a  sample.  No  one  is  asked  to  buy  one  penny's 
worth,  the  remedies  are  sold  strictly  on  their  merits  and 
it  is  the  personal  appeal  that  is  depended  om  to  create 
the  demand. 

At  any  rate  it  is  safe  to  say  that  such  a  proposition 
faithfully  carried  out  will  do  a  great  deal  of  good  to  all 
concerned,  and  nobody  stands  a  chance  of  losing.  There- 
fore the  proposition  is  worthy  of  hearty  support  on  the 
paj't  of  every  druggist  who  seeis  this. 


March  13,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


PITTSBURG   AND  VICINITY. 

DRUGGISTS    IN    TROUBLE. 

Pittsburg.  JIarch  10.— There  have  been  some  interest- 
ing and  sensational  developments  during  the  past  week 
in  the  liquor  prosecutions  of  the  druggists  of  Blairsville, 
Pa.,  mention  of  which  was  made  in  last  week's  Era. 
Druggist  W.  I.  Moore,  who  wa.s  being  prosecuted  by  the 
Anti-Saloon  League  brought  a  counter  charge  against  a 
detective  in  the  employ  of  the  League,  charging  him 
with  obtaining  liquor  and  furnishing  it  to  minors.  At 
the  hearing  the  detective  stated  that  he  had  done  so  in 
order  to  obtain  evidence  against  the  druggists  and  that 
at  the  time  of  his  purchase  the  druggists  were  aware 
of  the  fact  that  he  was  obtaining  it  for  others.  The 
League  people  subsequently  made  overtures  to  Mr.  Moore 
and  he  was  induced  to  withdraw  his  charges  in  return, 
for  which  they  agreed  to  drop  the  prosecutions  provided 
that  he  would  plead  guilty  and  pay  all  costs,  which  he 
agreed  to  do.  The  case  of  Druggist  M.  C.  Kerr  was 
eimilarly  settled,  he  pleading  guilty  and  paying  costs, 
and  further,  giving  a  bond  never  to  engage  in  liquor 
selling  or  to  keep  in  stock  liquors  of  any  kind  as  long 
as  he  should  continue  in  the  drug  business  in  Indiana 
county.  Druggist  H.  J.  Zimmerman,  who.  it  was  al- 
leged, received  the  friendly  tip  and  departed  for  parts 
unknofmi,  was  given  to  understand  that  prosecution 
would  not  be  dropped  unless  he  would  agree  to  discon- 
tinue the  drug  business  in  Blairsville.  This  Mr.  Zimmer- 
man readily  agreed  to  do,  and  Immediately  sold  his  store 
to  John  C.  Knode,  of  Pittsburg,  Pa.  In  every  case  In 
which  the  defendant  pleaded  guilty.  Judge  Harry  White 
suspended  sentence;  but,  it  is  generally  understood,  that 
at  the, very  first  violation  of  the  agreement  of  the  sev- 
eral parties,  sentence  will  be  pronouncd. 


Pharmacists  Elect   Officers. 

(Pittsburg,  March  10.— The  Alumni  Association  of  the 
Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy,  at  its  annual  naeeting 
last  week,  elected  the  following  officers:  President,  O. 
C.  Sarver,  G-reensburg:  flTst  vice-president.  J.  A.  Shafer, 
Pittsburg;  second  vice-president,  A.  C.  Robertson,  Pitts- 
burg; secretary,  D.  E.  Lewis,  Pittsburg;  treasurer,  A.  F. 
Judd,  Knoxville;  Executive  Committee,  J.  D.  Thomas,  J. 
H.  Koch,  E.  E.  Dording,  R.  H.  Johnson,  M.  H.  Scover 
and  H.  A.  Spilker.  The  graduating  class  will  have  a 
banquet  next  month. 


PITTSBURG  NOTES. 

^Harry  Murto,   formerly   in   the  drug  business   on    the 

South  Side,  and  who  sold  his  store  there  to  the  Walther 
interests,  is  about  to  get  into  the  harness  again.  He  is 
just  putting  the  finishing  touches  on  an  apartment 
building  on  Frankstown  avenue,  in  which  he  will  have  a. 
handsome  store. 

^The  partnership  existing  between  Messrs.  Franke  and 

Wakefield,  who  form  the  firm  of  Dr.  Louis  Franke  &  Co., 
will  cease  April  1.  Mr.  Franke  retires  to  engage  in  busi- 
ness on  his  own  account,  and  Mr.  Wakefield  will  continue 
the  business  of  the  firm  at   the  old  location. 

J.    E.   Armstrong,    traveling  representative   for  W.   J. 

GUmore  &  Co.,  was  in  Battle  Creek,  Mich.,  last  week, 
having  been  called  there  by  his  wife,  who  was  a  patient 
In  the  sanatarium,  recently  burned,  and  who  suffered 
the  loss  of  all  her  personal  effects. 

^At   the   late     Municipal   election   held   at     Johnstown, 

Druggist  Charles  Young,  was  defeated  for  the  mayoralty 
by  a  majority  of  501.  Mr.  Young's  opponent  was  an 
undertaker. 

O.  A.   Freebing,  who  sold  his  Park  avenue  pharmacy 

to  H.  O.  Danner,  is  putting  up  a  new  building  on  Lincoln 
avenue,  the  first  floor  of  which  he  will  use  for  a  model 
drug  store. 

Patterson  and  Bennett,  of  Brookville,  Pa.,  aire  adding 

a  handsome  soda  fountain  and  modern  fixtures  to  their 
new  store  rooni,  which  they  expect  to  occupy  about 
April  1. 

—The  Siegfried  Drug  Co.  are  opening  a  new  store  In 
Walnut  street.  The  store  will  be  managed  by  Mr.  Cook, 
formerly  of  the  traveling  force  of  George  A.  Kelly  Co. 


^S.   C.   Daugherty,   a  prominent  druggist  of  Jeannette, 

Pa.,    was   recommended   to    the   Senate   by   the   President 
last  week,  for  tne  postmastership  of  that  town. 

J.  P.  Urban,   who     recently  sold  his  Allegheny     drug 

store,  is  fitting  up  a  handsome  new  pharmacy  in  the  Iro- 
quois Apartment  Building  in  OaJcland. 

^Dr.   G.    M,   Wise,    of  Tyrone,   Pa.,   has   purchased   the 

store  of  the  late  W.  E.  Troxell,  of  Lilly,  Pa. 

Hays  Smith,  the  Lincoln  avenue  druggist,  has  opened 

a  branch  store   near  Franella  Place. 


BALTIMORE. 

LEGISLATION  DRAGS. 

Baltimore,  March  8.— The  bill  introduced  in  the  Legis- 
lature to  regulate  the  practice  of  pharmacy  in  Maryland, 
and  which  at  fir^t  made  satisfactory  progress  toward  its 
final  passage,  has  been  lagging  of  late.  It  has  passed 
the  second  reading  in  the  House  and  is  consequently  no 
longer  ■■subject  to  .imendment  by  that  body,  but  has  re- 
mained in  statu  quo  now  for  several  weeks.  Practically 
only  two  weeks  are  left  of  the  present  session  and  further 
deilay  would  seriously  affect  the  enhances  of  the  measure. 
The  suspension  of  progress  cannot  be  attributed  to  a  want 
of  friends.  Many  members  of  the  General  Assembly 
recognize  its  pertinence  and  urgency.  Marj-land's  omis- 
sion from  the  list  of  States  which  have  pharmacy  laws 
is  felt  to  be  a  reproach,  which  advanced  and  broad- 
minded  law-makers  would  rectify  speedily  enough.  But 
there  has  developed  at  Annapolis  a  peculiar  political 
situation,  which  halts  every  kind  of  legislation  and 
threatens  to  render  the  session  barren  of  results.  Some 
dissatisfied  Democrats  have  fonmed  a  coalition  with  the 
Republicans  and  have  by  this  means  succeeded  in  secur- 
ing control  of  the  House,  which  enables  them  to  block 
legislation.  This  manoeuvre  threatens  to  defeat  meritori- 
ous measures  together  rwith  others  of  political  import. 

Members  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Associatioa 
legislative  committee  went  to  Annapolis  yesterday 
to  se  what  can  be  done  to  have  the  Pharmacy  bill  taken 
up  and  puslhed  through. 


Bowlers  Have  a  Difference. 
Baltimore,  March  7. — Some  friction  has  developed 
among  the  members  of  the  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Club, 
but  the  feeling  prevails  that  existing  differences  can  be 
patched  up  and  the  sport  will  flourish  as  it  did  before. 
It  seems  that  some  members  of  the  club  took  exception 
to  the  methods  adopted  by  others,  which,  they  contended, 
were  not  conducive  to  harmony  and  good  fellowship.  The 
withdrawal  of  one  team  has  been  hinted  at,  but  it  Is 
thought  that  a  break  can  be  avoided.  The  club  has  done 
some  excellent  work  in  the  past  on  the  alleys  and  has 
developed  fine  bowlers.  Sharp  &  Dohme  have  won  the 
silver  cup  for  the  best  team  work  twice  and  it  will  be- 
come their  permanent  property  if  th-ey  win  again.  At 
present  McCormick  &  Co.  have  the  le^  and  from  appear- 
ances they  stand  a  fair  chance  of  ending  the  season  in 
first  place.  They  took  all  the  games  from  the  Armstrong 
Cork  Co.  last  Tuesday  night.  All  the  members  of  the  team 
seemed  to  be  in  good  trim,  so  that,  while  no  astonishing  in- 
dividual scores  were  made,  the  totals  wore  aill  around  the 
800  mark,  being  19S.  S19  and  S07.  against  696,  683  and  644 
for  the  Armsti-ong  Company.  Some  exceptional  scores  were 
put  up  by  McCormick  .&  Co.  last  night,  when  they  rolled 
up  816,  863  and  657,  respectively  and  smashed  records  on 
the  diamond  this  season,  putting  James  Baily  &  Son  In 
second  place.  The  opponents  of  McCormick  &  Co.  last 
Friday  were  the  FerreU  &  Kellam  Drug  Company,  none  of 
whose  quintet  managed  to  get  above  170.  The  bowllns 
of  McCormick  &  Co.  excited  much  interest. 


Working  Up  the  N.  A  R.  D. 

Baltimore,  March  S.— As  stated  last  week,  efforts  are 
being  made  to  organize  the  retailers  here  in  connec- 
tion with  the  X.  A.  R.  D.  movement.  N.  W.  Hoffman, 
whose  labors  proved  so  successful  In  Washington,  hafl 
been  in  Baltimore  ever  since  he  finished  his  work  there 
Interviewing  members  of  the  trade  and   endeavoring  to 


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[March  13,  1902. 


awaken  interest.  He  is  reported  to  liave  met  with  much 
encooirag-eroent  and  expects  to  accomplish  here  what  he 
did  in  the  national  capital. 

The  oiticers  elected  by  the  Washington  druggists  are: 
President,  Robert  N.  Harper;  treasurer,  H.  C.  Easterly; 
treasurer,  Wyraond  H.  Bradbury.  They  are  also  the 
officers    of    the    district    organization. 

BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

^Dr.  John  P.   Piquett,   who  conducts  a  retail  drug  store 

at  the  corner  ot  Edmondson  avenue  and  Calhoun  street, 
and  is  a  member  ot  the  Maryland  College  o£  Pharma- 
cy faculty,  has  recovered  sufficiently  from  his  recent  at- 
tack of  illness  to  leave  his  room  and  give  some  attention 
to  business.  For  a  titne  his  condition  gave  rise  to  con- 
siderable apprehension. 

T.    Goldsborough,    who    has    been    Sharp    &    Dohme's 

representative  in  Washington  for  some  years,  making 
frequent  trips  to  the  national  capital,  has  taken  up  his 
permanent  residence  there,  so  as  to  be  in  close  touch 
with  the  trade.  His  removal  from  Baltimore  deprives  the 
Sharp  &  Dohme  bowling  team  of  one  of  its  best  players. 
^Fehler  &  Co.,  who  conduct  a  retail  pharmacy  at  Madi- 
son avenue  and  Biddle  street,  are  about  to  open  a  whole- 
sale and  retail  establishment  on  Pratt,  near  Light  street. 
They  expect,  it  is  said,  to  get  at  least  some  of  the  steam- 
boat and  country  trade  that  came  to  the  houses  formerly- 
located  there. 

—Mr.  Charles  E.  and  Mrs.  Charles  E.  Dohme  have  ar- 
rived at  GaiiDa  on  their  European  trip.  According  to 
information  received  in  Baltimore  they  are  in  excellent 
health  and  spirits  and  look  forward  to  an  enjoyable 
journey. 


MICHIGAN. 


Detroit,  March  8. 

i'arke,  Davis  &  Co.  are  imaresting  about  $25,000  in  ex- 
tensive im,provements  in  their  biological  stables.  Asphalt 
floors  are  .being  instated  in  both  of  the  large  buildings, 
the  old  stalls  are  being  torn  out,  new  open  work  iron  ones 
be.nig  put  m  i.n  their  paces.  The  walls  and  ceilings  of  the 
different  rooms  will  be  covered  with  rock  plaster  so  that 
they  can  be  washed  thOTOughly  with  a  hose.  The  buUd- 
ings  ^-hen  finished  will  be  strictly  up-to-date  from  every 
standpoint  and  models  ot  their  kind. 

—The  business  portion  of  Orion,  Mich.,  was  recently  vis- 
ited by  a  fire,  which  besides  destroying-  a  number  of  the 
impiortant  buildings,  including  the  postoffice,  wiped  out 
the  store  of  H.  E.  Goette,  druggist,  who  did  not  'have  any 
insurance  on  his  stock  or  fixtures.  Benridge  &  Berridge 
druggists,  also  suffered  a  heavy  loss. 

C.  O.  O'Connor,  a  pharmacist  ot  Lndianapolia,  Ind 
was  recently  brought  to  Detroit  to  answer  a  charge  ot 
larceny  preferred  by  a  young  lady,  who  stated  that  he  se- 
cured possession  of  her  $4,50  diamond  ring  and  Qeft  town 
without  returning  it  to  her.  t'pon  trial  Mr.  COonnor  was 
tuUy  acquttted  ot  the  charge. 

Frederick    A.    McEee    has    returned   from  California 

where  he  spent  the  past  two  years  in  the  practice  of  phar- 
macy at  -Sacramento  and  Sam  Francisco  and  is  now  man- 
aging the  pharmacy  ot  J.  H.  Gaimtole,  at  Brighton,  Mich 
Mr.  McKee  was  formerly  senior  clerk  for  Druggist  A.  a' 
Schott,  of  Saginaw. 

W.  M.  Warren,   general  manager  for  Parke,  Davis  & 

Co.,  is  away  on  a  two  weeks  trip  in  the  West,  during 
which  time  he  will  call  upon  the  Ibrknch  houses  of  the  firm 
in  that  territory. 

G.  M.  Schaml>s,  formerly  with  H.  H.  Hessler  &  Co.,  of 

Cleveland,  Ohio,  has  accepted  a  position  on  the  road  with 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  and  'has  been  assigned  to  northern 
Ohio  territory. 

The   drug   store   ot   Oscar   A.   Marftleuis   a,t  Standish, 

Mich.,  was  recently  totally  destroyed  hy  fire,  there  being 
little  insurance. 

A  blill  of  sale  has  beein  recorded  covering  the  transfer 

ot  the  drug  store  operated  by  Mr,  and  Mrs.  L.  F,  Strong, 
Vicksburg. 

Jno.   R.   Standard,   St.   Charles,  Mich.,   Is  succeieded  in 

the  drug  business  at  that  place  by  D.  A.  Laubenger 


EDWIN    F.    PHILLIPS. 

Edwin  Freeman  Phillips  is  a  well  known  pharmacist  of 
Annijad'a,  Mich.,  and  has  served  the  Michigan  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  in  various -official  capacities  since  its  or- 
ganization at  Lanising  in  1.883.  At  the  Mackinaw  meeting, 
in  1896,  he  was  called  to  the  presidency  of  that  body.  Mr. 
Phi'llips  has  always  been  an  enthusiast  on  the  question  of 
pharmaceutical  associations  and  he  is  at  the  present  time 
president  of  the  Macomb  county,  Mich.,  Retail  Dragg-ists' 
Association.  He  was  born  at  Fairfield.  Mich.,  forty-three 
years  ago.  When  nine  years  of  age  'he  removed  with  his 
parents  to  New  York  city,  where  he  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  and  the  College  of  the  City  of  New 
York.  Upon  Heaving  coKege  he  entered  the  drug  business 
and  adva,nced  to  the  poisibijon  of  prescriptionist.  In  1877 
he  returned  to  Michigan  and  entered  the  employ  ot  T.  S. 
Griffith,  a  well  known  phiarmacist  of  Detroit.  A  year 
later  he  entered  into  an  engagement  with  J.  G.  Mason  of 
AdriaTi  and  with  who'm  he  remair.ed  until  ISSO.  when  with 
his  father  he  opened  the  Phillips  Pharmacy  at  Amrado, 
an  estab'Mshiment  which  in  th'e  twenty-two  years  of  its 
existence  has  made  a  record  that  w"ould  fill  the  breast  otf 
many  a  city  proprietor  with  justifiaibOe  pride. 


Mr.  Ekert,  ot  the  Albany  Chemical  Co.,  ot  Alibany,  N. 

Y.,  called  on  Detroit  trade  during  the  pajst  week. 
W.  D.  Hawley,  with  the  Dorrance  Drug  Co.,  of  Cold- 
water,  paid  Detroit  a  visit  last  week. 

C.  B.  Alward.   Camden,  Mich.,  has  been  succeeded  by 

the  firm  of  C.   B.  Alward  &  Co. 


Send   Them  Back. 

Ai:  druggists  handling  Raymond's  Pectoral  Plaster  are 
requested  to  look  over  their  stock  and  send  any  plasters 
with  stamps  on  them,  back  to  the  makers,  who  will  re- 
turn new  goocfe  and  the  amount  of  postage  you  spent  in 
mailing  plasters.  Send  the  old  plasters  to  Raymond  &  Co., 
Room  2(»,   No.  61  Beekman  street,   'Neiw  York. 


Co-No,  the  great  stomach  powder  is  now  put  up  in  two 
sizes,  retailing  at  25c  and  SOc.  The  Co-No  Medical  Co., 
Oswayo.  Pa.,  advertises  that  there  is  no  cutting  on  Co-No 
and  wants  druggists  to  send  names  of  customers,  to 
whom  samples  wi'.l  be  sent.  The  company  will  also  send 
a  full  sized  package  to  the  druggist. 


Sto<ne's  Jule'p  Straws  are  put  up  in  packages  of  100  for 
druggists  to  retail.  Dots  of  people  would  buy  these  straws 
if  th^y  saw  them  disptoyed  for  .'ale.  Put  a  few  packages 
where  they  can  be  seen,  have  the  price  marked  plainly, 
and  see  how  many  you  will  sell.  The  straws  are  also 
sold  in  packages  ot  ofK)  for  fountain  use.  All  wholesalers 
can  supply  either  size  package. 


March  13,  1902. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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CHICAGO. 


CHICAGO  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY  NOTES. 

Chlcagro,  Maireh  8. — The  commencement  exercises  of 
the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy  will  be  held  at  the 
Grand  Opera  House  on  Thursday.  April  24,  at  2  p.  m. 
The  senior  class  has  selected  Francis  E.  Pierce  of  Went- 
worth,  S.  D.,  as  salutatorian  and  Frank  H.  Heidbreder 
of  Quincy,  III.,  as  valedictorian.  The  Alumni  Association 
will   banquet  the  graduating  class  in  the  evening. 

Emil  R.  Dolson  of  the  junior  class  died  March  3,  af- 
ter a  short  illness,  of  appendicitis.  'Mr.  Dolson  was  a 
native  of  Chicago  and  had  been  employed  in  the  drug 
store  of  J.  W.  Kask,  5727  Wentworth  avenue,  for  the 
past  four  years.  The  juniors  testified  to  their  regard  for 
the  deceased  by  selecting  pall^bearers  from  the  class  and 
attending  the  luneral. 

The  junior  class  has  elected  officers  as  followis:  S. 
W.  Taliaferro,  of  Roseville.  111.,  President;  O.  A.  Fritz, 
of  Chicago,  vice-president;  C.  H.  ©chafer,  of  Marietta, 
Ohio,  secretary;  W.  R.  Montgomery,  of  Waterloo,  Wis., 
treasurer;  C.  S.  Marshall,  of  Watonga.  Oklahoma,  ser- 
geant-at-arms. 


CHICAGO  JOBBERS  HAVE  NEW  POLICY. 

Chicago,  March  S.— A  movement  has  already  material- 
ized in  one  instance,  at  last,  where  an  aggressive  cut- 
ter has  been  notified  by  a  jobbing  house  that  his  trade 
In  any  goods  is  not  desired.  It  is  said  that  the  house 
deems  its  interests  are  best  conserved  by  dealing  only 
with  the  test  class  of  trade.  This  choice  is  purely  volun- 
tary and  is  dictated  by  considerations  of  sound  policy. 
Mr.  Ebert  told  your  correspondent  that  he  is  informed 
that  the  above  policy  will  be  pursued  by  all  the  jobbing 
houses  of  Chicago.  It  is  considered  that  a  man  who  cuts 
prices  is  not  a  safe  or  reliable  man  as  a  rule  to  deal 
with.  It  is  recognized  that  in  the  past  the  jobbers  have 
lost  money  by  neglecting  to  safeguard  their  ac- 
counts in  the  only  way  they  can  be  safeguarded,  which 
is  'by  selling  to  those  only  iwhose  business  policy  and  per- 
sonal standing  give  warrant  of  success.  This  has  not 
come  about  by  agreement  or  resolution,  but  is  the  ex- 
pression of  the  individual  judgment  of  the  several  firms. 


Chicago  Trade  Active. 

Chicago,  March  6.— Business  is  good  among  the  jobbers 
and  mainufacturers.  Such  is  the  sentiment  expressed  bv 
every  one  whom  your  correspondent  has  seen.  One  well 
knowTi  wholesale  druggist  said  this  morning  that  not  since 
World's  Fair  year  have  the  druggists  of  Chicago  been  in 
BO  prosperous  a  conidltion  as  they  are  now.  The  rule  is 
now  for  druggists  to  discount  their  blKs.  fwhereais  but  one 
or  two  years  ago  the  rule  was  quite  the  other  way. 

The  demand  for  staple  drugs  seems  to  be  good  and  will 
no  doubt  become  better  as  this  wet  and  muddy  weather 
of  Spring  begins  to  take  hold  on  the  lungs  and  nasal  pas- 
sages of  the  population.  All  pharmaceutical  goods  are 
moving  freely.  Sundries  are  in  good  demand  and,  in  fact, 
there  seems  to  be  no  word  of  complaint  from  anyone. 
Retailers  are  getting  good  prices  on  counter  goods  through 
the  efforts  of  their  associations  and  are  putting  money 
into  their  tl'.ls. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

The  Drug  Clerks'   Asisociation  of  Illinois  'has  decided 

to  become  affiliated  with  the  Retail  Clerks'  International 
Protective  As.=>ociation.  As  soon  as  the  charter  is  received 
delegates  will  be  sent  to  the  Chicago  Federation  of  Labor. 
Suppose  the  drug  clerks  should  be  ordered  to  strike  some 
time?  If  the  drug  clerks,  why  not  the  doctors,  or  the 
lawyers,  or  the  druggists? 

The  firm  of  Hawk  &  Bignall  has  bought  the  Schmerker 

drug  store  at  Twenty-second  and  State  streets.  Mr.  Hawk 
was  formerly  clerk  at  Brown's  drug  store,  Thirty-first 
street  and  Cottage  Grove  avenue,  and  Mr.  Bignall  was 
formerly  with  the  Liddell  Drug  Co.  at  Forty-third  street 
and  Indiana  avenue. 


M.  R.  Stewart,  for  fifteen  or  sixteen  years  head  clerk 

tor  Gale  &  Blockl  in  their  store  in  the  Venetian  Building. 
24  'S^'ashington  street,  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  at  7G 
Dearborn  street.    The  firm  name  is  M.  R.  Stewart  &  Co. 

Frank  Honsik,  for  the  past  seven  years  head  clerk  for 

Krevatshy  at  Forty-seventh  street  and  Ashland  avenue, 
has  opened  a  new  drug  store  at  Twenty-sixth  street  amd 
Turner  avenue. 

-Ed.   T.   Hitchcock,   who  formerly  oiwned  a  drug  store 

at  534  South  Ha'.sted  street,  has  bought  A.  C.  Cole  &. 
Co.'s  store  at  Forty-third  street  and  Indiana  avenue. 

H.    Worthington    Eddy,    for    six    years    with    Truax, 

Grceme  &  Co.,  has  succeeded  O.  I,.  Fisher  as  downtown 
salesman  for  Peter  Van  Schaack  &  Sons. 

Dr.  Fermanek  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  under  the 

name  of  the  .\tlas  Pharmacy  at  Eighteenth  and  Throop 
streets.  ^ 

J.  J.   Mager  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  Fifty-seventh 

street  and  Lake  avenue  to  Campbell  &  Crozier. 

J.    S.    Frantz   has   sold  his  drug  store  at   Sixty-ninth 

street  and  Wontworth  evenue  to  J.  C.  Coates. 

A.  F.   Seekamp  has  bought  O.  L.  Schick's  drug  store 

at  723  Eiston  avenue. 

^C.  F.   Kirst  has  succeeded  M.  Geb'hard  &  Co.  at  Two 

Rivers,  Wis. 


ST.  W^UIS. 

Alumni   Executive   Board   Meets. 

St.  Louis.  March  C— The  Executive  Board  of  the  St. 
Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  Alumni  Association  held  its 
first  meeting  under  the  new  administration  at  the  college 
building  last  Tuesday  night.  President  Wm,  H.  Lament 
announced  the  following  members  chairmen  of  the  several 
committees  for  the  ensuing  year:  Papers  and  Queries,  Dr. 
O.  A.  Wall,  Jr.;  Publication,  W.  J.  Ittner;  Resident  Mem- 
bership, Paul  Schneider;  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  R.  S. 
Vilt:  Library,  Theo.  Engelskamp;  to  Confer  with  Students 
Carl  Hinrichs;  Entertainment.  Theo.  F.  Hagenow;  Prizes, 
Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley;  Memorial.  H.  F.  HasBebrock;  Press, 
Dr.  O.  H.  Elbrecht.  The  last  scientific  lecture  of  the 
season  will  be  given  at  the  college  building  on  the  night 
of  March  IS  by  Dr.  O.  A.  Wall,  Br.  His  subject  will  be 
"World  Formation." 

ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

The  Judge  &  Dolph  Pharmacal  Co.   have  moved  Into 

their  new  building  at  515  Olive  street,  and  extend  a  cor- 
dial invitation  to  their  brother  pharmacists  to  come  In 
and  see  the  most  up-to-date  retail  drug  store  in  the 
West. 

The  Jewish  Hospital  at  Ninth  and  Walsh  streets  has 

opened  a  dispensary  and  placed  In  charge  Ferd  Christ- 
man.  Waslhr'jngton  and  Vandaventer  avenues.  R.  L. 
Brenneke.  Ph.  G.,  is  in  charge  of  the  prescription  de- 
partment. 

The   Meyer  Bros.    Drug  Co.   held  Its   annual   meeting 

and  election  of  officers  the  evening  of  March  8.  As  far 
as  could  be  leanned  no  changes  were  made  in  the  of- 
ficers or  management  of  the  company. 
Dr.  J.  J.  Jende.  a  young  local  physician,  and  for  sev- 
eral years  a  prominent  South  Side  drug  clerk,  was  mar- 
ried on  March  G  to  Miss  Amy  Frcy,  daughter  of  a  promi- 
nent South  Side  politician. 

T.   R,    Moore   &  Son.  of  Fulton,   Mo.,   have  erected  a 

new  building  across  the  street  from  their  old  stand,  and 
are  moving  into  their  new  quarters. 

-»-iW.  O.  Roepert  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  6131  Easton 
avenue  to  Messrs.  Collins  &  Slaterbach,  formerly  of 
Salisbury,  Mo. 

A.  W.  Pauley,  of  14th  and  Madison  streets,  has  pur- 
chased the  A.  AV.  Boehmer  Drug  Co.,  of  llth  and  Madi- 
son streets. 

J.   R.   Holllway  has  ibeen  employed  to  represent  the 

Moffltt-West  Drug  Co.  In  Northern  Missouri. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  13,  1903. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

Umland  "Up"  Again. 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  March  8.— G.  F.  A.  C.  E.  A.  Umland, 
the  druggist  of  this  city,  who  also  assists  in  compounding 
legal  prescriptions'  for  the  State,  was  once  more  the  cen- 
ter of  interest  in  the  House  of  Representatives  for  a  few 
minutes  this  week.  A  pro-Boer  resolution  drafted  by 
Senator  Stockwall  had  passed  the  Senate  and  was  read  in 
the  Hoiise.  Mr.  Umland  gave  notice  of  debate  and  the 
resolution  went  over  for  one  day.  Ajs  Mr.  Umland  is  a 
German  and  a  democrat,  his  action  caused  surprise.  The 
reason  for  it  came  out  a  little  later.  It  seems  that  Sena- 
tor Stockwell  in  his  speech  in  the  Senate  referred  to  the 
country's  royal  guest  as  "Mr.  Henry."  Mr.  Umland's  no- 
tice of  debate  was  given  in  revenge. 


CALIFORNIA. 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

Mrs.   Winthrop  S.    Oilman,   aged  S4,   mother-in-law  ot 

the  brothers  Daniel  R.  and  Charles  P.  Noyes  of  St.  Paul, 
died  in  Washington  last  Monday  and  the  funeral  took 
place  Wednesday  at  the  Brick  Presibyterian  Church  in 
New  York.  The  lady  was  the  widow  of  the  founder  of 
the  banking  house  of  Gilman,  Son  &  Co.,  in  New  York, 
who  died  in  18S4. 

Following  is  the  weekly  round-up  of  firm  changes  in 

this  latitude;  George  S.  Burch,  Minneapolis,  succeeded  by 
L.  C.  Heimainn  &  Co.;  Nelson  Bingham,  Tower  City,  N. 
D.,  by  the  Tower  City  Drug  Co.;  Otto  Sperling,  Belvidere, 
Neb.,  by  M.  A.  (Mrs.  J.  W.)  Crawford;  O.  A.  Strom, 
Kerkhoven,   Minn.,   by  A.    Dowswell. 

• ^The  store  of  W.  W.  Ferry  of  Waterloo,  Iowa,  Is  closed, 

the  proprietor  having  filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy.  His 
liabilities  are  placed  at  $15,000  and  resources  at  $11,000. 
He  was  the  oldest  druggist  in  the  city.  Strong  competi- 
tion by  younger  and  more  energetic  men  is  assigned  as 
the  cause. 

Finding  it  impassible  to  go  on  pronouncing  the  name 

of  his  town  fifty  times  a  day  or  more  without  keeping  his 
tongue  both  tied  and  twisted,  F.  S.  Woodnorth  has  re- 
solved to  discontinue  at  Wewauwega,  Wis, 

New;     Andy  Johnston  &  Co.,  Bottineau,  N.  D. ;  A.  P. 

T.  Suftel,  Hallock,  Minn.;  W.  A.  Fteeburger,  Tacoma, 
Wash. ;  Brandt  Drug  Co.,  Brandt,  S.  D. ;  W.  L..  Olm- 
stead,   Ritzville,   Wasb. 

■ ^F.  P.   Parks,  who  has  recently  sold  out  his  drugstore 

at  Tracy,  Minn.,  was  in  the  city  this  week  paying  up 
bills  and  getting  reaidy  for  a  new  start  in  business. 
Among  those  who  have  sold  this  week  are  O.  S.  Tay- 
lor, Pipestone,  Minn.;  Joseph  Tomasek,  Cedar  Bapid«, 
Iowa,  and  S.  Domstad  &  Co.,  Edinburg,  N.  D. 
-—Having  found  his  own  name  pretty  Tiaird  to  bear  un- 
aided, M.  Kuczkowski,  the  Winona.  Minn.,  druggist,  has 
admitted  Julian  A.  Zabrocki  to  partnership. 

■ J.   Arnold,  well  known  to  the  drug  trade  ot  the  Twin 

Cities  but  for  the  last  year  or  two  on  the  road,  was  vis- 
iting old  scenes  again  this  week. 

■ Henry  Pri?stholt  was  down  from  North  Branch  a  few 

days  ago  and  reports  his  new  store  doing  well  there. 
■ The   Standard   Paint  Manufacturing   Co.   has  incorpo- 
rated at  Omaha,  Neb.,  with  $10,000  capital  stock. 

Gu'Stav  Sommers  ot  Rush  City,  Minn.,  has  begun  work 

in  A.   G.   Anderson's  store  at  Crookston. 

W.   B.   Elliott  has  returned   to  Marietta,   Minn.,   ajfter 

a  short  vacation  in  North  Dakota. 

Julius  Roisholt  has  sold  his  interest  in  A.  W.  Swenson 

&  Co.,  Maddock,  N.   D. 

The  Remington  Drug  Co.,  Fon  du  L.ac,  Wis.,  has  just 

been  damaged   by  fire. 

The  Medical  Dake  Mineral  Water  Co.  has  incorporated 

at  Spokane,  Wash.   . 

Garrison  Bros.,  Seatf.e  Wash.,  have  given  a  bill  of  sale. 


BOARD  OF  PHARMACY  CRUSADE. 

Los  Angeles,  Cal.,  March  1.— Grocers  in  southern  Cali- 
fornia who  have  been  and  are  now  selling  poisons  in 
violation  of  the  law,  fear  the  crusade  of  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy.  In  the  northern  cities  the  greatest  difficul- 
ty has  been  encountered  among  the  grocerymen,  who  al- 
though they  have  authority  to  sell  drugs  already  com- 
pounded, and  under  seal,  and  proprietary  medicines,  have 
been  selling  wood  alcohol,  laudanum,  arnica,  carbolic 
acid,  tincture  cf  iodine,  and  a  lomg  hst  of  drugs  which  re- 
quire poison  labels.  By  the  law  enacted  at  the  last 
session  of  the  Legislature,  which  divides  druggists  into 
licentiates  and  assistants,  only  licentiates  are  given  au- 
thority to  compound  and  register  poisons.  It  has  been 
the  custom  in  many  drug  stores,  however,  to  leave  an 
assistant  in  charge  to  act  in  the  capacity  of  a  full  fledged 
pharmacist. 

Frank  D.  Oiwen,  manager  of  C.  Laux  &  Co.'s  drug 
store,  and  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
says:  "The  druggists  themselves  are  well  aware  of  the 
necessity  of  a  firm  stand  against  the  grocers'  invasion  of 
their  business.  It  takes  live  years  of  study  and  appren- 
ticeship to  become  a  full-fledged  druggist,  and  if  those 
who  have  spent  so  much  time  and  money  in  acquiring 
a  profession  are  obliged  to  compete  with  the  large  number 
of  unskilled  and  untutored  assistants,  it  is  an  injustice 
to  the  profession.  The  druggists  must  also  defend  them- 
selves against  the  grocers.  Public  sentiment  must  be 
aroused.  When  people  understand  the  risks  they  are  run- 
ning in  buying  strychnine,  laudanum  or  some  other  poi- 
sons from  a  grocer's  clerk,  the  danger  of  illicit  sales  will 
be  obviated.  One  of  the  largest  grocery  Arms  in  San 
FPanjcisco  was  caught  handing  out  poisons  promSs- 
cuously.  The  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  convene  in  Los 
Angeles  on  April  S,  and  will  examine  applicants  for  li- 
centiates and  assistants.  We  expect  to  license  a  large 
number,  and  thereby  relieve  the  present  condition  In 
many  drug  stores  in  southern  California." 


A  PRACTICAL  JOKER  CAUGHT. 

San  Francisco,  March  1.— lA  New  Y'ork  druggist,  who 
developed  into  a  practical  joker  here,  made  for  himself 
a  bad  quarter  of  an  hour  recently.  He  gave  his  name  as 
Dr.  M.  J.  Rowe,  and  his  residence  as  New  York  city.  Ha 
had  been  employed  here  by  local  druggists,  and  Feb.  23 
went  to  Gleason's  drug  store,  at  Clay  and  Kearney 
streets,  and  engaged  the  proprietor  in  conversation. 

After  passing  them  the  time  of  day,  he  announced  that 
he  had  taken  a  dose  of  bichloride  of  mercury,  and  ex- 
pected to  die  with  his  boots  on  in  the  pharmacy.  Drug- 
gist Gleason  telephoned  to  the  authorities,  and  Dr.  Rowe 
was  rushed  to  the  emergency  hospital.  There  was  intense 
excitement  at  the  hospital,  and  the  patient  was  laid  out 
on  a  oouch  while  the  physician  in  charge  and  his  assist- 
ants prepared  to  relieve  him  ot  the  poison  in  his  stom- 
ach. When  Rowe  was  asked  to  swallow  the  tube  ot  the 
stomach  pump,  he  burst  into  a  merry  laugh,  and  told 
the  doctor  that  he  had  taken  nothing  worse  than  steam 
beer.  He  seemed  to  enjoy  his  joke  immensely,  but  was 
forced  to  lose  the  contents  of  his  stomach  through  the 
pump.  Then  he  was  as  sick  as  if  he  had  been  poisoned, 
and  was  put  to  bed  to  recover  from  the  treatment. 


Druggists  will  do  well  to  get  samples  and  prices  of 
paper  boxes  made  by  Frederick  N.  Burt,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
He  makes  all  kinds  of  paper  boxes  for  pil'.s,  powders,  etc., 
and  offers  low  prices.  Send  your  address  and  let  him 
tell  you  about  his  box  business. 


Want  License  Ordinance  Reconsidered. 

Sacramento.  Cal.,  Feb.  1.— The  City  Board  of  Trustees 
will  be  asked  to  reconsider  the  new  license  ordinance, 
which  makes  the  license  for  saloons  $75  per  quarter.  The 
saloon  keepers  say  the  license  is  unfair,  because  it  lays 
the  burden  upon  them  alone.  They  say  there  should  be 
a  tax  imposed  upon  all  groceries  and  drug  stores  and 
other  establishments  which  sell  liquor  at  retail.  Whole- 
sale liquor  dealer  Cronan  says;  '^Drug  stores  and 
groceries  have  encroached  upon  the  liquor  business  to 
such  an  extent  that  the  trade  ot  the  wholesale  dealers 
has  fallen  oft  about  50  per  cent.  The  druggists  have  put 
out  a  lot  of  cheap  whiskey,  as  a  flyer  to  catch  other 
trade.    The  drug  stores  must  be  made  to  pay  a  license." 


March  13,  1908.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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CALIFORNIA  NOTES. 

Mrs.  Annie  E.  Browning,  the  divorced  wife  of  Wil- 
liam Browning,  a  druggist  employed  by  the  Gates  Drug 
Company,  at  Commercial  and  Sansome  street,  San  Fran- 
cisco, committed  suicide  by  inhaling  gas.  She  was  found 
In  the  afternoon  in  her  room  with  the  tip  of  a  gas  tutie 
connecting  her  moutji  with  the  jet.  She  was  twenty- 
eight  years  old.  Neither  her  family  nor  her  former 
husband  couid  give  any  motive  for  her  deed. 

• The    Palace    Pharmacy    of    Palo    Alto.    Cal.,    is    now 

managed  by  George  G.  Colpe.  C.  H.  Colpe,  one  of  the 
memjbers  of  the  Colpe  Drug  Company,  which  owns  the 
Palace  Pharmacy,  has  left  the  drug  business  to  take 
charge  of  the  Jubilee  Mining  Company. 
— ^J.  B.  Bowman  and  R.  R.  Snowden  bought  out  the  stock 
of  drugs  of  Mrs.  Kate  Chaigneau,  at  Crescent  City,  Cal. 
Mrs.  Chaigneau  has  retired  from  business  and  iSnowden 
and  Bowman  who  have  drug  stores  in  Crescent  City, 
added  the  goods  to  their  stocks. 

'A.  L.  Walton,  the  Main  street.  Corona,  Cal.  druggist, 

who  left  a  fortnight  ago,  supposedly  for  Eng'land,  and 
on  the  day  previous  to  the  time  set  for  hie  trial  for  vio- 
lating    the   liquor   ordinance,     has   returned   to     Corona, 

and  says  he  will  stay  there. 

Drake's  drug  store  at  2216  South  Grand  avenue,   Los 

Angeles,  was  entered  for  the  second  time,  a  night  or  two 
ago  by  a  burglar  who  had  a  pass  key  to  the  front  door. 
The  burglar  secured  75  cents.  Two  weeks  ago  a  thief 
took  ^1.00. 

T.  S.  Keegan,  druggist  of  the  California  Medical  Col- 
lege, San  Francisco,  charged  With  assaulting  E.  Gray,  a 
student  at  that  place,  with  a  deadly  weapon,  has  been, 
discharged   in   the   police  court. 

A,  G.  Guiterrez,  for  many  years  a  well-known  druggist 

of  Santa  Barbara,  Cal,  is  dead  from  dropsy.  He  was 
forty-two  years   of  age,   and  leaves   a   widow  and  seven 

children. 

August     Lernhart,     a     druggist    of    Centerville,    Cal., 

was  recently   sued  by  his   wife   for  divorce.     They   have 

become  reconciled,  and  the  suit  has  been  withdrawn. 

^Tlhe  Covelo  Drug  Com^pany,   of  whioh   F.   E.  Doyle  Is 

proprietor  has  opened  a  new  store  at  Oo-»elo,   Cal. 

J.  M.  Miller,  formerly  of  Vacaville.  is  now  employed  by 

the  Reid  Drug  Company  of  Tulare,  Cal. 

^Lee  Bell,  a  leading  druggist  of  L/ake  View,   Ore.,  has 

been  visiting  in  San  Francisco. 

Doctor  B.  Hamlin  has  opened  a  store  at  Layton,  Cal. 

He  was  formerly  at  Lemoore. 

^D.   W.   Gait,   an   Oakland,   Cal.   druggist,   has   been  In 

Los  Angeles  recently. 

H.   D.   Morgan  is  clerking  for   Cousins   &   Holland   of 

Hanlord,  Cal. 


PENNSYLVANIA  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical  Examining  Board 
examined  three  hundred  and  fltty-three  applicants  for 
registration  at  its  meeting  held  in  Philadelphia  Jan.  18; 
two  hundred  and  four  were  examined  for  registered 
pharmacists  certifioatee,  and  one  hundred  and  forty- 
nine  for  registered  qualified  assistant  pharmacist's  cer- 
tificates; of  this  number  ninety-two  were  successful  as 
registered  pharmacists  and  ninety-seven  as  registered 
qualified  assistant  pharmax;ists.  The  following  were 
granted  llcensfc  as  registered  phairmacists: 

W.  I.  Brandt,  O.  H.  Hertzlyer.  Lancaster;  E.  R. 
Blough,  Johnstown;  T.  J.  Hannon,  Wllkesbarre;  I.  B. 
Fox,  Adam  G.  Frantz,  Lebanon;  T.  I.  Dil'lworth,  War- 
ren, Ohio;  E.  Bacon.  Baltimore,  Md.;  N.  C.  WTilte,  Lu- 
zerne; H.  C.  Rudolph,  Pottsville;  H.  K.  Metcalfe,  Green- 
castle;  C.  J.  ^oHale,  Shenandoah;  G.  W.  McAllister, 
Bradford;  R.  A.  Hoover,  DuiBois;  H.  L.  Brown,  Easton; 
C  S.  Haln,  W.  E.  Heftelfinger,  Reading;  W.  F.  Robin- 
son, DuBois;  A.  H.  Binder,  Titusville;  J.  H.  Knauss,  P. 
Fried,  AllentoTrri;  W.  S.  Hoffman,  Danville;  J.  M.  Wood- 
side,  Danville;  E.  T.  Gehringer,  F.  W  Brlggs,  Scranton; 
M.  B.  Edwards,  Trenton,  N.  J. ;  H  C.  Gllem,  Hazleton; 
R.  S.  Blew.  Bridgeton,  N.  J.;  M.  Buss,  S.  Bethlehem;  C. 
F.  Lamb,  Shamokin;  H.  W.  Reeve,  Haddonfield,  N.  J.; 
B.  R.  Pike,  TThite  Haven;  F.  I.  Lienbreck,  Antes  Fort; 
F.  C.  Passore,  Mansfield;  W.  L.  Swartz,  Carlisle;  E.  M. 


Groehnan,  Denver,  Colo.;  J.  M.  Toulson,  Chestertown, 
Md. ;  J.  J.  Esnard,  South  Beithlehera;  K.  W.  Smith, 
Marietta;  K.  P.  West,  Norristown;  J.  Q.  Mackey,  Avon- 
dale;  D.  E.  Beegle,  Bedford;  Thomas  F.  Spence,  Alle- 
gheny; R.  Sarrazin,  W.  H.  Guyton,  H.  S.  Minor,  H.  O. 
Epplin,  PMtsburg;  Isaak  Kirkel,  J.  L.  Soken,  F.  Saustler, 
W.  H.  C.  Bishop,  A.  Pilklngton,  W.  W.  Frlpineckeir,  F. 
H  Dillon,  C  L.  BoR'ta.  Anna  R.  Lescure,  C.  N.  Zeigler, 
S.  F.  Shaw,  F.  H.  Ivirk,  J.  C.  Fitch,  W.  P.  Flelsher, 
W.  F.  Filman,  O.  L.  Kraus,  R.  C.  Pursel,  I.  B.  Rhoad, 
H.  H.  Brown,  R.  M.  Bell,  L.  Walfoe,  R.  Strang,  O.  K. 
Wisegarvair,  W.  B.  Watlick,  E.  S.  Tyler,  W.  G.  Peck, 
J.  S.  Oberly,  C.  A,  Light;  F.  X.  Schuitle,  F.  W.  Beaner, 
J.  F.  Maguire,  W.  H.  Welsh,  H.  W.  Stuver,  Norman  E. 
Hertzler,  G.  F.  Taylor,  J.  F.  Borneman,  P.  Reiser,  A. 
L.  Lehman,  G.  H.  Hoerner,  J.  W.  Gaelcher,  H.  L.  Hoerst, 
G.  H.  TIafel,  A.  Griggs,  J.  H.  Berberick,  J.  A.  Orr,  F. 
O.   Lewis. 

Qualified  Assistant  Pbarmaclsts^W.  H.  MOLanahan, 
Tyrone;  John  1.  Gephardt,  I.  I.  Peiffer,  Reading;  C.  E. 
Koons,  E.  Knouse,  Harrisburg;  J.  T.  Wilson,  Reading; 
J.  W.  Leedon,  Hollidaysburg;  J.  H.  Desher.  Roaring 
Springs;  W.  E.  Stallsmitih,  Parsons;  J.  M.  Ebert,  Gor- 
don; C.  M.  Daub,  Norristown;  C.  H.  Lippen,  Mana- 
yunk;  G.  B.  Kulnpf,  Vincentown,  N.  J.;  D.  'Baker,  Vin- 
centown;  W.  F.  Coleman,  Nicetown;  Anna  O'Dea, 
Wilkesbajrre;  J.  A.  O.  Cablet,  Pottsville;  J.  C.  Christ- 
hon,  Rockwall,  Texas;  H.  S.  Baker,  Burlington,  N.  J.; 
J.  H.  Rider,  York.  Pa.;  R.  C.  Bowman,  Nailbeth;  B.  H. 
Lebegern,  Columbia;  L.  R.  Nixdorf,  Lancaster;  G.  B. 
Davies,  Lansford;  L.  H.  TSossart,  Spring  Ctty;  W.  M. 
Jones,  Shaimokin;  S.  Whitling,  Knox;  A.  N.  MaCaus- 
land.  Collingdale;  H.  G.  Murphy,  Scranton;  J.  M.  Lauden- 
slager,  Allentown;  B.  F.  Ginder,  Lebanon;  W.  S.  Moser, 
T.  A.  Kopp,  Altoona;  G.  A.  Siegrist,  Uitica,  N.  T.;  W. 
Groff,  Quarryviile;  J.  A.  Manning,  Bridgeport;  W.  F. 
Bee,  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah;  G.  H.  Lenox,  Bart;  W.  J. 
Quinn,  Wheeling.  W.  Va.;  E.  L.  Seibert,  Morton;  C.  S. 
Voorhees.  Phillipsburg;  S.  D.  Shull,  Chambersburg;  An- 
na B.  Flanagan,  MajhanOy  City;  H.  G.  Brandt,  Read- 
ing; J.  B..  Mitchell,  Reynoldsville;  W.  H.  Ort,  Quakers- 
town;  H.  Albert,  Freeland;  S.  EVans,  Pittston;  James  D. 
Leslie,  Allegheny;  John  I.  Ruff,  Jacob  Sheckter,  S.  M. 
Laskin,  J.  W.  Quay,  S.  Gordon,  B.  H.  Eichold,  Morris 
Maj-k,  Lee  Boyce,  J.  J.  Farlinger,  W.  E.  Murr,  R.  James, 
A.  F.  McNerney,  A.  B.  Kraut,  H.  W.  Schiessar,  Jo- 
seph P.  Fox,  J.  Dilkes,  M.  E.  Standimayer,  B.  Ulanski, 
H.  R.  Moorhead.  A.  N.  Hecker,  H.  S.  Davis,  J.  Hether- 
ington,  R.  M.  Elfreth.  H.  C.  Bingman.  R.  L.  Francis, 
H.  O.  Hesske,  I.  A.  Conrad,  F.  J.  Gaber,  A.  D.  Mac- 
pher,  W.  H.  Free,  Jr.,  J.  Ward,  J.  H.  Shoop,  P.  I. 
Traub,  F.  L.  Gelger,  E.  H.  Raker,  F.  R.  Mayerson, 
H.  A.  McLaughlin,  J.  J.  Widmann,  R.  W.  Allen,  W.  Mc- 
Couch,  Jr.,  S.  W.  Tunnell,  S.  Toung,  J.  M.  Armstrong, 
V.  L.  Baker,  J.  D.  Gillan.  J.  H.  Mayer,  G.  S.  Brown, 
J.   H.   Ca'meron,   W.   Monteith,   of  Philadelphia. 

The  next  meeting  tor  the  examination  of  applioanta 
for  registration  will  be  held  In  Harrisburg  and  Pitts- 
burg April  19,  1902.  For  further  information  apply  to 
the    secretary,    Charles    T.    George,    Harrisburg,    Pa. 


The  Mississippi   Board  of  Pharmaceutical   Examiners 

will  meet  in  Jackson  April  1  for  the  purpose  of  examining 
applicants  for  registration.  The  members  of  the  Board  are 
C.  W.  Whitney,  Jr.,  Fayette;  S.  M.  Covington,  Summit; 
M.  M.  Watkinis,  Scranton;  R.  C.  Gibson,  West  Point, 
and   S.   L.   Caine  (secretary),   Columbus. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

XEW  YORK 


Acetic   Fluid   Extracts 


380 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  13,  1902. 


"WE  GIVE  YOU  WHAT  YOU  ASK  FOR." 

Such  is  the  sdgni  in  front  of  the  drug-  store  of  J.  Mil- 
hau'.s  Son  cm  lower  Broadway,  New  York.  Not  a  little 
notice  in  an  out  of  the  way  iJlace,  but  a  big  ^ign,  over 
the  door  oin  the  outside,  where  he  who  enters  may  read. 
Now  wiiy  is  this  sign  there?  What  is  the  necessity  of 
such  a  sign?  There  must  be  a  reason,  and  it  is  to  be  found 
int  he  fact  that  there  ar^  so  many  counterfeits,  substitutes 
and  imitations  of  proprietary  remedies  on  the  market 
which  druggists  are  talked  into  buying  and  handing  out 
when  the  genuine  is  asked  for,  until  the  public  has  be- 
come tired  of  being  told  they  don't  want  what  they 
thought  they  wanted,  but  the  "just  as  good"  was  the  only 
tiling  for  them.  MiLhau— only  one  of  the  humdreds  scat- 
tered over  tlie  country— is  simply  taking  advantage  of 
this  public  sentiment  against  substitution,  and  his  enor- 
mous business  is  the  direct  result. 

Here  is  a  case  that  shows  how  the  gullible  druggist  can 
be  worked:  Something  over  a  year  ago,  Chas.  H.  Fletcher 
secureid  an  injunction  against  one  Wil'.iams,  at  Jackson- 
viWe,  Pla.,  and  the  injujiction  was  published  and  circu- 
lated everywhai-e,  notwithstanding  which,  this  man  Wil- 
liams having  found  the  trade  "easy,"  and  although  it  had 
already  cost  him  a  pretty  penny,  starts  out  again,  only  to 
fall  foul  of  one  of  Mr.  Fletcher's  agents  with  the  result 
that  last  week  a  second  injunction  was  fl'.ed  against  him. 
at  TaAlahassee,  Fla.,  amd  this  time  the  mere  injunction 
will  not  end  it.  But  where  are  the  druggists  who,  having 
once  been  warned,  bought  Castoria  of  this  man? 

But  let  us  go  back  to  the  sign  that  has  been  the  text 
of  many  a  short  story  in  the  newspapers  and  the  drug 
journals,  and  which  the  editor  of  the  New  York  Journal 
commented  uipon  along  with  the  practice  It  suggested, 
e»ditorlally,  the  other  day.  Milhau's  store,  by  the  way,  is 
one  of  the  best  known  in  New  York,  and  the  name  is 
familiar  to  thousands  who  never  saw  New  York.  There 
are  few  "o'.dest  inhabitants'"  down  here,  who  can  re- 
member back  to  the  time  when  Milhau  was  not.  The 
Journal  says,  in  part: 

"We  are  glad  to  seize  upon  this  occasion  to  pay  a 
tribute  to  this  motto,  and  Incidentally  to  point  out  a  dis- 
honest practice  among  merchants— that  of  substituting 
one  article  for  another.  One  business  man  devotes  afll  his 
energy,  his  money  and  his  time  to  building  oip  the  repu- 
tation of  a  certain  article.  He  enables  the  retailer  to 
make  a  large  profit,  and  he  spends  his  money  that  cus- 
tomers may  be  plentiful.  When  a  customer  asks  for  the 
article  in  quesition  it  Is  dishonest  to  say  to  him,  as  many 
do:  'Don't  buy  that.  We  have  something  else  Just  as 
good  and  much  cheaper.'  If  the  merchant  has  something 
good  and  cheap  of  his  own,  let  him  sell  it  to  his  customers 
by  all  means.  But  let  him  not  steal  the  trade  of  a  man 
whose  energy  heQps  to  build  up  his  husiness.  L^t  him 
not  divert  to  his  own  pocket  all  of  the  profit  which  he 
ought  to  in  honesty  share  with  another.  There  are  wares 
that  are  made  enormously  profitable  to  the  retailer  Sim- 
ply because  men  push  their  business  with  intelligence 
and  perseverance.  It  Is  ungrateful  as  weJl  as  dishonest 
for  the  sake  of  a  little  ecxtra  profit  to  cut  into  the  legiti- 
mate busdneas  of  the  advertising  mamiifaoturer. 

"Incidentally  the  puiblic,  as  weJi  as  the  storekeeper  and 
the  manufiaotuirer,  are  interested  in  this  question  of  sub- 
stituting one  article  for  another.  That  which  is  repre- 
sented as  'just  ais  good'  is  usually  not  just  as  good,  but 
very  far  from  it.  If  a  man  has  spent  a  million  dollars 
buiiding  up  the  reputation  of  a  certain  article,  it  is  to  his 
advantage  to  keep  up  the  quality  of  the  material  which 
enters  into  the  manufacture  of  that  artic'.e.  His  profit  is 
large  if  he  is  honestly  treated,  and  It  would  be  suicide  tor 
him  to  use  inferior  material  for  the  sake  of  a  little  extra 
money.  The  man  who  makes  up  an  imitation  article  and 
announces  It  as  'just  as  good'  has  no  such  sum  at  stake. 
He  has  invested  nothing.  He  has  no  valuable  name  to 
ruiin.  and  it  is  to  his  Interest  to  make  the  'just  as  good" 
artidle  .iust  as  ch'eiap  as  he  can  make  it.  The  buyer 
should  remember  these  facts  and  put  his  confidence  in 
that  retailer  who,  Jike  the  man  quoted  at  the  head  of 
the  article,  gives  the  cuistom'er  JUST  WHAT  HE  ASKS 
FOR.  treats  the  wholesaler  honestly,  and  shows  grati- 
tude for  the  energy  which  bui'.ds  up  a  successful  business 
and  makes  the  retailer  prosperous." 


While  it  is  quite  evident  the  editor  of  the  Journal  is 
not  familiar  with  conditions  which  prevail  lin  the  drug 
trajde,  he  has  the  right  idea.  This  matter  of  substitution 
is  one  that  is  troubling  most  of  the  leading  manufactiu-ers 
of  proprietary  preparations  today.  They  feel  that  they 
are  entitled  to  all  the  fruits  of  their  expenditure  of  money, 
and  brains,  and  their  hard  work,  in  making  a  demaivd  for 
their  goods,  yet  they  recognize  the  druggist's  right  to 
make  and  to  sell  his  own  preparations.  The  manufac- 
turers of  Castoria,  however,  have  little  to  fear  from  this 
so-called'  substitution.  There  is  but  on«  Castoria  that 
"children  cry  for"  and  when  a  woman  goes  into  a  drug 
store  and  asks  for  Castoria  she  ought  to  get  it.  To  the 
honor  of  the  trade  be  it  said  that  there  are  very  few  drug- 
gists who  would  spend  a  cent  for  any  imitation.  And  they 
know  the  genuine  has  Charles  H.  Fletcher's  signature  on 
each  bottle. 


The  New  Sanitary  Still. 

With  one  of  these  Stills  distilled  water  is  always  at 
your  command.  Set  upon  a  stove  or  over  a  gas  flam,e,  it 
furnishes  it  quickly  and  with  no  trouble.  The  Still  illus- 
trated here  has  a  ready  capacity  of  about  one  gallon  per 
hour  of  sparkling  distilled  water,  aerated  with  sterilized 
air,  and  of  a  quality  that  cannot  be  obtained  from  any 
other  still  on  the  market.  The  water  obtained  from  it 
is  not  only  palatable,  but  absolutely  pure,  and  It  meets 
ail  the  requirements  of  the  U.  S.  P.  for  distilled  water. 
One  druggist,  a  member  of  the  Rhode  Islanid  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  writes  that  he  obtained  six  gallons  of  water 
in  seven  hours  on  his  first  trial,  and  other  druggists  writ« 
equally  commendatory  letters.  The  still  is  not  only  useful 
in  the  laboratory,  but  It  is  just  the  thing  for  family  use, 
and  the  manufacturers  have  a  large  and  choice  collection 
of  photographic  testimonials  to  the  value  of  the  still  from 
prominent  people  who  have  vjsed  it  in  their  households.  As 
a  matter  of  fact,  one  of  these  stills  is  in  dal'.y  use  in  the 
White  House  at  Washington. 

The  Sanitary  Still  is  moderate  In  price,  the  druggists 
can  not  only  use  it  himself,  but  there  is  a  large  profit  on 
sales  to  parties  who  wish  to  use  it  for  domestic  pur- 
poses. A  booklet  which  they  furnish  tells  all  about  It,  and 
druggists  are  invi'.?d  to  write  to  the  Cuprigraph  Co.,  127 
N.  Green  street,  Chicago,  III. 


Rumrill's   Tin   Boxes. 

Before  purchasing  your  next  lot  of  seamless  tin  boxes 
why  not  get  some  samples  and  prices  from  Rurarill  &  Co., 
No.  52  Purchase  street,  Boston,  Maiss.  ?  They  are  not  in 
the  trust,  make  all  kinds  of  boxes  for  ointments,  salves, 
pastes,  etc.,  and  w^IU  fill  your  orders  promptly. 


March  13,  1902,] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


281 


PATENTS,   TRADE   MARKS,   ETC 


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^'i'^.y'^s 


PATENTS. 
Issued  March  4,   1902. 

C94,371.— Adolph  Goetz,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich.  Bottle- 
cleaning   machine. 

6!>i,372.— Adolph  Goetz.  Grand  Rapids,  Mloh.  Bottle- 
eleaning-machine. 

eM,415.— William  M.  Phelan,  Osceola  Mills,  Pa..  BotClIng- 
tahle. 

e»i,4ie.— .William  M.  Phelan,  Osceola  Mills,  Pa.  Bottle 
washer  and  rinser. 

6iM.466. — George  C.  Ferguson,  Frederioton,  Canada.  Cork- 
extractor. 

6*4,630.— Hermann  Gcatermann,  New  Tork,  N.  T.  Ne- 
'buHzer. 

694.&i6 —William  Hucks  and  William  Hucks,  Jr..  Camden. 
Town,  London.  England.  Apparatus  for  use  in 
dispensing  liquids. 

694,743.— Schuyler  C.  Gurley,  Indianapolis,  Ind.  Machine 
for  jnaking  tablets. 

6SM,746.— Benjamin  M.  Hanna,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Bunsen  gas- 
burner. 

efM.762.-JSia)muel  A.  Level,  Hot  Springs,  Ark.  Protective 
pad   for  corns. 

694,809.^Otto  H.  C.  Voigt,  Lubeck,  Germany.  Label-holder 
for   bottles,    etc. 

694.813.— Benjamin  T.  Winchester,  Baltimore,  Md.  Hypo- 
dermic syringe. 

694,915.— Bssimgton  N.  Gilfillan  and  Eddy  T.  McKaig. 
Chicago,  111.,  assignors  to  New  Tork  LalbelUng 
Machine  Co.,  a  corporation  of  New  York.  Latoel- 
ing-machine. 


37,893 
37.894. 


37,895, 
37.900. 


TRADE  MARKS. 
Registered  March  4,  1902. 

—Medicated  Cotton  Toothache  Cures.  Seana  Mfg. 
Co..  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.  The  word  "Electric."  asso- 
ciated with  the  representation  of  a  bale  from 
which  radiate  zigzag  lines  constituting  the  con- 
ventional or  popular  representation  of  liglitenlng 
and  electricity. 

.—Remedy  for  Colds  in  Tablet  or  Pill  Form. 
Charles  N.  Leigh,  New  York,  N.  Y.  The  word 
"Rhinalold." 

,— Cough  Medicine.  Cough  Checker  Mfg.  Co.,  New- 
burgh,  N.  T.  The  words  "Cougli  Checkers." 
together  with  a  representation  of  two  playing 
checkers. 

—Spavin  Cure.  Troy  Chemical  Co.,  Troy,  N.  T. 
The  words  "Save  the  Horse." 

—Sweet  Non-Allcohollc  Beverages.  Christopher 
George  Armstrong,  Chelmsford.  Mass..  amd 
Susfsex.  New  Brunswick.  The  representation  of 
an  English  armored  knight  on  horseback. 


PRINTS. 

Registered  March  4,  1902. 

471.— Title:  "Sen  Sen."  (For  Sen-Sem  Products.)  T. 
B.  Dunn  Co.,  Rochester,  N.  Y.  Flldd  February 
5,   1902. 


"M.  C.  W.  Salol." 

It  will  be  interesting  for  pharmacists  to  know  that 
since  the  expiration  some  two  years  ago,  of  the  patents 
covering  the  manufacture  of  Salol,  the  Mallinckrodt 
Chemical  Works  have  become  large  makers  of  this  article^ 
and  offer  a  very  handsome  and  superior  prodoict.  Phar- 
macists generally,  will  no  doubt  be  disposed  to  encourage 
the  efforts  of  this  house  by  specifying  the  "M.  C.  W." 
brand  when  ordering. 


YOUR  MONEY'S  WORTH- 


PURE  FINE  PARA  RUBBER  BANDS 

A  LOT  OF  THEM  FOR $  I  .OO 

A  GOOD  QUANTITY  FOR       -       »      -       -  .75 

NOT  SO  MANY   FOR .50 

ENOUGH  FOR -25 

A  NICE  LITTLE   BOX   FOR    -       -       -       -  .15 

SEVERAL  DOZENS  FOR        -       -       -       -  .10 

JUST  WHAT  YOU  WANT  FOR  -       -  .05 

ANY  OF  THESE  ASSORTMENTS  SENT  POSTPAID  TO 
ANY  ADDRESS  IN  THE  UNITED  STATES  UPON  RECEIPT 
OF  PRICE.    SATISFACTION  GUARANTEED  BY 

THE  GOODYEAR  TIRE  &  RUBBER  CO. 

AKRON,  OHIO 


282 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  13,  1903. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

Healthy  Business  Conditions  Prevail. 

'New  York,  March  11. — Heallthy  ibusiness  conditions  pre- 
vails throughout  the  market,  the  movement  at  seasona;ble 
articles  into  oonisuiming  chan/njels  continuing  eatistactory 
to  dealers,  an'd  fluctuations  in  values  are  wholly  the  result 
of  natural  causes. 

OPIUM. — A  continued  quiet  and  uninteresting  market 
Is  reported,  wit'h  the  umdertonie  easy,  in  sympathy  with 
similar  conditions  at  primary  sources  of  supply,  late  ad- 
vices from  Smyrna  indicating  continued  favorable  weather 
for  tile  growing  crop.  Jobbing  quotations,  however,  are 
nominallly  xinchanged  at  If3.20@3.40  for  9  per  cent,  and 
$3.30@3.50  for  11  per  cent.  Powdered  is  moderatdly  active 
in  a  small  way,  with  values  maintained  at  $-4.50@4.75  for 
granular. 

MOIRPHIN'E.— Business  continues  satisfactory  in  a  Job- 
bing way  and  the  market  is  moderately  active,  with  prices 
well  sustained  at  the  old  range  of  $2.40@2.5O  fotr  eighths 
in  1-oz.  boxes,  $2.35@2.45  in  2i^oz.  'boxes,  $2.15@2.25  in 
ounce  vials,  and  $2.10(gi2.20  in  5-oz.  cans,  accor'ding  to 
brand  and  Quantity. 

QUININE.— 'ConttoiueJ  strong  markets  are  reported 
both  here  and  aJbroad  and  a  fair  consuming  business  is  in 
progress,  but  thiere  is  no  further  change  in  quotations, 
altli/ough  it  is  expected  that  foreign  makers  will  advance 
prices,  if  values  of  bark  shouild  improve  at  the  monthly 
auction  sale  today  in  London.  Meanwhiile,  jobbers  quote 
28c  for  bulk  in  100-oz.  tins.  28%c  ini  50^)Z.  tins,  29c  in  25- 
oz.  tins  and  35c  in  ounce  vials. 

CODEINE. — Competition  among  manufacturers  has 
caused  a  weaker  market  and  a  decline  in  Jobbing  quota- 
tions for  alkaloiid  to  ;f4.00@4.50  in  ounces  and  $4.50@4.75 
in  eighths.  Sulphate,  muriate  and  phosphate  have  been 
reduceU  .to  $3.80(g)4.05  in  ounces  and  $4.05@4.30  in  eighths, 
according;  to  size  of  order. 

THYMOL..— Lack  of  demand  and  continued  pressure  to 
sell  on  the  part  of  speculative  holders  have  caused  a  fur- 
ther decSinie  in  jobbing  quotations  to  lf3.40@3.65,  as  to 
quantity. 

SODIUM  BBNZOAITE.— The  market  is  easier,  -mainly 
on  account  of  competition  among  (manufaottirers,  and  job- 
bing prices  have  been  reduced  to  d0@60. 

LOBELIA  SEED.— Extreme  scarcity  iboth  here  and  at 
producing  poinls  has  caused  a  substantial  advance  in  val- 
ues and  the  revised  jobbing  quotiarions  are  90c@^1.00  for 
Whole  and  95c.@$1.05  for  powdered. 

O'lL  ALMONDS.— Foreign  markets  for  bitter  are  easier 
and  spot  jobbing  quotations  have  been  reduded  to  $6.25@ 
6.75  for  English  and  $4.0O@5.0O  for  Frejuch. 

OIIL  LEMONGRASlS.— Supplies  are  more  abundant  and 
the  market  is  easier,  with  jobbing  prices  showing  a  de- 
cline  to   $2.e5@2.80. 

OIL  BERGAMOT.— Values  abroad  are  lower  and  spot 
quotations  have  declined  to  $2.35@2.55  for  pound  bottles. 
,•52.45(32.65  for  pound  coppers,  $2.30@2.45  for  5-lb.  tins,  and 
$2.4002.60  for  5-lb.  Coppers. 

GOLDEN  SEAIy  ROOT.— Values  are  firmer  under  th» 
influence  of  an  imiiproved  demand  and  jobbers  bave  ad- 
vanced quotations  <to  70'ai80c  for  whole,  73@83c  for  ground 
amd  75(5)850  for  powdered. 

SENEGA  ROOT.— 'Stocks  are  diminishing  under  an  in- 
creased export  in/quiry  and  the  tone  of  the  market  Is 
stronger,  with  jobbing  quotations  sihowing  an  advance  to 
70(§)S0c  for  whole  and  75@85c  for  powdered. 


New  Labels. 

The  handsome  insert  of  the  Duroy  &  Haines  Co..  San- 
dusky, Ohio,  in  this  issue,  will  again  remind  druggists  of 
Duroy  Wines.  After  this  date,  all  Duroy  Wines  will  be 
labeleia  with  a  six-colored  lithogi-aphed  label  like  the 
samples  in  their  advertisement.  This  label  differs  from 
the  one  used  by  them  during  the  past  fourteen  years  only 
In  color,  and  was  adopted  and  registered  at  Washington 
last  December  as  a  protection  against  dishonest  imitators. 
The  announcement  is  made  that  all  Duroy  Wines,  to  be 
genuine,  must  bear  this  label. 

Duroy  Port  Wine  is  known  from  the  Atlantic  to  the 
Pacific,  in  fact,  everybody  in  the  drug  trade  at  all  familiar 
with  wine  recognizes  Duroy  Port  as  a  standard.  They 
offer  to  send  a  six-gallon  keg  and  prepay  freights  on  the 
first  or<ler  to  any  point  east  of  the  Rocky  Mountains,  to 
druggists  who  will  mention  this  paper;  and  at  the  same 
time  they  will  send  36  bottles  free  for  distribution. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Alcohol,    Methyl,    Amblyopia 268 

Antipyrine,    Camphorate    268 

ASSOCIATIONS.  Cluibs,  Alumni,  etc.:  Distr-iot  af 
Columbia  Druggists,  269;  German  Apothecaries, 
270;  Illinois  Drug  Clerks,  277;  Iroquois  County, 
III.,  Retail  Dr.'jggist,  269;  National  Association 
of  Retail  Druggists,  269;  New  Orleans  Retail 
Druggists,  269;  New  York  Board  otf  Trade  and 
Transportation,  Drug  Section,  271;  St.  Louis 
College   of   Pharmacy.    Alumni,    277;    Williamson 

County,  111.,  Retail  Druggists 269 

Beeswax,   Resin    268 

BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY:  Oaiilfornia,  278;  Louisi- 
ana,   268;    Mississippi,    279;    New   York   (Eastern 

Section),    271;    Pennsylvania 279 

BOWLING,    DRUG    TRADE:      Baltimore,    275;    New 

York,    270r271;    Philadelphia 274 

COLLEGES  OF  PHARMACY:  Chicago.  277;  Phila- 
delphia,   274;    Pittsburg 275 

Confectioners'    Colors    266 

CORRESPONDENCE    261 

Curry   Powder    266 

Druig  Store   Problems    267 

EDITORIALS:  Association  Bulletins,  259;  Druggists 
and  the  Excise  Law,  260;  Food  Adulteration, 
259.  Foreign  Names  in  Pharmiacy.  261;  Rice 
Memorial  Fund,  260;  Sales  of  Antitoxin  in  New 

York  261 

Erepsin   261 

Essence,    Sarsaparilla    262 

Food  Adulteration  in  Pennsylvania  274 

Ginger    Boquet    " 262 

Law  Excise,   New  York  270 

MARKET    REPORT    2S2 

NEWS  LETTERS:  Baltimore.  275;  California,  278; 
Chicago  277;  Michigan,  276;  New  England,  272; 
New    York,    270;     Philadelphia,    274;    Pittsburg, 

275;  St.  Louis,  277;  The  Northrwest 278 

Nitrates,    Tests    268 

Oil,   Tomatoes   261 

PATENTS,   TRADEMARKS,   etc 281 

Perfumers  Combine    270 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Person- 
al Interest.  Etc.:  American  Perfume  Co,  270; 
American  Soda  Fountain  Co.,  273;  Barry,  John. 
272;  Braidieh,  Adoilph  F.,  271;  Caldwell,  Edward 
P..  274;  Harding,  Miss  Mathilde  H.,  272:  Haskin 
Medicine  Co.,  261;  Parke  Davis  &  Co.,  276;  Par- 
seghian,  Garabet,  2G3;  Phillips,  EdKvin  iF.,  276; 
Scandinavian    Co-Operative   Drug  'CO.,  273;   Um- 

land.  G.  F.  A.  C.  E.  A 278 

Phiarmacy,  Asia  Minor 263 

White   Eagle,    (Berlin)    268 

QUESTION   BOX    266 

ScopoJa    vs    Belladonna    264 

Senescence     Studies    262 

Serum.    Therapy    ' 262 

Soda   Hints    262 

Mint,     Liquid     266 

Syrup    Coffee    262 

Orange  262 

Pineapple   262 

Sarsaparilla     262 

Tissue,    Animal,    Silica    262 

Urine,   Aibuimin,   Test-Paper    2t;6 

Valerian,    Removing   Odor    266 


Coca  Cola  Co  Granted  Injunction. 

Probably  there  are  not  many  druggists  who  would  at- 
tempt to  substitute  when  Coca  Cola  is  called  for  at  the 
fountain,  but  those  who  do  are  likely  to  be  severely  pun- 
ished. In  October,  1900,  the  Coca  Co'.a  Co.  filed  a  bill 
against  Frank  S.  Williams,  a  Washington  druggist,  alleg- 
ing ho  sold  a  soda  fountain  drink  for  Coca  Cola  which  was 
not  such  and  claimed  damages  for  infringement  of  Its 
trademark.  An  injunction  has  been  granted  enjoining  the 
defendant  from  selling  any  substitute  for  Coca  Cola,  also 
decreeing  that  trhe  defendant  pay  the  Coca  Cola  Co.  $100 
on  account  of  profits  deriveid'  from  tihe  saile  of  the  prepara- 
tion he  sold  for  Coca  Cola. 


ARTHUR    COLTON. 

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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


THE  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

The  lectures  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  axe  es- 
pecially valuaible  as  a  preparation  for  examination  by  a 
board  of  pharmacy,  to  those  who  cannot  attend  a  col- 
lege of  pharmacy,  and  to  all  desiring-  to  review  their 
former  study  of  the  subjects  embraced  in  the  curricu- 
lum.   Tihe  fee  for  the  full  course  is  only  $10. 

Write  for  descriptive  Prospectus,  now  ready. 


AN  OPPORTUNITY  FOR  TRADE  EXTENSION. 

The  drug-gist  has  been  repeatedly  told  of  the  profit  and 
pleasure  to  be  derived  from  making  and  selling  those 
articles  in  the  drug  and  chemical  line  which  find  use  in 
the  household  or  in  the  workshop.  But  the  advice  or 
instruction  for  making  these  things  is  not  so  freely 
offered.  This  deficiency  in  the  situatioinr  is  most  admir- 
ably filled  by  the  Era  Formulary.  Of  its  5,000  formulas, 
over  1,500  axe  for  the  class  of  articles  referred  to.  These 
include  a  great  variety  of  formulas  for  cleaning  prepara- 
tiooia.  insecticides,  vermin  poisons,  disinfectants,  antisep- 
tics, dyes,  cements,  glues,  pastes,  mucilages,  pyrotechmics, 
leather  dressings,  paints,  varnishes,  stains,  soda  syrups, 
inks,  polishes,  etc..  etc.  These  are  articles  which  people 
use  every  day  and  they  do  not  always  buy  them  of  fhe 
druggist.  The  latter  should  have  this  trade,  because  he  is 
peculiarly  eoropetent  to  make  the  articles,  and  they  are 
so  naturally  related  to  drugs  and  chemicals  as  to  con- 
stitute a  most  legitimate  side  lijne.  The  Era  Formulary 
will  furnish  the  druggist  an  incentive  and  a  guide  for 
working  up  such  a  business  The  book  is  sent  postpaid 
upon  receipt  of  $5.00.     Address, 

The  Pharmaceutical  Era,  396  Broadway,  Xew  York. 


The  early  adoption  of  the  metric  system  by  the 
L'nited  States  now  seems  possible  if  not  as  yet  prob- 
able. The  system  still  has  a  tremendous  weight  of 
opposition  in  the  form  of  popular  prejudice  and  con- 
servatism to  overcome.  According  to  reports  from 
Washingrton,  the  House  Committee  on  Coinage,  on 
March  13,  with  two  negative  votes,  directed  a  favor- 
able report  to  be  made  on  the  bill  providing  for  the 
adoption  of  the  metric  system  hy  the  United  States. 
This  bill  provides  that  after  Jan.  i,  1904,  all  the  de- 
partments of  the  Government,  in  the  transaction  of 
all  business  requiring  the  use  of  weight  and  measure- 
ment, except  in  completing  the  survey  of  public 
lands,  shall  employ  only  the  weights  and  measures  of 
the  metric  system:  and  after  Jan.  i,  1907,  the  weights 
and  measures  of  the  metric  system  shall  be  the 
legal  standard  weights  and  measures  of  and  in  the 
United  States.  If  this  bill  can  be  brought  through 
the  House  and  Senate  without  suffering  serious  mod- 
ification, much  will  have  been  accomplished. 

The  anti-vaccination  cranks  are  always  more  or 
less  in  evidence,  but  it  is  seldom  that  these  chronic 
objectors  succeed  in  doing  anything  more  harmful 
than  creating  a  mild  excitement  among  themselves 
Of  late,  however,  they  have  become  unusually  cla- 
morous, and  they  have  now  succeeded  in  having  in- 
troduced in  the  New  York  legislature,  a  bill  for  an 
inquiry  into  their  imaginary  wrongs.  The  bill  pro- 
vides for  the  creation  of  a  State  commission  "to  in- 
vestigate into  and  report  on  the  history,  nature 
and  pathology  of  smallpox  and  also  of  vaccination 
as  a  preventive  of  disease."  This  bill  deserves  to 
die  a  quiet  and  ignominious  death.  The  entire  med- 
ical profession  has  for  many  years  been  doing  the 
work  the  proposed  commission  is  expected  to  do  in 
a  comparatively  short  time.  The  history,  nature  and 
pathology  of  smallpox  and  the  value  of  vaccination 
have  received  the  careful  attention  of  medical  science, 
and  as  the  result  of  years  of  investigation,  vaccina- 
tion has  been  adopted  by  the  health  authorities  of 
all  countries  and  has  received  the  endorsement  of 
practically  the  entire  medical  profession. 

Statistics  prove  conclusively  that  the  ravages  of 
smallpox  can  be  limited  by  thorough  vaccination,  and 


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[March  20,  1902. 


that  this  disease  has  been  held  in  check  by  this 
means  for  many  years.  Vaccination  has  been  ac- 
cepted by  the  great  mass  of  the  public  as  well  as  by 
men  of  science.  An  investigation  of  this  subject  by 
a  State  commission  can  prove  nothing  new,  and  will 
only  confirm  the  "antis"  in  their  silly  belief.  There 
is  a  certain  class  of  people  whom  it  is  impossible  to 
convince  of  anything  with  amy  kind  of  proof.  They 
labor  under  a  delusion  that  to  difTer  with  the  major- 
ity and  the  recognized  authorities  in  matters  which 
they  know  nothing  about,  constitutes  independence 
of  thought.  As  a  rule  the  best  and  easiest  way  to 
deal  with  these  wiseacres  or  silly-acres,  is  to  leave 
them  to  their  amusing  prattle.  But  in  matters  of 
public  health,  the  safety  of  the  community  demands 
that  the  few  submit  to  the  measures,  which  according 
to  the  best  evidence  science  is  able  to  produce,  are 
necessary  for  the  protection  of  all.  Any  attempt  to 
convince  people  who  refuse  even  to  consider  the 
mass  of  evidence  obtainable  in  every  library,  would 
seem  to  be  a  criminal  waste  of  energy. 

The  anti-imperialists  cannot  reasonably  object  to 
expansion  of  territory  which  results  directly  in  vic- 
tory over  disease  and  the  saving  instead  of  the 
waste  of  human  life.  The  American  army  has 
achieved  this  glorious  result  in  Cuba,  the  occupation 
of  the  island  having  led  to  a  complete  and  brilliant 
victory  over  that  highly  fatal  disease,  yellow  fever. 
That  this  could  not  be  won  without  some  prelimi- 
nary bloodshed  is,  of  course,  deplorable,  but  our 
occupation  of  Cuba  is  a  vast  improvement  upon  the 
fire,  sword  and  pestilence  of  the  conquests  of  old. 
The  extension  of  the  supremacy  of  the  United  States 
to  the  Hawaiian  Islands  fortunately  involved  no 
shedding  of  blood,  and  if  newspaper  reports  are  to 
be  trusted,  this  may  also  result  in  a  brilliant  victory 
over  disease,  in  this  case  the  most  dreaded  of  all 
dreadful  diseases — leprosy. 

Some  years  ago  it  was  reported  that  a  Venezue- 
lan shrub  known  locally  as  the  "frailejon  purgo,"  and 
to  botanists  as  Jatrapha  gossypifolia,  had  been  found 
useful  in  the  treatment  of  leprosy.  The  U.  S.  Agri- 
culture Department  secured  some  of  the  plants  and 
sent  a  number  of  specimens  to  Honolulu.  These 
were  planted  in  the  experiment  station  grounds  in 
that  place,  and  have  grown  vigorously.  Dr.  C.  E. 
Camp,  assistant  in  the  bacteriological  department  of 
the  Hawaiian  Board  of  Health,  has  been  experi- 
menting with  the  plant  upon  lepers,  and  has  obtained 
results  which  he  considers  highly  encouraging.  He 
reports  that  a  Portugese,  who  submitted  to  a  fair 
trial  of  the  drug,  now  shows  no  symptoms  of  the 
disease,  although  his  case  was  well  advanced  when 
the  treatment  began,  and  that  in  other  cases  marked 
improvement  has  been  noted.  It  is  said  to  be  diffi- 
cult to  induce  native  lepers  to  submit  to  the  treat- 
ment, as  the  effects  of  the  drug  are  extremely  dis- 
agreeable. But  in  Tahiti  the  natives  show  more 
courage  and  enterprise,  and  it  is  said  that  the  remedy 
has  been  used  there  with  very  encouraging  results. 
The  experiments  have  not  been  carried  far  enough 
to  warrant  confidence  in  the  efficiency  of  this  rem- 
edy for  a  disease  which  has  hitherto  never  yielded 
to  treatment  of  any  kind,  but  enough  has  been  learned 


to  lead  conservative  physicians  to  hope  that  it  may 
be  of  value.  Even  a  partial  success  in  the  treatment 
of  leprosy  would  be  a  great  victory. 


Upon  another  page  of  the  present  issue  appears 
a  list  of  new  remedies  containing  the  names  of  some 
of  the  many  materials  added  during  the  last  three 
months  of  1901,  to  the  immense  number  already  em- 
ployed in  the  treatment  of  disease.  If  in  the  time 
of  Solomon  there  was  no  end  of  making  many  books, 
in  our  day  there  seems  to  be  no  end  of  making  new 
remedies.  Merely  to  keep  in  memory  the  new  names 
which  are  constantly  being  brought  forward  is  a 
great  feat,  and  to  master  the  composition,  value, 
doses,  and  uses  of  the  vast  array  of  pharmaceuticals 
that  have  been  used  and  may  be  used  again,  would 
seem  to  be  all  that  one  man  could  reasonably  expect 
to  accomplish  in  one  lifetime.  No  wonder  the  drug- 
gist has  no  time  for  the  study  of  botany  and  pure 
chemistry.  What,  with  the  cut-rate  evil,  bills  paya- 
ble, window  displays  and  the  necessity  of  keeping 
up  to  date,  he  finds  his  time  pretty  fully  occupied. 
The  wonder  is  that  he  finds  time  to  enjoy  himself 
at  all,  and  yet  we  know  that  he  does.  Druggists,  as 
a  class,  are  certainly  not  overburdened  with  leisure, 
but  the  philosophers  tell  us  that  it  is  usually  the  busy 
man  who  manages  to  have  the  most  fun. 

We  publish  this  week  a  number  of  letters  from 
contestants  for  the  Era  Problem  prizes.  They  all 
express  satisfaction  with  this  feature  of  our  journal, 
and  mostly  say  that  they  have  greatly  enjoyed  the 
work  and  have  derived  much  benefit  from  it.  The 
problem  editor  has  tried  very  hard  to  make  this  de- 
partment interesting  and  profitable  to  our  readers, 
both  those  who  take  part  in  the  contests  and  those 
who  merely  look  on.  He  is,  however,  not  satisfied 
with  what  he  has  done  thus  far,  and  hopes  to  do 
much  better  in  the  future.  He  would  like  to  have 
contestants  and  non-contestants  send  him  sugges- 
tions about  anything  that  may  promise  to  improve 
the  department.  He  wishes  very  much  to  know  which 
particular  problems  have  been  most  interesting  and 
instructive.  If  any  one  happens  to  have  hidden  away 
somewhere  in  his  memory  a  pet  problem  which  he 
thinks  would  add  to  the  sport,  and  will  kindly  send 
it  to  us,  he  will  be  doing  everyone  a  favor.  These 
contests,  like  all  competitive  sports,  are  profitable, 
mainly,  to  those  who  take  part  in  them,  but,  fortu- 
nately, this  form  of  recreation  involves  no  team 
work,  and  every  one  can  help  himself  to  a  share  of 
the  fun.  Now  that  Prince  Henry  has  left  our  shores, 
and  the  tariff  on  sugar  no  longer  demands  all  our 
attention,  we  hope  still  more  of  our  readers  will  find 
time  to  take  part  in  the  problem  contests. 

Mr.  Billman,  the  young  man  who  received  the  first 
prize  in  the  January  problem  contest,  has  reason  to 
feci  very  well  satisfied  with  himself.  In  a  contest  re- 
quiring accurate  knowledge  and  careful  thought,  he 
distanced  all  competitors.  This  is  no  mean  achieve- 
ment, for  among  his  competitors  were  men  trained 
in  the  best  universities,  and  even  college  professors. 
The  problems  should  serve  as  a  very  fair  test  of  a 
contestant's  educational  training.     To  correctly  solve 


March  20,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


those  of  any  series  requires  a  knowledge  of  mathe- 
matics, physics,  chemistry  and  business  accounting. 
Yet  the  first  prize  has  been  won  by  a  young  man  of 
twenty-five,  who  has  not  enjoyed  the  advantages  of 
college  instruction.  Mr.  Billman's  achievement  is  an 
example  of  what  a  young  man  can  do  if  he  has  the 
proper  stuff  in  him.  No  doubt  this  gentleman  is  sor- 
ry that  he  could  not  attend  college,  and  it  is  pretty 
certain  that  he  would  have  derived  great  satisfaction 
from  the  courses  of  study  there  followed.  For  some 
reason  he  did  not  go  to  college,  but  he  received  a 
thorough  education  in  spite  of  this  disadvantage. 
Books  were  made  to  furnish  their  share  of  knowledge, 
and  the  correspondence  course  which  he  followed 
probably  made  things  somewhat  less  diflficult.  Many 
of  us  would  like  to  know  how  much  this  natural  stu- 
dent owes  to  his  correspondence  instruction.  No 
doubt  in  this  case  the  knowledge  would  have  been 
gained  without  aid  of  this  kind.  The  study  of  the 
Bible  and  Shakespeare  is  enough  to  give  a  liberal 
education  to  some  men.  But  it  must  have  helped. 
This  is  the  purpose  of  correspondence  courses — to 
help  those  who  help  themselves.  The  Era  course  is 
helping  many;  it  can  quite  as  easily  help  more. 

The  people  of  New  England  are  considerably 
worked  up  about  a  proposal  to  open  a  drug  store  on 
the  square  surrounding  Bunker  Hill  Monument.  The 
invasion  of  this  historic  spot  by  commerce  seems 
to  them  highly  objectionable.  There  is  no  evidence 
that  a  drug  store  is  more  odious  to  these  patriotic 
Americans  than  any  other  place  of  business,  but  an 
unwritten  law  seems  to  forbid  the  presence  of  any 
buildings  upon  this  sacred  soil  except  dwellings, 
schools,  churches  and  libraries.  The  people  of  the 
United  States  are  frequently  reproached  by  the  citi- 
zens of  older  countries  for  their  readiness  to  subordi- 
nate all  sentiment  to  business  requirements.  In  fact 
the  typical  American  business  man  is  not  supposed 
to  have  any  of  the  reverence  for  the  past,  the  love 
of  the  beautiful  and  other  qualities  which  in  many 
parts  of  the  world  are  considered  more  important 
than  mere  commercial  success.  Many  of  our  fellow 
citizens  glory  in  this  reputation.  To  them  nothing 
but  business  seems  worth  while.  But  we  are  inclined 
to  think  that  most  of  our  readers  will  agree  with  the 
people  of  Boston  in  considering  the  presence  of  win- 
dow displays  of  pills  and  tooth  brushes  on  Bunker 
Hill  a  desecration  of  holy  ground.  Commerce  is  a 
good  thing  and  the  drug  store  is  a  noble  and  neces- 
sary institution,  but  there  should  be  a  little  room  in 
our  lives  for  other  things.  A  drug  store  a  block  far- 
ther removed  from  a  spot  rendered  sacred  by  glor- 
ious deeds  would  do  quite  as  well  for  all  practical 
purposes.  Bostonians  may  be  a  little  over-sensitive 
about  some  things,  but  they  have  their  rights  as  well 
as  those  who  would  see  no  harm  in  covering  the 
side  of  the  monument  with  advertisements  of  soap 
and  porous  plasters. 


ISO-VALERIANATE  OF  COPPER.— Dr.  W. 
Kinzel  (Pharm.  Zentralb.)  finds  that  pure  iso- valer- 
ianate of  copper  contains  no  water  of  crystallization. 
Pul)lished  statements  about  the  number  of  mole- 
cules of  water  present  in  this  salt  dififer  widely.  E. 
Schmidt  (Pharm.  Chem.)  found  no  water  of  crystal- 
lization, Beilstein  found  the  presence  of  one  molecule. 


g^ri 


FROM  WINNERS  OF  THE  JANUARY  PROBLEM 
CONTEST. 

I  thank  you  heartily  for  your  favor  of  the  7th  inst., 
informing  me  that  I  have  won  the  First  Prize  in  the 
Pharmaceutical  Era  Problem  Contest  for  January, 
and  enclosing  check  for  the  award,  $25.00.  In  this 
connection,  I  want  to  express  my  appreciation  of  the 
Era.  I  esteem  it  more  highly  than  any  other  drug 
journal  I  have  ever  seen,  particularly  because  of  its 
weekly  visits,  its  excellent  price-list  service,  and  its 
fidelity  to  the  interests  of  the  retail  drug  trade.  Again 
thanking  you,  I  remain.  Yours  very  truly, 

J.   L.   BILLMAN. 

Eldorado,  Ohio. 


I  enclose  receipt  for  $15.00  sent  me  as  winner  of 
the  Second  Prize  in  January  series  of  problems,  and 
wish  to  thank  you  for  the  same.  The  solution  of 
these  problems  has  been  of  great  benefit  to  me  men- 
tally, as,  owing  to  the  diversity  of  the  problems,  it 
has  refreshed  my  memory  and  knowledge  of  the  dif- 
ferent sciences  to  which  they  pertain,  and  brought 
up  many  new  points  of  interest  in  regard  to  the  dif- 
ferent subjects.  D.  D.  BRONSON. 

Lowville,    N.   Y. 


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as  fourth  prize  in  your  January  Problem  Contest. 
It  has  been  a  genuine  pleasure  to  me  both  to  work 
out  the  solutions  to  the  difTerent  problems  and  later, 
on  receipt  of  the  answers,  to  compare  them  and  find 
where  my  errors  were.  These  problems  will  prove 
of  great  educational  value  to  any  one  working  at 
them  faithfully,  adding  interest  in  study  and  bringing 
out  into  the  light  stores  of  knowledge  that  were  hid- 
den in  the  hindmost  recesses  of  your  memory. 

A.  J.  LINDGREN. 

West  Duluth,  Minn. 


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inst.,  enclosing  check  for  $1.00.  I  had  not  expected 
to  be  among  the  prize  winners,  as  I  am  rather 
"rusty"  in  mathematics,  after  having  been  out  of 
school  for  fifteen  years.  I  enjoyed  this  work,  and 
while  I  have  given  more  time  to  it  than  I  could  well 
spare,  yet  I  feel  that  it  has  been  profitably  spent 
from  the  educational  benefits  received. 

C.  F.  TOWNE. 

Albert   Lea,    Minn. 


Accept  mv  thanks  for  your  favor  of  the  7th^  inst., 
enclosing  check  for  $1.00  as  a  prize  in  the  "Drug 
Store  Problem  Contest;"  and  be  assured  I  have  en- 
joyed the  Contest  very  much,— notwithstandmg  it  may 
result  in  a  divorce  suit,  as  my  wife  has  threatened 
proceedings  unless  I  cease  burning  the  midnight  oil. 
J.  M.  McCANN. 

Toledo,   Ohio. 


I  thank  you  for  the  prize,  received  yesterday.  Of 
course  I  am  very  glad  to  be  one  of  the  prize  wnners, 
even  though  my  name  did  not  find  a  place  very  near 
the  head  of  the  list;  but  I  am  satisfied  that  what  I 
have  learned  from  working  out  some  of  the  problems 
will  be  worth  more  to  me  than  a  good  many  prizes. 
S.\MUEL  HOPKINS. 

Providence,  R.  I. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  20,  1902. 


JOSEPH  L.  BILLMAN. 

Joseph  L.  Billman,  winner  of  the  first  prize  of  the 
January  series  of  problems,  has  a  good  drug  business  in 
Eldtorado,  a  country  town  in  southwestern  Ohio.  He  is 
but  twenty-flve  years  of  age.  and  iis  now  entering  his 
sixth  year  of  business,  having  succeeded  hJs 
former  employer  &t  that  place.  He  has  not 
had  the  advantage  of  a  college  course,  but 
took  a  correspondence  course  in  pharmacy.  He 
■w-ajs  reglistered  as  pharmacist  in  1898,  just  after  he 
arrived  at  legal  age.  Mr.  Billiman  is  a  member  of  the 
Preble  County  Retail  Druggist's  Association,  and  of  the 
Ohio  State  Bhanmaceutilacl  Association. 


I  am  pleased  to  acknowledge  receipt  of  check  for 
$1.00  sent  to  me  as  one  of  the  winners  of  the  fifth 
prize  offered  by  the  Era  in  its  January  Problem  Con- 
test. Though  it  took  up  quite  a  little  of  my  time,  I 
enjoyed  the  work  GEORGE   S.    LINDE. 

New  Haven,  Conn. 


Enclosed  please  find  receipt  for  prize  awarded  me 
in    January     Contest,     and     accept   thanks    for    same. 
Hoping  to  catch  up  in  the  problem  contest  to  bring 
me  closer  to  date  of  issue,  I  am  very  truly  yours, 
A.  E.  SCHMIDT. 

Baltimore,  Md. 


Enclosed  please   find  receipt   for   prize   award,   for 
which  accept  my  thanks.     I  will  try  again  this  month. 
HENRY  C.  TAMMEN. 
Yankton,   S.   D. 


TACHIOL  is  a  new  antiseptic  described  by  Prof. 
Durante  and  studied  by  Prof.  Paterno  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Rome  (Ch.  and  Dr.).  It  is  a  fluoride  of 
silver,  and  its  bacteriocidal  power  has  been  found  to 
be  superior  to  that  of  mercuric  chloride  or  carbolic 
acid  and  its  derivatives,  while  its  toxic  action  is  much 
more  feeble.  Silver  fluoride  is  not  a  new  salt,  but 
has  been  known  for  years;  it  is  prepared  by  dissolv- 
ing silver  oxide  in  hydrofluoric  acid.  The  compound 
is  a  very  soluble  and  deliquescent  salt,  from  which  a 
more  stable  salt  is  prepared  by  drying  in  vacuo,  most 
of  the  water  together  with  some  oxygen  and  hydro- 
fluoric acid  being  driven  oflt.  Tachiol  gives  great 
promise  of  usefulness  in  surgical  practice.  It  does 
not  coagulate  albumen,  and  solutions  as  strong  as 
one  per  cent,  have  been  injected  into  sinuses  without 
unfavorable  results. 


BONAL,  a  preserving  agent,  contains,  according 
to  H.  Mansfield  (Zeit.  der  Allg.  Oesterr.  Apot.  Ver.) 
common  salt,  18.13  per  cent;  1.28  per  cent  sodium  sul- 
phate, 5  per  cent  potassium  phosphate.  ^7.11  per  cent 
sugar  of  milk,  besides  some  water  and  formaldehyde. 


INDUCING  PRESCRIBERS  TO  DISPOSE  OF 
GOODS  STOCKED  FOR  THEIR  USE. 

By  JOSEPH  F.  HOSTELLEY,  Collingdale,  Pa. 

PHYSICIANS  frequently  fail  to  prescribe  the 
preparations  which  the  druggist  has  placed  in 
stock  for  their  particular  use.  Many  drug- 
gists carry  more  or  less  dead  stock  left  upon 
their  hands  in  this  way.  The  most  resentful  of  dis- 
appointed buyers  is  probably  unwilling  to  even  sug- 
gest that  a  physician  would  advise  the  stocking  of  a 
preparation  he  did  not  intend  prescribing.  In  the 
exigencies  of  his  calling  the  doctor  simply  overlooks 
the  implied  obligation.  Stocking  preparations  in  an- 
ticipation of  prescriptions  is  such  a  frequent  occur- 
rence that  we  are  ready  to  welcome  any  suggestion  for 
keeping  these  preparations  from  becoming  dead  stock. 
Should  the  request  from  a  physician  to  stock  a 
certain  proprietary  article  be  brought  by  a  drurmner, 
which  is  most  frequently  the  case,  let  the  druggist 
call  the  doctor  up  by  phone  as  soon  as  the  order  is 
given,  calling  attention  to  the  stocking  of  the  prepa- 
ration and  suggesting  the  date  when  it  will  be  on 
hand.  As  soon  as  the  shipment  is  received,  let  a  call 
over  the  phone  announce  the  fact  to  the  doctor,  and 
let  the  druggist  say  that  he  is  now  prepared  to  fill  all 
prescriptions  for  the  article  in  question.  A  double 
reminder  like  this  should  impress  upon  the  mind  of 
the  practitioner  that  he  has  an  obligation  which  he 
is  morally  bound  to  fulfill,  and  will  very  often  have 
the  desired  efifect.  If,  however,  his  mind  wanders 
frorn  the  preparation  and  no  prescriptions  be  forth- 
coming, after  a  reasonable  lapse  of  time,  the  druggist 
may  speak  in  person  of  the  article,  should  chance 
bring  the  doctor  into  the  store.  Should  the  efTect  of 
the  phone  calls  and  the  verbal  reminder  prove  inef- 
fective, let  the  druggist  communicate  with  the  manu- 
facturer of  the  preparation,  explaining  that  one  of 
his  specialties  has  appealed  most  favorably  to  a  cer- 
tain local  physician,  (mentioning  his  name)  and  that 
he  had  recently  requested  the  writer  to  stock  the 
preparation  for  immediate  use,  but,  owing,  doubt- 
less to  an  oversight,  no  prescription  had  followed. 
The  letter  may  then  go  on  to  suggest  that  samples 
or  literature  direct  from  the  firm  may  prove  instru- 
mental in  securing  a  liberal  prescriber  for  this  prep- 
aration. No  manufacturer  will  disregard  a  promis- 
ing letter  like  that.  Samples,  literature  or  a  visit 
from  a  representative,  or  possibly  all  combined,  will 
be  forthcoming  in  a  very  short  time.  After  having 
been  forcibly  reminded  in  this  way  the  delinquent 
prescriber  will  surely  remember  to  honor  his  "obli- 
gations"— both  present  and  prospective. 

In  dealing  with  specialty  houses  druggists  often 
find  it  impracticable  to  follow  the  system  of  ex- 
change so  commonly  available.  For,  in  many  cases 
the  lists  of  these  houses  contain  no  salable  prepar- 
ation for  which  the  unsalable  stock  may  be  ex- 
changed. At  this  point  it  may  not  be  out  of  place  to 
say  that  deteriorated  proprietary  goods  should  never 
be  kept  with  more  recent  goods,  for  a  spoiled  pro- 
duct may  easily  be  dispensed  at  a  busy  time,  when 
old  and  fresh  preparations  are  kept  on  the  same 
shelf.  Nor  should  unsalable  stock  of  this  nature  be 
tucked  away  in  a  corner  where  it  takes  a  long,  ted- 
ious search  to  find  it  when  the  manufacturer's  rep- 
resentative happens  into  the  store.  Set  aside  a 
certain  place  where  deteriorated  goods  or  prepara- 
tions to  be  exchanged  are  to  be  put,  and  see  that  a 
system  is  followed  which  will  prevent  an  occurrence 
which  is  sufficiently  familiar  to  the  proprietary  rep- 
resentative. On  occasions  of  this  kind  he  is  accus- 
tomed to  hearing  an  apologv  worded  something  like 
this:  "Well.  I  had  a  bottle  of  your  stuflf  that  I 
wanted  exchanged,  but  I  guess  111  have  to  let  it  go 
for  I   can't  find   it   now." 


March  20,  1905.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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ABOUT  CACHETS  AND  OTHER  MATTERS. 

By  THERSITES   MEXDAX. 

SOME  years  ago  I  was  pushing  a  certain  make 
of  headache  powders.  I  bought  them  by  the 
gross  lor  cash  and  they  cost  me  about  a  dol- 
lar and  sixty  cents  a  dozen,  retailing  for  twenty- 
five  cents  each.  My  stock  was  getting  low,  and  I 
was  thinking  of  replenishing  it  when  I  discovered 
that  a  large  department  store  had  laid  in  a  stock  of 
these  powders,  and  was  putting  them  on  the  market 
at  fifteen  cents,  postage  paid.  I  wrote  to  the  proprie- 
tors, and  they  promised  to  investigate  the  matter, 
saying  that  they  did  not  sell  to  cutters,  and  would 
do  their  best  to  stop  the  firm's  supplies.  What  steps 
they  took,  or  if  they  took  any  at  all,  I  am  unable  to 
say,  but_  to  this  day  the  firm  is  selling  the 
"X  Y  Z"  headache  powders  at  cut  rate  prices,  one 
box  for  fifteen  cents:  two  for  a  quarter. 

I  was  not  putting  up  a  headache  powder  of  my 
own  to  any  great  extent;  of  course  I  had  a  stock 
of  loose  powders,  capsules,  and  cachets  on  hand  for 
the  customer  who  requires  "just  one  dose",  but  I  was 
quite  content  with  the  profits  on  the  "X  Y  Z"  powders 
as  long  as  I  could  get  my  price  for  them.  It  chanced, 
however,  that  I  received  a  circular  from  a  cachet  man- 
ufacturing firm  about  this  time,  advertising  their 
cachet  machine,  and  cachets.  I  was  tired  of  putting 
up  powders  in  cachets  with  the  aid  of  a  camel's  hair 
pencil  and  a  ilttle  water,  so  I  invested  fifteen  dollars 
in  a  machine  and  five  thousand  rice  flour  cachets. 

I  had  been  dispensing  a  formula  of  phenacetine, 
acetanilid  and  caffeine  citrate  in  papers  for  some  time, 
and  I  resolved  to  put  this  up  in  cachets.  I  had  previ- 
ously submitted  the  formula  to  several  physicians 
with  whom  I  do  business  and  it  met  with  their  ap- 
proval. On  the  "X  Y  Z"  man's  next  visit  I  gave  him 
an  order  for  a  quarter  of  a  gross  only,  rejecting  his 
ofifer  of  a  three  months  free  "ad,"  in  the  local  paper, 
in  return  for  a  two  gross  order.  He  felt  bad  about 
it  and  told  me  that  if  I  put  a  "substitute"  for  the 
"X  Y  Z"  powders  on  the  market,  it  would  lead  to  my 
financial  undoing.  The  representative  of  the  "Lum- 
bricoid  Vermifuge  Company  Ltd."  said  the  same  thing 
about  my  worm  cachets.  As  my  packages  and  their 
contents  were  utterly  dissimilar  in  appearance  to 
the  goods  of  these  concerns,  and  I  invariably  sold 
"X  Y  Z"  and  "Lumbricoid"  when  they  were  asked 
for  and  I  could  get  the  regular  price  for  them,  I  did 
not  worry  about  the  charge  of  substitution. 

For  some  time  I  found  it  difficult  .to  dispose  of  my 
own  preparations  in  cachet  form.  The  public  knew 
very  little  about  them,  and  their  bulky  appearance 
was  against  them.  Gradually,  however,  people  realiz- 
ed that  the  filthiest  tasting  mess  could  be  effectively 
disguised  by  means  of  cachets.  The  medical  men 
with  whom  I  do  business  discovered  that  their  patients 
could  take  rhubarb,  aloes,  quinine  and  other  disagree- 
able drugs  without  incurring  any  symptoms  of  nausea, 
and  in  several  cases  where  their  patients  imagined 
they  could  not  tolerate  certain  drugs  they  knew  by 
sight  or  taste,  the  same  substances  produced  no  ill 
effects  when  taken  in  cachet  form. 

It  took  me  about  a  year  to  get  the  public  accus- 
tomed to  my  innovation :  during  that  time  I  gave  away 
some  thousands  of  samples,  and  I  devoted  about  one- 
third  of  my  newspaper  advertising  to  cachets.  I  also 
made  a  counter  and  window  display  at  least  once  a 
month,  I  kept  a  profit-and-loss  account  against  the 
machine,  and  at  the  end  of  the  year  I  found  that  al- 
lowing for  first  cost,  space  in  advertising,  ingredients 
used,  etc..  etc..  I  had  just  managed  to  clear  myself. 
During  the  first  nine  months  I  was  "away  behind."  the 
remaining  three  months  made  up  the  deficit.  This 
year  I  find  I  am  between  four  and  five  hundred  dol- 
lars ahead;  last  year  I  did  nearly  as  well. 

I  charge  twenty-five  cents  a  dozen  for  headache 
and  dyspepsia  wafers,  and  I  dispense  a  physician's 
prescription  at  the  same  price  in  wafer  form,  unless 
it  calls  for  some  unusually  costly  ingredient.  Though 
I  push  my  preparations  for  all  they  are  worth,  I  am 


particularly  careful  never  to  attempt  to  sell  them  to 
anyone  who  is  under  medical  treatment  for  complaints 
similar  to  those  which  they  are  intended  to  relieve. 
On  one  occasion  I  nearly  lost  a  valuable  account  by 
declining  to  sell  my  headache  powders  to  a  lady  who 
was  taking  the  grain  doses  of  bromide  by  her  physici- 
an's directions.  I  use  a  formula  of  acetanilid,  phen- 
acetine,and  caffein  citrate,  and  I  concluded  that  had 
the  physician  wished  the  lady  to  take  these  drugs, 
he  would  have  prescribed  them  instead  of  bromide 
of  sodium.  She  reported  the  circumstances  to  him 
and  he  cordially  endorsed  my  action  in  the  matter. 
In  connection  with  the  sale  of  cachets,  the  matter 
of  advertising  comes  up.  It  is  always  a  matter  of  as- 
tonishment to  me  to  see  how  much  space  some 
druggists  devote  to  the  advertising  of  preparations 
on  which  the  margin  of  profit  is  very  small  or  merely 
nominal.  Others,  again,  simply  insert  a  notice  some- 
what as  follows:  "John  Smith,  druggist,  dealer  in  toilet 
articles,  wall  paper,  stationery,  cigars,  patent  medi- 
cines etc,  prescriptions  carefully  dispensed  at  mod- 
erate prices."  This  advertisement  is  allowed  to  run 
for  some  time  and  then  it  is  replaced  by  a  similar  one. 
It  presents  no  definite  information  to  the  public,  other 
than  the  fact  that  there  is  a  druggist  named  John 
Smith  in  the  town,  and  that  he  keeps  the  ordinary 
stock-in-trade  of  his  business.  Presently  Mr.  Smith 
discovers  that  advertising  on  a  small  scale  doesn't 
pay,  and  gives  up  his  space  in  disgust.  The  same 
space  devoted  to  pushing  a  really  good  preparation 
or  two  of  his  own,  would,  in  my  mind,  be  productive 
of  infinitely  better  results,  though  it  would  take  time, 
trouble  and  discretion  to  establish  a  demand. 
To  my  mind,  every  business  letter  writ- 
ten, every  inch  of  space  in  the  window  and 
show  cases,  and  every  parcel  wrapped  in  a  printed 
wrapper  should  be  an  advertisement  of  some  part  of 
your  business.  In  a  small  town,  nearly  every  one  is 
aware  of  your  existence,  but  a  very  large  percentage 
of  the  people  may  not  know  that  you  prepare  head- 
ache wafers,  nor  do  they  know  what  a  cachet  machine 
is.  I  was  in  a  small  town,  about  a  month  ago,  where 
there  are  four  drug  stores.  I  had  some  spare 
time,  so  I  dropped  into  each  of  them.  One  was 
evidently  a  whisky  dive  run  under  a  druggist's  license, 
two  more  were  clean  and  orderly,  with  a  very  fair 
stock  of  drugs,  staple  patent  medicines  and  sundries. 
The  fourth  was  equally  clean,  with  an  equally  good 
stock  of  staples.  In  the  window  was  a  large  display 
— not  of  paper  cut-outs  and  empty  cartons  advertis- 
ing some  five  or  ten-cent  trash — but  of  cough  mix- 
tures and  similar  goods  prepared  on  the  premises. 
On  the  counter  were  four  si.x-foot  show  cases.  Three 
of  them  were  devoted  to  cigars,  toilet  articles,  per- 
fumes and  sundries,  the  fourth  contained  a  huge  pile 
of  loose  cachets,  and  about  a  hundred  boxes  of  head- 
ache wafers  ready  for  sale. 

I  introduced  myself  to  the  proprietor  and  in  reply 
to  my  inquiry  about  the  sale  of  cachets  he  said:  "I 
paid  twenty  dollars  for  my  machine,  and  a  stock  of 
wafers,  and  if  I  couldn't  replace  it  I  would  not  part 
with  it  for  two  hundred.  I  keep  that  show  case  to 
exhibit  my  own  goods  in,  and  I  change  the  contents 
every  week.  It's  the  best  paying  bit  of  furniture  in 
the  shop,  except  the  cachet  machine."  In  the  course 
of  the  evening  I  learned  that  this  man  was  regarded 
as  the  most  clever  and  progressive  druggist  in  the 
town,  and  that  he  was  making  more  money  than  the 
other  three  put  together. 

I  do  not  for  a  moment  imply  that  a  cachet  ma- 
chine is  a  speedy  road  to  wealth,  and  that  the  fifteen 
or  twenty  dollars  invested  in  such  stock  will  yield 
enormous  profits  immediately,  but  I  do  say  that  it  is 
possible  to  put  a  reliable  formula  on  the  market  at 
a  final  cost  of  less  than  a  dollar  a  dozen,  and  to  re- 
tail it  at  three  dollars  a  dozen.  Assuming  the  sale  of 
one  dozen  per  week,  a  moderate  estimate  after  the 
first  year,  by  my  own  experience,  the  net  profit  will 
be  very  nearly  one  hundred  dollars,  or  the  interest 
on  $2,000  well  invested.  By  judicious  pushing  this 
can  be  trebled  and  quadrupled:  but.  before  trying 
the  experiment,  be  sure  your  formula  is  all  right,  use 


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[.March  20,  1903. 


no  "cheap"  drugs,  and  above  all,  don't  over-praise 
your  preparations  either  in  your  advertisements  or  in 
conversation  with  your  customers. 


THE  YOUNG  MAN  IN  BUSINESS. 

Mr.  D.  L.  Noyes  of  Noyes  Bros.  &  Cutler,  whole- 
sale druggists  of  St.  Paul,  Minn.,  is  known  in  drug 
trade  circles  as  a  speaker  of  more  than  ordinary  abil- 
ity. His  latest  address  was  given  last  week  at  a  Y. 
M.  C.  A.  meeting  in  St.  Paul  and  his  subject  was  the 
"Young  Man  in  Business."  Here  is  what  he  said 
among  other  things: 

"When  a  man  fails  in  business  everybody  says  that 
he  lacks  the  element  of  success.  Just  what  this  ele- 
ment is  I  am  not  able  to  say,  neither  do  I  know  of 
any  one  who  has  been  able  to  explain  it.  But  there 
seems  to  be  an  element  of  success  that  man  must 
possess  in  order  to  succeed  in  life.  Some  men  say 
that  they  do  not  have  the  talent  for  success  but  this 
is  not  true  for  every  man  has  the  talent  if  it  is  di- 
rected in  the  proper  way." 

"In  a  discussion  of  the  way  to  win  success  the 
question  naturally  arises,  'Is  there  anything  in  luck?' 
I  must  afTirm  that  there  is  something  beyond  the  con- 
trol of  the  individual  that  has  a  great  deal  to  do  with 
the  success  that  he  makes  in  life.  This  is  luck.  It 
may  come  to  him  in  any  form,  as  physical  disability 
and  the  like.  It  frequently  happens  that  a  man  has 
some  physical  disability  which  he  may  consider  to  be 
a  burden  and  yet  it  is  often  a  thing  that  helps  him  in 
his  battle  with  life.  President  Elliot  of  Harvard 
once  told  a  friend  that  the  birth  mark  which  he  has 
on  the  side  of  his  face  made  him  president  of  the 
great  university. 

"I  would  advise  the  young  man  who  goes  into 
business  to  have  a  conscience.  It  is  necessary  for 
business  success  but  it  is  sometimes  quite  incon- 
venient. If  a  man  is  not  honest  both  to  himself  and 
to  others  his  chances  for  success  are  limited  and  once 
he  fails  he  is  lost.  The  Bible  says  'the  righteous 
man  falleth  seven  times  and  riseth  again.'  The  right- 
eous man  can  fall  but  once  for  then  his  character  is 
gone  and  he  has  nothing  left. 

"One  of  the  frequent  causes  of  failure  in  business 
life  is  the  lack  of  patient  continuance  in  well  doing. 
A  man  is  so  apt  to  get  discouraged  when  he  com- 
pares his  own  slow  gains  with  the  brilliant  successes 
made  by  others.  He  should  remember  that  to  make 
a  success  of  his  business  he  must  be  patient  and  con- 
tented with  small  gains  until  he  wins  success.  1 
would  in  this  connection  also  caution  against  con- 
tinuing in  business  after  it  is  evident  that  it  is  not 
profitable.  It  is  wrong,  and  is  apt  to  lead  to  disa- 
greeable conditions  if  not  to  crime. 

"To  the  young  man  who  is  working  for  a  salary 
I  would  say  be  willing  to  do  more  than  is  expected 
of  you.  Do  not  say  that  you  are  not  hired  to  do 
these  things  and  refuse  to  do  them.  In  my  own  office 
the  man  I  would  select  for  promotion  is  the  one  who 
is  willing  to  do  all  he  can  whether  it  is  expected  of 
him  or  not.  Be  willing  to  work  hard  and  get  ready 
for  the  step  above  you  as  soon  as  possible. 

"A  great  deal  has  been  said  about  debt,  and  many 
have  cautioned  young  men  not  to  go  into  debt.  Now 
debt  and  credit  is  the  basis  of  all  commercial  trans- 
action, and  every  business  man  must  go  into  debt  to 
a  certain  degree.  Instead  of  warning  the  young  man 
against  going  into  debt,  I  would  warn  him  against 
going  too  deeply  into  it.  He  must  use  his  credit  to 
a  certain  extent,  but  he  should  never  abuse  it. 

"Take  care  of  your  health,  be  independent,  acquire 
habits  of  industry  and  self-denial,  know  the  value  of 
time  and  money  and  learn  the  details  of  your  busi- 
ness, and  you  will  be  successful." 


ALBO-AND  RUBROCARNIT  are  two  liquids 
recommended  as  meat  preservatives.  According  to 
F.  Schafler  (Chem.  Zeit.).  these  preparations  are 
solutions  of  boric  acid,  rubrocarnit  containing  pon- 
ceau, a  coloring  substance  for  coloring  sausage. 


NEW  REMEDIES.* 

ANAL.A.N: — .An  ointment  containing  boric  acid, 
oxide  of  bismuth,  iodine,  oxide  of  zinc,  phenol  and 
ichthyol;  employed  in  the  treatment  of  hemorrhoids, 
eczema,  etc. 

ANTISPUTOL: — A  powder  for  disinfecting  spit- 
toons; its  composition  has  not  been  made  public. 
BACILLOL: — A  new  disinfectant. 
BRANNOLIN: — An  application  for  wounds,  said 
to  contain  tincture  of  arnica,  spermaceti,  tallow,  wax 
and  extract  of  myrrh. 

BROMOPAN: — A  preparation  by  means  of  which 
bromine  is  supplied  in  the  form  of  little  loaves. 

BROMO-TANNIN  COMPOUNDS,  TASTE- 
LESS:— Prepared  by  treating  bromo-tannin  solutions 
with  formaldehyde  and  precipitating  the  resulting  con- 
densation  products  with  hydrochloric  acid. 

CINCHONA  ELIXIR,  STRENGTHENED:— 
An  aromatic  tincture  of  cinchona,  with  the  addition 
of  glycerinophosphoric  acid  and  tincture  of  nux 
vomica. 

CUPROL: — An  application  for  granulated  lids. 
DERIVAL: — A   remedy   for   rheumatism;    said   to 
be    a    simple    mixture   of   mustard    oil,    ammonia    and 
turpentine,    the    reaction    of    the    materials    resulting 
in  the  formation  of  thiosinamine. 

DUNND.\RMK.A.PSELN:— Capsules  for  intro- 
ducing medicaments  into  the  small  intestine;  pre- 
pared by  treating  the  charged  capsules  with  .$  to  i 
per  cent  solution  of  acrolein,  this  treatment  render- 
ing the  walls  of  the  capsule  insoluble  in  warm  water 
and  the  gastric  juice,  but  not  destroying  their  solu- 
bility in  the  pancreatic  fluid. 

ELEPIZONE: — A  mixture  of  bromides  employed 
as  a  remedy  for  epilepsy. 

ELIXIR  G.\LEGAE:— A  combination  of  a  tinc- 
ture of  the  herb  goat's  rue  (galega  officinalis)  20O 
parts,  simple  syrup  8o  parts,  and  tincture  of  fennel 
30  parts. 

EPIGEA  REPANS:— Trailing  arbutus,  employed 
as  a  diuretic. 

ERODIUM  CICUTARIUM:— Storksbill,  an  an- 
nual hairy  plant  related  to  the  geraniaceae,  employed 
as  an  emmenagogue. 

ERYTHRINA  CORALLODENDRON:— A 

Brazilian  plant  containing  the  alkaloid  erythrine. 
Employed  as  a  hypnotic  and  sedative  in  the  form  of 
an  alcoholic  extract. 

ERYTHROL    TETRANITRITE:— Employed    in 
lead  colic  in  doses  of  .03  gram  in  the  form  of  tablets. 
ETH.\COL:— The  mono-ethyl  ether  of  a  catechin. 
ETHYLOL:— Chemically  pure  ethyl  chloride,  em- 
ployed as  a  local  anaesthetic. 

EUBIOL:— An  odorless  and  soluble  hemoglobin 
preparation. 

EUBIOSE:— A  glycerin-free  concentrated  haema- 
togen  rendered  stable  by  treatment  with  carbon 
dioxide. 

EUC.A.INE  ACETATE:— Used  as  an  anaesthetic 
in  ophthalmic  surgery. 

EUDERMOL:— SaHcylate   of  nicotine. 
EULYPTOL:— A    disinfectant    composed    of    eu- 
calyptus oil.  salicylic  acid  and  carbolic  acid. 

"EUPH0RBL\  HETERODOXA,  MULLER:— 
A  plant  found  in  Brazil,  employed  in  the  treatment 
of  tumors,  carcinoma,  etc.,  the  milky  juice  being  ap- 
plied to   the   afifected  parts. 

EXTR.-MT  AUTOMOBILE:— Automobile  ex- 
tract, composed  of  benzoic  acid,  6  grams  oil  of  ger- 
anium, 3  grams;  East  Indian  sandalwood  oil,  3  grams; 
tincture  of  vanilla,  30  grams:  oil  of  neroli,  S  grams; 
extract  of  jasmine.  250  grams:  alcohol  (80  per  cent) 
400  grams,  and  ammonia  five  drops. 

FANGHT  DI  SC,\LAFINI:— An  earth  of  vol- 
canic origin,  said  to  contain  a  large  proportion  (80 
per  cent)"  of  very  finely  divided  sulphur.  Employed 
as  a  remedv  for  acne  rosacea. 

FERRUM   PICRICUM:— .'S.  homeopathic   remedy 
for  enlnrecnient   of  the  prostate  gland. 
F0RM.\CHT0N:— .\   disinfectant. 

•Translated  from  the  Apotiheker  Zeitung. 


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FORMASOL:— Formalin  treated  with  acetic  acid. 
GERANIX:— Said  to  be  an  extract  prepared  from 
various  kinds  of  geranium  and  cinchona  bark,  and 
supposed  to  lower  the  proportion  of  sugar  in  dia- 
betic urine.  Employed  in  arthritis,  dyspepsia,  and 
nervous  diseases. 

GLUTON: — A  form  of  glutose  which  does  not 
gelatinize,  recommended  as  a  nutriment  in  obesity 
and  diabetes. 

HAEMATOFOR:— Said  to  contain  glycerin,  lo 
parts;  solution  of  iron  manganese  albumin,  8o  parts; 
Grecian  wine.  9  parts,  and  aromatic  essence,  i  part. 
HAEMOPHOSKOL:— .A  combination  of  glycer- 
inphosphoric  acid,  kola  and  haematogen,  employed 
as  a  nerve  tonic. 

HEXAMETHYLEXTERAMIN  COMPOUNDS: 
— Compounds  with  phenolsulpho  acids,  employed  as 
antiseptics  and  deodorants. 

J.AMROSIN:— A  fluid  extract  employed  in  dia- 
betes; said  to  be  derived  from  an  East  Indian  myr- 
taceous  plant. 

CASEIN  COMPOUNDS:— Compounds  of  casein 
with  hydrobromic  or  hydriodic  acid;  prepared  by 
treating  casein  with  these  acids. 

LANOFORM  DUSTING  POWDER:— A  com- 
bination of  wool  fat  with  formalin,  talc,  freshly  pre- 
cipitated zinc  oxide  and  starch. 

LANOLIN  SUBSTITUTE:— Prepared  by  mixing 
Chinese  wood  oil  (Elaeococa  oil)  thickened  by  rapid 
heating  to  300  degrees,  with  unhealed  wood  oil,  ana 
adding  a  little  wax  to  the  mixture. 

LENIG.ALLOL: — A  white  crystalline  powder 
prepared  by  treating  200  parts  of  pyrogallol  with  500 
parts  of  acetic  anhydride-in  the  presence  of  i  part  of 
concentrated  sulphuric  acid  or  other  mineral  acid 
LIQUOR  CALCII  lODOFERRATI:— A  lime 
iron  prepartion  having  an  agreeable  taste  and  em- 
ployed as  a  remedy  for  rickets  and  scrofula. 

LYSULFOL: — A  chemical  combination  of  sul- 
phur with  lysol.  which  is  soluble  in  water  and  forms 
a  black  semi-solid  mass.  It  is  employed  in  parasitic 
skin  diseases. 

M.ALTOGEN:— A  malt  extract  which  is  not  hy- 
groscopic and  is  perfectly  stable. 

MICROCIDIN  SALVE  (De  Maurange) :— An 
antiseptic  application  in  burns,  etc..  composed  of 
microcidin,  3  parts,  oil  of  geranium.  2.5  parts,  oil  of 
thyme,  2.5  parts,  oil  of  origanum.  2.5  parts,  oil  of 
verbena.  2.5  parts,  and  paraffin   ointment. 

SOLUBLE  MILK  POWDER:— Prepared  by  ad- 
ding trisodium  citrate  to  skim  milk,  and  evaporating 
to   dryness   in   vacuum. 

OLEIC  ACID: — Employed  in  doses  of  .5  to  I 
gram  per  dav  in  liver  colic  caused  bv  gall  stones. 

PASTA  SEROSA.  SCHLEICH:— Prepared  by 
mixing  500  grams  zinc  oxide  with  1000  Cc.  pure  ox- 
blood  serum  and  drying  the  mass  upon  glass  plates. 
The  zincum  serosum  thus  prepared  is  sterilized  and 
employed  as  a  base  for  the  serous  paste.  It  forms 
a  semi-solid  mass  which  is  easily  spread.  It  is  used 
in  a  number  of  forms  of  dermatitis  and  in  acute 
eczema. 

PASTILLES,  lODOFERRATED  COMPOUND, 
JAHR: — The  chocolate  covered  pastilles  weighing 
about  1.5  grams,  contain  .03  gram  potassium  iodide, 
.1  gram  ferratin.  .05  gram  duotal  and  glycerinophos- 
phate  of  calcium,  besides  a  number  of  inactive  sub- 
stances which  are  added  to  correct  the  taste.  Em- 
ployed in  chlorosis,  rickets,  scrofula,  phthisis,  etc. 

PULVIS  SEROSUS:— .\  powder  containing 
zincum  serosum  as  a  base  and  colored  with  eosin. 
Employed   in   acute   and  incipient   eczema. 

SAi.ICYLIC  ACID  GLYCERIN  ESTER:— 
Formed  by  the  action  of  mineral  acids  upon  a  mix- 
ture of  salicylic  acid  and  glycerin.  Employed  as  an 
odorless  antiseptic,  also  in  rheumatism  and  as  a  sub- 
stitute for  the  methyl  ester  of  salicylic  acid. 
SANGOSTOL:— See  liquor  calcii  iodoferrati. 
SEPTOFORM.'K:- Said  to  be  a  condensation  pro- 
duct of  formaldehyde  dissolved  in  an  alcoholic  so- 
lution of  a  potassium  oleate  soap.  Used  in  veter- 
inary practice  as  an  antiseptic,  disinfectant,  deodorant, 
and  antiparasitic. 


D.    D.    BRONSON. 

D.  D.  Bronson,  of  Lowville.  X.  Y.,  winner  of  the  second 
prize  of  the  January  series  of  protolems,  is  a  native  and 
residettt  of  northern  New  York.  He  received  a  high 
school  and  academic  education,  and  in  1S91  anid  1892  at- 
tended Wesleyan  College.  Middletown,  Conn.,  where  he 
pursued  special  study  in  dhemistry  and  biology  with  the 
expectation  of  studying  medicine.  Owir.g  to  reduced  fi- 
nances, he  was  obliged  to  leave  college  at  the  beginning 
of  his  Junior  year.  He  then  secured  a.  position  as  book- 
keeper with  Gregg  &  Co.,  Fifth  avemie.  New  York  city, 
with  whom  he  remained  one  year.  He  afterward  en- 
tered the  employ  of  W.  H.  Morrison,  druggist,  at  Low- 
viUe.  N.  Y..  and  after  serving  his  apprenticeship  and 
passing  a  successful  examination,  received  a  certificate 
as  licensed  pharmacist  from  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy. Sihortly  afterward,  he  formed  a  partnership  with 
P.  C.  Snyder,  and  they  bought  at  sheriff's  sa'le  a  bank- 
rupt stock  of  drugs  and  fixtures:  and  upon  the  ruins  of 
a  defunct  business  the  firm  of  Bronson  &  Snyder  has 
since  that  time  built  up  a  successful  and  increasing  trade 
in   Low\'ille.   N.   Y. 

Mx.  Bronson  is  a  member  of  the  Masonic  Fraternity 
and  tile  College  Fraternity.  Beta  Theta  Pi.  During  the 
past  few  years  he  has  spent  considerable  time  in  trav- 
eling, having  yisisted  many  of  the  European  countries 
and  traveled  quite  extensively  in  -this  country,  Canada 
and  the  West  Indies. 

SIRUPUS  GALEGAE:— Contains  extract  of 
galega  (goat's  rue),  so  parts;  distilled  water,  50 
parts:  tincture  of  fennel,  25  parts;  and  simple  syrup, 
925  parts. 

SUBLAMIN: — A  substitute  for  mercuric  chloride 
pastillc.<   t<.ntaining-  mercuiic   sulphate   cthylenf-   dia- 

TEUTON  PREPARATIONS:— Four  extracts 
prepared  by  extracting,  at  a  fixed  temperature,  with 
sterilized  whey,  different  combinations  of  cinchona 
bark,  burdock  root,  nettle  root,  onions,  parsley  root, 
f,-ilicylic  acid,  lactic  acid  and  alum.  Remedy  for  loss 
of  hair. 

TEUTON  SOAP:— Medicated  soap,  containing 
jlycerin,  borax,  and  the  extracts  of  cinchona  bark 
iind  the  roots  of  parsley  and  nettle.  Employed  in 
seborrhoea  and  diseases  of  the  scalp. 

TINCTURE  OF  G.ALEG.A:— Contaius  extract  of 
gal-'ga.  20  parts  and  200  parts  of  30  degrees  spirit. 

TiJBERCULO.\LBUMIN:— Said  to  be  a  one 
per  cent  soUnion  of  the  pure  remedial  agent  found 
in  tubercle  bacilli,  free  from  toxins. 

I'T),  ;L: — A  compound  of  urea  and  quinic  acid, 
rmployed  in  uric  acid  diathesis  in  daily  doses  of  from 
2  to  5  grains. 

V.NLYL: — A  remedy  for  hysteria,  etc.  composed 
cf  diethy.'^mido-valerianic  acid. 


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[March  20,  1902. 


VASOJJMEXTUM      SPISSUM:— Prepared      by 
simply   iiKxing   vaselin.   6   parts,    oleic   acid,   3   parts, 
anri  ammonia  (stronger),  i  part. 
ZINCUM  SEROSUM:— See  pasta  serosum. 


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Glycerine  Tonic. 

(J.  D.  B.) 
(1)  Gentian  root,  iNo.  40  powder.  .3%  ounces,  Troy. 

Sherry  wine.  q.  is.  to  percolate 26  fl.  ounces 

To   the   percolate   add 

(1)  Extract  dandelion   4%  ounces,  Trov 

•Glycerin    26  11,    ounces 

(Dilute  plhosphoirio  acid   4%  fl,   ounces 

Tincture  of  cardamom  comip. 

Syrup  of  lemon. 

Syrup  of  orange   peel,   'of   each....G%  fl.  ounces 

(2)  Gentian    root    (ground) 20  gnams 

Taraxacum  root   (ground) ,'JO  grams 

Sligar     150  grams 

(Spirit   of  orange,    U.    S.    P 10  Cc. 

Tincture  cardamom  comp 60  Cc. 

■Solu'tlion   of  saccharin,   iN.    F 20  Oc. 

Phosphoric    acid    (85    per    cent) 5  Cc. 

Acetic   other    ', 2.5  Oc! 

Glyoerim    400  Cc. 

Sherry  wine,  q.  s,,   to  make   1,000  Cc. 

Moisten  the  drugs  with  the  spirit  of  orange  and 
about  10  Cc.  of  wine,  and  pack  in  a  small  percolator. 
Pour  on  wine  to  cover  the  drugs,  and  when  the  liquid 
begins  to  drop  close  the  lower  orifice  of  the  percola- 
tor and  allow  to  macerate  24  hours.  Then  allow  to 
drop  slowly,  regulating  the  flow  to  about  one  drop  in 
five  or  six  seconds,  and  pass  enough  sherry  wine 
through  the  drugs  to  obtain  about  400  Cc.  of  perco- 
late. In  this  dissolve  the  sugar  and  filter  if  necessary. 
Then  add  the  other  ingredients  in  order,  and  finally 
enough  sherry  wine  to  make  a  total  of  1000  Cc. 
(2)  Extract   of   gentian    10  grajns 

Fluid    extract    of    taraxacum    50  Cc. 

Tincture  of  cinnamon   50  Cc. 

'Tincture    of    cardamom    10    Cc. 

'Phosphoric  acid,  U.  S.  P.,  '90 10  Cc. 

Glycerin   400  Cc. 

Sherry    wine,    a  '  sufficient    quantity    'to 

make 1,000  Cc. 

Dissolve  the  extract  in  the  wine,  add  the  other  in- 
gredients and  filter. 


Elixir  Salicylic  Acid  Compound. 

(L.  R.  A.)  Here  are  two  formulas,  the  first  be- 
ing taken  from  the  formulary  of  the  Cincinnati  Acad- 
emy of  Pharmacy: 

(1)  Sa'licylic  aoid   40  grams 

Sodium  bicarbonate   r 30  grams 

Fluid   extract   of   cimicifug^i    15  Cc. 

TinOture    of    gelsemium    4    Cc. 

Potassium  iodide   12  gnaims 

Oil  of  gaultherla   0.5  Cc 

Elixir    adjuvans     500  Cc, 

Syrup     , 200  Cc. 

'DUstiWeid    water,     a    sufBiaielnit    quiantity    ibo 
make   1.000  Cc, 

Dissolve  the  salicylic  acid  and  the  sodium   bicar- 
bonate in  200  Cc.   of  water.     Mix  the   other  ingred- 


ients with  the  elixir.  Then  add  the  solution  o  sodium 
salicylate.  Shake  well  and  filter.  The  salicylic  acid 
made  from  oil  of  wintergreen  is  preferable  for  this 
preparation.     Keep  in  a  cool  and  dark  place, 

(2)   Salicyilic    acid     640  grains 

Bicanboniate  of  soda  480  grains 

Glycerin     4    ounces 

Distilled   water    4  ounces 

Make   a   solution  and  add: 

Potassiuim  (iodide  256  grains 

Fluid    e'txract   of    comicifuga    4   drams 

Fluid   extract    of    gelseimium    2    drams 

Compound   spirit  or  orange    1  drami 

Alcohol    4  ounces 

Simple  syrup  sufficient  to  make 16  ounjces 

Mix. 

The  formula  you  submit  contains  too  little  sodium 
bicarbonate  for  the  quantity  of  salicylic  acid  pre- 
scribed, and  too  much  fluid  extract  of  gelsemium. 

Granular  Effervescent  Phosphate  of  Sodium. 

(H.  P.  W.)  We  know  of  no  better  formula  than 
the  following  from  the  British  Pharmacopoeia: 

Ph'ospliate    of    sodium     25  ounces 

Bicarbonate  of  sodium  25  ounces 

Tartanic   acid,    in   powder    13^  ounces 

'Citric  acid,  in  powder  9  ounces 

The   final   product  should   weigh  about  50  ounces. 

Dry  the  phosphate  of  sodium  until  it  has  lost 
rather  more  than  half  (60  per  cent.)  of  its  weight; 
powder  the  product  and  mix  it  with  the  other  in- 
gredients. Place  the  mixture  in  a  dish  or  pan,  of 
suitable  form,  heated  to  between  200  and  250  de- 
grees F.,  and  when  the  particles  of  the  powder  begin 
to  aggregate,  stir  them  assiduously  until  they  assume 
a  granular  form;  then,  by  means  of  suitable  sieves, 
separate  the  granules  of  uniform  and  most  conve- 
nient size,  and  preserve  the  preparation  in  well-closed 
bottles. 

The  National  Formulary  (which  you  may  obtain 
through  this  office,  price  $1)  contains  a  number  of 
formulas  for  the  preparation  of  the  effervescent  pow- 
ders, and,  also,  some  general  observations  and  direc- 
tions which  vou  will  do  well  to  read. 


Varnish  for  Bottles. 

(B.  &  T.)  Bottles  may  made  to  exclude  light  pretty 
well  by  coating  them  with  asphaltum  lacquer  or  var- 
nish. A  formula  recommended  for  this  purpose  fol- 
lows-: Dissolve  asphaltum,  i  part,  in  light  coal  tar  oil, 
2  parts,  and  add  to  the  soliUion  about  i  per  cent,  of 
castor  oil.  This  lacquer  dries  somewhat  slowly,  but 
adheres   very   firmly   to   the   glass. 

Asphaltum  lacquer  may  also  be  rendered  less  brit- 
tle by  the  addition  of  elemi.  Melt  together  asphalt- 
um, io  parts,  and  elemi,  i  part,  and  dissolve  the  cold 
fused  mass  in  light  coal  tar  oil,  12  parts. 

Amber  colored  bottles  for  substances  acted  upon 
by  the  actinic  rays  of  light  may  be  obtained  from 
almo'st  any  manufacturer   of  bottles. 


Blue  Indelible  Ink. 

(B.  &  T.) 

'CYyistalized    niitrate    of    silver    1    dram 

W(ater    of    amimonia    3    draims 

Crystalized'  carbonate  of  sodium   1  drajn 

Powdered  guim  arable H4  dTams 

Sulp(h&te    of    copper    30   grains 

Distilled  water   4  drams 

Dissolve  the  silver  salt  in  the  ammonia;  dissolve 
the  carbonate  of  sodium,  gum  arable,  and  sulphate  of 
copper  in  the  distilled  water,  and  mix  the  two  solu- 
tions together. 


Kerosene  and  Capsicum  Insecticide. 

(G.  E.  B.)     See  May  t6  Era  of  last  year,  page  526, 

Massage   Cream. 
(H.   B.)     See  this  journal   Feb.  6,   1902,   page   144. 


ACIDIFUGO,  a  powder  employed  to  prevent  the 
souring  of  foods  prepared 'from  dough,  is,  according 
to  F.  Bimbi  (Boll,  chirn.  pharni.).  a  mixture  of  sodi- 
um carbonate,   alum  and  naphthol  yellow  S. 


March  20,  1908.] 


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DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


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ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  VIII. 

No.  8i.. — If  a  message  is  sent  by  telegraph,  with- 
out any  loss  of  time,  at  12.00  M.,  from  Berlin  to 
Cincinnati,  what  is  the  time  of  its  receipt  at  Cincin- 
nati?- 

Ans. — 5  hours,  28  min.,  29  sec.  A.  M. 

No.  82. — A  bottle  holds  2.545  grams  of  alcohol, 
42.74  grams  of  mercury,  and  5.829  grams  of  sulphuric 
acid.  Find  the  specific  gravity  of  mercury  and  of  sul- 
phuric acid,  the  density  of  alcohol  being  .8095. 

Ans.— 13.596  and  1.854. 

No.  83. — At  what  time  between  5  and  6  o'clock  are 
the  hour  and  minute  hands  of  a  watch  exactly  to- 
_gether? 

Ans. — 27  min.,  16  4.'ii  sec.  past  5  o'clock. 

No.  84. — How  much  crystallized  microcosmic  salt 
must  be  ignited  to  furnish  a  gram  of  sodium  meta- 
phosphate? 

Ans.— 2.0488. 

No.  85. — If  stock  bought  at  92  will  pay  7  per  cent, 
on  the  investment,  at  what  rate  should  it  be  bought 
to  pay  10  per  cent.? 

Ans. — 64  2/5. 

No.  86. — A  glass  rod,  weighing  13  grams  in  air, 
weighs  8  grams  in  water,  and  3.8  grams  in  sulphuric 
acid;  what  is  the  specific  gravity  of  the  sulphuric 
acid? 

Ans. — 1.84. 

No.  87. — What  relative  quantities  of  alcohol  75 
per  cent.,  80  per  cent.,  98  per  cent,  and  99  per  gent, 
pure,  must  be  mixed  to  produce  a  mixture  which 
shall  be  95  per  cent,  pure? 

Ans. — 3  of  75  per  cent.;  4  of  80  per  cent.;  20  of 
98  per  cent.,  and  15  of  99  per  cent. 

No.  88. — If  $6,000  worth  of  bonds  are  sold  for 
"$5,107.50,  including  a  brokerage  of  %  per  cent,  how 
much  below  par  are  the  bonds  quoted? 

Ans. — 81/2  per  cent. 

No.  89.— How  much  water  will  dilute  9  gal.  2  qt. 
I  pt.  of  alcohol  96  per  cent,  strong  to  84  per  cent.? 

Ans. — I  gallon;  i  quart  and  i  piiit. 

No.  90. — Being  engaged  in  laying  out  an  obl.)n<r 
•garden,  which  contained  just  an  acre  and  a  half,  I 
found  that  having  cut  off  from  one  end  a  square 
area,,  the  greatest  square  that  I  could  form  in  the  re- 
mainder contained  ju^t  6  square  rods.  What  were 
the  length  and  breadth  of  my  garden? 

.^ns. — 12  and  20  rods. 


PROBLEMS,   SERIES   XII. 

No.  121. — In  the  walls  of  Balbec,  in  Turkey,  the 
ancient  Heliopolis,  there  are  three  stones  laid  end 
to  end,  now  in  sight,  that  measure  61  yards  in  length, 
one  of  which  is  63  feet  long,  12  feet  thick  and  12  teet 
broad;  what  is  its  weight,  supposing  its  specific 
gravity  to  be  3  times  that  of  water? 

No.  122. — A  wire  1293  cm.  long  loses  508  gm.  by 
weighing  in  water.  Find  its  mean  section,  and  mean 
radius. 

No.  123.— 1.5055  grams  of  a  mixture  of  sodium 
and  potassium  chlorides  gave  3.4222  grams  of  silver 
chloride.  Calculate  the  relative  amounts  of  the  two 
chlorides. 

No.  124. — In  turning  a  one-horse  chaise  within  a 
ring  of  a  certain  diameter,  the  outer  wheel  made  two 
turns,  while  the  inner  wheel  made  but  one;  the 
wheels  were  each  4  feet  high;  and  supposing  them 
fi-xed  at  the  distance  of  5  feet  apart  on  the  axletree, 
what  was  the  circumference  of  the  track  described  by 
the  oiUer  wheel? 

No.  125. — A  druggist  built  a  house  costing  ?5,ooo 
upon  a  lot  which  cost  $800.  The  house  being  burned, 
the  insurance  company  paid  him  60  per  cent,  of  the 
cost  of  the  house.  He  then  sold  the  land  for  $1,200: 
did  he  gain  or  lose  by  the  transactions,  and  what 
per  cent.? 

No.  126. — A  piece  of  iron,  vvhen  plunged  in  a  ves- 
sel full  of  water,  makes  10  grams  run  over.  When 
placed  in  a  vessel  full  of  mercury  it  floats,  displacing 
78  grams  of  mercury.  Required  the  weight,  volume, 
and  specific  gravity  of  the  iron. 

No.  127. — Required  the  weight  of  copper  and  sul- 
phuric acid  needed  to  yield  3  litres  of  sulphurous 
acid  at  the  standard  temperature  and  pressure. 

No.  128. — If  by  investing  in  5  per  cent,  bonds  I 
get  an  annual  income  of  4yi  per  cent,  on  my  money, 
at  what  price  were  the  bonds  bought? 

No.    129. — .\   castle   wall   there   was,   whose   height 
was  found 
To     be     TOO     feet     from   th'    top   to   th' 

ground ; 
.'\gainst  the  wall  a  ladder  stood  upright. 
Of   the   same   length   the   castle   was   in 

height: 
A     waggish    youngster    did     the   ladder 

slide 
(The    bottom    of    it)     !0    fcot    from    the 

side; 
Now  I  w^ould  know  how  far  the  top  did 

fall. 
By  pulling  out  the  ladder  from  the  wall? 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  20.  1903. 


No.  130. — In  the  steelyard,  if  the  horizontal  dis- 
tance between,  the  fulcrum  and  the  knife-edge  which 
supports  the  body  weighed  be  3  inches,  and  the  mov- 
able weight  be  7  pounds,  how  far  must  the  latter  be 
shifted  for  a  ditTerence  of  i  pound  in  the  body 
weighed? 


EXTRACT  OF  ALOES.— J.  C.  Leusden  (Pharm. 
Weekblad.)  recommends  the  use  of  the  extract  made 
from  the  Curacoa  aloes  rather  than  from  Cape  aloes, 
which  have  hitherto  been  official  in  the  Dutch  Phar- 
macopoeia. In  a  study  of  the  different  varieties  of 
aloes,  the  author  finds  that  while  the  material  ob- 
tained from  the  Cape  yields  only  57  per  cent  soluble 
matter,  that  from  Curacoa  yields  70  per  cent.  His 
method  of  preparing  the  extract  consists  in  warming 
the  aloes  with  10  parts  of  water,  then  adding  10  parts 
more  water,  allowing  the  mixture  to  stand  24  hours, 
filtering  and  evaporating  to  dryness.  By  this  process, 
a  clear  solution  is  obtained,  and  the  inclusion  of 
resin  in  the  extract  is  avoided. 


MAGNESIUM  CACODYLATE.— Berlureaux 

(I'Union  pharm.)  states  that  magnesium  cacodylate 
is  preferable  to  the  potassium  or  sodium  salt  because 
it  contains  a  larger  proportion  of  cacodylic  acid.  It 
contains  92  per  cent  of  this  acid  while  sodmm  ca- 
codylate contains  only  70  per  cent.  A  syrupy  solu- 
tion of  magnesium  cacodylate  contains  about  45  per 
cent  of  the  salt.  A  25  per  cent  solution  can  be  safely 
employed  as  a  subcutaneous  injection,  but  in  most 
cases  it  is  better  to  begin  with  a  10  per  cent  solution 
and  proceed  with  increasing  doses  until  an  injection 
of  I  Cc.  of  a  25  per  cent  solution  is  employed. 

HYDROGEN  PEROXIDE  AS  A  FOOD  PRE- 
SERVATIVE.—Jablin-Gonnet  (Ann.  Chim.  anal, 
appl.)  finds  that  hydrogen-peroxide  as  a  food  pre- 
servative offers  many  advantages,  especially  for  milk. 
A  12  per  cent  solution  which  has  been  neutralized 
with  calcium  carbonate  is  employed.  One  Cc.  of  this 
solution  preserves  one  liter  of  milk  two  days;  two 
Cc,  four  days,  and  three  Cc,  six  days.  The  author 
drank  half  a  liter  milk  containing  8  per  cent  hydrogen 
peroxide   per   day   for  two   months   without   harm. 

UROSTERII-  TABLETS  is  the  name  of  a  pre- 
paration manufactured  in  Germany,  which  contains 
the  dry  extract  of  pichi-pichi  combined  with  salol  for 
an  internal  antiseptic  and  tannin  for  an  astringent,  .25 
grams  of  the  extract  being  combined  with  half  this 
quantity  of  each  of  the  other  materials,  making  a 
tablet  of  .500  grams.  These  pichi-pichi  preparations 
are  recommended  by  Friedlander  (Therapeut.  Mon- 
atsh.)  for  internal  administration  in  the  treatment  of 
urinary  diseases. 

CARBON  TETRACHLORIDE  is,  according  to 
the  Chemist  and  Druggist,  a  very  acceptable  sub- 
stitute for  benzine  in  removing  grease  and  oil  from 
clothing.  The  inflammability  of  benzine  and  the 
lighter  petroleum  oils  renders  these  commonly  used 
cleansing  fluids  dangerous  in  the  hands  of  the  mex- 
perienced.  Carbon  tetrachloride  is  recominended  as 
perfectly  safe.  Put  up  in  attractive  packages  and 
scented,  it  finds  a  ready  sale. 

CHLORETONE.— E.  H.  Siter  (Then  Gaz.)  finds 
that  chloretone,  when  used  directly  as  a  dustmg  pow- 
der is  much  more  effective  than  when  employed  m 
solution.  It  forms  an  excellent  analgesic  dressing  in 
minor  surgery.  The  author  employes  it  in  combina- 
tion with  boric  acid,  and  finds  that  in  cases  of  pain- 
ful wounds  it  gives  immediate  and  lasting  relief  from 
pain. 

SA.POLAN  is  a  preparation  highly  recommended 
by  F.  Lesser  (Oesterr.  Zeit.  fiir  Pharm.)  as  a  remedy 
for  various  forms  of  eczema.  It  consists  of  a  com- 
bination of  specially  prepared  naptha,  lanolm  and  an- 
hydrous soap.  It  is  an  oily  liquid,  resembling  ich- 
thyol  in  character  and  odor.  It  is  conveniently  ap- 
plied to  the  skin  and  does  not  produce  irritation. 


A.  J.  LINDGREN. 

A.  J.  Ljindgren.  of  West  Duliith.  Minn.,  winner  of  the- 
Fourth  Prize  of  the  Era  Ja.niuary  Prohlem  Contest,  was 
born  in  Sweden,  thirty-two  years  ago.  He  graduated  from 
college,  in  that  country,  at  the  age  of  eighteen,  and  not 
long  aifter  Jeft  his  native  land  for  the  "Greajt  Repuhlio 
af  the  West."  Shortly  after  his  arrival  here  he  manag-ed' 
to  secure  a  position  in  a  drug  store,  first  io  Red  Wing, 
Minn.,  and  laiter  in  St.  Paul.  He  devoted  most  oif  his 
leisure  time  to  perfecting:  himself  in  the  art  and  science 
of  his  calling  and  preparing'  for  the  state  board  examina- 
tion, which  he  successfully  passed  in  liWl.  He  then  se- 
cured the  position  w'hich  he  is  at  present  Cocupying,  with 
the  Grand  IJeJitral  Drug  Store,  West  Duluth,  Minn. 


^The  Michig'an  Board  of  Pharmacy  heild  an  examina- 
tion at  Grand  Radips  March  4  and  5  and  granted  certifi- 
cates of  registration  to  the  following  applicants:  Regis- 
tered Pharmacists:  II.  J.  Bernard,  Kalamazoo;  J.  A. 
Beulcema, „Graind  Rapids;  F.  D.  (Brigham,  Ortenville;  J. 
H.  Crouch,  Detroit;  A.  M.  Cooper,  MayviUe;  John  De- 
Kam,  Kalamazoo;  Ed.  Fuller,  Maple  Rapids;  F.  L.  Fan- 
naff,  Grand'  Rapids.;  A.  D.  Gendry.  Grand  Blanc;  A.  E. 
Globensky,  Traverse  City;  C.  S.  Henderson,  Millington; 
C.    N.   Hoppough.   Remuis:   Douls  Hyman,   Chicago;  Daura. 

B.  Hemens,  South  Lyons;  Lee  M.   Knill,  Port  Huron;  H. 

C.  Kitchen,  Grand  Rapids;  Charles  'B.  Kurtz,  Jaekson; 
Charlete  E.  Lewis,  Memphis;  H.  H.  Menerey.  Ta'.e;  D. 
Martinineau.  Manistee;  W.  A.  Murray.  Traverse  City;  E. 
J.  Real,  Bajraga;  Dora  Vandeuse.  Greenville;  Floyd  A. 
Worden.  Vermontville;  J.  M.  Wuggazar.  Grand  Rapids: 
L.  O.  Wentwork,  Marlette;  Guy  H.  Webber,  Cadillac. 
Assistant  pharmacists:  A.  W.  Breck,  AJma;  Alf.  Bou- 
rassa.  Chatham,  Ont. ;  F.  C.  Ballentine,  Port  Huron;  R. 
M.  Depree,  Holland;  Bon  F.  Eaton,  Boyne  Falls;  Harper 
Fowley,  Big  Rapids;  C.  W.  Grover.  Vassar;  Roy  Miller. 
Big  Rapids;  E.  W.  Mills,  Big  Rapids;  P.  G.  Miller,  La- 
peer; George  Trestain,  Detroit.  The  next  meeting  will  be 
Juno  16  and  17  at  Star  Island. 


NICMO'LAS  U.  LYON,  one  of  the  oldest  and  best- 
known  residents  of  Fall  River.  Is  dead  at  the  age  of  al- 
most four-sco(rie  years.  He  long  was  identified  with  'tihe 
manufacture  of  essences  and  medicines,  and  has  be«n 
famous,  nnd  had  built  up  a  lucrative  business,  retiring- 
several  years  ago.  When  he  sold  out  his  business  to  John 
S.  Thorpe  and  Wilson  E.  'Bannister.  Mr.  Lyon  had  been 
I'M  only  a  short  while  and  suecumfbed  to  heart  trouble. 
He  was  born  In  Newport,  B.  I.,  and  moved  to  Fall  Kiver 
wlien  a  young  man. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  NOTES. 

Chicago,  March  15. 

The  Herpicide  Co.,  by  D.  M.  Newbro,  president,  has 
just  opened  a  manufacturing  estalblishment  in  Detroit. 
Messrs.  D.  M.  Xewbro  and  M.  E.  GaJlog-ly,  president  and 
vice-president,  respectively,  oif  the  a'bove  company,  are 
from  Montana,  -sv-here  the  former  was  president  of  the 
Montana  Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  company  an- 
nounces that  its  policy  will  be  to  work  in  harmony  with 
the  plans  and  purposes  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 

William  F.  Jungkunz,  former  treasurer  oif  the  recent- 
ly discontinued  Northern  Illinois  Druggists'  Association, 
'has  forwarded  to  Treasurer  Vitt,  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  a 
draft  for  ?13.18,  being  the  "residue"  left  in  the  treasury 
Ckf  the  late  organization. 

In  the  "Pacific  Drug  (Review"  for  Fehruary,  1902.  is 
^n  editorial  on  the  progress  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D..  which  is 
deserving  of  a  careful  perusal.      We  quote: 

"Deimoralization  of  prices  was  the  primary  cause  of 
the  organization  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Because  signal  suc- 
cess in  solving  this  difficult  and  complex  problem  has 
not  toeen  achieved,  many  whose  enthusiasm,  may  have 
carried  them  beyond  the  (bounds  of  reason  have  'become 
discouraged  and  lost  interest  in  the  WK>rk  c*f  this  or- 
ganization. With  the  restoration  of  prices  as  the  direct 
point  of  view,  they  have  failed  to  discern  a  result  of 
the  work  of  the  X.  A.  R.  D.,  Which  is  of  paramount  im- 
portance and  through  which  all  problems  which  affect 
the  profession  may  eventually  be  solved.  The  stimulus 
given  to  local  organization  .by  the  active  efforts  and 
moral  support  of  the  national  association  has  more  than 
justified  its  cause  of  being.  The  assistance  rendered  by 
the  national  association,  while  important,  is  under  many 
conditions  at  present  inadequate.  That  the  adopted  pol- 
icy of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  needs  modification  there  is  no 
doubt.  Faith  is  a  beautiful  quality,  but  unfortunately  is 
hardly  practical  in  business  affairs." 

With  the  first  sentence  oif  the  a'bove  quotation  we 
agree;  with  the  second  we  agree  only  in  part,  because 
signal  success  in  restoring  prices  has  been  achieved  in 
many  places,  and  general  success  waits  only  upon  the 
acceptance  of  the  'main  body  of  the  druggists  of  the 
country,  of  the  organization  principle  and  the  plans  of 
the  'N.  'A.  R.  D.  Views  are  necessarily  more  or  less 
limited  by  surroundings.  While  many  have  failed  to 
discern  any  results  from  the  work  of  the  N.  A.  R.  3D., 
many  others  differently  situated  have  neen  alWe  to  dis- 
cern results,  and  that  without  any  magnifying  or  illumi- 
nating device.  Furthermore,  "the  bounds  of  reason" 
have  been  greatly  expanded  during  the  last  century,  and 
he  would  be  a  bold  speculator  now  who  would  attempt 
to  define  them.  That  the  assistance  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
is  under  many  conditions  inadequate  is  mainly  true 
where  those  who  seek  assistance  refuse  or  fail  to  co- 
operate with  the  efforts  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  on  their  be- 
half. It  would  be  of  great  assistance,  when  writers 
suggest  the  need  of  a  change  oif  policy  on  the  part  of 
this  or  any  other  organization,  if  they  would  but  point 
out  where  that  policy  may  he  chang-ed  so  aS'  to  secuire  the 
most  beneficial  results  to  all.  Concerning  the  proposi- 
tion that  faith  is  not  of  practioal  utility  in  business  af- 
fairs, there  is  room  for  two  opinions.  We  have  eiminent 
authority  for  the  statement  that,  "faith  without  works 
is  dead."  But  we  have  yet  to  hear  of  any  important 
works  that  have  been  accomplished  (without  faith. 

In  the  main,  however,  we  believe  that  the  editor  of 
the  "Pacific  Drug  Review"  has  a  correct  estimate  of  the 
possibilities  in  the  X.  A.  R.  D.  To  careful  conservatism 
no  one  can  object,  unless  it  leads  to  Inaction  when  the 
bugle  sounds  ""boots  and  saddles." 

The  firm  of  E.  S.  Leadbeater  &  Co.,  wholesale  drug- 
grists  of  Alexandria,  Va.,  state  that  the  druggists  of  that 
city   have  been  very  fortunate,   there  never  having  been 


any   cutting   there.       They   have   recently   joined    the   N. 

A.  B.  D. 

The  February  Bulletin  of  the  Philadelphia  Retail 
Druggists'  Association  contains  matter  of  much  interest 
and  tells  how  in  one  instance  alone  the  association  saved 
$7,500  for  Philadelphia  druggists.  The  March  number  of 
the  saime  publication  shows  much  improvement  over  iwe- 
vious  issues.  It  has  four  pages  instead  of  the  one  page, 
and  gives  in  some  detail  an  account  of  the  doings  and 
practical  good   accomplished  by   the  P.  A.  R.  D. 

The  Paris  Medicine  Co.,  of  St.  Ijouis,  reiterates  its 
loyalty  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  assures  the  association 
that  the  company  is  always  ready  to  work  in  harmony 
for  the  good  of  all   concerned. 

The  druggists  of  Lynchburg,  Va.,  have  just  formed 
an  association  and  have  become  affiliated  with  the  N.  A. 
R.  D.  The  organization  was  brought  about  by  the  ef- 
forts of  Major  F.  C.  Vincent,  of  Chicago,  a  national  or- 
ganizer. The  following  officers  were  elected:  President, 
E.  C.  Halm(men;  vice-president.  Dr.  J.  A.  An- 
derson; secretary,  F.  H.  Haile;  treasurer,  J.  O. 
Hanvey.    These,     with     Messrs.      B.     A.      CraJighill,      C. 

B.  Fleet,  and  <B.  W.  Wells  make  up  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee. In  a  letter  to  the  secretary  of  the  X.  A.  (R.  D., 
Dr.  Craighill  expresses  his  gratification  at  the  success  of 
Major  Vincent  in  organizing  the  druggists  of  Lynch- 
burg. Every  drug  firm  in  Lynchburg  except  one  was 
represented  at  the  meeting  and  gave  unqualified  approval 
to  the  action  taken.  Dr.  Craighill  expresses  the  hope 
and  expectation  that  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  Virginia 
Pharmaceutical  Association  that  body  will  again  decide 
to  'become  a  part  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 

The  Dr.  Miles  Medicine  Co.,  of  Elkhart,  Ind.,  received 
recently  an  order  from  a  man  in  New  York  for  100  dozen 
of  the  goods  of  the  company,  enclosing  with  the  order 
a  certified  check  for  $98.40  in  payments  for  the  sam«. 
Believing  that  the  order  came  from  one  who  does  a  drug 
brokerage  business  and  supplies  cutters,  the  company  re- 
turned the  check  and  the  order,  and  requested  the  bro- 
ker to  get  the  goods  from  a  regularly  accredited  jobber. 
The  instance  is  one  of  many  where  manufacturers  are 
proving  themselves  loj'al  to  the  interests  of  their  best 
friends.  The  whole  association  heartily  appreciates 
these  evidences  of  good  will  and  active  co-operation. 

It  has  been  the  policy  of  the  X.  A.  R.  D.  heretofore 
to  avoid  the  publication  of  the  names  of  firms  who  have 
displayed  conspicuous  loyalty  to  the  association  by  turn- 
ing down  handsome  orders  from  suspicious  sources.  It 
is  believed,  however,  that  hereafter  a  different  policy 
will  be  pairsued  and  every  reasonable  opportunity  be 
given  for  the  publication  of  the  names  of  the  associa- 
tion's friends  and  supporters.  Hereafter  we  shall,  there- 
fore, give  credit  wherever  credit  is  due  and  not  hide  the 
light  of  a  good  action. 


Pamphlets  and  Almanacs. 
Samples  of  work  done  by  the  Globe  Printing  Co.,  No. 
341  Pennsylvania  avenue,  N.  W.,  Washington,  D. 
C,  Tecently  sent  to  this  office  show  a  marked 
imiproveiment  over  former  work,  which  was  al- 
ways up  to  the  average,  sent  out  by  this 
house.  Extensive  improvements  in  machinery  have  re- 
cem'tly  been  made  and  priniting  is  done  from  electrotypes 
instead  of  stereotypes,  as  formerly.  The  necessity  for 
a  cover  to  a  pamphlet  or  almanac  is  done  anvay  with  by 
printing  the  first  and  last  page  In  two  colors,  and  when 
a  good  design  is  used  It  makes  a  better  appearance  than 
a  cheap  cover.  The  Globe  Printing  Co.  solicits  the  busi- 
ness of  large  advertisers  and  is  In  a  position  to  quote  th 
lowest  possible  prices  for  any  style  or  quantity  of  worn, 
in  the  printing  line.  Some  of  the  largest  and  most  judi- 
cious advertisers  in  the  country  are  customers  of  the 
company.  A  postal  card  wlith  your  address  will  bring 
you  samples  and  a  price  list. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  20,  1902. 


NEW   YORK   AND   VICINITY. 


CASH  GIFT  TO  N.  Y.  C.  P. 

Alumni   Association   Donates  $500   to   College   Funds  at 
Monthly  Meeting. 

The  monthly  meeting  of  the  Alumni  Association  of 
the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  .New  York,  held 
at  the  college  rooms.  Wednesday  evening.  March  11:, 
■was  well  attended  and  iproved  to  be  a  most  interesting 
session.  A  large  number  of  members  remained  for  the 
reception  and  dance,  which  was  also  enjoyed  by  the 
wives  and  sisters  of  members  and  friends  of  the  Asso- 
ciation. 

President  Charles  S.  Erb  occupied  the  chair  and  Dr. 
Harry  B.  Ferguson  read  the  'minutes  for  secretary  B. 
R.  Dauscha,  who  arrived  later.  Treasurer  Dr.  George  C 
Diekmlan  handed  in  a  report  which  showed  the  finances 
of  tlie  Association  ito  be  in  a  very  satisfactory  condition. 

Attention  was  called  to  the  handsome  surplus  in  the 
alumni  treasury  and  after  a  rather  informal  talk  on  the 
question  of  donating  a  sum  to  the  college,  a  motion  to 
make  it  $500  was  carried  unanimously. 

.  The  Ball  Committee  announcd  that  they  would  not  be 
ready  to  report  until  the  next  meeting.  Dr.  Harry  B. 
■Ferguson,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Papers  and 
•Queries,  promised  the  association  a  lecture  on  Wednes- 
day, April  2.  on  one  of  four  subjects,  the  Pan  American 
Exposition,  Mexico,  Cuba  or  Spain.  The  members  were 
requested  to  choose  the  subject  of  the  lecture  and  after 
several  votes  were  taken  it  was  decided  to  ask  the  lec- 
turer to  speak  on  Mexico,  and  also  give  a  (brief  talk  on 
the  West  Indies.  The  lecture  is  to  be  illustrated  with 
stereopticon  views.  The  "Alumni  Day"  Committee  pre- 
sented a  report  and  it  was  decided  to  have  "A.lumni  Day" 
Wednesday,  April  23,  the  exercises  to  be  held  in  the 
evening  instead  of  in  the  afternoon.  The  annual  meeting 
will  also  be  held  that  evening.  President  Erb  was  in- 
structed to  appoint  a  committee  of  ten  to  look  after  the 
alumni  interests  at  the  commencement  excercises,  April 
24.  It  was  decided  to  award  the  three  prizes  to  each  class 
in  the  college  as  usual.  The  question  of  having  an  an- 
nual outing  was  discussed,  and  the  President  was  asked 
to  appoint  a  committee  to  make  the  necessary  arrange- 
ments. It  was  generally  considtired  'better  to  charter 
a  boat  for  an  excursion  to  some  distant  point  than  to 
visit  some  neighboring  resort.  The  question  of  the  re- 
gents' examination  and  the  prerequisite  clause  was  laid 
over  until  the  annual  meeting. 

ASKS    SUPREME    COURT    TO    DIRECT    BOARD    OF 

PHARMACY. 

F.  H.  Hoag  Will  Attempt   to  Get  Pharmacist's  License 

Through  Supreme  Court.    Notice  Served  on 

the  Board's  Secretary. 

Thompson  and  Sheldon,  attorneys-at-law,  of  Midaie- 
port,  IN.  T.,  served  a  notice  on  Sidney  Faber,  the  Sec- 
retary of  the  State  Board  of  pharmacy,  Tuesday,  March 
11,  that  upon  behalf  of  their  client  F.  Harvey  Hoag  oif 
Middleport,  Niagara  county,  they  would  apply  to  the 
Special  Term  of  the  Supreme  Court,  held  in  Buffalo  on 
March  19,  for  an  order  directing  the  'Board  to  issue  him 
a  license  as  phamacist  without  having  to  pass  an  exami- 
nation. 

In  his  affidavit,  Mr.  Hoag  avers  that  he  is  over  5J 
years  of  age,  and  that  prior  to  March  24,  1884,  he  was 
engaged  in  the  drug  business  on  his  cwn  account  at 
Johnsons  Creek,  Hartland  Township,  'Niagara  county; 
that  he  then  subsequently  opened  a  store  in  Middleport 
and  had  practiced  pharmacy  there  ever  since;  tftiat  he 
•has  never  applied  to  the  former  State  Board  for  a  license 
and  had  never  been  refused  a  license  by  said  Board; 
that  he  never  knew  the  law  lOf  1984  required  him  to  take 
out  a  license  and  he  had  been  told  he  could  do  this  at 
any  time,  that  is,  to  obtain  a  license  by  making  affidavit 
that  he  had  been  in  businss  for  himself  for  five  years 
or  more  and  that  he  had  never  waived  his  right  to  such 
a.  license,   etc.,   etc.,. 


Arthur  W.  Hickmian  of  Buffa;io,  has  been  retained  by 
the  Board  to  oppose  this  application  to  the  Buprem* 
Court. 


KINGS'    COUNTY    PHARMACEUTICAL    SO- 
CIETY. 

The  attendance  at  'the  monthly  meeting  ot  the  ICin'gs 
County  Pharmaiceutical  Society,  held  in  the  Brooklyn 
College  lof  Pharmacy,  Tuesday,  March  11,  was  the  larg- 
est record  for  several  months,  and  the  talk  on  phar- 
macy ilaw  by  Attorney  William  L.  Perkins,  added  much 
to  the  interest  in  its  proceedings.  Oscar  C.  Kleine,  Jr., 
presided,  and  Secretary  Frederic  P.  Tuthi'.l  read  the 
minutes  of  the  preceeding  meeting.  Dr.  P.  W.  Kay  re- 
ported a  balance  in  the  treasury  of  the  Society  of  $3,- 
•_>42.78,  and  the  college  funds  on  hand.  $7,400.92.  Dr.  Wil- 
liam Muiir,  chiaiiinian  of  the  committee  on  legislation',  re- 
ported that  the  Hill  bill  had  passed  bath  houses,  but  that 
She  Governor  did  not  approve  of  it  in  its  present  foo-m.  He 
said  the  form  of  the  Hiill  had  been  changed  and  would 
pass  and  be  signed  in  a  short  time.  He  was  at  the  opin- 
ion ithat  the  Marshall  poison  cork  bill  will  'n'Ot  become 
law  land  that  the  compressed  gas  b'".!  will  pass.  Atten- 
tion was  called  to  a  petition  being  circulated  among 
druggists  to  have  Maj-or  Dow  use  his  influence  to  pre- 
vent the  Board  of  Health  manufacturing  antitoxin,  •vac- 
cine, etc.  On  motion  it  was  unanimously  decided  to  have 
the  president  and  secretary  silgn  the  petition  on  behaJf 
O'f  the  'Society. 

'Dr.  'Muir  informed  the  'members  'that  within  two  or 
three  weeks  the  ground  would  be  broken  for  the  new 
college  building,  and  tie  asked  that  the  trulstees  be  au- 
thorized to  borrow  a  sum  of  money  not  to  exceed  $23,000 
tor  building  the  college.  On  motion  of  Dr.  J.  H.  Droge, 
the  resolution  was  passed  unanimously.  In  reply  to  a 
question  of  one  of  the  members  it  was  said  the  plot  of 
ground  has  nwt  yet  been  purchased,  but  would  be  in  a 
short  time.  The  new  building  is  to  be  completed  in  Sep- 
tember of  this  year. 

The  Rice  memorial  fund  was  the  netx  matter  brought 
up.  Dr.  Muir.  in  making  a  im'oWon  to  subscribe  $25  to 
the  fund,  said  he  felt  the  sum  should  be  larger,  as  it 
was  to  go  toward  erecting  a  monument  to  one  of  the 
ablest  and  .most  respected  men  that  had  ever  been  con- 
nected with  pharmacy,  but  in  view  of  the  expense  the 
Society  is  \inder  at  present  he  thought  the  sum  as  much 
as  oould  be  given.  He  reminded  the  meinbers  that  in- 
dividual subscriptions  could  be  made  by  any  who  thought 
liS5  not  enough  for  the  Society  to  give. 

President  Kleine  introduced  William  L.  Perkins,  ooun- 
sellor-at-law,  who  gave  an  interesting  and  instructive 
talk  on  the  present  pharmacy  law  and  the  provisions  ot 
the  pena'l  code  in  their  relation  to  the  practice  of  phar- 
macy. He  read  extracts  from  the  pharmacy  law,  ex- 
plained what  constituted  offences  and  told  of  some  cases 
where  pharmacists  had  been  punished  for  violating  the 
'.a.w.  At  the  conclusion  of  the  address,  a  vote  of  thanks 
was  tendered.  The  meeting  then  went  into  executive  ses- 
sion and  considered  matters  of  interest  to  membrs  only. 

The  following  new  members  were  elected:  W.  A.  As- 
pinall.  S.  Harkavy,  A.  C.  Hutton,  Joseph  Kahn,  Henry 
Schaffer,  W.  'H,  Weygandt  and  Max  Schwarz.  Two  ap- 
plications were  received  and  referred  to  the  usual  com- 
miittee. 


Editor  Francis  B.  Hays. 

Francis  B.  Hays  has  resigned  the  position  he  has  held 
since  18!)1  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Druggists'  Circu- 
lar of  this  city— that  of  associate  editor— to  became  ■man- 
aging editor  ot  the  Southern  Drug  Journal,  a  new  paper 
.to  be  published  at  Atlanta,  Ga.  Mr.  Hays  has  long  been 
known  as  a  writer  of  ability  and  a  good  pharmacist.  Ho 
'leaves  this  city  with  best  wishes  for  success  in  his  new 
field  of  labor.  ■ .  • 


IMarch  20,  190r3.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


2!)" 


NEW  INSURANCE  SCHEDULE. 
Drug  Trade  Section  Insurance  Committee  Meets  and  De- 
cides to  Submit  New  Schedule  to  Insurance 
Exchange. 
The  committee  on  fire  insurance  of  the  Drug  Trade 
Section  of  the  New  York  Bo.<n\i  of  Trade  ami  Transi>>rta- 
^ion  held  a  meeting:  in  the  rooms  of  the  Drug  Club,  No. 
100  Willi.ani  suvet.  Thursday.  March  i:'..  for  the  purpose 
of  arranging  a  schedule  of  rates  to  be  submitted  to  the 
Insurance  Exchange.  John  H.  Stallman,  chairman  of 
the  committee,  presided  and  as  a  result  of  the  meeting 
a  scheme  -will  be  submitted  to  the  Insurance  Exchange 
which  will  be  founded  on  the  experience  of  the  drug 
Trade.  One  of  th^  members  of  the  committee  on  fire 
Insurance,  when  asked  by  an  Era  representative  if  the 
Insurance  Exchange  had  not  already  revised  the  sched- 
ule saJd:  "Changes  have  been  made  but  they  are  not 
eatisfactory,  not  in  line  with  what  the  trade  wants.  We 
don't  want  a  reduction  in  rates  so  much  as  a  simplifica- 
tion of  the  schedule." 

It  is  quite  probable  that  a  joint  conference  of  drug  men 
will  be  held  before  the  schedule  is  presented  to  the  In- 
surance Exchange. 

PROPRIETARY  ASSOCIATION. 

Committee  Arranges  Entertainment  Program  for  Annual 
Meeting  in  May. 
The  committee  on  arrangements  and  entertainment, 
-of  the  Proprietary  Association  of  America  met  in  the 
rooms  of  the  Drug  Club,  Friday,  March  14,  to  discuss  plans 
and  make  arrangements  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the 
Association  to  be  held  in  this  city  May  7,  8  and  9.  On 
Invitation  of  the  committee,  the  oflEicers  of  the  Associa- 
tion, E.  C.  De  Witt,  president;  Joseph  Leeming,  secret- 
ary, and  H.  B.  Harding,  treasurer,  were  present.  Chair- 
man Clarence  G.  Stone  presided,  the  other  members  of 
the  commtitee  present  being  J.  G.  Patton  and  H.  H. 
G»Dod.  The  ccvmmittee  decided  to  concentrate  all  its  ef- 
.forts  in  one  entertainment,  to  be  given  Thursday  even- 
vrjg.  Alay  8.  The  prograina  wa^  not  announced  but  it  is 
safe  to  say  that  something  good  is  in  store  for  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Proprietary  Association  who  attend.  The 
annual  meeting  will  prdbably  be  held  in  the  Waldorf- 
AstCKria. 


A  Salesman's  Experience. 
A.  G.  Bissell,  one  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.'s  New  Jersey 
representatives,  had  an  exciting  experience  during  the  re- 
cent severe  storm.  He  was  delayed  at  Sussex.  N.  J.,  a 
whole  day  on  account  of  the  rain.  On  the  following  morn- 
ing, thinking  that  he  must  do  something  to  let  his  firm 
know  that  he  was  "still  with  them,"  he  started  to  drive 
to  Sparta.  When  about  two  miles  out  of  Sussex  he  no- 
ticed what  seemed  to  be  a  good  sized  lake  ahead  of  him. 
He  found  that  the  water  extended  across  the  road  for  a 
considerable  distance,  but  on  the  advice  of  a  farmer  who 
said  he  "saw  Hiram  Jones  cross  this  morning  an'  he 
pulled  through  all  right,"  Mr.  Bissell  drove  into  the 
■water.  About  half  way  across  the  water  began  pouring 
into  the  carriage,  and  Mr.  Bissell  was  obliged  to  swim 
ashore,  leaving  his  grip  and  the  lap  robe,  whip,  etc.,  in 
the  buggy.  With  the  assistance  of  some  men  who  wit- 
nessed the  incident,  he  got  the  horse  and  buggy  ashore 
but  did  not  recover  his  grip  until  late  that  afternoon, 
when  it  was  found  about  three  miles  down  the  stream. 
He  doesn't  say  much  about  his  trip  but  hopes  to  have 
more  agreeable  weather  on  his  next  trip  from  Sussex  to 
Sparta. 


Buffalo  Pharmacists  Have  a   "Poverty   Dance." 

The  committee  in  charge  of  the  "Poverty  Dance" 
given  by  the  Buffalo  Pharmacists'  Social  Club  last  even- 
ing (Wednesday)  issued  a  rather  unique  Invitation,  print- 
ed on  cheap  brown  wrapping  paper,  to  the  members  and 
friends  of  the  club.  The  invitation  says  "Hard  times 
have  struck  the  sails  of  our  ship  and  we  have  had  to 
pull  them  in,    the   direct   cause   of  this,   our  last  enter- 


MAURICE  D.  CADMAN. 

Mr.  Cadman  although  a  young  man.  i.s  proprietor  of 
one  of  the  best  eo.uipped  drug-  stores  'n  Brooklyn,  hav- 
ing purchased  the  F.  F.  Mykrantz  Pharmacy,  at  the 
junction  of  Fulton  and  Decatur  streets  and  Tompkins 
avenue,  last  October.  He  entered  the  drug  business 
with  George  B.  Wrav  of  Yonkers.  and  a  few  years  later 
became  a  student  in  the  Xefsv  York  College  of  Pharmacy, 
Before  graduation  in  l.S'JSt.  he  won  the  firs't  prize  In 
laboratory  work  in  the  senior  class,  and  the  first  prize 
tor  geneial  efticitocy  in  his  junior  year.  Since  graduat- 
ing, and  until  he  purchased  the  store  referred  to  above. 
Mr.  Cadman  was  emp'"ve.i  bv  rfeiioerg  .%  C"-.  ■'^Sth  street 
and  Sixth  avenue  and  William  Wilson,  No.  1,52  Broadway, 
Manhattan.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Kings  County 
Pharmaceutical  Society. 


tainment.  The  Poverty  Dance  does  not  expect  you  to 
appear  in  your  gay  evening  dress,  this  warning  is  given 
to  the  fortunate  few  that  may  have  them  left.  You  are 
expected  to  put  on  your  oldest  clothes  such  as  you  may 
have  stored  away  some  ten  years  ago.  The  more  ragged 
the  toeitter.'  " 

The  committee  consists  of  Mrs.  George  Reimann, 
chairman:  Mrs.  H.  S.  Rider,  Thos.  Stoddart.  C.  E.  An- 
thony,   Thos.   Tyson   and   G.    Schwab. 


Injunction  Granted  on  Trademark. 

Justice  Blanchard  of  the  Supreme  Court  has  recently 
granted  Dr.  Dadirrian  &  Sons  Company,  a  permanent 
injunction  restraining  Druggist  William  Hauenstein  of 
this  city  from  "preparing,  putting  up,  selling  or  offering 
or  advertising  for  sale  amy  preparation  of  fermented  milk 
or  other  similar  article  under  the  name  of  'Matzoon,' 
'Gullian's  Matzoon,'  'S.  Gullian's  Matzoon,"  or  any  col- 
orable imitation  of  the  name  'Matzoon'  and  from  in  any 
way  imitating  or  infringing  the  plaintiff's  trademarks 
and  labels  for  a  medicinal  beverage  made  from  fermented 
milk."  Judgment  in  the  sum  of  $20T.91  is  assessed  against 
the  defendant  who  is  given  "sixty  days  within  which  to 
ser\'e  proposed  case  on  appeal." 


Po'sch  Chemical  Co.  Officers  Arrested. 
Dr.  Ottokar  Porsch,  president  of  the  Porsch  Chemical 
Co..  'No.  19  Liberty  street,  Manhattan,  and  his  son,  Jo- 
seph E.  Porsch,  secretary  of  the  company,  were  arrested 
in  their  offices  on  Monday,  March  17,  by  Deputy  United 
States  Marshals  Mc.\venny  and  Blake  charged  with  con- 
spiring  to   defraud   the   Government   by  passing  dutiable 


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[March  20,  1903. 


chemicals  throug-h  the  Custom  House  on  false  invoices. 
Dr.  Porsch  and  his  son  denied  the  charges  when  taken 
before  United  States  Commissioner  Shields.  Their  ex- 
amination was  set  for  April  1,  bail  was  fixed  at  $3,000 
for  Or.  iPorsch  and  $2,000  for  his  son. 


BUSHWICK  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 

The  Bushwick  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its 
regular  meeting  in  Sigmund's  Hall,  Hamburg  avenue  and 
"Woodfbine  street.  Brooklyn,  Monday  evening,  March  10. 
In  the  absence  of  President  Wagner,  Oscar  C.  Kleine, 
Jr.,  presided.  Secretary  Otto  Edler  read  the  minutes  of 
the  previous  meeting.  An  application  for  Tnerabership 
was  received  from  Eugene  F.  Lohr.  Karl  Mittenaweig, 
chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee,  made  a  verbal 
report  and  stated  that  the  first  anniversary  celebration 
had  been  a  brilliant  success  and  that  the  committee  was 
pleased  with  the  support  received  from  the  members  and 
friends  of  the  Association.  At  the  close  of  the  meeting 
an  hour  was  spent  in  social  recreation,  some  of  the 
members  giving  a  number  of  musical  selections. 


SOCIETY  OF  CHEMICAL  INDUSTRY. 

The  next  meeting  of  the  New  York  Section  of  the 
Society  o£  Cheimical  Industni-  will  be  held  at  the  Chem- 
ists' Club.  Nio.  108  ■ft'est  o&th  street,  tomlorrow,  (Friday) 
evening.  The  usoial  informal  dininer.  at  the  cafe  of  the 
Hotel  iSavoy,  Fifth  avenut  land  59th  street,  will  be  given 
at  6:30  p.   m. 

The  following  papers  will  read  at  the  meeting:  A.  G. 
Stillwell.  Graphite  in  Ores;  HarrjEWn  P.  Eddy.  T'he  Effect 
of  Pickling  Liquids  upon  SeTvage  Treatment;  Alfred  J. 
Cohn,  Blue  Print  and  Black  Print  Photographic  Papers 
and  their  Preparation;  George  L.  Norris,  i^etermination 
of  Silicon  in  Ferro  Silicon. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

Thomas  Stoddart,   the  weU-known  retail  druggist  and 

president  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceaitical  Asso- 
ciation, as  a  meimber  of  the  Board  of  Oouncilmen,  is  re- 
ceiving considerable  credit  for  his  services  in  endeavxtr- 
ing  to  solve  the  electric  light  contract  prol^lem  of  Buf- 
falo. He  has  been  investigating  the  matter  of  electric 
light  cost  and  prices  in  Cleve:and  and  other  cities  for 
some  tione  past  and  his  eonstitue'nts  are  congratulating 
theimselves  on  the  recognition  of  his  (business  ability  in 
the  conduct  of   the  city's  affairs. 

• S.    V.    B.    Swann,    the    well-known   pharmacist   of   No. 

918  Sixth  avenue,  corner  52d  street,  sends  out  some  good 
advertising  matter  in  the  form  of  a  monthly  jnagazine, 
which  he  distributes  with  hils  co'mplim.ents.  Each  issue 
contains  new  and  original  advertisements,  calling  atten- 
tion to  some  of  his  own  specialties.  The  magazine  con- 
tains enough  interesting  readCng  matter  to  make  the 
reader  -want  to  preserve  it. 

E.    F.    Crosiher's   drug   stock   in    the   store    at    No.    43 

Main  street.  Flushing.  L,.  I.,  was  attached  on  March  7 
by  City  Marshal  Frank  Ryan,  on  a  judgment  for  $63.56 
ajwarded  to  William  T.  Smith,  a  wholesale  cigar  dealer  in 
Manhattan.  Mr.  Orosher  was  compelled  to  suspend 
business  on  account  of  financial  embarrassments.  He  is 
a  native  of  Toronto^  Canada,  and  has  been  in  Flushing 
about  five  years. 

A.  M.  Todd,  Kalamazoo,  Micli.;  F.  A.  Hubbard,  New- 
ton, Mass.;  P.  E.  Hall,  auditor  of  ParKe,  Davis  &  Co., 
Detroit;  Mr.  Gilman,  of  Gilman  Bros.,  Boston;  H.  L. 
Corbin,  Ellenville,  .N.  Y.;  F.  A.  Seaman,  Perth  Amboy, 
N.  J.,  and  Mr.  Lawrence  of  Lawrence  &  Hayiwood,  Sus- 
sex, N.  J.,  were  some  of  the  ouit-oif-town  druggists  who 
visited  the  city  trade  last  week. 

Smith,    Kline   &    I'^rench    Co.,    of   No.   435   Arch   street, 

Philadelphia,  -wiH  have  an  exhibit  of  sponges  at  the 
Broadway  Central  Hotel,  Now  York,  during  the  week  of 
March  24  to  29.  This  firm  is  wtil  known  as  imipiorters  of 
bath  and  toilet  sponges  of  all  kinds  and  lit  is  anmiounced 
that  the  coming  exhibition  will  toe  the  'largest  ever  given 
in  the  sponge  line. 

^The  Brandreth-Hill   Manufactuiring  Co.,    Ossinlng,   N. 

y.,   has   incorporated   with   a   capital  stock   oif  $1,500,000, 


to  manufacture  chemicals  and  pharmaceutical  prepara- 
tions. The  directors  are:  F.  F.  Culver,  Granville  'Wlhlt- 
tlesey,  F.  M.  iHill,  New  York  City;  Kalph  Brandreth, 
Bellport,  L.  I.,  and  E.  W.  Perry,  iSlioireham,  'Vt. 

^Seare  &  Brochu  is  the  name  of  a  new  retail  drug  firm 

at  Liberty,  N.  Y.,  which  has  acquired  the  business  of  Dr. 
W.  F.  Shenwood.  Both  members  of  the  firm  are  well 
known  in  drug  circles.  Mr.  Sears  was  formerly  a  partner 
of  W.  F.  Hasbrouck,  of  Liberty,  and  Mir.  Brochu  served 
as  head  clerk  in  Mr.  Hasbrouck's  store. 
. — -Word  has  been  received  that  J.  C.  Van  Nort,  the  El- 
mira  (N.  Y.)  pharmacist,  died  of  typhoid  fever  on  Mon- 
day, March  10.  Mr.  Van  Nort  was  first  vice-president 
of  the  'New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
local  secretary  of  the  entertaJnment  committee  for  the 
June  meeting  of  that  body. 

— — H.  Maier,  who  sold  his  drug  store  in  Brooklyn  last 
November,  lias  joined  the  staff  of  representatives  of  the 
Grape  Capsule  Co.  and  will  help  take  care  of  the  firm's 
interests  in  New  York  and  vicinity.  Bmil  W.  Roelber  is 
now  the  New  Jersey  representative  of  the  finu. 

^Plump   &   Linnig,    the    well-known    drug   firm   at   No. 

1071  Lexington  avenue,  Manhattan,  has  been  dissolved. 
The  business  will  be  continued  by  Frederick  H.  Plu'mi). 
who  will  pay  all   outstanding  accounts  of  the  old  firm. 

^The  Arkwright   Pharmaceutical   Co.    has   incorporated 

at  Camden,  N.  J.,  (with  a  capital  of  $200,000.  Thomas  M. 
Griffiths,  George  H.  Martin,  Richard  H.  Blanke,  Cyrus 
F.  Blanke  and  Charles  Spies  are  the  incorporators. 

^Commcrzienrath    Friedrich    Engelhorn.    father    of    Dr. 

F.  Englrfiorn,  proprietor  of  C.  F.  Boehringer  &  Soehne, 
died  in  Mannheim,  Germany,  on  Tuesday,  March  11,  He 
was  eighty-two  years  of  aige. 

. Henry  Miles,   a  member  of  the  well-known  drug  firm. 

Learning,  Miles  &  Co.,  Montreal,  Canada,  has  been  in 
New  York  several  days  and  was  entertained  at  the  Drug 
Club   last  Thursday. 

^Clarence  G.   Stone,  mianager  of  the  Lara'bert  Phanma- 

cal  Co.'s  New  York  office,  is  now  established  in  the  M.ar- 
ket  and  Fulton  Bank  Building,  Nos.  81-83  Fulton  street. 
Manhattan. 

iWard  &  Dindemann,  the  retail  drug  firm  at  No.  2  Co- 
lumbus avenue  has  dissolved.  Mr.  Lindemann  has  re- 
tired and  Eugene  J.  Waird  will  continue  at  the  same- 
stand. 

'H.  R.  Clayton,  at  one  time  manager  of  the  pharmacy 

at  No.  1307  Bedford  avenue,  Brooklyn,  is  now  (with  the 
Wise  Drug  Co.,  No.  177  Broadway,  Manhattan. 

E.  Burian,  former  manager  for  the  Roche  Drug  Co., 

o7th  street  and  Tenth  avenue,  has  bougttit  the  store  owned' 
by  P.  Gauss,  No.  1608  Second  avenue. 

B.   Steindler.  formerly  proprietor  of  the  drug  store  at 

l<i:jrd  street  and  Third  avenue,  is  now  running  a  cigar 
stand   on  First   avenue. 

J.  H.  Bradley,  a  well-known  retail  druggist  in  Ham- 
ilton, Bermuda,  rwas  a  visitor  in  the  New  York  drug; 
market  last  week. 

Brennglass  &   KohosofC,  proprietors  of  the  drug  store 

at  77th  street  and  First  avenue,  will  soon  open  a  branch 
store. 

E.  G.  Wells,  of  M.  J.  Breitenbach  &  Co.,  No.  53  War- 
ren street,  Manhattan,  is  at  present  visiting  in  Florida. 

L.    Monjtanaro's   drug   store   at   112th   streei   and    First 

avenue  has  been  closed. 


The    Corry,    Pa.,    RetaM    Druggists'    Association    held 

its  first  meeting  Feb.  25  land  elected  the  following  offi- 
cers: Frank  T.  Babbitt,  president;  Le  Grand  M.  Dur- 
ham, secretary;  R.  G.  Li'ndsley,  treasurer.  The  object  of 
'the  Association  is  to  protect  and  promote  the  interests 
of  'local  druggists  and  to  regulate  the  prices  on  staple 
drugs. 


A  pertinent  questlone  for  druggists  to  answer  just  now 
is  this:  Shall  I  confine  my  efforts  to  the  goods  which 
every  drug  store  carries,  or  shall  I  open  my  eyes  'to  the 
possibilities  of  profit  which  lie  in  an  attractive  side  line? 
Lucas'  Home  Helps  present  juB>t  such  a  possibility— more 
than  that,  the  profit  is  probable,  in  fact  certain,  if  the 
goods   are   only   sitocked   and   displayed. 


:March  ?0.  l!"i-.' 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


HISTORIC  SPOT  TO  BE  DESECRATED  (?)  BY  A 
DRUG  STORE? 
Boston,  March  15.— In  the  Charlestown  district  of 
this  city  there  is  "wailing  and  gnashing  of  teeth"  on  the 
part  of  the  residents  of  Monument  Square,  the  aristo- 
cratic section  in  the  center  of  which  rises  the  famous  and 
liistoric  Bunlcer  Hill  Monument.  The  residents  of  the 
square  are  much  disturbed  at  the  project  to  open  a 
drug  store  on  the  corner  of  High  Street,  at  the  South- 
west comer  of  the  square.  It  is  a  profanation,  so  they 
daim,  of  a  saored  sjwit,  becaoise  it  is  the  site  of  an  old 
church  and  is  overlooked  by  the  Bunker  Hill  Monuanent. 
It  is  viewed  as  a  violation  of  the  sacred  traditions  olt  the 
place,  for  the  old-time  Bunker  Hill  Monument  Associa- 
tion decreed  a  century  ago  that  only  d-welling  houses, 
schoo'ls,  libraries  or  churches  should  have  a  site  in  the 
square.  The  old  church  structtire  was  built  three  score 
years  ago  on  land  bought  of  the  Association.  In  the 
march  lof  progress  the  building"  was  'abandoned  for 
church  uses  and  was  then  offered  to  the  mayor,  as  pos- 
sible for  a  branch  of  the  Boston  Public  Library,  for 
$15,000.  The  offer  was  refused  and  later  the  church  wa;s 
purchased  by  a  syndicate.  It  was  afterwards  ibought  by 
a  Hejbrew  woman  and  now  the  surrounding  residents 
bewail  the  proposed  introduction  of  commercial  enter- 
prises in  the  shape  of  a  pharmacy  upon  the  square.  The 
residents  look  to  the  Bunker  Hill  Monument  Association 
to  enforce  the  clauses  in  its  deeds  ag'ainst  such  a  plan. 


Appointed  Manager  of  Pinehurst,  N.  C. 

Boston.  Miinh  1."..— Thf  .surviving  members  of  the  fam- 
ily of  the  late  J.  W.  Tutts,  so  long  the  president  of  the 
American  Soda  Fountain  Company,  have  appointed  T.  B. 
Cotter  to  toe  manager  of  the  large  and  wiell-knOwn 
Winter  resort,  Pinehurst,  N.  C,  owiied  by  Mir.  Tufts. 
This  is  a  toig  undertaking  for  Mr.  Cotter  to  assume,  but 
his  aJbiility  for  the  position  is  undoubted.  Pinehui-st  is 
a  village  of  COOO  acres  laid  out  by  famous  landscape 
artists  and  contains  fifty  or  more  hotisee,  a  casino, 
magnificent  hotels,  boarding  and  apartment  houses,  a 
well-stocked  department  store,  village  halls,  museum  and 
several  buildings  devoted  to  amusements  and  sports,  a 
sohool  house,  a  local  newspaper,  library,  money-order 
ipostOffice,  telephone  and  telegraph  offices,  and'  an  elec- 
tric railroad.  The  population  in  the  'Winter  season  is 
about  7,000.  This  private  property  all  Tjelonged  to  Mr. 
Tufts  and  its  management  will  reciiiire  Mr.  Cotter  to- 
live  at  Pinehurst  practically  all  the  >'far. 


STATE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH  UNABLE  TO  INVESTI- 
GATE ALUM. 

Boston,  Mach  15.— The  Massachusetts  State  Board  otf 
Health  has  decided  that  it  cannot  make  the  investigation 
of  a'.um,  as  ordered  by  the  General  Court.  The  order 
was  that  it  study  and  report  on  the  healthfulness  of  bak- 
ing powders,  and  -whether  the  introduction  into  food  of  an 
ordinarily  harmless  article  in  small  quantities  -would 
eventually  undermine  the  sj'stem  of  a  person  in  feeble 
health  or  dictetically  disordered,  even  though  so  taken. 
The  board  has  been  unab'.e  to  carry  out  the  order  of  the 
General  Court  o-wing  to  the  ver>'  great  difficulties  which 
.i-uch  an  examination  presents.  An  investigation  of  this 
character  which  would  lead  to  results  -which  would  be 
cnnclusive  and  indisiputable.  and  v^'hlch  -would  enable  this 
board  to  make  any  definite  report  to  the  Legislature, 
would  involve  the  expenditure  of  a  large  amount  of 
money  for  a  special  laboi^tor->-  and  ffor  the  services  of 
druggists  and  physioli)gical  chemists,  and  could  only  be 
carried  out  wTth  the  consent  and  co-operation  of  those  on 
whom  the  experiments  were  tried.  In  the  opinion  of  the 
board,  experiments  on  animals  would  not  yield'  informa- 
tion which  would  be  comclusive  with  regard  to  man. 


Voting  Drug  Clerk's  Fall  from  Grace. 

'Boston,  March  15.— CVm\-icted  of  forging  orders  for 
goods  on  the  ■V\'alker-Binte;s  Drug  Company,  after  he 
bad  'been  discharged  from  employ'  at  the  company's 
store  in  Boylston  street.  Phillip  Hargrave  has  'been  sen- 
tenced to  the  Massachusetts  Reformatory.  A.  probation 
officer  investiga.ted  Hargrave's  case,  reporting  that  Uie 
defendent  had  served  in  the  Cuiban  war  and  also  that 
Hargrave,  who  is  only  twenty-six  years  of  age,  had  mot 
(been  beha^nng  himself  for  sometime  past.  He  comes 
from  a  good  family  and  the  Court  thought  it  too  bad 
that  a  young  man  .  with  such  good  people  'beihlnd  him 
could  not  conduct  hiimseU  honorably.  The  judge,  before 
fjassing  sentence,  told  the  drug  cflerk  that  he  had  had 
every  advantage  and  encourageiment  to  be  upright  and 
yet  had  failed  to  be  so. 


Trade  Conditions  Normal. 

Boston,  March  13.— Trade  conditions  show  practically 
no  change  of  marked  interest.  Busiiness  seems  to  be 
very  good,  and  druggists  are  satisfied  with  what  is  at 
present  coming  their  way.  There  is  a  normal  amount  of 
business,  whether  in  the  prescriptioai'  departments  or 
otherwise.  Tlhe  soda  fountain  tirade,  usually  an  im- 
portant factor  in  the  weekly  revenue  of  retail  drug 
stores,  has  lately  fallen  oft  somewhat.  It  being  "be- 
tween hay  and  grass,"  as  regards  season,  there  is  un- 
certainty 'Whether  to  order  cold  or  hot  drinks,  and  in 
this  indecision  many  people  end  'by  not  ordering  any- 
thing   to   drink. 


CRUSADE   AGAINST   DRUGGISTS'   LICENSES. 

Boston,  March  1.'..— The  police  of  Maiden  this  week 
made  a  raid  on  the  pharmacy  of  Guilford  D.  Brown, 
in  the  'West  End  section  of  the  city.  This  store  for 
many  years  was  owned  by  H.  A.  and  F.  L.  M'iner,  who 
sojd  out  tihie  (business  to  Mr.  Brown.  This  wlas  the 
second    time    within    a    month    that   this    drug   store    has 

been   raided   successfully  for   liquors  by   the   police,   who 

made  a  thorough  search  and  seized  thirty-six  gallons  of 
whiskey,  five  gallons  of  rum,  one  gallon  of  gin,  three 
gallons  of  wine,  one  galloni  of  ale  and  one  gallom  of 
porter..  The  raild  follows  along  the  line  of  the  fight 
waged  by  the  temperance  societies  against  the  licensed 
druggists  in  Maiden  during  the  past  few  weeks,  pire- 
liminary  Vo  the  customiary  granting  of  lloertses.  Mr. 
BrowTi  holds  a  druggists'   license  and  it  was  stated  that 

the  raid  was  made  on  accx>unt  of  Sunday  sales.  The 
Aldermen  are  to  give  a  public  hearing  to  the  teimperance 

societies  and  others  interested  in  a  moveimeint  agaiinst  the 

granting  of  druggists'  licenses. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

'A    business    change    at    Hinsdale,    Mass.,    is    that    "by 

which  the  drug  store  of  W.  L.  Ch'a5>ell  passes  into  the 
ownership  of  George  O.  Hastinigs,  of  North  Adams,  a 
druggist  of  long  experience.  He  has  had  a  store  in 
North  Adams  nearly  ten  years,  ha\'ing  bought  out  the 
business  of  John  TV.  Curtice.  The  store  at  Hinsdale 
originally  was  established  in  1860.  Mr.  Chapell  is  to 
move  to  Suftield,  Conn.,  where  he  -will  conduct  a  farm 
especially  well  suited  for  raising  tobacco.  Mr.  Hastings 
will  still  retain  and  conduct  his  interests  in  North  Adams, 
imder  the  management  of  his  nephew,  Addison  H.  Hast- 
iir.igs,  and  Hejiry  N.  Thu-rston,  who  has  been  clerk  thero 
for   Mr.    Chapelle. 

In  an  early  morning  fire  at  Northampton,  on  March  12. 

causing  a  loss  of  nearly  $50,000,  the  drug  store  of  Oo- 
■burn  &  Graves  suffered  a  loss  estimated  to  t>e  $9,000. 
The  entire  fire  department  waa  called  out,  and  suc- 
ceeded in  oonfiniing  the  flames  to  the  block  where  the 
fire  started.  Doiring  the  progress  of  the  fire  an  explosion 
of  gas  took  place,  and  as  a  result  the  supply  of  gas 
throughout  Northampton  was  shut  oft.  Coburn  & 
Graves'  loes,  like  that  of  others,  was  fully  covered  by 
insurance. 

Six  druggists  in  Haverhill  have  been  repri- 
manded by  the  board  of  license  commltsloners 
of      the      city      as      regards      the      exercise      of      privi- 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  30,  1902. 


leges       umder       their       licenses.        The        conumiissioners 
told   the  druggists   that,    while   they  'had   no   evidence  of 
violation   of  the  law,   they  feared   that  it  was  not  toeing 
strictly  observed.  The  holders  of  licenses  were  warned  to 
be  careful   not  to   violate   any  of  the  provisions   of   tht 
.statutes. 
• — -In  the  Court  at  Brockton.  Mass.,   John  E.  Blake,  who 
is  prominent  as  a  druggist  in  that  city,  and  -who  was  tip 
on  a  charge  of  keeping  and  exposing  liquor  for  sale,  has 
beem   discharged.    The    Court   found   iinisufficient   evidence 
of   any   law   breaking  on   the   druggist's   pant.    The   spott- 
ters   who   caused    his   arrest   appear   to   have   been   over- 
zealous  in  their  efforts  to  miake  it  seem  that  he  was  not 
keeping  within  the   restrictions   of  his  license. 

^At   an    early   hour   one   morning   this   week,    Are    was 

discovered  m  the  pharmacy  of  James  F.  Flynn  &  Co., 
in  Ijawrence.  It  was  not  severe  anid  the  flames  were 
confined  to  the  prescription  case,  where  ithey  started. 
The  loss,  which  is  partly  by  smoke,  will  not  exceed  $25 
by  fire  and  .*100  by  smoke.  The  damage  is  fully  covered 
by  insurance.  The  flre  is  believed  to  have  stairted  from 
spontaneous  dombtustion. 

—Dr.  J.  Alonzo  Greene,  whose  offices  of  his  "Nervura" 
business  are  in  Bostoim,  Was  been  honored  by  re-election 
without  opposition,  to  the  imayorality  of  Laconia,  N.  H. 
The  Republican  nio-raination  oif  Dr.  Green  was  endorsed 
'by  the  Democrats,  so  popullar  has  .he  been  as  mayor 
both  parties  entering  fully  iniBo  placinig  him  in  office 
for  another  term. 

^A  defective  flue  caused  a  fire  one  afternoon  this  week 

in  a  2y2  story  frame  building  at  163  D  streeit,  in  the 
South  Boston  district.  The  place  is  owned  toy  Charles 
W.  Donahue,  who  aiso  owns  and  conduots  a  drug  store 
on  the  first  floor  above  wihich  was  a  tenement.  Mr. 
Donahue's  loss  was  $500. 

^The  Worcester  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  its  an- 
nual meeting  elected  the  last  year's  iboard  of  officers  to 
serve  again  the  coming  year.  After  the  business  meet- 
mg  a  oanquet  was  served,  P.  B.  Moriarty,  the  president, 
being    in    the    chair. 

^On    the    charge   of   selling   a   very   small    quainitity   of 

whiskey  in  violation  of  the  law,  Louis  F.  Hubbard,  47 
years  old,  has  been  arrested  at  the  drug  store  of  Walter 
A.  Nidhols,  Chandler  street,  ithis  city,  where  he  was  em- 
ployed   as   clerk 

^G.  H.  Crane,  a  druggist  dn  Haverhill,  is  >a  petitioner  in 

bankruptcy  with  outstanding  debts  of  $4,300,  against 
which  he  has  assets  of  $450. 

^Tbis   week  the   Paiinit  and  Oil  Club  of   New   England 

held  i.ts  135th  dinner  at  the  Parker  House  with  good 
attendance, 

^Many  improvements  have  been  made  in  the  store  of 

the  Ropes  Drug  Co.,  at  Salem..  Mass. 


PHILADELPHIA- 


li.  L,.  Rowe,  the  woU- 
linlown  manufacturer  of 
Rowe's  Tumbler  Washer, 
has  Just  patented  a  new 
masher  which  hie  icalls  tU'^ 
"No-Thump."  It  is  better 
than  the  old  one  because  it 
lis  so  constructed  ais  to  pre- 
vent all  thumping,  and  will 
pay  for  itself  in  the  saving 
of  glasses  and  in  preventing 
the  bursting  of  water  pipes. 
Two  years  of  constanit  use  on 
one  washer  has  not  worn  out 
a  single  packing.  It  will 
wash  glasses  of  any  size, 
large  or  smiall,  long  or  short, 
and  it  is  a  most  desirable 
addition  to  any  soda  counter. 
A  descriptive  circular  with  prices  will  toe  sent  on  apjyii- 
cajtion  to  the  manufacturer,  X..  L,.  Rowe,  26A  Portland 
St..   iBoston,   Mass. 


DRUG    BOWLING    LEAGUE. 

Philadelphia,  March  15.— Two  contests  were  rolled  In 
the  Drug  League  contest  on  Tuesday.  The  'Whitall 
Tatum  Co.'s  team  had  an  easy  thing  of  it,  taking  three 
games  straig'ht  from  H.  K.  Wampolo  Co.  They  were  not 
called  upon  to  exert  themselves  at  any  stage  of  the  con- 
test, and  won  each  of  the  three  games  played  by  a  wide 
margin.  The  other  contest  was  toetween  H.  K.  MuLford 
and  R.  Shoemaker  &  Co.  and  was  for  tolood,  as  these 
two  teams  were  tied  for  fourth  place.  E.  Shoemaker  & 
Co.  proved  the  better  by  taking  two  out  of  the  three 
games  played.  Next  week  the  Aschenbach  &  Miller  team, 
the  leaders,  are  scheduled  to  play  the  representatives  of 
Whitall,  Tatum  Co.,  who  are  a  close  second  in  the  series. 
An  interesting  g.ajme  is  looked  for.  and  there  appears  to 
be  little  certainty  as  to  the  outcome.  The  score  to  date 
is  as  follows: 

Won.    Lost.    Pet. 

Aschenbach  &  Miller   24  3  .888 

Whitall,    Tatum  Co 26  4  .866 

Smith,   Kline  &   French  Co 17  10  .630 

R.    Shoemaker  &  Co 13  17  .433 

H.    K.    Mulford  Co 12  18  .400 

Wanderers     8  22  .266 

H.   K.   Wampole  Co 2  28  .066 


Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists. 

Philadelphia,  March  15.— .\t  the  regulnr  monthly  meet- 
ing of  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  held  on  March  7  the  finances  of 
the  association  were  reported  to  be  in  a  very  good  con- 
dition, there  being  a  balance  in  the  treasury  of  $958.50. 
A  new  proposition  from  the  manufacturers  of  Pood  digests 
was  referred  to  the  Executiye  Committee,  an  offer  was 
also  reported  from  the  Foote  Chemical  Co.  The  special 
committee,  of  which  Mr.  Rumsey  is  chairman,  appointed 
to  devise  ways  and  means  of  establishing  a  protective 
feature  in  connection  with  the  organization,  made  their 
repiort,  and  it  wnas  accepted.  The  Executive  Commaittee 
was  instructed  to  put  the  proposition  into  effect  as  soon 
as  possible  and  to  supervise  its  operation. 


Business  Fair. 

Philadelphia,  March  15.— While  some  sections  of  'the 
city  report  business  good  the  general  thing  is  a  report 
of  "eo,so,"  or  fair  from  the  jobbers  as  well  as  the  re- 
tailers. The  few  warm,  fair  days  of  the  past  week  tend- 
ed to  bruitg  out  the  early  birds  with  itheir  displays  of 
naphthaline,  tar  paper,  camphor  and  the  like.  One  very 
striking  display  consisted  of  a  large  box  of  gum  caimphor 
in  the  direct  sunlight  without  cover  of  any  kind.  The 
'  question  is  will  the  druggist  make  a  profit,  or  will  he 
wish  he  hadn't  done  it? 


The  Horllck's  Food  Co.,  Racine,  Wis.,  irtfonm  us 
that  their  case  against  the  Elgin  Milkine  Co.  for  using 
the  term  "Malted  Milk"  will  be  heard  in  the  TJnlted 
■States  'Court  of  Appeals  during  the  coming  Pall  term. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

The  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  will  send 

an  organizer  to  Pennsylvania  to  start  work  about  the 
24th  of  March.  He  will  organize  counties  adjoining  Phil- 
adelphia first  and  will  work  in  conjunction  with  the  Com- 
mittee on  Commercial  Interests  of  the  PennsyU'ania 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  of  'which  H.  L.  Stiles  Is 
chairman.  The  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists will  also  take  an  active  part  in  aiding  the  work  of 
the  organizer. 

William  H.  Lautoach.   one  of  Philadelphia's  prominent 

druggists  and  an  active  member  of  the  Philadelphia  As- 
sociation of  Retail  Druggists,  died  on  Thursday,  March 
14.  For  a  number  of  years  he  conducted  the  pharmacy 
at  Broad  street  and  Girard  avenue,  but  recently  has  lt)een 
located  on  South  Thirteenth  street,  where  he  opened  a 
new  store.  ^ 

The  last  of     the  course  of  illustrated  lectures  at  the 

Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was  postponed  from 
M.arch  12  to  March  19.  Holland  and  the  Hollanders  Is 
the  subject  and  Dr.  Charles  L.  Mitchell  the  leciturer. 
'From  Braddock,  Pa.,  is  reported  a  case  of  fatal  poi- 
soning by  quinine  pills.  A  child  of  20  months  got  hold 
oif  a  box  containing  15  two-grain  pills  .ind  ate  them,  dy- 
ing from  the  effects. 


March  20,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


29{> 


^Edward  Woodland,  of  Dallas,  Tex.,  has  taken  a  posi- 
tion with  Edwin  M.  Boring  at  Tenth  street  and  Fair- 
mount  avenue.  His  intention  is  to  take  the  course  at 
the  P.  C.  P. 

The  Junior  and  Freshman  examinations  at  the  P.  C 

P.  have  toeen  completed,  the  Seniors  will  have  their  first, 
Practical  Pharmacy,  on  March  19. 

C    H.    Ziegler,    of   Twenty-first   and    Bellevue   streets, 

Tioga,  is  again  attending  to  business  after  an  illness  of 
two  weeks. 

Morse  &  Co..  of  Fifth  and  Wharton  streets,  will  open 

a  new  store  at  l.'ith  and  Clearfield  in  the  near  future. 


BALTIMORE. 


PITTSBU!<G  AND  VICINITY. 

"RED  ALBUMEN"  AGAIN. 

Pittsburg,  March  17.— Druggists  generally  in  Western 
Pennsylvania  will  be  interested  in  the  stand  taken  by  the 
legal  division  of  the  PostofEice  Department  in  placing  on 
-the  'black  list  the  United  States  Salyx  Co.  of  New  Con- 
cord, Ohio.  This  concern  which  has  had  much'  attention 
frtom  drug  journals  and  newspapers,  floated  the  prepara- 
tion known  as  "Red  Albumen"  and  which  they  claimed 
wv>uld  make  hens  lay  a  greater  number  O'f  eggs  than 
their  average.  On  account  of  their  peculiar  advertising 
they  did  quite  a  business  in  this  section  for  a  time,  until 
at  last  several  of  their  victims  made  complaint  to  the 
'Postal  Department.  An  investigation  followed  and  re- 
sulted in  the  concern  being  placed  among  the  lists  of 
frauds  and  an  order  issued  against  it.  It  was  discovered 
that  the  "red  albumen"  was  nothing  more  than  oxide 
of  iron  or  ordinary  red  paint. 

PITTSBURG  NOTES. 

^S.  LiOgari  Walthour.  for  a  number  of  years  in  the  drug 

business  at  Green.sburg,  Pa.,  will  open  his  handsome  new 
hotel  at  that  place  on  April  1.  Mr.  Walthour  "was  very 
popular  among  the  traveling  men  in  the  drug  line  and 
they  will  undoubtedly  testify  to  it  in  a  substantial  man- 
ner. 

The  fimn  of  Anderson  &  Kneedler,  dealers  in  drug  spe- 
cialties and  physicians'  supplies,  has  been  dissolved.  Dr. 
Kneedler  retiring.  The  business  will  be  conducted  under 
the  former  firm  name  with  Mr.  Anderson  at  its  headl 
—— Thomas  Hall,  formerly  chief  clerk  for  Charles  Grif- 
fith at  Johnstown.  Pa.,  is  now  in  charge  of  the  prescrip- 
tion department  of  the  Keystone  Pharmacy  at  that  place. 

^Messrs.  Quinn  &  Smith  of  Johnsonburg,  Pa.,  have  pur-, 

chased  the  drug  store  of  G.  G.  Messinger  &  Co.  at  that 
place  and  will  run  it  in  connection  with  tlheir  other  store. 
- — -W.  L.  Smith  formerly  che.mist  for  the  Pittsburg 
Physicians  Supply  Co.  has  just  opened  a  modem  drug 
store  at  Wilkinsburg,  a  suburb  of  PJttsiburg-. 

Carroll   Bros,   have  opened  a  handsome  ne^  store  at 

Sharon,  Pa.  Another  store  in  the  same  town  is  that  now 
being  opened  by  W.  J.  McKhight. 

- — Porter's  Pharmacy  is  the  title  of  a  new  store  at  Jack- 
son and  St.  Clair  streets  in  the  East  End. 


BOWLERS    AGAIN    HARMONIOUS. 

Baltimiore,  March  15.— The  slight  differences  wliich  had 
developed  between  several  teams  of  the  Baltimore  Drug 
Trade  Bowling  Club  have  been  happily  adjusted  to  every- 
body's eatisfacfion,  as  was  indicated  last  week,  and  the 
balls  will  go  spinning  down  the  alleys  as  merrily  as  ever 
€or  the  balance  of  the  season.  From  present  indications 
it  looks  as  if  McCormick  &  Co.  will  win  out.  They  have 
a  good  lead  and  are  playing  a  strong  game.  Only  a  big 
slump  in  the  work  would  enable  some  other  team  to 
overtake  them,  so  that  the  fate  of  the  cup  which,  at  the 
commencement  of  the  season,  seemed  fairly  secure  for 
Sharp  &  Dohme,  is  still  In  doubt.  The  trophy  must  bo 
won  three  times  by  one  team  before  It  becomes  the  per- 
manent property  of  that  team.  Sharp  &  Dohme  have 
held  it  two  years  and  another  victory  -would  have  settled 
its  final  disposal,  but  tJhe  McCormick  &  Co.  contingent 
developed  extraordinary  strength  and  some  time  ago  It 
becaine  apparent  that  they  must  be  accounted  a  formida- 
ble competitor  in  the  race.  At  the  beginning  of  this  week 
they  had  won  two  games  m-ore  and  lost  two  less  than 
James  Baily  &  Son,  their  nearest  rivals,  and  their  lead 
seemed  likely  to  be  increased.  They  have  a  team  average 
of  779,  against  750  for  James  Baily  &  Son,  and  continue 
to  show  up  strong.  The  standing  of  the  several  teams  at 
the  close  of  the  second  of  the  three  series  of  games  was 
as  follows: 

STANDING  OF  THE  TEA3IS. 

Team 
Won.    Lost.    P.  C.    Av'ge. 

McCormick   &    Co 26  10  .-722  779 

James  Baily  &  Son   24  12  .666  750 

Roots    and    Herbs    22  16  .611  742 

Sharp   &   Dohme    22  14  .611  736 

Stanley,    Brown   Drug  Co 19  17  .528  710 

Armstrong   Cork   Co 12  2t  .333  674 

Ferrel,    Kellam    Drug   Co 1  35  .029  504 


A  Handsome  Root  Beer  Outfit. 

The  S.  &  H.  Root  Beer  Outfit 
consiste  of  bowl  and  pitcher  ot 
Jfiuadruple  silver  plate,  the  bowl 
beirig  15  inches  in  diameter  and 
inches  deep,  with  a  central 
liinder  inside  for  holding  the 
pitcher  and  furnishing  an  outlet 
below  for  drawing  off  surplus 
vater.  The  whole  outfit  is  most 
'attractive  and  practical,  and  Is 
sure  to  attract  attention.  Some- 
body in  your  town  will  have  this  outtit.  and  the  first  drug- 
gist who  asks  for  it  will  get  it.  Simmons  &  Hammond, 
Portland,  Me.,  are  the  originaitors,  and  will  be  glad  to 
furnish   information    to   anyone    interested. 


The  next  time  you  need  anything  in  the  line  of  surgi- 
cal appliances,  such  as  elastic  stockings,  send  to  the 
Surgical  Fabric  Co.,  No.  528  North  Tenth  street,  Philadel- 
phia, or  better  still,  send  at  once  for  their  descriptive 
price  list  with  discounts  to  druggists.  The  quality  of  the 
goods  made  hy  the  Surgical  Fabric  Co.  is  well  known  and 
you  make  no  mistake  when  ordering  them. 


STATE  OF  TRADE  UNCHANGED. 
Baltimore,  March  17.— Business  was  only  moderately 
actl-ve  last  week.  While  the  jobbers  found  enough  to  do,, 
they  were  not  rushed  and  the  volume  of  the  movement 
kept  within  easily  manageable  dimensions.  Detail  men 
report  that  retailers  complain  of  dullness,  which  seems  to 
explain  why  orders  are  not  more  numerous.  The  manu- 
facture of  phanm^aceuticals  maintain  considerable  activ- 
ity in  the  laboratories,  but  this  does  not  always  reflect 
accurately  the  prevailing  state  of  business.  The  indica- 
tions are  that  conditions  will  improve  as  soon  as  the 
weather  becomes  more  settled.  Botanicals  are  reported 
to  be  unchanged.  All  the  articles  represented  as  growing 
scarce  several  weeks  ago.  are  firm  as  to  price,  with  slight 
fluctuations,  which  do  not  affect  the  general  range  of 
values.  Prices  may  be  expected  to  rule  high  until  the 
new  crops  come  in,  unless  large  supplies  have  been  with- 
held, which  does  not  seem  likely.  The  movement  in  heavy 
chemicals  is  about  the  same  and  shows  no  material  dif- 
ference from  that  for  the  corresponding  period  of  last 
year. 


MANY  VISITORS. 

Baltimore.  March  15.— Visiting  druggists  were  excfp- 
tionally  numerou.'i  this  week.  They  came  from  nearly 
every  section  of  Maryland  and  adjoining  states,  and  While 
here  called  at  the  several  w-holesale  and  manufacturing 
establishments.  Among  the  arrivals  were:  Dr.  James  A. 
Garv.  Shrewsbury,  Pa.:  Mr.  Moser,  of  Moser  &  Springer, 
Connellsville,  Pa.:  Walter  R.  Rudy,  Mt.  Airy.  Md.;  F. 
Forthiman,  of  Forthman  &  Miller,  Waynestooro'.  Pa.:  J. 
E.  M.  Castle.  Brownsville.  Md.:  C.  R.  Yohn,  Belair  Md.; 
.William  Shaw,  of  the  Shaw  Drug  Company,  Westmin- 
ster. Md.:  S.  S.  Van  Trump,  of  Trump,  Md. ;  George 
Washington  Hurd,  Willi.ims.port,  Md.:  J.  K.  CuUen,  Ca- 
tonsville.  Md.:  R.  A.  Martin.  Elllcott  City,  Md. :  Dr.  E. 
A.  Warehane.  Hagerstown,  Md.:  Dr.  E.  E.  Wolff,  Cam- 
bridge, Md.:  J.  A.  McDonad.  Sykesville,  Md.;  J.  A.  Wil- 


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[March  20,  1903. 


liamson.  Frederick,  Md.;  Joseph  Hirz,  of  the  Ke^asby  & 
Mattison  Compaiu';  Ambler.  Pa.;  WilUam  Pincus,  New 
York;  Thomas  B.  Cook,  manager  ot  the  New  York  Qui- 
nine and  Chemical  "U'orks,  New  York. 


MICHIGAN. 


New  Price  List  in  Force. 

Baltimore,  March  17.— The  new  schedule  of  prices  for 
proprietary  medicines  adopted  by  the  recently  organized 
District  of  Columbia  Retail  Druggists'  Association  at 
Washington  went  into  effect  yesterday,  and  as  a  conse- 
quence residents  of  the  Dis'trict  are  now  paying  not  less 
than  &5  cents  for  $1  articles,  40  cents  for  50  cent  articles 
and  20  cents  for  25  cent  articles.  As  stated  in  this  cor- 
respondence, such  aggressive  cutters  as  Arthur  Nattans 
(Read  Drug  Company)  are  in  tlhe  new  organization,  which 
is  the  work  chiefly  of  iN.  W.  Hoffman  ot  the  N.  A.  R. 
D.,  and  there  is  every  prospect  that  the  movem-ent  will 
be  successful. 


Creditors  Not  Satisfied. 
Baltimore,  March  13.— Litigation  in  connection  with  the 
liquidation  of  the  Charles  A.  Vogeler  Co.'s  assets  is  not 
yet  over.  Creditors  had  filed  exceptions  to  the  allowances 
for  attorneys  and  trustees  contained  in  the  auditor's  re- 
port and  Judg-e  Stockbridge  had  scaled  down  the  total 
over  ?a6,000.  The  creditors,  however,  do  not  consider 
the  reduction  sweeping  enough  and  have  taken  an  appeal 
from  the  finding  of  the  court.  The  cut  of  $16,000  was  on 
fees  and  commissions.  Other  items  in  the  report,  how- 
ever, the  judge  allowed,  and  the  creditors  maintained  that 
the  charges  for  winding  up  the  concern  are  still  exces- 
sive. 


Young  Druggist  Marries. 

Baltimore,  March  13.— Edward  J.  Strobel  a  retail  drug- 
gist at  Bond  and  Federal  streets  and  Miss  Blanche  L.ang- 
ley  of  1613  Federal  street  surprised  their  friends  and  rela- 
tives by  being  married  last  Tuesday  evening  in  the  par- 
sonage olf  Madison  Square  M.  E.  iChiUirch,  Rev.  J.  M. 
Slarrow  performed  the  ceremony.  The  bride's  mother 
said  the  marriage  was  kept  quiet  solely  for  the  reason 
that  'Mrs.  Strobel  had  recently  recovered  from  a  severe 
illnesss.  The  groom's  mother  declared  she  knew  the 
couple  were  to  wed,  but  that  she  had  not  expected  the 
ceremony  to  take  place  when  it  did. 


Annapolis  Druggists  Organize. 

Baltimore,  March  12.— The  druggists  of  Annapolis,  at 
a  meeting  called  yesterday,  organized  the  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Association  of  Anne  Arundel  County,  as  a  branch  ot 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.  The  following  officers  were  elected: 
William  H.  RuUman,  president;  T.  Kent  Green,  vice- 
president;  J.  Newton  Gilbert,  secretary,  and  Eugene 
Worthington,  treasurer.  The  organization  is  one  result 
of  the  efforts  made  by  N.  W.  Hoffman. 


Prefer  Merz  Capsules  to  Any  Other  Kind. 
T.  P.  TAYDOR  &  CO.,  Wholesale  &  ReUil  Druggists. 
N.    B.     Cor.    3rd    Ave.    &    Jefferson    St.,    Louisville.    Ky. 
Merz  Capsule  Co.,   Detroit,  Mich:        February  24,   1902. 

GeniClemein— Replying  to  your  favor  of  Feb.  22d,  -will 
say,  we  use  all  threie  size.s  5-10-15  M,  and  will  thank  you 
for  holders  for  each  size,  of  course,  if  you  can  spare 
more  than  one  holder  for  the  10  M,  we  'will  appreciate  it, 
as  we  frequently  make  up  the  caipsules  by  the  hundred 
for  our  prescription  work. 

Regarding  the  testemonial,  we  Hake  i^leasure  in  stating 
that  we  have  never  foumd  any  other  capsule  as  satisfac- 
tory, and  we  use  nothing  else  in  our  prescription  de- 
partment but  your  capsules.        Very  Respeotfully. 

T.    P.    TAYLOR  &   CO 


Portrait  of  Dr.  A.  B.  Prescott  for  the  University  of 
Michigan. 
Detroit.  Miarcli  15.— A  portrait  of  Dr.  A.  B.  Prescotl, 
deain  of  the  School  ot  Pharmacy  and  Director  of  the 
Chemical  Laboratory  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  will 
be  presented  to  that  institution  during  the  week  of  com- 
mencement in  June,  by  the  alumni  of  the  School  of  Phar- 
macy. Dr.  Prescott  kindly  consented  to  give  the  neces- 
sary sittings.  The  artist.  P'-rcv  I'^r.  has  r  ^^n  pie  ted  a 
life-Bize  portrait  in  oil,  and  prepantl^ns  ar=  b«lig  man 
for  its  formal  presentation  to  the  University.  Plans 
are  under  way  for  a  general  reunion  and  ban^iuet  for  the 
alumni  on  that  occasion.  Some  distinguished  man  of 
science  will  be  invited  to  deliver  the  principal  address, 
and  it  is  hoped  that  every  alummis  will  make  a  strong 
effort  to  be  present.  The  funds  for  the  preparation  ot 
the  portrait  have  been  collected  by  a  committee  of  U.  of 
M.  alumni,  formed  in  St.  Louis  during  the  meeting  of 
the  A.   Ph.   A  last  Fail. 


^M.   R.   Hlatt,   a  retail  druggist  oif  BJidgeville,   Ind.,   is 

offering  a  limited  quantity  ,of  rare  old  wines  for  sale.  The 
wines  include  strawberry,  blackberry  and  cherry  and  Mr. 
Hiatt  Bays  they  are  "fine  as  silk." 


MICHIGAN  NOTES. 

. — :  Detroit,  March  15. 

C.  C.  Murray,   of  the  general  business  department  of 

Parke,  Danns  &  Co.,  Is  away  on  an  extended  trip,  visiting 
the  various  cities  in  which  the  branch  houses  of  the  com- 
pany are  located.  D.  H.  Parker  and  IM.  J.  Osborne,  Buf- 
falo and  Indiana  representatives,  respectively,  visited  the 
home  office  last  week.  Frank  O.  Taylor,  a  chemist  of 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  has  accepted  a  position  in  the  analyti- 
cal department.  P.  E.  Hall,  auditor,  is  in  New  York 
on  .business. 

^M.  S.  Bristol,  for  a  considerable  time  manager  of  the 

C.  W.  Roger's  pharmacy  at  Ypsilanti,  has  just  ipurohased 
the  branch  drug  store  of  W,  H.  Roesser  on  the  corner 
of  Grand  River  avenue  and  16th  street,  Detroit.  A  num- 
ber ot  alterations  will  be  made  and  the  stock  is  to  be 
greatly  augmented. 

.^ — ^Among  the  out-of-town  representatives  visiting  De- 
troit the  past  week  were  J.  W.  Rossiter,  with  Powers  & 
Weightman,  Philadelphia;  J.  W.  C.  Gates,  with  Corning 
&  Co..  Peoria.  111.,  and  Louis  Weil,  of  the  Calfornia  Wine 
Association,  San  Francisco. 

. A  very  enjoyahle  smoker  was  given  during  the  week 

hy  the  Michigan  Drug  Clerks'  Association  and  was  par- 
ticipated In  by  a  majority  of  the  members  iwho  accom- 
panied by    many   of   fheir  friends. 

— C.  B.  Shuman  oif  A.  H.  Lyman  &  Co.,  jobbers  and  re- 
tail pharmacists  of  Manistee,  was  in  Detroit  the  past 
•week  as  the  guest  of  F.   E.  Wicks. 

. H.    A.    Kinyon,    a    prominent    retail    pharmacist    and 

manufacturer  at  Elkhart,  Ind.,  paid  a  flying  trip  to  De- 
troit  recently. 

W.  D.  Church,  of  the  firm  of  Church  &  West,  phar- 
macists of  Grand  Rapids,  was  in  Detroit  last  week  on  a 
special  mission. 

E.    G.   Curtis,    olf   Fenton,   has  been  succeeded   in   the 

drug  business  at  that  place  by  the  firm  of  Litchfield  & 
Wood. 

Benjamin   W.    Ellison,     druggist,   ot  Alma,   has     been 

succeeded  by  W.   E.  Ellison  &  Co. 

E.    Trilek    has    severed  his   connection   with  <\ray  & 

Worcester. 


Specialists  on  Soda  Fountain  Goods. 
Johnson.  King  &  Co.,  manufacturers,  importers  and 
Jobbers  of  Macon,  Gla.,  m'ake  a  specialty  of  soda  fountain 
requisites.  They  announce  that  they  are  Southern  Depot 
and  distributing  agents  for  Georgia.  Florida,  Alabama 
and  South  Carolina  for  the  well-known  fruit  flavors,  true 
fruit  juices  and  general  specialties  prepared  by  the  Beach 
&  Clarridge  Co.  of  Boston,  Mass.;  also  Southern  head- 
quarters for  straws,  glasses  and  all  useful  appliances 
for  the  up-to-date  dispenser  of  cold  drinks.  Druggists 
will  do  -well  to  communicate  with  Johnson,  King  &  Co. 
when  in  need  of  anything  for  the  fountain. 


March  30,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


301 


CHICAGO. 


DRUGGISTS  DEFY  'PHONE  CO. 

Chicago.  March  13.— Last  week  two  South  Side  drug- 
gists called  in  the  police  to  enable  them  to  keep  their  slot 
telephones.  The  company  claimed  that  the  'phones  did 
not  pay  S150  per  year — tTie  contract  price — and  that  there- 
fore it  had  the  right  to  remove  the  'phones  with  or  with- 
out the  consent  of  fhe  druggists,  and  substitute  nickel- 
in-the-slot  'phones,  whic^  incltide  no  free  service  at  all. 
This  claim  the  druggists  disputed,  and  said  further  that 
their  'phones  did  pay  the  company  $150  per  year.  To 
keep  the  machines  they  called  in  the  aid  of  the  police. 
The  matter,  it  is  understood,  has  been  turned  over  to 
the  telephone  committee  of  the  C.  R.  D.  A.,  which  hopes 
to  work  out  a  satisfactory  solution  of  the  whole  contro- 
versy. The  announced  policy  of  President  Sabin.  of  the 
Telephone  Company,  is  to  cheapen  the  service  all  over  the 
city,  give  as  few  free  calls  as  possible,  and  make  the 
holders  of  public  'phones  responsible  for  bad  nickels  and 
elugs.  To  this  end  nickel  'phones  are  being  put  in 
wherever  possible,  and  no  more  dime  machines  are  being 
installed.  Where  such,  however,  are  paying,  they  are  to 
be  allowed  to  remain. 


WHOLESALERS    RESPECT    WISHES    OF    RETAIL 
DRUGGISTS'   ASSOCIATION. 

Chicago,  March  l.j.— As  a  result  of  the  refusal  of  local 
jobbers  to  sell  to  cutters,  two  druggists  are  having  diifti- 
culty  in  obtaining  goods,  and  are  complaining  that  they 
are  victims  of  a  boycott.  John  A.  Butts.  North  Clark  and 
Chestnut  streets,  and  G.  S.  Malone,  North  Clark  and  On- 
tario streets,  druggists,  say  that  because  they  refused 
to  join  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  every  wholesale  house  in  the  cdty 
lias  refused  to  supply  them  wiith  drugs  at  wholesale  prices. 

"Because  we  offer  our  stock  for  sale  at  down-town 
prices,"  complains  one  of  these  druggists,  "we  are  unable 
to  buy  a  pound  of  anything.  We  are  comipelled  to  order 
our  stock  from  other  cities." 

A.  B.  Hunt,  manager  for  the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Company, 
is  reported  to  liave  said  that  his  firm  had  not  refused  to 
supply  Butts  or  Malone  wath  drugs  because  of  any  pres- 
sure from  the  Retail  Druggists'  -Association.  But  Mr. 
Hunt  added;  "\Ve  did  ask  the  men  to  transfer  their  ac- 
counts, because  certain  customers  complained  of  their 
business  methods,  and  we  felt  that  our  trade  was  af- 
fected." 


Chicago  Business  Active. 
Chicago,  March  1.5.— The  manufacturers  and  the  job- 
bers are  very  busy  now  and  fhe  demand  is  by  no  means 
lessening  as  Spring  approaches.  Staple  cammodities  are 
active  and  pharmaceuticals  in  large  demand.  The  job- 
bers say  that  not  for  years  have  their  collections  been 
so  good  as  they  are  now.  There  very  few  failures 
now  among  the  retail  druggists  and  for  the  last  few 
weeks  there  has  been  but  a  limited  number  of  store  trans- 
fers.     Two  or  three  ne<w  stores  have  been  opened. 


CHICAGO   NOTES. 

The  daily  papers  this   week  created   some  remark  by 

reporting  the  rumored  departure  for  parts  unknown  of 
Miss  'Margaret  Isgrig.  a  prominent  druggist  and  society 
w^man  of  Austin.  Dr.  Mary  J.  Kearsley.  with  whom 
Miss  Isgrig  has  lived  for  some  time,  said  that  the  rumor 
is  groundless:  that  Miss  Isgrig  is  in  Denver.  Ibut  expects 
to  return  eanly  next  week.  Miss  Isgrig  is  the  proprietor 
ot  three  drug  stores,  one  at  Harlem  avenue  and  Madison 
street,  another  at  Park  avenue  and  Ohio  street,  and  a 
third  at  Sixty-fourth  and  Lake  streets. 
On  March  30  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  de- 
cided that  the  Illinois  anti-Trust  law  is  unconstitutional. 
The  reason  assigned  in  the  opinion  is  that  fhe  law  ex- 
empts agricultural  products  and  live  stock  from  its  op- 
erations. Under  the  ruling  of  the  court,  an  anti-Trust 
law,  to  be  constitutional,  must  apply  indiscriminately  to 
all  combinations,  with  no  exceptions  whatever. 

^The  Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association  will  meet 

at   the  Union     restaurant   on     Randolph   street     Friday, 


B.  DENT  SPROWL. 
D  Dent  Sprowl  is  a  native  of  Louisville,  Ky..  and  was 
born  in  that  city  in  1876.  He  went  to  Memphis,  Tenri.. 
in  1S9'2  wbere  he  connected  himself  with  the  retail  trade 
until  February-  1  of  last  vear.  He  then  embarked  in 
business  on  his  own  account  at  4G8  Main  street,  same 
citv.  where  he  has  a  pretty  drug  store.  Besides  doing 
a  consideirable  genera'l  drug  business,  he  makes  a  line 
of  preparations  under  his  own  name.  Mr.  Sprawl  is  a. 
graduate  of  the  Louisville  College  of  Pharmacy,  class  of 
1S9-2. 


March  24,  at  2  p.  m.  Wilhelm  IBodema.nn  will  read  a 
paper  on  the  history  of  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists' 
Association. 

F_    E.    Holliday,    of   the   Executive   Committee   of   the 

N.  A.  B.  D.,  has  been  in  'New  Orleans  lately  and  says 
that  the  druggists  there  are  ela,ted  over  their  success  in 
stopping  price  cutting. 

Otto   Barthling   has   boUig<ht   A.    Daigger's  drug   store 

at    1603   north   Clark   street. 

— ^.  V.  Morrison  has  succeeded  A.  Jacobson  at  47"  Og- 

den  avenue. 


Handsome  Fountains  at  Low  Prices. 
The  increased  sales  of  soda  fountains  made  by  the  Low- 
Tile  Co..  No.  34  Portland  street.  Boston.  Mass.,  indicate 
that  druggists  are  quickly  "catching  on"  to  the  fact  that 
this  company  puts  out  some  extra  good  work  at  remark- 
ably low  prices.  Recent  important  improvements  to  the 
Art  Tile  Soda  Fountains  add  much  to  their  usefulness 
and  appearance.  Druggists  are  requested  to  wTite  to  the 
Low  Tile  Co.  and  get  full  infonmatSon  about  their  modern 
fountains  at  minimum  prices.  Note  that  their  address 
is  now  No.  34  Portland  street,  Boston. 


iln  their  announcemient  on  one  of  the  ad.veirUsing 
pages  it  wlM  be  noticed  that  the  Horlick's  Food  Co.  have 
obtained  on  injunoUon  against  a  Chicago  retail  druggist 
for  substituting  an  imitation  product  for  the  well-known 
Morliclo's  Malted  Milk.  Manufacturers  of  proprietary 
preparations  today  recognize  imiitation  and  substitution 
as   two    great   evils    to   be    strenuously    fought,   and    tlus 

decision  is  a  decided  bl»w  at  these  evils. 

At  the  present  'time  when  the  trade  has  so  many 
products  to  ."xjok  after  and  so  many  new  ones  presented 
to  theim.  to  say  nothing  of  the  trouibie  which  the  sale 
of  imitations  is  apt  to  cause,  druggists  are,  as  a  rule, 
confining  themselves  to  ithose  well-known  products  made 

by   reputable   firms   whose   efforts  create   a  demand   and 
make  a  ready  sale   for  them. 


302 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  20,  1902. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

"Slick"  Medicine  Company. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  March  l,").— Minnesota  is  not  only  the 
"Gopher  State,"  but  in  a  small  way  it  is  a  "Sucker 
State"  (with  apologies  to  Illiinois).  A  medicine  com- 
pany going  around  the  country  and  giving  away  great 
quantities  of  wealth  has  mystified  many  Minnesota 
towns.  The  Pipestone  Star  says  the  company  plays  the 
following  game:  It  has  a  series  of  entertainments, 
which  are  in  reality  only  side  issues,  and  the  real  point 
of  the  whole  business  is  a  popular  lady  contest.  When 
the  voting  started  in.  the  supply  of  medicine  and  soap 
soon  gave  out,  and  the  entertainer  then  resorted  to  the 
use  otf  "due  bills"  for  his  goods  in  exchange  for  money 
paid  over  by  the  enthusiastic  voters.  The  contest  soon 
settled  down  to  a  point  where  Kose  Backstrom  and  Urise 
Burch  were  the  only  contestants  in  the  field,  and  the 
money  for  them  rolled  in,  $5.00  at  a  time,  almost  as  fast 
as  it  could  be  gathered  up.  Finally,  when  the  paTtisans 
of  each  young  lady  had  paid  in  upward  of  $100,  it  be- 
came evident  that  neither  side  would  give  way  until  it 
was  "broke,"  and  the  company  concluded  to  settle  the 
matter  by  presenting  to  each  lady  a  ring  and  letting 
them  divide  the  "popularity,"  which  plan  was  agreed  to. 
The  contest  netted  the  promoters  a  whole  flst  of  money. 
It  is  a  smooth  scheme  and  will  work  almost  anywhere. 


Retires  from  the  Wholesale  Trade 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  March  15.— The  most  notable  business 
Change  that  has  happened  in  this  city  for  many  -weeks 
is  that  made  by  the  Byan  Drug  Co.  This  well-known 
house  has  withdrawn  entirely  from  the  general  jobbers- 
trade  and  will  henceforth  confine  its  efforts  exclusively 
to  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  its  own  specialties.  Mr. 
John  F.  Broderick,  for  many  years  manager  of  the  com- 
pany and  one  of  the  most  energetic,  worthy  and  popular 
citizens  of  St.  Paul,  will  continue  the  executive  direction 
o't  the  company.  The  retirement  of  the  Ryan  Drug  Co. 
fram  the  jobbing  field  leaves  but  Noyes  Bros.  &  Cutler.^ 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

Successions:      G.    C.    Sabin.    Fargo,    N.    D.,    by    R.    F. 

Bryant;  F.  P.  Parks,  Tracy.  Minn.,  by  J.  R.  Alexander; 
Schroeder  Bros.,  Manning,  la.,  by  Shelldorf  &  Long;  F. 
D.  Jeffrey,  Wiota,  la.,  by  Charles  L.  Morris;  C.  L.  Lind- 
say (paints),  Colville,  Wash.,,  by.  Con  Rickard;  I.  J. 
Burleson,  Jr.,  [Harris,  la.,  by  O.  F.  Luz;  W.  B.  Hoftnell 
&  Co.,  Falls  -City,  Neb.,  by  Clegg  &  Inskeep;  Clem  Stein- 
er,  Lincoln,  Neo..  by  the  Steiner-Woempener  Drug  Co., 
M.  N.  Woempener  having  run  a  separate  store;  Strunk 
&  Sheldorf,  Barling,  la.,  by  H.  J.  Strunk;  L.  B.  Weaver, 
Foxhome,  Minm.,  toy  James  Knudsen;  J.  F.  Snoke, 
Ames,  la.,  by  C.  Horto^n  Coye;  Wallace  &  Plowman, 
Norwich,  la.,  by  Richard  Wallace;  J.  F.  Calpin  &  Co., 
Steamboat  Bock,  la.,  by  C.  G,  Lyon;  C.  B.  Gkfwen, 
Westgate,  la.,  by  Dr.  C.   J.   Cooney. 

Wesley   St.    Clair,    for    several    years    with    Joseph   J. 

Conger,  the  St.  Paul  druggist,  Is  now  flnisbing  a  couree 
at  a  private  pharmaceutical  school  in  Minneapolis.  Mr. 
St.  Clair  recently  recovered  from  a  prolonged  illness,  in 
which  it  was  a  nip-and-tuck  battle  between  pneumonia 
and  the  doctor.  He  has  grown  a  beard,  which  is  a  dis- 
guise complete  enough  to  toaftle  his  closest  friends. 

A.   J.   Wampler,   one   ot   the     old-time  and     long-time 

druggists  of  this  city,  is  now  'the  head  of  A  J.  Wample, 
&  Co.,  grain  and  stock  brokers.  Mr.  Wampler's  health 
gave  out  while  pill-mixing  and  he  finds  daily  wrestling 
with  iDears  and  bulls  more  conducive  to  rebustiousness. 

J    c.  Webster,  formerly  well  known  to  Buffalo,  N.  T., 

druggists,  and  who  more  recently  conducted  the  phar- 
macy of  the  Standard  Mercantile  Co.  at  Tomahawk,  Wis., 
js  about  to  establish  a  drug  store  in  the  new  town  of 
Ladysmith.   same  State. 

John  Finnegan's  draig  store  was  burned  in  a  fire  that 

almost  obliterated  the  little  town  of  Twin  Bridges,  Mont., 
Thursday.      His  loss  is  $7,500.  with  $2,000  insurance. 
Harare  &  Co.,   Hauley  Falls.   Minn.,   who  are  in  sev- 


eral  lines   of   trade   besides  drugs,   have  sold  their   hard- 
w^are  stock. 

H.  J..  Herman,  Waubay,  S.  D..  is  a  victim  of  one  of 

those  nasty  little  things  known  as  mechanics'   liens. 

^George  Douglas  is  to  be  the  pharmacist  in  Dr.  Marks' 

new  drug  store  on  Payne  avenue,  St.   Paul. 

. ^Mr.   Dustin,  of  the  Jeffers   (Minn.)   drug  store,   was  irv 

the  Twin  Cities  this  week  for  a  day  or  two. 

Mr.    Evander,   of  the  Wheaiton,    Minn.,    Drug  Co.,   has 

been  spending  a  few  days  in  the  city. 
C.  T.  Williams  at  Weiser,  Idahio,  and  the  Corner  Phar- 
macy, Eagle  Grove.  la.,  have  sold  out. 

J.  A.   Bro'wne  has  gone  to  Hudson  to  help  o<ut  F.  G. 

Danielson  in  the  absence  of  his  clerk. 

The  stock  of  S.  W.  Lockwood,  Hubbell.  Ne(b.,  is  offer- 
ed tor  sale  by  the   administrator. 

—A.    Olson,   of  St.    Croix  Falls,  Wis.,    is  to  buy   out  Dr. 
Wood's  store  at  Clear  Lake. 

^A.    GilmouT   &     Co..    Bemidji,   Minn.,      has   opened     a- 

branch  at  Blackduck. 

F.  W.  Tuell,  Spokane,  Wash.,  has  sold  a  half  interest 

to  H.  T.  Bhepard. 

New:     F.   A.  Kreiser,   Sioux  Falls,   S.   D.;  W.   Folker, 

Perth.  N.  D. 

J.  W.  Shanks,  of  Redwood  Falls,  was  in  the  city  Tues- 
day. 
— ^P.  J.   Arbes  has  gone  to  Bird  Island,  CVIinn.,   to   work. 


A  New  Suppositoiy  Machine. 

The  rapid  fire  suppository  machine  illustrated  her& 
is  the  most  interesting  appliance  we  have  seen  in  a  long 
time.  Not  many  of  the  suppository  machines  hitherto- 
on  the  market  give  satisfaction,  but  we  cannot  see  a 
fault  in  this  one.  It  seems  to  combine  all  the  feature* 
most  necessary  for  speed,  ease  of  handling  and  perfec- 
tion of  product.  • 


fi'^d 


The  large  crank  handle  will  give  a  pressure  of  over 
one  thousand  pounds,  thus  producing  a  suppository  that 
will  keep  for  years  without  changing.  The  machine  is- 
made  of    fine  steel  and  is  warranted  to  stand  any  strain. 


It  is  easily  loaded  as  the  barrel  can  be  tilted  to  a  ver- 
tical position  and  instantly  charged,  while  the  roller  1» 
case  hai-dened.  insuring  a  perfect  product.  It  Is  far 
and  away  the  most  rapid  machine  on  the  market.    A  boy 

can  turn  out  a  doz<?n  perfect  suppositories  in  30  seconds 
and  it  is  equipped  for  instant  change  for  making  severaJ 
sizes  of  crayons,  bougies,  etc.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  we 
cannot  see  why  this  isn't  the  best  suppository  machine 
on  the  market.  It  is  made  by  the  Bent  Mfg.  Co.,  904 
Main    St.,    Hartford,    Conn.,    who    will    send    descriptive 

circular  and  lestimonials  to  any  druggist  interested. 

One  very   desirable   feature  of  the   Oharlerol  Oval   I» 
its   shape.    It    "drains   every   drop." 


March  20,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


30: 


ST.  LOUIS. 


Druggists  Dramatic  Club. 

St.  Louis,  March  18.— The  members  of  the  Alumni  As- 
eocfation  of  the  St.  Louis  Collegs  of  Pharmacy  who  par- 
ticipated in  the  annual  entertainment  given  last  month, 
held  a  little  banquet  at  the  South  Side  Hotel  last  Tuesday 
night  and  organized  a  druggists'  dramatic  club.  The  of- 
ficers are  as  follows;  President,  William  S.  Liamont;  vice- 
president,  Paul  Schneider:  secretary,  E.  H.  Voepel;  treas- 
urer.   Theo,    F.Hagenow;    directors,    Chas.   TV'agner,    Miss 

Muirphy.   Harry   Konetszky.    Miss  Anna  H'inrichs,   and   L. 

A.  Seitz.  The  club  will  begin  work  aji  ooice,  meeting  the 
third  Tuesday  of  each  month.  Its  principal  object  will  t)6 
to   always   have   ready   some   form   of   entertainment   for 

presentation   on   druggists'   special  occasions. 


a  cluJb  of  drug  interests  for  the  avowed  purpose  of  im- 
proving the  trade  in  Tennessee,  Alabama,  Mississippi, 
Louisiana  and  Georgia. 

There  has  been  a  great  dead  of  drug  "slaishing"  in 
New  Orleans,  and  of  the  one  hundred  and  flfty-eiight 
firms  in  the  city  a  vast  majoo-ity  axe  advocates  of  sound 
prices,  but  have  been  forced  into  a  rate  cutting  war- 
fare toy  the  methods  of  a  few  houses.  Both  gentlemen  re- 
fused to  make  any  announcement  of  their  reasons  for 
visitiinig  the  city  or  their  accomplishments,  tout  it  was  a 
business  undertaking  and  the  trade  generally  look  to  a 
betterment  in  the  maitter  of  prices  on  proprietary  medi- 
cines. From  New  Orleans  the  visitors  will  go  to  Dallas. 
Texas,  and  from  there  return  to  Phi'.adeLphia. 


ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

There  seems  to  be  quite  an  influx  of  unregi^ered  drug 

clerks  from  other  states  to  this  city  just  at  present. 
This  is  probably  due  to  the  publicity  given  to  the  scar- 
city of  competent  drug  clerks  here  for  the  pas't  year  or 
more.  Proprietors  are  very  strict  about  requiring  their 
clerks  to  be  registered  and  inquiries  are  made  daily  at  the 
wholesale  houses,  and  drug  stores  in  regard  to  when  and 
where  clerks  may  register.  It  seems  to  be  the  rule  to  re- 
fer all  inquiries  to  E  A.  Sennewald,  whose  father  was 
secretary  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  for  many  years.  Mr. 
Sennewald  says  he  is  perfectly  willing  to  give  all  the  in- 
formation he  can,  but  he  would  much  prefer  that  persons 
would  communicate  directly  with  the  secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy.  A.  Brandenberger,  at  Jefferson  City. 
— T.  M.  Young.  Channing  and  Franklin  avenues,  is  in 
St.  Luke's  Hospital  suffering  from  blood  poisoning.  A 
bottle  of  citrate  of  magnesia  exploded  in  his  hand,  cut- 
ting him  so  slightly  that  he  entirely  neglected  to  care  for 
the  wound  until  serious  co^mplications  set  in. 
The  members  of  the  committee  in  charge  ol  the  ban- 
quet to  Dr.  Enno  Sander  are  still  receiving  letters  from 
many  of  his  old  friends  in  which  they  express  their  high 
regard  for  the  venerable  gentleman  and  regret  that  they 
did  not  know  of  the  affair  until  it  was  over. 
The  Meyer  Bros.'  Drug  Co.  have  installed  a  depart- 
ment telephone  system  in  their  building  and  placed 
a  chief  operator  in  charge.  Customers  find  it  very  con- 
venient to  be  connected  directly  with  the  deipartment, 
with  which  thej'  desire  to  com^nunicate. 

Theo.    F.    Rung   has    been   aippointed  druggist   at    the 

City  Insane  .\sylum,  to  take  the  place  of  A.  M.  Soellner, 
who  recently  resigned. 

O.  B.  Dickinson  has  been  placed  in  charge  of  Eli  Lilly 

&  Co.'s  Kansas  City  office,  G.  B.  SeilfE  'having  resigned  to 
go  into  other  business. 

E.    Trittermann    has   closed    up   his    store   at   2000   S. 

Ninth  St..  and  made  an  assignment  in  favor  of  his  cred- 
itors. 


NEW  ORLEANS. 

RUMOR  OF  IMPORTANT  TRADE  CHANGES. 

^.'ew  Orleans.  March  14.— There  is  considerable  specu- 
lation in  the  local  drug  trade  respecting  the  recent  visit 
in  the  city  of  W.  J.  Walding,  president  of  the  National 
■Wholesale  Efruggists'  Association  of  Toledo,  Oiiio,  and 
P.  E.  Holliday,  a  representative  of  the  association,  and 
also  a  member  of  the  National  Retail  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation. 

Rumor  has  it  that  the  visit  proonises  to  result  in  some 
very  important  trade  changes.  It  was  given  out,  with  a 
seimiblance  of  authority,  that  a  movement  Is  on  foot  to 
stimulate  and  maintain  prices  among  both  the  jobbers 
and  retailers  in  New  Orleans,  and  that  this  city  had  been 
selected  in  the  southern  field  as  a  good  place  for  some 
much  needed  missionary  work. 

Messrs.  'Walding  and  Holliday  recently  left  New  York 
and  on  their  Southern  trip  visited  Birmingham,  where 
they  attended  a  meeting  of  the  Southern  Association  of 
■Wholesale  Druggists.    At  that  meeting  there  was  formed 


POCKET  CYCLOPEDIA  of  MEDICINE  and  SUR- 
GERY. b2ised  upon  a  "Cycloipedia  of  Practical  Medicine 
and  Surgery"  edited  by  George  M.  Gouild,  A.  M..  M.  D., 
author  of  Gould's  Medican  Dictionaries;  editor  oif  "Amer- 
ican Medicine,"  and  'W'alter  L.  Pyle.  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  assis- 
tant surgeon  'Wills  Eye  Hospital,  Philadelphia,  formerly 
editor  "International  Medical  Magazine,"  etc.  W  mo.  full 
limp  leather,  gilt  edges,  $1.00.  Philadelphia,  P.  Blakis- 
ton's  Son  &  Co. 

This  little  book  is  a  companion  volume  to  Gould's  well- 
known  Pocket  Medical  Dictionary,  and  is  hased  upon  the 
papular  cyclopedia  of  Drs.  Gould  and  Pyle.  The  physi- 
cian and  student  will  find  much  trustworthy  initormation 
on  medical  topics  in  a  condensed  form  in  its  pages  and  the 
book  should  prove  a  convenient  reference  manual.  A 
very  complete  dose  table  giving  the  doses  of  official  and 
unofficial  drugs  in  both  the  English  and  metric  system  i.s 
one  of  the  features  of  the  "cyclopedia." 


Ice  Cream  Cabinets. 
This  cut  shows   the  exterior  of  one  of   the   Chocolate 
Cooler  Co.'s  one-can  Ice  Cream  Cabinets.     The  majority 
of  druggists  who  sell  soda  water  realize  the  necessity  rtf 

a  suitable  place 
to  keep  ice 
cream  in  and 
we  think  thus 
■cabinet  solves 
the  question. 
By  occasionally 
re-paking  the 
ice  it  is  claimed 
ice  cream  can 
toe  kept  in  per- 
fect condition 
for  a«  indefi- 
nite time  in  one 
of  these  cabi- 
nets. Only  the 
best  material  is 
used  in  the  con- 
s  t  r  uction  of 
_  these    cabinets. 

The  outside  casing  is  selected  oak,  finished  in  oil, 
matched  and  beaded;  between  the  walls  is  carefully 
packed  heavy  non-conducting  material,  with  ^-inoh  air 
space,  making  the  insulation  perfect.  Heavy  galvanized 
iron  lining  and  jacket  and  a  brass  outlet  makes  the  con- 
struction perfect.  Any  druggist  who  sells  ice-cream 
should  write  to  the  Chocolate  Cooler  Co..  Grand  Rapids, 
Mich.,  and  get  a  catalogue  and  price  list.  A  cabinet  -will 
save  its  cost  in  one  season  in  many  cases. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

XEW  TOKK 


Acetic   Fluid   Extracts 


304 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  20,  190->. 


THE  MANUFACTURE  OF  GLASS  TUBING  AND 
HOMEOPATHIC  VIALS. 

The  demand  for  specialties  made  from  glass  tubing 
has  incre-ased  so  remark'ably  within  the  last  ten 
years    that    the    Standard      Flint    Glass   Works      (William 


ing  which  run  about  100  feet  in  length  are  cut  into  thre« 
sections,  measuring  six  feet,  which  are  then  assorted 
into  various  diameters,  being  graded  ajccording  to  the 
metric  system,   and   placed  into  "bins  for  future  use. 

Homeopathic  vials  are  all  made  in  pairs.  '  For  this 
purpose  the  six-toot  sections  of  glass  tubing  are  cut 
into  pieces  aibout  six  inches 
long,  according  to  the  dia- 
meter and  length  of  the  viais 
required.  By  a  process  ot 
rolling  and  heajting  in  ga.s 
fires  with  blow  pipes  the 
necks  are  formed  on  each  end 
of  the  tulje  with  tools  similar 
to  "bottle  tools  for  prescrip- 
tion ware.  The  length  of  the 
vials  is  then  marked  on  the 
tube,  a  space  being  left  in 
the  center  where  the  tube  is 
melted  through  and  pressed 
flat,  thus  making  two  com- 
plete vials.  This  completes 
the  operation,  and  the  vials 
are  then  packed  in  one-gross 
boxes  for  shipment.  The 
Standard  Flint  Glass  Works 
have  been  established  nearly 
haM  a  century  and  are  head- 
quarters for  tiis'  class  ot 
ware.  They  solicit  orders 
and  inquiries  from  pharma- 
ceutical chemists,  wholesale 
druggists,  perfumers  and 
others. 


ST.^NDARD   FLINT   GLiAISS   WORKS    OF    WlI.Ll.V    M    l<  r  i::\iMKK  I /K.  JR. 


Kuemme'-le.  Jr.,  proprietor)  of  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  have 
been  devoting  their  entire  attention  and  effort  to  this 
class  of  ware.  Homeopathic,  screw  cap,  shell  and  round 
lip  vials  in  flint  and  amber  are  their  chief  product,  also 
test  tubes  (free  from  lead)  inhalers,  pipettes,  glass 
syringes,  glass  tubing  and  rods,  amber  and  crystal  capil- 
lary tubing  for  vaccine  virus  and  other  goods  in  the 
medicine  and  pharmaceutical  line. 

The  glass  tuhing  is  made  "by  forces  of  about  ten  men 
■each,  called  "shops."  A  sufficient  amount  of  melted 
glass  is  "gathered"  on  the  end  of  'an  iron  hlow  pipe  and 
by  rolling  and  adding  to  H  from  time  to  time  the  mass 
is  formed  into  a  cylinder  about  two  feet  in  length  and 
about  one  foot  in  diameter.  After  being  reheater  in  a 
"glory  hole"  until  sufficiently  soft  to  be  drawn  out  the 
cylinder  is  attached  to  a  "ipunty"  (a  circular  iron  with 
a  handle)  and  by  careful  manipulation  and  drawing  the 
cylinder  is  made  into  glass  tubing.      The  pieces  o-f  tub- 


THE  SOUTH. 


WIbIJ.\'M    KUEMMERLE.    Jr. 


Memphis,  March  H. 
-4— .Successions :  C.  P.  Frazier  by  J.  W.  Baker,  Gwynne, 
Ark.;  R.  A.  Haidy  by  C.  R.  Huckaby,  Boxton,  Tex.;  R, 
R.  Lyons  by  Lyons  and  Hutts,  Crowly,  La,;  Coleman  & 
Stamby  by  J.  J.  Oolemam,  Frost,  Tex. ;  H.  G.  Hill  by  W. 
H.  GajMapsy,  Hickory,  Miss.;  N.  M.  Adams  by  Dr.  Brown- 
ing, Kemp,  Tex.;  J.  A.  Crews  by  Crews  &  Norrell,  Sher- 
wood, O.  T. ;  E.  O.  MoDermott  by  McDermiotit  &  Kim- 
brew.  Wilmot,  Ark.;  B.  H.  "Ward  by  Ward,  Hendrix  & 
Co.,  Pisgalh,  Ark.';  Simmons  &  DeGaugh  by  J.  A.  De- 
Gaugh,  Terrell,  Tex. ;  E.  E.  Stricklen  by  Stricklen  &  Hext, 
Eldorado,  Tex. ;  Harvey  &  Robey  by  Wade  Harvey,  ICosci- 
usko.  Miss.;  Carmiclhael,  CoUe  &  C3o.  by  Carmiohael  & 
Coyle,  Lamkln,  Tex. ;  O.  B.  Bush  by  the  O.  K.  Drug  Store, 
at  Columbia.  Ala.:.\.  G.  Frere  by  Foster  &  Frere,  Frank- 
lin, La. ;  E.  F.  Ward  &  Bro.  by  B.  F.  Ward,  Dale,  Tex. ; 
D.  W.  Day  -by  Cox  &  Gill,  Hajntsells,  Ala. ;  W.  J.  Jenkins 
by  H.  L.  Ja'cksoin  «c  Co.,  Centerville,  La;  H.  A.  Snoddy  by 
H.  A.  Snoddy  &  Bro.,  W^eathei-ford,  O.  T. ;  Gulfpont  Drug 
Co.  by  J.  Frank  Smi'th,  Gulfport,  Miss. 
— jHarry  Mayer,  the  "brigtot  yoomg  clerk  for  W.  C.  Dlr- 
meyer,  MempOiIs,  Tenn.,  was  one  of  the  suocessfuU  appll- 
oanits  at  the  recent  meeting  of  the  Boaird  of  Plhiarmacy. 
Mr.  Mayer  is  one  of  the  yoim-gest  registered  p'hannacists 
In  the  State. 

^Miss  Davis,  represenltlng  itihe  Thomas  Ink  Oo.,   of  Ohl- 

oago,  was  in  Memplhis  this  week  'oal'.ling  on  the  wholesaJo 
tirade.  Drummers  belonging  to  the  fair  eex  are  rare  In 
that  city,  and  it  Is  not  surprising  that  they  get  nice  or- 
ders. 

The  drug  store  of  A.  Renkert  &  Co.,  comer  Main  and 

Exchange  streets,  Memiphls,  Tenn.,  has  recently  been  re- 
modeled amd  Is  now  one  of  the  prettiest  pharmacies  in 
the  oity. 

J.   M.   Moss  has  severed  his  donneotlon  with  the  Van 

Vleeit- Mane  field  Drug  Oo.  and  will  travel  in  the  South  for 
('.  F.   Boehringer  &  Soehne  of  Now  York. 
— T.   P.  Cook,     representing  (the     New  York  Quinine     & 
Ohiemioal  Co.,   was  in  Memphis  last  week  calling  <m  the 
wholesale   trade. 

The  drug  store  ot  B.   L.  Clark  was  slig'htly  damaged 

by  fire   last   week  at  Kosciusko.   Miss. 


March  20,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


PATENTS.    TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


C^TT'/y      C^S:Uh     <^f^-S7S-  G<f^.03^ 


6  'fS7o  ^y 


PATENTS. 
Issued  March  ii,  igoa. 

6»*.'.H5.— Max  Cohn,  Bertin,  Germany.  Process  of  manu- 
facturing iodine   preparations. 

895.(133.— Edwin  D.  Chaplin.  Winchester,  and  Henry  G. 
Halloran.  Boston,  Mass..  assignors  to  Henry 
Daliin,  Boston,  Mass.  Production  of  Ohloirin  and 
alkaline  hydrates  electrolvticallv 

695,044.— AJbert  E.  Gibson,  Reading,  Pa.  Non-refl'llaiyia 
bottle. 

695,lio.— lienry  Sue.  Paris,  France.  Apparatus  for  charg- 
ing liquids  with  oarbonic-aoid  gas. 

693,141.— Dbenezer  Boyes,  Peckham,  England.  Means  for 
maintaining  in  heated  condition  decoctions  of 
coffee,   tea  or  other  liquids. 

695,180. — George  C.  Stone,  Jersey  City.  N-  J-,  assignor  to 
the  New  Jersey  Zinc  Company,  a  Corporation  O'f 
New  Jersey.  Apparatus  for  cooling  and  absorb- 
ing sulfuric  anhydrid. 
•  GiB.198— Henry  V.  Dunham,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor 
to  Casein  Company  of  America,  a  Corporation 
of  New  Jersey.  Insolub:e  casein  and  process  of 
producing  same. 

G!)5. 247. —Louis  Steibel  and  Chaiies  W.  Williams.  New 
York.  N.  Y..  assignors  to  the  Century  Stopper 
CvMnpany,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  a  Corporation  of 
New  Jersey.    Bottle-flUing  machine. 

695.254. — Wilhelm  Weber.  Stolberg  II,  Germany,  assignor 
to  Chemische  Fabrik  Rhenania,  Aachen.  Ger- 
many. Pancreas  preparation  and  process  of 
producing  same. 

(595.262.— Giles  H.  Zeal,  London,  England.  Maximum 
thermometer. 

01)5,270.— George  M.  Beringer,  (3amden,  N.  J.  Vaccine- 
shield. 

C95.314— William  Hucks,  Jr.,  London,  England.  Appara- 
tus for  dispensiing  aerated  liquids. 

6!».356.— Burton  A.  Washburn,  Wickliffe.  Ky.  Medicine- 
Applicator. 

Ci!>5.375.— Charles   E.    Chamberland.   Paris,    Fra.nce.    Filter 


37,922.- 
37,923.- 


37.924. 
.  37.925. 


TRADE  MARKS. 

Registered  March  ii,  1902. 

-Perfumes.  Richard  Hudnut,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
The  word   "Cardinal." 

-Eau-De-Oologne,  Soaps,  Waters  and  Lotions  for 
Toilet  Purposes.  Naamlooze  Vennootschap  Eau 
de  Cologne  Fabriek  Voorheen  J.  C.  Boldoot, 
Amsterdam.  Netheiilands.  The  representation 
of  a  building  having  three  towers. 

-Antiblennorrhacie.  Henry  S  Clark,  New  York 
N.  Y.    The  word  "Uriform."  ' 

-Remedies  for  the  Cure  of  Rheumatism.  John  C. 
Bilbo.  Laurel,  Tex.  The  representation  of  a 
druggist's  balance,  consisting  of  a  rectangular 
base  having  a  standard  mounted  thereon,  sup- 
porting a  beam  bearing  hangers,  which  carry 
welghlne-pans. 


37,927. 
37,928. 

37,929. 
37.930. 


-Blood  Remedy. 
Medicine  Co., 
"Podock." 

—Sedative  Compound.  Alien  H.  Still,  New  York. 
N.   Y.    The  word   "Modoveri." 

—Laxative  and  Diuretic  (jompound.  Allen  H. 
Still,  New  York,  N.  Y.  The  words  "Mode 
Lithia." 

—Liquid  Laxatives.  W'iHaam  D.  Rea,  Minneapolis, 
Minn.    The  word   "Cascola." 

— Stomach-Bitters.  Munyon's  Hottneopathic  Home 
Remedy  Co.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  The  representa- 
tion of  a  tree  with  a  sign-board  projected  across 
the  trunk  thereof. 


LABELS. 
Registered  March  11,  1902. 

9,013.— Title:  "The  Cardinal  Kidney  Cure  and  Tonic." 
(For  a  Medicine.)  Charles  W.  Johnson,  New 
York,   N.  Y.    Filed  January  10,   1903. 

9,014.— Title:  "Eu-Cal-Hydra."  (For  an  Oinjtment.) 
Charles  W.  Dean,  Chardon,  CMiio.  Filed  Febru- 
ary 14,   1902 

9,015.— Title:  "Belgian  Hair  Grower."  (For  Hair- 
Tonic).  William  C.  Ballowitz,  Chicago,  III. 
Filed  Fetoruary  17,  1902. 


The  WisconBin  Board  of  Pharmacy  toas  completed  its 

report  of  the  examinations  held  in  Milwaukee,  Feb.  12 
and  13.  Certificates  of  registration  were  granted  as  fol- 
lows, they  having  passed  examinations  in  the  States  from 
where  they  came:  F.  B.  Eytcleshymer,  Milwaukee,  from 
Illinois;  A.  B.  Flagg,  Rhinelander,  from  Slichigan;  H.  E, 
Brrickson,  Soldiers'  Grove,  from  Iowa.  Of  the  sixty-five 
candidates  for  licentiate  or  first  grade  certificates,  seven 
were  given  certificates,  ae  follows:  R.  T.  Strauss,  MarBlh^ 
field;  J.  A.  Watson,  Chippewa  Falls;  W.  F.  Mohrhousen, 
Milwaukee;  Eaward  Buss.  Janesville;  F.  S.  Wetmore, 
Janesville;  F.  J.  Messing,  De  Pere;  Anton  Rocock,  Ar- 
cadia. Those  given  assistant  ccrtiflcates  follow:  E.  J. 
Baldwin,  Merrill;  L.  J.  Cysewski,  Arcadia;  L.  H.  Now- 
ack.  Watertown;  R.  F.  Breckow,  Milwaukee;  Bemice  G. 
I'hinn,  Camp  Dougla.=s;  F.  W^  Kigiimy,  McFarland;  H. 
O.  Peterson,  Colfax;  G.  H.  Haertlein,  Milwaukee;  S.  C. 
H.  Nolle,  Milwaukee;  F.  H.  GlUe,  Ashland;  G.  A. 
Shields,  Mazominie.  Of  the  total  number  examined  for- 
ty-seven were  rejected.  (5n  Feb.  12  the  Board  met  with  a 
committee  from  the  Milwaukee  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion to  look  up  certain  points  In  tihe  pharmacy  law.  The 
next  meeting  of  the  Board  will  be  held  at  Madison,  Ai>ril 
23  and  24.  All  the  members  of  the  Board,  H.  G.  Thom(p- 
son,  Marinette;  A.  F.  Menges,  Madison;  D.  A.  Taylor, 
Stevens  Point;  H.  C.  Schramck,  Milwaukee;  E.  B.  Heim- 
street.  Janesville;  were  in  attendance  at  the  meeting. 


306 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  20,  1902-. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

BUSINESS  CONDITIONS  SATISFACTORY. 

New  York.  March  18.— Fluctuations  in  prices  during  the 
past  week  have  been  limited  to  only  a  few  articles  and  the 
charges  are  of  no  special  significance  but  healthy  busi- 
ness conditions  continue  to  prevail  tihroughout  the  market 
w^th  the  general  movement  satisfactory  to  dealers. 

OPIUM.— Rumors  have  been  current  of  unfavorable 
weather  in  the  growing  districts  of  Turkey  and  fears  of 
damage  to  the  young  plants,  but  importers  are  apparently 
not  anxious,  probably  on  account  of  the  continued  lacls 
of  important  inquiry,  and  former  quotations  are  still  ac- 
ceptable. Jobbers'  prices  remain  unchanged  at  $3.20@ 
3.40  tor  9  per  cent  and  .$3.30igS.50  for  11  per  cent.  Pow- 
dered continues  moderately  active  in  a  small  way,  with 
values  maintained  at  $4.25@4.50  for  13  per  cent.,  $4.75@.60O 
for  16  per  cent,   and  $4.50@4.75  for  granular. 

MORPHINE.— There  Is  no  abatement  at  the  active  con- 
suming demand  noted  for  several  weeks  past  and  prices 
continue  steady  at  the  old  range  of  $2.40@2.50  for  eighths 
in  1-oz.  boxes,  $2.35(5:2.45  for  2yo-oz.  boxes,  $2.15lgi2.2o  in 
ounce  vials,  and  $2.10@2.20  in  5-oz.  cans,  according  to 
brand  and  quantity 

QUININE.— Foreign  manufaturers  have  not  yot  fol- 
lowed the  lead  of  the  domestic  makers,  but  outside  holders 
are  still  looking  for  a  general  improvement,  owing  to  the 
strong  position  of  raw  -material.  Values  of  bark  advanced 
at  the  monthly  sale  in  London  last  week,  and  the  ship- 
ments from  Java  continue  to  show  a  falling  off  compared 
with  corresponding  periods  last  year.  An  improved  de- 
mand for  quinine  also  is  expected. 

OIL  LEMONGRASS.— Under  the  influences  noted  last 
week  the  market  is  again  easier  and  jobbing  prices  shew 
a  further  decline  to  .^2.55(§'2.75, 

GUM  GAMBOGE.- Extreme  scarcity  both  here  and 
abroad,  together  with  light  stocks  at  producing  points, 
have  caused  a  general  marking  np  of  values  and  the  re- 
vised .lobMng  quotations  are  S5@9i>c  for  pipe  and  93c@.fl.OO. 
GLYCERINE.— Domestic  refiners  have  advanced  prices 
%c.  per  lb.  owing  to  a  decided  increase  in  cost  of  crude, 
and  the  tone  of  the  market  is  stronger,  but  jotbtiers  are 
yet  willing  to  seill  at  ITViiSilSc.  for  the  better  grades  In 
cans  and   22(3250.   for   smaller   quantities. 

JALAP. — ^Co'mpetition  aimong  importers  continues  to 
influence  an  easy  feeling  and  jobbing  parcels  are  obtain- 
able at  20@)2oc.  for  whole  and  2o@3oc.  for  powdered  as  to 
quantity. 

TONKA  'BEANS.-^Angostura  are  in  better  supply  and 
easier  with  jobbers  quoting  90c.(?i$1.0O. 

KPSOM  SALTS.^Crude  material  is  higher  and  manu- 
facturers have  advanced  their  prices  20c.  per  100  lbs.  The 
revised  jobbing  quotations  are  1.35@l%c.  in  barrels  and 
2i4@4c.  for  broken  lots,  according  to  size  of  order. 

SENEGA  ROOT.— Primary  markets  are  again  higher 
and  there  is  an  increased  demand  from  large  buyers,  but 
jobbers  continue  to  quote  70@S0c.  for  whole  and  7o(i>85c. 
for  powdered. 

ISAI^TPETER.— Refiners  have  advanced  prices  on  alll 
grades  %c.  per  lb.,  but  jobbing  quotations  remain  un- 
changed at  5%@6c.  for  pure  in  small  crystals,  7@T'/-tc.  in 
large  crystals  and  9'§)12c.  for  powdered. 

IPECAC.— Foreign  markets  are  easier  under  liberal 
stocks  and  slow  demand,  and  jobbing  quotations  have 
been  reduced  to  $2.95(??3.20  for  whole,  '.$3.00®3.25  for  ground 
and  $8.O5'S3..30  for  powdered,  as   to   quantity. 

BATBERRT  WAX.— The  market  is  firmer  under  stead- 
ily dijminishing  stocks  and  jobbers  have  advanced  quota- 
tions to  27'f?.''.0c..    according  to  size   of  order. 

CHLORATE  OF  POTASH.— Values  are  higher  owing 
(tlo  scarcity,  and  difficulty  in  getting  fresh  supplies  firom 
producing  points,  and  jobbing  quotations  have  been 
marked  up  to  9(p9V''C.  for  crystals  in  kegs  and  12(?i>15e.  for 
less;  ,powdered,  9H@10c,  In  kegs  and   lv3@16c.   for  less.     . 

ALCOHOL.— The  market  for  grain  is  easier  and  jobbers 
have  reduced  quotations  to  .'i!2.50(g)2.52  for  barrels  and 
$2.58(512.70  for  smaller  quantities. 


Zipp's  Crushed  Fruit. 

The  attention  of  readers  is  called  to  the  advertisement 
of  fhe  Zipp  Manufacturing  Co.,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  in  this 
Issue  of  the  Era.  This  firm  has  a  reputatdon  extending 
over  23  years  for  sending  out  only  the  purest  goods  and 
this  accounts  tor  its  success  in  the  manu,facture  of 
crushed  fruits,  flavoring  extracts,  fruit  juices.  rock 
candy  syrup,  etc.  Mr.  John  Zipp,  the  head  of  this  con- 
cern, started  out  dn  his  career  as  a  manufacturer  'With 
the  belief  that  hygienic  goods  and  honest  methods  meant 
com/mercial  success,  and  his  record  shows  he  iwas  right. 
The  Zipp  Company  looks  after  the  purity  of  its  products 
first,  then  the  price.  They  claim  a  sample  and  price  list 
will  prove  the  econolny  of  Zipp's  crushed  fruit.  Write 
to  the  company  at  Cleveland  and  have  them  send  you  a 
sample. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Acidif ugo     290' 

ASSOCIATIONS,  (Clubs,  Alumni,  etc.:  Annapolis, 
Md.,  Druggists,  300;  Buffalo  Pharmacists'  Club, 
295;  Bushwick  PharmaceutlcaJl  Association,  296; 
Chicago  Retail  Druggists.  301;  Oorry.  Pa.,  Re- 
tail Druggists,  296;  District  of  Columbia  Re- 
tail Druggists,  .300:  Kings  County  (N.  T.,)  Phiar- 
imaceutical,  294;  Lynchburg.  Va.,  Druggists,  293; 
National  Association  Retail  Druggists,  203:  New 
York  Board  of  Trade,  Drug  Section,  295;  Ne(w 
York  College  oif  Pharmacy  Alumni,  294;  Philadel- 
phia. Retail  Druggists.  298;  Proprietary  Associa- 
tion of  America,  295;  Society  oif  Chemical  In- 
dustry, N.  Y.  Section.  296;  Worcester  Pharma- 
ceutical       297 ;. 

BOARDS     of     PHARMACY:       Michigan,     292;     New 

York    294 

Bonal     286. 

BOOK    REVIEWS:     Pocket   Cyclopedia   of   Medicine 

and  Surgery   303. 

BOWLING  DRUG  TRADE:  Baltimjore,  299;  Phila- 
delphia      29& 

Cachets     28T 

Cartwn    Totrachloride    292 

Carnit    28& 

CMoretone   292 

COLLEGi-JS   of   PHARMACY:     Michigan  University, 

300;   New  York    294;  Philadelphia 299 

Copper    Iso-Valerianate    285 

CORRESPONDENCE 285 

Drug     Problems     291 

EDITORIALS:  Anti-Vaccination  Legislation,  284; 
Drug  Store  Problems,  284;  Proposed  Drug  Store 
on  Bunker  Hill.   283;  The  Metric  Systsem  in  the 

U.    S.,   283;    Treatment   of   Leprosy 284 

Elixir   Salicylic   Acid   Comipound 290 

Extract    Aloes 292 

Glass    Tubing,    Manufacture 304 

Ink,    Indelible.    Blue    290 

Magnesium    C'acodvlate    292 

MARKET    REPORT    30C 

Matzoon     Litigatio-n 285 

NEIWS  LETTERS:  Baltiiraore,  290;  Chicago.  301; 
Michigan,  300;  New  England,  297;  New  Orleans, 
303;  New  York,  294;  Philadeiliphia,  298;  Pittsburg, 

299;   St.   Louis.   ,S03;   Northwest,   302;   South 30* 

PATENTS,    TRADEMARKS,    ETC 306 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  oif  Per- 
sonal Intere.st  Etc.:  Billman,  Joseph  L.,  286; 
Bronson,  D.  D.,  289;  Cadman,  Maurice  D.,  295 
Cotter.  T.  B.,  297;  Englehorn,  Friedrich,  286; 
Hargrave,  Philip,  297;  Hays,  Francis  B.,  294; 
Kuemmerle.  WilliaTn  Jr.,  304;  Lindgren,  A.  J., 
292;  Lyon,  Nicholas' U..  292;  Porsch  Chemical 
Co.,  295;  Prescott,  Dr.  A.  B..  300;  Ryan  Drug 
Co..   302;   Sprowl,    B.   Dent.,   301;   Standard   FUnt 

Glass  Works,  304;  Van  Nort,  J.  C 296 

Physicians,   Inducing  them   to  Prescribe 286 

Preservative,    Food,    Hydrogen    Peroxide 292 

QUESTION     BOX 290 

Red     Albumen     299 

Sapolan     292 

Sodluim  Phosiphate,   Effervescent   290 

Souithern    Drug   Journal    2&4 

Tablets,     Urosteril     292 

Tachiol     .■ 286 

Tonic.    Glycerin 290 

Varnish.     Bottle 290 

Young    Men    in    Busmess 288 


A  Joke. 

Why  are  Matthews'  Concentrated  Syrups  like  a  clothes 
line? 

The  former  is  so  sweet  that  it  draws  flies,  while  the 
latter  flies  drawers.  But  the  fact  that  the  old  and  orig- 
inal firm  of  John  (Matthews  Is  again  in  the  Extracts  and 
Concentrated  Syrup  business  is  no  joke— as  you  Trill  see 
by  their  advertlspiment  on  page  8. 


ARTHUR    COLTON, 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 
and  Appliances, 

DETROIT,    MICH.,    U.   S.   A. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


EVERY   THURSDAY. 


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THE  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

The  lectures  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  are  es- 
pecially valuaible  as  a  preparation  for  examination  by  a 
board  of  pharmacy,  to  those  who  cannot  attend  a  col- 
lege of  pharmacy,  and  to  all  desiring  to  review  thieir 
former  study  of  the  subjects  embraced  in  the  curricu- 
lum.   The  tee  for  the  full  course  Is  only  $10. 

Write  for  descriptive  Prospectus,  now  ready. 


AN  OPPORTUNITY  FOR  TRADE  EXTENSION. 

The  druggist  has  been  repeatedly  told  of  the  profit  and 
pleasure  to  ibe  derived  from  making  and  selling  those 
articles  in  the  drug  and  ohe.micaI  line  which  find  use  in 
the  household  or  in  the  workshop.  But  the  advice  or 
instruction  for  making  these  things  is  not  so  freely 
offered.  This  deficiency  in  the  situatioini  is  most  admir- 
ably filled  by  the  Era  Formulary.  Of  its  5,000  fonmulas, 
over  1.500  axe  for  the  class  of  articles  referred  to.  These 
Include  a  great  variety  of  formulas  for  cleaning  prepara- 
tions, insecticides,  vermin  poisons,  d'isinfectants,  antisep- 
tics, dyes,  cements,  glues,  pastes,  mucilages,  pyrotechmics, 
leather  dressings,  paints,  varnishes,  stains,  soda  syrups, 
inks,  polishes,  etc.,  etc.  These  are  articles  whJah  people 
use  every  day  and  they  do  no't  always  buy  them  of  the 
druggist.  The  latter  should  have  this  trade,  because  he  is 
peculiarly  competent  to  make  the  articles,  and  they  are 
so  na/turally  related  to  drugs  and  chemicals  as  to  con- 
stitute a  most  legitimate  side  line.  The  Era  Formulary 
will  furnish  the  druggist  an  incentive  and  a  guide  for 
working  up  such  a  business.  The  book  is  sent  postpaid 
upon  receipt  of  $5.00.     Address, 

The  Pharmaceutical  Era,  3D6  Broadway,  New  York. 


The  cases  of  tetanus  which  followed  the  adminis- 
traton  of  antitoxin  in  St.  Louis,  and  which  shocked 
the  world  a  few  months  ago,  have  been  subjected  to 
an  official  investigation.  The  responsibility  for  this 
crime  of  negligence  has  been  fixed,  but  in  view  of 
the  frightful  consequences  of  this  offense,  the  punish- 
ment inflicted  seems  to  be  ridiculously  light.  Dr. 
.\mand  Ravold,  the  bacteriologist  in  charge  of  the 
municipal  laboratory,  and  his  negro  janitor  were 
found  guilty  of  negligence,  and  were  "dismissed  from 
the  service  of  the  city."  Dismissal  "from  the  service 
of  the  city"  can  scarcely  be  considered  a  severe  puii- 
ishment  for  causing  thirteen  or  fourteen  terrible 
deaths.  It  is  probably  true  that,  as  a  member  of  the 
investigating  committee  is  reported  to  have  said,  "no 
one  believes  that  Dr.  Ravold  is  guilty  of  having  de- 
liberately and  intentionally  given  out  poisonous  anti- 
toxin." He  was  "simply  negligent,"  but  negligence 
which  is  followed  by  such  frightful  consequences  is 
not  commonly  so  lightly  dismissed.  A  railway  engi- 
neer does  not  escape  punishment  for  accidentally 
causing  the  loss  of  life  because  his  error  is  uninten- 
tional. If  city  authorities  think  so  lightly  of  humaa 
life  that  a  mere  loss  of  place  is  considered  a  sufficient 
penalty  for  the  wholesale  slaughter  of  children,  the 
people  will  do  well  to  avoid  the  use  of  municipal  an- 
tito.xin. 

The  exploiters  of  "red  albumin"  have  been  brought 
up  with  a  sharp  turn  by  the  postal  authorities.  The 
U.  S.  Salyx  Co.,  which  has  been  trying  to  swell  its 
bank  account  by  means  of  this  and  other  "fake"  prep- 
arations, has  been  placed  upon  the  black  list,  and  is 
no  longer  permitted  to  use  the  mails.  A  few  weeks 
ago  the  Era  warned  its  readers  against  this  firm,  the 
demand  for  the  "hen  food"  being  then  at  its  height. 
At  that  time  it  was  reported  that  this  marvellously 
promising  preparation  contained  red  pepper,  a  sub- 
stance which  has  long  been  used  for  persuading  dis- 
couraged hens  to  lay;  but  it  now  appears  that  it  con- 
tains not  even  a  small  proportion  of  genuine  hen 
stimulant,  being  quite  lOO  per  cent,  "fake,"  nothing 
more  or  less  than  crude  red  paint,  a  form  of  iron 
oxide.  The  Era  has  now  exposed  the  fraudulent 
schemes  of  the  U.  S.  Salyx  Co.  a  number  of  different 


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times,  each  time  furnishing  information  early  enough 
to  save  its  readers  from  an  annoying  loss,  and  it  is 
constantly  on  the  alert  for  news  of  other  enterprises 
of  this  kind.  The  facilities  of  this  journal  for  gath- 
ering and  printing  news  while  it  is  news  makes  it 
possible  to  render  the  retail  druggist  this  service. 

The  past  year  has  been  an  unusually  prosperous 
one  for  schools  and  colleges.  The  number  of  stu- 
dents in  attendance  at  the  various  institutions  has 
been  large,  and  gifts  and  bequests  from  the  wealthy, 
now  one  of  the  most  important  sources  of  income, 
have  been  remarkably  bountiful.  Donations  amount- 
ing to  millions  of  dollars  have  poured  into  college 
cofi'ers,  and  the  institution  which  has  not  been  re- 
freshed by  at  least  a  small  shower  of  gold  has  rea- 
son to  consider  itself  comparatively  friendless.  Yet, 
among  all  these  gifts  and  bequests,  the  donation  of 
the  N.  Y.  C.  P.  alumni,  noticed  in  the  Era  of  last 
week,  is  the  only  one  which  finds  its  way  to  the 
treasury  of  a  college  of  pharmacy.  Why  institutions 
of  pharmaceutical  learning  have  been  overlooked  in 
this  way  has  not  as  yet  received  a  satisfactory  expla- 
nation. Must  the  reason  for  this  apparent  neglect 
be  sought  in  a  general  lack  of  confidence  in  the  work 
being  done  in  these  institutions,  in  a  want  of  profes- 
sional pride,  or  in  a  scarcity  of  money  among  those 
interested  in  pharmacy?  It  cannot  be  because  there 
are  no  large  fortunes  among  those  who  supply  the 
remedies  for  disease,  for  some  forms  of  pharmaceu- 
tical enterprise  are  remunerative  in  the  highest  de- 
gree. 

A  reader  who  takes  part  in  the  Era  problem  con- 
tests, asks  us  to  publish  solutions  of  all  the  prob- 
lems in  full,  so  that  a,  contestant  may  learn  how  and 
why  he  obtained  a  wrong  answer.  Our  correspon- 
dent is  undoubtedly  correct  in  saying  that  detailed 
solutions  would  add  to  the  educational  value  of  the 
problems,  and  if  the  only  purpose  of  the  department 
were  to  give  instruction  of  this  kind  there  would  be 
no  objection  to  complying  with  his  request.  But  the 
interest  of  these  contests  for  the  general  reader  does 
not  rest  so  much  in  the  educational  value  of  the  prob- 
lems as  in  the  sport  of  seeing  how  many  he' can  an- 
swer correctly  and  who  will  get  the  prize.  Most  of  the 
solutions  are  also  pretty  long  and  complicated  and 
the  space  which  we  can  devote  to  this  department 
is  too  limited  to  permit  of  their  publication. 

The  Massachusetts  Board  of  Health  was  recently 
ordered  by  the  General  Court  to  study  the  efifects  of 
alum  upon  the  bodily  health  of  persons  consuming 
foods  containing  this  substance.  The  Board  has  de- 
cided that  it  cannot  make  the  desired  investigation, 
owing  to  the  very  great  difficulty  which  a  study  of 
this  kind  presents.  The  members  of  the  Board  ex- 
plain that  an  investigation,  which  would  lead  to  con- 
clusive and  indisputable  results,  would  involve  the  ex- 
penditure of  a  very  large  amount  of  money.  The  dif- 
ficulties involved  in  this  alum  investigation  W'ill  unfor- 
tunately be  encountered  upon  all  sides  in  securing 
pure  food  by  means  of  law.  There  are  no  questions 
about  which  people  differ  more  widely  or  have  more 
positive  opinions  than  those  of  the  healthfulness  of 
substances  taken   into   the   human   body.     Every  one 


has  his  own  opinion  about  the  kind  of  food  he  needs, 
the  relative  injury  likely  to  result  from  smoking  and 
drinking,  and  the  brand  of  Spring  medicine  a  person 
ought  to  take.  A  discouraging  part  of  the  question 
is  that  members  of  the  medical  profession  differ  al- 
most as  widely  in  these  matters  as  their  patients.  It 
is  possible  to  obtain  testimonials  for  almost  any  kind 
of  nostrum  and  endorsements  of  any  system  of  diet. 
Perhaps  at  some  time  science  will  settle  all  of  these 
questions  definitely,  and  thus  remove  a  universal  topic 
of  conversation  and  do  away  with  a  number  of  the 
present  modes  of  gaining  a  livelihood,  but  the  pos- 
sibility of  this  event  is  as  yet  extremely  remote.  The 
results  of  the  investigation  of  alcohol  in  the  human 
body,  obtained  a  few  years  ago  by  Prof.  Atwater, 
would  seem  to  be  as  nearly  final  as  it  is  possible  for 
science  to  make  them,  yet  they  do  not  seem  to  have 
produced  the  slightest  effect  upon  the  public,  the 
lawyers  and  the  law-makers.  The  question  of  food 
adulteration  is  likely  to  require  the  attention  of  legis- 
lators and  experts  for  some  time  to  come. 

Eastertide  is  again  at  hand.  Displays  of  dyes  and 
cards  adorn  the  druggists'  windows,  and  the  voice  of 
the  robin  is  heard  in  the  land.  At  this  season  when 
nature  is  preparing  to  make  a  fresh  display,  a  little 
later  to  resume  the  serious  business  of  providing  sus- 
tenance for  the  millions  of  creature  which  depend 
upon  her  bounty,  the  druggist  also  prepares  a  flow- 
ery display  of  cards  and  colors,  and  provides  for  the 
Summer's  trade.  The  soda  fountain's  hibernation 
comes  to  an  end,  and  this  ornamental  structure  is 
subjected  to  a  general  furbishing  and  polishing  in  or- 
der to  dazzle  the  small  bov  and  attract  the  eye  of  the 
thirsty.  Winter  goods  disappear  from  the  shelves 
and  counters,  and  their  places  are  filled  with  Spring 
remedies  and  conveniences  for  the  house-cleaning 
which  to  many  is  the  only  unwelcome  item  of  the 
season's  gifts.  The  clerks  will  soon  desert  the  bowl- 
ing alleys  and  turn  their  attention  to  fishing  rods  and 
tackle,  and  base  ball  will  resume  its  undisputed  sway 
over  the  youth  of  the  country.  The  progressive  drug- 
gist promptly  adapts  his  business  to  the  demands  of 
the  changing  season  and  turns  the  newly  awakened 
hopes,  desires  and  wants  to  his  profit. 

It  is  not  often  the  good  fortune  of  the  Eia  to  be 
able  to  record  in  a  single  issue  the  occurrence  of  four 
weddings.  In  the  present  number  our  readers  will 
find  notices  of  events  of  this  kind  in  four  different 
parts  of  the  country.  We  are  unable  to  explain  why 
pharmaceutical  weddings  are  so  numerous  jusl  now, 
and  it  is  unnecessary  to  attempt  to  draw  a  moral. 
Marriage  is  its  own  moral.  Weddings  are  pleasant 
events,  and  always  enliven  things  up,  in  the  pagos  of 
a  pharmaceutical  journal  as  well  as  in  every  day  life. 
On  the  whole,  these  notices  are  a  good  sign.  "They 
show  that  the  evil  conditions  under  which  pharmacy 
is  said  to  be  laboring,  do  not  monopolize  the  pharma- 
cist's entire  attention  to  the  exclusion  of  more  inter- 
esting and  more  important  matters. 

Some  one  who  probably  has  trustworthy  informa- 
tion about  such  matters,  has  calculated  that  there  are 
at  present  nearly  four  hundred  women  pharmacists  m 
the  United  States.     \\'hcn  we  rcmcnil)er  that  women 


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have  always  received  a  hearty  welcome  in  American 
pharmacy,  this  number  seems  rather  small.  In  Eng- 
land and  Germany  where  there  has  been  a  very  un- 
chivalrous  opposition  to  the  feminine  apothecary,  one 
would  not  expect  to  find  many  women  in  drug  stores, 
but  among  ourselves  where  no  one  seems  to  object 
seriously  to  the  presence  of  a  pretty  face  in  tlie  phar- 
macy, this  comparatively  small  number  is  somewhat 
surprising.  It  seems  that  in  the  Netherlands  women 
pharmacists  are  more  plentiful  than  in  other  coun- 
tries, for  they  are  strong  enough  in  numbers  to  de- 
sire an  association  of  their  own.  We  are  pleased  to 
add  that  their  brother  pharmacists  have  met  this  pro- 
posal in  the  proper  spirit,  and  have  promptly  ex- 
tended an  invitation  to  the  pharmaceutical  sorority 
to  join  their  own  organization.  The  Dutch  pharma- 
cists will  never  have  reason  to  regret  this  chivalrous 
behavior. 

Scotch  pharmacists  are  naturally  interested  in  the 
distribution  of  the  educational  fund  established  in 
that  country  by  an  American  millionaire  and  recently 
spoken  of  in  England  as  "The  Carnegie  Ed.  Trust." 
The  representatives  of  pharmacy  would  have  neglec- 
ted a  duty  if  they  had  not  tried  to  obtain  some  ad- 
vantage for  their  calling  from  this  great  fund.  But  it 
seems  that  the  proceeds  are  available  only  for  pur- 
poses of  higher  education,  and,  in  the  opinion  of  one 
of  our  English  exchanges,  can  be  of  very  little  ben- 
efit except  to  a  class  already  privileged  by  unusual 
educational  advantages.  Our  exchange  thinks  that 
Mr.  Carnegie's  idea  was  a  grand  one,  namely,  to  open 
the  doors  of  the  institutions  of  learning  to  the  mul- 
titude of  men  and  women  who  would  otherwise  toil 
through  a  dreary  life.  "But,"  continues  this  writer, 
".the  money  will  have  to  be  handled  by  examination- 
mongers  who  think  education  can  be  measured  by 
percentages  of  marks.  The  result  will  be  that  a  cer- 
tain lot  of  doctors,  lawyers  and  clerg>-men  will  get 
cheap  teaching  and  that  is  all."  It  has  been  proposed 
to  secure  a  part  of  this  fund  for  the  benefit  of  stu- 
dents desiring  the  degree  of  B.  Sc.  in  pharmacy.  Our 
exchange  thinks  that  this  plan  also  promises  only 
small  benefit.  It  points  out  that  there  is  not  a  field 
in  pharmacy  for  many  B.  Sc.  Pharms.,  and  that  to  the 
vast  majority  of  druggists  the  title  and  the  training 
for  it  would  prove  rather  an  encumbrance  than  a 
help.  In  .\nierica  we  are  not  troubled  with  doubts 
about  the  value  of  higher  education  of  pharmacy,  but 
there  is  much  food  for  thought  in  these  expressions 
of  our  friend  across  the  Atlantic. 


A  NEW  COUNTERIRRITANT  PLASTER.— 
According  to  the  Pharmaceutische  Centralhalle,  "io- 
dine leaf."  a  new  counterirritant  plaster  or  paper  con- 
sists of  three  leaves  of  bibulous  paper,  one  saturated 
with  potassium  iodide  and  iodate,  one  with  a  solution 
of  acid  sulphate  of  potassium,  dried  and  kept  apart 
by  means  of  a  third  sheet  of  paper.  When  these 
leaves  are  moistened  and  applied  to  the  skin,  the 
compounds  in  the  papers  react,  liberating  iodine 
which  produces  the  desired  irritating  effect.  When 
required  for  use.  the  'leaf"  is  dipped  in  tepid  water, 
applied  to  the  affected  part,  covered  with  oil  silk  and 
fastened  with  a  compress.  The  irritation  produced 
in  fifteen  minutes  equals  that  of  a  mustard  plaster, 
and  blisters  are  produced  if  the  plaster  is  allowed  to 
remain  for  an  hour.  It  causes  little  pain,  which  dis- 
appears quickly  after  the  plaster  is  removed. 


PHARMACY   FIFTY   YEARS   AGO. 

Columbus,  Ohio,  March  20th,  1902. 

To  the  Editor:  In  the  next  issue  of  your  journal 
will  you  kindly  place  the  following  before  your  read- 
ers: 

"It  is  proposed  that  at  the  coming  fiftieth  annual 
meeting  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  .Association 
to  bring  out  before  the  Section  on  Practical  Phar- 
macy and  Dispensing,  the  dilTerence  in  the  character 
of  the  work  of  pharmacy  and  dispensing  fifty  years 
ago  and  now.  It  is  earnestly  desired  that  those  who 
are  in  position  to  furnish  matters  of  interest  along 
this  line  will  kindly  do  so  at  an  early  date.  Descrip- 
tions of  apparatus  and  utensils  used  by  pharmacists 
fifty  years  ago  and  the  character  of  the  work  which 
they  were  called  upon  to  do  are  desirable. 

We  would  especially  like  to  have  the  name  and 
address  of  pharmacists  w'ho  were  practicing  their 
profession  fifty  years  ago  and  who  are  still  so  en- 
gaged at  the  present  time." 

Address  all  communications  to 

WILLIAM   KAEMMERER. 
Scretary.    Section    on    Practical    Pharmacy    and    Dis- 
pensing.   410    S.    6th    Street,    Columbus,    Ohio. 


THE  WORCESTER  PLAN. 

Cliicago,   March   15. 

To  the  Editor:  In  States  where  the  courts  say  that 
there  is  no  privity  of  contract  between  the  manufac- 
turer and  the  retail  druggist,  it  is  difficult  to  see  how 
the  Worcester  plan  can  be  made  to  work  unless  the 
retailers  violate  the  plinciples  of  their  own  organiza- 
tion and  buy  direct  from  the  manufacturers.  If  the 
Worcester  plan  stands  the  test  of  the  courts,  it  is 
a  good  one;  if  it  will  not  stand  that  test  it  is  a  poor 
one.  In  this  connection  the  notice  on  the  goods  of 
the  Freeman  Perfume  Company  is  interesting.  It 
appears  on  the  boxes  of  face  powder  and  reads  as 
follows: 

"This  box  of  face  powder  is  sold  to  be  consumed 
only,  and  the  title  continues  in  the  Freeman  Per- 
fume Co.,  to  prohibit  a  resale  thereof  by  any  pur- 
chases at  retail,  except  that  it  may  be  resold  lor  not 
less  than  25  cents  per  box.  The  acceptance  of  this 
bo.x  by  any  person  is  assent  to  this  condition  of  sale, 
and  a  direct  agreement  with  the  Freeman  Perfume 
Co.,  that  for  each  violation  the  possession  of  this  box 
may  be  recovered:  that  party  selling  at  retail  for  less 
than  25  cents  w'ill  pay  the  said  company  $21.00  as 
liquated  damages,  it  being  impossible  to  ascertain 
the  exact  damage  the  said  company  w-ill  suffer  by 
such  violation.  Freeman   Perfume   Co." 

It  seems  to  me  that  it  is  a  qestion  whether  or 
not  title  to  the  goods  may  remain  in  the  manufactur- 
ers so  as  to  control  the  price  of  the  goods  at  retail. 
In  case  title  did  remain  in  the  manufacturers,  the 
goods  would  be  sold  on  consignment,  with  no  title 
whatever  vesting  in  the  retailer,  who  would  be  en- 
titled merely  to  a  share  of  the  proceeds  resulting 
from  the  sale.  In  other  words.  he  w^ould 
be  an  agent.  I  doubt.  too.  if  the  ac- 
ceptance of  the  box  is  acceptance  of  the  con- 
dition, even  where  the  Freeman  Co.  says  so:  for 
the  railroads  say  on  their  transportation  that  there 
are  certain  conditions  as  to  non-transferability.  etc., 
but  they  have  not  seemed  to  be  able  to  make  the 
conditions  w'ork  to  any  great  extent  as  yet.  To  be 
sure,  transportation  on  a  railroad  may  be  regarded 
as  a  public  necessity,  while  the  same  can  hardly  be 


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[March  27,  1902. 


said  of  a  box  of  face  powder,  yet  there  seems  to  be 
some  parallel  in  principle.  Whether  or  not  arbitrary 
and  unliquidated  damages  are  collectible  is  also  a 
question.  They  certainly  cannot  be  collected  unless 
the  rest  of  the  contract  is  valid,  and  it  is  exceedingly 
doubtful  if  they  can  be  collected  at  all.  I  say  these 
things  not  out  of  a  spirit  of  criticism  or  opposition, 
but  in  the  way  of  suggestion,  in  order  that  the  best 
legal  advice  may  be  obtained  before  associations  or 
individuals  spend  much  money  oa  the  matter.       M. 


There  is  a  certain  young  druggist  in  Philadelphia 
whose  originality,  and  quickness  to  take  up  every  hint 
.that  looks  well  and  like  a  business-like  way  of  mak- 
ing people  feel  that  he  actually  enjoys  doing  them  a 
service,  are  going  to  make  him  rich  some  day — if  he 
doesn't  lose  his  spirit.  For  the  benefit  of  Era  read- 
ers, a  few  of  his  recent  successes  are  given. 

"Have  you  ever  noticed,"  he  said  to  the  Era  man 
.one  day,  "the  appalling  quantity  and  composition  of 
newspaper  recipes  lor  women's  benefit?"  The  answer 
was  that  such  stuff  was  an  abomination  and  a  source 
of  considerable  financial  loss  to  the  druggist.  "Not 
a  bit  of  it,  old  man,"  said  this  youngster,  "I've  made 
many  a  dollar  out  of  them,  and,  (impressively)  I'll 
give  you  my  scheme;  you  can  use  it  if  you  want  to." 
"Now  I  have  two  ways  of  making  newspaper  recipes 
pay  me.  First,  if  I  find  by  tactful  questioning  that 
.the  customer  has  her  mind  set  on  trying  th^  recipe 
herself  and  wants  the  materials  only,  I  tell  her  as 
politely  as  I  can  that  her  recipe  requires  special  skill 
to  get  it  nice,  and,  when  I  think  I've  got  it  into  her 
head  that  the  thing  "isn't  as  easy  as  it  looks,  I  tell 
her  that  the  recipe  is  a  really  good  one  (if  it  is),  ask 
her  to  let  me  copy  it  and  make  up  a  sample  to  com- 
pare with  here.  If  all's  well,  I  make  up  her  stuff, 
call  on  her  in  a  day  or  so  myself,  'to  see  what  luck 
she  had,  etc'  Nine  times  in  ten,  the  woman's  stuff 
is  a  mess,  mine  is  always  lovely,  and  now  comes  the 
critical  time.  If  I  even  hint  that  lack  of  skill  caused 
her  failure  I'mi  lost,  so,  my  boy,  I  give  her  a  little 
talk  on  the  difficulty  of  such  recipes,  remark  that  she 
has  done  wonderfully  well  for  one  unused  to  making 
such  stuff  and  wind  up  by  asking  her  to  accept  my 
make  and  try  it,  suggesting  that  if  she  likes  it,  I  can 
save  her  all  the  mess  and  bother  of  making  it  if  she 
will  let  me  fix  it  up  for  her  when  she  needs  it.  I've 
won  the  undving  esteem  of  at  least  twelve  women  in 
my  territory  by  this  plan,  being  very  careful  to  sound 
my  woman  as  to  her  disposition  and  to  make  her 
think  I'm  deeply  interested  in  her  success  with  her 
recipe,  plus  tactful  flattery." 

*     *     * 

"If  my  customer  merely  wants  to  try  her  recipe, 
it's  easy;  I  can  nearly  every  time  persuade  her  to 
let  me  make  it  for  her  by  telling  her  how  bothersome 
and  tedious  the  making  is,  elaborating  the  need  of  a 
lot  of  stirring,  etc.,  with  an  explanation  of  how  I 
can  make  it  with  mx,  'stirrer,'  which  I  show  her. 
Sometimes  the  recipe  is  an  impossibility,  but  I  don  t 
tell  my  customer  so  right  out.  Don't  forget  that,  old 
man,  never,  never  tell  a  customer  that  her  recipe  is 
a  mess  or  worthless,  it  hits  'em  in  our  tenderest  spot, 
no  one  likes  to  be  made  to  look  the  fool.  What  can 
you  do?  That's  easy.  First,  find  out  if  the  recipe  is 
an  old  family  one,  if  it  is,  make  it  up,  no  matter  hmv 
messy  it  is,  you'll  waste  time  trying  to  point  out_  its 
defects  and  succeed  only  in  losing  trade.  If  it's  just 
a  newspaper  'cure-all'  or  some  one's  suggestion,  be- 
•  gin  by  asking  if  it  was  ever  made  up  before,  if  not, 


then  suggest  that  a  slight  change  here  and  there  will 
improve  it,  the  recipe  being  rather  old-fashioned 
and  not  as  good  as  modern  improvements  would 
mak  it,  which  talk,  if  you  see  it  interests  your  cus- 
tomer, you  may  carry  up  to  the  point  where  you  get 
consent  to  make  the  recipe  in  the  way  you  suggest. 
It's  also  a  good  idea  to  make  a  little  of  the  original 
stuff  to  show  your  party  the  difference  and  how  much 
you  have  improved  it,  but,  let  this  idea  come  to  your 
customer  as  his  or  her  own  thought,  don't  act  as  if 
you  knew  it  all,  some  people  prefer  a  modest  willing- 
ness to  help  them." 

"The  rest  of  my  plan  is  to  advertise  continuously 
that  I  make  a  special  feature  of  preparing  newspaper 
and  family,  etc.,  recipes,  request  all  my  ad.  reaches 
to  bring  me  anything  they  may  want  to  try,  adding 
that  I  make  no  charge  for  trying  recipes  for  my  cus- 
tomers if  they  first  want  to  see  if  they  are  any  good 
and  that  I  have  special  apparatus,  old-fashioned  drugs, 
etc.,  etc.,  for  making  any  desired  preparation.  It 
doesn't  cost  much  to  'try'  recipes,  generally  I  can  tell 
at  a  glance  if  they  are  N.  G.,  and  when  I  do  make  up 
samples,  I  don't  make  much,  besides,  most  of  these 
are  alike  so  I  keep  old  ones  and  find  I  can  often  use 
them.  Now,  my  dear  fellow,  I  can  assure  you  that 
this  is  no  'fairy  tale,'  I've  kept  an  account  of  this 
business  for  some  time.  Last  year,  the  third  of  my 
plan  cleared  over  $200  on  these  recipes  alone,  and, 
my  trade  is  four  times  bigger  now." 
*     *     * 

The  night  was  rainy,  the  druggist  at  leisure  for 
the  time  and  he  seemed  to  feel  just  like  talking,  so 
the  Era  man  encouraged  further  hints. 

"Another  of  my  pet  ideas,  one  that  pays,  too,"  he 
went  on,  "is  the  watching  of  newspapers  and  maga- 
zines for  recipes  or  suggestions  that  seem  good,  those 
bearing  on  housekeeping  especially,  the  best  of  which 
I  have  printed  on  the  back  of  my  advertising  cards 
and  give  these  to  my  customers.  If  they  are  inter- 
ested enough  to  ask  about  them,  I  say  that  I  can 
either  supply  the  materials  or  make  up  any  quantity, 
making  it  my  aim  to  impress  the  thought  that  I  am 
doing  this  solely  through  a  desire  to  give  them  the 
benefit  of  a  good  thing.  For  instance,  I  got  up  a  re- 
cipe for  cleaning  carpets,  a  solution  of  soap,  a  little 
ammonia  and  fullers'  earth,  made  up  samples  and  got 
out  sponges,  brushes,  etc., — all  this  just  at  'house- 
cleaning  time,' — and  sent  a  card  to  every  woman  in 
my  neighborhood.  When  one  asked  about  it,  I  would 
show  her  the  stuff,  try  it  on  a  bit  of  carpet  and  tell 
her  how  easy  it  was  to  use,  then  quote  prices  by  the 
carpet;  catch  the  point?  Not  by  bottles,  which  I 
found  appealed  strongly  to  the  feminine  mind  as  be- 
ing something  practical  and  that  they  understood. 
On  this  recipe  I  made  about  $2g  the  first  year,  now  I 
have  regular  customers  who  buy  by  the  carpet,  and 
also   sell   a   lot   to   other   trade." 


"One  of  my  best  hits,"  he  said,  reminiscently, 
"was  a  preparation  for  making  the  hair  'fluffy,'  this 
being  the  fashion  just  then.  My  recipe  was  (salt  ot 
tartar — I  dram,  ammonia  and  extract  of  rose — i  dram 
each,  glycerin — Yz  dram,  alcohol — 2  ounces,  water  to 
make  24  fluid  ounces,  colored  with  cochineal), — I'm 
giving  it  as  I  printed  it  on  my  cards,  one  that  an  old 
French  lady  gave  my  wife  years  ago,  for  which  I  got 
fifty  cents  for  eight-ounce  sprinkler-top  bottles.  I 
advertised  this  thoroughly,  gave  i  ounce  samples  to 
every  woman  customer  and  clinched  matters  by  offer- 
ing to  pay  for  every  bottle  that  did  not  give  satisfac- 
tion, and  I  'spread'  myself  on  it.  too.  But,  to  tell 
the  truth,  old  man,  my  wife  made  it  take,  she  had  the 
softest,  fluffiest  hair  I  ever  saw  and  every  woman 
thereabout  envied  it.  She  went  into  the  game  like 
an  old  sport  and  actually,  she  used  to  go  to  church 
three  times  a  day  to  show  her  hair,  and  vowed  that 
her  French  recipe  (my  stuff)  was  what  made  her  hair 
so  nice.  That  settled  matters  with  the  women,  fluffy 
hair  was  the  rage  then  and  a  girl  had  to  have  it  or 


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be  old-fashioned,  and  I'm  blessed  if  I  didn't  sell  four 
dozen  8  ounce  bottles  in  three  days.  And  the  best 
of  it  was  that  the  stuff  worked  like  magic,  not  a  sin- 
gle  woman  but  was   delighted." 

"Among  minor  items,  I  might  mention  two  little 
hits.  One  was  the  advice  to  use  talcum  powder  when 
trying  on  or  putting  on  new  gloves,  it  is  dusted  into 
each  finger  and  back  and  palm,  the  talcum  overcom- 
ing the  natural  stickiness  of  the  hands  and  making 
the  gloves  go  on  without  any  pulling  or  stretching 
of  them.  This  hint  won  me  great  favor  with  the 
women,  as  few  women  don't  try  to  wear  a  size  or  two 
smaller  than  their  proper  size,  and  the  talcum  actually 
did  make  a  size  smaller  glove  fit.  Please  the  ladies, 
me  lad,  and  you'll  get  rich.  The  other  hint  was  for 
wearers  of  glasses;  the  wiping  of  the  glasses  with  a 
weak  solution  of  potash  soap  every  morning  and  pol- 
ishing with  chamois.  I  learned  by  chance  of  this  lit- 
tle trick,  tried  it,  and  found  it  worked  beautifully,  the 
film  of  soap  left,  though  extremely  thin,  serving  to 
keep  the  glasses  bright.  And,  by  the  way,  I've  had 
good  success  with  this  on  my  windows,  it  keeps  them 
bright  and  even  seems  to  prevent  them  from  getting 
dewy  in  winter." 

*     *     * 

"An  old  dancing  master  told  me  once  that  pow- 
dered boric  acid  made  the  finest  dancing  floor  in  the 
world;  it  does,  just  you  sprinkle  a  good  coat  of  boric 
acid  on  a  smooth  floor  and  see  how  beautifully  it 
works.  Wax,  stearic  acid  and  every  other  material 
can't  touch  boric  acid,  and  it  has  the  further  advan- 
tage of  making  a  perfect  dancing  floor  without  mak- 
ing it  so  slippery  you  can't  walk  on  it,  and  a  pound 
will  cover  a  mighty  big  floor.  There's  a  'young  peo- 
ples' club'  near  here  who  have  dances  every  week 
in  a  hall  near  by.  I  hunted  up  the  leaders,  told  them 
of  my  discovery  and  asked  them  to  let  me  try  it  on 
their  floor  the  next  dance.  Result — I  am  now  selling 
this  club  a  pound  of  boric  acid  every  week,  about  five 
pounds  more  a  week  to  others  during  dancing  sea- 
son, supply  the  biggest  dancing  teacher  up-town  with 
ten  pounds  a  month,  and  lots  more,  too.  I  make  a 
good  thing  of  it  at  15  cents  a  pound  profit." 


lODO-TANNIN  PREPARATIONS.— From  the 
results  of  a  number  of  experiments  with  several  of 
the  published  formulae  for  iodo-tannin  preparations, 
O.  Van  Schoor  (Jour,  de  Pharm.  d'Anvers)  derives 
the  following  conclusions:  Iodine  combines  with  tan- 
nin in  definite  proportions;  the  combination  is  effec- 
ted slowly  at  ordinary  temperatures,  the  action  being 
accelerated  by  the  application  of  heat.  The  presence 
of  sugar  assists  the  reaction,  while  alcohol  has  the 
opposite  effect.  Perfectly  pure  iodine  should  be  used, 
and  the  quality  of  the  tannin  also  influences  the  prod- 
uct. The  author  proposes  the  following  formulae: 
lodo-Tannin  Syrup. 

Iodine    2  parts 

Tannic  acid 2  parts 

Alcohoil 20  i)arts 

Distilled  water   20  parts 

Simple  syrup    I.INXI  parts 

Dissolve  the  tannic  acid  in  the  water,  and  the 
iodine  in  the  alcohol;  mix,  add  the  syrup  and  warm 
in  a  closed  vessel.  When  the  mixture  no  longer 
shows  a  reaction  with  starch,  filter;  if  necessary,  add 
sufficient  distilled  water  to  produce  looo  grams  of 
syrup. 

lodo-Tannin  Wine. 

Iodine liiO  parts 

Tamnic  acid   1J>0  parts 

Alcohol  15.0  parts 

Sweet  wine 1.000  parts 

Prepare  as  directed  for  the  syrup. 

HETOFORM  is  a  name  given  to  a  compound  of 
cinnamic  acid  and  bismuth,  which  has  recently  been 
placed  upon  the  market,  COesterr.  Zeit.  fiir  Pharm.). 
It  appears  in  the  form  of  a  white  powder  having  a 
slight  odor  of  cinnamic  acid.  The  product  contains 
about  3  per  cent,  of  bismuth. 


MY  SPRING  MEDICINE. 

By  J.  T.  PEPPER,  Woodstock,  Ont. 

AMID  the  cold  that  we  are  now  having  we 
look  forward  to  the  speedy  return  of  the 
warm  days  of  spring.  We  hope  for  the 
warmth  aiid  the  new  life  that  is  sure  to  come 
with  the  balmy,  sunny  days  of  spring.  This  is  the 
time  when  the  druggist  should  be  busy  advertising, 
and  cultivating  the  belief  that  as  the  ladies  all  clean 
house  in  the  spring  time  so  should  everybody  take 
some  of  his  spring  medicine  and  thus  cleanse  the  hu- 
man system.  The  more  this  idea  is  advertised  and 
pushed  by  the  druggist,  the  more  spring  medicine 
will  the  people  take.  Some  people  already  believe  in 
this  idea  of  taking  an  alterative  medicine  in  the 
spring  of  the  year.  It  is  possible  that  the  taking  of 
an  alterative  and  blood-purifying  preparation  in  the 
spring  may  so  cleanse  and  fortily  the  human  system 
as  to  enable  it  to  ward  oflf  attacks  of  diseases  of  va- 
rious kinds  during  the  remainder  of  the  year. 

The  druggist  who  is  on  the  alert  to  improve  his 
opportunities  may  as  well  sell  his  own  spring  medi- 
cine to  all  those  people  who  want  to  take  a  prepara- 
tion of  this  kind.  To  be  ready  for  this  business  when 
it  comes,  he  should  begin  preparations  now.  There 
are  many  things  to  be  done,  whether  the  druggist  is 
making  the  effort  for  the  first  time  or  whether  he  is 
repeating  former  efforts  with  a  desire  for  greater 
success.  There  are  drugs  and  bottles  to  be  bought, 
the  preparation  to  make  up,  and  the  designing  and 
printing  of  labels  and  wrappers.  All  this  requires 
considerable  time  not  only  in  the  planning  of  the 
work  to  be  done,  but  also  in  carrying  it  out  to  a  suc- 
cessful completion. 

The  Name. 
Much  importance  is  attached  to  the  name.  It 
should  be  plain,  easily  read,  easily  pronounced  and 
easily  remembered.  Many  names  are  used,  but  it 
seems  to  me  that  one  with  the  word  "Sarsaparilla" 
in  it  should  be  selected.  People  think  that  sarsapa- 
rilla is  good  for  the  blood,  no  matter  if  therapeutists 
to-day  tell  us  that  it  is  not.  I  call  my  spring  medi- 
cine "Compound  Extract  of  Sarsaparilla  with  Cel- 
ery." There  is  a  common  belief  abroad  among  the 
people  that  celery  is  good  for  the  nerves.  Many 
other  names  might  be  chosen,  such  as  "Compound 
Sarsaparilla  with  Burdock;"  "Compound  Syrup  of 
Red  Clover  Blossoms;"  "Sarsaparilla  with  Iodide  of 
Potassium,"  and  so  on.  Each  druggist  can  choose  a 
name  to  please  himself.  ' 

The  Formula. 

The  preparation  should  contain  a  combination  of 
good  alteratives,  tonics,  and  laxatives.  It  should  be 
cathartic  enough  to  move  the  bowels  a  little.  That 
will  make  it  show  results,  and  results  of  this  kind  are 
what  the  people  want,  especially  at  this  time  of  the 
year.  They  will  always  feel  better  after  taking  a 
medicine  of  this  kind;  however,  it  must  not  be  too 
cathartic.  People  differ  so  much  in  this  respect  that 
it  is  practically  impossible  to  get  any  one  combina- 
tion of  drugs  to  suit  everybody.  This  is  the  formula 
that  I  have  used  for  a  number  of  years,  and  which  has 
given  good  satisfaction: 

Sarsaparilla  root 20  ounces 

Cascara  sagrada  bark 20  ounces 

Burdock  root    15  ounces 

Red  clover  tops  15  ounces 

Taraxacum  :xiot   20  ounces 

Celerv  seed   16  ounces 

Gentian  root  15  ounces 

Sassafras  bark 20  ounces 

Glycerine SO  Fl.  ounces 

Alcohol  120  Fl.  ounces 

Water,  Q.  S.  ad SOO  PI.  ounces 

Method  of  Manufacture. 
We  buy  most  of  these  drugs  in  a  granulated  con- 
dition, and  they  are  thoroughly  mixed  in  a  large  shal- 
low pan  with  the  menstrum,  and  then  packed  in  a 
large  percolator,  the  percolation  allowed  to  proceed 
until  the  required  amount  is  obtained. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


i  March  "iT,  190-?. 


I  believe  in  using  good  drugs  and  making  the 
preparation  a  good  one;  also  in  giving  the  people 
plenty  for  their  money.  We  put  ours  up  in  large 
bottles  with  panels  on  all  four  sides.  The  bottles 
contain  about  nineteen  fluid  ounces.  We  put  them 
up  in  a  straw  board  carton  and  put  on  a  yellow 
wrapper  printed  in  black  ink.  Our  selling  price  is 
$1.00  per  bottle,  or  six  bottles  for  $5.00.  The  profit 
is  very  satisfactory.  Any  druggist  can  very  easily 
estimate  what  his  profit  will  be. 

The  Selling  of  a  Spring  Medicine. 

Sales  must  be  made,  otherwise  no  profit  will  ac- 
crue to  the  druggist.  It  is  easy  to  make  the  prepara- 
tion, but  how  can  sales  be  made?  is  a  question  that 
is  frequently  asked  by  druggists  who  have  not  made 
the  effort  of  making  and  selling  a  preparation  of  their 
own  manufacture.  A  druggist  can  sell  just  about 
whatever  he  makes  up  his  mind  to  sell;  and  if  he  de- 
cides to  sell  a  sarsaparilla  of  his  own  make,  I  feel 
sure  that  he  will  discover  the  means  of  doing  so. 

I  had  printed  for  me  ten  thousand  copies  of  a 
small,  four-page  paper  by  the  same  printer  who 
printed  my  sarsaparilla  labels  and  wrappers.  Each 
page  was  about  9  by  12  inches.  On  the  last  page  I 
advertised  my  Sarsaparilla,  devoting  the  entire  page 
to  that  one  thing.  I  had  the  printer  set  up  a  fac 
simile  of  the  front  of  the  outside  wrapper  and  print  it 
on  the  last  page,  and  underneath  it  was  the  following 
matter:  "This  is  a  copy  of  the  front  of  the  wrapper 
on  Pepper's  Sarsaparilla  with  Celery.  It  is  a  large 
bottle  of  good  medicine.  Larger,  and  better  and 
stronger  than  other  Sarsaparillas,  and  the  price  is 
only  li  00  a  bottle,  or  six  bottles  for  $5.00.  Get  it  at 
Pepper's  Drug  Store,  Woodstock.  Sent  by  express 
to  any  address  upon  receipt  of  the  money." 

These  papers  were  distributed  from  house  to 
house  throughout  the  city,  given  across  the  counter, 
wrapped  up  in  parcels  leaving  the  store,  and  sent 
through  the  post  office  to  people  m  the  country  tor 
miles  around.  We  wrap  one  of  these  papers  around 
each  bottle  of  Sarsaparilla  before  it  is  put  into  the 
carton.  .     ,  ^    ,  ... 

We  also  make  window  displays  of  the  medicine  as 
attractively  as  we  can,  in  the  spring,  and  advertise  in 
the  daily  and  weekly  paper.  We  recommend  it  and 
talk  about  it  personally  to  our  customers,  and  make 
a  sale  whenever  we  can. 

THE  ELEMENTS  OF  SUCCESS.* 

By  EMMA  GARY  WALLACE,  Boston. 

IT  is  a  strange  yet  noticeable  fact  that  the  thor- 
oughly professional  individual  frequently  has  be- 
come so  at  the  expense  of  some  other  line  of 
development.  Oftentimes  it  is  the  lack  of  the 
development  of  this  particular  faculty  that  costs 
the  real  genius  the  price  of  success. 

The    pharmacist    is    no    exception   to    this    general 
principle.     In   fact,   it  i.s   more   particularly  applicable 
to  him  than  to  many  of  his  brother  professionals,  be- 
cause of  the  strenuous  character  of  the  life  he  neces- 
sarily leads.     What  with  long  hours  and  long  weeks; 
help    both    competent    and    incompetent,      in      whose 
hands   his   reputation   often   rests;   the  keen   competi- 
tion of  the  times,  and  the  cut-rate  evil,  he  seldom  has 
the  time  or  the  requisite  energy  remaining  to  exam- 
ine   critically    the    underlying   principles    that      go    to 
make  up  the  foundations  of  his  business  success.  The 
corner  stones  of  the  structure  that  we  are  all  striving 
to  rear,  would  appear  to  be: 
Public  confidence; 
Close  buying: 
Timely  selling; 
The  stoppage  of  all  leaks. 

Public  Confidence. 
Public    confidence    cannot    be    held    for    any    very 
great  length  of  time  unless  it  is  deserved,  and  it  takes 
the    capable,    up-to-date,    conscientious    man    to    de- 
serve it.     The   man  who  has  a  liniment   or  a  cough 

•Western  Drugg'lst. 


syrup  to  sell,  and  has  such  confidence  in  its  sterling 
value  that  he  is  willing  to  guarantee  it  as  represented 
or  refund  the  purchase  price,  will  inspire  the  buyer 
with  much  of  the  same  confidence,  and  the  chances 
are  that  the  sale  of  not  one  but  many  bottles  is  as- 
sured. 

The  physician  will  direct  his  patients  to  go  where 
the  latest  preparations  may  be  found,  and  where 
competent  persons  are  in  charge  of  the  prescription 
desk.  This  confidence  between  the  physician  and 
pharmacist  is  a  factor  equally  important  to  both. 
Both  derive  their  income  from  the  people,  and  as  a 
rule  the  pharmacist  comes  in  contact  with  the  public 
first.  When  the  average  person  enters  a  new  neigh- 
borhood, he  goes  directly  to  the  drug  store  for  tri- 
fling articles,  such  as  toilet  soap,  fly-paper,  etc.,  and 
an  acquaintance  is  formed  with  the  druggist.  If 
Mary  hurts  her  back  putting  down  the  carpets  or  the 
baby  is  croupy,  it  is  naturally  the  druggist  who  will 
be  consulted  and  asked  to  furnish  some  simple  rem- 
edy. Later,  when  serious  sickness  arises  and  a  phy- 
ician  has  to  be  called,  in  nine  cases  out  of  ten  the 
druggist's  advice  will  be  asked.  Here  is  where  it 
pays  the  physician  to  have  the  confidence  of  the  drug- 
gist. When  medicine  is  prescribed  either  for  these 
or  other  patients,  the  benefit  will  be  mutual,  if  the 
physician  has  confidence  in  the  druggist,  and  both 
will  feel  that  they  have  served  the  patient  well,  in  ad- 
vice as   well  as  in   actual  service. 

A  short  time  ago  a  lady  customer  came  into  the 
store  and  called  for  the  proprietor.  Her  face  was  the 
picture   of   distress. 

"I  wish  to  ask  your  advice,"  she  began  hurriedly, 
"about  the  advisability  of  changing  doctors.  You 
know,  Harold  has  typhoid  fever,  and  Dr.  Blank  was 
called.  I  do  not  like  him  because  he  does  not  talk 
to  me  like  my  old  doctor,  and  explain  the  boy's  con- 
dition.    Now,  what  would  you  advise?" 

The  proprietor  sympathized  with  her  natural 
mother-anxiety,  and  yet  appreciated  both  sides  of  the 
situation. 

"Extreme  reticence  happens,"  he  said  frankly,  "to 
be  Dr.  Blank's  especial  peculiarity,  but  I  am  satisfied 
that  he  knows  medicine  as  few  men  know  it.  You 
have  a  trained  nurse  in  charge  who  nurses  for  liim 
in  those  particular  cases,  and  probably  he  considers 
his  directions  to  her  sufTicient.  How  is  the  patient 
doing?" 

"Nicely,  both  nurse  and  doctor  say,  but  some- 
way I  do'  not  feel  at  all  satisfied.  Now  what  would 
vou  do?" 

"If  the  patient  is  progressing,"  the  proprietor  an- 
swered, "I  consider  you  are  receiving  good  service^ 
and  that  is  really  what  you  are  paying  for,  you  know." 

The  physician  was  retained,  and  later  was  better 
understood  and  appreciated  by  these  people. 

In  the  same  way  it  came  to  our  knowledge  that 
an  excellent  customer  had  complained  to  his  doctor 
of  the  price  charged  for  a  certain  prescription,  stat- 
ing that  he  had  obtained  it  elsewhere  for  about  one- 
third  of  the  price  paid  us.  The  doctor  took  the  trou- 
ble to  explain  to  him  the  difference  between  the 
chemically  pure  and  the  crude  drugs,  which  must 
have  been  used  at  the  lower  price,  and  so,  in  Doth 
cases  an  equilibrium  of  confidence  was  maintained,  to 
the  lasting  benefit  of  all  concerned. 

Goods  bought  so  as  to  be  sold  for  just  what  they 
are  represented  establishes  a  confidence  in  the  class 
of  goods  carried;  and  last,  but  not  least,  the  phar- 
mac'ist  himself  must  be  of  habits  and  moral  character 
which  the  public  can  respect,  and  which  in  itself  will 
inspire  and  hold  the  confidence  which  means  so  much, 
unless  the  trade  is  an  entirely  transient  one. 

Close  Buying. 

It  takes  close  buying  to  compete  successfully  with 
the  selling  price  of  competitors  and  at  the  same  time 
have  a  living  profit  left.  The  price  to  a  great  extent 
governs  the  purchasing  public,  often,  unfortunately, 
at  the  expense  of  quality;  so.  to  keep  up  the  standard 
of  his  stock  and  maintain  the  confidence  of  his  trade, 
the  druggist  mi!st  be  a  keen,  shrewd  buyer. 


March  27,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


313 


To  buy  to  advantage  involves  both  a  knowledge  of 
the  markets  and  the  necessary  capital  to  take  advan- 
tage of  opportunities..  It  is  not  enougli  to  be  con- 
versant with  his  own  markets,  but  he  must  be  in 
touch  with  the  jobber's  market  as  well,  that  he  may 
be  warned  in  time  of  approaching  advances  and  de- 
creases in  the  price  of  drugs.  For  e.xample,  in  the 
recent  fluctuations  of  menthol,  it  is  the  wise,  long- 
headed man  who  stocked  when  the  market  was  down. 
The  expenditure  of  a  few  dollars  in  the  right  periodi- 
cals and  reports  is  sufficient  to  keep  one  well  in- 
formed. 

The  business  man  of  to-day,  who  handles  other 
than  a  small  business,  must  have  a  sufficient  reserve 
capital  to  buy  when  the  market  is  down  and  hold 
the  stock  to  reap  the  profit  of  advanced  prices.  A 
thousand  labels  may  be  bought  almost  as  cheaply  as 
a  hundred.  And  so  it  goes.  The  man  Vho  has  the 
wherewithal  to  invest,  gets  the  inside  price,  and  the 
man  who  has  nothing  ahead,  pays  the  long  price,  and 
has  little  chance  to  get  ahead — in  any  event,  not  in 
the  same  ratio. 

Buying  staple  goods  in  sufficient  quantities  to  get 
substantial  discounts  is  the  means  of  a  profit  at  both 
ends,  and  in  the  course  of  a  year's  business  amounts 
to  nio  inconsiderable  sum. 

Close  buying  means  fine  discrimination  as  to  val- 
ues and  the  especial  requirements  of  each  individual 
trade.  Because  your  neighbor  across  the  way  has 
bought  heavily  of  some  fake  patent-insoles  is  no  rea- 
son why  you   should   be  influenced  by   his  judgment. 

Every  customer  at  the  soda-fountain  passes  imme- 
diate judgment  on  quality  and  flavor,  and  if  there  is 
to  be  a  reasonable  margin  left  in  a  five-cent  ice- 
cream soda,  material  must  be  bought  and  used  to  the 
best  possible  advantage.  The  introduction  of  side- 
lines can  only  be  determined  by  the  requirements  of 
each  locality,  but  any  line  to  be  successful  must  be 
up-to-date  and  in  the  hands  of  some  one  thoroughly 
acquainted  with  all  sides  of  it. 

Timely  Selling. 

Timely  selling  is  of  two  classes:  the  things  that 
are  always  seasonable,  and  the  articles  for  which  the 
demand  is  periodical.  Certain  seasons  and  epidemics 
cceate  a  demand  which  the  druggist  must  be  stocked 
to  meet.  At  the  present  time  it  is  a  harvest  sale  on 
vaccination  material  and.  of  course,  the  stock  has  to 
be  fresh  and  the  best  of  the  various  kinds  to  be  had. 
Periodical  demands  of  the  seasons  may  be  antici- 
pated, and  reliable  preparations  compounded  and  ad- 
vertised. It  is  the  foolish  man  now-a-days  who 
creates  a  demand  for  Highflyer's  cough  syrup,  when 
he  has  one  of  his  own  that  he  can  guarantee  to  be  a 
better  article  and  yet  upon  which  he  can  make  a 
handsomer  profit,  because  of  the  direct  exchange  be- 
tween manufacturer  and  consumer. 

There  is  no  more  potent  means  of  advertising 
than  the  skillful  use  of  show-windows.  This  must  be 
supplemented  by  other  methods,  to  be  decided  upon 
by  the  character  and  locality  of  the  business.  A  city 
transient,  a  suburban  family  trade,  and  a  country 
general  business  all  call  for  ways  peculiar  to  them- 
selves, but  in  the  words  of  an  advertising  firm,  there 
is  no  doubt  that: 

"He.  who.  by  his  biz'  would  rise, 
Must  either  bust  or  advertise." 

Timely  advertisements  means  timely  sales,  and 
people  are  usually  willing  to  pay  for  what  they  want 
and  must  have.  Let  them  know  where  their  wants 
may  be   most   satisfactorily   filled. 

Stopping  the  Leaks. 

Little  leaks  drain  many  a  man's  profits,  and  he  is 
at  a  loss  to  understand  why  he  is  always  "hard  up." 
A  man  may  have  public  confidence,  buy  and  sell  well. 
and  yet  be  like  the  cat  industriously  watching  the  top 
of  the  long-legged  boot,  while  the  plump  little  mouse 
escapes  out  of  a  hole  in  the  toe.  It  is  amazing  the 
way  these  leaks  total  up.  because  they  are  constant 
in  their  leeching  power.  More  often  than  not.  it  is 
the  gathering  up  of  the  fragments  that  makes  the  dif- 
ference between   success  and  failure. 


Ihe  financial  end  of  many  arr  otherwtse~gaod  bus- 
iness is  run  in  such  a  haphazard  way  that  the  wonder 
IS  how  they  manage  to  keep  afloat  at  all,  on  the 
tempestuous  sea  of  business  turmoil. 

Most  men  are  in  business  for  the  money.  They 
cannot  afford  to  work  solely  for  the  love  of  human- 
ity, because  their  own  needs  and  families  must  be 
provided  for;  and  yet  the  cash  is  the  most  carelessly 
supervised  part  of  the  business.  There  must  be  a 
cash  system  that  will  secure  both  the  seller  and  the 
purchaser  against  the  contingent  of  errors  in  change, 
neglect  in  charging  on  account,  or  the  failure  to  give 
credit  for  money  received,  as  well  as  the  possible 
chance  of  dishonesty.  Observation  and  the  experience 
of  thousands  have  taught  that  there  is  no  way  such 
a  system  may  be  better  maintained  than  by  the  use 
of  the  modern  cash  register.  A  customer  claims  a 
two-dollar  bill  was  given  and  change  received  for  a 
one.  A  moment's  inspection  of  the  register  counters 
and  comparisons  with  the  cash  in  the  drawer  will  set- 
tle the  question  beyond  dispute.  The  machine  will 
only  register  actual  business  transactions,  and  all 
moneys  above  or  below  the  amount  called  for  must 
be  accounted  for.  It  tells  a  business  man  where  fie 
is  all  the  time.  The  original  outlay  seems  large  but 
the   saving  will   soon  justify  it. 

If  every  one  connected  with  a  business  would  rea- 
lize that  all  stock  is  simply  cash  in  another  form, 
there  would  be  less  waste  in  weighing,  measuring  and 
handling  goods.  A  handful  of  cigars  tossed  careless- 
ly back  into  the  box  frequently  means  a  broken  wrap- 
per; an  improperly  packed  cabinet,  the  probable  loss 
of  the  ice-cream  contained.  The  price  of  success  in 
these  little  things  is  "eternal  vigilance." 

The  "help"  may  look  volumes  about  the  "near- 
ness" displayed,  but  they  are  not  paying  the  bills  and 
many  times  do  not  realize  the  great  amount  of  the 
out-go,  and  they  soon  learn  to  respect  the  straight, 
clean-cut  business  methods  that  are  a  valuable  school 
for  any  one  who  ever  hopes  to  own  a  business  for 
himself. 

There  will  be  inevitable  losses,  and  many  appa- 
rent ones,  that  a  little  gumption  will  turn  into  profit; 
that  melted  ice-cream  may  be  turned  into  a  pitcher 
and  used  as  plain  cream  in  the  sodas  called  for  with- 
out ice-cream.  The  resulting  drink  requires  less 
syrup  and  is  creamy  and  delicious.  The  broken  pieces 
and  unsalable  bits  from  the  candy  case  may  be  made 
into  the  grab-bags  that  are  the  delight  of  the  juven- 
ile heart.  Unsalable  patent  medicines  may  be  sold 
or  exchanged  to  advantage  through  firms  making 
this  a  business. 

Sociability  is  desirable,  but  too  much  visiting  dur- 
ing business  hours  is  a  leak  that  uses  much  time 
which  ought  to  be  spent  on  the  stock  and  in  man- 
ufacturing. There  is  nothing  more  likely  to  make 
the  sober,  staid  pharmacist  forget  his  professional 
dignity  than  to  find  the.  tincture  that  he  w-ants  for  an 
emergency  prescription  out,  or  to  find  a  particular 
stock-bottle  empty,  the  base  of  supplies  in  the  Egyp- 
tian darkness  of  the  cellar,  himself  alone,  and  the 
store  full  of  impatient  customers. 

Andrew  Carnegie  says  there  are  greater  business 
chances  on  every  hand  for  the  young  men  of  to-day 
than  there  were  when  he  landed  poor  and  unknown 
on  the  shores  of  America.  ■'Ml  may  not  amass  great 
fortunes,  but  it  is  certain  that  the  individual  who  has 
his  health,  the  will-power,  the  ability,  and  the  stick- 
to-ativeness  to  lay  these  corner  stones  firmly  in  place, 
will  have  mastered  the  elements,  that  cannot  fail  to 
make  up  at  least,  a  fair  measure  of — Success. 


REj\rEDV  FOR  FRECKLES.— According  to  E. 
Peries  (le  Scalpel)  freckles  may  be  removed  by  the 
application  of  a  solution  of  hydrogen  peroxide  upon 
a  wad  of  absorbent  cotton  for  five  minutes  night  and 
morning.  If  the  skin  becomes  irritated,  a  little  lano- 
lin is  applied,  or  the  the  skin  is  washed  with  a  little 
warm  boric  acid  water  containing  30  per  cent, 
glycerine. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  27,  1902. 


An  attractively  arranged   New   York  p'harmacy,   showing    the  handsome  interior  or  the  drug  store  of  F.  B.  Crouch, 
Xio.   ".ieSo    Broadway.    New   York  City. 


ESSENCE  OF  COFFEE.— La  Nature  gives  the 
following  method  for  preparing  essence  of  coffee: 
600  grams  of  freshly  roasted  cofTee,  ground  mod- 
erately fine,  are  moistened  with  a  mixture  of  I  part 
alcohol  and  3  parts  water,  and  packed  in  a  percolator. 
The  percolator  is  closed,  and  allowed  to  stand  for 
twenty-four  hours.  Enough  of  the  mixture  of  alcohol 
and  water  to  make  the  total  480  Cc.  is  then  poured 
upon  the  powder,  and  the  percolation  allowed  to 
proceed,  adding  sufficient  distilled  water  to  make  the 
percolate  equal  to  480  Cc.  The  percolate  is  set  asde 
and  the  extraction  continued  with  hot  water  until  the 
powder  is  exhausted.  The  resultant  percolate  is 
evaporated  to  the  consistency  of  an  extract  and  added 
to  the  first  percolate.  The  solution  of  the  solid  ex- 
tract is  hastened  by  agitation.  If  necessary  the  mix- 
ture is  filtered. 


OXYGEN  REQUIRED  BY  FISH.— J.  Kupsis 
(Zeit.  f.  Unters.  d.  Nahr.  u.  Genussm.)  has  studied 
the  effects  produced  upon  fish  by  diflferent  propor- 
tions of  oxygen  and  carbon  dioxide  dissolved  in.  the 
water  which  they  inhabit.  A  proportion  of  oxygen  as 
low  as  I  Cc.  per  liter  of  water  caused  well  marked 
distress  in  the  fish,  and  quantities  less  than  .5  to  .8 
Cc.  per  liter  no  longer  supported  life,  the  exact  pro- 
portion depending  upon  the  species  amd  the  vitality 
of  the  individual.  The  injurious  effects  of  the  pres- 
ence of  carbon  dioxide  were  not  noticeable  until  the 
water  contained  at  least  .126  gram  of  the  gas  per 
liter,  and  to  cause  death  required  a  solution  contain- 
ing more  than  .280  gram  free  carbon  dioxide  per  liter. 


PILOCARPINE.— A.  Pinnier  and  R.  Schwarz 
(Berichte)  find  that  if  pilocarpine  or  isopilocarpine  is 
oxidized  at  ordinary  temperatures  with  about  three 
molecular  weights  of  potassium  permanganate,  the 
main  product  is  a  homologue  of  malic  acid  haying 
the  formula  CsHuOj;  while  if  pilocarpine  is  oxidized 
with  chromic  acid  at  80  to  90  degrees,  it  yields  an 
?cid  of  the  formula  CnHioO.N.,  which,  with  perman- 


ganate at  ordinary  temperatures,  undergoes  further 
oxidation,  giving  another  acid,  CvHiiOs.  Pilocarpine 
has  been  obtained  in  long  needles  melting  at  34  de- 
grees by  removing  the  last  traces  of  chloroform  and 
water  from  the  syrup,  which  when-  seeded  with  crys- 
talline material  gradually  solidifies. 


MANDARIN  AND  METALIN  YELLOW.— 
Prof.  Frentzel  (Pharm.  Central.')  finds,  after  a  se- 
ries of  experiments  upon  animals  and  upon  himself, 
that  metalin  and  mandarin  yellow  are  entirely  harm- 
less. These  coloring  materials  were  at  one  time 
lairgely  used  by  confectioners  and  other  manufac- 
turers of  foods  for  producing  an  orange  or  yellow 
color,  and  were  recently  declared  to  be  poisonous  by 
Dr.  Weyl. 


TESTS  FOR  BOILED  AND  UNBOILErv 
MILK. — According  to  Utz  (Pharm.  Central.)  boiled 
milk  may  be  distinguished  from  the  unboiled  liquid 
by  means  of  SchafTer's  test.  Hydrogen  peroxide  and 
paraphenylenediamine  solution  are  added  to  the  sam- 
ple. LTnboiled  milk  becomes  blue  at  once;  boiled 
milk  does  not  give  the  reaction.  The  color  does  not 
appear  so  quickly  if  the  milk  contains  a  small  quan- 
tity of   formaldehyde. 


SEALING  WAX  INSOLUBLE  IN  ALCOHOL. 
— According  to  the  Chemische  Zeitung.  a  sealing  wax 
insoluble  in  alcohol  may  be  prepared  by  using  in  the 
ordinary  formulas  any  of  the  so-called  resinates  of 
the  alkaline  earths  or  of  the  heavy  metals,  instead  of 
rosin.  If  necessary,  the  melting  point  of  the  sealing 
wax  may  be  lowered  by  the  addition  of  a  suitable 
paraffin,  or  of  a  palmitate  or  stearate. 


SUPEROL  is,  according  to  K.  Weber  (Zeit.  f.  off. 
Chem.),  pure  sodium  superoxide.  It  appears  on  the 
market  in  the  form  of  pastilles,  and  is  employed  as 
a  cleansing  material. 


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ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  IX. 

No.  91. — Smith  and  Jones  engaged  in  manufactur- 
ing pharmacy,  the  former  investing  $18,000  and  the  lat- 
ter $16,000,  and  agreed  to  share  the  gains  and  losses 
in  proportion  to  investment.  At  the  end  of  the  year 
their  resources  were  $58,000  and  their  liabilities  $9,- 
000.  If  Smith  was  to  receive  a  salary  of  $1,500  per  an- 
num for  taking  charge  of  the  books,  and  nothing  was 
withdrawn  by  either  during  the  year,  what  was  the 
interest  of  each  partner  at  the  end  of  the  year? 

Ans. — Smith,  $26,647.06;  Jones,  $22,352.94. 

No.  92. — How  much  water  must  be  mixed  with  a 
solution  of  a  specific  gravity  1.42  to  reduce  the  specific 
gravity  to  1.2? 

.\ns. — II  vols,  of  water  to  10  vols,  of  solution. 

No.  93. — A  sample  of  potassium  iodid  contains  so- 
dium chlorid  as  impurity.  On  precipitating  18.55 
grams  of  the  salt  with  silver  nitrate  there  is  obtained 
a  precipitate  of  silver  iodid  and  chlorid  mixed,  which 
is  found  to  contain  14.4  grams  of  silver.  What  were 
the  relative  proportions  of  the  two  salts  in  the  orig- 
inal sample? 

.•\ns.— 19.81  KI  to  2.37  NaCl. 

No.  94.- — A  vitriol-maker  prepares  100  tons  of  vit- 
riol of  specific  gravity  1.6.  containing  70  per  cent,  of 
acid;  how  many  tons  of  pyrites  containing  42  per  cent, 
■of  sulphur  must  for  this  purpose  be  burnt?  Supposing 
that  3  per  cent,  of  the  theoretical  yield  of  sulphur  re- 
mained unburnt  in  the  pyrites,  what  would  be  the  dif- 
ference in  the  production  of  sulphuric  acid? 

.■\ns. — 54.487  tons;  97  tons  dilute  acid. 

No.  95. — A  jobber  sold  a  druggist  the  following 
bills  of  merchandise:  March  3,  1888,  $467.20  at  30  days; 
March  2^.  1888,  $562.75  at  60  days;  April  12,  1888, 
^210.58  at  4  months;  May  3,  1888,  $535-io  at  30  days; 
and  May  15,  1888,  $285  at  90  days.  What  was  the 
equated  date  for  paying  the  sum  of  the  several  bills? 

An?.— June  3.   1888. 

No.  96. — One  hundred  cubic  centimetres  of  a  semi- 
normal  solution  of  sodium  carbonate  were  added  to 
TOO  Cc.  of  a  neutral  solution  containing  copper  sul- 
phate. After  filtration,  the  residual  NaiCOa  was  de- 
termined by  means  of  N/2  sulphuric  acid,  of  which  27 
Cc.  were  required.  What  weight  of  CuSO*  in  grams 
was  present  in  each  litre  of  the  solution? 

.Ans. — 58.035  grams. 

No.  07. — A  pench  orchard  contains  720  sq.  rd..  and 
lt<;  lencth  is  to  its  breadth  as  5  to  4.  What  are  its 
dimensions? 

>ns. — 30  by  24  rods. 

N.  08. — A  man  owns  2/5  of  a  manufacturing  plant, 
and  insures  34  of  his  interest  at  lJ4  per  cent.,  paying 


$112.50  premium.  What  was  the  value  of  his  interest 
in  the  plant?  If,  before  the  policy  lapses,  the  plant 
should  be  damaged  by  fire  to  the  extent  of  $4,000, 
what  sum  will  he  receive  from  the  insurance  company? 

.A.ns. — $12,000;  $1,200. 

No.  99. — Two  pints  of  water  are  mixed  with  8  pints 
of  a  solution  specific  gravity  1.3.  What  is  the  specific 
gravity  of  the  mixture. 

Ans. — 1.24. 

No.  100. — What  force  applied  to  the  handle  of  a 
screw  10  feet  long,  with  threads  one  inch  apart,  work- 
ing on  a  wedge  whose  head  is  5  inches  and  length  of 
side  30  inches,  will  produce  an  effect  measured  by 
10,000  lbs? 

.^ns. — 1. 15   pounds. 


PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XIII. 

No.  131. — How  many  silver  half-dollars  can  be 
coined  from  ten  bars  of  silver,  each  55  cm.  long,  36 
mm.  wide,  and  25  mm.  thick,  if  each  coin  weights 
12.5  grams,  and  the  specific  gravity  of  silver  is   10.5? 

No.  132. — What  is  the  formula  for  the  mineral  of 
the  following  percentage  composition;  Silicic  acid, 
64.70;  alumina,  18.50;  potassium,  16.80? 

No.  133. — If  a  rail  weighs  36  kilograms  to  the  me- 
ter, how  many  pounds  does  it  weigh  to  the  yard? 

No,  134. — How  much  barium  sulphide  and  sodium 
carbonate  are  necessary  to  produce  the  quantity  of 
barium  carbonate,  which,  decomposed  by  acetic  acid, 
exactly  suffices  to  convert  3.54  grams  of  potassium 
sulphate  into  acetate? 

No.  135. — B  has  3  teams  engaged  in  transporta- 
tion; his  horse  team  can  perform  the  trip  in  5  days, 
the  mule  team  in  7  days,  and  the  ox  team  in  11  <iays. 
Provided  they  start  together,  and  each  team  rests  a 
day  after  each  trip,  how  many  days  will  elapse  before 
they  all  rest  the  same  day? 

No.  136.— If  6  apples  and  7  peaches  cost  33  cents, 
and  10  apples  and  8  peaches  cost  44  cents,  what  is 
the  price  of  one  of  each? 

No.  137. — Three  druggists  are  to  share  $10,000  in 
the  ratio  of  3,  4  and  5:  but  the  first  dying,  it  is  re- 
quired to  divide  the  whole  sum  equitably  between  the 
other  two.     What  are  the  shares  of  the  other  two? 

No.  138. — What  sum  must  a  druggist  save  annually, 
commencing  at  21  years  of  age,  to  be  worth  $30,000 
when  he  is  50  years  old,  his  savings  being  invested 
at  5  per  cent,  compound  interest? 

No.  139. — What  per  cent,  will  a  pharmacist  gain 
liy  purchasing  goods  on  6  months,  and   selling  them 


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immediately  for  cash   at   cost,   money  being  worth  7 
per  cent.? 

No.  140. — Find  the  pressure,  in  grams  per  sq. 
cm.,  at  the  depth  of  a  kilometre  in  the  sea,  the  den- 
sity of  sea-water  being  1.025  and  atmospheric  pressure 
being  neglected. 


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Chinese    Opium    War. 

(M.  C.  M.)  "Please  state  the  origin  of  the  opium 
smoking  habit,  when  introduced  in  China,  and  what 
efforts  were  made  to  suppress  the  illegal  traffic  before 
the  opium  war  of  1839." 

We  do  not  know  the  origin  of  the  opium  smoking 
habit  but  it  is  said  to  have  commenced  in  China  forty 
or  fifty  years  before  the  English  began  to  import 
opium  into  that  country.  According  to  the  authors 
of  "Pharmacographia"  the  vice  began  to  prevail  in 
China  in  the  second  half  of  the  17th  century.  The 
first  edict  against  the  practice  was  issued  in  1796. 
This  was  followed  by  other  enactments  and  memo- 
rials to  arrest  the  evil.  In  1799  the  importation  of 
opium  was  interdicted,  and  smokers  of  the  "vile  dirt 
of  foreign  countries" — as  it  was  termed — were,  threat- 
ened with  severe  punishments,  gradually  raised  to 
transportation  and  strangling.  In  1834  the  Chinese 
Government  took  active  measures  to  prohibit  the  in- 
troduction of  opium.  At  the  same  time  complica- 
tions arose  with  England,  owing  to  the  refusal  of 
the  Chinese  to  recognize  the  accredited  British  rep- 
resentative. Lord  Napier,  who  died  a  few  months 
after  his  arrival.  He  was  succeeded  by  Sir  John  F. 
Da\-is.  What  followed  is  a  matter  of  history.  All 
communication  between  the  Chinese  Government  and 
foreigners  had,  at  that  time,  to  be  conducted  through 
a  company  of  thirteen  native  firms,  styled  the  "Hong 
Merchants,"  or  "Co-Hong,"  who  were  made  responsi- 
ble by  their  government  for  the  good  behavior  of  the 
foreigners.  The  traffic  in  opium,  although  it  had  to 
be  conducted  clandestinely,  appears  nevertheless  to 
have  received  the  open  protection  of  the  foreign  rep- 
resentative, as  the  successor  of  Sir  John  L.  Davis 
transferred  his  station  from  Whampoa,  the  port  of 
Canton  and  the  only  legitimate  trading  place,  to  the 
island  of  Lin-tin,  the  acknowledge  smuggling  ground 
off  the  mouth  of  the  Canton  river. 

.^s  soon  as  the  native  merchants,  from  fear  of 
punishment,  declined  to  carry  the  drug  in,  the  for- 
eign merchants  began  to  carry  it  in  themselves  in 
schooners  manned  by  Lascars,  .\rmed  vessels  in  the 
interest  of  the  Company,  patrolled  the  coast,  to  pre- 
vent opposition  to  the  traffic.  But  finally  the  crash 
came.  In  1839  the  Chinese  Imperial  Commissioner 
Lin,  compelled  the  surrender  to  his  government  of 
20,291  chests  of  opium,  valued  at  more  than  £2,000.- 
000.  all  India  grown,  which  he  caused  to  be  destroyed. 
This  surrender  was  conceded,  through  necessity,  by 
the    Superintendent,    Captain    Elliot,    to    prevent    vio- 


lence to  his  countrymen.  The  effect  of  this  proceed- 
ing was  the  well  known  "Opium  War,"  although  oth- 
er questions  besides  opium  entered  into  the  contro- 
versy. This  contest  culminated  in  the  treaty  of  Nan- 
kin (1842)  by  which  five  ports  of  China  were  opened 
to  foreign  trade.  In  1858  opium  was  admitted  as  a 
legal  article  of  commerce. 


Angostura   Bitters. 

(Audley).  Dubelle  gives  the  following  formula, 
which  he  says  makes  an  excellent  soluble  wine  bit- 
ters extract: 

\.l)  Angostura  bark   16  ounces 

Bitter  orange  peel   8  ounces 

Canada  snake  root H  ounces 

Calisaya  bark    S  ounces 

Virginia  snake  root  8  ounces 

Gentian  root   4  ounces 

Galangal  root  4  ounces 

Sweet  flag   4  ounces 

Cardamom  seed 2  ounces 

Cinnamon   1  ounce 

Cloves    1   ounce 

Coriander   1  ounce 

Mace   1  ouince 

Alkanet  root  2  ounces 

Deodorized  alcohol    6  pints 

Distilled  water,  to  make 1  gallon 

Grind  all  the  drugs  to  a  fine  powder  and  moisten 
with  2  pints  of  alcohol,  pack  in  a  water-bath  percola- 
tor, and  having  mixed  the  remainder  of  the  alcohol 
with  4  pints  of  distilled  water,  pour  enough  of  the 
mixture  upon  the  drugs  and  let  stand  in  a  warm 
place  for  4  days,  shaking  several  times  a  day;  then 
pour  the  remainder  of  the  mixture  upon  them,  heat 
very  moderately,  and  after  two  hours  begin  to  perco- 
late, adding  distilled  water  to  the  drugs,  and  continue 
the  percolation  until  exhausted.  Reserve  the  first 
7/4  pints  that  pass,  evaporate  the  remainder  of  the 
percolate  to  lA  pint,  and  add  to  the  reserved  perco- 
late to  make  I  gallon.  To  make  Angostura  wine  bit- 
ters, mix  3  fluid  ounces  of  this  extract  with  i  gallon 
sweet  Catawba  or  pure  sherry  wine  and  2  fluid  ounces 
of  glycerine. 

(2)  Angostura  bark   125  grams 

Cinchona  bark GO  grams 

Orange  peel   60  grams 

Gaiangal    40  grams 

Cinnamon  buds    40  graons 

Sandalwood    /  .40  grams 

Cinnamon    40  -grams 

Ca,rdamoms    15  grams 

Gentian    10   grams 

Cloves    3  grams 

Alcohol    4.5  liters 

Rum    4.0  liters 

Macerate  for  several  days  and  filter  the  clear  solu- 
tion into 

Sugar   1000  grams 

Then  add 
Essence   woodruff    40  grams 


Oil  of  Spike:  Oil  of  Stone. 
(D.  C.  P.)  Oil  of  stone  is  an  old  name  for  crude 
petroleum.  True  oil  of  spike  is  procured  from  the 
broad-leaved  variety  of  lavender  which  grows  wild  in 
some  parts  of  Europe.  Its  odor  is  less  fragrant  than 
that  of  common  oil  of  lavender,  and  it  resembles 
somewhat  oil  of  turpentine,  with  which  it  is  said  to 
be  often  adulterated.  A  horse  liniment  often  sold 
under  the  name  of  "oil  of  spike"  is  prepared  from  oil 
of  turpentine,  I  gallon;  Barbadoes  tar,  4  ounces; 
alkanet  root,  2  ounces;  digest  a  week.  The  Era  For- 
mulary gives  this  one: 

Oil  of  turpentine   32  ounces 

Sulphuric  acid 2  ounces 

Barbodoes  tar   IC  ounces 

"Whale  oil   64  ounces 

Oil  origanum   2  ounces 

Oil   juniper  wood    1  ounce 

Gradually  add  the  sulphuric  acid  to  the  turpentine, 
stirring  constantly;  when  cold,  add  the  other  ingred- 
ients. 


Lactart. 

(D.  W.)  Lactart  is  a  proprietary  preparation  said 
to  consist  essentially  of  lactic  acid,  containing  about 
10  per  cent,  of  the  latter.  We  cannot  give  the  for- 
mula. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


NEW   YORK   AND   VICINITY. 


MANHATTAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIA- 
TION 

Discuss  the  Manufacture  of  Antitoxin  by  the  Board  of 
Health. 

The  last  monthly  conference,  previous  to  the  annual 
meeting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association, 
was  held  in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  building,  No.  115 
West  esth  street.  Monday  evening,  March  17,  J.  Maxwell 
Pringle,   Jr.,   presiding. 

Treiasurer  George  H.  Hitchcock  reported  a  balance  of 
$202.97  on  hand,  having  paid  ooit  $1.40  and  received  $67.50 
since  the  February  meeting.  The  comimittee  on  legisla- 
tion reported,  and  Mr.  Hitchcock  outlined  a  b'.story  oC 
the  Hill  and  Compressed  Gas  bills.  He  said  there  was 
stiU  a  possibility  that  the  Governor  would  not  sign  the 
former,  as  he  had  refused  to  do  so  when  the  bill  was 
presented  to  him  in  a  different  form.  Mr.  Hitchcock  then 
spoke  at  consideralb'.e  length  on  Excise  matters,  particu- 
larly the  bill  Introduced  in  the  Senate  which,  if  it  be- 
cooies  a  law,  will  compel  pharmacists  in  cities  of  the 
first  class  to  pay  $100  instead  of  $5  for  excise  privileges. 
He  said  no  changes  were  likely  to  be  effected  in  the  li- 
quor tax  law  this  session,  but  the  Association  should  be 
prepared  to  fight  any  legislation  that  may  be  proposed. 
Mem'bers  should  be  urged  to  exert  their  influence  to  pro- 
mote organization  among  druggists,  and  particularly  they 
should  use  their  best  efforts  to  increase  the  membership 
of    the    Association. 

Mr.  Swann  reported  his  inter\-iew  and  that  of  the  dele- 
gates from  two  sister  societies  with  Ernest  J.  Lederle, 
Commissioner  of  the  Health  Department,  relative  to  se- 
curing a  larger  margin  of  profit  on  sales  of  Board  of 
Health  antitoxin.  The  Commissioner  expressed  himself 
heartily  in  favor  of  giving  a  larger  discount  to  druggists, 
but  thought,  if  this  were  done,  it  would  appear  as  if  the 
Board  were  trying  to  compete  with  regular  manufactur- 
ers. At  the  request  of  the  Commissioner,  the  delegates 
presented  their  argoiments  in  writing  for  the  considera- 
tion ot  the  full  Board,  which  declined  to  grant  the  desired 
discount. 

Mr.  Swann' s  report  gave  rise  to  a  discoission  in  which 
several  members  participated.  Mr.  Hitchcock  said  he  did 
not  think  the  members  should  give  up  trying  for  betteir 
discounts,  and  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was 
unanimously  passed: 

"Whereas,  the  retail  pharmacists  of  the  City  of  New 
York,  being  at  an  expense  of  about  25  per  cent,  for  doing 
business,  it  is  therefore  Resolved,  that  the  Manhattan 
Pharmaceutical  Association  respectfully  asks  the  Board 
of  Health  of  said  city  to  establish  such  prices  for  its  bac- 
teriological products  as  will  afford  a  fair  onargin  to  the 
pharmacists  for  handling  them." 

The  petition  now  being  circulated  requesting  Mayor 
Low  to  use  his  influence  to  prevent  the  manufacture  ot 
antitoxin  and  vaccine  by  the  Board  of  Health,  was 
brought  in  and  explained  by  Francis  P.  Hays,  who  said 
that  it  had  been  signed  by  the  Presidemt  and  secretar>'  of 
the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  by  several 
thousand  physicians  and  druggists.  Mr.  Swann  then 
took  the  floor  and  made  a  forcible  speech  against  the  pe- 
tition. He  did  not  believe  that  pharmacists  should  be 
made  the  ^means  to  further  the  interests  of  onanufactur- 
ers,  and  said  it  could  as  well  be  claimed  th'at  the  Post 
Office  department  was  co.'ntpeting  with  private  interests 
as  to  assert  that  the  Board  of  Health  was  antagonistic 


to  the  manufacturer.  He  went  iniu  the  history  of  the 
manufacture  of  antitoxin  and  told  ot  its  introduction  into 
America  by  private  manufacturers.  Mr.  Swann  further 
stated  that  he  had  signed  the  petition  addressed  to  the 
Mayor  in  a  hurry  to  rid  him-self  of  the  man  presenting 
it,  but  had  since  asked  to  have  his  name  removed,  and  he 
believed  a  large  number  of  the  signatures  were  secured 
in  the  same  way.  He  said  "I  might  agree  to  sign  such 
a  petition  if  the  "manufacturers  would  permit  govern- 
ment officials  to  inspect  their  laboratories  and  test  their 
products,  whch  I  am  told  they  will  not  do.  I  understand 
on  good  authority  that  serums  made  by  private  firms, 
tested  'by  the  Board  of  Health,  were  found  considerably 
under  the  strength  claimed.  Manufacturers  do  not  mark 
packages  with  the  date  of  manufacture  as  the  Board  ot 
Health  does,  and,  on  case  of  accident  from  antitoxin  made 
by  private  manufacturers,  the  druggist  cannot  recover 
any  loss."  He  appealed  to  the  jnembers  not  to  sign  the 
petition. 

Mr.  Hitchcock  also  thought  the  members  should  not 
aid  mannfacturers,  but  should  work  in  line  with  the 
Board  of  Health,  and  in  time  a*  better  -margin  would  be 
given  on  sales  of  its  antitoxin.  Mr.  'S^n^ann  remarked  that 
the  Board  of  Health  was  the  only  manufacturer  from 
whom  antitoxin  could  be  had  free  of  chiarge,  and  it  was 
quite  probable  that  it  would  meet  the  demands  of  the 
druggists  after  the  Legislature  adjourned. 

Mr.  Pond  called  attention  to  the  large  and  increasing 
sale  of  so-called  catarrh  powders  containing  dangerous 
quantities  of  cocaine.  This  imatter  caused  considerable 
discussion  and  resulted  in  the  Association's  passing  a 
resolution  to  ask  its  members  to  discourage  the  sale  of 
such   preparations. 

President  Pringle  spoke  of  the  new  regulations  for 
keeping  explosives,  and  advised  the  (members  to  look 
after  their  interests.  Mr  Swann  moved  that  the  Commit- 
tee on  Trade  Interests  take  the  matter  up  and  look  after 
the  pharmacist's  rights,   passed. 

The  meeting  adjourned  shortly  after  ten  o'clock. 


Memotial  to  John  F.  Van  Nort. 

The  Ohemung  County  (X.  T.)  Pharmaceutical  So- 
ciety held  a  special  session  at  Elmira,  March  11,  and 
adopted  the  following  resolutions  to  the  memory  of 
John  F.  Xort,  whose  death  was  reported  in  the  Era 
of  last  week: 

By  the  death  of  our  fellow  member,  F.  J.  'Van  Nort. 
this  association  has  sustained  a  grievous  loss.  He  filled 
a  large  place  in  the  business  affairs  of  our  association, 
having  been  its  honored  president  for  a  number  of  years, 
always  zealous  and  promoting  good  feeling  and  in  all 
things  calculated  to  further  the  best  interests  of  its  mem- 
bers. As  a  pharmacist  he  had  mre  ability  and  as  an  en- 
ergetic business  man  ihe  had  few  equals.  His  social,  gen- 
ial nature  was  fully  recognized  by  all  our  members  and 
in  all  controversies  he  still  maintained  the  true  friendship 
of  all.  We  motirn  his  loss  as  a  dear  de|)arted  friend  and 
brother  and  desire  to  add  our  testimonial  to  his  real  worth 
as  a  mein-.'ber  nf  this  association  and  as  a  feMow  citizen. 

Resolved.  That  this  expression  of  our  feeling  toward 
OUT  departed  brother  be  spread  upon  the  minutes  of  this 
association,  a  copv  of  the  same  he  forwarded  to  the  be- 
reaved faniilv  and  that  they  bo  publish  In  the  dally  pa- 
ners  of  this  city  and  In  the  principal  drug  journal  ot  New 
■york. 

Mr.  Van  Nort  -was  a  leading  retail  druggist  of  EI- 
miira  and  at  the  thne  of  his  death  was  first  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion and  local  secretary  of  the  entertainment  committee 
for  the  coming  annual  meeting  to  be  held  in  Elmira. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  27,  1902. 


NEW  YORK  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 

Annual  Meeting  and  Election  of  OfBcers — Addresses  by 
President  Charles  F.  Chandler  and  Prof. 
John  Uri  Lloyd. 
The  annual  meeting  of  the  New  York  College  of 
Piharmacy  was  held  at  the  college  rooms.  Tuesday  even- 
ing, March  IS.  President  Dr.  Charles  F.  Chandler  was 
in  the  chair  and  gave  an  exceedingly  interesting  ad- 
dress, showing  the  progress  of  the  institution  since  its 
establishment  in  1831.  He  said  that  until  1870  not  more 
than  ten  students  graduated  yearly,  but  since  then 
each  year  has  found  the  number  of  graduates  increased, 
and  last  year  12.5  students  received  the  degree  of  Ph.  G. 
and  11  that  of  Phar.  D.  He  referred  to  the  additions 
to  the  facuilty  and  bo  the  splendid  results  of  their  la- 
bors. He  spoke  particularly  of  the  text  books,  which 
have  been  compiled  by  professors  of  the  college,  such 
as  Coblentz's  "Volumetric  Analysis"  and  "Handbook  of 
Pharmacy;"  Ferguson's  "Qualitative  Analysis"  and 
Rusby  and  Jelliffe's  "Morphology  and  Histology"  of 
plants.  The  college  was  greatly  indebted  to  the  late 
president.  Edward  Kemp,  for  his  liberality  in  furnishing 
a  complete  set  of  physical  apparatus  and  for  his  other 
donations  to  the  institution.  Students  from  Tale,  Co- 
lumibia,  Harvard  and  the  Massachusetts  Institute  of 
Technology  had  found  the  college's  course  in  the  dis- 
pensing laboratory  of  great  benefit.  However,  the  col- 
lege and  authorities  did  not  wish  to  give  the  impres- 
sion that  dispensing  done  in  the  college  was  to 
be  substiuted  for  the  drug  store  experience.  He 
expressed  a,ppreciation  V)f  the  gift  of  S.WO  frcim  the 
Alumni  Association  and  said  with  individual  subscrip- 
tions, which  had  been  added  to  this  sum,  there  would 
now  be  about  $1,000  on  hand.  He  hoped  the  college 
would  receive  more  financial  support,  and  compared  the 
donations  received  by  New  York  institutions  with  those 
of  other  cities,  referring  especially  to  the  recent  gifts 
to  a   Boston   institution,    amounting   to  $2,250,000. 

In  introducing  Prof.  John  Uri  Lloyd,  of  Cincinnati, 
the  president  referred  briefly  to  his  distinguished  career 
as  a  pharmacist,  to  his  being  a  former  president  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  to  his  suc- 
cess in  the  field  of  literature,  naming  several  of  his  re- 
cent novels.  Professor  Lloyd  made  an  earnest  appeal  to 
pharmacists  to  make  use  of  their  spare  time  in  study- 
ing and  experimenting  in  some  special  department  of 
their  profession.  He  said  pharmacy  is  in  its  infancy 
and  the  students  and  pharmacists  of  the  present  day 
should  devote  time  and  study  to  working  out  in  detail 
the  work  begun  by  the  men  who  have  shown  what  pos- 
sibilities there  are  in  the  profession.  He  did  not  know 
of  any  alkaloid  or  glucoeide  which  could  not  be  further 
investigated  to  advantage,  and  he  could  not  name  a 
single  plant  that  had  been  exhaustively  studied.  He 
spoke  iOt  special  study  in  some  particular  field  as  a 
recreation  and  said  if  each  pharmacist  would  pursue 
such  a  course  he  would  not  only  benefit  himself  and 
gain  a  name  among  physicians  and  pharmacists  but  add 
eomething  of  value  to  the  store  of  human  knowledge.  A 
hearty  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  Prof.  Lloyd  at  the 
close  of  his  address. 

The  candidates  nominated  on  the  regular  ticket  an- 
nounced in  this  Journal  February  27  were  elected  as 
follows:  President,  Charles  F.  Chandler:  first  vice- 
president,  William  Jay  Schieffelin;  second  vice-president, 
Reuben  R.  Smith;  third  vice-president.  Erne't  'Molwitz; 
treasurer,  Clarence  O.  Bigelow;  secretary,  Thomas  F. 
Main;  assistant  secretary,  O.  J.  Griffin;  trustees  to 
serve  three  years.  Otto  Boeddiker,  M.  J.  Breitenbach, 
John  R.  Caswell,  Charles  S.  Erb,  Samuel  W.  Fairchild; 
trustee  to  serve   one   year,   Carl   Schur. 

The  members  adjourned  to  the  library  after  the 
routine  business  had  been  transacted.  Where  a  collation 
was  served  and  an  enjoyable  hour  or  so  was  spent  in 
listening  to  speeches.  Among  the  speakers  were:  Wil- 
liam Jay  Schieffelin,  H.  H..  Rusby,  A.  H.  Elliott,  George 
A.  B''erguson,  C.  O.  BlgeLow,  Otto  A.  Amend,  C.  F. 
Sohleussner,  Aabert  Plant,  Caswell  A.  Mayo,  Charles  S. 
Erb,  T.   P.   Cook  and  Prof.  Lloyd. 


CHAMPION  PISTOL  SHOT,  A  DRUG  CLERK. 

Walter     J.   Garver,    prescription    clerk   at    Henry    C. 
iner's   Pharmacy,    No.    112   East,  125th   street,    Manhat- 
tan,    is   an   expert    pistol 


He  is  open  for  challenge  ii 
from  "pill  rollers,"  North 
West.  Mr.  Garver  was 
born  in  1873  and  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Phila- 
deliphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy, class  of  1894,  of 
which  he  was  "class 
iprophet."  He  started  in 
the  drug  business  in  1891 
as  an  apprentice  with 
B.16W  &  Lucas,  Hagers- 
town,  Md.  Before  tak- 
ing his  present  position 
he  was  employed  by  Blair 
&  Co.,  Philadelphia,  and 
James  A.  Hetherington.  New  York. 
Prince   of  Orange   Lodge   No.    16.    A, 


shot.  The  accompanying 
out  shows  a  target  re- 
cently made  by  Mr.  Gar- 
ver at  Bergmaier  Bros.' 
Creedmore  Rifle  Gallery, 
No.  124  East  125th  street. 
It  is  a  perfect  score, 
rare:y  if  •ever  equaled, 
iieing  125  out  of  a  possi- 
ble 125.  The  five  shots 
were  fired  out  of  a  ten- 
inch  pistol,  .22  short 
Winchester  cartridge,  at 
a  range  of  thirty  feet. 
Mr.  Garne'r  took  up 
shooting  as  a  pastime 
about  a  year  ago,  and 
has  won  numerous 
prizes,  both  with  rifle 
and  pistol,  among  them 
being  an  Edison  phono- 
graph and  two  rifles, 
in  the  amateur  class 
East,       South        or 


is  a  member  of 
and   A.    M. 


ERUG  CLERK  ARRESTED  FOR  CARRYING  CHLORAL. 

Herman  Spahma,  a  drug  clerk  employed  by  Elmer  & 
Amend,  druggists  at  Third  avenue  and  Eighteenth 
street,  was  arrested  Friday,  March  21,  on  a  charge  of 
having  chloral  hydrate  in  his  possession  in  the  street. 
He  was  held  by  the  poliice  court  magistrate  in  $1,000  bail, 
as  he  failed  to  give  satisfactory  reasons  tor  having  the 
chloral.  Detectives  have  been  trying  for  some  time  to 
catch  the  person  who  furnished  the  drug  used  in  sev- 
eral robberies  on  the  Bowery  and  in  other  places  in  the 
city  lately.  At  the  examination  detectives  said  they 
watched  Spahma  when  he  left  the  store  of  Eimer  & 
.\mend  on  Thursday  night  and  at  Eighteenth  street  they 
saiw  him  talking  to  a  well-known  Bowery  character.  The 
tough  ran  up  the  elevated  stairs  when  they  approach- 
ed and  got  on  a  passing  train.  Spahma  had  a  twelve- 
ounce  bottle  of  chloral  hydrate  when  arrested,  which 
he  declared  to  be  hyposulphite  of  soda  he  was  taking 
to  a  photographer.  When  taken  to  the  drug  store  the 
stuff  was  identified  as  chloral.  Two  ounces  of  cocaine 
and  20.000  morphine  tablets  were  said  to  be  found  In 
Spahma's  room.  Robert  Amend  was  in  court  and  said 
Spahma  had  not  bought  the  chlorail  nor  had  it  been 
given  to  him.  When  questioned  as  to  what  he  was  go- 
ing to  do  with  the  drug  the  accused  man  said  he  was 
"going  to   sell   it   to   a   man." 


WEDDING  BELLS. 

The  marriage  of  Miss  Mithilde  Hammond  Harding, 
daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Herbert  B.  Harding,  of  this 
city,  to  Mr.  Emil  August  Tauchert,  only  son  of  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Oscar  E.  Tauchert  of  Brooklyn,  was  cele- 
brated at  the  Church  of  the  Heavenly  Rest  on  Thurs- 
day   evening,    March    20.    Miss    Harding,    beautiful    and 


March  27,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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accomplished,  and  fond  of  all  out  door  sports,  has  trav- 
eled much  in  this  country  and  in  Europe.  Mr.  Tauchert 
is  a  member  of  the  New  Tork  Stock  Exchange.  He  Is 
an  accomplished  viiolinist,  having  studied  under  the 
masters,  an  elocusionist  and  an  amateur  actor.  The 
honeymoon  will  be  a  trip  through  the  Mediterranean, 
after  which  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Tauchert  will  reside  in  New 
York.  Among  the  gueets  present,  including  many  mem- 
bers of  the  drug  trade,  were:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Oscar  E. 
Tauchert,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Em.il  Thiele,  the  Rev.  Dr.  and 
Mrs.  F.  Ijandon  Humphreys,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brent  Good, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  George  Rose,  Senator  and  Mrs.  Fulford, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  E.  C.  Dewitt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  D.  O.  Haynes, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Joseph  Leeming  and  CaptaJn  Harding. 

WHOLESALE  DRUG  TRADE  BOWLING. 

The  games  rolled  at  Reid's  Church  street  alleys  on 
Saturday,  March  22,  resulted  as  follows:  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.,  772,  against  Lanman  &  Kemp,  711;  Dodge  &  Ol- 
cott,  774,  against  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  692;  Dodge  &  Ol- 
cott,  765,  against  Lanman  &  Kemp,  682;  Powers  &  Weight- 
man,  657,  against  General  Chemical  Co.,  716;  Colgate  & 
Co.,  S4S,  agains..  Powers  &  Weightman,  745;  General 
Chemical  Co.,  707,  against  Colgate  &  Co.,  779. 

The  following  list  shows  the  standing  of  the  teams 
to  date: 

Played.  "Won.  Lost. 

Johnson    &    Johnson    22  17  5 

Dodge    &    Olcott    22  17  6 

Parke.   Davis   &   Co 22  14  8 

Colgate  &   Co 21  14  7 

General   Chemical    Co 24  14  10 

■Church   &  Dwight   Co 22  12  10 

Seabury   &   Johnson    22  10  12 

National    Lead    Co 20  7  13 

Powers  &   Weightmati    24  8  15 

Lanman   &   Kemp    22  5  17 

Roessler   &   Hasslacher    19  3  16 

L.  C.  Stevens,  of  Johnson  &  Johnson's  team,  with 
an  average  of  177  6-11,   has  the  highest  individual  score. 


BBOOKLYN  COLLEGE  ALUMNI  WILL  ENTERTAIN. 

The  Alumni  Association  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of 
Pharmacy  will  have  its  tenth  annual  reception  on 
Wednesday  evening,  April  0,  at  the  Pierrepont  Assemibly 
Rooms,  Nos.  133-155  Pierrepont  street,  near  Fulton. 
Brooklyn.  Dr.  Frederic  P.  Tuthili  is  chairman  of  the  com- 
imittee  in  charge  of  the  affair  and  has  associated  with 
him  Andrew  Myhr,  Phillip  Shappiro,  W.  S.  Welton  and 
W.  H.  Weygandt.  Arrangements  for  a  large  attendance 
hiave  been  made  and  the  friends  of  the  Association  in  the 
retaiil  and  wholesale  trade  have  signified  their  intentions 
to  be  present  at  the  reception. 

A  special  musical  program  will  be  given  before  the 
Grand  March,  which  is  announced  to  start  promptly  at 
ten  o'clock.  There  will  be  a^mple  room  for  dancing  and 
good  music  throughout  the  evening.  The  corrumittee  re- 
quests that  all  remittances  shall  be  sent  to  the  chairman, 
at  No.  526  Putnam  avenue,  Brooklyn,  'before  the  date  of 
the  reception,  so  that  funds  for  i-xpenses  will  be  at  hand. 


HENRY  P.  CROSHER  AGAIN. 

Henry  P.  Crosher,  whose  swindling  schemes  have 
been  repeatedly  exposed  in  the  columns  of  the  Era,  has 
been  heard  from  again.  A  short  time  ago  the  Dewey 
Manufacturing  Co.,  of  Orange,  N.  J.,  received  a  visit 
from  a  man  who  inquired  the  prices  of  various  toilet 
preparations  made  by  the  firm,  asking  their  best  cash 
prices,  and  stating  that  he  would  want  to  purchase  in 
quite  large  quantities.  No;  knowing  the  visitor's  repu- 
tation the  representative  of  the  firm  gave  the  prices. 
As  the  man  was  leaving  he  said:  "Here,  I  will  leave 
you  one  of  my  souvenirs."  This  was  a  leather  card 
case  bearing  the  inscription:  "Henry  P.  Crosher,  whole- 
sale proprietary  medicines,  drugs,  ehemicals  and  oils, 
166-168  Greenwich  street.  New  York."  The  represen- 
tative of  the  Dewey  Manufacturing  Co.  made  inquiries 
among  the  down  town  drug  dealers  and  on  learning  of 
Mr.  Crosher's  reputation  decided  not  to  sell  him  any 
goods. 


ARTHUR   HIGINBOTHAM. 

Mr.  Higinboiham,  one  of  the  successful  pharmacists  in 
New  York  City,  and  proprietor  of  the  store  at  No.  655 
COluimbus  avenue,  eorner  of  92d  street,  is  a  native  of 
Guelp'h,  Ontario.  His  father,  an  ex-member  of  the  Can- 
adian parliament,  was  also  a  pharmacist.  Mr.  Higin- 
bothaim  was  an  apprentice  with  Frederick  Herdllng, 
Yonkers,  and  graduated  from  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy  in  1892.  He  is  a  membeir  of  the  College  Alumnd 
Association,  and  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation; also  oif  Charity  Lodge,  No.  727,  A.  P.  aind  A. 
M..  and  the  Canadian  Society  of  New  York.  Mr.  Higin- 
botham  has  built  up  an  excellent  trade  in  his  vicmity 
with  iJhysicians. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

John  Tompleton,  ex-editor  of  the  "Tammany  Times," 

is  now  manager  for  the  Saratoga  Carlsbad  Spring  Co.. 
and  is  visiting  physicians  in  the  .  city.  Mr.  Teimpleton 
knew  nothing  about  the  Saratoga  Carlsbad  water  until 
he  drank  some  at  the  Drug  Club  a  few  weeks  ago. 
When  told  it  was  from  a  spring  in  Saratoga  and  the  gas 
was  natural,  he  expressed  a  desire  to  see  the  spring  and 
a  trip  there  resulted  in  his  engageiment  with  the  company 
as  above. 

^— J.  H.  Stailman,  chairman  of  the  insurance  committee 
of  the  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  Board  of  Trade  and 
Transportation,  submitted  a  report  at  the  monthly  meet- 
ing of  the  section  held  Thursday,  March  20,  requesting 
the  Underwriters'  Committee  on  rates  to  hold  another 
conference.  The  committee  thinks  a  much  better  classl- 
fica'tion  of  drugs  and  chemicals  can  be  made  than  is  used 
at  present.  No  other  important  business  was  before  the 
meeting. 

A.  Rot)ert  Anderson  has  purchased  the  stock  and  fix- 
tures in  the  drug  store  formerly  conducted  by  E.  F. 
Crosher  at  No.  43  Main  street.  Flushing.  L.  I.,  and  will 
continue  the  business  under  the  Arm  name  of  Anderson 
&  Co.  ■  Mr.  Crosher's  stock  was  sold  at  sheriff's  sale,  a 
New  York  drug  flnm  having  foreclosed  a  mortgage.  ^Mx. 
Andersion  was  formerly  a  clerk  with  C.  H.  Oarretson, 
Flushing. 

'F.   N.   Bean,  of  the  Apothecaries  Hall  Co.,   whcflesale 

druggists,  Waterbury,  Conn.,  was  in  ithe  city  Saturday, 
March  22  and  was  entertained  at  the  Drug  Club  Ijy  Henry 
Thornton,  of  Parke.  Daws  &  Co.  It  was  Mr.  Bean's  first 
visit  to  the  city  for  ajbout  five  years  and  he  was  very 
favorably  impressed  with  the  many  improvements  in  the 
buildings  occupied  'by  drug  houses. 

Invitations   are   out   for   tihe   marriaigi?   of  Miss   Lydia 

Glasier  Worth,  daughter  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Egbert  M. 
Worth,  Brooklyn,  to  Mr.  Ernest  J.  W.  Zlegler,  on  Wed- 
ne.sday,  .-Vpril  f),  at  the  Lafayette  Avenue  Prrabyterian 
Church,  Brooklyn.  Mr.  Zlegler  Is  proprietor  of  the  phar- 
macy at  Llnwood  street,  corner  of  Belmont  avenue, 
Brooklyn. 

Edward  Pennock.  tor  a  nuantier  of  years  representa- 
tive on  the  road  for  William  R.  Warner  &  Co.,  has  as- 
sumed  the   management   of   the   firm's   New   York   office. 


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[March  27,  1903. 


vice  B.  B.  Hamlin,  Jr.,  resigned.  Mr.  Hamlin  is  now 
treasiirer  and  manager  of  the  Aimenican  Peroxide  &  Chem- 
ical Co.,  with  olTices  at  No.  88  Maiden  Lian.e 

Helilstern  Bros,,  who  bought  the  R.  Steabler  Pharmacy 

at  No.  848  Broad  street,  Newarlc,  N.  J.,  about  two  years 
ago,  removed  the  whole  establishment  last  week  into  a 
new  apartment  house,  corner  Fulton  street  and  Bergen- 
line  avenue.  Union  Hill,  N.  J.  The  firm  also  owns  a  drug 
store  at  No.   61  Congress  street,  Jensey  City. 

^Walter  Philliips  Terry  will  give  a  lecture  in  the  New 

York  College  of  Pharmacy  on  "Modern  Mexico  and  a 
Glimpse  of  Cuba,"  Wednesday  evening,  April  2,  at  8 
o'clock.  The  lecture,  given  under  the  auspices  of  the 
Alumni  Association,  will  be  illustrated  with  etereopticon 
views. 

Ernst    Wickert,    a    retail    druggist    who    conducted    a 

store  at  No.  194  Knickerbocker  avenue,  Prooklyn,  died 
suddenly  in  his  store  on  Monday,  March  1'  A  physician 
arrived  too  late  to  render  assistance  aii^.  ''^d  death  was 
dje   to  ap'oplexy. 

Nelson  S.  Kirk,  the  well-known  pharmacist  of  Brook- 
lyn, 'formerly  at  Third  avenue  and  31st  street.  Manhat- 
tan, is  to  be  married  to  Miss  Jean  Douglass,  Wednesday 
evening,  April  2.  Fred  Borggreve  will  be  beet  man  on 
that  occasion. 

. ^lan  E.  Terry's  drug  store,   corner  of  Higih  and  Broad 

streets,  Milvi'Ue.  N.  J.,  was  robbed  on  Monday,  March  10. 
The  thieves  ibroke  open  one  of  the  side  windows  and  stole 
cigars,  fancy  goods  and  cutlery  to  the  amount  of  $100. 
iW.  B.  Moore,  of  the  Saginaw  Valley  Drug  Co.,  Sagi- 
naw, Mich.,  H.  K.  Mansfield,  Salem,  Mass.,  and  W.  H. 
Hull,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  were  among  the  visitors  in 
down   town  d'rug  circles   last   week. 

Emil  WetEChel,   miamager  olf  C.  'O.  Talcot's  drug  store 

at  Glastonibury.  Conn.,  was  in  New  Tork  last  week  on 
his  way  hoime  fro;m  Pittsbucrg.  where  lie  had  been  attend- 
ing the  funeral  of  his  brother. 

Alfred  G.  Goff.  a  druggist  o£  Bridgelon,  iN.  J.,  fell  dead 

upon  the  street  Friday.  March  21,  while  on  his  way  home 
to  dinner.  Death  was  said  to  be  from  heart  disease.  He 
was  about  50  years  of  age. 

Pond  &  Bowes,  the  well-known  druggists  who  conduci 

stores  at  Nos.  314  and  226  Ninth  avenue,  Manhattan,  are 
opening  another  store  on  Tenth  avenue,  between  46th 
ad  4?th  streets. 

B.  A.  Tomlinson,  formerly  with  the  MoPike  Drug  Co., 

Atchison,  Kansas,  has  succeeded  Charles  F.  Scott  as  rep- 
resentative on  the  Pacific  Coast  for  McKesson  &  Rob- 
bins. 

Saimuel  Felt,  a  well  known  pharmacist  of  Watertown, 

N.  T.,  was  in  the  city  last  week  en  route  to  Florida  with 
a  party  of  friends  from   Watertown  and  vicinity. 

C.  W.  Rolph  is  now  Lehn  &  Fink's  representative  in  the 

territory  between  Philadelphia  and  Richmond.  Mr.  Ralph 
formerly  represented  a  Baltimore  house. 

J.  A.  Feldberg,  formerly  clerk  with  druggist  N.  Par- 
toss,  on  Avenue  C,  Manhattan,  is  now  proprietor  of  the 
drug  store  at  No.  307  Broome  street. 

H.  P.  Bisse'Ii.  the  Ridgefleld,  Conn.,  pharmacist,  vis- 
ited friends  in  New  York  drug  circles  last  week. 

Prof.  John  Uri  Tiloyd  of  Cincinnati  was  a  guest  of  Col. 

E.  W,  Fitoh  at  the  Drug  Club  last  week. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


Will  Open  Branch  Establishment  in  New  Orleans. 

Wm.  P.  Warnei-  &  Co.,  manufacturing  pliarmacist.s  ot 
Philadelphia,  announce  that  they  have  leased  the  entire 
building  located  at  ."»ii.S  Camp  street.  New  Orleans,  where 
they  will  open  a  regular  branch  establishment  for  dis- 
tributing their  products  in  that  city  and  cont^ibutary 
territory,  about  April  1st.  The  branch  will  be  under  the 
management  of  T.  B.  Reams,  who  has  represented  them 
for  several  years,  and  is  well  and  favorably  known  to  the 
drug   trade,    particularly   in   Southern   territory. 


AGAINST  UNDERSIZED  BOTTLES  OF  MISLEADING 
CAPACITY. 

Boston,  March  22.— lAmong  the  present  hearings  at 
the  'State  House,  one  of  interest  was  that  given  'by  the 
Committee  on  Mercantile  Affairs  on  a  petition  tlhat  no 
one  shall  sell  or  oit'er  for  sale,  with  contents,  any  bat- 
tles or  Jars  that  are  not  properly  la;belled  as  to  the  qiiant- 
ity  they  contain.  One  witness  introduced,  knew  from 
experience  that  many  bottles  sold  as  containing  a  quart 
did  not  hold  that  amount.  These  bottles  were  called 
"fives;"  that  is  it  takes  five  of  them  to  make  a  gallon 
instead  of  four,  as  represented  by  the  dealers.  The 
average  customer  would  not  notice  the  difference  in  the 
quantity  in  the  bottles,  owing  to  the  raised  interior  at 
its  bottom.  There  has  been  considerable  opposition  to 
the  petition,  among  those  who  appeared  in  remonstrance 
being  Judge  Moffett,  counsel  for  the  Bottlers'  Associa- 
tion, of  Massachusetts,  and  W.  E.  Weld  of 
the  Who'.esale  iljiquor  Association.  The  chief  con- 
tention was  that  the  bill  was  in  restraint  ot 
trade.  Gorham  D.  Gil'man,  the  wholesale  drug- 
gists, called  attention  to  the  fact  that  the  bill  not 
only  apipli&s  to  the  liquor  business,  but  to  the  practice  Of 
■medicine  and  the   grocery  trade. 

Supposed  Whiskey   Not   the   Real   Spiiit. 

Boston,  March  22.— In  a  search  for  liquors  at  the  drug 
store  of  Jeremiah  McCarthy,  in  Brockton,  Mass.,  tha 
officens  thought  they  had  by  chance  stumbled  across  a 
new  scheme  to  thwart  their  efforts,  but  in  this  they  ap- 
pear after  all  to  have  been  in  the  wrong.  They  seized 
what  was  alleged  to  be  whiskey,  and  the  officers  say 
that  either  Mr.  McCarthy,  or  one  of  his  clerk's  threw 
a  drug  into  the  "Whiskey"  which  completely  neutralized 
the  smell  of  the  liquor,  yet  which  was  believed  by  the 
officers  to  have  the  odor  of  whiskey.  The  "drug"  was 
aromatic  spirits  lof  ammonia,  so  it  is  learned  from  the 
report  of  the  assistant  State  assayer,  who  says  that 
positively  not  a  trace  of  Whiskey  has  been  found  in  his 
analysis.  Besides  the  oroimatic  spirits  of  aimjmonia,  the 
analysis  shows  nothing  except  alcohol,  with  traces  of 
some  other  ingredients,  hut  nothing  which  can  lead  to 
a  belief  that  the  original  liquid  was  whiskey. 

Passing  of  An  Old  Landma'k. 
Boston,  March  22.— With  the  march  of  progress,  the 
old-time  drng  store  of  the  Theodore  Metcalf  Company, 
of  which  Frank  A.  Davidson  is  president,  at  39  Tremont 
(Street,  a  place  famous  in  Boston's  history  for  three- 
quarters  of  a  century,  is  to  give  way  before  a  new  build- 
ing and  greatly  enlarged  store  fitted  to  meet  the  needs 
of  modern  business  methods.  The  new  store  will  be  on 
the  old  site  and  will  be  a  model  one  in  every  respect. 
The  demolition  of  the  old  building  will  be  begun  on  June 
1,  and  from  that  time  until  the  new  building  is  completed 
and  ready  for  occupancy  Metcalf's  will  be  located  tem- 
porarily at  36  Court  street,  not  far  from  the  present 
Tremont   street   store. 


Prescription  Business  Normal. 
Boston,  March  22.— People  are  beginning  with  a  rush  to 
inquire  lor  gum  camphor  and  other  caimphor  preparations, 
moth  balls,  tar  paper  and  like  thiings  for  packing  away 
clothing  for  the  Summer  months.  Druseists  therefore  are 
meeting"  with  quite  a  brisk  demand  for  these  articles 
and  it  has  given  some  im.petus  to  this  week's  trade.  .\ 
part  of  the  week  has  heen  rainy  and  wet  and  has  he'ped 
keep  going  the  sales  of  those  remedies  which  people  with 
colds,  sore  throats,  malaria,  rheumatienv  and  kindred  ail- 
ments seek  when  not  ill  enough  to  need  the  advice  and 
care  of  a  physician.  Prescription  business  appeaits  to  be 
normal,  at  this  time,  and  the  same  may  be  said  regarding 
the  call  for  sundries,  toilet  goods,   etc. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

Humphrey's  drug  store  in  Athol,   Mass.,  recently  ha» 

undergone  improvements  which  are  greatly  for  the  better. 


March  27,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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A  part  of  the  store  has  been  fitted  to  be  known  as  Station 
A  of  the  Athol  postoffice,  replacing  what  was  long  known 
as  "Athol  Centre,"  an  office  which  oame  Into  existence 
exactly  a  century  ago— in  1802,  at  a  time  When  mail  came 
and  went  by  a  line  of  stages  running  between  Greenfield 
ad  Leominster,  through  Athol.  In  the  (history  of  the 
office  there  have  _^<:n  eighteen  postmasters,  one  of  whom 
held    the  office  from   1862   to   1885. 

A  new  drug  firm  is  that  of  Thompson  &  Co.,  whloh 

has  just  opened  a  store  at  the  corner  of  Congress  avenue 
and  Peari  street,  Chelsea,  Mass.  Kverything  in  the  stock 
is  of  course  entirely  new  and  fresh.  The  store  Is  to  be 
under  the  management  of  Arthur  C.  Burwell,  formerly 
of  the  late  firm  of  George  Burwell  &  Sons,  who  used 
'to  conduct  the  Adams  House  Pharmacy,  Boston.  Mr. 
Burwell  has  had  long  experience  in  the  drug  business. 

On   the    charge   of   keeping   and   exposing   liquors   for 

sale,  Charles  C.  Bailey,  a  clerk  in  Brown's  drug  store 
In  Maiden,  'recently  has  been  before  the  District  Court. 
He  pleaded  not  guilty,  but  the  chief  of  police  testified 
that  there  had  been  numerous  complaints  against  the 
place  by  residents  living  near  the  drug  store  and  he 
asked  that  a  substantial  fine  be  imposed.  The  clerk  was 
fined  $75,  which  'he  paid. 

(Hon.   Gorham  D.   Gilman,  of  Gilman  Bros.,  wholesale 

druggists,  one  of  the  delegates  of  the  drug  'trade  to  the 
State  Board  of  Trade,  was  one  of  the  sp'eakers  at  this 
week's  meeting  of  that  organization.  Mr.  Gilman  gave 
a  brief  tribute  and  read  resolutions  on  the  twelve  life- 
savers  who  were  drowned  at  Monomi'3^'  thi.^  week  w'hile 
attempting  to  save  sailors  on  a  stranded  barge. 

With  the  opening  by  Tbom'as  Carey  of  his  drug  store 

in  Main  stre&t,  Marlboro,  Mass.,  which  has  been  con- 
ducted recently  by  P.  D.  Brewin,  Joseph  Carey  will  take 
a  position  as  clerk,  resigning  'his  present  place  at  Thomas 
Gorman's  drug  store  in  that  city.  Thomais  Carey,  the 
new  proprietor,   goes  to  Marlboro  from  'Newburyport. 

^H.  Bounbonnais,  who  in  the  recent  war  was  a  hospital 

steward  in  Cuba,  has  'gone  into  the  drug  busimess  at 
West  Warren,  where  (he  bought  what  is  known  as  the 
West  Warren  Phanmacy.  Mr.  Biourbuim'ais  recent- 
ly has  been  living  in  Holyoke.  He  ihaa  had  experience  in 
the  Philippines  as  well  as  in  Cuba. 

>Wlth  a  capital  of  $10,000,   nothing  of  which  had  been 

paid  in  at  the  time  of  'organization,  the  new  Era  Medi- 
cal Company  has  been  incorporated  under  the  laws  of 
Maine.  It  plans  to  m'anufacture  medicines  and  also  medi- 
cine cases.  Herbert  K.  Styles  is  president  of  the  company 
and  F.  A.   Casson  its  treasurer. 

U'Oihn   Heinritz   &   Son,    leading   druggists   in   Holyoke, 

Mass.,  'have  this  month  reached  No.  100,000  in  their  pre- 
criptions.  The  business  was  established  almost  a  quarter 
of  a  century  ago  and  only  two  other  drug  stores  ante- 
date it — that  of  C.  B.  Ball  and  the  pharmacy  of  the 
Goodall    Drug    Company. 

William   H.   Underbill,   for  many  years  a  druggist  in 

Haverhill,  Mass.,  died  suddenly  in  that  city  on  'March 
17,  leaving  a  wife  and  two  children.  Until  recently  he 
had  been  In  business  in  Boston,  returning  not  long  ago 
to  'Haverhill. 

The  drug  store  of  the  late  Dr.  F.  E.  Hines,  In  Salem, 

Mass.,  where  It  is  situated  on  Essex  street,  comer  of  Lab- 
erty  street,  is  now  known  as  Coagley's  Pharmacy.  Mr. 
Coagley,  the  new  owner,  formerly  wa.s  in  Randolph, 

P.   H.    Saxton,   a  druggist  at  Brockton.    Mass.,    where 

his   place   of   business    is   known    as   the    Brattles   Street 
Pharmacy,    is    a  voluntary   petitioner  in   oankruptcy. 
The  Weir  Drug  Company  of  Taunton,   Mass.,   has  re- 
moved to  East  Taunton,  where  the  business  will  be  con- 
ducted under  the  same  management  as  Jn  the  past. 

A  finely-equipped  store  will  be  that  in  Clarke's  Block 

In  Natick,  Mass..  now  being  fitted  for  the  use  of  Charles 
W.  Berry,  as  a  druig  store. 

Altera-tlons    In    Cole's    Block   at   Newton,    Mass.,    will 

make  possible  the  occupancy  of  a  part  of  the  ground 
floor    for   Hahn's    Pharmacy. 

The   new   drug  store   of  P.   H.    Rhodes  at  Waban,   a 

part  of  the  city  of  Newton,  Mass.,  is  now  'Open  for  busi- 
ness. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

DRUG  BOWLING  LEAGUE. 

Philadelphia.  March  21.— 'Tbi-  Whitall  Tatum  Co.  team 
is  again  in  the  lead,  as  a  result  of  the  games  bowled  last 
Tuesday  evening.  The  members  rolled  three  games  with 
Asc'henbach  &  Miller's  teani  and  captured  two  of  the 
three.  Although  the  lead  is  not  a  very  large  one,  it  is  of 
considerable  advantage  so  late  in  the  season  and  should 
the  team  continue  to  bowl  in  the  fine  form  of  last  Tues- 
day there  is  little  question  as  to  who  will  be  on  top  at 
the  finish.  Of  the  three  games  rolled  'by  the  teams  of 
Smith.  Kline  &  French  Co.  aiui  tlhe  "Wanderers  at  the 
same  time,  the  Wanderers  took  two,  the  first  by  the  nar- 
row margin  of  one  point.  The  S.  K.  &  F.  Co.  team 
played  a  very  erratic  game  and  the  players  were  not  at 
all    in    their    usual    form.    The    standing    follows; 

Won.    Lost.    P.    C. 

Whitall  Tatu        '"*d 28  5  .848 

Aschenbach  *■    -vuller    25  5  .833 

Smith,  Kline  6i  French  Co IS  12  .600 

R.  Shoemaker  &  Co 13  17  .•433 

H.  K.  Mulford  Co 12  is  .400 

Wanderers   10  23  .333 

H.  K.  Wampole  &  Co 2  2S  .066 


P.  C.  P.  NOTES. 

Philadelphia,  March  22.— The  'last  of  the  course  of  il- 
lustrated lectures  at  the  Philadelphia  College  of  (Phar- 
macy was  given  Wednesday  evening,  March  19,  by  Dr. 
Charles  L.  Mitchell,  a  graduate  of  the  college.  The  sub- 
ject was  "Holland  and  the  Hollanders,"  and  the  lantern 
i'llustrations  were  unusually  good.  Despite  the  bad 
weather  the  attendance  was  good,  and  Howard  B.  Frenon 
the  president  of  the  college,  in  introducing  Dr.  Mitchell 
said  that  the  course  had  been  so  successful  that  in  all 
probability  a  similar  course  would  be  arranged  for  next 
year. 

Two  heretoftore  unannounced  prizes  will  be  awiarded  at 
the  college  coimmencement  this  year.  Pro'fessor  Remington 
has  offered  one  for  the  best  work  in  the  course  on  Com- 
mercial Training,  and  the  instructors  will  award  an- 
other for  the  best  general  average  in  the  reviews  of  the 
term. 

Dr.  G.  L.  D.  Morison  Who  has  for  a  number  of  years 
been  actively  connected  with  the  college,  latterly  as  as- 
sistant of  Dr.  Clement  B.  Lowe,  has  tendered  Ills  resig- 
nation 'Of  that  position.  It  is  his  intention  to  continue 
'his  studies  on  the  physiological  action  of  drugs  and  to 
make  a  specialty  of  this  subject. 


Drug  Clerk  Held  Up. 
Philadelphia,  March  21.— Milton  Putt,  a  drug  clerk  in 
the  employ  of  T.  E.  Conrad  at  Seventh  and  'Brown  streets, 
was  held  up  in  a  most  sensational  manner  on  Wednesday 
evening.  He  was  in  the  rear  part  of  the  store  compound- 
ein'g  a  prscription  about  9  o'clock  in  the  evening,  when  two 
men  entered  the  store.  Putt  discovered  they  wanted 
something  out  of  the  ordinary  when  one  of  them  pointed 
two  revo'lvers  at  his  head  and  told  him  to  remain  perfect- 
ly quiet.  Almost  before  the  clerk  could  breathe  the  otheir 
"gentleman"  had  opened  the  cash  register,  looted  it  of 
its  contents  and  the  two  had  g'one  as  quickly  as  they 
cam'e.  No'thing  has  as  yet  been  learned  as  to  who  the 
thieves  were,  and  Mr.  Putt  is  very  much  wrought  up  over 
the  fact  that  the  detectivts  are  inclined  to  laugh  at  his 
story. 

PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

The    Woman's   Medical    College    has    made    a    request 

for  donations  of  .all  kinds  including  small  bottles  for 
dispensary  use.  It  seems  that  local  druggists  oould  very 
readily  fill  this  want  with  second-hand  bottles  of  v.ari- 
ous  —ads.  The  State  appropriation  to  this  college  was 
among  the  many  reduced'  by  the  last  Legislature. 

Among   the   floral    tributes   at    the   funeral   of   W.    H. 

Laubuch  was  a  beautiful  emblem  sent  by  the  Philadelphia 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists.  Formal  action  on  the 
death  of  Mr.  Laubach  will  be  taken  by  the  Association 
at   their   next  meeting. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  27,  1903, 


The  business  of  Barrett  Bros,   of  Camden,   N.  J.,  has 

been  incorporated,  and  'it  is  the  intention  to  considerably 
enlarge  the  business  in  the  near  future.  The  firm  name 
is  now  Barrett  Bros.  Company. 

The   drug-   store    nf  ^.    W.    Parsons   at   Franklin   and 

CaHiowhili   streets,   was   broken  into  by  Durglars  Sunda 
morning,    March   16   and  a-rticles   to  the   value   of   $30.00 
were  stolen. 

^The  Garst-Wissler  case  recently  decided  'by  the  Court 

of  Common  Pleas,  in  favor  of  the  defendant  has  been 
appealed    to    the    Superior   Court. 

— TJ.  G.  Ruff  has  opened  a  new  store  at  Thirteenth  and 
Fitzwater  streets. 


BALTIMORE. 


TO  COMBINE  DRUG  STORES. 

Baltiniore,  March  22.— For  some  weeks  past  there  has 
been  under  consideration  the  formation  of  a  combine  of 
perhaps  half  a  dozen  of  the  largest  retajU  drug-  stores  in 
Baltimore,  which  was  expected  to  enter  the  trade  as  a 
new  factor,  taking  up  the  contest  with  the  cutter,  with 
the  wholesaler  and  with  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  its  plan. 
The  purpose  of  the  coimibine.  accordiing  to  report,  was  to 
acquire  possession  of  the  stores  that  entered  the  comibina- 
tion  and  make  their  present  owners  mranagers.  Goods 
would  then  be  bought  in  large  quantities  and  sold  at  cor- 
respondingly low  figures,  proposed  competition  'with  the 
jnost  energetic  cutters  being  lin  contemplation.  The  com- 
bination, it  was  calculated,  would  buy  only  for  cash  and 
could  consequently  get  goods  at  the  lowest  prices,  while 
large  saHes  would  enable  selling  at  the  smallest  margin 
of  profit.  The  financial  end  of  the  matter  was  to  be 
looked  after  by  some  capitalists  whose  names  were  men- 
tioned in  connection  with  the  imatter.  For  a  time  the 
scheme  looked  promising,  but  it  seems  to  have  fallen 
through.  At  any  rate,  it  does  not  ajppear  to  have  made 
headway   of   late. 


Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy. 

Baltimore.  March  20.— At  the  monthly  meeting  of  the 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  this  evening  there  was  an 
inlfonmall  discussion  about  the  increase  in  the  number  of 
"assayed  drugs  and  how  this  would  affect  the  retailer.  It 
■was  the  conclusion  of  the  speakers  that  the  retailer  wooild 
feel  a  sense  of  satisfaction  'in  the  knowledge  that  his 
drugs  came  up  to  the  standard,  and  that  the  increase 
would  work  no  hai-dshiip.  since  competition  couild  be  relied 
upon  to  keep  prices  within  reasonable  limits.  The  change 
will'  cause  the  further  good,  it  was  argued,  of  compelling 
unscrupulous  druggists  to  imaintain  the  standard. 

The  question  as  to  admitting  poly-pharmaceutical  prep- 
arations unto  the  Pharmaco'poeia  was  also  defeated  and 
that  of  admitting  tablets  emphatically  decided  in  the 
negative.  H.  P.  Hynson  giave  it  as  his  opinion  that  the 
.whole  matter  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  would  be  settled  right 
only  when  the  drugs  themselves  were  admitted  and  aJll 
•fonmulas  for  combinations  found  a  place  in  the  National 
Formulary.  Such  action  on  the  part  of  the  Pharmaco- 
poeia committee  he  regarded  as  emiiuently  satisfactory 
and  in  accord  with  the  best  ideas. 

Besides  Mr.  Hynson,  Messrs.  Charles  H.  Ware,  Henry 
Maisch,  Nathan  Mules,  C.  V.  Emioh  and  John  F.  Han- 
cock spoke.  The  ■meeting  was  productive  of  much  inter- 
est, notwithstanding  the  limited  attendance,  and  those 
present  regard  it  as  one  of  the  most  instructive  ever  held. 

The  two  classes  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  have 
fonmied  an  athletic  club  and  will  this  spring  put  into  the 
field  base  ball  and  other  teams.  A  base  toall  contest  is 
scheduled   for  ne.xt  month 


Business  Expanding. 

Baltimore,  March  24.— There  was  considerable  expan- 
sion In  the  business  of  the  wholesalers  last  week.  They 
reported  a  more  active  demand  for  the  articles  in  general 
use  and  numerous  orders  coming  in  from  local  drug-glsts. 


Th  out-of-town  trade  was  somewhat  less  satisfactory,  but 
the  general  voiume  of  business  as  a  whole  was  gratify- 
ingly  large  and  a  marked  improvement  over  several  pre- 
ceding weeks.  The  manufacturers  of  pharmaceuticals 
were  moderately  active.  While  they  experienced  no  par- 
ticular rush,  the  laboratory  forces  were  by  no  means 
Idle.  The  business  of  the  retailers  was  of  course  coiTe- 
spondingly  augmented,  and  a  better  feeling  prevails  as 
a  consequence.  The  market  for  botanicals  is  about  the 
same,  with  the  demand  for  various  articles  brisk  and 
prices  firm  or  slightly  higher.  The  movement  of  heavy 
chemicals  is  of  ordinary  proportions.  Some  of  the  retail 
druggists  have  displayed  perfumery  and  simJilar  articles 
as  Easter  gifts. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

— — Columbus  V.  Emich,  the  venerable  pharmacist  who 
formerly  conducted  the  drug  store  on  Howard  street, 
near  Franklin,  is  doing  relief  work.  He  manifests  the 
same  cheery  demeanor  which  has  always  characterized 
Mm  ai.-  maintains  an  active  interest  in  pharmaceutical 
affairs. 

J.  J.  Bowersox  has  closed  'his  pharmacy  at  the  cor- 
ner of  York  roau  and  Twenty-third  street  and  gone  out  of 
business.  He  will  clerk  for  Arthur  Nattans  (Read  Drug 
Company). 

A  meeting  of  the  Calvert  Drug  Company  was  sched- 
uled to  take  place  this  week  for  the  transaction  of  im- 
portant business. 

^Sullivan  Bros,  have  sold  their  piharmacy  at  the  comer 

of  'Pratt  and  Bond  streets. 


CINCINNATI. 

The  Manufacture  of  Carbonated  Water. 

Cincinnati,  March  21.— The  two  bills  introduced  into 
the  Legislature  the  past  week  by  Representatives  Smith 
and  Williams  of  this  county,  relating  to  the  manufac- 
ture of  carbonated  water,  have  agitated  the  druggists 
and  others  of  this  city  in  no  ineomsideraible  measure. 
The  bill  by  Mr.  Williams  provides  a  penalty  of  $500 
fine,  or  three  months'  Imprisonment  or  both,  for  any- 
one manufacturing  carboni:ited  water  on  premises  where 
any  other  business  is  carried  on.  As  a  great  many  drug- 
gists charge  the  water  which  they  sell  'over  their  soda- 
water  fountain  counters,  and  conduct  'this  process  on 
the  premises  where  they  have  their  drug  stores,  it  can 
be  readily  seen  how  they  will  'be  affected.  Should  this 
measure  become  a  law  the  druggists  would  be  compelled 
to  cease  operating  their  own  charging  apparatus  and  it 
would  compel  them  to  buy  carbonated  water  from  man- 
ufacturers. It  is  claimed  by  druggists  who  were  inter- 
viewed about  it  that  if  the  bill  passed.  It  would  be  a 
hardship  and  not  for  the  public  good.  As  to  the  latter 
effect,  ithey  said,  many  of  the  manufacturers  of  car- 
bonated waters  us'e  distilled  water  instead  oif  filti-re.I 
water,  and  it  was  not  so  palatable  nor  so  pure  as  filtered 
water,  which  druggists  use.  On  the  other  hand,  the  bill 
would  strike  at  the  manufacturers  of  app'aratus  for  car- 
bonating  water.  Which  is  a  large  Industry,  and  it  would 
affect  the  makers  of  liquid  carbonic  gas,  for  the  tanlts 
such  concerns  make  enter  into  the  carbonating  of  the 
water  as  well  as  the  carbonating  of  beer  sold  in  nearly 
all    saloons. 

The  other  bill  by  Mr.  Smith  provides  a  license  of 
$200  for  retailers  and  $100  additional  for  wholesalers  of 
carbonated  water.  This  would  injure  the  trade  of  those 
having  soda  fountains,  for  It  would  take  from  them  Just 
that  amount  of  profit  and  no  good  would  be  subserved, 
say  the  druggists.  The  wholesalers  would  be  compelled 
to  pay  J300  per  year  and  that  would  not  do  any  good 
to  'thean  or  any  one  else.  The  ob.iect  of  the  bills  is  not 
understood,  for  the  claim  'made  by  Representative  Smith 
that  there  is  danger  in  making  carbonated  water  Is  far 
fetched,  as  no  accident  has  occurred  in  years.  The  other, 
claim  that  the  water  is  not  pure  Is  also  denounced  as 
absurd,  because  the  druggists  all  say  they  use  filtered 
Ohio  River  water,  and  there  Is  nothing  better. 


March  27,  190-?.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


32:? 


A  delegation  from  the  Retail  Druggists'  Association, 
composod  of  Attorney  Frank  Freericks.  Emil  Zorn.  Otto 
Grocniland  and  Ctias.  Freericks.  Jr..  tias  g-one  to  Colum- 
bus to  protest  against  the  William  and  Smith  bills.  At- 
torney W.  E.  Bundy,  accompanied  the  party  with  a  pe- 
tition signed  toy  400  firms  againet   the  bill. 

Oakwood  Pharmacal  Co. 

Cincinnati,  March  21.— The  Oakwood  Pharmacal  Oo. 
has  been  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  "U'est  Virginia 
by  H.  G.  Rapp,  H.  B.  Walterman,  Otto  Groenland  and 
J.  H.  Brand,  Cincinnati  druggists,  and  Louis  Holzhauer 
of  Newport,  Ky.,  with  a  capital  of  ?25,000.  This  city 
will  be  the  distributing  point  tor  the  new  company, 
•which  will  manufacture  proprietary  medicines,  pharma- 
ceuticals, drugs  and  toilet  articles.  A  laboratory  will  be 
established  here.  The  new  company  elected  the  following 
■  officers.  Louis  G.  Holzhauer,  president;  Chas.  Freericks, 
Jr.,  vice-president;  W.  T.  Ford,  secretary;  G.  D.  Wells, 
treasurer.  The  officers,  with  J.  H.  Liuneman,  Emil  Zorn. 
and  Otto  Groenland,   comprise  the  board  of  directors. 

Petition  to  Have  Name  Changed. 
Cincinnati,  March  21.— An  ex-parte  suit  was  filed  yes- 
terday by  Alfred  Vogeler  and  others  to  change  the  name 
of  the  Stein-Vogeler  Drug  Co.,  to  the  AJfred  Vogeler  Drug 
Co.  The  suit  is  the  outcome  of  a  disagreement  between 
Otto  Stein,  former  president  of  the  cormpany,  and  Alfred 
Vogeler,  the  present  president.  Stein  and  Vogeler  each 
own  almost  half  the  stock  of  the  company,  a  few  shares 
which  wield  the  balance  ot  power  being  held  by  other 
parties.  Mr.  Vogeler  some  months  ago  got  control  of  the 
outside  shares  and  was  elected  president.  Mr.  Stein  since 
formed  a  rival  companv,  but  he  retains  his  shares  in  the 
Stein-Vogeler  Co. 

CINCINNATI  NOTES. 

William  Karrman,  the  oldest  druggist  in  this  city,  died 

at  his  home  on  Walnut  Hills  last  week,  at  the  advanced 
age  of  seventy-five  years.  Mr.  Karrman  conducted  the 
drug  store  at  Liberty  street  and  Freeman  avenue  for 
about  twenty-five  yeaJS.  but  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness some  years  ago. 

— ^Wm.  Ford,  druggist  at  Eighth  and  Vine  streets,  is  re- 
ceiving the  sjimpatihy  of  his  many  friends  in  the  loss  of 
his  wife,  who  died  last  Monday  at  Harrison,  Ohio.  S/he 
was  Maggie  Hargis,  daug'hter  of  J,  M.  Hargis  of  that 
village. 

The   recently   incorporated   wholesale    drug   firm,    the 

Stein-Gray  Drug  Co.,  have  secured  quarters  at  220  and 
222  East  Fourth  street,  and  will  "be  ready  for  business 
within   a  month. 

A.  C.   Winckler,   fonmerly  of  Williamstown,   Ky.,  was 

in  this  city  this  week  purchasing  goods  for  his  new  store 
at  Da  Folette,   Tenn. 

^W.    L.    Ritter   has    purchased    the    drug   store    of   -A.. 

Dasance  at  Liberty  street  and  Central  avenue. 

.H.   R-    Smith  has   purchased   the  drug  store   formerly 

owned  by  H.  R.  Riffer  at  Bellevue,  Ky^ 


MICHIGAN. 


A  Correction.  '•' 

The  statement  made  in  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Notes  printed  in 
this  journal  last  week,  that  "the  Dr.  Miles  Medical  Co.. 
of  Elkhart.  Tnd..  received,  recently,  an  order  from  a  man 
in  New  York  for  100  dozen  of  the  goods  of  the  company, 
enclosing  a  certified  check  for  $98.40  in  payftient,"  etc., 
is  incorrect.  The  chfck  referred  to  was  for  .$698.40.  and 
the  goods  sought  to  be  purchased  were  the  company's 
$1  preparations.  The  Dr.  Miles  Medical  Co.  state  that 
the  return  of  checks  and  orders  has  been  a  very  common 
practice  with  them  for  the  l3st  two  years  in  their  efforts 
to  keep  their  goods  out  of  improper  Jiands. 


Lewis'  Concord  Grape  Juice. 
In  their  advertisement  in  this  Issue,  F.  C.  Lewis  & 
Co.,  Brocton,  N.  T.,  offer  to  send  to  any  druggiist,  pre- 
paid, six  gallonis  of  pure  Concord  Grape  Juice,  in  jugs, 
for  $6.00.  They  guarantee  their  product  to  be  excelled 
by  none,  and  agree  to  take  back  at  their  own  expense 
any  goods  not  entirely  satisfactory.  They  offer  this  Juice 
as  a  superior  product  to  be  dispensed  at  the  soda  foun- 
tain. 


Detroit,   March  22. 

The  Drug  Clerks'  Association  of  Michigan,  held  a  very 

interesting  meeting  Wednesday  evening,  March  19,  at  its 
hall,  No.  80  Gratiot  avenue,  Detroit,  The  gathering  was 
a  very  large  one  and  the  "smoker"  under  the  management 
of  the  chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee,  C. 
Abraham,  proved  exceedingly  interesting  to  all  those 
present.  Mr.  Brownell  delivered  an  address  on  adver- 
tising. Among  other  interesting  features  were  music, 
sparring,  and  other  similar  entertainment.  A  number  of 
applications  for  membership  were  handed  in  and  the  As- 
sociation now  feels  that  it  is  on  a  very  sound  foundation. 

Ijast    week    there    was    a    meeting    of   the    Detroit    & 

Wayne  County  Retail  Druggists'  Association  at  their 
parlors  in  the  Bamlet  Building,  a  new  schedule  of 
prices  being  adopted.  The  new  schedule  was  made  neces- 
sary by  a  number  of  manufacturers'  price  changes,  and 
also  in  view  of  certain  conditions  now  prevailing  in  De- 
tixiit.  Other  matters  of  business  were  transacted  and 
after  the  meeting  was  over  a  banquet  was  served. 
Among  the  representatives  of  out-of-town  liouses  vis- 
iting Detroit  during  the  past  week  were  Mr.  Kress,  of 
Binney  &  Smith,  New  York;  Geo.  C.  Lillie,  the  Mather 
Milling  Co.,  Chicago;  Mr.  Moore,  Dodge  &  Olcott,  New 
York;  J.  A.  Gleichmann,  Rosengarten  &  Sons,  Philadel- 
phia, and  F.  H.  Bergman,  C.  Schilling  &  Co.,  San  Fran- 
cisco,  Cal. 

The  Common  Council  of  Lansing  has  passed  an  ordi- 
nance designed  to  prevent  the  distribution  of  drug  sam- 
ples from  house  to  house.  The  measure  was  drafted  by 
City  Attorney  Zimmer,  whose  child  was  taken  violently 
ill  some  time  ago  from  a  drug  sample  left  at  the  door. 
A.  C.  Schumacher,  for  many  years  a  prominent  phar- 
macist of  Ann  Arbor,  and  a  well-known  member  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  the  Michigan  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  died  last  week.  At  the  time  of  his 
death  he  was  president  of  the  Board. 

Clarence   C.   Potter,   who  lately  operated   a  pharmacy 

at  Rockford,  died  recently  at  Pueblo,  Col.,  where  he  went 
a  short  time  ago  in  order  to  recuperate  his  failing  healtn. 
He  was  married  only  a  little  over  a  year  ago. 

^H.   G.   Radclifte.   representing  Parke,   Davis  &  Co.,  In 

Iowa,  and  Dr.  R.  Tessier,  representing  the  same  firm  In 
Montreal,   were   in   Detroit   last   week. 

A.  E.  Chantler  of  Detroit  has  recently  made  a  numtoer 

of  improvements  in  his  store,  including  a  large  increase 
in  his  stock. 

The   drug  firm   of  Goodtellow   &   Church,   at    Clarks- 

ville,  has  been  dissolved.  R.  H.  Goodfellow  will  continue 
the  business. 

J.    Flexner,    of   the  Flexner  Chemical  Co.,  .liouisville, 

Ky.,  paid  a  visit  to  Detroit  during  the  p&st  week  on 
business. 

L.  F.  Strong  of  A'icksburg.   has  been  succeeded  in  the 

drug  business  at  that  place  by  Brooks  &  Cobb. 
—Geo.   Chantler,  druggist  at  Manistique,   has  been  suc- 
ceeded by  the  firm  of  De  Bar  &  Neville. 

C.   C.   Milburn,   of  Parke,   Davis  &  Co.,   is  making  en 

extended   trip   through   the   West. 

The  drug  store  of  P.  N.  Ijonsbury  at  Reed  City,  has 

been   sold   to   Arthur   Mulholland. 

• IE.    A.    Wing    of   Detroit    will    shortly   move   his   drug 

store  to  Port  Huron. 

The  firm  of  Weiss  &  Merz.   druggists  at  Monroe,  lias 

been  dissolved. 

W.  B.  Conlcy  has  disposed  of  his  pharmacy  at  White- 
hall. 

Wyoming  Pharmacist  Will  Wed. 
The  marriage  of  Robert  L.  Newman,  proprietor  of  the 
Central  drug  store,  Rock  Springs,  Wya.,  to  Miss  Ohryso- 
llta  Clark,  ward  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Geo.  A.  Lyon,  Hawklns- 
ville,  Ga..  is  announced  to  take  place  at  the  residence  of 
itJhe  latter  on  April  9.  Mr.  Newman  Is  well  known  to 
druggists  In  several  States,  having  been  at  one  time  with 
J.  N.  Hegeman  &  Co.,  No.  770  Broadway,  New  York 
city,  and  later  was  engaged  in  business  in  Georgia  and 
Colorado.  His  many  friends  will  join  with  us  In  ex- 
tending our  ccngratulalions. 


324 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  27.  1902. 


CHICAGO. 


DRUG  CLERKS  MEET. 

Chicago,  March  20 —A  meeting  of  the  Drug  Clerks' 
Assocdation  was  held  yesterday  afternoon  at  the  Great 
Northern  Hotel.  The  association  was  finally  installed 
as  a  member  of  the  Retail  Clerks'  International  Protec- 
tive Association.  The  association  is  now  a  part  of  the 
Federation  of  Labor.  T.  J.  Johnson,  business  agent  of 
the  Federation,  was  present  and  acted  as  Installing 
officer  for  the  new  local,  which  will  be  known  as  Re- 
tail Drug  Clerks'  Associatdon  No.  552.  George  J.  Thomp- 
son of  the  Cigar  Makers'   Union  addressed  the  clerks. 

The  following  officers  were  elected:  President,  Geopge 
A.  Hodges;  vice-presidents,  J.  C  Swan  and  H.  L,.  Banks; 
recording  secretary,  Chester  A.  UUman;  financial  sec- 
retary, William  H.  'Sage;  trustees.  Heart  Seltzer,  Josepli 
Schweitzer,  J.  C.  Drake;  delegates  to  Chicago  Federa- 
tion of  Labor,  William  ti.  Sage,  I.  B.  Kronberger.  A 
special  oommitte«  of  three  was  appointed  to  examine 
the  accounts  of  T.  T.  Hart,  editor  of  the  Drug  Clerks' 
Journal,   for  the  purpose   of   unionizing  the  publication. 

The  clerks  adopted  the  following  declaration  of  prin- 
ciples: 

"No  clerk  who  is  a  meimber  of  this  organization  sliaU 
be  permitted  to  work  In  a  cut-rate  store. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  clerks  to  discourage  the  sale  of 
cocaine,  morphine  or  opium  to  habitual  users  of  those 
drugs.  Under  no  circumstances  shall  either  drug  be  sold 
without  a  prescription.  ^      ^. 

It  shall  be  the  duty  of  this  association  to  discourage 
the  use  of  drugs  toy  any  of  its  members. 

The  members  of  this  association  shall  seek  in  every 
honorable  way  to  educate  the  public  not  to  patronize 
druggists  employing  unregistered  clerks. 

Wc   demand   the   abolition   of   sleeping  rooms   m  drug 

We  dewiiand  a  work  day  of  from  ten  to  twelve  hours 
for  the  betterment  of  our  own  condition  and  the  protec- 
tion of  the  public.  . 

We  pledge  ourselves  to  purchase  articles  bearing  the 
uniion  label,  and  to  urge  our  employers  to  sell  union  made 


BOWLING. 

Chicago,  Marcn  20.— The  Drug  Trade  Bowling  League 
held  the  final  meeting  of  the  season  on  March  11.  The 
standing  and  percentage  of  the  teams  is  as  follows: 

Per 
•Tpam  Games.  Won.    Lost.    Cent. 

Sharp   &   Smith    00  43  17  .716 

Lord,  Owen  &  Co fiO  38  22  .^ 

E.  H    Sargent  &  Co 60  3o  2o  .583 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co TO  26  34  AU 

Buck  &  Bayner 60  2.1  -it  -in* 

Fui'-er  &  Fuller  Co .60  1,5  45  .250 

The  first  team  on  the  above  list  won  the  trophy  for 
the  highest  number  of  garaies.  J.  K.  Barnett  of  the  E. 
H.  Sargent  &  Company  team,  won  the  prize  for  the 
highest  average  rolled;  H.  B.  Patterson  of  the  Pajrfce, 
Davis  &  Company  team,  won  the  prize  for  the  higthest 
single  game,  and  the  prize  for  the  highest  three  suc- 
cessive games  rolled  was  won  by  F.  K.  (Lyon  of  the 
Lord,   Owen  &   Company  team. 


Chicago    Trade    Flourishes. 

Chicago.  March  22.— Business  among  the  manufactur- 
ing pharmacists  and  the  jobbers  Is  active  and  its  tone 
is  good.  There  are  orders  enough  to  go  around  and 
keep  everyone  busy.  There  is  a  large  demand  apparently 
for  staples,  chemicals  and  pharmaceuticals.  Collections 
continue  to  be  very  satisfactory.  Taking  the  ma,tter  al- 
together there  are  no  complaints  'to  make.  The  retail 
drugg-ists  as  a  rule  are  doing  a  good  business  and  getting' 
better  prices  for  their  goods,  and  this  condition  reacts 
upon   the  manufacturers  and  the   jabbers. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

^The  Hottinger  Drug  &  Truss  Company,  Otto  G.  Hot- 
finger,  president,  has  bought  the  drug  store  of  Henry 
Schroeder  at  453-455  Milwaukee  avenue.  This  Is  one  o-f 
the  best  drug  stores   In  Chicago  as  a  money  maker.     It 


was  started  some  thirty-five  years  ago  by  Buechner  & 
Weinberger.  Later  on  H.  C.  Buechner  bought  out  his 
partner  and  carried  on  the  business  for  a  number  of 
years,  being  succeeded  by  Henry  Schroeder.  Mr.  Schroed- 
er has  built  up  a  large  optical  business  to  which  he 
will  from  now  on  devote  his  entire  attention.  Otto  G. 
Hottinger,  head  of  the  new  company,  was  for  many 
years  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  lOn  North  Clark  and 
Center  streets,  but  of  late  has  resided  in  Denver,  Col., 
looking  after  his  extensive  mining  interests. 

The  Twenty-third  Auxiliary  was   organized  March   21 

by  the  organization  department  of  the  Chicago  Retail 
Druggists'  Association.  It  includes  the  druggists  of  Oak 
Park,  Austin  and  Maywood.  The  following  officers  were 
elected:  President,  J.  P.  Garner,  Austin;  vice-president, 
C.  B.  Mead,  Ber-K'yn;  secretary,  J.  D.  Suydam,  Oak  Park; 
treasurer,  J.  C.  Swan,  Maywood.  The  new  association 
expects  to  get  every  druggist  in  the  three  suburbs  men- 
tioned into   line  in  a  few  days. 

^Charles   H.    Fitzner.    proprietor    of   the  drug   store   at 

Twenty-fourth  street  and  Oakley  avenue,  has  been  no-m- 
inated  by  the  Republicans  for  Alderman  of  the  Twelfth 
ward.  There  are  two  Democratic  candidates  in  the  field 
and  as  Mr.  Fitzner  is  a  prominent  and  a  popular  man 
and  there  is  a  large  Republican  vote  in  the  ward  his 
chances  for  winning  appear  to  be  good. 
• James  P.  Crowley,  a  well-known  druggist  at  Thirty- 
second  and  Morgan  streets,  is  running  for  Alderman  of 
the  Fourth  ward,  against  the  notorious  "Blind  Billy" 
Kent.  Mr.  Crowley  is  very  popular  in  his  neighborhood 
and  with  the  support  of  the  Municipal  Voters'  League 
and  of  ex-Alderman  John  M.  Harlan  his  chances  for 
victory  at  the  polls  seem  to  be  good. 
— ■— G.  L.  Kidder  is  making  preparations  to  move  Into 
the  new  building  he  has  just  erected  at  Fifty-seventh 
and  State  streets,  where  he  will  have  more  room  to  dis- 
play his  increased   drug  stock. 

Henry    Cook,    formerly    with    Morrisson,    Plum.mer    & 

Company,  but  now  buyer  for  the  Tahr-Lange  Drug  Com- 
pany of  Milwaukee,  was  in  Chicago  last  week  buying 
goods. 

Mr.    Traill    of   the   Traill    &   Cooling   Drug   Company, 

Austin,  has  just  returned  from  a  three  weeks'  huntins 
and  fishing  trip  in  southern  Illinois. 

^The   Ogden   Pharmacy   at   1567   Ogden   avenue,   owned 

by  I.  Piatt,  has  been  purchased  by  W.  C.  Koehler. 
J.   Lessing  has  succeeded  S.   M.  Hargreaves  at  Fifty- 
fourth  and  South  Halsted  streets. 

— •— C.  A.  Myers  has  succeeded  Pomeroy,  Dewey  &  Com- 
pany at  6500  Wentworth  avenue. 

R.  J.  Madden,  druggist  of  Flora,  111.,  has  gone  out  of 

business. 

J.    W.    Bryan,   prominent   druggist   of   Indianapolis   Is 

dead. 

P.  C.  Plaster  succeeds  J.  F.  MoLeay,  Indianapolis. 

J.  R.  Cromer,  Flora,  Ind.,  has  sold  his  drug  stock. 

^Gay  &  Keller  succeed  James  Gay,  Topeka,  Ind. 


A  Popular  and  Profitable  Article. 

D.  Maurer  &  Son's  Infallible  Rat  and  Roach  Extermina- 
tor pays  the  retailer  one  hundred  per  cent,  profit.  It 
has  been  on  the  market  for  fifty-three  years  and  is  more 
popular  today  than  ever.  If  used  according  to  direc- 
tions, it  is  guaranteed  to  do  Its 
work  effectively.  It  is  in  the  form 
of  a  paste  which  is  put  in  cracks 
and  other  places  accessible  to  ver- 
min, and  for  the  destruction  of  rats 
it  is  spread  on  slices  of  bread,  over 
^'  {  \  which  flour  is  sprinkled,  and  placed 

at  night  in  different  parts  of  the  rat-Infested  building. 
The  paste  is  stated  to  possess  an  odor  attractive  to  the 
vermin.  They  leave  their  hiding  holes  to  hunt  for  it.  and 
after  eating  it,  tne  exterminator  gets  in  Its  deadly  work 
so  quickly  that  the  pests  are  unable  to  get  back  to  theJr 
hiciinig  places.  This  article  retails  at  25  cents  and,  as 
stated  abov^.  it  .Tft.nxis  the  retailer  a  very  lib'  ral  oroflt. 
For  prices  and  advertising  material  address  D.  Maurer 
&  Son,  329  N.  Sth  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  whose  advertise- 
ment appears  in  this  issue. 


March  2r,  1902 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


325 


THE  NORTHWESL 


JOHN  F.  BRODERICK. 

This  leading  business  man  of  the  Minnesota  capital 
city  wa^  born  in  Ireland,  April  2,  1848,  and  came  to  the 
United  States  when  a  child  of  three.  He  began  business 
as  clerk  in  a  retail  grocery  store  at  Dubuque.  Iowa,  and 
■was  afterward,  respectively,  in  the  retail  and  wholesale 
clothing  and  wholesale  grocery  trade  in  the  sajme  city. 
Then  he  removed  to  St.  Paul  and  for  fifteen  years  was  a 
wholesale  ^ocerj-  dealer.  He  entered  the  wholesale  drug 
business  In  November.  ISSS. ,  as  manager  of  the  Ryan 
Drug  Co.,  in  which  he  now  has  a  controlling  interest. 
That  company,  as  the  Era  has  already  announced,  recent- 
ly albandoned  the  jobbing  field  and  will  henceiforth  manu- 
facture and  sell  its  own  specialties  exclusively.  Mr. 
Broderick  is  one  of  the  best  liked  and  most  public  spir- 
ited citizens  of  St.   Paul. 


Coming  Convention  of  Druggists. 

St.  Paul.  Minn.,  March  22.— Representatives  of  Minne- 
apolis druggists  "held  a  meeting  this  week  to  consider 
plans  for  the  entertainment  of  the  convention  of  the 
Minnesota  Phanmaceutieal  Association  at  Lake  Minne- 
tonka  next  June.  No  definite  arrangements  were  made, 
but  committees  weri-  ippointtd.  and  fmm  now  on  work 
will  progress  as  rapidly  as  possible.  The  druggists  can- 
not decide  at  what  point  on  the  lake  the  convention  will 
be  held  until  it  is  known  who  is  to  manage  the  various 
Ivotels  there,  &s  the  necessary  arrangements,  must,  of 
course,   be   made    with   hotel   managers. 


NORTHWESTERN     NOTATIONS. 

Successions:    A.    Boylan   &   Co.,    Minto,    N.    D.;    W.    S. 

Collett,  Bancroft,  Neb.,  by  Flanegan  &  Co.;  Dalton  & 
Lewis,  Reardon,  "Wash.,  by  C.  Dalton;  Mueller  Bros., 
Milwaukee.  Wis.,  by  J.  C.  Mueller;  Bniner  Bros.,  Clio, 
lowia.  by  Walter  A.  Eruner;  E.  H.  Hollister,  Kenosha, 
Wis.,  by  Lewis  &  Ellis;  W.  L.  Lundy.  Clarinda,  Iowa, 
by  F.  W.  Beecher;  J.  F.  Clegg.  Falls  City,  N«b..  by  Clegg 
&  Inskecp;  the  Lindell  Pharmacy.  Lincoln.  Neb.,  by 
H.  H.  Butler;  NelSDn  Grimsloy.  Eagle  Point.  Ore.,  by 
W.    B.   Officer. 

Reichert    &    Schank    were    completely    burned    out   at 

Long    Prairie,    Minn.,    this   week.    They    were   only   par- 
tially Insured. 
E.    Bruce   Nimmo    has   been   heard    from    In    Indiana, 


but   is   expected  back  to  this  State  to  resume   the  drug 
business. 

'D.   M.  Atchison   thinks  of  starting  up  at  Lodge  Pole, 

Neb.    So    does    Shelton    Porters    of    Wood    River,    same 
State. 

George   Lockett   left    Minneapolis   last   week  and   has 

gone   to    work   for   Feckler   Bros.,   Wimbledon,    N.    D. 

John   P.   Scholten   has   begun   work  for  L.   H.   Dustin 

in   his  drug  store   at   Jeffers,    Minn. 

E.  M.  Carrichers,  Beatrice,  Neb.,  has  sold  his  Interest 

in  Harper  &  Co.   to  H.   L.   Harper. 

Kew:    Clough    &    Pyeatt.    Salmon    City,    Idaho;    Lion 

Drug  Store,   Brocket,   N.   D. 

Charles    R.    Hudgel,    Ladysmith,    Wis.,    has    sold    his 

stock   to  J.   C.   Webster. 

D.    P.   -Andrews,   it  is   reported,    will  open  a  store  at 

Prineville,    Ore. 

Israel    P.    Gummings,    Sioux    City,    Iowa,    is    on    the 

point   of  selling. 

M.  A.  Morehouse  will  get  out  of  the  game  at  Ogdens- 

burg,    Wis. 

Heidgerken  &  Reichert,   Red  Lake  Falls,  Minn.,   may 

dissolve. 

Louis  Gustavson  is  working  dn  a  drug  store  at  Staples, 

Minn. 

Frank  Holcomb  is  on  the  sick  list. 


ST.  LOUIS. 

JUDGE  AND  DOLPH'S  OPENING. 

St.  Louis,  March  20.— Judge  &  Dolph  gave  a  house 
warming  at  their  new  store,  "The  Economical,"  No.  515 
Olive  street,  last  Saturday  night,  about  one  hundred 
guests,  pharmacists  and  physicians  being  present  A  lit- 
tle stage  had  been  erected  at  the  east  end  of  the  second 
floor,  upon  which  a  first-class  vaudeville  show  was  given. 
In  the  west  end  of  the  room  refreshments  were  sensed 
in  abundance.  The  guests  ate,  drank,  smoked,  and  visited 
to  their  heart's  content.  Both  members  of  the  firm  made 
short  speeches,  referring  to  the  abolishment  of  the  cut- 
rate  evil  here,  and  uniformity  of  prices,  which  now  ex- 
ists. Both  hoped  that  the  cut-rate  evil  was  a  thing  of 
the  past  in  this  city,  and  that  the  day  was  not  far  dis- 
tant when  it  would  be  abolished  in  every  city  and  town 
in  the  country.  C.  P.  "tt'albridge,  president  of  the  J.  S. 
Merrell  Drug  Co.,  made  a  short  address  in  which  he  said 
it  was  a  great  pleasure  and  profit  to  the  wholesale  drug- 
gist to  have  harmony  and  uniform  prices  among  the 
retailers.  He  also  touched  on  new  St.  Louis  and  the 
World's  Fair  of  1903.  Drs.  E.  Chancellor  and  H.  M. 
Whelpley  also  made  short  speeches.  The  affair  lasted 
until  long  after  midnight  and  goes  down  on  record  as 
being  probably  the  first  and  surely  the  largest  and 
most  enjoy.ible  of  its  kind  in  the  historj'  of  the  St.  Louis 
retail  drug  business. 


St.  Louis  Retail  Druggists'  Adopt  New  Schedule. 

St.  Louis.  March  21.— The  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion of  St.  Louis  has  revised  and  increased  its  price 
schedule  and  sent  a  copy  to  every  druggist  in  the  city. 
The  new  list  embraces  over  a  thousand  different  prepara- 
tions, and  is  printed  in  booklet  form.  This  circular  which 
accompanies  the  list  states  that  the  new  prices  became 
effective  March  15th.  and  that  the  list  shows  a  general 
increase  in  prices  of  about  10  per  cent  over  the  old 
schedule.  A  universal  price  mark  has  been  adopted 
which  is  to  be  used  on  prescriptions  when  nuMtin?  prif-es 
to  the  public.  The  cost  mark  is  "PHARMOCIST."  The 
.Association  will  hold  a  meeting  at  the  college  building 
on  the  afternoon  of  April  2,  to  discuss  the  new  price 
schedule. 


St.  Louis  Not  Liable  for  Deaths  From  Poisonous  Anti- 
toxin. 
St.  Ijouis.  March  22.— It  has  been  decided  In  the  courts 
that  this  city  cannot  be  held  responsible  for  damages  in 
the  deaths  of  the  thirteen  children  who  died  after  the  ad- 


336 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  27,  1902. 


administratis  of  antitoxin  procured  from  (he  Board  of 
Healtli  a  few  months  ago.  Tiie  presidinig-  judge  held  that 
as  the  caty  acted  for  the  State  of  Missouri,  which  cannot 
be  held  liable  for  the  acts  of  its  agents,  it  cannot  be  held 
lialble. 


MONTREAL 


ST.    LOUIS    NOTES. 

The   Oklahoma   Pharmaceutical   Association   will   hold 

its  twelfth  annual  meeting  at  Enid,  May  14  and  15.  J. 
A.  Hill,  the  local  secretary,  6'tates  that  preparations  are 
.'being  [made  for  the  grandest  meeting  ever  held  in  the 
territory,  and  that  much  enthusiasm  is  shown  by  the 
members  of  the  Association  lor  the  coming 'gatihering. 
E'A  Lilly  &  Co.  gave  a  smoker  to  the  officers  and  mem- 
bers oif  the  executive  board  of  tihe  St.  Louis  Retail  Drug- 
gists' -Vssiociation  last  Thtirsday  night.  The  affair  was 
lield  in  the  company's  local  quarters  at  No.  11  S.  Fourth 
.street.  Wm.  H.  Lament,  who  is  in  charge  of  the  firm's 
affairs  in  this  city,  was  chief  entertainer. 
The  last  scientific  lecture  of  the  season  was  given  be- 
fore the  Alumni  Association  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of 
Pharmacy  last  Tuesday  evening.  Dr.  O.  A.  "Wall  enter- 
tained the  audience  with  a  discription  of  "World  forma- 
tion," his  lecture  being  profusely  illustrated  with  stereop- 
ticon  views. 

■ — 'Prof.  H.  M.  rwhelpley  of  the  St.  Louis  College  of 
Pharmacy,  has  'accepted  an  invitation  to  deliver  the  vale- 
dictory address  at  the  commenceiment  exercises  of  the 
pharmacy  department  of  the  Northwestern  University. 

The  commencement  exercises  of  the  St.  Louis  College 

of  Pharmacy,   will   be  held  at  Memorial  Hall,   Nineteenth 
and    Locust    streets,    on    the    evening   of   April    11.      The 
banquet  to  the  students  will  be  given  the  night  before. 
. — 'Wm.    F.Ittner,    Grand    and    Shenandoah    avenues,    is 
celebrating   the   arrival   of   a  daughter   in   his   household. 

. ^Chas.    P.    Rodemich   is   opening  a  new  drug  store  on 

Kings  Highway. 

The  St.  Louis  Paint.  Oil.  and  Drug  Cluib  held  its  reg- 
ular monthly  meeting'  and  banquet  at  the  Mercantile 
Club,  last  Thursday  night.  No  special  business  was 
transacted. 

• After  a  conference  with  the  officers  of  the  local  asso- 
ciation, the  Meyer  Co.  has  decided  not  to  put  a  drug  store 
4n  their  department  store. 

- — ^Drs.  Wichman  and  Schulz  have  bought  the  drug  store 
at  Cherokee  street  and  Jeffersion  avenue,  owned  by  the 
late   Robert   Vbuburg. 

A    new   drug   store   is   being   opened   at   Lawton    and 

Compton  avenues,  this  city.  It  will  be  known  as  the 
Lawton  Pharmacy. 

^W.    W.   Harris,    Ninth   and   Oonvers  streets,   Blast  St. 

Louis,  is  opening  another  store  on  the  Rock  Road,  north 
of  the  city. 

• O.  B.  Struibe,  manager  of  the  Terminal  Pharmacy,  was 

majrreid  1'a.St  Monday  to  Miss  Nellie  Dagwell,  of  the  West 
End. 

L.    A.    Sedtz,    proprietor   of   the    Fourth   Street   Phar- 
macy, has  gone  to  Hot  Springs  itor  'a  couple  of  weeks. 
— ^-iThe  Grove  Pharmacy,  Webster  Grove,  Mo.,   has  been 
purchased    by   j.    P.    Jawson. 

^Frank  Huber  oif  Boonville,   Mo.,   is  in  the  city  buying 

a  new  drug  store  outfit. 

Geo.   Davis  is  opening  a  new  drug  store  at  Moberly, 

Mo. 


Atomizer  and  Nebulizer. 

The  No.  1  Emmet  Smith  Atomizer  and  Nebulizer, 
manufactured  by  Whitall  Tatum  Co.,  possesses  ad- 
vantages over  similar  instruments  now  on  the  market, 
as  it  may  be  used  either  as  an  atomizer  or  nebulizer. 
AH  the  metal  parts  are  nickle  plated  and  polished,  and 
it  is  s.0  constructed  that  the  liquid  will  not  spill  or  leak 
out  when  the  atomizer  is  screwed  firmly  on  the  bottle. 
Either  end  of  the  throat  tube  fits  the  atomizer.  This 
instrument  cannot  fail  to  give  satisfaction  and  the 
trade  will  do  well  to  put  in  a  supply. 

There  is  no  more  profitable  side  line  at  this  time  ot 
year  'ihan  Lucas'  Home  Helps,  and  every  druggist  should 
write  to  Jolin  Lucas  &  Co.,  Gibbsboro.  N.  J.,  for  some 
of    their    up-to-date    advertising   matter. 


DRUG   CLERKS   ORGANIZE. 

Montreal,  March  20— The  West  End  drug  clerks  of  this 
city  have  just  formed  the  West  End  Drug  Clerks'  Asso- 
ciajtion,  -with  the  following  officers:  Honorary  President, 
W.  H.  Chapman;  President,  Owen  Tansey;  Secretary,  J. 
A.  Dearden;  Committee,  J.  Gou.lden,  M.  Fisher,  F.  Swift, 
D.  Dearden,  and  J.  Winfield.  One  of  the  objects  of  the 
society  is  to  endeavor  to  procure  the  early  closing  of 
drug  stores  throughout  the  West  End,  also,  the  bringing 
together,  socially,  of  all  clerks  ainid  apprentices  in  the 
city.  A  good  movement  towards  the  latter  object  was 
accomplished  this  week  when  the  society  held  its  first 
annual  drive  and  dirjner  at  Hornhill;  about  sixty  mem- 
bers and  invited  guests  drove  out  to  their  destination  in. 
large  sleighs  and  after  dinner  had  been  partaken  of  and. 
the  itoast  of  tlie  King  drumk,  the  president  explained 
fully  the  objects  of  the  newly  formed  associates.  Messrs. 
Moore  and  Chapman  were  called  on  and  both  gave  timely 
advice  and  requested  the  students  to  not  only  consider 
the  association  as  one  of  pleasure  and  recreation  but  to- 
endeavor  to  com'bine  the  readng  of  papers  on  analysis, 
microscopic  work,  and  in  fact  any  branch  ot  pharmacy. 
Judging  from  the  success  of  the  initial  evening  the  newly 
formed  association  has  a  rosy  future. 


MONTREAL  NOTES. 

John  T.  Lyons  has  opened  up  a  cut  rate  store  in  the 

Uniited  Stores  Iblock,  St.  Catherine  street  West  and.  ad- 
vertised big  cuts  not  only  on  patent  medicines  but  will  fill 
any  prescription  for  50  per  cen/t  less  than  any  other  drug- 
gist. This  is  the  first  instance  of  any  pharmacist  in  Mon- 
treal doing  anything  of  the  kind  in  the  West  End.  The 
Retail  Druggists'  Association  has  'taken  the  matter  up 
but  decided  not  to  take  any  steps  towards  fighting  the 
matter,  being  of  the  opinion  that  a  cut  rate  store  in  that 
vicinity  will  do  no  harm  to  the  existing  pharmacies. 

An  interesting  case  has  arisen  out  of  the  action  which 

Henry  Jones,  of  Toronto,  intends  entering  against  the 
High  Constable  of  Montreal,  and  Frank  Benedict,  of 
Leeming,  Miles  &  Co.,  for  false  arrest  when  the  former 
was  placed  in  the  clutches  of  the  law  for  an  alleged  in- 
fringement on  the  latter's  rights.  He  is  now  debarred 
fro:m  serving  writs  on  the  Montreal  defendenrts,  as  they 
are  out  of  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Ontario  Ooujrta. 

'Dr.   I/aviolette,   who.  last  Fall  opened  a  pharmacy  li» 

the  West  End,  has  found  that  the  enterprise  was  not  a 
paying  concern  and  will  move  his  entire  stock  to  his 
down  town  store  on  May  1.  It  is  now  a  recognized  fact 
thait  no  phys'ician  can  make  a  pharmacy  pay  in  the  upper 
West  End  of  the  city,  as  he  is  bj'  law  forced  to  aibandon 
medicine  and  surgery'  the  moment  he  starts  to  practicfr 
pharmacy. 

Through  the  resignations  of  Henry  Miles  as  president 

and  Alfred  B.  Evans  as  councilor,  the  Board  of  Trade 
will  this  year  be  without  a  single  representative  of  the 
drug  business.  Mr.  Eva-nis  was  requested  by  the  whole- 
sale trade  to  accept  nomination  again,  but  found  he  could 
not  devote  the  necessary  time  to  his  legitimate  business 
and  at  the  same  time  attend  to  Board  of  Trade  matters. 

W.   H.   Chapman,   who  has  for  the  past  fifteen  years 

'been  proprietor  of  the  West  End  Pharmacy,  will  move 
to  the  corner  of  St.  Catherine  and  Guy  streets,  on  or  about 
May  1;  this  move  should  increase  his  transient  trade  ma- 
terially, as  he  will  be  in  close  proximi'ty  to  Proctor's 
well  known  theatre  on  Guy  street. 

P.  'O.  Giroux,  for  many  years  proprietor  of  the  Seig- 
neur's street  pharmac.v,  and  for  the  past  six  months 
residenjt   in  New  York  city,   has  returned   to  Montreal. 

R.    W.    Williams,   ex-president  of   the   Pharmaceutical 

Association,  has  been  elected  secretary-treasurer  of  the 
St.    Maurice   Fish  and  Game   Club. 

• A.  B.  J.  Moore  gave  a  demonstration  om  the  develop- 
ment and  exposure  of  gravura  paper  at  the  Montreal 
Camera  Club  on  Feb.  18. 

Dr.    W.    A.    Sequin,    of   St.   Henri,   has   purchased   the 

fixtures  of  Dr.  Laviolette's  Pharmacy,  Drummond  and 
Catherine  streets. 


Marcl) 


Wi. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


3^ir 


Glutei  (Schleich). 

Glutol  (Sohteicih)  is  the  name  applied,  for  convenience, 
to  Formalin-eelatin  prepared  only  by  the  Ohemische  Fa- 
lirik  auf  Actiien,  formerly  E.  Schering,  Berlin;  Schering 
and  Glatz,  55  Maiden  Lane,  this  city,  being  the  sole 
agents  for  the  United  States  and  Canada.  Glutol  (Sdh- 
leieh)  is  now  supplied  exclusively  in  the  grated  form,  as 
Jt  has  been  found  to  g-ive  better  results  than  the  fine 
■l-owder.  It  'has  been  extensively  used  in  generaJ  surgery 
as  an  odorless,  non-irritant  and  non-poisoaous  antiseptic 
for  the  treatrrient  of  wounds,  burns,  etc.,  and  is  endorsed 
by  leading  surgeons  and  practitioner.s.  Wlhlen  applied  to 
clean  wounds  it  forms  a  scab  in  a  few  hours  and  renders 
other  disinfectant  measures  unnecessary.  IFresh  sului'ed 
wounds  dressed  witih  Glutoil  are  covered  with  a  protective 
layer  in  t'he  shortest  possible  time,  thus  preventing  in- 
fection. In  infected  or  suppurating  wounds  witWout 
sloughing,  Glutol  is  claimed  to  rapidly  check  the  pus  for- 
mation by  means  of  the  iFormjalin  vapor  liberated  from  it. 

Dr.  Scihleich  has  found  Glutol  of  great  service  in  the 
treatment  of  catarrihal  'aftec'trons,  the  patient  using  it  as 
a  snufC.  It  forms  a  gelatinous  coat  upon  tbe  nasal  mem- 
brane, and  its  desiccating  action  causes  a.  decided  im- 
provement in  the  disease  oondition.  It  is  put  urp  in  one 
ounce  cartons  and  supplied  to  the  drug  trade  through 
wholesale  druigg'ists,  or  it  may  be  obtained  direct  from  the 
American  Agents,  Schering  &  Glatz,  oo  Maiden  Lane. 
New   York  City. 

Welch's  Grape  Juice. 
Every  druggist  who  visited  the  Pan-American  Expo- 
sition was  dmpressed  with  the  excellent  advertising  done 
by  the  'Wel<?h  Grape  Juice  Co.  They  toad  the  Grape 
Juice  concession,  and  served  thedr  Juice  from  six  attrac- 
tive booths  scattered  throughout  the  grouTids.  Probably 
no  one  visited  the  Exposition  without  at  least  seeing  the 
name  of  this  product,  and  the  value  of  this  advertising 
is  already  shown  in  the  extraoixiiinary  demand  for  the 
Juice  manifested  even  this  early  in  the  season.  The 
Welch  Grape  Juice  Oo.  were  at  t.ie  Exposition  not  alone 
to  sell  their  Juice,  but  to  advertise  it,  and  they  consider 
well  spent  the  money  represented  in  the  detieit  of  sev- 
eiral  thpusand  dollars  shown  by  their  balance  sheet  when 
the  i!.xposition  closed.  The  Welch  Grape  Juice  Co.  were 
one  of  four  manufacturers  of  Grape  Juice  who  received 
the  bronze  medal,  and  as  the  bronze  medal  was  the 
hiighest  award,  it  will  be  seen  that  little  value  can  be 
attaches,  to  it.  It  has  even  been  hinted  that  almost  any 
exhibitor  could  get  an  award  if  he  complied  with  cer- 
tain conditions,  and  this  appears  to  be  borne  out  by  the 
fact  that  numbers  of  manufacturers  of  similar  articles  re- 
ceived the  same  award.  The  Welch  Grape  Juice  Co.  re- 
craved  the  highest  and  the  only  award  at  the  Paris  and 
National  Export  Expositions,  and  the  increased  deimand 
for  [heir  Ju-ce  proves  that  they  receive  the  highest  award 
frc-.-n  the  cjnsuimer  himse'.lf. 

Preparations  That  Sell. 

The  Pharmacal  Drug  Co.,  of  Buffalo,  has  a  reputa- 
ti;on  for  supplying  reliable  preparations  in  attractive 
packages;  goods  that  will  sell  well  and  on  which  you 
can  make  good  profit.  The  company  advertises  to  ab- 
solutely guarantee  everything  it  sends  out,  and  re- 
quests a  trial  order.  Sample  cartons,  price  list,  etc., 
will  be  sent  free   upon  request. 

Pharmacists  and  retail  druggists  who  are  not  pro- 
vided with  the  Mt.  Washington  Impervious  Ointment 
Boxes  should  order  them  of  their  wholesale  druggists 
without  delay.  These  goods  are  now  so  popular  and  in 
such  demand  that  wholesalers  in  general  keep  them  well 
In  stock.  Their  superiority  o\'er  the  ordinary  turned- 
wood  boxes  as  containers  and  thedr  more  elegant  appear- 
ance, are  thoroughly  appreciated  by  those  Who  desire 
a  neat,  light  and  attractive  package  for  their  ointments, 
pills  and  bulk  powders,  which  can  be  dispensed  in  wood. 
They  may  ailso  ibe  used  for  many  preparations  usually 
l)ut  up  In  g^'ass  jars.  These  boxes  are  made  in  black  wal- 
nut and  silver  pop:ar,  according  to  the  preference  of  the 
purchaser,  and  in  sizes  from  '4  oz.  to  K!  nz.  In  hiiy:nt' 
always  specify  "Mt.  Washington  Bjx." 


Does  This  Make  You  Think? 

At  least  one  druggist  in  almost  every  town  is  selling 
fountain  pens  as  a  side  line,  and  probably  if  the  others 
knew  of  the  profit  they  would  also  sell  these  goods. 
There  is  a  great  difference  in  fountain  pens,  however, 
and  the  wide  aiwake  druggist  will  take  care  that  he 
aells  only  the  best.  Let  us  remind  you  that  WTater- 
man's  Ideal  iFViuntain  Pens  have  been  on  the  market 
for  years  and  have  won  a  reputation,  so  why  should  any 
druggist  experiment?  He  can  recommend  the  Water- 
man pen  and  know  he  is  justified  in  so  doing.  From  the 
standpoint  of  both  druggist  and  customer.  Waterman's 
is  by  far  the  best  fountain  pen  to  sell,  as  there  is  no 
iprice  cutting  on  it  and  there  is  a  good  profit  realized 
on  each  sale.  Write  to  L.  E.  Waterman  Co.,  *NiO.  ITS 
Broadway,  New  York,  and  find  out  something  about 
the    Waterman    Fountain   Pens. 

The  2oth  Centuiy  Soda  Fountain. 

The  20th  Century  Sanitan-y  Fountain  manufactured  by 
the  L.  A.  Becker  Co.,  Chicago,  is  built  upon  strict  luy- 
igienic  principles,  whereby  contamination  of  the  syrups 
is  impossible.  Syrups  in  which  are  salicylic  acid,  forma- 
lin, and  other  preservatives  are  liable  to  produce  danger- 
ous compounds  when  left  standing  in  block  tin  screen 
containers,  unless  extreme  care  is  exercised.  In  Becker's 
fountains,  the  syrups  are  in  glass  stoppered  bottles  in 
plain  view  of  the  consumer,  entirrfy  separate  from  the 
ice  chambers  or  the  fountain  proper,  thus  insuring  ab- 
solute purity  of  all  soda  water  drawn.  The  20th  Century 
Sanitary  Fountain  is  modern,  durable,  attractive,  and 
complete  in  every  detail,  work  boards,  counter,  ice  cream 
cabinets,    etc.,    etc. 


This  crowd  at 
the  soda  fountain 
imay  be  a  little  ex- 
aggerated, but  it 
is  what  the  drug- 
gist would  like  to 
to  see,  and  if  he 
can't  get  a  crowd 
like  this  at  his 
fountajin,  he  can 
at  least  double 
his  customers  by 
a  little  judicious 
advertising  in  his 
local  paper.  This 
illustration  is  one 
of  many  whuchi 
we  have  suitable 
for  seasonable 
advertising.  We 
have  dozens  of  others,  all  of  them  interesting  and  all 
of  them  good  to  illustrate  a  soda  water  advertisement. 
Don't  hide  your  light  under  a  bushel;  if  you  have  a  soda 
fountain  and  can  draw  good  soda,  let  the  people  of  your 
neighborhood  know  it.  Put  an  advertiseiment  in  your 
local  paper,  print  a  little  booklet  and  ilustrate  it.  iglvlng 
a  list  of  the  syrups  at  your  fountain,  and  tell  how  good 
your  soda  water  is.  We  sell  these  cuts,  which  are  all 
ready  tor  the  printer,  at  50c  each  or  three  for  $1.00.  We 
not  only  have  cuts  suitable  for  soda,  water  advertising, 
but  for  almost  every  character  of  adveTtisement,  whioh 
the  druggist  would  be  apt  to  use.  We  shall  be  glad 
to  mail  a  16-page  illustrated  catalogue  of  these  cuts  to 
any  druggist  wno  is  interested.    Address  the  Era. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  cSi  SONS 


]SEA\^  YOllK 


Acetic   Fluid    Extracts 


328 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[March  37,  1902. 


MOISTENING    ROOM    IN    THE    CIGAR    FACTORY    OF    CHARLiES  JACOiBS  &  CO.,  NEW  TORK  CITY. 


THE  above  cut,  reproduced  from  a  photograph,  will 
give  the  readers  of  the  Era  same  idea  of  the 
imoistening  room  in  the  cigar  factory  of  Charles 
Jacobs  &  Co.,  Nos.  358-355  East  7Sth  street.  New 
York  City,  makers  of  Las  Palmas  oigai-s.  This  room  was 
built  a'  oonsideratole  expense  and  has  proved  'to  toe  a  val- 
uable addition  to  the  resources  of  the  house.  It  is  thirty 
feet  long,  ten  feet  wide  and  twelve  feet  high,  and  the 
material  of  construction  is  quartered  oak  of  exti-a  fine 
quality.  The  enClosinig  walls,  as  well  as  the  glass  panels 
are  double,  giving  a  thickness  of  tour  inches  all  over, 
and  the  style  of  build  gives  good  lig'ht  for  the  inspection 
of  goods  besides  adding  considerably  to  the  handsome  ap- 
pearance of  the  cabinet.  The  floor  is  made  of  cement  and 
covered  with  porous  brick  which,  when  slightly  sprinkled, 
as  called  for  by  a;tmospheric  oonditlons.  will  be  Bufficient 
to  keep  the  stock  in  first  rate  condition.  The  shelving  in 
position  now  affords  storage  room  for  about  a  milliion 
cigars  and  some  of  the  reimaining  space  is  utilized  for 
Havana  tobacco  ready  for  manufacturing.  When  used 
for  cigars  atone  the  roam  capacity  will  approach  one  and 
a  quarter  millions. 

In  the  issue  of  June  20,  1900,  "The  Tobacco  Leaf."  a 
paper  recognized  as  an  authority  on  anything  in  the  to- 
bacco line,  says:  "The  importance  of  a  moistening  room 
and  airtig'ht  receptacle  for  seasoning  fine  goods  is  being 
recognized  more  and  more  every  year  by  cigar  manufac- 
turers. In  the  clear  Havana  division  of  the  trade  espe- 
cially the  advantage  of  getting  cigars  into  good  condition 
before  issue  to  the  distributor  needs  no  dennonstration. 
Charles  Jacobs  &  Co.'s  factory  is  a  thoroughly  up-to-date 
establ'ishnient.  well  supplied  with  good  light,  free  venti- 
lation and  the  best  modern  appliances.  As  regards  per- 
fect cleanliness  and  good  'order,  it  ranks  second  to  none 
In  the  country.  It  has  also  ample  cellarage  for  keeping 
tobacco,  wTiHe  the  modern  office  fittings  and  general  ar- 
rangements are  in  first  class  style."  The  paper  also 
contains  a  good  description  'ot  the  moistening  room,  which 
had  then  been  recently  built. 

Charles  Jacobs  &  Co.  began  the  manufacture  of  cigars 
in  San  Priancijsco  in  1883  and  ten  years  later  moved  to 
Now  York  City,  taking  up  headquarters  at  353-355  East 
7Sth  street,  but  retained  offices  at  San  Firancisco.  Until 
recently    the    firm    only    made    a   specialty    of   very    high 


grade  gioiods  under  their  leading  ibrand  "Las  Pa'lmas," 
prices  ranging  from  $fiO  to  $250  per  thousand,  always  sell- 
ing their  stock  of  tobacco  which  was  not  quite  select  for 
the  manufacture  o;f  their  high  class  goods.  They  conclud- 
ed some  little  tim^e  ago  to  introduce  a  very  select  and  high 
grade  nickel  brand,  and  instead  of  using  a.  cheap  tobacco 
to  employ  in  the  manufacture,  decided  to  use  the  leav- 
ings worked  off  in  the  making  of  the  hisn  grade  "Las 
Palimas."  Their  now  well  known  "Havana  Specials"  are 
sold  in  all  'piarts  of  the  country  and  many  of  their  custo- 
mers pronounce  it  as  good  as  the  average  ten-cent  cigar. 
During  the  last  four  or  five  years  Ohariea  Jacolbs  & 
Co.  have  made  special  efforts  to  obtain  the  patronage  of 
the  drug  trade,  realizing  'that  their  hiffh  grade  cigars 
sho'uld  prove  rapid  sellers  with  customers  of  the  drug- 
gist. They  have  met  with  splendid  success  and  have 
received  testinionials  from  leading  druggists  In  all  parts 
o'f  the  country.  The  following  well  known  druggists  are 
among  those  who  have  expressed  'their  appreciation  ot 
the  high  grade  cigars  sent  out  by  the  firm:  Water  S. 
Rockey.  Hegeman  &  Co.,  'New  York  City;  Church  &  West, 
Grand  Rapids.  Mich.;  D.  P.  Cox.  Terre  Haute,  Ind.; 
Falls  &  Berkinshaw,  Carlton  &  Hovey,  Lowelfl,  Mass. ;  C. 
H.  &  J.  Price.  Ropes  Drug  Co.,  iSalem,  Mass.;  George 
BurweU  &  Sons.  Boston,  Mass.;  John  W.  Perkins  Co- 
Portland,   Me.,   and  E.  B.   Oates,   Paterson.  N.  J. 

Charles  Jacobs  &  Co.  'make  most  liberal  offers  to  drug- 
gists to  handle  their  cigars.  Freig'ht  is  prepaid  on  the 
fljrst  shipment  and  with  an  order  for  one  thousand  they 
include  free  100  "Havana  Segarros,"  attractively  packed 
in  full  packages  of  ten,  retai'ling  25c  per  package,  for 
distribution  among  customers  ot  the  purchaser.  In  al- 
most every  modern  drug  store  we  find  cigars  carried  as 
a  side  line,  and  in  this,  las  in  lother  lines,  the  druggst 
u.suaDy  desires  to  supply  customers  with  the  best  cbtain- 
able.  The  'makers  of  "Las  Palmas"  cigars  are  soliciting 
tiie  jiatronage  ot  diruggists  and  are  confident  tbalt  the 
high  grade  cigars  they  make  will  meet  the  requirements 
of  any  druggist's  trade.  To  druggists  who  'have  not  han- 
dled cigars  as  a  side  line,  there  is  a  splendid'  chance  to 
introduce  theim  and  at  the  same  time  get  high  grade 
cigars  that  pay  good  prollt.  Write  to  Charles  Jacoljs  & 
Co..  3r>;i'-:!33  East  78th  street,  New  York,  and  get  their 
special  offers  to  druggists. 


March  '^r,  1003.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


329 


"BETTER  THAN  CASTORIA." 

An  advertiser  of  a  certain  new  re«medy  has  covered  the 
western  states  with  noisy  placards  extolling  the  merits 
of  his  preparation,  and  artfully  worded  to  induce  the 
putolic  to  buy.  But  the  principal  Inducement  offered  is 
that  it  is  "better  than  Castoria."  The  remedy  has  been 
on  the  market  ibut  a  short  time;  whether  it  has  any 
merit,  few,  If  any  but  its  manufacturei-s,  know,  but  they 
think  if  they  can  make  the  "dear  public"  'b€ilie\-e  it  is 
better  than  Castoria,  they  will  have  a,coomplished  their 
purpose,  ainid  children  will  cry  for  it,  just  as  they  have 
for  Castoria  for  the  past  thirty  years.  Whether  or  not 
this  is  good  advertising,  these  manufacturers  must  be 
the  judges,  but  there  can  be  no  questiion  about  its  being 
good  for  Castoria.  What  ibetter  testiim'o.niaI  ooiuld  be 
given  to  the  efficacy  of,  the  latter  as  a  househoi'.d  remedy, 
or  to  dts  value  as  property,  than  such  a  statement  from 
a  would-be  competitor  "Better  than  Castoria"  means 
just  "as  go'od  as  Castoria,"  that  Castoria  is  the  standard 
by  which  aU  these  imitations  are  judged,  and  the  wise 
man  generailly  concludes  it  the  imitation  is  as  good  as 
the  original,  the  original  is  good  enough  for  Wrni.  Cas- 
ti>ria  has  too  many  frieirods  to  toe  affected  in  the  least  by 
this  sort  of  advertising,  except,  perhaps,  in  Sncreased 
sales. 

It  is  sometimes  aimaising,  and  always  interesting,  to 
watdh  the  -attempts  of  new  preparations  to  trade  upon 
the  successes  of  their  betters,  and  much  of  the  druggist's 
time  is  taken  up,  now-a-days,  in  "turning  dowm"  glib 
salesmen  who  have  "something  better"  or  "something 
just  as  good"  to  offer.  Through  the  efforts  of  the  newis- 
paper  paragrapher,  the  expression  "just  as  good"  has 
'beoome  a  phrase  of  reproach  applied  to  all  druggists  inv- 
<iiscriminately.  The  injustice  of  it,  wtien  so  appJiied,  Is 
known,  of  course,  to  every  one  in  close  touch  Tvith  the 
trade.  E'very  druggist  is  not  a  substituter;  nay,  we  be- 
lieve few  drugg'ists  are,  hut  ibeoause  some  dishonest  fel- 
Oows  attempt  to  foist  upon  the  buyer  somethiintg  he  has 
not  asked  for,  prompted  by  soich  manufacturers  as  we 
refer  to  ahwve,  ds  no  reason  why  the  entire  trade  should 
be  condemned.  We  believe  this  substitution  cry  would 
'become  fainter  and  fainter  and  finally  cease  altogether, 
if  lit  were  not  for  the  encouragement  given  to  weak- 
kneed  buyers  toy  these  "just  as  good"  manuPacturers. 

Every  successful  remedy  has  had  to  contend  with  tlfe 
methods  of  these  people,  and  iQastoria  has 
been  in  late  years,  a  shining  target  at  which 
these  imitators  have  aimed  their  attacks.  Of 
course  these  efforts  but  prove  Castoria's  iworth, 
but  they  are  none  the  less  annoying,  none  the 
less  dishonest  because  they  are  futile.  Castoria,  by  hard 
work,  toy  giving  to  the  public  a  remedy  they  wanted,  a.na 
by  the  expenditure  of  a  fortune  in  maintainiing  its  I'ight 
to  its  own  ,has  won  a  place  in  the  estimation  of  the  public 
from  which  it  wMl  be  difficult  to  dislodge  it.  The  retail 
druggist  is  no  fool;  he  desires  first  to  carry  good  goods 
in  stock,  but  good  or  mot,  he  will  stock  those  goods  that 
people  cali  for,  and  he  knows  they  call  for  Castoria  to  an 
extent  e-xceeded  by  few  proprietary  preparations  on  tihe 
market  to-<iay. 

It  is  the  constant  effort  of  every  merchant  worthy 
of  the  name,  to  carry  iin  stock  that  Tvhich  his  trade  de- 
mands, and  to  keep  from  his  shelves  goods  for  which 
there  is  mo  sale.  Is  tliere  one  druggist  among  the  40,000 
in  this  country,  that  will  say  there  is  a  demiand  for  any 
imitation  of  Castoria?  Did  amy  druggist  ever  have  a 
call  for  Castoria,  when  anything  tout  the  original  waa 
really  wanted?  True,  a  customer  may  toe  induced  toy 
smooth  talk  to  take  some  imitation,  but  he  doesn't  want 
it,  and,  under  such  circumstances,  is  the  "game  worth  the 
candle?"  A  few  cents  more  profit  may  have  been  made 
on  that  particular  sale,  but  at  the  expense  of  time  In 
making  the  sale,  and  at  the  risk  of  displeasing  a  ous- 
tO'mer,  a  risk  which  no  business  man  wiill  inin  for  twice 
or  thrice  the  profit.  There  is  a  fair  margin  on  Castoria 
when  prop'?rIy  bought.  Wiiile  a  single  dozen  costs  $2..S0, 
when  bought  in  gross  lots  a  discount  of  five  per  cent,  and 
twv>  :nio  ono-haif  per  cent,  may  be  obtained.  Wlhiat  drug- 
gist cannot  sell  144  bottles  in  a  year? 


Patents,  Trade  Marks,  Etc 


6  ^j:  6  .sY 


',?S-.73f 


(ofy.yss 


PATENTS. 

Issued  March  i8,  1902. 

695,446. — George  Doherty,  Boston,  Mass.  Bottle-rinsing 
machine. 

(51)5,470.— Young  M.  Milam,  Lake  Charles.  Da.,  assignor  of 
one-fourth  to  Rudolph  Krause,  Dake  Charles, 
La.     Syringe. 

805,591.— Heinrich  Thron,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Ger- 
miany.  assignor  to  Vereinlgte  Chlninta;briken 
Zimmer  &  Co.,  'Framkfort-on-the-Main.  Germany. 
Anisic-acid  ethers  of  the  cinchona  alkaloids. 

695,657.— Riotoert  F.  W.  Smith.  London,  England,  assignor 
to  the  Electric  Ozone  Syndicate,  Limited,  Lon- 
don, England.     Oaonizer  for  wOunds,  etc. 

695,658.- Robert  F.  W.  'Smith,  London.  England,  assignor 
to  the  Electric  Ozone  Syndicate,  Limited,  Lon- 
don   England.     Ozomie-inhaler. 

695,709.— Johii  P.  Dant,  Louisville,  Ky.  Seal  for  jugs  or 
bottles. 

695.7.t9.— David  A.  Kreider.   New  Haven.    7onn.     Siphon. 

695,753.— Sidney  Munckton,  Bournemoth.  England.  Ap- 
paratus for  cleaning  or  polishing  siphons. 

695,761.- Josiah  C.  Peacock,  Philadelphia.  Pa.  VacOitiat- 
ing-shield, 

695,812.— Paul  Julis,  I.udwigshafen,  and  (Friedrich  M. 
Jahrmarkt,  Manintoeim.  Geiimany,  assignors  to 
Badische  Anilin  and  Soda  Fabrik,  Ludwigshafen, 
Bavaria.  Germany,  a  Corporation  of  Germany. 
ChloranLsidin. 

695,874.— Peter  De  Lacy,  New  York,  N.  T.,  assignor  to 
Elizabeth  Cochrane  'Seaman,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Soda-water    fountain.- 


37.959. 
37.960. 
37,961. 


TRADE  MARKS. 
Registered  March  18,  1902. 

-Certain  Named  Toilet  Preparations.  "Trybol" 
Actienges  F.  Fabrik  U.  Vertrieb  Hyg.-Med. 
Praparate  Schaffhausen,  Schaffhausem,  Switzer- 
land.    The  word  "Trybol." 

-Perfumes.  Richard  Hudnut,  New  York,  N.  T. 
The  wnord  "Du  Barry." 

-^Breath-Perfume.  The  Perfiimol  Company,  Battia 
Creek.    Mich.      The   word    "Perfumiol." 

-Certain  Named  Medicime.  Allen  &  Haniburys, 
Ljmiited..  London,  England.  The  word  "Qiuin- 
acol." 

-Absorbent  Wadding.  Vandembroeck  &  Cle.  Brus- 
sels,  Belgium.     The  word   "Thermogene." 


LABELS. 
Registered  March  18,  1902. 

9.028.— Title:  "Derma  Detergemt."  (FV>r  a  Complexion 
Preparation.)  Herbert  Walker,  Chicago,  111, 
Filed  February  10,   1902. 


The   Pennsylvania  Pharmaceutical    Association   meets 

this  year  at  Buena  Vista  Springs  Hotel,  June  24,  Instead 
of  June  17,  as  previously  announced. 


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MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

Tone    of    General    Market    Healthy. 

New  York.  March  25. — Business  conditions  continup 
satisfactory  to  dealers,  and.  while  transactions  are  lim- 
ited mainly  to  small  lots,  the  aggregrate  volume  reaches 
fair  proportions  and  the  undertone  of  the  general  mark-'t 
is  healthy. 

OPIUM.— There  has  been  no  improvement  in  demand 
and  with  reports  of  more  favorable  weather  in  producing 
districts,  the  position  of  the  article  abroad  is  less  firm. 
Spot  Jobbing  quotations  remain  unchanged  at  $3.20(§'3.4O 
for  9  per  cent,  and  $3.30(53.r)0  tor  11  per  cent.  Powdered 
is  moving  fairly  in  small  lots  at  prices  within  the  old 
range  of  $4.2oCa-1.50  for  13  per  cent.,  $4.T5(g'5.00  for  16  per 
cent.,  and  .$4.5(Wf  1.7.5  for  granular. 

MORPHINE.— Continued  activity  is  a  prominent  fea- 
ture O'f  the  jobbing  market  and  values  are  steadily  main- 
tained at  $2A<yrtfy.oO  for  eighths  in  1-oz.  boxes,  $2.So@2.15 
for  2(4-oz.  boxes,  $2.15'S2.25  in  ounce  vialis,  and  $2.10(g2.20 
in  5-oz.  cans,  according  to  brand  and  quantity. 

QUININE.— The  expected  advance  in  values  of  for- 
eign brands  has  at  last  materialized  and  both  domestic 
end  German  manufacturers  are  quoting  on  the  basis  of 
2Sc  for  bulk.  Only  a  moderate  movement  into  consuiming 
channels  is  noted  ^but  the  bark  situation  is  favorable  to 
improved  prices  for  raw  material  and  holders  of  quinine 
are  not  anxious  sellers. 

BELiI^^DONNA  LEAVES.— Supplies  are  more  abun- 
dant and  the  market  is  easier,  with  jobbing  quotations 
reduced  to  2oiu2.8c  for  wihole,  26(g30c  for  ground  and  28@ 
33c  for  powdered. 

CODEINE.— Competition  aimlong  mjanufactureirs  Was 
unsettled  the  market,  and  jolbbing  quotations  show  a  de- 
cline to  the  b.isis  of  -$-1.0304.30  in  ounces  and  $4,30C''4.55 
in  eighths. 

OIL,  LEMONGRASS.— Continued  weakness  is  a  feature 
of  the  market  and  quotations  for  jobbinig  quantities  have 
been  further  reducer!   to  $2.50'52.63. 

OIL  CUDDBS.— Slightly  easier  markets  for  the  berries 
have  caused  jobbers  to  reduce  their  quotations  to  $1.35® 
1.50. 

COD  LIVER  OIL. — Foreign  'markets  are  cabled  stronger 
on  account  of  unfavorable  news  concerning  the  mew  catch, 
the  livers  being  lean  and  yield  of  oil  small.  In  conse- 
quence jobbers  have  advanced  prices  to  $27.75®28.75  for 
leading  brands  in  barrels  and  $1.20(81.50  per  gallon  for 
smaller  quantities. 

BALSAiM  PKRL"'— Trading  in  round  lots  is  slow  and 
with  competition  among  large  dealers  more  or  less  keen, 
the  market  is  easier,  with  jobbing  prices  reduced  to  $1.55 
@1.80.  as  to  size  of  order. 

THYMOL.— Pressure  to  sell  by  speculative  IhWders  has 
caused  a  weaker  market  and  a  decline  in  jobbing  quota- 
tions to  .W.a.'yfiS.SO. 

CAMPHOR.— Japanese  refined  is  in  reduced  supply  and 
jobbers  have  advanced  quotations  for  ounce  cakes  in 
liound  packages  to  64fi65c  bv  the  case,  and  70@T5c  for 
Itss. 

iMENTIHOL.— The  market  is  a  shade  weaker  and  quo- 
tations in  a  jobbing  way  have  ibeen  reduced  to  $4.65® 
4.75  per  lb.,  and  37'?(-IOc  per  oz. 

RED  PEPPER.- Primary  iharkets  are  easier  and  spot 
quotations  for  jobbing  quantities  have  declined  to  lS(n) 
20c  for  whole,  and  21'a25c  for  powdered. 

GALLIC  ACID.— Jobbing  quotations  have  been  revised 
and  .«how  a  lower  range,   the  new  prices  being  7.5'S'S.5c. 

PHOSPHORIC  ACID.— Glacial  is  easier  and  jobbers 
now  quote  .Viff/flOc. 

TANNIC  ACID  — Jrtl.bers  have  reduced  quotations  to 
7,".T/S(ir    fnr  ]>>:']<    in.)   !iiir,f;.si.fiii  for  tmnnd   cartons. 

sr  LTI  !■  i-<  \  l:!;i  i|  ATKS— OiiMi;iti,ins  in  a  iobbing  wav 
h:iv.'   li.  ,  i]    1-.  (Iin'.l    t.i  .-.",',/ cue   f  .r  zinc-   and  soda. 

A,.\LM(i.\-H  M  SALTS.— Jobliiuij-  pricis  .eihow  a  decline 
to  .SI.Ki-r,  l..-iO  for  salicylate  and  .1il..">0(fi  1.75  for  valerianate. 

SPIRITS  TURPENTINE.- Values  are  firmer  in  sym- 
pathy with  primary  mirkets  and  the  rpvised  iobbing  fig- 
ores  are  .■>l!^a52e  by  the  b.irrel  and  .Tfrofoc  for  smaller 
quantitie-s. 


For  years  the  druggists  and  pharmaceutical  ohenusts 
ha%'e  sought  in  vain  for  a  glass  container  of  large  capa- 
city and  sufficient  mechanical  strength,  as  they  'have  real- 
ized that  glass  vessels  are  the  only  proper  receptacles 
they  can  use  for  many  preparations,  and  their  inability 
to  procure  them  of  sufficiently  large  capacity  has  caused 
them    inconvenience    and    frequently    loss. 

Glass  vessels  of  a  capacity  from  three  gallons  to  forty 
gallons  are  now  obtainable  from  the  Appert  Glass  Com- 
pany, 277  Broadway,  whose  advertisement  will  be  found 
in  our  last  Price  List  Edition. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Pa«e 

Antitoxin  Poisoning  in  St.  Louis 325 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs,  Alumni,  etc:  Brooklyn  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  Alumni,  319;  Chemung  Coun- 
ty (N.  Y.,)  Pharmaceutical,  317;  Chicago  Retail 
Drug  Clerks'  Association,  324;  Chicago  Retail 
Druggists,  324;  Detroit  and  Wayne  Clo,  Rjetaiil 
Druggists,  323;  Manhalttan  Pharmaceuticail,  317; 
Michigan  Drug  Clerks,  323;  Minnesota  Pharma- 
'ceutical.  325;  Montreal  Drug  Clerks,  326;  Okla- 
homa Phajrmaceutical,  326;  Pennsylvania  Phar- 
maceutical, 329;  St.  Louis  CoIIegie  of  Pharmacy 
Alumni.    326;     St.     Louis    Paint,     Oil    and    Drug 

Club,   326;    St.    Louis   Retail   Druggists 325 

Bitters.    Angostura 316 

BOWLING.     DRUG    TRADE:    Baltimore,     322;    Chi- 
cago,   ,324;    New    York,    319;    Philadelphia 331 

COLLEGES  OP  PHARMACY:      Maryland,   322;   New 

York,    318;   iPhiladelphia,    321;    St.    Ijouis 326; 

CORRESPONDENCE    ' 309 

DRUG    TR.\DE    PROBLEMS    315 

EDITORIALS:  Antitoxin  Prosecutions  in  St.  Loixis, 
807;  Drug  Store  Problems,  308;  Eastertide,  308r 
Gifts  and  Bequests  to  Colleges  of  Pharmacy, 
308;  Higher  Education  in  Pharmacy,  309;  Plhar- 
maceutioal  Weddings,  308;  Red  Albumin,  307; 
The  Question  of  Foiod  Adul  Deration,  308;  Women 

in   Pharmacy    308 

Elements  of   Success   312 

Essence  Coffee    ; 31-4 

Extract   Sarsaparilla,   Compound    311 

Fish  Require  Oxygen   314 

Frieckles,    Remedy    313 

Hetoform  311 

Lactart  316 

Legislation,   Pharmacy,  Ohio   323 

Mandarin   Yei'iow    314 

MARiKET    RElPORT    330 

Metalin   Yellow    314 

Milk,  Tests  for  B-oiled  and  Unboiled    314 

NEWS  LETTERS:  Bialtimore,  322;  Chicago,  324; 
Cincinnati,  322;  Michigan.  323;  Montreal,  336; 
New  England,  320;  New  York,  317;  Philadelphia, 

321;   St.   Louis,  325;  The  Northweet 325 

Oil,  Spike   316 

Stone  316 

"Opium   War,"   Chinese    316 

PATENTS,    TRADEMARKS.    Etc 329- 

PERiSONALS.  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Personal 
Interest,  i^^tc-:  Barrett  (Bros,  Company,  322; 
Broderick,  John  F,,  325;  Criosher,  Henry  P.,  319; 
Era  Medical  Co..  :wi-  Garver.  WalteV  J..  318; 
Hiarding,  Miss  Mathilda  H.,  318;  Higinbotham. 
Airthur.  319;  Hottinger  Drug  &  Truss  Co.,  324; 
Jacobs  &  Co.,  Charles,  328;  Judge  &  Dolph,  335; 
Metcalf  Co.,  Theodore,  320;  Newman,  Robert  L., 
323;  Oakland  Pharmacal  Co.,  323:  Putt,  Milton, 
331;  Schumacher,  A.  C,  323;  Spahma,  Herman, 
318;   Stein-Vogeler  Drug  Co.,  32;j;   Warner  &  Co.. 

fWm.  R 320 

Pharmacy  Fifty  Years  Ago 300 

Pilocarpine    314 

.'Piaster.    Ne'W  Counter  Irritant    309 

QUESTION   BOX   316 

SHOP    TALK    310 

"Spring    Medicine."     311 

Syrups.    lodo-Tannin    311 

Wine.    lodo-Tannin    311 

Worcester   Plan    309 

I 

Don't  Wait  Till  the  Last. 

The  people  are  fast  learning  to  look  for  prescription 
checks  when  they  take  a  prescription  to  the  druggist, 
and  those  tha,.  have  become  accustomed  to  their  use 
will  naturally  wonder  why  they  don't  receive  them.  The 
time  is  probably  coming  when  every  druggist  will  have 
prescription  checks,  so  don't  be  the  last  to  join  the 
procession,  but  send  to  the  J.  B,  Burr  &  Co.,  Inc., 
Hartford,  Conn.,  and  get  their  price  list.  The  com- 
Iiany  can  save  you  money  on  presoription  checks, 
blanks,    pads,    etc. 


ARTHUR  COLTON. 

Pharmaceutical  Machinery 
and  Appliances, 

DETROIT,   MICH.,   U.   S.   A. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era, 


EVERY   THURSDAY. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


THE  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

The  lectures  of  the  Era  Course  in  Phaxmacy  are  es- 
pecially valuaible  as  a  preparation  for  examination  by  a 
board  of  pharmacy,  to  those  who  cannot  attend  a  col- 
lege of  pharmacy,  and  to  all  desiring  to  review  their 
former  study  of  the  subjects  embraced  in  the  curricu- 
lum.   The  fee  for  the  full  course  is  only  $10. 

Write  for  descriptive  Prospectus,  now  ready. 


AN  OPPORTUNITY  FOR  TRADE  EXTENSION. 

The  druggist  has  been  repeatedly  t»ld  of  the  profit  and 
pleasure  to  be  derived  from  making  smd  selling  those 
articles  in  the  drug  and  chemical  line  which  find  use  in 
the  household  or  in  the  worktop.  But  the  advice  or 
Instruction  for  making  these  things  is  not  so  freely 
offered.  This  deficiency  in  the  situatioim  is  most  admir- 
ably filled  by  the  Era  Formulary.  Of  its  5,000  formulas, 
over  1,500  are  for  the  class  of  articles  referred  to.  These 
include  a  great  variety  of  formulas  for  cleaning  prepara- 
tions, insecticides,  vermin  poisons,  disinfectants,  antisep- 
tics, dyes,  cements,  glues,  pastes,  mucilages,  pyrotechmics, 
leather  dressings,  paints,  varnishes,  stains,  soda  syrups, 
inks,  polishes,  etc.,  etc.  These  are  articles  which  people 
use  every  day  and  they  do  not  always  buy  them  of  tlie 
druggist.  The  latter  should  have  this  trade,  because  he  is 
peculiarly  competent  to  make  the  articles,  and  they  are 
so  naiturally  related  to  drugs  and  chemicals  as  to  con- 
stitute a  most  legitimate  side  line.  The  Era  Formulary 
will  furnish  the  druggist  an  incentive  and  a  guide  for 
working  up  such  a  business.  The  book  is  sent  postpaid 
upon  receipt  of  $5.00.     Address, 

The  Pharmaceutical  Era,  306  Broadway.  New  York. 


After  years  of  effort  and  repeated  failure,  the  drug- 
gists of  Maryland  have  at  last  succeeded  in  securing 
a  pharmacy  law.  For  some  time  Maryland  has  been 
the  only  political  division  of  the  United  States  entire- 
ly without  provision  for  the  regulation  of  the  sale  of 
drugs.  The  pharmacists  who  fought  this  long  and 
bitter  fight  to  a  successful  conclusion  deserve  great 
credit  for  their  victory.  The  opposition  from  country 
merchants  who  have  carried  on  an  unrestricted  and 
indiscriminate  sale  of  drugs  and  poisons  has  been 
very  keen,  and  has  been  exerted  in  a  way  which  ren- 
dered it  difficult  to  meet.  The  law  still  leaves  some- 
thing to  be  desired,  being  far  less  stringent  than 
pharmacy  laws  of  surrounding  states,  but  the  friends 
of  pharmacy  doubtless  consider  some  measure  of  re- 
striction better  than  none  at  all.  As  the  public  be- 
comes educated  to  the  necessity  of  regulating  the  sale 
of  poisons,  the  law  will  doubtless  be  amended  and 
imiproved. 


The  writer  of  a  letter  which  appears  in  this  week's 
correspondence  column  discovers  a  new  application 
of  the  old,  old  truth:  "Everybody's  business,  no- 
body's business."  .According  to  this  correspondent, 
the  pharmacy  laws  of  Michigan  are  violated  right  and 
left,  the  regulations  being  largely  ignored  because  the 
machinery  for  enforcing  them  is  inadequate  if  not  en- 
tirely useless.  It  seems  that  prosecutions  for  viola- 
lions  of  the  law  are  undertaken  by  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy  only  after  sufficiently  urgent  complaints 
have  aroused  this  body  to  action.  Just  here  seems 
to  be  the  difficulty.  Making  formal  complaints  is 
disagreeable  work  at  best,  even  though  the  offender 
happens  to  be  one's  competitor,  and  if  this  duty  has 
the  added  disadvantage  of  a  resemblance  to  malicious 
meddling,  it  is  doubly  ungrateful.  No  one  likes  to 
act  the  part  of  a  busy  body  going  about  spying  upon 
the  wrong-doings  of  others.  The  result  is  that  com- 
plaints are  rare,  and  if  our  correspondent  is  correctly 
informed,  a  very  good  law  is  in  danger  of  becoming 
a  dead-letter.  We  sincerely  hope  that  the  situation 
in  Michigan  is  not  as  bad  as  this  gentleman  seems  to 
make  out,  but  it  is  ^uite  evident  that  something  is 
radically  wrong.     Laws  without  provision  for  enforc- 


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ing  them  are  about  as  effective  as  wholesome  advice. 
They  govern  only  those  who  do  not  need  govern- 
ment. 

No  one  seems  to  doubt  the  desirability  of  shorter 
hours  for  the  druggist,  the  only  objection  to  the  gen- 
eral adoption  of  earlier  closing  being  the  difficulty  of 
bringing  it  about.  Most  pharmacists  look  upon 
shorter  hours  movements  as  Utopian  dreams,  pleas- 
ant to  contemplate  but  impossible  of  realization.  It 
has  occasionally  been  our  good  fortune  to  be  able  to 
record  the  partial  and  brief  success  of  a  movement 
of  this  kind,  but  permanent  relief  from  long  hour 
drudgery  is  exceedingly  rare.  There  seems  to  be  on- 
ly one  way  to  secure  early  closing,  and  that  is  by 
agreement  of  all  the  druggists  in  a  given  place,  the 
clerks  commonly  being  sufficiently  willing.  But  com- 
petitors in  business  find  it  very  difficult  to  agree  upon 
anything,  and  the  pharmacists  have  in  most  places 
been  the  unwilling  slaves  of  custom,  remaining  be- 
hind their  counters  while  other  business  men  were 
enjoying  easy  chairs  and  slippers  by  the  domestic 
fireside.  The  druggists  of  Manistee,  Mich.,  have, 
however,  solved  the  problem,  and  are  justly  proud  of 
their  success.  They  have  just  completed  their  sec- 
ond season  of  early  closing  hours  during  the 
winter  months.  Manistee  is  no  inconsiderable  town, 
and  has  five  drug  stores  on  its  main  street.  In  order 
to  supply  the  occasional  wants  of  a  belated  public, 
one  store  remained  open  each  evening.  This  arrange- 
ment has  worked  well,  has  been  a  source  of  great  sat- 
isfaction to  the  druggists  and  has  inconvenienced  no 
one.  There  is  no  moral  more  appropriate  to  this  lit- 
tle history  than  one  of  the  teachings  of  the  N.  A.  R. 
D. — that  all  things  are  possible  to  druggists  who  will 
organize  and  agree. 

.\mong  the  many  publications  which  find  their 
way  to  our  desk,  is  a  small  pamphlet,  apparently  a 
journal  for  the  retail  druggist  but  in  reality  a  price 
list  of  a  well  known  aind  reputable  wholesale  firm. 
This  little  publication  exhibits  a  curiously  cynical  at- 
titude toward  anything  pertaining  to  the  pharmacist 
and  his  calling  and  not  purely  and  obtrusively  com- 
mercial. Ostensibly  a  friend  of  the  retail  pharmacist, 
it  loses  no  opportunity  of  bullying  and  brow-beating 
him.  In  a  recent  number  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia 
is  held  up  to  ridicule,  the  current  discussion  about  the 
admission  of  certain  articles  into  this  standard  work 
being  designated  ''coddling  the  idea  that  one  man  is 
as  good  as  another,"  presumably  good  in  the  sense  of 
being  able  to  produce  preparations  by  means  of 
standard  formulas.  Apparently  the  writer  of  the  arti- 
cle in  question,  thinks  the  pharmacopoeia  has  outlived 
its  usefulness.  In  his  opinion  the  retail  druggist 
should  blindly  buy  what  the  wholesaler  chooses  to 
furnish  him,  and  not  bother  about  "home-made  prep- 
arations" and  tests.  He  seems  to  lose  sight  of  the 
fact  that  the  pharmacopoeia  is  also  a  standard  of  qual- 
ity. By  what  standard  is  the  manufacturer's  product 
to  be  measured  if  there  is  no  pharmacopoeia? 

The  present  issue  contains  the  announcement  of 
tlic  prize-winners  in  the  February  problem 
contest.  None  of  the  contestants  succeeded 
in  correctly  solving  all  of  the  month's 
questions,  but  tliis  must  have  been  due 
to  some  cxtraordinarv  difficuUv  with  one   or  two  of 


the  problems,  for  the  solutions  showed  the  usual  ex- 
cellent and  thorough  scholarship.  We  have  received 
many  letters  expressing  satisfaction  with  this  depart- 
cent  of  the  Era,  but  lamenting  the  fact  that  the  solu- 
tion of  ten  problems  a  week  requires  more  time  than 
the  average  pharmacist  feels  justified  in  devoting  to 
this  amusement.  Now  that  spring  is  at  hand  and 
April  weather  is  beginning  to  make  all  exertion 
somewhat  irksome,  the  problem  editor  has  consented 
to  reduce  the  number  of  problems  to  five  per  week, 
and  has  furthermore  promised  to  avoid  long  and  te- 
dious calculations  as  much  as  possible.  He  holds 
that  contestants  should  be  made  to  think  closely  and 
to  the  point,  but  admits  that  it  is  not  necessary  to  re- 
quire them  to  wear  out  too  many  pencils  and  pads. 
We  can,  therefor,  make  the  pleasant  announcement 
that  in  future  the  contests  will  not  consume  so  much 
valuable  time  as  formerly. 


In  the  account  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical 
Association's  discussion  of  municipal  manufacture  of 
antitoxin  and  vaccine,  which  appeared  in  the  news 
columns  of  last  week's  Era,  there  is  a  statement 
which  is,  it  seems,  not  entirely  correct.  The  article 
referred  to  a  petition  requesting  Mayor  Low  "to 
prevent  the  manufacture  of  antitoxin  and  vaccine  by 
the  Board  of  Health."  The  object  of  the  petition  is 
not  to  prevent  the  manufacture  of  these  remedies, 
but  to  prevent  their  sale  in  competition  with  private 
manufacturers  and  dealers.  Neither  the  druggists 
nor  manufacturers  object  to  the  preparation  by  the 
Board  of  Health  of  antitoxin  for  free  distribution 
among  the  city's  charity  patients,  the  object  of  their 
request  to  the  mayor  being  merely  the  prevention  of 
unfair  competition  with  legitimate  private  enterprise. 


An  interesting  feature  of  the  fiftieth  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will 
be  the  discussion  of  pharmacy  fifty  years  ago,  and  the 
exhibit  illustrating  the  methods  then  in  vogue.  The 
Section  on  Practical  Pharmacy  and  Dispensing  has 
imdertaken  a  comparative  historical  study  of  the  dif- 
ference in  the  character  and  work  of  the  pharmacy  of 
a  half  century  ago  and  that  of  the  present  time.  The 
secretary  of  the  section  is  collecting  descriptions  of 
apparatus  and  utensils  in  use  in  the  middle  of  the  last 
century,  and  is  especially  anxious  to  secure  as  a  part 
of  his  exhibit,  a  few  specimens  of  the  most  interest- 
ing part  of  pharmacy  in  all  ages — the  pharmacist  him- 
self. As  a  matter  of  interest  this  exhibit  is  destined 
to  cast  all  other  attractions  of  the  convention  into 
the  shade.  The  collection  of  apparatus,  which  may 
now  with  propriety  be  called  ancient,  cannot  fail  to 
attract  a  considerable  number  of  the  boys  of  long 
ago,  who  will  wish  to  handle  the  pestles  and  percola- 
tors familiar  to  their  youthful  days,  and  compare 
notes  about  their  various  experiences  and  vicissitudes. 
Could  anything  be  more  interesting  or  instructive?  It 
is  not  every  historian  who  can  gather  the  material 
and  data  of  his  period  into  a  single  collection  and 
have  explanations  and  conclusions  drawn  upon  the 
spot  by  actors  in  the  various  scenes. 


The  druggists  of  Galveston  have  joined  hands  with 
the  other  merchants  of  that  city  in  an  effort  to  enlist 


April  3,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


333 


outside  interest  in  the  new  breakwater  which  is  to 
protect  their  city  and  harbor  from  the  devastating 
storms  of  the  Gulf.  The  county  of  Galveston  has 
been  authorized  to  issue  bonds,  the  proceeds  to  be 
used  in  the  construction  of  this  sea  wall.  The  bonds 
are  to  be  sold  to  residents  and  friends  of  the  city. 
The  Galveston  Retail  Druggists'  Association  recently 
instructed  its  secretary  to  solicit  interest  in  these 
bonds  from  the  patent  medicine  and  drug  manufac- 
turers in  America  whose  products  are  handled  by 
members  of  the  association.  The  bonds  are  to  be 
sold  at  par,  and  will  bear  four  per  cent,  interest.  This 
method  of  raising  funds  seems  to  have  much  to  re- 
commend it.  No  donations  are  asked,  but  a  good  in- 
vestment is  oflfered  to  those  who  have  derived  benefit 
from  the  city's  business. 


Druggists  seem  to  be  more  liable  to  suflter  from 
curious  and  outlandish  legislation  than  any  other  class 
of  persons.  A  few  weeks  ago  the  pharmacists  of  New 
York  were  called  upon  to  exert  every  efifort  to  de- 
feat a  bill  which  threatened  to  interfere  with  the  dis- 
pensing of  soda  water.  The  bill  was  fortunately 
modified  so  as  to  permit  the  charging  of  fountains 
upon  the  drug  store  premises.  We  have  now  received 
a  copy  of  a  bill  introduced  into  the  legislature  of 
Massachusetts  which  is  even  more  objectionable  than 
the  New  York  Compressed  Gas  bill,  for  it  seems  to 
be  aimed  directly  at  the  druggist.  It  prohibits  the 
manufacture  in  buildings  used  as  dwellings  of  liquid 
or  compressed  air  or  gas — which  includes  carbon  di- 
oxide and  carbonated  water — while  that  most  danger- 
ous gas — acetylene,  and  other  illuminating  gases  are 
excepted.  It  appears  that  this  bill  is  backed  only  by 
the  representatives  of  the  bottling  interests  of  the 
community,  and  that  an  attempt  was  made  to  rush  it 
through  before  the  opposition  could  get  their  forces 
into  operation.  A  similar  bill  to  prohibit  carbonating 
or  charging  water  in  buildings  used  as  dwellings  is 
being  considered  by  the  legislature  of  Ohio.  There, 
also,  the  bottlers  are  advocating  the  measure.  No 
doubt  the  druggists  in  both  states  will  promptly  pro- 
tect their  interests,  but  why  is  it  that  bills  likely  to 
remove  considerable  slices  of  the  pharmacist's  slen- 
der profits  are  so  common,  while  measures  for  his 
protection  are  so  rare? 


It  is  reported  that  a  Massachusetts  town  which 
some  time  ago  selected  a  clergyman  to  fill  the  office 
of  chief  of  police,  will  in  all  probability  not  issue  li- 
quor licenses  to  druggists  during  the  coming  year 
The  clergyman  seems  to  have  been  a  very  efificient 
oflficer,  but  the  reports  do  not  state  whether  the  ef- 
forts of  this  gentleman  have  rendered  licenises  un- 
necessary, or  whether  he  found  the  morals  of  the 
town  so  poor  that  a  further  restriction  of  the  sale  of 
liquor  is  deemed  desirable. 


The  opening  of  an  undertaker's  establishment  in 
a  building  adjoining  a  drug  store  is  the  occasion  of 
considerable  merriment  in  a  New  England  town.  At 
whom  are  these  people  laughing,  the  druggist  of  the 
undertaker? 


Pharmacy   Laws   Should  Be  Enforced. 

South  Haven,  Mich. 

To  the  Editor:  A  state  of  affairs,  patent  to  any 
but  those  bhndly  ignorant,  exists  in -many  sections 
where  pharmacy  laws  are  ostensibly  in  operation. 
Some  localities  are  infested  worse  than  others  with 
this  pestilence,  yet  there  is  no  great  area  in  our  state 
where  the  disease  cannot  be  found  unquarantined.  I 
refer  to  the  daily  violation  of  the  pharmacy  laws  by 
druggists  both  in  spirit  and  letter. 

Open  and  flagrant  violations  of  the  pharmacy  law 
exist  on  every  hand,  and  there  is  apparently  no  one 
to  say  it  either  yea  or  nay.  What  is  everybody's  bus- 
iness is  nobody's  business,  seems  to  be  the  cause  of 
the  continuance  of  the  evil.  Evil  indeed  it  is,  and  not 
only  an  evil  but  an  injustice  to  the  pharmacist  (clerk 
or  employer)  and  injustice  to  the  public. 

One  proprietor,  who  is  not  a  pharmacist,  should 
not  be  required  to  face  and  meet  expenses  from 
which  another  in  the  same  class  is  allowed  to  escape. 
The  registered  employer  should  not  be  compelled  to 
hire  registered  clerks  unless  others  of  the  same  class 
ar  also  required  to  do  so.  All  should  be  required  to 
comply  with  the  provisions  of  the  law.  The  public 
should  demand  nothing  less  and  be  satisfied  with 
nothing  less. 

Registered  clerks  should  be  specially  interested  in 
the  enforcement  of  the  law.  if  from  mo  other  reason, 
at  least  from  personal  interest,  for  proper  enforce- 
ment would  mean  better  wages  and  shorter  hours  for 
the   registered   men. 

In  many  places  the  law-abiding  druggist  does  bus- 
iness beside  his  law-breaking  brother,  and  says  noth- 
ing— for  business  reasons.  It  will  be  useless  to  try 
to  change  this  particular  phase  of  the  case.  No  ar- 
rests or  investigations  will  be  made  unless  complaints 
or  informations  are  filed  with  the  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
or  their  attorney. 

It  seems  to  me  that  the  most  feasible  plan  would 
be  for  the  registered  drug  clerks  to  assume  the  bur- 
den of  reporting  all  flagrant  violations  to  the  proper 
authorities.  By  so  doing  they  would  render  a  great 
service  to  the  state  and  to  the  profession  bv  which 
they  live,  and  must  prosper  or  fail.  Also,  they  will 
be  doing  themselves  and  all  in  like  situations  a  favor. 
Or  they  should  organize,  if  necessary,  as  they  should 
do  unii-ersally  for  their  own  good,  and  should  insti- 
tute a  bureau  of  information  for  the  purpose  of  aid- 
ing in  enforcing  the  law.  Let  the  names  of  all  viola- 
tors be  published  everv  week,  or  every  month,  until 
thev  either  comply  with  the  law.  or  until  the  Boards 
of  Pharmacy  take  cognizance  of  the  nublished  viola- 
tions and  bring  the  violators  to  face  the  law  in  courts 
of  justice.  Unless  some  radical  step  is  taken  soon, 
our  law  will  become  practically  a  dead  letter  in  many 
sections,  as  it  is  now  in  some  localities. 

J.  F.  THOMPSON. 

Registered  Certificate  No.  3304. 


REACTION        FOR        ALDEHYDES.— Rimini 

(Chem.  Central.)  describes  a  very  delicate  test  by 
means  of  which  the  smallest  traces  of  aldehydes 
may  be  detected.  By  heating  an  alcoholic  potash  so- 
lution of  the  aldehyde  with  Pitoly's  hydroxylamine- 
phenyl  sulphonic  acid,  a  mixture  is  formed  which 
contains  benzyl  sulphonic  acid  and  a  hydroxamic  acid 
containing  the  aldehyde  residue.  The  latter  com- 
pound is  easily  separated  and  yields  an  intense  red- 
violet  color  with  ferric  chloride. 


33i 


THE  I'HARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  3,  1903. 


"A  LITTLE  KNOWLEDGE,  ETC." 

By  THERSITES  MEND.AX. 

NAPOLEON  Oikle  is  the  only  son  of  a  rather 
well-to-do  farmer  who  resides  in  our  part  of 
the  world.  By  dint  of  industry  and  economy 
Mr.  Oikle,  Sr.,  has  reached  the  comfortable 
stage  m  which  a  man  owns  his  own  farm  and  owes 
nobody.  Napoleon  was  originally  destined  for  "the 
mmistry"  but  owing  to  his  inability  to  acquire  the 
rudiments  of  the  Latin  language,  and  a  rooted  dis- 
like of  the  Presbyterian  church  to  ordain  uneducated 
men,  he  gravitated  back  to  his  paternal  hearth,  and 
in  the  course  of  time  he  developed  into  a  typical  spec- 
imen of  the   Barnyard  dude. 

My  wife  "discovered"  him.  Mr.  Oikle,  Sr.,  had 
purchased  the  accumulation  of  manure  at  the  rear  of 
my  barn.  One  day  in  June  a  yoke  of  oxen  and  a  yel- 
low dog  appeared  in  my  garden  and  demolished  sun- 
dry beds  of  sweet  peas  and  nasturtiums.  My  wife, 
moved  by  a  righteous  wrath,  went  out  to  expel 
the  intruders,  and  discovered  Napoleon  loading  his 
cart  witli^  manure,  attired  in  blue  overalls,  a  "calf's 
breakfast"  hat,  and  wearing  red  worsted  mittens.  The 
blue  jeans  and  calf's  breakfast  hat  are  common  ob- 
jects in  the  country  in  June,  but  red  worsted  mit- 
tens are  an  unusual  adornment  at  that  season  of  the 
year.  After  a  brief  discussion,  Mr.  Oikle  caught  up 
his  oxen,  drove  his  yellow  dog  out  of  the  garden, 
and  resumed  his  task.  Before  it  was  finished  I  came 
home,  and  moved  by  the  sight  of  the  trampled  flow- 
er-beds and  broken  trellis  work,  I  went  to  the  barn 
to  interview  him.  Noticing  the  red  worsted  mittens, 
I  enquired  what  was  the  matter  with  his  hands.  He 
replied  that  his  skin  was  "that  tender"  that  he  al- 
ways had  to  wear  gloves  or  mittens  to  prevent  it 
becoming  freckled.  "Could  I  give  him  a  cure  for 
warts?"  ?nd  stripping  off  one  of  his  mittens  he  dis- 
closed a  hand  as  big  as  a  shoulder  of  mutton,  with 
about  a  dozen  of  those  excrescences  on  it.  In  addi- 
tion to  the  warts,  I  noticed  a  large  ring  on  his  little 
finger,  one  of  the  celebrated  "Patagonian  diamond" 
variety. 

In  reply  to  his  inquiry  about  warts,  I  told  him  to 
call  at  the  shop  and  I  would  give  him  something  for 
them.  He  called  that  evening,  but  he  had  undergone 
a  great  metamorphosis  in  the  intervening  time.  A 
light  check  suit  had  taken  the  place  of  the  blue  over- 
alls, a  brown  "Derby"  hat  had  replaced  the  "calf's 
breakfast,"  and  the  red  worsted  mittens  were  rep- 
reserited  by  yellow  dogskin  gloves.  A  somewhat 
passe  collar  and  a  pair  of  badly  blacked  boots  were 
very  much  in  evidence.  Like  David  of  old,  Napoleon 
was  "ruddy  and  of  a  full  countenance."  but  Holy 
Writ  does  not  inform  us  if  David  had  freckles  as 
large  as  a  Canadian  five  cent  piece. 

Napoleon  had  laid  aside  his  defferential  manner 
with  his  blue  jeans,  and  when  I  ofifered  him  a  "wart 
pencil"  composed  of  glacial  acetic  acid  in  a  glass 
tube  he  gave  me  two  interesting  pieces  of  informa- 
tion: First,  that  he  had  been  a  clerk  in  a  drug  store 
in  Boston;  and  second,  that  glacial  acetic  acid  was  a 
mixture  of  nitrate  of  silver  and  ammonia,  the  latter 
ingredient  being  added  "to  take  out  the  color."  I 
let  the  latter  statement  pass  unchallenged,  making 
a  mental  note  of  it.  however,  in  case  I  might  want 
to  extemporize  a  little  glacial  acetic  acid  at  some 
time  or  other,  the  process  being  such  a  simple  and 
cheap  one. 

I  then  sold  Napoleon  a  bottle  of  freckle  lotion,  a 
box  of  cold  cream,  and  a  tube  of  moustache  wax, 
charging  the  different  items  to  "the  old  woman." 
This  was  the  coinmencement  of  my  acquaintance 
with  NapoIi?on.  and  also  to  the  commencemient  of  a 
long  and  fairly  profitable  account.  Unlike  most  rus- 
tics, he  bought  anything  that  took  his  fancy  and  fnot 
having  to  pay  for  it  himself)  he  seldom  tried  to  "beat; 
me  down"  in  price.  Somehow  or  other  I  had  very 
eood  luck  with  the  creature.  My  wart  pencil  removed 
his  warts,  his  freckles  yielded  to  my  freckle  lotion 
.ind  cold  cream,  and  my  hair  tonic  promoted  the 
growth  of  his  moustache  and  eyebrows  to  his  perfect 


satisfaction.     He   might   still   have   been   dealing   with 
me  had  it  not  been  lor  Brandish. 

Brandish  is  my  senior  clerk,  a  good  man  in  every 
way,  but  utterly  devoid  of  the  sense  of  smell,  owing 
to  a  chronic  catarrh.  This  defect  had  caused  him  to 
tail  twice  in  his  attempt  to  pass  the  sfate  board  I 
could  only  pay  him  a  moderate  salary,  and  he  had 
his  hands  full  to  support  his  wife  and  tamily  on  what 
1  gave  him.  Napoleon  was  always  civil  to  me  but 
he  was  the  reverse  to  Brandish;  1  could  never'  find 
out  the  reason  for  the  mutual  dislike  between  the 
two  men,  but  they  hated  each  other  like  poison. 

I  ossibly  Napoleon's  propensity  to  tender  advice  to 
all  and  sundry,  on  matters  pharmaceutical,  veterinary, 
and  medical,  may  have  had  something  to  do  with 
the  matter.  Napoleon  possessed  a  United  States 
Dispensatory,  two  "doctor  books,"  and  a  "horse  doc- 
tor book."  He  had  also  picked  up  a  smattering  of 
pharmacy  during  his  six-months'  clerkship  in  a  hfth- 
rate  Boston  drug  store.  It  may  have  been  that 
Brandish  (who  was  a  thorough  master  of  his  busi- 
ness) objected  to  being  dictated  to  by  a  barnyard 
dude,  and  grew  tired  of  explaining  the  difference  be- 
Uveen  Dover's  powder  and  powdered  ipecac  to  Mr. 
Oikel's  patients;  anyway,  the  men  hated  each  other, 
and  It  was  shortly  after  Napoleon  "came  into  his 
fortune"  that  the  explosion  took  place. 

One  of  Napoleon's  uncles  had  recently  died.  The 
old  gentleman  had  gone  to  California  in  the  fifties,  and 
when  he  took  his  departure  to  a  better  world  Napo- 
leon's share  to  his  estate  came  to  some  fifteen  thou- 
sand dollars.  I  expected  that  he  would  dissipate  his 
newly  acquired  riches  almost  as  quickly  as  he  had 
obtained  them,  but  I  was  mistaken.  He  did  replace 
the  "Patagonian  diamond"  with  a  genuine  stone  from 
Kimberly,  and  his  blue  overalls  and  red  mittens  were 
discarded  forever;  but  beyond  indulging  in  imported 
perfumes  and  soap  instead  of  buying  the  home  made 
article,  and  wearing  rather  better  clothes,  he  did  not 
seem  to  increase  his  expenditures.  One  day  his 
father  informed  me  that  he  had  gone  to  Chicago  to 
"study  for  a  horse  doctor,"  and  about  six  months  af- 
terwards he  came  home  with  an  elegant  diploma  at- 
testing the  fact  that  he  had  graduated  from  "The 
Centaur  Veterinary  Institute  of  Illinois."  I  have  no 
means  of  ascertaining  the  degree  of  learning  required 
by  that  institution  before  it  confers  the  degree  of 
D.  y.  S.  on  its  pupils,  but  one  of  two  things  is  a 
certain  fact,  either  the  course  is  a  very  easy  one,  or 
Mr.  Oikle  must  have  been  an  exceptionally  clever 
man.  Before  he  went  there  he  did  not  know  whether 
the  femur  was  located  in  the  fore  or  hind  leg  of  a 
horse,  and  I  believe  he  regarded  the  patella  as  a 
kind  of  intestinal  parasite. 

The  interest  on  fifteen  thousand  dollars  is  not  a 
bad  income  for  a  man  who  lives  on  a  farm,  and  Na- 
poleon picked  up  a  certain  amount  of  work  to  sup- 
plement his  "interest  money."  If  he  had  not  got  on 
with  Brandish  before  he  became  "Doctor  Oikle."  he 
got  on  much  worse  with  him  afterwards.  He  alluded 
to  Brandish  as  "that  unfortunate  failure,"  and  Brand- 
ish spoke  of  him  as  "that  red  headed  clodhopper." 
Now.  while  Napoleon  resided  in  Chicago,  he  had  not 
exactly  walked  in  the  straight  and  narrow  way  which 
leads  to  salvation.  Luckily  for  him  he  escaped  from 
the  place  without  material  damage,  but  about  six 
months  after  his  return  he  had  a  slight  attack  of 
gravel.  As  the  first  symptoms  manifested  them- 
selves he  received  a  four-page  typewritten  communi- 
cation from  that  eminent  physician  and  specialist  in 
the  diseases  of  men.  Doctor  Hermes,  consulting 
nhysician  (and  sole  owner)  of  the  celebrated  Hermes 
Medical  Institute.  Oikle  was  very  badly  frightened. 
He  came  to  me  with  his  tale  of  woe.  and  after  perus- 
ing the  well-known  appeal  to  suffering  humanity, 
and  hearing  the  "doctor's"  descrintioni  of  his  alarm- 
ing symptoms,  I  succeeded  in  getting  him  to  consult 
a  reputable  Dhysician  before  sending  Doctor  Hermes 
the  ten  dollar"  bill  for  his  infallible  course  of  treat- 
ment. 

The  physician  diagnosed  the  case  as  a  slight  at- 
tack of  gravel  and  prescribed  lithia  tablets  and  a  Bot- 


April  3,  VJ02.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


3;i:) 


lie  of  Liquor  tritici,  with  a  drachm  of  potassium  bi- 
carbonate to  the  ounce.  My  readers  doubtless  re- 
member that  this  mixture  produces  a  brisk  efferves- 
cence which  lasts  tor  a  considerable  time.  As  it  is 
used  a  good  deal  in  our  community  I  usually  keep  a 
stock  bottle  of  it  on  hand.  Oikle  got  his  prescrip- 
tions and  benefited  by  them  so  much  that  he  came 
back  for  a  re-fill  a  couple  of  weeks  afterwards. 

Brandish  was  alone  in  the  store;  1  was  away  at 
dinner.  The  stock  bottle  was  empty;  Doctor  Oikle 
was  in  a  hurry — he  was  out  for  a  drive  with  his  best 
girl,  who  was  waiting  for  him  in  the  carriage  out- 
side— and  when  Brandish  told  him  it  would  be  half 
an  hour  before  he  could  have  his  bottle  re-filled  he 
called  Brandish  an  incompetent  ass,  or  words  to  that 
effect. 

My  assistant  is  a  very  small  man,  Napoleon  a 
very  large  one,  so  Brandish  swallowed  the  insult  and 
told  him  he  would  get  the  stuff  ready  in  five  minutes, 
but  that  he  would  not  answer  for  the  results.  Now 
if  you  add  eight  ounces  of  Liquor  tritici  to  an  ounce 
of  potassium  bicarb  (in  coarse  crystals),  and  tie  the 
cork  down  with  copper  wire;  the  chances  are  that 
CO2  will  be  disengaged  in  sufficient  quantity  to  pro- 
duce interesting  results. 

Doctor  Oikle's  "best  girl"  furnished  me  with  the 
sequel.  "You  see  Mr.  Menda.x,  if  Doctor  Oikle  is  an 
awful  fool,  he  has  a  lovely  horse  and  a  beautiful  rig. 
I  was  just  dying  for  a  drive  ,and  he  asked  me  to 
come.  The  snow  was  just  lovely,  and  I  said  I  would. 
A\'e  stopped  at  your  store  and  he  got  a  pound  of  can- 
dy and  gave  Mr.  Brandish  a  bottle  he  wished  filled. 
Mr.  Brandish  said  it  would  take  some  time  and  the 
doctor  was  quite  rude  to  him,  so  he  filled  it  at  once. 
^\'c  drove  out  on  the  mill  road  and  the  doctor  was 
tolling  me  about  Chicago  and  the  good  times  he 
used  to  have  at  college  there.  But  when  we  got  in 
the  pine  grove  he  changed  the  subject,  and  before  I 
T<new  what  he  was  after,  he  asked  me  to  marry  him 
and  tried  to  kiss  me.  I  was  trying  to  push  him  away 
when  there  was  an  awful  crash  as  if  some  one  had 
■fired  a  gun,  the  horse  took  fright,  and  started  to  run 
away,  and  I  felt  this  horrid  dirty  stuff  all  over  my 
face  and  neck.  The  doctor  had  put  the  bottle  in  his 
left  coat  pocket  and  it  had  all  blown  to  pieces.  His 
new  overcoat  was  covered  with  the  contents  and  so 
was  .his  face.  I  told  him  to  drive  home  as  soon  as 
he  could,  and  he  did  so;  Mr.  Brandish  said  he  could 
clean  my  coat,  so  I  left  it  here." 

Doctor  Oikle  called  on  me  the  next  day  and  de- 
manded Mr.  Brandish's  dismissal.  On  my  refusing 
to  consider  the  matter,  he  paid  his  bill  and  went 
"to  another  store  for  his  supplies.  I  tried  in  vain  to 
explain  that  he  had  demanded  an  impossibility  from 
Brandish,  but  elementary  chemistry  does  not  enter 
into  the  curriculum  of  the  "Centaur  Veterinary  Insti- 
tute." and  the  learned  doctor  no  longer  honors  me 
with   his   patronage. 


CELLULOID. — Zuhl  and  Eisenmann  (Chem. 
Central.)  describe  a  patented  process  for  preparing 
celluloid  without  the  use  of  camphor.  The  solvent 
action  of  camphor  upon  nitrocellulose  has  never  be- 
fore been  satisfactorily  reproduced  by  the  use  of  other 
substances.  In  this  new  process  the  phosphoric 
■esters  of  phenols  and  naphthols  are  employed  instead 
of  camphor,  the  esters  of  ordinary  phenol,  cresol 
and  naphthol  being  especially  recommended.  The 
resulting  celluloid  is  free  from  odor,  and  may  be 
mixed  with  oils  to  improve  the  plasticity  in  the  usu- 
al mannar. 


OXlD.\TION  PRODUCTS  OF  ARTEMISIN.— 
Paul  Horst  (Chcm.  Zeit.)  has  studied  the  products 
obtained  by  treating  artcmisin  in  a  potassium  hy- 
drate solution  with  permanganate.  The  principal  ox- 
idation product  was  found  to  be  an  acid  having  the 
formula  CnHmOi.  and  named  by  the  author  arte- 
minic  acid.  Other  products  in  the  form  of  volatile 
fattv    acids    were    also    formed. 


OUR  APPRENTICES. 

By  JAMES  S.  GLEGHORN,  Allegheny,  Pa. 

PHARMACISTS  can  never  expect  to  place 
pharmacy  upon  its  proper  professional  foot- 
ing, when  they,  as  a  whole,  daily  neglect 
their  apprentices,  and,  by  so  doing,  continue 
to  sow  seeds  of  commercialism,  instead  of  those  of 
professionalism.  Pharmacists,  if  you  weigh  all  the 
facts,  pro  and  con,  you  will  find  that  you  alone  are 
to  blame  for  the  present  state  of  affairs. 

Just  as  long  as  you  fail  to  do  your  duty  toward 
the  uplifting  ot  your  chosen  calling,  and  permit  your 
part  of  the  work  to  fall  on  the  shoulders  of  a  few, 
whom  you  expect  to  bring  about  many  desired 
changes,  you  will  find  they  will  never  be  brought 
about,  and  that  pharmacy  will  continue  to  be  a  com- 
mercial calling,  instead  of  what  we  try  to  make  it,  a 
profession. 

The  first  step  in  the  direction  of  the  duty  you  owe 
to  your  apprentice,  and  the  sooner  you  realize  this 
fact,  the  better  it  will  be  for  you  and  pharmacy  at 
large. 

The  occupation  of  a  pharmacist  is  two-fold — that 
of  pharmacist  and  merchant.  The  druggist  may  be, 
and  often  is,  a  pharmacist;  but  quite  frequently  he  is 
merely  a  merchant  and  not  a  pharmacist.  The  retail 
drug  business  of  to-day  consists  of — first,  the  per- 
formance of  special  technical  work,  such  as  consti- 
tutes pharmacy  proper;  and  second — which  forms 
the  principal  part  of  the  business  with  most  drug- 
gists—-buying  and  selling  miscellaneous  merchandise, 
including  stamps,  postal  cards,  cigars,  soda  water, 
toilet  articles,  stationery,  and  generally  patent  medi- 
cines, drugs,  etc. 

Which  branch  of  the  business  have  you  cultivated, 
and  in  which  branch  did  your  apprentice  receive  his 
training?  Answer  this  question  and  you  will  know 
what  kind  of  apprentices  you  have  turned  out  into 
the  world  as  pharmacists.  Is  it  to  be  wondered  at 
that  we  find  pharmacy  in  the  condition  that  it  is  to- 
day? Don't  expect  the  colleges  of  pharmacy  to  do  it 
all.  You  must  do  your  share  by  securing  the  proper 
kind  of  apprentices;  and  when  you  do  secure  the 
proper  kind,  assist  in  laying  a  foundation  upon  which 
the  colleges  of  pharmacy  can  build.  Show  your  ap- 
prentice from  the  start  that  scientific  principles  are 
involved  in  the  most  minute  details  of  store  routine, 
and  that  it  will  be  to  his  interest  and  advantage  to 
pay  strict  attention  to  things  which  may  appear  to 
him  mere  trifles. 

Lay  out  a  course  of  reading  for  him  at  the  start, 
and  you  can  find  time,  even  in  the  busiest  store,  to 
hear  him  recite  occasionally.  The  second  year  se- 
cure for  him  some  good  home  study  course,  and  see 
that  he  devotes  a  portion  of  his  time  each  day  to  its 
pursuit.  It  will  not  only  make  a  better  clerk  of  him, 
but  he  will  be  all  the  better  fitted  to  enter  college  or 
the  university.  Perhaps  you  will  say,  why  do  all 
this?  Why  go  to  all  this  trouble?  Simply  because  it 
is  your  duty.  You  owe  it  to  your  apprentice.  You 
owe  it  to  your  calling.     Therefore  it  is  your  duty. 

Then,  too,  your  apprentice  will  think  all  the  more 
of  you  for  the  interest  you  have  taken  in  his  work, 
and,  in  after  years,  will  feel  and  know  that  he  served 
his  apprenticeship  with  a  thorough  pharmacist,  one 
who  was  working  for  the  good  of  his  calling.  You 
will  be  amply  repaid  in  the  satisfaction  of  knowing 
that  you  turn  out  men  who  are  pharmacists,  repre- 
sentative men  of  the  first  class,  who  will  not  be  a 
disgrace,  but  an  honor  to  the  profession. 

When  hiring  apprentices,  pharmacists  should  firm- 
ly impress  upon  their  minds  the  importance,  risk  and 
responsibility  of  the  calling  in  which  they  are  about 
to  engage.  If  their  object  is  merely  to  earn  a  liv- 
ing by  clerking,  or  keeping  store,  there  are  other 
kinds  of  store-keeping  and  employment  far  more  re- 
munerative, and  less  arduous  and  dangerous  than  the 
drug  business.  Pharmacists  should  pay  more  atten- 
tion to  the  general  qualifications  of  apprentices  be- 
fore they  hire  them.  They  should  see  that  they  pos- 
sess  intelligence,   are   of  good  habits,   orderly,   systc- 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  3,  1902. 


J.  M.  SISSONS. 

J.  M.  Sissons,  of  Beeton,  Ont  ,  winner  of  the  thirrt 
prize  of  the  January  series  'O'f  problems,  was  born  at 
Edgar.  Ont.,  thirty  years  ago.  After  receiving  a  public 
and  high  school  education,  he  entered  fhe  drug  business 
with  M.  Forster  &  Son,  Palmerston.  Ont.,  in  1891.  He 
graduated  from  the  Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy  in  lS9*s 
after  whicli  he  came  to  Beeton  to  manage  the  drug  busi- 
ness of  W.  C.  Law  &  Co..  which  he  shortly  afterwards 
purchased,  and  is  at  present  conducting  it  on  his  own 
account. 


matic  and  willing  to  perform  every  duty  belonging 
to  the  occupation  of  the  pharmacist  and  the  general 
routine  of  the  store.  Innate  integrity  of  purpose  and 
conduct  is  indispensible,  and  tact  and  good  manners 
are  essential  qualifications. 

Pharmacists  should  drill  to  the  very  base  of  the 
character  of  the  prospective  apprentice,  if  necessary, 
to  see  whether  or  not  the  candidate  is  imbued  with  a 
natural  aversion  to  dirt  and  disorder,  for  all  pharma- 
cists know  that  neatness  and  order  are  very  essential 
qualifications.  Be  sure  that  prospective  apprentices 
are  perfectly  sound  in  the  organs  of  sense.  Those 
who  are  color  blind,  or  deaf,  or  who  camnot  discrimi- 
nate odors,  or  distinguish  differences  in  taste,  are  not 
fit  persons  to  become  pharmacists. 

Teach  your  apprentice  to  respect  the  dignity  of  all 
useful,  and  honorable  labor,  and  insist  that,  at  all 
times,  he  be  willing  to  do  whatever  duty  he  is  com- 
petent to  perform,  as  soon  as  it  presents  itself.  A 
pharmacist  should  not  think  of  engaging  an  appren- 
tice who  is  under  sixteen  years  of  age,  and  who  has 
not  had  sufficient  preliminary  general  education,  at 
least  equivalent  to  that  obtained  in  the  public  gram- 
mar schools;  and  a  high  school  education  would  be 
still  more  desirable.  Pharmacists  should  always  bear 
in  mind  that  poorly  educated,  dull,  lazy,  awkward, 
slovenly  young  men  never  make  competent  or  suc- 
cessful pharmacists. 

Colleges  of  pharmacy  do  not  teach  what  practical 
experience  does,  therefore,  see  that  you  give  your 
apprentice  the  best  you  have  in  store.  If  you  have 
had  years  of  practical  experience,  so  much  the  bet- 
ter, for  then  you  are  all  the  better  fitted  to  impart 
many  valuable  points  to  your  apprentice,  which  it 
would  otherwise  take  him  years  to  learn. 

Why  not  give  him  the  benefit  of  your  experience, 
and  aid  in  a  measure  to  lighten  his  toils  and  cares? 
Pharmacy  is  a  difficult  vocation,  and  no  calling 
crowds  the  memory  with  a  greater  array  of  techni- 
cal facts,  unconnected  by  a  logical  chain  so  as  to  aid 


the  memory,  than  does  pharmacy;  and  all  the  infor- 
mation you  are  able  to  impart  to  your  apprentice  will 
greatly  aid  in  his  progress.  No  observing  man  of 
intelligence  can  fail  to  learn  from  day  to  day  and 
year  to  year,  many  valuable  and  important  practical 
points,  and  useful  methods,  such  as  experience  only 
can  teach. 

Set  your  apprentice  to  work  systematically  and 
diligently  to  learn  all  the  details  of  the  daily  routine 
of  the  store.  Do  not  permit  him  to  devote  any  por- 
tion of  his  time  to  idleness.  This  will  teach  him 
where  to  place  and  find  things,  and  at  the  same  time 
to  become  familiar  with  the  stock  and  prices:  and 
slowly  but  surely  your  apprentice  will  develop  into  a 
valuable  assistant,  and  before  you  are  aware  of  it,  a 
first  class  pharmacist. 


WEALTH  VERSUS  CAPITAL^ 

By  ALBERT  B.  LYONS,  M.  A.,  M.  D.,  Detroit. 

I  AM  not  going  to  give  you  a  dissertation  on  econ- 
omics, but  1  shall  make  the  meaning  of  what  I 
have  to  say  to  you  more  clear  if  I  define  in  the 
outset  what  I  mean  by  the  terms  "wealth"  and 
"capital." 
Wealth  comprises  everything  attainable  by  hu- 
man effort  towards  the  gratification  of  desire  or  the 
satisfaction  of  legitimate  ambition.  This  distinctly 
excludes  natural  gifts  and  the  endowments,  although 
these  may  constitute  the  most  valuable  of  one's  pos- 
sessions. It  includes,  however,  many  things  that 
money  cannot  buy.  Here  are  a  few  items  from  the 
inventory  of  a  man  of  wealth. 

Imprimis:  the  esteem,  confidence  and  affection  of 
associates,  earned  by  a  life  in  which  egotism  has 
been  subordinated  to  sympathy,  and  no  ideal  but  the 
highest  has  been  allowed  to  rule.  Some  will  say  that 
this  is  a  matter  of  natural  endowment;  others  that  it 
can  come  only  by  the  grace  of  God.  I  shall  not  dis- 
pute the  latter  proposition,  but  the  grace  of  God  is 
withheld  from  no  man  who  wills  to  rule  his  life  by 
heart  and  conscience — in  other  words,  to  live  the  life 
of  a  man.  not  that  of  a  hog. 

Second  item  in  the  inventory:  reputation — for  hon- 
esty— for  integrity — for  industry — for  character, 
so  far  as  character  represents  one's  mas- 
tery over  his  own  powers.  After  this  we 
come  to  those  capacities  for  enjoyment  that 
follow  from  training  of  the  several  faculties.  There 
is  here,  indeed,  the  drawback  that  the  cultivated  taste 
finds  no  longer  pleasure  in  much  that  formerly  sat- 
isfied it — but  the  man  whose  soul  has  responded  to 
the  music  of  Beethoven  or  Wagner  can  bear  with 
equanimity  perhaps  the  torture  of  the  latest  ragtime 
catch. 

After  all  these  items,  and  more  of  a  similar  kind, 
we  should  come  to  the  man's  material  acquisitions, 
estates,  dwellings,  books,  furniture,  equipages,  pic- 
tures, works  of  art,  yachts,  hobbies  of  whatever  sort 
— all  ministering  to  his  gratification,  but  all  of  tran- 
sient interest  and  value,  purchasable  with  money. 
Capital  Defined. 

Now  what  is  capital?  In  the  broader  sense  it 
consists  of  earnings  not  yet  transformed  into  specific 
objects  of  desire.  Cash  in  hand  and  money  on  de- 
posit in  the  bank  comes  under  this  definition.  But 
in  the  restricted  sense  capital  is  only  that  portion  of 
one's  surplus  earnings  which  has  an  inherent  produ- 
tive  power.  Its  peculiar  value  lies  in  this  property  of 
productiveness.  How  it  comes  to  pass  that  unex- 
pended earnings  have  in  themselves  earning  power,  as 
though  the  energy  of  yesterday  lived  in  them  still 
potentially,  is  an  interesting  inquiry,  but  it  is  aside 
from  my  present  theme. 

Wage  Earners  and  Capitalists. 

I  wish  now  only  to  make  clear  the  distinction  be- 
tween the  two  classes,  wage  earners  and  capitalists. 

*P.art  of  an  address  delivered  before  the  Department 
of  Pharmaov  of  fhe  Tiniversity  of  Michigan,  Fe'bruary 
12.  on  ihe  oc'c.i.'sintn  of  fhe  opening  of  a  cour.se  of  lectures 
upon  chosen  subjects.     Reprinted  from  Western  Druggist. 


April  3,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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The  income  of  tlie  former  represents  the  e.xertior 
of  to-day.  The  wages  earned  suffice  only  to  supply 
the  current  expenditures — whether  these  be  for  the 
bare  necessaries  of  life  or  whether  they  include  its 
comforts  and  even  luxuries  as  well.  Il  any  of  the 
wages  go  into  the  savings  bank  or  into  any  produc- 
tive investment,  even  if  this  be  only  a  few  chickens 
or  a  cow,  the  wage  earner  becomes  in  so  far  a 
capitalist,  for  the  capitalist  is  simply  the  man  whose 
income  is  derived  from  productive  investment  of 
savings  that  represent  the  wages  or  earnings  of  yes- 
terday. 

You  will  observe  that  I  am  assuming  throughout 
that  all  men  arc  honest — ignoring  the  fact  that  prop- 
erty often  represents  plunder  and  not  earnings.  Theft 
and  robbery  are  as  yet  all  too  common  in  the  world, 
but  they  have  no  place  in  an  ideal  social  system, 
and  hence  they  must  disappear  from  the  world  in 
the  progress  of  social  evolution — although  I  confess 
that  an  optimistic  creed  in  this  regard  has  need  to 
go  blindfold.  However,  I  may  assume  in  this  audi- 
ence there  are  none  who  are  not  strong  enough  and 
brave  enough  to  take  their  chances  in  that  ideal 
social  order  in  which  every  man  receives  according 
to  the  service  he  renders.  So  much  by  way  of  di- 
:gression. 

Returning  to  our  subject.  It  is  evident  that  no 
hard  and  fast  line  exists  bewteen  the  two  classes  of 
wage  earners  and  capitalists.  In  proportion  as  men 
are  lacking  in  ambition  and  in  will-power  they  will 
be  content  to  live  from  hand  to  mouth,  consuming 
week  by  week  all  that  they  earn.  The  conditions  of 
life  for  many  have  been  from  the  beginning,  even 
now  in  this  twentieth  century  of  the  Christian  era,  so 
"hard  that  it  is  a  question  not  of  ambition  but  of  star- 
vation. But  these  are  not  prevailing  social  con- 
ditions— they  belong,  indeed,  to  the  social  pathology, 
in  the  broad  view,  the  advance  of  civilization  is  mark- 
ed by  the  increase  in  the  proportion  of  those  in  the 
community  who  are  capitalists,  if  only  in  a  modest 
way.  Thriftlessness  and  improvidence,  which  are 
universally  characteristic  of  the  savage,  come  more 
and  more  to  be  regarded  as  disgraceful  if  not  posi- 
tively criminal,  as  men  grow  civilized. 

In  nothing  is  the  principle  more  strikingly  illus- 
■trated  than  in  the  increasingly  important  place  as- 
signed in  the  civilized  community  to  the  school.  At 
fifteen  years  of  age  a  boy  or  girl  may  easily  earn  a 
livelihood,  and  there  are  multitudes  who  do  this.  It 
is  well  that  even  at  so  early  an  age  responsibilities 
of  life  should  be.gin  to  make  themselves  felt.  Per- 
liaps  it  is  a  mistaken  kindness  that  so  often  inter- 
venes to  put  off  the  day  of  purposeful  burden-bearing. 
It  certainly  is  so  if  the  school-life  itself  is  so  treated 
that  it  fails  to  supply  the  proper  disciplime  in  this 
same  burden-bearing.  The  child  is  sent  to  school  in- 
stead of  being  put  to  work  simply  that  he  may  be 
storing  up  capital,  instead  of  merely  earning  wages. 
Older  pupils  voluntarily  elect  for  themselves  to  do 
the  same  thing.  So  it  appears  that  I  ami  addressing 
a  company  of  prospective  capitalists. 
Burden  of  the  Message. 

My  especial  hiessage  to  you  is  one  of  congratula- 
tion on  the  choice  you  have  made  for  your  first  in- 
vestment. There  is  room,  of  course,  for  much  diver- 
sity of  preference  with  regard  to  investments.  One 
man  will  choose  a  farm  in  Dakota,  another  a  ranch 
in  Colorado,  a  third  a  piece  of  real  estate  in  Detroit 
or  New  York,  and  these  may  be  equally  good  invest- 
ments, but  neither  investor  would  consider  for  a 
moment  any  but  that  of  his  choice.  The  same  would 
be  true  were  the  question  one  between  a  family  cow 
nnd  a  spirited  young  horse,  each  serviceable  and  pro- 
ductive in  its  way.  I  call  to  mind  an  acquaintance 
and  friend  of  mine  whose  hobby  was  milch  cows.  The 
animals  might  be  seen  any  day  after  milking  time 
prazing  on  the  ample  lawn  in  front  of  the  house, 
Mv  friend  justified  his  hobby  on  esthetic  as  well 
as"  utilitarian  grounds.  It  saved  the  expense  of  a 
lawn  mower  and  then  it  was  so  restful  to  see  the 
animals  standing  there  and  chewing  their  cud!  The 
man  was  a  dentist— perhaps  that   explains  it. 


Study  of  Pharmacy  as  an  Investment. 

What  is  there  to  be  said  in  favor  of  the  choice  of 
the  study  of  pharmacy  as  an  investment?  Pecuni- 
arily the  returns  may  or  may  not  be  as  large  as  those 
that  might  be  expected  in  a  different  profession  or 
business.  It  does  not  matter  what  work  you  engage 
in  in  the  world,  the  personal  equation  is  the  most 
important  factor  in  determining  your  business  suc- 
cess. Perseverance,  alertness,  quickness  in  seeing 
and  seizing  opportunities,  coupled  with  thoroughness 
of  preparation  and  with  the  traits  of  character  that 
win  for  a  man  the  confidence  and  esteem  of  his  fel- 
lows will  in  any  case  insure  a  good  pecuniary  re- 
turn from  any  such  investment.  But  on  this  part  of 
the  subject  I  do  not  propose  to  enlarge.  What  I  de- 
sire to  do  is  to  point  out  some  of  the  advantages 
that  are  yours  from  the  nature  of  the  investment 
you  are  making. 

Introduced  to  the  Study  of  Physics. 
In  the  first  place,  you  are  privileged  in  the  ac- 
quaintance you  are  compelled  to  make  with -certaiti 
of  the  natural  sciences.  You  must  study  physics. 
You  do  so  not  to  broaden  your  minds,  not  to  possess 
yourselves  of  the  key  to  the  mysteries  of  geology 
and  meteorology  and  astronomy,  but  for  purely  util- 
itarian ends.  You  acquire  your  knowledge  of  the 
principles  of  this  science  merely  to  serve  as  capital, 
but  there  comes  with  it  as  a  gift  a  comprehension 
of  the  secrets  of  nature  in  earth  and  air  and  sky  that 
constitute  true  wealth,  eagerly  sought  for  its  own 
sake  by  multitudes.  You  are  not  compelled  to  take 
the  wealth,  but  it  is  yours  for  the  taking.  The  sordid 
soul  that  sees  no  good  in  anything  but  gold,  will  pass 
the  trick,  voluntarily  choosing  poverty  when  wealth 
might  have  been  his.  The  pity  of  it  is  that  the  gold 
satisfies  him.  He  never  learns  how  impoverished  he 
is,  nor  how  he  impoverishes  the  world  he  should  en- 
rich. That  is  not  all.  either.  The  wealth  which 
such  a  man  refuses  as  wealth,  has  value  also  as  capi- 
tal, if  he  but  knew  it.  The  day  will  come  when  his 
wiser  neighbor  who  took  the  gift  for  its  own  sake 
will  find  opportunity  to  prove  its  productive  power, 
and  a  comparison  of  bank  accounts  will  illustrate 
the  profound  truth  that  "to  him  that  hath  shall  be 
given." 

Chemistry  as  Capital. 
What  is  true  of  physics  is  equally  true  of  chemis- 
try. A  man  may  be  satisfied  to  cram  enough  of  it  to 
pass  examinations  and  stop  there.  Symbols,  formu- 
las, tests,  incompatibilities — he  may  master  them  all, 
and  pass  a  brilliant  examination.  He  may  even  go 
further  and  specialize  in  some  particular  department 
of  applied  chemistry,  with  a  definite  end  in  view.  Yet 
throughout,  his  knowledge  of  chemistry  has  been  to 
him  merely  capital.  He  knows  nothing  of  the  thirst 
for  this  kind  of  knowledge  for  its  own  sake  that 
makes  his  companion  a  "shark"  in  chemistry.  His 
imagination  has  never  been  kindled  as  he  has 
watched  the  mazes  of  atomic  dances,  or  sought  to 
penetrate  the  mysteries  of  elective  affinity,  or  stood 
entranced  by  harmonies  interpreting  themselves  in 
the  outcome  of  a  successful  quantitative  exoeriment. 
To  him  it  has  been  all  plain  prose,  and  dull  at  that. 
Capital  it  is,  paid  for  by  hard  work,  and  it  will  yield 
its  dividends,  a  beggarly  five  per  cent— no  more.  But 
for  the  man  who  accepted  chemical  truth  as  a  prize, 
who  felt  himself  rich  in  the  mere  possession,  the  re- 
turns will  be— must  be— in  terms  of  compound  inter- 
Temperament  will,  of  course,  have  much  to  do 
with  the  way  in  which  the  truths  of  science  are  re- 
ceived and  appropriated.  It  is  possible,  too,  to  err 
on  the  side  of  extravagance  in  fancy— not  in  enthu- 
siasm or  in  true  imagination  which  is  for  science  the 
most  important  of  all  our  faculties. 

The  province  of  chemistry,  like  that  of  physics,  is 
coextensive  with  the  material  universe.  Its  activi- 
ties are  unceasingly  at  play  everywhere  in  our  envi- 
ronment—most constantly  and  significantly  in  the 
several  organs  of  these  wonderful  bodies  of  ours. 
There  is  not  a  day  nor  an  hour  when  practical  ques- 


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tions  do  not  suggest  themselves  calling  for  a  knowl- 
edge of  these  activities,  and  science  to-day  is  ready 
with  an  answer  to  the  majority  of  them.  Men  other- 
wise well  informed  are  often  content,  however,  to  re- 
main ignorant  of  this  knowledge  because  they  have 
never  had  opportunity  to  master  the  rudiments  of  the 
science.  The  student  of  pharmacy  is  fortunate,  there- 
fore, in  that  he  must  acquire  these  rudiments.  Wheth- 
er he  will  avail  himself  of  this  advantage  in  pushing 
his  knowledge  in  the  various  directions  in  which  its 
immediate  value  and  usefulness  is  apparent,  it  is  for 
him  to  decide.  Possibly  his  energies  may  be  diverted 
into  some  other  direction,  so  that  he  cannot  follow 
up  his  advantage,  but  unless  this  is  the  case,  he  is 
inexcusable  if  he  lets  slip  the  chance  to  so  enrich  his 
life. 

(7*0  le  Continued.) 


The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sulb- 
scribers  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription    work,    dispensing    diftSculUes,    etc. 

Requests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  RECEIVE 
NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  queries  in  this 
department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to  Information 
pubilished  in  previous  issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 


Laxative  Tonic. 

(E.  S.)     Try  one  of  the  following: 

(1)   Fluid   extract  of   licorice    1   oaince 

Tincture  of  fresh  orange  peel 2  ounces 

Glycerin    214    ounces 

Syrup    2i,i  ounces 

Fluid  extract  of  senna   4  ounces 

Fluid  exJtract  of  cascara 8  ounces 

Fluid  etxract  of  geuii'tlan   V2  ounce 

Simple    elixir    3^   ounces 

Dose,  one  to  two  teaspoonfuls. 

The  Era  Formulary  is  authority  for  the  following: 

•     (2)  Fluid  extract  of  cascara 1  ounce 

Fluid  extract  of  nux  vomica  2  drams 

Comp.  tinct.  gentian,  enough  to  m'ake  4  ounces 

Dose — a  teaspoonful. 

(3)  Fluid  extract  of  rhamnus  purshiana.  .2  fl.  ounces 

Fluid  extract  of  juglans   1  fl.   ounce 

Fluid  etxract  of  glyccyrrhiza %  fl.  ounce 

CVxmpouTua  tincture  of  cardamon  ....%  fl.  ounce 

Senna,    in    coarse    powder    560    grains 

Aromatic  spirit 2  fl.  ounces 

AloohO'l    1    fl.    ounce 

Sugar   7  tr.   ounces 

Water,  enough  to  miakei 16  fl.  ounces. 

Exhaust  the  senna  with  boiling  water,  so  as  to 
obtain  5  fluid  ounces  of  infusion.  Allow  this  to  cool, 
add  I  fluid  ounce  of  alcohol,  let  it  stand  for  a  while, 
then  pour  off  the  clear  liquid  and  in  the  latter  dis- 
solve the  sugar.  With  this  syrup,  mix  the  aromatic 
sprit  and  the  compound  tincture  of  cardamon,  then 
add  the  fluid  extracts,  and  finally  enough  water  to 
make   16   fluid   ounces. 

G.  H.  Klie,  of  St.  Louis,  recommends  the  follow- 
ing formula  as  a  pleasant  laxative  for  children: 

(4)  Oil   of   cinnamon    2  minims 

Oil    of    coriander     2  miniims 

Oil   of    caraway    2  minims 

0*1   of    fennel    2  minims 

Oil    of    orange    10  minims 

on    of    anise    10  minims 

Tincture  of  ginger Vi  fl.  ounce 

Tioture  of   podophyllum    %  ounce 

iWater  214  fl.  ounces 

Fluid  extract  of  senna 12  fl.  ounces 

Tartaric    acid    1    ounce 


Dissolve  the  oils  in  the  tincture  of  ginger,  add  the 
tincture  of  podophyllum,  then  the  fluid  extract  of  sen- 
na, and  shake  well.  Finally  add  the  tartaric  acid 
dissolved  in  water.  Shake  frequently  for  three  or 
four  days,  allow  to  stand  for  one  week,  and  filter. 
The  filtrate  should  measure  one  pint.  To  this  add 
sufficient  simple  syrup  to  make  four  pints. 


Magnesium  Carbonate  in  Blocks. 

(E.  E.)  "Kindly  publish  in  the  Era  a  process  by 
which  magnesium  carbonate  can  be  formed  into  a 
hard  but  porous  substance." 

At  a  red  heat  magnesium  carbonate  is  decomposed 
into  carbonic  acid  and  caustic  magnesia,  which  re- 
sembles lime  in  becoming  hydrated  and  recarbonated 
w-hen  exposed  to  the  air,  and  possesses  a  certain  plas- 
ticity, so  that  it  can  be  moulded  when  subjected  to  a 
heavy  pressure.  By  long-continued  or  stronger  heat- 
ing the  material  becomes  dead-burnt,  giving  a  form 
of  magnesia  of  high  density,  sp.  gr.  3.8,  as  compared 
with  a  sp.  gr.  of  3.0  in  the  plastic  form,  whicli  is  un- 
alterable in  the  air  but  devoid  of  plasticity.  Accord- 
ing to  the  authority  of  C.  Bischof  in  "Foreign  Ab- 
stracts" of  the  Institution  of  Civil  Engineers.  1893, 
from  which  the  above  data  are  taken,  a  mixture  of 
two  volumes  of  dead-burnt  with  one  of  plastic 
magnesia  can  be  moulded  into  bricks  which  contract 
but  little  in  firing.  Other  binding  materials  that  have 
been  used  are:  Clay  up  to  10  to  15  per  cent.;  gas-tar, 
perfectly  freed  from  water,  soda,  silica,  vinegar  as  a 
solution  of  magnesium  acetate  which  is  readily  de- 
composed by  heat,  andcarbouates  of  alkalies  or  lime. 
Among  magnesium  compounds  a  weak  solution  of 
magnesium  chloride  may  also  be  used.  For  setting 
the  bricks  lightly  burnt,  caustic  magnesia,  with  a 
small  proportion  of  silica  to  render  it  less  refractory, 
is  recommended.  The  strength  of  the  bricks  may  be 
increased  by  adding  iron,  either  as  oxide  or  silicate. 
If  a  porous  product  is  required,  sawdust  or  starch 
may  be  added  to  the  mixture.  When  dead-burnt  mag- 
nesia is  used  alone,  soda  is  said  to  be  the  best  bind- 
ing material. 

Liquid  Depilatory. 

(F.  I.  C.)  We  know  of  no  satisfactory  formula 
for  a  depilatory  in  liquid  form  containing  one  of  the 
sulphides.  All  of  the  depilatories  dependin.g  for  their 
action  upon  the  presence  of  a  sulphide  and  a  caustic 
alkali  are  applied  as  a  paste,  freshly  prepared.  A  ty- 
pical formula  is  the  following,  from  Martindale:  Ba- 
rium sulphide  (in  fine  powder).  I  to  3  parts:  pow- 
dered starch,  3  parts.  Mix.  Make  into  a  paste  with 
water  at  the  time  of  using,  spread  over  the  part  re- 
quired, and  remove  at  the  end  of  five  or  ten  minutes. 
In  a  similar  manner.  Queirel  has  found  calcium  sul- 
phide extreinely  useful  in  removing  hair,  especially 
from  the  field  of  surgical  operations.  The  calcium 
sulphide  is  applied  in  a  thin  layer,  like  a  paste,  and 
rinsed  off  with  tepid  water  in  five  minutes,  rubbing 
lightly  with  a  cloth.  The  hairs  wash  off  with  it.  leav- 
ing the  surface  smooth,  without  irritation  or  incon- 
venience of  any  kino,  except  the  rather  unpleasant 
odor  of  the  sulphide,  which  can  be  disguised  if  so 
wished.  The  hair  soon  starts  to  grow  again,  ho-w- 
ever.  The  following,  from  the  Pharm.  "Post,  is  a  for- 
mula for  a 

Liquid  Depilatory. 

Tincture  of  iodine  f  l>irts 

Oil  of  turpentine 6  parts 

Castor  oil S  parts 

.\lcnihoI   48  parts 

Collodion    100   parts 

To  be  used  once  or  twice  daily  for  .^  or  4  days. 
The  film  formed  is  then  pulled  off  rapidly,  so  as  to 
take  the  hair  with  it. 


Treatment   for  the   Ear. 

(H.  W.  v.")  You  should  refer  yoair  patient  to 
the  care  of  a  physician  as  it  is  not  within  the  prov- 
ince of  the  pharmacist  to  prescribe.  On  general 
principles,  however,  the  use  of  solutions  of  borax  for 
the  remov.il  nf  wax  from  the  ear  is  considered  to  be 


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serviceable.  Another  method  of  treatment  is  to  have 
the  patient  drop  equal  parts  of  almond  oil  and  gly- 
cerine into  his  ear  every  night  for  a  few  days  until 
the  mass  is  softened,  and  then  carefully  vifash  out  the 
ear  by  means  of  a  syringe  with  warm  water  and  soap. 
Catarrh  of  the  nose  or  throat  sometimes  closes  the 
Eustachian  tube  (which  regulates  the  air  pressure  of 
the  middle  ear)  producing  throat  deafness.  The  pro- 
longed use  of  a  chloride  of  ammonium  inhaler  is  said 
to  be  the  best  treatment  for  this  affection. 


Hensel's  Tonic. 
(Dr.  W.  E.  G.)     The  following  formula  for  Essen- 
tia  Tonica   Henseli.   or   Tinctura   Ferri  Acetica   For- 
micica,   has   been   published: 

Formic  aoid  (s.  gr.   1.200) 55  grams 

Water   300  grams 

Marble  dust  30  grams 

Dissolve. 

Ferrous  sulphate,  crys   21  grams 

Solution  iferric  sulphate  (s.  gr.  1.31S)..10O  grams 

Glacial  acetic  acid 300  grams 

Water   300  grams 

Mix. 

Combine  the  two  solutions,  and  add 

Aleoihiol  (s.  g.  0.S30)  400  grams 

After     the     separation     of    the    calciiinj    sulphate 
formed,   filter  and  lastly  add 

Acetic  ether 10  gi-ams 


Solvent  for  Gun  Cotton. 

(X.  Y.  Z.)  Acetone  is  considerably  used  as  a  sol- 
vent for  soluble  gun  cotton  (colloxylin),  especially  in 
the  manufacture  of  varnishes,  etc.  A  solution  of  py- 
roxylin in  acetone  corresponding  to  the  official  col- 
lodion may  be  made  as  follows: 

Pyro.'cylin 30  grams 

Acetone 1000  grams 

Add  pyroxylin  in  small  portions  to  the  acetone,  stir- 
ring constantly.  The  pyroxylin  dissolves  almost  im- 
mediately, forming  a  clear  solution  with  a  slight  yel- 
lowish tinge,  which  is  ready  for  use  at  once. 

As  a  protective  for  raw  surfaces  physicians  usually 
prefer  the  flexible  or  elastic  collodion  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia. 

Books   for   Soda   Water   Dispensers. 

(D.  W.)  The  following  named  books  contain  for- 
mulas for  soda  fountain  dispensers;  Hiss,  "Standard 
Manual  of  Soda  and  Other  Beverages,"  $4;DubelIe, 
"Soda  Fountain  Requisites  of  Modern  Times,"  $2.50; 
White, "Spatula  Soda  Water  Guide."  $1;  Foy,  "Book 
of  Formulas  and  Guide  for  Soda  Dispensers,"  $r. 
Beside  the  books  named  most  all  of  the  manufactur- 
ers of  soda  apparatus  and  fountain  requisites  publish 
formulas,  etc..  to  accompany  their  products.  Why  not 
write  to  some  of  them? 


Treatment  of  Soft  Corns. 
(X.  Y.  Z.)  The  treatment  generally  recom- 
mended for  the  eradication  of  "soft  corns"  is  to  paint 
them  with  a  solution  of  silver  nitrate  in  8  parts  of 
distilled  water  every  fourth  or  fifth  day,  in  the  mean- 
time keeping  the  toes  apart  by  means  of  a  pledget  of 
cotton  smeared  with  petrolatum,  zinc  ointment  or 
other  bland  fatty  substance.  Tannin  in  fine  powder 
placed  between  the  toes  is  also  recommended  as  a 
cure  for  "soft"  corns  and  a  solution  of  formaldehyde 
has  also  been  employed  with  good  results. 


Banana  Bronze  Liquid. 
(H.  H.)  It  has  been  stated  that  the  varnish  sold 
in  paint  stores  under  the  name  of  "banana  liquid"  is 
a  solution  of  celluloid  in  amyl  acetate,  and  having  the 
characteristic  fruity  and  pungent  odor  of  the  solvent, 
it  is  called  variously  "pear  oil,  banana  juice  or  banana 
liquid."  The  varnish  contains  5  per  cent,  of  cellu- 
loid, which  must  be  finely  shredded  and  dissolved 
in  the  amyl  acetate  without  heating.  This  varnish, 
it  is  claimed,  makes  an  effectual  bronze  paint  of  great 
durability  and  lasting  color. 


ANDREW    B.    MERRIAM. 

Andrew  B.  Merriman,  secretary  of  the  National  Whole- 
sale Druggists'  Association,  died  on  Wednesday,  March 
20.  ait  Charles  City. , la.,  ot  Brighfs  disease.  Mr.  iMerriam 
■was  born  seventy-six  years  ago  in  Salem,  N.  'T.,  and 
when  a  young  man  he  moved  to  Cincinnati,  where  hs 
was  one  of  the  most  prominent  figures  in  the  drug 
when  a  young  man  he  moved  to  Cincinnati,  where  he 
head  went  out  of  business,  Mr.  Merriam  removed  with 
his  family  to  Minneapolis.  About  five  years  ago  he 
moved  to  Chicago,  where  he  has  since  lived  with  a 
daughter  and  son-in-law  on  the  North  Side. 

During  his  long  and  active  life  he  was  connected  with 
various  public  enterprises,  being  a  man  of  much  energy 
and  progressiveness.  When  the  National  Wholesale 
Druggists'  Association  was  formed  twejity-seven  years 
ago,  he  was  elected  secretary,  which  office  he  ihad  filled 
continuously  ever  since.  He  'had  been  ill  for  some  tione 
and  recently  was  removed  to  the  sanitarium  of  his  son- 
in-law,  Dr.  Anson  B.  Brackett  of  Charles  Ciity,  la.  The 
remains   will   be- taken   to   Minneapolis   for   interment. 


Glyco-Heroin. 

(W.  &  C.)  Glyco-Heroin  is  a  remedy  recom- 
mended by  the  manufacturers  in  the  treatment  of  va- 
vious  forms  of  coughs.  In  their  literature  to  physi- 
cians they  state  that  "each  teaspoonful  represents 
one-sixteenth  grain  heroin  with  ammonium  hypo- 
phosphite,  hyoscyamus,  white  pine  bark,  balsam  tolu, 
glycerine  and  aromatics."  We  cannot  give  the  work- 
ing formula. 

Tooth  Powder. 

(T.  W.  R.)  Formulas  for  various  tooth  powders 
were  printed  in  the  following  issues  of  the  Era  of  last 
year:  August  8,  page  161:  August  IS,  page  191  and 
September  3,  pages  274  and  275. 


Mechanical  Trades   Schools. 
(W.     E.    G.)     The    following    institutions    located 
near  New  York  City  give  courses  in  mechanical   in- 
struction: Stevens  Institute  of  Technology,  Hoboken, 
N.  J.;  Polytechnic  Institute,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


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[April  3,  1902. 


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of   the   answers. 

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at  top  of  sheet  and  write  your  answer  below,  using 
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D.  D.  Bronson,  Lowville,  N.  Y. 
3rd  Prize. 
Arthur  St.  Onge,   Nashau,  N.   H. 
4th  Prize. 
J.    M.   McCann,   Toledo,    Ohio. 
5th  Prize. 
Samuel  Hopkins,  Providence,  R.  I.;  R.  D.  Lancas- 
ter, Forksville,  Pa.;  E.  W.  Goff,  Bay  City,  Mich.;  A. 
J.  Lindgren,  West  Duluth,  Minn.;  Joseph  Feil,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio;  A.  E.  Schmidt,  Baltimore,  Md.;  W.  Don- 
aghy,    Hudson,    Mass.;    J.    M.     Kerrigan,    Brooklyn, 
N.  Y. 


ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  X. 

No.  loi. — James  Page  has  a  circular  garden,  lu 
rods  in  diameter;  how  many  tiees  can  be  set  in  it, 
so  that  no  two  shall  be  within  ten  feet  of  each  other, 
and  no  tree  within  two  and  a  half  feet  of  the  fence 
enclosing  the  garden? 
Ans.— 241. 

No.   102.— A  druggist  has  an  income  of  $1,120  per 
annum   from  stocks  that  pay  a  quarterly  dividend  of 
31/2   per  cent.     What   did  he  pay  for  them  at   109H, 
brokerage  }i  per  cent? 
Ans.— $8,790. 

No.  103.— At  what  point  are  the  numbers  on  the 
scales  of  Fahrenheit  and  Celsius  identical?  To  what 
temperature  does  this  point  correspond  on  the  scale 
of  Reaumur? 

.^ns.— Minus  40  degrees;  Minus  32  degrees  R. 
No.  104.— -\  druggist  sold  goods  to  a  certain 
amount  on  a  commission  of  4  per  cent.,  and,  having? 
remitted  the  net  proceeds  to  the  owner,  received 
%  per  cent,  for  prompt  payment,  which  amounted  to 
$15.60.  What  was  the  amount  of  his  commission? 
Ans.— $260.00. 

No.  105.— If  a  magnet  exerted  a  pull  of  4  ounces 
upon  a  piece  of  steel  at  a  distance  of  3  inches,  how 
much  force  would  it  exert  at  a  distance  of  Ja  of  an 
inch? 

Ans.— Nine  (9)  pounds. 

No.  106.— 10  Cc.  of  a  gas  are  measured  at  15  de- 
grees C.  What  volume  will  the  gas  occupy  at  150  de- 
grees C. 


Ans. — 14.69  Cc. 

No.  107. — A  ladder  70  feet  long  is  so  planted  as  to 
reach  a  window  40  feet  from  the  ground,  on  one 
side  of  the  street,  and  without  moving  it  at  the  foot 
it  will  reach  a  window  30  feet  high  on  the  other 
side;  what  is  the  breadth  of  the  street? 

Ans. — 120.69+feet. 

No.  108. — 5.75  grams  of  silver  nitrate  are  added 
to  5.7s  grams  of  a  solution  of  hydrochloric  acid  con- 
taining 10.22  per  cent.  HCl.  How  much  silver  is 
precipitated    and    how    much    remains    in    solution? 

Ans. — 1.7355  grams  precipitated;  1.907  grams  in 
solution. 

No.  109. — A  merchant  gained  $1,313.0  on  goods 
amounting  to  $8,756;  at  that  rate,  what  would  he 
gain  on  goods  amounting  to  $12,375? 

Ans.— $1,856.25. 

No.  no. — There  is  a  conical  glass,  6  inches  high, 
5  inches  wide  at  the  top,  and  which  is  1/5  part  filled 
with  water.  What  must  be  the  diameter  of  a  ball 
let  fall  into  the  water,  that  shall  be  immersed  by  it? 

Ans. — 2,445+inches. 


PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XIV. 

No.  141. — At  what  temperature  would  the  Fahren- 
heit thermometer  register  exactly  fifty  degrees  more 
than  the  Centigrade  thermometer? 

No.  142. — What  must  be  paid  for  a  7  per  cent, 
stock,  no  allowance  beng  made  for  brokerage,  in  or- 
der that  the  investment  may  yield  3%  per  cent.? 

No.  143. — Find  the  height  of  a  column  of  glycerine 
I  inch  diameter  when  the  mercury  barometer  stands 
at  30  inches. 

No.  144. — What  weight  of  pure  calcium  carbonate 
will  be  required  to  produce  100  litres  of  carbonic  acid 
gas? 

No.  145. — The  longest  side  of  a  triangle  is  100 
rods;  and  each  of  the  other  sides  50.  Required  the 
value  of  the  grass  at  $5.00  per  acre. 


INFLUENCE  OF  SALT  ON  PEPPERMINT.— 
From  a  series  of  experiments  on  the  growth  of 
peppermint,  E.  Charabot  and  A.  Hebert  (Comptes 
rend.)  conclude  that  the  presence  of  salt  in  the  soil 
is  beneficial  to  the  plant,  increasing  the  total  per- 
centage of  organic  matter,  lessening  the  relative 
loss  of  moisture,  increasing  the  percentage  of  esters 
in  the  oil  and  hindering  the  change  of  menthol  into 
menthonc. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT 


NEW   YORK   AND   VICINITY. 


BROOKLYN  DEPARTMENT  STORES  CUTTING 
PRICES. 

Drug  Merchants'  Association  Stands  Firm.  New  Agree- 
ment Probable. 

Some  at  the  Brooklyn  department  stores  have  receaitly 
been  advertising  some  of  the  well  known  propriet&ry  prep- 
arations ajt  prices  conisaderaible  below  the  wholesale  cost 
and  a  representative  of  the  Era  has  interviewed  some  of 
the  prominent  druggrists  on  that  side  of  the  river  as  to 
the  effect  of  this  advertising  on  their  'trade.  While  some 
of  thettn  state  that  it  has  hurt  the  sales  of  certain  prop- 
rietaries more  or  less  others  assert  that  people  who  attend 
■one  of  the  "sales"  will  not  return  as  they  are  com- 
pelled to  wait  in  line  a  long-  time  before  they  reach  the 
salesman  and  then  nine  time  out  of  ten  the  preparation 
asked  for  is  said  to  be  "Just  sold  out  but  we  will  have 
some  more  in  tomorrow."  The  latter  druggists  claim  that 
while  sales  have  dropped  oft  a  little  for  a  few  days  they 
find  trade  just  as  good  now  as  it  was  before  the  cutting 
■was  started  and  that  it  will  soon  be  discontinued. 

The  Drug  Merchants'  Association  of  New  Tork  and  the 
department  stores  handling  drugs  have  had  an  agree- 
ment during  the  past  year  by  which  a  schedule  cyf  prices 
was  maintained.  It  appears  that  when  the  time  came  for 
the  parties  to  renew  the  agreement  for  another  year 
some  of  the  department  stores  wanted  certain  concessions 
which  would  allow  them  to  have  "marked  down  sales" 
on  special  days  but  the  menvbers  of  the  association  would 
not  grant  their  request.  As  a  result  there  followed 
the  cutting  in  Brooklyn  ajs  stated  above.  The  department 
stores  in  Manhattan,  so  far  as  can  be  learned,  have  main- 
tained the  schedule  of  prices  at  whicih  goods  have  been 
sold  during  the  time  the  agreement  was  in  force.  Mem- 
bers of  the  association  say  it  is  quite  probaWe  the  de- 
partment stores  will  decide  to  enter  upon  a  similar  agree- 
ment to  that  of  last  year  within  a  short  time. 

The  Drug  Merchants'  Asociation  has  as  memJt>ers 
some  Of  the  largest  retail  drug  firms  in  Greater  New  York 
most  of  whom  were  termed  "aggressive  cutters"  when 
the  X.  A.  R.  D.  was  formed.  The  members  have  had  a 
sca'.e  of  prices  at  which  proprietary  medicines  should  be 
sold  and  as  far  as  can  be  learned  these  prices  have 
been  adhered  to  as  agreed  upon  for  about  five  years. 
"When  the  department  stores  entered  into  the  agreement 
with  the  druggists  alK)ut  a  year  ago  it  was  tthought  that 
aggressive  cutting,  to  any  extent  in  iNew  Tork  would  be 
stopped.  The  cutting  of  prices  by  the  Brooklyn  depart- 
ment stores  has  been  decidedly  aggressive  but  the  mem- 
bers nt  the  Drug  Merchants'  Association  when  inter- 
viewed appeared  confident  that  the  practice  will  not  last 
long  and  expressed  the  opinion  that  an  agreement  sat- 
isfactory to  all  concerned  would  soon  be  signed.  It  is  pos- 
sible that  something  definite  will  be  done  at  the  next 
meeting  of  the  Association    this  month. 

The  majority  of  the  members  of  the  Drug  Merchants' 
Association  of  New  York  are  members  of  the  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy  and  the  names  of  those  who  are 
not  were  proposed  b>'Clarence  O.  Bigelow  on  Tuesday 
evening.  April  1.  Their  names  follow:  George  Ramsay, 
vice  president  and  general  manager  of  the  corporation  of 
Hegeman  &  Co.;  Edward  B.  Cahoon,  secretary  and 
general  manager  of  TTm.  B.  Riker  &  Son  Co.  P.  K.  James 
No.  7<XI  Eighth  avenue:  Chas.  K.  Eaton.  No.  700  Coltim- 
bus  avenue;  OBas.  T.  Cubit  of  Reid.  Yeomans  &  Cubit; 
George  Oberdorfer.  No.  2393  Eighth  avenue;  'W.  J.  Quen- 
cer.  No.  400  West  .57th  street;  G.  Wiley  Holmes,  No.  121 
Coulmtous  avenue  and  Holis  M.  Barnes,  No.  90  West 
Broadway 


THE    PROPRIETARY   ASSOCIATION    OF   AMERICA. 

The  Committee  on  -\rrangi'ni.:-nts  and  Entertainment 
has  issued  a  circular  letter  announcing  thait  the  20th  An- 
nual Meeting  of  the  Proprietary  Associa- 
tion of  Ajnertea  will  be  held  on  May  7,  8 
and  9,  at  the  ilanhattan  Hotel.  New  York 
City,  where  satisfactory  arrangements 
have  been  perfected.  \w" 

The  hotels  in  New  Tork  are  almost  al-  ^^ 
ways  well  filled,  and  it  :has  always  been 
found  much  more  satisfactory  for  those 
attending  to  engage  their  quarters  beforehand,  and  in  this 
instance  members  are  earnestly  requested  to  write  diirect 
to  the  hotel,  describing  what  kind  of  a  room  wouad  be  de- 
sired, single  or  doutole,  wuth  or  without  bath,  and  stating 
also  when  they  expect  to  arrive.  This  hotel  i's  run  on  the 
European  plan.    The  rates  are  as  follows: 

Single  rooms  with  bath  $3.00,  without  bath  $2.50,  and 
up  per  day. 

'Double  rooms  wlith  bath  $5.00,  without  bath  W.OO,  and 
u,p  i>er  day. 

Parlor,  bedroom,  and  bath  $12.00  and  up  per  day. 

The  first  session  of  the  meeting  will  ,be  on  Wednesday, 
May  7,  at  2  P.  M.  The  other  sessions  have  been  arranged 
for  Thursday  morning  and  afternoon,  and  Friday  miom- 
ang,  so  as  to  accomplish  as  much  work  lin  as  short  a 
space  of  time  as  possible. 

It  is  the  intention  of  the  Committee  to  concentrate 
its  efforts  into  one  entertainment  for  Thursday  evening, 
upon  which  occasion  a  chance  wtiU  be  given  for  memibers 
and  their  friends  to  spend  a  social  evenling  together  in 
a  way  that  will  not  soon  be  forgotten.  Arrangements  for 
this  are  now  being  perfected  and  will  be  announced  later. 

The  officers  anticipate  a  large  attendance  this  year, 
as  many  important  matters  are  to  be  taken  up.  and  it  Is 
earnestly  requested  that  each  firm  holding  a  membership 
m  the  Association  will  send  a  representaUve.  Clarence 
G.  Stone.  SI  Fulton  street,  this  city,  is  Chairman  of  the 
Committee  on  Arrangements  and  Entertainment. 

Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.'s  Sponge  Exhibit. 

The  sponge  exhibit  of  the  Smith  KUne  &  French  Co., 
at  the  Broadway  Central  Hotel  last  week,  was  attended 
by  some  of  the  largest  retail  sponge  dealers  in  the 
United  States,  and  was  pror.iounced  the  finest  collection 
ever  sent  here  by  the  Philadelphia  house,  which  means, 
the  best  ever  seen  in  New  York.  Albert  Hart,  manager 
of  the  firm's  spong-e  department,  w-as  in  charge  of  the 
exhibit  and  was  assisted  by  Mr.  Roibert  Brownlee.  Mir; 
Hart  says  the  Russian  velvet  sponges  are  having  a 
large  sale  at  present.  These  sporuges  are  oval  in  shape, 
of  uniform  size,  and  are  imported  direct  from'  Russia  by 
the    firm. 

It  is  a  fact  well  known  to  the  customers  if  this  ftrm 
that  all  their  high  grade  sponges  are  guaranteed  for 
twelve  months.  John  Hart,  father  of  Albert  Hart,  buys 
all  the  firm's  sponges  in  Ijondon  and  before  the  goods  are 
sent  out  to  customers,  the  various  sizes  are  packed 
together  so  that  each  one  in  a  box  should  bring  the 
same  price  at  retail.  Mr.  Hart  also  exhibited  a  complete 
line  of  chamois  skins.  He  says  his  firm's  trade  inj  these 
skins  is  increasing  each  year  keeping  pace  with  that 
of   the   sponge  department. 


NEW  VANILLIN  COMPOUND.— Rogoro 
(Chem.  Zeit.)  has,  by  condensing  vanillin  with  ben- 
zaldehyde  in  the  presence  of  zinc  chloride,  obtained 
a  new  compound  which  he  has  named  benzo  divanil- 
lin.  This  body  forms  microscopic  crystals  melting 
at  222  degrees,  and  and  has  the  usual  characteris- 
tics   of   aldehydes. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  3,  1902. 


LEGISLATION   AT   ALBANY. 

Soda    Water    Law     Passed     Both     Houses.       Hill     Bill 

Signed  by  Governor  Odell. 

The  bill  of  Assemiblyman  Colby,  permitting  the  manu- 
facture of  soda  water  in  buildings  occupied  in  part  as 
dwellings,  passed  the  Senate  by  a  vote  of  34  to  9  on 
Tuesday,  March  23.  The  measure  has  now  passed  both 
houses  and  will  probably  receive  the  Governor's  signa- 
ture soon  and  become  a  law.  This  bill  was  substituted 
for  that  of  Senator  Audett,  which  was  practically  the 
same.  When  the  latter  moved  the  substitution  of  the 
Colby  ibill  in  the  Senate,  Mr.  Trainor  objected  tout  the 
vote  favored  Mr.  Audett's  motion.  When  the  bill  was 
called  up  by  Senator  Brackett  of  Saratoga,  Senator 
Trainor  urged  and  was  supported  by  'Senator  Grady, 
that  the  bill  had  been  imporperly  substituted.  This 
caused  a  long  parliamentary  debate,  and  Senator  Train- 
or moved  to  reconsider  the  vote  by  which  the  bill  was 
sustained.  The  motion  was  lost  and  Senator  Grady  then 
raised  a  point  of  order  that  the  bill  was  not  properly 
on  the  calendar.  "Lieutenant-Governor  Woodruff  decided 
the  point  not  well  taken,  whereupon  Mr.  Grady  appealed 
from  the  decision  of  the  chair,  but  Mr.  Woodruff's  rul- 
ing was  sustained  by  a  vote  of  34  to  111.  Mr.  Grady  then 
m;Oved  to  recommit  the  bill,  but  was  defeated  and  the 
bill    passed. 

The  WU  of  Senator  Hill,  amending  the  State  Pharmacy 
law  relative  to  the  election  of  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy 'for  the  Eastern  Section  was  signed  by  Governor 
Odell  last  week.  This  gives  more  piharmacists  a  Tight 
to  vote  than  the  former  law,  but  no  druggist  not  a  mem- 
ber of  some  pharmaceutical  organization  can  exercise 
the  franchise. 


ANTITOXIN  SELLING  BY  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 

To  the  liditor— There  are  one  or  two  points  in  yo«r 
report  of  the  last  meeting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  that  require  some  elucidation  and 
call  for  some  comment.  I  refer  more  especially  to  state- 
mients  made  iby  Mr.  'Swann,  secretary  of  the  Associajtion, 
wtith  regard  to  the  manufacture  and  sale  of  vaccine 
virus  and  antitoxin  by  the  Board  of  Health,  and  the 
petition  there  anent  which  has  been  signed  "by  thou- 
sands of  physiciains,  druggists  and  taxpayers  g-enerally, 
and  which  will  shortly  be  presented  to  Mayor  L.ow.  He 
teJls  us  thiait  he  signed  the  petition  in  a  hurry  to  get  rid 
of  the  man  presenting  it.  I  am  sure  Mr.  Swann  would 
not  fill  a  prescription  in  this  way.  Having  signed  the 
petition  in  haste  Mr.  Swann  reflecits  at  leisure  and  askis 
tk)  have  his  name  removed.  O'nl  further  thought,  however, 
he  says  he  would  or  might  agree  to  sign  such  a  petition 
"it  the  manufacturers  would  permit  government  officials 
to  inspect  their  laiboratories  and  test  their  products." 
Not  only  Government  officials  but  the  public  in  general 
are  at  liberty  to  inspect  the  laboratories  and  all  de- 
partments of  manufacturisg  firms.  Can  this  be  said  of 
the  staMes  of  the  Board  of  Health  where  the  horses 
:^or  antitoxin  purposes  are  kept?  'Does  any  private  man- 
ufacturing firm  extract  and  make  ready  for  market  its 
antitoxin  in  the  im'mediate  vicinity  of  a  conitagious 
disease  hospital  as  ds  the  case  with  the  New  Tork  City 
(Board   of   Health?' 

Mr.  Swann  also  says:— "Manufacturers  do  not  mark 
packages  with  the  date  of  manufacture  as  the  Board  of 
Health  does,  and  in  case  of  accident  from  antitoxin 
made  'by  private  'manufacturers,  the  druggist  cannot  re- 
cover any  loss."  With  regard  to  the  first  part  of  this 
statement.  I  may  say  one  private  firm,  if  not  all,  marks 
the  daite  beyond  which  it  does  not  guarantee  the  strengtli 
of  its  products,  and  asks  that  any  left  unsold  at  that 
date  be  returned  and  ibe  replaced  by  fresh  material. 
I  dio  not  quite  understand  the  'gentleman's  statement 
with  regard  to  accident  and  the  inability  of  the  drug- 
gist to  recover  loss.  I  never  had  any  accident  with  anti- 
toxin made  by  pt^ivate  manufacturers,  'but  I  know  that 
nearly  a  score  of  'children  died  from  impure  antitoxin 
made  toy  the  Bioard  of  Health  of  St.  Louis,  and  that  it 
hias  since  been  decided  that  the  parents  have  no  re- 
course again.st  that  body,  which  has  since  g'iven  up 
the  m'anufaeture. 

'•DRUGGIST'" 


CREDITORS    OF    WRAY    DRUG   CO.,    OF    YONKERS, 

MEET.    . 

The  creditors  of  the  George  B.  Wray  Drug  'Co.,  of 
Yonkers.  met  in  the  Astor  House,  Thursday,  March  27, 
to  receive  the  report  of  the  special  com'mittee  appointed 
at  the  meeting  held  in  'February  and  to  consider  the 
affairs  of  the  firm.  The  committee  reported  that  after 
investigating  they  decided  to  recommend  that  voluntary 
bankruptcy  proceedings  be  opened  against  the  firm. 
There  was  a  lengthy  discussion  on  the  committee's 
recommendation,  tout  it  was  finally  decided  to  leave  the 
matter  in  the  hands  of  the  same  com'mittee  with  power 
to    act. 

The  George  B.  Wray  Drug  Co.  succeeded  George  B. 
Wray  in  July,  1898.  In  December,  1898,  Mr.  Wray  filed 
a  petition  in  bankruptcy,  showing  liabilities  of  $56,135,211, 
of  Which  915.230  were  secured,  and  nominal  assets  of 
SI, 400.  In  the  early  part  of  1893,  after  a  petition  to 
dissolve, ,  Mr.  Wray  was  again  ma'de  president  of  the 
company,  with  H.  Doty,  of  the  If\irst  National  Bank  of 
Yonkers.  vice-president,  and  J.  H.  Keeler,  of  the  Citi- 
zens National  Bank  of  Yonkers,  secretary  and  treasurer. 
The  company  'recently  failed  again  and  H.  fR.  Hicks,  a 
director  of  the  Citizens  National  Bank  of  Y'onkers,  was 
'appointed   receiver. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era  Bowling  Team  Suffers  Defeat. 

Familiarity  with  the  excellent  scores  polled  by  the 
various  druggists'  toowlinig  leagues  during  the  season 
and  published  from  week  to  week  In  this  journal,  seems 
to  have  given  the  Era  staff  a  mistaken  idea  that  to  upset 
a  re.spectable  number  of  pins  requires  only  a  good  al- 
ley. hone'St  intentions  and  aibumld'ant  effort.  At  any  rate 
a  challenge  was  issued  from  this  office  to  the  Retail 
Druggists  B'owling  Association  to  bowl  three  match 
games.  The  contest  took  place  at  Starr's  alleys.  West 
59th  street,  and  resulted  in  a  ■victor}'  for  the  druggists, 
which  must  be  considered  more  complete  than  brilliant. 
CXnIly  once  was  the  outcome  at  all  in  doubt,  and  that  was 
in  the  'second  game  when  for  a  few  brief  moments  un- 
limited zeal  on  the  part  of  the  Era  men  promised  to 
make  up  for  a  very  evident  lack  of  ability.  But  the 
druggists  soon  recovered  from'  their  surprise,  and  quick- 
ly placed  a  considerable  number  of  pins  to  their  credit. 
The  prize  for  highest  score  was  won  toy  M'r.  iSchwein- 
furth  of  the  druggist's  team.  While  the  booby  prize  was 
captured  'by  the  gontlemaini  who  presides  editorially  over 
the  destinies  of  this  journal.  The  Era  values  the  re- 
spect of  its  bowling  readers  and,  therefore,  deems  it 
wise  not  to  publish  the  score  of  'this  contest.  The  >me*m,- 
bers  of  the  staff  are  the  more  ready  to  .suppress  the  re- 
sults toecause  they  realize  that  the  publication  of  the 
figures  would  not  add  to  the  glory  of  their  opponents' 
victory.  If  practice  'has  aniything  to  do  with  perfection, 
the  Era  team  will  give  a  1>etter  account  of  itself  in  the- 
next   match. 


WHOLESALE  DRUG  TRADE  BOWLING. 

The  tourna'ment  of  'the  Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowl- 
ing Associatiion  was  continued  at  Beid''s  alleys.  No.  19S 
Church  street,  Saturday,  March  29.  Jo'hnson  &  Johnson 
won  'two  games,  thus  increasing  their  lead  and  Dodge 
&  O'lcott,  who  are  second  in  the  league  lost  one  game 
and  played  one  tie  with  Colgate  &  Co.  The  scores  fol- 
low: Seabui-y  &  Johnson,  770.  against  Colgate  &  Co., 
■SJ5:  Dodge  &  Olcott,  824,  against  Colgate  &  Co.,  824; 
Seabury  &  Johnson,  803.  against  Dodge  &  Olcott,  781; 
General  ChemBcal  'Co..  770,  agaansit  Johnson  &  Johnson, 
842;  Parke,  Davis  cS:  Co.,  909,  against  General  Chemical 
Co.,  771:  Johnson  &  Johnson,  807,  against  Parke,  D.a-\-is 
&    Co.,    77S. 


Must  Take  the  Examination  to  Become  Registered. 

F.  Harvey  Hoag,  proprietO'r  of  a  drug  'store  at  Middle- 
port.  Niagara  County,  will  have  to  pass  an  examm- 
ation  before  he  can  get  the  license  Issued  toy  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  according  to  the  decision  of  Justice 
Laimtoert  in  special  term  of  the  supreme  court  at  Buffalo, 
March  '20,  The  evidence  in  the  case  brought  out  the 
statement  that  Mr.  Hoag  practiced  pharmacy  in  a  small 


April  ;?.  ino-2.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


3-iO 


town  fa  the  vicinity  of  Middleport  for  ten  years  pr'ior 
to  1SS4,  the  year  the  law  was  passed  requiring  phar- 
macisfts  to  apply  tor  license  within  00  days.  He  had  not 
applied  tor  a  license  until  a  few  weeks  ago  and  did  not 
know   the   law   had   been   changed. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

^Drugs-ists    in    the    tenitmy    li.iun.lfd    by    34th    street, 

Sixth  avenue,  iotih  street  and  Kightih  Avenue  are  com- 
plaining of  increased  rents.  Lewis  A.  Bates,  at  Sixth 
avenue,  near  42nd  street,  is  one  of  ithe  more  recent  vic- 
tims of  the  landlord,  his  rent  having:  been  al'most  doulbled. 
The  store  next  door  to  Mr.  Bates  ic  being  renovated 
throughout  and  improvements  will  also  be  made  In  the 
drug    store. 

John  Novak,  a  druggist  of  No.  1.370  Avenue  A,  Man- 
hattan was  taken  before  the  Yorkville  Court  last  week 
on  a  charge  of  having  violated  the  Excise  law.  An  agent 
of  the  Excise  department  testified  that  he  had  purchaseid 
Holland  gin  in  Novak'is  store  and  the  magistrate  held  the 
accused  in  $1,000  bail,  pending  trial, 

^C.  E.  Smith,  N.  Y.  city  representative  of  Parke,  Davis 

&  Co..  says  he  has  found  a  good  dog  "the  finest  fox  terrier 
in  the  city".  The  advertisement  which  some  joker  put 
in  a  daily  paper  brought  several  hundred  loffers,  but  a 
■friend  saw  the  notice  in  the  Era  and  M..  t.inith  was 
presemted    with    a    dog. 

R.    C.    Kraft,    druggiist   at   138th   street   and'  Alexanider 

avenue,  well  known  in  the  borough  of  the  Bronx,  has  toeen 
confine<l  to  his  home  for  some  time  with  a  broken  le.g. 
The  injured  member  is  healing  slowly  anid  it  will  probably 
be  s»me  littlie  time  hefore  Mr.  Kraft  regains  his  usual 
health  a.nd  activity. 

M.  E.  Prevot,  a  pharmacist  of  Paris,  France,  has  "been 

visiting  in  New  York  the  past  few  days  .  He  will  visit 
different  parts  of  the  United  States  ibelfore  retuminig. 
Next  week  he  will  probably  inspect  the  Detroit  labora- 
tories of  Parke.  Davis  &  Co. 

Robert   H.    Hughes  is  now  night  clerk  'for  Francis   S. 

AVarner  at  No.  .">IXI  Seventh  avenue,  Manhattan.  He  was 
formerly  with  B.  K.  Knapp  &  (Son.,  No.  362  Hud'son 
street  and  takes  the  place  of  Frank  Sohiindler  wWo  is 
taking   a   vacation. 

G.  L.  Dyson,  formerly  with  druggist  A.  Tsheppe,  Col- 

umbus  avenue  and  75th  street,  is  now  in  the  drug  depart- 
ment of  Siegel.  Cooper  Co.  Mr.  Dyson  condaicts  a 
drug    store    at    Manhattan    Beach    during    the    summer 

T'he  Meduriia  Sloap   Co.   is  a  new  oorporatiooi   recently 

organized  at  Hoboken,  N.  J.  Julius  Blumberg,  RedmoTTd 
F.  Kernan  and  Miltiades  Cossenas  are  the  incorporators 
and  the  capital  stock  1.=  $1.000.on<"(. 

—^B.  Hartz,  of  Hartz  &  Bahnsen  Co.,  wholesale  and 
retail  druggists  of  Rock  Island.  111.,  has  been  in  the  city 
several  days;  he  ■was  entertained  at  the  Drug  Club  by 
severaioif  his  friends  iast  week. 

^D.    Kantor.    proprietor    of    the   drug   store    at    Brook 

avenue,  corner  of  14.5th  street,  borough  of  the  Bronx, 
wir.  open  a  branch  store  at  No.  3500  Third  avenue,  near 
16Sth    street,    about    April    10. 

Albert  B.  Baitzley,  druggist  at  134th  street  and  Sev- 
enth avenue,  ha«  been  quite  ill  the  past  -week  and  left 
on  Monday  for  Old  Point  Comfort  and  other  points  -where 
he  will   rest    for  a  time. 

——The  Slater  pure  chemical  bill  has  passed  both  houses 
of  the  legislature  and  await.?  Governor  OdelV®  signature. 
The  Slater  formaild'ehyde  bi"!  was  also  passed  in  its 
changed   form. 

Julius    A  Sach's   drug  store   at   Bathgate   avenue   and 

ISOth  'Stret  has  been  sold.  Mr.  Sachs  formerly  conducted 
the  pharmacy  at  the  corner  of  Broome  and  Ridge  streets. 

A.    W.    Fenner,   Jr..   a   well   known   Providence.    R.    I.. 

prairmacist,  spent  several  days  last  week  in  the  city. 
He  was  en  route  home  from  a  ten  days  trip  south. 

John  B.  Pine  is  now  employed  at  the  Wilson  Pharmacy 

Broadway  and  42nd  street.  Mr.  Pine  was  at  one  time 
witlh  George  Kneupper.   City  Hall  Pharmacy. 

B.  A.  Newman.  Richmond,  Va..  wiae  registered  at  the 

Drug   Clulb    last    Friday.      Steven    Hester    at   the    Public 
Drug  Co..    Chicago   was   also  a   visitor. 
- — Dr.    William    Muir,    of    Brooklyn,    spent   part    of   last 
week  in  Buffalo  and  Niagara  Falls.     He  was  aceompanded 


B.  B.  HAMLIN,  JR. 

[Benjamjn  B.  Hamlin.  Jr..  has  resig'nied  as  manager 
of  the  New  York  bramdh  of  William  R.  Warner  &  Co. 
of  Phtladelphiia,  a  position  he  has  held  since  1897,  and 
taken  the  mianagement  of  the  American  Peroxide  and 
Chemical  Co..  manufacturers  of  peroxide  of  hydrogen 
and  other  chemical  and  pharmaceutical  preparations  at 
88  Maiden  Dane,  this  city.  On  March  15  he  was  pre- 
sented with  a  beautiful  loving  cup  as  a  testimonial  of 
the  regard  and  esteem  of  the  traveling  force  under  his 
direction    for  so    many   years. 

Mr.  Hamlin  is  the  son  of  a  Methodist  minister  and 
was  born  in  Baltimore.  At  the  age  of  sevemteem  he 
chose  the  profession  of  pharmacy  Instead  of  that  of  the 
ministry  and  later  purchased  a  part  interest  in  a  drug 
store  ait  Canail  Fulton'.  O.  After  two  years  of  indifferent 
success  he  moved  to  Harrisburg.  Pa.,  where,  after 
graduating  from  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
in  1.S81.  he  was  engaged  in  the  retail  drug  business 
untl'l  1805.  when  he  entered  the  employ  of  'Willliam 
R,  Warner  &  Co.  as  trayeling  salesman  anid  detail  man 
for  Pennsylvania,  later  becoming  imanager  of  the  com- 
pany's   New   York   branch. 


by  his  daug'hter,  Miss  Jennie  Muir. 

.W.  B.   Faris.  of  H.  J.   Baker  &  Bro..   No  100  Willla-ra 

street,    is   on   a  trip   through   Europe,    and   wilil   probably 
remain  abroad  about  two  months. 

Henry  Cogan's  pharmacy,   at  No.   166  Franklin  Street 

Manhattan,    will    be   removed    to   No.    109   Hudson   street 
near   Franklin,   about    .April    15. 

^Francis   E.    Dodge,    of   Dodge   &  Olcott.   and   his  son, 

Frank    T.    Dodge,    have    been    in    Washington   during    the 
past  few  days. 

Col.  E.  W.  Fitch  entertained  Prof.  John  UrI  Lloyd,  of 

Cincinnati,    at   the   New   York   Yacht  Club,   one   evemJng 
last    week. 

A    Ri'tmeyer.    of    the   drug   firm  oif   Rltmeyer   &     }o., 

London,    Eng.,    has    been    in    the    city    during    the    pas.t 
week. 

H.  Giivpin.  oif  Gilpin.  L.angdon  &  Co.,  Baltimore  was  a 

visitor   in    the   city   last    week. 


Something   for   Mothers. 

The  Arnold  Sterilizer  is  a  most  valuable  adjunct  to 
cver.v  hou.sehoTS  where  milk  is  used,  and  especially  so 
when  there  is  a  nm-sing  biiby  therein.  The  Wllmot 
Castle  Co.  of  Rochester.  N.  Y.,  'have  a  very  good  propo- 
sition to  make  to  druggists  ■who  sell  nursing  bottles. 
Write   to  them   for  particulars. 


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THR    PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[April 


1903. 


HENRY  B.  PLATT. 

Henry  B.  Piatt,  manufacturer  of  a  ■well-known  disin- 
fectant, died  suddenly  at 
the  Pennsylvania  Rail- 
road station,  Jersey  City, 
about  8:00  o'clock  Friday, 
March  2S.  (He  and  his 
son  were  about  to  take 
the  train  for  Atlantic 
City.  (Heart  disease  was 
said  to  be  the  cause  of 
death.  Mr.  Piatt  was 
■born  in  Poughkeepsie, 
N.  T.,  about  53  years 
ago.  After  receiving  a 
college  education  he  en- 
tered the  retail  drug 
business  and  about  25 
years  ago  established  at 
(No.  36  Piatt  street  the 
business  which  bears  his 
name.  He  was  well  and  favorably  known  in  the  drug 
trade  and  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Proprietary 
Association  of  America.  He  is  survived  by  a  widow,  son 
and   two  daughters. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


A    PECULIAR    CONDITION    OF    AFFAIRS. 

Boston,  March  29. — Because  a  Boston  policeman  was 
too  strenuous  in  the  dischairge  of  his  duties,  in  which 
he  exactly  followed  the  commands  ■at  his  superior  officer, 
the  captain  of  his  precinct,  he  has  been  itransferred  to 
anather  beat.  It  appears  that  a.  certain  drug  store  at 
the  South  (End  is  tihe  resort  of  men  prominent  in  dis- 
Iricit  politics  and  the  druggist  enjoys  their  friendshi'p, 
naturally,  as  he  is  now  in  high  political  office  himself. 
This  druggist,  a  short  time  ago,  incurred  the  dislike  of 
thte  policeman  in  qnestion,  and  because  of  this  the  of- 
ilcer  has  ke>pt  an  especially  sharp  watch  on  the  estab- 
lishment. Not  long  ago  he  reported  to  his  captain  that 
lie  suspected  that  the  druggist  was  inaking  sales  of 
inrtoxicating  liquors  without  d'e^nanding  that  the  buyers 
sign  their  names  as  required  by  Jaw.  The  aaptam  ad- 
vised him  to  try  to  make  a  purchase  Tvibhout  signing 
for  it.  The  policeman  therefore  went  to  the  place  in 
civilian  attire,  with  a  friend,  and  bought  a  pint  of 
whisky.  Then  again  on  the  same  day,  he  went  to 
th«  drug  store  a  second  time  and  procured  another 
pint.  In  neither  instance  was  he  required  to  sign  his 
name.  To  his  captain  he  reported  the  matter  and,  to  his 
surprise,  then  found  the  captain  Tvas  much  displeased 
at  his  action.  It  is  claimed  that  the  influence  of  ward 
politicians,  who  determined  to  get  square  with  the  officer, 
resulted  in  filing  the  complaint  against  him  and  pending  a 
thorough  investigation  of  the  case,  w'hich  may  not  be  held 
until  very  indefinitely,  'the  patrolman  was  shifted  from 
his  route  to  another  beat.  On  his  nelw  route  the  drug- 
gists well  know  that  they  can  ido  about  as  they  like, 
with  this  patroiman  on  the  beat,  as  this  experience  has 
not  exactly  encouraged  him  to  penetrate  the  mysteries 
of  any  other  of  the  drug  stores  which  comes  under  his 
^observation. 


A    Druggist's   Wife    Sues    for    Divorce. 

Boston,  March  29.— The  wife  of  Arthur  F.  Johnson, 
a  West  Medford  druggist,  has  filed  a  suit  for  divorce, 
■claiming  cruel  and  abusive  treatment.  She  even  went 
so  far  as  to  seek  the  aid  of  the  police  to  protect  her  from 
alleged  violence  on  the  part  of  her  hu^and,  who,  so 
she  claims,  is  enraged  because  of  the  filing  of  the  papers, 
which  were  served  on  him  a.t  his  store,  Mrs.  Johnson 
Is  proprieitar  of  a  millinery  store  in  Maiden,  Tvhere  she 
spends  most  of  her  time.  She  and  her  husband,  until 
about  a  year  ago,  were  prominent  in  the  social  life  of 
Medford.  ■  ,     ,,     jj:  ijjiji 


MASSACHUSETTS    BOARD    OF    REGISTRATION. 

Boston,  March  29.— Tlie  Massachusetts  Board  of  Regis- 
tration in  Pharmacy  has  had  five  examinations  this 
month  of  those  wishing  to  be  declared  proficient  enough 
to  receive  certificates  of  registration.  Forty-nine  candi- 
dates (out  of  a  possible  fifty)  appeared  for  examination, 
and  of  these  only  fourteen  succeeded  in  passing.  These 
were  the  following  named:  Timothy  K.  Conway,  Victor 
B.  Dion,  Charles  W.  Mitchell,  Archie  E.  Picken,  Samuel 
J.  Sigel,  all  of  Boston;  Lillian  M.  Geddes,  AUston;  Her- 
man F.  Hawthorne,  Somerville;  Edward  T.  Q.  Hodges, 
Quincy;  Marry  B.  Farwell,  Fitohburg;  Frank  A.  Parrott, 
Holyoke;  Henry  Li.  Cobb,  Brockton;  Albert  P.  Pierce, 
Ashland,  N.  H.  Cleon  D.  Tufts,  iManchester,  N.  H.;  Ches- 
ter Billetdoux,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  One  iweek,  not  a  single 
candidate    passed..      During   April,    examinations    will    be 

held  each  Tuesclay. 

Business  Generally  Good. 

[Boston,  March  29. — A  good  week,  on  the  whole,  as 
to  iweath-er.  has  had  a  resulting  effect  in  making  trade 
generally  good  at  the  drug  stores.  There  has  been  no 
special  impetus,  yet  the  deaters  say  the  trade  has  been 
a  bit  above  the  nuerely  normal  conditions.  OVIany  stores 
have  had  seasonable  window  displays  appropriate  to 
Eastertide  and  these  have  been  arranged  by  use  of  at- 
tractive toilet  articles  and  sundries,  which  at  some 
places  has  brought  about  a  little  extra  demand  for  these 
things.  General  trade  keeps  about  as  usual,  so  it 
is  found.  The  demands  upon  the  prescription  depart- 
ments show  that  there  is  no  special  activity  in  that  di- 
rection. 

NEW    ENGLAND    NOTES. 

In  Abington,   Mass.,  the   chance  of  even -one  druggist 

receiving  a  sixth-class  liquor  license  is  beautifully  small. 
At  a  town  meeting  just  held  an  informal  vote  was  taken 
which  showed  the  selectmen  that  it  'was  the  general 
wish  of  the  citizens  that  no  druggists'  licenses  be  granted 
the  coming  year.  Last  year  a  single  one  was  granted 
to  a  druggist  in  'North  Abingiton  and  it  now  looks  as  if 
ha  soon  would  be  deprived  of  the  license.  Abington  had 
the  novel  experience  of  having  a  clergyman  as  the  chief 
of  police  last  year,  and  he  performed  all  his  work  with- 
out any  recompense,  even  paying  his  wwn  expenses.  He 
did  his  work  well,  moreover. 

After  haiMing  been  in  the  employ  of  George  "W.  Flynn. 

as  clerk,  at  his  pharmacy  in  Jamaica  Plain,  Thomas 
Fadden  has  eeveired  his  connection  iwith  that  place  In 
order  to  go  into  Ibusiness  on  his  own  account,  with  a  drug 
store  at  the  corner  'of  Shawmut  avenue  and  Sawyer 
street.  Mr.  Flynn's  wife  and  children  have  just  returned 
to  their  home  in  Millis,  after  having  spent  the  Winter 
months  with  hinv  in  Jamaica  Plain. 

In  Hudson.   Mass.,  a  strong  stand   ha's  been  taken   by 

the  board  of  selectmen  for  the  enforcement  of  the  liquor 
laiw,  and  the  board  voted  to  instruct  the  police  officers 
that  they  would  be  held  accountable  for  transgressions 
of  the  law  and  that  they  must  see  that  illegal  sales  are 
not  made  in  drug  stores  and  unlicensed  places,  and  must 
report  all  infringement  of  the  law  to  the  board. 

^Friends    of   Thomas    F.    Carey,    in    the  'Sherman    Club 

at  Newburjport,  Mass.,  in  recognition  of  his  departure 
from  that  city,  where  he  was  in  the  drug  business,  have 
given  him  a  very  handsome  K.  of  C.  watch  charm.  Mr. 
Carey  goes  to  Marlboro  to  continue  in  the  drug  business. 
In  Newburyport  he  was  a  mem'her  of  the  firm  of  A.  J. 
Casey  &   Co.,    from   which  he   retires. 

A  voluntary  petition  in   bankruptcy  has  been  filed  'by 

J.  H.  Ohadwick,  having  a  drug  store  In  Shawmut  ave- 
nue. B'oston.  Me  has  de'bts  aggregatingl!3.3(.IO.  the  largest 
indebtedness  being  to  a  relative  Ini  Clinton,  G.  C  Chad- 
wiok,  to  whom  he  owes  a  little  more  than  $1,800.  The 
assets  amount  to  only  a  few  hundred  dollars. 

At  the  regular  monthly  meeting  and  dinner,  this  week 

of  the  Boston  Druggists'  Association,  held  at  Young's 
Hotel,  not  as  many  members  as  usual  were  present.  The 
evening  proved  Interesting,  however,  with  an  informal 
talk  on  "The  Three  R's."  given  by  Rev  George  R.  W. 
Scott  of  'Newton,  a  guest  on  this  occasion. 

A     recet^iLly-incorporatpd     enterprise     is     the     Lincoln 

Chemical  Company,  to  deal  in  drugs,  chemicals  and  the 
like,   with   a   capital   of  $200,000.     Of   this  sum   $200  was 


April  3,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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paid  in  at  the  time  of  incorporation.  J.  E.  Triganne, 
Allston,  is  the  president  and  P.  J.  Donohue,  Westboro, 
the  treasurer  ct  the  company. 

Weed's  Pha^mac^■  at  the  corner  of  Boston'  avenue  and 

Winthrop  street,  Medford  Hillside,  Maes.,  •which  recently 
was  closed,  is  to  be  opened  again  by  Pliny  Chandler. 
There  will  be  new  interior  fl-xtures  and  of  course  new 
stock.  The  store  is  one  much  patronized  in  the  past  by 
Tufts  College  students. 

Extensive    chfinges   In    the    interior   of    T.    J.    Dewey's 

drug  store  in  Westfle.Id.  Mass..  make  alimost  a  new  store 
of  the  place.  It  has  been  newly  decorated  throughout. 
The  soda  fountain  has  been  Improved  and  enlarged  and 
new  shelving,  eases,  etc.,  give  the  store  an  attractive 
appearance. 

The   fact   that  an   undertaker   (Samuel   A.    Genilee)    of 

Bexerly  has  leased  the  store  next  adjoining  Stickney's 
drug  store  in  that  city  is  causing  no  little  amount  of 
good-natured  fun  and  friendly  comment  on  the  part  of 
friends   of  both   men. 

J.    Her1>ert   Rice,    who   has   been   a   c'.erk    in   the   drug 

store  at  3101  Washington  street.  Forest  Hills  district, 
Boston,  has  given  up  that  position  to  become  clerk  for 
C  A.  Siegemimd,  whose  pharmacy  is  in  Dartmouth 
street.  Back  Bay. 

^TNhe  drug  store  at  Leicester  cloised  recentlj'  and  it  was 

understood  by  the  townspeople  that  it  was  not  to  be 
reopened.  It  is  now  open,  however,  and  business  still 
8K)es  on  there. 

Professor  C.   R.   Sanger,   prrvminent   in  the  department 

of  chemistry  at  Harvard  College,  has  just  started  for 
Europe  on  a  tour  which  will  keep  him  abroad  until  next 
September. 

.\  line  new  entrance  h-as  Just  been  opened  at  the  store 

in  Sudbury  street,  Boston,  of  the  Carpenter-Morton, Com- 
pany, dealers  in  paints,  oils,  alcohols,  spirits,  dyestuffs, 
etc. 

Adddson   Has.tings.    formerly    of   Xorth   Adams.    Mass., 

has  taken  up  his  residence  in  Hinsdale  to  conduct  the 
drug  store  in  that  town  which  his  father  recently  bought. 

Selectmen   of  Medway  Village.   Mass..    have  voted   not 

to  grant  any  liquor  licenses  the  coming  year  to  drug- 
gists. 


PHILADELPHIA- 


The   Vapo-Cresolene   Co.   Secures   Judgment. 

The  High  Court  of  Justice  of  Toronto,  Ont.,  has  just 
granted  a  decision  to  the  Vapo-Cresolene  Co.  of  this 
city,  against  Willjarn  H.  Jones,  trading  under  the  firm, 
style  and  name  of  Jones  &  Co..  who  were  convicted  of 
imitating  the  Vapo-Cresolene  Co.'s  goods  and  also  of 
endeavoring  to  ^et  retail  druggists  to  substitute  the 
medical  compound  and  lamp  manufactured  and  sold  by 
the  defendants  for  those  manufactured  by  the  plaintiffs. 
The  court  issued  a  perpetual  injunction  restraining 
Jones  &  Co.  from  selling,  advertising  <w  supplying  for 
sale  their  medical  compound,  lamp,  etc.,  in  such  a  man- 
ner as  to  lead  purchasers  to  suppose  that  these  goods 
are  those  manufactured  and  sold  by  the  Vapo-Cresolene 
Co.  Jones  &  Co.  were  also  enjoined  from  using  the 
pamphlets,  circulars,  etc.,  issued  by  the  plaintiffs.  The 
cost  of  the  action  was  assessed  against  Jones  &  Co., 
and  the  Master  in  Ordinary  of  the  Court  was  appoint- 
ed to  ascertain  the  damages  sustained  by  the  plaintiffs, 
which   the  defendants   are  required   to   pay. 


Collapsible  Tubes. 
If  you  have  had  trouble  in  securing  collapsible  tubes 
in  large  or  small  quantities.  It  will  pay  you  to  look  up 
the  Standard  'Specialty  &  Tube  Co.,  New  Tork.  whose 
advertisement  appears  in  this  issue.  They  claim  to  be 
able  and  willing  to  fill  any  sized  order  for  tubes  on  very 
short  notice,  and,  furthermore,  they  will  prepare  your 
preparations  from  your  formulae  and  supply  ti^bes 
already  filled.    "Write  for  samples  and  prices  list. 


Drug  Bowling  League. 
Philadelphia,  March  29.— The  teams  of  Whitall  Tatum 
Co.  and  Aschenbach  &  Miller  are  having  a  see-saw  for 
first  place  at  the  finish  and  just  now  it  looks  as  though 
it  might  be  anybody's  game,  with  Aschenbach  &  Miller 
having  just  a  shade  the  better  of  the  argument.  Last 
Tuesday  the  team  of  Whitall  Tatuim  Co.  bowled  three 
gaimes  with  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.  team,  and  lost  the 
first  game  rolled  together  with  first  place.  The  H.  K. 
Mulford  Co.  men  started  in  at  once  to  bowl  and  before 
the  leaders  waked  up  the  game  was  lost.  The  H.  K. 
Wampole  &  Co.  bowlers  rolled  three  games  with  R. 
Shoemaker  &  Co.'s  representatives  the  same  time,  and 
the  tailenders  being  a  man  short,  played  without  hope 
and  naturally  lost  all  three  gaimes.  The  standing  of  the 
teams  to  date  follows: 

Teams.  Won.    Lost.    P.  C. 

Aschenbach    &    Miller il         5       .S33 

Whitall    Tatum    Co 30         G       .833 

Smith.   Kline  &  French  Co IS       13       .600 

R.   Shoemaker  .&   Co 16       17       .484 

H.    K.    Mulford  Co 18       20       .393 

Wanderers     10       23       .303 

(H.  K.   Wampole  &  Co 2       31       .000 


Proposed   Increase   of   Dues  of   Franklin   Institute. 

Philadelphia.  March  29.— For  the  past  several*  years 
the  Franklin  Institute  has  had  to  face  a  deficit  each  year. 
Heretofore  the  members  of  the  Board  of  Managers  have 
made  up  the  shortage  by  individual  contribution,  but  as 
the  deficit  becomes  larger  each  year  this  tax  has  become 
rather  onerous  to  the  Board.  As  a  method  of  permanent- 
ly overcoming  this  difficulty  it  is  proposed  to  increase 
the  annual  dues  of  members  and  an  amendment  to  the 
by-laws  to  this  effect  will  be  considered  and  acted  upon 
by  the  members  at  the  next  meeting,  which  ■will  be 
held  on   April    16. 

BUSINESS   DULL. 

Philadelphia.  March  20.— The  general  opinion  seems 
to  be  that  the  bottom  has  entirely  dropped  out  of  busi- 
ness. To  judge  from  expressions  heard  on  all  sides  it 
would  pay  about  half  the  proprietors  to  shut  up  shop  and 
go  fishing — such  fine,  baltny  Spring  weather,  too.  There 
doesn't  seem  to  be  any  particular  reason  for  the  general 
falling  off,  although  the  fine  weather  and  the  abatement 
of  the  small-pox  and  ty^phoid  fever  scares  probably  have 
considerable  to  do  with  it.  The  down-town  stores  are 
doing  something  in  the  soda  water  line  but  it  is  still  a 
trifle  early  to  expect  much  in  the  way  of  neighborhood 
trade. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

A    destructive    fire    at    Peckville    (seven    miles    from 

Scranton)  Thursday,  completely  destroyed  the  buildings 
and  most  of  the  stock  of  the  drug  stores  <ywned  by 
Messrs.  Bloe  and  W.  D.  Watkins.  The  business  section 
was  practically  burnt  down,  a  number  of  residences  and 
the  offces  and  Tfomes  of  three  local  physicians  were  also 
destroyed  in  tne  conflagration.  24  ibulldings  In  all  going 
up  in  fiames  and  smoke.  The  disastrous  nature  of  the 
fire  was  due  to  the  fact  that  all  the  burned  buildings 
were  cf  wood,  two  and  three  story  frame  structures. 
The   loss  is  estimated  at  $150,000:   insurance.    $6.5.000. 

Among    the   heavy    imports    of   drugs    and    chemicals 

per  >Ss  iNederland  from  Antwerp  were  310  cases  of  Apol- 
linaris  water,  125  bbls  caustic  potash.  40  cases  licorice 
root.  etc..  etc.,  the  licorice  root  being  consigned  to 
Smith,  Kline  fi  French  Co.  Local  drug  firms  are  taking 
advantage  of  direct  importation  in  increasing  volume 
lately,  the  saving  in  freight,  trans-shipment,  etc..  over 
New  Tork  imports  being  of  considerable  amount.  Phila- 
delphia merchants  have  now  direct  connections  with  the 
leading  European  drug  and  chemical  centres. 
^^-George  M.  Beringer  of  Camden  and  Professor  Frank 
X.  Moerk  of  the  P.  C.  P.  have  been  Important  ■witnesses 
in  the  Haines  murder  trial  at  Mt.  Holly,  N.  J.    They  both 


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[April  3.  VM)2. 


made  chemical  examinations  of  the  organs  of  the  mur- 
dered child  and  testified  to  having  found  seventeen  grains 
of  arsenic. 

The  many   friends   of   Pharmacist   Predk.   T.    Gordon, 

U.  S.  Navy,  will  learn  with  pleasure  that  he  is  now 
about  recovered  from  a  two  month's  "sick  list"  exper- 
ience, and  will  soon  'be  about  again  looking  out  for 
chances  to  help  in  P.  A.  R.  D.  work  and  bring  in  the 
"outsiders." 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Chefmical   Section  of  Franklin 

Institute  held  on  March  27,  Lyman  !F.  Kebler  read  a 
paper  on  "iWhy  Report  NasO  and  CO»  rather  than 
■NaJCOj?"  and  Dr.  H.  iF.  Keller  presented  "Some  Re- 
marks on  Explos'ive  Decomposition  of  Chlorate  by  Heat." 

■ At  the  regular  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Section  of 

the  American  Chemical  Society  held  on  March  20,  "A 
Discussion  of  Jbjxpert  Testimony"  by  Professor  Samuel 
P.  iSadtler  of  fne  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  oc- 
cupied  the  attention   of  those  present. 

^Edward     R.     Heilman    pleaded    guilty    before    Juflge 

Biddle  to  the  larceny  of  ?S41  from  his  employer  and  was 
sentenced  to  two  years  in  the  county  prison.  The  wit-" 
nesses  said  that  Heilman  was  employed  as  "confidential 
man"   by  a  Chestnut  street  druggist. 

^Miss  Kline,  daughter  of  M.   N.  Kline  of  West  Tulpe- 

hocken  street,  Germantown,  will  give  a  bowling  party 
at  Manheim  tomorrow  evening.  These  "bawling  parties" 
are  now  very  popular  among  the  younger  social  people. 

iDavid  W.   Ra'msaur,   a  prominent  member  of  the  Phi 

Chi  Fraternity  at  P.  C.  P.,  has  gone  to  Boston  to  assist 
in  the  installation  of  a  new  chapter  of  the  fraternity 
at   the    Massacnusetts    College  of   Pharmacy. 

■ J.    W.    Benner  &  Co.,    contractors,   have  taken  out  a 

permit  for  extensive  exterior  and  anterior  alterations  in 
the  drug  store  and  dwelling  at  3624  North  Broad  street, 
owned  by  Crumble  Brothers. 

Robert  R.   Funk,   formerly  at  the  Parrish  Pharmacy, 

has   purchased   the   store   at  Seventy-eighth   and  Snyder 
avenue,    formerly  conducted  hy   Dr.   Wharton. 
Johnson  &  Johnson  have  issued  invitations  to  a  num- 
ber  of    prominent    Philadelphia    druggists    to    visit    their 
plant  ait  New  Brunswick,   N.  J.,   next   week. 

^A   new   store   is    to    be   opened    at   Twenfy-ninth   and 

Thompson  streets  opposite  Shoemaker's  in  the  store-room 
recently  vacated  'by  Mr.   Shoemaker. 

'It   ie   reported    that  new  stores  are   to   be  opened   at 

Germantown  avenue  and  Fourth  street  and  at  York  road 
and  "Venango   street. 

William  Harris  of  Twenty-first  and  Pine  streets,   has 

sold  his  store  to  Mr.  Norris. 

• Professor   Joseph    P.    Remington    spent    Thursday   of 

last  week  In  !Ne'w  York. 

— ^William  Hilpert  has  purchased  the  store  at  Fifth  and 

Norris  streets. 


BALTIMORE. 


American  Straws. 
Mr.  Wm.  Thomas,  'who  for  many  yc'ars  was  man- 
ager of  the  M.  C.  Stone  paper  straw  business  at  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  is  no'W  making  straiws  on  his  own  acoount 
und'er  the  corporate  title  of  the  American  Paper  Stra;w 
Manufacturing  Co.  Mr.  Thomas  says  tirat  his  straws 
are  made  of  She  finest  manila  paper,  thorouighly  satur- 
ated with  pure  paratfine,  that  every  stralw  is  thoroughly 
sterilized,  entirely  free  from  odor  lor  taste,  and  perfect- 
ly neutral  in  any  liquid  ever  Tised  as  a  drink.  The  su- 
periority of  these  artificial  straws  over  the  natural  ar- 
ticle has  been  demonstrated  over  and  over  'again,  and 
Mr.  Thojnas  guarantees  his  straws  to  be  fully  up  to 
the  standard,  which  the  trade  has  set  for  them.  Amer- 
ican straws  are  sold  only  to  the  trade,  and  samples  and 
prices  are  sent  free  on  application. 


Druggists  and  manufacturers,  large  or  small,  trho 
are  ajt  a'U  interested  in  tin  signs,  decorated  tin  boxes  or 
talcum  powder  boxes,  should  conrespond  with  Sentenne 
&  Green   Co.,   ^oG  Fifth   avenue,   New  York. 


THE   PHARMACY   BILL   PASSED. 

Baltimore,  March  27. — At  last,  after  years  of  haid 
work  and  persistent  efforts,  Baltimore  and  the  State  of 
Maryland  have  been  freed  from  the  reproach  of  being 
the  only  political  division  in  the  Union  without  a  law 
to  regulate  the  practice  of  jyharmacy.  The  biU  introduced 
at  the  beginning  of  the  present  session  of  the  General 
Assembly  was  passed  in  the  Senate  last  Monday  night, 
having  previously  gone  through  the  House,  and  there 
is  no  doubt  thait  it  will  receive  the  signature  of  the 
Governor.  It  was  extensively  amended  and  its  provisions 
would  hardly  be  considered  rigid  in  'any  other  community. 
Some  of  them  have  been  S'O  weakened  that  their  enforce- 
ment may  not  make  a  material  impression  upon  the  drug 
trade;  but  the  bill  is  an  actual  beginning:  it  constitutes 
a  basis  upon  which  future  legislation  can  be  grafted  as 
the  necessity  for  additional  requirements  becomes  im- 
perative, and,  looked  at  in  this  light,  it  means  a  long 
step  forward.  Country  storekeepers  will  still  be  able  to- 
sell  a  great  variety  of  things  which  should  not  be  indis- 
criminately dispensed,  tout  the  measure  is  a  concrete  re- 
cognition of  the  fact  that  the  practice  -of  pharmacy, 
dema-nding,  as  it  doies,  special  knowledge,  should  not  be 
entrusted  to  any  except  skilled  hands  and  trained  intel- 
lects, an  acknowledgement  long  since  made  in  other 
States. 

Under  the  law,  all  persons  who  desire  to  engage  in 
the  practice  of  pharmacy  must  have  passed  a'n  examina- 
tion before  a  board  of  pharmacy  to  consist  Oj.  five  mem- 
bers, two  'Of  tlhem  from.  Baltimore  and  three  from  ith& 
counties.  One  of  'these  commissioners  will  probably  come 
from  the  Eastern  shore,  one  from  Western,  and  the  third 
from  the  central  part  of  the  State  of  'Maryland.  The 
commissioners  are  to  hold  meetings  at  stated  periods, 
and  ascertain  the  qualifications  of  all  applicants 
who  may  appear  before  them.  They  are  to  have  the 
services  of  a  secretary  and  other  clerical 
assistance  and  'Shall  receive  $5  per  day  for  every  day  they 
furnishes  an  added  incentive  to  piharmacists  in  every  way 
tive  to  men  whose  time  is  ordinarily  worth  far  more, 
furnishes  a  added  incentive  to  pharmacists  in  every  way 
equipped  for  the  duties  devolving  upon  the  commission 
to  engage  in  the  service.  The  work  of  the  commissioners 
(Will  be  entirely  supervisory  .and  inquisitorial  in  so  far 
as  the  testing  of  candidates  is  concerned.  They  will  also 
exert  themselves  to  secure  the  enforcement  of  the  statute, 
but  the  actual  police  work  will  be  placed  in  the  hands  of 
the  regularly  constituted   authorities. 

The  only  changes  made  by  the  Senate  in  the  bill  as 
it  came  from  the  House  was  to  exempt*  Talbott  county, 
on  the  Eastern  'Shore.  When  the  bill  went  back  to  the 
House  last  Tuesday  night  for  action  on  the  amendment 
that  body  promptly  concurred.  This,  of  course,  is  no 
valid  or  satisfactory  reason  why  Talbott  county  should 
be  exempted  from  the  provisions  of  the  law.  but  it  was 
deemed  advisable  by  the  friends  of  the  bill  not  to  im- 
peril its  chance  during  the  last  few  days  of  the  sesion 
by  insisting  on  the  departure  of  the  Senate  from  its- 
position. 

The  measure,  as  enacted,  is  in  nearly  every  essential 
the  same  as  that  offered  two  years  ago  and  is  commonly 
regarded  as  meaning  a  great  step  forward. 

Much  gratification  is  expressed  among  the  Baltimore 
pharmacists  over  the  achievement  of  the  main  ob.iect 
aim'Ed  at  by  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association 
and  all  its  sympathizers.  They  feel  that  a  great  deal 
has  been  gained  for  the  dignity  and  the  standing  of 
pharmacy  as  a  profession,  and  they  are  disposed  to  over- 
look the  insuffSoiencies  of  the  new  law  in  the  contempla- 
tion of  the  larger  result.  Great  credit  is  due  to  those 
who  have  been  especially  active  n  publishing  the  meas- 
ure. Foremost  among  the.9e  is  Dr.  A.  R.  L.  Dohme.  As 
chairm.Tn  of  the  legislative  committee  and  as  president 
of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association,  he  has 
worked  Indefatigably  to  make  friends  for  the  bill  and  to- 
convince  the  legislators  of  its  necessity.    His  efforts  have 


April  3,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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been  ably  seconded  by  Louis  Schulze,  H.  P.   Hynson,  R. 
S.   M'CKinney   and  others. 

Th*  enactment  ot  the  law  marks  the  culminajtion  of 
a  struggle  contiTiued  uninterruptedly  for  about  twenty 
years  and  is  a  handsome  tribute  to  'the  perserverence  and 
the  resourcefulness  especially  of  the  Baltimore  druggists. 


FOR  A  CO-OPERATIVE   PHARMACY. 

Baltimore.  March  20.— Combination  having  tor  its  pur- 
pose the  circumvi^ntinfT  of  t-stablished  business  methods 
and  trade  divisions,  and  the  setting  aside  of  commerciol 
laws  operative,  seem  now  to  be  in  the  air.  The  plan  to 
unite  some  six  or  seven  of  the  largest  retail  drug  stores 
in  the  city  under  one  management  is  still  attracting  a 
measure  of  attention,  and  already  some  new  scheme  is 
afoot.  The  latest  arrangement  under  consideration  is 
to  establish  a  co-operaJtive  pharmacy,  in  'which  all  cus- 
tomers may  become  shareholders.  This  pharmacy  is  to 
be  conducted  by  a  manager  at  a  salary,  ajid  the  sup- 
posedly enormous  profits  now  made  by  retail  druggists 
are  to  be  divided  among  the  patrons  in  the  shape  of  low 
prices.  According  to  a  prospectus  iwhich  has  been  scat- 
tered broadcast  and  which  is  printed  pairtly  in  Hebrew 
■characters,  the  members  of  the  co-operative  store  may 
■expect  to  get  prescriptions  for  which  they  now  pay  25 
■cents,  for  'about  5  cents,  and  other  things  in  proportion. 
A  imeeting  is  to  be  held  in  the  furtherance  of  the  project 
this  afternoon  on  North  High  street,  a  locality  largely 
inhaJbited  by  Russian  and  Polish  immigrants  and  their 
-descendants  in  the  first  geneiration. 


Trade  Moderately  Active. 

'Baltimore,  March  31.— Trade  among  the  wholesalers 
and  jobbers  was  only  moderately  active  last  week.  A 
rush  ensued  last  Saturday,  but  this  was  due  to  the  fact 
that  Good  Fipiday  is  a  legal  holiday  and  the  wholesale 
■establishments  were  closed  up,  so  that  Saturday's  trans- 
actions really  represented  two  days'  business.  Compara- 
tive quiet  prevailed,  both  with  respect  to  the  out-of-town 
and  the  local  business.  The  manufacturers  of  pharma- 
■ceuticals  fared  about  the  same  in  their  distribution  de- 
partments, although  the  laboratories  exiperienced  no 
•change  in  activity,  the  orders  from  distant  points  be- 
ing sufficient  to  keep  the  employes  at  work  uninterrupt- 
edly. No  striking  developments  are  to  be  noted  in  the 
market  for  botanicals.  Oil  of  sassafras  is  still  scarce 
and  high  as  to  price.  Palmetto  berries,  the  scarcity  of 
which  has  been  mentioned  in  this  column  before,  are 
moving  upward,  a  cond'ition  which  is  likely  to  continue 
-as  the  new  crop  is  not  due  until  next  October  or  No- 
vemiber.  Stillingia  root  is  coming  in  Slowly  and  prices 
are  somewhat  depressed,  whilo  lobelia  seed  is  extremely 
.scarce  and  high,  lobelia  herb  being  draggy  as  to  sales 
under  a  firm  market.  The  movement  of  heavy  chemicals 
is  devoid  of  special  features  and  the  retail  trade  is 
rather   quiet. 


Another  Jamaica  Ginger  Suit. 
Baltimore.  March  29.— 'A  dispatch  from  Charlottes- 
ville, Va.,  states  that  H.  W.  Jackson  of  Keswich,  Albe- 
marle county,  has  entered  suit  against  Gilljert  Bros  & 
■Co.,  of  North  Howard  street,  Baltimore,  claiming  $25,000 
damages  for  alleged  loss  of  eye-sight  as  the  result  of 
drinking  Jamaica  ginger  sold  by  that  firm.  Depositions 
are  being  taken  at  Charlottesville.  The  plaintiff  is  be- 
ing represented  by  three  Baltimore  attorneys.  This  is 
one  of  a  number  of  cases  brought  against  the  same  Arm 
and  which  have  attracted  much  attention  in  drug  circles. 

Social    Club    Organized. 

Baltimore,  March  29.— A  social  club  has  been  organized 
by  the  students  and  faculty  of  the  Maryland  College  ot 
Pharmacy  with  W.  D.  Campbell,  as  president;  J.  M. 
Young,  vice-president;  C.  S.  Williamson,  secretary;  Miss 
R.  P.  'McGlone,  assistant  secretary,  and  E.  F.  Kelly,  . 
treasurer.  The  first  of  its  functions  is  a  reception,  to 
be  given  next  Friday  evening  in  the  Alumni  hall,  on 
Aisquith  street.  Among  the  diversions  of  the  evening 
"Will  be  dancing  and  cards.  The  event  is  to  continue 
until  .1:30  A.    M. 


BALTIMORE   NOTES. 

—  The  next  social  session  of  the  Wedgeiwood  Club  will  be 
held  this  evening  at  the  Eutaw  House.  Secretary  and 
Poet  "Lariat"  J.  Webb  Foster  hais  had  his  muse  work- 
ing overtime  for  the  past  two  weeks  on  the  invitations  to 
members,  which  are  adorned  with  original  effusions,  no 
two  of  them,  alike. 

Among  the  visitors  in  Baltimore  last  week  were  C.  E. 

Engel,  Medfo-rd,  Md.;  W.  Cuthrell,  Salisbury,  N.  C; 
Mr.  Schaefer,  manager  for  William  E.  Turner,  Cumber- 
land, Md. ;  C.  E.  Henry,  Cambridge,  Md.,  and  M.  A. 
Hance,  of  Hance  Bros  &  TVhite,  Philadelphia. 
— JThe  purchaser  ot  the  pharmacy  until  recently  con- 
ducted by  Sullivan  Bros.,  at  the  corner  of  Pratt  and 
Bond  streets,  is  J.  Henry  Shierson.  Mr.  Bhierson  is 
said  to  be  of  Brooklyn  and  a  man  of  considerable  exper- 
ience. 

A  new  retail  drug  store  has  been  opened  at  the  cor- 
ner of  Lanvale  street  and  Patterson  Park  avenue  by  Mr. 
King. 


MICHIGAN. 


Detroit,  March  28. 

Wm.    Churchill,    pharmacist    at   Three   Oaks    has  been 

made  defendant  in  suits,  aggregating  $4,000.  It  is 
claimed  that  he  so.ld  liquor  to  a  number  of  people  who 
became  intoxicated  and  not  only  created  a  disturbance 
but  cavised  a  considenaible  amount  of  damage. 
H.  R.  Hitdhcock,  the  drug  clerk  who  rolbbed  drug- 
gist ^Vm.  Dupont  some  time  ago.  returned  to  Detroit 
last  week  and  gave  himself  U'p.  'He  appeared  to  be 
repentant  and  made  a  good  impression  on  the  judge, 
who    let    him    off    on    suspended    seniteU'Oe. 

E.    E.    Miller    of    Traverse    City    will    soon    move    his 

pharmacy  from  the  Wilhelm  &  Bartak  Bl'ock  to  the  City 
Book  store  Block.  His  business  has  been  long  estab- 
lisihed  and  he  believes  that  the  new  location  will  greatly 
augment    his    trade. 

'M.     I-'.    Bernhard,     for    two    years    a    pharmacisit    at 

WatertoW'ni.  S.  D.,  and  during  the  past  twelve  months  in 
the  manufacturing  business  at  Detroit,  has  sailed  for 
Chri'Sbiania,  Norway,  where  he  will  engage  in  the  drug 
business. 

^J.   E.   Simpson   formerly   in   the  drug  business  at   No. 

771  Third  Ave.,  was  tendered  a  supper  last  Tveek  -by 
his  many  friends  in  the  Drug  Clerks'  Association  of 
Michigian  on  the  eve  of  Wis  departure  for  California. 

B.    D.    Vaughan    for   some  tim,e  in    the  drug    business 

at  Albion,  was  in  Detroit  last  week,  making  purchases  of 
fixtures,  show  cases  and  a  large  stock  for  a  new  phar- 
macy   he    will    soon    open    'at    Beillevue. 

Nelson   R.   Goodrode    the   former  South   Haven   drug- 

giist,  arrested  recently  'at  Taooma,  Washington,  on  a 
charge  of  bigamy,  was  arraigned  at  Paw  Paw,  Michi- 
gan,   and   the  trial   is  now  on. 

The   following  representatives  of  Parke  Davis  &  Co. 

were  in  town  the  past  week:  R.  B.  Melcher,  Kentucky; 
A.    L.    Palmer.    Ohio;   ®.    A.    Parsons,    Georgia. 

Joseph    Haller    representing    the    Hygienic    Chemical 

C'O'mpany  of  New  York,  called  on  the  Detroit  trade  last 
w^ek. 

'Wm.   Dupont,  one  of  the  oldest  druggists  in  Detroit, 

has   been   appointed   estimator  for   the  Sixth   Ward. 

Oscar    L.    Boice    ot   Port    Huron,    has   disposed   of  his 

drug  business   to  Joseph   L.   Lohrstorfer. 

John    Murray    has    accepted    a    t»osition    as   clerk    for 

T.  E.  Smallidge.  No.  701  Jefferson  Ave. 

^D.    W.   Paton  has  left  Jas.   Kirchner  and  is  now  with 

the    Central    Drug   Company,    Detroit. 


For  modern  soda  fountains  at  the  lowest  prices,  we 
commend  the  inquiring  druggist  to  the  I^w  Tile  Co.,  3-1 
Portland  street,  Boston,  Mass.  They  sell  their  foun- 
tains on  a  plan  not  usually  adopted  by  soda  fountain 
manufacturers,  a  plan  which  saves  the  druggist  con- 
siderable money.  It  will  pay  anyone  who  wants  a 
fountain  to  wrfte  to  them. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  3,  1902. 


FRANK  CUDDY. 

F^ank.  Cuddy,  one  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.'s  New  TOTk 
City  salesmen,  is  spoken  of  as  the  entertainer  of  the 
New  York  drug  trade  and  is  usually  in  evidence  at  any 
entertainments,  banquets,  etc.,  given  by  druggists,  whole- 
salers or  manufacturers,  with  quotations  from  Shakes- 
peare and  other  noted  writers,  as  well  as  original 
stories.  He  was  born  and  educaten  in  Brooklyn  and  had 
his  first  experience  in  the  drug  business  with  Alexander 
Hudnut  in  ithe  old  Herald  building  at  No.  21S  Broadway. 
He  represented  Alfred  Wright,  the  Rochester  perfumer. 
When  A.  J.  roitman  was  the  New  York  agent,  and  in 
1888  took  a  position  With  his  present  employers.  H5 
represented  ttiem  in  parts  of  Pemnsylvania  and  Massia- 
■chusetts  for  a  time  but  for  the  past  ten  years  ihe  has 
'been  in  New  YoTk  City.  He  has  a  large  circle  of  friends 
in  the  drug  trade  and  is  popuLar  with  clerks  as  well  as 
employers  and  always  ready  to  do  a  fa\ior  when  possible. 


CINCINNATI. 


Bills  to  Regulate  Manufacture  of  Carbonated  Beverages 
Withdrawn. 

Cincinnati,  March  28.— Representative  Chas.  'Willia'HiB 
Of  the  Cincinnati  delegation  has  announced  that  he  will 
withdraw  from  the  Committee  on  Judiciary  his  .bill 
which  provides  that  manufacturers  of  soda  water  and 
other  carbonated  liquids  shall  be  required  to  charge  the 
same  in  a  separate  building  and  he  will  recommertd 
that  the  measure  be  indefinitely  postponed.  The  retail 
druggists  of  this  city  are  jubilant  over  the  successful 
outcome  of  their  fight  against  the  bills  introduced  into 
the  Legislature.  There  weire  two  bills  with  practically 
the  same  purpose,  one  drawn  up  by  (Representatives 
Smith  and  the  other  by  Representative  Williams,  both 
of  this  city.  The  Smith  bill  *vras  withdrawn  and  the 
druggists  have  come  to  an  agreement  with  the  Bottlers' 
Association  whereby  the  "Williams  bill  shares  the  same 
fate.  The  druggists  have  won  their  fight  as  to  the 
carbonating  of  waters,  and  things  will  be  as  formerly, 
all  the  leading  drug  stores  amd  man.v  of  the  large  sa- 
loons have  carbonating  machines,  and  an  alliance  for 
defensive  purposes  was  entered  into  by  them  to  keep 
the  bills  from  being  passed.  Some  of  the  most  promi- 
nent druggists  of  this  city  who  are  not  members  of  the 
association  were,  for  the  time  being,  in  alliance  with 
those  rwhom  they  have  hitherto  fought,  and  it  is  thought 
that    something  further   may     come    of    this     temporary 


and  Heckin  avenues,  this  city,  committed  suicide  by 
taking  morphine  Friday,  Mossmeyer,  who  was  in  his 
store,  took  about  sixty  grains  of  the  drug,  and  then 
turning  told  his  wife,  w'ho  was  present,  of  what  he  had 
done.  He  had  been  drinking  heavily  and  was  despond- 
ent. Two  doctors  were  immediately  called,  but  their 
efforts  to  relieve  the  dying  man  iwere  futile,  and  he  died 
two  hours  later.  Moesmeyer  was  thirty-five  years  of 
age,  and  lived  on  Elmer  street,  Linwood.  He  was  one 
of  the  best-known  druggists  in  the  city  and  very  popu- 
lar.     He  leaves  a  wife  and  three  childnen. 


CINCINNATI  NOTES. 

Detective  John  T.   Norris,   of  Springfield,   Ohio,  served 

written  notices  on  Auditor  Hahn,  requesting  that  Dr. 
T.  J.  Casper,  a  druggist  in  that  city,  be  placed  on  the 
tax  duplicates  for  the  past  three  years  for  the  Dow 
tax.  He  claims  that  he  has  thirty-six  bottles  of  'whis- 
key purchased  at  Dr.  Casper's  store  at  different  times 
without  a  prescription.  The  action  is  brought  under 
the  Middleton  law,  and  Norris  will  file  similar  notices 
before  various  county  auditors  of  the  State  agiainst 
druggists   in   other   cities. 

— <— lEdwin  P.  Biauchfield,  fifty-three  years  old,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  branch  hospital  for  consumption  this 
week,  dying  of  tuberculosis.  Biauchfield  is  now  a  poor 
man,  but  was  once  a  prosperous  business  Tnan  and  own- 
ed drug  stores  in  New  York  city,  Brooklyn  and  Chi- 
cago, 

The   House   of  Representatives   has   passed   the   Smith  ' 

bill  proihibiting  the  sale  of  cocaine  except  on  the  prescrip- 
tion of  a  physician.  Then  it  is  to  be  labeled  "poison" 
and  the  name  of  the  purchaser  and  the  person  for  whom 
it  is  purchased  are  to  be  recorded  by  the  selling  drug- 
gist. 


LOUjSVILLE. 

New  Law  Regulating  the  Sale  of  Cocaine  in  Operation. 

Louisville,  Ky.,  Mardh  27,  1902.— Flor  the  first  time 
in  years  Louisville  <^ocaine  fiends  are  suffering.  On  last 
'Saturday  the  law  prohibiting  its  sale  "was  signed  by  the 
Governor  and  wejit  into  effect.  Under  the  new  law  it ' 
requires  a  prescription  and  a  prescription  from  a  reput- 
able physiciain  In  good  standing  to  secure  the  drug.  So 
far  the  druggists  whk)  catered  to  the  cocaine  fiends  have 
not  found  a  way  to  evade  the  law.  Years  ago  when  a 
simiilarr  law  was  passed  the  druggists  thought  it  neces- 
."^ary  for  a  man  who  was  addicted  to  the  habit  to  secure 
only  one  prescription  and  they  agred  to  fill  it  just  as 
often  as  he  wished  it  filled.  But  under  the  present  law 
a  prescription  containdng  cocaine  cannot  be  filled  more 
than  once.  The  punishment  for  the  first  vio:ation  of  the 
law  is  a  heavy  fine  and  the  second  conviction  means  the 
forfeiture  of  the  druggist  license  and  the  mimber  of  the 
State  Pharmaceutioajl  Society,  which  had  the  bill  paissed 
say  that   they  will  see  that   the  law  is  enforced. 

There  is  protoably  no  ciity  in  the  country  where  the 
cocaine  habit  has  as  strong  a  hold  upon  the  people  as 
it  has  in  Louisville.  The  djrug  was  not  introduced  here 
until  a  tevf  years  ago  but  it  has  made  wonderful  in- 
roads since  then.  Many  of  its  devotees  belong  to  the 
higher  grades  of  society.  The  law  has  made  business 
good  for  the  druggists  of  Jeffei'sonville  and  (New  A'.bany. 
The  fiends  cross  the  river  and  obtain  at  in  amounts 
large  enough  to  supply  them  for  a  week.  Some  of  the 
druggists  are  protesting  against  the  law,  and  claim  that 
they   will   test   the   legality   of   the   new  law. 


Druggist  a  Suicide. 
Cincinnati,      March   27.^Chas,      Mossmieyer,     druggist 
and   proprietor  of   the    Liniwood   drug  store   at    Eastern 


LOUISVILLE  NOTES. 

^Edward  P.  Caldwell  for  several  year.^s  one  of  the  most 

prominent  druggists  at  LouisviKe  is  a  fugitive  from 
justice.  He  -was  charged  wloh  causing  the  fire  wliich 
deistroyed  liis  store,  as  reported  in  the  Era  a  tew  weeks 
ago,  and  his  bond  was  fixed  at  $300.  He  furnished  the 
required  amount  and  his  father  became  his  surety.  When 
the  case  was  called  again,  Caldwell  did  not  appear  and 
the  court  ordered  his  bond  forfeited.  Caldwell  has  not 
since  been  seen.  The  grand  jury  took  up  the~  question 
and  returned  an  indictment  against  the  druggist. 
Some  of  the  Ixjulsvllle  druggists  cliaim  that  they  will 


April  3,  190-2.] 


XliVVS  DEPARTMENT. 


341^ 


make  a  lai5t  det-perate  attempt  to  oust  the  cut  rate  drug 
stores  of  that  city.  They  expect  to  organize  the  drug- 
gists of  th«  city  into  one  large  company  anid  establish 
stores  to  be  run  in  opposition  to  the  cut  rate  stores.  If 
the  cut  ratjrs  cut.  the  new  drug  stores  are  to  cut  below 
them  and  the  war  is  to  be  kept  up  until  the  cut  rate 
druggists  are  wi.liing  to  sell  at  the  old  time  prices. 

^The  base  ball  fiends  in  the  rajiks  of  the  druggists  are 

pre[>ai-ing  to  organize  a  baseball  club.  They  say  that 
the>'  will  be  able  to  se<rure  a  nine  that  can  defeat  any 
amateur   team,  in   the  city. 

C.  C.  Bowles  of  Hawesville,  Ky.,  was  in  Louisville  on 

Monda>'  se'.ecting  a  stock  of  goods  far  the  new  drug 
store  which  he  will  establish  in  Hawesville  within  the 
next  ten  days  or  two  weeks. 

Harry   Booth,   a  prominent  druggists  ot  Indianapolis, 

will  probably  open  a  drug  store  in  Louisville  within  a 
few  daj-s. 

• Henr>-  Thorne   ivill   leave   for   Chicago   on   Monday   to 

accept  a  position  in  a  drug  store. 

J.   T.   Crecelius  and   daughter   are   visiting   friends   in 

the  country. 


CHICAGO. 

DRUG    CLERKS'    DISSENSION. 

Chicago,  March  27.— The  Drug  Clerks'  Association 
of  Illinois  is  not  without  its  own  peculiar  measures  of 
w'oe,  and  just  now  they  feel  that  an  unnecessary  ob- 
struction has  been  added  to  those  yet  in  their  way. 
Many  difficulties  have  been  overcome  and  every  plan 
promised  to  go  through  without  a  hitch,  when  an  in- 
ternal dissention  caused  a  brief  halt  in  the  proceed- 
ings. 

On  Wednesday  the  association  found  out  how  it 
feels  to  have  found  no  place  to  hang  up  its  ihat.  'Wlhen 
an  effort  was  made  to  gain  entrance  to  the  former 
headquarters  at  167  Dearborn  street,  the  members  of 
the  association,  found  the  door  locked.  All  attempts  to 
hold  a  conference  with  S,  T.  Hart,  who  had  rented  the 
rooms  with  tlh4  •  understanding  that  the  association 
would  meet  there  were  without  avail.  A  committee, 
which,  as  reported  in  a  previous  issue,  had  been  ap- 
pointed to  aua-.  the  accounts  of  Mr.  Hart,  publisher  of 
the  Drug  Clerks'  Journal,  twas  unable  to  do  anything. 
The  meeting  of  the  association  was  held  yesterday  af- 
ternoon at  the  Great  Northern  Hotel,  its  former  home 
being  locked,  as  above  stated.  After  some  animated 
discussion  of  the  subject  the  following  resolutions  Trere 
adopted : 

"Whereas,  S.  T.  Hart  now  is.  and  for  some  time  past 
lias  been,  engaged  in  publishing  the  Drug  Clerks'  Journal, 
in  the  City  of  Chicago,  purporting  so  to  do  under  a  cer- 
tain  contract  or  agreement;  and 

Whereas.  This  Association  has  no  knowledge  of  any 
such  authorized   contract   or  agreement:   and 

Whereas,  The  said  publication  has  not  been  issued  reg- 
ularly or  uniformly,  and  has  not  been  conducted  in  such 
manner  as  to  promote  the  interests  of  this  Associacion; 
now.    therefore,    be    it 

Resolved.  That  this  Association  does  disclaim  any  and 
all  right,  poiver  and  authority  on  the  part  of  the  said 
Hart  to  publish  such  journal,  and  d'Oes  hereby  revoke, 
annul,  set  aside  and  avoid  any  contract  or  agreement, 
if  any,  which  the  said  Hart  has  or  may  have  purporting 
to    authorize    such    pubucation." 

The  association  accepted  an  offer  of  headquarters 
for  ?oOO  a  year  and  appointed  W.  H,  Sage,  publisher  of 
the  Journal. 


VETERAN  DRUGGIST'S  ASSOCIATION  MEETS. 

Chicago,  March  1:0.— The  quarterly  meeting  of  the 
Chicago  Veteran  Druggists'  Association  was  held  at  the 
I'nlon  Hotel  on  March  21.  Nineteen  members  were  pres- 
ent. Dr.  Enno  Sander  of  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  and  Paul  G 
Schuh  of  Cairo,  III.,  were  elected  associate  members. 
Captain  Wl'.lam  G.  Morris,  formerly  of  the  U.  S.  Navy, 
on-e  of  the  Veteran  Druggists,  read  a  paper  giving  his 
reminiscences  of  the  seige  and  capture  of  Vlcksburg.  The 
captain  gave  a  clear  account  of  that  memorable  battle  as 
he  was  one  of  the  participants.  Louis  "U'oltendorf.  another 
member  of  the  Association  gave  in  detail  a  visit  he  made 
to  Mexico  some  time  ago.  He  described  the  countrj',  its 
people,     conditions    of    prarmacy    there,    etc.      Secretary 


Wilhe'.m  Bodemann  read  a  paper  giving  a  history  of  the 
organization  of  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association. 
The  reasons  for  the  forming  of  the  organization  and  the 
work  it  has  done  for  the  druggists  of  Chicago  from  ISSB, 
the  time  of  its  organization  up  to  the  present  time,  were 
descriljed  in  detail.  A  history  of  the  Chicago  Apothe- 
caries' So<?'i?ty  and  its  work  were  also  given.  The  latter 
has  been  somewhat  absorbed  by  the  Veterans'  Association. 


CHICAGO  COLLEGE  ALUMNI  NOTES. 
Chicago,  March  29.— The  Alumni  Association  of 
the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  the  School  of 
Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Illinois  held  its 
annual  election  at  the  office  of  the  college  Thursday 
evening,  March  27.  The  officers  elected  are  E.  D.  Irvine, 
president;  Dr.  A.  W.  Baer.  vice-president;  F.  H.  Gazzolo, 
secretary,  and  P.  F.  A.  Rudnick,  treasurer.  The  treasurer 
reported  a  balance  on  hand  of  $279.03,  A  committee  was 
appointed  to  make  arrangements  for  a  banquet  to  be  ten- 
dered to  the  graduating  class  on  the  evening  of  Com- 
mencement Day,  April  2-Jt'h.  Albert  E.  Ebert  will  de- 
liver the  address  at  the  exercises  of  the  College,  to  be 
held  at  the  Grand  Opera  House  on  the  same  day. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

The  senior  students  of  the  Chicago  College  of  Phar- 
macy made  their  annual  excursion  to  the  laboratories  of 
the  Searle  &  Hereth  Co..  on  the  28th.  -\fter  the  in- 
spection of  the  new  plant,  refreshments  were  served. 
Mr.  Hereth  welcomed  the  class  in  behalf  of  the  firm; 
Professor  Hallberg  was  called  on  and  spoke  briefly,  re- 
ferring to  the  educational  value  oif  excursions  of  this 
kind,  and  the  lesions  for  the  pharmaoist  to  be  learned 
from  this  insig^ht  into  modern  manufacturing  methods. 
Messrs  Snow  and  *Heidbreder  responded  for  the  class  and 
the  viisit  closed  with  three  cheers  and  a  tiger  for  the  S  & 
H.    Co. 

— — The  E  L.  Stahl  Pharmacy  on  May  1  will  remove  from 
its  present  loca-tion  at  the  Northeast  comer  of  Van  Bnren 
street  and  Fifth  avenue  to  the  Rialto  Building  one  block 
east.  In  1S56  the  late  E.  L.  Stahl,  a  native  of  Pennsyl- 
vania opened  the  store  at  its  present  location,  and  the 
sftore  has  continued  there  under  the  same  name  ever 
since.  It  was  destroyed  in  the  fire  of  1871,  but  the  build- 
ing was  rebuilt  at  once.  E.  L.  Stahl  daed  about  ten 
years  ago.  Since  then  his  sons  have  managed  the  bus- 
iness. The  store  has  been  for  some  time  in  charge  of 
Victor  Dumbeck. 

John    Dietz,    prominent   as    a   pharmacist    and    public 

man  in  the  ninth  ward,  is  running  for  Alderman  on  the 
Socialist-Labor  ticket  in  that  ward.  Mr.  Dletz's  store 
is  at   Forty-fifth  and   State  streets. 

'V^'alter  H.   Ga'.e  of  Gale  and  Blocki,   president  of  the 

Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association,  has  g'one  to  Biloxi, 
Miss.,  where  he  will  remain  about  three  weeks. 

C.    G.    Foucek,    a    prominent    druggist    at    Eighteenth 

street  and  Center  avenue,  is  a  candidate  on  the  republican 
ticket  for  alderman  of  the  Thirteenth  ward. 
S.    L.    Yeomans,    a    well-known    druggist    at    Thirty- 
fourth  and  State  streets,  is  a  candidate  for  assessor  for 
the   South   Town  of  Chicago. 

The  drug  store  of  George  M.  Silverfburg,  AJtoany  ave- 
nue and  Madison  street,  was  sold  on  Tuesday,  March  25. 
at   auiction. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SOKS 


Acetic   Fluid   Extracts 


350 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  3,  1902. 


. J.  s.  Frantz  has  suicceeded  to  the  ownership  of  Tay- 
lor's Pharmacy  at  Forty  third  street  and  West  Grand 
Boulevard. 

The    Weistern     Bottle     Manufactui-ing     Compajiy    has 

mtoved  from  171  Randolph  street  to  24(3  Randolph  street. 


ST.  LOUIS. 


ST.  LOUIS  C.  P.  ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION. 

St.  Louis.  March  29.— The  president  and  executSv-e 
board  or  the  St.  iJouis  College  of  Pharmacy  Alumni  As- 
sociation have  selected  an  honorary  vice-president  in  each 
state  who  will  be  expected  to  look  after  the  interests  of 
the  College  and  the  Association  as  far  as  possible  an  their 
state.  They  are  as  follows:  Arkansas.  J.  P.  Sanders; 
Caiafornia.  Edward  Mayer;  Colorado.  Fred  V.  Marma- 
duke;  Florida.  V.  N.  Townley;  Idalio.  L.  M.  May;  Illi- 
nois. Carl  H.  Schuh;  maiana.  Ed.  J.  Laval;  Indiam  Terri- 
tory. H.  H.  Ilokey;  Iowa,  J.  C.  Spears;  Kansas,  W.  S. 
Heiirion;   Kentucky,    Geo.   C.   Boyd;   Massachusetts,   Miss 

A.  W.  Smith;  Missouri.  E.  H.  Thurman;  Nebraska,  R.  J. 
Chnistian;  New  Mexico.  A.  J.  Fischer;  New  Tork.  Dr. 
H.  L.  Goodmann;  Ohio.  Frank  C.  Haas;  Oklahoma.  Wm. 

B.  Clark;  Pennsylvania.  M.  L.  Holliway;  Tennessee, 
Paul  B.  Gieselman;  Texas,  iF.  A.  «ouck;  Utahi  E.  G. 
Hanses;   Wyomling,   Rdchard  A.  Troxell. 


Two  Missouri  Phannaceutical  Conventions  in  June. 

St.  Louis.  March  29.— Preparations  have  already  been 
begun  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Missouri  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  and  Missouri  Pharmaceutlical  Travelers' 
Association,  which  will  be  held  Jointly  at  Pertle  Springs 
in  June.  The  entertainment  committees  of  these  two  as- 
sodiations  have  d€<?ided  to  work  together  in  collecting 
funds  and  prizes  and  getting  up  a  program-mte.  The  tnav- 
eling  salesmen  tliiroughout  the  state  have  begun  1»  itBjk 
up  the  meeting  among  their  customers.  Many  new  ap- 
pKoations  for  membership  have  been  sent  in  since  the 
first  ot  the  year  and  everything  indicates  a  large  and 
interesting   ^meeting. 


ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

The    St.    Louis    College    of    Pharmacy   baseball    team. 

com.posed  of  students  of  that  institution,  are  rejoicing 
to-night  over  their  victory  over  ■Vhe  students'  team  at  the 
Xirkwood  Military  Academy.  The  score  was  seventeen 
to   one  in    favor   of   the   pharmacy   students. 

,A  great  many  druggists  in  different  parts  'of  the  city 

opened  their  soda  fountains  to-day,  so  as  to  be  ready 
tor  Easter  Sunday.  They  were  prompted  to  do  this  by 
the  beautiful  weather  which  h-as  prevailed  here  for  the 
past   ten  days. 

Mrs.  Ida  Wettorofih.  the  wife  of  the  head  elerk  at  the 

l,aclede  Pharmacy,  6th  and  Chestnut  streets,  attempted 
suicide  by  drinking  cliloroform  diluted  with  water,  last 
AVednesday  night.  The  prompt  action  of  a  physidian 
saved  her  life. 

The   Alumrii   Association   of   the   St.    Louiis  College  oit 

Pharmacy  has  decided  to  give  two  evening  boat  excur- 
sions this  sum-mer.  The  first  one  ■will  be  on  May  29th 
;,nd    the    second  on   July   10th. 

Two   baseball   teams   are  being  organized   amlomg   the 

local  pill  rollers.  One  will  be  composed  ot  memlbers  of 
the  Alumni  u\ssooiation  and  the  ottief  at  junior  drug 
clerks. 

R.  S.  Vitt.  3801)  S.  Broadway,  treasurer  of  fbe  N.  A.  R. 

D..  was  a  candidate  for  appointment  as  republican  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Election  Com,miissioners  this  week. 

The    Rotaiil   Druggists'    Association   of  St.    Louis   will 

give  two  excursions  this  summer.  They  will  be  'held  on 
July  l.Sth  and  August  7th. 

This  has  been  an  exceedingly  quiet  week  In  local  drug 

circles. 


NEW  ORLEANS. 

INTEREST   IN   THE   LOCAL   ASSOCIATION. 

New  Orleans.  March  27.— The  chief  topic  of  interest 
to  the  diruggists  of  New  Orleans  of  late  has  been  the 
matter  of  getting  into  active  operation  the  new  schedule 
of  prices  tor  patent  and  proprietary  medicines  agreed 
upon  by  all  of  the  local  wholesale  and  retail  druggists. 

In  speaking  of  the  new  schedule,  which  went  inito 
effect  March  17,  F.  C.  Godbold,  secretary  of  the  Louisi- 
ana  Board  of   Pharmacy,   said; 

"The  getting  together  of  the  retail  people  who  acted 
in  concert  with  the  wholesalers  in  the  promulgating  of 
a  price  schedule  for  proprietary  and  patent  medicines 
has  resulted  in  a  great  deal  of  good.  Its  tendency  to 
prevent  the  ruthless  cutting  of  prices  has  been  felt  al- 
ready, and  as  every  druggist  in  the  city  whose  influence 
might  be  felt  is  in  the  association,  w>6  did  not  have  to 
wait  long  to  find  out  that  our  tentative  effort  along  the 
line  of  co-operation  in  the  matter  of  maintaining  a  uni- 
form price  schedule  was  working  much  good.  It  had 
got  to  the  point  where  the  druggists  of  this  city  had 
made  leaders  of  every  popular  medicine,  and  there  were 
none  left  to  speak  of  which  he  could  offer  at  a  reduced 
price,  so  each  and  every  man  realized  that  som,ething 
had  to  be  done  'or  disaster  would   come  to  us." 

Another  of  the  prominent  druggists,  who  is  very 
much  pleased  with  the  association's  work  in  promulgat- 
ing a  schedule  ot  prices  for  patent  and  proprietary 
medicines,  is  Max  iSamson.  Mr.  Samson  says  that 
such  an  association  had  been  needed  in  local  drug  circles 
a  long  time  and  that  the  good  of  maintaining  a  uni- 
form price  schedule  for  such  goods  is  recognized  and 
being  felt  by  every  druggist  in  the  city. 


LICORICE  JUICE.— Van  Rijin  (Pharm.  Week- 
blad)  has  examined  a  number  of  samples  of  gen- 
uine licorice  juice,  and  in  eight  selected  specimens 
has  found  the  following  limits:  Water.  15.3  to  20.8; 
ash,  4  to  6.3:  glycerrhizin  in  the  dried  juice,  6  to 
15  per  cent.;  soluble  in  water.  21  to  31  per  cent. 

A  Good  Way  to  Let  Them  Know. 

To  the  Editor:— We  have  received  many  complaints 
from  our  customers  that  they  cannot  get  Mrs.  Logan's 
Witch  Hazel  Shampoo  from  their  local  druggists;  we  are 
at  a  loss  to  understand  why  this  state  of  affairs  sihould 
exist,  however,  we  will  take  a  small  space  in  your  adver- 
tising columns  in  order  that  all  druggists  may  know 
where  to  obtain  our  goods. 

Triangle  Bldg..  Verv   truly  yours. 

Bochester,  N.  Y.  M.   B.  LOGAN. 


OutJof-town  druggists  visiting  New  Tork  who  are 
commiseioned  by  their  families  to  make  purchases  of 
dry  goods  should  not  fail  to  visit  the  immense  estab- 
lishment of  James  A.  Hearn  &  Son,  West  Fourteenth 
street.  This  is  one  of  the  largest  and  best  equipped 
dry  goods  concerns  in  the  country.  Nowhere  can  be 
found  a  better  assortment  of  goods  in  their  line  at  low- 
est possible  prices.  And  the  druggist,  both  from  out- 
of-town  an!  in  New  York,  should  remem'ber  that  James 
A.  Hearn  &  Son  carry  no  drug  store  goods,  but  adhere 
strictly  to  their  own  legitimate  line.  They  advertise: 
"No  drugs,  groceries  or  liquors,  but  everything  in  dry 
goods." 

In  their  attractive  advertising  on  the  first  page  of 
the  Bra,  Sharp  &  Dohme  are  trying  to  tell  druggists 
afbout  their  preparations.  Their  story  each  week  is 
short  and  iright  to  the  point,  and  the  different  special- 
ties represented  in  each  advertisememt  can  be  depended 
upon  as  standard  in  their  particular  lines,  as  every  one 
in  the  trade  already  knows.  Their  advertisement  this 
week  tells  something  about  their  Dispensary  Tablets, 
last  week  they  had  something  to  say  about  Effervescent 
Kissingen  Talblets,  the  week  before  about  Pan  Peptio 
Tablet.s.  and  so  on  through  their  list,  each  issue  has  a 
special    story  to   tell. 


Apri 


1903. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


.3.31 


A  Wil-Low   Chat. 

Very  few  druggists  have  ever  tried  to  sell  perfumes 
from  elaborate  dispensing  bottles  such  as  are  given  free 
to  all  Wil-Low  customers.  But  as  soon  as  they  g'ive  the 
idea  a  trial  they  Are  convinced  that  it  is  a  profitable 
A-enture.  The  Wll-Low  bottles,  which  are  given  free 
with  every  order  for  four  ounces  of  'the  Wil-Low  Oils 
for  making  perfumes  (one  odor)  are  W.  T.  Co.,  patent- 
ed, square  recessed  perfume  dispensing  bottles.  They 
are  beautifully  labeled  and  appropriately  worded.  Five 
or  six  of  these  bottles  will  make  business  brisk  in  the 
perfume  line. 

To  try  this  idea  send  ?2.7o  for  four  ounces  of  the 
Wil-Low  Oil  of  Lily  of  the  Valley,  w'nich  makes  32 
ounces  of  Lily  of  the  Valley  perfume  by  simply  adding 
alcohol  and  water.  The  perfume  has  the  true,  lasting 
and  delicate  odor  of  the  flower  and  is  a  great  seller. 
With  every  order  free  labels  and  free  color  are  sent, 
besides  the  dispensing  bottle.  Send  in  your  order  early 
to  The  Willis  H.  Lowe  Co.,  247  Atlantic  avenue,  Bos- 
ton,  Mass. 

Orangeine  Powders. 

There  is  no  excuse  for  a  druggist  not  having 
plenty  of  Orangeine  Powders  to  supply  the  demand 
which  advertising  is  creating,  and  if  he  has  them  on 
hand,  there  is  no  excuse  for  his  permitting  them  to  be- 
come dead  stock.  The  kind  of  advertising  which  Or- 
angeine does  not  only  to  bring  the  customer  to  the 
store,  but  the  kind  they  give  the  druggist  to  attract  at- 
tieniion  to  the  store,  is  of  a  character  to  sell  almost 
anything.  The  Orangeine  Chemical  Co.  not  only  make 
a  remedy  of  merit,  but  through  liberal  prices,  generous 
offers,  large  advertising  and  stunning  window  displays 
they  sell  the  goods.  In  their  advertisement  in  this  is- 
sue they  make  certain  offers  to  which  the  druggist 
should  give  attention.  If  he  is  already  carrying  Or- 
angeine in  stock,  he  knows  something  about  their  meth- 
ods;  if  not,   he  ought  to  begin  now. 


Patents,  Trade  Marks,  Etc 


The  Safety  Corn  Knife. 
Above  is  illustrated  a  corn  knife,  which  is  the  most 
practical  thing  of  the  kind  we  have  seen.  The  Wade 
Is  made  of  fine  tempered  razor  steel  and  is  so  fitted, 
that  by  dra-wing  is  over  a  corn  from  all  outside  parts 
toward  the  cutter  the  corn  is  shaved  off  in  fine  flakes, 
■with  no  danger  whatever  of  cutting  the  foot.  This 
knife  is  already  commanding  a  large  sale,  and  every 
purchaser 'sounds  its  praises.  Packed  attractively  in 
display  boxes,  a  half  dozen  in  each,  they  may  ho  dis- 
played on  counter  or  show  case,  and  always  prove  to 
be  good  sellers.  Price  to  the  trade  $3.50  per  dozen,  or 
a  sample  will  be  mailed  for  50c  by  the  manufacturers, 
Sperry  &  Alexander  Co.,  300  Broadway,  New  York, 
-w^hose   advertisement   appears   in   this   issue. 

Homeopathic  Goods. 
Almost  every  drugsisl  sells  or  dispenses  some  homeo- 
pathic remedies.  It  is  always  advisable  to  procure  the 
homeopathic  mother  tinctures,  triturations,  etc.,  from 
some  recognized  and  reliafble  homeopathic  medicine  con- 
cern. Boericke  &  Runyon  have  been  known  for  years 
as  headquarters  for  all  homeopathic  goods,  and  they 
guarantee  the  quality  of  all  their  preparations.  They 
Invite  all  druggists  to  write  to  them  for  prices,  etc.  Ad- 
dress Boericke  &  Runyon.  11  West  42d  street,  New 
York. 

The  Ginseng  Distilling  Co.,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  make  a 
novel  proposition  in  this  issue.  They  offer  a  special 
Rye  or  Bourbon  wliiskey  to  which  they  have  giv^n  the 
name  of  the  Sflk  Hat  Brand,  which  they  sell  only  in 
quart  bottles,  shipped  direct  for  ^.20  per  case  of  four 
quart  bottles.  They  claim  the  whiskey  to  ibe  double 
copper  distilled  Rye  or  Bourbon  eight  years  old,  that  It 
is  absolutely  pure,  mellowed,  and  thoroughly  ripened. 
Their  advertisement  in  this  issue  is  Interesting. 


i^fCim 


^^<^./J-f 


PATENTS. 


(195.939. 
G96,O20. 

fiOS.lOo.- 
696,123. 
096.125. 


(196.218. 
696.275. 
(;9C.32S. 


Issued    March    25,    1902. 

-William  A.  Hall,  Bellows  Falls,  Vt.    Adhesive. 

-William  A.  Hall,  Bellows  Falls.  Vt.  Casein  So- 
lution. 

-Clarence  S.  Lomax,  Everett,  Mass.Method  of 
making  oxids  of  tin  and  lead. 

-Arthur  Kicheiigi-un  and  Karl  Demeler.  Klberfeld, 
(jermany,  assignors  to  Farbenfa-briken  of  Elber- 
feld  Co..  New  York.,  a  Corporation  of  New  York. 
Amidoxybenz.vl  Compound  and  process  of  mak- 
ing same. 

-Abiel  W.  Nelson.  New  London,  Oonn.  TOsiilfec- 
tant. 

-Henry  P.  'Weidig,  Newark,  N.  J.  Surgical  dress- 
ing. 

-Lewis  E.  Whitaker,  Sussex,  N.  J.  doth  or 
sponge  bolder. 

-Henry  J.    Rosevelt,    Little  Silver,    N.   J.    Putty. 

-Heinrich  Wulkan,  Slanje.  Austria-Hungary.  Pro- 
cess of  obtaining  starch  and  zein. 

— A\'illiam  A.  Barton.  Jersey  City.  N.  J.,  assignor, 
by  mesne  a.-^signinents.  to  Waiter  J.  Smart, 
Brooklyn.   N.    Y.    Atomizing  Apparatus. 

-John  T.  \Vhitehurst  and  Frederick  W.  Wild.  Jr., 
Baltimore,   Md.    Labeling-miachine. 

—James  AI.  Sheppard,  Jr.,  Columbia,  Tenn.  Non- 
relillable  bottle. 

-Frederick  R.  Graham-Yooll,  Edinhurgh,  Scot- 
land.   Infant's  feeding-bottle. 


.37.981.- 
37,982.- 


TRADE    MARKS 
Registered  March  25,   1902. 

-Tablets  for  Certain  Names  Diseases-  Albert  H. 
Robins.  Richmond.  Va.    The  letter  "C". 

-Liniment.  E-mpire  Liniment  Mfg.  Co.,  Bridge- 
town. Nova  Scotia.  Canada.  The  word  "Em- 
pire" and  the  representation  of  the  English  flags 
having  the  staves  thereof  set  crisscross,  with 
branches  of  maple  arranged  helow  and  between 
said  flags,  with  the  representation  of  a  lion  and 
unicorn  placed  between  the  upper  portion  of  said 
flags,  the  whole  being  encircled  with  a  wreath 
of  laurels. 


LABELS. 


Registered   March  25,   1902. 

9.035.— Title:  "Cielery  C:Tijampagne".  (For  a  Beverage). 
Artesian  Mfg.  &  Bottling  Co.,  Waco  Texas. 
Filed  February'  15,    lfl02. 

9,088.— Title:  "Nix-E  Wont  Tell".  (For  a  Breath-Per- 
fume). .  Robert  K.  Brachvogel,  Chicago.  III.  Piled 
February   21.    1902. 


The  Charleroi  Oval. 
W.   H.    Hamilton     Co.'s    advertisement   In   this    issue 
graphically  tells  its  own   story.      The  Charleroi  Oval  Is 
of  such   a  peculiar  shape  that   It  "drains  every  drop." 


352 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April 


lOO-J. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

AGGREGATE    VOLUME    OF    BUSINESS    SATISFAC- 
TORY. 

New  York,  Ajiril  1.— 'Dealers  report  a  contnued  good 
demand  from  consuiraers,  but,  as  noted  tor  several  weeks 
past,  transactions  are  limited  to  small  parcels.  In  the 
aggregate  ibowever.  the  volume  is  of  satisfactory  pro- 
portions, and  the  tone  of  the  general  market  is  steady. 

OPIUM.— Nothing  has  occurred  to  change  the  condition 
of  affairs,  so  far  as  this  leading  article  is  concerned,  and 
reports  from  producinig  sections  in  Turkey  indicate  a 
faiiir  average  crop.  Joibbers  quote  the  old  range  of  $3.20 
(&3.40  for  9  per  cent,  and  ii;3.3CKa'3.51>  for  11  percent.  Pow- 
dered continues  to  move  fairly  in  small  lots  at  ?4.25@ 
4.00  for  '13  per  cent.  $4.75@5.(K)  for  16  per  cent.,  and 
J4.50ig'4.75    for   granular. 

MORPHINE.— There  is  no  abatememt  of  the  active  ccyn- 
suming  demand  which  has  been  a  dominant  feature  of 
the  mark&t  for  a  long  time  past  and  jotobing  quotations 
are  well  sustained  at  .$2.40@'2.5<J  for  eighths  in  1-oz. 
boxes,  if2.35@2.45  ini  21/2-oz.  boxes.,  $2.15@2.25  in  ounce 
vials  and  $2.1ti^2.2U  in  S-'oz  cans,  according  to  brand  and 
quantity. 

QUININE.— Although  the  volume  of  business  has 
shown  no  material  increase  the  tone  of  'the  market 
continues  firm  under  the  influence  of  reduced  shipments 
of  bark  from  Java,  and  it  is  generally  ibelieved  that  an 
improved  general  conditions  and  values  are  gradually 
a  turtiher  advance  in  manufacturers  prices.  The  next 
bark  auction  Willi  be  held  in  Amsteirdam  on  Tliursday 
and  some  are  looking  for  higher  prices.  Meanwhiile  joib- 
beiinig-  quotia,tions  are  well  sustained  'On  the  basis  of 
28c  tor  bulk  in  HIO-oz.  tins. 

PERMANGANATK  OF'  POITAS'H.  —  Manufacturers 
[fric'i's  a;  f  hiiilT-r  ami  lomtiing  qu'oitaitions  have  been  ad- 
vaiii   ■  1    til    17-iU!i''     acc'T'li:  K   to   size  if   order. 

I'KI  .SSI  A  11,  ''1'  ri  iiA.SH.— Yellow  is  firmer  under 
im|ir"M'il  i;iMii'ial  i- 111,1  li  jiiis  and  v.a.iues  are  gradu'ally 
hardening.  Tl.''  revised  jo'Obing  range  is  24ig'2Te.  as  to 
quantity. 

GOL,DEN  SEAI>  RO'OT.— Stocks  are  light  both  on  the 
spot  and  m  produciUB  sections  and  the  tone  of  the 
market  is  stronger  with  jiobbing  quotations  advanced  to 
676'77c.  for  whole.  TdiffSfk;.  for  ground  and  72(g«2c.  far 
powdered    according   to    quantity. 

AMMONIUM  CARBOINATE.— Manufacturers'  pr'ices 
are  hig'her  owing-  tO'  inicreased  cost  O'f  crude  material, 
and  jobbers  have  advanced  thdr  quotations  to  9%@10e 
in  barrels,  U)%(gllVtC  in  kegs,  and  14(5150  for  smaller 
parcels.  ,     .        ,     „. 

GAM'BIER.^Specuilative  manipulation  In  Singapore  has 
caused  a  firmer  feeling  among  holders  both  here  and  in 
European  markets  and  spat  quotations  for  jobbing  quan- 
tities have  been  advanced  to  Cy2''g'7c.  by  the  bale  and  10® 
12c    for  broken  lots. 

GUM  GAMIBO'GE.— Reduced  stocks  and  stronger  mar- 
kets abroad  have  resulted  in  a  firmer  feeding  among 
local  dealers,  and  spot  Jobbinig  quotations  have  been 
advanml  ti'  s.VallOc.  for  prime  pipe,  75@85c  for  mass, 
anil    '.mr  '.i.<l.("i    for  powdered, 

(■i,\i\(i  niTTER.— TOie  tone  of  the  imarket  I'S  easier 
unii'i-  iiu  ri  a'^i-d  s'tocks  and  ilower  foreign  .markets,  and 
.i'o>bl)ers  have  reduced  inMtalii'iis  l.i  41rfi-12c  for  Huyler's 
or  Maillards   in  boxes,    ,111,1    i..',i.".nc.    f,,i-   Irss.. 

iOIb  NEROLI.-All  vaii,ii,,s  :ii,-  l,,w.r  in  sympathy 
with  pr-imary  markets  ar.l  '  H'' ,'-"^i»';„V',;l:liin&  quotations 
are  ,fi  5(1153  10  per  oz  f'or  Petale.  .$3.W(!'3.-25  ,foT  Bigarade 
,tl  -Orr,l  75  for    Portu,g'al    and   45S50C.    for   petit  grain. 

LTNSEED  OIU.— Crushers  have  advanced  therr  quo- 
tations and  jobbers  now  quote  (Wfeec  ^or  raw  by  the  bar- 
reil  and  75(aiKic.  for  ilea.s.  B'oiiled  is  beld  at  6.@68c.  by 
the  barrel   and  77@85c.   for  smaller  quantities. 


A  Root  Beer  Trade  Winner. 

Root  (Beer  is  growing  in  popularity  every  year  and  if 
druggists  are  alive  to  the  tastes  of  the  puibMc  they  will 
see  that  the  beverage  can  be  supplied  at  their  fountains. 
An  excellent  opportunity  ,is  open  to  druggists  at  the 
present  time.  ,Si'm,mons  &  Wammond,  Portland,  'Me., 
offer  the  S.  &  H.  Root  Beer  outfit,  together  with  six 
jugs  of  S,v  &  H.  root  beer,  which  sell  at  i$42.00,  for 
,f23.00  net.  The  outfit  consists  of  one  heavy,  quadruple 
plate  sliver  bowl  and  pitoher  and  six  imported  Flemish 
steins.  Write  at  once  to  Slm-mona  &  Hammond,  Port- 
land, Me.,  and  get  the  outfit  before  the  Summer  rush 
beg'Ins, 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page 

"A   Uttle   Knowledge,    etc." 334 

Aldehydes.    ReaeiJon    '-^^ 

Antitorxin,  Sale  by  Board  of  Health 342 

Artemisten,    Oxidation    Products 335 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Ct^UBS,  AUI'MNI,  etc.:  'Chicago 
College  ot  Pharmacy  Alumni,  34!l;  Chicago  Vet- 
eran Druggists,  34tl;  Drug  Merchants,  341; 
Franklin  Institute.-  345;  niinoiis  Drug  Clerks, 
S49;  Maryland  College  oif  Pharmacy  Social  Club, 
347;  Missoturi  Pharmaceutical.  350;  Orleans 
Pharmaceuitical,  350;  Proprietary  Association  of 
Amierica,    341;    St.    Louis    College    of    Pbajrmacy 

Alumni,    350;    St.    Louis    Retail  Oruggisits 350 

Banana  Liquid    33!) 

Books,   Soda   Water  Dispensers    339 

BOWLING,  DRUG  TRAQiE:  New  York,  342;  Phila- 
delphia  I ^  34(5 

Bronze,    Liqudd    339 

Celluloid     335 

OOLLEGiES   OF    PHARMACY :   Cbicaigo 349 

-Corns,    Soft     Treatment    339 

CORRESPONDENCE  " 333 

Depilatory,   Liquid    SSS 

Drug  Clerk's   J'ournal    349 

Drug  StO're  Problems  340 

Ear,    Treatment    338 

EDITORIALS:  Drug  Store  ProMem  Oonltest,  332; 
Early  Closing  in  Manistee,  fMich.,  3;i2;  Eoiiforce- 
mcnt  o'f  Pharmacy  Laiws,  331;Galveston,  Tex., 
Druggists,  332;  Legislation  to  Prohibit  Manufac- 
ture of  Soda  Water  in  Dwellings.  338:  Maryland 
P'naiTmacy  Law,  331;  Municipa,!  Manufacture  of 
Antitoxin,     332;     Phlarmaco,poeia    a    Standard    of 

Quality,  3.32;  Pharmacy  Fifty  Years  Ago 332 

Glyco-Heroin    339 

Gun  ,Oo,tton,    Sol  rent    .  .■ 330 

Hiensels    Tonic     339 

Law,   Cocaane,    Kentucky    34& 

Pharmacy,    Maryland    346 

Soda  Wa.ter  Manufacture    342 

Laws,    Pharmacy,    En,forcement    ;^33 

Li,00Tice   Juiice    350 

Magnesium   ■Carbo,nate     Blocks 338 

MARKET    REPORT    .' 352 

NEWS  LETTERS:  P.all  inmr,-,  :!4(;;  Chiiciago.  ,'i4it: 
Louisville,  ,3JS;  Mi,  liifini.  :;t7;  New  England,  .■'.44; 
New  Orleans.   ST>iy.    .\,  h     r,,ik.   .-',41;   Phiila,del|>hja, 

.345:    St    Louis 3.10 

"Oil    Pear"    339 

O'liii'     Aiiiprentices 335 

PATENTS.    TR,.\,DEM ARKS,    etc 3.ti1 

Peppermint,    Influence  of  iSalt  on  G-rowth .340 

PEiRiSONALS.  Indluding  Obttuari'es,  Items  o,f  Per- 
sonal Interest,  etc.:  Caldwell.  Edward  P..  .348; 
Cuddy.  Frank.  .348:  Hamlin.  Benitimin  B..  Jr.. 
343;  Hoag.  F.  Harvey,  343;  Johnson,  Mrs. 
■Arthur  F..  3H:  Lincoln  Chemical  Co.,  344;  Mer- 
riam.  A.  B..  3.3!l:  Mossmyer.  Charles,  348:  Piatt, 
I-Ienry    B.,   :!44;    Sisspons    J.    M.,   336;   Smith,    Kline 

&   French  Co.,   :141:    Stahl,    E.    L 349 

QUESTION   BOX    , :Ǥ 

Tonic,    Laxative ,3;Hn 

Vamisih.   Pyroxylin    ,339 

Wealth  versus  Capital    '  Xir, 


Paint  as  a  Side  Line. 

Whether  or  not  the  druggist  of  today  is  a  merchant 
or  a  professional  m-an  is  a  subject  of  dispute.  Be  the 
truth  what  it  may,  he  who  neglects  the  business  side 
of  tthe  piPofesslon  will  not  long  be  in  a  po,sition  to  caire 
what  he  is.  In  other  words,  the  successful  druggists 
of  today  are  business  men  and  keep  close  watch  ot 
the  .running  o.  their  store,  the  'Character  of  the  stock 
they  keep,  and  the  monthly  balance  sheet.  Under 
present  conditions  of  trade,  'few  drug  stores  can  exist 
without  some  side  line;  one's  environment  to  a  certain 
extent  dictates  the  character  of  the  side  lines  to.  be 
carried,  but  there  are  few  stores  in  town  or  out  -wlhich 
cannot  carry  with  profit  as  well  as  with  pleasure  a 
stock  of  the  kind  of  paints  which  John  Lucas  &  Co. 
offer.  The  term  which  they  apply  to  their  paints, 
"H'O'me  Helps,"  is  a  happy  one.  These  Home  Helps 
are  exactly  what  their  name  implies.  Their  neady- 
mlxed  paints  -are  all  ready  to  use;  their  enamel  paints 
are  just  suited  for  home  decora'tion,  and  the  dozen- 
ot'h*,r  articles  whieh  they  put  up  in  handy  little  pack- 
ages for  easy  dispensing  are  adapted  to  home  tise  in  a 
thousand  different  ways.  It  will  pay  dirug'gists  who- 
are  looking  for  more  customers  and  more  profit  to 
corresiiond   with  John  Lucas   &  Co..   at  Gi-bbsboiro,   N,  J. 


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THE  ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

'■I  would  -like  to  state  that  I  am  well  plea.«eil  with  the 
Era  Cour.se  in  Pharmacy  and  w^iuld  not  take  twice  the 
amount  It  cost  me  for  the  help  it  has  proven  to  be.  For 
any  one  contemplating  the  study  ot  pharmacy  I  can  most 
certainly  recommend  this  course.  The  lectures  are  sim- 
ple but  thiorough  and  to  the  point." 

MISS   DeVOTIE    MORRIS. 
Hartford,    Ala. 

The  lectures  of  tne  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  are  es- 
pecially valuable  as  a  preparation  for  exarmlnatlon  by  a 
board  of  pharmacy,  to  those  who  cannot  attend  a  college 
of  pharmacy,  and  to  all  desiring-  to  review  their  former 
study  of  the  sub.iects  embraced  in  the  curriculum.  The 
fee  ifor  the  full  cour.se  is  onlv  $10. 

Write  for  descriptive  Prospectus,  now  ready.  Address 
The  Pharmaceutical  Era,  HWi  Broadway,  New  York. 


.\bout  two  hundred  New  York  druggists  have  been 
notified  by  the  State  Excise  Commissioner  that  the 
department  has  evidence  of  their  having  violated  the 
liquor  tax  law,  that  in  so  doing  they  have  violated  the 
conditions  of  their  $500  bond,  and  that  this  sum  is, 
therefor,  payable  at  once.  The  druggists  look  upon 
these  wholesale  demands  as  merely  a  form  of  persecu- 
tion. At  a  meeting  of  pharmacists  recently  held  in 
New  York  a  committee  was  formed  for  the  purpose 
of  defending  the  members  of  the  trade  who  have  been 
unfortunate  enough  to  receive  the  notice.  It  is 
claimed  that  the  evidence  against  many  of  the  phar- 
macists was  secured  by  unfair  methods.  In  some 
stores  evidence  was  obtained  by  detectives  who  repre- 
sented themselves  to  the  unsuspecting  druggists  as 
physicians,  and  after  purchasing  some  article  of  surgi- 
cal supply,  casually  requested  an  ounce  or  two  of 
liquor.  In  other  stores  small  quantities  of  liquor  were 
obtained  under  the  pretense  of  sudden  illness  among 
the  members  of  a  neighboring  family,  under  condi- 
tions which  render  it  extremely  difficult  for  any 
humane  druggist  to  refuse.  The  reason  for  this  sud- 
den zeal  is  said  to  be  found  in  the  current  criticism  of 
the  authorities  for  permitting  the  flagrant  violations 
of  the  law  common  in  this  city.  It  is  difficult  to 
defend  or  even  excuse  law-breaking  of  any  kind,  and 
if  these  druggists  are  guilty  it  is  probably  only  just 
that  they  should  suffer  the  penalty  fixed  by  law,  but 
this,  enforcement  of  the  letter,  while  other  cases  of 
open  violation  of  both  the  spirit  and  the  letter  of  the 
same  law  are  entirely  ignored,  seems  to  resemble  per- 
secution, rather  than  legal  prosecution. 

One  of  the  Era's  subscribers  has  been  roused  to  a 
just  indignation  by  an  item  about  hospital  stewards' 
rating  which  recently  appeared  in  the  New  York  Sun. 
The  annoyance  seems  to  have  been  caused  more  by 
the  manner  in  which  certain  things  were  said  than  by 
the  matter  presented.  There  is  nothing  essentially 
objectionable  in  the  item,  the  objects  of  the  movement 
being  correctly  stated,  with  the  added  information  that 
"petitions  in  favor  of  the  movement  are  being  received 
by  members  of  the  House  from  pharmaceutical  asso- 
ciations in  all  parts  of  the  country."  What  troubles 
the  pharmaceutical  reader  of  the  Sun's  report  is  the 
contemptuous  manner  of  the  writer  of  the  paragraph 


354: 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  10,  190:2. 


in  question.  The  efforts  of  the  stewards,  who  have 
recently  obtained  the  empty  title  of  "pharmacists,"  to 
becortie  lieuJipjiants  are  cojnsidered  ridiculous  and  un- 
worthy of  notice  except  in  a  derisive  way.  The  Sun's 
correspondent  seems  to  have  overlooked  the  fact  that 
this  movement  is  not  merely  the  result  of  the  frantic 
efforts  of  a  few  enlisted  men  to  become  officers,  but 
represents  the  endeavors  of  an  honored  and  useful  call- 
ing to  obtain  the  recognition  which  it  deserves. 

The  contemptuous  attitude  toward  pharmacy  as  a 
profession,  exhibited  in  the  paragraph  under  considera- 
tion, is  unfortunately  a  very  common  one,  but  it  does 
not  seem  wise  to  resent  it  too  vehemently.  We, advise 
our  correspondent  to  swallow  his  wrath  and  be  thank- 
ful that  the  Sun  really  said  nothing  in  disparagement 
of  either  the  pharmacist  or  the  hospital  steward.  The 
newspapers  and  the  public  are  rarely  willing  to  take 
the  pharmacist  at  his  own  estimate.  This  may  be  due 
partly  to  ignorance  of  the  importance  of  his  calling, 
but  perhaps  also  in  some  measure  to  a  very  common 
lack  of  confidence  in  the  value  of  drugs  and  medicines, 
and  consequently  in  the  sincerity  of  those  who  dispense 
these  articles  and  claim  that  in  so  doing  they  are  ren- 
dering humanity  a  great  service.  It  is  something  of 
a  shock  to  the  enthusiastic  young  pharmacist  to  find 
that  in  the  world  at  large  the  druggist  is  universally 
respected  as  a  business  man,  but  that  he  is  more  fre- 
quently regarded  as  an  adroit  purveyor  of  nostrums 
than  as  a  man  of  science  or  a  benefactor  of  his  race. 
Some  of  the  opprobrium  of  quackery  still  clings  to  the 
apothecary's  garments.  It  remains  for  the  pharmacists 
of  the  future  to  remove  this  taint,  and  place  their  call- 
ing upon  a  plane  which  in  the  eyes  of  the  world  it 
does  not  as  yet  occupy. 

The  present  issue  contains  another  list  of  names  of 
students  who  have  completed  the  Era  Course  in  Phar- 
macy. Each  of  these  students  will  receive  a  fine  new 
diploma  of  which  he  may  justly  feel  proud,  for  although 
this  decorative  piece  of  paper  or  parchment  confers  no 
degree  and  grants  no  privilege,  it  represents  work 
honestly  done  and  an  undertaking  brought  to  a  suc- 
cessful conclusion.  The  student  who  receives  his  in- 
struction by  the  correspondence  method  deserves  great 
credit  for  the  education  he  acquires,  for  he  lacks  many 
of  the  incentives  which  constantly  spur  his  brothers  in 
colleges  to  greater  effort.  He  has  less  at  stake,  for 
the  expense  incurred  in  undertaking  the  course  is  small, 
and  he  is  not  continually  being  urged  by  the  whip  of 
the  instructor's  personal  quizzing.  The  study  of  dry 
outlines  of  science  which  must  necessarily  make  up 
the  greater  part  of  all  textbooks  is  hard  work,  and 
requires  good  control  of  one's  mental  attention  and  a 
tremendous  amount  of  perseverance.  But  along  this 
path  lies  achievement,  and  it  is  gratifying  to  note  how 
many  young  people  have  the  courage  and  grit  to  make 
the  most  of  their  time  and  faculties,  and  cultivate  their 
minds  in  spite  of  all  obstacles. 

The  question  of  pure  foods  and  drugs,  which  has 
received  considerable  attention  in  legislatures  of  a 
number  of  States  during  the  past  season,  is  now  also 
under  consideration  in  Congress.  A  bill  recently  in- 
troduced in  the  Senate  has  for  its  object  the  prevention 
of  adulteration,  misbranding  and  imitation  of  foods, 
beverages,  confectioneries,  drugs,  and  condiments  in  the 


Territories,  and  regulating  interstate  commerce  in  such 
articles.  The  bill  is  a  very  comprehensive  one,  and 
contains  provisions  for  inspection  and  analysis  of 
original  packages,  adoption  of  standards,  determination 
of  the  wholesomeness  of  substances  added  to  foods  and 
definition  of  the  nature  of  adulteration.  It  gives  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  the  power  of  inspection  and 
of  fi.xing  standards,  and  authorizes  the  formation  of  a 
commission  composed  of  the  Chief  of  the  Bureau  of 
Chemistry,  the  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Food 
Standards  of  the  Association  of  Official  Agricultural 
Chemists,  five  physicians  from  the  army,  navy  and 
marine  hospital  service,  and  five  food  experts  selected 
by  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture.  The  bill  seems  to 
have  been  prepared  with  great  care,  and  will  doubtless 
receive  the  consideration  which  its  importance  de- 
mands. Its  provisions  are  of  very  wide  application, 
and,  if  enacted  into  law,  would  greatly  simplify  the 
work  of  the  various  State  legislatures  in  restricting 
the  sale  of  sophisticated  foods  and  drugs. 

The  United  States  Senate  bill  contains  a  definition 
of  adulteration  as  applied  to  drugs  which  is  very  inter- 
esting and  clear  and  which  seems  capable  of  deciding 
definitely  a  number  of  questions  which  have  been  the 
subject  of  much  discussion  in  drug  circles.  It  declares 
a  drug  adulterated  "when,  if  sold  under  or  by  a  name 
recognized  in  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  it  differs  from 
the  standard  of  strength,  quality  or  purity  therein  laid 
down,  or  its  strength  or  purity  falls  below  the  pro- 
fessed standard  under  which  it  is  sold."  An  article  is 
to  be  considered  misbranded  "if  it  be  an  imitation  of 
or  offered  for  sale  under  the  name  of  another  article, 
or  if  its  label  bear  any  false  or  misleading  statement 
regarding  its  ingredients."  There  is  at  the  present 
time  great  need  of  a  law  prohibiting  adulteration  and 
misbranding  as  defined  in  this  paragraph,  and  all  honest 
druggists  will  hope  to  see  this  bill  become  a  law.  It  is, 
however,  destined  to  encounter  great  opposition,  for 
few  lines  of  trade  would  be  unaffected  by  its  provis- 
ions. Its  rigid  enforcement  would  be  a  very  great 
undertaking  and  would  keep  an  army  of  inspectors 
and  lawyers  busy. 

Dr.  Jacques  Loeb,  of  Chicago,  in  a  lecture  recently 
delivered  in  this  city,  stated  that  practically  all  physio- 
logical processes  have  now  been  found  to  depend  upon 
the  action  of  enzymes.  During  the  last  few  years 
enzymes,  or  unorganized  ferments,  have  received  a 
great  deal  of  attention  from  physiological  chemists 
and  biologists,  and  scientific  knowledge  of  these  sub- 
stances has  been  greatly  extended,  although  their  chem- 
ical nature  is  as  much  of  a  mystery  as  ever.  A  number 
of  these  ferments,  which  seem  to  have  a  purely  catalytic 
action,  are  well  known  to  pharmaceutical  readers, 
among  others  diastase,  the  pepsin  of  the  stomach,  the 
trypsin  of  the  pancreas,  and  the  ptyalin  of  the  saliva. 
The  lungs  are  now  known  to  contain  a  ferment  called 
oxydane,  without  which  oxygen  cannot  be  assimilated 
nor  life  go  on.  The  liver  has  been  shown  to  contain 
at  least  a  dozen  distinct  enzymes,  all  being  present  in 
each  cell.  All  physiological  phenomena,  including  fer- 
tilization and  reproduction,  seem  to  be  governed  by 
enzymes  of  various  kinds.  Wonderful  progress  has 
recently  boon  made  in  this  branch  of  science,  and  it 
seems  rca_-iin?blc  to  expect  more  startling  discoveries 
in  the  near  future. 


April  10,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


355 


Our  gonial  friend,  Mr,  Gallagher,  of  the  executive 
coniniittee  of  the  N.  A,  R.  D.,  recently  called  at  this 
office  and  gave  us  something  to  think  about.  By  rea- 
son of  his  position  at  the  center  of  things  he  is  familiar 
with  the  methods  and  difficulties  of  the  organization. 
We  gather  from  his  remarks  that  there  is  practically 
no  direct  opposition  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  its  work, 
nearly  every  retail  druggist  being  more  than  willing 
to  see  it  succeed.  Where  the  organization  has  not 
taken  root  and  borne  fruit,  it  has  been  prevented  from 
doing  so  solely  by  indifference  and  lack  of  initiative,  a 
pessimistic  unbelief  in  its  ability  to  effect  anything  of 
advantage  to  the  retail  druggist,  or  lack  of  confidence 
in  the  sincerity  of  the  executive  officers.  Members 
of  the  trade  seem  to  forget  that  the  attention  of  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.  authorities  is  distributed  over  the  entire 
country  and  cannot  remain  concentrated  upon  the 
affairs  of  one  locality.  Of  late  progress  has  been  very 
satisfactory,  and  the  outlook  is  at  present  bright.  In 
Philadelphia  the  druggists  have  undertaken  the  support 
of  the  national  organization  with  renewed  energy,  and 
the  revival  of  interest  is  extending  eastward. 


A  German  physician  has  patented  a  device  for  facil- 
itating the  swallowing  of  pills,  which  consists  essen- 
tially of  a  bottle  with  a  long  neck.  In  use,  the  pill  is 
placed  in  the  bottle  and  the  long  neck  inserted  into  the 
mouth  as  far  as  possible,  the  pill  being  retained  'ipon 
the  shoulder  until  what  the  novelists  call  the  psycho- 
logical moment,  when  it  falls  with  great  speed  and  t^ie 
throat  is  surprised  into  completing  its  descent.  Now 
let  some  one  devise  a  scheme  for  compelling  the  swal- 
lowing apparatus  to  accept  without  previous  mastica- 
tion the  huge  cachets  which  German  doctors  are  fond 
of  prescribing,  and  one  of  the  terrors  of  a  fit  of  illness 
in  Prince  Henry's  country  will  be  abated. 


The  druggists  of  Ohio  seem  to  be  having  an  un- 
usually trying  time  at  present.  An  impression  seem: 
to  prevail  among  a  certain  class  of  citizens  of  that  State 
that  the  pharmacist  is  a  dangerous  p.erson,  who  must 
be  surrounded  by  rigid  legal  restrictions,  as  though 
his  calling  were  essentially  evil.  The  druggists  have 
just  succeeded  in  defeating  the  compressed  gas  bills 
mentioned  in  the  Era  of  last  week  and  are  now  called 
upon  to  combat  another  bill  which  seems  to  be  aimed 
directly  at  the  dealer  in  drugs.  It  provides  that  rec- 
ords of  the  payment  of  the  government  tax  to  sell 
alcohol  may  be  used  as  evidence  that  a  druggist  was 
engaged  in  the  sale  of  liquor  during  the  years  when 
this  tax  was  paid,  and  that  upon  conviction  of  selling 
liquor  at  retail  this  evidence  may  be  employed  to 
compel  the  payment  of  the  "Dow  tax"  for  any  or  all 
of  the  past  seven  years.  If  a  druggist  wilfully  violates 
the  law.  justice  demands  that  he  receive  punishment, 
but  this  retroactive  penalty  seems  to  be  severe  out  of 
all  proportion  to  the  gravity  of  the  offense.  Druggists 
are  not  in  the  retail  liquor  business,  and  if  they  violate 
the  law  it  is.  in  the  great  majority  of  cases,  only  in  a 
small  way  and  at  no  great  profit.  If  this  bill  becomes 
a  law  the  sale  of  a  few  cents'  worth  of  brandy  for  use 
as  medicine  may  render  an  Ohio  druggist  liable  to  the 
extent  of  two  or  three  thousand  dollars. 


MORE   ABOUT   MUNICIPAL  ANTITOXIN. 

New  York,  April  4. 

To  the  Editor: — As  an  article  appears  in  your  issue 
of  April  3.  signed  "Druggist,"  attacking  me  and  my 
position  in  reference  to  the  New  York  Board  of  Health 
selling  antitoxin,  I  ask,  as  a  personal  privilege,  the 
right  to  answer  this  person,  who  attacks  in  the  dark, 
who  has  not  the  manhood  to  sign  his  own  name  to  such 
an  article,  wtio  says  he  is  a  "druggist,"  when  the  whole 
article  appears  to  come  from  the  pen  of  a  paid  repre- 
sentative of  private  manufacturers,  who  are  trying  to 
use  the  pharmacists  as  a  "catspaw"  to  pull  the  chest- 
nuts from  the  fire  for  them. 

He  says  I  signed  and  repented  at  leisure.  I  ask  him, 
if  he  is  a  retail  pliarmacist,  what  he  would  do.  with 
six  or  eight  prescriptions  in  front  of  him  waiting  their 
turn  to  be  compounded  and  a  man  standing  over  his 
prescription  counter  annoying  him  with  senseless  argu- 
ments. He  would  sign  and  say  "go.''  What  I  did  say 
was  that  the  public  health  was  at  stake  in  this  matter, 
and  if  private  firms  would  allow  a  government  official 
or  one  in  authority  to  inspect  and  test  their  products 
and  place  thereon  the  date  of  manufacture,  giving  the 
products  a  governmental  stamp  of  purity  and  standard 
strength,  then  I  would  be  willing  to  sign  such  a  peti- 
tion, but  not  until  then. 

How  does  this  "druggist"  know  that  private  firms 
will  allow  government  officials  to  go  through  their 
laboratories,  and  how  long  is  it  since  manufacturers 
permitted  individuals  the  privilege  of  their  bacterio- 
logical laboratories?  The  question  of  sanitation  has 
nothing  to  do  with  this  controversy.  As  I  said  before, 
and  as  I  say  again,  I  do  not  believe  that  the  quality 
of  antitoxin  made  by  private  firms  is  equal  to  that  of 
the  Board  of  Health.  It  is  a  question  of  profit  with 
private  firms. 

I  also  believe  that  90  per  cent,  of  the  physicians  in 
Greater  New  York  are  in  favor  of  the  Board  of  Health 
antitoxin  and  vaccine  virus.  The  dating  of  the  manu- 
facture of  bacteriological  products  is  one  of  the  utmost 
importance,  and  if  "Druggist"  wishes  to  know  the 
reason  thereof,  and  will  come  out  from  behind  his 
mask,  I  will  be  only  too  pleased  to  enlighten  him. 
"Druggist"  should  remember,  if  he  is  a  retail  pharma- 
cist, that  manufacturers  of  antito.xin  are  not  friends  of 
the  pharmacist,  although  posing  as  such.  Let  the 
manufacturers  fight  their  own  battles;  the  retail  drug- 
gist has  troubles  enough  of  his  own. 

And  one  word  more,  Mr.  Editor.  I  ask  retail  phar- 
macists who  are  paying  taxes  in  the  form  of  rent  and 
receiving  the  benefit  of  the  free  distribution  of  antitoxin 
to  the  poor,  thus  protecting  their  own  families  by  keep- 
ing down  contagious  diseases,  if  they  want  to  pay  more 
and  have  that  extra  tax  go  into  the  pockets  of  private 
firms.  S.  V.  B.  SWANN, 

918  Sixth  avenue,  corner  Fifty-second  street. 


MAGNESIUM  ETHYLATE.— Meunier  (Comptes 
rend.)  has  prepared  magnesium  ethylate,  Mg 
(OC  2  H  5)  2,  by  treating  magnesium  amalgam  with 
absolute  ethyl  alcohol  in  the  cold.  This  body,  when 
washed  with  ether  and  rapidly  dried,  forms  a  white, 
amorphous  powder  possessing  properties  analogous  to 
those  of  the  alkaline  ethylates.  Magnesium  amalgam 
reacts  witR  aldehyde  with  great  violence,  but  when 
the  aldehyde  is  diluted  with  anhydrous  benzol  or  ether, 
a  syrupy  liquid  is  obtained  which,  when  treated  with 
aqueous  alcohol,  precipitates  magnesium  hydrate,  and 
the  residue  upon  distillation  yields  a  dioxybutane. 


TliE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  10,  190-3. 


Living  animals,  especially  cunning  and  playful  little 
ones,  form  very  attractive  window  displays.  A  group  of 
kittens,  puppies  or  chicks  will  draw  and  hold  crowds 
when  pictures  and  printed  matter  are  passed  unnoticed. 
Drawing  a  crowd  is,  however,  not  always  advertising, 
and  if  the  person  attracted  leaves  the  window  without 
anv  clear  idea  whether  the  store  he  has  been  gazing  into 
belongs  to  a  druggist  or  a  bird  fancier,  the  value  of  the 
display  is  not  very  great.  This  is  where  the  advertiser 
has  a  chance  to  show  his  ingenuity.  The  cunning  little 
animals  which  form  the  center  of  attraction  must  be 
connected  in  some  way  with  something  the  drugRist  has 
to  sell.  Conspicuous  placards  placed  beside  the  prmcipal 
■  display  are  sometimes  effective,  but  there  is  always  dan- 
ger that  the  cunning  antics  of  the  puppies  or  kittens  will 
absorb  all  the  attention  of  the  observer,  leaving  none 
for  surrounding  objects.  Anything  even  suggesting 
cruelty  is.  of  course,  out  of  the  question,  but  there  are 
many  ways  in  which  an  effective  advertisement  may  be 
arranged  without  causing  the  least  suffering.  Thus  a 
very  attractive  display  in  this  city  contained  a  brood  of 
HufTy  little  chicks,  each  with  its  down-colored  with  an 
Easter  dye.  Puppies  may  be  made  to  draw  attention  to 
nursing  bottles  and  preparations  of  milk,  and  a  roly- 
poly  specimen  of  canine  infancy  adorned  with  a  harmless 
plaster  or  chest  protector  would  certainly  draw  attention 
to  these  useful  articles. 

In  a  course  of  lectures  on  the  general  subject  of 
"i?£sthetic  Development  of  Cities."  recently,  John  De- 
Witt  Warner  spoke  at  the  Boston  Public  Library  on 
'■Public  Advertising."  He  found  much  to  condemn, 
especiallv  in  the  way  of  billboard  and  "sign  debauch- 
erv."  as"  he  characterized  it,  in  large  cities  like  New 
York.  Chicago,  Boston,  and  other  places.  He  says 
that  New  York  is  everywhere  blazing  with  the  praises 
of  patent  medicines,  whisky,  tobaccos,  cigars,  and  the 
like.  The  fact  that  business  must  have  advertising — 
will  have  it,  indeed,  whether  the  minority  likes  it  or 
not — points  to  regulation,  rather  than  prohibition,  as 
a  remedy.  The  trouble  is,  in  a  measure,  curing  itself, 
for  the  custom  has  become  wasteful  and  ineffective,  so 
overdone  has  it  been.  In  contrast  to  this  adverse  crit- 
icism was  the  commendation  given  by  the  lecturer  of 
the  great  jars  or  flasks  of  bright-colored  liquids 
in  the  drug  store  windows,  which  could  offend  no  one 
(any  more  than  the  elaborate  arrangements  of  flowers 
in  the  florists'  windows).  They  were  praised,  as  were 
the  white-enameled  letters  employed  in  the  signs  of 
certain  drug  stores,  restaurants,  etc.,  as  neat  and  mod- 
est, and  not  merely  signs  of  progress,  but  as  most 
effective  advertisements  as  well, 

A.  J.  Guernsey  has  devised  something  entirely  new  in 
the  way  of  a  presciiption  file,  and  's  using  it  with  sat- 
isfaction in  his  drug  store  at  St.  Paul.  It  consists  of  a 
thick  piece  of  paper  folded  so  that  one  side  protrudes 
slightly  beyond  the  other.  Inside  this  folded  card  are 
printed  blanks  and  a  space  upon  one  side  where  the 
prescription  is  to  be  pasted.  .-Vbove  the  prescription, 
upon  the  projecting  .strip  of  the  folded  cardboard,  is 
placed  the  number,  which  also  serves  as  the  reference 
number  when  the  card  is  filed  upon  one  edge  in  its  box. 
The  side  opposite  the  pasted  prescription  contains  blanks, 
in  which  the  date  of  filling,  refilling,  by  whom,  etc.,  are 
recorded,  while  below  the  prescription  is  placed  the 
price.  The  blanks  with  the  prescription  and  record 
folded  inside  are  placed  in  numerical  order  in  boxes, 
upon  one  edge,  so  as  to  show  the  number  in  the  manner 
employed  in  card  indexes.  This  forms  a  very  con- 
venient prescription  file,  and  should  be  useful  in  many 
driTtr  stores. 


PHOTOGRAPHIC  SUPPLIES. 

By  M.  PUFF,  BROOKLYN,  N.  Y. 

SEVERAL  years  spent  in  managing  the  camera 
and  photographic  supply  department  of  a  phar- 
macy have  confirmed  my  first-formed  opinion 
that  this  is  a  proper  paying  side-line  for  the 
pharmacist.  That  some  locations  may  be  better  suit- 
ed for  this  line  of  goods  than  others  is  probably  true, 
O'et  it  is  my  belief  that  in  every  place  where  a  phar- 
macy is  sufficiently  necessary  to  make  it  pay,  there 
photographic  supplies  will  also  find  a  market. 

A  few  years  ago  photography  was  a  very  expensive 
pastime,  to  be  indulged  in  only  by  those  who  were 
wealthy  or  whose  earnings  were  large.  Cameras  and 
the  necessary  outfits  were  at  that  time  sold  at  prices 
nearly  double  those  of  to-day.  The  natural  result  of 
this  decline  in  prices  is  that  now  all  classes  can  be 
considered  customers  for  these  goods.  For  example, 
we  number  among  our  patrons  brokers,  physicians, 
school  teachers,  clergymen,  clerks,  factory  employees, 
masons,  draughtsmen,  day-laborers  ana  many  school- 
children. One  would  need  to  travel  far  at  the  present 
time  to  find  a  community  where  amateur  photographers 
do  not  flourish.  It  is  this  general  use  of  the  camera 
by  all  classes  of  people  which  leads  me  to  believe 
that  any  fair-grade  pharmacy  may  find  a  profitable 
trade  for  photographic  goods. 

To  the  pharmacist  who  intends  to  enter  this  field, 
experience  in  the  use  of  the  camera  is  just  as  essential 
as  training  is  to  the  athlete  before  entering  the 
race.  If  you  have  no  practical  knowledge  of  cameras, 
different  brands  of  plates,  etc.,  in  the  market,  buy  a 
4  by  5  apparatus  (retailing  for  not  less  than  ten  dollars) 
and  a  complete  outfit,  and  use  these  until  you  are 
able  to  show  a  fair  percentage  of  good  results.  By 
that  time  you  will  have  acquired,  through  practical 
experience,  a  knowledge  of  developing,  printing,  ton- 
ing, ferrotyping  and  mounting  which  will  make  you 
a  better  salesman  for  the  goods  you  intend  to  handle. 
It  is  best  to  stock  only  well-known  goods  at  the 
beginning.  The  market  is  flooded  every  season  with 
novelties,  many  of  which  it  will  not  pay  you  to  pur- 
chase. This  I  consider  the  greatest  danger  to  the 
novice  in  photographic  supplies.  Some  of  these  things 
prove  good  sellers;  others — yes,  seventy-five  per  cent, 
of  them — may  sell  for  a  short  time,  and  then  become 
dead  stock.  Good,  careful  judgment  must  be  used  in 
dealing  with  novelties.  Under  no  circumstances,  how- 
ever, disregard  the  new  things,  as  far  as  knowing  them 
is  concerned:  you  must  keep  posted  on  all  lines  if 
you  wish  to  be  in  a  position  to  satisfy  the  wants  of 
your  customers  properly.  If  you  are  an  up-to-date 
pharmacist,  practice  the  same  buying  ideas  and  meth- 
ods in  photographic  goods  as  you  do  in  purchasing 
proprietary  medicines.  In  this  line,  as  in  pharmaceuti- 
cals, you  cannot  afford  space  or  money  for  goods 
which  sell  to-day,  but  cannot  be  disposed  of  at  a  profit 
to-morrow. 

You  should  have  a  line  of  your  own — a  developer, 
a  combined  toning  and  fixing  solution,  an  acid  fixing 
bath  and  flashlight  cartridges.  These  are  all  easily 
made  and  sold  at  a  good  profit.  Sodium  hyposulphite 
should  be  bought  in  pound  boxes  with  your  own  label. 
One  label  may  be  used  for  several  developers.  For 
instance,  if  your  label  is  printed  "Wood's  Reliable 
Developer"  and  you  desire  to  use  it  for  several  com- 
binations, procure  rubber  stamps  as  follows:  M.-H,, 
for  metal  and  hydroquinon;  E.-H,,  for  eikonogen  and 
hydroquinon,  etc.  Flashlight  cartridges  may  be  made 
as  follows:  Use  No.  29  pill  boxes  for  15  grains  of  com- 
pound and  No.  30  boxes  for  30  grains,  these  selling 
two  for  five  cents  and  five  cents  each,  respectively. 

Saltpetre  paper  should  be  cut  in  strips  one-eighth  of 
an  inch  wide  by  two  inches  long,  one  end  of  each  strip 
rolled  in  a  small  tuft  of  cotton,  by  which  it  should 
be  glued  to  the  bottom  of  the  box.  The  glue  should 
be  allowed  to  set:  then  fill  witli  the  proper  amount  of 
compound  and  place  box-cover  on,  allow'ing  the  free 
end  of  tlir  fuse  (saltpetre  paper)  to  pass  outside, 
between  tlu-   bo.x  and  its  cover.     Be   careful   to   warn 


April  10.  190i. 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


new    users    that    the    cover    is    to    be    removed    before 
lighting. 
The  following  is  a  formula  lor 

Flashlight  Compound: 

Pure  masuosium  (powiloreili 2  parts 

Powdered  potassium  nitrate 1  part         i 

Mix  with  a  little  trituration. 

Standard  and  reliable  formulae  for  other  preparations 
may  be  found  in  the  "Photo-Times  Annual"  in  great 
number. 

A  window  devoted  continually  to  a  display  of  cam- 
eras, supplies  and  good  specimens  of  mounted  prints 
will  pay  not  only  by  selling  these  goods,  but  also  by 
attracting  to  your  store  the  attention  of  passers-by. 
Your  photo  window  will  pay  best  if  every  article  bears 
a  price-card. 

A  store  doing  twenty-five  or  more  dollars  a  day  in 
drugs  may  expect  to  run  in  photographic  goods  any- 
where from  two  to  thirty  dollars — a  great  deal  depend- 
ing on  the  season  and  the  w-eather.  The  best  business 
is  from  April  i  to  July  i  and  from  September  i  to 
November  i.  During  these  months,  which  raise  the 
sales  to  the  high  figures,  many  sales  of  cameras  may 
be  made  at  a  good  profit.  In  the  off-season  sales  are 
mostly  in  supplies.  The  best  time  for  opening  this 
line  of  work  would  be  in  the  early  spring. 


THE  MEDICINAL  VALUE  OF  THE  CHINA 
TREE.* 

THE  medicinal  qualities  of  the  so-called  China- 
tree  (Melia  azedarachtaj,  Pride  of  China, 
Pride  of  India,  etc.,  have  long  been  known, 
and  under  the  title,  "Azedarach"  a  short  de- 
scription of  the  tree  and  its  qualities  may  be  found  in 
the  dispensatories.  From  the  fact  that  the  berries, 
either  in  bunches  of  many  hundreds  or  singly,  hang 
on  the  tree  long  after  the  foliage  has  fallen,  and  fre- 
quently all  winter,  the  trees  attract  the  attention  of 
all  visitors  from  northern  climes,  especially  if  they 
are  fortunate  enough  to  witness  the  spectacle,  form- 
erly very  common,  of  a  flock  of  robins  drunk  or 
intoxicated  on  the  berries.  The  latter,  which,  up 
to  the  last  of  September,  are  green  in  color,  about 
a  half  inch  in  diameter,  and  shaped  like  a  miniature 
apple,  begin  at  the  approach  of  autumn  to  turn  yel- 
low or  salmon  color,  and  to  shrivel  slightly.  About 
this  time  the  matter  of  the  sarcocarp  (fleshy  material 
covering  the  seed)  softens,  acquires  a  sweetish  taste, 
and  the  berries  are  eagerly  sought  by  hosts  of  birds, 
and  especially  by  the  robins,  which  at  that  season 
are  highly  gregarious,  flying  and  feeding  in  immense 
flocks.  like  blackbirds  or  pigeons.  The  berries  at 
this  stage  have  an  intoxicating  effect  on  most  birds, 
but  especially  the  gluttonous  robin,  and  in  the  boy- 
hood of  the  writer,  a  half  century  ago,  it  was  great 
fun  to  capture  the  drunken  rowdies,  which,  in  their 
intoxicated  condition,  acted  very  much  as  human 
topers  do.  Some  got  sleepy  drunk,  while  others 
staggered  and  swaggered  around,  more  or  less  help- 
less, as  far  as  avoiding  capture  was  concerned. 
After  a  little  rest,  the  effect  of  the  poison  wore  off, 
and  the  birds  were  able   to  take  wing  again. 

The  writer  has  never  had  an  opportunity  to  exam- 
ine the  berry  at  this  stage,  and  cannot,  therefore, 
say  whether  the  intoxication  is  due  to  a  proximate 
principle  of  the  fruit  or  to  alcohol.  From  the  sim- 
ilarly of  its  action  on  birds  to  that  of  the  action  of 
corn  steeped  in  alcohol,  and  the  fugitive  effects  of 
the  intoxication,  he  is  inclined  to  the  belief  that  the 
intoxicant  is  alcohol,  due  to  the  fermentation  of  the 
material  of  the  sarcocarp.  It  is  not  noticed  until  the 
berries  become  over-ripe,  and  disappears  in  a  short 
time,  or  as  soon  as  the  fruit  becomes  desiccated.  Be- 
sides this,  the  intoxication  is  rarely  or  never  attend- 
ed by  any  serious  evil  after-effects,  as  the  writer  has 

•National    Druggist. 


satisfied  himself  by  keeping  the  ■  birds  in  confine- 
ment lor  several  days  alter  their  "jags"  had  passed 
oft,  and  on  being  released  they  flew  Mithely  and  nim- 
bly away,  niukliig,  probably,  for  the  nearest  China- 
tree  to  get  a  pick-me-up. 

The  berries  arc  regarded  as  an  excellent  anthel- 
mintic lor  dogs,  h..r.-ies,  hogs  and  other  domestic 
animals,  and  were  lurmerly  largely  used  for  this 
purpose  by  farmers,  black  and  white.  The  inner 
bark  is  sometimes  used  for  the  same  purpose  and 
niade  into  a  decoction,  administered  to  children 
afflicted   with   stomach   worms. 

The  root  made  into  an  infusion  or  decoction  is 
largely  used  by  the  negro  women  as  an  emraena- 
gogue  and  abortifacient,  though  they  perfer,  in 
the  latter  capacity,  the  root  of  the  cotton  plant 
(gossypium). 

The  tree  has  become  naturalized  in  the  South  and 
requires  no  cultivation.  It  springs  up  in  the  fence 
corners  and  grows  rapidly  without  care,  acquiring  a- 
trunk  diameter  of  about  15  or  20  inches  in  a  few 
years.  The  wood  is  close,  compact,  and  of  a  beauti- 
ful natural  color  of  varying  shades  of  pink,  red  and 
orange.  It  is  susceptible  of  a  rich  polish  and  makes 
beautiful  furniture,  ballusters,  stair  rails,  etc..  though 
it  is  rarely  used  for  this  or  any  other  purpose,  except 
fire-wood.  The  bark,  externally  corrugated,  consists 
of  numerous,  or,  rather,  almost  innumerable,  layers 
of  reticulated  ribbon-like  material,  used  nowadays  as 
bands  for  tying  up  bundles  of  domestic  cigars,  but 
in  war  times  was  utilized  as  a  trimming  for  ladies' 
hats,  the  latter  made  of  the  bleached  fibers  of  the 
"dish-rag"  gourd  (Luffa  ^gyptiaca  Mill)  or  of  the 
splint  leaves  of  the  palmetto.  Some  of  them  were 
very  beautiful,  too. 

The  Indian,  or  Hindoo,  name  for  the  tree,  which 
is  found  in  nearly  every  part  of  the  country,  from 
the  foot-hills  of  the  Himalayas  to  the  Straights,  is 
"Nim"  (pronounced  Neem,  the  i  being  sounded'  as 
ee  in  deem).  It  is  found  growing  close  to  the  huts 
or  cabins  of  the  natives,  who  cultivate  it  not  so  much 
for  its  shade,  which,  especially  in  the  umbrella  china- 
tree,  is  dense  and  grateful,  as  for  the  medicinal  prop- 
erties ascribed  to  every  part  of  the  tree,  and  partic- 
ulariy  the  leaves.  The  Indians  frequentlv  make  long 
journeys  in  search  of  a  supply  of  the  "latter,  when 
from  any  reason  their  own  trees  are  bare,  and  Euro- 
peans living  in  India  soon  grow  to  place  as  much 
confidence  in  the  virtues  of  the  nim  leaves  as  do  the 
natives,  especially  in  the  treatment  of  cuts,  wounds, 
lacerations,  tumors,  boils,  burns,  old  sores,  etc.  Their 
method  of  employment  of  the  leaves  is  as  ofllows: 

A  quantity  of  them,  freshly  gathered,  is  put  into 
an  iron  pot,  and  boiling  water  is  poured  over  them. 
The  pot  is  then  placed  over  a  quick  fire  and  the  liquid 
brought  to.  a  boil.  -'Vs  soon  as  this  occurs,  the  pot 
is  removed  from  the  fire,  allowed  to  cool  down,  and 
the  infusion  is  drained  off  into  a  basin.  With  this 
the  affected  part  is  freely  bathed,  after  which  the 
leaves  are  applied  to  the  injury  as  a  cataplasm  .which 
is  renewed  twice  or  thrice  daily.  The  soothing  and 
healing  effects  are  great,  as  the  writer  hereof  can 
testify  from  personal  experience.  The  leaves  are 
thus  used  not  only  on  man,  but  on  domestic  animals 
— on  the  galled  shoulders  and  backs  of  horses  and 
buffaloes;  on  contusions,  rheumatic  joints,  swell- 
ings, etc.,  and  rarely  fail  to  give  relief.  The  leaves 
are  also  a  powerful  insecticide,  which  is  a  great  de- 
sideratum  in  tropical   climates. 

From  the  pericarp  of  the  green  berry,  an  intense- 
ly bitter  oil  of  ijungent  and  disaereeable  odor  is  ex- 
pressed, which  is  used  as  an  anthelmintic,  and  is  al- 
so used  externally  as  an  application  to  foul  and  in- 
dolent ulcers.  .\  liniment  is  also  made  from  it  which 
is  universally  used  in  India,  by  natives  and  Eumoeans 
alike,  in  rheumatic  anci  neuralgic  affections.  The  oil 
is  also  used  as  an  application  to  neglected  wounds 
in  man  and  domestic  animals  which  the  ever-present 
blow-fly  has  succeeded  in  fillincr  with  maggots.  From 
the  rapidity  with  which  it  kills  these  larvx  we  are 
convinced  that  it  would  be  an  excellent  remedy 
against   the   dreaded   screw-worm   of  the    Southwest, 


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but   which  is  gradually  extending  its  domain  toward 
the  North  and  East.* 

The  bark  has  been  used  as  a  febrifuge  in  times  of 
scarcity  of  quinine  or  cinchona  bark,  and  many  Eu- 
ropean physicians,  resident  in  India  and  China,  are 
ready  to  testify  to  its  efficacy  in  this  direction.  Dr. 
White,  an  eminent  practitioner  of  Bombay,  declares 
it  equal  or  nearly  so  to  cinchona  in  paludian  fevers. 
Dr.  Skipton  some  years  ago  described,  in  the  Cal- 
cutta Medical  Journal,  a  case  of  violent  hysteria 
treated  with  a  decoction  of  the  leaves,  with  eminent 
success. 


IS    TINCTURE    OF    DIGITALIS    A    STABLE 
PREPARATION? 

By  J.  GORDON  SHARP,  M.  D. 

THERE  is  a  tradition  among  pharmacists  and 
medical  men,  handed  down  from  ntiquity,  to 
the  effect  that  tincture  of  digitalis  is  one  of 
those  preparations  which  cannot  be  relied 
upon.  This  view  has  laid  such  hold  upon  us  that  it 
has  almost  become  an  article  of  faith.  The  conse- 
quence of  this  belief  is,  the  fresh  infusion 
has  been  recommended  bj/  some;  while  others 
have  advocated  the  employment  of  the  active 
principles  of  the  drug,  and  still  others  have 
pinned  their  faith  to  the  dried  leaf  in  pill  form.  What 
is  the  probable  origin  of  this  view  ?  Judged  by  solubil- 
ity of  active  bodies,  the  tincture  should  be  a  better  prep- 
aration than  the  infusion,  for  the  infusion  must  contain 
chiefly  digitalein  and  digitonin,  and  only  traces  of  digi- 
talin  and  digitoxin.  Now,  we  know  digitonin  is  allied 
to  saponin,  and  it  has  much  the  same  action ;  that  is,  it 
has  no  peculiar  digitalis  action  at  all,  so  that  even  the 
best  infusion  only  contains  one  of  the  three  active  prin- 
ciples— namely,  digitalein.  The  tincture,  on  the  other 
hand,  contains  large  proportions  of  digitalin  and  digi- 
talein, with  a  smaller,  but  still  an  appreciable,  proportion 
of  digito-xin,  with  traces  of  digitonin,  the  saponin-like 
glucoside. 

The  belief  of  instability  of  the  tincture  may  have  had. 
its  origin  in  the  brain  of  some  apothecary  who,  know- 
ing that  alcohol  splits  up  glucosides,  concluded  that  a 
dilute  alcoholic  tincture  of  foxglove  must  soon  be- 
come inert.  But  nowadays  we  know  by  experiment  the 
glucosides  of  digitalis  and  the  other  active  principle 
which  is  allied  to  a  glucoside — namely,  digitoxin — have 
to  be  boiled  in  presence  of  strong  alcohol  and  a  mineral 
acid  before  they  are  readily  split  up. 

The  evil  repute  which  the  tincture  possessed  led  me 
to  shun  its  use  till  I  began  to  examine  for  myself,  and 
during  the  past  four  years  I  have  been  experimenting 
with  the  preparation.  I  find  the  tincture  keeps  as  long 
as  any  tincture  in  such  frequent  request  is  expected  to 
be  kept.  My  latest  experiment  was  as  follows :  In 
Aucust  of  one  year  I  obtained  a  supply  of  tincture  in 
the  ordinary  way  of  trade,  without  mentioning  that  it 
was  to  be  employed  for  experiment.  At  the  time  of 
buying  I  cannot  therefore  say  how  old  the  tincture  was, 
but  I  shall  suppose  it  was  freshly  prepared.  Up  to 
November  of  the  following  year  this  preparation  was 
opened,  exposed  to  the  air,  and  used  in  the  ordinary 
way.  At  the  beginning  of  November  it  was  specially 
tried  in  a  suitable  case  and  was  found  pharmacologic- 

•Several  cases  of  the  ravages  of  the  "screw  worm" 
(whioh  is  the  larva  of  a  fly.  Compsomyia  macellaria.  indi- 
genous tio  South  America,  but  which  invaded  Texas,  via 
Mexico.  sev<?ral  years  ago,  and  has  thence  gradually 
nioved  north  and  east),  have  l^een  reported  from  East 
St.  Louis,  especlaUv  in  the  vicinity  of  the  stock  yards. 
They  arc  recorded  in  the  files  of  the  St.  DouJs  Medical 
and  Surgical  Journal,  for  the  past  fifteen  years  or  so. 
The  fly  is  closely  allied  to  our  native  blow-fly,  for  whicfhi. 
at  a  casual  prlance.  it  would  easily  be  taken.  It  deposits 
its  eggs  in  the  nostrils  of  persons  sleeping  in  the  open 
air.  When  the  eggs  develop  the  maggot  feeds  on  the 
surrminding  tissues,  finally  eating  Its  way  out  through 
the  roof  of  the  mouth.  See  flies  of  the  .iournHil  above 
alluded  to.  A  case  is  recorded  from  Detroit,  Micli.,  and 
from    even   further   E'a^rt. 

••Communicated  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Great 
Britain,  at  a  nieetlnE  held  In  Edinburgh,  March  19.  1902.  Re- 
printed from  Pilar.  Joiirn. 


ally  active  in  ten  minim  doses.  This  particular  case 
was  one  of  cardiac  dropsy,  which  had  resisted  every 
other  line  of  treatment.  In  less  than  thirty-six  hours, 
ai  the  rate  of  ten  minims  every  six  hours,  the  pulse  rate 
was  reduced,  diuresis  was  established,  the  dropsy  dis- 
appeared, and  the  patient  regained  her  usual  health. 

Here,  then,  we  have  a  tincture  at  the  end  of  at  least 
fourteen  months — and  in  the  interval  frequently  ex- 
posed to  the  air — pharmacologically  active  in  medium 
doses.  I  do  not  think  any  pharmacist  would  keep  a 
stock  to  last  longer  than  fourteen  months.  My  conten- 
tion, then,  is  that  tincture  of  digitalis  is  a  stable  prepa- 
ration. 

It  will  be  seen  I  assume  the  pharmacist  knows  his 
business  and  prepares  the  tincture  from  leaves  that  are 
active.  The  collection  of  the  leaves  at  the  proper  time — 
that  is,  at  the  period  when  they  contain  the  largest 
amount  of  active  principles — and  also  the  drying  of  the 
leaves  are  duties  generally  outside  the  domain  of  the 
town  dweller.  The  duty  of  selecting  sound,  active  leaves 
must  rest  with  the  pharmacist.  What  test  must  he 
apply?  My  remarks  in  this  direction,  let  me  say,  are 
intended  for  the  general  pharmacist,  and  not  for  the 
technical  chemist  of  the  large  manufacturer. 

First,  the  working  pharmacist  cannot  employ  any 
pharmacological  or  physiological  test,  and,  even  if  he 
could,  I  don't  think  I  should  attach  any  great  impor- 
tance to  physiological  tests  in  view  of  our  present 
knowledge  of  the  chemistry  and  pharmacology  of  digi- 
talis. I  attach  more  importance  to  other  and  simpler 
tests: 

( 1 )  The  fermentation  test,  founded  on  the  fact  that 
every  living  tissue,  animal  and  vegetable,  contains  a  fer- 
ment or  enzyme.  The  vegetable  enzymes,  if  dried  at 
ordinary  temperatures,  can  be  preserved  for  years,  pro- 
vided they  are  kept  from  damp.  In  a  moist  atmosphere 
they  again  become  active,  and  readily  attack  and  de- 
compose glucosides  associated  with  them  in  the  same 
plant,  the  ferments  themselves  also  undergoing  decom- 
position. Now,  if  one  found  a  specimen  of  digitalis 
leaves  containing  an  active  ferment,  one  might  reason- 
ably conclude  that  the  glucosides  were  likewise  intact. 
This  could  be  arrived  at  by  the  action  of  the  moistened 
leaves  on  amygdalin.  Dissolve  twenty  grains  of  amyg- 
dalin  in  one  fluid  ounce  of  water  at  ninety  degrees  F. 
(37  degrees  C).  Place  in  a  wide-mouthed  bottle  in  a 
moderate  temperature,  and  set  aside  as  a  control  speci- 
men. In  another  bottle  dissolve  a  similar  quantity  of 
amygdalin  under  similar  conditions,  and  add  to  this 
specimen  sixty  grains  powdered  digitalis  leaves.  Shake 
up  and  set  aside  at  a  moderate  temperature.  Examine 
both  at  the  end  of  eight  hours.  The  plain  arriygdalin 
solution  should  show  no  change,  but  the  specimen  to 
which  the  digitalis  has  been  added  should  have  a  bitter- 
almond  odor,  and  if  a  piece  of  glass  have  a  drop  of 
nitrate  of  silver  solution  smeared  over  it  and  then  laid 
over  the  mouth  of  the  bottle,  a  white  film  of  silver 
cyanide  should  appear  in  five  minutes,  showing  the  pres- 
ence of  hydrocyanic  acid  in  the  bottle.  I  need  hardly 
say  the  ferment  contained  in  the  plant  will  have  split  up 
the  glucoside  amygdalin.  So  much  for  the  rough  test. 
This  might  be  followed  by  confirmatory  tests. 

(2)  One  might  employ  the  method  suggested  by 
Rutherford  Hill  in  another  connection.  A  small  quan- 
tity of  tincture  is  prepared  with  sixty  per  cent,  alcohol. 
Such  a  tincture  should  not  at  once  reduce  Fehling's 
solution,  and,  even  after  a  few  minutes'  boiling,  there 
should  not  be  marked  reduction.  This  test  would  show 
that  the  glucosides  were  not  decomoosed.  Next,  there 
is  a  positive  variation  of  this  test,  although  I  think  it  is 
hardly  necessary  to  follow  the  point  further.  A  given 
quantity  of  the  best  tincture  might  be  dried  at  ordinary 
temperature,  the  resultant  extract  treated  with  alcohol, 
boiled  in  presence  of  a  mineral  acid,  and  tested  quan- 
titatively with  Fehling's  solution.  By  this  means,  a 
good  working  rule  could  be  establir-hed.  Of  course,  a 
quantitative  analysis  with  Fehling  could  not  give  the 
amount  of  digitoxin.  because  it  is  not  a  glucoside;  but 
where  a  fair  glucosidal  test  was  obtained,  a  corresoond- 
ing  proportion  of  dieitoxin  might  safely  be  assumed.  As 
I  have  already  said,  these  observations  are  ofTered 
rather  to  llic  \vnri,-i,ig  pharmacist  than  to  the  technical 
chemist  or  specialist. 


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WEALTH  VERSUS  CAPITAL. 

By    ALBERT    B.    LYUXS,    iM.A.,    U.D.,    Detroit. 

\.V<Jficludtd  from  ^jayc  SUS,  Milix-lt  :?;.) 
Botany. 

Another  science  to  which  the  student  of  phar- 
macy IS  given  an  introduction,  is  botany.  Returns 
from  an  investment  m  this  particular  stock  are  less 
certain  for  the  orQmary  man,  and  even  for  the  phar- 
macist smaller  in  amount  than  tuose  from  chemistry. 
But  in  itself,  the  knowledge  seems  at  least  to  the  be- 
ginner more  intrinsically  valuable  in  as  much  as  it 
pertains  to  living  things,  belonging  to  the  same 
realm  of  being,  therefore,  as  ourselves.  To  the  ordi- 
nary mind  there  is  something  remote  and  recondite 
about  the  facts  and  especially  the  theories  of  physics 
and  chemistry.  In  botany  we  are  dealing  with  con- 
crete objects,  and  objects  of  every-day  familiar  ac- 
quaintance. Inanimate  objects  rarely  stir  the  emo- 
tions as  do  living  plants.  Mountains,  rivers,  clouds, 
the  ocean,  do,  indeed,  appeal  to  us,  but  it  is  not  as 
inanimate  objects,  it  is  because  they  have  a  quasi- 
life.  And  it  is  rarely  that  even  these  awaken  in  us 
feelings  corresponding  at  all  with  those  with  which 
we  regard  the  sturdy  oak,  the  graceful  willow,  our 
dear  American  elm,  our  equally  beloved  algaroba  or 
palm  of  another  clime — stately  rose,  modest  violet, 
fragrant  trailing  arbutus,  heather  of  Scotland,  sham- 
rock of  Erin,  fleur  de  lis  of  France,  lehua  of  Hawaii 
— these  and  a  hundred  others,  words  that  poets  con- 
jure with,  having  power  to  stir  feeling,  as  Words- 
worth puts  it,  "to  deep  for  tears."  But  fancy  a  poet 
attempting  to  work  a  spell  with  "the  azure  amido- 
cupric  of  protocatechuic  aldehyd" — even  if  he  call  this 
for  short  "vanillin."  The  only  chemical  term  which 
I  call  to  mind  as  associated  with  anything  approach- 
ing human  sentiment  is  nicotine — "My  lady  Nico- 
tine," as  Barry  has  it — and  here  obviously  nicotine 
is  put-  by  metonomy  for  euphony's  sake  in  place  of 
the  homely  name   of  the  "divine"  weed. 

But  in  the  study  of  botany,  you  will  tell  me,  the 
sentiment  is  all  left  out — there's  nothing  in  it  but 
grind.  It  is  too  nearly  true.  You  have  only  been 
working  at  the  alphabet  of  the  science,  and  an  alpha- 
bet cannot  be  anything  else  but  a  grind.  Few  men 
to-day  will  master  the  alphabet  of  Greek  grammar 
and  vocabulary  even  for  so  noble  a  reward  as  a  first- 
hand acquaintance  with  Homer  and  Aeschylus,  De- 
mosthenes and  Plato. 

But  the  pathway  leading  into  the  rich  realm  of  bo- 
tanical knowledge,  does  not  in  any  part  of  its  course 
lie  in  regions  altogether  barren  and  arid.  Even  your 
trying  practice  with  microscope  and  pencil  opens  to 
the  discerning  soul  new  possibilities  in  decorative  de- 
sign. The  names  which  are  to  many  of  you  nothing 
but  jargon — invented  to  plague  the  student — consti- 
tute a  true  language,  and  language,  it  has  been  well 
said,  is  crystallized  poetry.  It  will  pay  you  to  seek 
out  the  poetry  and  enrich  your  life  thereby.  But  the 
etymological  significance  of  the  names  has  in  most 
cases  nothing  to  do  with  botany.  It  is  interesting 
indeed  to  trace  the  origin  of  such  a  name  as  caryo- 
nhyllaceae — after  you  have  learned  how  many  y's  and 
how  many  I's  to  put  into  it — but  there  is.  after  all, 
nothing  iii  the  name  to  givcyou  a  hint  of  the  concept 
— of  the  real  meaning  of  the  word — and  as  long  as 
"botanical  names  are  merely  names  and  nothing  more, 
they  do  not  in  the  least  advance  your  knowledge  of 
Tiotany.  The  names  may  even  stand  in  the  way  of 
Vnowledge.  "Caryoohyllaceae"  as  a  name  is  posi- 
tir-oly  misleading.  The  English  synonym  "pink  fam- 
ilv"  should  by  all  means  be  in  mind  when  you  use 
the  ponderous  scientific  term. 

How  to  Study  Botany. 

.\s  a  result  of  the  analytic  method  of  sfiidy— the 
only  method  possible  in  the  outset— you  arrive  at  a 
roncept  of  this  family,  whose  characters,  you  have 
learned,  include  a  herbaceous  stem,  opposite  entire 
leaves  (stipulate  or  exstipulate  chnripetalous  flowei-s 
which  are  pentamerous.  or  tetramerous — and 
so  on.     You  may  laboriously  commit  to  memory  all 


the  characters  of  the  family,  but  you  can  do  better 
than  that;  you  can  hold  before  the  mind's  eye  a  typi- 
cal plant  of  the  pink  family,  giving  no  importance 
to  the  color,  size  or  prolusion  of  its  flowers,  empha- 
sizing the  structural  peculiarities  which  in  common 
with  all  its  kindred,  it  has  inherited  from  a  long-for- 
gotten ancestor.  Xow  you  have  made  a  living  ac- 
quaintance with  the  pink  family.  The  Greek  name 
"caryophyllaceae"  is  oi  no  consequence,  yet  since  it 
is  the  family  name,  you  will  hold  it  in  memory,  just 
as  you  remember  the  meaningless  names  of  human 
tribes— Shoshones,  Tagalogs,  Zulus — mere  names  un- 
til you  have  personal  acquaintance  with  individuals 
representing  these  several  tribes. 

Now,  a  certain  amount  of  study  along  these  lines 
is  essential  to  the  acquiring  of  the  particular  botani- 
cal knowledge  you  must  have  as  part  of  your  capital. 
The  most  of  you  have  found  this  part  of  your  study 
intrinsically  interesting,  even  though  it  may  have 
seemed  at  first  dii^'icult.  You  have  followed  the 
study  far  enough,  no  doubt,  to  find  that  wayside 
weeds  are  worth  looking  at — that  fields,  meadows  and 
forests  are  peopled  with  members  of  families  whose 
history  you  know;  that  you  have,  in  fact,  letters  of 
introduction  to  nearly  every  prominent  individual 
you  meet. 

Further  acquaintance  you  may  not  think  it  worth 
your  while  to  cultivate.  Y'ou  may  prefer  to  let  your 
mind  remain  absoroed  with  details  of  your  business 
plans  when  you  get  away  into  the  open  country.  If 
so,  believe  me,  you  are  needlessly  impoverishing 
your  life.  Take,  if  you  will,  fishing-rod  or  gun — the 
hunting  instinct  is  a  healthy  one — but  even  so,  culti- 
vate in  your  rambles  a  sympathetic  acquaintance  with 
nature,  finding  "tongues  in  trees,  books  in  the  run- 
ning brooks,  sermons  in  stones  and  good  in  every- 
thing." 

If  I  may  speak  from  my  own  experience  I  must 
testify  that  my  slight  knowledge  of  geology  and  of 
botany  has  increased  ten-fold  the  enjoyment  of  my 
vacation  days. 

Scientific  Knowledge  an  Inexhaustible  Fund. 

To  sum  up  what  I  have  been  trying  to  make 
clear:  The  scientific  knowledge  which  you  have  been 
accumulating  as  productive  capital  for  your  life  busi- 
ness has  this  peculiar  advantage  over  any  ordinary 
investment,  in  that  it  constitutes  at  the  same  time  a 
fund  of  actual  wealth  for  the  possessor,  on  which  he 
may  draw  indefinitely  for  his  individual  enjoyment 
without  in  the  least  interfering  with  the  productive 
power  of  his  capital.  Even  better  than  this,  for  en- 
joyment of  such  a  fund  means  adding  to  the  fund,  so 
that  the  productive  power  of  the  capital  is  actually 
increased  thereby. 

An  obvious  parallel  to  this  is  found  in  the  access- 
ion of  skill  and  efficiency  that  comes  to  anyone 
through  practice,  whether  of  hand,  eye  or  brain.  And 
here,  again,  we  find  that  the  student  of  pharmacy  Is 
fortunate  in  that  a  considerable  part  of  the  capital 
he  is  acquiring  consists  in  manipulative  skill  resultng 
from   laboratory   exercises. 

Laboratory  Work  Should  Be  as  Play. 

A  "laboratory"  is  a  place  to  work.  Probably  it 
has  never  occurred  to  you  to  think  of  a  college  labor- 
atory as  anything  else  than  just  this — wtih  a  very 
strong  emphasis  on  the  "work."  In  fact,  such  a  lab- 
oratory is  a  place,  not  to  work  in  reality,  but  to  play 
at  work.  Play  may  be  merely  the  effervescence  of 
activity  in  the  healthy  animal,  but  even  in  the  lower 
animals  play  takes  the  form  of  practice  undertaken 
instinctively  in  preparation  for  the  serious  responsi- 
biiities  and  emergencies  of  later  life.  The  games  of 
children  and  more  particularly  those  of  adult  men 
and  women,  are  engaged  in  with  enthusiasm  in  pro- 
portion as  Ihev  place  their  participants  in  critical 
situations  nnala'gous  to  those  they  have  to  meet  in 
real  life.  Games  are  nature's  educational  method — 
not,  as  some  would  have  us  think,  a  frivolous  waste 
of  time  and  cnerev.  There  is  a  place  in  the  world 
for  chess  and  whist  and  foot  ball  nnd  \i-e  boatinir. 
and   every   manly   sport   as   well   as   for   "Peel  away" 


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[April  10,  1902, 


and  "Two-old-cat"  and  "Hunt  the  hare" — in  all  there 
is  the  same  raison  d'etre  that  exists  for  the  college 
laboratory,  and  if  one  quotes  the  classic  motto, 
meden  agan,  with  reference  to  the  former,  I  say  that 
it  applies  equally  to  the  latter. 

So  I  congratulate  you,  students,  on  the  admirable 
and  commodious  play  grounds  furnished  for  your  ex- 
ercise and  recreation  in  the  experimental  laboratories 
of  the  university.  One  advantage  that  these  give 
you  is  that  they  afford  opportunity  to  find  out  for 
yourselves  your  most  serious  faults  and  correct  them 
before  it  is  too  late.  For  the  causes  of  failure  and 
defeat  in  your  laboratory  play  are  precisely  those 
that  will  bring  defeat  and  failure  in  your  work  later 
in  life  unless  you  seek  diligently  for  the  causes  and, 
so  far  as  in  you  lies,  remedy  them. 


The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
scribers and  their  clerlis  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription    work,    dispensing    difficulties,    etc. 

Requests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
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Typewriter  Ink. 
(H.  C.  C.)  The  Scientific  American  some  years  ago 
published  the  following:  Take  petrolatum  of  high 
boiling  point,  melt  it  on  a  water  bath  or  slow  fire,  and 
incorporate  by  constant  stirring  as  much  lampblack  or 
powdered  dropblack  as  it  will  take  up  without  beconi- 
ing  granular.  If  the  fat  remains  in  excess  the  print  is 
liable  to  have  a  greasy  outline;  if  the  color  is  in  excess 
the  print  will  not  be  clear.  Remove  the  mixture  from 
the  fire  and  while  it  is  cooling  mix  equal  parts  of 
petroleum  benzine  and  rectified  oil  of  turpentine,  in 
which  dissolve  the  fatty  ink,  introduced  in  small  por- 
tions bv  constant  agitation.  The  volatile  solvents 
should  be  in  such  quantity  that  the  fluid  ink  is  of  the 
consistence  of  fresh  oil  paint.  Apply  the  ink,  after 
agitation,  by  means  of  a  soft  brush  and  rub  it  well  into 
the  interstices  of  the  ribbon  with  a  toothbrush.  Hardly 
any  ink  should  remain  visible  on  the  surface.  For  col- 
ored inks  use  Prussian  blue,  red  lead  etc.,  and  espe- 
cially the  aniline  colors.     For  black,  try  the  following; 

Aniline   black    •  -.V  'i^^  """"^"^ 

Alcohol    15  fl.  ounces 

Glycerin    15  U.  ounces 

Dissolve  the  aniline  black  in  the  alcohol  and  the 
glycerin.     Ink  as  before. 

Typewriter  Copying  Ink. 

Transparent  soap 1  ounce 

Glycerine    .-4  !J-  ounces 

■\yat^i.  12  fl.  ounces 

Alcohol  ■ '.'.'.'.'. .'.' 21  fl-  o'"!'^'^? 

Aniline    dye Sufflcieut 

Dissolve  the  soap  in  the  water  and  glycerin,  with  the 
aid  of  heat;  dissolve  the  aniline  in  the  alcohol,  and  mix 
the  two  solutions.     If  the  ink  is  too  soft  add  more  soap. 

Orangeade. 

(I.  &  R.)     Here  are  several  formulas: 

(1)  Oraniie   juice 2  ounces 

Powdered  sugar 1  spoonful 

Cracked   ice V*  glassful 

Shake,  strain,  and  fill  up  with  plain  soda. 

(2)  One-half  glass  flne  ice. 
Juice  of  1  orange. 

Powdered   sugar 1  tnblespoonful 

Lemon   Juice 2  or  3  dashes 


Fill  with  water  and  shake.  Dress  with  fruit,  ani 
serve  with  straws. 

Florida  Orangeade. 
Cut  an  orange  in  halves  and  express  the  juice  into 
the  tumbler;  then  shake  from  an  essence  bottle  a  few 
drops  of  dilute  extract  of  orange,  and  from  a  similar 
bottle  a  few  drops  of  dilute  solution  of  citric  acid; 
then  draw  in  the  usual  quantity  of  plain  syrup  as  used 
for  soda  water,  and  fill  the  glass  from  the  soda  water 
draught  tube. 

An  orangeade  powder  or  sugar,  sometimes  knowa 
as  "dry  orangeade,"  may  be  made  as  follows: 

Orange  essence 4  fl.  drams 

Tartaric    acid 120  grains 

Powdered    sugar 8  ounces 

If  an  effervescent  powder  is  wanted,  6o  grains  o£ 
sodium  bicarbonate  should  be  added  to  the  abova 
mi.xture. 


Toothache  Wash  (Tincture). 

(W.  B.)     The  following  are  typical  formulas: 

(1)  Oil   of   cajuput 2.5  grams 

Oil  of  origanum 2.5  grams 

Camphor    5.0  grams 

Chloroform    40.0  grams 

Alcohol,  90  per  cent 50.0  grams 

(2)  Chloroform    50  grams 

Tincture  of  red  Sanders 7  grams 

Compouud  tincture  of  lavender 30  grams. 

Alcohol,  90  per  cent 113  grams 

(3)     Dieterich  is  authority  for  the  following: 

Star  anise 360  grains- 
Cloves   360  grains 

Galangal    .  . .  .' 360  grains 

Ceylon  cinnamon. .-. 360  grains 

Cochineal    144  grains 

Tannic   acid 72  grains 

Peru  balsam 72  grains 

Oil  of  peppermint 2V2  A-  drams 

Oil  of  rose 15  drops 

Oil  of  neroli 8  drops 

Oil  of  orris 1  drop 

Coumarln  sugar 15  grains 

Water   8  fl.  ounces 

Alcohol   24  fl.  ounces 

Reduce  the  drugs  to  powder,  mix  and  macerate  alf 

of  the  ingredients  with  the  alcohol  and  water  for  8  days, 

agitating  occasionally,  and  filter. 

Shoe  Polish  (Paste). 

(J.  D.  B.)     Try  the  following: 

Ivorybluck    16  ounces 

Lampblack   16  ounces 

Treacle    16  ounces 

Sperm    oil 4  ounces 

Vinegar   5  ounces 

Mix  and  add  gradually: 

Sulphuric   acid 4  ounces 

When  action  ceases,  add: 

Sulphate   of  iron %  ounce 

Gum   arable 6  drams 

Hot    water 5  ounces 

Work  well  in  a  mortar  or  mill  until  the  paste  is- 
brought  to  a  proper  consistency.  The  author  of  "Phar- 
maceutical Formulas,"  from  which  this  formula  is  taken, 
states  that  the  merits  of  at  least  a  dozen  formulas  for 
paste  blacking  he  has  come  across  are  fairly  represented 
in  it.  The  addition  of  sulphate  of  iron  is  a  good  feature, 
because  it  helps  to  restore  the  black  surface  of  leather 
by  forming  iron  tannate  when  the  brown  surface 
becomes  exposed. 


"Bitter  Drug." 

(M.  A.  H.)  We  are  unable  to  find  the  name  "bitter 
drug"  in  any  work  of  reference  at  our  command.  There 
are  a  number  of  drugs  sold  and  known  by  names  of 
whicli  "bitter"  forms  a  part,  as  "bitter  apple,"  "bitter 
root,"  "bitter  salts,"  but  none  of  them  seems  to  be  so 
generally  used  for  its  bitter  properties  as  quassia, 
which  is  variously  known  under  the  synonyms  "bitter 
wood."  "bitter  ash,"  etc.  A  little  judicious  question- 
ing of  your  customer  will  probably  reveal  that  quassia 
is  what  he  wants. 


Stronger  Emulsion  of  Cod  Liver  Oil. 

(T.  M.)  The  old  New  York  and  Brooklyn  Formu- 
lary is  authority  for  the  following  formula  for  a 
"stron);er  emulsion"  containing  about  60  per  cent,  of 
cod  liver  oil: 


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Acacia,  in  fine  powder 2  av.  ounces 

Sugar    4  av.  ounces 

Cod  liver  oil ; 10  fi.  ounces 

Water,  enough  to  malve 28  fl.  ounces 

Mi.K  the  acacia  and  sugar  with  the  cod  liver  oil  in  a 
dry  mortar  and  add  8  fl,  ounces  of  water.  Then  tritu- 
rate thoroughly  and  continuously  until  the  oil  is  emul- 
sified, and  finally  incorporate  enough  water  to  make  the 
product  measure  28  fluid  ounces. 


Stove  Polishing  Paste. 

(J.  D.  B.) 

(1)    Graphite 2  pounds 

Sugar   2  ouiiies 

M'ater    2  ounces 

Oil  of  turpentine,  a  sufficiency  to  form  a  paste. 

(2(   Graphite    1  pound 

lioneblaeii    (good) 1  pound 

Copperas    2  pounds 

Add   water   sufficient  to  produce   a   pasty  mass, 
little  sugar  may  be  incorporated  with  advantage. 


ANCIENT  ALLOYS.— Berthelot  (Comptes  rend.) 
has  -^ade  analyses  of  a  number  of  ancient  statuettes 
and  other  antique  objects.  He  found  a  Chaldean  stat- 
uette, about  2.600  years  old,  to  consist  of  four  parts 
of  copper,  one  part  of  lead  and  a  little  sulphur,  showing 
a  composition  entirely  different  from  that  of  similar 
objects  prepared  400  years  later,  which  arc  composed 
of  practically  pure  copper,  A  Babvlonian  statuette  of 
unknown  antiquity  proved  to  be  composed  of  an  alloy 
of  copper,  79.5;  tin,  1.25,  and  iron,  .8  parts.  The  pedestal 
of  a  Babylonian  bull  contained  82.4  parts  of  copper, 
II. 9  parts  of  tin,  and  4.1  parts  of  iron.  An  object  of 
white  metal,  of  Hittite  origin,  was  found  to  be  silver, 
A  substance  obtained  from  the  tomb  of  Abou  Roash 
of  the  fourth  dynasty,  and  supposed  to  contain  silver, 
consisted  of  a  mixture  of  clayey  matter  and  lead 
chloride  probably  derived  from  an  object  of  lead  which 
had  been  for  centuries  in  contact  with  brackish  water. 


THIGENOL  is  an  odorless  preparation  intended  to 
serve  as  a  substitute  for  ichthyol  (Bull.  Pharm.  de 
Lyon).  It  is  the  soda  salt  of  a  sulphur  acid  extracted 
from  a  synthetic  sulphur  oil.  It  is  easily  soluble  in 
water,  alcohol,  dilute  alcohol  and  slightly  alkaline  solu- 
tions. Solutions  of  thigenol  form  precipitates  with 
mineral  acids  and  acetic  acid  by  liberation  of  its  com- 
bined acid.  It  is  used  in  the  treatment  of  skin  diseases 
in  the  form  of  pomades  containing  20  parts  per  100. 
These  preparations  form  a  brown,  slightly  adhesive 
pellicle  on  the  skin,  which  is  easily  removed  by  wash- 
ing in  tepid  water. 

PETROSAPOL.— According  to  the  Bulletin  des 
Sciences  Pharmacologiques.  petrosapol  is  a  body  con- 
taining soap  and  certain  constituents  of  petroleum 
residue.  It  is  a  brown  mass,  having  the  consistency 
of  an  ointment,  and  is  employed  in  diseases  of  the 
scalp.  It  may  be  used  as  an  ointment  or  mixed  with 
vaseline.  Its  high  melting  point  renders  it  suitable  for 
certain  applications,  for  its  does  not  melt  in  contact 
with  the  skin.  It  may  be  modified  by  the  addition  of 
zinc  o.xidc,  starch,  resorcin,  talc,  etc. 


TEST  FOR  SANTONINE.— M.  Percv  Pain  (Anal. 
de  chim.  analyt.)  describes  a  delicate  qualitative  test 
for  santonine.  A  small  crystal  of  the  alkaloid  treated 
in  a  test  tube  with  two  or  three  Cc.  of  ethyl  nitrite  and 
a  few  drops  of  a  solution  of  potassium  hydrate  gives  a 
beautiful  rose-red  color.  The  color  is  produced  only 
on  the  addition  of  the  alkali,  which  serves  to  distin- 
guish this  substance  from  aloin  and  resorcin,  which 
are  also  colored  red  by  ethyl  nitrite, 

ATOMIC  WEIGHTS.— In  the  annual  table  of 
atomic  weights  just  published  by  the  German  Com- 
mission, the  principal  alterations  from  previous  tables 
are:  Iron,  from  56  to  55.9;  calcium,  from  40  to  40,1; 
and  tellurium,  from  127  to  127.6. 


EDWARD   PENNOCK. 

Edward  Pennock.  manager  of  the  New  York  offices  of 
"William  R.  W^arner  &  Co.,  was  born  near  Oxford.  South 
Eastern  Pennsylvania.  His  first  experience  in  the  drug 
business  was  with  George  Cooke,  of  Oxford,  Pa.  He 
graduated  from  Uie  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  in 
1SS7,  his  preceptor  being  P.  C.  Reed.  He  then  return- 
ed to  Oxford  and  continued  with  Mr.  Cooke  about  two 
years  when  he  accepted  a  postion  with  John  Wyeth  & 
Ero.  of  Philadelphia  and  represented  them  on  the  Paci- 
fic coast  about  five  years.  He  has  traveled  consider- 
ably for  his  present  emiri'oyers  and  was  resident  rep- 
resentative in  Pittsburg  for  some  time  before  coming 
lo  New  York.  Mr.  Pennock  is  a  meiraber  of  the  Amer- 
ican Pharmaceutical  .Association  and  is  prominent  in 
.several    fraternal    organizations. 


TO  PREVENT  THE  SWELLING  OF  WOOD.— 
In  order  to  avoid  the  swelling  of  wood  in  damp 
weather  and  the  resulting  trouble  with  drawers,  win- 
dows and  doors,  the  Apotheker  Zeitung_  recommends 
painting  with  a  saturated  solution  of  paraffin  in  benzine. 
The  solution  quicklv  penetrates  the  wood,  and  a  smooth, 
easily  gliding  surface  is  formed. 


PHELLANDRENE  NITRITE.— Oswald  Schreiner 
(Chem.  Centralb.)  finds  that  the  product  obtained  by 
treating  oils  containing  phellandrene  with  acetic  acid 
and  sodium  nitrite  is  not  always  a  simplebody.  The 
author  succeeded  in  separating  the  solid  nitrosites  ob- 
tained from  different  oils  into  two  and  three  distmct 
bodies.  

ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

List   of   Graduates   for  March   1902, 
Matriculation  No.  Grade. 

2831       Charles   Pans,   1215  Armltage   Ave.. 

Chicago,   111 80  per  cent. 

3071        Forrest   Kerr  Jones,    P.   O.    Box  25, 

Billings,    Mo 96  per  cent. 

2985       H.  P.  Pageler,  Omaha,  Neb 98  per  cent. 

2780       Frank   Templln,    1.83  Lagonda   Ave., 

Springfield,   Ohio 98  per  cent. 

2901       Joseph    R.    Bivins,    1703   Manderson 

St.,  Omalia,  Neb 94  per  cent. 

The  above  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a  short 
time.  A  large  and  very  handsome  engraved  diploma,  printed 
on  artificial  parchment,  with  the  graduate's  name  engrossed, 
especially  suited  for  framing,  will  be  furnished  to  all  who 
request  It  for  the  sum  of  $2.  Those  who  desire  the  latter 
should  forward  the  necessary  fee  at  once  to  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Era. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  10,  1902. 


DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


In  this  Department  will  be  printed  each  week  aseries  of  problems  of  special  educational  value  to  all 
persons  connected  with  the  drug  trade. 

CASH  PRIZES  to  the  amount  of  $75-00  will  bedistributed  each  month  to  the  subscribers  sending 
us  the  largest  number  of  correct  answers  to  theproblems  printed  during  the  preceding  month,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  given  below.    This  sumwill  be  divided  into  twenty-four  prizes,  as  follows: 

1st  PRIZE,  $25.00  3fd  PRIZE,  $10.00 

2nd  PRIZE,  $15.00  4th   PRIZE,   $5.00 

and  20  PRIZES  OF  $t.00  EACH. 


NOTE  THESE  CONDITIONS. 


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tor within  four  weeks  Of  the  date  of  the  Era  in 
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the  award  will  depend  upon  the  general  excellence 
of    the    answers. 

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4.— Use  note-size  paper.  Cut  out  the  problem  and  paste 
at  top  of  sheet  and  write  your  answer  below,  using 
both  sides  of  the  paper  If  necessary. 

5.— Be  sure  to  write  your  name  and  full  address  on  each 
sheet— at  the  bottom. 


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installment  will  be  printed  in  the  Era  four  weeks 
later. 

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of  the  prizes  will  be  announced  monthly. 

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ceutical Era.  396  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  T.,  and 
do  not  enclose  any  other  communications  with  your 
answers  to  these  problems. 


ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XI. 

No.  III. — In  a  pair  of  nut-crackers  the  nut  is  placed 
one  inch  from  the  hinge,  and  the  hand  is  applied  at  a 
distance  of  six  inches  from  the  hinge.  How  much 
pressure  must  be  applied  by  the  hand,  if  the  nut  re- 
quires a  pressure  of  thirteen  pounds  to  break  it,  and 
what  will  be  the  amount  of  the  pressure  on  the  hinge? 

Ans.— 2  i/6  lbs.;  lo  s/6  lbs. 

No.  112. — A  drug  clerk  draws  of?  a  gallon  on  each 
day,  for  twenty  days,  from  a  cask  containing  ten  gallons 
of  wine,  each  time  supplying  the  deficiency  by  the  addi- 
tion of  a  gallon  of  water;  and  then,  lu  escape  detection, 
he  again  draws  off  twenty  gallons,  supplying  the  fie- 
ficiency  each  time  by  a  gallon  of  wine.  How  much 
water  still  remains  in  the  cask? 

Ans. — 1.0679577  gals.,  or  more  than  one  gallon  and 
half  a  pint. 

No.  113. — A  glass  bottle  provided  with  a  stopper  of 
the  same  material  weighs  120  grams  when  empty.  When 
it  is  immersed  in  water,  its  apparent  weight  is  ten  grams, 
but  when  the  stopper  is  loosened  and  the  water  let  in, 
its  apparent  weight  is  eighty  grams.  Find  the  density 
of  the  glass  and  the  capacity  of  the  bottle. 

Ans. — 3  ;  70  c.c. 

No.  114. — 0.2151  gram  of  uric  acid  was  heated  with 
soda-lime  and  the  evolved  NH3  absorbed  in  HCl.  The 
NH.Cl  was  evaporated  to  dryness  and  redissolved,  the 
CI  being  then  thrown  down  as  AgCl,  of  which  0.7390 
gram  was  obtained ;  what  percentage  of  nitrogen  did  the 
sample  of  uric  acid  contain? 

Ans.— 33.51. 

No.  115. — At  a  certain  time,  between  two  and  three 
o'clock,  the  minute-hand  was  between  three  and  four. 
Within  an  hour  after,  the  hour-hand  and  minute-hand 
had  exactly  changed  places  with  each  other.  What  was 
the  precise  time  when  the  hands  were  in  the  first  posi- 
tion? 

Ans.— 2  hrs.,  15  min.,  56  92/143  sec. 

No.  116. — A  hydrometer  sinks  to  a  certain  depth  in  a 
fluid  of  density  8;  and  if  100  grams  be  placed  upon  it, 
it  sinks  to  the  same  depth  in  water.  Find  the  weight 
of  the  hydrometer. 

Ans. — 400  grams. 

No.  117. — Required  the  contents  of  the  largest  cube 
that  can  be  inscribed  in  a  sphere  twenty  inches  in  diame- 
ter. 

Ans. — 1539.58  cu.  in. 

No.  118.— What  volume  of  platinum  of  density  21.5 
must  be  attached  to  a  litre  of  iron  of  density  7.5  that 
the  system  may  float  freely  at  all  depths  in  mercury  of 
density  13. 5? 

Ans. — 3/4  of  a  litre. 

No.  119.— Required  the  percentage  of  real  acid  con- 
tained in  1.483  grams  of  aqueous  acetic  acid,  which 
evolved  0.427  gram  of  carbonic  acid  on  adding  it  to 
bicarbonate  of  sodium. 


Ans. — 39.26  per  cent. 

No.  120.— Six  Rogues,  viz.  A,  B,  C,  D,  E  and  F, 
having  entered  into  confederacy  do  agree  to  divide  what- 
ever sums  of  money  they  shall  at  any  time  take  upon 
the  Highways,  according  to  their  Valour,  that  is,  in  pro- 
portion to  the  number  of  Scars  they  should  then  have 
on  their  faces :  Now  the  first  two,  viz.  A  and  B,  being 
very  bold  and  daring  Fellows,  had  received  A  twenty 
and  B  nineteen  Scars.  The  next  two,  viz.  C  and  D, 
having  a  less  share  of  courage,  and  not  caring  to  stand 
all  Brunts,  had  each  of  them  but  nine  Scars,  but  the 
other  two,  viz.  E  and  F,  being  more  cowards,  always 
turned  their  backs  at  the  least  opposition,  and  so  by 
chance  they  had  one  a  piece ;  and  they  having  at  several 
times  stolen  the  sum  of  £700  13s,  do  desire  to  know 
how  they  must  divide  it. 

Ans. —  £.  s.  d.  qrs. 

A 237  10  2  2/59 

B 225  12  7  343/59 

C 106  17  6  339/59 

D 106  17  6  339/59 

E II  17  6  24/59 

F II  17  6  24/59 


PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XV. 

No.  146. — A  burden  of  200  pounds,  suspended  on  a 
pole  four  feet  in  length,  the  point  of  suspension  being 
six  inches  from  the  middle,  is  carried  by  two  men,  the 
ends  of  the  pole  resting  on  their  shoulders.  How  much 
of  this  load  is  borne  by  each  man? 

No.  147. — A  druggist  had  four  sons,  whose  ages  dif- 
fered from  each  other  four  years,  and  the  youngest  was 
half  as  old  as  the  oldest;  required  the  age  of  each. 

No.  148. — A  druggist  puts  a  capital  of  $5,500  out  at 
interest  at  four  per  cent.,  and  four  and  one-half  years 
afterwards  another  sum  of  $8,000  at  five  per  cent.  If 
he  leaves  these  two  capitals  constantly  at  simple  in- 
terest, in  how  many  years  will  he  have  drawn  the  same 
interest  from  both? 

No.  149. — A  cylindrical  test-tube,  one  decim.  long,  is 
plunged,  mouth  downwards,  into  mercury.  How  deep 
nuist  it  be  plunged  that  the  volume  of  the  enclosed  air 
may  be  diminshed  by  one-half? 

No.  150. — In  giving  directions  for  making  a  chaise,  the 
length  of  the  shafts  between  the  axletree  and  back- 
hand being  settled  at  nine  feet,  a  dispute  arose  where- 
abouts on  the  shafts  the  center  of  the  body  should  be 
fixed.  The  chaise-maker  advised  to  place  it  thirty 
inclies  before  the  axletree:  others  supposed  twenty 
inches  would  be  a  sufficient  incumbrance  for  the  horse. 
Now,  supposing  two  passengers  to  weigh  three  cwt., 
and  the  Iwidy  of  the  chaise  three-quarter  cwt.  more, 
what  will  the  beast  in  both  these  cases  bear,  more  than 
his  harness' 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


NEW   YORK   AND  VICINITY. 


MANHATTAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  AS- 
SOCIATION. 

Resolution    on    Excise    Question    Passed    at    a    Special 
Meeting — Meeting   Adjourned   and   Druggists   Ap- 
point Committee  to  Look  After  Interests. 

A  special  meeting  of  the  Manhattian  Phai-raaceutical 
Association  was  h«lci  in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  Building 
No.  115  West  6Sth  street,  Friday,  April  4.  The  notice 
sent  out  by  the  secretary  stated  that  the  object  of  the 
meeting  was  to  determine  what  action  should  be  taken 
in  reference  to  pharmacists  receiving  notices  from  the 
Excise  Commissioner  claiming  a  violation  of  the  law. 
The  attendance  was  good,  many  who  had  not  received 
notices  from  the  commissioner  being  present  to  discuss 
the  situation.  President  J.  Maxwell  Pringle,  Jr.,  was  in 
th«  chair  and  S.  V.  B.  Swann  acted  as  secretary.  Mr. 
Camtwell  of  Cantwell  &  Moore,  counsel  for  the  Asso- 
ciation, was  introduced  and  stated  that  he  thought  the 
manner  of  collecting  evidence  against  druggists  had 
been  decidedly  unfair  and  if  the  druggists  would  stand 
their  ground  none  of  them  could  be  compelled  to  pay 
the  amount  demanded  by  the  Excise  Commissioner. 
Mr.  Swann  then  introduced  the  following  resolution 
which  was  passed  unanimously: — 

"The  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association  of  New 
York  city  has  recently  been  informed  that  charges  have 
been  made  against  some  of  its  members  in  the  citv  of 
New  York  by  the  State  Commiissioner  of  Excise,  said 
charges  alleging  vioJatrons  of  the  Liquor  Tax  Law. 

"This  Association,  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  the 
State  of  New  York  and  composed  of  over  240  druggists 
of  aaid  city,  has  never  defended  any  of  its  members 
for  any  violation  of  law,  but  on  the  contrary  has  at 
all  times  beem  ready  and  willing  to  extend  its  aid  and 
assistance  to  the  public  authorities  that  those  druggists 
who  hiave  been  guilty  of  infractions  of  the  law  might 
be  speedily  dealt  with. 

"This  Association  has  made  an  investigation  of  the 
said  several  charges  made  against  its  members  and 
finds  them  to  be  absolutely  without  nierit.  That 
wherever  a  sale  of  liquor  was  made  it  was  either  upon 
the  representation  that  the  purchaser  was  a  physician, 
or  it  was  a  case  of  extreme  emergency  such  that  would 
have  led  any  reputable  and  humane  druggist  to  have 
r.cted   the  same. 

"It  is  the  voice  of  this  Society  that  any  prosecution 
ifounded  upon  any  such  charges  would  toe  improper  and 
unjust,  therefore  be  it  Resolved,  That  this  Association 
leader  to  its  members  Us  aid.  assistance  and  good 
offices  that  they  may  be  protected  from  such  unjust, 
improper  aind  unmerited  prosecution." 

A  long  discussion  on  the  methods  employed  in  col- 
lecting evidence  followed  the  passing  of  the  resolution. 
The  question  of  selling  alcohol  was  brought  uip  and  one 
me-mher  volunteered  the  information  that  >he  had  been 
selling  it  at  all  hours  and  never  received  any  notice 
from  the  Excise  Commissioner.  It  was  generally  con- 
ceded that  the  alcohol  question  had  not  been  con- 
sidered toy  the  Excise  Commissioner  and  that  only 
druggists  who  had  sold  liquors  had  received  notices. 
After  some  further  discussion  the  Manhattan  Pharroa- 
ceiitical  Association  adjourned  and  the  druggists  who 
hiad  received  notices,  held  another  meeting,  the  saime 
chairman  and  secretary  being  chosen.  One  druggist  who 
had  re(6ived  a  notice  said  ih;n  when  h.>  went  to  the 
guaTiantee  company  which  had  signed  his  bond  their 
representative  disclaimed  any  kn:iwled.i;e  tt  the  matter 
an  I  that  ho  had  also  cons..iltid  his  counsel  who  wi-otc 
to  the  Excise  Commissioner  but  had  received  no  reply. 
It  was  shown  that  only  druggists  who  had  taken  out 
fve-dollar  licenses,  allowing  them  to  dispense  liquors 
on  a  iwrltten  prescription  of  a  physician,  had  received 
notices.     Several  druggists   told   how   the  Inspectors   hod 


secured  the  liquor  they  w-re  charged  with  selling  con- 
trary to  law  and  there  was  a  long  discussion  as  to  what 
would  be  the  best  oooirse  to  pursue  in  regard  to  the 
rofoe.^ 

Various  opinions  were  expressed  but  the  majoa^ty 
seemed  to  think  it  w.juld  be  well  to  be  ready  for  any 
action  the  Excise  Department  might  take  and  that  ihe 
dru.'^g'sti  should  have  Iimds  jn  hard  to  eng.ige  counsel, 
etc.  Aiiomey  Cantwell  said  he  thought  it  would  be 
well  for  the  druggists  to  fii'>1  their  int^irests,  that  the 
majority  of  the  cases  stood  without  merit  and  if  brought 
to  trial  the  evidence  would  be  very  weak  and  not  of  the 
ch.iracter    to    ronv^et. 

A  oonMnittee  of  five  consisting  of  V.  C.  Daggott,  chair- 
man; W.  L.  Schaaf,  Thos.  Latham.  R.  Timmerman  and 
on.>  other  ^as  appointed  to  devise  ways  and  nioana  cf 
protecting  druggists  who  have  received  a  notice  from 
the   Excise   Commissoner.     The   meetng   then   adjourned. 

All  druggists  in  Great  New  York  who  have  received 
n.it'ccs  from  the  State  Excise  Commi:;S'OiK-r  are  r.quest- 
ed  to  send  thsir  names,  in  oonflden-oe,  to  V.  C.  Daggett, 
No.  17  West  34th  street,  chairman  of  tiie  above  commit- 

ti!. 


GERMAN    APOTHECARIES'    SOCIETY. 

Excise    Question    Discussed — Preparations    for    Annual 

Outing — "Kommers"   to   be   Held  at 

Next  Meeting. 

The  meeting  of  the  German  Apothecaries'  Society  held 
in  the  hall  at  No,  194  Third  avenue  on  Thursday  even- 
ing, April  3,  was  well  attended.  President  Charles  F. 
ScMeussner  was  in  the  chair  and  (Secretary  Klippert  read 
the  minutes.  He  also  read  a  letter  from  Health  Com- 
missioner Lederle,  declining  the  request  of  the  druggists 
'to  make  a  more  liberal  discount  on  Board  of  Health 
Antitoxin.  The  committee  on  the  subject  was  continued. 
George  Kleinau  gave  an  account  of  legislation  affecting 
pharmacists  considered  during  the  session  jusit  closed. 
He  also  spoke  about  the  excise  question,  declaring  the 
present  'law  unjust  to  phairmacists  and  saying  that  a 
change  might  possibly  be  made  which  would  allow  the 
saile  of  liquor  to  customers  in  quantities  not  exceeding 
eight  ounces  in  twenty-four  hours.  He  stated  that  a 
representaitive  of  the  Excise  Department  would  probably 
be  present  at  the  next  meeting  of  the  State  Pharmaceu- 
tical Associatiort  to  ascertain  what  amendments  to  the 
excise  law  would  be  acceptable  to  pharmacists.  Carl 
Schur,  chairman  of  the  legal  aid  committee,  reported  on 
the  Howard  Menu  case,  stating  that  it  had  been  de- 
cided in  Menn  s  favor,  but  the  plaintiff  had  appealed. 
He  said  the  society's  counsel  woaild  defend  Menn.  Hon- 
orary President  Gustav  Ramsperger  tendered  his  thanks 
'to  the  society  for  the  life  membershp  recently  given  him. 
The  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  imemorial  for  I>r. 
Charles  Rice  was  referred  to,  and  meimbers  were  re- 
quested to  send  in  their  subscriptions.  Mr.  Goldman 
recommended  that  the  memlbers  itafce  more  Interest  In 
the  affairs  of  the  college.  Paul  A'rndt,  chalinman  of  tHs 
comimittee  on  entertainment,  reported  that  a  steajner 
had  been  chartered  for  the  annual  outing  to  be  given  at 
Glenwood,  L.  T..  on  June  19.  He  announced  that  the 
members  would  hold  a  "Kommers"  at  the  next  regular 
meeting  of  the  society  and  requested  members  to  'be  pres- 
tnt  and  assist  in  the  entert;  Indent.  Mr,  .'Vrndt  recom- 
mended that  the  hall  be  secured  for  the  next  annual  ball 
of  the  society  on  January  15,  1902.  and  a  motion  to  thl« 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  10.  1902. 


effect  was  passed.  President  Schleussner  proposed  the 
name  of  Edward  Pfaff  for  merrtbershjp.  Dr.  Klippert 
announced  tlhat  the  fines  of  druggists  accused  of  violating 
the  e.xcise  law  would  probably  'be  reduced.  This  was 
followed  by  a  long  and  somewhat  lively  debate  on  the  ex- 
cise question,  wh.ch  fwas  brought  bo  a  close  bythe  chairman. 
After  the  annc^uncement  of  lanother  auction  of  books  and 
periodcalis  to  be  held  at  the  next  session,  the  meeting  ad- 
journed. 


NATIONAL    DRUG    TRADE    BOWLING    TOURNA- 
MENT. 
New  York  Men  to  Compete. 

The  teaims  of  the  American  Drug  Trade  Bowling  As- 
sociiation  will  meet  in  Philadelphia  on  Thursday,  Friday 
and  Satuirday,  April  17,  18  and  19,  to  bowl  for  the  na- 
tional championship.  The  members  of  the  team  repre- 
senting the  New  York  drug  trade  will  toe:  H.  O.  Barnes, 
captain;  S.  B.  Colgate,  of  Coi'.gate  &  Co;  J.  H.  Howe. 
John  Ruddiman,  of  Dodge  &  Olcott;  J.  L.  Canberry,  H. 
C.  Stevens,  C.  A.  MoCormick,  of  Johnson  &  Johnson;  C. 
Birunn,  oif  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  and  MaJtthew  Judge,  of 
Seabury   &   Johnson. 


WHOLESALE  DRUG  TRADE  BOWLING. 

Johnson  &  Johnson  Team  Wins  the  Championship  and 

Cup. 

The  Johnson  &  Johnssn  team  has  won  the  cham- 
pionship cf  the  Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Associa- 
tion and  will  hold  the  handsome  cup  now  on  ex'hibition 
in  iSeabury  &  Johnson's  offices  for  the  next  year.  The 
team  won  two  games  last  Saturday,  which  niakes  it  im- 
jjossible  for  any  other  teajm  to  caitch  themi  before  the 
end  of  the  series.  Mr.  Brock  of  the  Church  &  Dwig'ht 
Co.  (te'am,  would  have  passed  the  highest  individual 
score  on  Saturday  hut  for  a  foul  in  the  seventh  fraime. 
He  rolled  a  score  of  225.  The  iteaim  scores  for  the  day 
follow;  Johnson  &  Johnsion,  907,  against  Lanmian  & 
Keim'p,  752;  National  Lead  Co.,  740,  against  Danmas  & 
Kemp.  735;  Johnson  &  Johnson,  760,  against  National 
Ijead  Co.,  742;  Seabury  &  Johnson.  8(13,  against  Roessler 
&  HasSliaeher,  090;  Church  &  Dwight  Co.,  »41,  against 
Roessler  &  Hasslacher,  717;  Seabury  &  Johnson,  806, 
ag-ainst   Church  &  Dwight  Co.,   754. 


Druggist  Nelson  S.  Kirk  Married. 
Nelson  S.  Kirk,  the  well-known  druggist  of  Lee  ave- 
nue and  Rufledge  street.  IBrooklyn.  was  married  on 
Wednesday  evening,  April  2,  to  Miss  Jean  Douglass, 
diaughter  of  Mrs.  Mary  E.  Douglass,  No.  411a  Monroe 
street,  Brooklyn.  The  ceremony  was  performed  at  the 
home  of  the  bride.  Rev.  Dr.  A.  S.  Kavartah  officiaitlng. 
Fred  Borggreve  acted  as  best  (man  and  several  promi- 
nent pharmacists  were  guests  on  the  occas.iion,  among 
them  being  Charles  H.  Bjorkwall,  Eug'ene  F.  Dohr,  Dr. 
George  H.  Close,  T.  Bruce  Furnival  and  Ernst  H.  Ton- 
jeo. 

Mr.  and  Mrs.  Kirk  left  for  Old  Point  Comfort  after 
the  ceremony  and  wi'.l  visit  Richmond  and  Washington 
before  returning  to  Brooklyn. 


MEMORIAL   TABLET   TO   DR.   CHAS.   RICE. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  of  the  Cnllpce  of  Pharniacy  of  the 
Cit.v  of  New  York  has  issiipd  a  handsome  broehure  containing 
a  portrait  and  memorial  of  the  life-work  of  the  Inte  Dr. 
Charles  Rice,  for  many  .years  an  active  member  of  the 
institution.  The  memorial  was  prepared  under  the  super- 
vision of  a  committee  consisting  of  Thos.  K.  Main,  Chas.  P. 
Schleussner,  Gustavus  Balser.  Ewen  Molntyre  and  G. 
Ramsperger.  The  Board  of  Trustees  has  decided  to  erect 
In  the  entrance  hall  of  the  college  a  memorial  tablet  which 
shall  embody  a  portrait  of  Dr.  Rice,  the  work  when  finished 
to  cost  upward  of  .$300.  To  this  end  subscriptions  of  .$1  each 
are  solicited  from  members  of  the  college.  Thos.  F.  Main  Is 
chairman  of  the  comniltlee. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

Thos.    Stoddart.    president    of    the    New    York    State 

Pharmaceutical    Associatlion,     and   well-known     druggist 


THOMAS   LEEMING. 

Thoinas  Leeming,  seni'or  partner  of  the  firm  of 
Thom;is  Leomiing  &  Co.,  No.  73  Warren  street.  New 
York  City,  and  of  lyeemJng,  Miles  &  Co.,  Montreal,  Can- 
ada, died  at  Lakehurst,  N.  J.,  Monday,  March  31,  at  the 
age  of  65  years.  Mr.  Leeming  was  born  in  Burnley, 
Lancashire,  Eng.,  in  1837.  In  1840  he  came  with  his 
parents  to  Montreal,  Canada,  where  wis  father,  Joseph: 
Leeming,  and  his  uncle  established  the  oomraission  house 
of  Joseph  and  John/  Leeming,  now  Leeming,  Miles  &  Co. 
Mr.  Lesmang's  boyhood  was  spent  at  Kemptville.  a 
frontier  settlement  in  the  Ottamia  region.  He  came  to 
New  York  in  1883  to  take  personal  charge  of  the  pres- 
ent house  of  Thomas  Leeiming-  &  Co.,  which  was  estaJb- 
lished  in  1875.  Mr.  Leeming  has  been  well  known  in  the 
wholesale  drug  and  grocery  trades  for  the  past  twenty- 
five  years  as  the  agent  for  the  United  States  and  Can- 
ada of  the  Swiss  house  of  Henri  Nestle,  manufacturers 
of  Nestle's  Food  and  Nestle's  Condensed  Milk,  and  for 
many  other  specialties  sold  in  these  trades.  The  busi- 
ness will  be  continued  by  his  two  Sons,  Joseph  and 
Thomas  L.   Leeming. 

Mr.  Leemiing  w'as  a  man  of  stainless  integrity  and  of 
warm  generosity.  His  genial  and  charitable  nature  drew 
men  to  him  and  made  him  iboth  in  his  business  and  pri- 
vate life,  a  trusted  friend.  There  survive  hiim  thre© 
sions.  Joseph.  Woodruff  and  Thomas  L..  and  two  daugh- 
ters, Mrs.  Smith  Ely  Jelliffe,  M.  D.,  and  Miss  Winifred 
Leeming. 


and  memher  of  the  Comtoion  Council  of  'Buffalo,  is  men- 
tioned by  his  friends  in  that  city  a®  a  possible  candi- 
date for  the  nomination  for  representative  in  Congress 
froim  the  3S(h  district.  Mr.  Stoddiart  is  highly  eslteem- 
ed  as  a  business  man,  is  a  loyal  Repoihlican,  and  there 
is  no  douht  that  ^should  he  stand  for  the  nomination  he 
would  attr'.aot  great  elements  of  strength. 
AVilliam  L.  Strauss,  of  William  L.  Strauss  &  Co.,  ar- 
rived in  New  York  on  the  Kron  Ppintz  Wilhelm  last 
week,  after  a  three  months'  trip  through  lEiurope.  Mr. 
Strau.ss  says  he  has  secured  the  finest  line  of  novfltles 
ever  brouKht  into  the  I'nited  States  and  expects  to  have 
samples  ready'  for  the  trade  by  the  last  of  April.  He 
looks  for  the  most  successful  years'  business  that  his 
firm   has  had  since  its  estalblishment   15  J^ears  ago. 

Hugo     ICantrowItz,     secretary    of     the    Apotheoaries* 

Bicycle  Club,  has  sent  out  cards  requesting  memhers  to 
have  their  wheels  put  in  order  for  the  comimg  season 
and    for    druggists    desiring    tlielr    names   placed   on    the- 


April  10,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


3fio 


imeirJbeTsVuip  list  to  notify  him  all  once.  Jlr.  Kaji- 
ti-owitz'  adartss  is  No.  113.  West  DOtb  street,  Alanhat- 
tan. 

S.    Nauheim    has   sold    his   building   on    fhe   southeast 

corner  of  59th  street  and  L^xtington  avenue  and  will 
move  his  drug  store  to  No.  750  Lexington  avenue,  be- 
tween 5i)th  and  (ioth  streets  on  the  west  side.  It  is 
said  Mr.  Nauheim  realized  a  handsome  profit  on  the 
sale  of  his   property. 

Otto  Lowe,  proprietor  of  tihe  phaj^macy  ^t  Broadway 

and  Slst  street,  rattled  his  17-foot  naphtha  launch 
"Nina,"  Wednesday,  April  '2.  It  was  won  by  W.  P. 
Gray,  Broadway  and  Houston  street,  who  will  have  it 
on  one  of  the  lakes  at  Asbury  Park  during  the  Sum- 
mer. 

'Dr.    W.    F.    Dreyf'us   has   'been    appointed    chemist    in 

charge  of  the  general  drug  depardment  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Pub'.ic  Charities  in  place  of  Dr.  Charles  Rice, 
deceased.  Dr.  Dreyfus  has  been  assistant  chemist  at 
Oolumibia  University  t'he  past  two  years. 
The  Sherick  Drug  Co.  has  an  ajttraotion  in  the  win- 
dow of  the  Broadway  and  Broome  street  store  that 
draws  a  larger  crowd  rhan  any  window  display  ever 
given  by  'the  firm.  A  pretty  girl  demonstrating  a  new 
tooth   pawder   is   the   drawing   card. 

Sigimund   Popper,    tor  some  lime  clerk  with  Druggist 

Alberlt  B.  Baltzley  at  134th  street  and  Seventh  avenue, 
will  sail  for  Eoirope.  Saturday,  April  12.  Mr.  Baltzley 
returned  from  Odd  Point  Comfort  last  Saturday  much 
benefited   by  his   trip. 

R.    B.    Channels    has   acquired   ^fihe   drug  business    of 

J.  T.  Sihilling'.aw  at  No.  291  Seventh  avenue,  Brooklyn. 
Mr.  Channels  was  formerly  c'.erk  with  Williaim  B.  Riker 
&  Son  Co..   Sixth  avenue  and  23d  street,  Manhattan. 

The  Port  Chester  Chemical  Co.,  with  a  caipital  stock 

of  $1,000,000,  has  recently  been  incorporated  at  Port 
Chester.  N.  T.  W.  F.  Crawford,  "W.  E.  Knight  and 
"W.  H.  Miller,  all  of  New  York  city  are  the  directors. 

W.   F.   E.   White  is  manager  of  Pond  &  Bowes'   new 

drug  store  at  No.  657  Tenth  avenue,  between  46th  and 
47th  streets.  Mr.  White  was  formerly  wi'Oh  Reid,  Teo- 
mans   &  Cubit,   No.   140  Nassau  street;. 

. Oscar   Dittmar   has   purchased   the   drug   business    of 

George  Vockroth  at  No.  612  Tenth  avenoie,  corner  44th 
street.  Mr.  Dittmar  is  a  brother  of  Druggist  A.  J.  Ditit- 
max  at  62d  street  and  Second  avenue. 

P.   C.   Mount,   proprietor  of  the  Pharmade  St.   Denis. 

Montreal,  Canada,  was  in  the  city  several  days  last 
week  visiting  friends  in  the  trade.  He  made  the  Hotel 
Imperial  his  'headquarters  while   here. 

B.    F.    Warren,    forme-r  proprietor   of  'the  drug  store 

at  Almsterda'm  avenue  and  7&th  street,  is  now  clerking 
for   E.    J.    Ward,    Columbus   avenue  .and   59th   street. 

M.    O.   Martin,   reprtsentative  of  Parke,   Davis  &   Co., 

who  has  'been  i'.l  the  past  two  weeks,  is  around  visiting 
his   customers  as  usual   this   week. 

Rosengarten  &  Sons  announce  that  William  S.  Boy- 
den  is  their  New  York  representative,  with  offices  at 
No.  133  William  street. 

Webster  Bros  have  opened  their  new  drug  store  un- 
der the  Cairo  on  29th  street,  between  Broadway  and 
Sixth    avenue. 

A.  C.   Fowler,   formerly  wiith  Parke,   Davis  &   Co.,  is 

now  representing  the  Pajris  Medicine  Co.  in  New  York 
City. 

Dr.  Fred  J.  Ilartm'ann  is  now  one  of  the  representa- 
tives of  Merck  &   Co.   in   New  York  City. 


WILLIAM  BOYNTON  FISHER,  head  bookkeeper  for 
McKefsson  &  Robbina.  died  at  his  late  residence.  No.  So."? 
Hancock  street.  Brooklvn,  Friday.  April  4.  arfter  a  short 
Illness  of  pneumonia,  Mr.  Fisher  had  been  in  the  Arm's 
employ  about  .30  A-ear.'s  and  was  highly  esteemed  by  his 
t)usiness  associates.  His  position  was  a  responsible  one 
and  his  loyalty  to  his  fli-m.  with  his  particular  ability  In 
financl.al  affairs,  made  him  greatly  respected.  The  funeral 
services  were  held  Sunday  April  6.  Among  the  floral 
offerings  was  one  froim  his  former  •fellow  employes. 
Mr.  Fish*T  was  4'<  years  of  age  and  is  survived  by  a 
widow,   mother,  sister  and  daughter. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 

Hard  Luck  for  Fall  River  Druggists. 
Boston,  April  5.— s,  voral  Fall  River  druggists  have  fallen 
Into  hard  luck  on  tlif  tli:irge  of  violation  of  the  liquor  laws, 
and  in  the  court  in  tli:it  city  they  have  each  been  fined 
$G5.  Their  names  ave  .Mfii'd  J.  Giguere,  Napoleon  Beaudet, 
John  W.  Whitaker,  William  A.  B.  Cote,  and  Gualbert  Roy. 
With  the  exception  of  iJr.  Beaudet,  all  the  cases  came  to 
the  point  of  trial.  He  pleaded  nolo  contendere  and  paid 
his  fine  promptly.  Dr.  Cote  and  Dr.  Roy  also  paid  their 
fines,  after  being  found  guilty,  while  Dr.  Whitaker  and  Dr. 
Giguere  appealed  from  the  decision,  which  found  them  also 
guilty.  They  were  each  held  In  S300  for  a  higher  court. 
Witnesses  told  of  buylug  liquor  at  the  stores  of  Roy  and 
Cote,  and  as  Dr.  Beaudet  entered  no  defense,  testimony 
was  unnecessary  in  his  case.  The  clerk  of  the  Board  of 
Police  read  from  the  records  of  the  board  that  a  sixth-class 
liquor  license  had  been  granted  to  Dr.  Whitaker,  whose 
counsel  argued  that,  according  to  the  wording  of  the  com- 
plaint, "for  unlawfully  exposing  and  keeping  liquor  for 
sale,  with  intent  to  sell,"  etc.,  no  conviction  of  his  client 
could  be  made.  The  government  must  prove  that  the  defend- 
ant kept  liquor  with  actual  illegal  intent  to  sell  contrary 
to  law.  The  court  must  be  satisfied  beyond  reasonable  doubt 
of  this  fact,  the  lawyer  said.  Witnesses  testified  against 
Dr.  Giguere.  He  and  Dr.  Whitaker  ottered  no  evidence 
whatever  in  self-defense,  other  than  that  in  the  case  of  Dr. 
Whitaker,  for  whom  the  Police  Board  clerk  testified  in  the 
form  of  reading  the  record  of  a  license  granted. 


Normal  Trade  Conditions  Prevail. 
Boston,  April  5.— Only  normal  trade  conditions  prevail 
this  week,  with  nothing  at  all  out  of  the  ordinary  to  give 
special  life  or  lend  excitement  to  trade.  This  keeps  steady, 
all  in  all,  and  no  one  is  found  complaining  in  the  least  of 
Inactivity  or  dulness.  The  number  of  prescriptions  called 
for  just  now  is  of  the  average  kind,  and  the  demand  for 
other  goods  Is  fairly  good.  Spring  medicines  begin  to  take 
on  some  activity,  and  in  the  way  of  sales  there  Is  an  appre- 
ciable result  from  the  advertising  of  these  remedies.  Some 
drug  stores  make  special  efforts  to  have  these  things  prom- 
inent at  this  season  in  their  window  displ.ays. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

Many  Holyoke  druggists  are  especially  Interested  In  the 

disposition  by  the  courts  of  the  first  of  what  is  known  as 
the  "Red  Pill"  cases,  which  have  been  brought  by  the 
Franco-American  Chemical  Company  against  several  drug- 
gists for  alleged  Infringement.  The  first  or  test  case  of  the 
company,  brought  against  Frank  W.  Lavoine,  of  Worcester, 
was  settled  out  of  court,  so  that  no  legal  decision,  as  a 
precedent,  was  reached  in  the  matter.  The  sum  Involved  in 
the  test  suit  was  $5,000.  Like  cases  are  pending  against 
George  Powers,  the  Goodall  Drug  Company,  A.  J.  N. 
Desmarals,  A.  F.  Menard,  and  other  druggists  of  Holyoke. 
The  defendants,  so  it  Is  stated,  intend  to  fight  their  suits, 
as  they  claim  to,  have  acted  in  perfectly  good  faith  in  the 
matter  which  brought  up  the  alleged  grounds  for  suit. 
— ^In  Williamstown.  in  the  Berkshires,  the  regular  town 
meeting,  recently  held,  wound  up  with  a  warm  discussion 
regarding  the  Issuing  of  liquor  licenses,  and  It  was  finally 
settled  by  the  town's  voting  to  make  the  license  fee  $2,000, 
the  same  rate  that  was  charged  last  year.  One  would  need 
courage  to  open  a  saloon  in  this  little  college  hill  town 
under  such  a  high  license.  Strong  effort  was  made  to  shut 
out  the  druggists,  or  have  them  classed  within  the  $2,000' 
rate,  but  It  was  finally  agreed  that  it  would  be  advisable 
to  Issue  licenses  to  the  druggists  under  restrictions  allowing 
them  to  sell  only  on  physicians'  prescriptions. 

On    the   charge   of   larceny    of   $145   worth    of    drugs,    at 

various  times  within  the  past  six  months,  from  the  Eastern 
Drug  Company,  this  city,  Alfred  C.  Williams,  of  Somervllle, 
an  employee  of  the  company,  has  been  arrested  by  the 
Inspectors  of  the  Bureau  of  Criminal  Information.  On  the 
charge  of  the  alleged  receipt  of  some  of  these  goods  to 
the  amount  of  $70,  John  Mead,  a  pharmacist  In  the  South 
Boston  district,  has  also  been  arrested.  It  is  stated  that 
some  other  arrests  In  connection  with  this  case  may  also 
follow  as  the  result  of  the  investigations  now  going  on. 
Quiet  Investigation  of  the  way  one  or  two  drug  stores 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  10,  1902. 


in  Worcester  are  tbougbt  to  have  been  conducted  led  to  a 
raid,  one  day  this  weelc,  on  the  store  of  J.  J.  O'Keefe, 
Lafayette  street,  that  city.  No  less  than  seven  officers  were 
concerned  in  the  raid,  and  they  resorted  to  a  clever  ruse 
to  make  it,  resulting  in  the  capture  of  considerable  lager 
beer  and  a  quantity  of  whisky.  The  police  believe  that  this 
place  has  done  a  big  trade  in  this  class  of  "goods,"  partic- 
ularly on  Sundays. 

"The  Wonderful  Chemistry  of  Bituminous  Coal  and  Coal 

Tar  Products"  is  the  subject  of  an  illustrated  lecture  which 
Professor  Edgar  L.  Patch,  of  the  E.  L.  Patch  Manufacturing 
Company,  manufacturing  chemists  in  this  city,  is  to  give 
in  Winchester.  Mr.  Patch,  who  Is  president  oi  the  company 
bearing  bis  name,  is  thoroughly  informed  upon  this  subject, 
which,  with  bis  illustrations,  makes  a  splendid  lecture. 

It   is    announced    that    Professor    Baxter,    who    has    had 

charge  of  the  department  of  chemistry  in  Swarthmore  Col- 
lege, Pa.,  for  the  past  two  years  or  more,  has  received  an 
appointment  in  the  department  of  chemistry  in  Harvard 
College,  and  that  he  will  also  be  director  in  the  course 
in  chemistry  at  the  summer  school  at  that  place. 

■ A  young  man,  while  a  passenger  on  a  street  car  passing 

through  Winter  Hill,  Somerville,  one  day  this  week,  became 
ill  and  was  taken  into  Richardson's  drug  store,  in  that 
neighborhood,  where  he  passed  away  immediately,  in  spite 
of  the  efforts  of  the  druggists.  The  medical  examiner  was 
called  and  pronounced  death  due  to  heart  failure. 

• A  new  drug  store  soon  to  be  opened  in  Pitchburg  will 

be  that  of  Harvey  S.  Page,  who  will  occupy  the  tiuilding 
at  181  Main  street,  in  that  city. 

After  having  undergone  an  operation  for  appendicitis,  A. 

H.  Sinclair,  a  Salem  druggist,  is  now  on  the  road  to 
recovery. 

The  opening  of  the  new  pharmacy  of  Charles  Perry,  at 

Natick,  is  to  be  an  early  April  event  in  that  town. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

Drug  Bowling  Tournament  Ends  in  a  Tie  for  First 
Place. 

Philadelphia,  April  5.— Shoemaker  did  it.  But  for 
the  lusty  bowlers  of  the  old  Quaker  firm.  Asch- 
enbach  &  Miller  would  now  be  wearing  the  pea- 
cock feather  of  the  champions.  Alas!  in  spite  of 
Smith's  tine  work  for  the  latter  team,  the  second  game 
of  the  last  coree  played  was  lost  to  the  tune  of:  Shoemaker, 
828;  Asehenbach  &  Miller,  782— and  that  score  almost  broke 
some  hearts.  Both  Whitall  Tatum  Company  and  Asehen- 
bach &  Miller's  teams  have  the  same  score — 30  won  and  6 
lost— so  a  match  series  will  be  rolled  oft  in  the  near  future 
to  settle  the  championship.  The  standing  of  the  clubs  Is 
practically  settled.  Smith.  Kline  &  French  Company's  team 
having  a  mortgage  on  tuird  place,  in  spite  of  losing  three 
games  to  Asehenbach  &  Miller's  team  last  Friday  in  a 
special  schedule,  when  they  won  three  straight  games  from 
H.  K.  Wampole  &  Company's  team  Tuesday  evening.  The 
teams  of  R.  Shoemaker,  H.  K.  Mulford  Company,  the  "Wan- 
derers," and  H.  K.  Wampole  &  Co.  follow  in  the  order 
given. 

A  splendid  time  is  anticipated  by  local  bowlers  for  them- 
selves and  their  guests  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Drug 
Trade  Bowling  Association,  to  be  held  here  April  16  to  19, 
and  there  is  a  determination  to  win  the  championship  for 
Philadelphia  in  the  tournament.  Headquarters  will  be  at 
the  Hotel  Walton,  where  the  meeting  will  bowl  out  a  grand 
"blow-out"  in  the  shape  of  a  banquet  to  be  given  April  19. 
A  number  of  handsome  and  costly  prizes  will  be  put  up 
to  encourage  the  talent. 


P.  A.  R.  D.  WILL  NOT  -WITHDRAW  FROM  N.  A  R.  D. 

Philadelphia,  April  0.— The  usual  monthly  meeting  of  the 
Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists  was  held  Fri- 
day a'fternoon  at  the  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  unfounded 
rumor  that  the  association  was  considering  withdrawal  from 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.  was  put  to  sleep  for  good  by  a  vote  of  $300 
for  annual  dues  for  1902.  an  amount  not  only  covering  the 
•dues  for  the  present  membership,  but  providing  also  for 
future  new  members  expected  as  the  fruit  of  a  systematic 
canvass  soon  to  be  made,  when  at  least  GOO  members  are 
expected    to    be    on    the    rolls.    Mr.    Clmcamp,    one    of    the 


national  executive  committee's  most  successful  "organizers," 
is  now  in  Philadelphia,  and  will  uevote  his  time  to  a  cam 
paign  for  securing  members,  with  aid  from  the  P.  A.  R.  D. 
Just  for  fun,  a  prominent  member  of  the  local  association 
moved  "that  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  withdraw  from  membership 
in  the  N.  A.  R.  D."  at  the  March  meeting.  The  motion 
did  not  get  one  affirmative  vote:  and  that's  the  kind  of 
"loyalty"  Philadelphia  is  showing  right  along. 

The  Fraternal  Benefit"  Society  plans  for  members  seem 
to  be  looked  upon  very  favorably  by  druggists  generally. 
Enough  applications  have  already  been  received  to  start  it 
off  in  good  shape.  The  committee  on  commercial  interests, 
of  which  Mr.  Charles  Rehfuss  is  chairman,  has  arranged 
a  plan  with  the  Philadelphia  Wholesale  Drug  Company  for 
getting  rid  of  goods  unsalable  or  not  in  demand  in  some 
neighborhood,  but  which  are  in  others. 


Business  Quiet. 
Philadelphia,  April  5.— Business  with  retail  druggists  has 
been  somewhat  better  than  for  last  week,  although  there  is 
still  a  general  complaint  of  dulness.  Easter  brought  con- 
siderable improvement  through  sales  of  egg  dyes,  gifts,  and 
perfumes,  and  now  that  the  Lenten  season  is  over,  there  is 
a  good  prospect  of  brisker  times.  With  the  increase  in 
typhoid,  caused  by  recent  heavy  rains,  prescription  trade  has 
jumped  up  in  some  sections.  The  general  dulness  among  the 
jobbers  is  beginning  to  give  way  to  the  impetus  of  spring 
trade;  orders  are  beginning  to  come  in  in  good  amount,  and 
general  sales  have  been  much  better  this  week.  The  demand 
for  soda  water  supplies  has  begun,  and  from  now  on  this 
business  will  be  rushing  if  the  weather  continues  mild. 
Several  handsome  fountains  have  been  put  in  by  local 
druggists,  and  the  soda  season  is  opening  up  well. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

Alexander    H.    Jones,    one    of    the    best-known    members 

of  the  local  chemical  trade,  and  a  leader  in  the  Philadelphia 
Drug  Exchange,  is  lying  seriously  ill  at  his  home  in  Pelham, 
the  result  of  a  stroke  of  paralysis  received  on  Friday  of  last 
week.  Mr.  Jones  has  been  connected  with  the  firm  of 
Powers  &  Weightman  for  nearly  fifty  years,  and  is  widely 
known  through  his  contributions  to  the  drug  trade  journals, 
especially  in  reference  to  the  tariff  on  imports  and  alcohol 
legislation.  He  won  national  fame  as  the  representative  of 
the  quinine  manufacturers  during  the  struggle  In  Congress 
for  the  repeal  of  the  duty  on  quinine,  opposing  such  action. 

Kensington  druggists  are  among  the  sufferers  from  the 

wilful  defacing  of  plate  glass  windows  by  a  gang  of  corner 
loafers,  against  whom  merchants  there  bad  appealed  to  the 
police  to  drive  from  their  stores.  At  night  Kensington  ave- 
nue is  full  of  such  "gangs,"  who  insult  passersby,  obstruct 
sidewalks,  and  cover  the  pavements  with  fllth  in  front  of 
stores,  so  at  last  a  determined  effort  is  being  made  to 
arrest  every  loafer  and  thus  break  up  the  nuisance. 

The   American   Electro-Chemical   Society   was   organized 

Thursday  evening  at  a  meeting  of  chemists  and  others 
interested  in  this  line  of  work,  with  a  charter  membership 
of  about  S.'iO,  Dr.  J.  W.  Richards,  Professor  of  Chemi.stry. 
Lehigh  University,  being  elected  first  president.  Philadel- 
phia is  represented  on  the  board  of  managers  by  Dr.  S.  P. 
Sadtler,  of  the  P.  C.  P.  The  secretary  is  Charles  J.  Reed, 
3313  North  Sixteenth  street,  this  city. 

H.    G.    Wilbur   &   Sons,    chocolate   manufacturers,    hare 

contracted  for  a  handsome  new  five-story  structure,  with 
all  modern  improvements,  to  be  erected  at  Broad  and  New 
streets.  A  two-story  addition  to  the  present  plant,  at  235 
North  Third  street,  will  also  be  built  soon.  Both  buildings 
will  be  of  fireproof  construction",  of  brick  and  terra  cotta. 

.\lbert  H.   Rosengarten,  a  member  of  the  famous  family 

of  chemists,  was  married  on  Monday  to  Miss  Mary  Jeffries, 
of  this  city,  at  St.  James'  Protestant  Episcopal  Church,  the 
ceremony  being  attended  by  Philadelphia's  most  exclusive 
sot.  The  couple  will  take  a  wedding  tour  through  Japan 
and  llic  Far  East,  returning  home  next  December. 

.\tlantic  City's  great   fire  of  Thursday   was   fortunately 

got  under  control  before  it  spread  to  the  business  section, 
only  one  druggist  meeting  with  loss.  The  handsome  store 
of  "Keeler  the  Druggist"  was  completely  destroyed,  there 
not  being  time  to  save  scarcely  anything  from  the  flames. 
Loss,  $10,000,  with  insurance  of  $3,000. 
Horace  F.  Brubaker,  until  recently  a  clerk  In  the  drug 


April  10,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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store  of  George  W.  Hull,  Lauoaster,  has  brought  suit  agalust 
Mr.  Hull  for  |15,000  damages  for  alleged  slander.  Mr. 
Brubaker  accuses  his  former  employer  of  making  false 
statemeuts  regarding  his  honesty.  The  case  is  of  unusual 
interest. 

— —For  the  first  time  in  its  history  the  American  Philosoph- 
ical Society,  founded  by  Benjamin  Franklin  in  1743,  held 
a  general  meeting  in  this  city  on  April  3,  4,  and  5,  which 
was  most  successful,  both  in  the  number  of  members  attend- 
ing and  in  the  valuable  papers  and  discussions  that  were  a 
feature. 

—The  Nonpareil  Cork  Company,  which  recently  bought  the 
old  Keystone  Chemical  Company  plant,  Camden,  N.  J.,  w'll 
tear  down  the  old  buildings  and  erect  a  complete  cork  man- 
ofaeturing  plant  on  the  site  from  plans  of  its  general  super- 
intendent. 

Joseph  Toplis,  father  of  W.   G.   Toplis,   the  well-known 

Germantown  druggist,  died  on  Wednesday  at  his  home,  40 
Oollom  street.  Germantown.  Mr.  Toplis  was  a  prominent 
Odd  Fellow  and  a  member  of  the  G.  A.  R. 

The    "only    drug   store"    in    a   Jersey   seaside    resort    Is 

offered  for  sale  at  a  very  low  tigure — a  good  chance  for  some 
druggist  who  is  also  a  practitioner— by  J.  H.  Switzer,  attor- 
ney, 232  Market  street,  Oamden,  N.  J. 

Mr.  Murphy,  for  some  time  with  U.  G.  Ruff,  has  bought 

the  drug  store  at  Twenty-sixth  and  South  streets,  and  will 
engage  in  business  on  his  own  account. 

A.  J.   Frankeberger  is  having  extensive  alterations  and 

Improvements  made  in  his  store,  at  Thirteenth  and  Dauphin 
streets. 

Doak's  drug  store,   at  Fifteenth  and  South  streets,   has 

been  bought  from  his  estate  by  W.  Rotbwell. 

C.   C.    Wilson   has   purchased   Chalfant's   drug   store,   at 

Fifteenth  and  Tasker  streets. 


BALTIMORE. 

Colored  Pharmacies  Multiply. 
Baltimore,  April  .5.— This  city  seerais  to  be  regarded  as 
a  good  place  for  the  location  of  pharmacies  conducted 
by  colored  men,  the  success  of  one,  mioderate  or  unquali- 
fied, encourag^ing  others  to  enter  the  field.  For  some 
time  past  there-  has  been  estaiblished  a  drug:  store  at 
X)ruid  Hill  avenue  and  Hoffman  street  in  what  is  known 
as  the  Colored  T.  M,  C.  A.  building.  This  store  is  owned 
by  Ilowiard  E.  Young,  a  graduate  of  Howard  University 
in  Wasliington  and  who  is  sometimes  mistaken  for  a 
Caucasian,  so  light  is  he  in  comiplexion.  Young  is  a 
member  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutioal  Associatiou  and 
possessed  of  much  intelligence.  He  was  induced  to  em- 
bark in  'business  fv)r  himself  by  the  want  of  a  demand 
for  his  services  as  olerk.  he  being  averse  to  the  per- 
formance of  such  duties  as  window  and  bottle  washing. 
His  example  will,  it  is  said,  shortly  be  followed  by 
George  A.  Drown,  also  a  Howard  University  graduate, 
who  intends  to  establish  himself  at  the  corner  of  Druid 
Hill  avenue  and  Dolphin  street,  not  far  from  the  Young 
pharmacy.  The  neighborhood  is  largely  inhabited  by 
negroes,  and  if  racial  affiliation  counts  for  anything, 
both  stores  ought  to  do  a  good  business.  A  third  store 
■will  be -opened  shortly,  according  to  report,,  somewhere  In 
Soiith  iBaltimore,  which  section  also  contains  a  large 
■colored   contingent. 


Trade  Fluctuates. 
Baltimore,  A'pril  7.— Boisiness  during  the  past  week 
has  been  rather  fluctuating.  On  some  days  th^ere  was 
little  to  do.  while  on  others  the  force  of  clerks  and  other 
employes  in  .lobbing  liouses  had  their  hands  full  and 
could  hardly  dispose  of  the  numerous  orders  turned  in. 
This  condition  was  not  confined  to  any  particular  de- 
partment of  the  business,  but  seemed  to  characterize 
the  out-of-town  as  well  as  tho  local  trade.  No  explana- 
tion is  attempted  for  the  peculiar  development.  The  ag- 
gregate of  transactions  fwas  moderately  large,  and  the 
movement  must  be  considered  as  in  the  main  satisfac- 
tory. Mianufacturers  of  pharmaceuticals  kept  their 
laboratory  forces  at  work  and  found  enough  to  engage 
their  attention.  Baltimore's  trade  in  medicinal  com- 
pounds and  drugs  is  steadily  expanding  and  its  rewards 
encourage  enterprise.  The  market  for  bontanlcals  did 
Tiot    produce    any    important    changes.       All    the    staples 


were  in  fairly  good  demand,  and  the  high  prices  on  some 
articles  are  being  maintained  owing  to  their  scarcity. 
The  output  of  neavy  chemicals  is  about  the  same. 

On  the  Bowling  Alley. 

Baltimore.  April  .5— Everybody  is  taking  a  fall  out  of 
the  Ferrell  &  Kellam  Company's  ciuintette  on  the  alleys 
of  the  Diamond  in  th.^  Baltimore  Drug  Trade  Cluib  con- 
tests. Last  Tuesday  night  the  Armstrong  Cork  Co., 
itself  down  near  the  t.ail  end  of  the  list,  captured  two  of 
the  three  games  played,  losing  the  itlhlrd  by  a  marg'in  of 
only  two  pins.  The  totals  were  "11,  6S4  and  6.S4  against 
COS,  675  and  GS6.  Last  nig-ht  the  Stanley  &  Brown  Drug 
Co.  went  dO'wrn  three  timo.<i  before  the  Root  and  Herb 
five,  who  seemed  to  be  in  stronsr  form  and  made  S6'2.  775 
and  794  against  700,  739  and  740.  Active  preparations 
are  under  way  for  the  inter-city  matches  of  the  National 
Drug  Trade  Bowling  League  at  Phll.idelphia  this  month. 
The  strongest  players  here  will  be  detailed  to  represent 
Baltimore. 

BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

^The  reception  given  by  the  Social  Cluib  of  the  Mary- 
land College  of  Pharmacy  last  Friday  evening  in  Alumnii 
Hall,  on  Aisquith  street,  proved  toi  be  a  very  enjoyable 
affair.  Nearly  all  the  students  were  th^re.  besides  a 
number  of  the  faculty  and  a  strong:  representation  of 
young  ladies,  friends  of  the  students  and  others  con- 
nected witli  the  college.  The  gatherings  of  the  club 
promise  to  be  productive  of  much  enjoyment  and  whole- 
r^ome  diversion. 

.^mong  the  visiting  druggists  in  Baltimore  last  week 

v/ere  J.  B.  'Nalle.  Racoon  Ford.  Va.;  Alfred  Clayton  Cole, 
for  years  representative  in  England  of  'Muth  Bros.  & 
Co.;  W.  D.  Nydegger,  Elkins.  W.  Va. ;  Dr.  E.  E.  "Wolfe, 
Cambridge,  Md. ;  Frank  Garrison,  of  James  B.  Smith  & 
Co.,  New  York;  Rudolph  Worth,  representing  E.  Fugera 
Sr  Co.,  New  York;  J.  D.  Sites,  Glen  Bock,  Pa.;  Dr.  Jo- 
seph H.  Herz,  representing  the  Keasby  &  Mattison  Co., 
Ambler.   Pa. 

^Employes  of  Muth  Bros.   &  Co.,   wholesale  druggists, 

aiave  organized  'a  base  ball  team  with  the  ifollowing 
players:  A.  Booth,  p;  A.  Halstead,  c;  A.  Hubner,  lb; 
W.  Thomipson,  2b;  H.  Kraft,  .5b;  E.  Muith,  ss;  C.  Thomp- 
son. If;  F.  C.  Burke,  rf;  A.  Rtrohmeyer,  cf.  The  cluib  is 
prepared  to  accept  challenges  from  all  teams  composed 
of  players  18  to  20  years  old.    Wm.  Thompson  is  captain. 

• Prof.    Charles  Schimidt,   who  is  one  of  the  faculty  of 

the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  and'  has  been  for  a 
long  time  in  the  employ  of  Sharp  &  Dohme.  has  recent- 
ly been  made  superintendent  of  laboratories.  He  is 
popular  and  has  many  friends,  who  are  gratified  over 
his  advancement. 

The  monthly  dinner  of  the  Wedgewood  Club,  attend- 
ed by  the  customary  formalities,  took  place  on  Thurs- 
day of  last  week  'at  the  Eutaw  House.  There  was  an 
unusually  large  participation  and  everybody  had  a  good 
time.  Mr.  AI.  Thompson  of  Thiomos  &  Thomipson,  pre- 
sided. 

^The  Resinol  Chemical  Co.,  Is  having  erected  on  Lom- 
bard street,  between  Paca  and  Greene  streets,  a  hand- 
some brick  and  stone  building  especially  adapted  to  the 
needs  of  its  business,  which  has  steadily  expanded  and 
demands  greatly  enlarged  accommodations. 


Numbering    Machines    for    Prescriptions. 

Every  pharmadst  must  recognize  the  im'i»rtance  and 
usefulness  of  a  numbering  machine  in  the  prescription 
department  especially  one  like  the  "Follett"  which 
makes  mistakes  impossible.  This  machine  is  accurate 
but  inexpensive  and  is  endorsed  by  druggists  every- 
where. iThe  wheels  and  figures  are  made  of  specially 
prepare!  steel  and  give  oH-.r,  clejn  cut  imprmts  The 
"Follett"  is  manufactured  by  Cushman  &  Denison,  Nns. 
240-242  V/est  23rd  street,  .\'ew  York,  and  is  sold  for  $.5. 
See  advertisement  In  this  issue  oi  the  Era. 

A  modern  soda  water  apparatus  at  a  remarkably  low 
figure  is  what  the  Low  Tile  Co..  No.  34  Portland  street. 
Boston,  M!<ss.,  is  offering.  Druggists  who  are  thinking 
of  putting  in  a  new  soda  fountain  will  find  they  can  save 
money  by  buying  from  this  company.  It  doesn't  cost 
anythirg  to  get  their  offers  anyway.  A  postal  oard  will 
bring   infoi'»;(ition. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  10,  1903. 


CINCINNATI. 


MORE    LEGISLATION    AFFECTING    DRUGGISTS. 

Cincinnati,  Ainil  :!.— The  Oliio  druggists  b.iil  hardly  recov- 
ered from  their  successful  fight  against  the  passage  of  the 
Smith  and  Williams  bills  before  the  Legislature  when  they 
were  again  called  upon  to  face  another  bill,  introduced  by 
Mr.  Xihart,  aimed  directly  at  the  retail  druggists  in  this 
State  who  take  out  a  government  license  to  sell  alcohol. 

Section  1  of  Mr.  Xihart's  bill  provides  that  the  payment 
of  said  goveniment  license  shall  be  prima  facie  evidence, 
for  the  year  or  years  for  which  such  tax  was  paid  by  him, 
that  he  was  engaged  in  the  traffic  in  intoxicating  liquor.  Sec- 
tion 2  provides  for  the  listing  for  taxation  upon  the  testi- 
mony of  any  competent  person  that  he  has  inspected  the 
public  list  of  payors  of  internal  revenue  taxes,  and  that  the 
name  of  such  person  appears  on  said  list  as  having  paid  such 
tax  by  .the  auditor  of  the  county  in  which  such  party 
resides. 

The  intention  of  the  bill  is  to  compel  the  retail  druggist 
to  pay  what  is  known  as  the  "Dow  tax"  of  $350  a  year. 
Under  this  bill  the  rule  of  evidence  is  so  changed ,  that 
druggists  who  have  sold  liquor  at  retail  can  be  sued  for 
the  unpaid  tax  of  seven  years  back.  Otto  Groenland,  a 
prominent  druggist,  and  one  of  the  directors  of  the  Ohio 
Valley  Druggists'  Association,  says  that  frequently  druggisis 
are  appealed  to  for  whisky  for  medical  purposes.  "The 
druggists  should  not  be  asked  to  pay  the  'Dow  tax,'  "  he 
said.  "They  are  not  in  the  retail  liquor  business.  Under 
Nihart's  bill  suit  could  be  brought  to  recover  the  Dow  tax 
lor  any  one  or  all  of  the  past  six  years  the  law  imposing 
the  tax  has  been  in  existence  if  there  is  a  revenue  license  on 
record  against  any  such  druggist  attacked." 


CINCINNATI  NOTES. 
President  Zwick.  of  the  Ohio  Valley  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion, has  called  a  meeting  for  '2:30  P.  M.  Tuesday  to  take 
steps  to  defeat  the  Nihart  bill.  Druggists  are  indignant 
over  the  measure,  and  a  large  attendance  at  the  meeting  Is 
expected. 

O.  W.  Drackett,  who  for  the  last  five  years  represented 

the  Stein-Vogeler  Drug  Company  on  the  road,  has  severed 
his  connection  with  that  Arm,  and  has  accepted  a  similar 
one  with  the  Stein-Gray  Drug  Company. 
Oscar  W.  Hess,  proprietor  of  the  Pike  Pharmacy,  Cov- 
ington, Ky.,  was  married  Wednesday  last  to  Miss  Susan 
J.  Overton,  daughter  of  Colonel  Overton,  of  that  place. 
Albert  H.  Bennett,  of  Mason,  O.,  who  has  just  recov- 
ered from  a  severe  illness,  was  in  the  city  this  week.  Mr. 
Bennett  has  just  remodeled  his  drug  store. 


MICHIGAN. 


'Dotrort,  Ajpril  5. 
— 41.  A.  Wetzel,  secretary  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  sails 
for  Europe,  accoimipanied  by  his  family.  May  3,  on  the 
steiamsWp  Kaiserin  Maria  Tlheresa  The  trip  will  oc- 
cupy over  three  m'onths,  and  is  partly  for  business  and 
partly  pleasure.  The  party  intend  to  visit  Ilta'.y,  Switz- 
erland, Germany.  Austria,  Hungary,  Belgium.  France 
and  England.  During  his  journey,  Mr.  Wetzel  expects 
to  see  F.  M.  Fisk,  manager  of  the  London  laboratory  of 
the  above  firm,  who  will  visit  the  Detroit  office  in  May, 
together  wiWi  N.  S.  Rudolf,  mianager  of  the  branch  at 
Simla,  India,  Ithe  three  meeting  in  London  for  a  gren- 
eraJ  conference.  This  -will  toe  Mr.  Wetz^'s  twentieth 
trip   labroad. 

Ajnong    the    o«t-of-ibown    representatives    of   different 

houses  who  visit&d  Detroit  during  the  past  week  were 
Isidore  Wallace,  of  Wallace  Bros.,  iStatesville,  N.  C, 
wihio  has  just  Tmade  his  annual  trip;  C.  N.  Badgeley, 
Dhas.  Pfizer  &  Co.,  New  York  Oity;  Geo.  L.  Ringel, 
Frltzsc.he  iBros.,  New  ¥ork  City;  L.  R.  Dronberger,  Mlal- 
Tinckrodit  Chemical  Works,  St.  Louis;  D.  Mahoney,  A. 
A.  Stili'.well.   New  T'ork  City. 

Sutts  have  Ibeen  commenced  In  the  United  Sitates  Cir- 
cuit Court  hy  the  Farbenf-abriken  wf  El'berfeld  Co., 
against  22  druggists  who  are  charged  with  sellins 
phen'acetlna  which   has  been  smuggled  into   the  country. 


ALFRED    L.    WALKER. 

-Vlfred  L.  Walker,  president  of  the  Detroit  and  Wayne 
county,  Michigan,  Druggists'  AssodiatSon.  is  a  well 
known  retail  pharmacist  of  Detroit.  He  was  born  in 
Woloott.  N.  Y..  in  1S56  and  after  graduating  from  the 
higih  school  in  that  place,  entered  the  I^niversity  of 
Michigan,  graduating  with  the  class  of  1879.  After  two 
years  of  service  in  the  ia'bora.tory  of  -Swiift  &  Dodds, 
wholesale'  druggists  of  Detroit,  he  was  employe?  by 
John  Harvey  for  'atoout  a  year,  later  serving  as  prescrip- 
tion clerk  for  Alvin  E.  Holt,  retail  druggist  at  415  Wood- 
ward avenue.  X)etroit.  whom  .he  succeeded  in  business 
in  1S87.  Besides  being  prominent  in  local  drug  affairs 
Mr.  W'alker  is  an  active  member  of  the  Michigan  Phar- 
maceutical  Association 

The  Ellberfeld  Co.  is  miaking  a  very  active  crusade  at 
the  different  ports  of  enitry  where  phenacetine  is  brouglit 
into  the  United    Sitates. 

Farri.\nd,   W'iniaims  and  Clark,   wholesale  druggists  of 

this  ciity,  have  incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $200,- 
000.  divided  as  follows:  Olive  M.  Farrand.  Jacoti  S.  Far- 
r<and,  Jr.,  Richard  P.  Williams,  eaeh  5,000  shares;  Wm. 
H.  Clark,  guardian,  2,500  sihares;  Frank  E.  Bogart,  H.  F. 
Oari'er.  1.000  shares  each;  Richard  P.  Williatais,  trustee, 
500  shares. 

About  fifty   students   from   the  College  of  Physicians 

and  Surgeons,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  visited  Detroit  recently 
and  spent  the  entire  day  inspecting  the  latooratories  of 
Parke.  Davis  &  Co.,  where  they  were  entertfcained  later, 
partaking  of  a  course  ibanquet  ait  the  Russell  House  in 
the  evening. 

Mr.    and   Mrs.    James   W.    Seeley   recently   celebrated 

their  twenty-fiifBh  wedd'lng  anniversary,  being  assisted 
by  about  fifty  guests.  Mr.  Seeley  is  president  of  tHe 
Natiional  Association  of  Re'tail  Drugg'ists,  and  manager 
of  one  of  the  stores  of  the  Central'.  Drug  Co.,  this  city, 

The  Drake  &  Rhodes  Co..  Ltd.,  of  Marshall,  has  filed 

articles  of  association  with  a  capiital  stock  of  $1,000,000. 
The  cctmpany  tas  been  in  business  for  some  time,  .and  Is 
engaged  In   the  manaifacture  of  proprietary  remedies. 

C.  W.  Griffith,   representative  of  Herf  &  Frerichs,  SI. 

Louts,  is  confined  to  his  room  with  the  "grippe,"  and 
consequently  cannot  make  his  regular  monthly  "visit  to 
the   Detroit   trade. 

R.  W.  W'fil-fh  &  Co..  for  some  time  operiating  a  phar- 
macy at  345-351  Greenwood  avenue.  Detroit,  has  been 
succeeded  by  A.   F.   Cragg,   of  Dresden.   Ont. 

The   Eastwood   Medicine  Co.,   Ltd.,    Homer,  has  been 

incorporated  with  $50,000  capital,  and  will  engage  In  tho 
manufacture  of  a  dyspepsia  t.ablet. 


April  10,  1902.] 


N5WS  DEPARTMENT. 


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J.  IMaimond,  of  Lake  Odessa  suffered  a  loss  '.ast  week 

by  his  store  being  burglarized.      The  guilty  parties  have 
not    been    apprehended. 

The  firm  of  Gai-dner  &  Robertson,   for  some   time  "in 

the  drug  busiiness  at  'Ivansing.  h.is  dissolved  partner!  lip. 

The  father    of   AVim.    A.    Worcester,    of  the   drug    flrra 

o(f  Gray   &   Worcester.  Ithis  city,   died   last   week. 

Xoah   Thonia>l«ins    will    soon    open    a   drug,    hardware 

and   general  store  at  Fostoria.   Mich. 

The  Arm  of  Pratt  &  Hayden,  ot  Mason,  has  gone  out 

of  business. 

CHICAGO. 

NORTHWESTERN  UNIVERSITY  SCHOOL  OF 
PHARMACY  HOLDS  COMMENCEMENT. 
Chicago,  April  3.— The  graduating  exercises  of  the  School 
of  Pharmacy  of  the  Xorthwestern  University  were  held  this 
afternoon  at  Auditorium  Recital  Hall  at  2:30  o'clock.  The 
reception  committee  consisted  of  Messrs.  Edward  E.  Stacy, 
Adolph  E.  Obenlaud.  Warren  J.  Clark,  Clement  M.  Whitby. 
Fred.  R.  Daily,  George  H.  Thompson,  and  Harry  W.  Mc- 
Lain.    The  programme  was  as  follows: 

Music— Overture    Thomas 

Invocation Rev.  John  S.  Saul 

Address "Old   Wine  in   New   Bottles" 

Dr.    Henry    M.    Whelple.v,    President    of    the    American 
Pharmaceutical  Association. 

Music — Minuet    Paderewski 

Conferring  of  Degrees  by  the  President  of  the  XJniversit.v. 

Music— Scarf    Dance Clhaiminade 

Benediction. 

The  following  are  the  names  of  those  who  were  graduated: 
Arthur  Melville  Abbett,  Lamberton,  Minn.;  Floyd  Henry 
Arnette,  Geneseo,  III.;  Charles  Andrew  Brown,  Pana,  III.; 
Clarence  William  Cady,  Chicago.  111.;  Roscoe  Edward  Car- 
lyon.  Clear  Ijake,  loiwa;  Thomas  Edward  Cumimlngs,  Water 
loo,  Iowa;  Clareld  Edison  Dorland,  Barron,  Wis.;  Andrew 
Gustaf  Edlund,  Axtell,  Xeb. ;  John  Ferdinand  Fischnar, 
Shiner,  Tex.;  Warren  Albert  Forbes,  Chicago,  111.;  John 
Bertram  Galloway,  Rockford,  111.;  Harvey  James  Gill,  Du- 
buque, Iowa;  Harry  Alexander  Gilmore,  Compton,  111.; 
Matthew  Patrick  Gleason,  Essex.  Iowa;  Charles  Basil  Gun- 
nell,  Evanston,  Wyo. ;  Louis  Eugene  Hartrick,  B.  S.,  Urbana. 
111.;  Guy  Russell  Hartrick,  B.  S.,  Urbana,  111.;  George  Wash- 
ington Heller,  East  Lynn,  III.;  Charles  Kiely  Hegarty,  New- 
port, Ind.;  Herbert  Arthur  Henry,  Whitewater,  Wis.; 
Marinus  Larsen  Holm,  Strand,  111.;  Frederick  Hoppe,  She- 
boygan, Wis. ;  Johannes  Immanuel  Jennisch,  Rock  Island, 
111.;  Leonard  -Alfred  Johnson,  Sunnyside.  Ky. ;  William 
Xlchols  Junker.  Chicago,  III.;  John  Leo  Kies,  Dubuque, 
Iowa;  Melville  William  Knoth.  Chicago,  III.;  Henry  William 
Knatis,  Chicago,  HI.;  Henry  Andrew  Koch,  Sumner,  Iowa; 
Arthur  J.  Koenigstein.  Norfolk,  Neb.;  Franklin  Robert 
Xa.yer,  Gilman,  HI.;  Wdlliam  Francis  Lutyen,  Flanagan, 
Herbert  Jolly  Lytle,  Ft.  Morgan,  Colo.;  Clara  Mildred 
Malarkey,  Oregon,  III.;  John  Jordan  McClugage.  Hanna  City. 
HI. ;  Herbert  oo.^y  Lyitle,  Ft.  Morgan,  Colo. ;  OlaraMildreid 
Miller.  Rockbridge,  Hi.;  Edwin  Lesley  Milligan,  Edinburg, 
III.;  Earl  Charles  Mills,  Ossian,  Iowa;  Duane  J.  Newell, 
Stark,  III.;  Franklin  Hiram  Packard,  Redfleld.  S.  Dak.; 
John  F.  Parsons,  Santa  .4nna,  Cal. ;  Bemyna  Celestial  Piper, 
Chicago,  111.;  Christian  Albert  Rasch,  Chicago,  111.;  Wlllard 
Miller  RIckert,  Waterloo,  Iowa;  Edward  John  Rosevear, 
Park  City,  Utah;  Wilbur  Wesley  Ross.  Springaeld,  III.;  Julia 
Rnnkel,  Wilmot,  Wis.;  Julius  Emll  Schneider.  Melville,  111.; 
Albert  Frederick  Schroeder,  Chicago,  111.;  Herbert  Everett 
Seoor,  Racine,  AVls.  ;Arthur  Burton  Shutts,  Waterloo,  Iowa; 
John  Ewald  Siebel,  Jr.,  Chicago.  111.:  Wayne  Craddock 
Smith,  Polo,  111.;  Burton  Harvey  Stoddard.  Madison.  S. 
Dak.:  Robert  Uea.v  Sutton,  Shenandoah,  Iowa;  James 
Thomas  Sweeney,  Menominee,  Wis.;  Charles  Franklin  Town- 
send,  Talmage,  Kan.;  Edward  Clyde  Turkington,  Colorado 
Junction,  Iowa;  Herman  Welnkauff,  Peoria,  III.;  Howard 
Leslie  Williams,  Fulton,  111.;  Guy  Wallace  Worley,  Kewa- 
ncp.  111. 

Dr.  Whelpley's  topic  was  quite  original,  and  he  handled 
it  in  masterly  fashion.  He  said  that  the  new  wine  is  the 
young  men  and  women  who  are  tilting  themselves  for  the 
work  of  pharmacy,  and  they  will  fill  the  old  places  that 
their  predecessors  In  the  profession  give  up,  from  time  to 


time,  as  the  years  go  on.  He  gave  some  excellent  advice 
to  those  who  arc  just  starting  out,  emphasizing  the  fact 
that  In  future  the  public,  and  not  their  teachers,  will  be 
their  dlscriniiriating  judge,  by  whose  decision  they  will 
succeed  or  fail.  Dr.  Whelpley  laid  down  the  cardinal  prin- 
ciples of  success  i:i  the  profession,  and  emphasized  the 
necessity  for  courtesy,  for  wider  Information,  and  for  a 
proper  appreciation  of  tlie  dignity  of  one's  position  and  pro- 
fession. He  declari'd  that  druggists  should  never  forget 
that  they  are  members  of  one  of  the. learned  professions, 
and  that  this  fact  alone  iiiai'i-.*;  them,  in  education  and  social 
standing,  somewhat  above  the  average  persons  of  the  com- 
munity. Remembering  this,  thty  should  so  guide  their 
actions  as  to  reflect  credit  upon  themselves  and  upon  their 
profession.  They  should  keep  In  touch  with  the  latest  ideas 
and  discoveries  in  the  pharmaceutical  world  by  reading  the 
various  pharmaceutical  journals,  and  should  by  all  means 
join  such  associations  as  have  for  their  object  the  advance- 
ment of  pharmacy  from  both  a  professional  and  a  commer- 
cial standpoint. 

Professor  James,  president  of  the  Northwestern  University, 
in  presenting  the  diplomas  made  an  eloquent  address,  in 
which  he  discussed  the  question  whether  or  not  pharmacy  Is 
a  proper  adjunct  to  a  university  course. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

A.  H,  Porter,  a  druggiist  at  53th  street  and  Wood- 
lawn  avenue,  was  run  o^-er  last  Friday  night  by  a  cable 
train  at  Fifty-fifth  street  and  Ingleside  avenue,  and  so 
badly,  injured  that  he  died  a  little  later  at  the  Chicago 
Hospital.  Mr.  Porter  was  in  the  act  of  stepping  from 
a  trailer  to  the  car  ahead,  when  the  train  gave  a  sud- 
den jolt,  throwing  him  beneath  the  -wheels.  The  reir 
car  passed  over  his  body  and  crushed  him  so  badly  that 
he  was  unconscious  when  taken  out.  The  injured  man 
was  hurried  to  the  hospital,  but  died  shortly  after  his 
admission.    He  was  42  years  of  aige  and  unmarried. 

In  the  fourth  ward,   in  last  Tuesday's  elections.   J.  P. 

Crowley,  druggist  at  SCu  a3d  street,  was  defeated  for 
alderman  by  Blind  "Billy"  Kent  by  a  small  majority. 
Mr.  Crowley  was  endorsed  by  the  Municipal  Voters' 
League.    He  will  contest  the  election. 

Charles   G.    Foucek,    a   well   known   druggrist   at   18th 

street  and  Center  avenue,  was  elected  alderman  oif  the 
10th  ward  by  a  comfortable  majority  over  his  democratic 
opiponent  last  Tuesday.  April  1.  It  is  said,  however,  that 
the  election  will  be  contested. 

. It  is  reported   that  a  new  drug  store   will   be  opened 

in  a  few  weeks  at  Trumbull  and  Ogden  avenues. 

^E.  F.  Blettner  has  o^)ened  a  new  drug  store  at  Wilson 

avenue   and   North  Clark  street. 

A  new  drug  store  will  soon  be  opened  at  18th  street 

and    ..^.shland    avenue. 


LOUISVILLE  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  lommencement  exercises  of  the  I>ouisville  College  of 
Pharmacy  were  held  at  Macauley's  Theater  on  Thursday, 
April  3.  Following  are  the  names  of  the  graduates:  Gustave 
G.  Aitman,  J.  E.  Billon,  S.  E.  Carr.  H.  Rudolph  Delbel, 
Harry  S.  McDonald.  J.  Marvin  Eblen.  Thomas  S.  Jesse,  Curt 
Krleger,  Max  A.  Krieger,  Ernest  N.  Menar,  Schuyler  C, 
Mayhall,  Edward  H.  Meyer,  Fred  J.  Minsterketter,  H. 
Burton  Owens,  Geo.  S.  Tucker,  Nolan  G.  Womack  and 
Scheffel  Wright. 


The   Home   of   Horlick's   Malted   Milk. 

The  advertisement  of  the  Horlick's  Food  Co.  In  this 
issue  of  the  Era  has  a  picture  of  their  establishment 
claimed  to  be  the  most  complete  plant  of  its  kind  in  ex- 
istence. It  is  located  in  a  fine  country  district  on  the 
shores  of  Lake  Michigan  and  the  milk  used  is  produced 
under  strict  hygienic  conditions,  supervised  by  expert 
chemists  and  skilled  veterinaries.  The  grains  used  are 
harvested  in  fields  near  the  plant  and  are  malted  by  a 
special  process  In  the  company's  malt  houses.  The  large 
.ind  increasing  yearly  sales  of  Horlick's  Malted  Milk  in- 
dioaAe  that  druggists  and  their  customers  are  confident 
that  the  greatest  care  is  exercised  In  the  manufacture 
of  this  food,  tout  a  visit  to  the  plant  will  show  precau- 
tions taken  that  might  seem  unnecessary  to  the  unin- 
itiated. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  10,  1903, 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

An  Active  Spring. 
St.  Paul,  Minn..  April  5.— For  two  or  three  years  past  it 
has  seemed  as  though  each  ponding  twelvemonth  would 
swell  the  procession  of  "banner"  years  in  the  drug  trade. 
No  exception  is  to  be  furnished  by  1902,  if  indications  are 
read  aright.  Never  has  business  been  so  good  in  the  spring 
as  now.  The  jobbers  were  expecting  something  of  the  kind, 
but  the  realization  is  really  exceeding  the  forecast.  A 
feature  of  the  business  is  the  prospective  advances,  which 
are  hardly  realized  as  yet.  For  example,  menthol  and  kin- 
dred goods  are  already  on  the  upward  scale.  The  large 
sales  extend  to  fancy  goods,  druggists'  sundries,  instruments, 
and  fine  cigars.  Paints,  oils,  and  glass  have  begun  on  a 
very  early  movement,  and  are  even  now  equal  to  that  which 
is  usual  at  the  height  of  the  season.  The  merchants*  excur- 
sions from  tributary  territory  this  spring  have,  In  a  marked 
degree,  been  a  benefit  to  the  drug  trade. 


Northwestern  Notations. 

Successions:     T.    R.    Watson.    Zumbro   Falls,    Minn.,    by 

A.  H.  Suig'g;  Clark  Drug  Company,  Seym'our,  Iowa,  by  H. 
A.  Bonner  &  Eateraan;  Sohleier  I>rug  Co.,  Tarling,  Iowa, 
by  Schleier  &  Co.;  Dunn  Drug  Company,  Lincoln.  Ne!b.,  by 
Sprague  Drug  Company;  G.  M.  Smith,  Alliance,  Neb.,  by  J. 
S.  Mekiney;  McAldowney  &  Matthis,  Sheridan,  Ore.,  b- 
Arthur  Cane;  J.  H.  Cam-p.  Deilavan.  Wis.,  by  Wi'lliam 
Hanover;  Bufflngton  &  Knapp,  Nelson,  Neb.,  by  Knapp  & 
Davies;  J.  G.  Bronk,  Rushmore,  Minn.,  by  Bromk,  Edwards 
&  Thompson;  John  H.  Firey,  Aberdeen,  S.  D.,  by  Wood- 
ward &  Co.;  George  D.  Cottrell,  Spencer,  Iowa,  by  C.  S. 
Billings  &  Co.;  Ira  J.  Burleson.  Jr.,  Harris,  Iowa,  by  O.  F. 
Unz;  R.  W.  Williams  (oils),  Norfolk,  Neb.,  by  M.  C.  Walker; 
Brown  &  Irwin,  Spearfish,  S.  D.,  by  R.  J.  Brown;  George 
L.  Allen,  Leigh,  Neb.,  by  J.  A.  Baum;  Parr  Drug  Company, 
Spokane,  Wash.,  by  the  Steiner  Drug  Co.;  C.  G.  Bengston, 
Gowrie,  I'owia,  by  J.  E.  Vance  &  Co.;  Perry  &  Merrynnan, 
Rhodes,  Iowa,  by  Harmon  &  Merryman;  Charles  A.  Rob- 
bins,  Worthington,  Iowa,  by  John  O.  Lattner. 

Hon.    George   F.   Umlaud,    a   member   of   the   Minnesota 

House  of  Representatives,  is  in  a  critical  condition  at  his 
home  in  this  city.  He  is  thought  to  be  afflicted  with  influ- 
enza, which  has  assailed  his  lungs.  He  was  taken  ill  several 
days  ago.  Mr.  Umland  has  a  strong  constitution,  and  it  is 
thought  that  he  may  recover.  He  has  lived  in  St.  Paul 
twenty-seven  years,  and  has  conducted  a  drug  store  at 
University  avenue  and  Arundel  street  for  many  years.  He 
was  born  in  Germany. 

Miss  A.   M.   Schmidt  is  going  back  to  her  old  quarters, 

at  Frazee,  to  take  charge  of  Dr.  Jones'  store,  while  the 
doctor  takes  a  vacation,  and  J.  W.  Bowden  goes  from  this 
city  to  lake  charge  of  the  Lindstrom  store  until  Miss 
Schmidt's  return. 

Henry  Scarf,  who  has  for  several  weeks  been  working 

here,  in  the  Graben  Pharmacy,  has  returned  to  Minneapolis. 

J.  A.  Browne,  temporarily  at  Hudson,  Wis.,    is  about  to 

go  to  Clara  City,  Minn.,  to  work  for  Eenema  &  Co. 

B.   F.  Kraft,  formerly  well  known  in  this  city,   but  who 

left  the  drug  business  two  years  ago  on  account  of  his 
health.  Is  in  the  city  again  this  week.  He  is  now  on  the 
road  for  a  Chicago  medical  plaster  house. 

E.    P.    Diment    &    Co.,    Hoople,    N.    D.,    and    Edwin    F. 

Wussow  &  Co.  (paints),  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  have  sustained 
fire  losses. 

Leon  Galehouse  paid  the  wholesale  houses  a  brief  visit 

this  week,  on  his  way  home  to  Carrington,  N.  D.,  from  Cal- 
ifornia. 

- — A.  L.  Reiehert,  Red  Lake  Falls,  Minn.,  and  Hugh  Was- 
serman,  Omaha,  Neb.,  have  received  bills  of  sale. 

. L.   J.    (Mrs.    C.    F.    W.)    Clausen,    Milwaukee,    Wis.,   has 

fllod  a  voluntary  petition  In  bankruptcy. 

Will   F.  Katzky,   late  of  Blue  Earth,  is  now  working  in 

Rletzke's  Albion  Pharmacy,  St.  Paul. 

Herman  Schulze  has  gone  to  Clara  City  to  connect  him- 
self with  Eenkema  Bros,  drug  store. 

A.  E.  Grout  has  returned  to  the  city  and  gone  to  work 

for  Mt.  Batto,  on  Jackson  street. 


F.    A.    Shackleford   has   begun   operations   in    Marshall's 

drug  store  in  Minneapolis. 

The    Montana    Drug    Company,    Butte,    Mont.,    has    sold 

its  liquor  department. 

The  junior  partner  of  Bille  &  Dillon,  Mt.  Auburn,  Iowa, 

has  sold  his  interest. 

Charles    L.    Joy    &    Co.,    Boise,    Idaho,    have    admitted 

another  partner. 

The   Max   Ragley   Drug   Company,    Seattle,    Wash.,    has- 

incorporated. 

John  P.  Sholten  has  gone  to  work  for  A.  L.  Dustin,  Jef- 

fers,  Minn. 

Dr.    C.    E.    Pierson,    Castle    Dale,    Utah,    is    negotiating 

to  sell. 

Siegmund  Rosenthal,  Evarts,  S.  D.,  was  burned  out  thls^ 

week. 

J.  Martineau,  LeRoy,  N.  D.,  contemplates  selling. 

L.  C.  Wilson  has  opened  a  store  at  Kendall,  Mont. 

J.  M.  Hoberty  has  started  at  Eugene,  Ore. 

. ^B.  J.  Mess  has  gone  to  Duluith  to  work. 

C.  S.  Moody,  Greer,  Idaho,  has  sold. 


ATLANTA  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  commencement  exercises  of  the  Atlanta  College  of 
Pharmacy  were  held  in  the  Grand  Opera  House,  Atlanta, 
Friday  evening,  April  4.  Following  are  the  names  on  the- 
class  roll: 

John  Quiucy  Adams,  Wilfred  Poultney  Adams,  Hugh 
Henry  Alidredge,  Guy  Darrell  Ayer,  Willie  Manson 
Brannon,  Dempsey  Brown,  Alvia  Thurman  Chandler,  Garret 
McMillan  Chandler,  Baron  Francis  Cornett,  Marshal  Sidney 
Caldwell,  George  Douglas  Cureton,  Theodore  Albert  Couch, 
Philip  Pointer  Cresap,  Arnaud  Albertus  Coleman,  Egbert 
Mills  Donaldson,  Charles  Clement  Davison,  Isaac  Dortch, 
Sidney  Austin  Fouche,  Ira  Clifton  Hinkle  Garst,  John 
Nathaniel  Hallum,  William  Oscar  Hilliard,  Calvin  Milton 
Hitch,  Elbert  Carter  Jackson,  Samuel  James  Johnston, 
Frank  Edward  Johnston,  Charles  Newton  Jones,  Frederick. 
Augustus  Lathrop,  Miss  Lexie  Ethel  Lloyd,  John  Marvin 
McKensie,  William  Eccles  McLain,  Thomas  Madden  Mc- 
Master,  Samuel  Robert  Methvin,  Lawrence  Joseph  Moseley, 
Joe  Henry  Muenster,  Frank  Judson  Pittman,  Piero  L.  Pro- 
vano,  William  Houston  Quillian,  James  Clarence  Reeves, 
Wayne  Riley,  Pink  Clayton  Risher,  Eli  Franklin  Sapp,  Snow 
Skelton,  Mott  Stalsve.y,  Beauregard  Tlmmons,  Clarence 
Elmore  Tinsley,  James  Scott  Todd,  James  Franklin  Ward, 
George  Alden  Wight,   Hiram  Griffith  Williams. 


Western    Unnversity    of    Pennsylvania,    Department    of 
Pharmacy. 

The  Depaxtment  of  Pharmacy  of  the  'Western  Uni- 
versity of  Pennsylvania  (Piittst)urg  College  at  Pharmacy) 
will  hold  its  comimenceiment  exercises  at  Carnegie  Hall, 
Aflleg^eny,  Pa.,  on  Thursday  evening,  April  10.  Follow- 
ing are  the  names  of  ,the  graduates:  Edward  J.  AuQ,  J. 
Russell  Barnhardt,  Thomas  Bartholomew,  Fred  K. 
Blumens(?hein.  Bertram  Biirry,  Joseph  Calabrese,  Joseph- 
P.  Caldwell.  Fred  B.  Charles,  T.  Clyde  Cochran,  Leigh- 
R.  Collins.  Oharles  Wesley  Coyan.  MUo  Culler,  Clarence 
a.  Dixwn.  Harry  Dodgson,  John  R.  D-ull,  Harry  Dun- 
levy.  John  H.  Edwards,  Fred  W.  Ertzman,  Jaimes 
Evans.  Harold  L.  Guthrie,  -Charles  Nelson  Hantz,  Fred- 
eric W;  Herehe,  Herbert  Ormsby  Hornbake,  Louis  Jamnl- 
son.  James  D.  Leslie.  Russell  W.  McCTutcheon.  Oliver  J. 
MoGann.  Saterfield  J.  Mead,  Maud  L.  Minnick,  Roy  M. 
Naiin.  Farrington  B.  Oglevee.  Earl  He.ith  Park.  Law- 
rence Edward  Rectenwald,  Harry  G.  Riddle,  Anna  Sam- 
uels. Charles  A.  Schmitt,  J.  Gordon  Teeple,  John  W. 
Wicks,  Charles  Morgan  Wilson,  Olhella  M.  Winneskii,- 
George   F.    Zitzman. 


Relf,    Evansville,    Minn., 
Belllngham,  Minn.,  have  started. 


and    C.    E.    Hamilton, 


Forty-four   New   Stockholders. 

The  Empire  State  Drug  Co..  of  Buffalo,  N.  Y..  secur- 
ed 44  new  stockholders  last  month  and  the  business  in- 
crei'tl  corr€sp<inding-W.  Every  ^tockhoblor  sh.'ires  the- 
profits  on  foods  manufactured  and  sold  by  tho  company 
an-l  consecuently  the  sales  are  iiicr.^asin:?  each  month. 
Only  the  purest  drugs  are  used  in  manufacturing  and' 
ilrugglsts  c.-iii  conscientiously  recommend  the  prepara- 
tions with  till-  label  of  the  Empire  State  Drug  Co.,  on> 
them.    Write   for  prospectus  -which  is   sent  free. 


April  10,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


371 


PITTSBURG  AND  VICINITY. 

AFTER   THE  DRUGGISTS. 

Pittsburg,  April  4.— Iiruggists  in  various  towns  in 
western  Pennsylvania  liave  lately  been  receiving  visits 
from  parties  in  the  employ  of  the  Anti-Saloon  League, 
whose  methods  of  operation  are,  to  say  the  least,  very 
obnoxious.  One  of  these  men,  who  represents  himself 
as  a  Mr.  Shoemalier,  has  been  particularly  active,  and 
by  reason  of  various  misrepresentations,  iu  order  to  get 
the  druggists  to  sell  him  whisky,  has  become  the  object 
of  much  hatred.  His  plan  is  much  aliiie  in  all  towns, 
where  he  usually  puts  up  at  a  representative  hotel,  claim- 
ing to  be  a  general  agent  of  a  prominent  life  insurance 
company.  After  selecting  his  vicMm,  he  enters  his  store, 
mailing  a  small  purchase,  usually  one  that  will  consume 
som-e  time.  While  engaged,  his  confederate  enters,  show- 
ing no  sign  of  recognition,  and  asks  for  a  small  amount 
of  quinine  sulphate,  after  receiving  which,  he  asks  for 
a  half-pint  of  whisky,  claiming  a  member  of  his  family 
is  suffering  from  ague,  and  the  doctor  had  said  the  mix- 
ture of  quinine  and  whisky  would  be  beneficial.  All  this 
time  "Shoemaker"  is  busy  with  his  purchases,  and  does 
not  leave  until  after  his  confederate  has  been  refused 
or  secured  the  whisky,  when,  in  the  latter  case,  he  will 
turn  up  as  a  witness  to  the  transaction.  In  one  town  near 
here  the  proprietor  of  the  hotel,  on  learning  the  business 
of  his  guest,  ejected  him  from  his  hotel,  giving  as  his 
reason  that  he  was  obtaining  accommodations  under  false 
pretenses  by  representing  himself  to  be  what  he  was  not. 


PITTSBURG  NOTES. 

Druggist  W.  A.  Showalter,  of  Latrobe,  Pa.,  has  received 

the  plans  for  the  remodeling  of  his  drug  store  and  opera 
house,  of  which  he  is  proprietor  and  manager.  When 
completed  he  will  have  one  of  the  handsomest  theaters  in 
western  Penns.vlvania,  as  well  as  the  most  elaborate  and 
beautiful  store  in  the  State.  The  plans  call  for  a  twenty- 
foot  ceiling  with  balcony  supported  by  marble  columns. 
The  floopfcwili  be  of  mosaic  tile,  and  the  fixtures  of  marble 
and   plate   glass. 

. F.  T.  Aschman,  professor  of  chemistry  at  the  Pittsburg 

College  of  Pharmacy,  has  gone  to  Colorado  to  make  an 
examination  of  some  mining  property. 

Druggist  A.    McK.   Baker,   of  Biairsville,    Pa.,    who  has 

been  in  the  South  for  several  weeks  in  search  of  health, 
has    returned   much   improved. 

• S.    G.    Hartman.    for   years   one    of   the    most   prominent 

druggists  at  Indiana,  Pa.,  has  sold  his  store  at  that  place 
to   R.    L.    Miliken. 

A.  E.  Martin,  of  Greensburg,  Is  remodeling  his  drug  store 

and  adding  a  handsome   modern   soda  fountain. 


HORACE  K.  RICHARDSON,  who  has  just  died  at  his 
home  in  Medford,  Mass.,  was  for  many  years  superintendent 
of  the  American  Soda  Fountain  Company.  Mr.  Richardson, 
who  had  been  ill  for  about  three  years,  was  born  in  Medford 
in  1848,  and  received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  there.  When  not  much  more  than  a  boy  he  entered 
the  employ  of  the  late  Mr.  Tufts,  in  the  apothecary  store 
now  occupied  by  D.  N.  Howard  in  Medford  square.  Then, 
when  Mr.  Tufts  went  into  the  soda  fountain  business  later, 
in  Boston,  Mr.  Richardson  went  with  him,  and  fur  thirty- 
five  years  remained  a  faithful  workman,  rising  gradually 
until  he  became  superintendent  of  the  great  business  of 
which  Mr.  Tufts  was  the  head.  Mr.  Richardson  is  survived 
by  a  widow,  two  sons,  and  a  daughter.  One  son  is  a  student 
In  the  Tufts  Medical  School.  Mr.  Richardson  was  privately 
buried  at  Oak  Grove  Cemetery,  Medford. 


Veterinary   Remedies. 

We  publish  in  this  issue  the  adverti.sement  of  Jos.  Hall, 
Bioomsburg.  Pa.,  who  announces  the  publication  of  his 
own  collection  of  veterinajy  formulas.  He  says  they  con- 
tain formulas  for  the  latest  and  best  remedies  known  to 
the  profeesJon.  from  which  every  druggist  can  malce  his 
own  veterinary  remedies.  There  is  a  big  demand  for 
them,  esptcially  in  the  smialler  towns;  they  pay  a  big 
profit,  and  when  the  remedies  are  made  by  the  druggist 
himself  they  do  not  cost  much.  The  price  of  the  booli  is 
$2.00  per  copy,   postpaid. 


Advertising  Profit. 

In  an  attractive  wrapper,  printed  In  the  style  jnade 
famous  by  theim,  the  American  Soda  Fountan  Co.  are 
sending  out  a  series  of  four  boolclets,  ^treating  upon  the 
different  phases  of  soda  water  business.  These  book- 
lets are  entitled  rsispectiveiy  "Direct  Proflit,"  "Indirect 
Profit,"  "Advertising  Profit,"  and  "The  JVIeans  of  Profit." 
The  booklet  "Advertising  Profit"  is  so  good  that  we 
quote  It  entire: 

"Soda  water  is  the  most  profitalble  article  retailed 
over  a  counter,  not  only  on  ac^jount  of  the  profit  wtiicli 
accrues  directly  from  its  sa:le,  but  also  on  account  of  the 
profit  which  accrues  from  the  soda  fountain  as  an  ad- 
vertising medium.  The  soda  fountain  as  an  advertising 
medium  has  ad\'antage,  wlilch,  tiiougli  peculiarly  its  own, 
are  most  effective.  Without  considering  the  enormous 
profit  arising  directly  from  its  sale  at  all,  the  soda  foun- 
tain would  be  a  profitable  investment  on  account  of  its 
value  as  an  advertising  mediuim  alone.  It  furnishes  the 
surest  means  of  making  the  druggist's  or  contectdoner's 
store  known  of  any  medium,  of  advertising  he  could  pos- 
sibly adopt.  If  tasteful,  if  so  designed  as  lo  liarmonize 
with  its  surroundings,  if  compQete  in  its  appliances,  and 
up-to-date  in  its  equipment,  it  creates  a  'belief  in  the  gen- 
eral -progressiveness  of  the  whole  store.  The  conspicu- 
ous position  which  it  of  necessity  occupies  forces  the 
public  to  consider  its  cbaPaoteristics  as  to  cleanliness 
and  service. 

"It  lias  been  siaid  that  the  soda  fourttain  is  the  shirt 
front  of  the  store,  and  as  we  oftentimes  judge  a  man 
by  the  cleanliness  and  tastefulness  of  his  Mnen,  so  do  we 
judge  a  store  by  the  cleanliness  and  tastefulness  of  its 
fountain,  and  giain  an  impression  as  to  the  methods  em- 
ployed in  ithe  whole  store  from  what  we  cannot  help 
seeing  at  the  fountain.  By  the  cleanliness  of  the  soda 
fountain  the  customer  is  impressed  with  the  idea  that 
the  same  cleanliness  is  ithe  rule  in  all  other  departments. 
By  the  care  and  attention  to  detail  given  in  seri'ing  the 
various  drinks,  the  customer  judges  that  the  same  care 
and  attention  to  detail  is  given  in  the  putting  up  of  other 
goods.  iBy  the  courtesy,  efficiency,  and  promptness  in 
service  at  the  soda  fountain,  the  customer  naturally  con- 
cludes that  the  same  courtesy,  efficiency  and  promptness 
in  service  are  facts  in  every  other  departiment  of  the 
store.  By  the  quality  of  the  beverage  dispensed  at  the 
soda  fountain  the  customer  is  apt  to  judge  of  the  qual- 
ity of  the  other  gxjods  sold  in  the  store. 

"It  remain*,  therefore,  for  the  dealer  in  merchandise 
to  install  a  soda  fountain  in  order  to  show  by  its  char- 
acteristics the  characteristics  of  the  whole  store.  The 
soda  fountain,  the  method  of  dispensing  soda,  the  qual- 
ity of  soda  water  dispensed,  are  matters  with  which  the 
public  in  the  vicinity  of  tKe  store  in  which  it  is  located 
become  quickly  acquainted,  and  people  are  apt  to  tell 
of  the  new  drink,  the  way  it  is  served,  or  the  new  meth- 
od of  servng  an  old  one,  and  to  talk  about  scane  peculiar- 
ity or  particularly  attractive  feature  of  the  fountain 
when  they  would  not  speak  of  other  articles  sold  in  a 
drug  store,  or  when  they  would  not  think  to  mention  the 
regular   merchandise   in   a   confectioner's. 

"The  dispenser  of  soda  -water  has  an  opportunity  of 
advertising  the  goods  which  he  has  to  offer.  He  can 
create  and  advertise  a  new  drink.  He  can  show  that  in 
his  service,  In  the  cleanliness  of  his  fountain,  in  ithe 
quality  of  his  syrups  and  in  his  methods  of  drawing 
soda,  that  he  offers  the  public  something  better  or  some- 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

NEW  TORK 


Acetic   Fluid   Extracts 


;i72 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  10,  1903. 


thing  different  from  what  his  competitor  does,  while  in 
drug  stoire  goods  he  miay  handle  "the  saime  articles  of 
standard  merchandise  as  do  his  competitors,  or  put  up 
his  prescriptions  from  the  saime  drugs.  In  other  words, 
the  soda  fountain  offers  him  something  in  which  he  has 
a-n  opportunity  to  excel,  and  about  which  lie  can  tell 
the  pujbUc.  He  has  an  opportunity  to  give  service 
where  the  service  can  tie  understood  and  appreciated;  he 
has  an  opportunity  to  supply  a  product  which  the  peo- 
ple understand  and  the  quality  of  which  they  can  judge; 
he  has  an  opportunity  to  £how  by  the  cleanliness  of  his 
fountain  that  the  putting  up  of  his  drugs,  or  (the  mak- 
ing of  his   confectionery   is  equally   cleanly. 

'IBut  it  is  the  new  fountain  which  is  the  most  valu- 
able advertising  medium.  'It  shows  to  the  putolic  that 
business  success  has  necessitated  increased  facilities.  It 
causes  the  public  to  talk  about  your  progressiveness.  It 
gets  people  into  your  store.  It  redecorates  the  whole 
store.  It  gives  the  w^ole  store  an  up-to-date,  progres- 
sive loolf,  attraative  to  customers.  It  impresses  the 
public  with  the  fee-ling  that  every  article  you  sell  is 
new,  fresh  and  clean.  It  helps  the  display  of  all  other 
goods  which  you  have  for  sale.  It  draws  ten  customers 
into  the  store  where  one  would  have  come  before.  As 
an  advertising  medium,  therefore,  the  soda  fountain  has 
the  following  advantages: 

"It  creates  a  commodity  in  which  the  dealer  can  ex- 
cel and  about  which  he  can  advertise.  It  sells  that 
comimodity  in  such  a  wtay  as  to  make  him  a  large  profit, 
and  aids  in  making  the  store  better  known.  It  attracts 
people  to  the  store  for  the  purchase  of  soda  water  and 
indirectly  other  goods.  It  enables  the  dispenser  of  soda, 
by  the  characteristics  displayed  at  the  fountain  to  im- 
press the  people  with  the  characteristics  contained  in 
every  other  department.  It  enables  the  dealer  to  show 
his  business  methods,  and  to  interest  people  in  a  line  of 
TOO  s  al'Out  wi.ich  he  cannot  advertise.  It  shows  pro- 
gressiveness. success,  and  a  willingness  to  meet  the  de- 
mands and  requireiments  of  the  people.  It  is,  in  fact, 
the  one  way  in  which  the  dealer  can  prove  to  the  peo- 
ple the  quality  of  his  entire  stock. 


Mrs.   Gervaise   Graham. 

The  Cactico  Hair  Preparations  made  by  Mrs  Ger- 
vaise Graliam.  Chicago.  111.,  are  well  advertised  and  pay 
the  druggist  a  good  profit.  Handsome  counter  advertis- 
ing is  furnished  with  them,  and  for  the'convenience  of 
her  Eastern  pajtrons,  McKesson  &  Rabbins,  have  been 
appointed  Eastern  wholesale  agents.  Mrs'.  Graham's 
Hair  Restorer  is  neither  sticky  nor  greasy,  and  will  not 
stain  the  skin.  It  has  been  in  use  for  years,  which  fact 
speaks  for  itself.  Mrs.  Graham  herself  says  she  be- 
lieves there  is  no  remedy  in  the  world  equal  to  Cactico 
Hair  Grower  for  promolting  a  heaJthy  condition  of  the 
scalp,  and,  therefore,  conflderitly  recommends  it  to  her 
druggist   friends. 


In  tlieir  advertisement  in  this  issue  the  Meyercord  Co. 
of  Chicagio  advance  several  good  reasons  why  sign  ad- 
vertising is  the  best,  but  this  kind  of  advertising,  to  be 
effective,  must  be  attractive,  and  this  quality  their 
Opalescent  Decaloomania  Signs  have  to  a  high  degree. 
A  fine  looking  sign  at  a  low  price  would  seem  to  be  just 
■what  tbe  advertiser  wants.  These  opalescent  signs  do 
not  fail  to  attract  the  necessary  attention,  for  they  are 
made  up  of  brilliant  colors  and  goCd  leaf,  and  are  trans- 
parent They  will  last  for  years,  and  cost  practically 
nothing  to  distribute,  as  they  can  be  sent  through  the 
malls.  There  are  no  handsomer  signs  on  the  market,  and 
for  a  ifew  cents  very  beautiful  effects  can  be  obtained. 
Sample  signs  and  drawings  will  be  sent  free  to  any  man- 
ufacturer who  will  write  to  the  Meyercord  Co.,  410 
Chiajm.ber  of  Commerce.   Chicago,   III. 


J.  C.  Bulis,  St.  Ijouis.  Mo.,  supplies  small  dovetail 
wood  boxes  for  mall  and  express  shipments  at  prices 
which  should  induce  purchasers  to  send  In  their  orders. 
He  sends  samples  and  prices  on  request. 


SUBSTITUTION. 

So  much  has  been  said  about  siiljstitution  there  remains 
little  left  to  say  not  mere  repetition  of  old  arguments  and 
the  stock  expressions  which  newspaper  paragraphers  use. 
Substitution  has  been  "cussed"  and  discussed  from  all  sides 
and  in  many  languages.  The  proprietor  accuses  the  drug- 
gist, while  the  druggist  blames  the  proprietor,  and  both  are 
at  fault.  The  newspapers  naturally  side  with  their  best 
customers,  and  at  their  instigation  add  fuel  to  the  flames 
of  discord  by  daily  paragraphs  on  the  subject,  while  their 
funny  men  write  jokes  about  the  "just  as  good"  druggists. 

Now,  the  more  this  substitution  question  is  studied,  the 
clearer  becomes  the  truth  that  it  is  merely  a  matter  of 
business  policy.  When  we  say  substitution  nowadays  we 
don't  mean  the  literal  article,  which  is  downright  swindling, 
but  that  competition  in  proprietary  articles  which  takes  the 
form  of  urging  the  sale  of  a  remedy,  usually  of  the  druggist's 
own  make,  when  another  is  called  for.  No  one  claims  this 
to  be  illegal,  and  none  but  a  few  extremists  (there  are  some 
even  among  the  proprietors)  claims  it  to  be  immoral  or 
even  inethicai,  but  is  it  good  business  policy?  The  writer 
of  these  lines  believes  as  a  general  proposition  that  it  is 
not,  but  admits  that  It  is  a  question  properly  to  be  decided 
b.v  each  druggist  for  himself,  and  he  is  sustained  in  his 
position  by  most  of  the  drug  journals  who  hare  expressed 
any  opinion  at  all. 

It  is  not  the  object  of  these  remarks  to  defend  or  to 
decry  substitution,  so  called.  Conditions  exist  in  the  drug 
trade  to-day  which  explain  it,  if  they  do  not  excuse  it, 
but  it  is  the  writer's  wish  to  impress  upon  the  readers  of 
the  Era— undoubtedly  the  best  element  in  the  trade — that  it 
does  not  pay  in  the  long  run.  Time  was  when  most  pro- 
prietors thought  little  of  the  good-will  of  these  same  drug- 
gists, or,  at  least,  were  indifferent,  and  "We  create  the 
demand  and  force  them  to  sell  the  goods"  was  once  a  com- 
mon remark;  but  times  hare  changed.  The  proprietor  now 
wants  their  co-operation  and  their  good-will,  and  many,  if 
not  most,  of  them  are  sincere  in  their  desire  to  keep  the 
sale  of  their  preparations  within  the  recognized  channels 
and  at  retail  prices  which  will  make  their  sale  worth  while. 
They  don't  want  grocery  stores  to  sell  them,  it  is  not  to 
their  interest  to  have  department  stores  advertise  them  at 
less  than  cost,  and  most  of  them  are  really  doing  what  they 
believe  to  bo  best  to  remedy  these  things. 

There  is  more  than  one  reason  why  it  doesn't  pay  to 
substitute.  Its  effect  on  the  individual  purchaser  is  touched 
upon  intelligently  in  an  editorial  in  the  March  National 
Druggist.  In  the  big  stores,  not  department  stores,  but  the 
big  drug  stores  like  Evans,  of  Philadelphia,  Hegeman,  Hud- 
nut  and  Milbau,  New  York,  and  the  State  street  stores  in 
Chicago,  one  has  but  to  ask  for  a  preparation  to  get  it  at 
once.  The  proprietors  of  these  stores  are  business  men, 
and  they  are  against  substitution,  not  from  any  love  for 
the  proprietor,  not  because  it  is  immoral,  illegal,  or  ineth- 
icai, but  simply  because  it  doesn't  pay.  There  are  excep- 
tions, to  be  sure,  but  they  but  prove  the  rule.  One  result 
of  substltudon  is  intimated  by  a  writer  in  Printers'  Ink, 
who  talks  of  distributing  stores  established  throughout  the 
country  by  the  proprietors  themselves,  to  be  not  mere 
patent  medicine  shops,  but  regular  drug  stores,  to  run  in 
competition  with  their  older  neighbors,  and  with  the  mil- 
lions of  capital  behind  them  which  the  Proprietors'  Associa- 
tion could  command.  This  may  sound  chimerical,  but  It 
has  been  and  is  even  now  being  seriously  considered. 

In  Castoria,  particularly,  is  illustrated  the  folly  of  sub- 
stitution. Everybody  knows  it  is  a  good  remedy;  its  thirty- 
five  years  of  constant  use  in  this  country  prove  that  It 
nothing  else  does.  Nobody  calls  for  the  imitations;  few 
outside  of  the  trade  ever  heard  of  them,  and  nobody  wants 
them.  Even  the  druggist  who  is  sometimes  induced  to  put 
them  in  stock  and  to  sell  them  despises  them.  Then  why 
sell  them  at  all?  M'hy  risk  the  displeasure  or  the  possible 
loss  of  a  customer  in  order  to  make  the  possible  few  cents 
profit  on  tliat  one  sale?  Even  at  cut  prices  Castoria  need 
not  be  sold  so  cheaply  that  a  fair  profit  may  not  be  made 
upon  It  it  bought  right.  There  are  extra  discounts  offered 
when  bought  In  gross  lots,  and  it  Is  a  pretty  small  busi- 
ness, Indeed,  which  cannot  use  twelve  dozen  Castoria  in  a 
year. 


April  10,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


373 


Patents,  Trade  Marks,  Etc. 


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PATENTS. 
Issued  April  i,  1902. 

),399.— .\lbert  Baumgarten,   Freeport,  III.     Cork-extractor. 

1,410. — .\bram    Broodsky,    Montreal,    Canada,      Process   of 
indurating   plaster-of-Paris. 

>,470.— William  A.  McMechan,  St.  Clairsville,  Ohio.     Bath- 
brush. 

!,571.— Gustave  Koch.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor  to  Harry 
C.  Blye,  New  York,  N.  Y.     Stopper  for  bottles,  etc. 

!,609.— Heinrich    Thron,    Frankfort-on-the-Main,    Germany, 
assignor    to    Vereinigte    Chininfabriken    Zimmer    & 
Co.,  Gesellschaft  mit  Beschrankter  Haftung.  Frank- 
fort-on-the-Main,   Germany.      Succinic-acid   ether  of 
cinchona  alkaloids. 
— Kichard  H.   Eddy.   Providence,   R.   I.     Syringe. 
— Otto     Degner,     Elberfeld,     Germany,     assignor    to 
Farbenfabriken  of  Elberfeld  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y., 
a    Corporation    of    New    Y'ork.    Fatty    compound    of 
iodin  and  sulfur  and  process  of  making  same. 
—Robert  Fyfe.    New  Y'ork.  N.   Y.     Non-refillable  and 
non-reemptiable  vessel  for  liquids. 


«96,S 
•696,; 


TRADE  ffiLARKS. 
Registered,  April  i,  1902. 

38,013.— Tablets  or  pellets  for  the  breath.  Robert  Adam 
Brachvogel,  Chicago,  111.  The  hyphenated  word 
"Nix-E." 

38,014.- Syrups,  tinctures,  pills,  plasters,  ointments,  soaps 
and  perfumes.  George  R.  White,  Boston,  Mass. 
The  word  '"Sanderma." 

38,015.— Perfumes.  Acton  A.  Le  Fevre,  Lancaster,  Pa. 
The   word    "Acton." 

38,016. — Perfumery  and  certain  named  toilet  preparations. 
Heinrich  Mack,  TTlm,  Germany.  The  word  "Myra." 
-38,017.— Perfumery  and  certain  named  toilet  preparations. 
Heinrich  Mack,  Ulm,  Germany.  The  representation 
of  a  kneeling  woman  in  a  classical  costume,  hold- 
ing a  basin  in  one  hand  and  strewing  powder  into 
it  with  the  other  one. 

38,022.— Laquid  smoke  disUiled  from  wood.  E.  H.  Wrig-ht 
&  Co.,  Kansas  City,  Mo.  The  representation 
of  a  grove  of  trees  with  the  foliage  simulating 
smoke,  and  a  smoking  ham  suspended  in  said 
foliage. 

3.S.023.— Insect  powder.  William  F.  Steinmetz,  Philadelphia. 
Pa.  A  monogram  of  the  letters  "W.  F.  S."  and  a 
surrounding  circle  of  roaches. 

3-'i023.— Certain  named  drugs.  The  L,.  Richardson  I>rug 
Co.,  Greensboro,  N.  C.  A  triangular  frame  inclos- 
ing a  field  in  whioh  is  amanged  a  group  of  faces 
representing  persons  of  ditCeirent  ages. 
>. 026.— Stomach  bitters.  Baton  Rogue  Liquor  &  Cigar  Co., 
Ltd.,  Raton  Rogue,  La.     The  word  "Istrouma." 

:i:«.027.— Medicinal  t.\blots.  Cl.iudia  C.  Oiggs.  Baltim  lire. 
Md.     The  word  "Enerjets." 

38,028.— Medicinal  tablets.  Egyptian  Manufacturing  Co., 
Grand   Rapids,   Mich.     The  word   "Calendar." 

38,029.— Proprietary  medicines.  The  Herhogen  Medical  Co., 
Montreal.  Canada.     The  word  "Herbogen." 

38,030. — Medicinal  preparations  for  asthma,  catarrh  and 
hay  fever.  The  T.  &  K.  Chemical  Co.,  Dayton. 
Ohio.     The  word  "Regal." 

38,031.— Specific  for  the  cure  of  kidney  and  bladder  com- 
plaints. The  representation  of  a  person  holding 
the  hands   to  the  back. 

38,032.— Salve.  Edward  Hoxworth.  Waco.  Tei.  A  four- 
pointed  star  having  a  picture  of  registrant's  head 
and  neck  thoroon,  a  circle  surrounding  the  star, 
and  an  inner  circle  of  broken  bv  the  star. 

38,048.— Jledicine  for  certain  named  diseases.  The  Powers 
Manufacturing  Company,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  The 
word   "Santolin." 


&,047.- 

9,048.- 

9,049.- 

9,050.- 
9,051.- 

9,052.- 

9,054.- 


LABELS. 
Registered,  April  i,  1902. 

-Title:  "Bartmer's  Floral  Cream."  (For  a  com- 
plexion preparation.)  Adolph  H.  Bartmer,  St.  Louis, 
Mo.     Filed  March  6,  1902. 

-Title:  "Soules  Infallible  Moth.  Tan,  Freckle  and 
Pimple  Eradicator."  (For  a  skin  preparation.)  L. 
M.  Brock  &  Co.,  Lynn,  Mass.     Filed  March  6,  1902. 

-Title:  "Mrs.  Diusuiore's  Great  English  Cough  and 
Croup  Balsam."  (For  a  medicine.)  L.  M.  Brock 
&  Co.,    Lynn,   Mass.      Filed   March  6,   1902. 

■Title:  "Herolds."  (For  a  medicine.)  Dinet  &  Del- 
fosse,  Chicago,  III.     Filed  I'ehruary  8,  1902. 

■Title:  "Kraum's  New  Rod  Blood."  (For  a  medi- 
cine.) The  Kraum  Kemedv  Co.,  Emporia.  Kan. 
Filed   March  8,   1902. 

■Title:  "Rocky  Mountain  Tea."  (For  a  medicine.) 
Madison  Medicine  Co.,  Madison,  Wis.     Filed  March 

Title:  "Granulos  Tonico-Laxantes  del  Doctor 
Roberts."  (For  a  medicine.)  Robert  J.  Salicrup 
and  Joseph  A.  Salicrup,  New  York,  N.  \.  Filed 
March  7,  1902. 

Title:  "Oxyneura."  (For  a  medicine.)  John  Stolze. 
Reading.  Pa.     Filed  March  11,  1902. 


A  New  Offer  by  Charles  Jacobs  &  Co. 

Charles  Jacobs  &  Co.  have  had  such  success  in  plac- 
ing their  five-cent  cig'ars,  Havana  Specials,  with  the 
drug  'trade  that  they  feel  encouraged  to  introduce  to  the 
same  trade  their  famous  high  grade  Las  Palmas  gwjds. 
In  this  issue  rthey  have  a  full  page  advertisement  re- 
garding their  Las  Palmas  Media  Puritana  Flna  four  and 
three-eighth-inch  full  thickness  cigar.  These  are  not 
new  goods  to  the  regular  cigar  and  tobacco  trade,  but 
have  been  very  popular  sellers  since  1SS4.  The  manufac- 
turers guarantee  them  to  be  pure  Havana  gwids,  with  se- 
lect w-rappers.  and  equal  to  goods  sold  by  other  houses 
at  $70  per  thousand.  They  say  that  although  this  is 
a  broad  assertion  the  goods  will  bear  it  out.  As  a 
means  of  introducing  them  to  the  drug  Itrade,  Charles 
Jacobs  &  Co.  offer  to  give  as  a  premium  a  fine  cigar 
storage  case  with  any  assorted  order  tor  3,000  Las  Pal- 
mas cigars  within  four  months  from  date  of  first  ship- 
ment. This  case  is  made  of  hard  wood,  zinc  lined,  has 
a  capacitj-  for  5.(X)0  cigars,  and  is  furnished  with  a 
Challenge  Humidifier,  which  is  stated  to  toe  wichout  a 
parallel  for  the  purpose  of  keeping  cigars  in  moislt  and 
perfect  condition.  The  case  is  not  only  useful,  tmt  is 
an  ornament  to  any  store.  Its  regular  selling  price  is 
$15.  Charles  Jacobs  &  Co.  carry  in  stock  thirty-five 
sizes  under  this  "brand  of  cigars,  prices  ranging  from 
$35  to  $300  per  thousand. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  10,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

GENERAL  TRADE  CONDITIONS  SATISFACTORY. 

Ne«r  Yoik,  April  S. — General  trade  comditions  con- 
'tinue  satisfactory  to  dealers  with  a  steady  movement 
lof "seasonable  articles  into  :Channels  t>t  oonsumiption,  but 
individual  transactions  rarely'  exceed  small  parcels  to 
meet  actual  current  requirements  and  fluctuations  in 
prices  are  wholly  due  to  natural  causes. 

OPIUM.— Absence  of  interest  on  the  part  of  large 
■operators  tends  to  give  the  miarket  a  tame  aippeai-arice 
and  the  undeTtone  is  slightly  easier  but  so  far  as  joto- 
bing  quantities  are  concerned  there  is  no  change  in  the 
situation,  and  holders  continue  to  quote  the  old  range 
of  $3.at)(a3.40  'for  9  per  cent  amd  *3.30(gi3.50  for  11  per 
'cent  acdoi-dirig  to  size  of  order.  Powdered  is  in  moderate 
consuming  request  and  nominally  steady  at  $4.'_'oia*J.5<i 
■for  13  per  cent,  H-T5@5.0O  for  16  per  cent  and  ff4.50<S'-l  "5 
i'or  granuilar. 

iMORBHINE.^A  continued  free  movement  into  con- 
suming channels  is  noted  and  the  g-eneral  market  is 
moderately  active  with  .iobbing  quotations  ruling  flrra 
-ait  S2.4t)(a/2.50  tor  eighths  in  1-oz  boxes,  $2.35@'2.45  m  iVj- 
oz.  boxes,  $2.15@2.2g  in  ounce  vials  and  $2.10@2.20  in 
O-oz.   cans,  according  to  brand  and  quantity. 

QUININE.— There  Is  no  material  impnovement  m  de- 
mand but  the  market  is  firmer  in  sympathy  iwith  the 
.stron.cr  position  of  raw  material,  the  unit  value  ot  bark 
at  the  Amsterdam  monthly  sale  on  Thursday  last  hav- 
ing advanced  fully  7  per  cent  over  the  previous  auction. 
JoWbers  quoite  2Sc  for  bulk  in  100-oz  tins  and  the  usual 
additional  charge  for  smaUcr  packages,  ounce  vials  be- 
ing-  held    at    35e.  .     . 

CO'CAINE.— Competition  among  mlaniufacturetrs  con- 
tinues to  have  an  unsettling  influence  on  the  market, 
and  jobbers  iiave  reduced  their  quioitations  to  ¥4.oo<8'4.oO 
lor   sina:il    crystals   and  $4.GtMi4.7,'^i  ifor   large. 

THYMOL,.— Pressure  to  sell  on  the  part  of  specula- 
tive holders  has  caused  a  weaker  market  and  a  decline 
in  iobbing  quotations  to  $3.00(gS.2'5. 

UNION  SALiAD  OIL.— Owing  to  .increased  cost  of 
raw  material  manufactuirers  have  advanced  their  quo- 
tations aa-id  the  revised  jobbing  figures  are  o4((!o6c  by 
the   barrel    and   iJoWToc    for    smaller   quantities. 

liOOELIA  BEHn.— Stocks  are  exceedingly  light  and 
for  the  small  lots  available  i'^^'oeTshaveadv^ncei 
quotations    to    $1.50@1.G0    for    whole    and    «l.oo@a.6o    for 

^"cOIJ^  LIVER  OIL,.— Primary  markets  show  increiasing 
strength  owing  to  oonUnued  umfavorajble  reports  coii- 
cernine  tbe  new  catch  and  jobbers  have  advanced  their 
quotations  for  prime  to  $2n.0O@30.0O  per  barrel  and  Sl.^O 
CcM.eo  per  gallon  for  less.  .   ,    ,  .  , 

OIL,  WINTERGREEN^Natural  is  slightly  easier  and 
iofobing    quotadons    ha%"e    been   reduced    to    $1.8ri(S'2.10. 

BUPHU  I,EAVKS.— Short  are  finding  a  good  season- 
able consuming  outlet,  but  the  niarket  is  easy  under 
liberal  stocks  both  here  and  in  London  and  .Tobbers 
nuot-tions  show  a  decline  to  30(S3.5c  for  whole  and  3o@ 

^°ALC0HOL.-^Grain  is  unsettled  and  easier  with  job; 
bers  quoting  $2.5n(f?2.52  by  the  barrel  and  «2.5o(S2.<o 
for  smaller  quantities,   according  to  size  of  order. 

r^TRATE  OF  IRON  AND  OUINlNE.-^Jobbers  have 
Induced  their  quotations  to  $1.7502.00  as  to  quantity, 
and    for    irnn.    quinine  and   strychnine    the  revised   range 

'■''  GTTARANA.— SupTilies  are  light  and  the  market  is 
firmer  with  nuotations  for  joHtbins  Parcels  showing  an 
advance  to  S3«fl5c  for  whole  and  05@.M.no  for  powdered. 
^APMTHALINE.-Values  are  a  shade  higher  under 
on  improved  demand  and  jobbers  now  quote  2%0fic  for 
balls  and  2"!s'??2%c  for  flake  by  the  barrel,  and  4@ec  for 
brok»^n    lots"  according    to    quantify.  „„!„*=     ),,= 

BtE,ESWAC>.- -Coimtinued  sciarcltv  at  .all  points  has 
caused  a  further  advance  in  iobbing  quiotations.  to  42@ 
J'icfor  city  and   40rfi)4Sc  ifor  country. 

TIN  CRYSTALS  -Manufacturers'  prices  are  .2c  Wer 
and  for  jobbing  parcels  the  revised  figures  are  33@38c 
^^SrTRTTS^'TnRPENTINE.-Producing  markets  are 
tirmer  and  spot  iobbing  quotntiono  have  b<>en  advanced 
lo^3Vi|54c  by    the   barrel    and   GOiOTOc   for  small   quanti- 

*'^BENZliNE.— The  market  is  easier  and  jobbing  prices 
have   declined   to  20<5'25c. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page 

Advej-tising  Public KG 

Alloys,    Ancient    301 

Anflitoxin,    Manufactured  by   Municipalities 3to 

ASSOOIATIONS.  Clubs,  Alumni,  etc.:  German 
Apothecaries,  363;  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical, 
363;  Philadelphia  Retail  Drug-gists,  366;  Wedge- 
wood  Club 367 

Atomic    Weights    361 

•Bitter    Drug"    360 

BOWLING  DRUG  TRADE:  American  Drug  Trade 
Bowling  Association,  361-366;  BaltimOTe,  367;  New 

Yorlc,  364;  Philadelphia  366 

China  Tree,  Medicinal  Value 357 

COLLEGES  OF  PHAHMACY:  Atlanta  370;  Louis- 
ville, 369:  Maryland,  367;  New  York,  364;  'North- 
western   University,     ,169;     Western     University 

of  Pennsylvania   (Pittsburg)    370 

CORRESPONDENCE    355 

Drug   Store   Problems    362 

EDITO:RIALS:  Action  of  Enzymes  in  Physiological 
Processes.  354;  Excise  A'^iolations  in  'New  York, 
333;  Graduates  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy,  854; 
Liquor  Legislation  in  Ohio,  335;  Progiress  of  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.,  355;  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Legisla- 
tion, 354;   Rating  of  Hospital  Stewards  353 

Emulsion    Cod    Liver    Oil 360 

Era  CouTse  in  Pharmacy  Graduates 361 

Flashlight  Cartridges   356 

Compound    357 

Ink.    Typewriter    360 

Legislation,    Liquor,    Ohio    36S 

Magnesium   Ethylate    355 

MARKET  REPO'RT   374 

NEWS  LBTTEiRS:  Baltimore,  3G7;  Chicago,  369;  Cin- 
cinnati. 368;  Michigan.  36S;'  New  England,  865; 
New  York.  3G3:  Philadelphia,  366;  Piltsbuirg,  371; 

The   Northwest   370 

Orangeade    360 

PATENTS.  TRADEMARIiS.  etc 373 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Personal 
Interest,  etc.:  Drake  &  Rhodes  Co.  Ltd.,  368; 
Fisher.  William  B.,  365;  Framcio-American 
Chemical  Co.,  .365;  Jones.  u'iJexander  H.,  366; 
Kirk,  Nelson  S.  364;  Deeming.  Thomas.  364; 
Nonpareil  Cork  Co.,  3R0;  Pennook.  'Edward,  361; 
Porter.  A.  H.,  ,360:  [Richardson.  Horace  K.,  371; 
Stoddart.  Thomas.  365;  Umland,  George  P..  370; 

Walker,  Alfred  L.,  368;  Wetzel,  H.  A .S«8 

Petrosapol    361 

Phellandrene  Nitride    361 

Photographic  Supplies   336 

Polish.    Shoe    360 

Stove   .360 

Prescription    File    356 

GLTESION   BOX    .360 

Rice  Memoria  1    364 

Santonine  Test 361 

.arnOP  TALK    336 

Thigenol    -361 

Tincture   Disritalis,    Stability    3.5S 

Toothiche  "^'a.sh  360 

Wealth   versus    Capital    3.59 

Wood.    SwelH'nig    To   Prevent 361 


Clarke's  Pure  Liquors. 

Druggists  desiring  to  .sell  pure  liquors  at  a  goi  d  profit 
■v.m  find  the  products  -of  Clarke  Bros.  Co.,  Peoria.  111., 
suit.able  in  €very  resoect.  Clarke's  Pure  Rye  is  bottled 
by  tihe  Government  when  six  years  old  and  Is  guaran- 
tced  by  thv  distillers,  wh-j  make  a  steeialty  of  supplying 
tile  d-ug  trade  'Ihcr^  net. I  1  ••  no  hesitiition  Jrt  recim- 
mending  liquors  botMed  by  Clarke  Bros.  Co. 


The    Featherweight    Eyeshade    Co. 

Almost  every  druggist  handles  eyeshades.  It  is  an 
•appropriate  line  for  the  drug  store,  and  that  is  the  place 
to  tvhich  many  people  turn  naiburaJly  for  an  eyeshade. 
On  advertising  page  12  of  this  issue,  ithe  Featherweight 
Eyeshade  Co.,  of  32  street.  Blayonne,  N.  J.,  makes 
a  special  offer  which  we  think  almost  every  Era  reader 
who  conducts  a  drug  store  will  deetoi  it  advisable  to 
acceipt.  The  company's  offer  is  to  send  one  dozen 
Feiatherweight  Eyeshades  to  every  druggist,  stibjedt  to 
his  examination  and  approval.  If  the  goods  are  satis- 
fadtory,  the  druggist  may  remit  the  wholesale  price.  .$1.75 
per  dozen;  if  not,  he  may  return  them,  and  retain  one 
eyeshade  without  cost,  as  payment  for  his  trouble.  The 
Feaitherweight  Eyeshade  possesses  many  desirable  fea- 
tures -which  render  it  a  pleasure,  to  recommend  it  to 
custolmers.  The  material  of  which  it  is  tm-ade  is  of  a 
color  peculiarly  healthful  and  restfuil  to  the  eye;  It  Is 
tnansparaent  to  natural  light  and  opaque  to  artificial 
light.  The  shade  is  ver.v  light,  and  weighs  only  one- 
fourth  of  an  ounce;  it  may  be  adjusted  to  any  size  or 
position,  and  it  lies  fiat  when  not  in  use.  There  is  no 
metal  band  to  press  the  head  or  t.arnish,  nor  are  there 
elastic  band.s.  as  is  the  case  with  many  shades  'and 
which  ordinariiy  bind  the  head  so  that  the  shade  cannot 
be  worn  for  any  length  of  time.  The  visor  of  the  Feath- 
erweifht  Eveshade  is  wider  than  others,  and  the  material 
of  which  it  is  made  is  not  affected  by  perspiration. 
Druggists  will  run  no  risk  whatever  in  taking  advantage 
of  thi-fl  offer,  as  the  Featherweight  Eyeshade  Co.  is  a  re- 
llaJble  concern. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


IMPORTANT  POST  OFFICE  DECISION 
REGARDING   PRICE   LISTS. 

The  Postoffice  Department  has  ruled  that  drug- 
gists" price  lists,  like  the  so-called  '"Era  Blue  Book," 
cannot  hereafter  be  issued  as  a  "Supplement"  or  as 
a  "Section"  of  a  regular  second  class  publication,  but 
must  be  bound  in  with  the  regular  reading  matter  of 
the  journal,  the  whole  forming  one  single  publication. 

This  decision  means  that  the  ERA  Price  List  must 
hereafter  be  bound  in  as  a  part  of  the  regular  ERA, 
and  we  shall_  issue  such  PRICE  LIST  EDITIONS 
of  the  ERA  in  February,  June,  and  October  of  each 
year.     The  next  edition  will  be  issued  in  June. 

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Much  has  been  said  and  written  of  late  about 
substitution — not  substitution  in  prescriptions,  which 
everyone  condemns,  but  the  sale  of  substitutes 
for  widely  advertised  proprietar,/  preparations,  a 
practice  which  the  advertisers  also  condemn,  but 
which  many  retail  druggists  consider  a  justi- 
fiable means  of  self-defense.  The  catch-phrase  "We 
give  you  just  what  you  ask  for"  has  been  very  pop- 
ular with  the  advertisers  as  a  text  upon  which  to 
hang  little  sermons  to  the  public  about  dishonest 
dealers  and  compelling  them  to  furnish  only  the 
goods  called  for.  An  article  upon  this  subject  which 
recently  appeared  in  Printer's  Ink,  contains  some 
rather  startling  statements.  Among  other  things  it 
is  said  that  "many  medicine  advertisers  lose  fifty 
sales  out  of  every  hundred  calls  for  their  goods" — 
"mart/  druggists  make  no  bones  of  saying  that  they 
never  sell  a  patent  medicine  if  they  can  possibly  help 
it".  It  is  further  stated  that  seventy-five  per  cent,  of 
the  druggists  have  full  lines  of  substitutes  to  take 
the  place  of  the  advertised  preparations.  The  writer 
speaks  of  conditions  on  the  Pacific  Coast,  but  there 
is  no  lack  of  evidence  to  prove  that  advertisers  also 
suffer  from  this  cause  in  other  sections  of  the 
country.  

The  cause  of  the  antagonism  between  the  retail 
druggist  and  the  proprietary  manufacturers  is  sought 
in  the  fact  that  pharmacists  are  often  compelled  to 
sell  these  goods  at  little  or  no  profit  or  even  at  a 
loss,  a  condition  for  which  the  cut-rate  stores  are 
largely  responsible.  The  druggist  is  not  blamed  for 
preferring  not  to  sell  goods  at  a  loss.  The  small 
pharmacist  is  said  to  have  no  confidence  in  adver- 
tised preparations,  believing  that  the  cutter  obtains 
them  at  lower  prices  than  those  which  he  is  obliged 
to  pay.  He  therefore  undertakes  to  get  even,  and 
generally  succeeds.  As  a  remedy  for  this  evil  the 
formation  of  a  huge  corporation  of  manufacturers 
is  suggested,  and  the  establishment  of  opposition 
drug  stores  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  Simon  N. 
Jones,  chairman  of  the  executive  committee  of  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.,  in  an  answer  to  this  article  in  the 
same  journal,  suggests  as  a  remedt/  for  price  cut- 
ting and  substitution,  a  modification  of  the  Wor- 
cester plan,   in   the   form   of  a   contract   between   the 


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[April  17,  1902. 


jobbers  and  retailers.  Another  writer  believes  that 
the  bitter  feeling  that  prevails  is  due  in  a  large 
measure  to  the  patent  medicine  manufacturers  them- 
selves, who  have  in  many  cases  advanced  prices  in 
spite  of  the  cut-rates,  and  have  done  little  to  pre- 
vent cutting.  He  thinks  there  must  be  co-operation, 
but  harmony  between  antagonists  is  more  easy  to 
advise   than    to   bring   about. 

Readers  are  still  sending  us  requests  to  publish 
detailed  solutions  in  our  problem  department,  one 
subscriber  even  going  so  far  as  to  express  his  will- 
ingness to  pay  a  handsonne  price  for  a  collection  of 
the  published  solutions.  The  editor  of  this  depart- 
ment would  be  only  too  glad  to  make  this  change, 
which  would  undoubtedly  add  to  the  value  of  the 
problems,  were  it  not  rendered  impossible  by  the 
limits  of  space  and  the  mechanical  diffiieulties  of 
printing  mathematical  diagra'ms  and  formulas.  Thus 
far  contestants  have  found  no  fault  with  the  decisions 
of  the  problem  editor,  but  difTerences  and  difficulties 
must  occasionalli;'  arise  which  would  render  a  com- 
parison of  processes  desirable.  If  any  of  the  con- 
testants are  troubled  with  difficulties  of  this  kind,  we 
suggest  that  they  send  a  clear  statement  of  the  case 
to  this  office.  It  would  not  be  at  all  surprising  if 
they  received  the  desired  explanation  by  mail.  The 
head  of  the  problem  department  does  not  pretend  to 
be  infallible,  and  does  not  desire  to  be  inaccessible. 
If  any  contestant  can  prove  him  wrong  he  will  be 
glad  to  acknowledge  his  fault  and  give  the  proper 
credit    for    its    discovery. 

We  have  been  requested  to  give  more  detailed  in- 
formation about  the  Charles  Rice  Memorial.  The 
expenditure  of  the  funds  is  in  the  hands  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  and  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  United 
States  Pharmacopoeial  Convention.  The  memorial 
will  include  a  suitable  monument  and  a  volume  con- 
taining a  portrait  and  a  biographical  sketch.  The 
subscription  lists  will  be  open  for  some  tii;ie,  prob- 
ably until  the  end  of  the  coming  Summer.  Readers 
may  send  their  contributions  to  this  office  in  any 
convenient  form.  Checks  should  be  marked  plainly 
"Rice  Memorial  Fund,"  and  be  payable  to  D.  O. 
Haynes  &  Co.  Contributions  may  also  be  sent  di- 
rectly to  the  treasurer  of  the  fund,  Samuel  A.  D. 
Sheppard,    1129   Washington    St.,    Boston,    Mass. 

A  few  years  ago  a  theory  called  The  Theory  of 
Electrolytic  Dissociation  was  found  to  be  useful  in 
explaining  certain  phenomenona  in  physical  chemis- 
try. The  writings  of  a  number  of  authorities,  among 
others  Prof.  Ostwald,  drew  the  attention  of  the  sci- 
entific world  to  this  theory,  and  it  has  since  been 
greatly  in  evidence  in  chemical  literature,  and  traces 
of  its  peculiar  terminology  have  also  been  discovered 
in  popular  publications.  The  theory  has  undoubted- 
ly been  useful  in  certain  lines  of  research,  but  theo- 
ries like  all  other  good  things  have  their  limitations. 
Despite  the  fact  that  the  dissociation  theory  was  not 
claimed  to  be  anything  more  than  a  useful  theory, 
and  that  practically  all  the  phenomena  to  which  it 
can  be  applied  can  be  explained  with  equal  satisfac- 
tion by  the  association  theory,  which  is  based  on  a 
totally    different    assumption,    the    tlicory   of   Ostwald 


has  come  to  be  regarded  in  many  circles  as  a  funda- 
mental doctrine  of  chemistry.  Some  teachers  of 
chemistry  seem  to  consider  it  as  important  in  that 
science  as  the  theory  of  £volution  in  biology.  It  is 
applied  to  all  possible  and  impossible  phenomena  in 
scientific  and  practical  chemistry,  and  students  are 
taught  to  accept  it  as  a  fundamental  article  of  ortho- 
do.x  chemical  belief.  Students  now  frequently  talk 
fluently  about  ions  and  electrolytes  before  they  have 
been  taught  to  balance  a  simple  equation. 

It  must  have  been  a  great  shock  to  some  of  the 
adherents  of  this  doctrine  to  learn  that  Prof.  Kahlen- 
berg  of  the  University  of  Wisconsin,  who  has  de- 
voted much  time  and  careful  attention  to  the  disso- 
ciation theory,  has  published  a  series  of  articles  con- 
taining a  long  array  of  facts  from  which  he  concludes 
"that  the  theory  of  electrolytic  dissociation  is  unten- 
able." And  yet  there  are  probably  many  recent  grad- 
uates in  pharmacy  who  firmly  believe  that  this  same 
electrolytic  dissociation  is  an  important  factor  in 
compounding  prescriptions.  All  of  which  goes  to 
show  that  people  who  devote  their  lives  to  the  study 
of  science  are  much  like  other  humans,  and  are  also 
liable  to  dangerous  lapses  of  the  sense  of  the  just 
proportion  of  things. 

At  this  season  of  the  year  the  schools  and  col- 
leges receive  a  large  share  of  the  public  attention. 
Commencements  are  at  present  events  of  weekly  oc- 
currence. The  Era  of  last  week  contained  accounts 
of  four  college  of  pharmacy  commencements,  and  the 
present  issue  contains  similar  reports.  The  colleges 
all  seem  to  have  had  a  prosperous  year.  The  cata- 
logue of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University 
of  Iowa  for  the  coming  year  contains  a  notice  that 
henceforth  the  entrance  requirements  will  be  higher 
than  formerly.  For  September,  1903,  applicants  for 
admission  must  present  evidence  of  at  least  two 
(/ears'  work  in  an  accredited  high  school.  Notice  is 
also  given  that  the  requirements  for  admission  will 
be  extended  still  further  in  subsequent  years.  The 
catalogue  also  contains  a  request  to  pharmacists  for 
curios  such  as  old  books,  prescriptions  and  appara- 
tus to  illustrate  the  history  and  progress  of  pharma- 
cy in  the  State.  The  history  of  pharmacy  is  receiv- 
ing a  great  deal  of  attention  at  present.  Several  col- 
lections of  this  kind  are  being  made  in  different 
parts  of  the  country.  Does  this  indicate  a  return  to 
old  ideals,  or  a  desire  to  call  attention  to  the  excel- 
lence of  present  methods  by  comparison  with  the 
crudities  of  the  past? 

The  Ohio  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  will 
this  year  hold  its  annual  meeting  afloat,  not  in  the 
quiet  seclusion  of  a  house-boat,  but  in  rapid  motion 
aboard  one  of  the  great  steamers  of  the  lakes.  The 
association  has  adopted  the  novel  method  of  gather- 
ing at  one  of  the  lake  ports  of  their  State,  and  em- 
barking for  a  trip  through  the  beautiful  waterways 
between  Lake  Erie  and  Lake  Michigan  to  Mackinac 
Island.  The  pharmaceutical  pilgrimage  will  begin  on 
July  8  and  will  occup,/  a  week  of  time.  Short  halts 
along  the  way  will  relieve  the  journey  of  possible 
monotony,  and  several  days  will  be  spent  upon  "the 
Isle  of  Mackinac,  where  the  lake  waters  meet."     The 


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pharmacists  evidently  intend  to  have  a  good  time  for 
members  are  invited  to  "get  away  from  counters, 
bottles  and  smells,  leave  the  annoying  details  of  thi 
shop,  and  enjoy  this  week's  out-door  trip  with  kin- 
dred spirits."  Formal  discussions  of  weighty  ques- 
tions will  probabli/  not  prove  very  exhausting,  for  in 
the  circular  which  we  have  received,  this  part  of  the 
programme  is  dismissed  in  six  brief  words.  This  ap- 
parent neglect  is,  however,  not  as  bad  as  it  seems, 
for  what  American  pharmacy  needs  at  present  is  not 
so  much  technical  development  as  good  will  and 
harmony   among    the    members    of   the    calling. 

Many  people  consider  commerce  more  potent  in 
spreading  civilization  among  savage  races  than  the 
work  of  the  missionaries.  Trade  teaches  the  heathen 
to  want  things  for  which  in  their  benighted  condition 
they  feel  no  need,  and  this  is  the  first  step  toward 
civilization.  The  advantages  of  civilization  which 
first  appeal  to  the  savage  mind  are  very  various  and 
curious.  Sometimes  the  first  demand  is  for  beads 
and  pocket  mirrors,  and  too  often  for  whisky.  Trav- 
elers in  Africa  have  recently  discovered  a  tribe  which 
considers  a  string  of  old  "sparklets"  a  sufficient  and 
appropriate  costume  for  full  dress  occasions. 

The  case  of  the  overworked  drug  clerk  is  receiv- 
ing a  great  deal  of  attention  at  present,  and  it  begins 
to  look  as  though  something  might  be  done  for  him 
in  the  near  future.  The  present  issue  contains  an  ac- 
count of  a  discussion  of  the  long  hours'  evil  in  Chi- 
cago. The  State  Labor  Commissioner  of  Minnesota 
has  made  an  exhaustive  investigation  of  the  drug 
clerks'  condition  in  that  State,  and  has  obtained  re- 
sults which  show  that  this  overworked  member  of 
society  has  a  very  real  grievance.  It  is  shown  that 
2.08  per  cent,  of  all  such  clerks  in  the  State  work 
seventeen  hours  a  dst/.  In  length  of  working  hours 
they  are  excelled  only  by  one  class — livery  stable 
employes.  It,  also  develops  that  80  per  cent,  of  the 
clerks  work  over  ten  hours  a  day,  13.49  per  cent,  a 
full  ten  hours,  and  only  7.96  per  cent,  less  than  that 
amount.  About  one-fourth  of  them — 24.57  PC  cent., 
to  be  exact — toil  fully  twelve  hours,  while  16.95  per 
cent,  keep  at  it  continuously  fifteen  hours.  The  num- 
ber of  clerks  working  eleven  hours  is  10.03  per  cent.; 
thirteen  hours,  6.57;  fourteen  hours,  13.15;  and  six- 
teen hours,  5.19  per  cent.  Drug  clerks,  it  is  also 
shown,  do  more  Sunday  work  than  any  other  class 
of  wage-earners.  Of  the  289  clerks  reported,  only  41 
are  free  on  Sundays,  161  work  every  Sunday,  and  87 
every  alternate  Sunday. 

The  druggists  of  New  York  have  reason  to  feel 
grateful  to  Dr.  William  Muir  of  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy fur  averting  a  danger  which  threatened  an 
important  branch  of  their  business.  It  was  largely 
through  his  efforts  that  the  bill  to  prohibit  the  manu- 
facture of  explosives  and  compressed  gas  in  buildings 
used  as  dwellings  was  amended  so  as  to  permit  the 
charging  of  soda  fountains  in  drug  stores.  The 
amended  bill,  known  as  the  Colby  bill,  has  been 
signed  by  the  Governor  and  is  now  a  law.  Securing 
the  modification  of  objectionable  legislation  is  pecu- 
liarly difficult   and  thankless  work,  and  the  druggists 


of  the  State  are  fortunate  in  possessing  a  champion 
who  is  always  willing  to  employ  his  experience  and 
ability  in  their  behalf. 

Prof.  J.  H.  Beal  has  adopted  an  admirable  meth- 
od of  interesting  young  pharmacists  in  the  work  of 
the  American  Pharmaceutical  Association.  He  offers 
as  a  prize  to  one  of  his  classes,  the  cost  of  a  year's 
membership  in  this  body  of  scientific  pharmacists. 

According  to  reports  from  sources  of  supply,  the 
price  of  cod  liver  oil  will  be  high  during  the  coming 
year.  The  advance  in  price  is  said  to  be  due  to  the 
fact  that  the  cod  captured  this  season  have  unusuallt/ 
"lean  livers."  It  requires  from  1,200  to  1,400  livers  to 
produce  a  hectolitre  of  oil  this  year,  while  last  year 
from  500  to  700  livers  yielded  the  same  quantity.  The 
cod  seem  to  be  somewhat  more  plentiful  than  last 
year,  but  they  appear  to  have  accumulated  only  about 
one-half  the  usual  quantitt/  of  oil.  The  reports  do  not 
state  whether  this  useful  fish  is  suffering  from  a  pe- 
culiar form  of  liver  complaint,  or  whether  the  mem- 
bers of  the  cod  family  have  taken  to  athletic  sports. 


THEY    LIKE    THE    PROBLEMS. 

West  Duluth,  Minn.,  April  8. 
To  the  Editor:  Enclosed  please  find  receipt  for 
your  check  in  payment  of  the  prize  awarded  to  me 
in  the  Februany  Era  Problem  Contest.  I  feel  the 
added  interest  in  study  that  partaking  in  this  contest 
has  given  me  more  than  fully  repays  me  for  the  time 
expended  on  the  solution  of  the  problems;  and  it  will 
be  a  pleasure  to  me  to  be  in  the  contest  as  long  as 
it  lasts.  I  will  endeavor  to  so  do  my  work  that 
you  may  find  me  nearer  to  the  top  of  the  list  of  win- 
ners next  time.  A.  J.   LINDGREN. 


Hudson,  Mass.,  April  8,  1902. 
To  the  Editor:  I  enclose  herewith  receipt  tor 
prize  in  the  Era  Drug  Store  Problems,  for  which  ac- 
cept my  thanks.  I  have  derived  both  pleasure  and 
benefit  from  their  solution.  I  was  becoming  dis- 
couraged that  I  could  not  answer  one  hundred  per 
cent,  of  the  questions,  but  now  I  return  to  the  task 
with  renewed  vigor.     Yours  trulv. 

W.  DONAGHY. 


Cleveland,  Ohio,  April  7,  1902. 
To  the  Editor:  I  enclose  receipt  for  check  re- 
ceived as  prize  award  in  the  February  Problem  Con- 
test; please  accept  my  thanks  for  same.  I  find  the 
problems  of  much  value  as  a  review,  and  only  re- 
gret I  cannot  find  time  to  do  them  full  justice.  Per- 
haps with  shorter  problems,  I  shall  be  able  to  devote 
more  time  to   them.  JOSEPH    FEIL. 


BOLETOL.— Gabriel  Bertrand  (Comptes  rend.) 
finds  that  boletol,  the  color  forming  body  to  which 
the  development  of  the  blue  color  when  certain 
fungi  (Boleti)  are  crushed  is  due.  does  not  contain 
nitrogen,  as  previously  supposed.  The  author  iso- 
lated this  body  in  the  form  of  fine,  bright  red  needle 
crystals,  which  are  sparingly  soluble  in  cold  water, 
but    readilv   soluble    in   hot    water. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  17,  1902. 


The  problem  of  stimulating  sales  by  means  of  a 
living  window  attraction  has  been  solved  in  an  inter- 
esting way  at  the  Church  drug  store  of  Flint,  Mich. 
The  display  consisted  of  a  gold  fish  in  an  attractive 
globe.  A  pretty  gold  fish  with  its  beautiful  coloring 
and  graceful  movements  is  always  an  attractive  ob- 
ject, but  in  itself  it  can  advertise  only  fish  and  fish 
food,  which  was  not  the  purpose  of  this  particular 
display.  In  order  to  make  a  salesman  of  this  butter- 
fly of  fishes,  a  prize  of  $5  was  offered  for  the  best 
guess  of  the  little  "shiner's"  weight  ,  the  competition 
being  limited  to  purchasers  of  goods  in  the  store. 
The  prize  was  awarded  last  week,  and  the  contest 
is  said  to  have  aroused  a  great  deal  of  interest,  which 
means,  of  course,  that  it  proved  to  be  a  profitable 
advertisment.  The  fish  weighed  187  grains,  and  the 
guesses  ranged  from  I'/J  pounds  to  Yi  grain,  the  latter 
<iuantity  being  presumably  meant  to  represent  the 
weight  in  water,  which  is  not  so  far  wrong  when  con- 
sidered from  the  fish's  subaqueous  point  of  view. 


A  man  of  not  exactly  light  weight  stepped  upon  the 
weighing  machine  in  a  Winchester,  Mass.,  drug  store 
one  day  last  week,  and  dropped  a  cent  in  the  slot  to 
ascertain  his  weight.  He  appeared  to  be  dissatisfied 
with  the  result,  and  more  or  less  doubtful  for  a  second. 
Then  he  took  off  his  coat,  and,  holding  it  on  his  arm, 
looked  again  at  the  figures  of  the  machine.  There  was 
a  puzzled  e.xpression  on  his  face  when  he  saw  that  the 
scales  registered  just  as  before,  and  he  told  the  druggist 
that  it  did  not  seem  to  make  any  difference  in  the 
weight   whether  or  not  he  wore  his  coat! 


FORMALDEHYDE.— P.  N.  Raikow  (Chem. 
Zeit.)  has  succeeded  in  obtaining  formaldehyde  in  a 
liquid  form  and  also  in  a  new  solid  form.  If  an- 
hydrous potassium  carbonate  is  added  to  a  40  per 
■cent,  solution  of  formaldehyde,  the  liquid  acquires  a 
violet  blue  color,  changing  gradually  to  a  grayish 
yellow.  When  the  solution  is  completelt/  saturated 
with  potassium  carbonate  it  separates  into  two  dis- 
tjnct  colorless  layers,  the  lower  layer  consisting  of 
the  aqueous  solution  of  potassium  carbonate  and  the 
upper  layer  of  liquid  formaldehyde  (probably  a  mi.x- 
ture  of  polymeric  modifications).  This  substance, 
when  filtered,  forms  a  mobile  liquid,  sp.  gr.  1.19, 
which  may  be  mixed  in  all  proportions  with  water, 
alcohol  and  ether  to  clear  solutions.  It  can  be  dis- 
tilled at  ordinary  pressure,  some  carbon  dioxide  be- 
ing evolved.  If  the  liquid  formaldehyde  be  dried 
with  potassium  carbonate  or  calcium  chloride,  and 
distilled,  the  portion  passing  over  between  about  no 
and  112  degrees  C.  solidifies  into  a  colorless  gela- 
tinous body,  which  after  standing  several  months  is 
converted  into  an  amorphous  gelatnious  body  solu 
blc   in  water. 


NEW  SUPPOSITORY  BASE.— E.  Crousel  (Repert. 
de  Pharm.)  proposes  to  overcome  the  difficulty  of 
distributing  vegetable  extracts,  organic  or  inorganic 
salts,  throughout  the  suppository  mass,  by  employing  a 
mass  composed  of  one  part  paraffin  and  three  parts 
anhydrous  lanolin.  Active  ingredients  which  are  sol- 
tible  in  water  may  be  easily  incorporated  in  this  mass, 
for  anhydrous  lanolin  absorbs  its  own  weight  of  water, 
saturated  saline  solutions  or  solutions  of  vegetable 
extracts. 


PRODUCTS  OF  THE  RETAIL  PHARMACIST'S 
LABORATORY. 

By  J.   H.   MARSHALL,   Minneapolis,   Minn. 

AS  a  general  proposition,  other  matters  being 
equal,  the  druggist  who  pays  close  attention 
to  the  manufacture  of  his  own  preparations 
will  have  a  large  advantage  both  profession- 
ally and  financially  over  the  pharmacist  who  depends 
exclusively  upon  the  pharmaceutical  manufacturing 
houses  for  his  supplies.  The  preparations  a  pharma- 
cist may  manufacture  may  be  divided  into  two 
classes:  First,  those  intended  for  dispensing  pur- 
poses only — tinctures,  syrups,  elixirs,  etc.;  and,  sec- 
ond, proprietaries,  household  remedies  and  toilet 
requisites.  While  not  b(/  any  means  most  important, 
it  is  of  this  second  class  that  I  wish  at  this  time  to 
speak. 

Many  druggists  keep  a  line  of  household  remedies. 
Most  of  them  put  up  very  few  themselves,  while  only 
a  few  put  up  a  general  line,  the  greater  number  pre- 
ferring to  buy  this  class  of  goods  from  the  specialty 
houses.  There  are  a  number  of  good  reasons  why 
the  pharmacist  should  prepare  these  specialties  him- 
self. I  wish  to  mention  three.  A  pharmacist  who 
can  successfully  pass  the  examinations  of  the  various 
State  Boards  is  certainly-  competent  to  manufacture 
these  goods.  It  has  cost  him  time  and  money  to 
secure  his  education.  If  he  has  the  ability  he 
should  use  it.  It  is  a  large  proportion  of  his  capi- 
tal in  business,  and  should  not  be  allowed  to  remain 
idle,  while  he  is  paying  some  one  else  for  doing  the 
work  which  he  can  do  as  well,  or  better,  himself.  A 
second  reason  is  the  large  saving  in  cost  between 
the  goods  made  in  the  home  laboratory  and  those 
made  by  the  manufacturing  house.  The  third  reason 
for  manufacturing  these  preparations  is  that  in  of- 
fering goods  of  our  own  make  we  can  do  so  with 
the  utmost  confidence  in  their  merit.  We  make 
them  ourselves  and  we  know  all  about  them.  We 
cannot  have  the  same  confidence  in  goods  we  buy. 

Many  druggists  object  to  putting  up  their  own 
goods  because  it  makes  too  much  work,  and  others 
because  it  means  too  large  an  investment  in  ma- 
terial needed,  such  as  labels,  boxes,  bottles,  wrap- 
pers, cartons,  etc.  To  the  first  class  of  objectors  I 
would  simply  say  that  the  lazy  druggist  is  not  as  a 
rule  the  successful  one.  Pharmaci/  is  not  a  lazy 
man's  business,  and  if  he  cannot  get  up  energy 
enough  to  run  his  business  properly,  the  sooner  he 
turns  it  over  to  his  successor  the  earlier  will  the 
drug  trade  be  improved.  To  the  second  class  I  want 
to  say  that  a  large  investment  in  stock  is  not  re- 
quired. We  are  putting  up  a  line  of  nearly  thirty 
different  proprietaries,  covering  everything  for  which 
there  is  a  demand  of  any  consequence,  and  absolutely 
the  only  additional  investment  we  have  made  con- 
sists simply  in  the  labels,  and  of  these  we  use  onl(7 
a  neat,  printed  label  of  uniform  design  and  pattern — 
not  the  expensive  lithographs.  Our  line  is  very  neat 
and  attractive  and  has  been  favorably  commented 
on  a  great  many  times. 

For  bottles  we  use  the  plain  unlettered  tall  blake, 
the  same  as  we  use  in  all  our  dispensing  work.  In 
finishing  we  use  the  pleated  paper  cup,  thus  making 
a  very  neat  package.  For  boxes  we  use  the  ordin,- 
ary  slide  box  such  as  we  use  for  our  cheaper  dis- 
pensing work,  our  labels  covering  the  ends,  thus 
making  a  sealed  package.  For  ointments  we  use  the 
Crown  ointment  jar  for  the  high  grade  goods,  and 
the  ordinary  tin  ointment  box  for  such  goods  as 
carbolic  salve,  etc.  For  pills  we  use  the  screw  cap 
homeopathic  vial,  which  makes  a  very  neat  and  at- 
tractive package.  We  avoid  the  use  of  cartons  and 
wrappers,  our  experience  being  that  our  customers 
are  much  better  pleased  and  more  easilyf  suited  when 
they  can  see  just  what  the  preparation  looks  like, 
and  assure  themselves  that  it  is  not  a  patent  medi- 
cine, and  see  that  they  have  a  full  measure  bottle 
and   not   one   of   the   deceptive   parcels   so   commonly 


April  17,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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used.  All  the  above  mentioned  articles  we  always 
carry  in   stock  for  our   ordinari/  dispensing  work. 

The  most  important  feature  to  be  observed  is  to 
have  good  formulas  on  which  you  can  depend  for 
good  results.  This,  however,  a  simple  matter,  as 
no  druggist  of  experience  who  uses  good  judgment 
can  fail  to  have  made  a  selection  of  satisfactory 
formulas.  Never  recommend  anything  bearing  your 
own  name  in  which  you  have  not  implicit  confidence. 

Our  preparations  put  up  in  the  manner  I  have 
described  cost  us  at  most  35  cents  per  dozen  for  25- 
cent  goods,  as  against  $1.00  to  $1.25  paid  the  manu- 
facturer, and  a  corresponding  difference  in  goods  of 
other  prices.  We  have  been  able  to  establish  a  repu- 
tation for  our  goods  of  which  we  are  proud,  and  we 
have  customers  who  come  long  distances  to  obtain 
them.  The  sales  of  our  own  goods  comprise  fully 
25  per  cent,  of  our  business,  and  the  profits  are  very 
pleasing  to  contemplate. 


ADVERTISING  THE  PRESCRIPTION  DEPART- 
MENT. 

By  JOSEPH  F.  HOSTELLEY,  Collingdale,  Pa. 

IT  is  highly  important  that  people  have  a  good 
opinion  of  the  prescription  department.  A  little 
periodical  advertising,  if  well  done,  is  a  great 
stimulus  to  patronage,  and  often  raises  the  status 
of  the  department  in  the  minds  of  the  public.  A 
number  of  brief  observations  on  the  system  of  the 
prescription  department  are  given  below;  these  may 
serve  as  suggestions  in  advertising.  Some  of  these 
sentences  may  be  embodied  in  a  circular  or  folder 
to  the  public.  They  may  be  assembled  on  a  large 
framed  placard  and  hung  in  a  prominent  position 
before  the  prescription  desk.  Under  the  head-line: 
"The  system  of  our  prescription  department,"  they 
will  frequentl)'  find  an  interested  reader  and  often 
create  a  favorable  impression. 

We  do  not  hurry  prescriptions.  We  fill  them 
promptlyf  and  deliberately. 

All  our  prescription  clerks  are  graduates  in  phar- 
macy. 

The  apprentice  is  not  permitted  to  practice  on  pre- 
scriptions. 

In  order  to  avoid  dull,  tired  brains  in  our  prescrip- 
tion department,  no  day  clerk  is  made  to  do  night 
duty. 

Poisonous  drugs  are  weighed  on  special  scales  of 
great  delicacy. 

Xo  manufacturing  is  done  in  our  prescription  de- 
partment. Prescription  clerks  are  not  burdened 
with  the  details  of  laboratory  work. 

In  prescriptions  we  use  no  city  water  that  is  not 
first  distilled  in  our  own  laboratory. 

Prescription  bottles  for  eye  waters  and  antiseptic 
solutions  are  washed  perfectly  clean  in  distilled 
water. 

We  buy  prescription  drugs  in  small  quantities  fresh 
from  the  manufacturers. 

Stock  is  received  and  unpacked  in  a  room  set  apart 
for  this  purpose. 

There  is  no  confusion  or  interruption  in  the  pre- 
scription department  incident  to  this  work. 

The  bottles  of  our  prescription  department  con- 
tain duplicates  of  ever,y  medicine  in  the  store.  Mor- 
tars, pestles,  graduates  and  all  other  prescription 
utensils  are  kept  clean  and  dry  within  arm's  reach 
of  the  prescription  clerk.  This  affords  the  clerk 
facilities  for  prompt,  accurate  work  without  disturb- 
ance or  delay,  and  limits  his  thoughts  to  his  imme- 
diate surroundings. 

In  order  to  avoid  m^istakes  a  review  is  made  by 
the  prescription  clerk  of  the  work  he  has  done  after 
all  the  ingredients  of  a  prescription  have  been  com- 
bined. He  fills  the  prescription  a  second  time,  men- 
tally; every  bottle  or  box  from  which  a  drug  has 
been  taken  is  carefully  examined  to  be  assured  that 
no  error  has  been  made. 

A  phone  call  from  any  part  of  the  city  will  quick- 
ly bring  a  messenger  for  a  prescription,  which   will 


be  promptly  delivered  as  soon  as  compounded,  with- 
out extra  charge. 

If  our  price  for  filling  copt/  prescriptions  differs 
from  the  cost  of  the  original  prescription,  it  is  not 
because  of  any  irregularity  in  compounding. 

USE  OF  AMERICAN  GINSENG  IN  CHINA. 

WA.  RUBLEE,  Consul-General  at  Hong 
Kong,  writes  to  the  State  Department 
4  as  follows:  The  sale  of  ginseng  root 
grown  in  America,  about  which  there 
have  been  several  inquiries  at  this  consulate  by  inter- 
ested parties  in  the  United  States,  is  very  considera- 
ble in  Hong  Kong,  and  the  demand  is  so  great 
that  much  inore  could  be  disposed  of  advantageous- 
ly. The  ginseng  root  is  as  indispensable  to  the 
well-to-do  Chinese  as  is  their  rice.  They  attribute  all 
sorts  of  medicinal  virtues  to  the  root,  especially  using  it 
as  a  stimulant.  The  growth  of  the  ginseng  trade  has 
been  marked  in  recent  years,  and  higher  prices  are  now 
paid  by  dealers  than  ever  before,  especially  during  the 
last  three  years.  American  growers  of  ginseng  may 
confidently  expect  a  steadily  increasing  market  in  Hong 
Kong,  although  it  is  largely  only  a  distributing  center. 
The  root  is  prepared  in  this  city.  The  skin  is  cleaned 
and  smoothed  by  special  process,  sorted  out  in  equal 
sizes,  put  up  in  neat  boxes  of  various  capacities,  accord- 
ing to  quality,  and  re-exported  to  all  the  consuming  dis- 
tricts in  China.  The  bulk  of  the  shipments  goes  to  the 
northern  ports,  such  as  Shanghai,  Hankau,  Tien-Tsin 
and  Chefoo,  although  a  fair  proportion  finds  its  way  to 
Canton  and  the  coast  ports — Amoy,  Swatow  and  Fu- 
chau ;  also  to  Formosa,  and  other  markets  where  there 
are  Chinese. 

Exports  of  Ginseng. 

The  average  value  of  American  ginseng  annually  re- 
ceived at  Hong  Kong  is  about  $1,700,000  to  $1,800,000 
Mexican  ($763,300  to  $808,200  gold).  The  value  of  the 
Chinese  gmseng  annually  imported  is  estimated  at  about 
$100,000  Mexican  ($44,900).  The  quantity  is  small,  but 
its  value  is  computed  at  twenty  to  forty  times  its  weight 
in  silver,  according  to  quality.  The  importation  of 
Korean  ginseng  root  is  valued  at  about  $800,000  ($359,- 
200)  a  year. 

The  prices  of  ginseng  vary  according  to  quality.  The 
wild,  dried  American  root  as  imported  at  Hong  Kong 
may  be  known  to  the  trade  as  "fair,"  "good,"  and 
"extra"  or  "selected."  The  values  per  picul  (133  1-3 
pounds)  of  these  grades,  as  based  on  sales  made  during 
the  last  three  years,  were: 

Value. 

Grade.  Mexican.        Gold. 

Fair $1,420  $637.58 

Good    1.560  700.34 

Selected    1.930  866.57 

Prices  for  the  Root. 

The  present  values  of  these  grades  bring  the  price  in 
American  currency,  respectively,  per  pound  to  $4.05, 
$5.25  and  $6.18,  after  deducting  charges,  trade  discount, 
selling  and  guarantee  commissions.  This  latter  estimate 
is  furnished  by  an  experienced  and  reliable  local  dealer. 

In  addition  to  the  grades  mentioned  above,  others  are 
imported,  and  among  the  best  is  some  picked  root  worth 
$4,460  to  $4,500  Mexican  ($2,002.54  to  $2,020.50)  per 
picul  (133  r-3  pounds).  Split  root  (cut  lengthwise  in 
two  pieces)  may  be  quoted  at  $1,500  Mexican  ($673.50) 
per  picul.  Siftings  (chips  and  dust)  are  also  salable  at 
$120  to  $130  Mexican  ($53.88  to  $58.37)  per  picul.  Very 
little  cultivated  .A.merican  root  has  so  far  been  imported 
into  Hong  Kong.  The  value  of  a  few  small  shipments 
averaged  $3,200  Mexican  ($1,426.80)  per  picul.  The  cul- 
tivated root  was  much  liked  by  the  native  buyers,  and  its 
cultivation  ought  to  be  encouraged  in  the  United  States. 

The  Korean  ginseng  root  brings  higher  prices  than 
that  from  the  United  States.  Korean  root  in  the  Hong 
Kone  market  is  quoted  as  follows,  per  picul  (133  1-3 
pounds) : 

Value. 

Descriotion.  Me.xican.        Gold. 

20  roots  to  the  pound $6,500         $2,918.50 

30  roots  to  the  pound 5.500  2.469.50 

40  roots  to  the  pound 4.500  2,020.50 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  ir,  190S. 


Points  for  Growers. 
American  ginseng  growers  should  be  careful  to  con- 
form to  the  requirements  of  the  Chinese  markets.  The 
principal  points  are  cleanliness,  good  color  (bright  yel- 
low), and  freedom  from  dust  and  chips.  It  is  desirable 
that  the  root  be  sorted  before  it  is  shipped,  so  that 
the  better  quality  may  be  sold  separately.  However, 
even  unassorted  ginseng  root  of  any  quality  is  salable 
according  to  its  merit.  Ginseng  may  be  shipped  in  any 
quantity,  and  should  be  packed  in  strong  wooden  casks 
or  cases  of  a  capacity  of  from  lOO  to  200  pounds.  Old 
whisky  casks  might  be  used,  but  they  should  be  quite 
dry  before  the  root  is  packed.  If  the  root  is  packed  in  a 
wet  condition,  it  becomes  moldy  and  deteriorates.  The 
clarified  root  is  liked  by  purchasers  here,  and  its  value 
is,  as  a  rule,  higher  than  that  of  the  crude  root.  There 
is  no  particular  process  of  clarification  in  Hong  Kong, 
but  the  Korean  root  is  clarified  with  honey. 


TWENTY-FIVE  YEARS 
TRADE. 


THE  DRUG 


AROMATIC  HYDROCARBONS  FROM  PE- 
TROLEUM.—N.  D.  Zelinsky  (Chem.  Zeit.)  has 
shown  that  benzol  and  other  aromatic  hi.'drocarbons 
can  be  prepared  from  the  paraft'ins  present  in  petrol- 
eum. Nikiforow's  method  of  consecutive  decomposi- 
tion under  increased  pressure  was  employed.  An  aro- 
matic fraction,  passing  over  between  75  and  180  de- 
grees C.  and  amounting  to  14.1  per  cent  of  the  pe- 
troleum treated,  contained  58  per  cent,  of  benzol  and 
28  per  cent  of  toluol.  The  benzol  and  toluol  ob- 
tained by  this  method  are  superior  to  those  from 
coal  tar,  owing  to  the  absence  of  thiophene  and  its 
homologues.  By  treating  the  same  fraction  with  sul- 
phuric acid  and  alkali,  a  purified  product  containing 
65.5  per  cent,  of  benzene  and  29  per  cent,  of  toluene 
was  obtained.  The  same  fraction  also  contained  sev- 
eral xylenes  and  a  cumene.  The  fraction  between 
180  and  200  degrees  C.  contained  tetramethylbenzene; 
and  all  these  hydrocarbons  furnished  the  characteris- 
tic derivatives.  The  higher  fractions  contained  naph- 
thalene, and  anthracene  was  detected  in  still  higher 
fractions  obtained  by  distillation  in  vacuo.  The  au- 
thor also  succeeded  in  obtaining  a  considerable  quant- 
ity of  benzol,  by  decomposing  petroleum  benzine  twice 
in  succession  under  a  pressure  of  3^i  atmospheres.  It 
has  thus  been  proved  that  hexamethylene  can  be  con- 
verted into  benzol  and  its  homologues. 

PREPAR.\TION  OF  ARROWROOT— E.  Leus- 
cher  (Zeits.  offent.  Chem.")  describes  the  method  of 
preparing  arrowroot.  The  genuine  arrowroot  is  ob- 
tained from  shrubs  of  the  genus  Maranta.  The  plant 
is  cultivated  like  the  potato,  and  is  grown  in  rich, 
deeply-plowed  land.  It  conies  to  maturity  in  about 
a  year,  after  which  the  roots  are  collected,  washed 
and  peeled.  The  latter  process  requires  great  care, 
for  the  peel  contains  a  very  bitter  resinous  sub- 
stance. After  removing  the  skin,  the  roots  are  again 
washed,  and  either  rapidly  ground  or  crushed  to  a 
pulp  between  rollers.  The  pulp  falls  into  a  finely 
perforated  cylinder  in  which  the  starch  is  removed 
by  mean  of  a  current  of  water.  The  milk.y  liquid  is 
strained  through  muslin  and  conveyed  to  settling 
tanks.  After  the  starch  has  settled,  the  water  is 
drained  off  and  the  moist  material  dried.  In  Ber- 
muda the  starch  is  dried  in  the  sun  in  copper  pans 
covered  with  gauze.  In  Jamaica  wooden  trays  with 
cloth  bottoms  and  covered  with  gauze  are  employed. 

JUVENIA,  A  HAIR  DYE.— Dr.  Jos.  Schiitz  (.Apot. 
Zeit.)  states  that  juvenia,  which  is  guaranteed  to  be  a 
harmless  vegetable  hair  dye,  cannot  be  used  without 
danger  of  causing  inflammation  of  the  scalp  and  skin. 
This  substance  was  found  by  Fresenius  to  consist  of 
paraphenylendiamin  and  a  solution  of  hydrogen  dioxide 
and  is  sold  under  various  names. 


MYRTOCOLORIN.  a  quercitin  glucoside  present 
in  Eucalyptus  macrorhyncha  has  been  found  hy  A.  G. 
Pcrkin  (Proc.  Chem.  Soc.)  to  be  identical  with  osy- 
ritin.  The  sugar  derived  from  this  glucoside  was 
at  first  reported  to  be  galactose,  but  later  experi- 
ments have  shown  it  to  be  dextrose. 


The  Issue  of  She  New  York  Price  Current  for  April  1 
Is  vf  unusual  interest  to  druggists.  It  is  a  special  num- 
ber, April  lot  being  the  twenty-ftfth  anniversary  of  the 
association  of  Mr.  'Willdaim  C.  Lusk  with  that  joumal. 
In  1877  Mr.  Lusk  became  associ-ated  with  the  Ne"w  York 
Price  Current,  then  knowin  as  the  "Shiipping  and  Cam- 
mercial  List  and  New  York  Price  Current,"  and  since 
then  he  has  filled  the  position  of  drug  repiorter  almost 
continuously.  He  ihas  for  many  years  furnished  the 
m>arket  repoirts  for  the  Pharmjaceutioal  Era.  The  New 
York  Price  Current  is  one  of  the  three  jVumals  published 
by  D.  O.  Haynes  &  Co.,  the  other  two  being  The  New 
York  Commerdal  and  tbe  Pharmaceutical  Era. 

The  anniversary  number  of  the  New  York  Price  Cur- 
rent contains  a  historical  sketch  of  the  progress  and 
Ohamges  in  the  Di-ug  and  Ohemioal  Trade  of  New  York- 
during  the  twenty-five  years  which  Mr.  Lusk  has  spent 
In  the  service  of  the  journal.  The  following  is  a  brief 
atostraat  of  this  notable  article: 

THE  DRUG  AND  CHEMICAL  TRADE  OF  NEW 
YORK. 

The  drug  and  oheanical  trade  Is,  perhaps,  less  suscep- 
tible to  changes  in  oharacter  than  many  other  lines,  and 
there  is  prlobaBly  no  business  that  so  thoroughly  repre- 
sents the  world  dn  its  varied  stocks  as  that  of  the  dealer 
in  drugs,   chemicals  and  kindred  articles  of  commerce. 

Cargoes  of  these  articles  are  brougiht  from  their  na- 
tive lands  to  these  shores,  year  after  year,  always  In 
increasing  volume,  but  they  do  nlot  alwta>-s  reach  the 
same  consignee.  Comimercial  houses.  Hike  human  beings, 
live  and  die.  Soime  attain  a  great  age,  and  .^Jhe  drug 
trade  is  singularb'  fortunate  in  the  longevity  of  the  mem- 
bers of  ita  family.  Yet,  during  the  past  quarter  lof  a 
oemturj',  wibile  there  'has  been  a  vasit  expansion  in  the 
general  trade,  both  as  to  crude  and  manufactured  drugs, 
there  have  likewise  been  many  impofrtant  changes,  both, 
in  the  personnel  and  in  the  market  values  of  various 
comimodities  demanded  by  the  drug  trade. 

Intense  Activity. 

Just  as  in  the  first  part  of  the  past  half  century,  so 
during  the  pasc  25  years  there  toa®  been  Intense  doimimer- 
ciai  activity,  changing  Industrial  conditions,  combina- 
tions among  produicers  and'  distributers,  fierce  compet- 
tiicm  and  close  prices,  the  uitlmate  effect  of  which,  per- 
haps, 'Will  be  best  appreciated  by  'tihe  statisiticlian  of  the 
future. 

Twenty-five  years  ago  marked  the  beginning  lof  ■what 
has  frequently  been  termed  the  "Era  of  newer  remedies." 
and  to-day  there  is  a  multiplicity  of  these  products  which 
Tvere  heretofore  comparatively  unknown.  Alkaloids  and 
active  principles,  too,  have  taken  the  places  of  the  crude 
drugs  they  represt-nt.  Besides,  there  are  some  articles  th.at 
have  almost  wholly  disappeared  from  the  market,  notably 
quinidia.  On  the  other  'hand  the  demand  for  opium  and 
quinine  has  steadily  increased,  while  the  prices,  espe- 
eially  for  the  latter,  have  dwindled  to  a  mere  fraictlon  of 
wtoat  they  were  a  generation  ago.  During  this  period 
also  the  trade  suffered  (materially  from  those  gigajitlo 
c-omlbinations  which  .nought  to  control  the  output  of  al- 
cohol and  camphor,  and  which  were  popularly  known  aa 
the  "whisky  trust"  and  the  "camphor  syndicate." 
Only  Sky-line  Changed. 
The  drug  district  in  New  York  in  its  general 
appearance  topographically  has  undergone  but  little 
change  durtng  the  past  quarter  of  a  ceniturj',  except, 
perhaps,  slightlv  in  the  sky-line  by  the  erection  of  sev- 
eral tall  office  buildfingis  and  one  or  two  new  structurea 
for   the   exclusive  use   of  their  present  occupants. 

Back  in  the  early  '60s  the  block  on  Cedar  sitreet. 
between  "U'illiaim  and  Nassaiu.  v\nas  the  heart  of  the 
dru«  center,  there  being  no  less  ithon  siix  lOf  tIhe  most 
pncminent  houses  in  that  blkwk.  They  included,  be- 
sides that  of  Taft  &  Tyler  (now  the  Tyler  &  Finch  Co.), 
such  houses  as  Dix  &  Morris,  Recknagle  &  Schwab, 
H.  W.  Kenning  and  'Donghurst  &  Lauer,  all  of  wihich, 
except   the    first    named,    have    long  since   passed  away- 


April  ir,  190-2.] 


THE  PHAKMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


381 


None  has  failea,  but  they  just  succoimbed  to  the  age  of 
progress,  their  members  beaomin^  superannuaited  or 
Hie*,  and  one  by  one  retiring  from  business  or  dying  off. 

Trade  Concentrated. 

Going  back  a  few  years,  in  the  early  '70s  or  in  the 
latter  part  of  the  '60s,  a  marked  thinning  out  prfocess 
appeared  to  have  taken  place  during  a  single  decade. 
Nearly  all  the  houses  which  have  dissolved  were  solvent 
at  the  time  of  their  dissolution,  the  members  of  the  re- 
spective firms  retiring  from  active  business  either  rich 
or  because  of  old  age  and  inlirmity,  rendering  them  un- 
pqual  to  the  task  of  keeping  p:ice  with  the  up-to-date 
methods  of  their  younger  competitors. 

With  all  this  weeding  out  of  old-time  landanajrks  In 
the  trade,  it  is  a  noticeable  fact  that  but  few  others 
have  taken  their  places,  so  that  the  field  Is  becoming 
more  and  more  contracted— trade  concentrated,  so  to 
speak— as  the  years  roll  by.  The  business  of  the  country, 
and  especjally  that  of  New  York  city,  is  just  as  great, 
in  fact,  it  Is  much  greater  and  constantly  gilO'wing,  so 
that  while  prices  of  drugs  and  chemicals,  boSh  in  their 
raw  and  m,anufactured  state,  with  but  few  exceptions, 
are  reduced  all  the  way  from  20  to  90  per  cent,  wTien 
comipared  with  those  prevailing  a  quarter  of  a  century 
ago,  the  profits  in  the  aggregate  are  jus't  as  large  anid 
even   larger. 

Up-to-date  Methods. 

A\'ith  the  advent  of  the  twentieth  century  and  its  pno- 
gressiveness,  which  started  on  a  mad  gallop  during  the 
latter  part  of  the  preceding  century,  old-fogy  methods 
—the  methods  of  fifty  or  ahundred  years  ago—had  to  give 
T\'ay  to  latter  day  imDrovement,  to  up^tj-date 
methods  in  conducting  business,  to  new  fangled  ma.- 
chinery  for  the  manufacture  of  drugs  and  chemicals, 
just  as  the  monster  printng  press  of  today  supplanted 
the  primitive  hand   press   of   our  forefathers. 

Twenty-five  years  ago  lor  so  the  major  portion  of  the 
business  of  New  York's  great  drug  and  chemical  houses 
was  conducted  through  the  medium  of  agents  or  brokers. 
These  were  the  "middle  men"  througih  whom,  the  large 
."lobbing  and  impcrting  houses  reached  the  manuif  icturer 
the  retailer  ana  the  consumer.  Now  all  that  is  changed. 
The  occupation  of  the  drug  broker  is  a  thing  of  the  past, 
and  a  broker  is  a  rarity. 

Likewise  has  the  jobbing  house  seen  its  usefulness  pa'5s 
a-way.  Tn  former  times  th^re  "were  jobbing  drug  houses 
which  did  a  stupendous  jobbing  trade,  simply  because 
there  were  few  of  them  and  they  covered  a  wide  ex- 
panse of  territory.  In  those  days  New  York  had  a 
few.  Chicago  had  one  or  twto,  while  St.  1/ouis  and  Boston 
each  had  a  couple,  and  these  scattered  feiw  had  a  mon- 
opoly of  the  great  trade  of  the  country. 
Growth   of  Jobbing. 

But  now.  jobbing  houses,  so-called,  are  to  be  found 
anywhere — Buffalo,  Cleveland;  Toledo,  Milwaukee,  a 
dozen  in  Chicago.  New  Orleans,  Omaha,  San  Francisco, 
and  in  fact  in  any  town  of  any  importance,  not  except- 
ing Jersey  City,  PaterSon,  New  Haven,  Springfield  and 
other  cities  of  like  size  througihout  the  country.  Thajt 
is  one  reason  why  there  are  today  so  few  strictly  jobbing 
houses. 

Just  as  the  olu  house  of  Jacob  SdhiefEeldn  &  Son,  back 
in  the  early  days  of  the  Republic,  when  their  warehouse 
in  Pearl  street  contained,  besides  drugs,  such  necessities 
aa  sugars,  coffee,  cotton  and  niolasses,  departed  froon  the 
strict  drug  and  chemical  line— 'though  nothing  of  the 
kind  is  sold  by  it  now— so  now  the  jobbing  or  wholesale 
drug  houses  of  the  West  and  Southwest  include  such 
stocks  as  paints,  glass,  putty,  bottles,  whisky,  cigars 
and  other  articles  quite  as  foreign  to  drugs  asxd 
chemicals. 

Fewer  Factories  in  City. 

The  Tvarehjouses  or  factories  have  gradually  been  dis- 
appearing from  the  busy  center  of  New  York's  business 
district, where  rents  or  the  prices  of  the  ground  room 
have  kept  hand  in  hand  with  the  modern  sky-scrapers. 

Hence,  factories  and  warehouses  are  n'ow  located  In 
adjacent  towns.  There  some  of  these  plants  occupy 
acres  upon  acres  of  terriory.  "When  a  ciountry  jobtoer  or 
manufacturer  is  in  dmmedato  need  of  some  drug  or  chem- 


W.    c.    J^lJSK 


ieal  the  telephone  does  in  a  minute  'the  work  that  lontt- 
crly  required  days.  The  order  is  received  in  the  office 
lof  the  importer,  ithe  next  instant  it  'is  transmitted  to 
the  factory  or  warehouse  and  the  goods  are  shipped 
without    delay. 

Despite  this  latter  day  progress,  stimulating,  as  It 
does,  competition  in  every  branch  of  the  trade,  and  the 
largely  increased  office  expenses,  upon  whicih  point  all 
the  merchants  agree,  legitimate  drug  business  in  New 
Y'ork  still  holds  its  prestige  as  a  distributer  as  well  as  a 
manufacturer. 

While  some  of  the  newer  houses  branch  out  into 
manufacturing  as  well  as  Importing  and  jobbing,  the  ma- 
jority confine  themselves  'tio  one  branch  of  Dhe  trade, 
making  that  a  study  and  perfecting  it  in  every  detail, 
so  that  there  shall  be  less  room  for  competlton  from 
houses  which  have  many  irons  in  the  fire. 

But  one  of  the  m)ost  important  matters  that  constant- 
ly engages  the  attention  of  the  native  born  and  strictly 
.4jnencan  druggist  and  chemist  in  New  York  is  the 
presence  of  the  foreign  manufacturer  and  importer,  w!ho 
has  already  gained  such  a  foothold  and  spread  lOut  over 
the  land  to  such  an  extent  that  it  would  be  idle  to  at- 
tempt to  dislodge  him.  Germany  is  the  principal  coun- 
try whence  come  these  competitors  of  the  Yankee  manii- 
facturer.  and  were  it  not  for  the  restrictive  tariff  on  cer- 
tain products,  either  crude  or  manufactured,  the  native 
manufacturer  and  importers  would  have  a  sad  time  of  It, 

Change  of  Prices. 

During  Ihe  quarter  centun,-  a  marked  change  has 
taken  place  in  the  prices  of  drugs  and  chemicals,  the 
average  reduction  being  from  50  to  60  per  cent.  Some 
articles,  especially  those  in  greatest  demand,  have  de- 
preciated very  much  more  than  that,  notably  quinine, 
caffeine,  cocaine  and  kindred  drugs,  some  of  which  shoiw 
a  depreciation  of  75  to  90  per  cent.  But  the  greatest 
falling  off  in  prices  is  noted  in  cubeb  berries,  wlhlch  20 
years  ago  sold  for  $2.00  a  p'oimd,  trtiile  now  they  fetch 
only  9c  to  He. 

Vanillin  was  $40  an  ounce  In  1876,  and  today  It  Is  but 
ffi  cents,  while  heliotroipin  whicih  sells  for  $4  a  pound  to- 
day ibrooigiht  $30  in  1879.  Carvol  was  $5  a  povmd  in  18T9; 
today  it  is  $2.  Synthetic  wintergreen  hnnjght  .$1.90  a 
pound  in  18S6,  but  can  be  had  for  50  cents  TXrrr.  To 
give  some  idea  of  the  marked  falling  off  in  prices  during 
the  post  25  years  it  Is  orily  necessary  to  glance  over  the 
folil'oiwing  articles,  the  first  price  being  that  ruling  In 
1877,  while  the  second  Is  the  quotation  of  today: 

Oil  citronella,  70  cents  pound,  50  cents;  oil  of  caraway, 
yo.OO— $1.35;  oil  of  cloves.  $2.75—60  cents;  oil  of  mustard, 
$15— $5.50;  oil  mirbane,  40  cents— 10  cents;  oil  of  neroU, 
$56 — $30;    oil   of   rose.   .$S   per  ounce — $4.50;   oil   of  sandal- 


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[April  17,  1902. 


"wioo'd,   $7   per   pound— $3.75.   an>a  oil  of  wintergreen,  $3.50 
per  pound — $2.50. 

Oascara  sagradia,  which  ■was  unknown  to  ithe  medical 
world  until!  it  was  introduced  'by  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
about  20  years  agro,  has  been  reduced  from  $1  per  pound 
then  to  5@7c  at  the  present  time.  Morphine  and  opium, 
thxjugli  much  cheaper  than  *hey  were  25  years  ago,  haye 
not  dopre-ciated  in  the  same  ratio.  Cocaine,  liowever, 
is  amobher  of  the  new  discoveries  wliich  has  given  way. 
Fifteen  years  ago  it  sold  for  65c  a  igirain.  Caffeine  sold 
at  $9.65  in  1887,  it  dropped  to  $1.65  in  1891,  and  then  grad- 
ually rioEe  to  $11.00  in  1895,  tout  is  mow  diown  ag'ain  to 
$3.T5. 

Decline   in   Value. 

Few  articles  in  the  drug  line  have  held  their  own  In 
valne,  when  oo-mpared  with  the  prevaMimg  prices  of  a 
quarter  of  a  century  ago,  wrhile  none,  so  far  as  can  be 
learned,  has  advanced.  Cinchona  bark.  Which  several 
deoades  ago  was  found,  growing  wiid,  only  in  certain 
parts  -of  South  America,  where  it  was  gathered  by  natives 
in  the  moontainous  regions,  and  that  in  limited  quanti- 
ties, is  now  Widely  cultivated  dn  Ceylon,  and  as  a  oonse- 
quenice  has  become   very  much   cheaper. 

Essenutial  oiis  are  likewise  very  greatly  reduced  In 
price,  as  a  result  of  the  extensive  cultivation,  in  France, 
Algeria  and  other  warm  countries,  loif  the  flowers  reqaii- 
Biite  for  their  manufacture.  Where,  (halt  a  century  agOj 
manufacturers  depended  in  great  measure  upon  the  un- 
certainty of  crops  and  their  gathering,  of  wild  flowers, 
they  now  have  fields  embracing  thousands  upon  thous- 
ands of  acres  under  cultivation,  wholly  devoted  to  the 
growing  of  roses,  violets,  jasmines  and  otiher  odorifer- 
lous  flowers  and  plants,  from  which  is  extracted  the  oils 
for   the   world's   markets. 

But  a  majority  of  these  volatile  oils  diaJte  t'heir  dis- 
covery back  only  to  25  years  ar«a  less  up  to  ifihe  present 
time.  For  instance,  vanillin  was  first  produced  by  Harr- 
man  &  Reimer  and  introduced  by  Fritzsche  .Bros.,  in  con- 
nection with  the  parent  house  of  Sdhimmel  &  Co.  in 
Lelpsic,  back  in  1876,  followed  in  1879,  by  the  discovery 
'by  Fnitzsoh  Bros,  of  carvol  and  hrtiotropin,  and  in 
1880,  lot  oumarin.  Next  were  born  into  the  oily  world 
sucb  voloitile  oils  aa  menthol  and  euoalyptol  in  ISSl.  Ger- 
man rose  oil  in  1884  and  safrol  in  the  following  year, 
while  methyl  salicylate  (oil  of  wintergreen)  and  aiiethol 
were  first  produced  in  1886.  During  the  next  two  years 
citral  and  terpineol  were  discovered,  while  oil  of  cassia 
synthetic  and  mandarin  synthetic  came  as  late  as  *1896 
and  1901,  respectively. 

Exports  of  Chemicals. 

On  the  other  hand,  the  values  of  exports  of  domestic 
products  of  the  chemical  industries  during  the  year 
1876  are  $102,0&4,750,  against  $174.803,ivo  in  1890  and 
$204,501,771  during  1900.  While  digressing  somewhat 
friom  the  main  object,  that  Of  showing  the  progress  of 
t'he  drug  and  chemical  markeit  of  New  York,  it  may 
not  be  uninteresting  to  know  that  the  capitalization  rep- 
resented in  the  Ohemical  industries  in  this  country 
aimiounts  to  the  enormous  value  of  $1,500,000,000,  and 
this  takes  rua  accoimt  of  many  of  the  incorporated  in- 
dustries not  yet  active.  Of  this  vast  .capitalization 
New  York  'controls  the  m'ajor  portion  if  not  directly, 
then  indirectly,  througih  'the  non-resident  oorplorations 
'managed   in  this  city. 

Incidentally  it  may  also  'be  mentioned  that  miarvelous 
etrides  have  been  made  during  the  same  period  in  the 
discovery  of  new  and  h'igthly  valuable  chemicals.  Dur- 
ing tbe  25  years  just  ended  tbe  medical  profession  has 
•been  educated  up  'to  the  iisefulness  and  value  in  its  prac- 
tice of  antipyretics  and  analgesics,  like  acetanliid,  anti- 
pyrin  and  phenacetine;  antisepUos  and  cloatrisants  I'lke 
aristol  and  europheni;  sa'lol  and  salophen,  and  hypnotics, 
like  sultonal,  trionial  and  chloralamid.  Within  this  period 
ohemical  research,  and  moit  least  among  the  discoverers 
were  the  chemists  of  this  country  and  city,  has  succeeded 
In  adding  more  thati  a  hundred  new  synthetic  romedies. 
which   were   entirely   unknown   to   the'  world   In   previous 


The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
scribers and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription    work,    dispensing    difficulties,    etc. 

Requests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  RECEIVE 
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department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to  informatioD 
published  in  previous  issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Solution  of  Iron  and  Manganese  Peptonate. 

(J.  H.  C.) — Various  formulas  for  a  solution  of 
this  character  have  been  pubHshed  in  this  journal, 
and  you  should  consult  the  indexes.  In  a  paper  read 
before  the  Wisconsin  Pharmaceutical  Association,  in 
1900,  E.  G.  Raeuber  communicated  the  following 
working  formulas  for  solutions  of  ferric  peptonates, 
the  one  contemplating  the  use  of  commercial  ferric 
peptonate,  the  other  the  preparation  of  the  latter 
as  part  of  the  process,  and  preferable  because  of  the 
variability  of  the  dry  ferric  peptonate  of  the  market: 

Solution  of  Iron  and  Manganese  Peptonate: — Dry 
iron  peptonate,  15.5  grams,  and  manganese  sulphate, 
0.4  gram,  are  dissolved  in  water.  To  this  solution  is 
added  a  mixture  of  aromatic  fluid  extract,  2.3  grams; 
tincture  of  vanilla,  2.4  grams;  oil  of  sweet  orange, 
0.06  gram,  glycerin,  62.5  Cc;  alcohol,  62.5  Cc. ;  acetic 
ether,  0.06  gram.  Sufficient  water  is  then  added  to 
make  i  litre,  and  the  solution  is  filtered. 

Solution  of  Iron  Peptonate  is  made  from  egg  al- 
bumen direct,  as  follows:  400  grams  of  fresh  egg 
albumen  (or  51  grams  of  the  dried)  are  dissolved  in  a 
solution  of  0.5  gram  pepsin  and  82.0  grams  hydro- 
chloric acid  in  4  litr'.-s  of  water.  This  solution  is 
kept  in  a  temperature  of  40  degrees  C.  for  from  12 
to  24  hours,  being  tested  from  time  to  time  by  add- 
ing a  few  drops  of  nitric  acid  to  a  portion  of  the 
liquid,  the  absence  of  unconverted  albumen  being 
shown  when  the  addition  of  nitric  acid  no  longer 
produces  cloudiness.  After  cooling,  the  liquid  is 
carefully  neutralized  with  sodium  hydroxide  solution; 
then  586  Cc.  of  solution  of  iron  oxych'oride  (Ih. 
Gcr.),  previouslt/  diluted  with  4  litres  of  water,  are 
added  and  the  resultant  liquid  again  n;utrali:'.ed  very 
carefully  with  sodium  hydroxide.  This  precipitates 
the  iron  peptonate,  which  is  carefully  washed  until 
free  from  chlorine.  The  magma  is  then  placed  in  a 
porcelain  dish,  7.0  grams  of  hydrochloric  .acid  are 
added  and  the  mixture  is  heated  on  a_  water  bath, 
\\l.ile  stirring,  until  the  precipitate  is  dissolved. 
Then  enough  water  is  added  to  make  4  litres,  fol- 
lowed by  the  aromatics,  glycerin  and  alcohol,  in  the 
proportions  directed  in  the  first  formula,  the  j.Toduct 
bting  finally  brought  to  5  litres  by  the  addition  of 
v.ater.  

Elixir   of   Lactated   Pepsin. 

(J.  C.  H.) — The  National  I'-ormulary,  revised 
edition,  affords  a  formula  for  a  preparation  contain- 
ing pepsin  with  lactic  acid.  See  that  work,  page  22 
(Compound  Digestive  Elixir).  Another  formula  is 
Ihe  fiillciwins'  from  Griffith's  "Non-Secret  Formulas": 

l''lisiii.    pnn'    80  grains 

r.  1 1 1 '  ■  n  :  1 1  i  u    40   grains 

I'i.iM:';,..    '>r    ptyaliii    10   grains     , 

iimlibcar.    jHiwdercd    ISO  grains     ' 

Dilute  hydrochlO'ric  acid   2o 'minlm'S 

I>actlc   acid   3  drops  ■ 

Aloo'hol   .'!  fl.  ounces 

Waiter    7   fl.    ounces 

Simple  syrup    0  fl.  ounces 


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Mix  all  the  above  except  the  syrup,  macerate  for 
three  days,  agitate  frequently;  filter,  to  the  filtrate 
add  the  syrup,  and  then  through  the  filter  add  enough 
of  a  mixture,  of  alcohol  and  water,  in  the  proportion 
of  5  to  7  by  measure,  to  make  the  liquid  measure 
i6  fluid   ounces. 

Still  another  formula,  published  in  the  Spatula 
some  years  ago  and  claimed  by  the  author  to  furnish 
a  product  "superior,  therapeutically,  if  not  in  point  of 
■elegance,  etc.",  follows: 

Pepsin    75  grains 

Pancreatin    40   grains 

Ttaka  diastase   8  grains 

Lactic    acid    ]5   minims 

Hydrochloric  acid   15  minims 

Glycerin    1    ounce 

Alcohol    4    ounces 

Syrup    4    ounces 

Rose  water   '^  ounces 

Oil  of  orange  2  miniims 

"VN'aler,  enougih  to  make  16  ounces 

Mix  the  gli/cerin,  water  and  rose  water  together 
and  dissolve  the  acids  and  solids  in  the  mixture. 
Dissolve  the  oil  of  orange  in  the  alcohol  and  add  to 
the  aqueous  solution.  If  desired,  the  elixir  can  be 
colored  with  cudbear. 


Oil  of  turpentine  1  ounce 

Oil  of  spike   1  ounce 

Oil  of  sea  salt  1  ounce 

Oil  of  origaniiim   ' 1  ounce 

Am'monia  "w^ater   . ." 1  ounce 

"1  have  been  unable  to  find  anything  in  reference 
to  'oil  of  sea  salt'  and  have  used  'spirit  of  sea  salt' 
(muriatic  acid)  instead." 

A  clear  and  non-separable  mixture  cannot  be 
made  from  this  formula,  owing  to  the  immiscibility 
between  the  oils,  hydrochloric  acid  (oil  or  spirit  of 
sea  salt)  and  ammonia.  Oil  and  water(  ammonia 
water)  will  not  mix.  A  reaction  also  takes  place 
between  the  hydrochloric  acid  and  ammonia  water, 
with  the  formation  of  ammonium  chloride,  and  be- 
tween the  hydrochloric  acid  and  the  oils.  The  latter 
reaction  produces  various  decomposition  products. 
"Oil  of  sea  salt"  is  an  old  synonym  for  hydrochloric 
acid. 


Solubility  of  Terpin  Hydrate. 

(Gleaner.) — "Please  give  me  a  method  for  dissolv- 
ing terpin  hydrate  in  an  elixir  to  contain  2^  grains 
of  terpin  hydrate  to  each  fluidram." 

Terpin  h^'drate  is  rather  sparingly  soluble  in 
water  (i  to  250)  but  more  soluble  in  alcohol  (l  to  10) 
and  glycerin,  hence  any  elixir  should  be  largely  com- 
posed of  these  solvents  to  dissolve  the  quantity  of 
terpin  hydrate  you  prescribe.  Try  the  following 
formula,  which  is  a  modification  of  one  published 
in  the  American  Journal  of  Pharmacy  some  time  ago. 

Terpin   hydrate    5  1-3   drajns 

Compound    tincture   if   vanillin 1   dram 

Compound  spirit  of  orange 15  minims 

Glycerin    12  ounces 

.\lcohol     3    ounces 

Syrup    of    ■wild    cherry,    U.    S.    P.,    enoug-h    to 

make    16  ounces 

Dissolve  the  terpin  hydrate  in  the  glycerin  k(/  the 
careful  application  of  heat.  Mix  the  compound  tinc- 
ture of  vanillin  and  essence  of  orange  with  the  al- 
cohol and  add  to  the  solution  of  terpin  hydrate  in 
glycerin  (after  cooling);  shake  thoroughly  and  lastly 
add  enough  syrup  of  wild  cherry  to  make  the  whole 
measure  one  pint. 

Bismuth  Subnitrate  and  Sodium  Bicarbonate,  in  Mixtures 

(A.  G.  H.  K.) — "In  a  discussion  over  a  recent 
prescription  the  question  arose  whether  sodium  bi- 
carbonate in  solution  was  incompatible  with  bismuth 
subnitrate  and  if  incompatible,  whether  any  danger- 
ous results  would  occur  if  the  mixture  should  be 
taken  internally,  as  usually  prescribed  by  ph(/sicians." 

Sodium  bicarbonate  in  solution  and  bismuth  sub- 
nitrate are  chemically  incompatible,  carbonic  gas  be- 
ing liberated  in  the  reaction,  as  follows: 

This  reaction  is  sometimes  slow;  but  if  it  does 
not  occur  in  compounding  the  prescription,  it  13  apt 
to  take  place  after  the  mixture  is  sent  out. 
Some  dispensers  recommend  the  use  of  subcarbonate 
of  bismuth  instead  of  the  subnitrate,  but  this  is 
hardly  allowable.  \  good  plan  is  to  place  the  sub- 
nitrate and  the  bicarbonate  in  a  mortar  and  pour  a 
little  boiling  water  upon  them,  when  effervescence 
will  take  place  immediately.  Of  course,  if  the  sod- 
ium bicarbonate  is  in  solution  the  bismuth  subnitrate 
may  be  added  and  the  mixture  gently  heated  to  facil- 
itate the  reaction.  The  resulting  mixture  should  be 
sent  out  under  a  "shake"  label.  This  combination  is 
one  quite  frequently  prescribed  bo^  physicians  for  in- 
ternal  administration   and   is   not   considered   danger- 


Manufacturers  of  Porcelain  Cream  Jars. 
(F.  E.  T.) — The  following  are  manufacturers  (f 
druggists'  pottery:  L.  B.  Beerbower  &  Co.,  Eliza- 
beth. N.  J.;  Cartwright  Bros.,  East  Liverpool,  O.; 
Chesapeake  Glass  Co.,  Baltimore,  Md.;  Indianapolis 
Pottery  Co.,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 


Proprietary    Medicines. 

(Inquirers). — \\'e  cannot  give  the  formulas  for  the 
proprietary  remedies  you  name. 


DECOMPOSITION  OF  HYDROGEN  DIOX- 
IDE BY  LIGHT.— R.  F.  D'.A.rcy  (Ch.  and  Dr.)  gave, 
at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Cambridge  Philosophi- 
cal Society,  an  account  of  a  series  of  experiments 
which  showed  that  solutions  of  hydrogen  peroxide 
are  rapidly  changed  when  exposed  to  sunlight.  Ex- 
posure of  an  aqueous  solution  containing  4  per  cent, 
of  "20  vol."  HsO-N  in  a  flask  to  the  sunlight,  dur- 
ing five  days  in  June,  resulted  in  the  decomposition 
of  three-fourths  of  the  peroxide.  In  open  dishes 
the  change  is  more  rapid  and  is  not  dependent  upon 
evaporation.  The  decomposition  is  not  a  tempera- 
ture effect,  and  in  the  opinion  of  the  author  the 
decomposition  produced  by  light  may  be  the  cause 
of  the  presence  of  positive  and  negative  ions  in  the 
atmosphere. 

AG.\R-AGAR  IN  RUSSIA.— N.  W.  Sokolow, 
N.  W.  Schmelling  and  S.  J.  Lewites  (Zap.  imp. 
techn.  obschtsch.)  discuss  the  industrial  uses  of  agar- 
agar  in  Russia.  In  that  country  agar-agar  is  chiefly 
employed  in  the  manufacture  of  sweets,  marmalades, 
and  fruit  jellies,  as  a  partial  substitue  for  gelatin. 
Unlike  gelatin  it  does  not  decompose  when  damp. 
.Agar-agar  contains  an  easily  soluble  carbohydrate 
of  high  nutritive  value,  and  is  always  free  from  lead 
and  sulphuric  acid,  which  are  impurities  often 
found  in  gelatin.  The  authors  consider  this  sub- 
stance a  ver.y  acceptable  substitute  for  gelatin. 
Other  uses  of  agar-agar  are:  The  employment  of 
a  two  per  cent,  solution  in  printing  cotton  goods, 
and  its  use,  mixed  with  glycerine,  as  a  pomade  for 
the  hands. 


Hydrochloric  Acid,   Ammonia   and   Oil. 
(M.  G.  P.)— "Can  a  liniment  that  will  not  separate 
on  standing  be  made   from  the   following  formula? 


STOM.\TOL.— M.  .\ufrecht  (Bull,  de  Pharm,  de 
Lvon)  has  made  an  analysis  of  stomatol.  a  preparation 
for  the  hygiene  of  the  mouth.  It  is  a  colorless  jiqu'd 
having  a  powerful  odor  of  peppermint  and  a  slightly 
alkaline  reaction.  It  seems  to  be  an  alcoholic  solution 
of  peppermint  oil  and  terpene  hydrate,  and  contains  no 
salol.  salicylic  acid,  formaldehyde,  saccharin  or  similar 
substances. 

SYNTHESIS  OF  METHANE.— P.  Sabatier  and 
J  B.  Senderens  (Comptes  rend.)  have  succeeded  in 
producing  methane  by  passing  over  reduced  nickel  at 
250  to  -joo  degrees  C.  either  carbon  monoxide  or  car- 
bon dioxide  mixed  with  a  slight  excess  of  hydrogen. 
The  nickel  seems  to  have  a  merely  catalytic  effect, 
methane  and  water  being  formed.  It  is  now  possible 
to  form  methane  from  its  elements  in  two  operations. 


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ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS.     SERIES  XII. 

No.  121.— In  the  walls  of  Balbec,  in  Turkey,  the 
ancient  Heliopolis,  there  are  three  stones  laid  end 
to  end,  now  in  sight,  that  measure  61  yards  in  length, 
one  of  which  is  63  feet  long,  12  feet  thick  and  12  leet 
broad;  what  is  its  weight,  supposing  its  specific 
gravity  to  be  3  times  that  of  water? 

Ans. — Ssoyi  Tons. 

No.  122. — A  wire  1293  cm.  long  loses  508  gm.  by 
weighing  in  water.  Find  its  mean  section,  and  mean 
radius. 

Ans.— .393  Sq.  Cm.;  .354  Cm. 

No.  123. — 1.5055  grams  of  a  mixture  of  sodium 
and  potassium  chlorides  gave  3.4222  grams  of  silver 
chloride.  Calculate  the  relative  amounts  of  the  two 
chlorides. 

Ans. — NaCl   66.39  per   cent. 
KCl   33.61    per   cent. 

No.  124. — In  turning  a  one-horse  chaise  within  a 
ring  of  a  certain  diameter,  the  outer  wheel  made  two 
turns,  while  the  inner  wheel  made  but  one;  the 
wheels  were  each  4  feet  high;  and  supposing  them 
fixed  at  the  distance  of  5  feet  apart  on  the  axletree, 
what  was  the  circumference  of  the  track  described  by 
the  outer  wheel? 

Ans.— 62.83+   feet. 

No.  125. — A  druggist  built  a  house  costing  $5,000 
upon  a  lot  which  cost  $800.  The  house  being  burned, 
the  insurance  company  paid  him  60  per  cent,  of  the 
cost  of  the  house.  He  then  sold  the  land  for  $1,200; 
did  he  gain  or  lose  by  the  transactions,  and  what 
per  cent.? 

Ans. — Lost  $1,600;  27/29  per  cent. 

No.  126. — A  piece  of  iron,  when  plunged  in  a  ves- 
sel full  of  water,  makes  10  grams  run  over.  When 
placed  in  a  vessel  full  of  mercury  it  floats,  displacing 
78  grams  of  mercury.  Required  the  weight,  volume, 
and  specific  gravity  of  the  iron. 

.^ns. — 10  Cub.  Cm..  78  Gm.,  7.8. 

No.  127. — Required  the  weight  of  copper  and  sul- 
phuric acid  needed  to  yield  3  litres  of  sulphurous 
acid  at  the  standard  temperature  and  pressure. 

Ans. —  8.49  grams  copper. 

26,29  grams  sulphuric  acid. 

No,  128, — If  by  investing  in  5  per  cent,  bonds  I 
get  an  annual  income  of  4f^  per  cent,  on  my  money, 
at  what  price  were  the  bonds  bought? 

Ans. — 114  2/7. 

No.   129. — A  castle   wall   there   was.   whose   height 
was  found 
To     be     100     feet     from   th'   top   to    th' 

ground: 
.A.gainst  the  wall  a  ladder  stood  upright, 
Of   the   same   length  the   castle   was   in 
height; 


A    waggish    youngster    did    the  ladder 

slide 
(The    bottom    of   it)    10    feet    from    the 

side; 
Now  I  would  know  how  far  the  top  did 

fall,  ■ 
By  pulling  out  the  ladder  from  the  wall? 
Ans. — Six   (6)   inches   nearly. 

No.  130. — In  the  steelyard,  if  the  horizontal  dis- 
tance between  the  fulcrum  and  the  knife-edge  which 
supports  the  body  weighed  be  3  inches,  and  the  mov- 
able weight  be  7  pounds,  how  far  must  the  latter  be 
shifted  for  a  difference  of  I  pound  in  the  body 
weighed? 

Ans. — 3/7  inches. 

PROBLEMS    SERIES    XVL 

No.  151. — A  uniform  lever  10  feet  long  balances 
about  a  point  one  foot  from  the  end,  when  loaded  at 
that  end  with  50  pounds.  Find  the  weight  of  the 
lever. 

No.  152. — A  druggist  possesses  a  wagon,  with  a 
mechanical  contrivance  by  which  the  difference  of 
the  number  of  revolutions  of  the  wheels  on  a  journey 
may  be  determined.  It  is  known  that  each  of  the 
fore  wheels  is  554,  and  each  of  the  hind  wheels  7^ 
feet  in  circumference.  Now,  when  in  a  journey  the 
fore  wheel  has  made  2,000  revolutions  more  than 
the  hind   one,   how  great   was   the   distance   traveled? 

No.  153.— A  piece  of  gypsum  weighs,  when  sus- 
pended in  water,  644  grains,  and  an  equal  bulk  of 
water  weighs  500  grains.  What  will  the  gt7psum 
weigh   in   air? 

No.  154. — If  a  druggist  commence  trade  with  a 
capital  of  $5,000,  and  gain  so  much  that  after  paying 
all  e.xpenses  his  capital,  each  year,  is  increased  by 
a  tenth  part  of  itself  wanting  $ioo.oo.  how  much 
will  he  be  worth  at  the  end  of  20  years? 

No,  155,- — A  person  went  to  4  taverns  in  succes- 
sion; upon  entering  each  of  which,  he  borrowed  as 
much  money  as  he  carried  to  it;  and  upon  leaving 
them  he  paid  the  landlords  one  dollar  each;  which 
done,  he  finds  himself  without  money.  What  sum  of 
money  did  he  carry  to  the  first  tavern? 


POTASSIUM  HYDRIDE,— C,  H,  Moissan  (Com- 
tes  rend.")  has  succeeded  in  preparing  potassium  hy- 
dride, KH,  by  passing  a  current  of  hydrogen  over 
fine  threads  of  metallic  potassium  at  560  degrees  C. 
It  is  obtained  in  the  form  of  delicate  white  needles. 
This  compound  is  one  of  the  most  unstable  bodies 
known,  taking  fire  at  once  when  brought  into  contact 
with  the  air  and  decomposing  cold  water  with  the 
evolution  o:  hydrogen. 


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Stypticin 

H^Bl  SALESMAN  for  a  chemical 
WAM,  house     recently    bought    a 
Il^JI  drug -store    in    one  of  our 

Creolin-Pearson 

Uterine  sedative  and  hemo- 

Current  advertising  in  popu- 
lar periodicals    will   stimulate 

largest  cities.      He  put  in  a  line  of 

sales.     Doubtless  our  window 

tablets;    in  "dental'"  tablets; 

Merck's  Chemicals  and  proceeded 

cards  and  booklets  (sent  on  re- 

and as  powder. 

to  advertise  them  among  the  phys- 
icians of  his  neighborhood. 

quest)  will  also  help  you. 

Dionin 

He  had  been  selling  chemicals  of 
another  label  for  years,  but  when  it 

lodipin 

Cough  sedative  and  anodyne ; 

came  to  dispensing   he  preferred 

Two  strengths .    lo-per-cent. 

also  much  valued  in  treatment 

for  internal  use  ;  25-per-cent.for 

of  chronic   morphinism.      Pro- 

The  reason  for  his  preference  is 

hypodermic   use.        Employed 
principally  in  syphilis  and 

grn.  tablets. 

that    he,   like  thousands   of  other 
dispensers,  recognizes  "Merck's" 

scrofula. 

Gadtfol 

as  a  passport  to  favor  among  med- 
ical men. 

Thiocol 

Ale.  ext.  cod-liver  oil.    Much 

Are  you  taking  advantage  of  the 

A  drv.water-soluble.o^orless. 

employed  for  making    "  taste- 

possible influence  of  Merck  labels 

extremely  assimilable  and  well- 

less  "  preparations  of  cod-liver 

on  your  prescription  business? 

borne  form  of  guaiacol.    Mark- 

oil.     Sample  and  tested  form- 

eted as  powder,  5-grn. -tablets, 

ulas  free. 

Do  you  specify  "  Jietck'i  ?" 

and  syrup. 

Bromipin 

Dormiol 

Contains  lo  per  cent. bromine. 

MERCK  &  CO. 

Hvpnotic  and  nerve  sedative. 

Sedative  and  nervine;  free  from 

For*  convenience  of  dispensers 

disadvantages  of    the  alkali 

NEW  YORK:    UniversityPla.ee 

Dormiol  is  marketed  in  50-per- 

bromides. 

CHICAGO:     R.a.ndoIpt\    Street 

cent,  solution  only. 

% 

OM/na*" 


We  carry  in  stock  thirty-five  sizes  under 
this  brand;  prices  ranging  from  $55  to  $300 
per  M.  .^s^*s^*     J-     ^     ^     J-     J-     J- 

We  'will  give  P^^^^^  "  to  any  firm  or- 
dering 3000  of  above  advertised  size  (or  as- 
sorted sizes),  -within  four  months  from  date 
of  first  shipment,  a  cigar  storage  case,  capacity 
5000.  Hard-wood,  zinc  lined,  furnished  -with 
the   "CHALLENGE     HUMIDIFIER   ' 

(■without  a  parallel  for  moistening  purposes) 
-worth  $15. 

CH^^  .  dAvCOB^  ^  Co 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  17,  190?.. 


OVER   FOUR   MILLION   PACKAGES 

OF 

Mulford's  Antitoxin 

have  been  used  without  a  single 
untoward  result  of  any  kind. 
The  most  scrupulous  care  is 
exercised  in  the  method  of  pre- 
paring: and  testing  this  product. 
All    official    reports   show   that 

IT  SAVES  MORE  LIVES  THAN 
ALL  OTHER  SERUMS  COMBINED  } 


H.   K.   MULFORD   COMPANY 


Philadelphia 


CHbMISTS 

New  York 


Chicago 


ILlberal     Terms    to     Progressive    Druggist*. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  NOTES. 

Chicago,   April   11.   1902. 

A  correspondent  complains  that  In  his  town  some  of  the 
druggists  are  cutting  prices  on  proprietary  medicines,  but 
that  no  one  will  swear  to  it  and  he  Is  afraid  the  asso- 
ciation in  his  town  will  be  disrupted  unless  some  measures 
are  taken  to  prevent  it.  In  the  town  in  question  there  are 
not  many  druggists  and  the  correspondent  does  not  state 
how  he  knows  there  is  cutting,  whether  the  cutting  is 
advertised,  or  simply  reported  to  be  so  through  the  medium 
of  a  third  party.  These  facts  are  very  important  to  know. 
If  local  bodies  lie  down  and  quit  the  National  Association 
can  do  little.  It  must  not  act  arbitrarily,  but  must  have 
definite  evidence  on  which  to  work,  fntll  local  bodies  have 
done  everything  they  feel  they  can  do  in  a  reasonable, 
businesslike  way  to  help  themselves,  they  should  not  ex- 
pect to  be  helped. 

Auxiliaries  which  have  publications  of  their  own  are 
requested  to  put  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  on  their  mailing  list 
and  send  as  many  extra  copies  as  can  be  spared.  These  pub- 
lications are  of  great  value  to  the  association,  as  they 
show  Just  what  Is  being  done  and  how  it  is  being  done. 

The  decision  of  the  United  States  Supreme  Court  declar- 
ing the  Illinois  anti-trust  law  unconstitutional  on  the 
ground  that  it  does  not  include  organizations  of  farmers 
or  laborers,  Is  likely  to  prove  a  boon  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
In  many  States  having  similar  laws  on  their  statute  books. 
Any  law  in  any  State  having  similar  exemptions  as  to 
farmers  or  any  class  must  come  under  the  terms  of  the 
recent  decision.  This  frees  the  matter  from  considerable 
doubt  and  serves  as  a  bar  to  a  good  deal  of  litigation. 

E.  C.  Litchfield,  secretary  of  the  Genesee  County  (Mich.) 
Auxiliary,  paid  a  visit  this  week  to  the  headquarters  of 
the  National  Association. 

Philip  G.  Helntz  of  Rochester,  Minn.,  secretary  of  the 
Olmstead  County  (Minn.)  Auxiliary,  was  among  the  visitors 
to  the  headquarters  of  the  National  Association  this  week. 

The  president  of  the  Vigo  County  (Ind.)  Auxiliary,  which 
Includes  the  city  of  Terre  Haute,  writes  that  the  associa- 
tion has  stopped  retailing  by  wholesalers,  and  every  member 
Is  living  up  to  the  price  schedule.  He  says  that  they  are 
having  less  trouble  with  the  cutters  than  for  years.  At  a 
recent  meeting  fifty  cents  per  member  was  voted  as  a 
donation  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  aside  from  the  regular  dues. 

The  druggists  in  Roanoke,  Va.,  have  been  gotten  into 
line  by  the  organizer,  who  harmonized  two  opposing  fac- 
tions. The  stock  and  fixtures  of  the  only  aggressive  cutter 
In  the  city  were  bought  by  the  organization  and  all  con- 
ditions are  harmonious.  H.  C.  Barnes  has  been  elected 
president  of  the  association  and  E.  L.  Keyser  secretary. 

Attention  must  -again  be  called  to  the  necessity  for  suf- 
ficient money  with  which  to  accomplish  the  work  of  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.  Organizations  should  send  In  their  dues 
promptly  and  should  not  be  backward  in  their  voluntary 
contributions.  In  the  proportion  that  we  give  we  receive. 
When  we  help  others  from  motives  of  unselfishness  we 
help  ourselves.  In  donating:  money  to  the  National  Asso- 
ciation we  are  helping  it  to  be  national  in  fact  as  well  as 
In  name,  and  the  larger  the  association  grows  and  the 
stronger  it  becomes  the  greater  Is  the  guarantee  that 
It  win  continue  to  be  the  shield  and  bulwark  of  every 
member. 

Members  of  the  National  Association  should  not  be  con- 
cerned about  any  criticisms  the  association  Is  receiving 
occasionally  at  the  hands  of  those  whose  Interests  are  best 
conserved  by  "knocking"  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  The  motive 
for  all  criticism  should  be  Inquired  Into  by  those  reading 
It.  and  In  many  cases  It  will  be  found  that  supposed 
self-interest,  or.  It  may  be,  a  motive  still  less  worthy. 
Is  behind  the  criticism.  This,  of  course.  Is  not  Intended 
to  apply  to  the  friends  of  the  organization  who  may  not 
•gree  with  Its  policy  and  may  tliink  some  other  course 
of  action  than  the  one  at  present  pursued  would  be 
productive  of  quicker  results. 


There  are  ways  and  ways  of  getting  goods  to  cutters, 
and  not  the  least  Ingenious  is  that  of  packing  the  goods 
in  barrels  and  In  cases  after  the  manner  in  which  queens- 
ware  is  shipped.  The  practice  is  not  general,  and  It  is 
suggested  that  It  should  become  still  less  so,  otherwise 
those  who  adhere  to  It  may  find  themselves  unable  to 
follow   any   other.      Habits   are   sometimes   hard   to   break. 

Sam  Levy,  a  former  cut-rate  druggist  of  Salt  Lake  City, 
Utah,  has  discontinued  cutting,  having  sold  his  stock  of 
proprietary  medicines. 

E.  A.  Heuser,  president  of  the  Silver  Bow  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Association,  Butte,  Mont.,  writes  that  the  druggists 
of  that  city  have  bought  the  drugs  of  the  Lewis  Dry 
Goods  Company,  and,  acting  in  conjunction  with  the  clerks 
and  the  labor  organizations,  have  secured  an  agreement 
from  the  department  stores  and  the  grocers  not  to  sell 
patents  for  less  than  full  prices. 

The  following  letter  from  H.  L.  Squires,  a  well-known 
druggist  of  Morgan   City,    La.,   Is  encouraging: 

"Cutting  was  done  here  up  to  March  1,  on  which  date 
we  resolved  to  quit,  and  so  far  it  is  working  splendidly. 
To  make  assurance  doubly  sure,  I  wrote  to  every  whole- 
saler In  the  State  and  received  letters  assuring  us  of 
their  hearty  co-operation.  I  have  been  watching  the  situ- 
ation In  New  Orleans,  and  last  Sunday's  papers  were 
very  evidently  without  ads.  from  the  cutting  druggists. 
I  am  glad  that  I  am  in  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  The  situation 
here  is  (bettered  by  your  organization." 

Druggists  are  warned  against  buying  old  goods  at  low 
prices,  or  at  any  prices,  for  that  matter.  Sometimes  a 
speculator  gets  hold  of  a  stock  of  shelf-worn  goods,  brightens 
them  up  and  sells  them  anywhere  he  can  find  a  market. 
Sometimes  these  goods  are  sold  to  the  cutters,  who  are 
anxious  to  get  them  to  fill  out  their  stock  and  "make 
good"  on  their  advertising.  The  supply  of  such  goods  la 
neither  large  nor  regular. 

St.  Mary's  Parish  Auxiliary,  Morgan  City,  La.,  was 
recently  organized.  M.  L.  Squires,  the  secretary,  writes: 
"We  are  getting  full  prices  on  all  patent  medicines. 
Prices  were  restored  on  March  1,  and  everybody  is  happy." 

Arthur  Featherstonhaugh,  who  has  been  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  in  Illinois  and  Missouri,  Is 
no  longer  in  the  employ  of  the  association,  and  his  where- 
ibouts  are  unknown  to  the  organization  department.  This 
statement  is  made  for  the  information  of  the  trade,  that 
members   of  the  trade  may  govern  themselves  accordingly. 

The  Lake  County  (Ind.)  Auxiliary  will  hold  a  meeting 
and  banquet  on  April  8.  in  Hammond.  Dr.  J.  R.  Noel, 
eenerni  organizer  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  will  attend  and  speak 
at  the  banquet.  E.  R.  Stauffer  is  president  and  Joseph 
W.    Weiss   is   secretary. 

Bulletin  No.  211  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Is  In  the  hands 
of  the  printer  and  will  be  ready  In  a  few  days.  It  will 
contain  all  the  Important  news  of  the  association  boiled 
down  into  small  compass. 


Soda  Mint  Gum. 
Soda  lUnt  Gum  is  being  well  advertised  and  a  jaT  of 
it  placed  on  the  drug  store  counter  is  soon  sold.  This 
gum  has  been  on  the  jnarket  about  six  years,  and  under 
the  present  ownershdp  about  a  year  and  a  half.  It  has 
a  delicious  flavor  and  is  said  to  prevent  indigestion, 
heartburn,  etc.  Each  order  far  100  five-cent  paclcages, 
costing  $2.73,  is  shipped  in  a  handsome  display  jar.  The 
Soda  Mint  Gum  Co.,  Pittsburg.  Pa.,  will  send  druggists 
attractive  advertising  matter  free. 


Any  druggist  who  wants  a  duplicating  apparatus 
would  do  well  to  write  to  the  Phamir-Schapirogi-aph  Co.. 
265  (Broadway,  New  York.  This  duplicator  will  make  up 
to  150  clean  copies  of  anything  written  with  a  pen  or 
the  tjipewriter.  The  manufacturers  allow  a  practical 
trial   without  deposW. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  17,  1902. 


NEW   YORK  AND   VICINITY. 


KINGS  COUNTY  PHARMACEUTICAL 
SOCIETY. 

The  announcement  was  made  at  the  monthly  meeting 
of  the  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society,  held  aJt  the 
Broolclyn  College  of  Phanraacy,  Tuesday,  April  9,  that  a 
plot  of  ground  wouW  be  purchased  on  Noslrand  avenue, 
near  Dafayette  avenue,  and  a  new  building  for  the  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  would  be  erected  thereon  as  soon  as 
possible.  The  plot  of  ground  selected  is  about  75  feet  by 
100  feet  and  the  building,  which  will  be  from  86  feet  to 
90  feet  deep  and  50  feet  wide,  will  ibe  equipped  with  the 
most  modern  fixtures. 

Oscar  C.  Kleine,  Jr.,  presided  at  the  meeting  and  Sec- 
retary F.  P.  TutJhlll  read  the  minutes.  Nelsion  S.  Kirk, 
Harry  S.  Wilson  and  Edward  DeZurko  were  elected  nieim- 
bers.  Treasurer  P.  W.  Ray  reported  a  toalan-ee  of  $3,- 
363.28  in  the  treasury  of  the  society,  and  ,|S,231.13  to  the 
credit  of  the  college.  T.  J.  France  reported  for  the  Leg- 
islative com'mittee  in  the  absence  of  the  chairman,  Dr. 
"William  Muir,  who  was  attending  a  hearing  on  the  soda 
water  bill  before  Governor  Odell  at  Albany.  Mr.  France 
said  the  Hill  bill,  which  to  pharmacists  was  the  most  im- 
portant measure  passed  at  the  last  session,  had  been 
signed  by  the  Governor  and  explained  the  ichanges  which 
It  niakes  in  the  State  Pharmacy  law.  In  reviewing'  the 
work  done  toy  the  legislative  committee  Mr.  Prance  said 
there  had  been  more  to  do  at  the  session  just  closed  than 
in  any  former  year,  and  it  had  required  almost  constant 
attendance  at  Albany.  The  compressed  gas  bill  had 
passed  both  houses  and  only  required  the  signature  of 
the  Governor  to  become  law.  The  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee was  attending  the  hearing  before  the  Governor  and 
was  facing  opposition  from  the  New  York  Fire  Depart- 
ment, and  some  soda  water  manufacturers.  Mr.  France 
mentioned  the  ft)llowing  bills,  which  (the  legislative  com- 
imittee  had  been  instrumemtal  in  having  killed  or  thrown 
out  of  the  Legslature;  Nye  ibill,  to  allow  physicians  to 
■practice  pharmacy  on  their  medical  certificates;  Marshall 
poison  cork  bill,  to  compel  pharmacists  to  use  a  certain 
kind  of  cork  in  -bottles  comtaining  poison;  Fancher  ball, 
to  permit  general  dealers  to  sell  poisons  hearing  labels 
of  a  registered  pharmacist.  A  member  asked  it.  under 
the  new  law,  any  member  of  the  State  Association  could 
vote  at  the  election  for  a  Board  of  Pharmacy  member, 
and  was  informed  that  only  registered  pharmacists  were 
accorded  the  franchise.  Dr.  Tuthill  gave  soime  informa- 
tion concerning  the  Hill  bill,  and  said  the  legislative  com- 
mittee deserved  much  credit  for  the  work  done  in  secur- 
ing its  passage  and  that  if  it  had  been  defeated  in  all 
ptotoability  Kings  county  would  soon  have  heen  without 
Tepresentation   on  the   State  Board   oif  Pharmacy. 

C.  O.  Douden,  of  the  Bushwick  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, was  present  and  invited  members  of  the  Kings 
County  Society  to  a  social  gathering  of  the  Bushwick 
mejmbers  on  April  28. 

A  resolution  of  Dr.  iDroge,  to  empower  the  trustees  to 
draw  funds  from  the  college  treasury  to  pay  for  the 
plot  of  ground  for  the  new  building',  .'was  passed  unani- 
musly,  as  was  also  one  of  Prof.  Anderson,  allowing  the 
trustees  to  take  from  the  society  treasury  at  any  time 
such  sums  as  'may  be  required  for  the  use  of  ithe  building 
oommittee.  • 

James  Poailke,  president  of  the  New  Jersey  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  P.  O.  Co'.e,  of  Jerse-y 
City,  were  present  and  called  lipon  for  re'marks.  Mr. 
Cole  said  he  had  been  appointed  a  delegate  from  his  asso- 
ciation to  visit  Kings  County  Society  and  exitend  an  in- 
vitation to  the  annual  convention  to  be  held  at  Atlantic 
City  on  June  4.  He  spoke  of  meeting  members  of  Kings 
Co^unty  Society  ait  Ai5bury  Park  last  year,  and  hoped  to 
see  many  more'  at  Atlantic  City,  where  a  good  time  was 
prom'i.sied  all  visitors.  Mr.  Cole  reported  progress  in 
the  New  Jersey  Association  and  business  good,  with  most 
otf  the  druggi'S-ts  getting  fair  prices,  and  making  tolerable 
profits,  although  there  were  some  cutters  not  yet  in  line. 


Speaking  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Mr.  Cole  said  members  of 
his  association  still  had  faith  and  were  living  dn  hopes. 
He  had  come  to  the  conclusion  that  it  was  necessary  to 
get  in  line  with  the  Proprietary  Association  'before  any- 
thing could  be  accomplished.  He  said  several  New  Jer- 
sey pharmacists  had  Joined  the  Pharmacists'  Manufac- 
turing Co.  of  'New  York  and  thought  through  it  to  con- 
quer the  evil  of  not  making  any  profits.  He  closed  with 
eulogistic  remarks  about  Prof.  W.  C.  Anderson,  whom  he 
said  he  had  kno'WTi  as  a  worker  in  the  interests  of  phar- 
macists many  years.  Mr.  Poulke  also  made  a  short 
speech  and  seconded  the  invitation  off  his  association  pre- 
sented by  Mr.  Cole  to  the  Members  of  Kings  County  So- 
ciety to  visit  ,4.tlantic  City  at  the  earning  annual  meeting. 
The  meeting  adjourned  at  4  p.   m. 


ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION,  C.  P.  C.   N.  Y. 
Announcements  for  Commencement  Week. 

The  Alumni  Association  of  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy  has  issued  a  card  to  members  announcing  the 
program  for  commenceent  week.  The  annual  reception 
to  the  graduating  class  will  be  held  at  the  college,  Sat- 
urday evening,  April  19,  at  S  o'clock,  when  the  names 
of  the  graduates  will  be  read,  including  the  thirteen  on 
the  honor  roll. 

"The  Alumni  Day"  exercises  'will  be  'held  in  the  even- 
ing this  year,  and  on  Wednesday  evening,  April  23,  the 
annual  reception  and  enltortainment  to  the  Junior  Class 
will  be  given  at  the  college.  The  honor  rolJ  and  list 
showing  the  relative  positions  of  students  will  be  read, 
and  prizes  distributed.  The  first  prize  consists  of  a 
torsion  bala'nce;  second  piize.  United  States  Dispensitory; 
third  prize.  United  Statej  Pharmacopoeia.  After  a 
vaudeville  performance  the  as.sociation  will  meet  in  an- 
nual conference  for  the  election  of  officers,  the  reading  of 
reports,  etc. 

The  commencemenit  exercises  will  be  held  at  Carnegie 
Music  Hall,  Seventh  avenue  and  57th  street,  as  in  former 
years.  The  exercises  will  begin  at  S  o'clock  Thursday 
evening,  April  24.  The  fariulty  will  appear  in  go'wns  for 
the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  college.  Dr.  Charles 
F.  Chandler  'will  probably  wear  his  Oxfoird  gown,  this 
university  having  recently  conferrred  upon  him  the  de- 
gree of  Doctor  of  Science.  All  necessary  arrangements 
for  the  commencement  exercises  have  been  ooimpieted, 
and  as  the  graduating  class  will  probably  'be  a  large  one 
a   large  attendance   is  anticipated. 

The  associaition  members  are  requested  ito  send  con- 
tributions for  the  erection  of  a  bronze  memiorial  tablet 
to  the  'memory  of  Dr.  Charles  Rice,  to  the  treasurer, 
Creorge  C.  Diekman,  M.  'D.,  iNo.  115  West  68th  street. 
Dr.  Diekiman  'will  accept  stamps  and  any  sum  from  25 
cents  up'Wai'd. 

President  Charles  S.  'Erb  announces  that  the  Alumni 
Fund,  which  is  being  raised  to  liquidate  the  floating  debt 
of  the  college,  is  nearing  'the  $1,200  mark,  the  donations 
ranging  in  amount  from  one  'to  one  hundred  dollars.  Mr. 
Erb  is  e.xpeciting  further  contributions,  and  says  no 
amiount  is  too  small  and  none  to-o  large,  as  it  all  goes 
to  help  along  a  'good  cause. 

The  annual  outin.g  of  the  associatio'n  is  scheduled  to 
occur   on   June    11. 


STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY  ACTIVE. 

The  Board  of  Pharmacy  through  secretary  Sidney  Fa- 
ber  reports  that  pharmacists  have  not  all  sent  in  appli- 
cations for  store  registration.  The  Board  has  been  ad- 
vised that  it  can  apply  to  the  Supreme  Court  for  an  In- 
junction restraining  pharmacists  from  practising  in  un- 
registered stores  and  wants  delinquents  to  send  the  nec- 
essary fee,   two  dollars,  and  save  'trouble. 

Inspectors  have  been  visiting  drug  stores  recently, 
collecting  samples  for  an3ly.sls,   and  the  Board  of  Phar- 


April  17,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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macy  will  prosecute  dealers  found  selling  adulterated 
drugs  and  pharmtaceuUcal  preparations.'  PaPticuIax  at- 
tention will  be  given  to  pharmaeopoeial  preparations  con- 
taining wood  alcohol  in  place  of  alcohol.  The  inspectors 
are  also  after  druggists  who  use  substitutes  in  making 
camphorated   oil. 

Several  cases  against  persons  practising  pharmacy 
without  a  license  are  expected  to  'be  decided  this  week. 
The  following  cases  have  recently  been  heard  in  the  police 
court:  Nicholas  Partoss,  No.  146  Avenue  C,  on  three 
charges,  conducting  a  store  without  a  license,  falsely 
representing  himself  to  be  a  licensed  pharmacisit  and 
■compounding  a  prescription,  was  held  for  trial;  Mariana 
Scimeca  and  'clerk,  No.  162  Blizaibeth  street,  for  selMng 
medicine  and  poison,  held  in  .$100  bail;  Salvador  Lehey, 
No.  62  Spring  street,  perjnitting  an  unlicensed  clerk  to 
compound  a  prescription  when  not  under  supervision  of  a 
licensed  pharmacist,  held  for  trial;  John  Biggio,  Jr..  No. 
92  Park  Street,  held  for  trial  for  selling  miedicine  when 
•not  under  supervision  of  a  licensed  pharmacist;  Amanuel 
Danzi,  No.  30  'Spring  street,  and  his  clerk  were  placed 
under  bonds  for  trial  charged  with  selling  medicine  with- 
out a  license.  Nicholas  Cerulli,  No.  271  Third  avenue, 
Brooklyn,  was  fined  $50  for  falsely  representing  himself 
as  a  licensed  pharmacist.  The  inspectors  of  'the  Board 
find  numerous  unlicensed  clerks  compounding  prescrip- 
tions when  not  under  supervision.  While  they  may  not 
know  it  they  are  liaible  to  arrest  as  well  as  the  phaj- 
macist  himself. 


BROOKLYN  ALUMNI  RECEPTION. 

The  tenth  .annual  reception  of  the  Alumni  Association 
-of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  on  account  of  the 
inclemency  of  the  weather,  was  not  attended  by  as  many 
members  and  friends  as  usual,  but  it  was,  nevertheless,  a 
successful  and  most  enjoyable  affair.  There  was  no 
crowding  during  the  dances  and  those  present  appeared 
to  be  thoroughly  at  home.  The  reception  was  held  a't  the 
Pierrepont  Assem.bly  Rooms,  'Nos.  153-155  Pierrepont 
street.  Wednesday  evening,  April  9.  QDancing  commenced 
shortly  after  10:30  o'clock  and  was  continued  several 
hours  with  an  intermission  for  supper,  which  was  served 
in  the  Argyle  banquet  hall. 

The  arrangements  were  in  charge  of  the  following  com- 
mittees: F:oor:  F.  P.  Tuthill,  Phar.  D.,  '9S,  chairman; 
J.  F.  Crawford,  '95;  Phillip  Shappiro,  '01;  Frederick 
Schroeder,  '00;  W.  H.  Weygandt,  '01.  Reception:  Andrew 
Myhr,  '99,  chairman;  E.  H.  Bartley,  M.  D.,  A.  P.  Lohness, 
Phar.  D..  H.  M.  Borchers,  '97,  W.  A.  Molntire,  '93,  W.  H. 
Bussenschutt,  '95,  W.  F.  Morgan,  '96,  J.  F.  Golding,  M.  D., 
W.  L..  Morris,  '99,  Frank  Goelz,  '99.  iF.  J.  Morrisey,  '96, 
H.  L.  Goetting.  'OO,  T.  J.  Rees,  '01,  A.  E.  Hegeman,  Phar. 
D.,  '97,  J.  A.  Schellings,  Phar.  D.,  '98,  C.  F.  Kramer,  '98, 
Alfred  Sehletter,  '97,  F.  F.  Lange,  '92,  W.  S.  Wallace.  '01, 
G.  N.  Lawrence,  '00,  S.  L.  Wood.  '94.  Press:  William 
Muir.  Phar.  D.,  '97,  chairman;  Walter  Bryan,  M.  D.,  J.  L. 
Mayer.  Phar.  D.,  '98,  D.  C.  Mangan,  M.  D.,  W.  S.  Wei- 
ton,  '01 


BUFFALO  TO  HAVE  NEW  WHOLESALE  DRUG 

HOUSE. 
Buffalo,  April  12.— The  Pharmacal  Drug  Co.,  a  new 
concern  which  will  engage  in  the  wholesEile  drug  business 
in  this  city,  has  just  filed  articles  of  incorporation  at  Al- 
bany. The  capital  stock  is  $80,000  and  all  paid  up.  The 
officers  of  the  comipany  are  William  Murchison,  Buffalo, 
president;  F.  Maurice  Griesheimer,  formerly  of  Rochester, 
but  now  of  Buffalo,  secretary  and  treasurer;  Board  of 
Directors,  the  officers  named  and  Harry  Sherris  and  O. 
D.  Daniel,  both  of  Toronto.  The  new  enterprise  is  the 
outgrowth  of  the  Pharmacal  Drug  Co.  of  Canada,  which 
established  a  branch  in  this  city  about  three  years  ago. 
The  company  will  continue  Its  Canadian  business  under 
the  name  of  'the  Toronto  Pharmacal  Co.,  I^td.,  with  head- 
quarters at  Toronto.  A  branch  will  also  be  conducted 
at  Montreal.  The  officers  of  the  Canadian  end  of  the 
business  will  be  Harry  Sherris.  as  president;  C.  D.  Dan- 
iel, secretary  and  treasurer,  who  with  Messrs.  Muirchison 
and  Griesheimer,   will  constitute  the  Board  of  Directors. 


GEORGE  W.  HACKENBERGER. 

Mr.  Hackenberger  is  president  and  treasurer  of  the 
Miner  Drug  Co.,  incorporaited  in  May,  1901,  and  has 
charge  of  the  two  stores.  No.  112  Bast  125th  street  and 
No.  203  Bowery.  The  125th  street  store  is  one  of  the 
largest  and  best  equipped  in  New  York.  Mr.  Hacken- 
berger had  full  charge  of  the  placing  of  the  fixtures  and 
planning  the  store  when  it  was  built,  three  years  ago, 
and  introduced  many  originai  ideas,  especially  in  the 
prescription  and  soda  departments.  He  is  inventor  of 
Miner's  Poison  Guard  and  several  successful  proprietary 
preparations.  He  was  born  in  Bainibridge,  Pa.,  in  1869, 
served  an  apprenticeship  with  Henry  C.  Blair's  Sons, 
Philadelphia  and  graduated  from  the  college  of  pharma- 
cy there  in  1890.  Mr.  Hackenberger  is  a  mem'ber  of  the 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  Manhattan  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  and  Phiiadelohia  lOoUege  <xf  Pharmacy. 
Alumni  Association,  also  of  St.  Cecil  Liodge  No.  568  A. 
F.  and  A.  M. 

MR.  SWANN  AND  THE  BOARD  OF  HEALTH. 

New  York.  April  12.  19i>2. 
To  the  'Editor:  Mr.  S.  V.  B.  iSwann  does  not  appear  to 
me  to  have  improved  his  position  by  his  letter  in  your 
issue  of  'the  10th  inst.  Anyone  who  has  read  both  of  our 
letters  <-an  see  at  once  that  Mr.  Swann  has  made  no  re- 
ply to  mine.  I  again  repeat  that  private  firms,  and 
Boards  of  Health  also  are  ready  at  all  times  to  welcome 
Government  officials  and  private  individuals  'to  inspect 
their  establishments,  and  this  is  no  new  thing,  the  cus- 
tom having  prevailed  through  the  decades  during  which 
vaccine  virus  has  been  manufactured  toy  them.  This  ap- 
plies a'so  to  the  time  'that  antitoxin  has  .been  manufac- 
tured. I  was  under  the  imipression  that  sanitation  had 
much  to  do  w'ith  the  manufacture  of  such  products  as 
antitoxin  and  vaccine  virus,  but  Mr.  Swann's  experience 
has  taught  him  otherwise.  Mr.  Swann  further  says:  "I 
do  not  believe  that  the  quality  of  the  antitoxin  made  by 
private  firms  is  equaJ  to  'that  of  the  Board  of  Health." 
He  evidently  does  not  know,  or  has  forgotten,  about  the 
inferior  antitoxins  which  the  CNew  York  Board  of  Health 
claim  they  sold  to  'Chicago  at  much  reduced  rates.  This 
is  a  ma'tter  of  record  'because  the  statement  has  been 
made  by  officials  of  the  Board  of  Health.  Mr.  Swann 
has  still  another  belief  and  that  is  that  "90  per  cent  of 
the  physicians  in  Greater  New  York  are  In  favor  of  the 
Board  of  Health  antitoxin  and  vaccine  virus."  If  this  be 
true  and  all  these  physicians  use  Board  of  Health  prod- 
ucts, there  must  be  an  enormous  revenue  derived  toy  the 
Board  from  the  sale.  If  not.  then  rich  as  well  as  poor  pa- 
tients must  be  getting  antitoxin  and  vaccine  virus  free. 
If  it  be  as  I  have  suggested  what  becomes  of  the  money? 

"DRUGGIST." 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[April  17,  1902. 


Druggists  Gave  Cocaine  to  Swindler. 

Somi!  of  the  :!p-town  druggists  in  Manhattan  have 
recently  been  swindled  out  of  small  quantities  of  cocaine 
and  are  itrying  -to  devise  a  scheme  toy  which  they  can 
catch  the  guilty  party  or  parties  and  make  them  pay  the 
penalty  for  their  law-breaking.  From  the  nature  of  the 
scheme  it  appears  that  the  swindler  is  a  drug  clerk  or  at 
least  familiar  with  Vhe  methods  of  some  druggists.  The 
sharper  sends  a  note  to  a  druggist,  asking  for  a  small 
quantity  of  cocaine,  and  signs  the  name  of  a  friendly  com- 
petitor. One  note,  seen  by  an  Era  representative,  read: 
"Kindly  let  bearer  have  10  gi-s  oif  hydr.  of  cocaine.  Will 
return  tonigjit."  This  was  signed  with  the  najme  0(f  the 
druggist,   "per  H.  E.   B." 

The  druggist  who  received  the  note  delivered  the  co- 
caine without  any  qu.^stloni'ng  and  did  not  learn  taioit 
he  had  been  swindled  until  he  asked  for  the  return  of 
the  cocaine.  The  swindler  is  evijently  addicted  to  the 
drug  habit  and  has  worked  several  druggists  in  the  same 
neighborhood.  In  every  case  brought  to  notice  the 
person  calling  for  the  drug  has  been  a  yx)ung  man  who 
might  easily  be  taken  for  a  drug  clerk. 


"May  the  Best  Man  Win." 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical 
Association  will  be  held  in  the  College  Pharmacy  Build- 
ing, Monday  evening,  April  21,  at  9  o'clock.  Officers  will 
be  elected  for  the  ensuing  year  and  although  not  much 
has  been  said  about  the  next  regime  it  is  whispered 
among  the  members  that  a  contest  for  the  presidency  is 
more  than  protoalble.  Priends  of  George  E.  Schweinfurth, 
the  present  first  vice-president,  say  they  will  do  their 
utm'ost  to  induce  him  to  be  a  candidate,  and  friends  of 
Oharies  S.  Erb  are  urging  him  to  accept  the  nomination. 
Both  men  are  -well  known  and  popular  and  as  each  one 
has  a  large  oircle  of  friends  anxious  to  place  hLm  in  'the 
chief  executive's  chair,  it  is  quite  safe  to  predict  a  con- 
test 'Whi;h  will  be  Interesting.  One  druggist,  claiming  to 
be  "on  the  fence,"  when  asked  what  he  thought  the  re- 
sult would  be  in  the  event  of  a  contest  between  the  above 
men  smiled  and  said  "may  the  best  man  win." 


New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy  Examination. 
The  New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy  (Eastern  section) 
exainined  sixty-eight  applicants  for  registration  at  the 
meeting  held  Mai-ch  19.  The  following  were  successful: 
Leonard  Averette,  Samuel  Berner,  Bernard  Bloch,  Harry 
Bookstaber,  Ernest  L.  Boorn,  Herman  L,  Bossong,  Frank 
Byrne,  Emma  Chess,  Giuseppi  Ciardi,  Adolph  Coller,  Na- 
than Criss,  Abraham  Deutsch,  Joseph  Eihrenwald,  Vivian 
Ettinger,  Fred  Pi'edler,  Herman  Feeser,  Ambrose  L..  Gold- 
ing,  Fred  Hornecker,  Charles  Hornd,  Aug.  J.  Huether, 
William  Kuehsel,  Sam'uel  C.  Leifert,  L.  Manulkin,  MJor- 
ris  (Mishkin,  L.  J.  Maxwell,  William  Mueller,  Bernard 
Periman,  Herman  Rich,  Abraham  Rosen.  Arthur  Rowe, 
Fred  C.  Schnibbe,  Isidoire  Sohval,  Morris  Sookne,  Solo- 
mon rStile,  Fred  A.  Ulman. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

The   Diebig  Extract   of  Meat  Co.'s  suit  against  J.   T. 

Walker  &  Co.  has  ibeen  decided.  Judge  Hazel  in  the 
United  States  Circuit.  Court  upheld  the  plaintiff's  trade- 
mark and  copyrig'hted  label,  but  in  his  opinion  the  words 
"L,ieibig's  Extract  of  Meat"  can  be  used  by  any  person 
manufacturing  a  preparation  of  this  nature.  He  also 
said  that  anyone  has  a  legal  rigtit  to  advertise  that  a 
certain  extract  other  than  the  one  prepared  toy  the  Lie- 
big  oompaiiy  is  prepared  according  to  the  process  of  Baron 
Liebig,  as  he  published  his  formula  years  ag'o,  and  did 
not  regard  it  as  a  trade  secret. 

^George   E.    Pierson,   the   retail   druggist   of   Hopewell, 

N.  J.,  and  C.  H.  De  Ford,  a  well-known  representative 
of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  formerly  'with  W.  B.  Riker  & 
Sons  Co..  were  recently  "held  up"  by  two  of  the  famous 
New  Jersey  "gentlemen  burglars."  The  druggists  were 
driving  from  Hopewell  to  Middlebush  In  the  evening  and 
were  stopped  by  on  of  the  toughs  seizing  the  horse's  bri- 
dle.    A  little  quick  work  on  the  part  of  the  drug  men  Is 


probably  all  that  saved  their  valuables.  They  beat  the 
men  off  and   esca.ped  wttihout  losing  anything. 

The  Drug  Merchants'   Association  of  New  York  held 

a  meeting  Tuesday  evening,  April  8.  Members  declined 
to  give  any  information  concerning  the  proceedings,  but 
stated  that  no  agreement  on  a  schedule  of  prices  had  been 
made  with  the  department  stores.  There  seems  to  be 
little  cutting  in  Manhattan  at  present,  below  the  prices 
agreed  upon  by  the  association  members,  but  some  of  the 
Brooklyn  druggists  say  the  aggressive  cutting  of  the 
department  stores  is  probably  the  cause  of  the  decreas- 
ing sales  of  some   proprietary   preparations. 

Harry    Clark,    of   Parke,     Davis    &    Co.'s   New     York 

branch,  left  last  Saturday  for  a  visit  to  the  Detroit 
laboratories.  Mr.  Clark  has  been  with  the  firm  about  17 
years  and  has  never  before  visited  the  head  office.  He 
has  charge  of  the  city  department  in  the  New  York 
branch.  George  C.  Frolich,  N.  Y.  C.  P.,  '94,  has  re- 
cently joined  this  firm's  staff  of  traveling  salesmen  and 
will  represent  them  in  parts  of  New  York  State. 

. The  -A-pothecaries'  Bicycle  Club  will  hold  the  first  run 

of  the  season  next  Thursday,  April  24,  leaving  the  corner 
of  Fifth  avenue  and  110th  street  at  10  a.  nt.  and  proceed- 
ing to  Williamsbridge.  Hugo  Kantrowitz  is  secretary  and 
will  still  receive  applications  for  membership  in  the  club 
at  his  address.  No.  115  West  90th  street. 

• ^George  Decker,   pharmacist  of   No.   25   Cannon  street, 

Manhattan,  has  recently  purchased  a  motor  cycle.  Mr. 
Decker  is  a  member  of  the  Apothecaries'  Bicycle  Club 
and  will  doubtless  give  the  members  plenty  of  exercise 
in  keeping  pace  with  him  on  the  club  runs  during  the 
coming   season. 

— »— 'Dr.  Edward  F.  Brush,  known  in  the  drug  trade  as 
manufacturer  of  Brush's  Kumyss,  was  recently  declared 
elected  Mayor  of  Mount  Vernon,  N.  Y.,  by  a  'majority  of 
20  votes,  and  now  Justice  Maddox  has  granted  an  order 
for  a  re-canvass  of  the  ballots  cast  at  the  election. 

Charles   N.   Leigli,    whose   drug   store  is   in   the   Park 

Avenue  Hotel,  was  recently  fined  $250  in  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions  on  a  charge  of  selling  Croton  water  as 
a  sujbstitute   for  a  well-known  mineral  'water. 

^P.  Munves,  proprietor  of  the  pharmacy  at  104th  street 

and  Second  avenue,  was  married  Thursday,  April  10,  to 
Miss  M.  Ta'bachnikoit  and  is  receiving  congratulations 
from  friends  in  drug  circles. 

. The  Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Association  tour- 
nament games  will  not  be  rolled  on  Saturday,  Ajpril  19, 
on  account  of  the  National  Associa'tion  tournamet  in 
Philadelphia  on  that  date. 

- — iBaron  Van  der  'Noot  de  Vrecken.  of  Moorsel.  Bel- 
gium, was  a  guest  of  Col.  E.  W.  Fitch  at  the  Drug  Club 
last  week.  R.  S.  Moore,  of  San  Francisco,  was  also  a 
.\d'Sitor  at  the  club. 

. M.    A.    Mojarietta  has   closed  his  drug  store  at  Aim- 

sterdam.  avenue  and  98th  street,  Manhattan,  and  opened 
one  at  (No.  951  Herkimer  street,  corner  Ralph  avenue, 
Brooklyn. 

The   Irving  Drug  Co.     has   recently   incorporated    at 

Camden,  N.  J.,  •with  a  capital  stock  of  $100,000.  R.  M. 
Anderson,  B.  F.  Bryant  and  David  Rossheim  are  the  In- 
corporators. 

S.  Blain,  formerly  a  clerk  with  Hegeonan  &  Co.,  No. 

196  'Broadway,  is  now  at  H.  Steinhilber's  pharmacy,  144-th 
street   and   Amsterdam   avenue. 

• S.   H.  Carragan  spent  last  'Sunday  in  Boston,   Mass., 

and  visited  several  friends  in  the  drug  trade  along  the 
line  early  in  the  week. 

J.  D.  Baker,  representative  In  Pennsylvania  for  Mc- 
Kesson &  RoWbins,  was  in  New  York  last  week. 


Fine  Show  Cases. 

We  introduced  to  our  readers  last  week  a  manufail- 
turer  of  fine  show  cases  new  to  most  of  them,  the  Nash- 
ville Show  Case  Co.,  Nashville,  Tenn.  They  make  an 
exceedingly  fine  line  of  cases,  particularly  combinatloti 
eases  in  all  the  modern  styles  and  finishes.  They  have 
a  large  illustrated  catalogue  with  prices,  which  they  want 
to  send  to  every  druggist  who  is  interested. 


April  i:,  190?.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


389 


NEW  ENGLAND. 

OLD-TIME   BOSTON   DRUG  HOUSE  TO   PASS   INTO 
HISTORY. 

Boston,  April  12.— In  all  probabuity  the  old-time  house 
of  Weeks  &  Potter,  more  recently  knows  as  the  Weeks 
&  Potter  Drug  Co.,  will  pass  out  of  existence  early  next 
Fall,  perhips  by  the  1st  of  September,  arrangements  for 
its  liquidations  practically  having  been  completed.  This 
announcement  came  close  upon  that  to  the  effect  that  the 
Weeks  &  Potter  Building,  No.  360  Washington  street,  had 
been  leased  to  the  Raymond  Syndicate,  and  oif  ctourse 
throughout  the  trade,  as  well  as  by  the  general  public, 
curiosity  has  been  aroused  as  to  the  outcome  of  this  plan, 
in  its  effect  upon  the  future  of  the  drug  firm. 

The  Raymond  Syndicate  takes  the  lease  tor  a  long  term 
of  years.  The  syndicate  already  occupies  the  property 
adjoining.  This  lease  is  one  of  the  most  important  that 
has  been  closed  in  Washington  street  property  for  many 
years,  so  central  is  the  place.  The  Weeks  &  Potter  Drug 
Co..  who  -have  l)een  occupants  of  the  property  for  more 
than  half  a  century,  will  vacate  in  a  few  months.  The 
<3hainge  in  business  will  in  no  way  interfere  with  the 
business  of  the  Potter  Drug  &  Chemical  Co. 

Some  of  the  employes  of  the  drug  company,  men  who 
have  been  identified  with  it  for  many  years,  and  are 
acquainted  with  all  the  details  of  the  Dusiness  in  every 
instance,  have  been  eager  to  organize  a  syndicate  to  con- 
tinue the  business,  in  a  location  near  the  old  stand.  It 
is  understood,  however,  that  the  senior  and  junior  mem- 
bers of  the  firm  positively  decline  to  have  the  name 
"Weeks  &  Potter"  used  in  connection  therewith,  and  the 
project,  therefore,  practically  has  been  abandoned.  The 
house  of  Weeks  &  Potter  has  been  highly  successful,  and 
the  members  have  gained  there  ample  fortunes. 


ALUM-TARTAR-BAKING  POWDER  CONTROVERSY. 

Boston,  April  12.— Among  current  hearings  at  the  State 
House,  one  is  that  given  by  the  comlnittee  on  public 
healtii.  on  petition  of  A.  C.  Dowse,  for  legislation  that 
baking  powders  which  contain  alumina  or  any  of  its  com- 
pounds shall  be  so  labeled.  The  petitioner  stated  that  this 
alum  powder  business  is  done  chiefly  outside  of  the  State, 
as  all  the  manufactories  in  Massachusetts  turn  out  pure 
cream  of  tartar  powder.  He  thought  that  the  New  Eng- 
land products  as  a  whole  were  pure  products.  The  present 
law  is  so  uncertain  that  to  one  trjnng  to  do  an  honest 
business  it  is  difficult  to  do  so.  Mr.  Dowse  said  that 
grocers  and  others  buy  goods  which  contain  alum,  on 
which  they  pay  from  $S0  to  .$90.  They  cannot  sell  these 
goods,  for  consumers  will  not  buy  them,  leaving  the  deal- 
ers loaded  up  with  alum  goods.  A.  C.  Morrison,  secretary 
of  the  American  Baking  Powder  Association  of  New  York, 
■was  present  and  wished  a  general  law  passed  regarding 
baking  powder.  Peter  T.  Austen,  a  chemical  expert  in  the 
employ  of  a  baking  powder  company,  drew  attention  to 
the  fact  that  salts  of  alumina  are  components  of  vegeta- 
bles, therefore,  aluminum  salts  are  a  natural  fo«d  under 
certain  cor.diUbns.  He  thought  the  desired  bill  one  in 
favor  of  monopoly. 


A  Dull  Week  for  Boston  Drug  Stores. 

Boston,  April  12. — Rain  almost  constantly  throughout 
this  week  has  made  dull  days  for  the  drug  stores,  in  many 
cases,  for  there  is  no  denying  that  women  tar  outnumiber 
men  as  customers  at  these  places,  and  when  the  weather 
Is  thoroughly  bad  they  do  not  venture  out  as  under  better 
coniditions,  unless  ob'iged  to  do  so.  Hence,  a  falling  oft  in 
trade.  On  the  other  hand,  some  druggists  have  well  situ- 
ated stores  where  electrics  pass,  and  give  shelter  to  many 
women  and  others  during  rainy  days;  and  this  has  to 
some  extent  brought  about  increased  trade  from  such 
waiting  people.  Next  week  trade  ought  to  be  good,  for 
about  half  the  people  met  are  suffering  from  some  form 
of  colds. 


is  his  pea  of  guilty  and  paying  a  line  of  $D0.  His  lawyer 
first  urged  an  a.ppeal,  but  quickly  reconsidered  that  it 
woul'd  be  better  to  have  his  client  pay  the  fine  and  end 
the  matter.  When  the  Court  was  about  to  impose  sen- 
tence it  was  shown  that  O'Keefe  had  been  convicted  on  a 
similar  charge  two  or  three  years  ago.  For  a  second 
offense  of  this  nature  the  statute  calls  for  a  sentence  of 
$100  fine  and  60  days  in  jail.  The  earlier  case  had  been 
settled  by  the  payment  of  costs  and  placed  on  file,  which 
made  a  difference  in  Mr.   O'Keefe's  favor. 

Fire  this  week  in  a  prominent  block  in  Orange,  Mass  , 

had  its  origin  in  the  basement  of'C.  C.  Cook's  drug  store, 
from  which  it  rapidly  spread  to  the  top  of 'the  building,  a 
three-s'tory  structure.  The  fire  was  mostly  in  the  walla 
and  ceilings,  and  caused  damage  to  the  extent  of  more 
than  $5,000,  covered  hy  insuranee.  It  is  thought  that  tt 
caught  from  defective  electric  light  wires.  The  business 
is  occupied  by  many   business   firms. 

A   business   change   at   Olmet,   Mass.,   is  that  brought 

about  by  the  retirement  from  business,  on  account  of  his 
health,  of  E.  G.  Parsons,  who  has  heen  in  the  drug 
business  there  during  many  years.  He  has  sold  his  busi- 
ness to  C.  H.  Robbins  &  Co.,  who  have  taken  posses- 
sion. Ernest  Bullock,  as  clerk  for  the  new  firm,  will  have; 
charge  of  the  store  for  the  present. 

After  having  been  a  no-license  town  for  twenty  years, 

North  Andover,  Mass.,  through  its  selectmen,  has  estab- 
lished for  the  coming  fiscal  years,  a  rate  of  fees  to  be 
charged  for  liquor  licenses.  The  fees  range  from  $2,600, 
which  is  charged  for  a  combined  first  and  fourth  class 
license,  down  to  $1.00  for  a  druggists'  license. 

At  Waltham,  Mass.,  the  firm  of  Baoon  &  Sawyer  has 

been  dissolved  and  hereafter  the  store  at  Moody  and 
Spruce  streets,  in  the  "Watch  City,"  will  be  conducted 
as  the  Baoon  &  Sawj-er  Pharmacy,  under  the  manage- 
ment of  R.  Harrington,  while  Chester  B.  Sawyer  will 
manage  the  Red  Cross  Pharmacy. 

The  drug  business  of  F.  F.  Corliss  of  Sheffield,  Mass., 

is  to  be  closed  out,  and  the  store  closed  on  May  1.  He 
intends  to  go  into  the  same  line  of  business  in  West 
Stockbridge.  either  opening  a  new  pharmacy  or  perhaps 
buying  out  the  present  druggist  in  that  town,  a  plan 
which  is  under  consideration. 

Thomas  A.  Pardon,  clerk  at  G.  W.  Flynn's  drug  store 

in  Green  street.  Jamaica  Plain,  has  given  up  his  position 
there,  to  be  succeeded  by  Charles  W.  Stearns,  who  for- 
merly lived  in  Jamaica  Plain  and  was  once  before  a  clerk 
in  the  same  store.  More  recently  he  has  been  in  tha  drug^ 
business  in  Maine. 

^For  the  purpose  of  manufacturing  and  dealing  in  drugs 

and  chemicals,  the  A.  H.  Copley  Company  has  been  In- 
corporated with  a  capital  of  $.">0,000,  nothing  of  which 
has  been  paid  in.  Thomas  J.  BojTiton,  Everett,  is  presi- 
dent and  P.  P.  Baxter  of  Portland,  Me.,  the  treasurer 
of  the  company. 

A  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy  has  been  filed  by 

H.  F.  Burrill.  a  Roxbury.  Mass..  chemist,  who  owes  about 
$2,200.  The  largest  creditor  is  a  woman  who  loaned  him 
about  $1,000  for  business  purposes.    There  are  no  assets. 

The  Hudson  Drug  Co,  has  recently  been  Incorporate!. 

at  Augusta,  Me.,  to  deal  in  druggists'  sundries.  The  capi- 
tal stock  is  #10.000.  F.  E.  Phaneuf  of  Hudson.  Mass.,  Is- 
named  as  president. 

The  Chapell  drug  store  at  Hinsdale.  Mass..  has  passed' 

into  the  hands  of  the  Hinsdale  Drug  Company,  which.  In 
taking  possession,  gave  away  souvenirs  on  the  formal 
opening  day. 

Through   the   efforts   of  the  Dorchester  Improvement 

Association  a  postal  sub-station  of  the  Boston  Postofflce 
is  to  be  established  at  Doring's  drug  store  in  Dorchester. 

The  Maine  Wimbline  Co.  has  incon)orated  at  Portland, 

Me.,  to  make  and  sell  drugs  and  medicines,  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $10,000.     Frank  Ford,  of  Portland,  Is  president. 


NEW   ENGLAND   NOTES. 

The  outcome  of  the  case  of  J.  J.  O'Keefe.  a  WVircester 

druggist  in  court  on  the  charge  of  illegal  sale  of  liquor, 


Tablets  in  Bulk. 

Small  manufacturers  whose  preparations  are  put  up 
in  tablet  form  and  who  want  tablets  in  bulk,  will  do  well' 
to  correspond  with  Billings  Clapp  Co.,  Boston.  They 
make  a  specialty  of  this  work  and  furnish  tablets,  plain 
or  coated,  and  in  any  color. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  17,  1902. 


PHILADELPHIA. 


"CUT  PRICE   PATENT  MEDICINE  STORE." 

Philadelphia, .  April  12.— The  tong  'threatened  advent  of 
"department  stores"  as  competitors  of  local  retail  drug- 
gists becam-.e  a  reality  'last  Monday  when  Snellenburg's' 
one  of  the  largest  department  stores  started  a  "Drug  De- 
partment." The  opening  was  extensively  advertised  in  all 
the  Sunday  pa.pers  with  a  long  list  of  patents  and 
sundries  at  prices  cut  to  .the  lowest  notch,  wi'th  this  in- 
troduction: "Greatest  sale  in  the  histtory  of  Philadelphia. 
We  stayed  out  of  'the  .business  until  we  could  do  it  faith- 
fully and  well.  Take  It  for  granted  that  ■we  have  a 
oomplete  stock— at  prices  that  will  prove  the  useful  power 
of  Snellenburgs'  "  and,  as  far  as  can  be  learned,  quite  a 
numiber  of  people  patronized  the  "bargain  counter"  medi- 
cine sale.  At  the  present,  there  is  no  prescription  de- 
partment In  this  store,  the  venture  being  confined  to 
proprietary  articles  and  drug  sundries  and  a  line  of  "our 
own  make— jus>t  as  good  and  ch&aper,"  of  course,  and  it 
is  reported  that  the  success  or  failure  of  the  patents 
will  govern  the  future  oo'urse  of  the  Arm  in  t/hat  di- 
rection. 

It  is  yet  too  early  to  estimate  'the  effect  of  this  new 
competition  on  the  retail  druggists,  although  even  now 
there  us  a  feeling  that  a  general  demoralization  of  prices 
will  be  the  result  of  SneWenburgs'  advertisements  and 
"•bargain  sales,"  as  many  customers  wil  expect  'the  same 
prices  at  drug  stores  even  thougli  they  iwould  not  go 
down  town  to  buy.  However,  proprietaries  are  'being 
sold  at  so  Utile  profit  that  most  drugg'i.sts  would  not 
lose  much  by  dropping  those  most  advertised  altogether 
or  else  maimbaining  the  present  prices  with  fewer  sales. 
If  rumor  be  correct,  as  It  was  in  the  'Snellenherg  case, 
Gimbel  Broithera  wi'll  also  open  a  "drug  department" 
as  soon  as  their  neV  store  is  completed,  and  this  may, 
perhaps,  cause  others  to  follow  'the  exajmple  to  draw 
t^ade. 

The  question  of  department  store  competition  is  being 
Siiven  great  attention  toy  the  local  retail  druggists'  asso- 
ciation and  it  Is  hoped  that  their  efforts  will  t>e  success- 
full   in   mlniirjizing  its   eft'ecits  on  local  conditions. 


self  proud  by  rolling  the  only  "double  century"  of  the 
evening.  The  standing  and  averages  of  the  teams  as  now 
completed   is: 

Won. 

Asc'henbach    &   'Miller 30 

Wtoitall   Tatum  'Oo 30 

Smith,  Kline  &  French  Oo 21 

R.  'Shoemaker  &  'Co 17 

H.    K.    Mulford    Co 14 

Wanderers    12 

H. :  K.   Wampole  &  Co 2 

The  date  of  the  games  for  the  final  championship  be- 
tween the  Aschen'bach  &  Miller  and  W'hitall  Tatiun  Oo. 
teaimis  has  not  ibeen  as  yet  arranged  and  there  is  a 
possibility  of  the  present  score  being  accepted  as  final. 
Great  times  will  be  shown  the  visiting  teams  next  week, 
the  'plans  of  the  local  bowlers  'being  quite  elaborate.  The 
meeting  will  begin  on  Wednesday  with  'a  (business  session 
and  election  of  officers,  games  to  (begin  at  10  A.  M. 
Thursday  at  Fortieth  street  and  Lancaster  avenue  alleys; 
the  banqu'et  will  be  held  on  Saturday  evening  at  the 
Bourse  cafe. 


Business  Still  Quiet. 

Philadelphia,  April  12.— There  is  a  general  agreement 
of  opinions  from  retail  druggists  that  this  has  been  a 
bad  "week.  'Business  has  been  dull  and  quiet.  Trade 
picked  up  a  little  toward  the  end  of  the  week  with  a  fair 
demand  for  "cold  cures,"  for  which  the  cold  rainy- 
weather  is  responsible.  Friday  being  quite  warm  and 
l>leasant,  there  was  a  good  stada  water  business  for 
down-town  druggists  and  even  others  in  other  sections 
did  well.  T>-phoid  fever  decreased  slightly,  but  the  re- 
cent rains  will  run  it  up  again  'when  their  washed-down 
filth  gets  to  this  end  of  the  Schuylkill;  the  sale  of  vaccine 
is  practically  over  and  many  druggists  now  keep  it  only 
on    order. 

The  jobbing  h-ouses  'have  done  better  than  the  retailers, 
the  week  having  proved  a  'fairly  ibrisk  one  for  them.  The 
removal  of  the  threatened  strike  in  the  coal  regions  h'as 
relieved  the  situatio'n,  dealers  in  thiait  section  had  been 
-placing  very  small  orders  in  anticipation  lOt  dullness  and 
loss  of  trade  If  the  miners  "went  out."  'Orders  form  out 
of  town  are  now  coming  in  quite  briskly  and  of  steady 
volume.  Manufacturers  all  seem  to  be  busy  with  no 
prospect  of  slackening  down  'in  the  near  future. 

In  the  market  drugs  'moved  slovfly  and  sales  were 
I'i^ht.  Heav5'  chemicals  were  in  fair  demand,  dyes  and 
bleaches  being  the  best  sellers.  Opiu'm  'was  held  firmly 
at  $2.98  to  .1(3.00,  quinin'e  at  29  to  33  cents,  menthol 
ranged  higher  at  $3.95  to  $4.00  and  cihlorofiorm  at  45  to 
50   cents. 


The  Drug  Bowlers. 

Philadelphia,  April  12.— In  the  last  games  of  'the  season 
In  the  Drug  Bowling  League  contest  the  jolly  Wanderers 
showed  their  long-delayed  skill  and  made  a  triumphant 
finish  by  winn'ing  two  out  of  their  three  games  with  the 
TI.   K.  Mulford  'team.     Elston  o'f  the  Wanderers  did  hlm- 


Lost. 


331 


P.  C. 
833 
833 
583 
472 
388 
833 
055 


Dr.  Kinyoun  Now  Director  of  Mulford  Biological 
Laboratories. 

Philadelphia,  April  12.— The  H.  K.  QVIulford  Co.  at 
Glenolden,  Pa.,  has  secured  the  services  of  Joseph  J. 
ICinyoun.  M.  D.  Ph.  D.,  late  surgeon  of  the  Marine  Hospi- 
tal Service  and  director  of  the  Hygienic  Laboratory  of 
fhe  Marine  Hospital  Service  at  Washington,  as  director 
of  its  biological  laboratories.  Dr.  Kinyoun  Is  widely  and 
favorably  known  at  home  and  abroad  as  'a  sanitarian 
and  scientific  investi'gator,  and  has  served  the  govern- 
ment on  numerous  occasions  as  special  delegate  to  inter- 
national medical  congresses.  He  is  devoted  to  originaJI 
research  in  bacteriology  'a'nd  in  the  interests  of  the 
government  he  has  visited  the  various  bacteriological 
•laboratories  in  this  country  and  in  all  Europe  and  Ja.pan. 
Dr.  Kinyoum  received  special  instruction  from  Professors 
Koch,  Behring,  Pasteur  and  Roux  O'f  Paris  and  Berlin, 
as  representa'tjive  of  the  government,  thuis  acquainting 
himself  with  the  progress  made  in  serum-organotherapy 
and  in  the  investigation  of  infectious  diseases.  He  is 
peculiarly  fitted  'for  the  directorship  he  now  assumes 
a'od  under  his  admiiiistration  ifhere  will  'be  still  further 
advances  made  in  the  field  of  biology  as  applied  in  medi- 


College  of  Pharmacy. 

Piiiladelphia,  April  12.— iThe  eighty-first  "Annual  Com- 
mencement Exercises"  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Pharmacy  will  be  held  'at  the  Academy  of  Music,  Thurs- 
day, April  17,  at  which  108  graduates  of  the  class  of  1902 
will  be  given  their  diplomas  and  degree  of  Ph.  G.  Hon. 
Charles  Emory  Smith,  lately  Postmaster-General  in 
President  MoKinley's  'Cabinet,  will  deliver  the  address 
of  the  evening. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  .memibers  of  the  P.  C.  P. 
held  'Monday,  March  31,  the  retiring  officers  and  trus- 
tees were  re-elected,  as  follows:  President,  Howard  'B. 
'French;  first  vice-president,  William  J.  Jenks;  second 
vice-president,  R.  V.  Mattison,  'M.  D. ;  treasurer,  James 
T.  Shinn;  corresponding  secretary,  A.  W.  Miller,  M.  D. ; 
recording  secretary,  C.  A.  Weidemann,  M.  D. ;  curator, 
Joseph  W.  England;  librarian,  Thomas  S.  Wiegand; 
editor,  Henry  Kraemer;  trustees,  Joseph  P.  Remington, 
T.  Morris  Perot,  C.  'Carroll  Meyer,  W.  A.  Rumsey,  Frank 
E.  Morgan. 


Sunday  Closing  in  Camden. 

Philadelphia.  April  12.— Agitation  for  a  stricter  observ- 
ance of  the  "Sunday  closing  laws"  Is  being  energetically 
pushed  by  the  Camden,  N.  J.,  "Preachers'  Meeting," 
which  met  t'hls  week  and  passed  resolutions  calling  on 
t'h^  authorities  to  stop  all  traffic  In  unnecessary  articles, 
especially  cigars,  candles,  etc.,  on  Sundays,  complaining 
tha't   practically  anything   can  he  purchased   In   Camden 


April  17,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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on  Sunday.  Camden's  Mayor  heartily  supports  'the  antil- 
Sunday-selling  movement.  Druggists,  thus  far,  have 
been   free   from  special    mention. 

Owing  to  proposed  heavy  expenditures  for  local  Im- 
provements, Camden's  tax  rate  for  the  coming  year  will 
likely  be  raised  from  $1.96  to  $2.00,  or  possibly  even  $2.10, 
an  increase  thait  will  not  be   welcomed  by  druggists. 


Some  Figures  From  Free  Dispensaries. 

Philadelphia,  April  12.— That  the  abuse  of  the  service 
of  free  dispensaries  is  not  an  exaggeraited  evil  is  well 
shown  by  reports  of  various  hospitals  of  this  ci'ty  for  the 
month  of  March,  and  the  number  of  dispensary  cases 
treated  with  the  total  number  of  visits  made  to  tlhem  by 
patiemts  from  the  reports  of  seven  only  of  Philadelphia 
hospitals  is  surprisingly  large.  No  less  than  17,533  cases 
were  given  free  treatment  (or  at  a  merely  nominal  cost), 
at  these  seven  hospitals  alone.  75  per  cent  of  Whdch  were 
doubtless  well  able  to  pay  for  medical  treatment  and 
the  necessary  medicines  and  dressings,  which  means 
that  Philadelphia  druggists  dost  the  -profits  of  some  12,000 
sales    and   prescriptions. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

Philadelphia  b%isiness  men  are  up  in  arms  because  of 

the  wretchedly  poor  and  unsatisfactory  service  of  the 
Bell  Telephone  Company  here;  over-charging,  for  calls 
not  made,  delay  and  failure  to  make  connections  and 
general  grasping  monopoly  and  squeezing  of  telephone 
users  to  the  last  penny  with  practical  refusal  to  remedy 
matters  and  the  ignoring  of  complaints  are  charged. 
Druggists,  who  have  the  greater  number  of  pay  stations, 
have  long  been  suffering  from  poor  'pbone  service,  much 
to  their  annoyance  and  loss  by  wasted  'time  and  angry 
customers,  and  very  few  have  not  been  called 
on  to  pay  for  more  calls  a  month  than  t'heir  record 
shows.  The  local  "Trades'  League"  h'as  taken  up  the 
question  and  a  committee  coonposed  of  Messrs.  Thos. 
Martindale.  Mahlon  N.  Kline  and  A.  C  Gibson  has  been 
appointed   to  investigate  and  report  to  the   "Managers." 

A  telegraon  from  Johnson    &  Johnson's  works  at  New 

Brunswick  to  their  local  office  last  Monday  announced 
that  an  accident  had  happened  to  'the  engines,  conse- 
quently the  trip  billed  for  Tuesday,  to  Tvhich  about  200 
Philadelphia  druggists  and  doctors  had  'been  invited, 
was  ordered  to  'be  postponed  to  the  15th.  As  it  was 
then  nearly  1  p.  m.  and  the  train  had  been  promised  the 
visitors  for  8;20  a.  m.  Tuesday,  over  200  of  them,  there 
was  a  rush  business  for  the  telephone  and  messenger 
boys,  but  thanks  to  the  energetic  measure  of  the  "only" 
Bransome,  before  night  had  come  everybody  was  told  to 
come  next  Tuesday  and  a  bigger  time  promised.  Thus 
reputations  were  saved. 

iMiss  Jessie  Miller  Ward,  said  to  have  been   the  first 

person  in  this  city  to  teach  massage  upon  a  scientiflc 
basis,  died  last  Sunday  night  at  the  Presbyterian  Hos- 
pital. Withdrawing  from  the  Women's  Medical  College 
of  Pennsylvania  because  of  fairing  eyesight  in  1S90,  Miss 
Ward  took  up  the  study  of  scientific  "massage  treatment; 
her  skill  and  iproficiency  and  enthu'Siasm  in  teaching 
pupils  gained  for  her  in  1S92  the  position  of  instructor  in 
massa'ge  to  the  nurses  of  the  Training  School  of  the 
Women's  Hospital.  Later  she  established  courses  and 
training  in  many  of  the  principal  'hospitals  of  Philadel- 
phia and  Eastern  Pennsylvania. 

By   the   patesage    of  an    ordinance   by   Amibler's   City 

Council.  Monday,  portions  of  two  streets  were  vacaited  in 
order  to  provide  room  for  a  large  additio'n  to  'the  plant  of 
Keasby  &  Mattison  there.  The  extension  ■will  be  five 
stories  high,  178  feet  long  by  80  feet  wide,  and  will  cost 
$.30,000,  and  will  give  a  much  needed  relief  from  the  pres- 
ent overcrowded  condition  of  the  plant.  It  -will  be  fitted 
up  with  every  modern  aid  and  convenience  to  man'ufac- 
turing.  is  to  be  of  slow  burning  materials  and  will  con- 
tain the  latest  type  of  machinery  and  apparatus. 

^As  noted  in  this  column  last  week  Walter  Hothwell, 

P.  C.  P.,  '95,  proprietor  of  the  Hatboro  Pharmacy,  Hat- 
boro,   Montgomery  county,   has  purchased  the  old  estab- 


lished drug  store  of  the  late  Robert  S.  Doake  at  Fif- 
teenth and  South  streets,  this  city.  Mr.  Rothwell's 
brother,  Eugene,  and  C.  Sherwood  Cameron  will  manage 
the  new  acquisition  and  they  have  already  made  needed 
i'mproveiments. 

- — ^Thomas  Hetherington  is  having  his  store,  301G  Ger- 
mantown  avenue,  greatly  enlarged  by  the  taking  in  of 
rooms  in  fhe  back  part  of  the  building  and  tearing  down 
all  'walls  and  partitions  to  give  a  clear  unbroken  space, 
which  ■will  double  the  store  and  labora,tory  room.  New 
and  handsome  fixtures  and  a  complete  prescription  and 
laboratory  equipment  will   be  added. 

(Business  in  Prankford  seems  to  have  toeen  ipretty  good 

this  year,  for  two  of  tliis  section's  best  known  drug- 
gists. Messrs.  J.  T.  Shull  and  H.  J.  Siegfried  are  having 
extensive  alterations  'and  improvements  made  in  their 
stores.  Another  sign  is  that  not  a  drug  store  there  has 
been  sold  for  some  time. 

. — A.  meeting  of  the  stockholders  of  the  Century  Chemi- 
cal  CoTnp'any  of  Camden,  N.  J.,  will  be  held  on  April  21, 
in  Camden.  The  company,  whose  plant  is  at  Seventh  and 
Pearl  streets,  has  been  idle  for  some  'time  and  it  is 
rumored  that  ft  will  go  out  of  'business  and  sell  its 
equipment. 

-^-T'he  drug  'Store  of  Geo.  H.  Whipple  &  Son,  Bridge- 
ton.  N.  J.,  was  TO'bbed  early  last  Saturday  morning,  about 
$200  worth  of  cigars,  tobacco,  perfumery,  medicines,  etc., 
was  taken  and  a  small  amount  of  cash.  The  thieves 
gained  entl^ance  by  cutting  out  a  pane  of  glass  in  a  back 
window. 

^President  W.  L.  Cliffe  of  the  Pennsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  has  recently  returned  from  a  cruise 
to  Jamaica  and  the  West  Indies  and  is  looking  as  if  he 
were  greatly  benefited  by  his  relief  from  drug  store  cares. 

J.    W.    Raker   of   Prankford   avenue   and   'Huntington 

street  has  just  returned  from  a  week's  vacation  up  the 
country. 


An  Artistic  and  Economical  Cooler  for  Soda  Beverages. 

Summer  drinks  so  placed  that  they  will  attract  the 
eye  of  the  consumer  will  sell  very  much  more  readily 
than  those  that  are  buried  out  of  sight.  Manufacturers 
of  beverages  have  spent  a  grea't  deal  of  time  and  money 
to  place  their  product  so  that  it  will  attract  attention 
and  appeal  to  the  palate  of  the  drinker.  With  this  in 
mind,  the  Appert  Glass  Co.  have  placed  on  the  market 
a  solid  glass  jar  or  tank,  in  which  the  beverage  may  be 
placed  and  cooled  in  full  view,  without  loss  of  ice,  and 
without  the  ice  coming  in  contact  wi'Ch  the  contents,  yet 
the  contents  may  be  drawn  quickly  and  in  the  most 
cleanly  manner,  and  we  believe  that  the  dispenser  oif 
summer  drinks,,  especially  the  druggist,  who  in  the 
pulblic  mir.d  seems  to  be  the  natural  source  from  which 
to  obtain  them,  could  materially  increase  his  sales  of  a 
number  of  them  by  using  such  a  container  as  above 
described,  especially  for  such  beverages  as  root  beer, 
lemonade,  grape  juice,  etc. 

The  Appert  Glass  'Co.,  277  Broadway,  would!  be  pleased 
to  afford  inquirers  full  information  regarding  their  coolers 
on  application. 

Some  New  Drinks. 

Never  since  soda  fountains  were  first  invented  has  the 
thirsty  public  had  so  many  good  things  to  drink  as  at  the 
present  time.  Manufacturers  of  specialties  vie  with  each 
oither  in  producing  novelties  to  tickle  fcne  palate,  and  the 
Duroy  &  Haines  Co.  especially  have  put  on  the  'market 
this  year  flavors  and  beverages  which  'will  compare  with 
anything  ever  drawn  from  a  fountain.  Their  big  selling 
specialties  this  season  are  Kola  Cherry,  Malted  Straw- 
berry, Golf.  Soda  Claret  and  Champagne  Soda.  Every 
one  of  these  is  a  winner,  and  with  the  crushed  fruits  and 
regular  frul't  syrups  which  they  funish,  make  a  line  of 
flavors  which  the  dispenser  can  depend  upon.  They  send 
samples  free  to  responsiible  druggists,  for  they  know  that 
if  the  sam'ple  is  received  and  tested  the  order  •will  follow. 
Thir  attractive  advertisement  in  this  Issue  will  tell  more 
aibout  them. 


392 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  17,  1903. 


BALTIMORE. 


THREE  DRUG  BILLS  PASSED. 

Baltimore,  April  12,— The  druggists  of  Maryland  have 
been  successful  beyond  all  expectations  in  their  efforts 
before  the  Legislature  at  Annapolis  this  year.  They 
not  only  secured  the  enactment  of  pharmacy  law  appll- 
nalDle  to  the  entire  State  with  the  exception  of  Ta'.bot 
county,  but  two  other  measures  managed  to  run  the 
gauntlet  of  the  both  houses  and  have  been  signed  by 
the  Governor.  They  are  the  bill  to  prevent  substitution, 
adverted  to  from  time  to  time  and  pushed  especially  by 
the  Emerson  Drug  Company,  which  provides  that  the 
selling  to  a  customer  of  any  article  other  than  the 
one  he  asks  for  shall  he  a  punishable  offense,  and  the 
measure,  also  mentioned  in  this  correspondence,  to  regu- 
late the  sale  of  poisons. 

The  law  which  regulates  and  restricts  the  sale  ot 
poisons  commends  itself  highly  to  the  common  sense  of 
all  persons  who  have  watched  with  concern  the  spread 
of  promiscuous  dosing  with  potent  drugs  and  poisons,  an 
evil  which  the  almost  complete  absence  of  responsiMli'.y 
on  the  part  of  dispensers  encouraged.  Such  a  law  has 
long  been  needed  and  its  enforcement  will  go  far  to 
protect  the  puhlic  against  the  consequences  of  ignorance 
■or   cpimtna'.ity. 


Activity   in   Spots. 

Baltimore,  April  l^.-'Business  last  week  was  active 
only  in  sp'ots.  The  reports  of  the  jobbing  trade  from 
ou't  of  town  were  by  no  means  enthusiastic,  while  the 
local  movement  was  represented  as  fairly  large.  The 
general  volume  of  trade,  however,  was  ot  moderately 
large  proportions  and  no  complaints  were  heard.  The 
situation  conditions  which  characterized  the  jobbing  busi- 
ness were  also  reflected  in  the  business  of  the  manufac- 
turing pharmacists,  who  report  that  comparative  quiet 
prevails  at  the  present  time.  Th  market  for  botanicals 
is  not  materiaKy  changed,  some  articles  continuing  high 
and  being  apparently  scarce.  Heavy  dhemicals  seem  to 
be  moving  in  satisfactory  volume,  with  the  outlook  en- 
couraging.     Not  a  few  of  the  retailers  complain  of  dull- 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

Messrs,  Quandt  Bros.,   retail  and  wholesale  druggists. 

"Who  have  been  for  a  number  of  years  located  on  South 
Howard  sti-eet,  just  above  Pratt,  will  remove  to  the 
northwest  corner  of  Howard  and  Lombard  streets,  about 
the  20th  inst.  The  building  to  be  occupied  by  them  is 
much  larger  than  that  which  they  now  take  up  and  will 
admit  of  considerable  expansion  in  operations.  The  firm 
is  composed  of  Messrs.  Ernest  and  Arthur  A.  Quandt, 
and  their  establishment  is  a  retail  depot  for  the  distribu- 
tion of  the  Shiairpe  &  Dohme  products. 

^The  Alumni   Association   of  the  Maryland  College  of 

Pharmacy  is  displaying  much  activity  in  the  way  of  pop- 
ularizing the  orgianization  this  year.  Not  long  ag'o  it  ar- 
ranged a  theater  party  and  'bomorrow  evening  it  will  give 
a  euchre  party  at  Alumni  Hall.  Six  prizes  are  ito  be 
awarded,  three  of  them  to  ladies.  Refreshments  will 
also  be  served.  The  committee  on  social  features  con- 
sists of  John  G.  Beck,  chairman;  J.  F.  Cochran,  E.  E. 
Quandt,  Henry  Maisch  and  J.   H.  iSincindiver. 

Among  the  visiting  druggists  in  Baltimore  last  week 

were:  A.  C.  Taylor,  Washington;  C.  H.  Michaels,  Reisters- 
town.  Md.;  H.  N.  Snyder.  Lancaster.  Pa.;  Joseph  E. 
Boyle,  Westimiins'ter,  Md.;  P.  D.  Faihmey,  Frederick, 
Md.;  Dr.  R.  B.  Beall,  Damestown,  Md.;  J.  Hartley  John- 
.son,  Ellicott  City.  Md. ;  James  K.  Cullen,  Catonsville,  Md.; 
C.  E.  Wilson,  Hendersionville,  N.  C. ;  George  A.  Meyer's. 
Dar.astown,  Pa.;  Mr.  Allen,  manager  for  Spottswood 
Bird,   King  and   Queen   Court  House,   Va* 

Thaddeus    E.    Zimmerman,    who  is  engaged  in  business 

at  Emmettsburg.  Frederick  county,  Md..  and  was  one  3f 
the  honor  men  of  his  class  when  graduated  from  the 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  will  be  married  on  the 
24;th  inst.  to  Miss  Sara  Cochran  at  the  Presbyterian 
<hurch  in  Emmottsburg,  cards  having  been  issued. 


PITTSBUKG  AND  VICINITV. 

WILL  NOT  PAY  TAX. 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  April  12.— -A.  matter  of  considerable  'n- 
tcrest  to  college  authorities  was  decided  today  wheu 
Judge  Marshall  Brown  awarded  judgunent  for  the  de- 
iCndunt  on  a  question  of  law  reserved  'in  the  case  of  the 
city  of  Pittsiiurg  against  the  Pittsburg  College  of  Phar- 
macy, an  acfion  on  a  delinquent  city  and  school  tax  lien. 
Tlie  case  was  tried  October  1,  iyt)l,  and  a  verdict  of 
¥1j4.0G  was  awarded  ifor  the  plaintiff  subject  to  the  opin- 
ion of  the  court  on  a  question  of  laiw  reserved, 
'■•ihether  there  is  any  eviidence  in  the  case  entitling  the 
plaintifC  to  recover."  Judge  Brown  finds  that  the  de- 
fend:int  is  a  chartered  corporation,  but  has  no  capital 
stock  and  caiinol  declare  dividends,  nor  divide  its  prop- 
erly iinioii.s;  its  intmbers.  All  its  property  must  be  used 
in  perpetuity  for  .its  corporate  purposes  which  is  culti- 
vating, improving  and  disseminating  the  knowledge  of 
piharmacy  and  its  collateral  branches  of  science  and  giv- 
ing instructions  in  same  by  public  lectures.  It  is  non- 
sectarian  and  open  to  all  students.  By  agreement  it  Is 
now  a  branch  of  the  Wes.tern  University  of  Pennsylvania 
its  work  being  conducted  in  connection  with  the  univer- 
sity, and  the  degrees  conferred  are  degrees  ot  the  uni- 
versity. Its  property  is  controlled  by  a  Board  of  Trus- 
tees, none  of  whom,  receive  compensation,  and  all  of  its 
iproperty  covered  by  the  tax  lien  is  used  by  it  and  is  es- 
sential for  its  corporate  purpose.  The  college  ds  main- 
tained by  low  tuition  fees,  annual  dues  of  members,  and 
contributions.  Notwithstanding  all  these  sources  of 
revenue  the  amounts  derived  have  annually  ifallen  short 
of  the  actual  running  expenses  of  the  institution.  Judge 
©Town's  conclusions  of  law  follow: 


New  Crop  Pharmacists. 

Pittsburg,  April  14.— The  pharmacy  department  of  the 
Western  University  of  Pennsylvania  held  its  annual  com- 
mencement exercises  at  Carnegie  Hall  last  Thursday 
evening.  Thirty-tw^o  graduates  were  awarded  diplomas, 
and  several  were  given  certificates  of  proficiency  in 
chetmistry  and  materia  medica.  Addresses  were  made 
by  Prof.  John  A,  Brashear,  acting  chancellor  of  the  uni- 
versity; Dr.  James  H.  Beal,  professor  of  applied  phar- 
macy, and  the  valedictorian.  C.  Nelson  Hautz,  of  the 
graduating  class.  The  first  honlors  were  carried  off  by 
Thomas  Bartholomew,  second  by  Leigh  R.  Collins  and 
Earl  Heath  Park,  third.  Herbert  Ormsby  Hornblate  re- 
ceived the  degree  of  doctor  of  pharmacy  at  the  hands  of 
Prof.  Brashear.  The  names  of  the  gaduating  class  were 
published  in  last  week's  Era,  the  officers  of  which  were: 
President,  C.  Wesley  Cowan;  vice-president,  Edward  J. 
Aul;  secretary,  J.  Gordon  Teeple;  treasurer,  C.  Nelson 
Hautz;    editor,   F    B.   Charles. 


Death  of  An  Old  Druggist. 

Pittsburg,  April  12.— Dr.  Henry  C.  Linn,  the  oldest 
man  in  Butler,  Pa.,  and  undoubtedly  the  oldest  druggist 
in  the  State,  died  suddenly  at  his  home  in  the  above  city 
last  week.  Had  he  lived  until  the  da)te  of  this  article 
he  would  have  been  90  years  of  age.  Dr.  Linn  was  born 
in  Washington  county,  this  'State.  After  graduating 
from  the  Butler  .\cademy  he  studied  imedicine  under  his 
uncle.  Dr.  George  Linn,  one  of  the  prosperous  physicians 
of  Butler.  He  commenced  to  practice  after  the  death  of 
his  unele  in  1833.  Subsequently  he  conducted  drug  stores 
and  practiced  his  profession  at  Parkersburg  and  West 
Sunibury.  Thirty  years  ago  he  returned  to  Butler  and 
continued  in  the  drug  business  until  age  compelled  him 
tp  retire.  He  is  survived  by  two  children.  Attorney  Gib- 
son Linn  of  Idaho,  and  Mrs.  E.  K.  Colbert  of  Butler. 


Lucky  Bookkeeper. 

Pittsburg,  April  12. — Miss  Bessie  Ray,  employed  as 
bookkeeiper  for  the  Siegfried  Drug  Oo.,  Highland  and 
Center  avenues,  in  going  friom  the  store  bo  a  down-town 
bank  last  week,  lost  a  package  containing  $3,485  in  cash 
and  securities.  After  several  hours  ot  agony  Miss  Ray 
was  relieved  by  its  return,  having  been  found  by  a  clerk 
in  a  store  at  Sixth  avenue  and  Wood  street. 


April  17,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


39ri 


PITTSBURG  NOTES. 

The  prosperity  of  ^Voslern   Pennsylvania  Is  indicaited 

by  the  many  new  drug  stores  which  have  recently  been 
started,  a  few  of  which  aa-e;  W.  J.  Forker,  a  new  store 
in  Grove  City,  Pa.;  F.  T.  Griffith,  a  new  store  at  Oil 
City,  Pa.,  Mr.  Griffith  was  formerly  With  Emil  Koos,  at 
the  latter  place;  R.  A.  Smith  will  open  a  new  store  at 
Sibley,  Pa.  Among  the  changes  that  are  toeing  made 
aire  the  'following:  South  Sharon  Pharmacy  Oo.  touys  the 
store  of  J.  A.  Carroll  at  that  place;  George  Campbell,  of 
Grove  City,  Pa.,  has  purchased  the  Butler  Pharmacy  at 
Butler,  Pa.;  E.  J.  Kretz,  who  has  a  store  at  Webster  and 
Bolberts  streets,  Pittshurg,  is  opening  a  handsome  new 
store  in  'the  Eleventh  Ward. 

^Frederick  T.   B'utler,   a  'prominent  young  druggist   of 

Leechiburg,  Pa.,  was  married  last  week  to  Miss  Aline 
Siheffield,  of  Chioora,  Pa.  It  was  quite  a  society  event 
and  'brought  many  guests  from  Pittsburg  and  Allegheny, 
in  which  towns  Mr.  Butler  had  anany  friends  and  ac- 
•quainitances.  The  groO'm's  best  m'an  was  his  brother, 
Albert,  who  is  associated  with  Jiim  in  business.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Butler  will  spend  their  honeymoon  in  the  East,  af- 
ter  which    they   will   reside   in   Leeehburg. 

C.  IN.  Boyd,  a  prominent  druggist  of  Butler,  Pa.,  wiho 

toas  been  spending  the  Winter  in  a  cruise  on  the  -Mediter- 
ranean, has  advised  his  Pittsburg  friends  that  he  will  re- 
turn about  June  1. 


MICHIGAN. 


Detroit,  April  12. 

Daniel  a.nd  James  Robertson  iwill  engage  in  the  drug 

business  at  Holly  under  the  firm  name  of  iRolbertson 
Bros.      Both    members    of    the    firm    are   well-known    in 

•drug  circles,  James  Robertson  being  a  graduate  of  the 
Ohio  University  School  of  Pharmacy.  -For  the  past  four 
years  he  has  had  charge  of  the  Goodyear  Drtig  Co.'s  store 
at  Ann   Arbor. 

Among    tlie    representatives   of   Parke,    Dawis   &   Co., 

who  were  in  Detroit  la.st  week  were  I.  R.  Moore,  of 
Georgia;  'H.  P.  Herriugton.  Buffalo.  N.  T.,  and  J.  E. 
l^ongnecker,  of  Ohio.  J.  R.  Raymian,  mana'ger  of  the 
Kansas  'City  office  of  the  same  firm  Is  making  a  business 
trip  to   Old  Mexico. 

Arthur  S.  Parker,  for  many  years  a  prosperous  drug- 
gist at  the   corner   of   Woodward   and   Alexandrine   Ave- 

Tiues,  Detroit,  recently  sold  his  store  to  Oharles  R.  Horton 
for  soime  time  with  Drugg-ist  F.  W.  R.  Perry.  Mr.  Parker 
and   his   wife   went   to  Chicago   last   week  to  attend   the 

•Grand  Opera. 

W.  R.  Cole,  'for  abou't  twelve  years  'WJth  Parke,  Davis 

&  Oo.,  died  last  week  from  tuberculosis.  Mr.  Cole  went 
Soulth  for  his  health  last  fall,  but  the  change  was  n-ot 
beneficial  and  it  became  necessary  to  send  a  member  of 
his  family  to  bring  him.  home,  where  he  died  shortly 
afterwards. 

— — 'Among  the  reroresentatives  of  out-of-town  firms  who 
visited  Deti-oit  last  week  were  E.  D.  Garrigues  of  Whit- 
taJl  Ta-tum  Co.,  Philadelphia;  Jacob  Mannheim  of  Mann- 
heim Sr  Etoen,  New  York,  and  Alfred  Leeb  of  B'Otjer  & 
Co.,   '  ew   York. 

Jc  in  Tioe.  manager  ot  the  Central  Drug  Store  at  De- 
troit, has  resigned  his  position  'bo  laccept  the  position  in 
the  Goodyear  Drug  Co.'s  store  at  Ann  Arbor,  made  vacant 
l)y  the  resignation  of  James  Robertson. 

D.  M.  Newbro,  formerly  of  Butte,  Mont.,  and  con- 
nected with  the  Montana  Drug  Co.,  has  taken  up  his 
residence  in  Detroit  where  he  has  built  laboratories  for 
the   manufacture   of   Ncwbro's   Herplclde. 

G.  P.  Halls,  formerly  with  Parke,  Davis  &  Oo.,  is  now 

located  with  'the  Tanner  Drug  Co.,  of  Dos  Angeles,  Cal. 
Mr.   Halls  was  compelled  to  go  West  for  his  health. 

The  stock  of  Ballard  &   Co.,   Bay  City,  was  damaged 

by  firs  lasit  week.  The  loss  was  fully  covered  by  insur- 
ance. 

Lyman  &  Gillespie  of  Muskegoin  recently  installed  a 

very  handsome  soda  fountain  In  their  place  of  business. 

Fred  Kurtz  of  Jack-son  has  remodeled  his  store'and 

purchased  an  up-to-date  soda  fountain. 


GEORGE  F.   FAIRMAN. 

Geforge  F.  Fairmain  is  a  prominent  business  man  of 
Big  Rapids.  Mich.,  and  proprietor  of  "Fairman's  Drug 
Store,"  which  lias  a  flooir  space  of  7,500  square  feet,  and 
claimed  to  do  the  largest  exclusive  drug  business  in 
Northern  Michig.-\n.  Mr.  Falrman  was  Iwm  in  1861.  alt 
Plessis,  Jefterso'n  'Co.,  N.  1".,  and  moved  to  Big  Rapids. 
Mich.,  in  187.3,  where  he  attended  high  school  until 
1878.  when  he  became  cashieir  in  a  bank.  In  1879  he  went 
to  Grand  Rapids  as  manager  of  a  drug  store,  a  position 
he  held  until  1891,  when  he  went  to  Obiciago  'as  a  city 
salesman.     He  purchased  his  present  business  in  1892. 


• Giddings  &  Hyndman  of  Jackson  have  dissolved  part- 
nership.   Dr.    Hyndman   retiring. 

The  Red  Cross  Drug  Co.,  has  succeeded  P.  E.  Wither- 

sRoon  &  Co..  of  Benton  Haiilxir. 

The  firm  ot  Hoppough  &  Purdy  alt  Remus   has  been 

succeeded  by  J.   W.  Kirkl:uid. 

Willis   J.   Wells,   of  Farmingbon,    has   disposed  of   his 

drug  business  'at  that  pia'ce. 

Briggs  &   U'Irich  of  Kalamazoo   have  siold  their  drug 

store. 


Plant  of  Southern  Pharmacal  &  Chemical  Co.  Sold. 

Louisville.  Ky.,  April  11.— The  plant  of  the  Southern 
Pharmacal  &  Chemical  Co.  has  been  sold  to  W.  E.  Tur- 
ner and  J.  T.  Baldwin  of  St.  Louis  for  .f;20,000,  $14,000  ot 
this  amount  being  in  cash.  The  'Southern  Pharmacal  & 
Chenuicai  Co.  organized  about  two  years  ago  by  retail 
druggists  of  Louisville,  was  thought  to  be  a  money 
maker.  It  started  with  $50,000  stock  and  from  the  first 
had  little  difficulty  in  securing  orders.  It  'had  the  en- 
tire South  to  draw  from,  and  at  first  it  was  'believed 
that  the  investment  of  the  druggists  would  prove  a  good 
one.  Some  of  the  druggists  say  that  a  serious  problem 
presented  Itself  shortly  after  the  p'lant  was  erected  at 
Campbell  and  Jefferson  streets,  this  city.  The  building 
and ''machinery  'cost  almost  $50,000.  a'nd  there  -wna  little 
money  left  for  running  expenses.  The  stockholders 
found  they  were  'selling  enO'Ugh  medicine  to  make  them 
all  rich,  but  all  of  their  sales  were  on  time,  and  the  fail- 
ure to  realize  made  the  investment  an  unprofltab'.e  one. 
The  plant  was  closed  last  October.  The  new  owners  will 
start  manufacturing  shortly  and  are  confident  that  they 
will  be  successful.  The  failure  ot  the  stock  company 
did  not  serious'.y  e'mbarrass  any  Oi  the  Louisville  drug- 
gists, as  the  stock  was  distributed  among  so  many  no 
one    man    lost    heavily. 


If  a  customer  should  come  to  your  store  for  a  little 
box  of  pa'nt,  or  stain,  or  enamel,  would  you  send  him 
away  and  lose  the  profit,  or  will  you  iwrite  bo  John  Lucas 
&  Co.,  Gibbsboro.  N.  J.,  and  find  out  alxiut  their  Home 
Helps? 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  17,  1902. 


CHICAGO. 


C.  R.  D.  A.  ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Chicago,  April  10.— The  annual  meeting  o£  the  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists'  Association  was  'he.d  on  Tuesday,  March 
8,  in  the  Masonic  Temple.  President  George  A.  Graves 
was  absent  owing  to  illness,  and  first  Vice-President  Straw 
took  the  chair.  A  delegation  of  clerks  was  present,  rep- 
resenting the  Illinois  Drug  Clerks'  Association,  a  branch 
of  the  International  Retail  Clerks'  Association.  Repre- 
sentatives of  the  International  and  of  the  Federation  of 
Labor  were  also  present.  Representing  the  clerks  were 
Messrs.  Sage  and  Kronberger  of  the  local  association. 
Max  Morris,  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the  Retail  Clerks' 
International  Advocate,  and  fourth  Vice-President  of  the 
American  Federation  of  Labor,  also  T.  J.  Johnson,  busi- 
ness agent  and  organizer  of  the  Retail  Clerks'  Interna- 
tional Protective  Association  for  CQidcago  and  vicinity, 
and  H.  J.  Conway,  vice-president  of  the  International  Re- 
tail Clerks'   Association  of  St.  Louis. 

Mr.  Morris  was  called  upon  toy  Chairman  Straw  and 
addressed  the  meeting,  stating  the  purposes  for  which 
the  clerks'  societies  were  represented.  He  said  that  the 
clerks  were  organized  for  the  purpose  of  shortening  the 
hours  of  labor  and  had  no  intention  of  compelling  the 
drug  stores  to  close  early.  It  was  the  desire  of  the  clerks, 
so  the  speaker  said,  to  assist  the  legitimate  druggists  in 
every  way  and  to  influence  organized  labor  to  trade  at 
the  small  stores  and  keep  away  from  the  large  aggrega- 
tions of  capital  in  the  downtown  districts.  The  Associa- 
tion will  issue  membership  cards,  and  customers  con- 
nected with  unions  will  demand  this  card  when  trading 
at  drug  stores.  No  such  card  will  be  issued  to  any 
clerks  in  department  stores.  The  speaker  went  on  to  say 
that  while  he  was  not  a  drug  clerk,  he  was  interested 
in  the  labor  movement  and  had  been  instrumental  in  the 
organization  of  drug  clerks  of  Washington,  Springfield, 
Mass.,  Reading,  Pa.,  San  Francisco  and  Portland,  Oregon. 
He  advocated  conservative  methods  in  all  laibor  move- 
ments, and  said  that  he  hoped  that  the  laboring  men 
would  b3come  educated  to  a  sane  view  of  their  affairs 
and  reasonable  methods  for  obtaining  better  conditions. 
Whi'.e  mistakes  have  been  made  in  the  agitation  by  drug 
clerks,  he  trusted  that  hereafter  too  much  pubhcity  would 
not  be  given  to  the  matter,  and  that  the  clerks  and  the 
druggists  would  settle  their  differences  behind  closed 
doors.  Chairman  Straw  asked  if  140  hours  in  two  weeks 
was  satisfactory  to  the  speaker.  Mr.  Morris  replied.  "We 
do  not  dictate  to  the  drug  clerks  of  Chicago.  We  will 
help  them  to  get  whatever  is  satisfactory  to  them."  Mr. 
Bodemann  asked  "How  large  is  your  organization  in 
Chicago?"  Mr.  Morris:  "There  are  about  140  organiza- 
tions of  retail  clerks."  Mr.  Kronberger  stated  that  the 
Drug  Clerks'  Association  had  900  members,  Mr.  Conway 
first  vice-president  of  the  Retail  Clerks'  International  As- 
sociation of  St.  Louis,  took  the  floor  and  spoke  at  some 
length  on  the  object  of  the  organization  of  clerks  and 
wihat  it  was  desired  to  secure  from  the  druggists  and 
merchants  of  Chicago.  The  next  speaker  was  T.  J.  John- 
son, the  business  manager  and  organizer  of  the  local 
branch  of  the  Retail  Clerks'  Protective  Association.  He 
said  that  last  Fall  there  were  four  organizations  of  clerk» 
In  the  city.  In  the  past  six  months  ten  more  organiza- 
tions had  been  added,  and  the  memberslhip  has  grown  to 
2.000.  When  the  representatives  of  the  clerks  had 
spoken.  Chairman  Straw  thanked  the  committee  for  its 
attendance  and  ifor  the  conservative  views  expressed, 
and   the  committee  retired. 

The  meeting  now  proceeded  to  the  regular  order  of 
business,  the  minutes  were  read  and  approved,  and  the 
annual  report  of  the  president  was  read  and  accepted 
with  thanks.  Mr.  Mills  of  Bvanstooi  made  a  supplement- 
ary report  or  the  organization  of  the  INorth  Shore,  stat- 
ing that  he  had  recently  added  four  more  drug  stores  to 
the  North  Shore  Drug  Auxiliary.  Tht  report  of  the  sec- 
retary and  treasurer  showed  a  balance  of  ca.slh  on  hand. 
$188.53,  and  the  secretary  stated  that  since  he  arrived  at 
the  meeting  he  had  received  $125  in  dues.  The  reports 
were  accepted. 

Chairman    Straw   reported   for    tlhe   orgianJzatlon    com- 


mittee, giving  a  brief  account  of  the  work  'during  the 
year  and  the  work  which  it  was  intended  to  do  In  the 
coming  year.  He  introduced  J.  P.  Garner  of  Austin,  presi- 
dent of  the  new  Twenty-third  District  Auxiliary,  who  de- 
scribed the  organization  of  the  district  in  a  brief  and 
witty  speech.  Mr.  Straw,  on  behalf  of  the  telephone  com- 
mittee, reported  a  proposition  from  the  telephone  com- 
pany to  the  effect  that  where  the  earnings  of  a  ten  cent 
slot  'phone  are  $150  a  year  or  over,  it  would  be  permitted 
to  remain,  but  where  the  earnings  are  less  the  'phone  will 
be  removed  at  the  expiration  o'f  the  contract  and  the 
nickel  in  the  slot  'phone  will  be  substituted.  Druggists 
must  guarantee  thirty  cents  a  day  for  the  nickel  'phone, 
no  calls  to  be  free,  except  emergency  calls,  and  druggists- 
to  redeem  all  slugs  and  bad  coins.  They  will,  however, 
be  given  every  opportunity  to  supervise  the  coin  box  and 
see  that  none  but  good  coins  are  put  into  the  receiver. 
The  company  will  pay  10  per  cent  commission  on  long 
distance  toll  line  calls,  not  over  10  cents  commission  to 
be  paid  on  any  one  call.  Desk  telephones  may  be  put  in 
for  $1.00  per  month  with  nickel  box  attachments.  This 
somewhat  remarkable  proposition  brought  out  a  consider- 
able discussion  and  opposition.  Various  speakers  were 
heard,  among  them  toeing  Messrs.  Engle,  Blanchard  and 
Captain  W.  G.  Morris.  Captain  Morris  ended  the  discus- 
sion by  moving  that  the  whole  matter  bo  left  to  the  execu- 
tive committee  with  power  to  act.  The  motion  was  car- 
ried. A  vote  of  thanks  was  tendered  Treasurer  Gale  for 
having  advanced  money  to  the  Association  during  the 
past  year,  when  it  was  temporarily  in  need.  The  drug 
clerks  question  was  taken  up  and  after  much  discussion 
it  was  left  to  the  Executive  OoimmitLee  with  power  to  act. 
The  following  officers  were  elected:  President,  Jahn  I 
Straw;  first  vice-president,  Chas.  H.  Avery;  second  vice- 
president,  Herman  Fry;  third  vice-president,  S.  C.  Yeo- 
mans;  secretary,  Thos.  V.  Wooten;  treasurer,  Walter  H. 
Gale;  trustees:  S.  A.  Read,  J.  S.  Benack.  Richard  Voge, 
Chas.  A.  Thayer,  George  A.  Graves,  Auguis't  Merz. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

A    jotober   today   in     conversation    with   the     reporter 

voiced  these  sentiments  with  regard  to  iprofessionalisra 
and  comm'ercialism  in  the  drug  trade.  He  said:  "Two- 
thirds  of  the  business  done  in  a  drug  store  is  purely  com- 
mercial. If  you  confine  the  average  drug  store  strictly 
to  what  it  makes  on  prescription  work  it  could  not  keep- 
open  a  week.  It  is  folly  for  druggists  to  pose  as  bet- 
ter or  more  dignified  than  other  business  men,  for  as 
long  as  they  are  and  must  be  merchants  'the  public  will 
so  rate  them.  Sho'W  me  a  doctor,  lawyer  or  druggists 
who  com'bin'es  business  'ability  with  his  professional  skill 
and  I  will  show  you  a  successful  man.  I  am  not  say- 
ing that  the  proifesisional  part  should  'be  neglected  or 
slurred,  tout  that  both  Sides  of  the  profession  must  be 
regarded  if  one  would  succeed.  It  will  not  do  to  decry 
either  side  of  the  business— one  is  just  as  important  as 
'the  other  and  'both  must  work  together." 
At  the  recent  meeting  of  'the  Chicago  Retail  Drug- 
gists' Association  it  was  very  evident  that  there  is  a 
strong  se  ntiment  among  neanly  all  the  members  in  fa- 
vor of  the  ten-cent  slot  telephone.  Some  years  ago  when 
this  proposition  was  first  agitated  the  sentiment  at  one 
time  seemed  to  favor  the  nickel  'phones.  Now  when  the 
nioke'.-in-the-slot  proposition  is  broached  the  druggists 
oppose  it  almost  to  a  man.  Another  peculiar  Incident 
of  the  meeting  was  the  reply  of  one  of  the  drug  clerks 
to  a  question  as  to  the  former,  and  the  present  member- 
ship of  the  Drug  Clerks'  Association.  It  seems,  if  the 
reporter  understood  the  matter  rightly,  that  two  or  three 
years  ago  the  regular  organization  had  900  members  now 
it  has  60. 

Last  Sunday  afternoon,  while  Dr.  Andrew  S.  Draper, 

president  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  and  his  wife,  were 
out  driving  in  Chamipaign,  the  carriage  was  overturned 
and  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Draper  Tvere  dragged  some  distance 
before  the  horses  could  be  stopped.  Dr.  Draper's  right 
leg  was  fractured  albove  the  knee  and  one  of  the  main 
arteries  was  ruptured.  Dr.  Senn  was  called  'from  Chi- 
cago to  consult  with  the  local  physicians.  'It  was  found 
that  the  rupture  of  the  artery  in  the  li'mb  placed  Dr. 
Draper  in  grave  danger   of  blood  poisoning,   so  the  limb- 


April  17,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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was  ampu'tated.  According-  to  the  last  reports  his  con- 
dition is  slowly  improving,  and  there  is  some  hop«  o£  his 
recovery. 

A  plan  is  reported  to  be  on  foot  among  the  druggists 

and  doctors  of  Hyde  Park  to  get  up  a  match  bowling  con- 
test. Dr.  Stebbings  will  head  the  physicians'  team  and 
Max  McCoy  will  lead  the  pharmacy  teajn.  Ail  communi- 
cations should  be  addressed  to  Max  McCoy,  Sixty-first 
streeit  and  Prairie  avenue. 

^Mr.  Drake,  formerly  with  B.  S.  Cooban  &  Co.,  Is  now 

manager  of  the  W.  J.  Lafferty  drug  store  at  Sixty-third 
street  and  Monroe  avenue,  while  Mr.  Buss,,  who  has  been 
manager  of  this  store,  has  accepted  a  position  as  travel- 
ing salesman  for  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
Herman  O.  Luckwitz  (has  moved  his  pharmacy  former- 
ly at  2901  Wentworth  avenue,  this  city,  to  the  opposite 
corner,  which  has  been  remodeled  as  a  first  class  drug 
store.  Mr.  Luckwitz  has  also  added  a  laboratory  for  the 
manufacture  of  beef  juice. 

J.  A.  McGill  of  J.  A.  McGiU  &  Co.,  manufacturers  of 

proprietary  remedies,  this  city,  has  just  returned  from 
Mexico,  where  he  visited  the  principal  cities  of  the  Re- 
public. H  was  accompajiied  by  Mrs.  McGill. 
The  death  in  this  city  of  Chas.  TV.  Grifllth  Is  an- 
nounced. He  was  a  well-known  traveling  man.  who  had 
represented  the  Hert  and  Frerichs  Chemical  Oo.,  of  St. 
Louis,  in  the  West  for  many  years. 

Albert  B.   Hunt,  manager  of  the  city   department  of 

the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.,  who  was  injured  last  week  in 
an  accident,  has  nearly  recovered  and  expects  to  be  at 
his  desk  again  next  Monday. 

O.  F.  Fuller,  president  of  the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.,  who 

has  been  spending  a  few  weeks  at  Hot  Springs,  Ark.,  has 
just  returned   very  much  improved  in  health, 

D.   Van   Delden.    formerly    with  Valentine  &    Berger, 

3900  Cottage  Grove  avenue,  has  bought  the  store  of  Ben- 
jamin  Batt   at   Taylor   and   Paulina   streets. 
Mr.   Johnson,   of   Reddington   &   Co.,    wholesale  drug- 
gists of  San  Francisco,  has  been  In  Chicago  for  the  past 
few  days  buying  goods. 

— -Alfred  Berger,  a  brother  of  Joseph  Berger,  4729  South 
Ashland  avenue,  has  gone  to  Germany  to  reside  with  his 
parents. 


School  of  Pharmacy  of  Northwestern  University. 

The  new  president  of  Northwestern  University,  Dr. 
Edmund  J.  James,  conferred  the  degree  of  graduate  In 
pharmacy  upon  sixty-two  graduates  at  the  graduating 
exercises  held  in  the  Auditorium  Recital  Hall,  Chicago, 
on   April    3. 

Dr.  James,  in  his  address  to  the  class,  said  the  great 
problem  in  the  department  of  pharmacy  was  to  set  high 
the  standard  of  careful  scientific  work  as  the  basis  of 
all  special  or  professional  preparation.  "In  this  work," 
he  continued,  "the  school  of  pharmacy  of  Northwestern 
University  has  been  one  of  the  leaders  and  a  great  step 
In  advance  has  been  taken  by  the  determination  of  the 
university,  now  first  announced,  to  establish  the  labor- 
atory work  in  pharmaceutical  chemistry,  the  most  fun- 
damental of  all  the  sciences,  upon  a  separate  and  inde- 
pendent basis,  with  special  reference  to  the  peculiar 
needs  of  the  pharmacist,  and  tflie  consequent  increase  of 
time  and  attention  to  this  subject,  which  such  a  sepa- 
rate establishment  makes  possible.  The  location  of  the 
School  of  Pharmacy  in  a  new  building  especially  adapted 
to  its  needs,  marks  a  great  advance  in  the  equipment  and 
consequent  facilities  of  this  department,  and  will  thus 
contribute  materially  to  the  movement  which  has  been 
Inaugrurated'at  a  few  centers  in  this  country  toward  add- 
ing a  new  and  worthy  department  to  those  hitherto  con- 
sidered essential  to  a  true  University." 


Diamond  C  Insect  Powder. 
Allaire,  Woodward  &  Co  's  Diamond  C  Insect  Powder 
Is  guaranteed  to  give  satisfaction  when  bought  in  origi- 
nal packages.  Their  1902  catalogue  of  pharmaceutical 
preparations  will  be  sent  to  any  druggist  who  Is  Inter- 
ested. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

Did   the   Boy   Drink   Aconite? 

St.  Paul,  Mmn.,  April  H.— Several  druggists  on  and  near 
Minnehaha  street,  this  city,  have  been  brought  in  contact 
with  a  peculiar  poisoning  case.  Four  children,  members  of 
a  family  named  Harmon,  have  died  within  a  year,  two 
of  them  under  mysterious  circumstances.  The  case  of  a 
boy,  aged  eight— the  last  to  go — set  aroused  suspicion  Inves- 
tigating, and  traces  of  aconite  were  found  in  the  stomach. 
It  seems  that  these  druggists  have  been  selling  a  weak 
solution  of  aconite  for  horse  medicine — to  cure  colic.  One 
theory  Is  that  Tommy  somehow  got  hold  of  a  bottle  of  this 
specific  and  drank  of  It.  The  medicine  is  so  cheap— 10  cents 
an  ounce — that  no  special  care  would  be  taken  to  preserve 
a  bottle,  so  it  is  difflcult.  If  not  impossible,  to  trace  a  clue. 
The  druggists,  of  course,  labeled  every  bottle  sold  with  the 
familiar  skull  and  crossbones,  but  the  gruesome  sign  ma; 
not  always  convey  Its  real  meaning  to  the  mind  of  a 
venturesome  boy  of  eight. 


Prominent  Druggist  Dead. 
St.  Paul,  April  11.— Hon.  George  F.  Umland,  a  member 
of  the  State  legislature  and  for  many  years  a  leading 
druggist  of  St.  Paul,  died  yesterday,  April  10,  aged  forty- 
eight.  Death  was  due  to  heart  failure,  produced  by  in- 
fluenza. He  had  been  seriously  ill  for  a  week  or  more. 
His  daughter,  a  registered  pharmacist,  will  continue  th« 
business. 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

Successions:     A.  W.   Colvin,  Armstrong.   Iowa,   by  the 

Hassels  Drug  Co.;  C.  Gilbertson.  Wa'.cott,  N.  D.,  by  Gil- 
bertson  &  Olson;  A.  W.  Mann,  Onawa,  Iowa,  by  E.  W. 
Telleck;  Kelly  &  Tripp,  Northfield,  Minn.,  by  Kelly  & 
Hammang;  E.  L.  Haney.  Wyndemere,  N.  D.,  by  Sharp- 
ing &  Tronsgard;  J.  F.  Kelly,  Odessa,  Wash.,  by  G.  A. 
Kennedy. 

A.  L.  Lien  of  Hillsboro,  N.  D.,  was  In  the  city  Monday 

on  his  way  to  LaCrosse,  called  thither  by  the  death 
of  his   father. 

J.   A.   Browne  returned  from   Staples,   Minn.,    Monday 

and  went  to  Bemidji  the  next  day.  He  is  now  with  F. 
A.   Mayo. 

F.  J.  Hill  &  Co..  Salt  Lake  City,  Utah,  have  admitted 

partners  and  will  incorporate  as  the  F.  J.  Hill  Drug  Co. 

New:    Joseph  Mark.  St.  Paul,  Minn.;  C.  B.  Hamilton, 

Bellingliam.  Minn.;  Smith  &  Bheehy.  Pierce,  Idaho. 

Thomas  R.  Watson,  Zumbro  Falls,  Minn.,  and  John  H. 

Firey,  Aberdeen,   S.   D.,  have  sold. 

H.   J.    Herman   &   Co..   Waubay,   S.    D.,   are   invoicing 

preparatory  to  selling  out. 

Elmer    E.    Larson    Is    with     Trowbridge    &    Tomldns, 

Hayward,   Wis. 

Frank  W.  Smetana  Is  working  In  Nelson's  drug  store. 

Granite  Falls. 

^Henry  J.   Wegener,   Oshkosh,   Wis.,   Is  an  Involuntary 

bankrupt. 

J.  E.  Rennlngham,  Cantrll,  Iowa,  sustained  a  fire  loss 

this  week. 

C.  Bruce  Nlmmo  Is  In  Rletzke's  Albion  Pharmacy,  St. 

Paul. 


A  New  Talcum  Powder. 
The  Virgillna  Manufacturing  Co.,  New  York,  adver- 
tise In  this  Issue  their  Cygnus  Toilet  Powder,  a  medi- 
cated talcum  powder  to  be  used  for  all  purposes  where 
such  a  powder  is  Indicated.  The  manufacturers  claim 
the  popularity  of  this  powder,  however,  lies  not  so  much 
in  Its  quality,  which,  however,  is  the  best,  but  In  the 
size  and  appearance  of  the  package.  It  Is  put  up  In 
large  nickel-plated  screw  cap  glass  jars,  holding  about 
eight  ounces  of  powder,  and  Is  sold  to  the  druggist  at  a 
price  which  will  permit  him  to  retail  it  at  25  cents  a  jar 
and  leave  him  a  good  profit.  It  looks  to  us  to  be  one 
of  the  best  selling  articles  on  the'  market. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  17,  1902. 


ST.  LOUIS- 


COMMENCEMENT  ST.  LOUIS  COLLEGE  OF 
PHARMACY. 

St.  IjouJs,  April  12.— The  commencem«int  exercises  of 
tlie  St.  Louis  College  of  Phairmacy  were  held  at  the  T. 
M.  C.  A.  Hall  last  evening-.  April  11.  The  program  in- 
cluded music,  conferring  af  degrees  by  the  president, 
Henry  T.  Rohlflng.  the  valedictory  address  on  the  part 
of  the  college  by  Hon.  C.  P.  WaJbridge  and  the  address 
on  the  part  of  the  class  by  Osmond  B.  Humma.  The 
prizes  awarded  by  the  Aluimni  Association  were  presented 
by  Wm.  H.  Laimont,  and  the  college  prizes  were  pre- 
sented by  Prof.  Francis  Hemm.  Following-  is  a  list  of 
the  graduates  receiving  the  degree  of  Ph.  G. : 

Wm.  S.  Barnickel.  Elmer  P.  Blankenship,  Ferd.  Burk- 
art,  Ralph  L.  Byron,  Edmund  D'Arm'our,  Clarence  A. 
Dickerson,  Henry  J.  Eckert,  Henry  M.  Faser,  Seth  F. 
Fleming,  Emll  V.  Frey,  -W.  Rule  Fritts,  Alexis  T.  Gibler, 
Martin  J.  Glaser.  Richard  H.  Glumm.  Lawrence  O. 
Goedde,  William  G.  Graul,  Adolph  H.  Grosse.  John  H. 
Heller.  Oharles  Herbert,  Ralplh  A.  Hiller,  Osmond  B. 
Humma,  Harold  C.  Huskey,  Arthur  H.  Juengel,  Gust. 
A.  Kinkliorst,  Henry  C.  L.  Kloepper.  Arthur  G.  Knippen- 
berg,  Joseph  Wm.  Lee.  Leon  T.  Lester,  Edw.  E.  Lorton, 
Christ.  P.  Luithle,  Junius  B.  McDonald,  Morrison  J. 
MMler.  Maurice  O'Canoell,  Leslie  Pslham,  Sidney  Pockels, 
Julian  T.  Poindexter,  Chas.  A.  Reilly,  Fred  L.  Schneider, 
Martin  J.  Schoenrich,  Ferd.  Schweickhardt.  Warren  E. 
Scott.  Claude  C.  Sche-wmaker.  Frank  H.  Shriver.  Walter 
G.  SI  usher,  Rolland  A.  Sombart,  Ohas.  E.  Spalhn,  Frank 
J.  iStangl,  Geo.  H.  Steinigoetter,  Vincent  P.  Unit't,  Adolph 
L.  Wagner,  Edwin  L.  Wagner. 

The  degree  of  Ph.  B.  was  conferred  on  the  following: 
Alias  C.  Blake.  John  S.  Cravens,  Edw.  Lewis  Hall, 
Harvey  F.  Hendricks,  John  R.  Hudson,  Jesse  E.  Koppem- 
brink,  William  MoNabb,  Albert  Norris,  August  W.  Peters, 
Claude  R.  Wilson. 

The  Gold  Medal  Alumni  Prize  conferred  for  the  best 
examination  in  all  branches  was  presented  to  Adolph  L. 
Wagner,  Jefferson  City,  Mo.  The  second  prize,  a  silver 
medal,  gdven  by  the  college  was  presented  to  Wm.  S. 
Barnickel,  Austin,  Tex.  The  college  prize  awarded  to  the 
Tgembejr  of  the  junior  class  passing  the  best  examination 
in  all  branches  was  divided  equally  among  the  following 
three  students:  Adelaide  C.  Boefer  and  Caroline  A. 
Burkart  of  St.  Louis,  and  Jacob  H.  Coke  of  New  Athens, 
111.  A  standard  work  on  the  subject  of  pharmacy  was 
awarded  to  Lawrence  B.  Fern  of  Tunnel  Hill,  111.,  as  the 
Aiumni  prize  to  the  member  of  the  junior  class  for  ex- 
cellence in  examination.  The  banquet  given  to.  the 
graduates  was  held  at  Faust's  Cabin  on  Thursday  night. 
Many  individuals  pro-minent  in  plharmaoeutical  circles 
were  in  attendance.  Short  speeches  were  made  by  stu- 
dents representing  the  different  States,  by  members  of 
the  faculty,  the  members  of  the  board  of  trustees  and 
honorary  guests. 

SATURDAY    NIGHT    CLUB    CHANGES    ITS    NAME. 
ST.   LOUIS   NOTES. 

St.  Louis  April  12.— The  Saturday  Night  Club,  com- 
posed of  representative  druggists  from  alll  sections  of 
the  city,  held  a  meeting  April  1  at  the  Mer- 
cantile Club  •  and  changed  its  name  to  that  of  the 
■Cinchona  Club.  It  -will  in  future  Wold  its  meetings  in 
the  forenoon  of  the  first  Tuesday  of  each  onionth  at  the 
Mercantile  Club.  Messrs.  Chas.  Wolff,  of  the  Wolff- 
Wilson  Drug  Co.;  A.  J.  Davenport,  manager  for  Judge 
&  Dolph,  and  J.  Raboteau,  "were  appointed  as  a  com- 
mittee to  confer  with  the  druggists  of  the  city,  and  espe- 
cially in  the  downltOTvn  district,  on  the  question  of  early 
closing.  After  learning  the  views  of  the  trade  the  olulb 
will  take  steps  to  carry  out  the  -wishes  of  the  majority. 
The  standing  committee  on  revision  of  prices  was  In- 
structed to  continue  Its  work  on  the  price  schedule  and 
to  increase  prices  wherever  possible. 


HeinrJchs,  Oliver  Funsch,  Emlel  Burgher,  W.  A.  Evertz, 
Dir.  Chas.  Raithel,  John  Rickerm'ann,  E.  A.  Bernius  and 
W.   H.   Lament 

Hayes   &    Shafer,    druggists   at    Columlbia,    Mo.,    have 

made  an  assigtiment.  The  assets  aire  estimiated  at  at>out 
$4,500  and  liabilities  about  $2,600.  There  are  no  preferred 
creditors. 

The  Tamalon  Medicine  Co.   is  a  new  St.   Louis   (Mo.) 

corporation,  capitalized  at  $10,000.  Charles  W.  Perkins, 
Edgar  D.  Perkins  and  Cora  A.  Perkins  are  the  incor- 
porators. 

Benjamin    Zenk   (has    purchiased     Oliver    J.     Fussoh's 

drug  store  at  No.  3133  South  'Seventh  street.  He  has 
been   chief   clerk  ithere   for  several   years. 

Dr.   N.  L.  BoU&r,   a  prcuninent  druggist  of  Marceline, 

Mo.,  was  married  last  Tuesday  to  Miss  Cora  -Duckworth 

at  Abilene,   Kan. 

Joseph   Popp   has   purchased   the   drug   store   at  2000 

South  Ninth  street,  formerly  owned  by  E.  Trittermann. 

B.    H.    Huger    has   purchased    the   Arcade    Pharmacy 

from  Al.  Suppiger,  who  has  gone  West  to  recuperate. 

•Ahlbrandt    Bros,     recently    purchased    the    Doehring- 

Brenner  Phai-macy  at  Jefferson  and  Hebert  streets. 

^C.  V.   Eckert  has  bought  out  Brwin  Roth  at  Bayerd 

avenue  and  Suburban   Road,   this  city. 

iHalliburton  &  Davis  have  bought  out  Victor  &  Fur- 

glson  of  Moberly,   Mo. 


THE  SOUTH. 

The  Southern  Drug  Club. 

Memphis.  Tenn.,  April  ".—The  Slouthern  Drug  Club  held 
a  meeting  in  Birmingham,  Ala.,  last  month,  which  was 
well  attended.  An  important  part  of  the  programme  was 
the  adoption  of  a  constitution  and  by-laws.  The  objects 
of  the  club  are  stated  to  be  for  the  purpose  "of  maintain- 
ing an  exchange  of  personal  intercourse,  the  transaction 
and  encouragement  of  business  among  members,  and  the 
dissemination  of  commercial  and  economic  information." 
The  roster  of  members  embraces  nearly  all  of  the  whole- 
sale drug  firms  in  the  large  cities  of  Alabama,  Georgia, 
Louisiana,  Mississippi  and  Tennessee.  The  annual  dues 
are  $2.00  per  annum,  and  entitle  each  firm  to  all  the  bene- 
fits of  the  Club  and  the  privileges  of  casting  one  vote 
only.  The  officers  of  the  club  for  the  first  year  are:  Pres- 
ident, D.  D.  Phillips;  vice-president,  John  W.  Durr;  sec- 
retary and  treasurer,  H.  H.  Sinnige;  board  of  directors, 
L.  N.  Brunswig  and  J.  R.  Tague;  advisory  committee,  B. 
Hardie,  Oscar  LiUybeck  and  H.  H.  Arrington.  The  next 
meeting  will  be  held  in  New  Orleans,  May  1. 


ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

A  new  bowling  club  has  (been  organized  amiong  tJhe 

local    druggists.       The   members   are   L.    A.    Seltz,    Max 


Druggist  Acquitted. 

Memphis.  Tenn.,  April  8.— Alex.  Cawthorn  of  Selma, 
Ala.,  the  young  druggist  who  killed  a  travelling  man, 
named  Jacob  Furth.  in  that  city  about  two  years  ago. 
has  received  his  acquittal.  Mr.  Furth  on  the  morning  <yt 
tihe  killing  entered  the  Cawthorn  &  Coleman  Co.'s  drug 
store  and  got  into  an  altercation  with  the  clerk  about 
the  price  of  a -glass  of  mineral  water.  Mr.  Cawthorn,  hear- 
ing the  noise,  came  forward  to  investigate.  He  was  round- 
ly abused  by  the  traveling  man  and  a  fight  resulted,  dur- 
ing which  the  druggist  drew  a  revolver  and  fired,  the 
bullet  striking  the  other  man  with  fatal  results.  Mr. 
Cawthorn  is  a  very  peaceable  man  and  happened  to  be 
armed  by  accident.  His  chicken  house  had  been  robbed 
the  night  before  and  he  had  the  weapon  on  his  person 
preparatory  to  taking  it  home  to  defend  his  property, 
which  fact  placed  him  in  an  unfortunate  position.  H« 
was  indicted  soon  after  the  killing,  but  the  Indictment  -was 
not  pressed,  and  the  trial  followed  -with  the  result  stated. 
His  case  attracted  considerable  attention  in  the  Fed- 
eral Court  in  Montgomery  p.  short  time  ago.  when  a  suit 
was  brought  by  Mrs.  Furth  against  Mr.  Cawthorn  for 
.'i!2.'),000  damages  for  the  killing  of  her  husband,  the  Jury 
bringing  In  a  verdict  awarding  $!i.000  damages  to  the 
plaintiff.  Mr  Ca-wthorn  Is  a  very  popular  young  man,  and 
while  the  tragedy  was  deplorable.  It  was  proved  that  he 
fired  in  self-defense. 


April  17,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


3d1 


Patton-Worsham  Drug  Co.  no  Longer  Jobbers. 

Memphis,  Tenn.,  April  li;.— The  Patton-Worsham  Drug 
Company  ot  Dallas,  Tex.,  has  sold  its  stock  and  will  in 
future  devote  its  energies  to  the  manufacture  and  sale  of 
a  proprietary  chill  cure.  The  stock  was  purchased  jointly 
by  the  J.  W.  Crowdus  Drug  Company  and  the  Texas  Drug 
Company  of  Dallas,  and  the  H.  W.  Williams  Company 
ot  Fort  Worth.  These  Arms  will  divide  the  stock,  which 
win  be  sent  to  the  respective  houses.  The  Platton- 
Worsham  Drug  Company  is  one  of  the  oldest  firms  in 
Texas. 


Floods  Paralyze  Business. 

Memphis,  April  12.— The  drug  trade  in  the  South  is  hav- 
ing a  hard  time.  Floods  are  paralyzing  business  in  a 
good  part  of  the  territory,  and  in  the  lower  part  of  Texas 
the  drouth  has  played  havoc,  and  the  situation  Is  critical. 
In  the  country  around  San  Antonio  not  a  drop  of  rain  has 
fallen  for  nearly  ten  months,  and  the  drug  business  in 
both  sections  is  feeling  the  effect  of  this  unfortunate  con- 
^Hon. 


SOUTHERN  NOTES. 

The  drug  clerks  of  Birmingham,  Ala.,  have  organized 

a  base  ball  team  among  themselves  and  will  have  some 
interesting  games  during  the  summer.  The  batteries  are 
Luckin  and  Savage  on  one  side  and  Burks  and  Hausman 
on  the  other.  These  athletic  loving  clerks  are  also  con- 
templating the  organization  of  a  boxing  club. 

The  Hillman  Pharmacy  made  an  assignment  recently 

at  Birmingham.  Ala.,  and  Dr.  Morrow  of  Nabers,  Morrow 
&  Sinnige,  was  appointed  assignee.  The  stock  and  fix- 
tures were  bought  by  J.  J.  Duncan,  the  Southside  drug- 
gist, wiho  wi'.l  continue  the  business  at  the  same  stand. 

^Fred  Sparks,  a  young  druggist  who  was  with  the  Van 

Vleet-Mansfield  Drug  Co.,  Memphis,  Tenn.,  for  several 
years,  is  now  connected  with  the  Highland  Pharmacy 
Five  Points.  Birmingham,  Ala. 

It    is    said    that    the    Wadsworth-Bains    Drug    Co.    of 

Weatherford.  Texas,  will  shortly  increase  its  capital  stock 
to  $100,000,  and  move  the  business  to  Fort  Worth. 
The  Behrens   Drug  Co.   of  Waco.   Texas,   has  discon- 
tinued its  branch  at  Houston  and  removed  the  stock  to 
the  main  store  in  Waco. 

The   CasweJI-Preston   Drug   Co.    ot   Beaumont.    Texas. 

has  sold  its  jobbing  stock  and  will  devote  its  energies  to 
the  retail   business. 


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CLtANS  BOTH  SIDES  OF  THE 
GLASS  AT  THE   SAME   TIME  OR 
BOTH  BRUSHES  CAN  BE  USEO 
DM  THE  INSIDE   OF    THE   GLASS. 
This  is  a  picture  o£  L/einer's  Soda  Tuimbler  Brush.    As 
one  can  see  from  its  shape,  it  is  particularly  adapted  to 
this   purpose.       It   will   clean  both   sides  of  the   glass   at 
the  saime  time,  or  both  brushes  can  be  used  for  the  in- 
side alone.       It  comes  in  several  varieties  and  in  several 
sizes.       Many  druggists  prefer  a  brush  of  this  kind   to  a 
tumbler   washer,    believing   that   they    can    have   cleaner 
glasses  by  using  it.      It  takes  but  a  minute  to  waslh   a 
glass  with   this  brush,   and  you  may  be  sure  that  your 
glasses  are  perfectly  clean.      Jobbers  carry  them,  but  if 
your  jobber  does  not,  write  to  M.  Delner  Co.,  New  York 
City. 


Grinding  Fruits  for  Fruit  Juices,  Etc. 

One  of  the  many  uses  which  druggists  find  for  the 
Straub  F  4  Drug  Mill  advertised  in  this  issue  is  the  mak- 
ing of  fruit  syrups  for  the  soda  fountain,  ice  cream,  etc., 
by  grinding  strawberries,  raspberries,  peaches,  etc.,  with 
sugar,  through  the  mill.  At  the  same  time.  It  grinds  the 
seeds  nice  and  fine,  and  saves  all  the  flavor  usually  lost 
w^en  the  fruit  Is  heated.  The  mills  are  inexpensive  and 
any  druggist  can  find  out  about  them  by  writing  to  A.  W. 
Straub  &  Co.,  3.737  Filbert  street,  Philadelphia. 


UNIVERSITY  OF   IOWA   COLLEGE   OF   PHARMACY. 

The  University  of  Iowa,  College  of  Pharmacy,  tield 
its  sixteenth  annual  commencement  in  ^the  Opera  House, 
Iowa  City,  April  1,  the  oomraencement  address  being  de- 
livered by  President  S.  B,  MoCormick.  D.  D.,  of  Coe  Col- 
lege. His  subject  was  the  "World's  Mission  of  the  Uni- 
versity Man."  The  degree  ot  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  Tvas 
conferred  upon  the  following  members  of  the  senior  class; 
Beritrami  Eugene  Barkdoll,  Herbert  Bert  Blowers,  Otto 
John  Bruhn,  Elmer  Lucius  Coye,  Terry  Devlne,  Lawrence 
Thomas  Ford,  John  Albert  Goodall.  Paul  Hanzlik,  Harry 
Hild,  Albert  Ernest  Hill,  Alvin  Hugo  Jeppson,  Paul  Hugo 
Junger,  Albert  Floyd  Longwell,  Richard  Collier  Loucks, 
Andrew  Wallace  Nixon,  Guy  Coe  Norton,  Harry  White 
Shull,  Harry  Lee  Strong,  Peter  Francis  Sullivan,  Jay 
WTieaton  Swain,  Guy  Van  den  Berg. 

A  copy  of  Britton  aind  Brown's  "Illustrated  Flora" 
was  awrarded  to  A.  W.  Nixon  of  Geneseo,  N.  T.,  as  a 
prize  for  the  best  botanical  collection;  and  Paul  Hanzlik, 
of  Cedar  Rapids,  Iowa,  was  awarded  a  free  imerabersMp 
in  'the  Alumni  Association  as  a  prize  for  the  highest 
standing  in  all  branches  The  president  announced  that 
the  College  of  Pharmacy  had  been  admitted  as  a.  charter 
member  in  the  American  Conference  of  Pharmacy  Facul- 
ties. 

Following  the  comimencement  exercises,  the  Alumni 
Association  held  its  annual  meeting  and  elected  the  fol- 
lowing officers:  President,  A.  F.  Koch,  Middle  Amana; 
first  vice-president,  J.  A.  Goodal.  Iowa  City;  second  vice- 
president,  C.  G.  Park,  Iowa  City;  treasurer,  J.  E.  Mutch- 
ler,  Iowa  City;  recording  secretary,  John  M.  Lindly,  Win- 
field;  corresponding  secretary,  A.  F.  Longwell,  Wellman: 
member  Bxecuitive  Board,  Miss  Lada  M.  Cooper,  Iowa 
City.      The  exercises  concluded  with  a  banquet. 


A.  PH.  A.  SEMI-CENTENNIAL. 

The  semi-centennial  meeting  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  will  be  held  at  the  Hotel  Waltran, 
Philadelphia,  the  week  beginning  Monday,  September  S. 
The  local  secretary,  Williaim  L.  Cllfte,  has  named  the  fol- 
lowing comnisttee  on  arrangements,  all  of  the  members 
being  located  in  Philadelphia.  Howard  B.  French,  Harry 
L  Stiles,  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Clement  B.  Lowe,  Mah- 
lon  N.  Kline,  Henry  K.  Mulford,  Miss  Busch,  Richard  V. 
Mattison,  Walter  A.  Rumsey,  Henry  C.  Blair,  3d.  Geo.  D. 
Rosengarten,  William  A.  Sailer,  Walter  V.  Smith,  Har- 
vey H.  Mentzzer,  D.  B.  Bransome,  Jacob  M.  Baer.  Mr. 
Cliffe  is  chairman  of  the  committee.  The  president  has 
aj)podnted  the  following  committee  on  semi-centennial 
celebration:  Geo.  M.  ^eringer,  chairman,  Camden,  N.  J.; 
Richard  M.  Shoemaker,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Mahlon  N. 
Kline,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Joseph  L.  I^emberger,  Lebanon, 
Pa. ;  Henry  P.  Hynson,  Baltimore,  Md.  Committee  on  ex- 
hibition appointed  by  the  counsel:  Thomas  P.  Cook, 
chairman.  New  York  City,  Joseph  P.  Remington,  Phila- 
de'lphia;  Wm.  L.  Cliffe,  Philadelphia;  Thomas  V.  Wooten, 
Chicago:    H.    L.    Meredith,    Hagerstown,    Md. 

These  three  committees  are  at  work  already  arrang- 
ing for  the  September  convention,  which  promises  to  be 
•the  imost  interesting  and  largely  aittended  in  the  history 
of  the  A.  Plh.  A.  Reduced  railroad  rates  will  be  secured 
and  announced  by  the  committee  on  transportation  In  due 
time.     Henry  M.    Whelpley,   president. 


The    Alabama    Pharmaceutical    Association    will    hold 

its  twenty-first  annual  meeting  at  Birmingham  May  7. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

XEAV  YORK 


Acetic   Fluid   Extracts 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  17,  1902. 


A  MODEL  BOX  FACTORY. 


THE  accompauying  picture  will  give  a  fair  idea  of 
the  plant  of  Fredericlc  N.  Burt,  manufacturer   >f 
boxes,   labels,  etc.,  corner  Seneca  and  Hamiburg 
streets,   Buffalo,   N.   Y.     The  building  was  built 
by  Mr.   Burt  in  1900.     It  has  four  stories  and  basement, 
is   buiHt   of   brick   and  ihas   104   feet  frontage   on   Seneca 


street,  182  feet  on  Hamburg  street  and  52  feet  on  Myrtle 
avenue.  It  con/tains  over  70,000  feet  of  floor  space,  and 
there  are  over  300  employes  at  work.  When  present 
plans  are  carried  out  this  year  there  will  be  over  1,000 
Jiiands  at  work.  It  is  a  model  factory  and  enjoys  the  dis- 
tinction of  being  the  largest  and  best  equipped  in  the 
TTOrld  whicb  is  devoted  exclusively  to  this  particular  class 
of  business;  that  of  manufacturing  lithographed,  prtnted 
and  embossed  labels;  pill  and  powder  boxes  for  the  whole- 
sale and  retail  drug  trade;  special  boxes  for  cheimical 
companies,  face  and  talcum  powder  manufacturers;  fancy 
candy  boxes  for  the  confectionery  trade,  and,  in  fact,  any 
kind  of  a  paper  box  in  small  sizes  and  of  fine  quality.  All 
kinds  of  cartons  and  folding  boxes  for  the  endless  va- 
riety of  articles  tbat  are  put  in  folding  boxes,  etc.,  are 
also  made  in  «he  factory.  By  combining  a  printing,  lith- 
ographing and  box-making  business  under  one  roof,  Mr. 
Burt  is  thus  able  to  produce  a  quality  of  work,  compete 
in  price  and  give  service  that  cannot  be  given  by  any 
other  concern  in  the  business;  furthermore,  his  facilities 
and  reserve  force  are  such  that  he  can  take  hold  of  and 
handle  quite  easily  large  contract  orders  where  other 
firms  with  crowded  quarters  and  limited  help  would  be 
compelled  to  refuse  to  undertake  them.  Mr.  Burt  is  situ- 
ated in  the  second  largest  railroad  center  of  the  United 
States,  can  ship  by  the  Great  Lakes  during  open  naviga- 
tion, is  geographically  nicely  located  within  a  few  days' 
journey  of  the  large  business  centers  of  Baltimore,  Phil, 
adelphla,  Pittsburg,  Cleveland,  Cincinnati,  St.  Louis,  Chi- 
cago, Boston  and  New  York,  and  being  on  ttie  Canadian 
border  has  easy  access  to  the  Dominion  of  Canada. 

The  several  parts  of  the  business  are  under  separate 
and  distinct  departments  with  capable  heads,  such  as 
lithographing,  printing,  round  box,  square  and  oblong 
box,  automatic  madhine  box,  folding  box  and  stock  box 
departments. 

Frederick  N.  Burt,  proprietor  of  the  factory,  was  born 
at  Buffalo,  April  7,  1863,  and  is  a  son  of  the  president  of 
the  German-American  Bank  of  Buffalo,  one  of  Buffalo's 
best  known  citizens.  He  is  a  descendant  of  David  Burt, 
who   settled   in   Springfield.    Mass.,    In   1638,    and   his   an- 


cestry, both  paternal  and  maternal,  is  purely  Anglo- 
Saxon.  David  Burt,  his  grandfather,  seittled  in  Buf- 
falo in  1S15  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  town's 
early  business  history,  besides  being  a  Brigadier-General 
of  troops  stationed  in  Western  New  York.  Mr.  F.  N. 
Burt  is  a  mfmber  of  the  Buffalo  Merchants'  Exchange, 
Manufacturers'  Cliib,  Buffalo  Eco- 
nomic League,  Buffalo  Credit 
Men's  Association,  a  mjlitary  and 
several  other  less  important  or- 
ganizations. He  is  a  thirty-sec- 
ond degree  Mason,  a  Royal  Arch 
Mason  and  hereditably  next  in  line 
for  membership  to  the  Order  of 
Cincinnati,  as  several  of  his  an- 
cestors were  soldiers  in  the  Revo- 
lutionary Anmy,  some  of  wliom 
served  as  officers  on  General 
Washingrton's  staff. 

ilr.   Burt  is  a  practical  printer, 
having  learned  his  trade  under  the 
direction  of  the  Mathews-Northnip 
Co.,     one   of    the   largest  and    best 
known    printing    establishments    in 
the     United    States.      He    has     also 
worked  for     the  West     Publishing 
Co.,    St.    Paul,    Minn.;    the   States- 
man,   Austin,   Tex.;    the   Picayune, 
New  Orleans;  Times-Democrat,  Sit. 
Louis;  Chicago  Stock  Journal,  and 
for  several  newspapers  and  job  of- 
fices in    Chicago,   Minneapolis,    St. 
Louis,     New    York    and    Memphis, 
thus  acquiring  a  thorougb  and  di- 
versified knowledge  of  his  business. 
He  started  in  business  for  hiimself 
in  a  small  way  in  1886  at  the  age 
of  23  years,   but   seeing  no   future 
in  sight  as  a  general  job  printer  be  drifted   into  a  spe- 
cialty at  printing  for  druggists  and  from  that  beginning 
has  gradually  built  up  the   present  business  of  printing, 
lithographing  and  paper  box  making.      Mr.  Burt  is  own- 
er or  part  owner  in  several  patented  devices  in  the  way 
of  box  making  machinery,   which  gives  (him  a  great  ad- 
vantage  over    competitors.       His   aim   is   to   do   a    large 
amount  'ot  business  on  a  small  margin  of  profit.       Up   to 


the  present  time  he  has  b 
ord  shows;  fifteen  years 
ago  he  was  a  workman 
to  the  trade,  and  today 
is  a  most  important 
factor  in  it,  having 
forged  ahead  of  the 
older  and  long  estab- 
lished houses.  The  fact 
that  the  old  houses  that 
have  bought  all  over  the 
country  and  do  not 
change  sources  of  sup- 
ply easily  are  tradins 
witb  Mr.  Burt,  speak  ■- 
well  ffor  his  work.  A 
large  proportion  of 
the  oldest  and  most 
conservative  houses  in 
the    country     who     use 


sful. 


rec- 


FREDERICK  N.   BURT. 


special  boxes  in  large  quantities,  and  a  good  portion  of  the 
wholesale  and  retail  drug  trade  in  every  State  in  the 
Union,   purchase  supplies   from   Mr.   Burt. 

When  he  started  in  the  druggists'  label  business,  the 
idea  was  original  with  Mr.  Burt,  and  his  first  catalogue 
was  printed  and  mailed  before  he  knew  of  having  any 
competitors.  The  lack  of  advertising  done  by  other  firms 
was  the  principal  reason  for  his  ignorance  of  competition. 
The  rapid  and  steady  growth  of  the  plant  has  been  phe- 
nomenal. Mr.  Burt  is  always  pleased  to  show  customers 
or  prospective  customers  through  his  plant,  as  It  gives  th» 
best  idea  of  the  facilities  and  business  done. 


April  17,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


399 


PATENTS,    TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


9J-S-       697-^^^  697.^0/ 


PATENTS. 
Issued  April  8,  igo2. 


696,!>53.— Emilio  Figueredo  and  Leandro  Echemendia, 
New   York,   N.   Y.     Bottle-filling  machine. 

697,036.— Arnold   Stern,    New   Y'ork,    N.    Y.      Boitle-stopper. 

697,042.— Heinrlch  Thron,  Frankfort-on-the-Main.  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  Vereinigte  Chininfabriken  Zim- 
mer  &  Co.,  Gesellschaft  mit  Beschrankter  Haf- 
tung,  Frankfort-on-the-Main.  Germany.  Cinna- 
■mic  et^ier  of  cinchona  alkaloids. 

697, 117.— Harry  J.  Valentine,  Hempstead,  N  T.,  assignor 
to  William  Vogel  &  Brothers.  Borough  of  Brook- 
lyn,  New  York,   N.   Y'.,   a  firrn.    Pocket-inhaler. 

697,201.— William  J.  Cunningham.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Ma- 
chine for  washing  or  sterilizing  bottles. 

697,209.— Benno  Koppenhagen,  Un'ierneubrun,  Germany. 
Device   for  facilitating   taking  pills. 

697,211.— Liddy  Lohrmann,  New  York,  N.  Y'.  Stopper  for 
jars. 

697,221.— LK)uis  Strebel  and  Charles  W.  Williams..  New 
York,  N.  Y''.,  assignors  to  the  Century  Stopper 
Company,  New  York.  N.  Y'..  a  corporation  of  New 
Jersey.     Bottle-filling  machine. 

697,2S('.— Edw-ard  D.  Schmitt.  Baltimore,  Md.,  assignor, 
by  mesne  assignments,  to  Universal  Seal  and 
Stopper  Company.  Camden.  N.  J.,  and  Baltimore, 
>Id..  a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Machine  for 
applying    bottle-seals. 

097,281.— Edward  D.  Schmitt,  Baltimore.  Md.,  assignor. 
'by  mesne  assignments,  to  Universal  Seal  and 
Stopper  Company.  Camden.  N.  J.,  and  Baltimore. 
'Md.  A  corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Machine  for 
applying  bottle-seals. 

697.282.— Edward  D.  Schmitt.  Ba'.timore.  Md..  assignor, 
•by  mesne  assignments,  to  Universal  Seal  and 
Stopper  Company,  Baltimore,  Md.,  and  Camden. 
N.  J.,  a  corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Machine  for 
applying  bottle-seals. 

697,32.';.- Oliver    T.-.    cia-K.    -r.    L"iii>.    Mo.      ^•ottle-'-arrier. 

69'7.3i'>2.— John  W.  McCracken,  Logtown,  Miss.  Non-re- 
fillaible   bott:e. 

697.412. — Robert  Ij.  McMiirran.  Portsmouth.  Va..  assignor 
of  one-third  to  Rotoert  S.  Miarshall.  Pttrtslmouth. 
Va.     Syringe-nozzle. 


38,080.- Medical  Compounds  for  Certain  Named  Dis- 
eases. George  A.  Knox,  Ftochester,  N.  Y.  The 
word   "Rox.  " 

338,081— Certain  Named  Medicinal  Remedv.  Kress  & 
Owen  Co.,  New  Y'ork,  N.  Y.  The  word  "Glyco- 
Thymoline." 

38.082.— Medicinal  Oils.  Max  R.  Zaegel,  Sheboygan,  Wis;- 
The  letters   "Z  M  O." 

38.083.— Certain  Named  Oils.  Ernst  Sehliemann's  Oel- 
werke.  Gesellschaft  mit  Beschrankter  Haftung. 
Hamburg.  Germany.  A  serrated  circle  and  a- 
swastika  inclosed  therein. 


9,073. 
9,074. 
9,073. 


LABELS. 

—Title:  "Eureka  Skin  Cleanser."  For  a  Toilet- 
Preparation).  Eureka  Toilet  Co.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y'. 
Filed    March    13.    1902.  , 

—Title:  "Ham.idala  Cream."  fFor  a  Toilet  Prepa- 
rationl.  Mircus  Peterson,  Buffalo.  N  T.  Filed 
March   15.    1902. 

—Title:  "Hamlin's  W^izard  Oil."  (For  a  Medicine  . 
Hamlin's  Wizard  Oil  Co..  Ctaoago,  III.  Filed  Jan- 
uary  10.    1902. 


TRADE-MARES. 
Registered  April  8,  1902. 

38,077— Certain  Named  Fruit  and  Medicinal  and  Food 
Product  of  such  Fruit.  Frederick  A.  Robinson. 
Hamnlton.  Bermuda.  A  pyramidal  arrangement 
of  fruft.  the  letters  "V  C"  and  a  monograan  com- 
prising the  letters  "F  A  R." 

338,078— Cout;h-Synips  and  Remedies  for  Certain  Named 
Named  Diseases  Otto  C.  B.  Grom,  New  York. 
N.   T.     The  grouped  svllnbles  "O  Cee  Bee  Gee." 

38.079. — Medicinal  Corrmomnd  in  Powder  Form  Put  up 
in  Gelatinous  Capsules.  James  D.  Henderson 
Company,  Philadelphia.  Pa.  The  representation 
of  a  life-saver  or  coast-guardsman  and  a  life- 
•preserver.  within  which  is  located  the  represen- 
tation of  a  heart. 


COMBINATION     CASES, 

ALL  THE  MODERN  STYLES  AND  FINISHES. 

DO  YOU  NEED  ONE? 

WE  MAKE  THEM. 

WT?ITE    FOR  LARGE  CATALOGUE  AND  PRICES. 
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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  17,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

MARKETS  NORMAL  AND  STEADY. 

New  York,  April  13. — DeaJers  reirort  a  continued  steady 
movement  ot  seasonable  desoriptions  into  channels  of 
consumption,  with  general  trade  conditions  'at  a  satis- 
factory character,  tout  nothing  has  occurred  to  materially 
affect  values  and  the  changes  during  the  past  week  are 
of  only  minor  importance. 

OPIUM.— The  market  retains  a  tame  appearance  with 
a  continued  easy  undertone,  but  jobbers  still  quote  the 
old  range  ot  $3.2CKa3.40  for  9  per  cent  and  $3.30l§8.50  for 
11  per  cent  a^  to  quantity.  Powdered  continues  in  mod- 
erate consuming  request  and  nomlnallv  unchanged  at 
$4.23@4.50  for  13  per  cemt,  $1.75(g5.<X)  for"  16  iper  cent  and 
^4.50@4.75  for  granular. 

MORPHUSTE.— A  continued  firm,  and  moderately  active 
Jobbing  market  is  reported,  with  quotaitions  well  sustained 
at  $2.40@2.50  for  eighth  in  1-oz  boxes,  $2.3o<g'2.45  in  3%- 
oz  boxes,  $2.15<§2.25  in  ounce  vials  and  $2.10@2.20  in  5- 
oz  cans,  according  to  brand  and  quantity. 

QUININE.— Owing  to  the  stronger  position  albroad  the 
spoit  market  is  firmer,  no'twithstanding  a  continued  lack 
of  Important  demand.  One  manuifacturer  has  advanced 
prices  2c  per  ounce  and  the  others  are  expected  to  fol'low 
shortly.  Meanwhile  Jobbers  quote  28@30c  for  100-oz 
tins,  2Sy2@31c  for  50-oz  tins,  29@3iy2C  for  2o-oz  tins, 
30@32yjC  for  5  or  10-oz  tins,  and  35@37^4c  for  1-oz  vials, 
according  to  brand  and  quantity. 

COD  LIVER  Oil..— There  has  been  a  further  advance 
of  $1.00  per  bbl  under  the  influences  hereitotore  noted  and 
jobbers  now  quote  $30.OO(?!31.0  per  bbl  for  prime  brands 
and  $1.35^1.60  per  gallon  for  less. 

OIL  SWEET  ALMONDS.— Foreign  markets  are  cabled 
higlier  and  spoit  quotations  for  Jobbing  quantities  have 
been   ad\-anoed    to   55@65c    according   to    size  ot  order. 

OIL  CASSIA.— Sloiw  trading  and  liberail  supplies,  to- 
gether with  weaker  primary  markets  have  caused  a  re- 
duction in  jobbing  quotations  to  l>5c@.$1.10.  as  to  quantity. 
OIL  CITRONELLA.— Competition  among  Importers 
has  weakened  the  marke't  and  jobbers  have  reduced  their 
Quotationj    to  SoffMSc,    as    to   size  of   order. 

ALOES— Cape  are  a  shade  higher  in  syimpathy  with 
foreign  markets  and  the  revised  Jobbing  quotations  are 
12@18c  for  whole  and  20@2Gc  for  powdered 

GUM  KINO.— Large  holders  have  modified  their  views 
and  Jobbing  prices  have  declined  tO'  5o@05o  for  whole  and 
75@S5c  for  powdered. 

ARRCW'ROOT.— St.  Vincent  is  slightly  easier  and  job- 
bing parcels  are  obtainable  at  15@20c,  but  there  is  no 
change  in  other  descriptions. 

ANISE  SEED.— The  star  variety  is  in  better  supply  and 
jobbers  have  reduced  qmotations  to  30?ff4Oc  as  to  quality 
and   quantity. 

GAMBOGE.— Scarcity  at  aM  points  and  stronger  foreign 
markets  :have  caused  a  further  advance  in  Jobbing  quo- 
tations to  90c@$1.00  for  prime  pipe,  80!g«0c  for  ordinary 
and  9.">c(S.$1.03  for  powdered. 

PULSATILLA    HERB.— Available    supplies    lare    m^ore 

abundant  and  Jobbing  prices  have  declined  to  35@45c  as 

to   quantity.  .  ^,  .^. 

POPPY    SEBD.— Values   are   higher  m   sympathy   with 

primary  markets  and  Jobbers  are  quoting  12S!16c. 

FDAXSE'ED.- Producing  markets  are  higher  and  spot 
quotations  for  Jobbing  quantities  have  been  advanced  to 
$7.25(S7.50  per  bbl  for  whale  cleaned  and  5®6c  per  lb  for 
less.  Ground  is  held  at  4%@4%c  by  the  barrel  and 
hViiSeViC   for   smaller  quanti'ties. 

MENTHOL.— The  market  is  weaker  owing  to  competi- 
tion and  Jobbing  quotBtions  show  a  decline  to  $4.50@4.70 
per  lb  and  3G(av40c   per  oz.  ,     .  i, 

THYMOL.— Under  the  influence  noted  last  week  .lob- 
bing prices  liave  further  declined  to  $2.95@3.20  according 
to   quantity.  ,    ,  .   ,  a      •    _ 

DAMIANA  LEAVES.— Scarcity  and  higher  produc^g 
markets  have  caused  iohbers  to  advance  quotations  to 
26@32c    for    whole,    29@3oc    for    ground    and    31@37c    for 

ROCK  CANDY  SYRI'P— There  has  been  a  slight  de- 
cline in  jobbing  quotations  and  the  revised  figuj:es  afa 
50c  for  prime  in  barrels  52c  in  half-barrels,  56@riic  in 
10-gal  lots  and  GCKafilc  for  5  gaJs.  A  second  grade  is  ob- 
tainable at  5c  below  these  quotations. 


A  Card. 

The  young  man  who  looks  after  Sharp  &  Dohime's 
announcements  in  this  paper  has  some  peculiar  ideas 
about  what  constitutes  a  good  advertisement.  We  hasten 
to  make  this  explanation  for  fear  that  some  of  our  read- 
ers may  think  there  is  something  wrong  with  their  card 
on  the  first  page  ot  this  issue. 


Of  the  newer  shape  prescription  bottles,  probably  there 
Js  none  more  widely  known  than  the  Oharierol  Oval, 


INDEX  TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Advertising.   Prescription  Department   379 

Arrowroot,    Preparaition    380 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs,  Alumni,  etc.,  Alabama  Phar- 
maceuti'cal,  3117:  American  Pharmaceutical,  397; 
Apothecaries  Bicycle  Club,  388;  Brooklyn  College 
of  Pharmacy  Aluimni,  387;  Chicago  Retail  Drug- 
gists, 3i>4;  Cincliona  Club,  396;  Drug  Merchants 
of  New  i'ork  388;  Illinois  Pharmaceutical,  400; 
Kings  Co.  (N.'  Y.)  Pharmaceutical,  386;  Manhat- 
tan Pharmaceutical,  388;  Maryland  College 
Alumni,  392;  National  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists,  3S5;  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy 
Alumni.  ,^86;  Saturday  Night  Club,  396;  Southerrt 

Drug   Club,    396 

BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY:  New  York  (Eastern  Sec- 
tion)        386-388 

BOWLING.   Drug  Trade:     New  York,  388;  PhiJad'el- 

phia   390 

COLLEGES  OF  PHARilACY:  lawa  University,  376, 
397;  Northwestern  University,  395;  Philadelphia, 
390;  St    Louis,  396;  Western  University  of  Penn- 

svlvajila,    (Pi  ttsburg) -'.92 

CORiRESPONDENCE    377 

Drug  Store  ProMoms   377,   384 

Drug  Trade,   Twenty-five   Years    380 

EDITORIALS:  Coliege  Comm'encements.  376:  Com- 
merce Potent  in  Spreading  Civilization,  377;  Drug 
Protoleins,  376;  Eilectroljitlc  Dissociation,  376; 
Hours  oif  Labor  for  Drug  Clerks  in  Mininesota, 
377;  Law  to  Prohibit  Manufacture  Soda  Water 
in  Dwellings  Amended,  377;  Ohio  Pharmaceutical 
Association  Meeting,,  376;  Rice  Memorial  Fund, 
376;  Source  of  Supply  and  Price  of  Ood  Liver  Oil, 

377;    bubstitution    Hi5 

Elixir    Lactated    Pepsin    3*S2 

Terpin    Hydrate     383 

Ginseng,  American,   in  China  379 

Laboratory   Products.    Retail    Phanmiacists    378 

MARKET    REPORT    400 

NEWS  LETTERS:  Baatimore,  392;  CMcago,  394; 
Louisv-ilJe,  393:  Michigan.  393;  New  England, 
.3.89;  New  York,  .3.86;  Philadeilphia,  390;  Pittsburg, 
.392    St.    Louis,    396;    The    Northwesit.     395;     The 

South    .396 

PATENTS.    "IIR.'^DEMARKS,    etc 399 

PERSON.VLS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Per- 
sonal Interest,  etc.:  Burt  Frederick  N.,  398; 
Cawthorn,  Alex.  396:  Century  Chiemical  Co.,  391; 
Fairman,  Geo.  F..  393;  Griffith,  Chas.  W.,  395; 
Hackenberger,  George  W.,  387;  Hill  man  Phar- 
macy, 397:  Hudson  Drug  Co.,  389;  Irving  Drug 
'Co..  3SS;  Keasbev  and  Mattison,  391;  Kinyoun, 
Dr.  Joseph  H,  390:  Linn,  Dr.  Henry  C,  392; 
Lusk,  William  C,  .381:  Parker.  Arthur  S..  393: 
Patton-Worsham  Drug  Co..  396:  Pharmacal 
Drug  Co.,  387;  Quandt  Bros..  392;  Southern 
Pharmacal  &  Chemical  Co.,  393;  Tamalon  Medi- 
cine Co.,  396:  Umland,  Geo.  F.,  395;  Ward,  Jes- 
sie Miller,  391 :  Weeks  i«:  Potter 389 

Porcelain  Cream  Jars.   Manufacturers   383 

Prescription   Department  Advertising    379 

QUESTION   BOX    382 

Shop    Talk    378' 

.Solution  Iron  and  Manganese  Peptonate' 382 

The  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association  Tvill  hold  its 

twenty-third  annual  meeting  at  Jacksonville  May  20,  21 
and  22.  The  committee  having  charge  of  the  arrange- 
ments states  that  an  unusually  attractive  program  deal- 
ing with  the  business  problems  of  the  profession  is  in  the 
course  of  preparation.  Theoretical  topics  will  be  given 
minor  attention,  the  central  idea  being  to  lay  before  the 
meimtoers  of  the  association  the  existing  conditions  in 
the  drug  trade,  and  how  these  conditions  have  been  met 
and  changed  for  the  better  in  many  localities.  The  head- 
quarters of  the  association  will  he  at  the  Dunlap  House. 
Railroad  rates  of  one  and  one-third  fares  for  the  round 
trip  from  all  points  in  Illinois,  upon  the  certificate  plan, 
have  been  secured.  A  cash  prize  of  $15  is  offered  to  the 
writer  ot  the  best  essay  on  the  subject  "Practical  Sug- 
g«stions  on  Increasing  Business  and   Profits." 

It  you  make  anything  that  is  sold  in  Homeopathic 
Vials,  you  should  get  acquainted  with  the  Standard  Flint 
Glass  Works,  1128  North  Orianna  street,  Philadelphia. 
They  make  a  full  line  at  homeopathic  screw  cap  and 
.shell  vials.  Their  vials  are  of  the  best  quality,  and  those 
who  have  had  experience  in  buying  homeopathic  vials 
know  very  well  that  it  does  not  pay  to  buy  these  goods 
when  made  ot  poor  glass,  for  the  breakage  amounts  to 
more  than  the  few  cents  a  gross  which  may  be  saved  on 
the  price.  Homeopathic  vials  are  coming  more  and  more 
into  use.  They  aire  especially  adapted  for  pills,  tablets, 
corn  cures,  tooth  gums,  etc.,  etc.,  and  for  sample  work 
there  is  nothing  better. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


IMPORTANT  POST  OFFICE  DECISION 
REGARDING   PRICE  LISTS. 

The  Postofifice  Department  has  ruled  that  drug- 
gists' price  lists,  like  the  so-called  "Era  Blue  Book." 
cannot  hereafter  be  issued  as  a  "Supplement"  or  as 
a  "Section"  of  a  regoilar  second  class  publication,  but 
must  be  bound  in  with  the  regular  reading  matter  of 
the  journal,  the  whole  forming  one  single  publication. 

This  decision  means  that  the  ERA  Price  List  must 
hereafter  be  bound  in  as  a  part  of  the  regular  ERA, 
and  we  shall_  issue  such  PRICE  LIST  EDITIONS 
of  the  ERA  in  February,  June,  and  October  of  each 
year.     The  next  edition  will  be  issued  in  June. 

THE  PUBLISHERS. 

N.  v.,  .^pril  5,  1902. 


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folljy  of  selling  ten-cent  goods  when  a  twenty-five- 
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of  the  more  expensive  goods,' it  is  alvvajys  to  the  drug- 
gist's advantage  to  impress  upon  the  minds  of  his  pa- 
trons that  his  store  contains  only  articles  of  the  best 
quality.  The  public  cannot  discriminate  between  good 
and  bad  pharmaceuticals  as  they  can  between  the  differ- 
ent grades  of  the  grocer's  and  dry-goods  merchant's 
wares.  People  must  necessarily  trust  to  the  pharma- 
cist for  the  quality  of  the  materials  obtained  from 
him.  There  is  in  most  minds  a  very  definite  relation- 
ship between  quality  and  price,  cheap  price  meaning 
as  a  rule  cheap  qualitry.  If  the  druggist  sells  cheap 
clap-trap  as  side  lines  his  patrons  cannot  be  blamed 
for  concluding  that  his  drugs  and  medicines  are  of 
similar  quality.  When  anyone  needs  medicine  he  is 
apt  to  care  a  great  deal  about  the  quality  and  very  lit- 
tle about  the  price,  and  may  safely  be  expected  to  go 
where  he  has  been  led  to  believe  the  best  goods  are 
to  be  had.  It  may  occasionally  pay  a  butcher  or  gro- 
cer tu  sell  at  lowc-r  prices  than  his  neigliliori,  tut  liie 
druggist's  best  advertisement  is  a  reputation  for  hav- 
ing in  stock  the  best  goods  obtainable  and  not  one 
of  keeping  the  cheapest  stock  in  town. 

It  is  not  difficult  to  find  the  reason  for  the  ten- 
dency 10  sell  cheap  goods.  It  is  hatched  from  the 
same  egg  as  the  practice  of  price  cutting.  In  trade 
the  grcrit  competitive  struggle  is  to  attract  and  hold 
jiislomers.  The  easiest  and  most  simple  way  to  draw 
;h'  public  to  one's  store  is  to  sell  more  cheaply  than 
competing  merchants.  Reducton  of  prices  has  so  long 
been  the  principal  weapon  in  commercial  warfare  that 
the  average  menhant  and  many  druggists  know  of  no 
other  means  of  offense  and  defense  against  their  com- 
petitors. In  nearly  all  branches  of  trade  competition 
has  become  so  keen  that  prices  have  been  reduced 
to  the  barest  margin  of  profit.  Many  pharmacists 
who  are  already  suffering  from  ruinously  low  prices, 
go  on  selling  cheaper  and  still  cheaper  goods  simply 
because  they  have  acquired  the  habit  of  doing  so,  and 
because  it  is  the  only  business  policy  with  which 
they  are  familiar.     It  is  time  they  were  waking  up  to 


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THE  PHAKMACKIJTICAL  ERA. 


[April  2i,  190-.'.. 


the  fact  that  there  are  other  methods  besides  reducuig 
prices.  The  druggist  has  a  great  advantage  over 
merchants  in  other  lines  of  trade  in  that  his  busi- 
ness does  not  consist  solely  in  buying  and  selUng. 
Public  confidence  and  technical  skill  play  important 
parts  in  pharmacy.  The  druggist  ,need  not  be 
alarmed  when  he  hears  that  his  neighbor  is  selUng 
certain  preparations  at  reduced  prices.  A  very  large 
proportion  of  the  public  do  not  desire  bargains  in 
drugs. 

The  account  in  last  week's  Era  about  the  cocaine 
fiend  who  swindles  New  York  druggists  by  means  of 
a  forged  request  from  a  brother  pharmacist  for  a 
small  quantity  of  the  drug,  calls  attention  to  the  cun- 
ning exhibited  by  unfortunates  of  this  class  in  securing 
what  to  them  is  the  only  reHef  from  untold  misery. 
An  account  of  the  different  tricks  and  wiles  of  the 
drug  fiend  would  fill  a  considerable  volume,  and 
would  furnish  interesting  and  perhaps  profitable  read- 
ing to  the  druggist.  A  very  simple  method  is  em- 
ployed by  a  Glasgow  cocainomaniac.  He  presents  a 
prescription  for  a  small  quantity  of  a  cocaine  solu- 
ton,  and  when  the  bottle  is  handed  to  him  he  calmly 
removes  the  cork  and  swallows  the  entire  contents. 
He  then  cooly  informs  the  expectant  pharmacist  that 
he  has  no  money,  and  usually  escapes  with  no  more 
serious  punishment  than  a  brief  verbal  lashing,  which 
he  does  not  mind  in  the  least. 


We  learn  from  an  exchange  that  the  drug  store  of 
the  Theodore  Metcalf  Co.,  a  landmark  of  Boston 
which  is  now  being  replaced  by  a  more  modern 
structure,  contained  the  office  in  which  Oliver  Wen- 
dell Holmes  began  the  practice  of  medicine.  The 
building  was  almost  directly  opposite  a  cemetery,  and 
the  genial  "Autocrat"  afterward  remarked  that  what 
business  he  and  Mr.  Metcalf  "could  not  attend  to 
was  looked  after  by  the  sexton  across  the  street." 

Hon.  J.  H.  Beal,  professor  of  pharmacy  and  mem- 
ber of  the  Ohio  Legislature,  seems  to  be  quite  as  ac- 
tive in  legislative  matters  as  in  educational  work.  A 
few  weeks  ago  the  General  Assembly  of  Ohio  was 
considering  the  "Beal  Poison  Bill"  and  we  have  now 
received  a  copy  of  the  Beal  Municipal  Local  Option 
Law  which  went  into  effect  April  3.  This  law  has  a 
number  of  notable  features,  clearly  defining  the  du- 
ties of  the  druggist  in  regard  to  the  sale  of  alcoholic 
liquor,  and  its  passage  is  hailed  by  the  advocates  of 
temperance  as  a  great  victory.  The  section  which  reg- 
ulates the  sale  of  liquor  by  druggists  is  as  follows: 

"The  phrase  'intoxicating  liquors'  as  used  in  this 
act  shall  be  construed  to  mean  an(y  distilled,  malt, 
vinous  or  any  other  intoxicating  liquors;  but  nothing 
in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  the  selling 
of  intoxicating  liquors  at  retail  by  a  regular  druggist 
for  exclusively  known  medicinal,  pharmaceutical,  sci- 
entific, mechanical  or  sacramental  purposes;  and 
when  sold  for  medicinal  purposes  it  shall  be  sold  only 
in  good  faith  upon  written  prescription  issued,  signed 
and  dated  in  good  faith  by  a  reputable  physician  in 
active  practice  and  the  prescription  used  but  once. 
The  words  "giving  away"  where  they  occur  in  this  act 
shall  not  apply  to  the  giving  away  of  intoxicating 
liquors  by  a  person  in  his  private  dwelling,  unless 
such  private  dwelling  is  a  place  of  public  resort." 


The  Beal  law  effects  a  number  of  changes  in  the 
statutes  regulating  the  sale  of  liquor  in  Ohio.  It  trans- 
fers the  power  of  prohibiting  saloons  from  the  coNjn-  • 
cih  of  the  various  municipalities  to  the  people.  The 
question  of  saloon  or  no  saloon  is  decided  by  a  spe- 
cial election  which  must  be  ordered  whenever  forty 
per  cent,  of  the  voters  of  a  town  petition  the  council 
to  this  efifect.  It  deals  directly  with  the  sale  of  liquor 
as  a  beverage  while  local  ordinances  could  prohibit 
only  places  established  for  this  purpose.  It  also  makes 
the  restrictions  upon  druggists  who  sell  liquor  on  pre- 
scription more  difficult  to  evade,  and  makes  it  clear 
what  the  words  intoxicating  liquor  as  used  in  the 
law  mean. 

This  ofl'ice  has  recently  been  enriched  by  the  re- 
ceipt of  a  copy  of  D.  A.  Rufifmann's  Directory  of  the 
Pharmacies  and  Drug  Stores  in  Russia.  This  volume 
comprising  some  228  pages,  contains  the  names  ani 
addresses  of  all  the  dealers  in  drugs  scattered  over 
th^  \ast  territory  jf  the  empiro.,  iro-i  Wars.iw  to 
Vladivostok  and  from  Tashkent  to  Nijni-Novgorod. 
It  is  a  most  interesting  collection  of  names.  An 
inspection  of  its  pages  inspires  one  with  adnnration 
for  the  courage  and  lingual  dexterity  of  a  people 
who  are  daily  compelled  to  perform  such  marvellous 
f^'a;.;  or  pronunciation.  A.  r.ewsbo/  who  can  shoat 
t'i:c  name  of  the  evening  publication  of  Tsarewokok- 
s'-:jsk  without  becoming  hopelessly  em:iii.t;led,  must 
have  something  in  him.  Who  with  an  evil  con- 
science would  dare  to  enter  a  pharmacy  and  ask  for 
T'r-jchisitiski's  Pink  Pills?  Russians  seem  to  enjoy 
pronouncing  a  long  row  of  consonants  with  the  aid 
of  one  small  vowel — we  are  told  that  they  do  not 
approve  of  silent  letters.  Their  language  bristles 
frightfully  in  print,  but  in  spite  of  its  superabundance 
of  consonants  and  poverty  of  vowels,  it  is  far  from 
unpleasant  to  the  ear,  especially  when  spoken  by 
voices,  modulated  by  cult.nf.  and  refincnu-nt.  It 
13  very  much  more  musical  than  some  of  the  Ameri- 
can Indian  dialects  in  which  every  consonant  is  as- 
sisted by  one  or  two  vowels. 

Our  Philadelphia  correspondent  tells  the  story  of 
a  startling  demonstration  of  chemical  combination 
with  the  evolution  of  heat,  which  occured  in  a  trolley 
car  of  that  town.  The  conductor  was  the  unwilling 
operator  and  his  vest-pocket  the  receiver  or  test-tube, 
while  the  reagents  were  a  quantity  of  matches  and  a 
number  of  potassium  chlorate  lozenges;  a  pocket- 
knife  is  supposed  to  have  taken  the  part  of  a 
catalytic  agent.  The  conditions  for  the  reaction 
were  completed  by  the  friction  involved  in  assisting 
a  tipsy  passenger  off  the  car  with  more  than  the 
usual  active  aid.  Considered  from  a  chemical  point 
of  view,  the  demonstration  was  perfect,  but  the  con- 
ductor, who  does  not  enter  into  the  equation,  was 
nevertheless  considerably  damaged  by  the  heat  gen- 
erated in  the  reaction,  and  was  taken  to  a  hospital 
for  repairs. 

One  of  our  English  exchanges  denies  the  truth 
of  a  rumor  that  a  prominent  London  pharmacy  has 
opened  a  ping  pong  room  for  the  use  of  customers 
while  waiting  for  medicines. 


April  24,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


403 


Upon  another  page  of  this  issue  Prof.  W.  C. 
Arderson,  former  prv!^ident  of  thi:  X.  .\.  R.  D.,  dis- 
cusses the  perplexing  question  of  substitution.  He 
attacks  this  subject,  which  most  writers  and  speakers 
carcfuj)y  avoid,  ii  his  characteristically  Jirtcl  and 
fearless  way.  He  agrees  with  other  students  of  the 
subject  in  condemning  substitution  in  no  uncertain 
terms.  Serrepticiously  furnishing  one  article  when 
another  is  ordered  and  expected  is  characterized  as 
swindling  and  fraud.  But  the  practice  which  the 
advertisers  have  been  belaboring  so  vigorously  of 
late,  is  not  exactly  the  same  as  the  substitution  de- 
fined by  Prof.  Anderson.  This  writer  condemns  the 
use  of  deception  in  actualV  foisting  an  imitation  upon 
a  customer  quite  as  energetically  as  any  one,  and 
his  disapproval  of  the  practice  of  furnishing  manu- 
factured imitations  of  advertised  preparations  is  not 
at  all  doubtful,  but  he  claims  that  the  druggist  has 
quite  as  much  right  as  other  merchants  to  stimulate 
sales  which  are  most  profitable  to  him,  without  mis- 
leading his  patrons.  He  thinks  the  pharmacist  should 
not  be  expected  to  meekly  hand  unprofitable  proprie- 
tary preparations  over  the  coimter  without  answering 
any  questions  about  their  quality  and  value. 


It  may  be  true  that  the  spirit  of  commercialism 
dominates  American  aims  and  ideals,  but  we  still  have 
one  community  which  can  always  be  depended  upon 
to  yield  a  vigorous  protest,  whenever  trade  seems  to 
be  unusually  exacting  in  its  demands  upon  the  toler- 
ance of  good  taste.  Bostonians  of  the  Egleston 
Square  district  have  been  aroused  to  wrath  by  the 
erection  of  huge  and  obtrusive  bill-boards  in  that 
neighborhood.  What  sort  of  merchandise  is  to 
be  advertised  upon  these  expansive  surfaces  is  still  a 
matter  of  conjecture,  but  it  seems  to  have  been  taken 
for  granted  that  they  will  be  used  for  calling  public 
attention  to  the  modest  virtues  of  some  patent  medi- 
cine. It  seems  a  pity  that  all  people  can  not  be 
brought  to  admire  bill-boards  for  vociferous  adver- 
tisements seem  to  be  a  necessary  part  of  our  civiliza- 
tion, and  it  is  unlikely  that  posters  will  become 
either  less  numerous  or  more  modest  for  some  time 
to  come. 

A  New  England  pharmacy  recently  placed  upon 
exhibition  in  its  windows  a  collection  of  175,000  pre- 
scriptions. It  would  be  difficult  to  imagine  a  more 
appropriate  or  effective  advertisement  of  a  pharmacy, 
but  it  is  not  every  drugstore  that  has  the  material 
for  such  a  notable  display. 


The  National  Wholesale  Druggists  Association, 
the  Manufacturing  Perfumers  Association,  the  Na- 
tional Spirits  Association  and  other  societies  inter- 
ested in  the  subject  are  supporting  a  movement  for 
securing  a  reduction  of  the  tax  on  alcohol  and  dis- 
tilled liquors.  The  movement  will  probably  be  en- 
dorsed by  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  and  the  retail  trade 
of  the  country  will  be  invited  to  give  it  their  active 
support.  The  intention  is  to  bring  all  possible  in- 
fluence to  bear  upon  Congress  in  order  to  induce 
this  body  to  lower  the  tax  to  70  cents  per  gallon  of 


proof  spirit.  As  the  tax  on  alcoholic  liquor  is  a 
purely  revenue  measure,  and  as  experience  has 
shown  that  70  cents  per  gallon  is  more  productive  of 
revenue  than  the  present  excessive  tax,  it  is  proposed 
to  reduce  the  excise  to  this  quantity,  thus  giving  a 
number  of  industries  including  retail  pharmacy  the 
advantage  of  cheaper  alcohol  and  alcoholic  products. 
The  Era  has  always  advocated  free  alcohol  for  use 
in  the  arts,  and  has  frequently  called  attention  to  the 
advantages  of  cheaper  material  for  manufacturing 
purposes.  While  the  objects  of  the  present  move- 
ment are  not  what  they  might  be,  "a  half  loaf  is 
better  than  no  bread,"  and  success  in  this  under- 
taking may  lead  to  better  things  in  the  future. 


OurMft 


The  Telephone  Situation  in  Philadelphia. 

Philadelphia  April  18. 
To  the  Editor:  Under  Philadelphia  Notes  in  your 
last  issue  appears  an  item  regarding  the  methods  of 
the  telephone  company  of  this  city.  I  cannot  agree 
.vith  the  writer  of  the  information,  for  I  have  lojnd 
them  very  easy  to  get  the  best  of,  and  do  it  honestly, 
too.  I  gave  the  formula  for  the  proper  manipula- 
tion one  year  ago  to  the  members  of  the  P.  A.  R. 
D.  and  mention  of  my  suggestion  appeared  in  your 
paper  soon  afterward.  I  will  say  that  I  collected 
$18.^.20  from  one  of  my  phones,  of  which  $100.68  the 
telephone  company  received  as  their  share.  At  the 
sarne  time  I  was  allowed  to  hold  the  wire  as  long  as 
desired,  without  any  overtime  charges.  During  the 
month  of  March  just  passed,  I  had  eight  calls  on 
the  phone,  giving  me  25  per  cent  profit.  On  the 
phone  giving  me  almost  100  per  cent  profit  and  no 
restrictions  as  to  the  length  of  the  calls,  I  had  260 
calls,  amounting  to  $26,  against  80c  on  the  2S-per 
cent  phone.  The  telephone  company  also  placed  a 
phone  in  my  house,  charging  me  only  for  the  calls 
from  the  phone — the  charges  amounting  to  6oc,  70c, 
80c  up  to  $1.20  per  month. 

W.   W.   CHAi  F.\NT, 

1431   Shunk   Street. 


Pharmacy  Laws  and  Boards  of  Pharmacy. 

The   following   reply  to   a   recent   criticism  of  the 
Illmois  Board  of  Pharmacy,  appeared  In  the  Chicago 
American  of  April  10: 
"Editor  Chicago  American: 

"Dear  Sir — Sunday's  edition  contained  an  article 
headed  'Chicago  Druggists  Revolt  Against  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy.'  Will  you  be  kind  enough  to 
give  the  views  of  a  clerk  regarding  the  ni;itter?  As 
a  rule  persons  who  violate  any  law,  revolt  when  pun- 
ished for  so  doin.g,  and  are  always  ready  to  abuse  the 
officers  who  enforce  the  law. 

".As  for  the  law  regulating  pharmacy,  public  policy 
requires  that  there  be  some  means  of  protecting 
the  general  public,  and  particularly  those  who  are 
more  or  less  illiterate,  from  the  sale  of  poisons  and 
compounding  of  drugs  by  incompetent  and  unscrupu- 
lous persons.       Having  the  law,  it  should  be  obeyed. 


40i 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  24:,  100-3, 


J.    T.    PEPPER. 

J.  T.  Pepper  of  Woodstock.  Ont.,  winner  of  the  first 
prize  of  the  Feibruary  series  of  drug  snore  'prol>lems,  is  a 
most  suicoessful  business  man  and  his  name  is  'fiamiUar  to 
pharmacists  as  a  frequent  contriibutor  to  the  'Bra  and 
other  pharmaceutical  journals.  Mr.  Fepper  was  born  neiar 
Hamilton,  Ont..  and  Teceived  a  good  education  in  the 
public  schools  and  Collegiate  Institute,  reading  two  years 
of  university  work.  He  served  his  appreinticeship  to  the 
drug  business  in  Hamilton  and  Bramtford,  graduatmg  with 
honors  frioim  the  Ontario  College  icif  ipharmacy  at  Toronto 
in  1885.  Fcr  several  years  after  graduation  he  served  as 
a  manufacturing  chemist  in  ohiarge  of  the  laboratory  of 
J.  Winer  &  Co.,  wholesale  druc?ists.  Hamilton,  Ont.,  wnen. 
in  1S90,  he  engagc-d  in  the  retail  drug  business.  He  takes 
an  aictiive  par:  In  educational  wiork  and  has  been  appoint- 
ed examiner  in  materia  medica  four  tim'e's,  and  examiner 
in  presoriiption  work  twice,  by  She  coumcil  of  the  Ontario 
College,  of  Pharmacy,  each  appointment  being  for  two 
years. 

Those  who  do  not  obey  it  should  be  forced  to  do  so. 
Public  welfare  alone  is  to  be  considered;  those  who 
know  no  better  than  to  buy  drugs  where  incompetent 
person.s  might  dispense  a  poison  for  a  harmless  drug 
should  be  prevented  from  so  doing  by  preventing  the 
incompetent  from  dealing  in  or  working  for  one  who 
deals  in  drugs  and  medicines.  The  way  to  accom- 
plish this  is  to  enforce  the  law— the  law  requires  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy  to  enforce  the  law  by  prosecuting 
the  violators,  through  the  State's  Attorney's  ofTfice. 

"Why  should  the  cases  be  tried  where  it  would 
be  nearest  the  offender  or  most  convenient  tj  him? 
Let  him  obey  the  law.  If  his  business  will  not  af- 
ford a  competent  relief  while  he  is  at  his  meals,  then 
lie  has  a  store  where  it  is  not  needed,  for  if  the  com- 
munity needs  the  store,  the  business  must  support  the 
s'.i  re's  expenses.  The  law  is  not  for  the  benefit  of 
the  preprietor,  nor  is  it  for  the  clerk,  by  forcing 
the  proprietor  to  pay  for  the  clerks'  services  where 
they  are  not  needed  otherwise,  but  the  general  pub- 
lic 'requires  that  no  incompetent  person  be  allowed 
to  compound  or  sell  drugs  or  poisons.  Therefore, 
the  public  requires  that  the  board  enforce  the  law. 

"The  drug  dealers  require  that  the  board  keep 
unscrupulous  and  incompetent  persons  from  entering 
the  business  and  competing  with  them.  The  Drug 
Clerks'  Association  ask  that  the  board  enforce  the 
law,  so  as  to  keep  incompetent  clerks  from  competmg 
with  its  members.  What  else  is  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy to  do?  As  to  the  method  they  cmplcy  no 
person  who  knows  Mr.  Bodemann.  Mr.  Dyche  or  the 
other  mentbers,  can  say  they  resort  to  cheap  or  petty 
methods.      Very  respectfully.  ^^^t^ot,,- .. 

"GKORGE  D.  OGLESB\." 


SUBSTITUTION.* 

B,y  Prof.  WM.  C.  ANDERSON,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

SUBSTITUTION  may  be  defined  as  putting  one 
thing  in  place  of  another,  in  such  a  manner 
that  the  purchaser,  operator  or  observer  is 
presented  with  something  difTerent  from  that 
expected.  A  reference  to  substitution  usually  gives 
an  impression  of  insincerity,  deceit,  or  dishonesty. 
Yet  a  careful  review  of  the  subject  will  prove  to  the 
most  critical  that  it  has  its  good  as  well  as  its  bad 
points.  We  may,  therefore,  conclude  that  there  are 
diiTerent  form  of  substitution,  and  may  distinguish 
between  legitimate  substitution  and  illegitimate  sub- 
stitution. We  also  hear  at  times  about  what  is  called 
justifiable  substitution.  Legitimate  substitution  is  that 
which  is  occasioned  by  circumstances,  and  the  neces- 
sity for  it  may  be  found  either  in  conditions  that 
cannot  be  avoided,  or  inconvenience;  but,  no  matter 
how  prompted,  legitimate  substitution  should  aim  to 
relieve  and  never  to  injure. 

Illegitimate  Substitution. 

or  that  practiced  for  the  purpose  of  deceiving,  or,  as 
we  sary  plainly,  of  swindling,  is  unfortunately,  found  in 
many  lines  of  trade,  and  in  none  of  them  are  the 
opportunities  more  numerous,  the  temptations  greater 
or  the  results  more  disastrotis  than  in  the  line  I  have 
the  honor  to  represent — the  retail  drug  trade.  It 
is  very  unusual  for  a  day  to  pass  in  any  retail  drug 
store  when  one  or  more  opportunities  are  not  offered 
for  substitution.  The  great  variety  of  articles  kept  in 
stock,  the  resemblance  between  them*  as  to  appear- 
ance, taste  and  action,  as  well  as  the  fact  that  the 
public  is  in  many  instances  unable  to  distinguish 
between  the  article  called  for  or  ordered,  and  the  one 
received,  opens  a  wide  field  for  this  most  debasing 
practice,  illegitimate  substitution.  It  is  certainly 
fortunate  for  the  physician,  whose  reputation,  in  most 
instances,  depends  upon  the  successful  action  of  his' 
remedies,  the  patient  whose  relief  from  pain,  or  even 
continued  existence  in  this  beautiful  world,  depends 
on  the  honest  and  accurate  compounding  of  the  phy- 
sician's prescrption;  and,  in  fact,  for  the  public  in 
general  that  the  great  bulk  of  retail  druggists, 
although  by  positive  or  implied  accusation  frequently 
denominated  as  illegitimate  substitutors,  are  too  hon- 
est, too  conscientious,  and  have  too  high  a  regard  for 
their  profession  to  practice  this  degrading  habit.  I 
do  not  wish  to  be  understood  as  placing  the  retail 
druggist  on  a  higher  plane  of  honesty  than  his  fellow 
business  men,  nor  would  I  affirm  that  he  is  not  sub- 
jected to  the  different  conditions  that  bring  out  the 
weaknesses  of  mankind,  or  that  his  ranks  are  free 
from  inconsiderate  and  unscrupulous  practitioners,  but 
I  must  contend  that,  notwithstanding  the  temptations 
with  which  he  is  surrounded  and  fhe  strain  under 
which  he  exists  through  long  hours  of  confinement,  his 
honesty  of  purpose,  his  Ifiyal  citizenship,  his  business 
integrity,  and  his  devotion  to  the  welfare  of  mankind 
entitle  him  to  take  a  position  in  the  front  rank  of 
legitimate  dealers  and  public  benefactors. 

Conditions  Which  Encourage  Substitution. 
The  circumstances  under  which  the  tendency  to  sub- 
stitute is  encouraged  are  so  numerous  that  it  will  not 
be  possible  to  touch  upon  many  of  them  at  this  time. 
Business  conditions,  competition  in  trade  and  the  fear 
that  one's  losses  will  be  another's  gain,  all  have  their 
effect,  but  the  most  potent  factor  is  the  readiness 
with  which  the  retail  druggists  are  provided  with 
substitute  preparations  and  the  efforts  made  to  bring 
them  into  favor.  The  man  who  today,  after  weeks 
and  months  of  careful  study  and  preparation,  places 
upon  the  market  an  article  of  value  that  meets  with 
public  favor,  is  scarcely  in  a  position  to  reap  the 
benefit  of  his  labors,  before  he  is  confronted  with  an 
article  placed  upon  the  market  under  a  similar  name 
to  that  used  by  him.  and  sold  as  "just  as  good,  but 

•Address   deldvered  at   the  dinner  ot  the   Sphinx  Club, 
March   12,   and  contributed  to  tht  Era  by   the  author. 


April  2-4,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


405 


very  much  cheaper."  This  is  particularly  the  case 
with  preparations  containing  well-known  drugs  in 
more  elegant  and  palatable  forms  than  usually  ob- 
tained. 

The  similarity  in  appearance,  taste  and  action  be- 
tween these  substitutes  whereby  detection  in  their  use 
is  made  almost  impossible,  as  well  as  the  e.\tr.i 
amount  of  profit  tliat  can  be  derived  from  their  sale, 
are  the  arguments  used  to  induce  the  retail  druggists 
to  place  them  in  stock  and  to  use  them  when  the 
original  article  is  ordered.  These  substitute  prepara- 
tions take  away  Irom  the  purchaser  and  the  manu- 
facturer what  we  may  call  their  rights,  and  the  prac- 
tice of  using  them  in  place  of  the  original  prepara- 
tions is  one  that  is  most  degrading. 

Druggists  Do  Not  Favor  Manufactured  Substitutes. 

The  retail  druggist,  as  a  rule,  is  not  in  favor  of 
these  preparations;  and  while  I  could  cite  many  ex- 
amples of  the  methods  employed  in  introducing  them 
I  have,  I  think,  one  which  shows  a  deeper  degree 
of  depravity  in  this  line  of  work  than  even  the  intro- 
duction of  these  sul)stitute  preparations  and  proves 
that  all  moral  and  business  obligations,  as  well  as  re- 
quirements of  law,  are  forgotten  when  the  substitute 
germ  enters  the  mind  of  the  producer  or  the  dis- 
penser. At  the  present  time  efforts  are  being  made 
to  induce  retail  druggists  to  go  so  far  as  to  use  a  sub- 
stitute monstrum  in  the  production  of  Pharmaco- 
poeial  preparations.  These  preparations  for  which 
we  have  an  authoritative  standard,  are  by  law — the 
pharmacy  laws  in  particular — required  to  be  made  in 
certain  ways  and  of  certain  strength  and  to  contain 
certain  drugs.  This  flagrant  disregard  of  pharmaceu- 
tical ethics  has  led  us  into  conditions  which  seem  to 
demand  that  something  should  be  done  to  stop  the 
inroads  of  substitution  into  legitimate  business. 
Important  to  Physicians. 

The  physician  is  interested  perhaps  more  than 
anyone  else  in  the  matter  of  substitution.  It  is  of  the 
greatest  advantage  to  him  that  substitution  should 
not  take  place,  yet  you  will  often  find  that  the 
physician  is  careless  and  does  not  do  his  whole  duty 
in  attempting  to  stop  this  practice.  For  instance,  it 
has  become  a  habit  with  the  physician  to  place  on 
every  prescription  he  writes  a  particular  make  of 
every  ingredient  ordered.  No  one  will  deny  the  right 
of  the  physician  to  order  what  he  thinks  best  for  his 
patient,  and  no  one  will  deny  that  it  is  his  right  to 
have  what  he  orders.  At  the  same  time,  the  habit  of 
specifying  ceftain  makes  of  drugs,  when  it  is  imma- 
terial to  the  physician  whether  he  has  that  special 
make  or  not,  is  a  very  bad  practice.  Upon  inquiry  the 
•druggist  finds  that  the  physicians  are  using  this  sys- 
tem w'ithout  any  intention  to  force  their  desires  as  to 
the  preparations  they  want.  We  discover  that  very 
often  physicians  are  not  at  all  particular  as  to  whether 
tlicy  get  the  exact  make  of  ingredients  called  for  in 
their  prescriptions.  It  is  a  mistake  for  the  physician 
to  give  the  impression  that  he  is  not  sincere  in  his  de- 
sires when  he  specifies  a  certain  make  of  drug,  for 
this  leads  the  druggist  to  make  the  little  substitution, 
as  we  may  call  it.  It  is  the  little  falsehood  that  de- 
velops the  great  liar,  and  the  first  theft  that  produces 
the  great  thief,  so  these  little  substitutions  that  are 
harmless  a  first  lead  to  greater  ones  and  more  dan- 
gerous ones. 

Justifiable  Substitution. 

I  have  spoken  of  what  is  called  "justifiable  substi- 
tution." but  I  have  very  little  use  for  that  term.  I 
do  not  believe  there  is  any  such  thing  as  justifiable 
substitution.  Substitution  must  be  legitimate  or  il- 
legitimate, and  no  man  has  the  right  to  place  in  a 
preparation  or  prescription  an  article  that  is  not  or- 
dered, or  a  substitute,  and  claim  that  it  is  justifiable. 
There  can  be  no  such  thing  as  justifiable  substitution. 
One  of  the  instances  of  so-called  substitution,  wliich 
is  most  interesting  to  proprietary  men  and  retail  dnig- 
.cists  today;  one  that  mav  not  be  of  great  interest  to 
Ihc  members  of  this  club,  consequently  I  will  not 
touch   upon    it   to   any   great   extent,    is    the    so-called 


substitution  of  one  patent  or  proprietary  medicine  for 
another.  No  one  will  deny  the  right  of  any  man  or 
firm  to  place  upon  the  market  a  preparation  and  call 
it  a  "patent  medicine"  under  whatever  name  he  may 
wish,  but  because  he  places  this  article  upon  the  mar- 
ket is  no  reason  why  every  other  enterprising  man 
should  stand  aside  and  never  place  anything  on  the 
market  that  could  be  used  for  the  same  purpose.  Con- 
sequently, I  would  contend  that  the  retail  druggists, 
with  wdiom  the  preparation  of  medicines  began,  have 
quite  as  much  right  to  manufacture  and  sell  prepara- 
tions as  any  firm  not  engaged  in  the  retail  drug  busi- 
ness. At  the  same  time,  it  is  not  good  business  prin- 
ciple, nor  i?  it  honest.,  for  the  retail  druggist  to  keep 
upon  his  shelves  preparations  under  names  similar 
to  those  of  the  largely  advertised  preparations,  and 
also  when  a  customer  is  brought  into  the  store  by  the 
advertisement  of  the  manufacturer  and  asks  for  a  cer- 
tain preparation  to  condemn  that  preparation  in  an 
endeavor  to  push  his  own  article.  This  I  would  con- 
sider almost  equal  to  substitution,  but  not  substitu- 
tion. Substitution  in  the  retail  drug  store,  in  regard 
to  patent  medicines,  in  my  opinion,  is  when  a  certam 
preparation  is  called  for,  handing  out  without  com- 
ment a  package  of  an  imitation  upon  which  the  drug- 
gist can  make  a  greater  profit.  When  a  customer 
goes  into  a  drupg  store  and  asks  for  a  certain  prepar- 
ation and  leaves  the  store  in  the  belief  that  he  has 
obtained  this  preparation,  and  actually  has  not,  then 
the  retail  druggist  is  directly  substituting.  But,  on 
the  other  hand,  if  a  customer  comes  into  the  store 
and  asks  for  a  preparation,  be  it  what  it  may,  and 
asks  the  druggist  if  he  has  anything  better  ,or  any- 
thing he  would  recommend,  I  believe  the  retailer  has 
as  much  right  as  any  other  business  man  to  recom- 
mend to  the  customer  what  he  thinks  is  best  for  him, 
or  what  he  can  make  the  best  profit  on,  if  it  will  an- 
swer the  same  purpose  and  be  just  as  good. 

Substitution  for  Proprietaries. 

The  question  of  substitution  for  proprietaries  is 
one  that  may  be  looked  at  in  many  dififeernt  ways.  In 
the  first  place,  the  manufacturer  should  look  upon  the 
retail  drug  trade  as  the  natural  outlet  for  his  prod- 
ucts. To  be  sure,  the  manufacturer  of  proprietary 
remedies  has  opened  a  large  field  to  the  retail  drug 
trade.  It  has  increased  the  retail  drug  business  and 
enabled  it  to  extend  very  great!y.  On  the  other 
hand,  had  not  the  manufacturer  of  proprietary  reme- 
dies used  the  retail  drug  trade  as  an  avenue  through 
which  to  put  his  goods  upon  the  market,  he  would 
find  it  very  difficult  to  maintain  a  sale  for  thetn,  be- 
cause the  public  naturally  looks  to  the  drug  store  for 
medicinal  preparations.  Consequently,  both  are  on  a 
par  as  the  matter  of  one  benefiting  the  other  is  con- 
cerned. I  think  the  claim  made  that  because  the 
manufacturer  advertises  his  preparation  and  the  cus- 
tomer is  brought  to  the  retail  store  through  that  ad- 
vertisement, that  the  retailer  must  simply  walk  from 
behind  his  counter  and  hand  over  the  preparation 
called  for,  no  matter  how  many  questions  may  be 
asked  concerning  it.  receiving  perhaps  juts  what  it 
cost  to  purchase  it.  and  give  his  time  and  attention 
for  nothing  and  never  complain,  is  an  unjust  and  un- 
reasonable one.  It  must  be  acknowledged  that  the 
customer  who  went  to  the  store,  perhaps  through  the 
advertisement,  is  not  an  outsider  or  stranger.  He.  as 
a  rule,  is  a  regular  customer  at  that  store,  and  conse- 
quently the  retail  druggist  in  his  neighborhood  is  the 
one  to  whom  he  will  go  for  his  preparations.  He  re- 
lies a  great  deal  upon  the  experience  and  advice  of 
the  druggist:  and  until  the  manufacturers  of  proprie- 
tary articles  do  what  the  retail  druggists  believe  they 
can  do,  and  that  is  protect  them  in  receiving  a  con- 
sistent, not  an  enormous  profit  on  proprietary  reme- 
dies, the  manufacturer  cannot  expect  the  retail  drug- 
srist  to  cater  to  his  preparations,  to  the  detriment  of 
his  own.  upon  wliich  he  can  make  a  greater  profit. 

Gravity  of  the  Evil. 

The  evils  of  substitution  are  very  many,  and  in  my 
line  of  trade  we  all  realize  the  gravity  of  them.     The 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  24,  190-;. 


welfare  of  the  business  is  affected  by  the  evils  of  sub- 
stitution. The  honest  dealer  and  the  upright  dispen- 
ser is  forced  to  place  upon  the  market  and  in  his  pre- 
scriptions high-priced  goods  in  opposition  to  the  sub- 
stitutor's  low-priced  goods  and  preparations.  The 
honest  dispenser  does  not  receive  the  proper  recog- 
nition and  encouragement  for  his  honesty  in  business 
and  upright  dealing.  He  is  called  a  high-priced  drug- 
gist if  he  dispenses  what  is  called  for,  or  attempts  to 
maintain  his  business  integrity.  You  may  take  the 
most  able  physician,  the  most  conscientious  physician, 
and  give  him  the  very  best  nurses,  yet  with  the  sub- 
stitutor  back  of  that  physician  and  nurse  all  the 
brains  and  ingenuity  they  can  bring  to  bear  are 
thoroughly  blocked  in  their  attempt  to  relieve  pain 
and  save  life.  Consequently,  this  subject  of  substitu- 
tion in  drugs  is  a  thing  which  effects  the  very  life  of 
mankind.  It  is  so  serious  that  the  public  should  not 
look  at  it  lightly.  The  laws  now  in  force  regulating 
substitution,  and  they  are  good  ones,  should  be  en- 
forced rigidly,  and  new  ones  enacted  if  it  is  found  nec- 
essary; the  proprietary  man  who  complains  of  the  ac- 
tion of  the  retailer  in  forcing  on  the  market  his  own 
preparations  in  preference  to  those  manufactured  by 
the  large  proprietor,  should  see  his  way  clear  to  come 
in  closer  touch  with  the  retailer,  and  endeavor  to 
work  with  him  and  arrange  for  a  consistent  profit 
and  more  cordial  relations.  In  fact,  the  proprietor,  the 
retailer,  the  wholesaler  and  the  general  public  should 
take  more  interest  in  the  subject  of  substitution,  to 
the  end  that  all  dealers  may  receive  justice,  and  the 
bright  rays  of  honesty  and  fair  dealing  never  be 
dimmed  by  illegitimate  substitution. 


SOME  NON-PROFESSIONAL  OPINIONS. 

By  lAMINO. 

DOUBTLESS   no   drug  store   has  ever  been   so 
perfectly  equipped  and  conducted  as  the  one 
which   the   non-professional   sometimes   erects 
in  the  airy  realm  of  his  fancy.     But,  descend- 
ing from  the  clouds,  there  are  certain  queries  which 
occasionally  agitate  the  matter-of-fact  lay  mind  and 
struggle  in  vain  for  a  solution. 

Passing  a  drug  store  of  the  Rip  Van  Winkle  type 
the  other  day,  I  stopped  in  amazement  before  the 
window.  The  fly-bespecked  signs  and  dingy  bottles 
upon  which  I  had  feasted  my  eyes  for  months  had 
f).,'en  removed,  and  a  heap  of  chocolate  creams — they 
may  not  have  been  dug  up  in  the  ruins  of  Pompeii, 
l)ut  they  looked  it — were  dumped  out  in  the  middle  of 
the  window.  I  was  so  grateful  to  that  dritggist  for 
making  a  change  of  any  old  sort  that  I  felt  like  show- 
ing nv  gratitude  by  rushing  in  and  buying  some  of 
those  creams,  but  the  thought  that  it  would  be  sac- 
rilege to  eat  such  venerable  relics  stayed  my  hand  on 
the  latch.  This  naturally  leads  to  a  query  as  to  what 
purpose  some  druggists  intend  their  windows  to 
serve.  To  sell  their  goods?  To  do  this  the.y  must  be  so 
arranged  as  to  interest,  please  or  divert  the  passerby, 
but  one  would  find  as  much  diversion  by  looking  in 
a  coal-bin  as  in  the  window  I  have  mentioned.  In  the 
larger  cities  the  windows  of  the  majority  of  drug 
stores  vie  in  attractiveness  with  those  of  any  other 
establishment.  Would  not  the  efforts  of  the  out-of- 
town  pharmacist  in  this  line  be  even  more  appre- 
ciated' 

A  sign  of  "Cold  Soda"  acts  on  the  normal  American 
on  a  hot  day  like  "spaghetti"  on  an  Italian,  and  the 
nearest  drug  store  becomes  the  Mecca  of  a  thirsty 
throng.  Wh.y  do  we  so  seldom  find,  posted  where  it 
can  be  seen,  a  complete  list  with  the  prices  of  the 
drinks  kept?  A  hap-hazard  sign  here  and  there 
booms  some  special  drink,  but  in  a  poor  light  the 
nickel  signs  on  the  fountain  itself  can  scarcely  be  seen 
at  all,  and  the  secrets  that  it  conceals  are  as  impene- 
trable as  those  of  the  Sphinx. 

Oftentimes  the  customer  cannot  at  the  moment  re- 
call the  name  of  the  beverage  he  wants.  He  looks  in 
vain  for  a  list  to  help  him  out,  and  then  in  exaspera- 
tion asks  for  something  he  does  not  want  and  goes 


away  with  malice  in  his  heart.  In  one  or  two  stores 
I  have  noticed  a  large  cardboard  list  tacked  on  the 
wall  beside  the  fountain,  with  the  name  of  each  drink 
and  its  price  printed  in  large,  plain  type,  while  others 
have  more  fancy  signs;  and  as  I  have  noticed  each 
customer  scanning  the  list  before  giving  his  order,  I 
have  wondered  why  sa  convenient  a  plan  was  not  fol- 
lowed everywhere.  But  it  is  usually  the  wide-awake 
confectioner,  and  not  the  druggist,  who  adopts  this 
plan. 

Let  me  tell  you  something  your  customers  at  the 
fountain  will  appreciate.  Busy  yourself  about  some- 
thing elese  after  you  have  served  them,  and  leave 
them  to  the  leisurely  enjoyment  of  their  soda,  with- 
out the  feeling  that  they  are  under  surveillance. 
Nothing  irritates  a  nervous  person  more  than  to  have 
the  dispenser  stand  immovable  before  him  like  a  drill 
sergeant,  in  an  attitude  suggestive  of  his  hurry  to 
seize  the  glass  the  moment  the  last  drop  is  drained. 

It  has  sometimes  struck  me  as  queer  that  while  the 
butcher,  the  baker  and  the  candlestick  maker  call  for 
their  orders  daily,  it  has  never  seemed  to  occur  to  the 
druggist  to  go  and  do  likewise.  Take,  for  instance, 
a  household  where  there  are  small  children.  There  is 
pretty  sure  to  be  the  usual  run  of  croup  and  colds  and 
childish  ailments,  and  the  mother  who  has  no  one  to 
send  would  take  it  as  a  very  godsend  to  have  the 
druggist's  boy  call  on  stormy  winter  mornings  and 
return  again  with  the  orders.  In  houses  where  there 
is  serious  illness,  how  many  trips  would  the  anxious 
and  wearied  members  of  the  family  be  saved  by  a  call 
of  this  kind  each  morning?  Assuming  that  the  cost 
of  medicines  is  about  the  same  in  the  out-of-town 
stores  as  in  the  city,  at  which  place  is  the  business 
man  most  likely  to  supply  his  needs  in  this  line — at 
one  of  the  numerous  drug  stores  whose  doors  he 
passses  in  the  city,  or  will  he  walk  a  quarter  of  a 
mile  or  so  in  the  opposite  direction  after  he  alights 
from  the  train  at  night  in  order  to  patronize  his  local 
store?  The  city  store  is  pretty  sure  to  get  it,  and  yet 
most  people  would  rather  patronize  home  industry  if 
their  own  convenience  were  not  interfered  with,  and 
would  gladly  give  such  orders  to  the  local  druggist 
who  called  every  morning  and  delivered  his  goods. 

Another  matter  for  wonder  is  that  the  dru^Hst 
does  not  take  a  leaf  out  of  the  dry  goods  merchant's 
book  and  have  a  bargain  day  occasionally.  I  believe 
if  he  took  and  dumped  on  a  centre  counter  a  promis- 
cuous heap  of  ancient  soaps,  sponges,  perfumes,  pills, 
liniments,  cough  mixtures,  etc.,  and  heralded  it  by  the 
cunningly  devised  slaughter  at's.  o'  the  denartiient 
stores, "he  could  turn  into  ready  cash  a  lot  of  rubbish 
that  has  burdened  his  shelves  for  years.  The  novelty 
of  the  idea  would  tickle  the  public  fancy  as  did  the 
rummage  sale  at  its  start.  There  arc  people  who  love 
to  coddle  and  dose  themselves,  and  bargain  prices  and 
medicines  would  prove  an  irresistible  combination  to 
them.  There  are  others  whose  mania  for  bargains  is 
so  insatiable  that  I  verily  believe  they  would  rush  to 
an  imdertaker's  to  buy  did  he  but  advertise  his  wares 
on  the  gg-cent  plan. 


THE  COMPOSITION  OF  CACAO  BUTTER.— 
The  constitu-ents  of  the  fat  of  the  cacao  bean  ha've 
been  newly  studied  by  J.  Kilmont  (Mnth.  f.  Chcm.). 
He  finds  that  this  fat  is  not  a  mixture  of  tristearin, 
tripalmalin  and  triolein,  but  that  tristearin  and  tripal 
matin  are  only  accessory  compounds,  the  principal 
constituent  being  a  mixed  glyceride  of  the  three  fat 
acids  with  glycerides  of  oleic  acid  and  acids  of  lower 
molecular  weights.  These  results  confirm  those  of 
Blith  and  Robertson,  Bell,  Heise,  Henriques,  and 
more  recently  Holde  and  Stange,  who  hold  that  mix- 
ed glycerides  are  more  common  than  was  formerly 
supposed. 

MERMOPHENYL  i?  described,  in  Merck's  Bci-'- 
chte,  as  a  mercury-sodium-phenol  disulphonate,  con- 
taining about  40  per  cent  of  mercury  It  is  a  wliiie 
amorphous  powder,  easily  soluble  in  cold  water.  It 
is  said  to  be  a  very  powerful  antise'itic,  and  is  be-t 
applied  in  the  form  of  a  gav.ze. 


April  24,  1902,] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


407 


Quite  by  chance,  of  course,  several  of  the  local 
salesmen  of  Philadelphia's  big  wholesale  drug  con- 
cerns happened  to  be  congregated  around  a  hospitable 
table  at  the  Rathskeller  a  lew  nights  ago;  and  during 
intervals  between  steins  they  got  to  talking  "shop," 
and  some  of  their  "yarns"  are  worth  repeating  to 
Era  readers.  The  first  was  told  at  the  expense  of  a 
certain  representative  well-known  in  the  "drug  sun- 
dries" line. 

"Jim,"  said  the  narrator,  "is  famed  for  his  'nerve,' 
he'll  stack  up  against  the  crabbiest  old  druggist  and 
break  oflf  ahead  nearV  every  time,  so  you  all  will  ap- 
preciate the  stor.y  I  got  from  his  dentist  not  long  ago. 
Jim  also  is  quite  proud  of  his  fine  set  of  teeth,  so 
when  the  dentist  got  his  boring  maciiine  to  work  he 
found  that  the  tooth  was  a  mere  shell,  all  decayed  in- 
side, so  he  told  Jim  that  it  would  be  a  long  and  pain- 
ful job  to  fill  it.  'Go  ahead,  old  man,'  groaned  Jim, 
'I'll  stay  with  you  as 'long  as  you  say,  ju?t  so  you 
don't  pull  it  out.'  The  dentist  says  Jim  and  he  made 
the  usual  ceremony  of  the  Buffaloes  before  beginning, 
but  that  he  stood  the  torture  like  a  good  fellow. 
Everything  went  along  nicely  until  the  dentist  got  out 
a  lot  of  little  needles  and  began  twisting  and  poking 
around  in  the  cavity.  Then,  all  at  once  he  gave  a 
quick  little  jerk  and  Jim  let  out  a  tvell  that  brought 
up  the  cops.  'Holy  Moses,'  he  yelled,  (Jim  says  he 
doesn't  cuss)  'what's  that  you  pulled  out,  my  brains?" 
'Oh  no,'  said  the  dentist  carelessly,  'only  the  nerve.' 
Jim  turned  pale  as  a  sheet,  then  he  jumped  out  of  the 
chair,  jammed  the  dentist  up  against  the  wall  and 
started  to  punch  his  head  off.  'You'll  steal  my  nerve, 
will  you,'  he  shouted  between  punches,  'rpy  stock  in 
trade.'  'Nit,'  'Nit.'  And  if  the  dentin  hadn't  recov- 
ered from  his  surprise  and  given  Jim  a  poke  in  his 
solar  plexus  you  fellows  niiglu  have  gone  to  see  his 
hanging." 

*     *     * 

"When  I  first  started  out,"  begaa  t!ie  sponge  man, 
"I  thought  that  all  I  needed  was  to  show  my  goods 
and  tell  my  prices  to  get  a  customer  in  every  drug 
store,  but  my  orders  for  the  first  monrh  just  paid  my 
carfare  and  shoe  leather.  I  had  a  splendid  line;  my 
prices  were  a  shade  better  than  those  of  most  houses, 
.-.nd  (/et,  somehow,  I  couldn't  seem  to  niak-:  an  im- 
pression on  the  average  druggist.  They'd  either  say 
they  weren't  buying  or  were  too  busy,  etc.,  eac,  so  I 
couldn't  even  show  samples.  I  was  just  about  to  give 
up  in  disgust,  and  hunt  a  ten-dollar  a  week  job  as 
drug  clerk  when  I  met  an  old  friend,  a  man  who  drew 
$5,000  per  from  his  house  for  doing  a  little  travelling, 
and  told  him  my  tale  of  woe.  He  did.i't  say  a  word 
until  I  had  handed  out  all  my  troubles,  then  he  casual- 
ly remarked:  'Whcr.  did  you  get  tliat  suit  of  i^ours, 
Harry'?  Without  thinking,  I  said:  'It's  my  last  year's 
Sunday  suit.'  then  T  got  hot  with  the  idea  thit  he  was 
tuying  me  and  hadn't  paid  any  attea;JL  i  to  my  sto;y. 
Before  I  could  say  the  cuss  words  that  got  up  to  my 
collar,  he  went  on:  'Just  what  I  thought,  come  over 
and  have  a  drink  with  me.'  I  went,  an.I  T  lidn't  say 
an>thing  either  for  I  hadn't  had  the  i)ricc  of  a  good 
drink  for  a  week,  and  we  both  had  a  couple  of  'high 
balls.'  While  I  was  beginning  to  feel  less  sorry  for 
m\.'clf  and  forget  my  troubles,  he  turned  t-i  me  and 
s-i',(l  quickly:  'Look  up  at  that  mirro-  there.  Harrv." 
I  did,  then  all  at  once  the  whole  thinj  dawned  upon 
me.  Side  by  side.  vr,y  friend  and  I  made  it  all  plain. 
He  was  carefully  and  neatly  dressed,  was  well  groom- 
ed and  had  that  air  of  prosperity  that  comes  with  a 
roll  of  Vs;  I,  well,  while  I  was  clean,  I  looked  seedy 
to  say  the  least.     And  I  didn't  need  my  friend's  re- 


ARTHUR  ST.  ONGE. 

Arthur  St.  Ongre,  winner  of  the  third  prize  of  Hihe  Feb- 
ruarj-  series  of  problems,  is  a  well-known  retail  drug- 
g-ist  of  Xashua,  X.  H..  and  a  graduate  of  the  Massachu- 
setts College  of  Pharmacy,  class  of  1&%.  Mr.  St.  Onge 
IS  aibout  thirty  years  of  age  and  is  a  native  of  'the  Old 
Granite  State.  He  entered  the  drug  business  eleven 
years  ago,  becoming  proprietor  of  his  present  store 
about   a  year   ago. 

mark:  'You're  all  right  Harry,  but  you  need  a  bif 
of  style.  Put  on  a  silk  hat  and  get  a  decent  suit  and 
throw  out  1,'our  chest  when  you  call  on  a  man,  as  if 
you  had  a  pocket  full  of  orders  and  just  dropped  in 
on  him  for  a  Irttle  chat  if  he  s  not  too  busy.'  That 
aay  T  ran  up  a  debt  for  clothes  that  would  have  par- 
alyzed me  a  few  hours  before,  but  I  paid  for  'em  the 
first  month.  I  never  knew  there  was  so  much  virtue 
in  ta-king  through  your  hat,  but  it's  got  to  be  a  silk 
one.''  "Yes,"  chipped  in  a  listener,  "You're  right, 
and  if  some  of  the  druggists  I  know  would  dress  in  a 
decent  style,  instead  of  going  around  slipshod,  they 
might  find  out  why  their  trade  was  falling  oflf.  A  well 
dressed  business  man  inspires  confidence  and  respect; 
shabby  ones  are  judged  accordingly." 


Any  of  you  fellows  ever  run  up  against  Blank?" 
asked  number  three,  naming  a  man  known  as  the 
hardest  man  to  do  business  with  in  Pennsylvania.  A 
chorus  of  groans  was  the  only  answer.  "Oh,  come 
now,  he's  not  that  bad,"  insisted  the  narrator,  "you 
fellows  just  don't  know  how  to  touch  him.  Now  I 
get  a  good  order  from  him  every  time  I  call.  How? 
Well,  I'll  tell  you  the  story.  I  was  fresh  from  college 
when  I  first  started  in  this  game  and  what  I  didn't 
know  was  a  lot,  and  one  o4  the  things  was  this  man's 
peculiarities;  so  when  a  fellow  traveling  for  a  house 
in   the   same  line   as   mine   kindly  mentioned   that   he 

would  not  have  time  to  stop  at  R ,  and  that  if  I 

called  on  Blank  I  would  likely  get  his  spring  order,. 
I  bit  like  a  fish.  Between  ourselves,  boys,  what  hap- 
pens to  the  man  who  helps  his  rival  get  on  to  a  good 
thing?"  "Never  heard  of  such  a  case,"  answered  one. 
"Saw  the  fellow  at  the  Norristown  Asylum,"  remark- 
ed another.  "He's  either  la^'ing  to  do  you  up  at 
poker  or  else  couldn't  sell  the  man  himself,"  grunted 
a  veteran.  "Exactly  so."  went  on  Number  3,  "but  I 
didn't  know  it  then,  so  I  called  on  Blank.  I'was  just 
started  on  my  little  speech  when  Blank  interrupted 
me.  'Hold  on,  young  fellow,  who  sent  you  here?'  he 
asked.  I  mentioned  my  friend's  name.  'I  thought 
so,'  he  chuckled,  'Well,  young  man,  he's  pL-yed  a  joke. 


408 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  24,  190;?. 


on  you,  I  don't  carry  any  of  your  firm'c  goods.'  Some- 
what dazed,  but  mad  clear  through,!  started  in  to  tell 
him  why  he  ought  to  deal  with  my  firm,  but  before  I 
could  say  much  Blank  interrupted  me  again.  'Oh, 
I've  heard  all  that  talk  before,  but  X  Y's  goods 
haven't  been  what  they  claim  lately  and  I  have  been 
thinking  of  making  a  change.  I  guess  we'll  turn  the 
joke  around  on  the  other  fellow  this  time.'  And  he 
did.  Before  I  left  the  old  gentleman  and  I  went  over 
his  stock  and  he  gave  me  an  order  for  a  full  line  that 
footed  up  into  the  thousands,  cash  at  that.  'Now,  you 
take  that  order  to  X  Y's  kind-hearted  man,'  he 
said  sarcastically  as  he  signed  it  and  handed  it  to  me, 
'and  tell  him  that  'Old  Crusty'  is  somewhat  of  a  joker 
himself.'  I  forgot  to  say  that  my  kind  (?)  helper 
represented  that  firm,  consequently  you  can  imagine 
his  remarks  when  I  met  him  at  a  Harrisburg  hotel 
and  gave  him  Blank's  message  and  flashed  my  order 
on  him." 


The  object  of  thds  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
scribers ajid  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription    wurk,    dispensing   difficulties,    etc. 

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may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Transparent   Soft   Soap. 

(C.  F.  J.)  We  have  had  no  practical  experience 
in  the  manufacture  of  soap,  but,  according  to  "Der 
Seifenfabrikant,"  the  chief  constituent  of  the  "trans- 
parent soft  soap"  used  for  many  technical  purposes 
is  linseed  oil.  and  the  lye  most  suitable  is  that  from 
caustic  potash  or  50  degrees  B.  potash  lye,  reduced 
to  20  to  22  degrees  B.  and  left  to  stand  a  day  to 
clarify.  An  addition  of  soda  lye  being  necessary 
(more  so  in  warm  weather),  a  stock  of  25  degrees 
B.  strength  should  be  kept  at  hand.  Following  are 
two   formulas   for  use   in  the  Summer   season: 

Linseed  'oil    '• 40O  poiunds. 

Horsefat   135  pounds. 

Resin  50  pounds. 

Caustic  potiash  lye.  20-22  deg.  B...    740  pounds. 

Caiustic  soda  lye,  25  deg.   B 40  pounds. 

Calcined   98   pet   potash  in   solutien    25   pounds. 
II. 

Linseed   oil    250   pounds. 

Oottomseed    oil    250    pounds. 

Resin     50    pounds. 

Caustic  potash  lye,  20-22  deg.  B...    500  pounds. 

Caustic    soda    lye,    25    deg.    B 145   pounds. 

Calcined  U8  per  cent  potash  in  solution  -'5  Pounds 
In  Winter  it  is  better  to  use  linseed  oil  alone, 
and  take  only  a  quarter  of  the  above  amount  of  so- 
da, increasing  the  calcined  potash  to  30  pounds.  The 
addition  of  3  to  4  per  cent,  of  potato  starch  in  Sum- 
mer enables  the  soap  to  stand  the  heat  better.  For 
Winter  use  20  per  cent,  (of  the  weight  of  the  fat)  of 
:2  degrees  B.  potassium  chloride  solution  msy  be 
employed  as  filling.  Potash  water  glass  is  said  to  do 
no  harm,  but  can  be  advantageously  superseded  by 
other  filling.  More  than  is  per  cent,  of  resin  should 
not  be  used,  as  the  stability  of  the  soap  is  likely  to 
sufTer.  The  same  authority  gives  the  following  for- 
mulas: 

Summer  Formula. 

Tallow    210  pounds. 

Crude   palm   oil    20  pounds. 

Linseed     oil     SW  pounds. 

Cottonseed   oil    70  pounds. 


Winter  Formula. 

Tallow    210  pounds. 

Crude  palm  oil   10  pounds. 

Linseed    oil    310  pounds. 

Cottonseed  oil   70  poiunds. 

Of  course,  the  soap  boiler  may  arrange  his  fats 
in  the  proportions  suggested  by  personal  experience, 
regard  being  had  to  the  qualities  at  disposal,  the 
market  price  and  the  amount  of  filling.  In  working 
with  caustic  potash,  35  to  40  per  cent,  of  calcined 
potash  are  made  up  into  a  lye  of  from  22  to  28  de- 
grees B.  strength,  no  pounds  of  the  first  named 
strength  being  taken  to  the  above  quantities  of  fats, 
and  saponified  with  slow  heat,  with  the  addition  of 
water  on  occasion.  As  soon  as  combination  occurs 
small  quantities  of  the  same  lye  are  added  successive- 
ly, the  heat  being  somewhat  intensified,  but  it  is  nec- 
essary to  see  that  the  soap  does  not  thicken.  When 
the  lye  is  all  in  the  fire  can  be  livened  up,  so  that  the 
soap  boils  high,  to  evaporate  the  excess  of  water. 
The  soap  should  then  become  thicker  and  clearer 
and  boil  in  "roses,"  which  gives  the  best  indication 
that  the  lye  was  of  the  right  degree  of  causticity.  In 
case  of  need,  a  solution  of  carbonate  of  potash  (30 
degrees  B.)  may  be  added.  When  finished  the  soap 
must  be  evaporated  down  until  only  a  slight  froth 
collects  at  the  surface.  Every  soap  boiler  judges  of 
the  condition  of  the  soap  by  various  indications,  rec- 
ognizable by  long  practice,  but  the  nature  of  which 
each  man  considers  to  be  his  own  particular  secret, 
and  not  to  be  divulged. 

Usually  the  soap  is  left  to  stand  over  night  in  the 
pan,  after  the  fire  has  been  raked  out;  and  the  next 
daj/  the  operation  of  filling  is  performed,  the  temper- 
ature at  the  start  being  about  167  degrees  F.,  but  de- 
creasing during  the  process.  The  next  and  final  step 
is  to  pack  into  barrels  and  store  in  a  cellar  at  an 
average  temperature  of  55  degrees  F.  for  the  de- 
velopment of  the  grain  (figging),  which  requires 
from  four  weeks  upward,  taking  longer  when  the 
soap  has  been  well  concentrated,  but  producing  a 
finer  grain. 


Perfume  Tablets. 

(W.)  By  "perfume  tablets"  we  assume  you  mean 
the  ordinary  "solid  perfumes"  moulded  into  tablet 
form.  These  are  composed  of  solid  paraffin,  with 
which  the  essential  oils  of  any  particular  boquet  have 
been  blended  while  liquid,  in  the  proportion  of  H  to  I 
dram  of  the  perfume  to  i  ounce  of  paraffin.  To 
make  these  perfumes  melt  the  paraffin  on  a  water- 
bath,  and  allow  to  cool  without  stirring  and  without 
removing  from  the  water-bath;  when  the  wax  be- 
comes creamy  stir  in  the  perfumes  and  pour  the  mass 
to  the  depth  of  %  to  H  inch  in  a  tin  previously 
brushed  with  a  solution  of  soap  (soap  linirnent). 
When  the  mass  sets,  score  the  surface  to  the  size  of 
cakes  desired.  The  following  from  "Pharmaceutical 
Formulas"  are  said  to  be  suited  for  putting  up  as 
specialties  with  fancy  names: 
(1)     Paraffin     4    ounces. 

Oil   of  davender    2   drams. 

Oil   of  bergamot   2  drams. 

Oil   of   cloves    '1  dram. 

Oil   of   rose-geranium   %  dram. 

Vanillin    8   grains. 

Almond   oil    Idram. 

Triturate  the  vanil.lin  with  the  almond  oil.  add  the 
nils,  and  shake  well  before  adding  to  the  paraffin. 
(2       Paraffin      4    wunoes. 

Oil    of    linialoe    2   drams. 

llrlioU-n)iin    «!  draim. 

Oil  of  h.rgsimot   '/j  dram. 

Oil    of   lemon    %   dram. 

.■\lmond  oil   1  dram. 

Jifix    as    above. 
(3)      P.araffin     4    mumces. 

( lil  of  ylnng-ylang 2  drams. 

(lii    of   cliivos    1  dram. 

<>il    of   K.-uulalwood    'A   dram. 

I  '  Mimarln  20  gr.ains 

l'/<.<«encp    musk     V?    dram. 

.Vlinond  oil   1  dram. 

Another  kind  of  solid  perfume  is  made  by  mass- 
ing any  sachet  powder  with  tragacanth  mucilage  and 
dryine;  it  at  a  heat  not  exceeding  8o  degrees  F.  Plas- 
ter of  paris  may  also  be  used  as  a  base,  the  following 


April  24,  1903.] 


THE  THARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


409 


being  a  formula  for  the  preparation  of  a  Violette  a  blue  flame,  producing  carbon  and  sulphur  dioxide, 
de  Parme  tablet:  Mix  ionone  l  dram,  oil  of  neroli  U.  S.  P.'  Which  statement  is  right? 
10  minims,  and  otto  or  rose  6  minims,  with  lO  ounces  The  latter  statement  is  incorrect  although  it  is 
of  plaster  of  paris  and  sufficient  aniline  to  color;  add  quoted  literally  from  the  U.  S.  Pharmacopceia,  which 
a  dram  of  common  salt,  and  make  into  a  cream  with  is  in  error  on  this  point  and  should  be  corrected 
water.  Cast  into  moulds  quickly  and  remove  when  to  read,  "when  ignited,  burns  with  a  blue  flame,  pro- 
set,  ducing   carbon    and    sulphur   dioxides."      The    British 

Pharmacopoeia  employs  a  little  different  phraseology, 

the    products    of   combustion   being   called   "carbonic 

Solution  of  Bismuth  and  Hydrastia.  and  sulphurous  anhydrides."       The  reaction  involved 

(R.   G.  S.)     The  followmg  formula  has  been  pub-  '"  t'-e  combustion  is  expressed  by  the  following  equa- 

lished:  '^ 

(a)  CS=       +     .  30=        =          C0=       +       2SO= 

Hydrastine  (white  alkaloid)   ~o  grams.  Carbon       Oxygen       Carbonic       Sulphurous. 

G^c1riS.^"''..:::::::;:;;:;:;:::::;:'8fl.  oSnfes  disuiphide             anhydride   anhydride. 

Water 8  fl.  ounces 

(b) 

Bismuth   subnitrate    162  grams.  Bleaching  Molasses. 

Nitric    acid    

Tartaric    acid    (H.  B.  H.)       The  bleaching  of  molasses  is  accom- 

^^ier™*i'~"'.!  .•.■.•.■.•.■.•.•.•.■.•.•.•.•.•.•.•.■.■.• -enough. P^l^.^    '^-T    'K''''    °i   '^°"''    '^'^^'^'    °\  °"^"   ^^<="'^' 

To   the   bismuth    subnitrate,    mixed     with     2   fluid  Y  "^'V^'      oxidize  and  destroy  the  colormg  matters, 

r    ^          J 1   »i         •.-  •         -J          J     11          vt  Among  such  agents  may  be  mentioned  ozone,  perox- 

ounces   of  water,  add   the   nitric  acid   gradually,  with       -.^   .-.t  i,,„i,„„„„     „„i„i,.', j  t  n-         i   il;^ 

»     ,.,.•■            .-1   .■       1   „j    'I-     ii,-      AA  ,-,„„,,;.,„  '°^   O'   hvdrogen,   sulphurous   acid,   metallic   sulphites, 

constant  stirring  until  dissolved,   io  this  add  I20  grains  o„i„i,„,: '  „„:i^  „'j     ri         ■    -^              .^       tu 

~         ■         -A        A     ,/   a   -J                    c        ..        ..u          AA  sulphuric  acid,  and  other  similar  agents.     Ihe  various 

tartaric  acid  and  2Vi  fluid  ounces  of  water,  then  add  „    '                 ,             .                  .  .          S       j  ^     "■    """'-'"=' 

,.         r-       ,         /        .-,      u      »   »i          c       ii,        c   ii,„  processes  of  secret  composition  offered  to  the  public 

sodium  bicarbonate   until   about   three-fourths   of   the  f      k1o.,^i,:„„  ,.„,-^„o„^  \,^^     ^- a   *      a          a   T  i^uuiii. 

■     ■          ■  ,    ■            .     I-      I      T-u             »  11-        ™               c  lOt   bleaching  purposes   are   said  to   depend   for   their 

nitric   acid  is   neutralized.     The   crystalline   magna   of  „«■■„■„„     „„   „   „         c  ii        u       •     i    "^^^^'.     '  j    ^''^, 

,  ■         ^i    .     1     ^     -ii                        .1,     cu  _       A      „  i,„j  efficiency  on  some  of  the  chemicals  mentioned.   Bul- 

bismuth  tartrate  is  thrown  upon  the  hlter  and  washed       ,„^,-     -kt^    ,,   <,t7 j„  „„j  17      j  a  j   u         *    »       ur  1    j 

.-,    r         f     „      -i  ■         -1      T„    ,- „;„„   „f  ^^a:„^  IftXva  JNo.  13,     f'oods  and  Jr-ood  Adulterants,     published 

until   free   from   nitric  acid,      i  o  45   grains  ot   sodium  k     tt    c    -ni         i„     <.     c   a      •     u          nr     L-      ^         i-, 

bicarbonate   add   iH   fluid   drams   of  water,   and   then  ^^  ^    S.  Department  of  Agricuture    Washington,  D. 

gradually  40  grains  of  tartaric   acid.     Mix  this   solu-  ^-  ^'ves  the   following  list  of  bleaching  agents  sup- 

tion  with   the   reserved  bismuth  tartrate  and  stir  the  Ct 'r,^   rh  wl 'Tr  °    'h     f  /        ^^      f^"^  "/ 

,-,         1            I.,.-   „  ,„,„u  fumes     (2)   chloride  of  tin,  about   i   ounce   of  a   sat- 

mi.xture  until  a  clear  solution  results.  ..jw-        *            iiir         1               /^        i 

This  solution  (b)  is  added  to  the  hydrastine  solu-  "^'^^^^  solution  to  each  barrel  of  niolasses;   (3)   sul- 

tion  (a)  and  finally  water,  sufficient  to  make  24  fluid  P.^'*",  ^"^   sulphuric  acid;    (4)    sulphite   of_  soda  and 

xa,  iiiia  iiiia  ij.   «        ,                                       ~,  ^jj^^   Awit,    afterwards    oxalic  acid   to   precipitate    the 

°""«=-  zinc. 


Rat  Poison. 

(C.  O.  H.) 

■  (1)     Strychnine   sulfJhate    1  dram. 

Sugar    of    milk    3    drams. 

Prussian    blue    5   grains. 

Sugar    %   ounce. 

Oat-flour    %   ounce. 

Triturate  the  first  three  ingredients  in  a  mortar  for 
five  minutes,  then  add  the  sugar  and  flour.     Mix  well. 

(2)  White  arsemc   1  ounce. 

Ultramarine    10   grains. 

Corn-flour    %  ounce. 

Sugar     2    drams. 

Mix  in  the  same  manner  as  number  one.  From  10 
to  20  drops  of  tincture  of  asafoetida  may  be  added. 

(3)  Powdered     cantharides     1     ounce. 

Powdered    brown    suigar    1    ounce. 

Musk    1   grain. 

Oil     ol     rhodium     10    drops. 

Oil  Oif  caraway  10  drops. 

Mjalt-flour     10     oiuiicas. 

Rub  the  musk  and  oils  with  the  brown  sugar  and 
•cantharides,  then  add  to  the  malt-flour,  and  mi.x  well; 
finally   sift. 

Rats  are  so  artful  that  it  is  often  e.xceedingly  diffi- 
cult to  catch  them  or  get  them  to  eat  poison.  It  is 
a  good  plan,  therefore,  to  feed  them  for  a  night  or 
two  with  equal  parts  of  sugar  and  oatmeal  flavored 
with  aniseed  or  other  spice,  then  mix  the  same  food 
with  its  own  weight  of  plaster  of  paris,  or  dose  it 
with  another  poison.  Ground  biscuit  is  another  good 
thing  to  feed  the  vermin  with  and  to  use  as  a  diluent 
for  the  poison  instead  of  wheat  and  rice  flour,  whicli 
are  not  near'ty  so  attractive  as  a  tasty  biscuit.  Rat- 
cake  is  a  coarse  biscuit  containing  20  per  cent,  of  ar- 
senic. 


Combustion  of  Carbon  Disulphide. 
CM.  A.  R.')  "I  wish  an  e.\pIanation  of  burning 
carbon  disulphide,  CS-.-.  in  air.  In  his  'Practice  of 
Pharmacy'  (cd.  1885)  Remington  states  that  it  'when 
ignited,  burns  with  a  blue  flame,  producing  carbonic 
and  sulphurous  acids,'  and  the  'United  States  Dis- 
pcnsator,y'   (ed.   1895)   says  'when   ignited,  burns  with 


Ice  Cream  Powder. 

(W.)  The  so-called  "ice  cream  powder"  is  noth- 
ing but  a  mixture  of  corn  starch  or  powdered  gela- 
tine, sugar  and  some  suitable  flavoring  employed  in 
the  manufacture  of  cheap  ice  cream.  The  mixture  is 
heated  with  milk  until  slightly  tliickened,  when  it  is 
transferred  to  the  freezer  and  frozen  in  the  regular 
manner.  The  product  is  a  poor  substitute  for  ice 
cream.  A  formula  which  has  been  published  calls  for 
equal  parts  of  corn  starch  and  sugar,  color  with  azo- 
orange  dye,  and  add  a  suitable  flavor,  preferably  a 
mixture  of  vanillin  and  coumarin,  although  the  oils 
of  lemon,  orange  and  rose  may  also  be  employed. 
Directions  for  preparing  are,  to  mix  4  ounces  of  the 
powder  with  I  quart  of  water;  heat  until  the  mixture 
begins  to  boil,  allow  to  cool,  then  transfer  to  a 
fi'eezer. 


Chemical  Journals. 

(J.  T.  i\I.)  The  following  chemical  journals  are 
published  in  the  United  States:  Journal  of  the  Amer- 
ican Chemical  Society,  Easton.  Pa.,  $6  per  year; 
.\merican  Chemical  Journal,  Baltimore.  Md.,  $5  per 
.vear;  Journal  of  Physical  Chemistry,  Ithaca,  N,  Y., 
$4  per  year.     All  are  monthlies. 


Ink  for  Branding  Stock. 

(W.  H.  McL.I  wants  a  formula  for  branding  fluid 
and  he  also  wants  to  know  the  best  method  of  mix- 
ing the  following  branding  formula:  "Barium  sul- 
phide, coal  tar  and  potash,  equal  parts,  and  turpen- 
tine equal  to  all  parts."  Perhaps  some  one  of  our 
readers   can   give   the   desired   information. 


Paste  Blacking  for  Shoes. 
(E.   R.   M.)    See   this  journal   April   10,  page  360. 
Many  other  formulas  may  be   found  in  previous  vol- 
umes of  the  Era.     Consult  the  indexes. 


410 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  24,  190?. 


DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


In  this  Department  will  be  printed  each  week  aseries  of  problems  of  special  educational  value  to  all 
persons  connected  with  the  drug  trade. 

CASH  PRIZES  to    the   amount   of   $75.00   will   be  distributed   each    month   to    the    subscribers    sending 
us    the    largest    number    of    correct    answers    to    theproblems  printed  during  the  preceding  month,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  given  below.    This  sum  will  be  divided  into  twenty-four  prizes,  as  follows: 
Jst  PRIZE,  $25.00  3rd  PRIZE,  $J0.0O 

2nd  PRIZE,  $15.00  4th   PRIZE,   $5.00 

and  20  PRIZES  OF  $J.OO  EACH. 


NOTE  THESE  CONDITIONS. 


1 All  answers  to  problems  must  reach  the  Problem  Edi- 
tor within  four  weeks  of  the  date  of  the  Era  in 
which  they  appeared. 

2.— Answers  should  be  sent  in  promptly.  In  case  of  a  tie 
the  award  will  depend  upon  the  general  excellence 
of   the   answers. 

3.— All  contestants  must  be  subscribers  to  the  Era. 

4  _Use  note-size  paper.  Cut  out  the  problem  and  paste 
at  top  of  sheet  and  write  your  answer  below,  using 
both  sides  of  the  paper  if  necessary. 

5.— Be  sure  to  write  your  name  and  full  address  on  each 
sheet— at  the  bottom. 


0 — All  answers  must  be  written  In  Ink. 

7.— The  correct  answers  to  the  problems  of  each  weekly 
installment  will  be  printed  in  the  Era  four  weaks 
later. 

8. — The  names  of  successful  contestants  and  the  winners 
of  the  prizes  will  be  announced  monthly. 

n.— Address  all  answers  to  Problem  Editor.  The  Pharma- 
ceutical Era.  396  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  suid 
do  not  enclose  any  other  communications  with  your 
answers  to  these  problems. 


ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XIII. 

No.  131. — How  many  silver  half-dollars  can  be 
coined  from  ten  bars  of  silver,  each  55  crn.  long,  36 
mm.  wide,  and  25  mm.  thick,  if  each  coin  weights 
12.5  grams,  and  the  specific  gravity  of  silver  is  10.5? 

Ans. — 4158. 

No.  132. — What  is  the  formula  for  the  rniiieral  of 
the  following  percentage  composition:  Silicic  acid, 
64.70;  alumina,  18.50;  potassium,  16.80? 

Ans.— K2O,  AbOa  6  SiO=. 

No.  133.— If  a  rail  weighs  36  kilograms  to  the  me- 
ter, how  many  pounds  does  it  weigh  to  thje  yard? 

Ans. — 72.572^  pounds. 

No.  134. — How  much  barium  sulphide  and  sodium 
carbonate  are  necessary  to  produce  the  tjuantity  of 
barium  carbonate,  which,  decomposed  by  acetic  acid, 
exactly  suffices  to  convert  3.54  grams  of  potassium 
sulphate  into  acetate? 

Ans. — 3.43  grams  BaS;  2.15  grams  Na^COa. 

No.  135. — B  has  3  teams  engaged  in  transporta- 
tion; his  horse  team  can  perform  the  trip  in  5  days, 
the  mule  team  in  7  days,  and  the  ox  team  in  11  days. 
Provided  they  start  together,  and  each  team  rests  a 
day  after  each  trip,  how  many  days  will  elapse  before 
they  all  rest  the  same  day? 

Ans. — 23  days. 

No.  136. — If  6  apples  and  7  peaches  cost  33  cents, 
and  10  apples  and  8  peaches  cost  44  cents,  what  is 
the  price  of  one  of  each? 

Ans. — Peach,  3  cts.;  Apple,  2  cts. 

No.   137. — Three  druggists  are  to  share  $10,000  in 
the  ratio  of  3.  4  and  5;  but  the  first  dying,  it  is  re- 
quired to  divide  the  whole  sum  equitably  between  the 
other  two.     What  are  the  shares  of  the  other  two? 
Ans.— Second,  $4,444.44;  Third,  $5,555-56. 

No.  138. — What  sum  must  a  druggist  save  annually, 
commencing  at  21  years  of  age,  to  be  worth  $30,000 
when  he  is  50  years  old,  his  savings  being  invested 
at  5  per  cent,  compound  interest? 

"Ans.— $481.37. 

No.  i39.^What  per  cent,  will  a  pharmacist  gain 
by  purchasing  goods  on  6  months,  and  selling  them 
immediately  for  cash  at  cost,  money  being  worth  7 
per  cent.? 

Ans.- — 3^2  per  cent. 

No.  14c. — Find  the  pressure,  in  grams  per  sq. 
cm.,  at  the  depth  of  a  kilometre  in  the  sea,  the  den- 
sity of  sea-water  being  1.025  and  atmospheric  pressure 
being  neglected. 

Ans. — 102,500. 


rate  of  $20  for  the  first  month,  $25  for  the  second,  $30 
for  the  third,  etc.,  thus  increasing  his  salary  by  $5  per 
month.  How  long  must  the  boy  retain  his  situation 
so  as  to  receive  on.  the  whole  as  much  as  he  would 
have  received  had  his  salary  been  fixed  at  $52.50  per 
month? 

No.  157. — 0.3951  gram  of  a  substance,  supposed  to 
be  arsenic  pentoxide,  was  dissolved  in  dilute  ammonia, 
and  precipitated  as  magnesium-ammonium-arseniate. 
After  drying  at  no  degrees,  the  precipitate  weighed 
0.6544  gram.     Was  the  substance  AsaOs? 

No.  158. — If  a  man  were  to  buy  30  bottles  of  sar- 
saparilla,  giving  2  cents  for  the  first  bottle,  4  cents  for 
the  second,  8  cents  for  the  third,  etc.,  what  would 
be  the  price  pf  the  last  bottle? 

No.  159. — A  druggist  owes  a  debt  due  in  four  equal. 
installments,  at  the  end  of  4,  9,  12  and  20  months,  re- 
spectively and  he  finds  that  discount  being  allowed  at 
5  per  cent.,  $750  will  pay  the  debt.  How  much  did  he 
owe? 

No.  160. — A  young  man  was  required,  as  the  condi- 
tion of  obtaining  his  devoted,  that  he  should  obtain  a 
number  of  apples,  half  of  which  and  half  an  apple 
more  he  should  give  to  the  father;  half  the  remainder 
and  half  an  apple  more  to  the  mother:  half  the  re- 
mainder and  half  an  apple  more  to  the  daughter;  and' 
retain  half  the  remainder  and  half  an  apple  more  for 
himself.  None  of  the  apples  are  to  be  cut.  Required 
the  smallest  number  that  will  answer  the  purpose. 


KINO  FROM  EUCALYPTUS  DREPANGPHYL- 
LA. — Carl  Mannich  (Notizbl.  hot.  Gart.,  TJerlin) 
states  that  kino  obtained  from  Eucalyptus  drepano- 
phylla  occurs  in  decidedly  larger  pieces  than  that 
from  Pterocarpus  Marsupium  and  P.  erinaceus,  and  is 
of  a  brighter  color.  It  has  a  strongly  astringent  taste, 
and  is  somewhat  soluble  m  water.  It  ij  more  readily 
soluble  in  solutions  of  the  alkalis  to  which  it  imparts 
a  dark  color.  In  alcohol  this  product  is  less  soluble, 
the  large  proportion  r  f  gum  present  rendering  it  less 
susceptible  to  this  solvent.  It  can  be  employed  in- 
stead of  the  .\mboina-kino  in  all  cases  in  which  its 
large  proportion  of  gum  is  no  disadvantage. 


No.  156.- 


PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XVII. 

-A  druggist  engages  an  apprentice  at  the 


IBITE  is,  according  to  Merck's  Berichte,  a  com- 
pound of  tannic  .icid  and  bismuth  oxyiodide,  whicn  is 
said  to  be  a  powerful  antiseptic.  It  is  a  greenish 
powder,  .■nsohih'e  in  most  scjlvents,  and  wi'hout  odor 
or  taste.  In  contact  with  organic  iluids  it  readily 
parts  with  a  portion  of  its  iodine,  to  which  it  prob- 
ably owes  its  germicide  value. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


NEW  YORK   AND  VICINITY. 


HEARING  BEFORE  MAYOR  LOW  ON  ANTI- 
TOXIN PETITION. 

Mayor  Low  gav*  a  public  hearing  on.  the  anti-toxin 
question.  Thursday  morning,  April  17,  and  Bartow  S. 
Weeks  presented  the  petJtion  signed  by  more  than  1,000 
druggists  and  physicians  to  have  the  Board  of  Health 
stop  selling  anti-toxin  in  competition  n-ith  private  manu- 
facturers. He  praised  the  work  done  by  the  Board  of 
Health,  and  the  heads  of  the  bacteriological  department, 
!<;ating  that  probably  no  one  stands  highei-  in  the  esti- 
mation of  the  scientiiic  and  general  public  bhan  Dr. 
Biggs  and  Dr.  Parks.  He  also  approved  of  the  gratuitous 
distribution  of  anti-toxin  and  vaccine,  but  objected  to 
the  sale  of  the  products,  and  asked  the  Mayor  to  elimin- 
ate the  ccanmercialism  by  stopping  such  sales.  Mr. 
Weeks  showed  itaw  the  "anti-toxin  fund"  is  expended, 
and  said  that  the.  sale  of  anti  toxin  liad  "enabled  ehem 
to  accum^ulate  a  fund  of  over  |20,000  in  one  year,  which 
fund  they  have  used  to  increase  the  work  of  the  depart- 
ment." 

Tiie  Mayor  asked  if  Mr.  "n'€eks  meant  to  £te.y  that  the 
Board  made  more  anti-toxin  fhan  wais  necessary,  and 
was  answered  in  the  afCirmative.  He  said  the  matter 
had  been  brought  to  Ms  attention  several  times  since 
the  firdt  of  the  year,  and  he  would  make  an  inquiry, 
not,  however,  fbefore  the  first  of  May,  as  pressure  of  pub- 
lic   business   would    give,   him    no    opportunity. 

Walter  L.  Hawley,  a  newspaperman,  spoke  in  favor 
of  tihe  Board  of  Heal'tih  anti-toxin,  sitating  that  the  lives 
of  ihis  two  children  had  been  taved  by  its  use,  and  that 
-without  tha  sale  of  the  Boa«-d  of  Health  anti-tOxin  the 
oomipetition  between  manufacturers  would  lead  to  adul- 
teration and  weakening  of  the  product.  Mr.  Weeks 
said  the  petitioners  -had  no  dcsire,  as  citizens,  that  tbe 
serum  or  anti-toxin  should  be  (placed  upon  the  market 
by  anybody  without  the  approval-  of  the  Board  of  Health 
as  to  its  grade,  strength  and  quality  and  an  examination 
of  the  la'ooratories  in  which  it  is  made.  Mayor  Low 
closed  the  'hearing  wnfh  a  promise  to  inquire  into  the 
merits  of  the  matter  as  toon  as  he  should  be  free  to 
do   so. 


DRUG  SECTION  BOARD  OF  TRADE. 

The  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  New-  York  Board  of 
Trade  and  Transportation  met  in  the  rooms  of  the  Board, 
No.  203  Broadway,  Thursday,  April  17.  and  discussed 
the  question  of  fire  insurance.  J.  H.  Stallman,  chair- 
man of  the  special  committee,  appointed  to  investigate 
and  confer  with  the  Fire  Insurance  Exchange,  read  a  let- 
ter from  Henry  E.  Hess,  secretary  of  the  Exchange, 
which  elalsmed  the  committee's  plan  to  have  an  aver- 
age rate  for  a  general  form  of  policy  making  exceptions 
of  certain  drugs  and  chemicals  considered  extra  hazard- 
ous, was  not  practical.  Mr.  Stallman  said  Vhere  -were 
evident  misunderstandings  and  he  requested  a  conference 
with  the  appropriate  committee  of  the  Exchange.  Mr. 
Hess  rejylied  that  he  believed  it  would  be  useless  to  en- 
deavor to  arrange  for  such  a  meeting  until  the  drug- 
gists had  .pre.!)ared  their  suggestions  in  the  form  of  a 
policy.  The  report  of  iMr.  Stalliman  showed  the  Fire  In- 
surance Exchang»  'had  not  done  anj-thing  to  remedy  the 
evils  existing,  and  it  was  decided  to  hold  a  meeting  on 
Thursday,  April  24,  and  to  invite  all  druggists  and  ohem- 
isLs  opposed  to  the  present  insurance  classification  to 
attend. 

Jesse  I*  Hopkins,  president  of  the  Drug  Trade  Section, 
reviewed  tile  work  done  by  the  different  committees,  and 
Ihis  report  will  be  printed  and  distributed.      He  spoke  of 


legislation  at  -Albany,  the  effort  to  secure  a  reduction  of 
the  tax  on  alcohol,  modification  of  insurance  rates, 
amending  the  laAv  on  storage  of  comlbustibles,  etc.  John 
M.  Peters,  chainnan  of  the  committee  on  legislation, 
made  a  report  approving  the  Levering  bill,  -wihlch  seeks 
to  amend  existing  Government  regulations  by  making  it 
easier  for  dealers  to  get  rebates  on  imported  materials 
used  in  the  imanutacture  of  articles  for  exports.  The 
meeting  adjourned  to  meet  in  the  same  rooms  on 
Thursday,  Aipril  24,  at  3  p.  m. 


Retail  Druggists'  Bowling  Team  Loses. 

The  third  contest  in  the  series  between  the  Eetail 
Druggists'  Bowling  Association  bowling  team  and  that 
of  Seabury  &  Johnson  w^as  won  by  the  latter  at  Starr's 
alleys,  59th  street,  Tuesday  evening,  April  15.  Mr.  DeZei- 
ler  rolled  the  highest  score,  placing  217  pins  to  his  credit 
in  the  second  game.  Mr.  Judge  scored  206  in  the  third 
game.  Mr.  Timmerman,  with  175.  had  the  highest  score 
on  the  losing  side,  Mr.  Hitchcock  second,  with  168  pins 
down.  Members  and  visiting  friends  of  the  R.  D.  B.  A. 
not  in  the  -match  bowled  on  the  two  e.xtra  alleys  pro- 
vided, and  Mr.  Boeddiker  was  credited  with  the  highest 
score,  182.  W.  Timm  of  Seabury  &  Johnson,  and  mem- 
bers of  the  R.  D.  B.  A.  furnished  instrumental  and  vo- 
cal music  during  the  evening.  A  collation  was  served 
after   the  match  games.      The  score  follows: 

Seabury  &  Johnson— 

1st  2d         3d 

Game.  Game.  Game. 

Lovis    110  141  165 

DeZeller     146  217  16S 

Benjamin     '. 152  12S  158 

Scrimshaw    146  149  143 

Judge    176  150  206 

730  7S5  840 

Total,  2,355. 

iR.   D.  B.  A.— 

Sch'weinfurth    140  131  161 

Swwnn     164  144  135 

Timmerman     123  175  122 

Pringle    1-29  164  031 

Hitdhcock    147  132  168 


■03 


746 


717 


Total,   2,166. 


Eastern  Branch  of  State  Board  E.xamines  167 
Candidates. 

The  Eastern  Branch  of  the  New  York  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy  examined  167  candidates  for  licenses  at  ithe 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  Wednesdaj',  April  10. 
Thid  is  the  largest  number  of  applicants  the  present 
board  has  ever  examined  at  one  time  and  the  New  York 
College  Pharmacy  building  is  the  only  one  in  the  Stat« 
with  facilities  to  accomodate  such  a  number  for  an  ex- 
aiminiation. 

There  were  nine  young  ladies  among  the  candidates, 
and  the  men  ranged  from  middle  ajge  to  the  minimum  age 
required  for  registration.  The,  board  divided  the  exaim- 
inees  into  two  sections,  the  practical  work  being  done 
in  the  laboratory  and  materia  medica  and  pharmacog- 
nosy room. 

George  H.  MerriM  of  Newburgh*  a  meanber  of  the  mid- 
dle branch  of  the  board,  was  present  and  assisted  in  the 
examination. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ER'\ 


[April  24,  WOi. 


Jersey  City  R.  D.  A.  Meeting. 

The  Jersey  City  Retail  Druggrists'  Association  held  a 
meeiting  in  Phillips'  HaU.  corner  Montgcimery  street  and 
Bergen  avenue,  Tuesday  afternoon,  April  15.  President 
C.  Kuehne  was  in  the  ehair  and  Secretary  James  Foulke 
read  the  minutes  of  the  previous  -meetinig.  The  reports 
of  the  various  oom'mittees  fwieire  received  and  adopted. 
A  motion  to  instruct  the  secretary  to  pay  the  amount 
due   the  National  Aissocia)tion  was  passed  unanimously. 

The  cut-rate  evil  was  discussed  at  some  length  and 
the  general  opinion  seieimed  to  be  thait  there  was  less 
cut'ting  at  present  than  a  few  months  ago.  The  Pharma- 
cists' Manufacturing  'Co.  was  made  a  topic  for  discussion 
and  fisveral  memlber©  thought  it  would  ^elp  solve  the 
problem  of  small   proiflts  on  proprietary  preparations. 

Mr.  Stein  was  appointed  a  delegiate  to  attemd  tlib 
meeting  of  the  State  association  at  Atlantic  City  on  June 
4.  The  next  meetinig  of  tha  association  will  vs  neld  at 
Bergen  Point,  Tuesday,  July  15,  and  'will  'be  followed  by 
a  dinner.  Mr.  Kuehne  i©  chairman  of  the  committee  in 
charge  of  the  dinner  and  a  large  attendance  is  expected. 


Society  of  Chemical  Industry. 
The  New  Tork  section  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  In- 
dustry will  meet  at  the  Chemists'  Club,  No.  108  West 
Fifty-fifth  street,  tomorrow  (Friday)  evening  at  S:15 
o'clock,  when  the  following  papers  will  be  read:  J.  Mer- 
ritt  Matthews:  "The  Action  of  Caustic  Soda  on  Wool." 
H.  C.  Aspinwall:  "Stability  Tests  for  Nitro-Explosives." 
A.  G.  Stillwell:  "tfraphite  in  Ores."  J.  A.  Bradburn 
"Some  Parts  at  the  Ammonio  Soda  Process  Open  for  Im- 
provements." By  title  only:  Clifford  Richardson:  "The 
Determination  of  Paraffdne  in  Petroleum  Residues,  As- 
phaltic  Oils,  and  Asphalts  Fluxed  with  Paraffine  Oils." 
H.  C.  Reed:  "Filter  Papers  and  Soluble  Solids."  Robert 
Job  and  J.  B.  Young:  "Arsenic  Contents  of  Certain 
Pennsylvania  Anthracites." 


One  Druggist  Fined,  and  Anotlier  Accused  of  Violating 
the  Pharmacy  Law. 

Agostino  de  Augus/tinl,  a  druggist  of  No.  168  Twenity- 
first  stree't,  Brooklyn,  was  sentenced  in  the  Court  of 
Special  Sessions,  Monday,  April  4.  to  pay  a  fine  of  $100 
or  spend  nindty  days  in  jail  for  permitting  an  unlicensed 
clerk  named  iFnank  Pavone  to  compound  a  prescription 
In   the  abj»ence   of   a  licansed   piharmacist. 

Fabiano  Pughese  of  'No  215  Union  avenue,  Brooklyn, 
was  placed  under  ¥500  bail  for  trial.  He  is  oiiarged 
with  conductinig  a  phiarniacy  without  a  license,  displaying 
a  certificiate  of  a  deiceased  physician. 


Thieves  Enter  Druggist's  Apartment. 

Joseph  H.  Jacobson,  a  pharmacist  of  No.  51  Eighth 
avenue,  was  robbed  on  Tuesday,  April  15,  of  ovea-  one 
hundred  dollars'  worth  of  .iewelry.  The  thieves  entered 
the  apartment  of  Mr.  Jacobson  in  the  afternoon,  wliile 
his  wife  was  shopping.  There  was  no  sign  left  to  tell 
how  the  thieves  made  an  entrance  and  they  did  not 
take  anything  but  the  jewelry.  Mr.  Jacobson  reported 
the  affair  to  the  police  of  the  Charles  street  station,  but 
the  thieves  have  not  been  captured  yet. 


Manhattan  Association  Elects  Officers. 
'Charles  S.  Eirib  w^as  elected  presiidenit  of  the  Manhcit- 
tan  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  annual  meeting 
held  in  the  College  of  Phanmacy.  Monday  evening.  April 
21.  The  other  officers  elected  w^ere:  George  E.  Schwein- 
furth,  first  vice^presidetit;  Charles  H.  White,  second  vice- 
preaidenc;  S.  V.  B.  Swann,  secre'tary,  and  George  H. 
Hitchcock,   treasure*-. 


NE-W  YORK  NOTES. 

Recent  visitors  in  New  York  drug  circles  included   J. 

H.  Sraedley,  treamirer  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Detroit; 
Nicholas  Harper,  Madison,  Ind.:  Jusftin  Keith,  Chicago: 
E.   W.   Thompson.   New  Britain,  Conn.;  W.  H.   Spaldine. 


FRED  BORGGREVE. 

Fred  Borggreve  is  the  ri.iiht  hand  man  of  John  W. 
Ferrier,  dru«,iist  at  No.  14111  Broadway.  New  York,  with 
whom  he  has  been  associated  several  years.  He  is  popu- 
lar in  social  circles  and  t'Or  the  past  three  years  has  been 
chairman  of  the  entertainment  committee  of  the  Alummi 
Association  of  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmajcy,  of 
which  he  if  second  vice-president.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  is  promi- 
nent in  the  Benevolent  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  Mr. 
Borggreve  began  the  drug  business  with  August  Zoeller, 
Jersey  City  Heights,  graduated  from  the  New  York  Col- 
lege oif  Phai-niacy  in  1892,  and  before  taking  his  present 
TKisition  was  manager  ot  drug  stores  at  Twenty-fourth 
street  and  Pirs't  aveniuie,  for  Charles  M.  DuGay  and  at 
Broadway  and  Thirtieth  street  for  J.   N.  Hegeman  &  Co. 


New  Haven;  James  Cooper,  Jr.,  Red  Bank,  N.  J.; 
Schuyler  Rust  of  Wm.  Rust  &  Son.  New  Brunswick, 
N.  J.;  F.  M.  Gardner,  Ralph  Hoagaland,  Boston;  L.  D. 
Walton,  Wllliamsport,  Pa.,  and  W.  E.  Burke,  Princeton, 
N.    J. 

Reld,  Yeomans  &  Cubit,  the  well-known  retail  drug- 
gists at  No.  140  Nassa.u  street,  near  Beekman,  will 
celebrate  their  si£icond  anniversary  on  Wednesday,  May  7, 
by  giving  customers  souvenirs,  a  free  lunch,  music,  etc. 
An  orchestra  has  ibeen  engaged  for  the  day,  and  the 
firm  expects  a  large  number  of  visitors.  Last  year  about 
9,000   persvons  called   on    May   7. 

There  have   been  some   changes   in    the   Board  lOf  Di- 

Tectons  of  the  Nelw  York  Surgical  Appliance  Co.,  the 
ofticers  ot  which  are  'now  Immanuel  Lindquist,  president, 
^A'm.  M,  Smith,  vice-'President  and  treasurer,  and  H.  I. 
Lindquist  s^ecretary.  They  e,xpect  to  Tnove  to  their  new 
offices.  No.  10  (Jnion  Square  west,  between  now  and 
May   1. 

^Ulnich  W.  Becker,  will  celebrate  his  twenty-fifth  anni- 

versaj-y  in  the  retail  drug  business  at  Stapleton,  Staten 
Island,  next  August.  Mr.  Becker  started  in  the  drug 
business  October  IG.  1S71,  with  Mr.  Bendiner,  Third  ave- 
nue, corner  Tenth  street.  Manhattan,  and  later  continued 
the  business  alone  at  the  corner  ot  Third  and  Wooster 
streets. 

Rockow  &  iStishkin  have  sold  their  drug  store  at  the 

corner  of  'Rivin.giton  and  -Attorney  streets  to  Rotkowitz 
Bros.,  iwtho  have  closed  it  and  intend  to  sell  at  aiuction. 
J.  Picker  has^  purchased  'the  interest  of  Mc.  Rocko'w  In 
the  drug  store  at  No.  207  Division  street  and  is  now  a 
partnci-  of  'Mr.  Mishkin. 

B.  J.  Lauor,  druggist,  at  l;!Oth  street  and  Eighth  ave- 
nue, is  now  pushing  the  sale  ot  Omega  Soap  for  the 
Omega  Chemical  Co.,  of  No,  2."'i7  Broadway,  Manhattan, 
lie   is   still    proprietor   ot   the   drug   store,    which   will   be 


April  24,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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conducted  by  Mr.  Coates,  wlio  has  "been  connected  with 
the  store  for  some  time. 

I>avid   Magee  Day  died  at     liis     residence,     No.     210 

Franklin  strset.  Bloomtleld,  N.  J.,  Thursday,  April  17, 
ot  heart  disease.  He  was  at  one  time  a  partner  in  the 
old  drug  firm  ot  Day,  Hoagaland  &  Stiiger  on  Barclay 
street.  New  York  city.  A  wife,  two  daughters  ajid  one 
son  survive  him. 

James  Bobb  has  resigned  his  position  with  M.  F.  Ben- 
der, Fourteenth  street  and  Ninth  avenue  and  is  now  with 
Eugene  J.  Ward,  Columbus  avenue  and  Fifty-ninth 
street.  B.  F.  Warrein  has  left  Mr.  Ward  and  gone  with 
Mrs.  Josephine  Dorn.  Columbus  avenue  and  Ninety-third 
street. 

The  Flower  Drug     Co.  has  move<3   to   the     northwest 

«orner  of  Hudson  and  Barrow  streets.  Their  stand  on 
t'he  o'pposile  corner  ha.s  been  loccupied  a^  a  d'rug  store 
about  25  years.  The  property  is  OTSTied  iby  Dr.  O'Neil, 
broBher  of  H.   M.   O'Neil. 

^C>-ril    Mumay,    for   the   past    two    years   witli    Parke 

Davis  &  Co..  at  Detroit,  Mich.,  is  in  the  cftty  and  expects 
to  sail  on  Saturday  for  Sydney.  Australia,  to  take  charge 
of  the  fliim's  branoh  there.  Mrs.  Murray  will  accom- 
pany him. 

-W'ilford  Baker,  at  one  time  manager  of  the  Knicker- 
bocker Pharmacy,  Broadway  and  Thirty-eighth  street, 
Manhattan,  is  now  employed  by  H.  K.  Eaton.  Columbus 
avenue  and  Ninety-fourth  street. 

H.    Uawrence,    for   the   pa.st    ten    years   a   clerk   with  , 

M.  F.  Bender,  Third  avenue  and  Fourteenth  street,  is 
now  with  M.  Rafter,  Fourth  avenue  and  Twenty-fifth 
-street. 

William  Weis,   druggist  at  Seventh   avenue   and  3-lttJi 

-street,  spent  last  week  at  the  exposition  at  Charleston, 
S.    C.      He   was    accompanied    by   Mrs.    Weis. 

Dr.  W.   H.  Grainger,   proprietor  ot  two  drug  stores  in 

East  Boston,  Mass..  was  in  the  city  a  few  days  last  weelc 
and  was  entertained  at  the  Drug  Club. 
A.  Bauer  and  S.  H.  Black  of  Bauer  &  Black,  the  well- 
known    Chicago   plaster    firm,    w«re    in    New    York    lost 
■week. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


BOSTON  DRUGGISTS  TO  HAVE  AN  EVENING  OF 
RARE  PLEASURE. 

Boston,  April  10.— An  especially  interesting  meeting 
Tias  be-in  planned  by  the  Boston  Druggists"  Association, 
-of  which  F.  A.  Hubbard  is  president,  for  the  evening  o£ 
Tuesday,  April  29.  at  Young's  Hotel,  this  <?ity.  The  occa 
sion  will  take  the  foi-m  of  a  complimentary  reception  and 
d!inner  given  by  the  members  to  their  fellow-member, 
Amos  K.  Tilden.  "as  a  fitting  recognition  and  apprecia- 
tion of  ihis  sterling  worth,  his  upright  phatrmaceutical 
career,  and  bis  va'.uable  efforts  as  a  memiber  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy."  of  which  he  long  has  been  secre- 
tary. Mr.  Tilden  has  consented  to  favor  the  members 
■with  some  personal  rem'inlscenceae  based  on  his  experi- 
ences as  a  member  of  the  board,  to  which  he  came  in 
March,  1891.  He  intends  in  a  15rief  address  to  give  a 
resume  of  the  work  of  the  board,  taking  the  subject  up 
year  by  year.  President  Hubbard  desires  a  large  at- 
tendance in  honor  of  this  event  and  each  member  has 
been  urged  to  be  present  and  bring  a  guest.  The  fol- 
lowing-named gentlemen  have  signified  their  intention  to 
be  present  as  guests:  Hon.  John  F.  Fitzgerald,  ex-Con- 
gressman; Hon.  John  W.  Weeks,  mayor  of  [Newton,  where 
President  Hubbard  resides;  and  Capt.  William  E.  McKay, 
U.  S.  N.,  who  will  speak  on  "Academy  Life  at  An- 
napolis." Hon.  WiKIam  S.  McNary  also  has  been  invited 
and  is  exp3cted  to  be  present. 


Leicester  Drug  Store  Closed. 

'Boston.  April  19.— After  much  vicissitude  of  fortune 
the  Leicester  drug  store,  in  that  town,  has  again  been 
•closed.  It  appears  that  the  owner  of  the  building  '.eased 
the  place  to  the  new  proprietor  two  months  or  more  ago. 


but  failed  to  receive  any  rent  for  the  use  of  the  store. 
Finally,  the  pharmacy  was  closed,  the  curtains  drawn 
and  the  man  who  had  charge  ot  the  establishment  was 
not  to  be  found.  Therefore,  when  the  young  man  tailed 
to  put  in  an  aippearance,  the  owner  of  the  building  had  a 
civil  officer  serve  an  attachment  on  what  property  re- 
mained, in  the  sum  ot  $300.  The  interior  o£  the  store 
was  found  to  be  in  confusion,  as  it  there  had  been  a  hur- 
ried pa.:;king  up  of  the  goods.  Things  were  scattered 
everywhere.  Two  boxes  filled  with  goods  were  ready  for 
shipment.  One  ot  these  was  marked  to  an  address  in 
Worcester,  where  it  was  thought  that  the  owner  of  the 
property  might  be  found.  Among  many  biUs  Uttering 
the  place  was  one  from  a  drug  supply  house. 


Some  Springfield  Druggists  Anxious  Regarding  Licenses. 

Boston,  jVpril  19.— Sprintgfield  druggists  1-iave  been 
putting  in  applications  for  ".iquor  licenses,  as  required  by 
the  comnussioners  issuing  these,  and  up  to  Saturday, 
April  12,  no  protests  against  granting  the  licenses  toad 
been  received,  and  that  date  was  the  limit  of  time  when 
objections,  if  existing,  could  be  filed.  Ten  or  a  dozen  o£ 
the  druggists  were  delinquent  in  complying  with  the  rule 
of  the  license  commissioners  tliat  applications  must  be 
filed  Iby  a  certain  date,  but  the  commissioners  have  been 
len'ient  'and  will  specially  consider  these  cases.  Some  of 
the  delinquents  claim  that  their  own  delay  in  the  matter 
was  caused  by  that  of  the  State  Board  of  Registration  in 
Pharmacy  in  giving  out  annual  certificates.  The  drug- 
gists were  under  the  impression  that  they  must  have 
these  certificates  an  hand  before  applying  for  licenses, 
but  no  such   rule  prevails. 


Worcester   Druggists  Urged   to  Join   State   Association. 

IBoston,  April  19.— Although  imany  Worcei^ter  drug- 
gists already  belong  to  the  Massachusetts  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  not  all  are  members,  and  to  arouse 
interest  on  the  part  of  those  lacking  it  in  becoming  so, 
L.  G.  Heinritz  of  Holyoke,  well  known  as  one  of  the 
most  active  druggists  in  Western  Massachusetts,  recent- 
ly addressed  the  members  of  the  Worcester  Coun'ty  Phar- 
maceutical Assodiation  and  mrged  them  to  imite  their  in- 
terests as  members  of  the  State  Association,  of  which 
he  Is  president.  He  gave  the  druggists  much  practical 
advice  which  in  the  end  should  bring  good  results,  tell- 
ing them  just  why  they  ought  to  join  the  larger  organ- 
ization. Mr.  Heinritz  is  knt)wn  to  have  met  with  remark- 
able success  in  settling  and  bringing  together  discordant 
elements  in  the  drug  trade  and  helping  druggists  in  mat- 
ters beneficial  to  the  trade. 


New  Store  Opened  in  Maiden. 

Boston.  April  19.-^Pew  drug  stores  in  or  about  Boston 
surpass  in  fine  appearance  the  new  place  just  opened  on 
Pleasant  street,  the  principal  business  thoroughfare  of 
Maiden,  by  A.  B.  Morgan.  The  store  fixtures  are  of  black 
oak,  -with  the  most  recent  style  of  show  cases.  A  bal- 
cony in  the  upper  part  of  the  store  gives  space  for  sur- 
plus goods  to  be  placed  on  shelves  reaching  to  the  ceil- 
ing. There  is  a  Tufts  soda  fountain  that  is  a  marvel  of 
beauty  and  elegance,  and  a  little  alcove  with  oaken  seats 
and  comfortable  chairs  is  convenient  for  those  enjoying 
soda  or  waiting  for  prescriptions  to  be  put  up.  The  store 
Is  finely  lighted  in  the  day  time  and  handsome  electric 
fixtures  at  night  make  the  place  brilli.int.  On  the  day 
the  «tore  was  opened,  free  sodas  and  souvenirs  were 
given  away. 


Business  Entirely  Satisfactory. 
'Boston.  April  19.— .4.'=  compared  with  the  thoroughly 
disagreeable  weather  conditions  of  last  week,  this  week 
has  been  d'5'.ig'htful.  with  fine  da>^s  which  have  brought 
out  thrones  of  people  on  the  streets.  This  has  had  its 
effect  upon  trade,  which  has  shown  a  perceptible  Impe- 
tus, especially  as  regards  patronage  on  the  part  of  wo- 
men-shoppers. Additional  life  has  been  given  the  trade 
from  the  fact  that  many  people  have  neede<l  something 
to   counteract    or   cure   colds   which   had   their   beginning 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  24,  190v. 


during  the  rainy  weather  of  last  week,  when  the  aver- 
age person  got  thoroughly  wet  at  some  time  or  other. 
As  a  whole,  bus'iness  is  entirely  satisfactory  and  the 
wholesale  houses  also  report  excellent  trade,  with  no 
cause  whatever  for  complaint. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

In  the  window  of  the  drug  store  of  Charles  W.  Perry, 

in  Natick,  Mass.,  there  is  a  remarkable  exhibit  of  pre- 
scription 'books.  The  preslcript'iwns  number  173,000  and 
are  a  complete  record  ,of  the  compounding  done  at  this 
store  since  it  was  established  in  1871  by  E.  H.  Walcott. 
Mr.  Perry  entered  Mr.  Walcott's  employ  in  1874  and 
bought  out  the  business  in  1892  and  has  conducted  it  ever 
since,  as  proprietor.  He  has  just  opened  his  new  phar- 
macy in  Clarke's  Block  in  that  town,  to  which  he  moved 
from  his  former  store  in  order  to  secure  the  advantages 
of  a  more  central  location,  and  also  a  corner  store, 
moder.ed  according  to  his  desires.  It  'is  a  cosy  and  finely 
fitted  place,  with  a  floor  of  marble  mosaic  and  ceiling  of 
steel,  finished  in  white  and  gold.  The  walls  are  effec- 
tive in  artistic  design.  The  fixtures  are  of  cherry.  For 
some  time  Mr.  Perry  was  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  at 
Wellesley,  but  gave  this  up  to  devote  all  his  time  to  his 
Natick  store. 

Residents  of  the  Egleston  Square  district,  Boston,  are 

somewhat  excited  over  the  erection  by  a  New  York  com- 
pany of  two  massive  bill  boards  on  Washington  street, 
one  on  the  estate  on  the  southeasterly  corner  of  that 
thoroughfare  and  Walnut  Park,  and  one  nearly  oppos'ite. 
People  are  .speculating  as  to  what  will  appear  some  fine 
morning  in  letters  eight  or  ten  feet  high,  hera'.ding  vir- 
tues of  some  patent  medicine  or  remedy.  Those  in  the 
immediate  vicinity  of  the  boards  are  anything  but  pleased 
and  are  entering  vigorous  protests,  and  even  making 
threats  that  the  boards  will  have  to  go.  Some  have  aJ- 
most  their  entire  range  of  vision  toward  Washington 
street  cut  off  and  replaced  by  the  back  side  of  a  billboard. 

. ^Drug  cleiTfs  of  Holyoke,   Mass.,   are  organizing  into  a 

union  for  mutual  benefit  and  to  promote  social  as  well 
as  business  interests.  iNearly  seventy-five  were  present 
at  the  first  meeting,  at  which  the  following  officers  were 
elected:  President,  Thomas  O'Connor;  vice-president, 
Paul  Desmarais;  financial  secretary,  John  Qu'igley;  record- 
ing secretary,  B.  M.  Copeland,  and  treasurer.  Arthur 
Viens.  An  executive  committ^  also  was  appointed. 
There  was  much  interest  shown.  The  organization's  plan? 
will  be  perfected  at  future  meetings  to  be  held  with  as 
great  regularity  as  possible. 

Notice  has  been  served  upon  the  druggist  of  Gardner, 

Mass.,  by  the  board  of  health  of  that  town  not  to  furnisli 
any  more  vaccine  to  one  of  the  town  physicians.  The 
members  of  the  board  ".earned  of  methods  employed  by 
the  doctor  and  d'ld  not  approve  of  these  and  they  decided 
that  they  did  not  want  to  be  responsible  for  any  bad  re- 
sults and  at  once  took  steps  to  (ree  themselves  from 
responsibility. 

A  new  drug  concern  at  Hudson.  Mass.,   to  be  known 

as  the  Hudson  Drug  Company,  under  which  name  it  has 
tteen  Incorporated,  is  to  have  a  capital  stock  of  $10,000, 
of  which  sum  $5,000  already  has  been  paid  in,  a  much 
larger  proportion  of  the  capital  stock  than  ordinarily  is 
paid  in  at  the  time  of  incorporation.  IF.  E.  Phaneuf  of 
Hudson  is  to  be  the  president  and  treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany. 

The  Hawthorne  Drug  Company  has  just  taken  a  lease 

lor  ten  years  o.f  the  building  at  2.370  and  2372  Washington 
street,  Roxbury  district,  this  city,  a  part  of  the  estate  of 
C.  D.  Swain,  and  well  located  'in  a  bustling  business  sec- 
tion. The  drug  company  will  occupy  the  entire  building 
after  extensive  alterations  and  Improvements  have  been 
completed. 

Andrew  G.  Weeks,  head  of  the  Weeks  &  Potter  Drug 

Company,  has  bought  the  property  numbered  102-108  Court 
street  and  3  Stoddard  street.  West  End.  This  property  is 
valued  by  the  assessors  at  .$tM,000,  of  which  $8.5.800  is  on 
3,300  square  feet  of  land  in  the  premises,  and  $8,200  on 
the  three-story  brick  building. 


With  the  id^a  of  manufacturing  pharmaceutical  prepa- 
rations, the  Crystalline  Company  has  been  incorporated 
vf'ith  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000,  of  which  there  has  been 
paid  in  $75.  Harry  Houghton  of  Boston  is  president 
and  Thomas  W.  MuUett  of  Boston  is  the  treasurer  of 
the  new  concern. 

Although   he   had   been  away  ifrom  Matilboro   for   six 

years.  Thomas  F.  Carey,  who  has  recently  returned  there 
to  open  a  drug  store,  finds  that  he'  has  not  been  forgotten 
by,  nor  lost  hold  of,  his  old-time  friends.  They  seem  dis- 
posed to  help  him  meet  with  success  in  his  new  venture. 
• ^Curtis  and  Bubier.  druggists  at  Swampscott,  are  great- 
ly improving  their  store  in  Humphrey  street,  that  town, 
in  preparation  for  the  Summer  trade,  which  they  get 
from  many  fashionable  people  having  Summer  residences 
near  that  part  of  the  North  Shore  of  Massachusetts. 

^C.   W.   Brown   of   Ipswich,    Mass.,   has   sold   his   drug 

store  in  that  town  to  Brainard  J.  Conley  of  Newbury- 
port,  who  has  taken  possession  of  the  store,  which  was 
well  stocked  at  the  time  of  the  sale.  It  is  centrally  situ- 
ated for  meeting  with  success. 

With    assets    of    $1,500    and    liiabilities    amounting    to 

$-1,000.  Eli  Bence,  a  New  Bedford,  Mass.,  druggist,  is  a 
voluntary  petitioner  in  bankruptcy. 


No  Ice  Water  for  Royalty. 

A  well  known  Fifth  Avenue  Hotel  man  says:  "We 
Americans  have  not  yet  fully  overcome  the  pernicious 
ice  water  habit,  for  many  people  liere  still  expect  that  a 
glass  with  ordinary  water  aIm.ost  filled  with  ice  be  served 
to  them  at  once.  Ordinary  water  to  be  palatable  must 
be  served  too  cold  to  be  healthful,  while  a  wholesome 
effervescent  table  waiter,  on  account  of  its  carbonic  acid 
gas,  Is  refreshing  even  if  served  without  ice,  so  long  as 
it  be  cool.  It  is,  however,  already  noticeable  that  Amer- 
icans, particularly  those  who  have  traveled  much,  are 
more  acquiring  the  preferable  Apollinaris  habit,  although 
they  have  not  yet  fully  reached  the  same  stage  as  our 
British  friends. 

"It  is  known  that  a  mild  stimulant  well  diluted  with 
Apollinaris  was  drunk  by  Queen  Victoria,  under  the  ad- 
vice of  her  physician.  Sir  William  Jenner,  and  now  we 
even  find  'The  I^ondon  Times'  ceremoniously  stating  in 
its  column  of  news  about  royalty  that  the  Apollinaris 
Company  has  been  appointed  purveyors  of  natural  min- 
eral water  to  the  King  and  to  the  Prince  of  Wales.  Be- 
tween this  association  with  royalty  and  the  worth  of  the 
water  it  Is  easy  to  understand  why  on  nearly  every  ta- 
ble in  London  hotels  a  bottle  of  Apollinaris  can  be  seerv 
as  an  accompaniment  to  the  meal,  but  the  special  point 
is  that  the  glass  of  ordinary  water  with  ice  is  not  asked 
for   or   served." 


What  Are  You  Doing  to  Meet  This  Demand? 

The  druggist  usually  asks  the  manufacturer:  "What 
are  you  doing  to  create  a  demand?"  but  it  is  seldoni  that 
he  gets  as  direct  an  answer  as  that  given  by  the  Douglas 
Manufacturing  Co.  in  their  advertisement  of  "'New-Skin" 
on  page  3  of  this  issue.  The  familiar  toottie  and  brush 
anay  be  found  in  any  one  of  the  thirty  magazines  of  na- 
tional circulation  there  mentioned,  representing  a  circu- 
lation in  all  of  at  least  6,000,000  copies,  and  reaching 
prolbably  25.000.000  people.  This  enormous  circulation 
means  .a  demand  for  New-Skin,  rwhich  no  druggist  con 
afford  to  ignore,  j'et  the  thousands  of  letters  whicHi  come 
in  to  the  Douglas  IManufacturinig  Co.,  enclosing  money 
for  New-Skin,  with  the  statement  that  they  are  unable 
to  find  it  at  tlheir  drug  store,  shows  that  there  still  are 
drugglst.s  all  over  the  country  who  are  not  alive  to  their 
opportunities.  'The  druggist  who  does  not  stock  New- 
Skin  is  aciualiy  losing  money  iby  not  taking  care  of  the 
demanid,  which  the  manufacturers  are  creating.  The 
demand  f  i-  New-Skin  is  not  confined  to  this  countrj' 
either,  but  liundreds  of  gross  have  already  been  shipped 
to  England,  where  a  very  active  advertising  ca-mpaigm 
is    under   way. 


April  24.  1902. J 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


415 


PHILADELPHIA. 

AMERICAN  DRUG  TRADE  BOWLING  ASS'N. 

Fifth  Annual   Tournament — New  York   Bowlers   Cham- 
pions— Philadelphia  and  Chicago  Tie  for  Second  Place. 

Philadelphia.  April  2(1— The  fifth  .miuKal  meeting  of  the 
American  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Association  held  in  this 
oity  during  the  week  ca.me  to  a  close  in  a  blaze  of  glory 
in  the  shape  of  a  splendid  bamciuet  and  eloquent  speech- 
making  after  having  been  unanimously  diee'ared  to  be 
the  best  meeting  heid  yet.  The  local  entertainment  com- 
mittee under  the  chairmanship  of  D.  E.  Bransome  had 
hearty  support,  financial  and  otherwise,  from  practically 
every  local  firm  connected  with  the  wholesale  drug  trade, 
and  thus  provided  with  the  sinews  of  war  the  committee 
succeeded  in  carrying  through  a  programme  for  the  tour- 
nament that  was  well  nigh  perfect  and  they  gave  their 
guests  a  taste  of  real  Phi'.adelphia  hospitality.  The  prizes 
offered  were  unusually  handsome  and  valuable,  amount- 
ing to  over  .$1,000  in  value,  the  Philadelphia  Association 
of  Retail  Druggists  offering  a  solid  silver  cup  to 
be  held  during  the  year  by  the  winning  team  and  to  be 
contested  for  annual'.y,  and  a  silver  water  set  beJng  do- 
nated by  the  Chas.  Llppincott  Company.  The  banquet, 
given  at  the  Boiurse  Testa-urant,  was  a  triumph  of  culin- 
ary skill  and  tasteful  decorations,  vocal  and  instrumental 
music  adding  zesc  to   the  menu. 

Officers   Elected. 

The  first  day's  meeting.  Wednesday,  was  devoted  to 
business,  the  following  officers  being:  elected  for  the  en- 
suing year:  President,  C.  P.  Donnel,  Philadelphia;  vice- 
president.  A.  Bauer.  Chicago;  secretary  and  treasurer, 
L.  W.  Davis,  Baltimore.  Executive  committee:  H.  Korn- 
mann,  Ba'.timore;  A.  C.  Smith,  Philadelphia;  Geo.  R. 
Baker,  Cliicago;  Wm.  J.  Carr.  New  York.  Chicago  was 
selected  as  the  next  place  of  meeting.  Baltimore,  Chicago, 
New  York  and  Philadelphia  were  the  cities  represented 
by   members   and    teams.  . 

Thursday  the  bowling  began  at  tlie  "Tuxedo  Alleys'". 
New  York  and  Chicago  were  the  first  teams  matched, 
New  York  winning  the  first  game,  the  first,  too,  of  the 
tournament,  Chicago  getting  the  second  and  third.  Then 
Chicago  and  Philadelphia  had  a  fall,  the  Phil'.ies  downing 
the  Westerners  by  winning  the  last  two  games  to  Chi- 
cago's first.  Baltimore  lost  the  first  and  last  games  of 
the  next  series  to  New  York,  winning  tlie  second  by  47 
pins  only,  then  the  large  and  talented  string  of  New 
York  "rooters"  howleJ  themse'.ves  wild  with  glee.  The 
final  game  of  the  day  was  New  York  against  Philadelphia, 
an  "all  star"  game  that  brought  out  a  big  crowd.  New 
York  winning  the  first  and  third  games  by  65  and  12.5 
pins,  Philadelphia  the  second  by  38.  The  games  between 
Philadelphia  and  Baltimore  went  all  three  to  the  '.ocal 
bowlers,  by  20.  200  and  75  pins.  The  day's  play  left 
Philadelphia  in  the  lead,  tvith  New  York  a  close  second, 
the  condotions  being  that  each  team  shall  play  six  ten- 
frame  games  with  each  of  the  other  teams,  each  ten- 
frame   game   counting  as  a   win. 

Friday  the  contestants  came  together  with  add«d 
fervor,  all  the  teams  playing  with  better  form  as  they 
ibecame  accustomed  to  the  alleys.  Better  work  all  around 
was  the  rule,  and  there  was  a  noticeable  increase  in 
the  "split  spare"  column  and  a  decrease  in  the  missed 
"spares".  Chicago  tackled  Baltimore  in  the  first  game. 
and  when  the  dust  had  settled  it  was  found  that  Chicago 
had  taken  all  three  games  from  the  placid  Southerners, 
which  tied  them  with  Philadelphia  for  first  place.  Phila- 
delphia tried  to  repeat  Chicago's  dose  with  the  Balti- 
moreans  but  slipped,  up  on  the  second  game,  getting  the 
first  and  third  only  as  the  Baltimore  men  swore  that  no 
Quaker  team  was  going  to  rub  it  in  on  thehi.  Then  New 
York  took  a  hand  and  brought  tears  of  joy  to  the  Balti- 
more rooters  by  doing  just  the  same  trick  to  Chicago 
as  they  had  to  Baltimore,  winning  the  three  games  .and 
tieing  T*hiladelphia  for  first  place.  Chicago  dropping  down 
to  second.  The  6-o'clock  games  brought  Phlladelpliia 
against  Chicago.    The  locals   rolled   up   their   sleeves   and 


waded  in  for  gore  as  they  needed  these  three  games  in 
their  business,  as  New  York  was  to  have  a  quiet  little 
time  with  Baltimore  later  on  and  Philadelphaa  had  to  win 
them  if  they  wanted  to  keep  their  place.  Alas,  the  second 
game  proved  a  snag  and  Chicago  got  there  with  56  pins 
to  spare,  the  locals  managing  to  win  only  the 
first.  Meek  and  humble  Baltimore  took  some  of  the 
starch  out  of  the  haughty  New  Yorkers,  however,  and 
the  New  York  team  had  no  dream,  it  was  the  case  of  the 
strenous  lite  again.  But  with  the  aid  of  sundry  high 
balls  and  low  balls  New  York  got  there  in  all  three 
games,  this  win  putting  them  In  first  place  with  a  pretty 
good  mortgage  on  it.  The  local  team  was  by  this  time 
tired  of  getting  in  first  place  just  to  be  tied  by  some 
husky  strangers  so  they  subsiided  gently  into  second  for 
their  very  own.  The  best  ibowling  of  the  .day  was  done 
by  McCormick  of  New  York,  who  gave  a  fine  exhibition 
of  a  steady  game,  bowling  210  in  the  first  and  237  in  the 
second.  As  both  of  these  were  errorless  games,  they  put 
three  wins  to  his  credit  and  gave  him  lead  for  high  score, 
his  game  of  the  preceding  day  also  being  faultless. 

Saturday  found  the  teams  keyed  up  to  the  mark  and 
each  one  determined  to  win  everything  in  sight— if  pos- 
sible. But  New  York  was  the  only  team  that  got  what 
they  went  for— first  place. 

The  first  contest  on  the  card  was  Baltimore  vs.  Chi- 
cago. Chicago  won  the  first  and  second  by  12  and  16 
pins,  Ba'.timore  winning  the  final  game  by  20  pins.  This 
was  Baltimore's  ttiird  win  in  the  tourney,  winning  one 
game  out  of  six  from  each  team. 

The  concluding  games  of  the  tourney  were  between 
Philadelphia  and  New  York.  New  York  started  the  play 
with  a  lead  of  two  games  over  Philadelphia,  and  to  win 
the  tourney  the  latter  would  have  to  capture  all  three 
games.  Captain  Barna<s  of  the  New  Yorks,  put  In  his 
best  team,  w^iich  -s  a  stiff  aggregation  for  any  team  to 
go  against.  Nothing  daunted,  the  locals  were  confident 
of  winning,  and  did  hold  their  own  until  a  few  doubles 
by  the  New  Yorks  in  the  last  few  frames  made  the  pace 
too  fast,  Philadelpihia  los'ng  the  first  game  by  22  pins. 
The  second  gajme  resulted  almost  the  same.  New  York 
winning  by  31   pins, 

Philadelphia  now  needed  the  final  game  In  order  to  tie 
with  Cluicago  for  second  place.  This  was  New  York's 
game  up  to  the  last  ball  rolled,  having  a  comfortable  lead 
of  35  pins  in  the  ninth  frame.  In  the  last  frame  they 
made  three  errors  and  two  splits,  which  allowed  the 
Philadelphians,  by  a  little  steady  work,  to  win  out.  The 
game  narrowed  down  to  the  last  man,  and  the  scores 
show  that  E.  S.  Thorp,  anchor  for  the  Philadelphia  team, 
could  win  the  game  by  making  a  difficult  spare  shot, 
which  he  gathered  in  haindily.  This  concluded  the  tourney. 

Following    are    the 

Team  Averages. 


New     York IS  14S26  .823    244  408  17  127  140 

Chicago    IS  1446S  .803    233  381  17  139  161 

PMladelpMa     18  14.102  .7W    199  416  17  112  182 

Baltimore     IS  13W3  .753    184  380  20  133  219 

The  Banquet. 

Promptly  at  eight  o'clock  Saturday  evening,  nearly  200 
guests  assembled  in  the  capacious  dining  hall  of  ths 
BouTse  restaurant  to  partake  of  the  good  cheer  pro- 
vided by  the  local  drug  men.  Music,  recitations,  slhort 
speeches  and  good-natured  "jollying"  filled  in  the  spare 
time  between  the  courses,  so  that  everybody  was  in  a  good 
humor  and  ready  to  cheer  the  winners  when  the  prize 
awards  were  announced  by  toast-master  Bransome.  The 
team  priz-.  a  ihiandsome  silver  cup  donated  by  the  P.  A. 
R.  D.,  went  to  New  York,  the  champions.  This  cup  is  to 
be  held  by  the  winning  team  each  year  and  is  to  be  a  per- 
manent prize.  Tlie  high  individual  avertigo  prize,  a  dia- 
mond locket,  was  won  by  C.  A.  MoCormick.  New  York. 
The  silver  water  set,  donated  by  the  Lippincott  Company, 


416 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  24,  100^ 


was  won  byjohn  Barnet.  o£  the  Chicago  team.  The  high 
spare  average  prize,  a  set  of  diamond  cuff  buttons,  went 
to  John  Ruddiman,  of  New  York,  the  second  prize,  a 
diamond  scarf  pin,  to  A.  C.  Smith  of  Philadelphia.  Th« 
greatest  number  of  "honor"  games  was  won  by  Mr. 
Matthew  Judge,  of  Neiw  York,  a  splendid  set  of  beer 
stein,  mugs  and  tray.  The  spWt  spare  prize,  a  cut  glass 
■decanter,  donated  by  Hoffman-Corr  Company,  the  great- 
est number  of  200  scores  prize,  a  cut  glass  cigar  jar  and 
the  high  strike  average  prize,  a  gold  cigar  cutter,  all 
went  to  the  Chicago  team,  Messrs.  Oscar  Schmidt  (5). 
Geo.  R.  Baker,  (219),  and  D.  Thomas,  (59), respectively 
winning  these.  The  high  single  score  prize  stayed  in 
Philadelphia  in  the  hands  of  W.  Lackraain,  with  215,  this 
l)eing  a  silver  match  box.  C  A.  McCormick,  of  New  York, 
won  the  high  total  pin  prize,  a  smoking  set,  donated  by 
W.  P.  Mussey,  Chicago,  with  three  games  totalling  633 
Brief  addresises  were  made  by  President  Poley  of  the 
Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  Mr.  Shoe- 
maker, of  Shoemaker  &  Busch  and  other  representatives 
of  the  allied  branches  of  the  drug  trade,  the  prize  win- 
ners also  responding  nobly  to  the  call.  Very  tasteful 
and  unique  souvenirs  in  the  shape  of  tiny  earthenware 
loving  cups  decorated  with  the  emblems  of  the  bowlers 
•ft'ere  given   to  the  guests  before  they   left. 


Business  Quiet. 

Philadel.ohia,  April  19.— Trade  still  continues  to  be 
quiet  throug'hout  the  city  generally,  the  same  complaint 
of  duln^ss  coming  from  every  section.  In  anticipation  of 
the  usual  spring  house-cleaning  anid  May-day  movings, 
quite  a  number  of  druggists  are  displaying  windows  fuH 
of  appropriate  articles.  There  is  a  good  paying  business 
in  the  supplying  of  the  numerous  cleaning  materials, 
sponges,  chamois,  etc.,  which  druggists  can  get  with 
judicious  advertising  and  suggestions  to  customers.  The 
excessively  high  prices  now  being  charged  for  meats  and 
provisions  seems  to  be  affecting  trade  generally,  many 
peop'.e  economizing  on  less  necessary  articles  in  order 
to  ba  able  to  purchase  their  food  supplies. 

The  unsettled  condition  in  the  coal  regions  is  having 
somewhat  of  a  depressing  effect  on  business,  druggists 
there  holding  back  orders  and  purchasing  in  limited 
quantities  for  fear  of  a  general  strike  of  miners.  How- 
ever, the  wholesale  trade  seems  to  be  doing  better  than 
the  retailers,  local  jobbers  reporting  a  fair  week's  busi- 
ness in  most  lines.  The  market  has  been  steady  and 
"without  marked  changes,  the  demand  for  drugs,  etc., 
continuing  to  be  about  normal.  Noteworthy  imports 
■were:  Seven  hundred  bags  crude  naphtha'.in,  200  barrels 
cocoanut  oil.  500  bales  cork  wood,  100  barrels  insect 
powder,  45  c.  opium. 


Monthly  Pharmaceutical  Meeting. 

Philadelphia,  April  19. — The  seventh  of  the  series  of 
"Pharmaceutical  Meetings"  of  this  year  was  held  Tues- 
day afternoon,  the  attendance  being  quite  representative. 
The  following  programme  was  presented:  "Chamois 
Skins— Th?ir  Preparation  for  the  Market  and  Their  Com- 
mercial Varieties.  Chas.  C.  Drueding.  "Notes  on  Specifio 
Gravity."  by  Thomas  S.  Wiegand.  "Discussion  on  the 
Definition  of  the  Term  'Spoonful'  and  Its  Metric  Equiva- 
lent," This  discussion  was  opened  by  M.  I.  Wilbert,  who 
has  been  making  a  speicial  study  of  the  usual  containers 
employed  for  measuring  doses  of  medicine,  he  urging 
the  adoption  of  a  definite  s'tandard  of  measurement  based 
on  the  metric  system  iby  both  manufacturers  of  "meidi- 
clne  glasses"  and  graduates  and  physicians  and  phar- 
macists. It  was  proposed  that  the  Committee  on  Revision 
of  the  Pharmacopoeia  be  asked  to  give  accurate  and  ful> 
definitions  of  the  terms  teaspoonful  and  tablespoonful, 
also  that  pharmacists  shou'.d  call  the  attention  of  physi- 
cians to  the  great  and  dangerous  variation  in  sizes  of  the 
teaspoons  commonly  used  and  that  these  should  advise 
patients  to  use  only  measuring  glasses  of  reliable  quality. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

A   party   o.£  about  250  local   druggists  and   physicians 

were  the  guests  of  Johnson  &  Johnson,  New  Brunswick, 
N.  J.,  Tuesday,  a  special  train  of  four  coaches  being 
chartered  for  the  party.  The  visitors  were  shown  the 
■  various  processes  of  plaster  making,  weaving,  cleaning 
an/d  sterilizing  various  gauzes  and  the  treatment  of  raw 
cotton  from  the  bale  to  the  finished  package  of  "absorb- 
ent." Dr.  Kilmer  gave  an  interesting  talk  on  certain 
features  of  the  preparation  of  absolutely  aseptic  ligatures, 
plaster  and  surgical  dressings,  etc.,  etc.  After  the  sight- 
seeing, the  party  was  entertained  at  a  substantial  ban- 
quet, a  number  of  the  guests  responding  to  the  brief  ad- 
dresses from  Messrs.  Johnsan,  Kilmer,  Bransome  and  others 
of  the  firm.  A  vote  of  thanks  for  J.  &  J.  and  three  hearty 
cheers  for  the  "only  Bransome"  were  given  as  a  fare- 
well as  the  visitors  left  for  their  return  to  Philadelphia. 

It  is  reported  that  an  agreement  on  prices   will  soon 

be  reached  with  the  new  department  drug  store  "cutter,  " 
Snellenburg,  which  will  be  satisfactory  all  around.  There 
does  not  seem  to  be  any  likelihood  of  this  firm  entering 
into  presci-ipttion  business,  their  line  to  be  only  "patents" 
and  a  full  line  of  articles  to  be  sold  under  their  name.  It 
is  probable  that  this  advent  of  the  department  store  into 
the  retail  drug  business  will,  after  all,  prove  a  benefit  to 
local  druggi-sts  in  making  it  possible  to  fix  a  schedule 
of  prices  that  all  can  agree  on  and  iby  uniting  them 
closer. 

^The  suit  against  John  Wanamaker  for  selling  poison 

in  violation  to  the  State  poison  law.  the  sale  in  question 
being  an  ounce  of  corrosive  sublimate  sold  in  the  photo- 
graphic department,  seems  to  be  an  ill-judged  affair. 
Local  druggists  unanimously  condemn  the  step,  while 
many  ridicule  the  idea  that  sales  of  poisons  used  in  the 
trade  and  arts  can  be  stopped  by  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy.    So  far.   nothing  has  resulted  from  the  suit.    . 

A  settlement   of   the    suit     brought     against   druggist 

George  Slotninsky  by  Mrs.  Freda  Saltzman  for  damages 
from  being  given  the  wrong  medicine  was  made  out  of 
court  Wednesday  and  the  case  withdrawn.  Mrs.  Saltz- 
man asserted  _that  on  June  19,  1900,  she  was  given  tab- 
lets of  corrosive  sublimate  instead  of  antikamnia  tab- 
lets she  asked  for,  and  that  the  error  caused  her  serioua 
illness. 

^During  the  weekly  fire  drill  at  Smith.  Kline  &  Premch 

Company's  Arch  street  building,  an  errand  boy  created 
great  excitement  by  a  misunderstanding  of  Instructions 
resulting  in  a  fire  alarm  being  turned  in  that  brought 
several  engines  to  the  store  in  frantic  haste.  The  fire 
drill  itself  was  a  great  success,  every  person  being  out 
of  the  big  building  in  two  minutes. 

■ A  bill  in  equity  was  filed  in  the  United  States  Circuit 

Court  this  week  by  the  Hostetter  Company  to  have  drug- 
gist J.  A.  Heintzlemann  restrained  from  selling  a  com- 
pound similar  to  their  "Stomach  Bitters"  in  bottles 
stamped  with  the  firm's  name. 

The    members  of    the   Zeta   Phi    Society   have   passed 

resolutions  thanking  Prof.  Remington  for  his  successful 
work  and  also  Assistant  Prof.  E.  F.  Cook  for  his  able 
assistance  in  establishing  a  course  in  Commercial  Train- 
ing at  the  P.   C.  P. 

^Dr.  C.  F.  Ch.andler  is  having  a  two-story  brick  build- 
ing erected  at  his  store.  Eleventh  street  and  Montgomery 
avenue,  to  be  17  by  14  feet,  cost  .$1,050. 


A  Special  Whiskey  for  Druggists. 

The  offer  of  the  Ginseng  Distilling  Co.,  St.  louls.  Mo., 
In  this  issue,  is  worth  attention.  They  sell  directly  to 
the  dealer,  employ  no  travelling  men,  do  not  sell  to  job- 
bing houses,  in  fact,  do  not  deal  through  middlemen  at 
all.  They  offer  their  Silk  Hat  Rye  or  Bourbon  whiskey, 
direct  from  the  distillery,  in  not  le«s  than  three  case 
lots,  at  .$7,.-,r)  per  case,  or  In  five  case  lots  at  JfT.OO  per  caS3 
and  they  i.iy  the  freight.  A  ease  contains  12  full  quart 
bottles.  Tbey  offer  no  premiums  and  no  prizes,  tout  de- 
pend entir.^ly  on  the  price  and  quality  of  the  goods  and 
their  met'nod   of  distriibiiting  them.     They  place  on  each 

bottle  a  label  reading  "Bottled  expressly  for  " 

and  here  follows  your  name  and  address. 


April  24.  190:?.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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PITTSBURG   AND  VICINITY. 

A  NEW  COLLEGE  BUILDING. 

Pittsburg.  .-Vpri!  liO.— Tiie  Pittsburg-  College  of 
Pharmacy  is  looking  forward  to  having  one  o.f  the 
largest  and  best  equipped  buildings  in  the  State 
ready  itor  occupancy  at  the  opening  of  the  Fall 
term,  October  1.  The  college  has  lorug  since  out- 
grown the  old  four-story  briok  structure  at  the  corner 
uf  Bluff  and  Pride  streets  and  plans  have  been  completed 
for  an  addition,  which  will  double  the  capacity  of  this 
institution.  The  new  buildiing  as  designed  will  cost  about 
$25,000  and  will  stand  just  east  of  the  old  structure.  Tho 
walls  are  to  be  of  red  pressed  brick.  One  enbrance  has 
been  provided  in  both  Pride  and  Bluff  streets,  and  the 
floors  of  the  old  and  new  buildings  are  to  be  connected 
making  them  practically  one  buiiiding.  The  first  story 
will  be  IS  feet  high  and  will  L-ontain  an  ampitheatre  seat- 
ing 30O  persons.  The  upper  floors  are  to  be  used  for 
laboratories  and  will  be  provided  with  all  the  latest  ap- 
pliances. 

Little  Blight  Eyes. 
Pittsburg.  Pa..  April  20.— The  timely  arrival  of  a  phy- 
sician and  the  subsequent  heroic  measures  taken  pre- 
vented what  might  have  been  a  peculiar  case  for  the 
coroner  to  investigate,  and  a  most  em;barrassing  position 
for  a  young  Allegheny  drug  clerk  last  week.  It  appears 
that  a  young  lady  giving  her  name  as  Miss  Schmo  went 
to  the  Spring  Garden  Pharmacy  and  asked  for  a  g'.ass 
of  sherry.  She  drank  the  beverage  and  she  claims  that 
the  clerk  suggested  that  she  take  a  pill,  which  would 
brighten  her  eyes,  and  make  them  sparkle.  She  took  tho 
pill  and  shortly  left  the  store,  but  had  not  gone  far  be- 
fore she  became  ill  and  fell  to  the  street.  She  was  p.aced 
on  a  stretcher  and  taken  to  the  Lion  Pharmacy.  Physi- 
cians were  summoned  but  it  w.is  not  for  several  hours 
later  that  the  patient  could  be  removed.  The  young  drug 
clerk  admits  giving  the  pill  but  claims  it  was  only  a 
harmless  sugar  one.  and  given  for  a  joke. 


BALTIMORE. 


Druggist's   Sad   Fate. 

Pittsbiir?,  Pa.,  April  20.— Daniel  Wuller.  a  wealthy  and 
well  known  druggist  of  Putler.  Pa.,  while  in  a  demented 
condition  last  week,  ca'.led  on  the  burgess  of  that  place 
and  deman.ied  five  thousand  dollars,  threatening  to  shoot 
ihim  if  the  request  was  not  complied  with.  He  left  the 
office  without  carrying  out  his  threat,  went  into  the  But- 
ler Savings  Bank,  thrust  a  revolver  through  the  window 
at  the  cashier  and  grabbed  for  a  -=tock  of  bills.  He  did 
not  succeed  in  reaching  them  and  quickly  leaving  took 
up  a  position  in  the  door  of  his  drug  store,  waving  his 
revolver  and  thireatening  to  shoot  pedestrl.ans.  A  police- 
man entered  the  rear  of  bis  store  and  finaKy  overpow- 
ered him.  and  he  was  taken  to  his  home.  Mr.  Wuller  has 
been  in  poor  health  for  some  time,  and  it  is  believed 
this  has  been   the  cause  of  his  dementia. 


Drug  League's  Smoker. 
Pittsburg.  April  20— The  greater  Pittsburg  Drug 
Bow".ing  Tjeague  brought  its  season  to  a  close  with  an 
enjoyable  smoker  held  at  the  St.  Cecelia  Club  House  la-^t 
Friday.  The  tie  which  existed  between  the  Pharmaceu- 
tical Club  and  the  (5.  X.  Kelly  Club  was  rolled  off.  the 
latter  winning  the  series  and  thereby  the  season's  diam- 
pionship.  The  various  prizes  were  then  awarded  and 
the  balance  of  the  evening  given  over  to  a  first  c'asa 
vaudeville  show.  It  was  a  most  enjoy.a;ble  affair  and  was 
attended  by  many  out  of  town  druggists. 


PITTSBURG  NOTES. 

The  Pennsylvanii  St.itc-  Ph\rinaceTJtic'aI  Board's  exam- 
inations for  registered  clerk.s  and  qualified  assistants  were 
he:d  in  Pittsburg  yesterday.  The  examinations  were  held 
In  the  Bellefield  public  school  and  224  applicants  were 
present,  of  which  number  five  were  women.  This  was 
the  !arg.;st  class  of  applicants  ever  examined  here.  Tho 
examinations  were  in  charge  of  Messrs.  Porter  and  Min- 
nick  of  tile  State  Board. 


READ  DRUG  COMPANY  ENJOINED. 

Baltimore,  April  IS.— Judge  Stockbridge,  in  the  Circuit 
Court,  decided  yesterday  to  grant  the  injunction  asked 
for  by  the  Emerson  Drug  Co.,  restraining  the  Read  Drug 
Co.  from  reflirmg  'bromo-seltzer  bottles  with  any  other 
prep'aration  and  selling  as  bromo-seltzer  any  other  suD- 
stance. 

This  ia  the  first  prosecution  since  the  enactment  of 
the  law  passea  by  the  last  Legislature,  iwhioh  makes 
sulbsUtuUon  punishable  by  a  fine,  and  the  outcome  of 
the  case  is  consequently  awaited  with  much  interest  by 
druggists  generally.  Several  Baltimore  houses  complain 
that  their  bottles  are  used  by  other  druggists  without 
the  removal  of  labels,  the  dealers  who  refill  them,  thud 
taking  advantage  of  the  reputation  enjoj'efl'  by  the  Arms 
which  first  supplied  the  preparations. 

This  practice  has  come  up  several  times  for  discus- 
sion at  t)he  meetings  of  the  (Maryland  College  of  Phar- 
macy. Tho  question,  however,  remains  whether  this 
proceeding  is  covered  by  the  new  law.  The  latter  mere- 
ly provides  that  compounds  shall  not  be  sold  as  pre- 
parations of  ofher   manufacturers. 


Trade  Quite  Active. 
Baltimore,  April  21.— The  statements  made  by  the  job- 
bing and  wholesale  drug  trade  as  to  the  trade  conditions 
were  in  the  main  decidedly  favorable.  Gratifying  acUvity 
prevailed  and  the  volume  of  movement  was  of  ample 
proportions.  The  demand  included  the  whole  range  of 
articles  in  general  use  and  at  times  taxed  the  working 
forces  not  a  little.  Hardly  less  busy  were  the  manufac- 
turing pharmacists,  who  experienced  a  relatively  brisk 
inquiry  for  their  preparations  and  were  compelled  to 
execute  a  number  of  rush  orders.  Nothing  of  special 
moment  developed  in  the  market  for  botanicals,  which 
are,  as  a  rule,  bringing  fair  prices.  The  leading  articles 
in  which  a  scarcity  was  reported  not  long  ago  are  firm 
and  give  promise  of  continuing  high  until  the  next  crop 
makes  its  appearance.  Heavy  chemicals  are  moving  in 
moderate  volume  and  reflect  in  the  main  the  general  way 
business    conditions,    advanced    values    being    the    rule. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

Though   55  years  old,   C.    F.   Hickey,   for  many  years 

bookkeeper  for  Muth  Bros  &  Co,,  wholesale  druggists,  has 
a  heart  which  is  as  young  as  it  used  to  be.  On  Thursday 
of  last  week  he  Was  married  at  the  Cathedral  to  Miss 
Mamie  E.  Taylor,  daughter  of  Robert  A.  Taylor,  of 
Cleveland,  Rev.  Dr.  <W.  A.  Fletcher  performing  the  cere- 
mony. This  is  Mr.  Hickey's  second  matrimonial  venture, 
his  flrst  wife  having  died  years  ago.  His  numerous 
friends  have  been  overwhelming  him  with  congratu- 
lations. 

• Mr,  Croft,   of  the  retail  drug  firm  of  Croft  cS:  Conlyn, 

Madison  street  and  Park  avenue,  wlio  went  on  a  trip 
around  the  world  last  year,  was  heard  of  recently  from 
London,  where  he  was  stopping  for  several  weeks.  He 
is  expected  back  some  time  in  May.  In  his  letters  he 
states  that  he  has  enjoyed  himself  greatly  and  has  been 
much  benefited  by  the  journeying  in  strange  lands  and  tho 
viewing  of  new  scenes. 

The    Baltimore   "bowlers    who    attended    the    inter-citv 

tournament  at  Philadelphia  last  week  returned  'home 
greatly  pleiosed  with  their  trip.  They  say  the  Quaker 
City  drug  men  were  lavish  In  their  hospJtalities  and  that 
they  (the  Baltimoreans)  Oiad  a  royal  good  time.  The 
Armstrong  Cork  Co.  men  representative  especially  was 
enthusiastic. 

^A  coal  oil  stove  in  the  pharmacy  of  Dr.  J.  Harry  Far- 
row, North  avenue  and  Tenth  street,  Walibrook,  a  sub- 
urb of  Baltimore,  was  overturned  on  the  ir)tih  inst.,  caus- 
ing a  fire  which  damaged  the  prescription  file,  some 
books  and  part  of  the  store.  The  blaze  was  put 
out  (by  memibers  of  the  engine  company  located  just 
across  the  street. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[April  24,  1902. 


Must  Register  Poisons. 

WaiShington,  D.  C,  April  19.— Each  proprietor  of  a 
pharmacy  in  the  District  of  Columbia  has  been  presented 
with  a  handsomely  bound  and  capacious  Poison  Register 
wherein  the  sale  of  poisons  shall  be  registered  as  re- 
qudred  by  tihe  Act  -of  Congress  appiroved  June  15,  1S78,  to 
regulate  the  practice  of  pharmacy  in  the  District.  A 
copy  of  this  act  with  schedules  specif>Mng  the  poisons 
not  to  be  sold  without  being  duly  recorded  appears  in 
the  register,  which  is  authorized  and  issued  by  the  Com- 
missdoners  of  Pharmacy. 

The  placing  of  this  book  in  the  hands  df  the  Pharma- 
cists in  Washington  and  the  suburbs  of  the  District 
leaves  no  excuse  for  neglecting  a  careful  and  uniform 
record  of  the  sale  of  poisonous  drugs.  Heretofore  the 
police  department  has  been  embarrassed  in  attempting 
to  enforce  the  act,  by  the  absence  of  a  uniform  system  of 
reeistration,  many  druggists  merely  recording  sales  oc- 
casionally in  a  smal'.  note  oook  or  an  improvised  register, 
and  others  posesssing  no  records  at  all. 


CHICAGO. 


MICHIGAN. 


Detroit,  April  19. 

W.    'M.    Warren    has   returned    fro-m  an   extended    trip 

to  the  different  (branch  housed  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co. 
Among  the  representatives  visiting  the  home  office  of 
the  company  last  week  were  H.  Clark  of  New  York, 
J.  H.  Brown  of  Iowa.  R.  (H.  Pimckney  of  Kentucky,  and 
H.   L.  Hutchinson   of  Ohio. 

Among  the  representatives  of  out  of  town  Arms  visit- 
ing Detroit  during  the  .past  week  were  Mr.  Dow,  of  the 
Dow  Chemical  Co..  Midland,  Mich.;  R.  S.  Johnson,  repre- 
senting Merck  &  Co.,  New  York  City,  and  J.  C.  M.  Gates, 
with   Corning  &  Co.,   Peoria,   111. 

A   party    of  120  i>racticing  physicians   and  the   recent 

graduating  class  of  the  Toledo  Medical  College  inspected 
the  laboratories  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co..  April  17,  and 
wound  up  the  day  with  a  full  course  banquet  at  the 
Hotel  Cadillac. 

Arthur  McFarlane,  for  many  years  a  prominent  drug- 
gist at  Detroit,  has  dispos'ed  of  his  Michigan  avenue 
store  to  R.  T.  Bower  of  Petoskey,  and  the  store  will  prob- 
ably 'be  operated  by  Mr.   Bower's  tjwo  sons. 

W.    W.    Retourn,    of    Grand    Kapids,    and    one    of    his 

friends  have  purchased  a  drug  store  in  Kalamazoo, 
Mich.  Mr.  Reburn  iwill  move  to  the  latter  cSty  in  a  slhort 
time  to   take  charge  of  the  business. 

^The   Michigan   Chemical  Co.,   of  Bay  City,   wliich  has 

been  in  business  but  a  short  time  producing  alcohol  from 
beet  sugar,  paid  into  the  Receiver  of  Taxes'  office  dur- 
the  month  of  Aipril   over  i$70,000. 

J.    A.    G'allagher,    of   the   wholesale     firm     of   Faxon. 

Horton,  &  Gallagher,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  spent  a  few 
daj'S  in  Detroit  last  week  on  his  way  to  his  old  home 
in  Scranton  Pa. 

Berand  Shrouder  has  put  a  new  tile  floor  in  his  drug 

store  at  Grand  (Rapids  and  made  other  improvements 
which  have  brought  the  store  to  an  uip-to-date  condi- 
tion. 

A.   T.    Sharp,   representative  in   Tennessee   for  Parke. 

Davis  &  Co.,  and  formerly  in  the  New  Orleans  office 
o:f  that  lirm.   died  recently  at  Memiphis. 

John   Tice,   fo^rmerly   with   E.   J.   iShepherd  &  Co.,   of 

Adrian,  has  accepted  a  position  •with  the  Goodyear 
Drug   Co.    of   Ann   Arlbor. 

James  H.  Harvey  of  Romeo  recently  installed  a  large 

netw  soda  fountain  in  his  drug  store. 

W.  H.  ICeyes,  druggist  at  West  Bay  City,  is'  dead. 


OF  INTEREST  TO  TELEPHONE  USERS. 

Chicago,  April  10.— The  Chicajra  Telephone  Co.  is  to 
have  a  rival.  The  Inter-Sta'te  Independent  Telephone  and 
Telegraph  Co..  is  planning  to  secure,  a  'franchise  and  en- 
ter the  field.  Officers  and  members  of  the  company  say 
therei  is  room  enough  for  two  companies. 

More  than  400  members  of  telephone  companlies  in  Illi- 
nois, Iowa,  WiscoTisin,  Michigan.  Indiana,  Kentucky,  and 
Missouri  were  present  at  the  meeting  in  the  Sherman 
House  oif  the  Interstate  Association  last  week. 

The  primary  object  of  the  organization  is  to  seek  ad- 
mission to  Chicago,  a  handicap  all  of  the  companies  have 
felt  since  tiieir  organization. 

"The  object  of  this  meeting  here  in  Chicago."  said  Pres- 
ident Lumpkin  in  Ihis  opening  address,  "is  to  bring  our 
varlious  companies  into  closer  alliance  one  with  -the  other, 
lo  the  end  that  long  distance  toll  lines  may  soiofn  be  built 
from  Chicago  to  the  States  represented  here  today.  For 
;t  is  a  fact  that  tliiese  public  gatherings  attract  the  atten- 
ti'on  of  the  public,  and,  like  the  press  of  the  coomtry,  have 
much  to  do  with  the  forming  oif  public  sentiment. 

"In  this  way  dt  is  possible  to  readh  the  ear  of  the  Mayor 
?.nd  City  Council  oif  this  city  and  obtain  a  franchise,  aitter 
which  the  money  would  soon  be  raised  to  build  an  ex- 
chajige  in  this  city. 

"When  the  Bell  patents  expired  and  the  independent 
people  were  permitted  to  enter  the  field  the  money  inter- 
ests of  this  country  had  little  faith  in  our  success,  and 
would  not  respond  to  our  appeals  for  money  to  carry  for- 
ward our  great  and  growing  industry.  But  now  what  a 
change!  Scarcely  a  day  passes  by  that  some  inquiry  is 
not  received  as  to  the  value  oif  some  independent  property, 
and  our  securities  are  now  asked  for  by  the  ibest  finan- 
ciers of  the  country. 

"By  co-operation  our  independent  companies  can  be  so 
materially  strengthened  that  Chicago,  as  a  common  cen- 
ter, must  eventually  come  into  the  field  with  an  indepen- 
dent telephone  sj-stem,  the  benefits  of  ■nihach  no  telephone 
subscriber  can  fail  to  appreciate. 

"Just  what  is  contemplated  with  reference  to  entering 
Chicago,"  said  Mazzini  Slusser.  generial  counsel  for  the 
company,  "and  what  lines  we  are  negotiating  for,  I  would 
not  care  to  say  just  now.  We  believe  that  independent 
telephones  are  good  investments,  and  hiave  demonstrated 
in   many   towns   thait   two  companies  flourish. 

"The  $500,000  bonds  for  the  purchase  and  retirement  of 
the  bonds  of  the  Northwestern  Co.,  are  all  t)hat  are  issued 
now.  The  rest  will  be  brought  out  when  they  are  needed 
to  extend  business.  We  are  not  out  to  fight  the  Bell 
Co.'  We  are  after  business  and  believe  there  is  enough 
to  go  round." 


Wi'.l  G.  Pfledderer,  formerly  enga.ged  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness at  Louisville,  Ky.,  has  accepted  a  position  as  clerk 
in  charge  of  the  phanmacy  of  the  Wherritt  Drug  Co.,  at 
Helber  City,  Utah.  Mr.  Pflelderer  left  Louisville  last  Sep- 
tcmlber,  going  West  on  account  of  ill  'health. 


TWENTY-THIRD  DISTRICT  C.  R.  D.  A.  MEETS. 

Chicago,  April  12.— The  Twenty-third  Auxiliary-  Dis- 
trict of  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association  met 
in  Austin  on  Tuesday  evening,  April  15.  J.  P.  Garner, 
president  of  the  district,  presided.  The  meeting  was 
called  to  order  at  9:30  p.  m.,"  the  minutes  of  tOie  previous 
meeting  were  read  and  approved  and  on  motion  it  was 
ordered  that  two  small  bills  incurred  at  the  previous 
meeting  be  paid.  President  Garner  called  upon  Mr. 
Straw,  who  outlined  the  reasons  why  the  auxiliary  dis- 
tricts are  'being  formed,  re'ferred  to  the  cost  of  running 
a  drug  store,  saying  that  it  seldom,  cost  less  than  thirty 
per  cent  of  the  receipts  of  the  store  to  pay  the  running 
expenses.  On  patents  even  under  the  price  schedule  there 
is  'but  little  profit,  the  druggist  making  money,  however. 
on  Ihis  counter  goods,  whose  prices  and  quantities  were 
held  uiufoi-m  by  the  operation  of  the  agreed  .price 
schedule  on  these  goods.  "Shopiping."  by  reason  of  this 
unlformitx-,  the  use  of  the  prescription  marks  and  the 
confidence  of  druggists  in  each  other,  has  been  stopped 
altogether.  The  speaker  enlarged  upon  the  work  of  the 
association  ;ind  showed  the  vital  necess'ity  of  carrying 
the  plans  to  a  still  more  successful  issue. 

'Mr.  Wooten  spoke  on  the  work  of  the  'National  As- 
sloclation  and  shorwed  in  detail   the  workings   of  the   trl- 


April  2-i,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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partite  agreement,  giving  many  instances  of  the  grow- 
ing po-sver  ot  tne  N.  A.  R.  D.  At  tihe  conclusion  of  his 
remarks  he  answered  several  questions  touching  matters 
of  interest  not   before  brought  out. 

James  H.  Prouty,  the  organizer  of  the  Chicago  Re- 
tail Druggists'  .\ssociation,  toolc  organization"  as  his 
topic  and  declared  Hhat  in  organization  lies  the  salva- 
tion of  the  drug  trade.  It  is  in  the  air  and  any  one 
not  (blind  to  fhe  signs  of  the  times  must  realize  that 
every  day  the  world  is  coming  more  and  more  to  act 
nipon  the  principle  of  associated  effort.  Tne  strengtih  ot 
an  assiociation  lies  in  its  compactness.  Every  member 
must  ibe  ready  to  do  the  wUl  of  the  majority  speaking 
through  its  officers.  An  association  is  like  an  army— 
unless  at  can  act  as  a  unit  and  act  promptly  its  efficiency 
is  gone  and  it  becomes*  a  mob. 

Coffee,  sandwiches  and  cigars  were  served  a-nd  every- 
one present  had  an  enjoyahle  and  a  profitalble  evening. 


Henry  M.  Fuller  Dies. 

Chicago.  April  Ifl.— Henry  M.  Fuller,  a  son  of  O.  P. 
Fuller  of  the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co.,  died  on  Monday,  April 
14,  at  5:00  a.  m.  at  his  fath'&r's  house,  325  'Dearborn  ave- 
nue. Mr.  Fuller  had  been  in  poor  health  for  some  time, 
but  the  immediate  cause  of  his  deatlh  was  pneumonia.  Ha 
was  41  years  old  and  a  bachelor.  He  was  one  of  the  stock- 
holders in  the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co..  but  of  late,  owing  to 
ill  health,  had  not  taken  an  active  part  in  the  affairs 
of   the   company. 

The  funeral  was  held  on  Wednesday  and  the  interment 
was  in  Graceiand  cemetery. 

Mr.  O.  F.  Fuller  has  the  sympathy  of  the  entire  trade 
in  this,  his  second  bereavement  within  a  comparatively 
short  time,  Mrs.  Fuller  having  died  not  long  ago. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

SUSPICIOUS  OF  THE  FLAVORS. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  April  .10.— Fresh  truuible  is  promised 
the  druggists  of  Minnesota  at  the  hands  of  the  State 
Dairy  and  Food  Department.  The  latter  announces  its 
intention  to  Investigate  all  syrups  used  in  the  flavoring 
of  soda  water,  to  ascertain  their  quality  and  in  wihat  de- 
gree. If  any,  they  are  deleterious.  Laist  year  the  inves- 
tigation was  undertaken,  but  on  account  of  the  great 
amount  of  other  work,  was  not  finished.  Enough  inter- 
esting data  was  obtained,  however,  to  arouse  the  curios- 
ity of  the  department  officials'  and  promlpt  them  to  make 
another  effort  this  year.  Commissioner  McConnell  stated 
this  "week  that,  althougih  the  legislature  has  never  shown 
such  anxiety  for  the  absolute  purity  oif  the  soda  water 
supply  as  the  memibers  have  in  endeavoring  to  prevent 
the  adulteration  of  whisky,  beers  and  other  more  dan- 
gerouse  drinks,  the  provision  of  the  law  whidh  forbids 
the  adulteration  of  any  food  product  whatever  is  broad 
enough  to  cover  the  case.  If  the  syrup  -wihioh  Alls  the 
bottom  of  the  soda  water  glass  is  found  to  be  deleterious 
the  department  will  take  action  against  the  proprietor 
of  the  store.  The  department  officers  were  led  to  make 
the  investigation  by  the  suspicion  that  many  of  the  pure 
fruit  juices,  so-called,  -were  made  of  glucose  and  con- 
tained aniline  dyes.  The  coloring  matter  drawn  from 
certain  grades  of  candy,  from  jamd  and  soda  fountain 
syrup  has  been  used  by  the  department  to  color  strands 
of  yarn,   the  colors  having  brilliancy  and  permanenjcy. 


George  R.  Baker  Married. 

Chicago,  April  17. — George  R.  'Baker,  proprietor  of  the 
Ashland  Block  Pharmacy  and  one  of  the  best  known 
druggists  of  Chicago,  was  married  on  Saturday,  Aipril 
12,  in  Vicksfburg,  Mich.,  to  Mrs.  Sifbyl  Gifford.  Mr.  and 
Mrs^i  Baker  have  gone  East  and  will  visit  New  Tork, 
Philadelphia  and  other  points  before  their  return.  They 
will  be  at  home  at  S37  North  Clark  street,  after  Miay" 
Hi.  The  many  friends  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Baker  "nns*h  them 
every   blessing. 


C.  R.  D.  A.  Fixes  Prices. 

Chicago,  April  19.— At  the  meeting  of  the  Executive 
•Committee  of  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists's  Association 
this  week  it  was  decided  to  make  a  uniform  minimum 
price  sclieduie  on  patents  of  2.5.  45  and  90  cents  in  all  dis- 
tracts ot  the  city  except  the  First  or  down-toiwn  district. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

Benjamin    I.     Van     Alen,    one   of   the  best   known   and 

most  popular  manufacturers'  agents  visiting  the  drug 
trade,  was  elected  vice-president  of  the  Holland  Society  of 
-Chilcago  at  the  seventh  annual  meeting  and  banquet  held 
at  Kinsley's  restaurant  on  the  evening  of  April  16. 

iFred  Haeger.  -who  own'ed  a  drug  store  at  Division  amcl 

North  Clark  streets,  has  sold  out  to  Kaihn  &  Kolb.  pro- 
prietors of  the  Deering  Pharmacy  at  Clybourn  and  Ful- 
lerton  avenues.  Mr.  Haeger,  it  is  reported,  has  bought  a 
chicken  ranch  in  Ne'oraska 

- — Albert  B.  Hunt,  manager  of  the  city  department  of 
the  Fuller  &  Fuller  Co..  has  recovered  from  an  accident 
he  sustained  not  iong  ago  and  is  at  Wis  desk  again. 

Frank   P>''ott.    who    formerly   owned   a   drug   store   at 

Thiroop  and  Madison  streets  has  bought  the  'W.  J.  Latter- 
ly Pharmiacy  at  6.3d  street  and  Monroe  avenue. 

H.  A.  Yatjs  has  bought  the  Bruno  Batt  drug  store  in 

Rivenswood.  Mr.  Batt's  St.  Louis  Interests  require  all  ihis 
attention. 

The  Mother's  Remedies  Co.,  of  Chicago  has  increased 

its  capital  st-o-ck  from  .•525.000  to  $250,000. 

Cornelius   L.   Clancy   h.'cs   sold   his  drug  store   at   1249 

North  ciTi-k  <!irp(-t  lo  J.  C.  Behnke. 


WHERE  NORTH  DAKOTA  GAINS. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  April  19.— The  trustees  of  the  North 
Dakota  Agricuiltural  College  at  Fargo  'have  elected 
Charles  H.  Kimberiy  as  instructor  of  pharmacy.  Mr. 
Kimberly  is  a  graduate  of  the  Univertiity  of  Ohio  and  is 
at  present  instructor  in  science  in  the  high  school  for  the 
city  of  Bellefontaine,  Ohio.  He  has  had  three  and  a  (half 
year's  experience  in  drug  store  practice;  holds  a  State 
druggist's  certificate  in  Ohio,  and  is  hy  training  and 
experience  well  qualified  for  the  position  to  wihic'h  he  has 
has  been  called.  He  not  only  graduated  from  the  uni- 
versity four-year  course  in  pharmacy,  but  wa;s  also  the 
holder  of  the  fellowship  in  chemistry  in  the  same  in- 
stitution. 


Wholesale  Trade  Enhanced. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  April  19.— There  is  no  let  up  in  the 
current  demana  for  drug  goods  and  the  output  from  the 
St.  Paul  market  continues  to  head  the  record.  There  is 
an  unusually  early  inquiry  for  paints,  oils  and  glass, 
and  the  sales  of  these  lines  are  already  greater  than  has 
often  been  the  case  for  a  whole  seaston.  There  is  also 
an  early  and  urgent  demand  for  soda  water  goods  of  all 
desoriptions.  Retailers  seem  eager  to  secure  these  sup- 
plies at  the  earliest  possible  moment  and  in  larger  quan- 
tities than  customary,  for  they  expect  a  very  profitable 
Summer  season. 


NORTHWESTERN    NOTATIONS. 

The  funeral  ot  Hon.   George  F.   Umland,    the  St.    Paul 

druggist  and  legislator,  took  place  from  the  residence  on 
University  avenue.  The  pallbearers  were  reprefientatives 
of  the  Sons  of  Hermann,  of  which  organization  'Mr.  Um- 
land was  a  prominent  member.  Rev.  G.  F.  C.  Paul  con- 
ducted the  services.  Mr.  Umland's  daughter.  Miss  Anna 
C,  who  is  a  reg'istered  pharmacist,  will  carry  on  the 
business,  haring  indeed  conducted  it  for  several  years 
past.  The  young  lady's  portrait  appeared  in  the  Era 
some  time  ago.  Miss  Umland  has  also  been  appointed 
to  succeed  her  father  in  charge  of  the  post  office  sub- 
station at  441  University  avenue,  one  of  the  most  im- 
portant in   the  city. 

^Successions:    Kelly    &    Tripp,    Northfieid.    (Minn.,    by 

Kelly  &  Hamre;  Paine  Bros,,  Burt,  Iowa,  by  G.  W. 
Paine;  E.  L.  Haney,  Wyndmere,  N.  D.,  by  Sherping  & 
Tronsgard;  C.  E.  Basart,  Minburn,  Iowa,  by  the  Mlnbum 
Pha,rmacy;  L.  S.  Perkins,  Monmouth,  Ore.,  by  J.  A.  Bris- 
bine;   Mick  &   M;iith..ws   niiri   K.   E.   Gose  &   Co.,   Bussey, 


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[April  24,  190-?. 


Iowa,  by  Gode  &  Matthews;  O.  G.  Luehrs,  Fonda,  Iowa, 
by  the  Glasier  Drug  Co.;  J.  F.  Gi'bson,  Des  Moines, 
Iowa,  by  H.  M.  Miskimmins;  the  A.  G.  Brower  Drug  Co., 
Hamburg,   Iowa,   by  the  Hamburg  Drug  Co. 

The  regular  quarterly  meet  ng  ot  the  State  Board  of 

Pharmacy  lor  the  examination  of  oanaidates  is  being 
held  at  the  pharmacy  building  of  the  State  university 
this  week.  A  thorough  examination  in  the  theory  and 
practice  ot  pharmacy  is  being  given  to  140  applicants, 
the  largest  number  since  the  board  was'  organized,  In 
1SS5.  Particular  stress  is  laid  upon  the  pract.^al  tests. 
H.  A.  Phillipp  toas  returned  to  the  city  from  Cum- 
berland, Wis.,  at  which  place  for  the  past  year  he  has 
■been  running  a  drug  store. 

-K.  J.  Smith,  New  Richland,  'Minn.;  Mrs.  A.  O.  Vining, 

Chapman,  Ne.b.,  and  Hjalmar  Liarsen,  Lilly,  S.  D.,  have 
sold. 

New:    S.    J.    Eriksen,    Brandon,    N.    D.;    W.    Falker, 

Perth,  N.  D. ;  W.  A.   Shattuck.   Wilson  Creek,  Wash. 

The  F.   J.   HiiU  Drug  Co.,    Salt   Lake  City,   Utah,   has 

increased  its  capital  stock  $25,000. 

A.  Weed  has  gone  to  Hudson,  Wis.,  to  help  out  F.  G. 

Danielson   for   a  short   time. 

. J.    J.    Hanson    &    Co.,    Gil'bert    Station,    Iowa,    have 

traded   their  stock. 

. -Vldor  E'lmquist  is  now  at  work  in  the  store  of  the  St. 

Croix   Drug  Co. 

Thom'as  Howe,  Elsie,  'Neb.,  will  remove  to  Washing- 
ton State. 

C.   A.    Wright  of  Waseca  has  imported  a  clerk  from 

loTva. 

^^Charles   M.    Cowan,   York,   Neb.,   has   given  a  bill   of 

sale. 

O.  F.  Unz,  Harris,  Iowa.,  has  received  a  Mil  of  sale. 

A.  Heedels  has  gone  to  Marietta  to  work. 


NEW  ORLEANS. 


ST.  LOUIS. 

St.   Louis,   April  19. 

^Tho      Entertainment    Com'mittees      ot    the      .iMJi'souri 

Pharmaceutical  Associaltion  and  the  Travelers'  Associa- 
tion are  holding  joint  meetinigs  every  Tuesday  nigiht  at 
the  'Bohemian  Club,  axranging  the  programime  for  •Vh'Q 
annual  meeting  in  June. 

'Wm.   H.   Lamiont,   in  chaTge  of  the  local  office  of  Eli 

Lilly  &  Co.,  and  president  of  the  Aluonni  Association  ot 
the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  has  been  spending  a 
week  at  headquarters  in  Indianapolis  'postinig  up  for  the 
■Spring  iwoo'k. 

. ^Wim.   Popip,  one  of  'the  popular  new  'ptbchers  for  th'a 

St.  Louis  team  in  the  National  Base  Ball  League  is  a  tor- 
m.er  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  student  and  interested 
in  'the  Peipp  Bros."  Phiai'macy  at  2000  South  iNinth  tljreet. 

The   Aliunni  Association   of  'the   St.    Louis  College   ot 

Pharmacy  elected  forty  new  m'tmibers  at  its'  meeting, 
April  4.  The  assoc^iation  is  making  great  preparations 
for  its  initial  evening  hoat  excursion  June  29. 

^W.  E.  iBlackwell  of  S't.  Francis,  'Mo.,  was  in  the  city 

this  week  purchasing  a  new  outfit  for  a  drug  store  in 
Bon  Terre.  Mo.  He  was  formerly  a  popular  local  drug 
clerk  on   South   Eroadw.ay. 

The    St.    Louis    Cocked    Hat   League   has   finished    its 

'toumam'cint  and  within  a  tew  days  will  'have  its  rec- 
ords prepared,  an'd  announce  the  prize  winners  lor  tihe 
series  ot  loO  games. 

■ The  'c'ommlttee  of  the  'Cindhona  Olu'b  report  that  there 

are  bright  ipr'ospects  of  having  'the  early  closing  rule 
established  am'ong  the  downltO'Wn  druggists  in  the  neaj 
future. 

E.  W.  Taylor  of  tJi'e  Taylor  Drug  Co.,  Hunts\ille.  Mo., 

is  in  the  city  purchasing  a  new  stock  'to  replace  the  old 
one  destroyed  'by  fire  a  few  days  ago. 

...'.le  CoiumiWa  Pharmacy  ot  Columlb'ia,  'Mo.,  has  gone 

into  'bankruptcy. 


New  Orle'ans,   April  16. 

A   drug   stor.e   is    to   be    opened   on   the   'lower    coast 

soon,  near  the  site  of  the  NeTV  Orleans  Naval  Station. 
It  is  understood  that  the  now  company  is  composed  of 
several  local  'uruggists.  Tihe  recent  bringing  of  the 
great  floating  naval  dock  here  has  increased  the  popu- 
lation ot  the  lowBr  coast  and  from  a  sparsely  settled 
neig'hborhood  separated  from  the  city  by  several  miles 
it  has  sprung  into  a  thriving  and  populous  section.  The 
projectors  of  the  new  enterprise  figure  that  with  the 
establishment  o^  the  navial  station,  which  will  give  em- 
ployment to  from  one  to  two  thousand  people,  and  the 
train  of  less  important  industries  which  -will  spring  up- 
in  the  neighborhood  of  the  docks  they  will  have  three 
or  four  thousand  people  to  look  to  for  trade  and  that 
a  drug  store   wiU  pay. 

—I— IF.  C.  Godbold,  secretary  ol  the  Louisiana  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  reports  that  the  class  examined  recently 
was  larger  by  over  100  p^er  cent  than  any  lO'rraer  class 
examined  between  "seasons."  Usually  at  the  exami- 
nation held  along  in  March  and  February  there  'are  not 
lover  12  to  18  applicants,  but  at  the  last  examination 
the  class  numbered  36.  The  examination  wias  held 
jointly  at  Shreveport  and  New  Orleans.  Four  of  the 
applicants  were  examined  in  Shreveport  hy  M.  Bern- 
stein,  ot  the   State  Board,   who  resides  at  that  place. 

Leon   Barthet,    one    of    the   best   known    druggists   ol 

Algiers,  president  of  the  McDonoghviKe  Rifle  Club,  and 
a  member  lof  several  other  organizations,  is  trying  to 
get  together  a  number  of  druggists  ■who  'are  good  shots 
and  form  a  team  to  shoot  for  a  prize  against  some  of 
the  crack  teams.  Mr.  Barthet  says  he  is  confident  that 
he  will  be  aible  to  form  such  a  team  as  already  (he  has 
enrolled  the  names  of  three  druggists  wlio  have  the 
reputation  of  being  expert  onarksmen. 

—Several  ot  the  more  prominent  druggists  report- 
'business  as  showing  a  c'onsiderabl'O  decrease  d'uring 
March.  They  all  agree  that  the  beginning  ot  ithe  warm 
weather  has  reduced  the  semi-epidemic  of  grippe,  and 
hence  the  dropping  off  ot  the   prescription  trade. 

. Mrs.    S.    C.    Wright,   •who    tor   j'ears  has    conducted   a 

•  profitable  drug  business  at  the  corner  of  Prytania  and 
Enterpe  street,  has  taken  Into  co-partnership  her  for- 
mer prescrlptionist,  Joseph  Gunte.  The  firm  name  Is 
Wright  &  Gunts. 


Dealers  who  have  neglected  ordering  sarsaparilla  for 
Spriintg  trade,  or  who  have  let  their  stocks  run  too  low, 
should  send  an  order  to  Frederick  Stearns  &  Co.  right 
away  and  get  in  on  May  and  June  business.  A  great 
deal  of  Spring  medicine  is  sold  in  June,  and  many  drug- 
gists find  that  they  can  'bui'd  up  a  steady  trade  on  it 
right  through  the  year.      Stearns'  kind  sells  all  the  time. 


VIRGINIA  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  annual  meeting  ot  the  Board  nf  Pharmacv  ■of  Vir- 
ginia was  held  at  the  University  College  of  Medicine, 
Richmond.  March  IS.  Jas.  L.  Avis.  Harrisonburg,  was 
re-elected  president  and  T.  A.  Miller.  Rlc'hmond,  re-elected 
secretary  and  treasurer.  C.  B.  Fleet.  Lynchtourg,  was  ap- 
pointed to  succeed  Edgar  Wsrfield.  The  following  candi- 
dates passed  successful  examinations  for  Registered 
Pharmjaeists:  V.  A.  Brooks,  Portsmouth;  J.  B.  Crockett, 
Graham;  J.  B.  'Clower.  Woodstock;  E.  P.  Carder,  Rioh- 
monid;  Arthur  M.  Duvall,  Richmond;  Chas.  H.  Goody- 
ko'ontz.  East  Radtord;  J.  'C.  Humphries.  Christiansburg; 
Arthur  Hooke.  Richmond;  McO.  Hogshmd,  Staunton; 
Jas.  M.  Lea.  Richmond;  Geo.  W.  Keller,  Harrisonburg; 
N.  T.  Pannell,  Washington,  D.  C. ;  N.  V.  Pattie,  Rich- 
tn'Ond;  Jno.  W.  Ri.'?on,  Jr.,  Ricihrn'ond;  X  E.  Stryker,  New- 
port News;  W.  W.  Sonner.  Harrisonburg:  D.  E.  Seagle. 
Pulaski;  G.  E.  Thompson.  Chatham;  H.  'H.  Wallis,  New- 
port News;  Thos.  B.  WTialey.  Portsmouth;  G.  B.  Shep- 
persion,  Richm'ond;  E.  P.  Wllkins.  Portsmouth;  W.  R. 
Norris,   Lyndhhurg;  H.  K.  Klrby,  Falls  Church. 

Ass:st:int  Pharmacists:  W.  'B.  Carper.  Richmond;  Jas. 
S.  Hall.  Norfo'k;  Southall  Bass.  Portsirao'Uth;  W.  G.  Han- 
kins.  Emporia;  Thos.  W.  Edmunds.  Ricihmond;  F.  B. 
Gruibbs.  Kichmond;  C.  L.  Guthrie,  Willis;  Preston  Hun- 
dley, Riclinvond;  Geo.  T.  Hogg.  Ridhmiond;  F.  N.  Ken-, 
Richmond:  C.  C.  Martin.  Richmond:  Bernard  Ries,  Nor- 
folk; G.  J.  Savage,  Cherriton;  E.  C.  Toone,  Richmond; 
a.  W.  Taylor.  Norfolk;  R.  B.  Wright,  Norfolk;  R.  W. 
Wood.  Richmond:  E.  K.  Wood.  Richmond:  F.  B.  Wilson, 
Stooith  Norfolk;  W.  B.  GUlIsple,  Charlottesville;  L.  E. 
Jolhnson,  Richmond;  W.  Fred.  Dowell,  'Hamilton;  B.  D. 
Lane,  Petersburg. 

The     next     examination     will     be     held     in     October. 


:^pr^l  24,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


4-21 


CALIFORNIA. 


Druggist  Arrested  but  Soon  Released. 

San  Fnancisco.  April  17.— Charles  A.  Seifert,  for- 
merly a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  a 
well-known  drug-gist  in  California,  had  a  narrow  escape 
from  being  detained  some  time  on  a  charge  of  murder. 
Some  weeks  ago  a  girl  ol  fifteen  was  found  dead  in  a 
vacant  house,  the  only  furniture  in  which  was  the  bed 
on  which  the  girl  lay.  Her  name  was  Nora  Fuller.  The 
case  is  a  mystery  still,  and  with  the  slender  clues  upon 
which  the  police  had  to  work,  a  number  of  entirely  inno- 
cent people  were  suspected  and  some  arrested. 

Among  those  was  druggist  Seifert.  Circumstantial  evi- 
dence seemed  much  against  him,  and  a  number  of  curious 
coincidences  pointed  to  him  as  the  probable  strangler. 
He  was  followed  by  detectives  to  Woodland,  and  ar- 
rested there  in  a  vacant  store  building.  He  did  not 
even  know  he  was  suspected  of  I'he  crime.  He  was 
brought  to  San  Francisco  but  was  released  very  soon, 
as  he  made  a  complete  showing  of  his  actions  for  several 
months.  He  had  gone  to  the  village  of  Esparto,  near 
Woodland,  to  start  a  drugstore.  He  thougihit  when  taken 
into  suctody  that  it  was  on  the  charge  of  issuing  checks 
on  banks  in  which  he  had  no  funds. 

Seifert  once  kept  a  drugstore  in  Oakland,  and  was  once 
She  apothecary  la  the  German  Hospital  here.  He  was 
an  instructor  in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  at  the  Uni- 
versity of  California,  some  years  ago.  During  the  term 
of  1S97  to  1901.  Seifert  was  a  member  of  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy,  having  been  appointed  by  Governor  Budd. 
He  was  looked  upon  with  distrust  by  many  druggists,  and 
his  connection  with  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  suddenly 
terminated,  in  the  scandal  of  his  implication  in  the  sale 
of  examination  papers  in  advance  of  professional  tests 
to  prospective  druggists.  About  a  year  ago  Seiferfs 
wiife  left  him.   and  is  said  to  be  li\-ing  in  the  East. 


NEW  GREEK  LETTER  FRAT. 

San  Francisco,  A,pril  17. — The  Phi  Ohi,  the  national 
pharmaceutical  fraternity,  has  established  a  chapter  in 
the  College  of  Pharmacy.  The  Pi  Delta  Alpha  has  had 
a  chapter  in  the  college  for  two  years  past.  E.  A.  Ross 
came  out  here  some  days  ago  as  the  representative  of 
the  Grand  Council,  to  install  the  Phi  Chi  chapter,  A 
banquet  was  given,  at  which  the  following  toasts  were 
uttered:  "History  of  Pi  Delta  Alpha,"  Otta  J.  Mouron; 
"Pharma)cy  as  a  Profession."  Frank  T.  GT«en;  "Phi  Chi— 
What  It  Has  Done  in  the  East,"  E.  A.  Ross;  "Ptoi  Chi— 
What  It  Has  Done  in  the  West."  Gaston  E.  Bacon; 
"Benefits  to  be  Derived  from  a  Fraternity,"  Eugene 
Hansen;  "FVaternity  Life  in  Xorthwestem,"  D.  W. 
Bums;  "How  a  Fraternity  Helps  a  College,"  R.  A.  Whid- 
den;  "Fraternal  Spirit,"  Dr.  Hadyn  Simmons;  "Pharma- 
ceutical Apprenticeship,"  W.  M.  Searby. 

The  Phi  Ctu  chapter  has  22  active  members,  and  has 
the  support  of  the  faculty  and  the  cooperation  of  the 
aliimni.  The  following  is  the  list  of  charter  members: 
Officers— L,  A.  Farran,  W.  C.  C;  H.  J.  Taggart,  W. 
V,  C;  W.  W.  Kein,  W.  K.  R.  and  S.;  W.  J.  Peters,  W 
K.  F.;  C.  E.  Phoe  nix,  W.  M.  A.;  H.  I.  Dutton,  W. 
P.  Active  Members- Otto  J.  Mouron,  L.eo  Adeini, 
Sc*Toeder,  Ray  A.  Whidden,  Amo  G.  Hansen,  J.  C. 
Hildreth,  R.  D.  Fuller,  W.  B.  Brazelton,  F.  J.  Black- 
burn. G.  G.  Frisbee.  J.  D.  Elliot.  F.  D.  Curtis,  Ernest 
Michaelis,  C.  W.  Liillard.  Perry  P.  Parrington,  Harry 
Withycombe.  Honorary  Members— Gaston  E.  Bacon, 
W.  M.  Searby,  Frank  T.  Green,  J.  J.  B.  Argenti,  F.  A. 
Beckett.  Sanford  W.  Cartwright.  L.  W.  Bahney,  Hadyn 
M  Simmons. 


Sonoma  County  Druggists. 
Santa  Rosa,  April  17.— -\t  Santa  Rosa,  Cal.,  the 
Sonoma  Country  Druggists'  Association  has  been  formed 
with  the  following  officers:  J.  W,  Warboys,  Santa 
Rosa,  president;  T.  McGuire.  Petaluma,  vice-president; 
Paul  T.  Hahroan.  Santa  Rosa,  secretary.  Directors— 
Thos.  McGuire.  Petaluma;  T.  B.  Worth,  Sevastopol;  W.  B. 
Whitney,  Healdsburg;  J.  W.  Warboys  and  P.  T.  Hahman, 
S.-inta  Rosa 


A  Receiver  Asked  for  Wakelee  &  Co. 

San  Francisco,  April  17.— The  dissensions  In  the 
drug  firm  of  Wakelee  Co!  are  still  raging.  Walter  M. 
Willett,  who  holds  a  $10,000  note  against  the  company. 
and  C.  W.  Randall,  president  of  the  concern,  have  been 
in  the  courts  fighting  each  other  for  many  months  past. 
WlUett  asked  some  days  ago  for  the  appointment  of  a 
receiver  to  take  charge  of  the  affairs  of  the  firm,  pend- 
ing the  result  of  the  suits.  Willett  has  enjoined  the  firm 
from  selling  Wakelee  &  Co.'s  drugstore  at  the  comer  of 
Polk  and  Sutter  streets.  In  a  petition  filed  in  the  Su- 
perior Court  here.  Willett  said  that  he  had  reason  to 
t>elieve  that  President  Randall,  who  with  his  wife  and 
daughters  constitute  the  majority  of  the  board  of  di- 
rectors of  Wakelee  &  Co.,  was  about  to  effect  a  sale  of 
the  Sutter-street  drugstore  for  $15,000.  Willett  claims 
the  store  was  worth  $25,000, 


RETAIL    DRUGGISTS    TO    ORGANIZE. 

San  Francisco,  April  17.— A  movement  Is  in  its  in- 
cipiency  for  a  strong>e(r  organization  of  the  retail  druig 
men  of  California.  It  is  argued  that  there  is  a  need 
of  some  representative  body  free  from  political  bias,  to 
take  cognizance  of  all  the  diverse  interests  of  piharmacy 
here.  It  is  said  that  the  fight  for  and  against  cut- 
rate  drugs  has  so  occupied  the  attention  of  the  retail 
druggists  in  the  bigger  cities  that  all  the  other  important 
matter  affecting  their  welfare  have  been  obscured.  The 
California  Pharmaceutical  Society  was  formerly  quite 
active,  and  an  endeavor  will  probably  be  made  to  have 
this  society  remodled,  and  take  up  the  needed  activities 
in  the  drug  line. 


Ordinance  Regulating  Hours  of  Labor  for  Drug  Clerks 
Passed. 

San  Francisco,  April  17.— Final  passage  of  the  ordi- 
nance reducing  hours  of  labor  for  drug  clerks  in  San 
FVancisco  to  138  hours  in  two  weeks,  has  been  had  in 
board  of  Supervisors.  Violation  of  the  order  by  employes 
was  made  a  misdemeanor.  The  passage  of  the  ordinance 
is  the  result  of  agitation  by  the  Retail  Drug  Clerks'  As- 
sociation and  assures  the  hard-worldng  apothecaries  a 
chance  to  sleep  and  to  enjoy  themselves  once  in  a  while- 


CALIFORNIA  NOTES. 

The  following  dhangeo  among  California  druggists  ar« 

reported:  Ray  R.  Clark  is  a  proprietor  in  the  Needlea 
Drug  Co.,  at  Needles;  F.  G.  Wedemeyer  has  opened  a 
etore  at  Hemet;  L.  Beall  is  with  Glllen  &  Trezona,  Santa 
Cruz;  A.  Hauman  has  bought  out  E.  L.  Fisher  of  Stent; 
C.  J.  lyundell,  of  San  Francisco,  has  bought  the  Kelly 
Drug  Store  at  Carters,  and  has  moved  the  stock  to  Tuo- 
luarma  to  sitart  the  Tuolumne  Pharmacy;  F.  F.  Watkins, 
(or  years  of  the  firm  of  Watkins  &  Skinkle,  at  I^os  Ga- 
tes, has  sold  out  to  Skinkle;  A.  W.  Smith  has  opened  a 
store  at  Temjpleton.  He  is  a  son  of  W.  H.  Smith,  the 
druggist  of  St.  Helena,  and  hae  been  druggist  at  the  Vet- 
erans' Home  in  Napa  County.  He  was  succeeded  there  by 
M.  L.  McAlone;  K.  E.  Watson  and  J.  B.  Lounsberry 
have  bought  out  the  W.  M.  Higgins  Drug  Store  at  Ana- 
heim; C.  H.  Powell,  formerly  a  clerk  here,  has  taken  a 
job  in  Sacramento;  G.  S.  Buckley  is  with  the  Golden  Ru.o 
Drug  Store  at  Fresno;  L.  T.  Herndon  of  Soledad,  has 
moved  his  business  to  Gonzales;  J.  Franklin,  formerly  of 
Santa  Cruz,  is  now  with  Cousins  &  Howland  at  Hanford; 
Henry  Ives,  formerly  of  San  Francisco,  Is  with  Smith  & 
Braid,  of  Mill  Valley;  E.  O.  Webb,  Jr.,  formerly  otf 
Marysville,  has  bought  T.  N.  Hitchcock's  etore  at  Peta- 
luma; W.  R.  Zobrlst  Is  in  charge  of  Kent's  Pharmacy  at 
Tuolumne;  M.  L.  Wesner  Is  with  E.  H.  Baker  In  San 
Jose;  the  Colusa  Pharmacy,  owTied  by  M,  S.  ParrlB,  is 
now  In  the  pihoenix  Block  in  Colusa;  James  Gorman  la 
clerking  for  J.  A  Hughes  at  Bakersfleld.  He  was  re- 
cently married.  Dr.  Juell,  formerly  at  Red  Wing,  Minn., 
has  bought  the  People's  Store  at  Santa  Rosa;  J.  E.  Sw- 
ing, who  owned  the  People's  Store,  will  mine  In  Alaska; 
N.  G.  Packsher.  a  recent  graduate.  Is  clerking  for  B.  B. 
Maze,   nt  the  Modesto  Pharmacy  ait  Modi-slo;   W.  J.  Phil- 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[April  24,  1903. 


lips  has  sold  his  interest  in  W.  D.  Aplin  &  Go.'s  Store  at 
Oalcland  and  wnl  exclusively  handle  the  I>wlght  Way 
Pharmacy  at  Berlceley;  L.  P.  Player,  formerly  with  Maze 
at  Modesto  is  now  in  business  wtith  Arthur  Sellar  in  the 
same  to^wn;  B.  B.  I>oyle  ol  J^artuna  has  been  bought  out 
by  the  Fortuna  Drug  Co.,  of  which  Guy  Felt  is  mana- 
ger; Felt  was  formerly  in  business  at  Fortuna  with  his 
father,  Who  opened  the  first  drug  store  in  that  toiWTi; 
H.  D.  Morgan  has  been  engaged  by  Dr.  J.  W.  Carico  of 
Cloverdale  to  run  a  drug  store  in  connectlion  with  the 
doctor's  medical  practice;  O.  A.  Schmidt  has  opened  a 
handsome  drug  store  at  Page  and  Devisadero  streets, 
San  Francisco. 

'M.  J.   Rowe,  lormerly  a  pharmacist  in  the  employ  of 

B.  J.  Gleeson,  a  druggist  at  Kearney  and  Clay  streets, 
San  Francisoo.  Was  arrested  for  distmrbing  the  peace  at 
the  requeet  of  Gleeson.  Borwe  came  from  the  East  not 
long  ago.  He  was  graduated  from  the  College  of  Phy- 
sicians and  Surgeons  imi  New  York  city,  after  which  he 
completed  a  post-graduate  course  at  John  HopMn's  Uni- 
versity in  Baltimore.  He  married  and  a  divorce  followed, 
and  Rowe  then  took  to  drlnkittg.  He  rfound  emiployment 
in  Gleason's  iplace  here,  and  Was  consiidered  efficient  ajid 
valuable,  although  at  times  he  drank  too  much.  Twice 
he  attempted  suicide  with  poison,  but  each  time  he  was 
frustrated. 

^Joe  Clinton   robbed   the   safe  of  the  Wolfe   Drug  Co., 

San  Jose,  of  over  $100.  Clinton  stepped  into  the  drug- 
store a  few  minutes  before  closing  time,  about  10  o'clock 
in  the  evening,  and  asked  permlssiom  to  use  the  tele- 
phone in  the  rear,  wlhich  is  close  to  the  sajfe.  The  door 
oif  the  safe  was  closed,  hut  not  locked.  OUnton  opened 
it.  took  oiut  the  ca.=ih  box.  and  letft.  Ten  minutes  later 
the  rotoberj-  was  diseovered  and  the  police  nottfled.  Clin- 
ton was  found  in  a  saloon,  spending  the  money  freely. 
He  tried  to  kill  the  policeman,  but  was  ovenpowered. 
SOS  of  tJhe  money  was  found  on  him. 

Mrs.   Wolf,    wife  of  iF.  G.   Wolf  of   the  drug  Arm  of 

Wolf  &  Chllson,  Los  Angeles,  met  with  a  painful  acci- 
dent. She  Is  Worthy  Matron  of  the  South  Gate  Chapter, 
Na  133.  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  and  was  returning 
home  from  a  meeting,  when  she  attempted  to  ■cross  Main 
street,  which  is  filled  with  water.  She  slipped  and  fell 
on  hoth  her  knees.  She  was  paUnfuUy  bruised  and  was 
taken  home  for  medical  treatment. 

The  city  of  Spokane,   Wash.,   has  twenty-three  druig- 

stores,  which  employ  seventy-one  persons.  These  seven- 
ty-one employs  draw  a  total  of  $5,114  a.  month,  the  ave- 
rage monthly  wages  of  each  worker  being  over  $70.50. 
The  average  is  brought  down  by  the  number  of  appren- 
tices at  about  $3  a  week  each.  Good  clerks  draw  from 
*80  to  $100  a  month. 

^The  new  manager  of  the  Bncinal  Pharmacy  at  Ala- 
meda, Cal..  IS  H.  H.  McCarthy  of  Couilterville.  T.  B. 
McCarthy,  the  owner  of  the  Coulterville  drugstore  ajid 
the  Encinal  Pharmacy  at  Alameda,  will  look  a,fter  the 
Coultei-ville    establishment    during    the    Spring. 

M.    Levy   is   now    with    the   drugstone   of    Slaughter    & 

Co.  at  Fodsom,  Cal.  Arthur  Hall  left  Slaughter  recently 
to  take  a  position  with  the  Amerioam  Smelter  Co.,  at  El 
Paso.   Texas. 

^Dr,  Carroll  Thrasher  has  sold  his  drugstore  on  Har- 
rison street,  San  Francisco,  to  Dr.  Wesdhae,  and  will 
devote   his  entire   attention   to  practicing  medicine, 

R.  L.  MoClaln,  a  wholesale  druggist  of  Wheeling,  W. 

Va.,  has  been  visiting  his  (brother,  E.  C.  Ward,  proprietor 
of  the  Rosslyn  Hotel  in  Los  Angeles. 

Dr.   George   B.   Allen   haS  sold  the  Swan  Pharmacy  at 

Devisadero  and  Fulton  streets,  San  Francisoo,  to  D. 
R.  Rees,   late  of  Livermore. 

- — iManager  F.  C.  Wolf,  of  the  Sun  Drug  Co.,  of  Los 
Angeles,  was  the  recipient  dt  many  coiugTatulatioins 
upon  his  'fortieth  birthday 

(Druggist   Junkins,    formerly    with    Smith   &    Enke   at 

Keswick,  Cal,.  is  now  in  the  Lee  Pharmacy  at  Chico, 
.Tunkins  is  a  Minnesotaji. 

——Thomas  Saunders,  a  druggist  of  Aurora,  Cal.,  wae 
married  a  few  days  ago  to  Miss  Elizabeth  Somerandyck. 
^Druggist  F.  A,  Hunter  of  Alameda.  Oal.,  has  a  hand- 
some new  store  adjoining  Encinal  Hall,  in  Alameda. 

At    Mountain    View,    Cal.,    B.    J.    Schwab    and    S.    H. 

("l:nk   will   conduct  a  drug  business   together. 


J,    W,    Whdte   has  a   new   store   at   Selma,   Cal,,   in.  the 

old  postoffice  quarters  in  the  Berry  block 

^Conrad    Evers   is    opemng   a    drugstore   in    the    Linden 

block  at  Los  Gatos,   Cal. 

T.   I.  Kelly  will   manage  a  drugstore  at   Carters,   Cal., 

for  J.   Lundell. 


Kingery's  Ice  Cream  Specialties. 

Very  few  dru5gi.?ts  who  have  used  Kingery's  Crystal 
Flake,  or  the  new  loe  Cream  Disher,  wh'ich  they  are 
advertising  Just  now,  have  any  idea  of  the  extent  of  this 
business.  The  Kingery  Manufacturing  Co,  do  business 
not  only  in  all  parts  of  this  country,  but  abroad,  and 
some  idea  of  the  .sUze  of  their  busine<ss  may  be  gained 
from  the  fact  that  only  last  January  they  mailed  50,000 
catalogues  to  the  trade,  and  105,000  last  month.  Speak- 
ing of  their  loe  Cream  Disher,  it  is  an  interesting  fact, 
noted  in  their  advertisement,  that  the  sales  the  fourth 
year  were  just  seven  and  one-half  times  those  of  the  first 
year,  and  without  any  special  effort  either.  The  Disher 
being  heavily  plated  and  well  polished,  with  seamless 
cups,  and  the  knives  German  silver,  is  an  article  which 
even  a  one-handed  man  can  work  without  any  trouble, 
and  there  are  no  spattered  counters  nor  soiled  hands  or 
glasses  when  such  an  appliance  is  used. 


From  Druggist  to  Manufacturer. 

Every  druggist  makes  some  preparation  of  his  own,  and 
it  is  probably  the  dream  of  many  that  some  day  the 
sale  of  some  specialty  of  theirs  niay  take  them  out  of 
the  retail  business.  Many  years  ago  George  Wm.  Hoff- 
man of  Indianapolis  was  a  retail  druggist.  He  made  a 
little  polish,  the  sale  of  which  grew  and  grew,  until  its 
business  was  larger  than  its  parent  drug  business;  conse- 
quently, for  years  he  has  been  devoting  his  entire  time  to 
the  sale  of  the  United  States  Metal  Polish  and  a  simi- 
lar preparation,  Hoffman's  Bar-Keeper's  Friend.  These 
goods  interest  the  druggist,  not  only  because  one  package 
sells  another,  but  because  they  pay  an  unusually  large 
profit. 


Amolin. 

We  introduce  to  our  readers  In  this  issue  "Amolin," 
an  antiseptic,  deodorant  powder  for  special  toilet  use, 
and  one  which  is  guaranteed  to  absolutely  destroy  all 
odor  of  perspiration,  Tt  is  made  by  the  manufacturers 
of  the  Amolin  dress  shield,  which  have  a  large  sale,  and 
as  every  pair  of  these  shields  contains  an  advertisement 
of  Amolin  Powder,  a  large  demand  has  been  created. 
The  Powdei-  pays  the  druggist  a  profit  of  nearly  50  per 
cent.  It  is,  thereifore,  well  worth  his  while  to  take  hold 
of  it.    Notice  the  card  on  the  front  cover  of  this  issue. 


Stiles'  Galvanic  Oil. 

The  present  generation  may  not  know  much  about  It. 
but  every  old  druggist  knows  this  preparation  as  a  most 
excellent  remedy  for  rheumatism,  and  one  which  has  been 
on  the  market  for  many  years.  As  an  active  advertising 
campaign  is  about  to  be  inaugurated,  it  will  pay  drug- 
gists to  see  that  they  have  it  in  stock. 


Grape  Juice  at  $i.oo  a  Gallon. 
The  advertisement  of  F.   C.   Lewis  &  Co.,   Brocton,   N. 
Y,.  in  this  issue  of  pure  Concord  grape  juice  suitahle  for 
serving  at   the  soda   fountain,   at   $1.00  a  gallon,   is  cer- 
tainly an  attractive  one.    They  pay  the  freight. 


The    Carrottine   Manufacturing   Co.,    of   which    E.    N. 

Northrup,  the  wholesale  druggist  of  Oastleton,  Vt.,  Is 
proprietor,  has  bought  the  trade  mark,  copyright  and 
good  will  of  N.  S.  Capen  &  Son  of  Brandon,  Vt.,  and  will 
hereafter  manufacture  and  distribute  the  well-known 
Butter  Color  "Carrottine,"  of  which  they  furnish  sam- 
ples and   circulars   upon   etppllcation. 


April  24,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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COLLEGES  OF  PHARMACY. 

COMMENCEMENT   WEEK  AT   THE   PHILADELPHIA 

COLLEGE   OF   PHARMACY. 

PhUadelphla,  April  19.— With  a  class  erf  108  graduates 
sent  out  to  uphold  its  ^and  old  name  and  -with  nearly 
3.200  alumni  assooiated  tOiretWer  to  further  its  work,  the 
81st  yeaj-  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  was 
rounded  out  with  unusually  interesting'  exercises.  On 
Sunday,  the  first  day  of  "Commencement  Week,"  the 
members  ot  the  graduating-  class  ajttended  service  In  his- 
toric Christ  Church,  where  the  Rev.  C.  Ellis  Stevens.  D. 
D..  preached  the  baccalaureate  sermKm. 

Tuesday  afternoon  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Alumni 
Association  was  held  in  "Alumni  HaJl,"  the  annual  ajd- 
dress  of  the  president,  John  H.  Huhn.  and  the  annual  re- 
ports of  the  secretary,  treasurer  and  various  standing 
committees  being  presented.  Secretary  Krewson,  in  his 
22d  aimual  report  stated  t?ie  net  gain  of  the  Association 
to  Wave  been  OT;  113  new  members  received.  106  from  the 
class  of  '02.  while  16  active  members  and  four  graduates 
had  died.  At  the  stated  election,  the  following  officers 
were  elected:  President.  "Wm.  G.  Nebig.  '86;  first  vice- 
president,  A.  Oettinger,  '86;  second  vice-president,  J.  M 
Baer,  '87;  recording  secretary.  W.  E.  Krewson,  '69;  treas 
urer,  C.  C.  Meyer,  '73;  corresponding  secretary.  W.  A. 
Rumsey,  '84;  executive  board,  J.  T>.  Berg,  '86;  E. 
Cook.  'GO;  W.  T.  England.  '93;  R.  H.  French,  '01;  C.  H 
Lawa,ll.  33. 

Tuesday  evening  the  annual  reception  of  the  Alumni 
Association  to  the  graduating  class  was  given  in  Museum 
Hall.  The  alumni  prizes  were  also  awarded  the  successful 
students  in  the  various  branches  of  study.  The  Alumni 
gold  medal,  for  the  best  general  average  of  the  class  of 
1902  was  won  by  David  "W'.  Ramsaur.  of  Palatka,  Fla.; 
the  silver  medal,  for  the  best  average  of  the  second  year 
class,  was  given  to  Chester  A.  Billedoux.  of  North  Adams, 
Mass.:  the  bronze  medal,  for  the  third  year  class,  to  Miss 
Milllcent  S.  Renshaw,  of  L.3n9ford,  Pa.  Alumni  prize 
certificates  for  the  best  examinations  in  various  branches 
were  awarded  as  follows:  Phiarmacy.  Wm.  D.  H.  Smith, 
Jonesboro.  Tenn.;  chemisto'.  M.  P.  Williams,  Charlotte, 
N.  C. ;  materia  medica,  J.  S.  Oberly,  Bethlehem.  Pa.;  gen- 
era! pharmacy  (committee).  W.  W.  "Worthington,  Phila- 
delphia; operative  pharmacy,  W.  W.  Worthington.  Phila- 
delphia; analytical  chemlistry.  J.  F.  Dulaney,  MoKinney, 
Tex.;  recognidom  of  specimens.  W.  H.  ^\"elch.  Frankford. 
The  address  to  the  new  members  of  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion was  delivered  by  Dr.  Adolph  W.  Miller,  Ph.  G.,  of  the 
class  of  1862.  The  class  day  fea.tures  were  then  carried 
out,  with  the  usual  excellence.  Chas.  E.  Martin,  Oolum- 
bla.  Pa.,  was  the  "orator"  olf  the  day,  and  Alfred  T.  Cra- 
ven. Bridgeport,  Pa.,  the  "poet."Wm,  D.  H.  Smith  gave 
the  "Class  History"  from  a  Tennessee  point  of  view,  aJfter 
him  Morris  A.  Boeder  cast  the  "Class  Horosoope,"  pro- 
phesying fame  and  fortune  for  his  classmates. 

Wednesday  evening  the  members  of  tlie  faculty  gave 
their  "annual  banquet"  to  the  gradiuating  class.  Museum 
Hall  being  beautifully  decorated  for  the  occasion.  Dean 
Remington  acting  as   toastmafiter. 

Thursday  evening,  thie  final  "gr.aduating  exercises" 
were  held  at  the  Academy  of  Music,  an  unusually  large 
audience  of  friends  and  relatives  of  the  new-fledged  phar- 
macists almost  filling  the  entire  seating  space  of  the  lower 
galleries  and  parquet.  After  the  class,  in  cap  and  gown, 
had  marcih^d  in  and  taken  their  allotted  seats,  the  Rev. 
Edgar  Cope  offered  prayer,  then  President  Howard  B. 
French  conferred  the  coveted  degrees  upon  the  successful 
students  who  had  completed  the  required  three  years  of 
study.  One  'hundred  and  eight  received  the  degree  of 
"Doctor  tyf  Pharmacy."  three  the  degree  of  "Pharmaceu- 
tical Chemist."  The  variious  prizes  offered  by  mjembeirs  of 
the  faculty  and  graduates  were  then  given  out  tty  Pro(f. 
J.  P.  Reanington.  after  a  short  introductory  address  in 
wihich  he  gave  great  praise  to  the  class  oif  1902  as  having 
made  an  unusually  high  average  as  a  whole  .and  for  its 
members  having  won  honors  cf  distinction  in  greater  num- 
ber than  usual.  This.'  he  saJd.  was  not  due  to  any  extra 
effort  by  the  faculty  but  was  due  to  a  general  apprecia- 
tion by  the  entire  class  that  a  h'igher  standard  of  profes- 
sional education  was  now  demanded  of  them  ty  the  Jid- 


vancement  of  pharmaceutical  requirements  for  the  pro- 
fession they  were  to  follow.  The  prizes  were  awarded  to 
the  following  members  ot  the  class  for  excellence  in 
various  subjects,  David  W.  P^amsaur,  of  Florida,  winning 
the  Proctor  prize,  a  gold  medal  and  certificate  for  the 
highest  grade  in  scholarship  and  most  meritorious  thesis. 
Quite  a  buzz  of  astonishment  followed  the  announcement 
of  the  winner  of  the  "Commercial  Training  Prize,"  llisa 
Edith  M.  Goodman,  Who  had  distanced  all  her  masculine 
classmates  in  the  final  examinations  In  this  subject.  It 
was  broadly  hinted  that  this  young  lady  should  be  at 
once  sought  in  marriage  by  the  entire  class,  the  winner 
cf  this  prize  gaining  the  highest  and  best  of  all.  The 
evening's  programme  was  concluded  by  an  eloquent  ad- 
dress to  the  class  by  ex-Postm^ister-General  Charles  Em- 
ory Smith,  who  spoke  of  the  value  and  importance  of 
education  in  every  walk  of  Life,  warning  his  young  audi- 
ence that  only  the  practical  part  ot  their  training  and 
the  practise  of  their  theoretical  learnings  in  every  day 
life  could  bring  success.  Following  is  a  list  of  the  grad- 
uates: 

Doctors  in  Pharmacy — William  Brown  Ackerman, 
Pennsylvania;  Wil'.lara  Algernon  Alston,  South  Carolina; 
Herbert  Oscar  Baer,  West  Virginia;  Davnd  Elmer  Beegle, 
Pennsylvania;  Joseph  Herman  Berberlch,  Germany;  Ar- 
thur Henry  Binder,  Pennsylvania;  Robert  St.  Clair  Blew, 
New  Jersey;  Elijah  Robert  Blough,  Pennsylvania;  John 
.-Vlexander  Borneman,  Germany:  Virginia  Cade  Brooks,  P, 
C,  Texas;  Horsey  Pierce  Brown,  Delaware;  Alice  Beatrice 
Caden,  Kansas;  Joseph  A'.bert  Catlin,  Maryland;  John 
Krupp  Olemmor,  Pennsylvania;  Alfred  Young  Craven. 
Pennsylvania:  Thomas  Foster  Crawford.  Scotland;  Clar- 
ence Croft,  Pennsylvania;  Anthony  Brooks  Crothers, 
Maryland:  Ralph  Brinton  Dickinson,  Pennsylvania;  John 
Xavier  Douglass,  Pennsylvania;  William  Joseph  Downs, 
Pennsylvania:  Joseph  FMeld  Dulaney,  Texas;  Nathaniel 
Ort  Eckels,  Thomas  John  Evans,  Charles  Scott  Eves, 
John  Joseph  Everard.  Clarence  Frederick  Fetterolf,  Wal- 
ter Theodore  Filman,  James  Clarence  Fitch,  "miliam  Paul 
Fleischer,  Ir\nn  Berry  Fox,  Joseph  Peter  Fox,  Percy 
Fried,  Pennsylvania;  Albert  Charles  C,  Gamer,  California: 
Edwin  Franklin  Gehringer,  Pennsylvania;  Teatman 
Geron,  Alabama;  John  Ralph  Elsrode  Gettel,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Harry  Charles  Gliem,  Pennsylvania;  Edith  Morton 
Goodman,  Colorado;  Myatt  Edward  Goring,  New  York; 
Francis  Collins  Handwork,  William  Edward  Heffelflnger, 
Raymond  Hendriok.son,  Norman  Bberly  Hertzler,  Oliver 
Honrj-  Hertzler,  Pennsylvania;  Bayard  Hilliard,  New  Jer- 
sey; Howard  Harlan  Jones,  Pennsylvania;  William  Albert 
Kellar,  Colorado;  Frank  Hall  Kirk,  Daniel  Milton  Knabb, 
Howard  Jamas  Knauss,  Christian  Bauer  Kyle,  Anna 
Rosalie  Leseure,  John  Hartranft  Lievering,  Pennsylvania; 
Herbert  Willard  Lewis,  Massachusetts;  Deighton  Elba 
L.ide,  Mississippi;  Wm.  Henry  McGarrah.  Jr.,  Pennsyl- 
vania; Albert  Dell  MacGregor,  Illinois;  Harry  Aloysius 
McLaughlin,  Simon  Marcus,  Pennsylvania;  Fannie  Bez- 
man  Margolin,  Russia;  Charles  Edward  Martin,  Penn- 
sylvania; Frederick  Adam  Martin,  "Walter  Ball  iMatlack, 
Ne^  Jersey;  Ira  Dale  Meals,  Wilbur  Curtis  Meredith,  Os- 
car LeBoy  MetzTer,  Luther  Melanchthon  Myers,  John  S. 
Oberly,  James  Heber  Parker,  Thomas  'William  P.  C.  Pen- 
rose, Vincent  DePaul  Quinn.  Pennsylvania;  David  Wil- 
fong  Ramsaur,  Florida;  Alfred  Warftuell  Reeve,  New 
Jersey:  Isaac  Stephen  Reice,  Pennsylvania;  George 
Washington  Rhodes,  Maryland:  David  Crogman  Robinson, 
Pennsylvania;  Thomas  Holmes  Robinson,  Jr.,  Virginia; 
Maurice     Albert     Roedor,     Harold     Clarence     RudoJph, 


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[April  24,  1903 


Oscar  Cart  Schmidt.  Albert  Philip  Shenkle,  Charles  Hen- 
ry Slobig,  Pennsylvania;  Alfred  Homer  Smith,  Delaware; 
Henry  William  Smith.  Pennsylvania;  Wm.  David  Harris 
Smith,  Tennessee;  Joseph  IjOuIs  Soken.  Russia;  Robert 
Franklin  Strauss.  Pennsylvania;  Henry  William  Stuver, 
Colorado;  William  Luther  Swartz,  George  Carroll  Thom- 
as, Pennsylvania;  John  Milbourn  Toulson,  Maryland: 
Ephraim  Shaw  Tyler.  New  Jersey;  Ralph  Thomas  UI- 
rich.  George  Buzby  Waldermann,  B.  S.  Wilson  Weigester, 
William  Herbert  Welsh.  Pennsylvania;  Morrison  Patton 
Williams.  North  Carolina;  Oscar  Herman  Wilson.  Max 
Erwin  Winkler.  Oscar  Kline  Wisegarver,  Pennsylvania; 
Rotoert  Franklin  Woodill.  Massachusetts;  J.  Wbnren 
Wolf  Worthington,  Charles  Norman  Zaegler.  WilUam 
Lodgre.  Ziegler.  Jr..   Pennsylvania. 

Pharmaceutical  Chemists— Daniel  Baker.  Pennsylvania; 
Roy  Leonard  Miller,   Maryland. 


THE  NEW  YORK  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  rejoeption  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy  to  the  graduating  class  was 
griven  at  the  college  Saturday  evening.  April  19.  Charles 
S.   Erb.   president  of  the  Association,   occupied   the  chair. 

Arthur  H.  Elliott.  Ph.  D..  F.  C.  S..  addressed  the 
graduates  and  congratulated  them  (m  the  year's  work. 
He  urged  them  to  continue  Cheir  studies,  and  not  to  allow 
others  to  get  ahead  of  them.  Prof.  George  A.  Ferguson 
read  the  names  of  the  graduates.  Charles  S.  Erb,  the  post- 
graduates and  Dr.  H.  B.  Ferguson  the  roll  of  honor.  Dr. 
George  B.  Diekman  announced  the  names  of  several  who 
were  entitled  to  compete  for  the  special  $100  prizes  in 
addition  to  those  on  the  honor  roll.  T.  Bruce  Furnival, 
who  had  charge  of  the  entertainment,  announced  that 
dancing  and  refreshments  would  conclude  the  evening's 
entertainment,  and  the  graduates  and  friends  made  good 
use  of  the  opportunity. 

The  list  of  graduates  follows: 

Doctor  of  Pharmacy— Jaspin  S.  Brewer,  Theodore  S. 
Brown,  Elmer  O.  Hazard,  Martin  D.  Jewel.  Miss  Romana 
Klinkowstein.  Daniel  Lowenstein,  Herman  O.  Luderer, 
Rudolph  Maihl,  Robert  P.  A.  Pauwals,  Theodore  E. 
Pundt.  Miss  Fannie  F.  Babinowlch.  Herman  Von  Webell, 
Anton  Voriseck.  William  H.  Ward.  Donn  L.  Wood. 

G-raduate  in  Pharmacy,  honor  roll:  Miss  May  B.  Doyle. 
Otto  C.  Everhart.  Abraham  Gluckman.  J.  Rodney  Hodge, 
Miss  Anna  Krepela.  Eugene  A.  McCaffrey.  Nathan  A. 
Porter.  Charles  E.  F.  Stahlin.  George  F.  Tempel.  Charles 

C.  Treat,  Williajm  A.  Walker,  Curt  P.  Wimmer,  Henry 
Zllnkoff. 

Graduates:  Frank  N.  Ames,  Fred  L.  Anderson, 
Ofilio  H.  Arguello,  Elias  Barbari,  Charles  L.  Earthen. 
William  H.  C.  Bartlett.  Benjamin  A.  Belts.  Henry  L. 
Borg.  John  M.  Bradshaw.  LeRoy  Braswell.  William  H. 
Britton.  Charles  A.  Bronstein.  Max  Canter,  Cornelius 
Carhart.  WilUara  E.  Cooper.  Charles  E.  Daniels,  Wm.  L. 
Dannheimer.  Charles  F.  Daub.  Xavier  D'Ambrosno.  Mich- 
ael DeBiaso.  Harry  C.  Dickey,  Abraham  Dorb,  Miss  Mary 

E.  Doyle,    William    J.    Durkin,    Herman    Eichler,    Joseph 

F.  Emmons.  Otto  C.  Everhart.  Ambrose  I,  Faass.  James 
L.   Fahey.   Luther  B.   Fooht,   Henry  P.   Fordham,   George  . 

D.  Foster,  William  H.  Fraser.  Edward  M.  Gannon,  A. 
McK.  Glfford.  Abraham  Gluckman.  Alex  Goldwater.  Orrin 
B.  Grant.  Arthur  P.  Gray.  Edward  W.  Gross,  Benedict 
S.  Guardian,  MugTirddtch  Hagopian.  Spencer  B.  Hall. 
Frederick  •  G.  Hummel.  Louis  F.  Hermes.  Thomas  W. 
Hillier,  J.  Rodney  Hodge,  Melville  B.  Hargrave.  Herman 
L.  Hayn,  Sylvester  W.  Hunter,  Israel  Kaess,  Morris  Kas- 
sel,  Ma^rtin  Kaufman,  Edgar  Keir.  George  W.  Koch. 
TSaiah  Kopelovltz.  Miss  Anna  Krepela.  Samuel  Levlne. 
William  H.  Lindemann.  Max  Lipklnd.  Miss  Minnie  B.  Mc- 
Avoy.  Eugene  A.  McCaffery,  James  C.  Mackey.  Miss  Flora 
Mamelok.  Leo  Mandelstam.  Emll  Merkhofer,  Fred  H. 
Meyer.  Miss  Edith  M.  Morris.  Edward  Norden.  Joseph  J. 
Parentini.  John  B.  Plaster.  Fred  S.  Porter.  Nathan  A. 
Porter.  Lars  B.  Reque,  Wilbur  J.  Rash.  Otto  Rauah. 
John  F.  Riley.  James  M.  Robinson.  Mitchell  Robinson, 
Howard  H.  Rockwell.  Isidor  Romanoff,  Eli  Ro.senstein. 
David  Rosow.  Joseph  J.  Rotondi.  Thomas  H.  Rushmore, 
Fred.  F.  Scherpich.  Joseph  Sohleslnger.  Mendel  Schoen- 
berg.  Fred'k  W.   Schoonmaker,  Richard  L.   Seagle.   Jacob 


Sher,  Thomas  L.  Sherman.  Everett  O.  Simpson,  Miss  Clara 
B.  Smock.  Charles  E.  F.  Stahlin,  William  J.  Steigner. 
Macfarlajnd  J.  Sturges.  Christopher  J.  Supple.  H.  D.  Swain 
William  H.  Tegeler.  George  F.  Tempel.  Miss  Adele  M. 
Thayne,  De  Roy  Thomas.  Charles  P.  Thornton,  Julius 
Tietze,  Charles  C.  Treat.  William  A.  Uhler,  Anton  Vep- 
rovsky.  Miguel  A.  Veve.  John  Waldmann.  William  A. 
Walker,  Erwin  R.  Weinspach.  Alonzo  Whittle.  Fred  A. 
Wiley.  Miss  Sophia  Wilkes,  Curt  P.  Wimmer,  Louis 
Zauderer,  Henry  Zlinkoff,  Lawrence  Zurlo. 


PEPTO-MANGAN  VICTORIOUS. 

In  the  Superior  Court  of  Massachusetts,  in  a  trial 
in  which  every  point  was  sharply  contested  by  the  de- 
fendants. M.  J.  Breitenbach  Co.,  the  proprietors  of  Pepto- 
Mangan  ("Gude"),  secured  a  judgment  against  Henry 
Thayer  &  Oo.  of  Cambridgeport,  Boston,  in  which  the 
Court  in  a  final  decree  peremptorily  enjoined  them  from 
using  the  terra  cotta  colored  wrapper  or  any  other  wrap- 
per with  white  letters  similar  to  that  used  for  the  past 
12  years  by  the  M.  J.  Breitenbach  Co.  for  its  Pepto- 
Mangan.  They  were  also  enjoined  from  selling  or  offer- 
ing Henry  Thayer  &  Co.'s  preparations  in  packages  like 
those  used  toy  the  Breitenbach  Co..  as  well  as  from  using 
the  words  Peptonate-Mang'anese  in  the  same  connection. 
The  decree  further  required  Henry  Thayer  &  Co.  to  de- 
liver  up  all  its  terra  cotta  colored  wrappers  to  the  Brei- 
tenbach Co.  to  he  destroyed,  and  to  pay  dama:ges  to  the 
latter  for  the  profits  that  would  have  been  made  if  these 
wrappers  had  not  been  used;  also  for  the  money  received 
by  Thayer  &  Co.  for  its  "preparation,  as  well  as  for  the 
damages  to  the  reputation  and- standing  of  Pepto-^Mangan 
("Gude").  They  were  also  required  to  pay  the  costs  of 
the  action.  The  Breitenbach  Co.'s  case  was  managed  by 
their  counsel,  Mr.  Philip  Carpenter,  38  Park  Row,  New 
York,  who  says  that  his  clients  have  instructed  him 
to  protect  their  right  to  the  terra  cotta  colored  wraptper 
and  to  the  name  Pepto-'Mangan  under  all  circumstances. 
Mr.  Carpenter  says  that  he  has  now  in  his  possession 
indubitable  evidence  against  parties  who  are  substitut- 
ing a  spurious  article  for  Pepto-Mangan  in  prescriptions, 
and  that  he  has  been  instructed  to  bring  suit  against 
all  such  violators  of  the  rights  of  his  clients.  Mr.  Car- 
penter also  says  that  his  clients  have  concluded  that  (pa- 
tience has  long  since  ceased  to  be  a  virtue,  and  that 
there  will  be   no  let-up    on   imitators  in   the    future. 

This  decision  means  more  than  the  mere  winning  of 
this  suit.  It  means  that  a  proprietor  can  protect  his  right 
not  only  to  the  stple  of  his  package,  but  to  the  color  of 
the  wrapper  in  which  it  is  enclosed,  and  as  Mr.  Carpen- 
ter numhers  among  his  clients  several  other  proprietors 
of  well-known  preparations,  an  active  oamipaign  against 
the   imitator   may    be   looked   for. 

The  M.  J.  Breitenbach  Co.  have  invested  thousands  of 
dollars  in  their  preparation.  They  have  endeavored  to 
exploit  it  in  a  dignified  way  and  solely  on  its  merits, 
and  have  consistently  refrained  from  advertising  it  in 
any  way  to  the  consumer.  They  ask  only  what  (belongs 
to  them.  They  feel  that  when  the  physician  prescribes 
Pepto-iMangan,  it  is  his  right  and  theirs  to  insist  that 
Pepto-Mangan  ('Gude")  be  supplied.  Tliey  do  not  feai 
legitimate  competition,  in  fact,  they  welcome  it.  but  it 
is  their  purpose  to  put  a  stop  to  the  dishonesit  substi- 
tution of  other  preparations  which  are  proven  by  analysis 
by  chemists  of  repute  to  be  different  in  every  particular 
from  Gude's  Pepto-Mangan. 


Homeopathic   Remedies. 

The  mirt^erprising  druggist  is  alwa>-s  solicitous  tor  the 
good  win  and  support  of  the  doctor,  particularly  if  he 
has  Ms  office  nearby.  Whether  the  doctor  practices 
Homeopat'hy.  Eclecticism,  or  even  Hydropathy,  Ws  in- 
Influence  and  trade  Is  worth  having.  A  stock  of  the  more 
iimpoPtant  Mother  Tinctures.  Triturations.  T.ablets.  etc., 
will  put  ni.iny  a  dollar  into  the  till.  Boericke  &  Runyon, 
11  West  41;  street.  New  York,  are  the  headquarters  for 
homeopathic  medicines,  and  supply  their  goods  direct  or 
tliiough  the  johber.  If  Boericke  &  Runyon's  are  specified. 


ipril  2-1,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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697,496. 
697,587. 
697,637. 
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697,672. 
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697.790. 
697,796. 

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697,798. 

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38,126. 


PATENTS. 
Issued  April  15,  1902. 

—Hans  A.   Frasch,   New   Ytork,   N.   T.     Process  of 

inaking   caustic  alkali. 
—Albert  Jones,  'Ba'ltimore,   Md.,  assignor  Ito  Lewis 

Kalling.  Baltimiare,  Md.     Machine  for  producing 

bottle  sealing  caps. 
—Lewis   Kalling,   Baltimore,    Md.       Bottle    sealing 

d'e,vice. 
—Frederick    O.   Klotz,     Louisville,    Ky.       Shlppiing 

vessel   for  ice   cream. 
— Boibert  J.   Williaimson,   Montmorenoi,    Ind.     Cork 

extractor. 
—John     E.   Lee,     Oonisholhocken,   Pa.      Shiefld     for 

vaccinations,   etc. 
-Ernst    Mummendey,    Bergheim-omthe-Erf't,    Gieir- 

■many.       Pipette 
— Wilber  H.  Scott,  Ottawa,  Canada.  Bottle  cajpping 

machine, 
—Thomas  H.  Irwin.  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  and  Henry 

J.    Miller,    Brooklyn,    N.    Y.       Oarb'onating   ma- 
chine. 
—Ella   M.   Lichtenstein,    New  York,    N.   Y.       Toilet 

powder  box. 
— jeiami  B.    G.      Bonmaud,    Ostend,      Belgium.       Py- 
roxylin   compound. 
— Henrv    S.   'Brewing-ton,   Bail'timiore,    Md.,    assignor 

tif  one-half  to   Wi'lli.-im  F.    Seim,   Baltimore,   Md. 

Pot'tle  washing  machine. 
—Henry    S.    Bre'winifrton, '  Baltiimore.    Md.,    assignor 

of    oinie-half     to    Wii'.liam    Seim,     Baltimore,     Md. 

Bot'tle  washer  machinery. 
— Alfred   J.    Brooks,    Prosipect   Park.    Pa..    a;sgignor 

«f  one-fifth  to  Georgie  L.  Husband.  Philadelphia, 

Pa.      Non-refililable  bottle 
—George  S.  Dc  Lacy.  New  York.  N.  Y.      Tank  for 

^torinsr  aernted  lioiiids  under  -piressure. 
— Frede>rick    Klein.    New   York,    N.    Y.       Non-refill- 

able  bottle. 
—James    Y.    Payton.    "W'aldron.    Ark.,    assignior    of 

one-half  to  Ooodson   Cox.   Waldron.   Ark.       Non- 

refllVaible  hottle. 
— Joninithan    Haley,    Akron.    Ohio.       Bottle    or    jar 

press. 


ing  through  a  forest,  with  his  left  hand  exjtend- 
ed;  of  a  woman  stainding  on  a  porch  of  a  dwell- 
ing, w'ith  her  right  hand  extended  in  the  act  of 
releasing  a  bird,  a  curved  banner  extending 
across  the  upper  central  portion  of  the  trade- 
mark, on  which  is  iinscribed:  "Oiu't  of  ithe  Dark- 
ness and  into  the  Light,"  and  a  scroll  occupy- 
ing Ithe  central  and  lower  portion  of  the  trade- 
mark, on  which  is  inisori'bed :  "These  are  made 
from  the  Roots  that  grow  in  the  Turf;  G/o  carry 
this  Message  all  over  the  Earth:  Otit  from  the 
Shadows  and  across  the  Sea!  That  all  may 
kmow  what  they  hiave  done  for  mje." 

38,127.— Medicine  for  Curing  Corns.  Calluses  and  Warts. 
John  Jay  Lenner,  Milwaukee,  Wis.  The  word 
"Omega,  the  representation  of  the  Greek  letter 
"omega."  and  tlhe  human  feet. 

38,128.— Remedies  for  Diseases  of  the  Lungs  and  Throat- 
O'Rourke  and  Huriey,  Little  Falls,  N.  Y.  The 
compound   word    "Sar-Nac." 

38,129.- Alterative  Compound.  Helen  H.  Still,  New  Yort, 
N    Y.     The  words  "Modo  Mercuno." 


TRADE  MARKS. 
Registered  April  15,  1902. 

-Perfume.  Mellier  Drug  Oo. ;  iSt,  Louis,  "iSia.  The 
word   "Floressence." 

-JDepilat'oiry.  Helen  Wiseman  Paske.  Londoni.  Eng- 
land. The  words  "Draseta"  and  "Queen  of  Hair 
Remedies"  and  the  representation  of  a  peer's 
crown. 

-Miedical  Tablets  for  Rheumatisim.  Gout  and  .Al- 
lied Diseases.  R'chird  C.  Hinz.  Milwaukee. 
Wis.      The   letter  "R." 

—Medicine  In^  capsule  form  for  the  cure  of  certain 
named  rli.se-'ses.  Rens.ilier  McFarland.  Cohim- 
Ibus,  Ohio.  The  representation  of  an  Indian  walk- 


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[April  24,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

MARKET  STEADY— BUSINESS  SATISFACTORY. 

NEW  YOKK,  April  22.— Seasonable  commiodities  are 
finding  a  steady  consuming  outlet  and  the  general  jobbing 
anovement  continues  satisfactory  to  dealers.  Fluctuations 
in  valuoa  cover  a  large  muimber  of  articles,  but  the 
changes  are  mainly  due  to  natural  causes  and  Wave  no 
special   significance. 

OPIUM.— The  easy  undertone  noted  for  several  weeks 
past  has  resulted  in  a  revision  o'f  jobbing  quotations  and 
a  lower  range  is  quoted  for  all  grades.  The  revised  fig- 
ures are  $3.10@3.35  for  9  per  cent  and  $3.20(a8.45  for  H 
per  cent.  Powdered  also  is  lower  and  the  new  prices 
aire  $4.15@4.40  for  13  per  cent,  $4.15@4.90  for  60  per 
cent,   and  $4.50@4.75  for  granular. 

MORPHINE.— Business  in  a  jobbing  way  continues 
moderately  active  and  values  are  nuilintained  at  $2.40@ 
:;.50  for  eighths  in  1-oz.  boxes.  $2..S5@2.45  in  21/2-oz.  boxes, 
S;2.15ig2.2o  in  ounce  -vials,  aJid  $2.10@2.20  in  5-oz.  cans, 
according  to  size  oif  lorder. 

QUININE.— There  is  no  improvement  in  the  consuim- 
ing  demand  and  the  market  remains  quiet,  but  the  un- 
der'tone  continues  steady  and  dealers  quote  the  old  range 
of  28@30c  for  bulk  in  100-oz.  tins,  28V.@31c  in  50-oz.  tins. 
29&3W,c  in  2o-oz.  tins.  3(Ka32%c  in  5  o>  10-oz  tins,  and  35 
@37V*"for  1-oz.  vials,  according  to  brand  and  quantity. 
Ol£i  BBRGAiMOT.— Prlrnary  markets  are  lower  and 
spot  quotations  for  jobbing  quantities  have  been  reduced 
to  $2.35®2.55  for  1-lb.  bottles,  $2.45@2.65  ifor  1-1'b.  cop- 
pers. $2r30g'2.4o  for  5-lb.  tins  and  r.2-40@2.60  for  5-lb 
coppers. 

OIL  LEMON.— Under  a  similar  influence  jobbers  have 
reduced  quotations  to  $1 . 20<!i'l •  35  for  lib.  bottles,  '$1.30@ 
J. 45  for  1-lb  coppers,  $1. 150-1.30  for  5-lb.  tins  and  $1.25@ 
1.40   tor   5-Iib   coppers. 

_  UNION  SALAD  OIL — Maniuifacturers'  prices  are  lo 
higher  and  the  revised  Jobbing  quotations  are  55@57c 
*)y  tibe  barrel    and  35ffl75c  for  smaller  quantities. 

LARKSPUR  SEE'D.— New  crop  has  begun- to  offer 
from  producing  points  and  the  market  is  easier,  with 
jobbing  quotations  showing  a  decline  to  S0(@90c  for  whole 
and  90c®'.$1.00   for  iDOwdered. 

LOBELIA  SEEi).— Available  supplies  are  steadily 
diminishing  and  jO'bbing  quotations  have  been  further 
advanced  to  .$1.20(§)1.30  ifos-  whole  and  $1.2o@1.35  for 
powdered . 

ALCOHOL.— Grain  is  easier  on  account  of  competition 
and  jobbers  (have  reduced  quotations  to  '$2.49@2.50  by  the 
barrel  and  $2.53(5)2.75  for  less.  Odorless,  $2.59@2.60  by 
the  barrel   and  $2.67@2.80  for  less. 

M.\NNIT1E.— Values  are  higher  owing  to  scarcity  and 
lobbers   have   advanced   quotations   at   $2.S5i?i3.0O. 

GENTIAN  ROOT.— The  tone  of  the  mairket  is  easier 
and  quotations  in  a  jabbing  way  have  declined  to  7®'12c 
tor  whole.  ll(S14c  'for  arouiid  and  14@20c  for  powdered. 
*  IPECAC— Rio  is  unchanged  and  steady,  but  Cartiha- 
gena  is  lower,  in  sympathy  with  the  London  market,  and 
jobbers  are  quoting  $1.65(fT.l.S5  for  whole  and  .$1.75@2.00 
for   powdered . 

RAPE  SHEID. -German  is  In  reduced  supply  and  lower 
with  jobbing  quobations  showing  an  advance  to  4@)4Hc 
by  the  bag  and  5%@7c  in  smaller  quantities. 

FL-A-XSEED. —Whole  is  unchanged  but  firm  and  job- 
bing puices  of  ground  ihave  been  advanced  to  4@4i4c  by 
the  barrel  and  5(5)7c  for  It-ss. 

HOPS.— Primary    markets    are    stronger    and    jobbing 

quotations  have  been  advanced  to  28(a!32c,  as  to  quantity. 

COUMARTN.— Values    are    a    shade    easier,     owing     to 

competition    and    jobbers   aire    willing   to   sell    at    45@50c 

per    oz . 

Bl'CHlT  LEAVES.- Shoi-t  are  offered  more  'freely  by 
jobbers  and  quotations  show  a  decline  to  30@35c. 

GUM  ARABIC— There  (has  been  a  general  revision  of 
.jobbing  quotations  and  slightly  lower  figures  are  named 
fOT  all  grades.  No.  1  is  obtainable  at  50@55c,  powdered 
5d@60c.  No.  2,  40#50c:  ipowdered.  50@5oc;  No.  3,  3."i'iT4.ic; 
powdeired  45@50c-,  No.  4,  25@30c;  powdered,  SninS5c: 
gr<anulated.  55@60c:  sorts,  20@26c,  and  sifted  sorts.  22'a'27c. 

SHELLAjC.^Primary  markets  are  stronger  and  job- 
besr  have  advanceid  quotations  to  42@47c  for  D.  C,  and 
40'fM.'Vc  for  U.    S.   O..   according  to  quantity. 

SPIRITS  TURPENTINE.— Values  are  easier  at  pro- 
ducing points  and  oivotatioTis  far  jobbing  nuintities  have 
been  reduced  to  57@52c  by  the  barrel  and  57(?f65c  for  less. 


Cachets. 

These  littlo  wafers  have  become  very  popular  for  the 
administration  of  nauseous  medicines,  and  the  Crown 
Cachet,  advertised  in  this  issue,  has  many  advantages 
over  other  makes.  It  is  put  up  in  all  sizes,  round  and 
square,  and  even  in  shapes  like  a  capsule,  and  will  fit 
any  O'f  the  sealing  machines  sod  in  this  market.  The  sole 
agent  in  this  country  for  the  wholesale  trade  is  Charles 
Adolf  Wolff,  ,32  Park  Place,  New  York.  The  goods  are 
manufactured  In  Nurnberg,  Germany.  The  same  manu- 
facturer also  makes  plain  powder  wafers,  sheet  wafers 
for  confectioners  and  druggists,  as  well  as  fish  food. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Antitoxin   Hearing    Before    Mayor   Low    411 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs.  Alumni,  rtc:  Boston  Drug- 
gists, 413;  Chicago  Retail  Druggists,  419;  Chicago, 
Twenty-third  Auxiliary  District,  418;  Holyoke 
(Mass)  Drug  Clerks,  414;  Jersey  Oity  Retiail  Drug- 
gists 412;  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical.  412;  New 
Yo.rk  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation.  Drug 
Section,  411;  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy 
Alumni.  420;  Society  Chemical  Industry,  New 
Y'ork  Section,  412;  Sonoma  Co.  (Oal.)  DruggisU, 
421;  San  Francisco  Re^tail  Druggists,  421;  Wor- 
cester Co.    (Mass)   Druggists 413 

BOARDS  CF  PHARMACY:  Minnesota,  419;  New 
Y'ork    Eastern   Branch),   411;   Pennsylvania,   417; 

Virginia     420 

BOWLING  DRUG  TRAiDB:  American  Drug  Trade 
iBowling    -Association,    415;    Baltimore.    417;    New 

Y-'ork,  411;   Pittsburg 417 

Cacao  Butter,  Composition   406 

Carbon   DisulpMde.   Combustion   409 

COLLEGES  OF  PHARMACY:     California,  421;   New 

York    424;    Philadelphia,   416,   423;   Pittsburg 417 

CORRESPONDENCE    403 

DRUG   STORE   PROBLEMS    410 

EDITORL\.LS:  Bea,l  Municipal  Local  Option  Law  in 
Ohio.  402;  Bill-Boards  in  Boston,  403;  Oocain- 
omaniacs,  402;  Directory  of  Pharmaicies  and  Drug 
Stores  in  Russia,  402;  Metcalf  CJo.'s  Store  a  Land- 
mark, 402;  Prof.  Anderson  on  Substitution,  406; 
Revenue  Tax  on  Alcohol,  403;  Sales  of  Ten-cent 

versus  Twenty-flve-cent  Articles   401 

Hermophenyl    406 

Ibite   410 

Ink,   Branding  for  Stock   409 

Journals,   Chemical  in  United  States  409 

Kino,   Eucalyptus   410 

Law,   Pharmacy,   Enforcing   403 

MARKET    REPORT     426 

Molasses.    Bleaching.    409 

NEWS  LETTJilRS:  Baltimore.  417;  Caalifornia,  421: 
Chicago,  418:  Michigan,  418;  New  England,  413; 
New  Orleans,  420;  New  Y'ork,  411;  Philadelphia, 
415;  Pittsburg,  417;  St.  Louis.  420;  The  North- 
west, 419;  Washing-ton,  D.   C 41S 

Non -Professional   Opinions    406 

PATENTS.   TKADEMARKS,  etc  ■. 425 

Perfume,     Solid    408 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Person- 
al Interest,  etc.:  St.  Onge,  Arthur,  407;  Pepper, 
J.  T.,  404;  Ciystalline  Co..  414;  Hawthorne  Drug 
Co.,  414.  Hudson  Drug  Oo.,  414;  Perry.  Charles 
W..  414;  Morgan.  A.  B.,  413;  Borggreve,  Fred, 
412;  Day,  David  Magee,  412;  Wakelee  &  Co., 
421;  Sic'fert,  Chas.  A.,  421;  Umland.  George  F.. 
419;  Kimberly,  Chas.  H.,  419;  Mother's  Reme- 
dies Co.,  419:  Van  Alen,  Benjamin  I.,  419;  Ba- 
ker, George  R.,  419;  Fuller,  Henry  M..  419; 
Keves.  W.  H..  418:  Hickev.  C.  F.,  417:  Read 
Drug  Co.,   C417;  Wuller,   Daniel.  417;  Johnson  & 

Johnson   416 

Powder,   Ice  Cream   409 

QUESTION   BOX    408 

Rjat    Poison    400 

SHOP  TALK   407 

Soap.    Soft.    Transparent    408 

Solution  Bismuth  and  Hydrastia  409 

Suibstitution    4<M 

Telephone  Situation  in  Chicago   418 

Philadelphia    403 

Tablets.   Perflume   408 

The  "Red  Cross"  Solid  Silver  Medicine  Spoon. 

The      accom- 
panying   cut     la 
a   half  size  pre- 
I  sentation   of   the 
■  ,  ^•^-..ji   ,KB?        'SJss^.  .        ""      Red  Cross  Med- 
--■'■;.'-      — --''^■^.  -  icine       Spoon, 

solid  silver,  with  gold-lined  bowl,  patented  and  manufac- 
tured by  the  J.  B.  &  S.  M.  Knowles  Co.,  89  Sabln  St.. 
Providence,  R.  I.,  makers  of  sterling  ware  only.  The  en- 
graving so  accurately  presents  the  article  that  no  de- 
scription of  the  spoon  Is  necessary.  The  advantages  ot 
this  article  over  the  household  tea,  dessert  or  tablespoon, 
are  that  it  sets  level  wherever  it  may  be  placed,  without 
tipping  to  one  side  or  the  other;  it  is  accurately  gauged 
to  hnlil  1  dram— 60  minims,  neither  more  nor  less.  It 
leaves  both  hands  free  to  drop  the  medicine  and  can  ba 
held  by  the  forefinger  of  either  hand.  Other  advantages 
will  readily  occur  to  the  druggist,  to  whom,  however,  the 
main  point  Is  this: 

This  spoon  is  being  sold  by  jeweltTs  In  large  quanti- 
ties, at  a  handsome  profit.  It  rightly  belongs  to  the 
stock  of  the  druggist,  who  needs  the  profits  as  badly  as 
does  the  jewe'.er.  Now  Is  the  time  to  put  it  In  stock.  For 
further  particulars  address  the  J.  B.  &  8.  M.  Knowles 
Co.,  as  above. 


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REGARDING   PRICE  LISTS. 

The  PostofFice  Department  has  ruled  that  drug- 
gists' price  lists,  like  the  so-called  "Era  Blue  Book," 
cannot  hereafter  be  issued  as  a  "Supplement"  or  as 
a  "Section"  of  a  regular  second  class  publication,  but 
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the  journal,  the  whole  forming  one  single  publication. 

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Whatever  may  be  the  present  desirability  or 
undesirability  of  pharmacy  as  a  calling,  the  ranks 
of  the  dispensers  are  now  being  swelled  by 
an  unusually  large  number  of  recruits.  At  the 
board  of  pharmacy  examinations  held  during 
the  past  few  weeks  the  number  of  candidates  has  been 
remarkably  large,  the  attendance  at  several  places  be- 
ing greater  than  ever  before  experienced.  Abun- 
dance of  material  does  not  always  imply  ex- 
cellence of  quality,  but  in  recent  examinations 
the  character  of  the  candidates  has  also  been- 
highly  satisfactory,  a  \ery  large  proportion  re- 
ceiving certificates.  In  spite  of  the  large  supply 
of  young  pharmacists  who  are  prepared  to 
wrestle  with  the  problems  and  incompatibilities  of  the 
drug  business,  the  demand  for  qualified  clerks  re- 
mains unsatisfied.  Scarcity  of  prescription  pharma- 
cists still  prevails  in  many  sections  of  the  country,  and 
few  of  the  newly-fledged  apothecaries  will  have  difli- 
culty  in  securing  positions.  Those  who  believe  with 
the  pessimist  that  the  ills  of  the  pharmacist  are  all 
due  to  overcrowding,  and  that  the  true  benefactor  of 
his  kind  will  be  the  reformer  who  will  cause  one  drug 
store  to  flourish  where  two  struggled  before,  must 
take  a  rather  sombre  view  of  these  large  additions  tO' 
the  drug  fraternity. 

Most  of  our  readers  will  doubtless  refuse  to  take 
this  narrow  view  of  the  matter,  and  will  consider  the 
increased  demand  for  drug  clerks,  and  the  greater 
supply  of  pharmacists  as  merely  indicating  that  the 
drug  business  is  in  a  flourishing  condition,  partaking 
with  other  branches  of  trade  of  the  general  prosperity 
of  the  country.  If  the  druggist  were  entirely  depend- 
ent upon  the  sale  of  medicine  for  support,  every  addi- 
tional apothecary  would  mean  a  further  division  of 
patronage,  but  in  the  United  States  the  drug  business 
is  such  that  it  is  capable  of  indefinite  extension.  Dis- 
pensing pharmacy  alone  could  support  only  a  small 
proportion  of  the  drug  stores  now  flourishing  in  this 
country.  The  introduction  of  side  lines  into  the  phar- 
macy should  be  considered  a  distinct  gain  to  the 
community,  for  it  has  increased  the  number  of  drug 
stores.  People  want  toilet  articles,  cameras  and  soda, 
and  they  show  their  good  taste  by  seeking  these 
goods  in  the  clean,  shining  interior  of  the  drug  store. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  1,  190?.. 


The  pharmacy  does  not  lose  in  dignity  by  the  display 
of  side  lines  upon  its  shelves  and  counters,  and  in  the 
care  and  sale  of  these  articles  the  druggist  finds  his 
knowledge  of  science  a  great  advantage.  May  drug- 
gists and  side  lines  increase  in  number,  and  the  neces- 
sity for  medicines  grow  less. 

The  unusual  number  of  candidates  at  recent  exam- 
inations is  not  wholly  due  to  conspicuous  prosperity 
among  druggists,  nor  to  increased  legal  requirements 
for  registration.  This  is  the  season  of  the  year  when 
many  colleges  of  pharmacy  place  upon  the  market 
their  annual  output  of  graduates.  Upon  the  comple- 
tion of  his  course,  the  student  is  naturally  impatient 
to  trjy  his  newly  acquired  knowledge  upon  the  world, 
and  he  loses  no  time  in  proving  his  fitness  to  assume 
the  full  duties  of  the  pharmacist  to  the  proper  author- 
ities. This  accounts  in  part  for  the  large  attendance 
at  Spring  examinations  and  probably  also  for  the 
large  proportion  of  successful  candidates. 

College  commencements  are  a  never  failing  source 
of  interest.  These  occasions  mark  the  beginning  of 
new  things  in  the  lives  of  the  young  people  who  re- 
ceive the  ribbon  decorated  rolls  of  parchment  and 
the  congratulations  of  their  friends.  The  graduates 
leave  their  alma  mater  full  of  courage  and  with  high 
hopes  for  the  future.  Every  student  has  probably  re- 
ceived sufficient  highly  valued  advice  in  parting  with 
his  teachers  to  make  success  seem  easy  and  certain. 
Each  seems  now  to  have  an  equal  chance  with  his 
classmates  as  far  as  this  is  possible  with  widely  vary- 
ing mental  and  physical  endowments.  Yet  although 
all  members  of  a  given  class  have  reached  the  same 
degree  of  mental  development  as  measured  by  educa- 
tional standards,  some  will  win  fame  and  fortune  while 
others  will  suffer  defeat.  The  best  advice  and  the 
most  thorough  training  are  not  alwaiys  a  sufficient 
safeguard  against  failure.  Individual  character  seems 
to  be  the  most  potent  factor  in  every  success.  En- 
ergy, earnestness  and  common  sense  are  probably 
the  most  important  parts  of  the  young  man's  equip- 
ment for  life,  and  these  make  up  the  individual.  Un- 
fortunately, the  colleges  cannot  supply  the  student 
with  these  elements  of  success,  but  with  care  and 
practice  all  faculties  can  be  developed  and  extended. 
The  college  graduate  may  not  have  the  world  at  his 
feet  as  he  is  said  to  believe,  but  he  begins  work 
with  the  advantage  of  a  considerable  store  of  useful 
knowledge  and  a  mind  trained  in  logical  thought. 

We  have  just  received  a  copy  of  the  first  issue  of 
a  new  publication  devoted  to  the  interests  of  the  re- 
tail druggist.  This  (youngest  pharmaceutical  journal 
is  called  the  Southern  Drug  Journal,  and  is  expected 
to  appeal  especially  to  the  druggists  of  the  South. 
This  country  is  alreadj  supplied  with  pharmaceutical 
journals  of  all  shapes,  sizes  and  degrees  of  excellence, 
but  no  doubt  there  is  room  for  one  more.  Druggists 
in  common  with  other  people,  are  becoming  better 
readers  every  year.  Only  a  few  decades  ago  one 
weekly  paper  supplied  all  the  demands  of  the  average 
family  for  news,  general  advice  and  literary  improve- 
ment. At  that  time  a  druggist  supplied  with  one  trade 
journal  was  considered  very  progressive,  while  now 
the  enterprising  pharmacist  reads  several,  in  order  to 
consider  the  questions  of  the  day  from  different  points 


of  view.  This  new  journal  seems  to  have  something 
to  say,  and  it  will  therefore  find  readers.  The  Era 
wishes  it  success  and  prosperity. 

"The  Proceedings  of  the  Organization  and  of  the 
First  and  Second  Annual  Meeting  of  The  American 
Conference  of  Pharmaceutical  Faculties"  is  the  rather 
disproportionate  title  of  a  prettily  bound  and  printed 
little  pamphlet  which  contains  an  account  of  the  pre- 
liminary meetings  of  the  pharmaceutical  educators  of 
the  United  States  in  an  association  probably  some- 
what similar  to  the  Conference  of  Medical  Faculties. 
It  is  the  object  of  the  association  "to  promote  the  in- 
terests of  pharmaceutical  education,"  and  its  member- 
ship includes  representatives  of  the  principal  colleges 
of  pharmacy  in  the  country.  The  manner  in  which 
the  interests  of  pharmaceutical  education  are  to  be 
promoted  is  as  yet  not  clearly  indicated,  but  presuma- 
bly the  efforts  of  the  society  will  be  directed  toward 
securing  more  uniform  educational  requirements  and 
standards. 

The  semi-centennial  meeting  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association  to  be  held  at  Philadelphia 
next  Summer  will  not  merit  the  charge  that  the  dis- 
cussions of  this  body  are  of  little  interest  to  the  prac- 
tical druggist.  At  least,  this  is  the  conclusion  cue 
reaches  after  reading  the  list  of  subjects  for  discus- 
ion  sent  out  by  William  F.  Kaemmerer,  the  enter- 
prising secretary  of  the  Section  of  Practical  Phar- 
macy and  Dispensing.  The  subjects  which  will  re- 
ceive the  attention  of  the  pharmacists  cover  nearly 
the  entire  field  of  practical  work  in  the  drug  store, 
and  include  such  titles  as:  "Mortar  and  Pestle,  or 
Spatula  and  Tile?" — "Time  is  Money" — and  "Filling 
Devices  for  Prescriptions."  One  of  the  most  valua- 
ble feature  of  the  work  of  the  section  will  be  the  dis- 
cussion of  prescription  difficulties.  Tlie  committee 
solicits  contributions  of  odd,  difficult  or  in  any  way 
interesting  prescriptions,  notes  upon  dispensing  and 
pharmaceutical  processes,  etc.  One  subject,  "Memo- 
randa of  singular  occurrences  and  unusual  happen- 
ings," should  alone  arouse  sufficient  curiosity  to 
bring  multitudes  of  inquiring  persons  to  Philadelphia. 
The  meeting  can  scarceljy  fail  to  interest  every  prac- 
tical druggist,  but  it  will  be  doubly  interesting  to 
those  who  themselves  contribute  material.  Members 
are  allowed  great  freedom  in  the  choice  of  subjects; 
in  the  words  of  the  chairman,  "anything  of  practical 
value  will  be  gladly  welcomed." 

Massachusetts  druggists  are  still  having  their  us- 
ual number  of  difficulties  with  the  law  caused  by  the 
fact  that  their  stock  in  trade  includes  alcoholic  liquors. 
The  citizens  of  the  Bay  State  seem  to  regard  the 
pharmacist  as  a  suspicious  person  always  ready  to 
violate  the  law  unless  carefully  watched.  An  inter- 
pretation of  the  liquor  law  in  Boston  during  the  past 
week  seems  to  show  that  under  certain  conditions  the 
most  innocent  window  display  may  become  illegal. 
The  law — as  applied  especially  to  saloons  and  bar- 
rooms— demands  that  no  curtains,  screens  or  like  ob- 
structions shall  shut  off  a  view  of  the  bar  from  the 
passer-by  on  the  street.  The  authorities  objected  be- 
cause a  licensed  druggist  placed  a  small  sign  in  his 
window.  They  claimed  that  the  view  in  the  shop  must 
not  be  obstructed. 


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James  C.  Perry,  chairman  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists  and  formerly  member  of  the  executive 
committee  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  has  sold  his  drug  store 
and  is  therefore  no  longer  eligible  for  membership  in 
the  P.  A.  R.  D.  Mr.  Perry  has  been  very  active  in 
the  work  of  the  retail  associations  and  his  loss  will  be 
felt  keenly.  According  to  trustworthy  reports  he  will 
join  the  ranks  of  the  proprietary  manufacturers.  In 
his  new  environment  he  will  have  an  opportunity  of 
putting  into  practice  some  of  the  approved  methods 
of  maintaining  prices,  with  which  he  has  become  fa- 
miliar during  the  campaigns  of  the  retail  associa- 
tions. 

The  announcement  in  the  present  issue  of  anothe' 
award  of  prizes  in  the  Era  problem  contests  marks 
the  completion  of  the  third  contest  of  the  series. 
The  competitors  in  this  contest  have  been  somewhat 
fewer  in  number  than  in  the  preceding  months,  a 
reduction  which  may  be  ascribed  to  the  change  from 
a  season  of  long  Winter  evenings  to  one  of  warm 
weather  and  Summer  duties.  Those  who  continue  to 
take  part  in  the  sport  seem  as  eager  as  ever  for 
more  problems  upon  which  to  exercise  their  inge- 
nuity. The  change  of  the  number  of  problems  from 
ten  to  five  each  week,  and  the  release  of  many  en- 
thusiastic young  pharmacists  from  college  will  doubt- 
less add  many  new  names  to  the  list  of  participants. 
Recent  graduates  fresh  from  college  work  would  seem 
to  have  a  somewhat  unfair  advantage  in  this  sport, 
but  thev  will  not  have  things  entirely  in  their  own 
way.  They  will  find  many  formidable  rivals  among 
older  pharmacists  who  have  not  forgotten  about  the 
chemical  equations  and  formulas  of  their  college 
days. 

PREPARATION  OF  CHLOROFORM.— .\  Ger- 
man patent  has  been  granted  for  an  improved  process 
for  the  manufacture  of  chloroform.  It  consists  in 
treating  chlorinated  alcohol  with  chlorinated  lime  in 
the  presence  of  alkalis,  the  mixture  being  warmed.  In 
the  ordinary  process  of  manufacture  chloroform  is 
prepared  by  the  action  of  chlorinated  lime  upon  al- 
cohol and  acetone  or  upon  a  mixture  of  these  bodies 
in  the  presence  of  water.  In  this  method,  the  yield 
is  small  and  the  product  contaminated  with  varying 
quantities  of  alcohol  and  water  which  are  difficult  to 
separate.  The  new  process  is  said  to  offer  the  ad- 
vantages of  greater  yield  and  a  higher  degree  of 
purity. 


REACTION  FOR  LIGNIN.— A  new  test  for 
lignified  tissues  in  stems  and  other  plant  structure 
is  suggested  t.y  Maiile  (Funfstiick's  Beitr.  f.  Wissen- 
schaft.  Bot.).  A  section  is  soaked  for  about  five 
minutes  in  a  one  per  cent,  solution  of  potassium 
permanganate  and  washed  with  water.  It  is  then 
soaked  for  two  or  three  minutes  in  dilute  hydro- 
chloric acid.  After  again  washing  in  water,  a  drop 
of  dilute  ammonia  is  added  to  the  section,  when  the 
lignified  tissue  exhibits  a  deep  red  color,  the  unligni- 
fied  parts  remaining  clear  and  colorless. 


REMEDY  FOR  SEA-SICKNESS.— Dr.  C.  v. 
Wild  (Arch.  f.  Schiffs-und  Tropen-Hyg.)  recom- 
mends the  use  of  orexin  tannate  as  a  prophylactic 
for  sea-sickness.  This  compound  is  to  ht  taken  in 
doses  of  .3  to  .5  gram  with  ]4  liter  of  liquid  (milk. 
tea  or  broth),  about  four  hours  before  sailing,  and 
followed  after  two  hours  by  a  hearty  meal.  For 
long  journeys  the  remedy  is  to  be  taken  in  the  same 
way  two   hours  before  meals,   three  times  a  day. 


«  ,  T^"^''"&  °f  jokes,"  volunteered  the  specialty  man, 
there  was  a  joke  played  here  in  this  town  some 
time  ago  that  roped  in  pretty  nearly  every  local  sales- 
man hereabouts,  and  if  the  volunteer  vigilance  com- 
mittee ever  catches  the  joker  you'll  read  of  another 
mysterious  disappearance.  You  know  we  city  men 
make  a  practice  of  leaving  postals  with  our  name  and 
address  printed  on  them  with  druggists  so  they  can 
send  in  an  order  or  ask  us  to  call  with  something 
they  want  to  see,  the  firm  giving  us  credit  for  the 
order  through  our  name  being  on  the  card;  well,  it 
was  this  custom  that  gave  the  friend  his  chance.  On 
the  fateful  day,  I  was  handed  a  card  as  I  came  into  the 
office,  reading:  'Kindly  call  at  11  a.  m.,  as  I  wish  to 
order  a  full  line  of  your  goods,'  and  you  bet  it  didn't 
swell  me  up  with  pride  as  I  casually  showed  it  to  the 
'Boss'  and  asked  for  discounts  on  the  whole  lot.  The 
druggist  was  located  in  Manayunk  about  nineteen 
blocks — and  regular  Manayunk  up-and-down  ones  too 
—from  the  trolley  line;  but  I  got  there  half  an  hour 
ahead  planning  to  get  back  down  town  in  time  to  have 
a  blow-out  with  myself,  and  walked  in  with  gladsome 
step.  Mr.  D.  somehow  didn't  seem  to  be  expecting 
me  and  gave  me  the  marble  stare  when  I  opened  with 
a  little  jolly  of  how  I  appreciated  his  order,  etc.  Then 
I  smelt  a  rat  and  showed  him  the  postal.  It  was. 
typewritten,  even  to  the  signature,  I  may  remark. 
He  looked  at  it  like  a  man  does  with  his  first  kid,  as 
if  he  never  saw  it  before  and  didn't  know  what  to  do. 
with  it,  and  flashed  out  indignantly:  'What  sort  of 
a  game  is  this  you're  trying  to  work  on  me?'  Then 
I  got  mad  and  we  were  having  it  hot  and  heavy  when 
in  rushed  A  &  B's  man  with  a  glad  smile.  He  had  a 
card  too.  just  like  mine.  Then  D  and  I  cooled  down, 
and  the  three  of  us  were  trying  to  get  heads  and 
tails  of  the  thing  when  two  more  city  men  came  in 
on  the  run,  each  afraid  he  might  be  too  late.  To  cut 
it  short,  in  less  than  fifteen  minutes  that  drug  store 
was  holding  over  thirty  salesmen,  each  one  with  a 
card,  and  two  of  them  had  come  out  ^ith  a  wagon- 
load  of  goods  for  immediate  delivery.  By  12  o'clock 
I  am  safe  in  saying  that  the  only  local  representative 
of  every  firm  in  the  remotest  way  dealing  with  drug- 
gists, but  one,  was  there— he  died  that  morning.  Eight 
big  wagons  were  outside,  full  of  goods  from  the  iob- 
bing  houses,  whose  men  had  loaded  up  and  raced  out 
from  the  city  to  get  this  good  thing,  and  grips  and 
soda  fountain.  There  wasn't  anything  to  do  but  cuss, 
which  I  can  s?y,  with  pride,  was  done  in  a  style  thit 
did  credit  to  the  emergency  and  to  the  traditions  of 
our  order,  which  done,  it  was  a  case  of  each  man 
feeling  that  he  was  the  biggest  chump  of  the  lot.  See- 
ing that  everybody  had  been  caught  and  there  was  no 
smart  Aleck  left  to  guy  us,  sort  of  took  the  sting  out 
of  the  situation:  so  when  some  one  remarked  that  if 
our  goods  hadn't  been  sold,  we  had  been,  everybody 
joined  in  a  hearty  laugh  and  that  put  us  in  a  good 
humor.  Mr.  D.  gallantly  ordered  a  keg  of  beer  and 
set  'eni  up  in  the  back  yard.  Manayunk's  only  tending 
the  spigot,  then  we  came  back  to  the  hard  facts  of  life 
again  and  went  home.  Some  evil-minded  genius  must 
have  gone  around  and  got  a  postal  with  every  man's 
name  and  hunted  up  those  who  didn't  have  cards  in 
the  directory  and  sent  them  out.  He  did  a  thorough 
job,  but  its  thoroughness  won't  be  a  marker  to  the 
job  th.nt'll  be  done  to  him  if  he's  ever  caught 
D-b-b-blood." 


"Seeing  it's  jokes  you  want."  began  the  glass-ware 
man,  "here's  mine:     Last  Fall  I  went  out  hunting,  by 


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special  invitation,  witli  a  certain  downtown  druggist 
of  well-known  sporting  proclivities;  it  being  needless 
-to  say  that  as  I  never  shot  a  gun  off  in  my  life  I  went 
solely  for  policy's  sake  and  to  keep  up  a  reputation 
some  one  had  fastened  on  me.  We  waded  through, 
over  and  under  about  nine  thousand  acres  of  Jersey 
swamp  during  the  day,  my  friend  somehow  getting  all 
the  birds  and  I  none.  To  tell  the  truth,  I  shot  high 
for  fear  of  killing  the  dog.  .'\nd  may  be  John  didn't 
jolly  me,  hinting  that  I  couldn't  hit  a  bird  if  I  poked 
:the  barrel  of  my  gun  down  its  mouth,  that  I  ought  to 
use  salt-mouths  to  catch  'em  with,  etc.,  etc. — you  know 
what  a  fellow  gets  in  such  cases.  We  were  on  our 
wa(/  home,  John's  bag  brimful  and  mine  guiltless  of  a 
feather,  when  we  met  an  affable  stranger  on  the  road 
who  asked  what  luck  we  had.  So  of  sourse  John  had 
-to  tell  him  all  about  it,  and  incidentally  gave  me  the 
laugh.  Filled  with  pride,  John  spread  out  his  game 
on  the  platform  of  the  little  way  station  where  we 
were  to  catch  a  train  to  Camden  to  show  them  to  the 
•stranger  'Look  at  my  bag,'  he  chuckled  gleefully,  'and 
:iook  at  that  lobster's  there,  (I  being  the  aforesaid 
lobster)  isn't  he  a  chump  to  have  lugged  a  heavy  gun 
around  all  day  when  he  could  have  done  better  with 
one  of  his  glass  syringes?'  'Well,  I'm  not  so  sure  of 
that,'  slowly  drawled  the  affable  Jerseyman;  'You  see 
3  am  the  game  warden  of  this  county  and  this  is  the 
■closed  season  for  most  of  the  birds  you  shot!  I'll 
have  to  ask  you  to  come  up  to  the  Justice  of  the 
Peace  here  and  dig  up  $io  apiece  for  23  of  your  birds. 
Say,  it  was  worth  the  full  $230  to  see  John's  face,  but 
"he  was  too  stunned  to  kick.  He  had  to  wire  home 
for  money,  neither  of  us  having  more  than  a  few  dol- 
lars apiece,  and  had  to  stay  in  the  village  jail  all 
-night  as  the  iustice  said  he  looked  like  a  notorious 
woe,  all  his  birds  were  confiscated,  the  warden  and  1 
ate  four  apiece  for  supper  that  night  and  three  for 
breakfast  in  the  morning.  When  John  goes  gunning 
now  he  carries  a  copy  of  the  game  laws  and  a  set  of 
books  on  birds  so  that  he  can  avoid  shooting  the 
-wrong  kind." 

\  young  druggist  whose  store  is  not  many  miles 
from  Philadelphia's  famed  Cite  Hall  is  very  proud  of 
the  resourcefidness  of  his  wife,  it  bein"-  needless  to 
mention  that  this  is  only  the  first  year  of  wedded  bliss 
and  was  wont  to  brag  of  her  skill  in  meeting  einer- 
gencies  until  lately.  He  stopped  suddenly  last  week  to 
the  quiet  nods  and  winks  of  his  older  married  friends 
who  had  "been  there"  themselves,  but  this  is  the  first 
•telling  of  the  true  reason  for  "Gentian's"  conversion. 
He  invited  several  friends,  one  a  business  man  he 
-wanted  to  please  particularly,  to  a  quiet  little  dinner 
party  at  his  house  and  then  occurred  the  catastrophe. 
The  hostess  was  radiantly  beautiful,  the  dinner  was 
charming,  the  red  wine  was  not  too  cold,  the  white 
not  too  warm,  in  fact  everything  wias  perfect  and 
■Gentian  adored  more  than  ever  the  good  qualities  of 
his  wife.  At  last  the  dinner  was  over,  the  black 
coffee  served  and  the  table  cleared  for  the  after  dinner 
smoke,  Mrs.  G.  wishing  them  a  merry  adieu  after  she 
had  herself  filled  each  guest's  glass  with  shimmering 
green  Chartreuse.  Gentia,n  himself  took  the  first  sip 
and  was  abo-ut  to  speak  as  he  sat  his  glass  down  with 
ra  look  of  astonishment  when  he  caught  his  wife's  eye 
as  she  stood  at  the  door,  and  what  he  saw  in  her 
e.yes  was  an  order  for  silence.  Nobody  took  more 
than  the  first  sip  of  that  Chartreuse  although  the  cut- 
glass  decanter  was  still  half  full,  but  none  hazarded  3. 
question.  After  the  guests  had  departed  Gentian's 
first  words  were:  "My  dear,  what  was  that  unspeak- 
able combinaion  you  gave  us  for  Chartreuse  and  what 
was  the  matter.""  His  resourceful  young  wife  smiled 
triumphantly.  "Why,"  she  answered  exultantly, 
"when  I  came  to  look  over  things  before  dinner  I 
saw  there  wouldn't  be  enough  of  that  funny  green 
■cordial  to  go  around,  and  it  was  too  late  to  sendj^jq 
any  more,  "so  I  just  filled  it  up  with  a  bottle  of  your 
violet  water.  It  was  the  same  color  and  smelled  nice 
and  I  knew  nobody  would  notice  the  difference,  the 
•colors  just  Tnatchedbe-yu-ti-fully.  Wasn't  it  lovely."- 
.And  poor   Gentian  could   only  smile  a  ghastly  smile 


and  wonder  if  any  of  his  guests  would  guess  what  had 
happened  and  if  so  what  they  would  say  to  him.  As 
said  before,  G.  doesn't  say  much  about  his  better 
half's  talents  just  now. 


A  young  man  dropped  in  a  drug  store  near  his 
home  to  buy  cigarettes  a  few  days  ago,  and  while  he 
was  chatting  with  the  clerk  a  young  lady  he  knew 
came  in.  "Have  one,"  he  said  jokingly,  offering  her 
the  box.  She  flushed  up,  glanced  suspiciously  at  the 
clerk  and  refused,  bought  a  stamp  and  hurried  out. 
"Say,  you  nearly  queered  me,"  said  the  drug  clerk  to 
his  friend  "she'll"  always  believe  I  gave  her  away  to 
you  and  what's  more  the  suspicion  will  make  her  take 
her  trade  elsewherefi.  "You  don't  mean  to  say  Miss  B. 
smokes  cigarettes,"  asked  the  young  man  incredulous- 
ly, "why  she's  a  Sunday  school  teacher  and  her  folks 
are  awful  strict."  "She  doesn't  smoke  your  brand," 
replied  the  clerk,  "she  smokes  'ladies'  cigarettes.'  " 
"What  sort  of  a  thing  are  they?"  he  was  asked.  Go- 
ing back  to  a  drawer  the  clerk  produced  a  fancily  dec- 
orated box  of  tiny  cigarettes  scarcely  larger  than  a 
good-sized  match  stick.  "Here  they  are,"  he  said, 
"they  are  made  with  a  highly  scented  Turkish  tobac- 
co and  you  can  probably  get  half  a  dozen  whiffs  from 
one.  You'd  be  surprised  at  the  lot  we  sell  and  the 
number  of  girls  buying  them,  nice  girls  too,  who 
smoke  them  on  the  sly  in  one  anothers  'dens,'  I  be- 
lieve they  call  them.  The  girls  always  make  sure  no 
one  else  is  near  them  in  the  store  when  they  buy 
them  and  they  get  generally  half  a  dozen  boxes  at  a 
time,  we  keep  them  wrapped  up  in  twos,  threes  and 
sixes  in  fancy  paper  just  for  their  trade,  and  they  very 
seldom  ask  a  new  man  for  them,  preferring  to  buy 
from  a  clerk  they  know  and  can  trust  not  to  tell  on 
them.  It  is  quite  the  thing  nowadays  around  here  for 
the  girls  to  smoke  these,  why  even  your  sis — .  Yes, 
Sir,  I'm  coming,"  hastily  called  out  the  clerk  as  he 
went  back  in  the  prescription  room  on  the  jump  an- 
swering an  imaginary  call,  leaving  his  friend  to  guess 
the  rest. 

Scene:  A  crowded  drug  store.  The  druggist  busily 
trying  to  wait  on  six  customers,  put  up  four  prescrip- 
tions, attend  to  the  'phone  and  sell  stamps.  Enter  a 
man  groaning,  holding  his  hand  over  his  eye.  The 
druggist  abandoning  everything  and  running  to  the 
man,  "There,  there,  my  friend,  just  let  me  look  a 
minute.  Ah,  I  see  what  the  trouble  is."  Druggist 
runs  back  of  the  counter,  returns  with  a  tiny  syringe, 
squirts  a  watery  fluid  in  the  man's  eye,  goes  back, 
comes  out  again,  squirts  in  eye  a  reddish  fluid.  "Now, 
my  friend,  we'll  have  it  out  in  a  jiffy."  Turns  up 
man's  eyelid,  pokes  in  eye  with  a  little  brush.  The 
man — "Ouch."  The  D — "All  right,  here  we  are.  Sir, 
(triumphantly)  a  bit  of  cinder.  Wait  a  bit."  The 
interrupted,  if  interested  customers  now  give  a  sigh 
of  relief  as  druggist  goes  behind  back  partition  to  get 
a  healing  lotion  for  the  man.  Meanwhile,  man  wipes 
his  eye  and  walks  out.  Druggist  returns,  a  bottle  of 
lotion  and  an  eye-dropper  in  his  hand.  "Why,  where 
did  that  man  go?"  Customers,  in  chorus:  "He  just 
went  out — look,  there  he  is  getting  on  the  street 
car."  Druggist,  sighing,  "Well,  well."  Interested 
customer:  "He  didn't  pay  you  for  getting  that  cinder 
out,  did  he?"  Druggist:  "No,  very  few  do."  Cus- 
tomer: "I'd  make  'em  pay  while  it  hurts  and  before  1 
got  it  out  if  were  you."     Druggist,  eloquently,  "Yes." 


Henry  McColl,  the  St.  Paul  druggist  has  set  the 
Minnesota  capital  city  talking  with  a  new  set  of  fix- 
tures which  he  has  installed  in  his  place,  and  which 
include  a  trap  for  the  unwary.  This  consists  of  a 
glass-topped  soda  water  and  ice  creami  tables,  with 
stools  attached.  Displays  'of  confections  are  made  un- 
der the  glass  to  tempt  the  girl  as  she  eats  her  ice 
cream  and  help  deplete  the  pockets  of  her  escort — ^"if 
he  has  Jny  style  about  hiin."  These  tables  are  the 
first  to  be  seen  out  St.  Paul  way  and  have  set  all  the 
pillists  to  thinking. 


May  1,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


4.31 


(»rr«(cii  /or  Hie  E)<i.) 


PARISIAN  PHARMACIES. 

IT  would  no  doubt  be  presumptuous  to  endeavor  to 
describe  in  a  few  paragraphs  the  outward  aspect 
and  general  characteristics  of  the  drug  stores  in 
a  cosmopolitan  city  containing  a  couple  of  mil- 
lions of  inhabitants.  The  big  cutting  store,  opposite 
the  railway  depot  or  in  the  busy  centre;  the  little  un- 
pretending pharmacy  in  the  working-class  quarters; 
the  high  class  select  establishment  in  the  wealthy  dis- 
tricts, and  other  forms  of  business  familiar  to  all  of  us, 
are  to  be  found  in  Paris  as  in  all  large  cities.  But 
a  few  paragraphs  and  a  brief  description  may  be  in- 
teresting as  emphasizing  the  chief  points  of  contrast 
between  American  and  French  pharmacy. 

Just  as  a  man's  features  and  expression  give  us 
soine  clue  to  his  character,  so  the  conditions  under 
which  pharmacy  is  practised  in  a  foreign  land  are 
often  indicated  by  the  outward  appearance  of  the 
aver^.ge  drug  store.  Where  the  pharmacist  has  an 
absolute  legal  monopoly  of  dispensing  and  selling 
medicines,  he  need  evidently  pay  less  attention  to  his 
window-  display  than  in  countries  where  the  doctor's 
dispensary  and  the  grocer's  patent  medicine  display 
are  conspicuous  to  the  passer-by.  As  a  rule,  there- 
fore, the  French  pharmacist  is  not  a  clever  window 
dresser.  One  might  add  that  his  long  college  curri- 
culum has  a  tendency  to  turn  his  attention  more  to 
the  scientific  than  to  the  commercial  aspect  of  his 
calling.  On  the  other  hand,  the  number  of  phar- 
macists not  being  limited  (as  in  Germanj/  and  other 
countries),  keen  competition  exists  between  the  var- 
ious drug  stores;  and  the  ideal  state  of  things,  which 
some  may  think  would  be  the  outcome  of  reserving 
the  entire  retail  trade  in  medicines  to  pharmacists 
qualified  by  an  expensive  education,  is  not  to  be 
found  in  France.  Retail  pharmacy  is  rarely  a  road  to 
wealth;  the  successful  men  who  are  the  envy  of  the 
profession  are  usually  inventors  of  some  popular 
proprietary  medicine,   for  the  production   of  "patent" 


THARMACIE  BERAL  (Interior* 


snow  WIXKOW.S  orXIIE  rilAUMAClE  BEUAL. 


medicines  in  France  is  considerable  and  a  large  ex- 
port trade  is  carried  on  in  this  line. 

But  to  return  to  the  outward  aspect  of  the  average 
French  pharmacy,  it  is  of  course  evident  that  the  ad- 
vantages  of 

A  Corner  Site 
are  keenly  appreciated  in  Paris,  as  elsewhere.  In 
English  cities  it  is  usually  the  public  house  that  is 
placed  at  the  street  corner;  this  probabV  explains 
why  the  average  Londoner  guides  the  wayfarer  by 
referring  to  the  various  taverns  on  his  line  of  route, 
while  the  Frenchman  not  infrequently  directs  you  to 
"turn  down  by  the  pharmacy"  or  "enquire  next  door 
to  the  pharmacy,"  etc.  A  large  blue  lamp — placed 
bracket-wise,  and  bearing  the  inscription  "Pharmacie" 
in  letters  as  large  as  dimensions  permit — helps  to 
make  the  French  drug  store  easily  discernible,  espe- 
cially at  night.  (The  red  lamp,  in  France,  usually 
indicates  a  tobacco  store  or  a  police  station,  both 
government   establishments,   by  the   way.) 

The  great  object  of  the  pharmacist  is  rather  to  in- 
dicate the  nature  of  his  establishment  than  his  own 
name;  one  often  sees  "Pharmacie"  in  letters  a  foot 
long  across  the  shop-front,  while 

The  Owner's  Name 
may  be  in  three-inch  characters  on  the  glass  of  the 
entrance  door.  The  French  rule  that  the  actual  name 
of  the  proprietor  should  appear  on  the  pharmacy  is 
modified  in  the  same  way.  For  instance,  if  M.  Mor- 
tier.  pharmacien  of  the  first  class,  member  of  several 
scientific  societies  and  chevalier  of  the  Legion  of 
Honor,  sells  his  business  to  the  intelligent,  but  still 
unknown  Pilon,  it  is  tolerably  certain  that  the  latter 
will  have  the  inscription  "Pharmacie  Mortier"  in  gi- 
gantic characters,  with  a  modest  "Pilon,  successor," 
added  wherever  it  will  not  be  offensively  conspicuous. 
Fancy  titles  like  "The  Surrey  Drug  Store."  "The 
Broadway  Pharmacy,"  etc.,  are  so  common  in  other 
countries  that  it  hardly  seems  necessarj'  to  mention 
their  popularity  in  Paris,  where  half  the  shops  appar- 
ently act  on  the  principle  that  the  "sign"  or  title  is 
more  important  than  the  owner's  name. 
An  American  druggist  will  think  little  of  the 
Window   Display 

in  most  Parisian  officincs.  It  is,  indeed,  more  often 
conspicuous  by  its  absence.  The  big  cutting  phar- 
macy will  display  show  cards  or  price  lists  of  current 
goods  rather  than  draw  attention  by  a  troph,/  or  well 
arranged  window  of  one  special  line.  (An  establish- 
ment of  this  kind  principally  relies  on  a  very  liberal 
distribution  of  printed  price  lists;  in  many  cases  the 
"marked  prices"  and  "our  sale  prices"  being  given  in' 
parallel  columns.) 

The  neatest  pharmaceutical  show  windows  in  Paris 
are  possibly  those  in  the  Anglo-American  hotel  quar- 


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[May  1,  1902. 


A  TYPICAL  PARISIAN  PHARMACY. 


ter,  around  the  Grand  Opera.  We  illustrate  Beral's 
which  is  in  this  neighborhood — the  house,  like  the 
business,  is  nearly  a  century  old.  Many  pharmacists 
consider  the  orthodox  carboy,  or  a  jar  or  two,  with 
portraits  of  Hippocrates,  Galen,  and  other  ancient 
worthies,  sufficient  for  a  handsome  window  space. 
Glass  jars  containing  drugs,  or  emblazoned  with  the 
familiar  arms,  botanical  si:bjects  and  inscriptions  are 
also  used.  One  Paris  pharmacist  had  a  couple  of 
very  elegant  porcelain  vases,  which  represent  medical 
subjects  (after  the  Old  Masters),  specially  made  for 
his  shop-front.  Others  content  themselves  with 
Japanese  or  Oriental  jars,  more  suggestive  of  tea  and 
spices  than  pharmacy.  The  palm  tree  and  serpent, 
which  are  the  arms  of  the  Paris  School  of  Pharmacy, 
are  very  frequently  painted  on  wndow-blinds  or  en- 
graved on  glass-doors,  etc.;  while  carvings  of  the 
cup  and  serpent,  pestle  and  mortar,  and  other  em- 
blematical devices  are  sometimes  introduced  .  in  the 
woodwork. 


PIIAKJIAI'IE     DE 


LA     PLAIXE     MOXCEAU     (In 

teriorl.l 


A  PARISIAN  PHARMACY  OF  A  CENTLUY  ACQ. 


Window   Descriptions 

advertising  proprietary  medicines  have  largely 
increased  in  number  within  late  years;  but  many 
pharmacists  still  reserve  this  excellent  medium  for  the 
announcement  of  their  personal  qualifications.  If  the 
proprietor  is  a  laureate  or  medallist  of  a  well  known 
school  of  pharmacy,  or  has  served  his  three  or  four 
years  as  interne  (house  pharmacist)  in  a  Parisian 
hospital,  he  is  usually  careful  to  announce  this  fact 
to  the  public.  "Laboratory  of  Analysis"  or  "Chem- 
ical and  Bacteriological  Analyses"  is  another  very 
frequent  mention.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  every  modern 
French  pharmac;/  graduate  is,  or  should  be,  capable 
of  such  work. 

Side  Lines 

are  very  few,  and  this  doubtless  accounts  for  the  com- 
parative absence  of  window  and  counter  displays. 
The  perfumes,  toilet  sundries,  sponges,  etc.,  vvhich 
make  such  a  pretty  show  in  an  English  chemist's  or 
an  American  drug  store,  may  be  noticed  in  our  en- 
graving of  the  interior  of  Beral's  store,  but  are  en- 
tirely absent  from  the  more  characteristic  French 
pharmacy  shown  in  the  other  illustration.  This 
"Plaine  Monceau"  pharmacy  is,  in  fact, 

A  Typical  Parisian  Pharmacy 
of  the  better  class.  All  the  characteristics  enumer- 
ated— the  hanging  lamps  and  absence  of  windoxy  dis- 
play; the  corner  site  and  conspicuous  title — will  be 
noticed  here.  Inside,  we  may  cite(  besides  the  same 
lack  of  display  of  goods)  the  corner  desk,  the  Amer- 
ican cash  register  (nowadays  as  essential  to  the 
Parisian  retailer  as  the  American  typewriter  is  to  the 
wholesaler);  the  stove  under  the  centre  of  the  count- 
er, the  scales  in  the  glass  case  over  the  prescription 
desk;  the  clock  over  the  inner  door,  etc.,  etc.  In  this 
particular  establishment, 
Vff  the  way,  there  is  a  less 
familiar  object — a  table 
with  illustrated  journals 
and  books  to  while  away 
the  time  while  waiting  to 
have  a  prescription  pre- 
pared. 

This  idea  seems  to  be  a 
happy  one  to  the  impa- 
tient Anglo-Saxon.  The 
French — whom  we  are  apt 
to  look  upon  as  hasty — are 
really  among  the  most  pa- 
tient waiters  in  the  civiliz- 
.  .1  world. 

Ihere  is  little  danger  of 
encouraging  loungers  in  a 
French  pharmacy,  for  the 
telephone,  directory,  post- 
age stamp  and  other 
fiends  are  non-existent.' 
But    all    consideration    on 


Uugu      111 
In   1802. 


May  1.  i'Xr2.] 


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433 


the  ethics  of  French  pharmacy  or  even  the  general  in- 
terior arrangements  of  the  Parisian  ofTicine.  would 
take  us  outside  the  scope  of  these  cursory  notes  on 
the  exterior  aspect. 

Our   Other   Illustrations. 

The  other  illustrations  have  an  interest  which  is 
principally  of  a  historical  or  archaeological  character. 
Hottot's  is  an  excellent  specimen  of  the  Parisian  re- 
tail pharmacy  of  a  century  ago. 

Victor  Hugo's  Birthplace. 

The  birthplace  of  Victor  Hugo  is  at  Besancon, 
some  hundreds  of  miles  from  Paris,  but  as  the  cen- 
tenary of  the  great  poet's  birth  has  recently  been 
celebrated  with  so  much  pomp  in  the  French  capital, 
this  post  card  (which  reaches  us  from  Paris  and  rep- 
resents the  Besancon  pharmacy)  may  not  be  without 
interest  to  our  readers;  especially  as  it  has  never,  to 
our  knowledge,  been  reproduced  by  SiV.(/  drug  jour- 
nal. 


DOES  A  SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY  PROPERLY 
BELONG  IN  A  UNIVERSITY?^^ 

By  DR.  EDMUXU  J.  JAMES,  President  of  Xorth- 

western  Universi'.ry. 

The  Scope  of  a  True  University. 

THE  question  as  to  what  kinds  of  schools  be- 
long properly  within  the  scope  of  a  true 
university  is  one  which  is  attracting  increas- 
ing attention  among  the  educational  institu- 
'  tions  of  the  country.  What  shall  be  the  test  by  which 
we  may  determine  whether  a  school  of  a  given  char- 
acter is  rather  a  trade  or  technical  school  to  be  or- 
ganized and  administered  on  an  independent  basis — or 
may  belong  more  properly  within  the  general  scheme 
of  a  great  university?  The  charge  has  often  been 
made  that  schools  of  pharmacy  are  merely  technical 
or  trade  schools  of  a  low  grade  of  educational  stand- 
ard and  efficiency,  suitable  therefore  to  be  classed 
only  with  the  ordinary  trade  school,  pure  and  simple. 
It  cannot  be  denied  that  this  statement  is  true  of  most 
of  the  schools  of  pharmacy  in  the  United  States  at 
the  present  time,  and  of  all  of  them  down  to  a  very 
recent  date.  If  the  ideal  is  simply  to  accept  young 
men  and  women  with  practically  no  liberal  training, 
with  no  preliminary  education  in  general  subjects  and 
give  to  them  certain  practical  rules  of  thumb  and  a 
little  special  or  technical  knowledge  about  drugs,  the 
claim  that  such  a  school  is  not  properly  placed  in  the 
university  is  correct.  The  characteristic  signs  of  a 
true  professional  school  are  first — the  demand  of  an 
adequate  preliminary  training  of  a  general  character; 
secondly — a  special  training  based  upon  true  scienti- 
fic methods  given  in  the  true  scientific  spirit. 
Better  Pteliminaiy  Education  Desirable. 
The  necessity  is  urgent  for  a  better  preliminary 
education  on  the  part  of  students  who  take  up  the 
study  of  pharmacy.  No  calling  in  this  age  of  the 
world — and  it  will  be  still  truer  of  the  next  generation 
than  at  present — no  calling  in  this  age  of  the  world 
can  acquire  and  hold  a  high  position  in  the  public  es- 
teem, unless  its  members  are  recognized  as  men  of 
education  and  culture.  There  is  demand  not  merely 
for  thorough  special  training  for  a  definite  calling  but 
also  for  that  liberal,  general  training  which  makes  a 
man  a  better  citizen,  which  gives  him  a  broader  view 
of  life,  which  fills  him  with  new  sympathies,  which,  in 
other  words,  gives  him  a  right  to  lead  in  ail  the  high- 
er and  better  thngs  of  social  life  and  activity.  To  such 
leadership,  education,  using  that  term  in  the  narrow 
sense  of  school  education,  is  becoming  with  every 
passing  j'ear  more  and  more  of  a  necessity.  Frontier 
conditions  with  us  are  disappearing.  The  time  when 
a  man  appealed  to  the  public  by  simply  his  natural 
ability,  irrespective  of  any  training  or  culture,  is  pass- 

*Al>stract  of  address  to  tlic  graduntes  in  pharmacy 
of  the  Northwestern  Universitv,  delivered  Thursday, 
April  3.  1902. 


ing  very  rapidly.  The  level  of  education  in  the  com- 
munity as  a  whole  is  rising.  The  average  man  is  be- 
ginning to  speak  the  English  language  correctly  and 
resents  more  and  more  that  any  one  should  under- 
take to.  lead,  whetlier  in  social  position,  or  in  politics, 
who  cannot  speak  his  mother  tongue  correctly.  Men 
of  the  Andrew  Jackson  type  of  education,  even  with 
Andrew  Jackson's  ability  will  /ind  it  increasingly  diffi- 
cult to  make  a  career  in  the  United  States.  Some  of 
our  Senators  are  today  excluded  from  any  high  place 
in  American  politics  or  position  by  the  simple  fact  of 
their  illiteracy  and  vulgarity.  Young  men  who  are 
loolcing  forward  to  a  Hie  of  activity,  of  influence  and 
of  enjoyment  cannot  afford  to  neglect  the  opportun- 
ities which  the  community  now  provides  so  liberally 
for  higher  education.  No  young  man  should  take  up 
the  study  of  pharmacy,  who  has  not  completed,  at 
least,  the  first  two  years  of  a  liberal  course  in  college. 

A  Higher  Degree  in  Pharmacy. 

In  other  words,  the  student  should  aim  to  obtain 
not  merely  the  title  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist  or 
Graduate  in  Pharmacy,  but  the  title  of  Bachelor  of 
Science  in  Pharmacy,  a  title  which  at  the  better  uni- 
versities indicates  today  that  the  man  has  not  only  a 
technical  training  in  pharmacy  but  has  the  founda- 
tion of  the  liberal  education  of  a  gentleman — such  an 
education  as  every  American  citizen  who  aspires  to 
leadership  ought  to  have,  such  an  education  as  is 
open  to-day  on  easy  terms  to  every  boy  in  the  com- 
munity. I  look  forward  confidentlv  to  the  time  when 
no  university  will  give  any  other  degree  than  that  of 
Bachelor  of  Science  .in  Pharmacy  and  will  insist  that 
the  holder  of  this  degree  shall  be,  as  the  degree  in- 
dicates, an  educated  gentleman  as  well  as  a  trained 
pharmacist.  Of  course,  I  do  not  mean  by  this 
that  men  cannot  acquire  education  outside  of  the 
college.  Thank  God!  in  this  age  of  the  world  there 
are  many  opportunities  to  carry  on  liberal  and  special 
study  by  one's  self,  with  the  aid  of  countless  agencies 
now  at  work  for  popular  education.  However,  one 
finds  It  much  smipler  and  easier  to  get  this  training 
in  an  mstitution  especially  organized  for  this  work 
than  to  struggle  along  through  life  handicapped  by 
the  necessity  of  doing  this  work  in  the  odd  moments 
and  hoiirs  which  a  busy  life  leaves.  And  what  is  from 
our  point  of  view  equally  important,  the  university 
cannot  afford  to  give  its  degrees  to  ignorant  and  un- 
cultivated men. 

Special  Scientific  Training. 

The  second  condition  of  granting  such  degrees  is 
a  special  training,  based  on  truly  scientific  methods, 
imparted  in  the  scientific  spirit. 

A  true  university  must  be  first  of  all  the  home  of 
science  and  its  students  must  be  men  and  women  who 
are  interested  in  science  and  in  preparing  themselves 
for  a  practical  calling  by  a  truly  scientific  method. 
1  lie  history  of  pharmaceutical  education  in  the  United 
btates  at  the  university  centers  in  the  history  of  the 
establishment  and  development  of  a  scientific  ideal  and 
a  steadily  advancing  standard  of  preliminary  educa- 
IT  The  problem,  therefore,  of  a  school  of  phar- 
macy which  IS  to  be  at  the  same  time  a  department 
of  a  university  ,s  to  develop  and  establish  a  high 
standard  of  general  or  liberal  and  specific  or  special 
raining  based  upon  the  study  of  the  sciences  under- 
l.ving  the  practice  of  the  profession.  The  university 
graduate  in  pharmacy  must  be  not  merely  a  skilled 
practical  pharmac.st-that  goes  without  the  saying- 
w^th  f  ^\'''  '•'"•"'^  scientific  investigator,  inspired 
with  a  determination  to  improve  the  profession  to 
which,  he  belongs  and  equipped  to  assume  and  main- 
tain a  position  of  leadership  in  the  scientific  world  in 

flTr  I-  *'V'  5"''""°'  ^'-'  """""^d  '■"  'he  domain  of 

pharmaceu  ical    education,    then    certainly   schools    of 

^•fh'^nrZ  u'  "°  '■•'^'''  °r  "^'^""  ^^  ^^  associated 
with  or  to  become  integral  parts  of  our  universitv 
system  but  should  be  relegated  definitelv  to  the  class 
ot  merely  technical  or  trade  schools.  The  practical 
problem  today  in  this  department,  then,  is  to  advance 
tne   standard   of  preliminary  preparation   to   that   re- 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  1,  1903. 


quired  of  other  departments  of  the  university,  and  to 
set  high  the  standard  of  careful  scientific  work  as  the 
basis  of  all  special  or  professional  preparation. 

The  Duties  of  University  Graduates  in  Pharmacy. 

You,  then,  are  not  merely  practical  pharmacists, 
you  are  university  graduates  in  pharmacy  and  as  such 
have  the  duty  and  obligation  to  hold  high  the  stan- 
dards of  university  work  and  university  ideals  in  the 
communities  in  which  you  may  practice  your  profes- 
sion. You  are  to  labor  not  merely  for  your  own  per- 
sonal perfection  as  members  of  an  important  and 
honorable  calling  but  also  and  quite  as  much  for  the 
improvement  of  the  profession  itself;  for  a  steady  up- 
lift in  the  scientific  and  technical  standards  of  pro- 
fessional life.  Only  in  this  way,  can  you  show  your- 
selves worthy  of  membership  in  that  republic  of  let- 
ters and  science  known  as  a  university. 


The  object  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  suib- 
Bcribers  ajid  their  clerks  v,ith  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription    work,    dispensing    difficulties,    etc. 

Requests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMIIVrUNICATIONS  RECEFVE 
NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  queries  in  this 
department  from  non-sutoscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to  dnformatioD 
pulMished  in  previous  Issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Giving  Copies  of  Prescriptions. 

(J.  E.  B.)  "Is  a  pharmacist  legally  right  in  re- 
fusing to  either  return  the  original  or  furnish  a  copy 
of  a  prescription  which  calls  for  morphine  or  co- 
caine?" 

We  have  always  naturally  believed  that  the  drug- 
gist should  retain  the  prescription,  for  it  is  a  written 
order  for  him  to  supply  certain  drugs  of  a  certain 
specified  qualitiy  or  character.  In  support  of  this  be- 
lief, a  few  of  the  States  have  laws  directing  the 
druggist  to  retain  on  file  all  prescription  filled  by 
him.  Where  the  law  does  not  require  the  druggist 
to  retain  the  original  prescription,  to  give  or  not  to 
give  a  copiy  is  a  matter  of  small  importance.  If  the 
patient  wants  the  prescription  he  can  have  the  orig- 
inal; at  all  events,  the  average  druggist — unless  for- 
bidden by  the  prescriber — will  gladly  give  a  copy  of 
any  prescription  if  he  can  only  get  the  chance  to  fill 
it.  Only  in  a  comparatively  few  States  do  the  laws 
require  prescriptions  calling  for  certain  named  pois- 
onous drugs  to  be  kept  on  file  by  the  druggist.  Other 
States  have  no  special  laws  regulating  the  retention 
of  prescriptions,  but  they  make  it  a  misdemeanor  for 
any  druggist  to  refill  prescriptions  containing  mor- 
phine, cocaine,  or  ano'  of  the  so-called  drugs  that 
"enslave."  In  your  own  State  (New  York)  the  Penal 
Code  tnakes  it  a  misdemeanor  "for  any  person,  ex- 
cept on  a  written  or  verbal  order  of  a  physician,  to 
refill  more  than  once  prescriptions  containing  opium, 
morphine,  or  preparations  of  either  in  which  the  dose 
of  opium  exceeds  one-fourth  grain,  or  morphine  one- 
twentieth -grain." 

A  new  section  iust  added  to  the  pharmacy  law  of 
Kentucky  by  the  last  Legislature  provides  that  pre- 
scriptions containing  cocaine  or  its  .salts  shall  not  be 
refilled.  When  the  prescription  is  first  filled  the 
name  of  the  patient  and  the  date  of  compounding 
must  be  written  upon  its  face. 

Stinking  Gladwyn. 

"Can  you  give  me  any  information 


about   'stinking   gladwyn'?       Jt   is   used    (presumably- 
the  oil)  on  bait  in  fishing." 

"Stinking  gladwyn"  is  one  of  the  synonyms  for 
the  fetid  iris  or  Iris  foetirissima  of  Western  Europe. 
We  fail  to  find  any  reference  to  its  use  for  the  pur- 
pose named.  Most  of  the  authorities  on  the  art  of 
catching  fish  we  have  consulted  uniformly  state  that 
oil  of  rhodium  is  used  on  bait  for  alluring  fish,  and 
the  juice  of  lovage  or  smellage  has  also  been  simi- 
larity recommended.  Your  true  disciple  of  Izaak 
Walton  does  not  encourage  the  use  of  this  sort  of 
an  "enticer,"  however,  doubtless  preferring  the  more 
primitive  and  guileless  method  of  expectorating  on 
his  bait.  In  this  connection  it  may  be  noted  that, 
although  its  use  is  forbidden  by  the  laws  of  most 
civilized  countries,  cocculus  Indicus  is  sometimes 
mixed  with  flour  dough  and  sprinkled  on  the  surface 
of  the  watei  for  bait.  When  eaten  by  the  fish  it 
intoxicates  or  stupefies  and  makes  them  turn  up  on 
the  surface  of  the  water,  where  they  may  be  easily 
gathered  by  the  fisherman.  Johnston  ("Chemistry 
of  Common  Life,"  Ed.  1853)  states  that  "in  India 
the  bruised  leaves  of  Phylanthus  conami,  and  the 
capsules  of  the  Xanthophyllum  hastile,  and  on  the 
Himalayas  the  seeds  of  the  Chaulmoogra,  and  the 
fruit  of  the  evergreen  Took  or  Hydrocarpus  are  used 
for  intoxicating  fish.  The  bruised  root  of  the  Randia 
dumetorum  has  a  similar  effect.  The  Indians  of 
South  America  use  bruised  angostura  bark;  and  the 
Peruvians  make  the  same  use  of  cinchona  bark." 


White   Copperas;    White   Salt. 

(G.  M.  H.)       "I  have  an  English  recipe  about  125 
or  150  years  old  for  an  eye  water,  calling  for 
White   copperas, 
Bole   almanach. 
White  salt. 
What  are  these  substances?" 

"White  copperas"  is  an  old  synonym  for  zinc  sul- 
phate; "bole  almanach"  probably  stands  for  Armenian 
liole,  and  "white  salt"  is  an  old-time  name  for  com- 
mon s.-lt  or  sodium  chloride.  You  do  not  give  us 
the  complete  formula,  and  we  cannot  therefore  state 
the  original  proportions  of  the  various  substances. 
A  somewhat  similar  formula  is  the  following  taken 
from  the  English  Dispensatory  of  1/53 : 
"Litharge, 

Bole  armenic,   or   French  bole. 
Alum,  each  half  a  pound; 
Colcothar  of  green  vitriol,  three  ounces; 
Vinegar,  a  quarter  of  a  pint. 
Mix,   and   exsiccate   them   till   they   grow 
hard." 
This  preparation  was  known  under  the  title  "Lapis 
Medicamentosus"     or     the     "Medicinal  Stone,"     and 
was  used  by  dissolving  a  small  quantity  in  water  "for 
repressing  defluxions  of  thin  acrid   humors    upon   the 
eyes."       Another     formula     of     a     contemporaneous 
period   was   one   for   an   eye   water,   made   by   mixing 
"lapis  mirabilis   '/4   ounce  and  water  4  to  8  ounces." 
The  "lapis  mirabilis"  was  thus  made:       White  vitriol 
2  pounds:   rock  alum  3   pound;   fine  bole   14   pound: 
litharge   2   ounces;   water   3   quarts:    boil   together   to 
dryness." 


(G.  M.  H.) 


Oil  of  Turpentine  and  Nitric  Acid. 
(C.   F.  T.)     "I  received  the  following  prescription 
for  a  horse  liniment: 

Oil  of  turpentine 1     ounce 

Nitric  acid ^^  ounce 

Alcohol 4    ounces 

Please  criticise  the  prescription,  and  is  it  of  any 
value  for  the   above   purpose?" 

We  can  see  but  little  practical  use  for  a  mixture 
like  this  one.  although  it  is  of  a  type  frequently  "pre- 
scribed" by  country  "horse  doctors"  for  spavin  and 
other  enlargements  of  the  bones  and  joints  of  horses. 
Oil  of  turpentine  is  oxidized  by  nitric  acid,  the  vio- 
lence of  the  action  and  the  final  products  being  in- 
fluenced by  the  strength  of  the  acid.  For  this  reason, 
in    compounding    the    mixture,    great    caution    should 


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435 


be  observed  to  prevent  accidents.  The  acid  should 
be  added  slowly  and  cautiously  to  the  oil  contained  in 
a  dish  some  distance  from  the  operator  and  prefera- 
bly in  the  open  air.  After  the  mixture  has  cooled, 
the  alcohol  may  be  gradually  added.  Nitric  acid  also 
reacts  with  alcohol,  producing  aldehyde,  nitrous  and 
probably  also  nitric  ether,  and,  perhaps,  other  vola- 
tile compounds.  In  commenting  upon  this  prescrip- 
tion, it  may  be  noted  that  one  of  the  processes  for 
the  manufacture  of  terpin  hydrate  employs  a  mix- 
ture of  four  parts  of  oil  of  turpentine,  three  parts  of 
alcohol  and  one  part  of  nitric  acid,  the  crystals  of 
terpin  hydrate  being  deposited  upon  allowing  the 
mi.xture  to  stand  in  shallow  vessels  for  some  days. 


various  formulas  for  cold  creams  and  other  prepara- 
tions for  chapped  hands  which  have  appeared  in  the 
Era. 


Preparation  of  Hydrogen. 

(J.  E.  B.)  Almost  any  work  on  elementary 
chemistry  uiU  give  you  the  methods  of  preparing 
hydrogen.  You  will  find  none  of  them  of  practical 
service  in  producing  hydrogen  for  driving  a  wind- 
mill wheel.  One  of  the  usual  methods  of  obtaining 
hydrogen  is  by  passing  steam  over  red-hot  filings  of 
iron,  the  water  being  decomposed  and  the  iron  con- 
verted into  an  oxide.  Hydrogen  is,  however,  more 
•easily  obtained  by  decomposing  hydrochloric  or  di- 
lute sulphuric  acid  with  zinc,  the  metal  then  displacing 
the  hydrogen  in  the  manner  indicated  by  the  follow- 
ing equation: 

Zn       +       H=SO.       =       ZnSO.       +       H= 

On  closing  the  vessel  in  which  hydrogen  is  gen- 
erated by  the  action  of  dilute  sulphuric  acid  on  zinc, 
the  pressure  of  the  gas  stops  further  decomposition. 
It  has  been  suggested  that,  in  this  case,  pressure 
stops  alTinity  by  preventing  the  escape  of  bubbles  of 
hydrogen,  the  effect  of  which  ordinarily  is  to  dis- 
place the  zinc  sulphate  solution  immediately  surround- 
ing the  zinc.  This  being  stopped,  fresh  acid  is  pre- 
vented from  coming  in  contact  with  the  metal. 

We  know  of  no  "salts  of  iron  which  can  be  mixed 
with  acid  in  the  dry  state"  to  form  hydrogen.  Please 
read  up  the  subject  in  some  text  book  on  chemistry 
and  note  that  gas  is  not  spelled  "gass." 


Coca  Tonic  for  the  Soda  Fountain. 

(H.   L.   S.) 

I. 

Kola  wine    8  ounces. 

■Coc.a,    wine    4    ou/nces. 

Bl.TCkberry  brandy  1  ounoa 

Lime   Juice    1   oun/ce. 

Ra.spberry  juice  (from  firesh  fruit)   ..    4  ounces. 

Rock  candy  syi'up   8  cunces. 

Serve  one  ounce  to  a  mineral  glass,  with  a  little 
ice. 

Wine  of  Kola  is  made  from  the  fresh  Kola  nut  by 
percolating  one  ounce  of  it,  ground,  with  ten  ounces 
of  sherry  wine. 

II. 

Kola  cordial   4  drams. 

Coca    cordial    1    ounce. 

Calisaya  cordial   1  ounce. 

Muscatel    wme    1%   ounces. 

Frothing    mixture     2    drams. 

Raspberry    syrup    12    ounces. 

Trim  with  fresh  white   grapes. 


To  Clean  Harness-Makers'  Hands. 
(I.  K.)  There  are  several  processes  which  might 
be  suggested.  With  whatever  process  selected  there 
must  be  some  substance  chosen,  which,  penetrating 
into  the  pores  of  the  skin,  shall  incorporate  itself 
with  the  greasy  matters  which  are  there  and  assist 
in  their  removal.  Olive  oil,  lard,  petroleum  jelly 
and  similiar  substances  have  been  recommended  for 
this  purpose.  We  would  suggest  a  trial  of  the  fol- 
lowing: First,  rub  the  hands  with  warm  olive  oil 
or  lard,  and  when  this  has  thoroughly  penetrated, 
rub  them  with  powdered  borax,  and  finally  wash 
with  \yarm  water  and  soap.  The  continued  use  of 
muriatic  acid  upon  the  hands  should  not  be  en- 
couraged, as  it  toughens  the  cuticle  and  exercises  no 
solvent  properties  upon  the  grease,  wax.  etc..  with 
which    the    hands    are    impregnated.        See    also    the 


Fading  Ink. 

(R.  P.)  The  Techno-Chemical  Receipt  Book  is 
authority  for  this  formula:  Boil  some  gall  nuts  in  ni- 
tric acid  and  add  to  the  infusion  some  gum  arabic 
and  a  little  sulphuric  acid.  It  is  stated  that  however 
plain  the  writing  may  be  at  first,  it  will  entirely  dis- 
appear from  the  paper  in  a  few  days. 

"Pharmaceutical  Formulas,"  under  the  title  of 
"Evanescent  Ink,"  gives  the  following: 

lod-inie   5  grains. 

Potassium  Iodide  5  grains. 

Mucilage   o£  acacia   2  drams. 

Water   60   2  ounces. 

Dissolve  the  potassium  iodide  in  one  dram  of 
water,  add  the  iodine,  and  when  it  is  dissolved  add 
more  water  and  the  mucilage.  Use  the  ink  on 
glazed  paper.  The  writing  disappears  in  about  four 
days. 

Fake  Prescription. 
(E.  R.  J.)  The  formula  you  sent  in  for  "Dr. 
Stevens'  East  India  Consumption  Cure,"  exploited 
by  W.  A.^  Noyes,  847  Powers  Block,  Rochester,  N. 
Y.,^  directing  "Extract  Asiatic  cannabis  sativa,  halish 
sativa,  verbena  hastata,  extract  diosnia,  extract 
cashgar  leaves,"  etc.,  is  the  familiar  old  fake  which 
has  been  exposed  time  and  again  in  this  and  other 
pharmaceutical  journals.  It  is  of  the  "Rev.  Joseph 
Inman,"  "Bible  house,"  "returned  Missionary"  style 
and  the  ingredients  ordered  have  no  existence  other 
than   in   the   fertile   imagination   of   their   promoter. 

Boro-Glyceride. 

(P.  G.  B.)  "When  a  prescription  calls  for  'Boro- 
Glyceride'  should  the  official  50  per  cent,  glycerite  or 
the  solid   boro-glyceride  be   dispensed?" 

If  there  is  any  question  about  what  the  prescriber 
wants  he  should  be  consulted,  although  the  average 
practitioner  undoubtedly  has  dn  mind  the  official 
glycerite  when  he  prescribes  'boro-glyceride,'  and 
that  preparation  should  be  dispensed.  In  fact,  the 
first  edition  of  the  National  Formulary  stated  that 
when  a  solution  of  boro-glyceride  is  required,  it  is 
preferable   to   dispense   the,  glycerite. 


Peanut   Butter. 

(S.  R.  M.)  The  following  formula  for  peanut 
butter  has  been  published:  Roast  and  free  from 
shells  some  good  Virginia  peanuts  and  grind  them 
in  a  meat  chopper  several  times,  until  the  peanuts 
turn  into  a  paste.  Do  not  grind  them  too  fine,  or 
else  the  oil  will  separate.  You  may  add  a  very 
little  corn  meal  and  enough  salt  for  seasoning  but 
when  made  fresh  daily,  omit  the  meal.  Keep  in  a 
dry,   co'ol   place. 

Odorless  Preservative  for  Stove  Polish. 
(C.  S.)  All  stove  polishes  are  not  made  after 
the  same  formula  and  unless  you  can  tell  us  what 
kind  of  a  polish  you  make  we  cannot  undertake  to 
help  you  out.  Give  us  this  information  to  start 
with  and  we  can  then  serve  you  in  a  more  intelligent 
manner. 

Red  Coloring  for  Albolene. 

(C.  H.  R.)  ."Mbolene  may  be  colored  red  by 
alkanet  root,  or  its  coloring  principle  alkannin,  and 
the  various  oil-soluble  red  anilines.  An  article  on 
aniline  dyes  soluble  in  fats  was  published  in  this 
journal  October  4,  1900,  page  367. 

Silvering    Mirrors. 

CS.  H.)  Processes  for  silvering  mirrors  were 
published  in  this  journal  November  8,  1900,  page 
511,  and  January  31,  1901,  page  120. 


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[May  1,  1902. 


DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


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2nd  Prize. 

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3rd    Prize. 

A.  J.   Lindgren,  West  Duluth,   Minn. 

4th   Prize. 
Samuel   Hopkins,    Providence,   R.    I. 
5th   Prize. 
.T.  T.  Pepper,  Woodstock,  Ont.;  Joseph  Feil,  Cleve- 
land, Ohio;  Arthur  St.  Onge,  Nashua,  N.  H.;  R.  D. 
Lincaster,    Forksville,    Pa.;    J.    M.    Sissons,    Beeton, 
Ont.;  W.  H.  Bonnett,  Brookville,  Pa.;  C.  A.  Waldron, 
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Red  Lake  Falls,  Minn.;  and  A.  E.  Schmidt,  Baltimore, 
Md. 


ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XIV. 

No.  141. — At  what  temperature  would  the  Fahren- 
heit thermometer  register  exactly  fifty  degrees  more 
than  the   Centi.grade  thermometer? 

Ans. — 72.5  degrees  F.;  22.5  degrees  C. 

Xo.  142. — What  must  be  paid  for  a  7  per  cent, 
stock,  no  allowance  being  made  for  brokerage,  in  or- 
der that  the  investment  may  yield  3%  per  cent.? 

Ans. — 1124. 

No.  14;;.— Find  the  height  of  a  column  of  glycerine 
I  inch  in  diameter  when  the  mercury  barometer 
stands  at  30  inches. 

.\ns. — 316.4  inches. 

No.  144. — What  weight  of  pure  calcium  carbonate 
will  be  required  to  produce  100  litres  of  carbonic  acid 
gas? 

Ans. — 443  grams. 

No.  145.— The  longest  side  of  a  triangle  is  100 
rods;  and  each  of  the  other  sides  50.  Required  the 
value  of  the  grass  at  $5.00  per  acre. 

Ans. — $00. 


414  per  cent,  stock  at  90,  no  allowance  being  made  for. 
brokerage? 

No.  162. — A.  cubical  piece  of  lead,  whose  entire 
surface  is  13.5  sq.  decimeters,  is  melted  and  formed 
into  a  cone  the  radius  of  whose  base  is  15  Cm.  Find 
the  altitude  of  I'.he  cone-  in  meters. 

No.  163. — Required  the  weight  of  limestone 
needed  to  convrt  50  tons  of  soda  crystals  into  bi- 
carbonate. 

No.  164. — A  wholesale  establishment  is  divided  in- 
to 32  shares,  and  owned  equally  b^'  8  persons,  A,  B, 
C,  D,  etc.  A  sells  3  of  his  shares  to  a  ninth  person, 
who  thus  becomes  a  member  of  the  firm,  and  B  sells 
2  of  his  shares  to  the  company,  who  pay  for  them 
from  the  common  stock.  After  this,  what  proportion 
of  the  whole  stock  does  A  own? 

No.  165. — A  young  lady  being  asked  her  age,  re- 
plied; 

My  age  if  multiplied  by  3, 
Two-sevenths    of    that    product    tripled    be; 
The  square  root  of  2/9  of  that  is  4, 
Now  tell  my  age  or  never  see  me  miore." 


PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XVIII. 

No.    i6t.- -Which    will   yield   ihc   greater   per   cent, 
on   the  investment,   a   6  per  cent,    stock  at  125.  or  a 


BAILEY  ANT>  CADY.— A  LABORATORY  GUIDE  TO 
THE  STUDY  OP  QUALITATIVE  ANALYSIS.  By  E. 
n.  S.  Bailey.  Ph.  D..  Professor  of  Chemistry,  and 
Hamiltan  P.  Cady.  A.  B..  Assistant  Professor  of  Chem- 
istr.v.  in  the  University  of  Kansas.  iFourth  Edition. 
12mo..  235  pages.  Oloth,  $1.25  net.  Philadelphia,  P. 
Blakiston's   Son  &   Co. 

In  this  work  the  authors  have  attempted  to  "broaden 
the  methods'  of,  instructipn  of  Qualitative  AnalyticaJ 
Chemistry,  'and  to  teach  not -only  the  facts  and  the  me- 
chanical imethods  of  carrying-  out  the  various  operations 
of  analysis,  but  also  to  render  tlhem  more  intelligible  and 
interesting  to  the.  studemt.  by  a  proper  application  of  the 
theory  of  electrolytic  dissociation  and  of  mass  law." 

Truly  a  considerable  undertaking  to  carry  out  and 
bring  to  a  conclusion  within  the  space  of  117  pages.  "What 
the  beginner  in  qualitative  analysis  needs  is  a  comprehen- 
sve  collection  oif  thorougihly  classified  data  to  which  he 
oan  refer  when  in  difficulty.  The  student's  failures  are 
m'ore  frequently  due  to  ignorance  of  simple  facts  than  to 
lack  of  theory.  The  dissociation  theory  is  interesting  and 
also  useful  in  explaining  certain  pihenomena,  but  It  may 
be  doubted  whether  its  appliciation  will  remove  many  of 
the  innumerable  difficulties  likely  to  be  encountered  in 
the  analysis  of  complicated  mixtures.  It  may  also 
be  doubted  whether  these  theories  would  be 
very  dnteresUnp  or  instructive  to  a  student  confronted 
with  an  unwelcome  and  unexpected  precipitate.  Students 
who  uiidertake  the  study  of  qualitative  analysis  not  as 
a  recrea.tion  but  in  order  to  become  thorough  analysts 
would  find  this  volume  better  suited  to  their  needs  if  it 
contained  a  littje  less  dissociation  theory  and  a  little  more 
qualitative  analysis. 


]\Iay  1,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


11 


Pai^tictilai^Iy  Significant 


Stypticin 


ed.iti' 


nd  hemo- 


Uterine 

static.  Maybehadin  Ji-grn.  s.c. 
tablets;  in  34-grn.  hypodermic 
tablets;  in  "dental"  tablets; 
and  as  powder. 


Dionin 


Cough  sedativeandanodyne; 
also  much  valued  in  treatment 
of  chronic  morphinism.  Pro- 
curable as  powder  and  in  >{- 
grn.  tablets. 


Gadtfol 


Ale.  ext.  cod-liver  oil.  Much 
employed  for  making  "taste- 
less" preparations  of  cod-liver 
oil.  Sample  and  tested  form- 
ulas free. 


Bromipin 

Contains  10  per  cent. bromine 
Sedative  and  nervine;  free  fron 
disadvantages   of   the  alkal 


\)mm\  SALESMAN  for  a  chemical 
K^V  house  recently  bought  a 
IlMjI  drug  -  store  in  one  of  our 
largest  cities.  He  put  in  a  line  of 
Merck's  Chemicals  and  proceeded 
to  advertise  them  among  the  phys- 
icians of  his  neighborhood. 

He  had  been  selling  chemicals  of 
another  label  for  years,  but  when  it 
came  to  dispensing  he  preferred 
"  Merck's." 

The  reason  for  his  preference  is 
that  he,  like  thousands  of  other 
dispensers,  recognizes  "Merck's" 
as  a  passport  to  favor  among  med- 
ical men. 

Are  you  taking  advantage  of  the 
possible  influence  of  Merck  labels 
on  your  prescription  business? 

Do  you  specify  "Jic^c-k'i-  ? " 


MERCK  &  CO. 

NEW  YORK:    Urviversity  Place 
CHICAGO:     Ra^ndolpK    Street 


Creolin-Pearson 

Current  advertising  in  popu- 
lar periodicals  will  stimulate 
sales.  Doubtless  our  window 
cards  and  booklets  (sent  on  re- 
quest) will  also  help  you. 


lodipin 


Two  strengths  .  lo-per-cent. 
for  internal  use  ;  25-pcr-cent.for 
hypodermic  use.  Employed 
principally  in  syphilis  and 
scrofula. 


Thiocol 


A  dr>',water-soluble,o»derlesE, 
extremely  assimilable  and  well- 
borne  form  of  guaiacol.  Mark- 
eted as  powder,  5-gm. -tablets, 
and  syrup. 


Dormiol 


Hypnotic  and  nerve  sedative. 
For  convenience  of  dispensers 
Dormiol  is  marketed  in  so-p^r- 
cent.  solution  only. 


THE    GREAT    DEMAND    FOR 

HORLICK'S  MALTED  MILK 

As   a    HOT   or   COLD 

Fountain   Drink 

Is  due  to  that  satisfying  "  body/'  delicious 
taste,  and  pleasing  aroma,  so  distinctively  its 
own. 

Cooling  in  Summer,  warming  in  Winter, 
and  always  recuperative,  nourishing  and  sus- 
taining. 

Patrons  readily  acquire  the  "  habit,"  to 
their  advantage  and  the  druggist's. 

A  cupful  is  a  refreshing  drink  and  satis- 
fying lunch  combined.  Easy  to  prepare,  sell 
and  digest. 

An  attractive  outfit,  consisting  of  signs, 
window  strips,  directions  for  mixing  and  serv- 
ing, etc.,  sent  free  and  prepaid,  upon  request, 
to  soda  stands  not  already  supplied. 

HORLICK'S  FOOD  CO.,  dept.o.  racine,  wis,  u.  s.  a. 


12 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  1,  1902. 


EGYPTIAN  SHELF  BOTTLES 


WRITE  FOR  SPECIAL  OFFER 


DAWES  MFG.  CO.. 


Pittsburg,  Pa. 


OM/rwi, 


aii-tfc\?i 


We  carry  in  stock  thirty-five  sizes  under 
this  brand ;  prices  ranging  from  $55  to  $300 
per  M.  J-J-^J-^^^^^ 

We  will  give  ^^^^  "  to  any  firm  or- 
dering 3000  of  above  advertised  size  (or  as- 
sorted sizes),  within  four  months  from  date 
of  first  shipment,  a  cigar  storage  case,  capacity 
5000.  Hardwood,  zinc  lined,  furnished  with 
the    ^HALLEWCE    H  U  M  I  D  »  F  i  E  R   ' 

(without  a  parallel  for  moistening  purposes) 
worth  $J5. 

GH^^ .  CT/^COB^  ^  Co 

3S2)  /■S'£^ ^tYS~     /v/^v^  V&/=f /^ 


ari\/=  qod,A--t-it>/'. 


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NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


NEW  YORK  AND  VICINITY. 


NEW  YORK  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY 

Holds  Seventy-Second  Annual  Commencement  Exercises 

in  Carnegie  Music  Hall  and  Confers  Degrees 

Upon  Many  Graduates — Juniors  Hold 

Class-Day  Exercises. 

The  seventy-second  annual  commencement  exercises  of 
the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York  were 
held  in  Carnegie  Music  Hall,  57th  Street  and  Seventh 
avenue,  Thursday  evening,  April  24.  The  spacious  hall 
was  well  filled  when  the  Seventh  Regiment  Band  opened 
the  program  with  an  overture  and  selections  from  "The 
Toreador."  These  were  followed  by  the  entrance  of  the 
faculty,  headed  b.v  the  president  of  the  college,  Charles 
F.  Chandler.  Ph.  D.,  D.  Sc,  in  his  Oxonian  gown.  The 
graduating  class,  lead  by  Clarence  O.  Bigelow,  treasurer 
of  the  college  and  chairman  of  the  Commencement  Com- 
mittee, marched  in  to  the  music  of  "The  Strollers,"  and 
as  the  leader  ascended  the  stage  steps  incandescent 
lamps  forming  the  figures  "1902"  blazed  forth  in  the 
centre  of  the  handsomely  decorated  walls.  The  front  of 
the  platform  was  covered  with  bouquets  of  flowers  sent 
by  friends  of  the  graduates.  Charles  S.  Erb,  president 
of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  College,  led  the  march 
of  the  post-graduates,  and  when  all  had  taken  seats  on 
the  platform  Rev.  Edward  Judson  offered  a  prayer. 

President  Charles  F.  Chandler  addressed  the  grad- 
uates and  then  Thomas  F.  Main,  secretary  of  the  college, 
read  the  names  of  the  successful  students  and  Doctors  of 
Pharmacy.  [These  were  printed  in  this  journal  last 
■week.]  Dr.  Chandler  conferred  the  degrees  of  Phar.  D. 
and  Ph.  G.  and  Rev.  Edward  Judson  delivered  the  ad- 
dress to  the  gi-aduating  class,  calling  attention  to  the 
importance  of  the  im'ofession  and  the  high  standing  of 
its  members. 

Charles  S.  Erb.  in  a  few  well  chosen  words  awarded 
the  prizes  donated  by  tlie  Alumni  Association  to  the 
three  graduates  highest  on  the  roll  of  honor.  Nathan 
A.  Porter,  of  Tarboro,  N.  C  with  1,003  points  out  of 
a  possible  1,100,  received  the  first  prize,  a  gold  medal; 
Aliss  Mary  Emma  Doyle,  of  Constables  ille,  N.  Y.,  with 
989,  won  the  silver  medal,  and  George  Tempel,  of  New- 
ark, N.  J.,  with  988,  captured  the  bronze  medal.  Prof. 
Smith  Ely  Jelliffe,  JI.  D.,  Ph.  D.,  read  the  roll  of  honor 
and  Emeritus  Professor  Arthur  H.  Elliott,  Ph.  D., 
awarded  the  trustees'  special  prizes  of  ^100  each  to  the 
graduates  with  the  highest  standing  in  Chemistry,  Ma- 
teria Medica  and  Pharmacy.  Thomas  W.  Hillier  won 
the  latter.  Miss  Anna  Krepela,  the  Materia  Medica.  and 
Edward  Norden  the  Chemistry  prize.  Professor  Virgil 
Coblentz.  A.  M..  Phni.  M.,  Ph  D.,  awarded  the  faculty 
post-graduate  prize  to  Anton  Vorisek  of  New  Y'ork.  J. 
Rodney  Hodge  was  the  valedictorian  of  his  class  and 
was  loudly  applauded  for  his  well  delivered  address.  The 
exercises  closed  with  the  distribution  of  flowers  and 
with  .several  selections  by  the  Seventh  Regiment  Band. 

The  members  of  the  C"innu:'ucement  Committee  were: 
Clarence  O.  Bigelow.  CIiaii-iMau:  Thomas  V.  Main, 
Reuben  R.  Smith,  O.  J.  (iriiliii.  William  II.  Ehbitt  and 
Charles  S.  Erb. 


JUNIOR    CLASS    DAY    EXERCISES. 

The  Junior  Class  Day  Exercises,  under  the  auspices 
of  the  Alumni  Association,  were  held  at  the  college, 
Wednesday  evening,  April  2."?.  Heretofore  these  exer- 
cises had  always  been  held  in  the  afternoon,  but  the 
well-filled  lecture-room  showed  the  change  was  quite  ac- 
ceptable to  the  friends  of  the  students.  The  first  num- 
ber on  the  programme  was  a  piano  selection  by  Mr. 
C.  Tippett.  William  A.  Hoburg,  .Tr.,  instructor  in 
pharmac.v,  addressed  the  junior  class  and  announced 
that  it  would  probably  be  his  last  appearance  before 
them  in  his  present  position.  Prof.  George  C.  Diek- 
mau  read  the  names  of  the  students  on  the  honor  roll, 
with  the  percentages  made.  They  are:  F.  W.  Higby, 
04.5  per  cent;  Henry  Goeckel,  89.9;  G.  S.  Mathey,  89.6; 
F.  E.  Shutt,  89.5;  S.  H.  Cook,  88.3;  J.  B.  Luther,  87.7; 
R.  C.  Howard,  87.4;  A.  G.  Gilmore,  86.5;  J.  McKown, 
SG;  William  J.  Mansfield,  86;  F.  M.  Gerken,  85.9;  L. 
Gartenlaub,  85.2;  C.  E.  Hahu,  85.2;  William  J.  Mc- 
Gurty,  85.2.  President  Charles  S.  Erb  awarded  the 
prizes  from  the  Alumni  Association  to  the  three  juniors 
highest  on  the  roll  of  honor.  Mr.  Higby  received  a 
torsion  balance;  Jlr.  Goeckel,  a  United  States  Dispensa- 
tory; and  Mr.  Mathey,  a  United  States  Pharmacopoeia. 

The  vaudeville  programme,  in  charge  of  the  com- 
mittee of  arrangements  with  T.  Bruce  Furnival  chair- 
man, was  well  received.  It  included  characteristic 
dancing  and  singing  by  the  Bodewells;  Mr.  Victor  Sor- 
lin  and  Mr.  John  S.  Sorlin,  on  the  violoncello,  plantation 
songs  by  Miss  Gertrude  Clemens;  Joe  Hardman  in  hu- 
morous monologue  and  character  impersonations;  tenor 
solos  by  R.  Craig  Campbell  and  selections  by  the  Nea- 
politan Quintette. 

The  Alumni  Association  annual  meeting  was  held 
at  the  close  of  the  entertainment.  Ewen  Mclutyre, 
one  of  the  oldest  living  graduates  of  the  college,  was 
present  and  sat  next  to  the  president.  The  reports  of 
the  officers  and  committees  were  received.  Treasurer 
George  C.  Diekman  announced  a  handsome  surplus,  say- 
ing there  would  be  about  $2,000  on  hand  when  all  dues 
were  paid.  Fred  Borggreve,  chairman  of  the  ball 
committee,  reported  about  $100  left  after  all  expenses 
had  been  paid. 

Officers  were  elected  as  follows:  President,  Cliarles 
S.  Erb  (re-elected):  First-Vice-President,  Fred  Borggreve; 
Second  Vice-President,  William  A.  Hoburg,  Jr.;  Treas- 
urer, T.  Bruce  Furnival;  Secretary,  George  Durr;  Regis- 
trar, George  C.  Diekman.  Ine  third  vice-president 
will  be  elected  at  the  next  meeting.  Leo  W.  Geisler, 
Jr.,  Phar.  D.  and  Rudolph  Gies,  I'har.  D.,  were  elected 
to  serve  on  the  executive  board  for  the  next  three  years. 
Charles  H.  Bjorkwall,  Phar.  D.,  was  elected  to  the  same 
office  for  a  two  years'  term.  It  was  decided  to  have 
the  next  reception  and  ball  in  the  Grand  Central  Palace, 
February  4,  190:!. 


T'ngerer  &  Co.,  formerly  at  18  Cedar  St.,  New  York, 
have  moved  to  a  more  commodious  building  at  15  Piatt 
St.,  their  old  quarters  having  become  entirely  inadequate 

for  their  growing  business. 


438 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  EKa 


[May  1,  1903. 


BOWLES   COLGATE.  ; 

Bowles  Colgate,  for  several  years  senior  member  of 
the  firm  of  Colgate  &  Co.,  died  at  his  residence, 
Lakewood,  N.  J.,  Monday,  April  21.  He  was  born  in 
New^  York  City  January  13,  1846,  entered  the  employ 
of  Colgate  &  Co.  on  the  completion  of  his  education 
and  was  admitted  as  a  partner  in  18C7.  At  the  death 
of  his  grandfather,  Samuel  Colgate,  Sr.,  in  1897,  he  be- 
came the  senior  partner,  which  position  he  filled  until 
December  31,  1900,  when  he  retired  from  business.  Mr. 
Colgate  was  not  only  a  successful  business  man  but  was 
also  known  as  a  iihil:iiillii-<.iiist.  He  was  a  trustee  of 
the  ^atlonal  Young  Men's  Cliristian  Association  and  a 
member  of  the  Social  Reform  Club.  His  health  had 
been  faihng  the  last  seven  years  and  he  had  taken  sev- 
eral trips  abroad  in  attempts  to  improve  it.  '  He  left  a 
widow  and  two  children. 


"Resolved,  That  the  classification  of  drugs  and 
chemicals  for  insurance  purposes  as  recommended  by  the 
special  insurance  committee  of  the  Drug  Trade  Section 
of  the  Board  of  Trade  &  Transportation  be  approved 
and  that  the  committee  be  requested  to  continue  its 
efforts  to  secure  a  corresponding  moditicatioh  of  the 
insurance  classification  now  in  force  at  this  point." 


MANHATTAN  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 

At  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association,  Monday  evening,  April  21,  in  addition 
to  the  election  of  officers  as  reported  in  these  columns 
last  week,  reports  were  received  from  the  officers  and 
standing  committee.  Treasurer  George  H.  Hitchcock 
gave  a  detailed  account  of  receipts  and  expenses  during 
the  year  and  announced  a  balance  on  hand  of  $323.88. 
Mr.  Hitchcock  also  reported  on  legislative  proceedings 
of  interest  to  pharmacists.  F.  O.  Collins,  for  the  com- 
mittee on  trade  interests  said  they  had  conferred  with 
Fire  Commissioner  Murray  about  the  quantities  of  com- 
bustibles allowed  to  bo  stored  and  had  succeeded  in  hav- 
ing an  increase  made  in  some  cases.  The  commissioner 
had  assured  the  committee  that  there  was  no  desire  on 
the  part  of  the  fire  department  to  oppress  the  druggists 
and  he  would  gladly  accept  suggestions  for  improving 
conditions  at  any  time.  Mr.  Collins  informed  the  mem- 
bers that  the  new  permits  did  not  allow  druggists  to 
carry  in  stock  any  naphtha,  gasoline  or  benzine.  This 
statement  opened  a  discussion  in  which  several  mem- 
bers participated.  One  said  he  had  a  permit  issued  in 
April  which  made  it  unlawful  for  him  to  keep  or  sell 
naphtha,  benzine  or  gasoline  and  he  considered  it  a  great 
injustice  as  his  nearest  competitor  was  selling  these  sub- 
stances on  an  old  permit.  The  secretary  was  requested 
to  write  to  the  fire  commissioner  and  ascertaiti  if  it 
would  not  be  possible  to  have  all  new  permits  put  in 
force  at  the  same  time  so  that  all  druggists  would  be 
governed  by  the  same  regulations. 

George  L.  Walker,  Xo.  -106  Central  Fark  West,  was 
elected  to  membership  at  the  meeting. 


INSURANCE    RATES     AND     CLASSIFICATION     OF 
DRUGS  AND  CHEMICALS. 

Representatives  of  local  drug  and  chemical  houses 
met  in  the  rooms  of  the  Now  York  Board  of  Trade  and 
Transportation,  Thursday  afternoon,  April  24,  and  dis- 
cussed the  schedule  of  rates  for  insurance  recently 
issued  by  the  Fire  Insurance  Exchange.  The  meeting 
was  called  by  the  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  Board  of 
Trade,  which  had  through  its  special  committee  entered 
objections  to  the  classification  of  drugs  and  chemicals 
on  the  insurance  list.  Jesse  L.  Hopkins  acted  as  chair- 
man. 

Jolin  JI.  Peters  was  the  first  speaker  and  said  he 
•could  not  understand  how  the  insurance  men  classed 
drugs  and  chemicals  that  were  identical  from  an  in- 
sirance  point  of  view  under  different  ratings.  He  cited 
instances  of  indiscriminate  rating,  such  as  benzoic  and 
boracic  acids  rated  at  40  cents  while  zinc  sulphate  was 
only  put  down  at  10  cents.  Mr.  Peters  submitted  a 
classification  prepared  by  the  special  committee.  John 
H.  Stallman  and  Albert  Plant  also  spoke  against  the 
schedule  and  then  Frank  C.  Moore,  chairman  of  the 
•warehouse  committee  of  the  Fire  Insurance  Exchange, 
addressed  the  committee  in  defense  of  the  schedule,  say- 
ing that  his  committee  had  classified  and  rated  the 
goods  from  experience  gained  in  years  of  insurance 
work.  He  contended  that  an  average  rate  or  "blanket" 
policy  was  not  practicable.  Mr.  Moore's  remarks 
evoked  considerable  discussion.  On  motion  of  Col.  E. 
W.  Fitch  the  following  resolution  was  adopted: 


NEW  YORK  RETAIL  DRUGGISTS'  ASSOCIATION. 

The  New  Y'ork  Retail  Druggists'  Association  held 
its  regular  meeting  at  Oddfellows'  Hall,  No.  98  Forsyth 
street,  Friday  evening,  April  25.  and  elected  26  new 
members.  The  coming  election  for  a  member  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  for  the  Eastern  Section  was 
the  principal  topic  of  discussion.  Several  members  ex- 
pressed their  views  and  all  present  agreed  that  the 
Association  which  hitherto  had  not  been  represented 
was  now  entitled  to  representation  on  the  Board.  This 
representation  could  probably  be  achieved,  it  was  stated, 
if  all  the  members  would  work  and  endeavor  to  gain 
the  aid  of  all  fair  minded  pharmacists  in  the  city, 
who,  it  was  said,  would  surely  support  the  cause  of 
right  and  justice,  after  their  attention  was  called  to  the 
matter.  A  committee  of  five,  with  A.  Bakst  as  chair- 
man, was  named  to  nominate  a  candidate  and  to  con- 
fer with  all  the  other  pharmaceutical  societies  about  the 
election. 

The  committee  appointed  to  investigate  the  10-cent 
medical  institutions  and  insurance  companies  reported 
that  a  conference  had  been  held  with  a  committee  from 
the  Eastern  Medical  Society  at  which  ways  and  meana 
to  fight  the  evil  were  discussed.  The  outlook  was  said 
to  be  favorable.  The  troasni-er  reported  a  balance  on 
hand  of  .^176.12.  receipts  having  been  $31.50  and  dis- 
bursements $11.90  since  the  last  meeting.  Members 
were  urged  to  do  their  utmost  to  increase  the  member- 
ship of  the  association. 


May  1,  I'JVZ.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT 


439 


CAUGHT  STEALING  IN  A  DRUG  STORE. 

A  man  eutored  the  dni.c  store  of  A.  II.  Missildine, 
at  llVtli  street  and  Seventh  aveuue,  Sunday  eveuins, 
April  20,  about  11  o'clock  and  presented  a  prescription 
for  podophyllin  pills.  Mr.  Missildine  went  behind  the 
prescription  case  to  get  the  pills,  when  the  visitor  pro- 
ceeded to  help  himself  to  goods  on  the  counter.  He 
took  a  small  show  case  containing  manicure  and  other 
small  instruments,  placed  it  in  a  valise  he  was  carry- 
ing and  called  to  Mr.  Missildine  that  he  would  return 
for  "those  pills  n  a  few  minutes."  He  "reckoned  with- 
out his  host"  however,  for  the  pharmacist  had  been 
watching  his  movement  from  behind  the  prescription 
counter  and  ran  out  and  caught  him  just  as  he  was 
leaving.  A  policeman  was  called  and  took  the  man  to 
the  police  station  where  he  said  his  name  was  Fer- 
guson  and   that  he  was  G2   years  of  age. 

Ferguson  is  about  five  feet,  ten  inches  tall,  sandy 
•complexion  and  wears  a  "Van  Dyke"  beard.  When 
examined  at  the  police  station  he  had  several  pack- 
ages of  proprietary  preparations  on  his  person  and  his 
clothes  contained  numerous  secret  pockets.  He  iii 
supposed  to  be  the  person  who  has  been  stealing  from 
■druggists  in  different  parts  of  the  city  for  some  time. 

His  case  came  up  for  trial  Tuesday  morning,  when 
he  pleaded  guilty  to  the  charge  of  pettty  larceny  and 
was  sentenced  to  one  year's  imprisonment  in  Sing  Sing. 


Drug  Clerk  on  Trial  for  Murder  Committed  Eighteen 
Years  Ago. 

Theodore  Bung,  an  ex-drug  clerk  who  has  been  in 
insane  asylums  of  the  State  since  he  shot  his  employer 
about  18  years  ago,  was  taken  before  Judge  Newburgher 
in  the  court  of  General  Sessions,  Thursday,  April  24, 
and  pleaded  not  guilty  to  an  indictment  of  murder  in  the 
first  degree.  He  was  taken  to  the  Tombs  while  the 
<'ase  is  being  investigated  by  the  District  Attorney. 
Bung  was  at  one  time  employed  by  Dr.  Adolph  Nockin, 
a  druggist  at  116th  street  and  Third  avenue,  and  was 
•discharged  for  insulting  his  customers.  After  his  dis- 
charge he  procured  a  revolver  and  shot  the  druggist  in 
the  presence  of  his  wife  and  daughter. 

Bung  was  released  from  Matteawan  recently  on  a 
writ  of  habeas  corpus  issued  by  Justice  Marean  of 
Brooklyn,  upon  the  representation  that  he  had  outgrown 
bis  insanity. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

S.  V.  B.  Swann.  the  well  known  pharmacist  at  52d 

street  and  Sixth  avenue,  recently  elected  president  of  the 
Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  a  third  term, 
is  spoken  of  as  a  candidate  for  the  office  of  secretary  of 
the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  the  coming 
meeting  in  Elmira.  Mr.  Swann  as  a  member  of  the 
legislative  committee  of  the  X.  Y.  S.  P.  A.  has  become 
well  and  favorably  known  to  prominent  pharmacists  up 
the  fetate,  several  of  whom  are  anxious  for  him  to  be- 
come secretary  of  the  State  association.  His  many 
friends  in  the  Eastern  section  appear  confident  of  his 
election  if  he  accepts  the  nomination. 

.T.  E.  W.  LeCours.  a  dispensing  chemist  of  Xo.  .370 

Craig  street,  Montreal,  and  professor  of  materia  medica, 
pharmacy  and  toxicology  in  the  Montreal  College  ot 
Pharmacy,  was  in  New  York  a  few  days  last  week. 
Professor  I^eCours  says  the  cut-rate  business  is  growing 
in  Montreal  and  the  druggists  are  doing  as  the  .-Vmer- 
icans  have  done,  devoting  more  space  and  attention  to 
side  lines  such  as  soda  water,  cigars,  etc.,  although  he 
thinks  it  will  take  a  long  time  for  them  to  consider 
these  lines  as  important  as  they  appear  to  be  to  New 
York  druggists. 
Dr.  Eugene  Swan,   a  druggist  of  No.   195  Hester 


CHARLES  S.  ERE. 

Charles  S.  Erb  is  the  recently  elected  president  of 
the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  has  also 
been  chosen  chief  executive  of  the  Alumni  Association 
of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  City  of  New  York 
for  a  fourth  term.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  German  Apothe- 
caries' Society  and  West  Side  German  Dispensary,  be- 
sides being  prominent  in  a  number  of  fraternal  organi- 
zations. Mr.  Erb  is  of  German  parentage  and  was  born 
in  New  York  in  1867.  He  entered  the  drug  business  in 
1881  and  graduated  from  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacq  in  1886.  He  has  conducted  his  present  drug 
store  at  No.  121  Amsterdam  avenue,  corner  of  65tli 
street  since  1890. 


street  was  fined  .S20  last  week  for,  permitting  an  un- 
licensed person  to  compound  when  not  under  tlie  super- 
vision of  a  pharmacist.  Enos  Grouse,  of  Broadway  and 
107th  street,  was  fined  ?2.5  for  compounding  without  a 
license  and  Nicolas  Partoss,  of  No.  146  Avenue  C  was 
fined  .?30  for  falsely  representing  himself  to  be  a  li- 
censed  pharmacist. 

R.  L.  Hicks,  Bainbridge.  Ga.;  F.  C.  Hagyard.  Leu- 
ox,  Mass.;  Charles  W.  Whitlesey,  New  Haven,  Conn.; 
James  Cooper.  Long  Branch.  N.  J.:  W.  E.  Burke, 
Princeton,  N.  J.:  D.  \\'iley  Baker,  Trenton.  N.  J.;  were 
some  of  the  out-of-town  druggists  noticed  m  the  New 
York  drug  market  last  week. 

J.  D.  Hargrave,  dru.ggist  of  Oswego  Falls,  N.  Y.,. 

was  in  the  city  last  week  and  attended  the  commence- 
ment of  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  at  which  his  son,  Mel- 
ville B.  Hargrave,  received  the  degree  of  I*h.  G.  The 
latter  is  now  clerking  for  Reuben  R.  Smith,  Seventh 
avenue  and  57th  street. 

William   Chubbuck.   proprietor   of  a   drug  store  at 

Rockaway  Beach  is  about  to  open  a  branch  at  Port 
Jefferson.  Long  Island.  O.  L.  McSharry.  for  many 
years  clerk  for  the  late  F.  St.  John  Barrett,  Eighth  ave- 
nue and  34th  street,  Manhattan,  is  now  employed  by 
Mr.  Chubbuck. 

Charles  E.  Daniels,  N.  Y.  C.  P.,  '02,  has  taken  a 

position  with  Reid,  Yeomans  &  Cubit,  No.  140  Nassau 
street,  Manhattan.  Mr.  Daniels  is  a  son  of  Druggist 
W.  A.  Daniels,  Waddington,  N.  Y.,  and  was  with  Col. 
J.  W.  Lowe.  New  Haven,  Conn.,  last  summer. 

p.   H.   LoefEelholtz,  well  known  to  retail  druggists 

in  New  York  and  vicinity  as  a  dealer  in  druggists'' 
sundries  for  the  last  thirty  years,  died  Saturday,  April 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[May  1,  1903. 


The  Xew  Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy  Commence- 
ment exercises  were  held  in  Association  Hall,  No.  11 
Clinton  street,  Newark,  on  Wednesday  evening,  April 
30. 

Hepburn  &  Go's,  drug  store  at  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  has 

been  sold  to  W.  R.  Coddington,  a  lawyer,  who  has  se- 
cured druggist  F.  R.  Storey  as  manager. 

Louis    F.    Roediger,    druggist    at    No.    63    Divisiott 

street  has  purchased  Charles  A.  Proben's  pharmacy  at 
S7th  street  and  Second  avenue. 

C.  H.  Nichols,  a  retail  pharmacist  of  Westchester, 

N.  Y..  has  purchased  the  A.  Burrows  Central  Pharmacy, 
Sheepshead  Bay,  Brooklyn. 

W.  W.  Dixon,  with  E.  R.  Squibb  &  Sons,  is  now 

looking  after  the  interests  of  the  firm  in  Chicago  and' 
San  Francisco. 

Le  Roy  Braswell,  N.  Y.  C.  P.,  '02,  is  now  employed 

in  the  Kinckerbocker  Pharmacy,  Broadway  and  38th 
street. 


NATHAN  A.  PORTER. 
Mr.  Porter  graduated  from  the  New  York  College  ot 
Pharmacy  at  the  recent  commencement  with  high  hon- 
ors having  won  the  gold  medal  given  by  the  Alumni 
Association  as  first  prize  for  general  efficiency.  He  was 
also  winner  of  a  prize  in  his  junior  year.  He  was  born 
in  Tarboro.  N.  C.  in  ISSO  and  first  entered  the  drug 
business  with  Statou  &  Zoeller  of  that  town.  In  the 
Ea<«t  he  has  been  clerk  at  Atwood  s  Pharmacy.  West 
End  N  J.,  and  is  now  with  Clarence  O.  Bigelow, 
Sixtii  avenue,  near  Eighth  street,  Manhattan. 


19,  at  his  home.  No.  2T  Park  street,  Brooklyn.  He  was 
65  years  of  age. 

. jSI.   F.  Fleischmann  is  about  to  move  his  stock  of 

drugs  from  the  store  at  48th  street  and  First  avenue  to 
one  at  49th  street  ^nd  First  avenue.  The  new  store  will 
be  fitted  with  up-to-date  furniture  and  will  be  a  model 
pharmacy. 

Thomas  B.  Lahey,  for  nearly  a  quarter  of  a  century 

proprietor  of  a  retail  drug  store  at  Bergen  and  Smith 
streets.  Brooklyn,  and  retired  from  the  business  about 
12  years  ago,  has  recently  been  selling  automatic  peanut 
roasters. 

Reid.  Yeoman  &  Cubit,  the  Nassau  street  drug- 
gists broke  their  record  for  selling  soda  water  m 
\prii  last  week.  The  checks  at  the  close  of  the  day, 
April  22,  showed  that  3.400  glasses  had  been  dis- 
pensed. ■  /.     1       -D    H- 

Charles  Mincho,  at  one  time  manager  ot  the  Bolton 

Dru"  Co's  pharmacy  at  DufEield  street  and  Myrtle  ave- 
nue," Brooklyn,  is  now  representing  Otto  Huber,  the 
brewer,  at  Conev  Island  and  vicinity. 

Weismann  &  Muellenbach.  the  drug  firm  which  has 

conducted  the  business  at  Eighth  street  and  Fourth 
avenue  for  many  years  has  dissolved.  Mr.  Muellenbach 
will  continue  the  business. 

F     K     Stearns,    of   Frederick    K.    Stearns    &   Co,, 

Detroit   Mich.,  and  A.  H.  Van  Gorder,  of  Benton,  Myers 
&  Co..  wholesale  druggists  of  Cleveland,  Ohio,  were  in 
■    New  York  last  week. 

George  E.  Ferguson,  apothecary  at  the  Manhattan 

State  Hospital,  West,  Wnvd's  Island,  will  take  a  posi- 
tion  at   the   Baby's   Hospital,    Uaiulall's   Island,    about 

May  1, 

1l.  d,  Wordcn.  rppreseiitativo  of  Schieffelin  &  Co,, 

who  succeeded  George  E.  Burrows,  started  on  his  first 
trip  for  the  firm  last  week.  He  will  visit  towns  up  the 
State. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


OLD  BLUE  LAWS  ENFORCED. 

Druggists'   Associations   From   All    Over   Massachusetts^ 
Hold  a  Joint  Meeting  to  Discuss  a  Grave  Situation 

Greatly  Affecting  Their  Business  Interests. 
Boston,  April  20. — Recent  enforcement  of  an  old 
"Blue  Law"  regarding  sales  on  the  Lord's  Day  has 
caused  great  excitement  among  the  drug  trade  of  this 
State,  and  especially  so  in  this  city,  where  the  trouble 
first  began.  A  police  captain  in  the  Dorchester  Dis- 
trict, overcome  by  an  unusual  spasm  of  virtue,  ordered 
all  his  officers  to  strictly  enforce  the  old  law  which 
prohibited  the  sale  of  "soft"  drinks  of  any  kind,  candies- 
and  ice  cream.  As  a  result  of  this  unexpected  enforce- 
ment, Robert  J.  Perry,  a  druggist  doing  business  in 
Dorchester,  was  arrested,  convicted  and  fined  $10  for 
making  a  sale  on  Sunday.  When  the  case  was  brought 
up  in  court  the  defendant  entered  a  plea  of  not  guilty, 
and  the  case  was  continued.  Since  that  time  the  de- 
fendant decided  to  retract  his  plea  and  enter  one  of 
guilty,  which  was  done.  The  sale  upon  which  Mr> 
Perry  was  convicted  was  made  to  a  police  officer  in 
citizen's  clothes. 

For  the  benefit  of  the  Era  readers  in  other  States, 
the  law  is  given  here.      It  is  as  follows: 

"Whosoever  on  the  Lord's  Day  keeps  open  his  shop, 
warehouse  or  workhouse,  or  does  any  manner  of  labor, 
'.lusiness  or  work,  except  work  of  necessity  or  charity, 
shall  he  punished  by  a  fine  of  not  less  than  $50  or  more 
than  $500  for  each  offence." 
The  revised  section  reads: 

"The  provisions  of  the  preceding  section  shall  not 
be  held  to  prohibit  the  retail  sale  of  drugs  and  medi- 
cines not  articles  ordered  by  the  prescription  of  a 
physician,  nor  the  retail  sale  of  tobacco  in  any  of  its 
forms  by  licensed  innholders,  common  victualers,  drug- 
gists and  newsdealers  whose  stores  arc  open  for  the  sale 
of  newspapers  every  day  in  the  week,  nor  the  whole- 
sale and  retail  delivery  of  milk,  nor  the  making  or  selling 
iiv  bakers  or  their  employes,  before  ten  in  the  morn- 
ing and  between  the  hours  of  four  o'clock  and  halt- 
past  six  o'clock  in  the  evening,  of  bread  and  other 
foods  usually  dealt  in  by  them,  nor  the  sale  of  news- 
papers, nor  "the  carrying  on  of  the  business^  of  boot- 
blacks before  eleven  o'clock  in  the  forenoon. 

Repres.entatives  of  the  drug  trade  held  a  special 
meeting  on  April  24  to  discuss  the  situation.  There 
was  a  large  number  present.  The  meeting  was  called 
by  President  William  H.  Bartlet,  president  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts Druggists'  Alliance.  Those  present  rep- 
resented, besides  the  Alliance,  the  Massachusetts  State 
Pharmaceutical   Association,   of   which   L.   G.   Heinritz 


Miv  ],  ]!)0-J. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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of  Holyoke  is  president;  the  Boston  Drugsists'  Associa- 
tion, Fred.  A.  Hubbard  of  Xewton,  president;  tlie 
Apothecaries'  Guild  of  Boston,  C.  V.  Flyun  of  South 
Boston,  president;  Connecticut  Valley  Association, 
Charles  E.  Bard  well  of  Holyoke,  president;  Worcester 
County  Association,  Peter  B.  Moriaty,  president;  New 
Bedford  Association,   W.  J.   Bullock,   president. 

Among  the  speakers  were  President  Bartlet,  Presi- 
dent Hubbard.  President  Flynn,  Amos  Iv.  Tilden,  sec- 
retary of  the  State  Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy; 
President  Bardwell,  Henry  Canning,  a  veteran  drug- 
gist of  Boston;  George  W.  Cnbb,  former  president  of 
the  Boston  Druggists'  Association;  John  Ferrin,  u 
prominent  local  druggist;  George  L.  Roskill,  a  member 
of  the  Druggists'  Committee  on  State  legislation;  Presi- 
den  Moriaty  and  others.  Mr.  Bartlet.  who  is  also 
chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Legislation,  presided. 
All  the  druggists  urged  the  repeal  of  the  law  in  a  set 
of  resolutions  drawn  and  unanimously  adopted.  It  was 
the  concensus  of  opinion  that,  with  the  continuance  of 
the  existing  law,  if  it  fails  to  be  repealed,  the  drug- 
gists all  over  the  State  should  close  their  doors  from 
Saturday  night  till  Monday  morning,  not  having  even 
a  clerk  left  in  charge  (as  during  night  hours)  to  put  up 
prtscriptions  or  sell  strictly  medicines.  The  druggists 
simply  cannot  afford  to  keep  open  merely  to  sell  some 
medicine  and  cigars,  without  the  right  to  sell  soda  and 
like  drinks  and  candies,  from  which  their  greatest  reve- 
nues come  on  Sundays.  Such  action  would  create  con- 
sternation and  awaken  the  Legislature  to  the  gravity 
of  entirely  closing  the  pharmacies. 

The  meeting  passed  resolutions  as  follows: 
Whereas,  the  authorities  of  Springfield,  quickly  fol- 
lowed by  the  authorities  of  Boston,  have  seen  fit  to  en- 
force an  obsolete  and  utterly  worthless  Blue  Law,  to 
the  great  damage  and  annoyance  of  the  druggists  of 
both  of  these  places,  without  the  slightest  demand  from 
the  public  and  without  in  the  least  degree  promoting  the 
public  good  or  welfare,  but.  as  a  matter  of  fact,  serious- 
ly interfering  with  the  rights  of  the  same;  therefore  re- 
solved. 

That,  we  hereby  in  joint  convention  assembled  rep- 
resenting the  different  druggists'  associations  of  the 
.  State,  protest  against  this  invasion  of  our  rights.  That 
we  hereby  imanimously  endorse  House  Bill  No.  62S, 
now  pending  before  the  State  Legislature  and  pledge 
ourselves  both  jointly  and  severally  to  do  everything 
in  our  power  to  cause  its  passage  at  as  early  a  date  as 
possible;  resolved. 

That,  we  hereby  express  onr  surprise  very  much  akin 
to  disgust  as  we  contemplate  that  our  honored  State  of 
Massachusetts,  to  whom  the  whole  country  looks  for 
example  and  leadership — and  rightly  so — in  all  matters 
of  learning,  education  and  advancement,  especially  in 
the  matter  of  laws,  should  not  only  have  on  its  statute 
books  today  a  sixteenth  century  Blue  Law.  but  actually 
enforce  the  same,  especially  in  Boston,  the  Athens  of 
America  and  the  great  seat  of  learning,  culture,  ad- 
vancement, independent  thought  and  original  investiga- 
tion: resolved. 

That,  we  hereby  pledge  ourselves  to  personally  in- 
terview our  Senators  and  Representatives;  lay  this 
matter  before  them  and  urge  upon  them  the  necessity 
of  supporting  the  passage  of  House  Bill  No.  628. 

That,  a  copy  of  these  resolutions  be  sent  to  the  chair- 
man of  the  Committee  on  Probate  and  Chancery,  also 
be  given  to  the  public  press  and  spread  upon  our  records. 


books  of  some  of  the  druggists  and  was  surprised  at  the 
way  the  business  was  carried  on.  Alderman  Carstein 
said  that  the  license  committee  had  reserved  ten  or 
twelve  applications  for  future  consideration.  He  did 
not  know  how  the  druggists  could  be  restricted — he 
wished  that  he  did— but  they  would  have  to  be  given 
the  coveted  licenses.  President  Aylward  said  that  the 
matter  of  druggists'  liquor  licenses  was  a  problem  not 
yet  solved  as  to  the  best  policy  to  be  pursued.  At  the 
close  of  the  disucssibn  several  licenses  were  granted. 

Delightful  Weather  Gives  Impetus  to  Trade. 
Boston,  April  26.— With  delightful  weather,  rather 
warm  for  so  early  in  the  season,  trade  has  been  good, 
for  many  people  have  been  out  and  about  the  streets 
and  have  for  one  reason  or  another  been  drawn  into 
the  drug  stores  for  some  needed  article.  The  dealers 
find  that  the  sun  gives  great  impetus  to  trade,  in  sharp 
contrast  to  rainy,  wet  weather,  when  people  get  out 
only  if  necessary.  The  call  for  camphor  and  like 
things  for  packing  away  clothing  keeps  good,  and  the 
demand  for  these  articles  probably  will  continue  for 
some  time  yet  to  come. 


Cambridge  Licenses  Have  Proved  a  Problem. 
Boston,  April  20. — \t  a  session  this  week  of  the 
Cambridge  Board  of  Aldermen,  a  matter  of  importance 
discussed  was  the  question  of  granting  liquor  licenses 
to  druggists,  upon  which  the  aldermen  acted  favora- 
bly. Alderman  Bird  spoke  in  opposition  to  the  grant- 
ing of  these  licenses,  stating  that  he  believed  "the  citi- 
zens desire  some  restriction  against  the  liquor  law,  now 
BO  constantly  violated  by  the  druggists."  Alderman 
Barrett  said  that  "the  Cambridge  druggists  are  now 
doing  a  business  equal  to  that  of  any  liquor  store  in 
Boston,"  and  stated  that  he  had  inspected  the  stores  and 


NEW  ENGLAND   NOTES. 

At  a  meeting  of  the  creditors  of  Eli  Bence.  a  New 

Bedford.  Mass..  druggist,  reported  in  these  columns  as 
having  filed  a  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy,  several 
claims  were  presented  to  be  allowed  by  the  court.  The 
debts  were  a  little  over  .$4,000,  mostly  unsecured,  with 
assets  of  $1,800.  M-  W  Swift,  bookkeeper  for  C.  S.  &  - 
B.  Cummings,  creditors  to  the  amount  of  $500.  was 
appointed  a  trustee,  with  bail  fixed  at  $1,500.  Martha 
Hayhurst  is  a  creditor,  for  notes  held,  to  the  amount 
of  $1,150,  and  two  or  three  claims  are  over  $200  each, 
and  the  others  less  than  $100,  for  the  most  part.  A 
second  meeting  will  be  held  in  May. 

The  drug  store  formerly  conducted  hf  E.  C.  Ander- 
son, on  the  corner  of  Washington  and  Wyman  streets, 
Stoughton,  Mass.,  and  which  has  been  closed  for  a 
long  period,  has  been  sold  by  Mr.  Anderson  to  N.  D. 
Atwood  of  Boston,  who  has  bought  it  to  sell  again.  It 
is  probable  that  the  store  will  be  opened  again  under 
new  management  in  a  short  time.  Mr.  Anderson,  so 
it  is  understood,  is  to  leave  Stoughton  at  an  early  date. 

The  drug  store  formerly  conducted  by  P.  R.  Crocker 

at  308  Broadway.  Cambridgeport.  has  been  thoroughly 
renovated  and  fitted  out  with  new  stock.  It  recently 
was  bought  by  .T.  A.  S.  Woodbrow,  who  used  to  be  the 
chief  clerk  at  Kelley  &  Durkee's  pharmacy  in  Boylston 
street,  Boston. 

Damage  to  the  amount  of  fully  $1,000  was  done  to 

the  herb  factory  of  S.  W.  Gould  &  Bros.,  Main  street, 
Maiden,  Mass.,  in  a  fire  which  started  in  the  building 
where  herbs  and  roots  are  ground.  Insurance  fully 
covered  the  loss  on  the  store. 

Noah  G.  Cofren.  who  until  a  few  months  ago  had  a 

drug  store  in  the  Faulkner  district  of  Maiden  and  for 
some  time  has  been  ill  at  the  Carney  Hospital,  Boston, 
has  now  taken  up  his  residence  at  Wollaston,  much  im- 
proved in  health. 

Druggists'  licenses  have  been  granted  by  the  select- 
men of  Brookline,  near  Boston,  to  these  druggists:  J. 
Everett  Brown,  C.  A.  Bass  and  .T.  L.  McGown,  with 
stores  on  Washington,  Beacon  and  Cypress  streets  re- 
spectively. 

Samuel  H.  Harris,  a  Methuen,  Mass.,  druggist,  is 

disposing  of  his  stock  as  rapidly  as  possible  and  with 
little  regard,  apparently,  for  normal  prices,  because  he 
is  anxious  to  retire  from  business. 

-After  a  complete  renovation,  the  drug  store  at  187 

Webster  avenue,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  has  been  opened  by 
William  H.  Stanton. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  1,  190'<!. 


PHILADELPHIA. 


AFERMATH  OF  THE  DRUG  BOWLERS'  MEETING. 
Philadelphia,  April  20. — Quite  a  number  of  out-of- 
town  "rooters"  remained  in  this  city  over  Sunday  when 
they  were  given  a  surprise  by  the  local  bowlers  in  the 
shape  of  a  coaching  party.  Four  coaches  were  loaded 
down  to  the  guards  and  early  Sunday  morning  the  party 
left  for  a  drive  through  Fairmount  Park  and  along  the 
Wissahickou,  stopping  at  Indian  Rook  Hotel  to  enjoy 
the  bountiful  dinner  provided  for  them.  Everybody  that 
attended  the  Philadelphia  meeting  heartily  declares  that 
it  was  "the  best  yet"  and  that  Philadelphia  drug  men 
can  beat  the  band  at  providing  a  good  time  for  their 
visitors. 

The  final  official  records  of  the  standing  of  the  teams 
of  the  Philadelphia  Drug  Bowling  League  and  of  in- 
dividual members  have  been  made  up  and  are  herewith 
given:  H.  G.  Taylor  made  the  highest  score,  single 
game,  for  the  season — 237;  the  high  score,  three  conse- 
cutive games,  was  made  by  C.  Elston,  score  '604;  the 
Whitall  Tatum  Co.  team  made  highest  score,  single  game 
— 916.  A.  C.  Smith  heads  the  list  with  the  highest 
averages,  with  C.  P.  O'Donnel  and  F.  S.  Thorpe  a  close 
second  and  third.  Sad  to  say,  the  members  of  the 
"Wanderers"  team  seem  to  be  better  salesmen  than 
bowlers;  may  be  their  low  averages  of  "strikes"  and 
"spares"  is  because  they  don't  have  to  "strike"  the  firm 
for  a  raise  now  and  then  and  don't  "spare"  much  trade 
for  their  competitors.  For  their  second  year,  the  Phila- 
delphia teams  have  done  well. 

The  Case  Against  Wanamaker  Dismissed. 

Philadelphia,  April  20. — The  prosecution  instituted 
T)y  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Board  against  John  Wana- 
maker for  having  violated  the  "poison  laws"  by  the  sale 
of  a  poison  without  the  necessary  regulations  fell  through 
at  the  hearing  given  the  case  Thursday  before  Magis- 
trate Stratton  and  Mr.  Wanamaker  was  discharged, 
being  represented  in  court  by  his  attorney  and  not  ap- 
pearing. This  prosecution  was  based  on  the  alleged  act 
of  a  salesman  at  Wanamaker's  store  in  selling  L.  H. 
Paul,  of  20th  street  and  Girard  avenue,  the  Board's  local 
agent,  an  ounce  of  corrosive  sublimate,  in  the  photo- 
graphic department,  without  obtaining  the  name  and 
address  of  the  buyer  or  asking  for  what  use  it  was  in- 
tended, also  that  it  did  not  bear  a  poison  label.  The 
Magistrate  dismissed  the  case  in  view  of  the  fact  that 
there  had  been  no  intention  to  violate  the  law  regarding 
the  sales  of  poisons. 


Business  Slightly  Better. 
Philadelphia,  April  20. — A  welcome  change  to  the 
retailers  set  in  this  week,  business  generally  having 
been  much  better  and  brisker  than  for  the  earlier  part 
of  the  month.  The  sudden  warm  spell  boomed  soda 
while  it  lasted,  the  sales  for  April  15th  and  16th,  being 
very  unusual  in  amount  for  this  time  of  the  year.  These 
changes  hijve  also  helped  trade  by  inflicting  nasty  colds 
on  the  many  who  rushed  to  don  summer  garments,  and 
prescriptions  are  coming  in  with  a  rush  and  the  cough 
medicine  bottles  had  to  be  resurrected  from  the  back 
shelves.  THie  week  has  also  been  quile  satisfactory  to 
the  jobbing  houses,  orders  having  been  considerably 
heavier  and.  in  great  number.  There  is  still  a  holding 
Ijack  of  orders  from  up-State  for  fear  that  a  strike  may 
yet  come  in  the  coal  regions,  but  this  now  seems  hardly 
likely  and  confidence  is  gradually  being  restored. 

Action  to  Secure  Better  Rates  of  Insurance. 

Philadelphia,  April  26. — Aggressive  action  in  the 
matter  of  insurance  rates  has  been  determined  on  by  the 
-•illied  organizations  of  business  men  in  order  either  to 


bring  the  companies  in  the  local  pool  to  terms  or  to  make 
arrangements  for  mutual  insurance,  or  to  induce  non- 
associated  companies  to  do  business  here.  The  recent 
advances  in  fire  insurance  rates  have  made  fire  insur- 
ance a  heavy  burden  on  business  men,  especially  those 
in  the  wholesale  section,  and  as  the  companies  doing 
business  here  are  all  united  in  a  "pool"  no  redress  seems 
to  be  obtainable  from  their  exactions.  The  wholesale 
drug  trade  is  represented  by  Mahlon  N.  Kline. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

James  C.  Perry  has  sold  his  store  at  4154  Lancas- 
ter avenue  this  city,  to  his  former  head  clerk.  Joseph  C. 
Whitely,  who  will  take  possession  Thursday  morning, 
April  24.  Mr.  Perry  will  from  now  on  assume  the 
management  of  the  "Thymodent  Dentrifice  Co."  and 
push  its  preparations  aggressively,  demonstrating  that 
the  price  of  a  proprietary  article  can  be  kept  at  full 
rates  if  the  propretiors  sincerely  desire  it.  Although 
now  ineligible  as  a  member  of  the  P.  A.  R.  D.,  because 
not  a  retail  druggist,  Mr.  Perry  has  been  earnestly  re- 
quested to  continue  at  the  head  of  the  executive  com- 
mittee, his  peculiar  qualifications  for  this  post  having 
been  amply  demonstrated. 

A  meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  Credit  Men's  Asso- 
ciation was  held  Monday  evening  to  discuss  questions 
of  credits  and  collections.  Col.  Potter  declared  that 
much  of  the  legislation  of  today  is  to  protect  business 
men  against  their  own  carelessness  or  ignorance,  urging 
close  scrutiny  of  all  contracts  signed.  C.  F.  Shoemaker, 
of  Shoemaker  &  Busch,  was  among  the  speakers.  The 
remarks  quoted  are  of  vital  interest  to  druggists,  who 
bear  the  reputation  of  being  poor  and  careless  business 
men,  and  give  a  strong  argument  in  favor  of  the  intro- 
duction of  a  course  in  "commercial  training"  in  our  col- 
leges of  pharmacy. 

• — — -Local  druggists  are  cautioned  to  exercise  great  care 
and  discretion  in  selling  gasoline  or  benzine  to  young 
boys,  it  having  been  learned  by  the  police  authorities 
that  there  is  an  apparent  epidemic  of  "gasoline  drunks" 
among  the  boys  in  certain  sections.  The  boys  inhale 
the  gasoline  wTiich  speedily  intoxicates  them,  a  number 
in  this  state  being  found  by  the  police  during  the  past 
month.  The  boys  even  climb  up  to  gasoline  lamps  and 
inhale  the  fumes  from  the  gasoline  tanks  there.  This 
kind  of  a  "drunk"  is  said  to  be  particularly  harmful  to 
the  nervous  system  and  it  easily  becomes  a  habit  hard 
to  shake  off. 

■ Drug  clerks  must  get  fine  salaries  at  Atlantic  City, 

N.  .T.,  for  the  newspapers  of  Friday  give  an  account  of 
the  arrest  of  a  hotel  clerk  at  Atlantic  City  for  having 
stolon  a  $150  diamond  and  opal  ring  from  a  drug  clerk 
there.  Fred  Moore,  the  opulent  druggist,  claims  to 
have  been  robbed  of  the  ring  last  July,  but  did  not 
prosecute  before  in  hopes  of  regaining  it,  the  accused 
party  having  pawned  it  at  last  causing  action.  The 
pawn  ticket  was  surrendered  to  the  police. 
The  J.  Ellwood  Lee  Co.  of  Conshohocken  has  ob- 
tained an  attachment  against  St.  Mark's  Hospital,  New 
York  for  ?2,500,  this  amount  being  due  the  firm  for 
surgical  dressings,  etc.,  supplied.  This  hospital  has  been 
doing  good  work  on  the  East  Side,  it  is  said,  and  its 
friends  hope  to  raise  money  enough  to  relieve  it  from  its 
embarrassments. 

Baer  &  Snyder  have  closed  their  down-town  store, 

leaving  stock,  etc.,  intact.  This  stoi-e  was  noted  as  be- 
ing the  most  "palatial"  of  any  down-town  and  was  ap- 
parently doing  a  good  business,  although  it  is  reported 
that  its  proprietors  have  temporarily  closed  the  store 
because  it  did  not  pay. 

Hospital  steward  D.  Y.  Walts,  IT.  S.   Navy,  well 

known  in  this  city  as  a  former  clerk  in  up-town  drug 
stores,  has  boon  selected  to  go  with  the  old  receiving  ship 


]May  1,  J'JOJ.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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"Richmond"'  tu  Xorfulk.  Va.,  acting  as  lier  nioilical  offi- 
cer. 

Anuouiiccment  lias  been  made  by  cable  from  Paris 

of  the  engagement  of  Miss  May  Van  Aleu,  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  J.  J.  Van  Aleu  of  New  York,  to  Robert  R.  Rem- 
ington, of  this  city. 


BALTOIORE. 

THE    NEW    PHARMACY    BOARD. 

Baltimore.  April  20. — There  is  much  speculation 
among  pharmacists  geuerally  as  to  the  personnel  of  the 
pharmacy  commission  created  by  the  statute  passed  at 
the  last  session  of  the  Legislature.  The  emoluments 
attached  to  the  positions  are  no  particular  incentive, 
but  the  commissionerships  are  rightly  supposed  to  con- 
fer considerable  dignity,  and  this  latter  consideration 
has  proved  strong  enough  to  excite  more  or  less  rivalry, 
Among  those  mentioned  for  the  two  places  which  will 
go  to  the  city  of  Baltimore  are  W.  M.  Fouch,  Louis 
Schulze,  the  president  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  and  David  R.  Millard,  the  secretary  of  the 
present  board.  If  appointment  goes  by  merit  it  will  be 
eminently  fitting  that  one  of  the  places  go  to  Mr. 
Schulze,  who  has  worked  indefatigably  for  the  passage 
of  the  pharmacy  law  and  who  is  well  qualified.  There 
is  one  obstacle  in  his  case,  which,  of  course,  should  not 
be  allowed  to  influence  selection.  Mr.  Schulze  happens 
to  be  a  republican,  while  the  present  State  administra- 
tion is  democratic.  Still,  there  is  a  reasonable  pre- 
sumption that  politics  will  not  dictate  appointments,  so 
that  Mr.  Schulze  has  a  fair  chance  of  being  at  least  in 
a  measure  rewarded  for  his  fidelity  and  zeal  in  the 
cause  of  pharmacy  as  a  profession. 

For  the  Eastern  Shore,  which  is  entitled  to  one  of 
the  places,  W.  C.  Powell  of  Snow  Hill  and  a  former 
president  of  the  Maryland  Association,  seems  to  have 
the  inside  track,  while  from  Central  Maryland,  Robert 
S.  McKinney  of  Taueytown  has  excellent  backing,  and 
in  the  Western  part  of  the  State  W.  C.  Aughinbaugh,  a 
son  of  D.  C.  Aughinbaugh,  a  prominent  druggist  of 
Hagerstown.  is  looming  up  conspicuously.  W.  C. 
Mobley  of  Hagerstown  is  also  said  to  be  in  the  race. 
So  far  Governor  Smith  has  not  indicated  whom  he  will 
name' for  the  positions. 


Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
Baltimore,  .Vpril  2i;. — The  time  for  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Maryland  Phuruiaceutical  Association  is 
coming  on  apace,  and  preparations  for  the  event  are 
being  talked  of.  As  originally  decided  upon,  this 
gathering  "vvas  to  be  held  on  June  19  at  the  Blue  Moun- 
tain House,  in  the  Blue  Ridge  Mountains,  but  a  change 
in  date  to  June  24  has  been  practically  decided  upon, 
so  as  to  make  the  Maryland  gathering  synchronous  with 
ilie  sessions  of  the  Pennsylvania  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  which  will  take  place  at  the  Buena  Vista 
Hotel.  Franklin  county.  Pa.,  the  two  places  being  about 
one  and  a  half  mile  apart  by  way  of  the  wagon  road. 
Several  years  ago  the  two  organizations  met  at  the 
same  time  and  in  the  course  of  the  proceedings  held  a 
joint  session,  which  was  much  enjoyed,  while  a  number 
of  social  events  were  ahso  participated  in  by  the  two 
organizations-  The  meeting  is  looked  forward  to  with 
much  pleasureable  anticipation  and  the  belief  prevails 
that  it  will  be  productive  of  much  good  in  a  professional 
sense. 

Commencement  Day  Approaching. 
Baltimore,    April    20. — The    commencement    of    the 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  this  year  will  be  held, 
as  usual,  in  Ford's  Opera  House,  May  20.       There  are 


to  be  about  35  graduates,  and  they  will  receive  their 
diplomas  from  the  hands  of  Vice-l'resident  Henry  A. 
Elliott,  in  the  absence  of  President  Charles  E.  Dohme. 
who  is  away  on  a  protracted  European  tour.  Charles 
R.  Schirra,  Congressman  from  the  Fourth  Maryland 
District,  is  expected  to  deliver  the  oration;  E.  1^.  Kelly 
will  be  the  valedictorian,  Charles  A.  Gutekunst  the 
class  prophet  and  J.  E.  Jones  the  class  historian.  The 
exercises  will  not  depart  materially  from  those  of  for- 
mer years,  and  will  be  interspersed  with  music  by  Far- 
son's  Lyceum  Theater  orcliestra.  The  committee  on 
commencement  consists  of  Prof.  H.  P.  Hynsou,  chair- 
man; George  L.  Muth,  Albert  E.  Thompson,  .John  M. 
Wiesel  and  J.  Edwin  Hengst.  The  annual  banquet  of 
the  Alumni  Association  will  take  place  on  the  evening 
of  the  same  day,  probably  at  the  Eutaw  House. 


Trade  Decidedly  Brisk. 
Baltimore,  April  29. — According  to  the  reports  of 
the  jobbing  and  wholesale  druggists  business  last  week 
was  very  brisk.  The  local  retail  pharmacists  bought 
freely,  and  the  demand  from  out-of-town  sources  was 
also  very  good.  The  manufacturers  of  pharmaceuti- 
cals kept  up  activity  in  the  laboratories  and  trade  gen- 
erally was  of  gratifying  volume.  There  were  no  de- 
velopments of  consequence  in  the  market  for  botanicals, 
the  leading  articles  continuing  high  in  price  and  the  gen- 
eral range  of  values  being  moderately  advanced.  A 
normal  movement  in  heavy  chemicals  prevailed,  while 
retailors  found  the  prescription  business  and  the  sales 
of  other  articles  sufficiently  augmented  to  imbue  them 
with  a  feeling  of  encouragement. 


Mr.   Louis  Yakel's   Estate. 

Baltimore.  April  20. — The  personal  estate  of  the 
late  Louis  Yakel,  president  of  the  Kohler  Manufacturing 
Co.,  is  appraised  at  $43,784.30  in  the  inventory  filed  in 
the  Orphans'  Court  yesterday  by  Margaret  Yakel, 
George  Yakel  and  John  A.  Yakel,  executors.  The  total 
is  made  up  of  the  following  items:  Household  furni- 
ture, jewelry  and  silverware,  $1,011;  four  promissory 
notes,  $609.93;  due  from  the  Kohler  Manufacturing  Co., 
$4,000;  stocks  and  bonds,  $25,927.45;  cash,  $12,243.90. 


BALTIMORE   NOTES. 

Oscar  E.   Ross  has  sold  his  pharnuicy  at  0  West 

North  avenue,  which  he  bought  several  years  ago  from 
Alonzo  Lilly,  to  George  A.  Bimting.  Mr.  Bunting  has 
been  virtual  manager  for  some  time  past  and  is  thor- 
oughly familiar  with  all  the  business  details.  Mr. 
Ross,  it  is  said,  fomid  it  impossible  to  give  his  attention 
to  both  the  North  avenue  and  the  down-town  store  at 
8  East  Baltimore  street,  and  concluded  to  devote  him- 
self exclusively  to  the  latter  establishment. 

Among  the  visiting  druggists  last  week  were:       D. 

C.  Aughinbaugh,  Hagerstown,  Md.;  Joseph  B.  Boyle, 
Westminster,  Md.;  and  C.  H.  Michaels,  Reisterstown, 
Md. 

Charles  Baker,  formerly  with  J.  J.  Thomsen's  Sons, 

but  now  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account,  has 
been  quite  ill,  but  is  again  able  to  be  out. 
J.  T.  Keenau  has  accepted  a  clerkship  in  the  phar- 
macy of  Buschmann  Bros.,  at  the  corner  of  Orleans  and 
Washington  streets. 

Mr.  Gleichman,  the  genial  representative  of  Bosen- 

garteu  &  Sous,  Philadelphia,  was  in  Baltimore  last 
Saturday. 

Harvey  Dickerson  has  sold  his  retail  drug  store  at 

Broadway  and  Madison  street  to  Clarence  Lehr,  who 
will  conduct  it. 

Clarance  Wagner  is  clerking  for  J.  B.  Scott,  Catons- 

ville.  a  suburb  of  Baltimore. 


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[May  1,  1902. 


CLARENCE  B.  STODDARD. 

Clarence  B.  St<Kldfird  of  Monroe,  Mich.,  is  the  newly 
appointed  member  of  the  Miehisan  Board  of  Pharmacy 
to  succeed  the  late  Albert  C.  Schumacher  of  Ann  Arbor. 
He  was  born  in  1848  in  Monroe  where  in  186-1,  after 
leaving  the  high  school,  he  entered  the  drug  business  m 
the  employ  of  J.  F.  Street.  In  1865  he  went  into  the 
drug  store"  of  the  firm  of  Dorsch  &  Weiss  of  his  native 
town  with  whom  he  remained  until  1872.  when  he  opened 
his  present  business,  which  with  his  son  Harry  S.,  a 
graduate  of  the  University  of  Michigan  School  of  Phar- 
macy, '97,  he  is  still  conducting.  Mr.  Stoddard  is  known 
as  a  conservative  and  successful  business  man  and  his 
appointment  as  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
will  give  general  satisfaction  to  the  pharmacists  of 
Michigan. 


MICHIGAN. 


Detroit,  April  26,  1902. 

C.  C.  Murray,  for  many  years  with  Parke,  Davis  & 

Co.,  recently  sailed  for  London,  England,  en  route  for 
■Sydney,  Australia,  where  he  is  to  take  charge  of  the 
company's  affairs.  He  is  thoroughly  conversant  with 
conditions  existing  in  Australia,  having  been  located  in 
that  territory  for  three  and  a  half  years. 

Among   the   out  of  town   representatives  of  Parke, 

Davis  &  Co.  in  Detroit  recently  were  S.  B.  Eddy,  of  Ten- 
nessee, and  J.  H.  Brown,  who  is  to  take  up  city  work 
in  Kansas  City.  Mr.  Brown  was  formerly  a  retail 
pharmacist  at  Maquoketa,  Iowa. 

Forty  students  from  the  Western  Reserve  College  of 

Medicine,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  visited  the  laboratories  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  Friday,  April  25.  A  banquet  in 
bonor  of  the  visitors  was  given  at  the  Russell  House  in 
the  evening. 

L.  G.  Clapp,  for  some  years  a  prominent  pharma- 
cist at  Kalamazoo,  has  disposed  of  his  business  to  the 
firm  of  Koyce  Bros.,  consisting  of  Ernest  Royce,  who  is 
from  Lowell,  and  Arthur  Royce,  formerly  residing  in 
Lansing. 

The  Floyd  Medicine  Co.  has  been  incorporated  at 

Detroit  with  a  capital  stock  of  $250,000  and  will  engage 
in  the  manufacture  of  a  proprietary  specialty.  The 
members  of  the  firm  formerly  resided  in  Owensboro,  Ky. 
Leece  &  Elliott,  Saginaw,  have  purchased  the  Ma- 
ple Leaf  Pharmacy  of  Dr.  Kinnsman  and  moved  it  from 


2700   Washington    street   to   the   corner   of   Warren   & 
Johnson. 

C.  E.  .Kellogg,  has  disposed  of  his  drug  business  at 

Grand    Rapids   to    Adolph    H.    Eckert,    who   has   been 
manager  thereof  for  a  considerable  time. 

Charles  J.  Young  of  the  Provident  Chemical  Works, 

St.  Louis.  Mo.,  paid  a  visit  to  Detroit  trade  during  the 
past  week. 

D.  E.  Prall  &  Co.,  have  recently  installed  a  ?5,000- 

Twentieth  Century  soda  fountain  iu  their  pharmacy  at 
Saginaw. 

Edwin  F.  Conley,  president  of  F.  A.  Thompson  & 

Co.,  manufacturing  pharmacists  of  Detroit,  died  recent- 
ly- 

L.  A.  Goodrich,  one  of  Hillsdale's  prominent  drug- 
gists, was  recently  elected  Mayor  of  that  thriving  town. 

J.  H.  Smedley,  treasurer  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  has 

returned  from  a  ten  days'  trip  in  the  East. 

The  firm  of  S.  L.  Wyman  &  Co.,  White  Pigeon,  has 

been  succeeded  by  H.  B.  Mason. 

Dr.    John   Black,    pharmacist,   has   disposed   of  his 

Inisiness  at  Trufant,  Mich. 

R.    M.    Mussell,    pharmacists    at   Claire,    died    last 

week. 


LOUISVILLE,  KY. 

Will  Endeavor  to  Raise  Prices. 

Louisville,  Ky.,  April  25. — I'rices  on  patent  medi- 
cines have  again  been  raised  in  Louisville  and  as  usual 
there  is  war  on  among  the  druggists.  At  a  meeting  held 
one  evening  last  week  the  druggists  agreed  to  raise  the 
price  upon  all  25-ceut  patent  medicines  from  12  to  19 
cents,  50-cent  preparations  from  27  to  37  cents  and  all 
dollar  preparations  from  64  to  7'J  cents.  The  prices 
were  agreed  upon  in  a  hurry  and  it  was  thought  that 
everybody  was  satisfied,  but  the  next  day  several  drug- 
gists got  together  and  decided  that  they  would  conduct  a 
strict  cut-rate  business  as  heretofore.  It  was  intimated 
at  the  meeting  that  all  who  did  not  vote  for  the  raise 
iu  prices  and  persisted  in  selling  at  the  old  figures  would 
be  the  victims  of  a  bo.vcott  and  that  they  would  prob- 
ably experience  considerable  trouble  in  buying  medicines. 
The  dissatisfied  druggists  consulted  a  lawyer  to  find  out 
where  they  stood  and  the  attorney  assured  them-  that 
the  wholesale  druggists  would  be  compelled  to  sell  them 
drugs  if  they  had  the  money  to  pay  for  them.  The 
druggists  in  favor  of  the  new  prices  are  apparently  not 
worried  over  the  threats  of  their  brethren.  They  say 
that  others  have  attempted  to  do  what  the  dissatisfied 
druggists  are  now  trying  to  do  and  failed. 

The  druggists  of  New  Albany  have  also  organized  to 
do  away  with  cut-rate  druggists  and  last  week  effected 
an  organization.  The  officers  are:  Ollie  Owens,  pres- 
ident; n.  F.  Bader,  secretary,  and  John  Ziegelbaur, 
treasurer.  C.  E.  Crecelius  is  the  only  druggist  in  New 
Albany  who  did  not  sign  the  agreement.  The  society 
will  affiliate  itself  with  the  National  Association  of  Re- 
tail Druggists. 


LOUISVILLE  NOTES. 
J.  T.  Crecelius,  the  druggist  nt  Twelfth  and  Mar- 
ket streets,  this  city,  has  purchased  the  Ideal  restaurant 
on  East  Jefferson  street  and  will  hereafter  conduct  both 
places  of  business. 

Charles  Eble,  of  Boonvillr.   Ind..   was  in   Louisville 

last  week  purchasing  a  stock  of  drugs. 

Walter  Evans,  the  druggist  at  Tenth  and  Jefferson 

streets,  this  city,  is  ill. 


Soda  Water  Checks. 
Chas.  L.  Safford,  Chicago,  is  advertising  in  this  issue 
a   line   of  soda   water  checks,   which   will   interest   any 
druggist  with  a  soda  fountain. 


May  1,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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CINCINNATI. 


CHICAGO. 


■  Ohio  Druggists  Will  Meet  at  Mackinac  Island. 
Ciiiciuiiati,  April  24. — The  Ohio  I'harmaceutical  As- 
sociation through  its  committees  has  completed  arrange- 
ments for  holding  its  annual  meeting  on  board  of  one  of 
the  Lake  steamers  during  a  trip  to  Mackinac  Island.  The 
members  of  the  association  and  their  friends  will  gather 
at  Toledo  and  Cleveland  and  join  at  Detroit,  Mich., 
when  the  party  will  proceed  to  Mackinac.  Special  rates, 
which  include  railroad  and  steamboat  transportation, 
state  room,  meals  on  boat  and  hotel  expenses  at  Mack- 
inac Island,  etc.,  have  been  secured  from  all  principal 
points  in  Ohio.  The  excursion  will  start  Tuesday,  July 
"8  from  Toledo  aud  Cleveland  and  return  to  the  same 
points  the  following  Monday  morning. 


More  Liquor  Legislation. 
Cincinnati,  April  L14. — The  Nihart  bill  has  been  with- 
•drawn,  but  two  bills  just  as  objectionable  to  the  drug- 
gists have  been  substituted  in  the  Legislature.  They 
provide  a  premium  of  $100 — on  any  information  filed 
with  the  county  authorities  that  will  lead  to  a  convic- 
tion for  retailing  liquor  without  a  Dow  tax  license.  The 
druggists  will  send  a  committee  to  Columbus  to  work 
against  the  substitute  bills,  alleging  that  such  a  law 
"would  subject  them  to  blackmail. 


CINCINNATI   NOTES. 

— — Frederick  Vogeler,  founder  of  the  wholesale  drug 
firm  in  this  city  that  still  bears  his  name,  died  at  Hano- 
ver, Germany,  Monday,  aged  04.  He  was  born  in  Ger- 
many in  1S3S,  came  to  Cincinnati  in  ISGO  and  started 
in  the  drug  businesss  with  Albert  Tafel.  He  had  three 
children,  one  of  whom,  Alfred,  is  president  of  the  Stein- 
Vogeler  Drug  Co.  of  this  city. 

The  differences  which  arose  between  the  stockhold- 

■ers  in  the  drug  business  led  to  the  Stein-Vogeler  Drug 
Co.  of  this  city  taking  a  decree  in  court  changing  its 
name  to  the  Alfred  Vogeler  Drug  Co.  There  was  no 
<;ontest,  both  sides  being  satisfied  with  the  change. 
H.  J.  Thompson  and  Chas.  Sutterfield,  both  promi- 
nent druggists  of  West  Union,  Ohio,  were  in  town  this 
week  buying  goods.  Although  rivals  in  business  they 
are  good  friends  personally. 

Oscar  A.  Hoffman,  druggist  at  Baymiller  and  Wade 

streets,  was  married  last  Wednesday  to  Miss  Nellie 
Hoffman  of  Bremen  street.  After  a  short  wedding  trip 
they  will  reside  on  Baymiller  street. 

Dr.   F.   C.   Hunter  of  Wapakoneta.   came  to  town 

this  week  to  see  the  Cincinnati  baseball  club  loose  its 
•opening  game. 

Sam  A.  Coan  formerly  with  Lehu  &  Fink  of  New 

York  will  hereafter  represent  the  Stein-Vogeler  Drug 
Co.  on  the  road  in  Ohio  and  Kentucky. 


The  Hanson  Granule  Co.'s  Reply. 
The  Hanson  Granule  Co.,  proprietors  of  Hanson's 
Bromide-Seltzer,  in  their  advertisement  in  this  issue 
make  a  strong  denial  of  the  claims  of  the  Emerson  Drug 
Co.,  and  they  announce  to  the  retail  trade  that  they 
are  aware  of  their  legal  rights,  and  that  they  will  main- 
tain them  if  necessary  before  the  United  States  Supreme 
Court.  They  contend  that  all  trade-mark  suits  should 
be  tried  before  this  court,  especially  where  the  con- 
tending parties  are  citizens  of  different  States. 


Shelfware. 
Druggiss  who  want  a  bargain  in  shelfware,  will  do 
well  to  correspond  with  the  Dawes  Mfg  Co.  of  Pitts- 
burg. 


CHICAGO  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY  COMMENCE- 
MENT. 

Chicago,  April  24. — The  forty-second  commence- 
ment of  tlie  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy,  the  School 
of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Illinois,  was  held  this 
afternoon  at  the  Grand  Opera  House. 

The  programme  was  as  follows: 

Salutatory Francis    Elbert    Pierce. 

"Hark   the   Merry    Drum" Krugh. 

Imperial  Quartette. 

Address Ablert  E.  Ebert,  Ph.  M. 

"Water    Lilies" Linders. 

Imperial  Quartette. 
Conferring  of  Degrees — Vice-President  Thomas  J.  Bur- 
rill,  Ph.  D.,  LL.  D.,  University  of  Illinois. 
Presentation  of  Prizes: 

Alumni  Medal — Frank   H.   Heidbreder. 

Mr.  E.  D.  Irvine,  President,  Alumni  Association. 

Biroth  Micro.scopc — Max  O.  Rolft'. 
Professor  W.  B.  Day. 
Junior  Class  Medals; 

I'harmacy — Samuel    W.    Taliafero. 
Chemistry — Otto  Hirouimus. 

Hon.  A.   F.   Nightingale,  President  of  the 
Board  of  Trustees. 

"Evening  Greeting" Abt. 

Imperial  Quartette. 
Valedictory Frank  H.  Heidbreder. 

In  his  address  Mr.  Ebert  referred  to  the  history  of 
the  Chicago  College  of  Pharmacy;  how  it  began  by  the 
efforts  of  the  pharmacists  themselves,  seeking  to  raise 
the  standards  of  the  profession  and  give  the  young  men 
of  Chicago  the  opportunities  to  which  they  were  en- 
titled. He  described  the  combination  of  the  college 
with  the  State  University,  aud  said  that  the  members 
of  the  college  felt  that  since  the  State  imposes  certain 
educational  requirements  upon  pharmacists  and  pro- 
vides a  board  to  examine  into  the  qualifications  of  those 
desiring  to  outer  this  profession,  it  is  but  logical  that  the 
State,  through  its  university,  should  undertake  to  quali- 
fy young  men  and  women  for  the  profession. 

The  speaker  adverted  to  the  position  of  the  pharma- 
cist in  the  community,  and  said  that  his  standing  as 
a  professional  man  imposed  upon  him  the  obligation 
of  being  up  with  the  current  issues  of  the  day.  Ha 
should  take  an  interest  in  public  affairs  and  be  awake 
to  the  things  that  benefit  the  community  in  which  he 
lives.  While  not  forgetting  the  professional  aspects 
of  pharmacy,  he  should  remember  the  commercial  part; 
he  should  remember  that  his  business  must  be  honorably 
a  financial  success.  He  should  know  busiuess  methods, 
aud,  if  he  does  not  know  them,  should  take  pains  to 
study  them.  The  benefits  of  association  work  were 
referred  to  and  the  members  of  the  graduating  class 
were  advised  at  the  earliest  opportunity  to  ally  them- 
selves with  the  American  Pharniaceutical  Association 
and  the  National  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  as 
representing  the  two  great  branches  of  the  drug  busi- 
ness— the  professional  aud  the  commercial — both  of 
which,  to  make  a  successful  druggist,  must  be  combined 
in  one  man  or  one  store. 

In  conferring  the  degrees,  Vice-President  Burrill 
said  that  he  had  not  noticed  any  loud  call  for  more 
drug  stores  on  the  corner  or  around  in  the  various  towns 
and  villages  of  the  State,  but  he  had  noticed  that  there 
is  now  and  always  has  been  an  urgent  demand  for  well 
educated,  energetic,  practical  pharmacists.  It  should 
be  the  business  of  every  student  so  thoroughly  to  quali- 
fy himself  in  his  profession  that  he  can  cope  with  any 
situation  it  may  place  him  in,  and  should  hold  so  high 
a  mind  that  he  will  stop  short  of  nothing  but  the  best 
attainments  and  be  satisfied  with  nothing  less  than  his 
best  effort  and  skill. 

The  following  students  received  the  degree  of  Gradu- 
ate in  Pharmacy: 

C.  E.  Bourne.  G.  A.  Brenke.  W.  F.  Engel,  P.  J.i 
Forbricli,  W.  B.  Freeman.  II.  M.  Hibbe,  W.  V.  Keller, 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  1,  1902. 


E.  W.  D.  Laiifer,  H.  C.  C.  Rommel,  C.  H.  Schmidt, 
O.  J.  DeWitz  (class  of  '01),  Walter  Schmidt  (class  of 
'01),  C.  A.  Ullmau  (class  of  '01),  all  Chicago;  and  H. 
K.  DeLand,  Sheltou,  Neb.;  J.  T.  Fawcett,  Princetou; 
C.  M.  Frieseuecker,  Galena;  F.  H.  Heidbreder,  Quincy; 
G.  W.  Houseman,  Farmer  Citj';  H.  B.  Kemp,  Momence; 
T.  J.  Knack,  Deerfield;  L.  M.  ilartz,  Watuuga,  Okla.; 
G.  A.  McCoi-mick,  Hennepin;  H.  T.  Ma.ver,  Pittsburg, 
Ind.;  F.  E.  Pierce,  Worthingtou,  Minn.;  M.  O.  Rolff, 
Peoria;  A.  T.  Schleder,  Lena;  Albertus  Seltzer,  Man- 
hattan; B.  O.  Smith,  Eockford;  CM.  Snow,  Earlville; 
O.  G.  Stegmayer,  Shelbyville;  F.  D.  G.  Walker,  Gib- 
bon, Neb.;  J.  C.  Wbeatcroft,  Grayville;  A.  G.  Wirth, 
Duluth,  Minn.;  Boydeu  Nimms  (class  of  '99),  Charlotte, 
N.  C;  F.  G.  D.  Smith  (class  of  '99),  Grand  Forks,  N. 
D.;  P.  McM.  Fulton  (class  of  '00),  Gayville,  S.  D.;  E. 
N.  Fernholz  (class  of  'Oil,  Jefferson,  Wis.;  G.  G.  Fox 
(class  of  '01),  Norfolk,  Neb.;  R.  H.  Hopkins  (class  of 
'01),  Colo.  Neb. 

The  following  students  received  certificates  of  having 
finished  the  course  successfully  and  will  receive  the 
degree  when  the  required  age  and  practical  experience 
are  attained: 

Sara  Sibree  Boruemann,  Oak  Park;  C.  O.  Bowman, 
Wathena,  Kas. ;  F.  A.  Brown,  Chicago;  .7.  W.  Drewitz, 
La  Salle;  A.  L.  Hamley,  Maquoketa,  la.;  C.  D.  Mc- 
Clenahan,  La  Fayette;  E.  J.  Mercil.  Chicago;  L.  M. 
Pedigo,  Augusta,  Ga.;  G.  J.  Welker,  Chicago. 


ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION  BANQUET. 

Chicago,  April  26. — The  annual  reception  and  banquet 
by  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Chicago  College  of 
Pharmacy  to  the  graduating  class  was  held  at  De 
Jonghe's  restaurant  on  Thrusday  evening,  April  24.  The 
menu  was  of  the  best.  About  200  ladies  and  gentlemen 
were  present.  The  toast  list  was  as  follows: 
E.  D.  Irvine,  Toastmaster. 

"The  Alumni  Association" A.  D.  Thorburn 

"The  Universitv  of  Illinois," 

Hon.  A.  F.  Nightingale,  President  Board  of  Trustees 

"The  Class  of  '02" Clyde  M.  Snow,  Ph.  G. 

"Ethics,  Esthetics  and  Anaesthetics," 

Dr.  Hugh  Blake  Williams 
"Reminiscences  of  Alaska".  ..  .Frank  Kellersman,  Esq. 

During  the  dinner  very  excellent  music  was  fur- 
nished by  R.  E.  Yarndley's  orchestra.  Tlie  toastmaster 
did  not  adhere  strictly  to  the  list,  but  called  on  several 
whose  names  were  not  down  for  responses.  He  said 
that  of  course  this  is  the  best  class  that  has  ever  been 
graduated  from  the  college  and  that  it  was  intended  by 
the  trustees  and  the  faculty  to  keep  on  turning  out  bet- 
ter classes  every  year  until  the  point  of  perfection  is 
reached.  Mr.  Thorburn,  in  responding  to  his  toast,  ad- 
mitted that  he  had  practiced  his  speech  to  the  accom- 
paniment of  rag  time  music  in  the  flat  below,  but  hoped 
those  present  would  not  on  that  account  withhold 
the  evidence  of  their  favor.  He  was,  he  said,  put  upon 
the  programme  because  he  had  been  there  before.  He 
was  put  in  the  fore-front  of  the  battle  that  those  who 
came  after  would  not  have  so  hard  a  time.  He  sketch- 
ed the  plans  of  the  Association  and  outlined  the  pur- 
poses of  its  organization. 

Eight  years  ago  he  attended  the  first  banquet  of  the 
Association,  which  each  year  since  has  held  its  banquet 
at  a  different  restaurant.  He  hoped  if  he  lived  long 
enough,  to  sample  the  cooking  of  every  restaurant  and 
hotel  in  the  city  unless  the  Association  got  to  going  in  a 
circle. 

R.  E.  Yarndlcy  Vras  introduced  as  the  only  alumnus 
having  the  courage  to  sing  a  song.  He  performed  the 
feat  so  successful!  that  the  audience  made  him  sing 
another  one.  Hon.  A.  F.  Nightingale  responded  elo- 
quently to  the  toast.  "The  University  of  Illinois,"  and 
George  P.  Engelhard  related  some  amusing  experiences 
during  his  20  years'  connection  with  the  journalistic 
side  of  pharmacy. 


Clyde  M.  Snow  responded  briefly  but  acceptably  to 
the  toast,  "The  Class  of  '02,"  and  Dr.  Hugh  Blake  Wil- 
liams convulsed  his  hearers  by  his  humorous  views  of 
"Ethics,  Esthetics  and  Anaesthetics,"  which,  like  the 
song,  "Had  nothing  to  do  with  the  case."  Professor 
Thomas  J.  Burrill  of  the  University  made  a  briet 
speech,  after  which  Professor  Hallberg  responded  to  an 
enthusiastic  call  in  his  usual  witty  fashion.  After  sev- 
eral other  .speakers  had  been  heard,  the  banquet  ad- 
journed and  those  present  sought  their  homes,  secure  in 
the  realization  of  an  evening  enjoyably  spent. 

CHICAGO  NOTES. 

President  A.  S.  Draper  of  the  University  of  Illinois 

has  beeu  given  a  year's  leave  of  absence  with  full  pay 
by  the  university  trustees.  The  vote  for  the  privilege 
followed  the  expression  of  sympathy  by  the  trustees 
for  President  Draper,  who  recently  lost  his  leg  as  the 
result  of  a  runaway  accident.  The  meeting  of  the 
trustees  was  called  on  April  25  to  pass  on  the  certifi- 
cates of  students  of  the  school  of  pharmacy,  who  were 
graduated  at  the  Grand  Opera  House  yesterday  after- 
noon. 

Robert  H.  Van  Schaack  of  Peter  Van  Schaack  &, 

Sons  was  recently  honored  by  his  neighbors  by  being 
made  Mayor  of  Kenilworth,  the  North  Shore  suburb  in 
which  he  lives. 

■ The    home    of    O.    T.    Eastman,    of   the    Searle    & 

Hereth  Co.  was  gladdened  by  the  advent  of  a  fine  girl 
bab.v.  Mr.  Eastman  is  handing  out  a  choice  brand  of 
cigars. 

Charles  Rice  is  remodeling  his  drug  store  at  63d 

street  and  Stewart  avenue.  New  fixtures  and  a  Twen- 
tieth Century  soda  fountain  are  being  installed. 

John  W.  Kash  and  wife  of  57th  street  and  Weut- 

worth  avenue,  have  gone  on  a  trii)  to  Southern  Califor- 
nia for  the  benefit  of  Mrs.  Kash's  health. 

■ It  is  announced  that  the  new  Crescent  Pharmacy  at 

59th  and  Halsted  streets  will  open  on  May  2  with  Fred 
Moritz  as  manager. 

It  is  reported  that  Dr.  C.   L.  Clancy  has  sold  his 

North  Side  drug  store. 


THE  NOKJMWtyf. 

THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  GOVERNORS. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  April  20. — The  State  boards  of 
pharmacy  have  been  busy  this  week.  The  Wisconsin 
board,  at  a  meeting  at  Madison,  re-elected  H.  C. 
Schrauck  of  Milwaukee  president.  A.  F.  Meyers  of 
JIadison  was  selected  as  secretary  to  succeed  E.  B. 
Heimstreet  of  Janesville,  whose  term  has  expired. 
Ninety  young  men  were  examined  for  license  to  mix 
drugs. 

The  class  examined  by  the  Minnesota  board,  which 
has  just'  finished  its  quarterly  sitting  at  the  State  Uni- 
versity, numbered  137,  tlie  largest  in  the  history  of 
the  board.  Following  is  a  list  of  those  who  passed 
the  examination  for  pharmacists: 

J.  Alfred  Ringnell,  Frank  J.  Burke,  Cyrus  C.  Car- 
penter, Joseph  H.  Cosgrove,  Arthur  G.  Erkel,  Paul  C. 
Fuller,  Gus  C.  Groeziuger,  Louis  H.  Hand,  Oscar  A. 
Hellberg,  George  A.  Hallman,  Olof  Johnson,  Albert 
A.  Kurtz,  Frank  T.  Shackleford,  Lindley  A.  Stockdill, 
Addison  C.  Douglass,  Minneapolis;  Walter  F.  Dreis, 
Charles  F.  Rutherford,  Wesley  H.  St  Clair,  Ennes  N. 
Weed,  St.  Paul;  Peter  J.  Arbes,  New  Ulm;  Samuel 
Evander,  Battle  Lake;  Will  L.  Goodrich,  Audubon; 
Oscar  Hargesheimer,  Rochester;  Edward  L.  Lamm, 
Mankato;  Edwsird  F.  Nctzer,  Orookston;  Martin  A. 
Olsen,  New  Ulm;  Frank  W.  Palmer,  Seaforth;  Peter 
J.  Runbcrg,  Elbow  Lake;  Carl  B.  Sylvander,  Red 
Wing;  Andrew  T.  Wiczek,  Winona;  Adolph  G.  Wirth, 
Duluth;   Guy   C.    Barnes,   Mankato. 


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The  following  were  granted  the  certificate  of  as- 
sistant pharmacist:  Ellsworth  Ct.  Bloom,  Ray  G.  Col- 
ton,  C.  Arthur  Hanson,  Joseph  A.  Haubrick,  George 
W.  Irwin.  Martin  H.  .Johnson,  oohn  W.  Komstadius, 
Robert  Lundliohni,  Leonard  E.  Merwin,  Harry  T.  Olin, 
John  M.  Princell,  (Jeorge  A.  Payne,  John  Sommerwold, 
Herbert  Amerson,  Llewellyn  Hunter.  Chester  A.  Wol- 
fnm.  George  W.  Milne.  George  G.  Baker.  Benjamin 
B.  Bennett.  Jay  G.  Bntler.  Henry  N.  Bjornson,  Edgar 
J.  Browne.  Frank  P.  Bollman.  Alphonse  3.  Courte- 
manchc.  Charles  B.  Carlson.  Gustav  Engberston.  Harry 
B.  Francis.  Charles  G.  Ford.  Henry  GifEord.  Arthur 
A.  Hewitt.  Fred  C.  Hamlin.  Gunstav  C.  Ho£E.  Earl  J. 
Harmer.  Roy  L.  Irwin.  Cleon  G.  Ives.  H.  J.  Jeronimus. 
Charles  H.  McKay.  Herbert  N.  Morse.  William  B. 
Mangold.  Anton  Nolte.  John  Maag.  Knute  D.  Olson, 
Albert  H.  Peterson,  Torger  N.  Reese.  Bernhard  F. 
Rheinhard.  Adolph  W.  Sharping,  Jason  E.  Treat, 
Charles  H.  Zander,  Adolf  B.  Larson,  Albert  J.  Wagner, 
Harlcy  I'.  Loft,  John  A.  Steiuinger. 


ST.  LOUIS. 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

Successions:     H.    J.    Herman    &    Co..    Waubay,    S. 

D.,  by  Killion  &  Co.:  J.  E.  Bronk,  Rnshmore,  Minn., 
by  Bronk,  Edwards  &  Co.:  A.  T.  Kraabel  &  Co.,  Clif- 
ford, N.  D.,  by  Walter  Orrom:  Hapgood  &  Blesser, 
Summit,  S.  D..  by  K.  N.  Hapgood;  J.  F.  Anderson  & 
Co.:  Grafton.  N.  D..  by  Freed  &  Bjornstad;  Dowd  & 
Co.,  Republic.  Wash.,  by  the  Anderson-Harper  Drug 
Co.:  A.  F.  Barker  &  Son,  Monticello.  Minn.,  by  B.  M. 
Barker. 

New:.      C.    A.    Lydburg.    Phillips,    Neb.;    Dr.    W. 

Bodenstat,  New  Salem,  N.  D.:  Christensen  Bros.,  Mil- 
nor,  N.  D. :  H.  E.  Markle.  Graf.  Neb.;  George  O.  Arne- 
son.  Bowesmont.  N.  D. 

Stephen  Fisher  is  home  for  vacation  from  the  Mil- 
waukee Medical  Store  and  is  going  to  Dickinson,  N.  D. 
D..  to  practice  his  old  profession  of  pharmacy  till  the 
Fall. 

W.   M.   Rice  has   sold   half  of  his   interest  in  the 

Harky-Rice  Drug  Co..  Everett.  Wash. 

A.  H.  Movius  has  left  Lidgerwood.  N.  D..  and  begun 

work  at  Butler's  drugstore  at  Brocket. 

The  stock  of  W.  E.  Ayers.   North   Yakima.  Wash.. 

has  just  been  damaged  .$11,000  by  fire. 

C.  H.   Babcock  is  going  to  remove  from  Ellsworth. 

Minn.,  to  New  Rockford.  N.  D. 

Annie  L.  Wood.  Des  Moines,  la.,  and  George  Budge, 

Neihart,   Mont.,  died  recently. 

L.  J.   Williams.   Dillon.   Mont.,   and   C.   .7.    Snyder, 

Anrelia,  la.,  have  sold. 

The  Ranier  Pharmacy,  Seattle,  Wash.,  has  incor- 
porated. 


Horlick's  Malted  Milk. 
Soda-fountain  dispensers  are  now  at  work  "clearing 
the  decks"  for  the  Summer  campaign,  and  from  present 
indication.s,  Horlick's  Malted  Milk  will  be  the  leader  as 
usual.  The  great  demand  for  this  cooling,  refreshing 
beverage  at  the  soda  fountain  is  undoubtedly  due  to 
that  satisfying  "body,"  delicious  taste  and  pleasing 
aroma,  so  distinctively  its  own,  and  to  the  fact  that  the 
general  public  is  so  thoroughly  acquainted  with  it.  Dis- 
pensers find  it  attracts,  in  addition  to  the  regular 
patrons,  a  new  class  of  customers,  principally  business 
and^ professional  men  and  women,  shoppers,  transients, 
etc.,  who  regard  it  as  a  refreshing  drink  and  satisfying 
lunch  combined.  The  manufacturers  are  sending,  free 
and  prepaid,  an  attractive  outfit,  consisting  of  signs, 
window  strips,  directions  for  mixing  and  serving,  etc. 
Druggists  not  already  supplied,  can  obtain  an  outfit  by 
addressing  the  Horlick's  Food  Co.,  Dep't  11,  Racine, 
Wis. 


Licensed  to  Practice  Pharmacy. 
St.  Louis,  .\pril  liC— The  Missouri  Board  of  Phar- 
macy held  its  regular  meeting  at  Kansas  City  April  14 
and  examined  51  applicants  for  registration.  The  ex- 
amination questions  were  afterwards  given  out  and  are 
considered  by  the  druggists  to  be  exceedingly  fair  and 
just.  The  papers  were  carefully  passed  upon  by  each 
member  of  the  board,  all  of  whom  were  present  at  the 
examination.  Of  the  51  applicants.  22  were  successful 
and  were  granted  licenses  to  practice  pharmacy  in  this 
State.  Their  names  follow:  F.  D.  Bates,  Linens;  E.  E. 
Coan,  Kansas  City:  A.  A.  Marsch.  Kausas  City;  B.  B. 
Fugitt,  Neck  City;  W.  F.  Richter,  West  Plains;  G.  W. 
Meyerd,  Manhattan;  D.  McBride,  Paola;  C.  H.  Schutt, 
Pierce  City;  O.  A.  Bandel,  St.  Joseph;  .L  R.  Mennell, 
Boonville;  F.  T.  Clay,  Butler;  O.  J.  Schranger.  Kansas 
City;  C.  E.  Hubbard.  Holt;  S.  P.  Anderson ville,  Key- 
tessville;  A.  Klein.  St.  Louis;  E.  H.  Dudley.  C.  Redche. 
and  J.  T.  McKanball.  all  of  Kansas  City;  Edward 
Mitchell,  Maysville,  and  A.  Paul  Mix'dorf  of  Iberia,  Kan- 


Bowling  Prizes  Distributed. 
St.  Louis,  April  26. — The  Druggists'  Cocked  Hat 
League  has  finished  its  Winter's  work  and  the  prizes  and 
honors  were  distributed  last  Thursday  night.  Every 
man  in  the  league  received  a  prize  of  some  kind.  The 
team  record  for  the  first  series  of  75  games  is  as  fol- 
lows; First,  Searle  &  Hereth  Co.;  second,  Moffit-West 
Drug  Co.;  third,  .L  S.  Merrell  Drug  Co.  Second  series: 
First,  Mound  City  Paint  Co.;  second,  Moffit-West  Drug 
Co.;  third,  Herf  &  Frerichs  Chemical  Co.  Individual 
prizes  for  highest  averages  for  single  set  of  five  games: 
First,  E.  Helbig;  second,  Frank  Bruen;  third,  B.  Nie- 
man.  Prizes  for  highest  individual  games:  First,  F.  A. 
Aszman;  second,  F.  Bruen;  third,  F.  Nies.  Election  of 
officers  for  the  ensuing  year  resulted  as  follows:  Pres- 
ident, A.  Kunz;  vice-president,  A.  J.  Davenport;  secre- 
tary, F.  Neu;  sergeant-at-arms.  C.  Hocken. 


ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

Ben.   F.    Senk,   celebrated   his   24th   birthday  April 

24  by  getting  married  to  Miss  Bertha  Tiel  of  New 
Athens,  HI.,  and  on  the  same  day  took  charge  of  the 
drug  store  at  Seventh  and  Wyoming  streets,  which  he 
purchased  from  O.  .1.  Funsch.  He  is  a  graduate  in 
pharmacy,  and  for  the  past  three  years  has  been  chief 
clerk  in  the  store  he  now  owns. 

E.  A.  Bernius,  No.  5400  Easton  avenue,  this  city, 

has  departed  with  his  wife  on  their  annual  tour  of  the 
North.  They  will  first  go  to  his  wife's  former  home  in 
Canada  and  later  when  the  hot  weather  comes  will  go 
to  the  camping  grounds  on  the  shores  of  the  Great  Bear 
Lake. 

J.  H.  Scherzinger,  druggist  at  No.  1G25  South  Ninth 

street,  and  president  of  the  Lu-Zon  Hunting  and  Fish- 
ing  Club   has   purchased   a   steam   yacht   which   will   be 
quite  conspicuous  on  the  Mississippi  this  summer. 
Competent  drug  clerks  are  still  in  great  demand  in 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

NEW  YORK 


U.     S.     P.     PREPARATIONS 


COMPOUND     ALUM    POWDER 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  1,  1903. 


this  city.  The  majorit.v  of  the  recent  graduating  class 
of  the  local  college  of  pharmacy  left  the  citj'  to  accept 
positions  awaiting  them. 

E.  W.  Doudt,  Seventh  and  Chouteau  avenues,  has 

purchased  a  farm  out  on  the  Gasconade  river  where  he 
intends  to  spend  all  the  time  he  can  spare  from  his 
busy  store. 

O.  J.  Funsch,  who  recently  sold  his  store  at  Seventh 

and  Wyoming  streets  to  his  former  chief  clerk,  has  pur- 
cha.sed  an  interest  in  the  Allan-Pfeiffer  Chemical  Co. 

The  Paris  Medicine  Co.  of  this  city  has  purchased 

an  automobile  freight  wagon  which  is  considered  the 
finest  and  most  expensive  of  its  kind  in  the  city. 

E.   J.   Knott,   better   kuowu   as   "friend   Buzz,"   city 

desk  man  for  the  J.  S.  Merrell  Drug  Co.  is  dangerously 
ill  at  his  home  at  Kirkwood,  Mo. 

The  annual  meeting  and  election  of  officers  of  the 

St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  will  be  held  next  Mon- 
day afternoon. 


NEFF.— A  BRIEF  MANU-AX,  OP  PRESCRIPTION 
WRITING  in  Latin  or  English  for  the  use  ot  Physi- 
cians, Pharmaoists.  and  Medioail  and  Pharniiacial  Stu- 
denits.  By  M.  L.  Neff,  A.  M.,  M.  D.,  Cedar  Rapids, 
la.  Pages  v-152.  Size,  8x5%  inches.  Ctoth.  75  cents, 
net.    PIMIadelphia,  P.  A.  D-avls  Oo. 

This  is  a  simple  and  elementary  treatise  on  the  art  ot 
writing  prescriptions.  It  has  to  'do  with  the  langniage  and 
.<?ystems  of  weights  and  measures  rather  than  with  fhe 
properties  which  enter  inta  the  physicjan's  prescription. 
No  attempt  is  made  to  teach  tlhe  Latin  language  as  such, 
the  rules  given  being  purely  empirical  and  adapted  to  the 
fragmentary  use  of  the  language  required.  The  book  is 
the  outgrowth  of  a  oollection  ot  notes  gathered  in  an  ex- 
tended experience  of  teaching  medical  students,  arad  Is 
Intended  primarily  for  the  physician's  use,  but  it  should 
also  be  ot  servioe  to  the  student  of  pharmacy.  The  fact 
that  the  manuscript  was  re\ised  by  the  la^te  Dr.  Charles 
Rice  is  a  sufBiclient  guarantee  of  the  accuracy  and  rele- 
vancy of  the  matter  whicih  it  contains. 


SYPHILIS,  A  SYMPOSIUM,  special  contributions  by 
seventeen  specialists.  E.  B.  Treat  &  Co.,  241-243  West 
23d  street.  New  York;  1902;  price,  $1.00. 
Th4s  volume  contains  a  collection  ot  articles  by  seven- 
teen authorities  upon  syphilis,  which  origiinally  a,ppeared 
in  the  International  Medical  Magazine.  The  subject  Is 
discussed  from  various  points  of  view.  Syphilis,  though 
far  less  fatal  than  tuberculosis,  is  nearly  as  widespread, 
and  is  the  cause  of  a  vast  amount  of  suffering  and  ill 
health.  Innocent  women  and  children  are  almiost  as  fre- 
quently its  victims  as  the  vicious,  who  have  earned  it. 
The  little  volume,  in  giving  a  oomprehensive  View  ot  the 
.subject,  should  be  especially  valuable  to  the  general  prac- 
titioner, who  is  frequently  called  upon  to  treat  this  loath- 
some disease.  


Albolene. 

Albolene  is  a  registered  trade  mark,  the  property  of 
McKesson  &  Robbins.  Albolene  and  Liquid  Albolene 
are  put  up  only  in  trade  packages  under  McKesson  & 
Eobbins'  label,  which  is  illustrated  in  their  advertise- 
ment in  this  issue.  As  it  has  become  known  that 
■certain  parties  are  putting  up  and  offering  for  sale 
Albolene  not  of  McKesson  &  Robbins'  manufacture, 
they  caution  the  trade  against  handling  such  imita- 
tions, and  state  that  they  intend  to  fully  protect  their 
rights  in  this  trade  mark. 

Star  Quizzer. 
Stevens  &  Mallory,  of  Ada,  O.,  have  been  advertising 
in  the  Era  for  a  long  time  the  Star  Quizzor  in  Phar- 
macy, a  little  book  giving  the  questions  asked  at  state 
examinations,  with  answers,  and  which  they  claim  will 
•enable  any  prospective  drug  clerk  to  pass  any  state  ex- 
amination. This  book  is  sent  postpaid  for  a  $1.25  money 
order.  They  tell  us  they  sell  many  of  their  QuizzerS 
througli  this  advertisement,  which  has  scattered  them 
pretty  well  over  the  world,  and  they  sent  us  a  copy  of 
iin  order  they  received  from  England  not  long  since. 


GOLF"  FOUNTAIN. 

of  niveltj  People  want  some- 
thmg  new,  and  the 
druggist  who  has  the 
tbility  to  do  new  things, 
oi  old  things  in  a  new 
\\  ^\  is  the  one  who 
\\  ill  pass  his  fellows  in 
the  race  for  business 
success.  The  same  ap- 
plies to  the  manufactur- 
er The  maker  of 
btiple  articles  will  al- 
■B  i\b  do  a  certain 
amount  of  business,  but 
tlie  successful  manu- 
ttcturer,  the  one  who 
does  business  far  in  ad- 
V  tnce  of  his  competi- 
tois  is  he  who  offers 
something  new. 

In  few  lines  of  busi- 
ness, are  there  more  op- 
poitunities  for  this  dis- 
play of  inventive  genius  than  in  the  druggists'  sundry 
line.  Parker,  Stearns  &  Sutton  of  New  York 
long  ago  made  their  name  well  known 
tliroughout  the  trade  of  this  country  by  putting  on  the 
market  their  line  of  "Alpha"  specialties.  Time  was 
wlien  these  goods  were  a. novelty  and  were  sold  as  such, 
but  their  merit  established  their  right  to  live,  and  today 
they  are  staple  goods,  bought  by  every  buyer  of  drug- 
gists' sundries  as  a  matter  of  course. 

Parker,  Stearns  &  Sutton's  latest  novelty  is  indi- 
cated in  the  title  to  this  sketch.  It  is  an  ingenious 
improvement  iu  fountain  syringes,  particularly  adapted 
to  the  use  of  travellers  or  wherever  economy  of  space 
and  convenience  is  desired.  The  illustration  will  give 
a  pretty  fair  idea  of  its  character.  Attached  to  the  bag 
by  a  specially  patented  device,  is  a  waterproof  pouch 
or  wrapper  of  the  same  ornamental  appearance  as  the 
bag,  into  which,  after  use,  the  syringe  may  be  rolled  up, 
the  rubber  tubing  wound  around  it,  and  the  roll  thus 
made  slipped  into  the  pocket  or  carried  in  a  satchel 
without  taking  up  any  appreciable  space.  It  entirely 
does  away  with  the  clumsy  old-style  box,  and  there  is 
nothing  about  its  shape  or  appearance  to  indicate  its 
contents. 

The  hard  rubber  pipes  are  held  in  place  on  the  face 
of  the  bag  by  a  patented  device  which  prevents  them 
from  being  lost,  and  by  which  they  are  always  at  hand. 
The  rubber  tubing  is  made  flat,except  at  the  ends,  so 
that  it  may  be  coiled  up  without  kinking,  as  the  old 
style  will  do,  and  at  the  same  time  produce  a  more 
copious  and  rapid  flow  of  water.  The  bag  is  made  of 
fine  fabric  of  a  beautiful  golf  pattern — hence  the  name — 
coated  on  the  inside  with  pure  black  rubber,  the  seams 
and  neck  thoroughly  re-enforced,  and  combining  elegant 
appearance  with  great  strength  and  durability. 

These  syringes  have  been  introduced  but  a  short 
time,  and  are  an  entire  novelty  in  the  trade.  Druggists 
who  cater  to  fine  trade  and  whose  desire  is  to  keep  up 
with  the  times,  should  at  least  inquire  about  them. 

The  manufacturer  of  Floral  Leaves  satchel  tablets 
says  they  are  really  violets  compressed  into  dainty 
little  tablets,  and  they  have  the  advantage  over  satchet 
powder,  in  that  they  can  be  scattered  around  through 
handkerchief  and  glove  boxes  and  with  the  clothing 
without  any  dust  or  dirt,  or  the  necessity  of  making  up 
into  satchet  bags.  Their  convenience  has  already  won 
for  them  a  large  sale.  They  are  sold  to  the  trade 
through  the  jobber  at  $2.00  per  dozen. 


May  1,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


44i» 


PATENTS,    TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


697,094 
698,079.- 


698,184. 
698,241. 
698,265, 
698,325, 
698,328. 

698,330. 
698,355, 


PATENTS. 
Issued  April  22,   1902. 

, — Maurice  UinesiuaDn,  Paris,  France.  Process  of 
maliing:  thymol. 

-Heinrich  Thron,  Frankfort-on-'the-Main,  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  Vereinigte  Cliininfabriken 
Zimmer  &  Co.,  G-esellschaft  nut  Beschrankter 
Hattung,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Germany. 
Salicylate  of  Salicyl  qulndn,  etc. 

■ — Heginald  W.   Pokrop.   New   Haven,   Conn.     Bottle. 

. — James  F.  Du£Et,  Chicago,  111.  Apparatus  for  re- 
fining, ag^ng,  iheilowing  and  purifying  alcoholic 
liquors. 

-Jaimes  F.  Duffy.  Chicago,  111.  Method  of  refining 
aginig,  mellowing  ajid  purifying  alcoholic  liquors. 

— Theodorus  S.  Bailey.  EHizabeth,  N.  J.  Non-re- 
refillable  bottle. 

— Chanles  E.  L..  Didelon,  Paris,  France.  Device  for 
supplying  liquids. 

-Henry  W.  Scattergood,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Sponge 
or  mucilage  holder. 

—Paul  Seidel,  Lud\STgshafen,  Oerman.v.  assignor 
ito  Badische  Anliin  &  Soda  Fabrik  Ludwigshafen, 
Germany,  a  Corporation  of  Baden.  Process  of 
making  aromatic  aldehyde  and  acid. 

— Ed'waj-d  C.  Shilling,  Columbus,  Ohio.  Non-re- 
fillable  bottle. 

—Max  Bazlen,  Ludwigshafen.  Germany,  assignor 
to  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik,  Ludwigshafen, 
Germany,  a  Oorporaticm.  Process  oi  making  aro- 
matic aldehyde  and  acid. 

-Franz  Fuhrmann,  Berlin,  Germany.  Method  of 
making  magnesium-peroxid  compound. 


TRADE    MARKS 
Registered  April  22,  1902. 

8. 163.— Certain  naimed  medical  compounds.  Charles  Wes- 
ley De  Laney,  Hammond,  Ind.  The  word  "Der- 
macllia"  In  connection  with  the  reT>resentatlon  of 
a  miBin  seated  im  front  of  a  microscope  standing  on 
a  table. 

8.166.— Hailr  restorers,  applications  for  the  hair  and  cos- 


metics. Mary  T.  Goldiman,  St.  PaAil,  Minn.  The 
representation  of  a  woman's  head  with  long  hair 
flowinig  looise,  light  on  one  side  and  dark  on  the 
other,  and  a  panel  below  the  head. 


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[Ma^  1,  190S. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

MARKET  TAME  AND   UNINTERESTING. 

NEW  YORK,  April  29.— Although  there  is  a  con- 
tinued good  jobbing  demand  for  seasonable  articles,  with 
prevailing  conditions  satisfactory  to  dealers,  the  market 
has  a  tame  aiid  uninteresting  appearance,  mainly  on 
account  of  the  routine  character  of  the  business  in 
progress  and  the  absence  of  new  features  of  more  than 
ordinary   importance. 

OPIUM. — There  is  no  further  quotable  change  m 
values,  but  the  market  continues  easy  in  tone  under 
the  influence  of  corresponding  conditions  at  primary 
sources  of  supply,  where  reports  have  been  received 
from  growing  districts  to  the  effect  that  everything  is 
favorable  to  the  coming  crop,  and  a  fairly  liberal  yield 
is  expected.  The  ruliufi  jobliins  quntatinns  are  $3.10® 
3.35  for  9  per  cent  an.l  ^■■'.:Mii,i  ■■•..ir>  I'or  11  per  cent. 
Powdered  is  held  at  $4.1  .".'</ 4.  in  f.n-  1-  p.-r  cent,  $4.75(y! 
4.90  for  16  per  cent  and  $4.0U(u  4.75  fur  granular. 

MORPHINE. — Former  prices  are  maintained  and  a 
continued  good  business  is  reported  in  jobbing  quanti- 
ties, at  the  quoted  range  of  .1«2.40ft/j2.50  for  eighths  m 
1-oz  boxes,  $2.35@2.45  in  2y2-oz  boxes,  $2.15@2.25  m 
ounce  vials  and  $2.10@2.20  in  5-oz  cans,  according  to 
size  of  order. 

QUININE.— Trading  ^s  rather  slow  and  the  market 
is  quiet  but  fairly  steady,  with  jobbers  .pHiting  28c 
for  bulk  iu  100-oz  tins,  28y2C  in  51)-../,  lins.  -Jlic  m  25- 
oz  tins,  30c  in  5  or  10-oz  tins  and  35c  in  ounce  vials. 

JALAP. — Recent  heavy  stocks  in  the  hands  of  im- 
porters have  gone  under  control  of  dealers,  and  the 
market  is  somewhat  steadier  in  tone,  but  there  is  no 
improvement  in  values  aud  jobbers  are  willing  sellers  at 
old    quotations.  ,   . 

SILVER  NITRATE. — The  market  for  the  metal  is 
weaker  owing  to  increasing  supplies  both  here  and  in 
Europe,  in  part  due  to  indemnity  payments  by  the 
Chinese  Government.  Manufacturers  have  reduced 
their  qnotatinns  2%c  per  oz  and  jobbing  prices  are  cor- 
respoii(liiif;ly  li.wer.  ,      ,      , 

lil'CIir  LPJAVES. — Short  are  firmer  both  here 
and  in  London,  advices  from  the  latter  market  showing 
that  at  the  last  regular  auction  sale  the  prices  realized 
on  both  prime  and  medium  grades  were  fully  Id  higher 
than  previous  quotations.  Some  of  the  local  jobbers 
are  quoting  20@25c  for  whole  and  30@35c  for  pow- 
dered. .     .         ,        ,  ,  1 

OIL  OP  BAY. — Domestic  is  in  reduced  supply  and 
the  marki't  is  somewhat  firmer  in  tone,  but  jobbing 
parcels  air  ..l.tainable  at  the  old  range  of  30@35c  per 

oz,  ,.|r ■i\Urj  111  quantity.       The  West  India  variety  is 

quoted  al  50f./(50c.  ,   ^. 

SPERMACETI. — Stocks  have  been  accumulating  m 
first  hands  and  in  a  large  way  purchases  can  be  made 
at  a  slight  concession  from  quoted  figures,  but  for  cakes 
in  small  jobbing  lots  the  ruling  figures  are  unchanged 
at    30((J).35c. 

(tT^M  SANDARAC. — Supplies  in  first  hands  are 
more  nliuiidant  and  the  market  is  easier  with  jobbing 
qnotatinns  i-i_-iluii'il  to  -Jlirt/^Sc  for  whole  as  to  quantity 
aud  quality  and   :;(ir(/:'.5r  for  powdered.  _         ^,    ,    ,     ., 

CERESIN  W.\X. — Crude  material  is  cabled  decid- 
edly higher  in  producing  markets,  and  the  local  situa- 
tion is  stronger  in  consequence,  bnt  jobbers  are  still 
willing  to  self  in  a  moderate  way  lit  20@25c  for  yellow 
and    22@27c   for    white. 


Cygnus  Toilet   Powder. 

Cygnus  Toilet  Powder,  prepared  by  the  Virgilina 
Mfg."  Co..  New  York,  is  made  of  the  highest  grade  of 
Talcum  Powder,  bolted  and  borated,  exquisitely  per- 
fumed, and  put  up  in  flint  glass  bottles  that  are  care- 
fully cleaned  beforehand  with  washed  linen.  The 
bottles  have  a  perforated  nickel  screw  top,  and  are 
placed  in  an  attractive  paper  box,  with  a  circular  show- 
ing who  the  physicians  are  that  indorse  and  recommend 
the  powder.  It  is  the  largest  and  handsomest  package 
of  the  kind  we  have  seen,  and  as  it  is  sold  to  the  trade 
to  retail  at  25  cents  and  affords  the  retailer  at  thaf 
price  a  good  profit,  it  is  undoubtedly  destined  to  meet 
with  a  large  sale. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Albolene.    Red    Coloring    435 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs,  Alumni,  etc.;  Chicago  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  Alumni,  446;  Louisville  (Ky) 
Druggists,  444;  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical, 
438;  Maryland  Pharmaceutical,  443;  New 
York  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation  (Drug 
Section),  438;  New  Y'ork  College  of  Ph_armacy 
Alumni,  437;  New  York  Retail  Druggists,  438; 
Ohio   Pharmaceutical,   445;   Philadelphia   Credit 

Men 442 

BOARDS  of  PHARMACY:  Maryland,  443;  Min- 
nesota, 446;  Missouri,  447;  Pennsylvania,  442; 

Wisconsin   446 

BOOK  REVIEWS:  Bailey  and  Cady,  Laboratory 
Guide  to  the  Study  of  Qualitative  Analysis, 
436:  Neff,  Manual  of  I'rescription  Writing,  448; 

Syphilis,  A  Symposium 448 

Boroglyceride 435 

BOWLING  DRUG  TRADE:  American  Drug 
Trade  Bowling  Association,  442;  Philadelphia, 

442:    St.    Louis 447 

Chloroform.  Preparation 429 

COLLEGES    OF    PHARMACY:        Chicago,    445; 

Marylaiid,   443;   New   Y'ork 437 

"Consumption  Cure,"  East  India 435 

Drug  Store  Problems 436 

EDITORIALS:  American  Conference  of  Pharma- 
ceutical Faculties,  428:  College  Commence- 
ments, 428:  Demand  for  Drug  Clerks,  427;  Drug 
Problems.  Prize  Winners,  429;  .Tames  C.  Perry, 
429;  Massailiiisetts  1  >iusi;ists  and  the  Sale  of 
Liquor.  -i'2X:  Snui-i 'ciUeiiiiinl  ileeting  of  A.  Ph. 
A.,  428;  Side  Lines  Desirable,  428;  The  South- 
ern   Drug    Journal 428 

Fish,    Scenting    Bait -434 

Hydrogen,     Preparation 434 

Ink,  Fading 4.35 

Lapis  Mirabilis 434 

Laws,  "Blue,"  in   Massachusetts 440 

Lignin.    Reaction 429 

MARKET   REPORT 450 

NEWS  LETTERS:  Baltimore,  443;  Chicago,  445; 
Cincinnati,  445;  Louisville,  444;  Michigan,  444; 
New  England,  440;  New  York,  437;  Phila- 
delphia, 442;  St.  Louis,  447;  The  North- 
west     446 

Parisian  Phaniiacii's 431 

PATENTS.   TRADEMARKS,   etc 449 

PERSONALS.  Including  Items  of  Personal  In- 
terest, etc.:  Anderson.  E.  C,  441;  Bung,  Theo- 
dore, 439;  Colgate,  Bowles,  4.38:  Draper,  A. 
S.,  446;  Erb,  Charles  S.,  439;  Missildine,  A.  H., 
439;  Perry,  James  C,  429-442:  Porter,  N.  A., 
440;  Ross,  Oscar  E.,  443;  Stoddard,  Clarence 
B.,  444;  Swann,  S.  V.  B.,  439;  Vogeler,  Fred- 
erick,  445;   Y^akel,   Louis 443 

Prescriptions,    Giving    Copies 434 

QUESTION  BOX 434 

Schools  of  Pharmacy  in  Universities 433 

Sea-Sickness,  Remedy 429 

SHOP    TALK 429 

Stinking    Gladwyn 434 

Druggists  who  have  soda  fountains  will  surely  be 
interested  in  the  advertisement  in  this  issue  of  a  new 
tumbler  washer,  a  washer  that  requires  no  plumber  to 
attach  it,  for  all  that  it  needs  is  a  pail  or  a  tank  full  of 
water,  and  the  washer  is  ready  for  use.  It  cleans 
the  inside  and  the  out.side  of  the  glass  at  the  same 
time,  it  cannot  get  out  of  order,  fits  any  size  glass,  and 
does  not  break  any,  either.  M.  Leiner  &  Co.,  who 
make  it,  say  that  no  washer  on  the  market  can  do  the 
work  any  better,  and  as  the  brushes  can  be  replaced 
when  worn  out  at  very  small  cost,  it  is  practically  in- 
destructible. This  washer  is  guaranteed,  lijje  all  other 
Leiner  products. 

Vaporettes  are  perfumed  bath  tablets  which  effer- 
vesce when  brought  in  contact  with  the  water,  liberating 
an  exquisite  perfume  and  rendering  the  water  soft, 
fragrant  and  refreshing.  By  the  use  of  Vaporettes, 
luxury  in  the  bath  is  obtained  at  a  trifling  cost.  They 
are  packed  in  handsome  white  glazed  boxes  containing 
eight  tablets,  each  tablet  wrapped  in  gold  foil.  They 
are  sold  to  the  trade  through  jobbers  at  $2.00  per  dozen. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


IMPORTANT  POST  OFFICE  DECISION 
REGARDING   PRICE  LISTS. 

The  Postoffice  Department  has  ruled  that  drug- 
gists' price  lists,  like  the  so-called  "Era  Blue  Book," 
cannot  hereafter  be  issued  as  a  "Supplement"  or  as 
a  "Section"  of  a  regiilar  second  class  publication,  but 
must  be  bound  in  with  the  regular  reading  matter  of 
the  journal,  the  whole  forming  one  single  publication. 

This  decision  means  that  the  ERA  Price  List  must 
hereafter  be  bound  in  as  a  part  of  the  regular  ERA, 
and  we  shall  issue  such  PRICE  LIST  EDITIONS 
of  the  ERA  in  February,  June,  and  October  of  each 
year.     The  next  edition  will  be  issued  in  June. 

THE  PUBLISHERS. 

N.  Y.,  April  5,  1902. 


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Upon  another  page  of  the  present  issue,  the  of- 
ficers of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation present  an  array  of  eighteen  reasons  why 
every  druggist  should  be  a  member  of  that  body.  The 
member  of  the  trade  who  can  successfully  answer  all 
of  these  arguments  with  counter  arguments  and  de- 
liberately refrain  from  sending  in  his  annual  dues 
is  out  of  place  in  the  drug  business.  The  reasons 
are  comprehensive  and  convincing,  and  should  ap- 
peal to  every  pharmacist  who  is  alive  to  his  own  in- 
terests. The  long  list  of  services  rendered  by  the 
State  organization  contains  no  mention  of  the  efforts 
of  the  association  in  the  advancement  of  scientific 
pharmacy.  The  most  important  work  seems  to  have 
been  the  prevention  or  modification  of  obnoxious  leg- 
islation. The  letter  shows  that  in  the  legislative  ses- 
sion of  1900  and  1901  fourteen  bills  which  required  at- 
tention were  introduced.  The  present  legislative 
committee  has  prevented  a  serious  change  in  the 
license  law,  secured  the  defeat  of  the  bill  relating 
to  the  charging  of  soda  fountains,  and  has  prevented 
the  passage  of  the  poison-cork  bill,  the  bill  to  allow 
physicians  to  practice  pharmacy,  a  bill  to  allow  the 
sale  of  certain  drugs  in  grocery  stores,  and  other 
obnoxious  measures. 


The  scarcity  of  pharmacists'  assistants  seems  to  be 
more  serious  in  England  than  in  the  United  States. 
The  difficulty  of  obtaining  apprentices  is  there  also 
ascribed  to  the  low  wages  and  long  working  hours 
of  the  young  pharmacist  as  compared  with  the  com- 
pensation and  duties  of  beginners  in  other  lines  of 
work.  .According  to  the  laws  of  supply  and  demand 
a  dearth  of  assistants  should  produce  a  corresponding 
improvement  in  the  condition  of  those  who  are  avail- 
able, but  this  case  of  the  pharmacist's  apprentice 
seems  to  be  the  exception  which  proves  the  rule.  Al- 
though the  demand  for  qualified  dispensers  is  great, 
the  inducements  offered  remain  about  the  same.  The 
drug  clerk  does  not  seem  to  profit  by  the  increased 
demand  for  his  services,  but  whether  this  is  because 
he  is  incapable  or  unwilling  to  take  advantage  of  his 
opportunities  or  because  his  employers  arc  unable  to 
pay  more  is  still  a  question.  One  of  our  exchanges 
has  discovered  a  curious  reason  for  this  anomalous 


4-52 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  8,  1903. 


condition.  It  is  of  the  opinion  that  the  pharmacist's 
.assistant  continues  to  slave  early  and  late  for  low 
wages  because  he  hopes  to  be  the  proprietor  of  a 
pharmacy  himself  some  day,  and  looks  forward  to 
the  time  when  he  can  have  his  revenge  at  the  expense 
of  other  apprentices.  For  this  reason,  our  exchange 
thinks,  drug  clerks  do  not  wish  to  alter  conditions 
which  are  so  obviously  to  the  disadvantage  of  the 
employe. 


The  English  chemist's  assistant  may  be  content  to 
work  long  hours  and  bide  his  time  to  get  even  with 
his  own  assistant  later  on,  but  it  may  be  doubted 
whether  considerations  of  this  kind  ever  enter  the 
American  drug  clerk's  head.  The  young  men  in  our 
pharmacies  are  not  unduly  submissive  to  the  hard 
conditions  under  which  they  are  placed.  At  least 
complaints  are  sufficiently  loud  and  insistent  to  give 
the  impression  of  a  very  lively  struggle  for  relief. 
The  drug  clerk  is  doing  his  best  to  shorten  his  hours 
of  work,  and  his  salary  is  certainly  higher  than  it  was 
a  few  years  ago.  In  Chicago  the  clerks  have  become 
afifiliated  with  the  labor  unions,  apparently  with  the 
expectation  of  securing  relief  by  means  of  boycotts 
and  other  methods  known  to  organized  labor.  The 
Avisdom  of  this  action  and  its  ability  to  better  the 
clerk's  position  may  be  doubted,  but  the  agitation 
Tias  gained  the  advantage  of  popular  attention  to  the 
■dangerous  conditions  under  which  medicines  are  now 
frequently  dispensed.  In  San  Francisco  the  pharma- 
cists have  secured  the  passage  of  an  ordinance  mak- 
ing it  unlawful  for  any  employing  druggist  to  require 
■of  any  retail  drug  clerk  a  greater  number  of  hours  of 
labor  than  one  hundred  and  thirty-eight  in  two 
weeks.  Violation  of  the  provisions  of  the  ordinance 
is  made  a  misdemeanor  punishable  by  fine  or  im- 
prisonment. Apparently  it  is  taken  for  granted  that 
no  one  willingly  works  more  than  an  average  of  ten 
hours  a  day,  for  no  mention  is  made  of  the  druggist 
who  voluntarily  spends  more  than  the  specified  num- 
ber of  hours  in  his  store. 


In  Montana,  pharmaceutical  life  is  still  joyous  and 
(ree  from  the  cares  which  beset  the  inhabitants  of  less 
favored  localities.  The  assembly  call  of  the  Montana 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  the  meeting  of 
the  present  year,  contains  no  reference  to  the  cut- 
rate  evil,  substitution  or  other  vexatious  questions, 
but  is  full  of  the  pure  joy  of  living  and  is  suggestive 
of  the  breezy  buttes  and  the  wide  expanses  of  the 
great  and  glorious  West.  Who  could  resist  this  thrill- 
ing invitation  of  the  secretary? 

Dear  Sir — The  Great  Mogul  at  Missoula  has  spo- 
ken, and  this  is  what  he  spake  in  a  loud  and  boister- 
ous voice,  smelling  strong  of  vaccine  virus,  aqua 
fortis  and  curious  compound: — Hearken  to  the  Mo- 
kahnna  of  Missoula,  Great  High  Priest  of  the  Mon- 
tana State  Pharmaceutical  Association.  Be  ye  busy 
building  bubbles  to  bust  on  the  dozen  of  August, 
ig02.  being  Chooseday,  and  written  thus — 8-12-02.  I 
suggest  that,  should  your  meeting  be  but  slimly  at- 
tended, you  should  read  this  notice  at  the  succeeding 
meeting.  I  too  have  spoken  but  not  in  the  same  color 
Of  voice.  J.   MOODY   DOULL. 

X,  His  Mark. 


mitting  samples  of  his  products  for  analysis  before 
being  called  upon  to  do  so,  no  doubt  created  a  very 
favorable  impressing.  It  would  not  be  very  surpris- 
ing, however,  if  the  chemists  who  are  notoriously  sus- 
picious were  to  refuse  these  samples  and  insist  upon 
selecting  their  own  material. 


A  press  dispatch  announces  the  withdrawal  of  the 
Texas  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  from  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Retail  Druggists.  Various  rea- 
sons are  given  for  this  action,  the  principal  one  be- 
ing a  lack  of  sympathy  between  the  objects_  of  the 
two  associations.  In  the  absence  of  a  full  report  it 
is  not  necessary  to  interpret  this  action  of  the  Texas 
association  as  indicating  a  lack  of  confidence  in  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.  among  members  of  the  trade  in  that 
State,  or  any  serious  antagonism  between"  the  two 
organizations.  It  may  have  been  considered  prefera- 
ble to  permit  the  officers  of  the  national  association 
to  act  directly  through  local  organizations  affiliated 
with  this  society.  President  Eberle  in  his  address  at 
the  opening  meeting  said: 

"Whether  you  will  as  an  association  still  continue 
membership  with  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  is  a  matter  for  you 
to  consider,  or  whether  you  deem  it  more  expedient 
to  follow  the  plan  of  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical 
Association  which  encourages  local  associations  to 
unite  with  the  national  association.  It  has  been 
brought  to  my  notice  that  before  the  officers  of  the 
N.  A.  R.  D.  will  take  active  part  in  local  troubles, 
they  require  local  organizations  to  affiliate  with  them, 
although  several  of  the  local  druggists  may  be  mem- 
bers  of  our  State   organization." 

The. work  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  in  its  fight  with  the 
cut-rate  evil  is  lar.gely  confined  to  restricted  localities, 
and  it  seems  probable  that  the  Texas  State  society 
has  withdrawn  merely  because  its  membership  was 
found  to  be  imnecessary. 


The  St.  Paul  dealer  in  fruit  syrups  who  forestalled 
a  threatened  investigation  by  the  authorities,  by  sub- 


The  Indiana  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  has 
adopted  a  now  scheme  for  increasing  its  membership. 
Like  other  State  organizations  it  finds  difficulty  in 
keeping  a  certain  proportion  of  the  druggists  inter- 
ested in  its  work,  and  is  desirous  of  having  its  value 
brought  to  the  attention  of  inaccessible  members  of 
the  trade.  There  is  no  agency  so  certain  to  reach 
every  drug  store  in  the  country  as  the  arm^y  of  trav- 
eling salesmen  who  make  it  their  business  to  call  the 
attention  of  druggists  to  the  value  of  things.  A  num- 
ber of  organizations  have  made  use  of  these  enter- 
prising members  of  society  to  stimulate  interest  in 
their  particular  objects  and  aims,  and  have  found 
them  extremely  useful  for  this  purpose.  The  Indiana 
association  is  the  first  to  ofTer  any  considerable  in- 
ducement to  the  traveling  men  to  exert  themselves 
in  their  peculiarly  effective  way.  It  offers  something 
which  is  as  dear  to  the  peripatetic  salesman  as  life 
itself — namely,  a  fat  order.  A  number  of  the  State 
association  members  have  agreed  to  allow  their  want 
books  to  accumulate  considerable  lists  of  goods,  and 
these  will  be  combined  into  an  order  having  a  value 
of  several  thousand  dollars  which  will  be  given  to  the 
traveling  man,  who  brings  in  the  largest  number  of 
applications  for  membership  in  that  body.  It  is  need- 
less to  say  that  the  Hoosier  druggists  will  be  thor- 
oughly canvassed,  for  there  is  nothing  a  salesman  will 
not  do  to  obtain  orders.  , 


May  S,  1902.] 


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453 


A  writer  in  the  .\ustralian  Journal  of  Pharmacy, 
who  seems  to  be  sensitive  to  the  values  of  Greek 
roots,  objects  to  the  title  "pharmacopedia,"  which  to 
him  suggests  the  raising  of  children  on  drugs. 


There  are  still  a  few  rule-of-thumb  druggists  who 
have  not  lost  their  prejudice  against  college  gradu- 
ates. These  short-sighted  apothecaries  are  fond  of 
telling  stories  about  the  practical  efficiency  of  a  clerk 
who  obtained  his  knowledge  of  the  business  through 
years  of  bottle  washing,  and  the  inability  of  an  honor 
man  from  one  of  the  colleges  to  sell  a  tooth-brush 
or  tie  up  a  respectable  parcel.  At  present  this  preju- 
dice is  fortunately  becoming  very  rare,  probably  for 
the  very  good  reason  that  educational  standards  are 
gradually  rising,  and  college  training  or  its  equivalent 
is  becoming  more  and  more  indispensable.  How  this 
prejudice  against  the  educated  clerk  ever  arose  is  an 
interesting  question.  Perhaps  in  former  years  edu- 
cational methods  were  less  practical  than  at  present, 
and  it  may  be  that  the  college  student  was  taught  to 
fee!  and  show  his  supposed  superiority  over  his  fel- 
lows in  an  irritating  manner.  Neither  of  these  rea- 
sons has  any  basis  in  fact  at  the  present  time,  and  the 
claim  that  the  graduate  in  pharmacy  is  either  lacking 
in  eflficiency  or  has  an  undue  sense  of  his  own  impor- 
tance is  purely  a  piece  of  old-fogyism.  Of  late  years 
the  college  student  has  had  little  opportunity  of  ac- 
quiring a  "swelled  head."  So  many  successful  men  of 
millions  have  lectured  and  written  books  about  the 
waste  of  time  in  college  study,  that  the  student  has 
come  to  be  extremely  modest  and  at  times  almost 
apologetic.  At  the  same  time  college  men  are  all 
convinced  of  the  value  of  education,  and  the  world 
is  beginning  to  understand  precisely  what  college 
training  can  do  and  what  it  can  not  do.  All  preju- 
dice disappears  before  true  enlightenment. 


In  Massachusetts  there  seems  to  be  a  strange 
lack  of  harmony  between  the  requirements  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy  and  the  standards  of  pharma- 
ceutical education.  At  an  examination  held  in  Boston 
during  the  past  week,  71  candidates  were  examined 
and  only  five  succeeded  in  satisfying  the  board  about 
their  fitness  to  practice  pharmacy.  During  two  days 
of  the  session  not  a  single  applicant  was  successful. 
Unless  a  readjustment  of  standards  can  be  brought 
about  in  some  way,  the  race  of  drug  clerks  must  soon 
become  extinct  in  the  Old  Bay  State. 


ERA  COURSE  IN  PHARMACY. 

List  of  Graduates  for  April,  1902. 
Matriculation   No.  Grade. 
2841     Cnrl  \V.  Hayes,  4G9  Elk  street,  Buffa- 
lo, N.  Y 95  per  cent 

2854     Horace   C.   Littlejohu,   Box  35,    Lees- 
burg,   Va 92  per  cent 

2642     Cl.vde  Huston,  Oxford,  Ohio 90  per  cent 

3090     Robert  Zulauf,   Hopewell,    N.   J 95  per  cent 

2644     LeGrand  M.  Durham,  Oon-y,  Pa 88  per  cent 

2877     Louis  G.   Wehrle,   Carmi,  111 99  per  cent 

2866     Earl  Brandon.  L.  B.  44,  Clyde,  Kan.  .97  per  cent 
30G6     Miss   Annie    S.    Donnelly,     297     Main 

street,    Danbury,    Conn 92  per  cent 

3121     John  L.  Lange,  43  Halsoy  street,  As- 
toria,  L.  I.  City,  N.   Y 88  per  cent 

3098     Vivian    B.    Collins,     Box     214,     Plant 

City,  Fla 92  per  cent 

.'!087     Nelson  L.  Yenkel,  Perknsio.  Pa 98  per  cent 

3175     Edgar  J.  Warren,  55  Main  street,  Wa- 

terville.   Me 88  per  cent 

3004  James  S.  Parshley,  Middletown,  Conn. 95  per  cent 
The  above  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a 
short  time.  A  large  and  very  handsome  engraved  diplo- 
ma, printed  <m  artificial  parchment,  with  the  graduate's 
name  engrossed,  especially  suited  for  framing,  will  be 
furnished  to  all  wlio  request  it  for  the  sum  of  ■f2.00. 
Those  who  desire  the  latter  should  forward  the  neces- 
sary fee  at  once  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


ACTION  OF  ARSENIC  ACID  ON  PINENE.— 
P.  Genvresse  (Comptes  rend.)  finds  that  when  pinene 
IS  heated  with  crystallized  arsenic  acid,  a  little 
cymene  and  terpineol  is  obtained  and  a  body  iden- 
tical in  chemical  and  physical  properties  with  pinene 
but  having  a  dififerent  odor,  or  terpinene.  If  to  one 
kilo,  of  pinene  are  added  25  grams  of  arsenic  acid 
and  the  mixture  heated  for  three  hours  under  a  re- 
flux condenser,  and  then  distilled  and  rectified. about 
600  grams  of  a  liquid  are  obtained  which  boils  be- 
tween 156  and  161  degrees  C.  This  has  all  the  prop- 
erties of  pinene  but  has  an  agreeable,  lemon-like 
odor.  II  the  pinene  is  treated  in  this  way  with  a 
larger  proportion  of  arsenic  acid  a  product  is  ob- 
tained which  boils  at  a  slightly  higher  temperature, 
and  has  been  shown  conclusiveli/  to  be  terpinene. 
This  action  of  arsenic  acid  affords  a  basis  for  the 
industrial  preparation  of  terpinene. 


BUFONIN  AND  BUFOTALIN.  —  Edwin  S. 
Faust  (Arch.  f.  exp.  Path,  und  Pharm.)  has  isolated 
two  active  substances  from  the  secretions  of  the  skin 
of  the  toad,  and  has  named  these  bodies  bufonin  and 
bufotalin.  Both  substances  were  found  to  possess 
an  action  similar  to  that  ascribed  to  the  digitalin 
group,  bufotalin  being,  however,  much  more  active 
than  bufonin.  The  author  did  not  succeed  in  ob- 
taining bufotalin  in  crystalline  form.  Elementary 
analo'ses  gave  the  formula  C17H23O3  or  Cs^HieOio. 
This  compound  is  easily  soluble  in  chloroform,  al- 
cohol, glacial  acetic  acid  and  acetone;  insoluble  in 
petroleum  ether,  and  sparingly  soluble  in  benzol  and 
water.  Bufonin  crystallizes  in  fine  needles  or  narrow 
prisms,  and  melts  at  152  degrees.  It  has  been  given 
the  formula  C3iHs40=,  and  is  soluble  in  chloroform, 
benzol  and  hot  alcohol;  less  soluble  in  ether,  and 
very  slightly  soluble  in  cold  water  or  alcohol. 


PURITY  OF  ARISTOL.— H.  Cousin  (Journ. 
Pharm.  Chim.)  finds  that  commercial  aristol  is  far 
from  pure.  ■  It  contains  less  than  the  theoretical 
amount  of  iodine,  and  some  samples  contain  consi- 
derable quantities  of  impurities  in  the  form  of  inor- 
ganic matter  and  chlorine  in  organic  combinations. 
The  quantity  of  pure  dithymol  diiodide  present  in  the 
six  specimens  examined  varied  from  41.65  to  87  per 
cent.  The  quantity  of  inorganic  salts,  insoluble  in 
ether,  varied  from  1.4  to  7.4  per  cent.  All  were  found 
to  contain  more  or  less  chlorine,  the  proportion 
present  varying  from  .29  to  10.38  per  cent.  The 
iodine  present  ranged  from  196  to  4258  per  cent,; 
the  theoretical  proportion  for  the  pure  compound  be- 
ing 46.18  per  cent. 

TYPHOIN.— Dr.  J.  Petruschky  (Dtsch.  med. 
Wochschr.)  has  during  two  years  employed  in  the 
treatment  of  tvphus  very  small  doses  of  sterilized  ty- 
phus bacilli,  which  the  author  has  named  typhoin. 
The  remedy  is  administered  in  the  form  of  a  hypo- 
dermic inieclion,  and  the  average  doses  for  adults 
are:  for  tlie  day,  .05  Cc.  and  .1  Cc.  in  the  evening;  the 
second  dav,  .1  Cc  and  .2  Cc:  and  the  third  day,  .2  Cc. 
and  .^  Cc'  The  preparation  has  not,  as  yet  made  its 
appearance  in  the  market. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  8,  1902. 


Ab] 


A  really  novel  and  serviceable  method  of  utilizing 
old  drug  journals  has  been  evolved  by  a  Philadelphia 
druggist  whose  hobby  is  "clippings,"^  and  thinks  it  a 
waste  of  money  to  stow  them  down  in  the  cellar  and 
of  time  to  wade  through  a  lot  of  useless  stuff  to  find 
what  he  wants.  '  His  method  is  this:  He  removes  the 
binding  wire  or  string  that  holds  the  leaves  together 
and  separates  each  bunch  of  pages  carefully,  then  he 
culls  out  the  pages  containing  articles  he  thinks  worth 
keeping  because  of  their  interest  or  bearing  on  drug 
store  work,  being  careful  to  have  the  full  marginal 
space  on  every  page,  trimming  them  at  top  and  bot- 
tom. He  has  several  empty  porous  plaster  boxes  each 
labelled  plainly  thus:  Dispensing  Notes,  Operative 
Pharmacy,  Pharmaceutical  Chemistry.  UrinaVvsis.  Gen- 
eral Chemistry,  Analytical  Chemistry,  Advertising, 
Store  Hints  &  Helps,  and  so  on,  each  box  being  for 
articles  bearing  on  the  subject  whose  title  is  on  the 
label,  his  boxes  covering  pretty  well  the  whole  field 
of  matters  relating  to  the  management  of  a  drug 
store.  When  he  accumulates  enough  pages  to  about 
fill  a  thousand-page  book,  he  numbers  and  assorts  the 
pages  according  to  related  subjects,  makes  out  an  in- 
dex of  the  articles  on  his  typewriter  and,  then  sends 
the  pages  kept  in  order  by  "stout  fasteners"  to  the 
bookbinders  to  be  trimmed"  and  bound.  He  now  has 
five  neatly  and  serviceable  bound  volumes  to  which 
lie  points  with  pride  as  containing  the  cream  of  over 
ten  years'  issues  of  all  the  leading  drug  journals,  and 
he  stoutly  declares  he  would  not  take  ten  dollars 
apiece  for  them  as  he  finds  occasion  to  refer  to  some- 
thing in  them  almost  every  day  or  so.  By  leaving 
wide  margins  on  the  small  pages  and  trimming  the 
large  ones  close  there  is  much  less  "raggedness"  in 
the  books,  get  up  then  one  might  think.  The  scheme 
is  a  good  one  for  the  busy  druggist  who  wants  to  keep 
in  touch  with  the  newest  and  best  in  his  calling,  while 
the    time,    labor   and    expense    of   the    books    is    but 

-trifling. 

*     *     * 

A  swindler  has  been  quite  successful  lately  in  work- 
ing a  "bunco  game"  on  Philadelphia  housekeepers, 
West  Philadelphia  especially,  and  druggists  there  can 
make  both  coin  and  custom  by  putting  their  neigh- 
bors "on"  to  the  game.  The  fellow  rings  the  door- 
bells of  a  house  and  tells  whoever  answers  that  he  has 
Tjeen  sent  to  look  over  the  electric  batteries  that  fur- 
nish the  current  for  bells  and  gas  lighters  and  if  al- 
lowed to  enter  goes  down  into  the  cellar.  He  potters 
about  the  batteries  there  for  a  few  minutes  and,  if 
the  house  has  only  an  electric  bell,  comes  up  and  re- 
marks to  the  housewife:  "Your  battery  has  run  down 
and  needs  some  salts,  give  me  a  quarter  and  I'll  run 
over  to  the  drug  store  and  get  it  for  you  and  fix 
things  up."  H  there  is  any  hesitation  he  says  that  he 
will  have  to  take  the  batteries  down  to  the  shop  un- 
less he  can  get  the  sal  ammoniac  out  here,  which 
hint  usually  works  and  he  gets  his  quarter  and  goes 
out  for  his  "salts" — but  forgets  to  come  back  with  it. 
If  the  house  has  several  bells,  lighters,  etc.,  requiring 
perhaps  four  to  eight  batteries,  he  says  he  will  need  a 
gallon  or  so  of  acid,  ten  or  fifteen  pounds  of  salts  and 
other  stuff,  askng  for  a  dollar  or  more  to  get  them 
with,  to  disappear  if  he  gets  the  money  in  the  direc- 
tion of  the  nearest  drug  store.  He  comes  around 
•:/heTi  the  man  of  the  house  is  sure  to  be  out  and 
the  mistress  seldom  knows  enough  about  batteries  to 
c'ptect  his  error  in  naming  battery  supplies  and  unsus- 
niciously  gives  him  the  money  demanded  thinking  she 
is  saving  the  cost  of  expensive  repairs  at  the  down 
town  work  shop  he  tells  of.  A  dozen  families  on  Mar- 
ket street  were  fooled  a  weelc  or  so  ago. 


CIGARS. 

By  C.   G.   BUCHANAN,  Wellsburg,  W.   Va. 

THE    man    who    best    imderstands    quinine    in 
all    its    transitions,    from   the    cinchona   tree 
until  it  comes  to  his  store  and  is  passed  out 
over   his   counters,   is   the   man   who   is   best 
qualified  to  sell  quinine.       So  in  every  line,  one  who 
intends   dealing   in   that   line   cannot  know  too   much 
about  it. 

A  cigar  case  with  a  well-selected  stock  will  more 
than  pay  the  average  druggist's  rent,  even  if  the 
pharmacist  knows  a  cigar  merely  by  its  brand;  but 
if  his  knowledge  of  cigars  is  comprehensive,  begin- 
ning with  the  growing  tobacco  and  extending  to  the 
making  and  the  care  of  the  finished  product,  he 
possesses  an  advantage  which  should  go  far  to  make 
the  cigar  counter  the  most  profitable  part  of  his  store. 

Method  of  Culture. 

Early  in  the  spring  tobacco  seeds  are  planted  in 
hot-beds,  in  which  the  young  plants  are  allowed  to 
remain  until  they  have  grown  to  sufficient  size  and 
strength  to  permit  of  their  removal  to  the  fields.  The 
location  of  the  fields,  as  regards  climate  and  soil, 
whether  on  a  hill-side  or  in  a  valley  and  the  amount 
of  sun  the  plants  will  receive,  determines  to  a  large 
extent  the  quality  of  the  tobacco.  A  variation  in  these 
conditions  will  produce  widely  varying  qualities  of 
matured  tobacco,  even  when  raised  from  the  same 
seed. 

The  plants  are  arranged  in  regular  rows,  and  from 
the  time  of  planting  receive  the  most  careful  at- 
tention. Weeds  are  kept  down,  the  earth  is  stirred 
up  every  few  days,  either  by  means  of  a  harrow  or 
with  the  hoe,  and  if  possible  the  plants  are  watered 
during  the  dry  seasons.  If  the  sun  is  likely  to  be- 
come too  hot,  preparations  are  made  to  shelter  the 
plants  during  the  hottest  part  of  the  day.  Many 
growers  also  "pinch"  or  remove  the  tops  of  the 
plants  in  order  to  prevent  the  formation  of  flowers 
and  seeds,  and  thus  increase  the  development  of  the 
leaves. 

Harvesting  and  Curing. 

When  the  growing  plant  has  reached  the  proper 
stage  of  development  in  the  fall,  varying  in  different 
localities,  the  tobacco  is  harvested.  The  stalks  are 
cut  close  to  the  ground  and  the  plants  hung  up  in 
warehouses  to  cure,  the  rooms  being  heated  to  the 
proper  degree  required  by  the  tobacco  in  order  to 
"sweat."  Briefly  stated,  this  is  the  way  in  which 
the  important  process  of  curing  is  carried  out,  but 
each  grower  has  his  own  peculiar  ideas  about  the 
length  of  time  required,  the  degree  of  heat  to  be 
used,  etc.  After  the  tobacco  is  cured,  the  plants  are 
taken  down,  and  the  leaves  stripped  from  the  stem 
and  tied  into  bunches  with  sprigs  of  tobacco.  The 
leaves  are  then  packed  in  cases  or  hogsheads,  and 
the  stalks  are  either  thrown  away  or  used  for  fuel. 

Classes  of  Cigar  Tobacco. 

While  the  method  of  tobacco  culture  is  practically 
the  same  in  all  cases,  the  product  is  divided  into  two 
great  classes,  as  regards  the  making  of  cigars.  A 
variety  of  narrow  leaves  are  called  "fillers,"  while 
a  class  composed  of  broad  leaves  furnishes  what  are 
known    to    the    trade    as    "wrappers."  These    two 

classes  are  grown  from  different  species  and  usually 
in  different  localities,  and  are  named  sometimes  ac- 
cording to  the  species  from  which  they  are  obtained, 
or  according  to  the  locality  in  which  they  are  grown, 
etc.,  various  conditions  giving  rise  to  such  names  as 
"Kentucky,"  "Kentucky  Seed,"  "Havana,"  "Seed  Ha- 
vana." "Pennsylvania  Dutch,"  "Pennsylvania  Broad- 
leaf,"  "Summatra,"  "Wisconsin  Seed,"  "Connecticut 
Seed,"  "Turkish"  and  many  others. 

The  Development  of  the  Cigar. 

Tobacco  was  originally  smoked  in  pipes  exclusive- 
ly, and  a  long  time  passed  before  the  method  of  mak- 
ing it  into  a  roll  was  discovered.      This  method  has, 


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however,  developed  more  rapidly  than  pipe  smoking, 
and  today  the  number  of  people  who  derive  their 
living  either  directly  or  indirectly  from  the  manu- 
facture of  cigars  is  enormous.  The  preparation  of 
a  cigar  is  a  very  interesting  process.  The  tobacco 
or  "'stock,"  as  it  is  called  when  it  comcs  to  the  factory, 
as  so  dry  and  brittle  that  any  attempt  to  work  it 
would  break  and  crumble  it  almost  to  powder.  For 
this  reason  it  must  first  be  softened,  which  is  accom- 
plished bff  dipping  the  bundles  in  water  and  placing 
them  upon  a  board  to  drain.  This  process  is  called 
"casing  the  stock."  After  the  leaves  have  drained, 
the  tobacco  is  taken  to  the  strippers,  usually  boys 
and  girls  from  12  to  18  years  of  age,  who  remove 
the  large,  thick  midrib  from  the  center  of  each  leaf. 
The  leaves  which  are  to  be  used  as  "fillers"  are  then 
spread  out  on  screens  to  dry,  while  the  "wrappers" 
and  "binders"  (inner  wrappers)  are  spread  out  flat 
and  smooth  on  the  stripper's  knee  and  piled  leaf  upon 
leaf  until  a  pad  six  or  eight  inches  high  is  formed, 
when  the  two  ends  are  brought  together  and  tied 
with  a  tobacco  stem.  The  pad  is  then  packed  away 
in  damp  cloths  until  required  by  the  cigar  maker. 

Wrappers  and  Binders. 

While  a  particular  grade  of  tobacco  is  sometimes 
grown  for  binders,  most  of  the  leaves  used  for  this 
purpose  are  obtained  by  sorting  the  wrappers  in  the 
curing  house.  Leaves  which  are  of  poor  color  or 
have  large  veins,  or  are  for  other  reasons  unsuitable 
for  wrappers,  are  laid  aside  for  binders,  and  are  then 
subjected  to  an  additional  sweating  so  as  to  render 
them  as  nearly  tasteless  as  possible. 

Rolling  the  Cigar. 

In  making  a  cigar,  the  maker  takes  the  fillers  and 
■"breaks  a  bunch"  which  experience  lias  taught  him 
will  be  the  proper  size.  This  bunch  he  wraps  in  the 
binder  (which  he  has  previously  cut  to  the  proper 
shape),  and  then  shapes  the  whole  into  the  form  of 
the  cigar,  either  by  rolling  on  his  board  or  by  press- 
idg  in  a  mould.  The  former  is  the  better  method 
and  if  properly  performed  it  insures  an  ideal  smoke; 
while  the  latter  method,  which  is  used  principally 
in  making  cheaper  cigars,  insures  the  best  appearance, 
but  is  apt  to  make  the  cigar  hard  and  dense.  After 
the  cigar  has  been  given  the  proper  shape,  a  wrapper 
is  cut  into  long  strips,  from  one  and  a  half  to  two 
inches  wide,  and  the  maker  completes  the  process 
by  tucking  one  end  of  the  wrapper  around  one  end 
of  the  molded  form,  and  rolling  it  so  as  to  cover  it 
smoothly  and  evenly,  and  also  gives  it  any  final 
shaping  that  may  be  necessary.  When  the  head  of 
the  cigar  is  reached  he  trims  the  wrapper  and  fastens 
it  down  with  a  paste  made  from  gum  tragacanth. 
The  cigars  are  now  clipped  so  as  to  make  them  of 
tmiform  length,  packed  in  boxes  and  stored  away  to 
season,  In  the  makeup  of  a  cigar  the  wrapper  is 
used  to  give  a  finish  and  to  confine  the  smoke  until 
it  reaches  the  smoker's  mouth. 

Tobacco  for  wrappers  must  be  thin  yet  tough,  so 
as  to  endure  the  rolling  and  twisting  of  making,  and 
later  wear  and  tear,  and  should  have  a  good  color  in 
order  that  the  ciagrs  ma<y  be  as  attractive  as  possible. 

The  binder  is  what  its  name  implies,  and  is  used 
for  the  purpose  of  binding  together  the  parts  of  the 
filler  so  that  the  cigar  may  have  an  attractive  and 
smooth  shape. 

The  filler,  which  forms  the  body  of  the  cigar,  gives 
the  taste  to  the  smoke,  and  the  quality  of  the  filler 
determines  whether  the  cigar  is  strong  or  mild,  rank 
or  sweet. 

Varieties  of  Cigars. 

Havana  cigars  are  heavy  and  strong,  while  Seed 
Havanas  (tobacco  grown  in  this  country  from  seed 
■brought  from  Havana)  are  not  so  strong.  Kentucky 
tobacco  is  probably  the  strongest  of  all,  and  it  is 
from  this  grade  that  "Wheeling  stogies"  are  made. 
■While  most  of  the  5-cent  cigars  and  stogies  are  made 
from  some  one  or  more  of  the  various  Dutch  or  Seed 
tobaccos,  most  of  the  chewing  and  smoking  tobacco 


is_  made  from  Virginia  and  Carolina  grown  stock. 
When  the  filler  is  in  pieces  from  one-fourth  to  the 
full  length  of  the  cigar,  it  is  known  as  a  "long  filler," 
but  if  the  fillers  are  cut  into  sn^all  pieces  from  one- 
fourth  to  one  inch  long,  the  ciga'rifeis  said  to  be  a 
"short"  or  "scrap  filler."  On  account  of  the  small 
pieces  working  out  in  the  smoker's,  mouth  the  short 
filler  is  less  desirable  than  the  lOng  filler.  The 
filler  need  not  be  all  one  kind  of  tobacco— in  fact, 
endless  variations  may  be  obtained  by  properly  blend- 
ing several  kinds,  some  of  our  best-known  brands 
being  made  in  this  way. 

A  stogie  differs  from  a  cigar  in  appearance,  in 
being  longer,  thinner  and  less  smooth.  In  quality 
of  tobacco  they  differ  but  little  from  the  average  5- 
cent  cigar;  in  workmanship  they  differ,  in  that  they 
are  made  without  a  bindei,  by  rolling  the  fillers  di- 
rectly in  the  wrappers.  Little  attention  is  usually 
paid  to  the  shape  or  appearance  of  stogies;  and, 
instead  of  pasting  the  end  of  the  wrapper  down  at 
the  head,  it  is  fastened  by  twisting  it  around,  so  as 
to  make  what  is  called  a  "curled  head."  Stogies, 
having  short  fillers  are.  however,  made  with  a  binder 
and  with  either  a  paste  or  curled  head.  They  are 
called  "mould  stogies"  because  the  filler  and  binder 
are  pressed  in  a  mould. 

Cheroots  resemble  stogies  in  makeup  and  ap- 
pearance except  that  they  are  usually  shorter  and 
have  no  head,  both  ends  being  open. 

Tobacco,  after  being  cured  and  particularly  when 
made  up  is  very  susceptible  to  conditions  depending 
upon  changes  of  weather,  etc.  When  the  weather 
is  dry  and  cold,  cigars  become  dry,  and  moisteners 
should  be  used  in  the  case,  but  when  it  is  wet  and 
damp,  the  cigars  take  up  moisture  at  once  and  the 
case  should  be  kept  closed  as  much  as  possible  and 
there   is  very   little   if  any   need   of   moisteners. 

Native  grown  tobacco  can  endure  much  humidity, 
or  dryness  without  injury,  but  Havana  tobacco  must 
be  kept  damp,  and  on  this  account  large  stocks  of 
such  goods  should  be  stored  in  specially  constructed 
rooms. 

The  cigar  business  is  an  attractive  side  line  for 
the  druggist.  It  is  a  good,  easy,  clean  line  to  handle, 
and  yields  fair  profits.  The  smoker  expects  him  to 
handle  cigars  and  would  probably  take  his  drug  trade 
elsewhere  could  be  not  obtain  material  for  his  smoke. 

The  space  at  the  druggist's  disposal  will  allow  him 
to  keep,  comparatively  few  brands.  These  he  should 
select  with  care  so  as  to  get  only  those  which  are 
good  sellers.  The  class  which  sells  readily  include 
cigars  which  have  been  extensively  advertised  and 
those  which  have  by  reason  of  merit  or  lenght  of  time 
before  the  public  gained  a  reputation. 

With  care  and  experience  a  fine  assortment  can  be 
selected,  containing  only  brands  of  this  kind  which  will 
always  give  one  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that  even 
though  he  may  not  have  the  brand  everyone  wants, 
he  will  at  least  have  some  kind  the  customers  will 
recognize  and  accept.  Upon  the  other  hand,  if  the 
case  be  filled  with  unknown  brands,  many  of  which 
were  bought  on  account  of  low  cost,  there  will  be 
many  people  who  will  turn  away  without  buying  and 
many  more  who  buy  will  not  return.  There  is,  how- 
ever, considerable  trade  which  leaves  the  choice  of 
brand  to  the  man  behind  the  counter,  and  another 
class  of  patrons  who  can  be  taught  to  use  something 
else.  The  druggist  will  find  it  to  his  interest  to  keep 
a  brand  of  his  own  for  this  class  of  customers.  Goods 
of  this  kind  may  be  obtained  from  almost  any  manu- 
facturer. 


PREPAR.'VTION  OF  SULPH.\MIDE.— E. 
Divers  and  M.  Ogama  (Proc.  Chem.  Soc.)  prepare 
sulphamide  by  the  decomposition  of  ammonium 
amido-sulphite.  The  yield  is  10  per  cent  or  more, 
and  the  product  is  readily  purified.  The  amido- 
sulphite  is  slowly  heated  to  70  degrees  C.  and  kept 
at  this  temperature.  The  product  is  dissolved  in 
water  and  purified  by  treating  the  solution  with 
barium  hydrate  and  with  silver  nitrate. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  8.  1902. 


ARTHUR  H.  WEBBER. 
Vi-thm-  n.  Webber  of  Cadillac,  ilich.,  is  a  member 
of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  of  the  Wolverme  State  apd 
ex-m-esident  of  the  Michigan  Pharmaceutical  Afesocia 
tionwhicL  organization  he  has  on  f-f^f^Z'Z^^rA^Z'- 
reseuted  f  the  ann,ia    mee  mgs^  of  «^e  National  Asso^ 


much  interested   in   \v 


(s'^and,   at  the  present  time,   is 


secretary   of  the   Seiiaton.-i 


1  Committee  of  the  Twenty- 


secrtLiii,    v.i.    ...^   --y:.,..-  He   was   born    in    Ohio 

?rfs5n  .ncf  renov'id'to  L-mden.  JHch..  .-ith  his  parents 
in  186-  He^°"s  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
T \dpn  and  at  the  Normal  School  at  Valpai-aiso.  Ind 
K°se^"vinf  an   apprenticeship    of    two  -d   one-ia 

years  in  Linden  he  ^^fJL''^'^  Hendricks  which 
formed  a  partnership  with  Dr.^  •  A.  i^^°«^f  ^^'i^ 

^^\  ?°f'?he  busrness  in  islf^ie  removed  to  Cadillac. 
^Ter^^l'^^S'his  present,  store,_  his  _^ca;eerjeing 


tlVe  member  of  ^number  of  fraternal  organizations. 


AT  TOYS    OF    LITHIUM.-P.    Leban    (Comptes 

i'-^   w^ucceeded  in  preparing  an   antimonide  of 

iTthfum   by    electrolysis.     This   body,    Li.Sb     was    ob- 

l;„'T;„   .   definite  crystalline  form  by   submitting  a 


rend.)   has  succeeded  in  pr^.P^^'"?  ^".  ?^^l''"°"i'^^° 
lithium   by    electri 

tamed  in  a  definite  crysta^^^    lithium    and    potassium 
chlorides,  to  electrolpis  employing  a  cathode  of  ^. 


It  is  of  a  deep  slate  blue  color  and 


mixture    ol    equal    part 
chloride 

wmmmm 

immmm 

have  been  formed  in  this  way. 

MYCLOCENE    is    a    preparation    obtained    from 

ones    with 

d    adding    I    per 

Fats    of   dif- 


NEW  YORK  STATE  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

Examinations  Held  March   19,  1902. 

LICENSED  PHARMACIST. 

PHARMACEUTICAL   CHEMISTRY. 

Questions   One    to   Eig'ht    Relajte    to    Substances   for 
I'dentificatiom. 

1  (a)    Give   its  ofBiaial  title. 

(lb)    Give  its  constituents  and  peroenltage  of  each. 

2  (a)    Give   its   official    title. 

(b)  Name   Ave  substances   used   in  its  preparation. 

3  ca)    Give  its  official   title. 

Cb)    r\\lhalt    is    the    princip&l    imipnnJty     found     in    this 
chemical? 

(c)  'What  preparation  dio  we  make  from  it? 

4  (a     Give   its  official   title. 

((b)    Mention   all    official    preparations'  !n   which    it    is 
used'. 
3    (a)    Give  its   official    title. 

(to)   iMention   four  articles   that   enter  into   its  compo- 
sition. 

6  (a)     Gi-ve  its  official  title. 

(b)    MenitSon  (ail    its    constdtueoits. 

7  (a)    Give  Its  official  title. 

(lb)    Give    the   official   title    of    the   (preparation    which 
is  mjade  from  it. 

8  (a)    Give  itis  cominon  naime. 

(b)    rMentlion  the  two  principal  oonstituents. 

9  (a)    Complete      the     following:     equation;        NaHC03+ 

H3SO.= 
(b)    Give   the  coimmon  names  of  all  oif  the  chemicals 
Jn  ithe  ■oomipleted  equiatlon. 

10  State    in    grains    the    amioun't   df   (miorplhine    there 

should  be  in  KM.ce  Tincture  Opium,  U.  S.  IP. 

11  State  difference   between 

Oaj)    \A  Oa/rbonate  and  a  bloarlbonate. 
(to)    A  eulphajte  and  a  sulphite, 
(o)    A  tersulpihaite  and  a  euitjsuftpihate. 

12  (a)     What  do  we  mean  by  water  of  crystallization? 
(b)    IMe.itlon    iBhrce    c'hemicals    that    contain    water     ot 

cr5''staililzation. 
(tc)    Menitiion  three  thiat  do  not. 

13  Syrup    acacia,    syrup    ipecac,    syrup    wild    cherry, 

syrup  sareapariKa,   syrup  squills,   syrup   tolu. 

Of  the   a!bof\'e  imentioned   syrups   w.hich  ones   will 
cause    effervescence    witlh    oanbonate    of    am- 
monia ? 
Mention  the  principle  in  each  that  caiLses  the  effer- 
vescence. 

"WThat  is  the  percentage  strength  of  t'he  active  con- 
stituent in  eaoh  of  the  foIlciwUng: 

iLogol's  solution. 

Siweet  spirits  of  nitre. 

Fo'wler's    solution. 

'Solution  of  potassa.. 
15  (a)    Menjtion   two    tinctured  anajde  'by   percoilation    that 
are  made  without  previous  (maceration. 

IMemtion  two  that  are  inade  by  soiution. 

'Menti0(n    one    that    is   nnade    by    minding    one    liquid 
■with  another. 


(a) 


(bt 


(a) 
(to) 
(c) 
(d) 


(b) 
(c) 


forms  of  disease  in  the  middle  ear        it  1^^ 

warm  myclocene  are  dropped  into  the  ear  at  nignt. 


MATERIA    MEDICA,    BOTANY    AND    PHARMACOG- 
NOSY. 

Of   seven   samples  shown  give: 

1.  'Pharmacopoelal  title. 

2.  Botanical   name. 

3.  Common    naone. 

4.  Part  or  parts  official. 

5.  Active  pr'lnciples  of  constituents. 

6.  Give  definition  for  (a)   Pill,   (b)  Oin/tment. 

7.  lNa'm,e  two  olinitmenits  into  which  olive  oil  enters; 

8.  Give  oomimon  naoncs  for  (a)  Anthemis,  (b)  Apocynum, 

(c)   Asclepias,    (d)   Aspldlum,    (e)   Inula. 

9.  Give    phermlaicopoelal    title   for    (a)    Poison    Ivy,    (to) 

Monkshood,    (c)     Burdock,     (d)     Sumbul,    (e) 

Sumach. 
10.     Name  five  official  oils  obtained  by  distillation,  and 

live    obtained    by    exipression. 
U.    (Naime   official   parts   of  followmg  plants:      (a)   Jalap, 


May  S,  1902.] 


THK  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


457 


Ob)   Aeonitum,    (c)    Deilphiniiim,    (d)    Ctoctis,   (e; 
Stramonium. 

12.  Give  pliarmaooipoeial   name   and  strength   o'f 

(a).    Spiiirit   otf  nltrog-iycorin. 
(b).    Chloric  etiher. 

13.  G-lve  pharmacopoeial  description  of 

(a).    Naphlalinum. 
(b.)    Naplitol. 

14.  Froim  wlhat  are   the   followting  obtained: 

(a).    Oleic  ax;id. 
(b).    Salicylic    acid, 
(c).    Piicrtic  acid, 
(d).    Stearic  acid, 
(e).    Tannic   add. 

15.  Give  geograiphical  and  botenical  aoui-ce  lainid  mode  of 

(production  of  g'tum  kino. 


TOXOLOGY  AND  POSOLOGY. 

N.  B. — In  giving  doses,  wilite  the  nainie  of  the  drug 
and  give  the  minimuTn  and  maximuTn  dose,  unless  other- 
wise ordered. 

1.  Define:  a  poison,   oumulatlive  poison,  true  poison,  an- 

'tagonist,   lethal  dose. 

2.  Naim-e    at   least    five   Miings   whioh   imay   modify   the 

effeots  oif  a  poison. 
>Name  ^  poison  "wihioh  has  both  a  lo'cal  and  a  remote 
effect.    Hoiw  would  you  treat  poisoning  by    it? 

3.  "Whiait  effect  does  the  coimfbining  of  two  poisons  have 

upon  their  power  or  action? 
"What  would  proibably  he  the  result  .of  taking  a  poi- 
sonous* dose  of  Digitalis  with  a  poisonous  dose   of 
Aconite  ? 

4.  'Name  five  gfood  emetics  with  dose  o(f  each. 

■Name  two  cathartics,   useful  in  pods'oniing,  with  dose 

oif   eaah. 
A\Tien    should    table    salt      not    he    employed    as    an 

emetic? 
5.    Naime  at  least   five  poisonous  suibsitianc^  iwiifh  Tvhidh 

altouimin   comhinos,   'forming,    asi  a  relsult,   more   or 

less   harmless    co'mpounds? 
In   wha.t  foirtn  and   in  wihat  'Way  should  albumin  be 

employed  as  an  antidote  lin  poisoning? 

6.  For   what   iriay   Oxalic    Aoid    readily    he  mjistaken? 

"Why,  and  how  prevented?  Give  a  chemical  test  for 
it.  What  is  the  chemical  antidote  for  it?  "RTiat  is 
the  chemical  antidote  for  poisoning  by  Arsenic? 

7.  In  poisoning  by  what  sulbstances  should  the  stomach 

pump  or  stomach  tuibe  not  be  used? 
When  Elhould  oils  not  he  given?    Why? 

8.  Poisoning   by  what   drug  would  be  indicated  by  the 

following  symptoms:  flushed  face,  thirst,  dry  flauces, 
double  vision,  dilated  pupils,  giddiness,  delirium,  and 
stupor? 
What    tTeiatment   should   be   emjployed? 
0.    What  symptrnis  would  lead   you   to    suspect   poisoning 
by  'Stryahnine? 
What  treatment  should'  be  employed  'for  poisoning  by 
Carbolic   Acid?     By  Illuimanatlng  Gas? 

10.  What  entries  should  toe  made  In  the  "poison  book" 

kept  by  ihe  pharmacist? 
DescriDbe  the  iahel  required  to  be  placed  upon  prepa 
ratioiis,  containing  more  than  two  grains  oif  opiuim 
to   the  ounjce.   When  selling  them. 

11.  W^hat    is  'the   doste   of   Acetanllid,    Patassiuim   Iodide, 

Resin  of  Podophyllum,  Yellow  Mercurous  Iodide? 

12.  What  is  the  dose  of    Ferrous    Sulphate,   Insipissated 

Ox-Gall,  'Syrup  of  Ferrous   Iodide,   Trional? 

13.  "What  is  the  dose  of  Arsenous  Acid,  Gallic  Acid,  Ex 

tract  of  Digitalis,  Methyl  Salicylate? 

14.  What  is  the  dose  of  Colcliicin,  Creosote,  Gregory's 

Powder,   Oipium? 

15.  What  is  the  dose  of  Fowler's  Solution,  Paraldehyde, 

Phenacetin,    Tincture  of  Nux   Voimica? 


PRACTICAL   PHARMACY. 

Compound  the  following  and  answer  the  questions  re- 
lalinig  thereto: 

1. 
R. 

Sodii   bicarlbonatis    gr.    x 

Ferrl  sulph.   exsiiccatus    gr.   x 

Saccharl    pulv 3  ij 


M)is.ce  ft.  pulv.  No.  ,VI. 

Sig.  One  powder  'in  .water,   every  four  (i)  hours, 
(a)  State  in  de'tall  'hotw  you  compounded  the  above. 
Ob)  Sitale  iwhat  'happens  when  wialter  is  added. 
2. 

K. 

Purified  aloes    1.30  gm- 

Soap    1.30  gm. 

W'ater,   a  sufficient  quanjtity. 
Mix,  miake  a.  raaiU  and  divide  into  10  pills. 

(a)  Give  full  bfficiial   title. 

(b)  Translate   the  'ikboive  inito   urijabbrevlated  Latin. 

(c)  'Sitlalte  how  many  giialTis  of  aloes  eaoh  pill  contains. 

3. 
B. 

Emulsion  o!f  oil  of  turpenitine $  ij 

(12.5  per  cent) 
(Use  tr'agiaoanlh  as  emulsiityiing  agent) 

(a)  State  'how  much  of  oil  of  turpenitine  you  eanployed. 

(b)  State  how  muoh  tragacanith  you  emjployed.  ■ 

4. 
K. 

Soidii     Saliicy latis     gr.  xv 

Sudii    benzoaitls    gr.  xx 

Acidi    sulph.    aromat 3  ij 

Aquae,    q.    s.    ad  5  ij 

MiS'ce  ft.  mist. 

Sig.  3  every  three   (3)   hours. 

(a)  State  whiait  reaoitlons  occur. 

(b)  State  quantity  of  each  active  constituent 
wbiDh  would  be  contained  in  a  single  diose,  it  no 
reactions  took  place.  (Express  quan-tiUes  in  metric 
equivalents). 

3. 
B. 

AVhite    vitriol gr.  x 

Sugar  of  lead.;.... ...... ..' gi-.  x 

Tannic    acid....; gr.  x 

Water    ..;...... ; j  ly 

iMiiisce  ft.  lotio. 

Big.  External   use. 

(a)  Sta,te  wihat  reactions  occur. 

Pot   Interp'retation,    Comment  and  'Oriiticism: 
6. 
B. 

Resu(blimed  iodine    3  i j 

Oil   of  origanum. 5  ss 

Oil    of  loade ; j  jgg 

Mix 

(a)  State  wba*  reactions  oocur. 

Convert   quan'titiea   into  metric   equivalents. 


StrydhnJnae    Elulph gr.  ilj 

Patassi'i    iodidl 3  j 

Spiir.    ammjom.    arom. 3U 

Syruipi     3  ji 

Aquae   q.s.   ad 511 

Misce   ft.    mist. 

Sig.  Si  every  4  hours. 

8. 
B. 

Cinnamon     35.00  gm. 

Ginger    35.00  gm. 

Cardamom    15.00  gm. 

Nutmeg    15.00  gm. 

Mix   and   reduce  to   a  fine   powder. 

(a)  Give  official  title, 
(b)     .State    quantity       of    each    constituenit    required    to 
make   S90   deoigram'me^   of    the  mixture. 
9. 
B. 

Hydrarg.   chlor   gr.  xll. 

Acidl   arsenosl    gr.  J 

Mass.   ferri   cafb 3  sS 

Ext.    taraxaci,   q.s. 

MJsce  ft.  pil.  No.  XX. 

Sig.  One  pill    to   bo    taken   after   eaoh   meal. 
10. 
B. 

Pancreatini    3  IJ 

Sodii  Wcarbonatls   3  sa 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  8,  1902. 


Oleosacoh.   anisi   3  ij 

Olei  imorrhua«   j  j 

Aquae  anisi  q.s.  ad.  g  iv 

M.    S.  5sS   tlu-ee  times   a  day. 

(a)  State  wliat  appearance  'the  above  'will  present. 

Ob)  Sliate  in  detail  ho'w  you  would  ooini)pound  it. 
11. 

Ung.   bydriarg:.   nit g  ss 

Potassii    iodidi 3  j 

LJq.    calcis j  gg 

(Misce  ft.  ung. 
Sig.    External    use. 

(a)  Give  common  name  of  Unguentum  hydrargyri  ni- 
traitls. 

12. 
B. 

Spir.    aetheris   nit 3  jj 

Tr.    f erri   cihlor 3  ij 

Potassii    iodidi , 3  j 

Aquae   q.s.   ad.  '  j  iv 

'Misce    ft.    miist. 
Sis-  31  t.  ij.  d.  after  meals. 

13. 
B. 

Pulv.  lamtiimoniialis gr.  ill 

Trit.    elaterini ^.  a 

Hiydrarg.    submur gr.  u 

Misce  ft.  pulv.  talis  dosiis  No.  iv 

S.    One   ait   nligiht. 

(a.)  Name  a;M  tihe  suibSta-nces  contained  in  above. 

Cb)'  State  ^^gtbt  of  eaoh  powder,  in  grain's. 
14. 
B. 

Quindniae    sulph 3  j 

'Strychninae    suliph gr  ss 

iSod.i    benzo'a;tis 3  jgs 

Acddi  hydrochlor.  dil 3  ij 

Aquae   q.s.    ad  3  iij 

IMiace  ft.  mist 

Sig.  31  every  three  (hours. 

15. 
B. 

Ferri  et  quin.   clt 3  Ij 

M'OrpMnae    sulph gr.  vj 

Tlnct.   buohu    3  jv 

Synupi    3  j. 

Aquae  q.s.  ad  3  1] 

Misce  ft.   mist. 

Sig.  31    every  tthree  hours. 

(a)  iStalte  how  imainy  grains  of  quiinlnje  each  teaspoon- 
ful    of  the  (mixture  oonitains. 


THE  PRODUCTION  OF  COCOA  IN  AFRICA. 
— A  West  Indian  merchant  writes  to  the  Times  to 
say  that  in  a  few  years'  time  Africa  seems  likely  to 
prove  a  formidable  rival  to  South  America  and  the 
West  Indies  as  a  producer  and  exporter  of  cocoa; 
and  those  interested  in  the  West  Indian  possessions 
of  the  United  Kingdom,  and  anxious  to  see  the  isl- 
ands more  prosperous,  will  do  well  to  watch  how  the 
cultivation  of  cocoa  is  being  pushed  on  with  satisfac- 
tory results  throughout  the  continent  of  Africa.  This 
year  the  German  colony  of  the  Cameroons  hopes  to 
ship  three  thousand  bags  of  cocoa,  to  be  increased, 
it  is  stated,  to  ten  thousand  bags  in  1906.  The  Times 
correspondent  adds:  "Mr.  McClounie,  head  of  the 
scientific  department  of  British  Central  Africa,  re- 
ports the  successful  shipment  from  Kew,  and  receipt 
at  Lomba,  of  two  hundred  ten  plants,  which  had  been 
planted  out  and  were  doing  well.  Lagos  is  also  go- 
ing in  for  cocoa,  and  one  of  her  planters  is  now 
traveling  in  the  West  Indies  to  see  how  the  estates 
are  managed  in  Trinidad  and  Grenada."  He  also 
says  that  the  little  Portugese  Island  of  St.  Thome 
has  greatly  increased  its  exports  of  cocoa  in  ten  years, 
the  shipments  in  1891  being  under  four  thousand 
tons,  while  last  year  very  nearly  sixteen  thousand 
tons  of  cocoa  were  exported. ^ — (Pharm  Journ.) 


The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  suib- 
scribers  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription    work,    dispensing   difficulties,    etc. 

Bequests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  BECETVE 
NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  queries  In  this 
department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to  IntormatloD 
puibdished  in  previous  issues  of  the  Era.  Copies  of  these 
may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 


Nail  Cosmetics. 

(S.  A.  B.)       Nail  Polish. 
I. 

Tartaric  acid 1  dram. 

Tincture   of   myrrh 1    dram. 

Cologne    water 2    drams. 

Water   3  drams. 

Dissolve  the  acid  in  the  water;  mix  the  tincture  of 
miyrrh   and  the   cologne   water   and   add   to   the   acid 
solution.      Apply  with  a  bit  of  soft  leather. 
II. 

Tin   oxide   (putty   powder) 4   pounds. 

Carmine    C   drams. 

Oil  of  bergamot 150  grains. 

Oil  of  lavender 150  grains. 

This  may  also  be  made  into  a  paste  by  means  of 
glycerite  of  tragacanth  and  water,  or  by  some  such 
formula  as  the  following: 

III. 

Tin   oxide 1    ounce. 

Tragacanth    1   grain. 

Glycerin  1  drop. 

Rose  water enough. 

Carmine   enough. 

Nail-bleach. 
The  first  formula  given  above  may  be  used  as  a 
"nail-bleach."      Here  is  another: 

Dilute  sulphuric  acid 2  drams. 

Tincture  of  myrrh 1  dram. 

Lavender   water 3   drams. 

Water  to 4  ounces. 

Mix.  To  whiten  the  nails  dip  the  tips  of  the 
fingers  in  the  lotion  after  washing. 


Hydrogen  Peroxide  and  Decolorized  Tincture  of  Iodine. 

(H.  L.  S.)  "In  compounding  a  mi.xture  of  hy- 
drogen peroxide,  copper  sulphate  and  decolorized 
tincture  of  iodine,  the  resulting  liquid  is  colored 
brown  with  active  liberation  of  gas.  What  are  the 
chemical  reactions?" 

The  coloration  is  due  to  the  liberation  of  free 
iodine,  and  the  gas  evolved  is  oxygen.  Decolorized 
tincture  is  iodine,  made  by  the  National  Form'ulary 
process,  contains  sodium  iodide,  the  iodine  of  which 
is  liberated  by  hydrogen  peroxide,  the  latter  being 
decomposed,  as  above  stated,  with  the  evolution  of 
oxygen.  The  decolorization  of  iodine  by  sodium 
hi'posulphite  in  the  N.  F.  process  is  usually  repre- 
sented by  the  following  equation: 

2  NasS^Oa  +  L  =  2  Nal  +  Na:S.Oe 

On  prolonged  standing,  the  latter  compound  (so- 
dium tetrathionate)  forms  a  crystalline  precipi- 
tate. ^  Of  course,  the  reactions  involved  in  com- 
pounding a  mixture  of  the  above  character  depend 
largely  upon  the  order  of  admixture,  the  quantities 
of  each  employed  and  other  considerations. 


l^Iay  8,  1903.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


469 


Elixir  of  Phosphate  of  Iron,  Quinine  and  Strychnine 
With  Pepsin. 
(K.  W.  B.)  We  think  a  satisfactory  prepara- 
tion of  the  above  character  may  be  made  by  intro- 
ducing into  the  formula  for  elixir  of  phosphate  of 
iron,  quinine  and  strychnine  of  the  National  Formu- 
larj'  a  sufficient  quantity  of  glycerite  of  pepsin,  N. 
F.  Another  formula  in  which  pyrophosphate  of  iron 
is  employed  is  the  following: 

Iron  pyrophosphate 256  grains. 

Quinine  hydrochlorate 32  grains. 

Strychinine  sulphate 1V4   grains. 

Distilled  water,  hot 1  11.  ounce. 

Elixir  of  pepsin,   N.   F.,   enough   to 

make    It)   ti.    ounces. 

Dissolve  the  iron  salt  in  the  water,  add  the  elixir 
in  which  the  alkaloidal  salts  have  been  dissolved, 
agitate  thoroughly,  and  filter.  Each  fluidram  con- 
tains 2  grains  of  iron  pyrophosphate,  Ji  grain  qui- 
nine hydrochlorate,  i-ioo  grain  strychnine  sulphate, 
-and  nearly  i  grain  of  pepsin. 

Ink  for  Branding  Stock. 
(W.   H.   McL.)       Dr.  J.   H.   Oyster,   Paola.   Kan., 
submits   the   following   formula   in    reply   to  jyour   in- 
quiry  for    an    ink    for    branding   stock    (this    journal, 
April  24,  1902,  page  409) : 

Shellac   2  ounces. 

Borax   2  ounces. 

Gum   arable 2   ounces. 

Water  25  ounces. 

Lampblack    sufficient. 

Boil  the  borax  and  shellac  in  the  water  until  dis- 
solved. Remove  the  mixture  from  the  fire  and 
when  cool  add  the  gum  arable  and  sufficient  water 
to  make  twenty-five  ounces;  then  add  enough  lamp- 
black to  bring  the  whole  to  a  proper  consistence. 
For  red  ink  use  Venetian  red  instead  of  lampblack; 
for  blue  use  ultramarine. 


Sodium  Salicylate  and  Ferric  Chloride. 

(T.  D.  C.)  submits  the  following  prescription: 

Sodium     salicylate 1     ounce. 

Tincture  of  ferric  chloride 1  ounce. 

Glycerine   1  ounce. 

Water,   enough   to  make (3  ounces. 

"How  should  it  be  compounded  and  what  should 
"be  the  color  of  the  finished  product?" 

When  the  sodium  salicylate  is  dissolved  in  some 
of  the  water  and  added  to  the  tincture  of  ferric 
chloride,  ferric  salicylate  is  precipitated.  The  latter 
colors  the  mixture  a  deep  red.  This  reaction  is 
a  characteristic  one,  and  it  is  used  to  a  considerable 
extent  in  analysis  as  a  test  to  indicate  the  presence 
of  ferric  salts.  The  prescriber  should  be  informed 
of  the  difficulty. 


Kaline. 


(Arkansan.)  An  extended  search  through  many 
price  lists  and  personal  inquiry  at  the  large  jobbing 
iiouses  in  this  city  fails  to  reveal  any  preparation 
known  by  the  name  "Kaline."  It  is  possible  your 
customer  may  want  "kelene."  a  trade  name  for  ethyl 
chloride  which  is  employed  as  a  local  anaesthetic. 
■"Kelene"  is  marketed  by  Fries  Bros.,  92  Reade  street, 
this  city. 


Recoating   Mirrors. 

(S.   P.    K.)        See   this   journal   November  8,    1900, 
page  511,  and  January  31,  1901,  page  120. 


CASTOR  OIL  CAKE.— Oscar  Nagel  (Jour.  See, 
Chcm.  Ind.)  proposes  3  method  for  removing  the 
poisonous  albuminoid  ricin,  or  ricinin,  from  castor  oil 
cake  or  pomace,  and  thus  rendering  this  substance  a 
suitable  food  for  cattle.  The  process  is  based  upon 
the  solubility  of  the  albuminoid  in  a  cold  ten-per-cent. 
solution  of  common  salt.  The  mass  is  washed  with 
this  salt  solution  and  dried.  The  albuminoid,  ricin,  has 
a  very  poisonous  eflcct  upon  man,  but  is  entirely 
harmless  to  common  fowls. 


WHY  SOME  ADVERTISERS  FAIL. 

It  is  with  no  desire  to  advertise  the  business  of 
Chas.  Austin  Bates  that  we  quote  from  one  of  his  ad- 
vertisements, but  he  hits  the  nail  so  squarely  on  the 
head  and  describes  so  accurately  a  condition  with 
which  many  publishers  of  trade  journals  are  familiar, 
that  the  advertisement  is  worth  repeating.  Here  it 
is: 

Most  men  will  chase  a 
five-cent  expense  item 
through  from  the  head 
bookkeeper  to  the  newest 
and  most  irritating  office 
boy 


And  nil  the  while  his  ads  in  the  trade  paper 
need  new  cop.v  more  than  the  rubber  plant  needs 

Tiade  paper  space  is  valuable.  Don't  despise 
It  because  it  costs  little.  It  goes  right  before 
the  ej-es  of  thousands  of  people  who  ougiit  to  buy 
.vour  goods  and  more  of  them.  It  is  a  lever  wait- 
ing to  be  used.  It  is  a  good  machine  standing 
Idle.     It   is  a   salesman  that  isn't  worlilng.  ' 

Your  trade  paper  space  can  be  made  so  bright 
and  interesting  that  you  will  get  positive,  direct 
returns    from   it. 

How  many  answers   has  it   brought   in   a  year? 

Ho«    long  since  you  iieard  from  it  at  all? 

itow  would  you  lilie  to  have  some  snap  and  profit 
put    into    it? 

Give  me  the  facts  and  .vour  Ideas— I'll  attend 
to  the  details — subject  always  to  your  O.  K. 

The  Inland  Printer,  too,  has  something  to  say  on 
the  subject: 

"If  advertisers  would  give  one-half  the  thought 
and  care  to  tlie  preparation  of  their  copy  after  they 
have  arranged  for  advertising  that  is  given  to  the  con- 
sideration of  whether  they  ought  to  take  space  or 
not.  the  results  would  be  a  good  deal  more  satisfac- 
tory." 

We  have  known  an  advertiser  to  ponder  over  the 
mediums  to  be  used  for  three  months,  and  when  he 
had  finally  decided  what  paper  to  use,  to  haggle  over 
the  terms  for  an  hour  before  placing  the  contract, 
and  then  to  spend  about  one  minute  in  writing  his 
copy  on  the  back  of  an  old  envelope,  which  copy,  by 
the  way,  ran  for  several  months  without  any  change 
and  until  the  publishers  themselves,  in  self-defense, 
arranged  for  new  copy.  It  is  just  such  advertisers 
as  these  who  condemn  trade  journal  advertising. 

There  are  very  few  manufacturers  who  make 
goods  sold  in  the  drug  trade  who  cannot  derive  direct 
benefit  from  proper  advertising  in  the  best  drug  jour- 
nals. While  the  medium  and  the  space  and  the  terms 
are,  of  course,  important  points  to  be  considered,  we 
believe  the  most  important  is  the  copy  to  be  used.  If 
an  advertiser  in  a  trade  journal  would  only  devote  the 
same  attention  to  his  investment  in  space  in  that 
journal  that  he  would  devote  to  the  same  investment 
in  anything  else,  there  would  be  more  satisfied  adver- 
tisers, and  more  pages  of  advertising. 

HYPNOTOXIN. — Certain  coelenterate  animals  se- 
crete a  peculiar  toxic  albuminoid  which,  from  the  na- 
ture of  its  action,  has  been  called  hypnotoxin  by  P. 
Portier  and  C.  Richet  (Comptes  rend.)  This  sub- 
stance is  destroyed  by  heating  to  55  degrees  C.  and 
is  precipitated  by  alcohol,  the  precipitate  dissolved  in 
water  retaining  its  activity.  Injections  in  the  bodies 
of  animals  appear  to  be  painless,  if  not  anaesthetic. 
In  fifteen  or  twenty  minutes  the  animal  is  overcome 
by  a  deep  sleep  and  is  in  a  semi-comatose  condition, 
being  entirely  indifferent  to  its  surroundings.  Sensi- 
bility is  almost  destrcycd,  the  action  of  the  heart  is 
accelerated,  the  temperature  at  the  same  time  falling 
2  or  3  degrees,  while  every  physical  action  seems  to 
l)e  weakened.  With  larger  doses  the  effects  are  more 
pronounced,  finally  ending  in  death  due  to  paralysis 
of  the  respirator,/  organs.  The  poison  is  secreted 
from  the  tentacles  and  filaments  of  the  coelenterata 
and  enables  tliese  invertebrate  animals  to  stupefy  and 
capture  their  prey. 


4C0 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  8,  190^. 


DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


In  this  Department  will  be  printed  each  week  aseries  of  problems  of  special  educational  value  to  all 
persons  connected  with  the  drug  trade. 

CASH  PRIZES  to   the   amount   of   $75-00   will   bedistributed   each    month   to    the    subscribers    sending 
us    the    largest    number    of    correct    answers    to    theproblems  printed  during  the  preceding  month,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  given  below.    This  sura  will  be  divided  into  twenty-four  prizes,  as  follows: 
tst  PRIZE,  $25.00  3rd  PRIZE,  $10.00 

2nd  PRIZE,  $  J  5.00  4th   PRIZE,   $5.00 

and  20  PRIZES  OF  $1.00  EACH. 


NOTE  THESE  CONDITIONS. 


1.— All  answers  to  problems  must  reach  the  Problem  Edi- 
tor within  four  weeks  ot  the  date  of  the  Bra  In 
which  they  appeared. 

2.— Answers  should  be  sent  In  promptly.  In  case  of  a  tie 
the  award  will  depend  upon  the  general  excellence 
o"!    the    answers. 

3.— All  contestants  must  be  subscribers  to  the  Bra. 

4.— Use  note-size  paper.  Cut  out  the  problem  and  paste 
at  top  of  sheet  and  write  your  answer  below,  using 
both  sides  of  the  paper  if  necessary. 

B.— Be  sure  to  write  your  name  and  full  address  on  each 
sheet— at  the  bottom. 


0  —All  answers  must  be  written  in  ink. 

7.— The  correct  answers  to  the  problems  of  eadi  weekly 
installment  will  be  printed  in  the  Era  four  weeks 
later. 

8. — The  names  of  successful  contestants  and  the  winners 
of  the  prizes  will  be  announced  monthly. 

C— Address  all  answers  to  Problem  Editor,  The  Pharma- 
ceutical Era.  396  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  an* 
do  not  enclose  any  other  communications  with  your 
answers  to  these  problems. 


ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XV. 

No.  146. — A  burden  of  200  pounds,  suspended  on  a 
pole  four  feet  in  length,  the  point  of  suspension  being 
si.x  inches  from  the  middle,  is  carried  by  two  men, 
the  ends  of  the  pole  resting  on  their  shoulders.  How 
much  of  this  load  is  borne  by  each  man? 
■     Ans. — 125  lbs.  and  75  lbs. 

No.  147. — A  druggist  had  four  sons,  whose  ages 
differed  from  each  other  four  years,  and  the  youngest 
was  half  as  old  as  the  oldest;  required  the  age  of 
each. 

Ans. — 12,  16,  20  and  24. 

No.  148. — A  druggist  puts  a  capital  of  $5,5°°  out  at 
interest  at  4  per  cent.,  and  four  and  one-hall  years 
afterwards  another  sum  of  $8,000  at  5  per  cent.  If 
he  leaves  these  two  capitals  constantly  at  simple 
interest,  in  how  many  years  will  he  have  drawn  the 
same   interest  from  both? 

Ans. — In  10  years  from  the  time  of  the  first  loan. 

No.  149. — A  cylindrical  test-tube,  one  decim.  long, 
is  plunged,  mouth  downward,  into  mercury.  How 
deep  must  it  be  plunged  that  the  volume  of  the  en- 
closed air  may  be  diminished  by  one-half? 

Ans. — 71  cm.  deep. 

150. — In  giving  directions  for  making  a,  chaise,  the 
length  of  the  shafts  between  the  axletree  and  back- 
band  being  settled  at  nine  feet,  a  dispute  arose  where- 
abouts on  the  shafts  the  center  of  the  body  should  be 
fixed.  The  chaise-maker  advised  to  place  it  thirty 
inches  before  the  axletree;  others  siipposed  twenty 
inches  would  be  a  sufficient  incumbrance  for  the  horse. 
Now,  supposing  two  passengers  to  weigh  three  cwt.. 
and  the  bo(^(y  of  the  chaise  three-quarter  cwt.  more, 
what  will  the  beast  in  both  these  cases  bear,  more 
than  his  harness? 

Ans.— 116  2-3  lbs;  77  7-9  lbs. 

PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XIX. 

No.  166. — -A,  drug  store  and  its  stock  are  worth 
$6,370.  What  sum  must  be  insured,  at  2  per  cent., 
to  cover  both  property  and  premium? 

No.  167. — A  piece  of  marble  weighs  in  water  10.51 
grams  and  in  another  liquid  9.335  grams.  Weight  of 
marble  28.377  grams.  Find  the  specific  gravity  of 
the   liquid? 

No.  168.— A  certain  weight  of  air  measures  3  litres 
at  10  degrees  C.  What  will  it  measure  on  being 
heated  to  100  degrees  C.  ? 

No.  169. — A  druggist  bought  a  horse  for  30  per 
cent,  less  than  his  real  worth.  The  animal  having 
become  injured,  he  sold  him  for  25  per  cent,  less  than 
what  he  cost,  and  thereby  lost  $55  of  his  original 
value.      What  did  he  get  for  the  horse? 


No.  170.  A  cut-rate  druggist  sells  30  bottles  of  a 
proprietary  remedy  at  one  counter  at  the  rate  of  two. 
for  $1;  and  an  another  counter  30  more  at  the  rate  of 
three  for  $1,  receivingin  all,  for  60  bottles,  $25.  Find- 
ing this  price  satisfactory,  he  sells  60  bottles  more  at 
what  seems  to  him  the  same  rate — 5  bottles  for  $2, 
but  receives  only  $24.  What  becomes  of  the  other 
dollar? 


BOOK  REVIEWS. 

An  attraelivo  vulume  contuiuin;.'  ilii.>  I'rooeedings  ot 
the  Eighth  Annual  Jleeting  of  tlii'  Manufacturing  Per- 
fumers' Association  of  the  T'nitfd  .States  has  been  re- 
ceived. The  apiJeariince  of  this  printed  report  of  the  meet- 
ing held  in  February,  1902,  retiects  great  credit  upon 
its  compiler  and  editor,  Henry  Dalley.  The  volume 
contains  208  pages  and  is  handsomely  printed  and  bound. 
An  examination  of  its  pages  shows  the  Perfumers'  As- 
sociation to  be  in  a  flourishing  condition,  the  number 
of.  members  having  been  more  than  doubled  during  the 
past  .vear.  A  valuable  feature  of  the  report  is  a  class- 
ified list  of  owners  and  names  of  manufactured  odors. 
In  a  trade  in  which  attractive  and  fanciful  names  are 
constantly  being  sought  and  questions  of  rights  and 
priority  must  frequently  arise,  an  authoritative  list  of 
the  titles  in  use  will  prove  a  great  convenience. 


The  Proceedings  of  the  American  PharroaoeuiUcal  As- 
sociation ifor  the  year  1901,  which  constitute  volume  40  of 
tlie  series,  has  just  made  its  appearance.  It  contains  as 
a  frontispiece  a  portrait  of  William  Scott  Thompson, 
who  died  at  "Washington,  C  C,  Sept.  25,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death  chairman  of  the  Council.  Besides  the  min- 
utes of  the  St.  liOUis  meeting,  numerous  original  articles 
contributed  by  members,  and  other  matters  of  import- 
ance to  the  association,  the  volume  contains  under  the 
title.  "Annual  Report  of  the  Progress  of  Pharmacy,"  301 
pages  of  very  comprehensive  abstracts  of  articles  upon: 
pharmaceutical  subjects  which  have  appeared  d'uring  tih^e 
year. 


The  ser\^ice  rendered  the-  pharmia.cist  by  the  Annu.al 
Report  of  Progress  of  t'he  Proceedings  of  tlie  A.  Ph.  A., 
is  perfJoirmed  for  the  practicing  physician  by  the  Interna- 
tional Medical  Annual,  A  Year  Book  of  Treatment  and- 
Practitioners'  Index.  The  volume  for  1902.  the  twentieth- 
year,  contains  6.S.S  pages  and  is  supplied  with  nuimerous 
Hnely  execuited  Illustrations,  which,  while  not  altogether 
orniamiental  to  non-professional  eyes,  are  doubtless  of 
sreat  interest  and  value  to  Its  proper  readers.  The  work 
Is  published  by  E.  B.  Treat  &  Co.,  241-243  West  23d  street, 
New  York,  and  inn  Clark  street,  Chicago.  The  reitalt 
price  per  voilume  is  ?3.00. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


28th  ANNUAL  MEETING,  N.  W.  D.  A. 

The  Committee  on  Passenger  Rates  and  Routes  of 
the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  which 
Tvill  hold  its  28th  annual  meeting  at  Del  Monte,  Monterey 
county,  Cal.,  October  7  to  11,  announces  that  the  Trans- 
continental Passenger  Association  at  a  recent  meeting 
decided  to  make  a  regular  standard  first-class  fare  for 
the  round  trip  to  Los  Angeles  and  San  Francisco  from 
Chicago,  St.  Louis  and  Kansas  City.  This  will  make 
a  round  trip  rate  of  ?60  from  Kansas  City,  $G7,50  from 
St.  Louis  and  $72.50  from  Chicago.  Tickets  will  be 
sold  going  and  returning  by  same  route,  or  going  by  one 
authorized  route  and  returning  by  another.  Limit  of 
tickets  30  days.  Members  who  wish  to  go  or  return 
by  Portland  &  Shasta  Route  will  be  required  to  pay 
$13.50  extra  for  one  way.  The  "Santa  Fe"  has  been 
selected  as  the  official  route  from  Chicago  and  Kansas 
City.  .        .       

The  committee  has  arranged  for  a  side  trip  en  route 
to  the  Grand  Canon  of  the  Colorado,  which  will  cost 
only  $6.50  extra. 

The  Santa  Fe  Railroad  Co.  for  the  journey  from 
Kansas  City  to  Del  Monte  will  furnish  special  trains 
made  up  of  Pullman  cars,  sleepers,  observation  car, 
smoking  car  and  dining  car.  The  service  will  be  the 
same  as  that  of  the  California  Limited.  Nothing  will 
be  lacking  to  make  the  trip  comfortable  and  pleasant. 
Special  rates  will  be  secured  from  Eastern  roads  con- 
necting with  the  Transcontinental  lines,  which  will 
make  the  cost  of  transportation  for  the  round  trip  from 
New  York,  including  the  visit  to  the  Grand  Canon, 
about  $100.  Pullman  charges  will  be  at  the  regular 
rates. 

In  a  general  way  it  may  now  be  stated  that  members 
going  will  be  able  to  leave  Boston,  New  York  and  Phila- 
delphia on  Monday  evening,  September  29th,  and  arrive 
at  Del  Monte  the  next  Monday  evening,  being  in  time 
for  the  opening  meeting  Tuesday  morning,  October  7th. 
Members  living  in  other  sections  of  the  country  can 
thus  figure  out  how  long  it  will  take  them  to  reach  their 
destination,  and  what  the  approximate  cost  of  trans- 
portation will  be.  Those  who  take  the  official  route 
from  Chicago  and  Kansas  City  will,  in  the  seven  days' 
journey,  have  had  a  half  day's  rest  in  Kansas  City,  with 
entertainment,  will  have  seen  the  eastern  half  of  the 
State  of  Kansas  by  daylight,  will  have  enjoyed  some  six 
hours  on  the  "rim"of  the  wonderful  painted  canon; 
they  will  have  seen  the  best  of  the  Citrus  growing  dis- 
trict in  southern  California,  stopping  at  Riverside  and 
Redlands,  will  have  spent  24  hours  in  the  splendid  city 
of  Los  Angeles  and  several  hours  in  the  beautiful  Santa 
Barbara,  and  will  have  enjoyed  a  daylight  ride  over  the 
new  coast  line  to  Monterey. 

The  week  at  Del  Monte  will  be  full  of  entertainment 
and  pleasure.  A  visit  will  be  made  to  Santa  Cruz  and 
the  Big  Trees;  the  famous  Seventeen  Mile  drive  will  be 
a  delightful  feature,  and  the  old  town  of  Monterey, 
with  its  historic  associations,  is  within  20  minutes'  ride 
by  horse  ears.  After  Del  Monte  will  come  San  Fran- 
cisco, with  its  many  and  varied  attractions.  Members 
will  be  expected  to  look  after  their  reservations  at  the 
hotel.  Rates:  American  plan  only,  $3  per  day,  with 
customary  extra  charges  for  bath  and  private  parlors. 
To  reserve  rooms  write  to  George  Shonewald,  manager, 
Del  Monte,  Monterey  county,  Cal. 


A.  PH.  A.'S  SEMI-CENTENNIAL. 

The  American  Pharmaceutical  Association  will  hold 
its  semi-centennial  meeting  at  Philadelphia  the  week  be- 
ginning September  8.  The  convention  which  formulated 
the  constitution  and  by-laws  and  adopted  the  present 
name  of  the  association  was  held  in  a  hall  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy,  on  Zane  street,  above 
Seventh,  Wednesday  and  Thursday,  October  6  and  7, 
1S52.  It  is  anticipated  that  on  the  occasion  of  the  golden 
jubilee  all  of  the  living  ex-presidents  of  the  association 
will  be  in  attendance.  The  following  is  the  list  of  ex- 
presidents,  with  the  years  during  which  they  served: 

Dr.  J.  W.  M.  Gordon,  Cincinnati,  0 1864 

Frederick  Stearns,  Detroit,  Mich 1866 

E.  H.   Sargent,  Chicago,  111 1869 

Dr.  Enno  Sander,  St.  Louis,  Mo 1871 

Albert  E.  Ebert,  Chicago,  111 1872 

John  F.  Hancock,  Baltimore,  Md 1873 

Prof.  C.  Lewis  Diehl,  Louisville,  Ky 1874 

Wm.  Saunders,  Ottawa,  Can 1877 

Dr.  George  W.  Sloan.  Indianapolis,  Ind 187D 

James  T.  Shinn,  Philadelphia,  Pa 1880 

Prof.  John  Uri  Lloyd.  Cincinnati,  O 1887 

A.  K.  Finlay,  New  Orleans,  La 1891 

Prof.  Joseph  Remington,  Philadelphia,  Pa 1892 

Edgar  L.  Patch,  Stoneham,  Mass 1893 

Wm.  Simpson,  Raleigh,  N.  C 1894 

Prof.  James  M.  Good,  St.  Louis,  Mo 1895 

Joseph  E.  Morrison,  Montreal,  Can 1896 

Henry  M.  Whitney,  North  Andover  Depot,  Mass.  .   1897 

Charles  E.  Dohme,  Baltimore,  Md 1898 

Dr.  Albert  B.  Prescott,  Ann  Arbor,  Mich 1899 

John  F.  Patton,  York,  Pa 1900 

President  H.  M.  Whelpley  is  appointing  delegates  to 
all  of  the  State  and  territorial  associations  and  urging 
all  members  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  to  attend  the  meetings  of 
their  respective  organizations.  Chairman  J.  W.  T.  Knox, 
of  the  Committee  on  Membership,  is  actively  at  work  and 
applications  for  admission  to  the  association  are  being 
made  from  all  sections  of  the  greater  United  States. 


A  Cigar  Offer. 
ProbaVjly  no  cigar  manufacturers  have  ever  offered 
such  inducements  to  the  drug  trade  as  have  Charles 
Jacobs  &  Co.,  Nos.  353-355  East  78th  street.  New  York, 
and  yet  they  are  now  making  another  and  better  offer 
than  their  former  ones.  This  concern  makes  a  class  of 
goods  that  is  particularly  adapted  to  the  trade  of  the 
druggist  and  wants  every  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  to 
know  it.  The  testimonials  Charles  Jacobs  &  Co.  have 
received  from  leading  druggists  in  the  United  States 
show  that  where  a  trial  has  been  given  the  cigars  have 
sold  well  and  given  the  greatest  satisfaction.  The  offer 
now  made  is  a  premium  of  a  fine  cigar  storage  case, 
made  of  hard  wood  and  zinc  lined,  with  a  "challenge 
Humidifier"  and  a  capacity  of  5,000  cigars,  with  any 
assorted  order  for  3,000  Las  Palmas  cigars  within  four 
months  of  first  shipment.  The  case  is  sold  at  $15  and 
besides  being  useful  is  an  ornament  to  any  store.  The 
Las  Palmas  brand  of  cigars  is  made  in  thirty-five  sizes, 
prices  ranging  from  if.^S  to  $300  per  thou.sand.  The 
four  and  three-eighth  inch,  full  thickness,  Las  Palmas 
cigar  is  a  good  seller  with  the  drug  trade  and  costs 
$60  a  thousand  in  any  quantity.  The  makers  say  there 
is  no  $70  cigar  any  better  and  few  as  good. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[May  8,  1902, 


NEW   YORK   AND   VICINITY. 


LADIES'  NIGHT  AT  R.  D.  B.  A.  ALLEYS. 

The  fourtli  annual  Ladies  Prize  Bowling  and  Banquet 
of  the  Retail  Druggists"  Bowling  Association  was  held 
Friday  evening,  April  25,  1902,  at  Starr's  Alleys,  59th 
street,  and  was  pronounced  the  most  successful  occasion 
ever  celebrated  by  the  club.  Mrs.  Otto  Boeddiker  won 
the  first  prize  for  high  score  as  well  as  a  special  prize 
for  the  best  average,  donated  by  Captain  Schweinfurth. 
F.  Wicholns  was  the  recipient  of  a  handsome  watch 
charm,  a  present  from  the  members  of  the  R.  D.  B.  A. 
On  the  front  was  inscribed:  "Poet  laureate  of  the  R.  D. 
B.  A.,"  and  on  the  opposite  side:  "Presented  to  Papa 
Wichelns  by  the  members  of  the  R.  D.  B.  A.,  April  25, 
1902."  Miss  Gibson,  Mr.  Wichelns  and  Mr.  Swann  ren- 
dered vocal  selections  during  the  evening  and  Mr.  De 
Zeller  added  much  to  the  entertainment  by  relating  some 
interesting  stories. 

After  the  bowling  the  party  enjoyed  a  banquet  at 
Reisenweber's  Circle  Hotel,  an  orchestra  of  five  pieces 
furnishing  music.  The  following  members  and  ladies 
were  present:  Mr.  and  Mrs.  C.  White.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  J. 
Maxwell  Pringle,  Jr. ;  Mr.  and  Miss  De  Zellor.  Mr.  R.  H. 
Timmerman  and  Miss  Schmidt,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  G.  E. 
Schweinfurth  and  Miss  Gibson,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Otto  Boed- 
diker, Mr.  and  Mrs.  W.  Weis.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  T.  W.  Lin- 
ton, Mr.  S.  F.  Haddad  and  Miss  Ott.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A. 
Reeder,  Mr.  B.  R.  Dauscha  and  Miss  Trube,  Miss  Selby, 
of  Newark;  Mr.  F.  Wichelns  and  Miss  Wichelns,  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  G.  H.  Hitchcock  and  Miss  Hitchcock,  Mr.  anu 
Mrs.  S.  V.  B.  Swann.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  G.  0.  Diekman  sen*- 
regrets. 


ANNUAL  MEETING  N.  Y.  S.  P.  TO  BE  HELD  AT 
ELMIRA. 

The  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 
meets  in  annual  conference  at  Elmira,  June  24,  25,  26 
and  27.  The  official  program  announces  that  Tuesday, 
the  opening  day,  will  be  taken  up  with  business  sessions 
at  10  a.  m.  and  2  p.  m.;  a  reception  to  ladies  at  2  p.  m., 
and  the  president's  reception  at  8  p.  m.,  to  be  followed 
by  dancing.  Wednesday  the  business  session  will  open 
at  9  a.  m.  to  allow  time  to  accomplish  something  before 
the  trolley  ride  to  Watkin's  Glen,  head  of  Seneca  Lake, 
which  starts  at  1  p.  m.  The  evening  has  been  set  aside 
for  a  trolley  ride  to  Rorick's  Glen,  where  an  entertain- 
ment will  be  given.  Thursday,  after  the  morning  ses- 
sion, a  trip  will  be  taken  to  the  New  York  State  Re- 
formatory and  in  the  evening  some  of  the  traveling  men 
will  give  a  humorous  entertainment  in  the  auditorium. 
Two  business  sessions  will  occupy  the  time  Friday 
morning  and  afternoon  and  a  banquet  will  be  given  in 
the  evening. 

The  members  of  the  local  committee  of  arrange- 
ments are:  William  P  Colvin,  charman;  C.  H.  Calk- 
ins, treasurer;  Edgar  L.  Mayo,  secretary  (taking  the 
place  of  J.  F.  Van  Nort,  deceased);  A.  S.  Hamilton  and 
Judson  B.  Todd,  of  Ithaca,  secretary  of  the  association. 

The  usual  reduced  rate  of  a  fare  and  a  third  will  be 
allowed  and  the  committee  in  charge  looks  for  a  large 
attendance  and  a  successful  meeting,  as  topics  of  inter- 
est to  every  pharmacist  will  be  discussed. 


Manhattan,  to  answer  to  charges  made  by  the  board.  In 
almost  ever.v  case  the  proprietor  of  the  store  was  fined 
and  clerks  were  told  sentence  would  be  suspended.  The 
latter  were  warned  that  if  again  found  guilty  of  vio- 
lating the  law  they  would  be  sentenced  for  each  charge. 

Pincus  Rice,  proprietor  of  a  store  at  No.  210  Eldridge 
street,  was  lined  $35  for  falsely  representing  himself  to 
be  a  licensed  pharmacist.  Enos  Grouse,  with  a  store 
at  Broadway  and  107th  street,  was  fined  $50  for  com- 
pounding medicine  without  a  license.  Samuel  G. 
Kerr  of  No.  74  Market  street.  Joseph  Calvelli,  No.  2170 
Second  avenue;  Emanuel  Denzi,  No.  30  Spring  street 
and  Frank  Gizzi,  No.  IGS  Bleeker  street,  were  each  fined 
$50  for  permitting  clerks  to  compound  while  not  under 
the  supervision  of  a  licensed  pharmacist.  Marianf 
Scimeca,  No.  165  Elizabeth  street,  was  fined  $25  foi 
permitting  on  unlicensed  clerk  to  sell  medicine. 

Joseph  Baculo  of  No.  2443  Pacific  street,  Brooklyn, 
was  taken  before  a  magistrate  last  week  and  held  in 
$500  bail  for  trial  on  a  charge  of  conducting  a  pharmacy 
without  a  license. 


Bushwick  Pharmaceutical  Association  Reception. 

The  second  informal  reception  and  entertainment  of 
the  Bushwick  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  at 
Sigmund's  Hall,  corner  Hamburg  avenue  and  Woodbine 
street,  Brooklyn,  jNIonday  evening,  April  28,  and  was 
well  attended  by  members  and  invited  guests.  Dancing 
to  the  music  of  Prof.  Charles  Kleine's  orchestra  started 
about  11  o'clock  and  was  continued,  with  a  few  inter- 
missions, until  an  early  hour.  The  entertainment  be- 
tween the  dances  included  songs  by  Miss  Kunkel,  danc- 
ing by  the  Westemayer  sisters,  and  specialties  by  Dr. 
John  W.  Glaubit,  Dr.  John  Ketterle,  W.  H.  Weygandt, 
P.  Michels  and  Carl  Middlebrauch.  A  few  speeches  were 
made  at  the  supper  table  and  E.  F.  Wagner,  president 
of  the  Association,  presented  the  secretary.  Otto  Edier, 
with  a  handsome  gold  mounted  fouiTtain  pen,  in  recog- 
nition of  services  rendered  the  Association  and  as  a 
token  of  esteem.  Mr.  Edler  was  taken  by  surprise  and 
made  a  brief  address  in  accepting  the  gift.  Several 
flash  light  pictures  were  taken  during  the  evening. 

The  two  receptions  held  during  the  Winter  have 
proved  so  successful  that  the  members  have  decided  to 
give  another  in  the  near  future. 


Pharmacy  Law  Violators  Fined. 
The  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  Inspectors 
have  recently  been   actively   engaged   in   collecting   evi- 
dence against  violators  of  the  pharmacy  law,   and   on 
Friday,  May  2,  a  number  of  phoprietors  of  drug  stores  • 
and   clerks   appeared   in   the   court   of   special   sessions. 


Brooklyn  Alumni  Bowlers  Defeated. 

The  alumni  bowling  team  of  the  Brooklyn  College 
of  Pharmacy  met  the  first  defeat  of  the  season  in  a 
match  game  (best  3  in  5)  played  at  the  Grand  Central 
alleys,  Washington  street,  Brooklyn,  April  23,  with  n 
picked  team  of  graduates.  The  losers  had  to  pay  for 
a  supper  at  Silsbee's.     The  scores  follow: 

1st  2d  3d 

Alumni  game.  game.  game. 

W.    C.    Anderson 160  151  143 

A.    M.    Yhrr 156  123  133 

.L     Schillings 110  137  112 

J.      Bussenschutt 137  125  134 

E.   Rave 181  133  159 

744  669  681 

l.st  2d  3d 

Picked  Team                                    gome.  game.  game. 

E.     Lillenshold 172  145  130 

L.  Van  Dience 144  1?.(!  124 

R.    Ilarloe 117  127  144 

Smith     187  12S  143 

Wm.    Harloe 1('>4  176  185 

784  712  72S 


May  8,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


4G3 


Insurance    of    Drugs    in    Warehouses. 

Frank  C.  Moore,  chairman  of  the  ■narehouse  commit- 
tee of  the  fire  insurance  exchange,  has  sent  a  letter  to 
the  special  committee  on  insurance  appointed  by  the 
Drug  Trade  Section  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  in  which  he 
•submits  a  form  of  policy  and  asks  for  the  support  and  co- 
'Operation  of  the  members  of  the  Drug  Trade  in  adopting 
a  new  policy.  Mr.  Moore  also  asks  assistance  from  the 
■drug  trade  in  devising  some  plan  for  segregating  danger- 
ous chemicals  which  may  be  liable  to  explosive  effects 
when  combined  with  otherwise  harmless  substancs. 

An  Ern  representative  interviewed  several  prominent 
members  of  the  drug  trade,  two  of  whom  are  on  the 
special  committee  of  the  Board  of  Trade,  and  all  stated 
that  the  rate  named  by  Mr.  Moore  in  his  letter  (35  cents 
♦r  $3.50  per  $1,000  ,to  be  added  to  the  base  rate  of  the 
l-arehouse)  was  too  high  and  will  have  to  be  reduced 
-^0  meet  their  approval.  Mr.  Moore's  general  plan  of  pol- 
icy was  said  to  be  quite  satisfactory. 


Mr.   Weygandt   Entertains. 

William  H.  Weygandt  of  No.  645  Bedford  avenue, 
•.a  graduate  of  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  class 
1901,  gave  a  "stag"  party  Friday  evening,  April  25.  at 
"Which  about  thirty-five  pharmacists  and  physicians  were 
present.  An  excellent  supper  was  served  and  the  guests 
pronounced  it  one  of  the  most  pleasant  and  enjoyable 
events  ever  attended.  The  following  toasts  were  re- 
sponded to  during  the  evening:  "Pharmacy,"  Philip 
Shappiro,  B.  C.  P.,  '01:  "Medicine,"  Dr.  Walter  Engel, 
P.  &  S.,  '01:  "Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,"  W.  H. 
Weygandt,  '01;  "Columbia  University,"  Theo.  Schrie- 
Tber,  '04;  "College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,"  F.  G. 
Weygandt,  '01;  "Cornell  University,"  Carl  Fuchs,  '04; 
"New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,"  William  Hill,  '01; 
"Long  Island  Sledical  College."  Harry  A.  Pdug,  '04: 
"Photography,"  W.  J.  Pierson,  editor  of  Camera  and 
Dark  Room. 


Proprietary  Association  in  Session. 
The  twentieth  annual  meeting  of  the  Proprietary 
Association  of  America  opened  yesterday  afternoon  at 
the  Manhattan  Hotel,  Madison  avenue,  corner  42d  street. 
A  dinner,  smoker  and  entertainment  will  be  given  at 
Shauley's,  No.  1470  Broadway,  this  evening,  and  tlie 
last  business  session  will  be  held  tomorrow  morning. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

The  three  stores  of  the  George  B.  Wray  Drug  Co. 

at  Yonkers.  N.  Y.,  were  sold  at  public  auction  on  Tues- 
day, April  22.  Bids  were  taken  for  each  store  separate- 
ly first  and  the  three  amounted  to  $8,600.  The  three 
stores  were  then  offered  collectively  and  brought  $23,- 
fiOO.  Oscar  Reid,  credit  man  of  McKesson  &  Robbins. 
was  the  bidder  and  it  was  thought  at  the  time  he  was 
acting  for  his  firm,  but  this  was  denied  and  later  devel- 
opments confirmed  the  denial.  The  following  day.  April 
2.3,  incorporation  papers  were  filed  by  Robert  Stauder- 
man,  Charles  M.  Heyward  and  Adolph  Weissenberger. 
with  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000. 

John  W.  Doe,  a  pharmacist  who  conducts  a  drug 

store  at  Palm  Beach,  Florida,  in  Winter  and  at  Bar 
Harbor.  Maine,  in  Summer,  was  in  New  York  Monday. 
Mr.  Doe  has  just  returned  from  Palm  Beach  and  reports 
a  successful  business  during  Hie  past  Winter,  although 
lie  says  the  season  was  ten  days  shorter  than  usual. 
He  went  to  Bar  Harbor  to  open  his  store  for  the 
Summer. 

E.  C.  De  Witt,  president  of  the  Proprietary  Asso- 
ciation of  America,  and  C.  W.  Post,  president  of  the 
Association  of  American  Advertisers,  have  sent  out  a 
notice  to  drug  and  advertising  men  affected  by  substitu- 


MISS  ANNA  KREPELA.      MISS  MARY  E.  DOYLE. 

Among  the  young  women  who  recently  graduated 
from  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  city  of  New  York 
were  Miss  Mary  Emma  Doyle,  of  Constableville,  N,  Y., 
and  Miss  Anna  Krepela,  of  No.  448  East  7'Jth  street. 
New  York.  The  former  was  awarded  the  second  prize 
for  general  efficiency,  a  silver  medal  given  by  the  Alumni 
Association,  and  the  latter  won  the  $100  Materia  Medica 
prize  awarded  by  thi>  trustees  of  the  college.  Miss 
]>oyl(.'  was  liiirn  in  ( '(Histablcville  in  1877  and  entered 
till'  drug  Ijusini'ss  in  IS'JT  with  I>oyle  Bros,  of  that  town. 
Miss  Kropcla  was  burn  in  Kuttenburg.  Austria,  in  1880, 
and  has  had  drug  store  e.vperieuce  with  John  J.  Hubel, 
No.  1354  Avenue  A,  New  York.  Both  young  pharma- 
cists are  now  members  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the 
college. 


tion,  calling  a  meeting  at  the  Manhattan  Hotel  for  to- 
morrow (Fridayl  morning  at  11:30.  It  is  expected  that 
the  question  will  be  thoroughly  discussed. 
Thomas  Hillier,  who  received  the  $100  prize  in  phar- 
macy at  the  recent  commencement  exercises  of  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy,  has  accepted  a  position  with 
the  Lowe  Drug  Co.,  Broadway  and  81st  street,  New 
Y'ork.  Mr.  Hillier  was  at  one  time  with  Parke,  Davis 
&  Co.  in  Detroit. 

Frederick  J.  Hanbury,  F.  Capel  Hanbury  of  Lon- 
don, England,  and  W.  Lloyd  Wood  of  Toronto,  Ont., 
were  guests  of  Clarence  G.  Stone  at  the  Drug  Club  last 
week.  Other  guests  registered  were:  Hamilton  Dey, 
Detroit;  W.  D.  Stephen,  Montreal,  and  George  T.  Wil- 
cox, Fall  River. 

G.  S.  Boisnot,  manager  of  Wilson's  Pharmacy  be- 
tween o5th  and  36th  streets,  on  Broadway,  and  who 
managed  the  store  when  it  was  established  on  the  cor- 
ner of  34tli  street,  will  open  a  drug  store  in  the  new 
An^onia  apartment  house  on  the  corner  of  Broadway 
and  74th  street. 

An   explosion   in   the   Barkman   drug   store.    No.   77 

Court  street,  Binghaniton,  N.  Y^.,  on  Wednesday,  April 
30,  caused  a  fire  which  destroyed  the  entire  building  and 
damaged  those  near  it.  Two  clerks  were  in  the  cellar 
when  the  explosion  occurred  and  were  rescued  with  diffi- 
culty. 

W.  J.  Galvin,  for  several  years  head  of  the  prescrip- 
tion department  of  Hudnut's  Pharmacy,  205  Broadway, 
this  city,  left  last  Tuesday  for  Providence,  R.  I.,  where 
he  assumes  the  position  of  general  manager  for  the 
RJiode  Island  Drug  Co. 

H.  B.  Harding,  secretary  of  the  Humphreys'  Ho- 
meopathic Medicine  Co.,  sails  for  Europe  on  the  Au- 
guste  Victoria,  Thursday,  May  22.  He  expects  to  be 
gone  about  six  weeks  and  will  visit  the  Paris  branch  of 
the  house  on   the   trip. 

■ The  Fehr  Talcum  Co.  has  recently  incorporated  at 

Hoboken,  N.  J.,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000.     Louis 

J.  Fehr,  William  J.  Dynan,  Alex  J.  Clements,  Frank  J. 

Goodwin,  John  F.  Keating  and  Chris.  P.  Smith  are  the 

incorporators. 

George  JI.  Carslake,  who  sold  his  drug  store  at  Free- 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  8,  1903. 


hold,  N.  J.,  some  time  ago,  is  now  farming  near  that 
place.  He  is  still  proprietor  of  the  Carslake  Pharmacy 
at  Allentown,  N.  J.,  and  has  a  competeut  pharmacist  in 
charge. 


Simeon  Nauheim  is  now  in  his  new  store  on  Lex- 
ington avenue,  between  59th  and  60th  streets,  on  the 
West  Side.  Mr.  Nauheim  conducted  the  store  at  the 
southeast  corner  of  59th  and  Lexington  avenue  for  many 
years. 

Some  of  last  week's  visitors  in  the  drug  trade  were: 

Paul  Traub,  Bordentown,  N.  J.;  Allen  Brown,  Miner- 
ville,  N.  Y. ;  N.  J.  Finlay,  Glen  Cove,  L.  I. ;  S.  Thornhill, 
Sayville,  L.  I.,  W.  B.  Duryee,  and  J.  D.  Gilman,  Boston. 

The  drug  firm  of  A.  Richter  &  Co.,  composed  of  W. 

C.  Figner  and  A.  Richter,  has  been  dissolved  and  Mr. 
Richter  will  continue  the  business  at  the  same  store, 
Third  avenue  and  60th  street. 

'Joseph   P.    Lowry,    former   manager   of   Walter   S. 

Rockey's  Amsterdam  avenue  and  154th  street  store,  is 
now  manager  of  the  Port  Jefferson  Pharmacy,  Port 
Jeffer.son,  Long  Island. 

Fred  L.   Stallman,  of  Stallman  &  Fulton  Co.,  No. 

30  Piatt  street,  was  married  Thursday  evening,  May  1, 
to  Miss  Ida  Baden,  daughter  of  the  late  Rev.  Mr.  Ba- 
den, of  Brooklyn. 

■ The   Eisner   &   Mendelsou   Co.    of   New    York   has 

incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $100,000.  J.  S. 
Menline,  W.  J.  Gesell  and  I.  H.  Lehman  are  the  direc- 
tors. 

P.  R.  Lance  returned  from  New  Orleans  last  week 

where  he  had  been  making  arrangements  for  the  opening 
of  the  branch  of  William  R.  Warner  &  Co.  in  that  city. 

■ John  Weiss,  pharmacist  on  Seventh  avenue  between 

15th  and  16th  streets,  has  moved  into  the  store  on  the 
northwest  corner  of  Seventh  avenue  and  15th  street. 

Darwin  J.  Hoffman's  drug  store  at  16th  street  and 

First  avenue  was  sold  at  auction  last  week.  Nonne  & 
Rosentover  will  conduct  the  business  hereafter. 

The    Waterbury    Laboratories   have   been    removed 

from  No.  110  John  sti-eet  to  more  commodious  quarters 
at  No.  12  West  Broadway. 

M.  Kramer,  the  druggist  at  No.  1  Mott  street,  Man- 
hattan, is  soon  to  open  a  drug  store  on  Pell  street,  in 
the  heart  of  "Chinatown." 

^John   L.   Keating's   drug   store  at   No.   208  Varick 

street,  corner  Downing,  was  sold  at  public  auction,  Fri- 
day, May  2. 

The  drug  store  of  Henrietta  Renz,  at  No.  511  Green- 
wich street,  near  Spring,  was  sold  at  auction,  Friday, 
May  2. 

S.  J.  Betts  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  No.  395  Ave- 
nue D,  Bayonne,  N.  J.,  to  A.  Goldberg. 
— — J.  B.  Pyne  has  accepted  a  position  with  J.  N.  Hege- 
man  &  Co.,  Broadway  and  30th  street. 


DR.  FREDERICK  A.  CASTLE,  well  known  to 
pharmacists  as  secretary  of  the  Committee  of  Revision 
and  Publication  of  the  Pharmacopoeia  and  one  of  the 
editors  of  "New  Remedies"  and  its  successor  the  "Amer- 
ican Druggist,"  died  Sunday,  April  27,  at  the  Roosevelt 
Hospital  where  he  had  undergone  two  surgical  opera- 
tions. He  was  born  in  1842,  graduated  from  Belleyue 
Hospital  Medical  College,  serving  as  an  assistant  surgeon 
in  the  Navy  in  the  Civil  War.  After  the  war  he  became 
a  general  practitioner  in  this  city.  He  was  a  member 
of  several  clubs,  and  the  Loyal  Legion.  A  widow  sur- 
vives him. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


BOSTON  DRUGGISTS  HONOR  AMOS  K.  TILDEN. 

Boston,  May  3. — Far  more  than  usual  interest  was 
taken  in  the  meeting,  on  the  night  of  April  29,  of  the 
Boston  Druggists'  Association,  at  Young's  Hotel,  in 
honor  of  Amos  K.  Tilden,  the  secretary  of  the  Massa- 
chusetts State  Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy  and 
one  of  the  old-time  druggists  of  the  city,  a  man  widely 
honored  in  his  profession  and  for  his  good  personal  quali- 
ties. Instead  of  the  customary  twenty-five  members 
present,  there  were  on  this  occasion  seventy-five  or 
eighty  to  honor  Mr.  Tilden,  who  retires  from  the  office 
next  October  when  his  term  expires.  President  F.  A. 
Hubbard,  presided  and  led  in  the  words  of  praise  which 
other  speakers  enlarged  upon. 

Ex-Congressman  Fitzgerald,  after  speaking  of  Mr. 
Tilden's  sterling  worth,  touched  upon  that  subject  just 
now  nearest  a  druggist's  thoughts — the  blue  laws.  The 
enforcement  of  these  laws,  he  said,  has  had  one  good 
effect.  It  has  focussed  the  eyes  of  people  of  this  city 
upon  the  way  in  which  the  affairs  of  Boston  are  con- 
trolled by  other  portions  of  the  State.  It  emphasizes 
the  dependence  of  the  city  upon  the  rural  legislators. 
It  is  absurd  that  people  in  this  great  city,  second  in 
commercial  importance  in  the  country,  should  depend 
upon  the  vote  of  some  legislator  from  a  country  district 
in  Western  Massachusetts  in  order  to  buy  a  drink  of 
soda  or  purchase  a  pound  of  candy  on  Sunday.  To' 
deny  the  580,000  people  of  Boston  on  their  only  holi- 
day of  the  week  the  privilege  of  buying  light  refresh- 
ments of  this  innocent  nature  is  nothing  short  of  a 
crime,"  said  the  speaker.  He  urged  active  protest  to 
the  Governor  and  legislature  on  behalf  of  business  men 
and  citizens  of  the  cit.v. 

Hon.  Wm.  S.  McNary  also  spoke  on  the  proposed  re- 
peal of  the  blue  laws,  which  the  police  board  are  en- 
forcing, and  deplored  the  influence  of  rural  .legislators 
against  their  repeal. 

Henry  Canning  spoke  pleasantly  and  asked  Mr. 
Tilden  to  "take  the  chair" — a  handsomely  upholstered 
Morris,  a  gift  from  his  druggist  friends.  Mr.  Tilden 
responded  with  great  feeling,  and  then  related  many 
stories  of  his  work  on  the  board,  and  briefly  reviewed 
some  of  its  history — all  making  an  interesting  speech. 


DRUGGISTS  JUBILANT. 

Boston,  May  3. — Undoubtedly  the  thing  uppermost 
in  the  minds  of  all  Massachusetts  druggists  recently  has 
been  the  enforcement  of  the  Sunday  blue  laws  forbidding 
the  sale  on  the  Lord's  Day  of  soda,  candy  and  ice  cream. 
And  this  has  been  done  after  the  druggists  have  been 
allowed  for  .years  to  sell  unmolested.  Several  past  Sun- 
days have  proved  dull  days  as  far  as  trade  has  been 
concerned,  and  action  this  week  in  the  Massachusetts 
House  of  Representatives  has  been  carefully  watched 
by  druggists. 

The  House  redeemed  itself  of  the  charge  of  being 
a  body  of  "hayseed  legislators"  by  ordering  to  a  third 
reading  the  bill  to  permit  the  sale  of  soda  water,  con- 
fectionery, etc.,  on  the  Lord's  Day.  The  opposition  to 
the  bill  had  few  upholders  and  the  vote  in  its  favor  was 
112.  while  only  17  members  voted  against  it.  This  was 
on  a  rising  vote,  and  nobody  asked  for  a  roll  call.  The 
bill  then  was  passed  to  be  engrossed,  without  debate. 
The  bill  undoubtedly  will  take  its  further  readings  with- 
out difficulty  and  is  almost  sure  to  pass  the  Senate.  Un- 
less the  rules  are  suspended,  it  may  be  a  week  or  two 
before  the  bill  becomes  a  law. 


May  S,  1905.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


4G5 


Lawrence  Druggists  in  an  Awkward  Predicament. 
Boston.  Jlay  3. — Lawrence  drug!,'ists  find  tliomselves 
in  an  awkward  predicament,  due  to  the  fact  that  the 
State  Board  of  rijarraacy,  after  careful  consideration, 
lias  decided  that  the  druggists  of  that  city  do  not  merit 
the  board's  recommendation  that  licenses  be  granted. 
Hence  the  failure  on  the  part  of  the  druggists  to  get 
these,  for  without  certiiicates  furnished  by  the  board 
the  license  commissioners  cannot  issue  the  coveted  pa- 
pers. Old  licenses  expired  at  midnight,  April  30.  The 
board  claims  that  most  of  the  druggists  have  been  very 
lax  in  observing  the  law,  while  others  have  regarded 
as  a  dead  letter  that  part  of  the  law  ■which  relates  to 
the  board's  regulations  as  to  recording  sales  of  liquor. 
This  rule  provides  that  the  name  of  every  purchaser  of 
liquor  must  be  recorded  in  a  book  provided  for  that  ex- 
press purpose.  Agent  Harris,  representing  the  State 
Board,  visited  the  drug  stores  recently  and  the  action 
of  the  board  was  the  result  of  his  investigation  with 
reference  to  the  record  books.  Twenty-five  druggists' 
licenses  were  granted  in  Lawrence  for  the  year  ending 
April  'so. 


Complaint  Against  Holyoke  Druggists. 
Boston,  May  3. — On  complaint  of  a  clergyman  of 
Holyoke,  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  held  a  hear- 
ing in  this  city  regarding  the  responsibilitly  of 
three  druggists  of  Holyboke  to  hold  druggists' 
licenses — namely,  A.  R.  Vincent,  Dr.  A.  S.  Menard 
and  L.  J.  Laporte.  The  druggists  and  the  clergyman 
were  all  represented  by  counsel  at  the  hearing.  It  was 
determined  that  Dr.  Menard's  name  should  be  with- 
drawn, since,  on  complaint  in  Holyoke,  he  had  been 
heard  in  the  local  court  and  found  not  guilty  of  main- 
taining a  liquor  nuisance.  Evidence  against  Laporte 
and  Vincent  was  introduced,  as  was  equally  good  evi- 
dence in  refutation  and  in  their  favor.  Moreover,  L.  G. 
Heinritz,  president  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  testified  to  the  good  character  of 
the  two  druggists,  whose  cases  were  taken  under  ad- 
visement by  the  board. 


Many  Examined  Yet  Only  a  Few  Were  Successful. 

Boston,  May  .".. — Regular  examinations  by  the  State 
Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy  took  place  in  April 
as  follows:  April  1,  8.  15  (double)  22  (double)  and  29. 
In  all,  sevent.v-one  candidates  were  examined,  and  on  the 
first  and  last  days  not  a.  single  candidate  was  successful 
in  passing  the  examinations.  There  were  only  five  who 
were  able  to  pass,  the  successful  candidates  being  Her- 
bert F.  Gerald  and  Frank  E.  Mott  of  Boston,  Harold 
K.  Alden  and  James  E.  Curley  of  Springfield,  and  Gil- 
bert S.  Chipman  of  Cambridge.  On  two  days  twice  the 
usual  number  were  examined,  to  help  clear  the  list  ot 
applicants.  Examinations  will  be  held  each  Tuesday  in 
May. 


Business  Fairly  Good. 
Boston,  May  3. — Business  continues  fairly  good  with 
retail  druggists,  as  regards  normal  trade,  with  about  the 
usual  call  for  goods  and  medicines.  The  week's  sales 
as  a  whole  will  show  smaller  totals  in  cash  receipts  than 
would  be  the  case  if  the  Sunday  blue  laws  had  not  been 
enforced,  as  they  have  been  recently,  for  the  depart- 
ments effected  in  all  drng  stores  always  have  helped, 
largely  by  means  of  Sunday  sales,  the  weekly  revenue 
of  any  store.  The  druggists  all  feel  the  effects  of  this 
curtailment  of  their  former  privileges  and  the  disaffec- 
tion regarding  the  law  in  general.  Outside  of  this  agi- 
tation and  enforcement  of  the  law,  business  as  a  whole 
has  been  satisfactory. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

Although    petitions    fur    liquor    licenses    have   been 

filed  with  the  selectmen  of  Revere,  Mass.,  by  druggists 
of  that  town,  so  strong  a  protest  has  been  made  by  the 
JRevere  no-license  committee  against  granting  the  same 
that  it  is  probable  no  liquor  licenses  will  be  granted  to 
the  druggists.  Four  or  five  of  the  selectmen  have  as- 
sured the  committee  that  they  would  vote  against  grant- 
ing such  licenses. 

Noah  G.  Cofren,  formerly  a  Maiden,  Mass.,  drug- 
gist, and  who  for  some  time  recently  was  in  the  Carney 
Hospital,  this  city,  for  an  operation  and  convalescence, 
has  just  died  in  Wollaston,  a  part  of  Quincy,  at  the  age 
of  68  years.  Death  was  from  heart  disease.  After 
leaving  the  hospital,  to  which  he  went  from  Maiden,  Mr. 
Cofren  went  to  Wollaston,  to  make  there  a  new  home 
for  himself, 

In  the  drug  store  of  George  W.  Flynn,  Green  street, 

Jamaica  Plain,  Mass.,  an  agency  of  the  Tabard  Inn  Li- 
brary is  to  be  placed.  Mr.  Flynn  thinks  there  are  many 
recommendations  in  connection  with  membership  that 
will  make  this  library  popular  with  Jamaica  Plain  read- 
ers. Besides,  it  will  bring  people  into  the  store  where 
they  are  likely  to  recall  this  or  that  thing  needed. 

With  indebtedness  amounting  to  nearly  $1,800  and 

with  no  assets,  Roderick  MacDonald,  a  Chelsea,  Mass., 
druggist,  is  a  petitioner  in  bankruptcy.  His  creditors 
are  about  all  fully  secured  in  their  claims.  Still  another 
petitioner  is  Moses  D.  Fisher,  a  drug  clerk  in  Chelsea. 
He  owes  about  $1,300  and  has  small  assets. 

The   Anderson    drug    store   at    Stoughton   is   to   be 

opened  by  C.  I.  Pendleton,  Ph.  D.,  of  Roxbury,  Mass., 
a  graduate  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy. 
He  has  had  an  experience  of  nearly  ten  years  in  lead- 
ing Boston  drug  stores.  He  has  put  in  a  new  stock  of 
wares  and  a  handsome  new  fountain. 

With   its  capital   stock  put  at  $200,000,   of  which 

$300  was  paid  in  at  the  time  of  incorporation,  the  Gil- 
bert Brothers  Company  has  been  organized  for  manu- 
facturing chemicals  and  dyestufEs.  The  president  and 
treasurer  is  Arnold  Scott  of  Newton,  Mass. 

Gilbert  S.  Chapman,  who  for  several  years  was  in 

the  employ  of  the  late  Alfred  A.  Laing,  and  succeeded 
to  his  drug  business  in  Pearl  street,  Cambridge,  has  just 
passed  the  examination  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
and  is  now  a  registered  pharmacist. 

Fred    Hunt,   formerly   well   known   in   Winchester, 

Mass.,  where  he  was  a  clerk  at  Young  &  Brown's  Phar- 
macy, and  who  now  is  himself  proprietor  of  a  drug 
store  at  Whitman,  recently  visited  Winchester. 

The   former  Parson's    drug    store    at   Onset   Bay, 

Mass.,  which  was  recently  sold  to  Charles  A.  Robbins- 
and  Frank  A.  Murphy,  has  been  placed  in  charge  of 
Ernest  Bullock,  as  manager. 

S.   B.   Hamill,   a  Cambridge  druggist,   whose  store 

is  at  the  corner  of  Massachusetts  avenue  and  Trow- 
bridge street  ,has  been  temporarily  confined  to  his  home 
by  illness. 

In  the  case  of  Louis  F.  Hubbard,  an  apothecary  in 

the  South  End  section  of  Boston,  the  jury  of  the  court 
has  found  him  not  guilty  of  the  charge  of  illegal  liquor 
selling. 

The  pharmacy  of  William  Goodwin,  at  Old  Marble- 
head,  Mass.,  is  to  be  enlarged  by  an  addition  to  the 
rear  part,  thereby  greatly  improving  the  prescription 
room. 

Pliny  Chandler's  new  drug  store  at  Medford  Hill- 
side is  a  notable  addition  to  the  business  life  of  that 
section.  It  is  in  the  Born  Block,  and  has  just  been 
opened. 


4GG 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  8,  1902 


PHILADELPHIA- 

SOME  OCCURENCES  INTERESTING  TO  PHILADEL- 
PHIA DRUGGISTS. 

Philadelphi.T,  May  'i. — Quite  a  number  of  local 
druggists  are  doing  some  liard  thinking  about  certain 
features  of  the  new  "Department  Store  Drug  Store," 
particularly  as  to  the  sources  of  supply  of  certain  pro- 
prietary articles.  One  article  in  particular,  a  widely 
advertised  cathartic  whose  owuer  won  fame  as  a  finan- 
cial helper  of  the  N.  A.  K.  D.  not  so  long  ago,  is  being 
advertised  in  big  letters  "for  17  cents;  regular  price, 
25  cents,"  yet  some  remember  a  positive  claim  that 
"this  firm  will  not  permit  prices  to  be  cut  on  its  goods 
nor  let  them  get  into  the  department  stores."  Snellen- 
burg  seems  to  have  a  large  stock  and  sells  it  for  5  cents, 
small;  17  cents,  large.  Some  are  wondering  where  the 
store's  5-cent  belladonna  plasters  come  from,  and  what 
they  are  made  of.  Blaud's  Pills  are  going  for  12  cents  a 
bottle  of  100 — whose  make  are  these?  Even  locally 
manufactured  articles  "never  allowed  to  be  sold  at 
less  than  regular  price"  are  "cut,"  18  cents  for  the 
25-cent  size  of  a  food.  A  tooth  brush  advertised  ex- 
tensively in  the  magazines,  price  25  cents,  is  marked 
"10  cents,"  with  the  information  that  you  "can't  tell 
them  apart  from  the  reil  kind,"  made  by  the  same 
company.  The  truth  of  the  matter  is  that  Philadelphia's 
"department  store  druggery"  has  very  clearly  demon- 
strated that  the  proprietors  don't  care  where  they  sell 
their  goods  and  that  their  loud  promises  to  protect  their 
prices  is  a  big  bluff.  The  proprietors  cannot  say  they 
do  not  know  that  their  goods  are  being  sold  by  depart- 
ment stores,  etc.,  for  both  goods  and  cut  prices  are  ad- 
vertised daily  in  the  local  newspapers;  consequently, 
local  druggists  are  asking  "Where  are  those  proprietors 
who  declared  tliey  would  take  their  goods  out  of  every 
cut-  rate  store,  aud  why  don't  they  do  it?"  If  any  pro- 
prietor wants  facts  he  is  respectfully  referred  to  Phila- 
delphia newspapers,  probably  he  will  see  his  own  "pro- 
tected" goods  therein  advertised  by  Snellenburg  at 
pretty  near  cost  price. 


important  matters.  No  man  has  worked  harder  here 
for  his  fellow  druggists  than  Mr.  Perry.  He  is  still 
needed,  and  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  will  find  a  way  to  keep 
him. 

Various  matters  of  local  business  were  taken  up  from 
the  committees.  For  the  present  every  energy  of  the 
association  will  be  devoted  to  organization. 


MEETING  OF  THE  P.  A.  R.  D. 

Philadelphia,  Jlay  3. — On  accovmt  of  the  desire  to 
bring  as  man.v  druggists  as  possible  together  to  listen 
to  Organizer  Vincent  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  the  usual 
monthly  meeting  of  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  was  held  in  the 
evening,  instead  of  the  usual  2  p.  m.,  at  the  Odd  Fel- 
low's Temple.  An  unusually  large  number  of  druggists 
came,  mauy  dropping  in  for  a  bit  of  spare  time  to  hear 
what  was  to  be  said.  Mr.  Vinceut  spoke  of  the  benefits  of 
national  organization,  etc..  and  was  able  to  announce 
that  he  aud  Recording  Secretary  S.  W.  Strunk  had 
.secured  thirty-four  members  for  the  local  association 
during  the  month  past. 

The  event  of  the  evening  was  the  discussion  and 
action  on  Mr.  Perry's  resignation,  owing  to  his  retire- 
ment from  the  retail  drug  trade.  It  was  plainly  shown 
that  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  was  strongly  in  favor  of  keeping 
Tilr.  Perry  at  his  post  of  Chairman  of  the  Executive 
Committee,  the  question  was  "how  could  this  be  done?" 
the  P.  A.  R.  D.  charter  specifying  retail  druggists  own- 
ing and  operating  retail  drug  stores  alone  as  eligible 
for  membership.  Pending  investigations  of  some  feas- 
ible plan,  the  resignation  of  Mr.  Perry  was  laid  on  the 
table,  where  it  is  not  likely  to  be  disturbed.  Changes 
in  the  by-laws  are  being  considered  whereby  the  P.  A. 
R.  D.  can  retain  Mr.  I'erry's  services  either  as  an  em- 
ploye of  the  association  or  as  an  honorary  member. 
The  P.  A.  R.  D.  cannot  dispense  with  J.  C.  Perry; 
his  fund  of  experience,  familiarity  with  every  detail 
of  local  work  and  his  untiring  zeal  and  energy  are  just 
now  vitally  essential  to  the  successful  outcome  of  many 


Business  Improving,  a  Fair  Week. 

Philadelphia,  May  3. — Local  retail  trade  has  im- 
proved considerably  over  last  week;  many  stores  are 
comparatively  busy,  aud  from  all  sections  hopeful  re- 
ports are  received.  Prescriptions,  "house  cleaning" 
articles  and   soda   are   leaders. 

Inquiry  at  tlie  wholesale  houses  shows  a  very  satis- 
factory condition  of  trade;  orders  and  sales  are  brisk 
and  for  good  quantities,  every  line  being  in  good  demand. 
Sales  of  seasonable  proprietary  medieiues  that  are  being 
widely  advertised  now  are  about  the  largest,  although 
the  demand  is  far  below  that  of  a  few  years  back — drug- 
gists handle  them  as  little  as  possible  aud  seldom  buy 
more  than  dozen  lots;  they  rank  with  postage  stamps 
now — simply  kept  to  accomodate  customers. 

There  is  rather  a  light  jobbing  demand  for  drugs, 
chemicals  and  dyes.  Opium  is  held  near  $.3.00;  mor- 
phine, bulk,  at  $2,00  to  $2.25;  quinine,  at  28  to  33e; 
cod  liver  oil,  at  $29.00  to  $30.00  barrel.  Heavy  chemi- 
cals are  selling  briskly,  steady  prices  ruling,  those  of 
domestic  manufacture  quoted  much  below  English 
and  German  brands.  Heavy  consignments  of  olive  oil 
were  imported  this  week;  opium,  corkwood,  cacao  but- 
ter, ammonia  salts  and  aniline  salts  also  being  received 
in  large  amounts.  The  importation  of  opium  was  the 
heaviest  for  a  long  time,  nearly  200  cases  being  received. 
Another  unusual  importation  was  705  bales  of  cinchona 
bark  in  one  order;  the  Armstrong  Cork  Co.  received 
1,270  bales  of  the  5,670  bales  of  cork  wood  coming  in; 
3,871  bales  came  from  Cette  as  the  entire  cargo  of  an 
Italian  bark. 


PHILADEDPHIA  NOTES. 

Among  the  week's  happenings  of  interest  to  drug- 
gists are  these:  Arrest  aud  fining  of  over  75  distributers 
of  grocery  store  circulars,  which  litter  the  streets  shame- 
fully; this  should  be  noted  by  certain  druggists 
who  send  out  "dodgers"  or  buy  space  in  those  of  grocery 
stores.  Adoption  of  strong  resolutions  by  the  local 
Business  Men's  Association  condemning  "trading 
stamps"  as  an  artificial  inducement  to  purchase  and 
"as  o?  actual  detriment  and  financial  loss  to  dealers 
using  them."  The  meeting  declared  itself  in  favor  of 
a  State  law  prohibiting  their  use.  Look  out  for  a  smooth- 
faced man  about  35  years  old,  wearing  a  black  derby 
hat,  overalls  and  jumpers — •  he  is  a  very  adroit  sneak 
thief.  His  method  is  to  gain  entry  into  a  house  as  a 
"telephone  inspector"  to  fix  the  wires  on  the  roof;  if 
admitted,  he  lays  hands  on  whatever  valuables  he  can 
find  in  upstairs  rooms  aud  then  comes  boldly  down  and 
walks  off.  The  northwestern  section  of  the  city  is  his 
field  just  now. 

Tar  paper  is  in  the  hands  of  a  "trust."  The  Amal- 
gamated Order  of  Philadelphia  Moths"  will  purchase 
most  of  the  stock  and  hold  the  output  for  cold  weather. 
The  Barrett  Manufacturing  Co.  of  Frankford,  the  big- 
gest American  makers  of  coal  tar  products,  from  whose 
works  come  most  of  the  "coal  tar  camphor"  and  "moth 
balls"  sold  by  druggists,  is  the  "Coal  Tar  Trust."  By 
the  purchase  of  the  tar  paper  plant  of  the  Cambria 
Steel  Co.,  May  1,  and  of  the  principal  other  plants  in 
the  Bast,  the  Barrett  Co.  practically  controls  the  out- 
put and  prices  of  tar  paper,  there  being  no  effective 
competition.  Prices  as  yet  are  unchanged. 
The  Board  of  Mercantile  Appraisers  will  hold  meet- 
ings in  the  various  wards  during  May  to  hear  appeals 


May  S,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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for  correction  of  errors  in  appraisement  adjustments, 
exemptions,  etc.  Tlio  act  of  1S09  provides  that  if 
any  person  fails  to  appear  before  the  board  to  appeal, 
he  shall  thereafter  not  be  permitted  in  a  suit  to  recover 
mercantile  tax  paid,  to  set  up  the  defense  of  not  being 
a  vender  or  dealer,  or  any  other  ground  of  defense  th.it 
might  have  been  appealed  before  the  Appraisers'  Board. 
Druggists  should  remember  this  important  fact. 

A  meeting  of  the  big  associations  of  wholesale  and 

retail  liquor  dealers  and  di.stillers  will  be  held  at  Pitts- 
burg on  June  6,  to  organize  for  active  work  to  secure 
a  reduction  of  the  tax  on  spirits.  Seventy  cents  a 
proof  gallon  (50  per  cent.)  tax  is  to  be  urged,  and  prac- 
ticall.v  every  important  liquor  interest  will  attend  and 
will  likely  combine  in  an  association.  The  movement 
is  of  great  importance  to  druggists,  and  they  should  join 
forces,  thi'ough  their  national  associations,  to  help  re- 
duce the  tax. 

With  the  formal  opening  of  the  Race  Street  Ex- 
change, ICth  and  Sumner  streets,  the  Key.stone  Tele- 
phone Co.  announced  Thursday  that  600  subscribers 
had  been  given  service  in  this  district,  in  addition  to 
1,500  on  the  main  exchange  at  Second  and  Sansom 
streets.  Cables  have  now  been  laid  from  river  to  river 
and  from  Fairmont  avenue  to  Snyder  avenue.  A  vig- 
orous competitor  for  the  Bell  system  is  badly  needed;  the 
service  is  very  poor. 

The  new  high  pressure  fire  system  has  been  com- 
pleted between  Broad  street  and  the  Delaware  River 
and  on  Walnut,  Market,  Arch  and  Race  streets  to 
Eighth.  This  provides  splendid  protection  for  the  "fire 
risk"  district,  the  pumps  afi:ording  200  pounds  pressure, 
enough  to  throw  a  stream  to  the  top  of  the  highest 
building  in  the  district.  The  fight  against  recent  high 
rates  for  fire  insurance  will  now  be  pushed  with  vigor. 
and  determination. 


Surgeon  Robert  Ledbetter,  one  of  the  offi- 
euice  affair,  is  well  known  here,  having 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  He  was 
a  battalion  of  Pennsylvania  Naval  Re- 
the  Spanish  war,  making  a  fine  record. 
1  acquaintance  with  the  unlucky  young 
the  writer  asserts  positively  that  Dr. 
a   victim   of  circumstances,   not   an   ag- 


Assistant 

cers  in  the  V 
attended  the 
apothecary  of 
serves  during 
From  persona 
naval  surgeon 
Ledbetter  was 
gressor. 

An  uptown  druggist  laid  in  a  big  stock  of  "pea- 
nut butter"  Monday  and  cleverly  advertised  it  as  a 
nourishing  and  delightful  substitute  for  the  "Beef 
Trust's"  meat,  showing  10,  25  and  50-cent  glass  jars. 
He  has  sold  over  $50  worth  so  far,  and  the  profit  is 
big.  Many  druggists  now  keep  peanut  butter  in  stock 
as  an  invalid  food,  doctors  prescribing  it  very  frequent- 
ly of  late,  selling  quite  a  lot  as  it  is  a  fine  diet  food. 

The   wcdtfing   of  Miss   Louisa    S.    Weightman   and 

John  Strawbridge  was  solemnized  at,noon  last  Saturday 
in  Holy  Trinity  Church.  The  bride,  a  member  of  the 
famous  old  Quaker  family  of  chemists,  was  given  away 
by  her  grandfather,  ^Villiara  Weightman,  one  of  the 
oldest  members'  of  the  firm  of  Powers  &  Weightman. 
Mr.  StraA\  bridge,  the  groom,  also  is  of  Quaker  stock. 

The  ninth  annual  meeting  of  the  Associated  Health 

Authorities  and  Sanitarians  and  the  51st  meeting  of 
the  Pennsylvania  State  Board  of  Health  will  be  held 
May  7  and  8  at  Butler,  Pa.  Several  of  the  announced 
papers  will  bo  of  much  interest  and  value  to  druggists, 
especially  those  on  the  care  and  keeping  of  vaccine  and 
serums. 

D.  J.   Witmer,  fur  many  years  conducting  a  drug 

and  paint  business  at  Fifth  street  and  (jJermantown 
avenue,  the  triangular  building  being  one  of  the  best 
known   drugsti.res  in   that   part  of  the  city,   has  put   his 


HENRY   THORNTON. 

Henry  Thornton  is  one  of  the  oldest  members  of  the 
traveling  staff  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  He  is  a  graduate 
of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy,  class  '81;  a 
member  of  the  New  York,  New  Jersey  and  Pennsylvania 
State  Pharmaceutical  Associations,  New  Y'ork  Drug 
Trade  Club.  Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Associa- 
tion, New  York  Athletic  Club,  Astor  Lodge,  F.  and  A. 
M.,  Amity  Chapter  and  the  Palestine  Commandry.  He 
was  born  in  Philadelphia  and  received  his  first  experi- 
ence in  the  drug  business  with  D.  L.  Stackhouse  of  that 
city.  Before  taking  his  present  position  he  conducted 
a  drug  store  of  his  own  at  Mount  Holly,  N.  J.  Mr. 
Thornton  is  on  the  road  most  of  the  time  and  is  a  wel- 
come caller  at  the  stores  of  the  many  druggists  in  his 
territory. 


son  in  charge  of  this  store  and  has  opened  an  office  in 
the  Bourse  as  a  drug  broker. 

In  spite  of  the  recent  graduation  of  many  Ph.G's. 

and  an  unusually  heavy  registration  by  the  State 
Pharmaceutical  Board,  drug  clerks  still  seem  to  be 
scarce.  For  the  past  week  the  situation  has  been  about 
in  the  ratio  of  eight  druggists  advertising  for  clerks  to 
five   clerks   seeking   positions. 

An   informal   reception   at   the  new   laboratories  of 

the  Medico-Chi  College  and  Hospital,  17th  and  Cherry 
streets,  was  given  Friday,  from  12  to  2  o'clock,  to  the 
students  of  the  three  departments.  Medicine,  Dentistry 
and  Pharmacy.  The  pharmaceutical  laboratories  are  ex- 
ceptionally complete. 

• Lawson    Brothers,    who    formerly    conducted    drug 

stores  at  20th  street  and  Fairmont  avenue  and  at  Eighth 
street  atid  Girard  avenue,  which  they  sold  about  a  year 
ago,  have  decided  to  re-engage  in  the  drug  business  and 
have  bought  McNair's  store,  PassyunU  avenue  and 
Moore  street. 

Geo.  B.  Evans's  new  store,  at  1012  Market  street, 

is  rapidly  Hearing  completion.  This,  it  is  said,  will 
be  one  of  the  most  elegantly  furnished  drug  stores  in 
the  Eastern  States. 

Wallace  Proctor  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  19th  and 

Pine  streets  to  a  Mr.  Burns. 

H.  C.  Blair,  .Sd,  has  just  returned  from  a  gunning 

trip  with  a  good  "bag." 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  8,  1902. 


BALTIMORE. 


THE  NEW  COMMISSIONERS  OF  PHARMACY. 

Baltimore,  May  -. — The  names  of  the  druggists  ap- 
pointed commissioners  of  pharmacy  under  the  new  law 
enacted  at  the  last  session  of  the  Legislature  were  an- 
nounced yesterday  and  caused  something  of  a  surprise. 
Only  one  of  the  aspirants  previously  mentioned  is  on  the 
list,  and  the  distribution  of  places  among  the  several  sec- 
tions of  the  State  is  somewhat  different  than  has  been 
supposed  it  would  be.  The  two  appointees  from  Baltimore 
are  J.  Webb  Foster,  the  president  of  the  board  under  the 
old  statute,  who  lives  in  South  Baltimore,  and  David  R. 
Millard,  the  secretary,  a  resident  of  the  eastern  section 
of  the  city.  The  claims  of  the  Eastern  Shore  to  represen- 
tation have  been  recognized  in  the  choice  of  William  C 
Powell,  of  Snow  Hill,  where  Governor  Smith  has  large 
business  interests.  Mr.  Powell  is  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association,  and  was 
its  president  for  one  year  and  has  always  ever  since  his 
entrance  into  active  business  life  taken  a  most  active 
interest  in  the  affairs  of  the  Maryland  druggists.  He 
conducts  a  retail  and  wholesale  establishment  at  Snow 
Hill  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the  most  enterprising  cit- 
izens of  the  place. 

The  representative  of  the  Western  Shore  in  Maryland 
is  William  E.  Turner,  a  member  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee of  the  State  association  and  conspicuously  identi- 
fied with  drug  trade  interests.  He  has  been  active  in 
the  ranks  of  the  Democratic  party  and  is  engaged  in  the 
retail  business  at  Cumberland. 

The  third  member  from  the  counties,  it  was  supposed, 
would  come  from  Central  Maryland,  but  such  expecta- 
tions have  not  been  realized,  for  it  is  Southern  Maryland 
which  captured  this  office,  the  lucky  .aspirant  being  Dr. 
C.  B.  Henkle  of  Annapolis.  He,  also,  is  well  known  in 
drug  trade  circles  and  his  name  is  on  the  list  of  members 
of  the  State  organization.  Altogether  the  selections  made 
are  satisfactory,  the  appointees  being  men  of  ability  and 
thoroughly  in  sympathy  with  every  effort  for  the  ad- 
vancement of  the  profession. 

Mr.  Powell  brought  down  the  biggest  prize,  his  ap- 
pointment being  for  five  years.  Mr.  Foster  is  named  for 
four  years,  Mr.  Millard  for  three,  Dr.  Henkel  for  two 
and  Mr.  Turner  for  one. 

Hereafter  a  new  member  will  be  appointed  for  five 
years,  so  that  the  board  is  practically  continuous. 


Trade  Less  Active. 
Baltimore,  May  6.— Contrary  to  expectations, 
the  past  week  was  not  especially  active  for  the  jobbmg 
druggists.  Usually  the  beginning  of  every  month  bnngs 
an  increase  in  orders  from  the  retailers,  who  restrict 
purchases  at  the  close  of  the  four  weeks  in  order  to 
keep  down  their  bills,  and  are  compelled  afterward  to 
augment  their  purchases  accordingly.  But  last  week 
there  was  no  decided  gain  in  the  volume  of  ihovement,  a 
condition  somewhat  surprising.  The  manufacturers  of 
pharmaceuticals  kept  their  laboratories  busy,  but  the 
activity  in  the  distributing  departments  was  moderate 
and  hardly  up  to  expectations.  So  far  the  current 
year  has  shown  no  marked  gains  over  1901.  and  it 
begins  to  look  as  if  the  record  for  the  12  months  might 
fall  even  below  that  of  last  year.  The  market  for 
botanicals  is  about  the  same,  with  the  articles  reported 
relatively  scarce  some  time  ago  commanding  high  prices 
and  no  prospects  of  n  decline  shortly. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

The  P.  B.  Wilson  Chemical  Company  has  been  in- 
corporated by  Pierce  B.  Wilson.  .Tr.,  Sr.,  James  W.  Long, 
I.uuis  G.  Cook,  Alexander  W.  Edeleu  and  Forrest  Bram- 


ble, with  a  capital  stock  of  $50,000.  It  will  engage  in 
pharmaceutical  and  medicinal  specialties. 

George  A.   Brown,   the  second   colored   druggist  to 

establish  himself  in  business  in  Baltimore,  has  opened 
his  pharmacy  at  the  corner  of  Druid  Hill  avenue  and 
Lanvale  street. 

An   amendment  to  the  company's  charter  adopted 

by  the  stockholders  and  recorded  in  court  on  May  1 
changes  the  name  of  the  Cornicide  Co.  to  the  Stafford 
Drug  Co. 

Druggist  Leon  B.  Robinson  has  moved  to  the  corner 

of  Pennsylvania  and  Gold  streets. 


CHICAGO. 

SIXTH  DISTRICT  AUXILIARY  MEETS. 

Chicago,  May  3. — A  meeting  of  the  Sixth  Auxiliary 
District  of  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association 
was  held  last  Monday  in  Hyde  Park.  This  district 
body  is  one  of  the  most  active  in  Chicago,  and  is  carving 
out  results  right  along.  Officers  were  elected  for  the 
ensuing  year  as  follows:  President,  Joseph  E.  Grubbs; 
vice-president,  Wilhelm  Bodemann;  secretary,  J.  W. 
Johnson;  treasurer,  M.  T.  Moss.  A  note  was  addressed 
to  the  jobbers,  asking  them  not  to  encourage  the  opening 
of  any  more  drug  stores  in  certain  districts,  now  already 
well  supplied  with  stores.  To  this  note,  it  is  learned, 
a  favorable  reply  has  been  received,  the  jobbers  ap- 
preciating the  logic  of  the  matter  and  agreeing  not  to 
encourage  the  establishment  of  new  drug  stores  where 
there  are  already  enough  old  ones  to  carry  the  business 
of  the  neighborhood. 

A  committee  was  appointed  to  arrange  a  meeting 
with  the  physicians  of  the  district  to  discuss  with  them 
matters  of  mutual  interest.  It  is  hoped  to  get  the 
M.  D's  back  into  the  good  old  habit  of  using  the  National 
Formulary  and  giving  prescriptions  instead  of  dis- 
pensing themselves.  It  is  thought  that  by  a  judicious 
conference  and  a  plain  statement  of  both  sides  of  the 
question  much  may  be  accomplished  that  will  redound 
to  the  credit  of  both  professions.  Mr.  Bodemann  is 
chairman  of  the  committee. 


Illinois  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
Chicago,  May  3. — The  Illinois  Board  of  Pharmacy 
met  in  Chicago  last  week  Out  of  170  applicants  for 
certificates  as  registered  pharmacists  and  assistants,  100 
passed  the  examination.  The  board  desires  to  call 
especial  attention  to  the  fact  that  all  apprentices  now 
employed  in  the  drug  stores  of  Illinois  should  be  regis- 
tered before  July  1.  If  apprentices  are  registered  now 
they  may  register  from  the  time  they  began  their  con- 
tinuous employment  in  the  drug  store;  if  they  neglect 
registration  until  on  or  after  July  1,  they  will  be  given 
credit,  when  examined  for  certificates  of  higher  grades, 
only  from  the  date  of  their  registration  as  apprentices. 
This  means  business,  the  board  says,  and  any  boy  de- 
siring to  take  advantage  of  the  concession  must  step 
up  and  register  before  July  1. 


Chicago  Trade   Busy.  _ 

Chicago,  May  3. — The  jobbers  are  enjoying  a  good 
Spring  business.  Our  old  enemy  the  grip  has  not 
appeared,  but  coughs  and  colds  are  in  fashion  and  vie 
in  popularity  with  shirtwaists,  overcoats  and  umbrellas. 
The  usual  drugs  used  under  such  conditions  are,  there- 
fore in  good  demand.  All  staple  goods,  chemicals, 
pharmaceuticals  and  proprietaries  are  s'^lling  freely.  The 
houses  manufacturing  pharmaceuticals  are  very  busy 
and  the  makers  and  sellers  of  soda  syrups,  soda  foun- 
tains and  such  goods  are  in  readiness  for  the  summer 
campaign. 

The  retail  ston-s  iirc  cujciying  a  good  business,  and 
llie  report  is  tlmt  alio\it  all  the  druggists  are  paying 
their  bills  with  iinimptiicss  and  many  are  taking  their 
discounts. 


May  8,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


469 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

The  Keuiiody-Suft'el  Drug  Co.  of  Green  Bay,  Wis., 

has  been  incorporated  under  the  laws  of  that  State,  witli 
a  capital  stock  of  $75,000  fully  paid  up.  The  new  company 
will  engage  in  the  wholesale  trade  exclusively,  and  will 
open  for  business  at  309  North  Washington  street. 
Green  Bay,  but  later  on  will  erect  a  new  building  for 
its  use.  J.  T.  Kennedy,  the  president  and  general  man- 
ager, was  formerly  with  the  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.  of 
St.  Louis.  Mr.  Suffel  has  been  elected  secretary  and 
treasurer;  the  remaining  officers  of  the  company  to  be 
elected  will  be  chosen  later  on. 

The  Chicago  Drug  Trade  Club  entertained  a  num- 
ber of  the  members  of  the  Paint,  Oil  and  Varnish  Club 
at  luncheon  on  Wednesday,  April  30.  The  "musical 
four"  were  present  and  entertained  the  diners  with  the 
concord  of  sweet  sounds.  The  Drug  Trade  Club  is 
fast  becoming  a  rendezTous  for  the  busy  members  of  the 
trade  at  their  luncheon  hour.  The  service,  menu  and 
appointments  of  the  club  are  of  the  highest  class,  and 
there  is  no  pleasanter  place  in  the  city  than  this  for 
the  weary  man  of  business  to  drop  in,  eat  luncheon  and 
smoke  an  after-dinner  cigar. 

Thomas  J.   Ross  has  sold  his  interest  in  the  firm 

of  Ross,  Flowers  &  Co.,  manufacturing  chemists  on 
Lake  street,  to  Allen  R.  Fellows,  who  has  been  manager 
of  the  firm's  business  for  some  time.  Mr.  Fellows  is 
an  able  and  experienced  drug  man,  and  the  possession 
by  him  of  a  personal  interest  in  the  firm  gives  the  com- 
pany an  added  power  in  the  trade. 

The  A.    Stamm  drug  store,   formerly  at  209   Blue 

Island  avenue,  has  been  removed  to  Fortieth  avenue  and 
AVest  12th  street.  The  store  was  at  its  former  loca- 
tion a  great  many  years,  and  we  understand  that  it  is 
now  owned  by  a  son  of  the  original  proprietor. 

F.    O.    Williams   of  the   well-known   firm   of   Kelly 

&  Williams,  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  spent  a  few  days  in 
•Chicago  last  week  visiting  relatives  and  calling  upon 
the  trade. 

W.    H.    Bryan,    a   prominent   druggist   of   Idaville, 

Ind.,  was  burned  out  a  week  ago.  He  had  just  bought 
a  new  stock  of  goods  valued  at  $2,000. 

J.   A.    Hensen   is   reported   to   have   opened   a   new 

■drug  store  on  the  west  side. 

The  drug  store  of  L.  E.  Hanson,  Osseo,  Wis.,  was 

■damaged  by  fire  last  week. 

Alexander  H.  Henderson,  a   prominent  druggist  of 

Knox,  Ind.,  died  recently. 

X.  A.  Marvel  has  succeeded  C.  S.  Tirrell  at  1378 

West  Van  Buren  street. 

H.  S.  Upton,  a  well-known  druggist  of  Indianapolis, 

Ind.,  died  last  week. 

Arthur   Gillette   has   opened   a   new   drug   store'  at 

Warsaw,  111. 


— —The  twenty-third  annual  meeting  of  the  Kansas 
Pharmaceutical  Association  will  be  held  in  Wichita 
May  27-29,  and  reports  indicate  that  It  will  be  one  of 
the  best  in  the  history  of  the  association.  A  large 
number  of  applications  for  membership  have  been  re- 
ceived, and  the  local  committee  is  preparing  to  enter- 
tain the  visiting  druggists  with  operas,  banquets,  re- 
ceptions, etc.  Several  questions  of  vital  interest  to 
•druggists  of  the  State  will  be  discussed,  among  them 
that  of  affiliation  with  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  Reduced 
rates  of  one  fare  for  the  roimd  trip  from  all  points  in 
the  State,  St.  Josoi)h  and  Kansas  City,  Mo.,  have  been 
granted  by  the  railroads. 


The  secretary  of  the  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, Charles  A.  Rapelye,  announces  that  the  next 
annual  meeting  of  this  Association  will  be  held  at  the 
Pequot  House,  New  London,  June  17-18. 


EDWARD  F.  PFAFF. 
Mr.  PfafE  is  proprietor  of  the  prescription  pharma- 
cy at  Nos.  277-279  Lenox  avenue,  corner  12-lth  street. 
New  York  Citv,  having  taken  possession  on  April  1  last. 
He    graduated"    from    tlip    ('..Hose    of    ni.-irmacy    of   the 

city  of  New  York  in   V. and   is  an   active  member  of 

the  Entertainment  Committee  i>f  the  .\l\inini  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  member  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, the  German  Apothecaries'  Society  and  a 
charter  member  of  the  Kappa  Psi  Fraternity  of  the 
N.  Y.  C.  P.  New  York  City  is  his  birth-place  and  his 
first  experience  in  the  drug  business  was  with  August 
Drescher,  Newark,  N.  .T. 

THE^NORTHWEST. 

SURE  OF  HIS  GROUND. 

St.  Paul,  Jlinn.,  May  3. — .\t  least  one  dealer  in 
fruit  syrups  used  in  flavoring  soda  water  is  determined 
not  to  be  injured  in  a  business  way  by  hostile  action, 
from  the  State  dairy  and  food  deparment.  The  depart- 
ment some  weeks  ago  gave  it  out  that  it  would  this 
season  rigorously  apply  the  law  against  adulterations 
and  examine  all  the  fruit  syrups  used  in  the  State.  No 
samples  have  yet  been  called  for  by  the  State  officials, 
as  the  weather  has  not  been  conducive  to  an  extensive 
sale  of  cool,  frothing  drinks.  The  dealer  mentioned  per- 
formed the  early-bird  act  by  forwarding  samples  of  this 
product  to  the  department  for  analysis.  These  fruit 
syrups  are  often  highly  colored  with  coal  tar  dyes  and, 
it  is  asserted,  are  in  many  instaifces  only  chemical 
mixtures,  which  contain  no  part  of  the  fruit  of  which 
they  purport  to  be  the  concentrated  essence. 

NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

,. Successions:     E.  T.   Smith,   New   Richland,   Minn., 

by  G.  C.  Banies;  L.  N.  Fenne.  Mapleton,  Iowa,  by 
Fenne  &  Snyder;  Dr.  D.  G.  Walker,  Lindsay,  Neb.,  by 
Mrs.  D.  M.  Andrews;  Cascade  Drug  Co.,  Junction  City, 
Ore.,  by  C.  O.  Gillett. 

Messrs.  N.  O.  Tyrrell  of  Lindstrom  and  Reichert  of 

Long  Prairie  were  among  our  couhtry  visitors  this  week. 
&  Swansey,  Renville,  N.  D. ;  J.  W.  Tulles,  Cunningham, 

Fire  losses  have  been  sustained  the  past  week  by 

J.  L.  E.  Hanson,  Osseo,  Wis.;  John  R.  Dale  &  Co.. 
Fremont,  Iowa,  and  Yoder  &  Munford,  Wymore,  Neb. 

• New:     W.  Bodenstab,  New  Salem,  N.  D.:  Sarchet, 

Wash.;  Planck  &  Y'oungstcdt,  Mead.  Neb.;  II.  Miller, 
Brit  ton,    S.    D. 


470 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  S,  1903. 


J.  F.  Hopkius  of  Hopkins  Bros.,  Tacoma,  Wash., 

has  sold  a  portion  of  his  interest  to  his  partners. 

Miss    Schmidt    has    returned    to    her    work    in   the 

Lindstrom,  Minn.,  Drug  Store. 

Mr.  Meira,  of  Owatonna,  has  gone  to  work  for  F. 

G.  Danielson  of  Hudson,  Wis. 

The   Kamps   &   Sacksteger  Drug  Co.   has   incorpo- 
rated at  Appleton,  Wis. 

W.  P.  Myers  is  now  sole  owner  of  the  Falls  City, 

Xeb.,  Candy  Co. 

O.  Iverson  has  connected  himself  with  S.  B.  Rude, 

Hastings,  Minn. 

Peter  Engeldinger,  Hedrick,  Iowa,  will  discontinue. 

C.  &  G.  Texley,  Stanton,  Neb.,  have  dissolved. 

J.  W.  Adams,  Mason  City,  Iowa,  has  sold. 

J.  W.  Bowden  has  returned  to  the  city. 


THE  DUTIES  OF  DRUGGISTS. 


Their  Obligations  to  Organizations  That  Exist  for  Their 
Protection  and  Betterment. 

It  has  been  truly  said  that  "All  have  their  troubles." 
There  seems  to  be  no  other  kinds  of  business  or 
profession  to  which  this  saying  so  strongly  applies  as 
to  that  of  the  Pharmacists  and  Druggists.  In  other 
words,  they  are  the  ones  who  generally  "get  it  in  the 
neck."  A  man  must  be  narrow  indeed  who  truly  be- 
lieves that  they  are  entirely  to  blame. 

Conditions,  circumstances,  environment,  opportuni- 
ties, opposition,  legislation,  finances,  etc.,  singly  or  in 
combination,  may  be  to  blame  for  such  a  state  of  af- 
fairs. It  is  not  always  something  else,  however;  the 
trouble  often  begins  with  the  man  himself.  Many  times 
he  becomes  cynical,  bigoted,  narrow,  irritable,  fault-find- 
ing, and  gives  up  to  one  or  all,  which  ends  in  discontent. 

It  is  presumable  that  you  are  now  wondering  what 
remedy  one  could  prescribe  to  bring  about  new  condi- 
tions and  make  one's  life  better  worth  the  living  and 
his  business  more  profitable.  Different  formulas  are 
needed  to  fit  diiferent  conditions,  but  sometimes,  how- 
ever, a  "shotgun  prescription"  seems  to  be  the  only 
one  indicated.  Since  each  individual  case  cannot  be 
sought  out  and  a  diagnosis  made,  perhaps  a  recipe  for 
a  general  tonic  may  be  given,  which  if  properly  applied 
may  cure,  or  at  least  alleviate  the  disease. 

Here  it  is: 

R. 

Honesty. 

Charity. 

Good   nature. 

Cleanliness. 

Regard  for  others. 

Promptness. 

Confidence. 

Local  organization. 

Fair  assortments. 

Proper  advertising. 

Drug  journals. 

Tip-to-date  methods. 

Good  assistants. 

Vacations. 
Last  but  not  least 

Membership  in  the  N.  Y.  S.  P.  A.  aa  qs. 
to  make  a  compound,  which  if  frequently  used  will  tone 
one  up  and  make  him  a  good  citizen,  a  good  fellow  and 
successful   business    man. 

"The  last  shall  be  first."  The  last  ingredient  is  one 
of  the  most  important  in  a  general  sense,  and  should 
not  be  omitted. 

Why?  ,  .      . 

1.  Because  about  forty  otlior  states  and  territories 
have  similar  organizations. 

2.  Beoauso  nearly  every  other  profession  believes  it 
necessary  to  have  and  maintain  a  State  association. 

?,.  Because  it  is  your  duty  as  an  unselfish  man  to 
be    a    member. 

4.     Becauso  it  is  a  good  investment. 


5.     Because  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to  sustain  such, 
a  body  for  the  general  welfare  of  the  druggists  at  large, 
ti.     Because  it  has,  does  and  will  help  you. 

7.  Because  it  is  the  father  of  the  pharmacy  law. 

8.  Because  ours  was  the  association  that  through 
its  efforts  and  infiuence  at  Washington  saved  many  from, 
ruin  by  having  the  Stamp  Tax  amended  so  that  patents 
need   not  be  stamped   until  sold. 

y.  Because  it  secured  the  Pharmacists  License  Law 
(and  is  not  to  blame  because  it  was  violated). 

10.  Because  it  is  the  only  State  body  that  fights- 
against  unjust  legislation  (even  though  it  may  not  al- 
ways prevent  it). 

11.  Because  its  Legislative  Committee  spends  much 
time  and  much  of  its  own  money. 

12.  Because  about  fourteen  bills  were  introduced  in 
the  Legislative  Session  of  1900  and  1901,  which  re- 
quired attention. 

13.  Because  through  the  influence  of  its  present 
Legislative  Committee  the  License  Law  was  not 
changed,  and  larger  privileges  were  given  to  Greater 
New  York  in  voting  for  members  of  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmacy. 

14.  Because  its  present  Legislative  Committee  pre- 
vented the  passage  of  the  Audett  Bill  relating  to  drug- 
gists charging  their  own  soda  fountains. 

15.  Because  its  Legislative  Committee  killed  the 
Marshall  Poison-Cork  Bill;  the  Xye  Bill,  allowing  physi- 
cians to  practice  pharmacy;  the  Fancher  Bill,  allowing 
sale  of  restricted  drugs  in  grocery  and  department  stores, 
and  other  bills  equally  obnoxious. 

IG.  Because  from  every  and  any  standpoint  it  is  your 
duty  to  loan  your  influence  and  subscribe  the  small 
amount  of  $2  a  year  to  help  keep  up  such  a  useful  and 
necessary  organization. 

17.  Because  its  Board  of  Pharmacy  is  striving  to^ 
protect  you  in  your  professional  rights,  and  turn  out 
worthy,  practical  and  competent  men. 

IS.  Because  the  New  Y'ork  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association  has  a  right  to  expect  your  support. 

The  twenty-fourth  annual  meeting  of  the  above  Asso- 
ciation will  be  held  at  Elmira,  June  24th,  25th,  26tli 
and  27th,  1902.  The  entertainment  feature  of  this  ses- 
sion will  be  a  very  pleasurable  affair,  and  attending  the 
meeting  will  make  a  nice  way  to  take  a  vacation.  Sup- 
pose you  watch  the  drug  journals  for  the  programme  of 
business  and  entertainment. 

Make  it  a  point  to  attend  and  join  the  Association. 
Application  blanks  can  be  secured  by  sending  a  postal 
card  to  the  secretary  to  whom  you  can  remit  your 
money,  or  you  can  send  it  direct  to  Thomas  Dalton, 
Treasurer,  133  James  street,  Syracuse,  N.  Y.,  and  get  a 
receipt  for  it. 

Send  it  today,  and  tomorrow  you  will  be  glad  and 
happy  in  having  done  right. 

Thomas   Stoddart,    President, 
84  Seneca  street,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
Judson  B.  Todd,  Secretary,  Ithaca,  N.  Y. 


NEW  JERSEY  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  tenth  annual  commencement  exercises  of  the 
New  Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy  were  held  in  Associa- 
tion Hall,  11  Clinton  street,  Newark,  Wednesday  even- 
ing, April  30,  diplomas  being  conferred  upon  the  follow- 
ing five  graduates:  John  C.  Prosch,  Lewis  H.  Robin- 
son, Walter  R.  Rick,  Louis  Reich  and  John  W.  Peter- 
son. The  stage  was  very  prettily  decorated  and  flowers 
were  presented  to  members  of  the  graduating  class. 
The  programme  of  exercises  included  a  prayer  by  Rev. 
Dr.  Albert  Lyle.  and  addresses  by  Prof.  P.  B.  Hom- 
mell,  John  S.  Gibson  and  William  O.  Kuebler,  the  presi- 
dent of  the  college.  These  were  interspersed  with  reci- 
tations, musical  selections,  and  stories  by  various 
artists. 

The  gold  prize  of  ?25  for  the  highest  average  was 
presented  to  Mr.  Robinson,  who  also  received  the  bronze 
medal  for  his  excellent  work  in  chemistry,  and  the 
Alumni  prize,  which  consisted  of  a  United  States  Dis- 
pen.satory.  The  materia  medica  prize,  a  Pharmaco- 
poeia, was  given  to  Mr.  Prosch;  the  pharmacy  prize,  a 
pair  of  prescription  scales  to  Mr.  Reich,  and  the  analyti- 
cal chemistry  prizes,  which  consisted  of  valuable  books, 
were  given  to  J.  C.  Weicks  and  Miss  Margaret  Quinn, 
neither  of  whom  were  graduates. 


Mav  S,  1902. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


4:1 


CLEVELAND  SCHOOL  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  Cleveland,  Ohio,  School  of  Pharmacy  conferred 
the  degree  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist  upon  a  class  of 
six  at  its  twentieth  annual  commencement  exercises  held 
in  Flynn  and  Froelk  Hall,  Superior  street  and  Willson 
jivenue,  Cleveland,  Wednesday  eve,  April  30.  The  grad- 
uates were  Frcd'k.  W.  Boldt,  Sigmund  H.  Baehr,  Thor- 
wald  H.  Sello,  William  Johns,  H.  R.  Cherdron,  all  of 
Cleveland,  and  Clyde  W.  Fletcher  of  Erie,  Pa.  The 
principal  address  of  the  evening  was  made  by  Prof. 
Joseph  Feil,  the  dean  of  the  school.  He  spoke  to  the 
graduates  and  offered  them  a  few  hints  which  he  thought 
would  prove  valuable  in  their  business  life.     President 

E.  A.  Schellentrager,  Professor  Robert  A.  Hatcher,  and 
Professor  H.  B.  Arny  also  talked  to  the  graduates  in  an 
entertaining  manner.  Rev.  Dr.  William  Gaston  offered 
prayer  and  then  the  graduates  were  invited  by  the  mem- 
bers of  the  Alumni  Association  into  another  room,  where 
an  elaborate  banquet  was  awaiting  them. 

After  a  number  of  toasts  the  Alumni  Association 
elected  the  following  officers:  President,  Alois  Jilek; 
vice-president,  S.  H.  Baehr;  treasurer,  Dr.  F.  J.  Wood; 
financial  secretary,  S.  R.  Palmer;  recording  secretary,  M. 
Louise  Carroll;  executive  committee.  Carl  Flandermeyer, 

F.  J.  Hinst,  F.  W.  Boldt.  D.  R.  Lesser,  and  Mrs.  E.  L. 
Fay. 


—.—At  the  fourth  regular  meeting  ot  the  Kansas  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  held  at  Fort  Scott,  MarOh  5,  forty- 
three  applicants  were  present  and  took  the  examination 
for  registration.  The  following  named  persons  passed 
the  examination  and  were  registered  as  pharmacists: 
William  F.  Fee.  Meade;  Jlax  Alex.  Rex.  Paola;  H.  Lea 
Sterling,  Fort  Scott;  W.  H.  Wilkin,  Olathe;  William  R. 
Fretz,  Sabetha;  C.  M.  Eaton,  Erie;  John  S.  Brubaker, 
Helton;  Lester  M.  Werts,  Muscotah;  William  Winters, 
'Rhayer;  W.  K.  Johnson,  Leeds;  W.  S.  Evans,  Parsons; 
Jesse  R.  PrichaTxJ,  Fort  Scott;  J.  C.  Haberly,  Ottawa;  B. 

A.  Cornell,  Downs;  Saint  John  Umbrite,  Pittsburg;  W. 
C  Daughertj',  La  Crosse;  Airden  E.  iSmalley,  Parsons;  R. 

B.  Kelly,  Topeka;  James  B.  Higdon,  Richmond;  R.  W. 
Maamtz,  Linn;  LjTin  Clayton,  Topeka;  N.  G.  Edelblute, 
Topeka;  Edwin  E.  N.  Coan,  Seneca;  Morrison  J.  Miller, 
Fort  Scott.  Registered  assistants:  Robert  Lowman, 
Cherokee;  A.  'P.  Rosser,  Osag-e  City;  Thomas  Rosser, 
Carbondale;  J.  F.  Frlesen,  Hilleboro.  Registered  as  grad- 
uates of  recognized  schools  of  pharmacy  since  the  last 
meeting  of  the  Board  in  December,  1901:  Wesley  C. 
Fick.  Marysville;  M.  E.  Newlin,  Lawrence;  Felix  J. 
Boesiche,  Lincoln;  Arthur  iHargls,  Troy:  Earle  D.  Col- 
lins, Lawrence.  lollowJng  are  all  the  n'ames  of  the  per- 
sons whose  registration  has  been  restored  since  issuilng  the 
last  annual  report  Septemfeer  30.  19M:  J.  ^\.  Dunhaim.  Wel- 
lington; L.  T.  Rees.  Leavenworth;  Geo.  C.  Saur,  Wiohita; 
L.  D.  White,  Paola;  J.  F.  Hocking,  Wichita;  William 
Cairns,  Wyandotte;  C.  G.  Almen,  MoPherson;  H.  G. 
Collins.  Wellington;  H.  A.  Harmon.  Belolt.  W.  E.  Sher- 
rlft,  who  was  first  appointed  a  member  of  the  Board  In 
189.3.  was  re-appointed  March  5  for  a  term  of  three  years, 
dating  from  April  1,  1902.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held 
at  Wichita,  May  29.  at  9  o'clock,  a.  m.  Those  wlio  de- 
sire to  take  examination  should  notify  the  secretary  at 
least  five  days  before  the  date  of  the  meetlnig  In  order 
that  he  may  arrange  for  their  accomunodaUon.— W.  B. 
Sherrlff,  Secretary,  Ellsworth,  Kan. 


They  Have  Moved. 
The  Now  York  Surgical  Appliance  Co.  anno\ince 
their  removal  to  19  Union  Square.  West,  where  they 
will  be  in  position  to  handle  more  satisfactorily  all  orders 
for  Record  Vaporizers.  Hr.  I.  Lundquist,  elecl/d  presi- 
dent of  the  coiupany  at  a  recent  meeting  of  the  stock- 
liolders,  is  the  inventor  of  the  Record  Vaporizer,  an 
article  that  is  claimed  to  be  the  best  on  the  market  for 
any  purpose  for  which  a  vaporizer  is  used.  It 
retails  for  ?].50.  with  liberal  discounts  to  the 
trade.  A  vaporizer  will  be  sent  free  for  inspection  to 
any  interested  druggist. 


This    is 


Major's  Steam  Bath  Kettle. 

kettle  which  will  appeal  particularly  to 
those  druggists 
who  make  their 
own  chocolate 
syrup,  and  is  • 
one  which  is 
readily  e  x  - 
plained  by  the 
illus  t  r  a  ti  o  n. 
With  this  ket- 
1 1  e  anything 
can  be  cooked 
as  long  as  you 
want  it  to 
without  any 
danger  of 
burning  or  any 
need  of  watch- 
ing it,  and  it 
will  keep  sy- 
rups or  any- 
thing else  hot 
for  an\  1  n„tli  f  time  without  any  attention  at  all. 
Tlie  \\  itei  IS  1  ut  m  by  removing  the  cap  of  the  safety 
vtlve  ind  e%eiv  di\  or  two,  if  the  kettle  is  in  con- 
stant use  1  little  more  water  should  be  added  to  it,  al- 
though It  should  never  contain  more  than  about  two  and 
one  half  mchts  of  ^\ater.  If  the  lire  is  so  hot  that  the 
steam  escapes,  the  kettle  can  be  moved  to  one  side,  as 
there  is  no  necessity  to  have  the  steam  escape  to  cook, 
for  if  the  steam  does  not  escape  no  water  evaporates 
and  there  is  no  danger  of  the  kettle  going  dry.  Further 
particulars  and  prices  may  be  obtained  of  A.  Major,  461 
Pearl  street.  New  York  City. 


Mallinckrodt's  Sodium  Phosphate. 

It  is  within  the  recollection  of  most  druggists  when 
a  pound  of  Sodium  Phosphate  would  last  a  retail  drug- 
gist for  months,  but  it  would  be  difficult  to  estimate 
the  amount  that  is  now  consumed  in  one  month.  It  has 
become  a  general  household  remedy,  and  consequently 
its  purity  is  of  unusual  importance.  Mallinckrodt's 
Phosphate  of  Soda  is  absolutely  free  from  Arsenic,  and 
has  gained  an  extensive  sale  throughout  all  parts  of  the 
country  on  account  of  its  high  standard  of  purity.  The 
"M.  C.  W."  brand  is  sold  by  the  wholesalers  in  both 
cans  and  cartons,  the  former  being  preferable  as  it  keeps 
the  article  from  drying  out. 


Good  Things  to  Drink. 
The  Duroy  &  Haines  Co..  Sandusky.  Ohio,  make  a 
line  of  good  things  to  drink  which  will  gladden  the 
hearts  of  every  soda  water  dispenser.  Their  adver- 
tisement in  this  issue  mentions  their  concentrated  Fruit 
Syrups  in  1-gallon  jugs,  Crushed  Fruits  in  i^-gallon 
jars,  highly  concentrated,  and  prepared  from  native  ripe 
fruits;  Duroy's  unfermented  Grape  Juice,  an  absolutely 
pure  juice  made  especially  for  soda  fountain  use,  and 
their  Champagne  Wine,  non-sparkling,  a  real  champagne 
without  the  sparkle,  in  quart  bottles. 


Neuralgine. 

Neuralgine  has  been  on  the  market  for  twenty  years 
and  the  continued  demand  proves  it  to  be  the  efficacious 
remedy  which  the  manufacturer  claims  it  is.  As  an 
instant  relief  for  neuralgia,  nervous  headache,  bruises, 
soreness,  stiffness  of  joints,  there  is  nothing  better  man- 
ufactured. An  old  time  remedy  and  a  good  one.  The 
price  of  iifty  cents  a  bottle  is  popular  and  all  druggists 
sliould  keep  a  supply  of  it  on  the  shelf. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

NEW  YORK 


U.     S.     P.     PREPARATIONS 
COMPOUND     ALUM    POWDER 


473 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  8,  1902. 


SUBSTITUTION  AGAIN. 

We  have  had  much  to  say  lately  about  substitution 
in  general  and  the  substitution  of  spurious  Castoria  in 
particular.  We  have  frequently  asserted  that  there 
is  no  demand  for  any  Castoria  but  the  kind  which  bears 
Chas.  H.  Fletcher's  well-known  signature,  and  we  have 
yet  to  find  a  single  case  of  such  demand.  We  have 
never  seen  a  single  advertisement  to  the  consumer  of 
any  Castoria  but  the  genuine,  and  we  do  not  believe  one 
customer  in  10.000  asks  for  or  expects  to  get  any  Cas- 
toria except  that  which  he  has  always  bought.  As 
Prof.  Anderson,  the  ex-president  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D., 
said  in  his  address  before  the  Sphinx  Club  this  Spring: 
"When  the  substitute  germ  enters  the  mind  of  the  pro- 
ducer or  the  dispenser,  all  moral  and  business  obliga- 
tions, as  well  as  all  requirements  of  law,  seem  to  be 
forgotten,"  and  for  a  possible  extra  profit  of  a  few  cents 
a  spurious,  uncalled-for,  and  usually  undesired  prepara- 
tion is  worked  off  on  the  customer  as  something  "just 
as  good,"  either  in  the  hope  that  he  will  not  kuow  the 
difference,  or  if  he  does,  that  a  plausible  explanation  may 
make  it  all  right. 

Now,  what  does  the  dealer  make  by  selling  an  imi- 
tation Castoria?  Perhaps  a  few  cents  profit,  and  even 
this  is  not  sure;  but  to  offset  this,  he  has  made  a  sale 
of  a  remedy  about  which  he  knows  nothing,  with  no 
reputation  behind  it,  with  always  the  risk  of  a  dissatis- 
fied customer.  Had  he  sold  the  genuine  Castoria,  the 
kind  his  customer  had  always  bought  and  the  kind  he 
knew  his  customer  expected  to  get,  he  would  at  least 
have  made  practically  as  much  profit,  while  he  would 
have  had  the  consciousness  of  giving  his  customer  what 
he  asked  for,  what  he  wanted,  and  something  which  he 
knew  would  do  what  it  was  claimed  to  do.  Now, 
suppose  the  druggist  should  say  to  a  customer  who  had 
asked  for  a  bottle  of  Castoria,  something  like  this,  as  he 
wrapped  up  the  bottle:  "This  is  not  the  kind  you  have 
always  bought,  nor  the  kind  you  see  advertised  so  much; 
in  fact,  this  kind  of  Castoria  is  not  advertised  at  all. 
This  is  an  imitation,  which  I  am  told  closely  resembles 
the  genuine  article,  but  I  don't  know  anything  about  it 
and  sell  it  simply  because  it  doesn't  cost  me  quite  as 
much  as  the  other  kind."  How  many  bottles  would 
he  sell?  Yet,  he  would  be  telling  nothing  but  the  truth. 
It  isn't  the  kind  the  customer  asked  for,  it  isn't  what 
he  has  been  buying,  it  isn't  advertised,  and  he  doesn't 
know  anything  about  it.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  instead 
of  being  made  by  a  house  of  national  reputation,  it  is 
probably  made  by  some  obscure  manufacturer  with  no 
reputation  to  lose. 

If  the  dealer  feels  that  he  doesn't  want  to  sell  the 
genuine  Castoria,  and  must  sell  something  else,  let  him 
make  that  something  else  himself,  give  it  another  name, 
and  sell  it  on  its  merits,  putting  the  manufacturer's 
profits  in  his  own  pocket.  'Then  his  conscience  is  clear, 
at  least,  and  he  will  not  have  made  a  sale  under  false 
pretenses  nor  have  stolen  the  advertising  which  the 
manufacturer  of  the  genuine  article  has  paid  so  much 
for. 

A  few  weeks  ago,  in  Boston,  the  court  rebuked  a 
well-known  manufacturer,  who,  unwilling  or  unable  to 
originate  a  remedy  of  his  own,'  took  to  exploiting  a 
rank  imitation  of  a  preparation  widely  prescribed  by 
physicians.  The  proceedings  in  that  case  have  been 
noted  at  considerable  length  in  the  drug  journals.  His 
efforts,  however,  amninited  to  nothing  but  considerable 
damage  to  his  reputation  and  his  pocketbook.  for,  to  the 
honor  of  the  drug  trade  as  a  profession  be  it  said,  thai 
ifew  of  them  would  have  anything  to  do  with  the  stuff, 
and  the  sales  he  did  make  were  to  obscure  parties  not 
in  any  sense  representative  of  the  body  of  American 
pharmacists.  Chas.  H.  Fletcher,  too,  has  been  found 
ready  to  protect  his  rights  at  all  times,  and  has  spent  a 
small  fortune  protecting  the  public  and  the  honest  drug- 
gist from  spurious  preparations. 

With  a  discount  of  .5  per  cent,  and  2%  per  cent,  on 
Castoria  wIkmi  l.ouyht  in  ]2  dozen  lots,  thex-e  is  plenty 
of  opportunity  to  make  a  fairprofit  on  it,  and  you  know 
you  have  got  in  stock  something  which  will  not  stay  on 
your  shelves  long  enough  to  become  dusty. 


THE  NASHVILLE  SHOW  CASE.  CO. 

We  introduced  to  our  readers  a  few  issues  back  a 
Show  Case  Co.  new  to  many  of  them,  the  Nashville 
Show  Case  Co.,  Nashville,  Tenn.  This  company  is 
really  a  continuation  of  the  Terry  Show  Case  Co.,  being 
the  same  business  conducted  under  a  different  name  and 
simplified  management.  Mr.  F.  P.  Provost,  the  senior 
proprietor  and  manager  of  the  business,  began  as  office 
help  in  the  show  case  business,  and  has  come  up  through 
all  departments  of  the  business  to  the  management  of 
the  present  large  and  prosperous  concern.  Nashville 
is  near  the  Indiana  glass  district,  and  right  in  the  cen- 
tre of  the  world's  hard  wood  supply,  and  with  the  ex- 
perience in  the  business  which  the  proprietors  of  the 
Nashville  Show  Case  Co.  have  had,  and  with  every  mod- 
ern facility  for  turning  out  fine  work  which  their  factory 
possesses,  there  is  no  reason  why  they  should  not  turn 
out  cases  which  are  a  credit  not  only  to  themselves  but 
to  the  store  in  which  they  are  placed.  The  proprietors 
of  the  company  have  a  reputation  for  good  work  and 
square  dealing  extending  back  through  many  years  of 
service  in  this  particular  line.  They  already  have  a 
large  trade  east  of  the  Mississippi  and  south  of  the 
Ohio,  but  they  believe  their  cases  are  good  enough  to  go 
into  other  fields,  and  it  is  with  this  object  in  view  that 
they  made  their  bow  to  the  readers  of  the  Bra.  They 
tell  us  that  they  employ  only  the  most  skill.ed  workmen, 
that  they  make  nothing  but  show  cases,  and  that  they 
devote  their  entire  time  and  experience  to  doing  that  one 
thing  well.  Their  cases  are  made  of  the  best  materials, 
of  double  strength  American  glass  and  German  silver 
corners.  They  guarantee  workmanship,  finish,  and,  qual- 
ity considered,  their  prices.  In  fact,  they  state  confi- 
dently that  there  are  no  better  cases  in  the  market. 
They  have  a  very  attractive  illustrated  catalogue  show- 
ing the  different  "styles  they  make  and  giving  full  direc- 
tions for  ordering,  together  with  the  prices  of  their 
cases.  This  catalogue  will  be  mailed  to  any  one  who 
contemplates  the  purchase  of  a  new  show  case.  Their 
combination  cigar  case  is  well  worth  looking  at. 


GLASS  VACCINE  POINTS. 

One  of  the  most  interesting  developments  in  the  man- 
ufacture of  vaccine  points  is  the  point  made  of  flint 
glass,  recently  placed  upon  the  market  by  the  H.  K. 
Mulford  Co..  Philadelphia.  It  is  similar  in  size  and  shape 
to  that  of  the  ivory  point. 

Every  propagator  and  user  of  vaccine  has  recognized 
the  limitations  of  the  ivory  or  bone  point  inasmuch  as  it 
cannot  be  properly  sterilized,  either  by  dry  heating — 
which  chars  it — or  by  the  use  of  antiseptic  solutions  or 
powders,  which  would  be  absorbed  in  the  bone  and  de- 
story  the  vaccine  virus  itself.  For  this  reason,  experi- 
ments covering  a  period  of  years  have  been  carried  on  to 
secure  a  proper  sub.stitute  in  glass,  which  from  the  start 
has  been  recognized  as  the  ideal,  if  such  a  point  could  be 
properly  produced.  The  Mulford  Co.  have  succeeded  in 
solving  this  problem,  and  now  have  under  their  manage- 
ment, on  their  vaccine  farms  at  Glenolden,  a  large  and 
completely  equipped  glass  plant  for  the  manufacture  of 
such  glassware  as  they  use  in  connection  with  antitoxin 
and  vaccine:  it  is  the  only  glass  plant  in  the  world  that 
employs  women  exclusively. 

The  glass  points  permit  of  thorough  scarification  and 
are  easily  and  thoroughly  sterilized.  The  glass  vaccine 
points  supplied  by  the  H.  K.  Mulford  Co.  are  either  in 
the  form  of  dry  points  or,  what  is  superior  to  these  dry 
points,  in  the  form  of  glycerinized  vaccine,  which  is  the 
same  kind  of  vaccine  as  is  employed  in  the  glycerinized 
tubes.  This  vaccine  is  thoroughly  tested  and  free 
from  pathogenic  organisms. 

The  glass  point  is  first  sterilized  and  then  tipped  with 
glycerinized  vaccine,  which  has  been  carefully  tested, 
ba(>lci-icil()i.'ically  and  physiologically,  to  prove  its  activity 
and  piirily.  Tlic  v;iccin(>  is  then  encased  in  a  sterile  glass 
capsuU'  .-iTicl  liiM-nu'lically  sealed,  thus  permitting  handling 
of  the  piiint  without  any  possible  contamination. 

This  method  is  an  ideal  one,  and  the  product  is  the 
purest  and  most  active.  There  is  uo  advanced  charge 
made  for  the  glass  glycerinized  points,  and  they  are  en- 
dorsed as  marking  the  most  advanced  step  forward  in  the 
methods  of  marketing  a  pure  and  aseptic  vaccine. 


May  8,  1002.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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PATENTS. 
Issued  April  2g,  ig02. 

69S462.— J.imes  D.  Darling.  Phiiladelphia,  Pa.,  as 
^iaooi'  to  Barrison  Bros.  &  Co.,  Incorporated, 
I'liiliidelpliia,  Pa.,  a  Corporation  of  Pennsyl- 
vania.    Process  ot  mailing  alkaline  cyanids. 

698,403. — James  D.  Darling,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  assignor 
to  Harrison  Bros.  &  Co.,  Incorporated,  Phila- 
delpliia.  Pa.,  a  Corporation  of  Pennsylvania. 
Method  of  making  cyanids. 

■698,4Gil. — James  D.  Darling,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  assignor 
to  Hacrison  Bros  &  Co.,  Incorporated,  Phila- 
delphia, Pa.,  a  Corporation  of  Pennsylvania. 
Method  .of  making  alkaline  cyanids. 

<j98,520. — Fred.  H.  Knapp  and  Clarence  W.  Blackstone, 
Chicago,  LU.  Can  labeling  and  wrapping  ma- 
chine. 

698,597. — Clarence  E.  Votaw,  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  as- 
signor of  one-half  to  Xewton  H.  Keister,  In- 
dianapolis, Ind.  Wrapper  or  label  assorting 
machine. 

698,<394. — Artliiir  Eichengrun  and  Rudolph  Berendes. 
Elberfeld  Co.,  New  York,  N.  Y.,  a  Corpor- 
ation of  New  York.      Zinc  gelatose  compound. 

698,696. — Richard  Franchot.  Niagara  Falls,  N.  Y.  Pro- 
cess of  making  Paris  green. 

698,704, — Edward  Hart,  Easton,  Pa.,  assignor  to  Gen- 
eral Chemical  Co.,  New  York.  N.  Y.,  a  cor- 
poration of  New  York.  Method  of  making 
hydrochloric  acid. 

698,716.— Wladyslaw  T.  Kosinski.  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
Non-relillable   and   lock-seal   bottle. 

698.741. — Eugen  Schaal  and  Max  Schaal,  Fenerbach, 
Germany.     Process  of  hardening  rosin. 

698,748.— Charles  H.  Shaw,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  assignor 
to  Robert  H.  Thompson,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Sulfur   candle. 

098,761. — Nathaniel  Thurlow,  Newark,  N.  Y.,  assignor 
by  mesne  assignments,  to  the  Portchester 
Chemical  Co.,  a  Corporation  of  New  York. 
Process  of  producing  camphor. 

608.871.— Louis  Strebel  and  Charles  W.  Williams,  New 
York.  N.  Y.,  assignors  to  the  Century  Stopper 
Co..  New  Y'ork,  N.  Y.,  a  Corporation  of  New 
York.       Bottle-filling  machine. 

698,898.— William  Boekel  and  Julius  Boekel,  Philadel- 
phia.   Pa.        Nebulizer. 

698,906. — .lames  Dakers,  Aberdeen,  Scotland.  Bottle- 
closure. 

699,011. — William  R.  Quinan.  Pinole.  Cal.  Apparatus 
for  the  manufacture  of  concentrated  sulfuric 
acid. 


LABELS. 

Registered  April  29,  1902. 

9,114.— Title:  "Alpho  Oil"  (For  a  Medicine).  Frank 
L.  Palmer,  Hartford,  Ct.  Filed  April  2, 
1902. 

9,115. — Title:  "Betts'  Headache  and  Neuralgia 
Cure."  (For  a  Medicine).  Sylvester  J.  Betts, 
Bayoune.  N.  J.     Filed  April  7.  1902. 

9,116.— Title:  "Dr.  Daniels'  Cough,  Cold  and  Fever 
Drops"  (For  a  Medicine).  Dr.  A.  C  Dan- 
iels. Inc.,  Boston.  Mass.     Filed  April  3,  1902. 

9,117. — Title:  "Dr.  Daniels'  Wonder  Worker  Lini- 
ment." (For  Liniment).  Dr.  A.  C.  Daniels, 
Inc.,  Boston,  Mass.     Filed  April  3,  1902. 


COMBINATION     CASES. 

ALL  THE  MODERN  STYLES  AND  FINISHES. 

DO  YOU  NEED  ONE? 

WE  MAKE  THEM. 

WRITE   FOR  LARGE   CATALOGUE   AND  PRICES. 
NASHVILLE   SHOW   CASE   CO.,         Nashville,  Tenn. 


474 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  S,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

BUSINESS  MODERATELY  ACTIVE. 
New  York,  May  G. — Prevailing  couditions  continue 
satisfactory  to  dealers,  and,  although  large  parcels  are 
not  receiving  much  attention,  the  jobbing  movement  is 
moderately  active  and  the  volume  of  business  in  the . 
aggregate  reaches  fairly  liberal  proportions. 

OPIUM. — Market  conditions  both  here  and  abroad 
are  practically  as  noted  for  several  weeks  past.  The 
consuming  demand  is  light  and  the  undertone  easy  with 
jobbing  quotations  unchanged  at  $3.10@3.35  tor  9  per 
cent,  and  $3.20@,'3.45  for  11  per  cent.  Powdered  is 
held  at  $4,154^4.40  for  13  per  cent.,  $4.75^4.90  for  llj 
per  cent,   and  $4.50@4.75  for  granular. 

MORPHINE. — A  continued  steady  movement  into 
consuming  channels  is  noted,  with  prices  maintained  at 
$2.40@-'.50  for  eighths  in  1-oz  boxes,  $2.35@2.45  in  2y2- 
oz  boxes,  $2.15@2.25  in  ounce  vials  and  $2.10@2.20  in 
5-oz  cans,  according  to  size  of  order. 

QUININE. — Trading  continues  slow  and  unimpor- 
tant and  the  market  remains  quiet  but  fairly  steady  with 
jobbers  quoting  28c  for  bulk  in  100-oz  tins,  28y2C  in  50- 
oz  tins,  29c  in  25-oz  tins,  oOc  in  5  or  10-oz  tins  and 
o5c  in  ounce  vials. 

BUCHU  LEAVES. — Short  are  decidedly  firmer  both 
here  and  in  Europe,  and  spot  jobbing  quotations  have 
been  advanced  to  32@39c  for  ground  and  20@44c  for 
powdered. 

HENBANE  LEAVES. — Supplies  are  more  abun- 
dant and  the  market  is  easier  with  jobbers  quoting  15@ 
20c  for  whole,  lS@23c  for  ground  and  20^25  for  pow- 
dered. 

JABORANDI  LEAVES. — Holders  have  modified 
their  views  and  small  lots  are  obtainable  at  25^  3Uo  for 
whole,  2S@33c  for  ground  and  30@35c  for  powdered. 

FLAXSEED. — Primary  markets  are  stronger  and 
local  jobbers  have  advanced  quotations  to  $7.50@7.75 
per  bbl  for  whole  cleaned  and  5i/2@Ci,-e  per  lb  for 
smaller  quantities.  Ground  by  the  bbl  is  quoted  4%@ 
4%c  and  for  less  than  a  barrel  G@7c. 

THYMOL. — Pressure  to  sell  by  small  speculative 
holders  has  depressed  the  market  and  jobbing  quota- 
tions have  declined  to  $3.00(a'3.25  as  to  quantity. 

UNION  SALAD  OIL. — Manufacturers'  prices  are 
higher  and  (luotations  in  a  jobbing  way  have  been  ad- 
vanced to  b'di't'ik-  liy  the  barrel  and  GS@7Sc  for  less. 

POPPY  SICEI). — Stocks  are  very  much  reduced 
both  here  and  abroad  and  jobbing  quotations  show  an 
advance  to  12('«  IGc. 

ALOES. — Cape  are  in  light  supply  and  with  the 
available  stock  closely  concentrated  the  market  is  firm- 
er. Jobbers  have  advanced  quotations  to  12@17c  for 
whole  and  ijdfV/ ij.'n-  for  powdered. 

GOLDION  SEAL  ROOT. — The  market  is  firmer 
under  reducM'il  supplies  and  jobbing  prices  have  been  ad- 
vanced to  GS'iiTSc  for  whole,  71@Slc  for  ground  and 
73(@  Soc  for  powdered. 

SENEGA  ROOT. — Values  are  slightly  easier  and 
the  revised  jobbing  range  is  64@74c  for  whole  and  69@ 
79c  for  powdered. 

RESORCIN. — Jobbers  have  reduced  quotations  to 
$1.75@2.00  as  to  quantity. 

LARKSPUR  SEED. — .\vailable  supplies  are  light 
and  the  market  is  firmer,  with  jobbing  quotations  show- 
ing an  advance  to  S5@$1.00  for  whole  and  95@$1.10 
for  powdered. 

LOBELIA  SEED. — -Owing  to  extreme  scarcity  the 
market  is  stronger  and  jobbers  have  advanced  quota- 
tions to  $1.25@1.35  for  whole  and  $1.35(S!l.50  for  pow- 
dered. 

ROCK  CANDY  SYRUP.— Values  are  lower  in 
sympathy  with  sugar  and  the  revised  jobbing  quotations 
for  prime  quality  are  48@50c  in  bbls.  50(S)52c  in  lA- 
bbls,  54(i^5Gc  in  10-gallon  kegs  and  58@60c  in  5-gal. 
kegs. 

CITRATE  OF  POTASH. — A  slightly  easier  market 
is  reported  ami  jobbing  prices  have  been  reduced  to  40@ 
45c  as  to  (|uantity . 

CASSIA  lUJDS. — Trading  is  slow  and  jobbers  have 
rpdnci'd  (|iio1ations  to  SOQ'Soc  for  whole  and  35@40c 
for  powdered. 

LINSKKD  OIL.— The  mnrj<et  is  firmer  in  sympathy 
with  seeil  and  jobliers  li:iv  julv.-ineed  quotations  for 
raw  to  (']"''/ ilSe  in  liai-rels  .-iihI  i.'i'i/ s."..-  fur  less.  Boiled 
is  hold  at  r,lif,;;70e  in  barrels  ami  SiUn'Mc  for  less,  ac- 
cording to  size  of  order. 


INDEX  TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Advertisers,   Why   Some  Fail 459 

Aristol,  Purity   453 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs,  Alumni,  etc.:  American 
Pharmaceutical,  461;  Brooklyn  College  Alumni, 
462;  Bushwick  Pharmaceutical,  402;  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists,  46S;  Connecticut  Pharmaceu- 
tical, 4G9;  Kansas  Pharmaceutical,  469;  Na- 
tional Wholesale  Druggists,  461;  New  York 
State  Pharmaceutical,  462-470;  Philadelphia 
Retail  Druggists,  466;  Proprietary  Association 

of  America  463 

BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY:  Illinois,  468;  Kan- 
sas,  471;  Maryland,  468;   Massachusetts,  465; 

New  York  State,  462;  Oklahoma 474 

BOOK  REVIEWS:  International  Medical  Annual 
and  Y'ear  Book  of  Treatment,  1902,  460;  Pro- 
ceedings American  Pharmaceutical  Association 
1901,  460;  Proceedings  Eighth  Annual  Manu- 
facturing   Perfumers'    Association    1902 460 

BOWLING,  Drug  Trade:     New  York 462 

Cigars 454 

Cocoa,  Production  in  Afrca 458 

COLLEGES   OF   PHARMACY:     Cleveland,   471; 

Medico-Chirugical,  4G7;  New  Jersey 470 

DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 460 

Druggists'  Duties  470 

EDITORIALS:  Dearth  of  Assistants,  451;  New 
Scheme  for  Increasing  Association  Membership, 
4.52;  Pharmaceutical.  Life  in  Montana,  452; 
Prejudice  Against  College  Graduates,  453;  Re- 
qnii-ements  in  Massachusetts,  453;  Why  Join 
an  Association?  451;  Withdrawal  of  Texas  As- 

Association  from  N.  A.  R.  D 452 

Elixir  Phosphate  of  Iron,  Quinine,  Strychnine  with 

Pepsin 4.59 

Era  Course  in  Pharmacy,  April  Graduates 4.53 

Ink,  Branding  Stock 459 

Insurance.   Drugs   463 

MARKET  REPORT 474 

Nail  Cosmetics 459 

NEWS  LETTERS:  Baltimore,  468;  Chicago,  468; 
New  England,  464:  New  York,  462;  Philadel- 
phia. 466;  The  Northwest 469 

PATENTS.  TRADEMARKS,  etc 473 

PERSONALS.  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Per- 
sonal Interest,  etc.:  Castle,  Dr.  Frederick  A., 
464;  Doyle,  Miss  Marv  E.,  463;  Gilbert  Bros. 
Co.,  465;  Kenned.v-Suffel  Drug  Co..  469; 
Krepela.  Miss  Anna.  463;  Ledbetter,  Robert. 
467;  Pfafe,  Edward  F,  469;  Thornton,  Henrv, 
467;  Tilden,  Amos  K.,  464;  Webber,  Arthur  H.. 
4.56;  Weygandt,  Wm.  H.,  463;  Wilson  Chemical 

Co,  P.  B.,  468;  Wrav  Drug  Co..  Geo.  B 463 

PRESCRIPTION  DIFFICULTIES:  Hydrogen 
Peroxide  and  Decolorized  Tincture  of  Iodine, 
4.58;  Sodium  Salicylate  and  Ferric  Chloride.  ..  .  459 

QUESTION   BOX   458 

Questions,  Examination,  New  York  Board  of  Phar- 
macy     456 

SHOP  TALK   454 

OKLAHOMA  PHARMACISTS. 

The  last  regular  meeting  of  the  Oklahoma  Board  ot 
Pharmacy  was  held  at  Guthrie,  April  8,  all  members 
of  the  Board  being  present.  A  class  of  thirty-six  took 
the  examination,  of  which  the  following  passed  the  re- 
quired average  grade  of  75  per  cent,  and  received  certifi- 
cates: I.  J.  Abernathv,  Lexington;  H.  L.  Cone,  Bur- 
nett; R.  A.  Davis,  Weatherford;  Chas.  C.  Finfrock,  Rip- 
ley; Chas.  C.  Horn,  Stillwater:  W.  H.  Hawkins.  Guth- 
rie: M.  L.  Klinck,  Cherokee;  Jas.  F.  McDonald.  Okla- 
homa City:  .Lacob  B.  Moffat,  Sac  &  Fox  Agency;  L.  S. 
jMeyers.  Stillwater;  John  C.  Marlow,  Blackburn;  T.  H. 
Maddi^n,  lOl  Reno;  R.  W.  Olive,  Oklahoma  City;  Frank 
W.  Piper.  Wa tonga;  J.  J.  Qnin,  Avoca;  W.  O.  Rob- 
erts, Medford;  E.  W.  Rhoades,  El  Reno;  C.  H.  Smith, 
Cashion:  Miss  Stella  Stidham,  McLond;  N.  L.  Spang- 
ler.  Guthrie;  Lon  Schumacher,  Alva;  Bernard  C.  Sahm, 
Pond  Creek;  G.  H.  D.  Speer,  Taloga;  A.  E.  Warfield, 
Okarche;   B.  K.  Wood,  Anadarko. 

Benjamin  T.  Asbury,  of  Lexington,  received  a  regis- 
tration certificate  upon  his  diploma  from  the  Pharmacy 
Department  of  the  Territorial  University  at  Norman, 
uniler  the  law  which  provides  that  graduates  of  this 
University  are  entitled  to  registration  after  having  had 
two  years'  of  practical  experience.  This  is  the  only 
school  recognized  by  the  Eoanl  of  Pharmacy  of  Okla- 
homa. The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  El  Reno. 
July  8. 


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cannot  hereafter  be  issued  as  a  "Supplement"  or  as 
a  "Section"  of  a  regular  second  class  publication,  but 
must  be  bound  in  with  the  regular  reading  matter  of 
the  journal,  the  whole  forming  one  single  publication. 

This  decision  means  that  the  ER.A.  Price  List  must 
hereafter  be  bound  in  as  a  part  of  the  regular  ERA, 
and  we  shall  issue  such  PRICE  LIST  EDITIONS 
of  the  ERA  in  February,  June,  and  October  of  each 
year.     The  next  edition  will  be  issued  in  June. 

THE  PUBLISHERS. 

N.  Y.,  April  S,  1902. 


The  value  of  education  as  an  asset  in  business  is 
dail.v   risin;;. 

I'rohably  .50  per  cent,  of  the  business  men  who  have 
not  enjoyed  the  advantage  of  college  training  regret  this 
fact. 

Of  the  millions  of  American  citizens  onl.v  a  com- 
paratively few  thousand  can  spend  from  two  to  four 
years  of  their  lives  in  college. 

Among  the  millions  who  cannot  attend  college,  there 
are  thousands  wlio  are  trying  to  make  up  for  this  dis- 
advnntage  \>y   iiiimiis  i.f  lionie  study   and   self  oillure. 

Tliese  nnlllitil^\ls  stmU-iits  are  lalioring  under  a  great 
disadvantage  in  nut  knowing  exactly  wliat  to  study  and 
how  to  proceed. 

The  Era  Cource  in  Pharmacy  is  intended  to  help 
those  who  are  anxious  to  help  themselves  to  a  pharma- 
ceutical education. 

Send  your  name  and  address  to  the  Pharmaceutical 
Era.  .SIH;' Broadway.  New  York,  for  a  new  Prospectus 
which   will   tell   you  all   about   it. 


The  amendment  to  the  New  York  Pharmacy  Law, 
changing  the  method  of  electing  members  of  the  East- 
ern section  of  the  board  of  pharmacy,  which  ha;  recent- 
ly gone  into  effect,  is  likely  to  produce  greater  changes 
than  seem  to  have  been  intended  or  at  least  gener- 
ally expected.  In  the  Era  of  Feb.  6.  we  pointed  out 
in  these  columns,  the  serious  lack  of  harmony  be- 
tween the  unamended  law  and  the  proposed  additions. 
It  was  shown  that  the  amendment  provided  for  the 
election  of  five  members  each  (fear,  while  a  part  of 
the  law  which  was  to  remain  unchanged  made  pro- 
vision for  the  election  of  one  member  each  year,  thus 
providing  for  five  members,  each  serving  five  years. 
Apparently  no  further  attention  was  paid  to  the  serious 
rlaw  in  a  section  wdiich  has  since  become  a  law.  In 
a  very  few  weeks  the  annual  election  of  members  of 
the  board  will  occur,  and  it  now  becomes  an  interest- 
ing question,  how  many  are  to  be  elected  and  who 
are  the  retiring  members.  This  question  has  been 
submitted  to  Attorney-General  Davise,  and  his  opin- 
ion appears  upon  another  page  of  this  issue.  Judge 
Davise  holds  that  since  the  law  provides  for  only 
live  members,  and  the  amendment  provides  for  the 
election  of  five  members  each  year,  the  term  of  office 
can  be  only  one  year.  In  other  words  it  appears 
that  all  members  of  the  Eastern  section  of  the  New 
York  board  have  been  legislated  out  of  office  and 
must  be  elected  anew  in  June.  It  remains  a  ques- 
tion whether  this  is  a  case  of  bungling  on  the  part 
of  some  one  or  whether  some  one  has  emplcj'ed  an 
adroit  method  of  gaining  a  hidden  end. 


The  meeting  of  the  Proprietary  .\ssociation  ot 
America,  in  session  when  last  week's  Era  made  its 
appearance,  will  probably  be  considered  successful 
by  many  of  those  present,  but  the  practical  results 
of  the  deliberations  of  the  assembly  are  rather  mea- 
ger. With  the  exception  of  an  excellent  banquet 
and  entertainment  nothing  of  especial  interest  oc- 
curred. An  account  of  the  work  which  might  have 
absorbed  the  energy  of  the  body,  but  which  was  left 
undone  would,  however,  comfortably  fill  a  large  vol- 
ume. The  all-absorbing  question  of  price  cutting 
and  its  natural  consequences,  substitution  and  the 
sale  of  well-known  remedies  "with  argument,"  were 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  15,  1902. 


reasonably  expected  to  receive  a  great  deal  of  atten- 
tion, and  many  hoped  that  the  manufacturers  of  the 
articles  in  question  would  adopt  some  measure  for 
the  relief  of  these  evils.  The  failure  to  agree  upon 
some  effective -method  cannot  be  ascribed  to  a  dearth 
of  plans,  for  there  was  no  lack  of  proposed  remedies 
for  the  evils  which  every  one  recognized.  In  fact, 
nearly  every  member  present  seemed  prepared  to 
submit  a  plan  of  some  kind.  But  none  of  the  methods 
met  with  any  very  general  approval,  the  interests  rep- 
resented by  the  different  members  being  too  varied 
to  permit  of  anything  resenvbling  harmony.  In  the 
joint  session  with  the  American  Advertisers'  Asso- 
ciation, the  discussions  were  lively  and  at  times 
amusing,  but  as  no  proposal  received  the  support  of 
any  considerable  portion  of  the  assembly,  the  results 
cannot  be  considered  important. 


by  patents  or  not.  The  manufacturer  who  depends 
exclusively  upon  department  stores  for  distributing 
his  remedies  is  doomed  to  failure. 


The  executive  committee  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  sub- 
mitted a  plan  for  securing  better  retail  prices,  to  the 
Proprietary  Association  of  America,  which  they  re- 
quested the  assembled  body  to  adopt.  The  plan, 
which  is  a  modification  of  the  Worcester  plan,  is  in- 
tended to  compel  retailers  to  maintain  prices  by 
means  of  contracts  between  the  jobbers  and  retail 
distributers.  The  advantages  of  the  method  were 
briefly  and  skilfully  presented.  It  was  shown  that 
it  necessitated  no  co-operation,  which  seems  to  be 
the  great  difficulty  with  most  plans;  it  is  not  an  effort 
to  advance  prices  over  what  the  inventor,  discoverer 
or  owner  of  th'e  product  claims  it  is  worth.  It  was 
further  shown  that  the  plan  is  now  operative  in  some 
individual  cases,  not  only  in  the  distribution  of  pro- 
prietary medicines,  but  also  other  articles  of  mer- 
chandise, and  that  results  have  been  satisfactory  to 
all  concerned.  This  plan  was  rejected,  the  executive 
committee  of  the  proprietary  association  considering 
it  imipossible  to  bring  about  a  general  restoration  of 
retail  prices,  and  stating  that  it  would  therefore  be 
useless  to  recommend  its  adoption. 


Some  of  the  remedies  for  price  cutting  and  substi- 
tution brought  forward  at  the  proprietary  meeting 
are  interesting  as  showing  the  attitude  of  some  of 
the  manufacturers  toward  their  retail  distributers. 
One  speaker  advocated  the  formation  of  a  combina- 
tion of  several  firms,  and  sending  men  to  the  differ- 
ent localities  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  about  an 
agreement  among  the  druggists  to  maintain  fair 
prices.  If  this  proved  futile  he  proposed  establishing 
opposition  stores  well  advertised  as  places 
where  the  "genuine  article"  could  be  obtained.  If 
necessary  prices  were  to  be  cut  far  below  cost  in  or- 
der to  bring  the  recalcitrant  druggists  into  line.  This 
plan  received  little  or  no  support,  most  of  those  pres- 
ent probably  recognizing  its  very  apparent  weakness. 
It  is  difficult  to  understand  whait  a  manufacturer  can 
expect  to  gain  by  antagonizing  the  entire  retail  trade. 
The  retail  druggist  instead  of  being  the  arch  enemy 
of  the  manufacturer  of  proprietary  remedies,  is  nec- 
essary to  him  as  his  only  effective  distributing  agent. 
As  soon  as  the  drug:gists  refuse  to  handle  any  pro- 
prietary medicine,  that  medicine  is  doomed,  for  peo- 
ple will  always  consider  the  drug  store  as  the  proper 
place  in  which  to  obtain  medicines  whether  protected 


Another  remedy  for  the  substitution  disease  pro- 
posed at  the  recent  meeting  is  also  interesting.  This 
is  a  plan  no  less  pretentious  than  the  "education  of 
the  public"  to  the  iniquity  of  furnishing  goods  not 
called  for.  It  contemplates  the  employment  of  able 
writers  to  prepare  articles  dealing  with  substitution, 
not  of  any  particular  remedy,  but  as  a  general  topic, 
the  articles  to  be  published  in  the  daily  newspapers 
and  the  magazines.  By  this  means  the  advocates  of  the 
plan  hope  to  teach  the  dear  public  how  utterly  de- 
praved the  average  retail  druggist  really  is,  and  how 
necessary  it  is  to  insist  upon  receiving  from  him  only 
the  advertised  remedy  "without  argument."  This 
plan  no  doubt  has  its  attractive  features.  It  is  simple 
and  would  be  a  good  thing  for  a  few  picturesque 
writers.  But  the  originators  of  the  scheme  seem  to 
have  lost  sight  of  the  fact  that  the  public  has  a  very 
disagreeable  habit  of  asking  questions.  Education  is 
not  a  mere  pouring  of  carefully  selected  information 
into  an  empty  void.  It  is  a  stimulation  of  thought 
and  inquiry.  The  difficulty  of  convincing  people  of 
the  truth  of  certain  facts  without  arousing  interest 
in  other  facts  equally  true,  is  therefore  very  great.  It 
might  be  a  good  thing  for  some  manufacturers  if  the 
public  knew  about  certain  phases  of  their  relations 
with  the  retail  druggist,  but  that  an  exhaustive  in- 
.quiry  into  their  business  methods  would  be  to  their 
advantage  is  not  at  all  certain. 


The  problem  about  the  triangular  piece  of  ground 
which  turned  out  to  be  an  imaginary  line  without 
room  for  even  a  blade  of  grass,  caught  a  few  con- 
testants napping,  but  in  most  cases  it  was  quickly 
branded  as  a  fraud  as  it  deserved  to  be.  The  prob- 
lem editor  has  had  an  uneasy  conscience  about  this 
particular  problem,  for  there  is  no  denying  that  it  is 
a  "catch  question"  of  the  most  shameless  variety,  and 
in  the  schools  questions  of  this  kind  are  not  consid- 
ered entirely  fair.  Problems  of  this  kind  may  have 
a  bad  reputation,  but  they  are  not  without  their 
good  points.  They  teach  one  to  consider  all  sides 
of  a  question,  which  is  not  a  bad  thing  in  business. 
In  the  commercial  world  "catch  questions"  are  more 
common  than  silk  hats,  and  it  is  always  necessary  to 
keep  one's  guard  well  up.  It  is  by  stumibling  now  and 
then  that  we  learn  to  walk  circumspectly  and  secure- 
ly. We  hope  that  the  contestants  who  were  caught 
by  the  harmless  fraud  hidden  in  the  grass  will  bear 
no  resentment,  but  will  be  prepared  to  make  short 
work  of  all  questions  of  this  kind  in  the  future. 
Problems  which  have  traps  for  the  unwary  concealed 
behind  simple  and  apparent'y  guileless  statements,  oc- 
casionally furnish  excellent  sport,  and  questions  of 
this  kind  will  appear  from  time  to  timie  in  the  Era's 
problem  department  in  spite  of  the  editor's  sensitive 
conscience.  The  series  in  the  present  issue  contains 
one  contributed  by  a  prominent  competitor  in 
former  contests,  which  has  a  very  interesting  kink 
although  its  appearance  is  simplicity  itself.  We  will 
leave  our  readers  to  discover  both  the  kink  and  the 
problem. 


May  15,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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Since  the  appearance  of  a  paragraph  in  these  col- 
umns a  few  weeks  ago,  in  which  attention  was  called 
to  the  difficulty  of  certain  Russian  names,  we  have 
discovered  that  the  names  mentioned  are  tame  and 
commonplace  in  comparison  with  some  of  those  used 
in  the  pharmacist's  own  science  of  botany.  A  chapter 
on  caconyms  in  a  recent  issue  of  Science,  contains  a 
remarkable  collection  of  botanical  names.  What 
would  be  the  sensations  of  a  druggist  if  a  small  boy 
were  to  look  inquiringly  over  the  counter  and  ask 
for  five  cents'  worth  of  "tlatlauhquichicomacatl"  or 
an  ounce  of  "copalquahuitlpatlahoac?"  Yet  a  request 
of  this  kind  does  not  seem  altogether  impossible 
when  we  consider  the  present  rapid  increase  of  the 
medicinal  use  of  strange  plants.  A  similar  demand 
may  have  been  a  familiar  one  to  the  ancient  Aztec 
shop-keepers,  for  we  are  told  that  these  euphonious 
names    originated  in  the  empire  of  the  Montezumas. 


The  writer  of  an  article  which  appears  upon  an- 
other page  of  the  present  issue  gives  his  fellow- 
druggists  some  wholesome  advice,  and  among  other 
things  tells  them  to  be  original.  Unfortunateljy,  he 
does  not  give  a  very  clear  recipe  for  this  desirable 
factor  of  success,  and  we  may  therefor  be  pardoned 
for  thinking  that  this  particular  piece  of  advice  can 
do  very  little  good.  Everybody  recognizes  the  value 
of  originality  in  all  lines  of  human  endeavor,  but 
probably  no  one  has  ever  deliberately  set  to  work  and 
acquired  this  extremely  desirable  quality.  To  do 
something  that  no  one  has  ever  done  before,  is  what 
practicalljy  everyone  has  been  trying  to  do  from  time 
immemorial,  yet  true  originality  is  as  rare  as  ever. 
If  a  druggist  is  capable  of  originating  new  and  val- 
uable preparations  and  devising  improved  methods 
of  advertising,  there  is  no  great  need  of  his  worrying 
about  window  displays.  He  will  find  abundant  de- 
mand for  his  services  in  larger  spheres  of  usefulness. 
No  doubt  it  is  good  advice  to  tell  people  to  try  to  be 
original  and  this  is  probably  what  the  writer  of  the 
article  meant  to  do,  no  one  can  fee  certain  that  he 
does  not  possess  the  divine  spark  until  he  has  given 
it  a  chance  to  reveal  itself,  but  to  tell  a  man  to  be 
original  and  thus  proceed  to  win  success,  is  like  ad- 
vising a  traveler  who  wishes  to  cross  a  stream  to  fly 
over.  We  have  all  heard  of  the  individual  who  seized 
with  a  sudden  desire  to  be  great  exclaimed  "Go  to 
now,  let  us  be  a  famious  personage,"  but  it  may  be 
doubted  whether  he  ever  accomplished  anything 
more  famous  than  this  remark. 


A  case  not  unlike  that  which  forms  the  central 
dramatic  incident  of  Prof.  Lloyd's  famous  "String- 
town  on  the  Pike,"  has  been  occupjying  much  space 
in  the  French  journals  during  the  past  few  weeks. 
Eighteen  years  ago  a  druggist  named  Danval  was 
convicted  of  poisoning  his  wife  and  condemned  to 
serve  a  life's  sentence  in  the  penal  colony  of  New 
Caledonia.  The  evidence  which  secured  the  convic- 
tion of  the  accused  pharmacist  was  mostly  furnished 
by  chemical  experts  who  claimed  to  have  found  ar- 
senic in  the  dead  woman's  body.  At  the  time  of  the 
trial,  it  was  pointed  out  that  the  amount  of  poison 
found  was  very  small  and  that  similar  quantities 
might  be  found  in  healthy  bodies.  But  it  seems  that 
great  importance  was  attached  to  reports  of  the 
chemists  and  the  character  of  the  prisoner  not  being 


above  reproach,  the  trial  resulted  in  a  conviction.  Re- 
cently a  Paris  newspaper  published  an  interview  with 
Danval  who  seems  to  have  prospered  in  his  South 
Sea  Island  home,  and  has  never  ceased  protesting 
his  innocence.  The  appearance  of  the  interview 
proved  to  be  one  of  the  sensations  of  the  day,  and 
aroused  vigorous  discussions  in  various  scientific,  so- 
cieties. There  was  found  to  be  no  adequate  proof  of 
the  apothecary's  guilt,  the  evidence  produced  by  the 
chemists  being  in  the  light  of  present  knowledge  in- 
sufficient to  warrant  conviction.  A  petition  to  secure 
the  pharmacist's  pardon  was  circulated,  and  more 
recent  exchanges  report  that  he  has  been  set  at  lib- 
erty. The  accounts  of  the  case  published  in  the  French 
journals  may  not  be  entirely  free  from  a  suspicion  of 
Gallic  hysteria,  but  there  is  little  doubt  that  a  grave 
injustice  was  caused  by  too  much  faith  in  delicate 
analytical  tests. 

An  exceedingly  curious  piece  of  literature  in  the 
form  of  a  circular  entitled  "The  Confessions  of  a 
Druggist"  was  distributed  at  the  recent  meeting  of 
the  proprietary  association.  The  druggist  in  question 
has  sold  his  business  in  order  "to  go  as  a  missionary 
to  heathen  lands."  He  confesses  that  he  has  not  been 
as  good  as  he  might  have  been,  but  adds  that  his 
questionable  methods  of  acquiring  wealth  were  not 
employed  for  selfish  purposes.  He  has  accumulated 
the  wealth  necessary  to  become  a  missionary,  but  is 
smitten  with  remorse  at  the  recollection  of  the 
wrongs  he  has  inflicted  especially  upon  certain  noble- 
minded  proprietary  advertisers  by  not  selling  goods 
"without  argument."  Who  can  fail  to  be  touched  by 
the  following  plaintive  appeal  for  an  opportunity  to 
make  restitution  for  the  griveous  wrongs  he  has  com- 
mitted. "I  sometimes  persuaded  you  to  take  the  ar- 
ticle which  afforded  me  a  big  profit  in  place  of  the 
article  which  you  intended  buying.  I  am  sorry  now 
for  such  things,  and  if  anyone  feels  that  they  have 
been  defrauded,  misled,  slandered,  slighted  or  hurt 
by  me  in  any  way,  I  will  be  very  glad  to  meet  such 
an  one  or  have  a  letter  from  such  an  one  at  my  lodg- 
ing place,  and  make  matters  O.  K.  If  God  opens  the 
way  for  me  to  go  as  a  missionary  I  just  ask  first  that 
you  give  yourself  to  God  and  then  help  me  by  your 
prayers."  To  the  proprietary  advertisers  whom  he 
has  defrauded  by  interfering  with  patrons  who,  he 
declares,  are  really  customers  of  the  advertisers,  he 
sends  a  check  for  $25.50,  which  we  are  pleased  to  add 
was  promptly  donated  to  a  hospital  for  children.  We 
cannot  help  fancying  a  strong  family  resemblance  be- 
tween this  remarkable  composition  and  the  "returned 
missionary"  patent  medicine  advertisement  with 
which  we  are  all  familiar.  Perhaps  the  similarity  lies 
only  in  the  transparent  unselfishness  of  the  actuating 
motives,  but  we  confidently  e.xpect  this  gentleman  to 
turn  up  in  a  few  years  with  some  marvelous  remedy 
and  a  noble  resolve  to  devote  the  remaining  years  of 
his  life  to  relieving  the  sufferings  of  his  countrymen. 


EXTRACT  OF  NUX  VOMICA.— F.  A.  Sicker 
(.\m.  Journ.  Pharm.)  suggests  an  improvement  of 
the  U.  S.  P.  process  for  the  preparation  of  the  fluid 
extract  of  nux  vomica.  Prepared  by  the  process 
now  official,  the  extract  soon  becomes  turbid  by  the 
separation  of  oil.  The  author  proposes  to  remove 
the  oil  from  aqueous  extracts  by  means  of  melted 
paraffin.  The  paraffin  is  removed  after  being  al- 
lowed to  separate  and  solidify. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  15,  1902. 


One  of  the  Era  people,  while  passing  on  Lenox 
avenue  the  other  evening,  was  brought  to  a  pause  in 
front  of  a  drug  store,  attracted  by  the  appearance  of 
the  window  display.  It  was  like  a  breath  of  pure 
country  air.  The  spacious  double-window  was  be- 
decked from  top  to  bottom  with  pale  violets— the 
wild  species  suggestive  of  Spring  and  woods.  On 
the  delicate  stems  connecting  each  cluster  was  sus- 
pended a  tiny  lavender-colored  box  having  an  alum- 
inum top.  on  which,  upon  stepping  nearer,  were  dis- 
cernible the  words:  "Floral  Leaves,  Breath  Perfume. 
Compressed  Violets."  Here  and  there  an  electric 
light  was  dimly  visible  through  the  intertwining 
leaves  and  flowers,  casting  a  pleasant,  restful  shade. 
The  entire  window  presented  the  appearance  of  a 
field  of  violets  perpendicularly  erected,  and  was  a 
welcome  sight  to  the  passer-by.  That  this  dainty 
reminder  of  Spring  was  well  appreciated  was  evi- 
denced by  the  admiring  group  that  stood  gazing  at 
the  window. 

Ingenuity  and  a  sense  of  the  appropriate  go  a 
long  way  wherever  these  are  applied.  Even  the 
staid  and  sombrous  bottles  of  the  drug  store  may  be 
relieved  by  the  magic  touch  of  art.  Moreover,  this 
window  proved  as   profitable  as   it  was  attractive. 


R.  .\.  Becker,  for  thirty  years  in  the  retail  drug 
business  at  St.  Paul,  employs  a  handy  method  of 
filing  prescriptions,  which  is  of  his  own  contrivance. 
The  prescriptions  are  made  up  in  packets  of  200  each, 
placed  between  pasteboards  and  held  with  rubber 
bands.  On  the  outside  are  marked  the  numbers, 
say  3.800-4.000.  and  underneath  are  the  dates,  .\pril 
I  to  April  20,  1902.  At  the  top  appears  the  sign 
"D-5."  showing  it  to  be  the  fifth  and  last  package 
of  the  fourth  thousand,  each  letter  of  the  alphabet, 
beginning  with  A.  representing  the  number  of  thou- 
sand.      A  is  1,000,  B  2.000,  etc. 


ALCOHOLIC  SOLUTIONS  OF  PEPSIN.— Eu- 
gene Thibault  (Journ-.  Pharm.  Chim.)  finds  that  alco- 
hol destroys  the  activity  of  pepsin  when  allowed  to 
remain  in  contact  with  it,  even  if  present  in  very 
small  quantities.  This  renders  alcoholic  liquors  un- 
suitable for  pharmacopoeial  preparations  of  the  fer- 
ment. A  solution  of  pepsin  in  a  medium  containing 
eleven  per  cent,  alcohol,  lost  forty  per  cent  of  its 
activity  in  one  month  and  became  entirely  inactive 
in  about  four  months.  With  stronger  alcoholic  so- 
lutions the  change  was  more  rapid,  the  proteolytic 
action  being,  in  a  solution  containing  29.3  per  cent, 
of  alcohol,  entirely  lost  one  day  after  making.  Some 
brands  of  pepsin  seem  to  be  more  resistant  than 
others,  but  all  varieties  became  inert  after  prolonged 
contact  with  weak  alcohol.  These  results  conflict 
with  those  of  Chassaing.  who  found  that  solutions  of 
pepsin  were  unaffected  by  six  months'  contact  with 
20  per  cent,  alcohol,  but  the  author  explains  that 
Chassaing  employed  saturated  solutions  of  pepsins 
which  are  not  used  in  practice.  It  was  found  that 
the  deterioration  of  pepsin  is  not  so  rapid  in  wines 
and  liquors  containing  sugar  and  other  foreign  mat- 
ter,  but  is  still   considerable. 


GLYCONIC  ACID  is  an  oxidation  product  of 
glucose  or  cane  sugar  (Journ.  de  Pharm.  de  Anvcrs). 
It  is  obtained  in  a  syrupy  form,  and  does  not  reduce 
Fehling's  solution.  It  has  been  used  in  medicine  in 
the  treatment  of  diabetes. 


ADVERTISING  A  SPRING  MEDICINE. 

By  J.   T.    PEPPER.   Woodstock,   Ont. 

TfiE  retail  druggist  who  makes  a  spring  medicine 
of  his  own  under  the  name  of  a  "Sarsaparilla" 
or  a  "Blood  Purifier"  must  make  some  effort 
to  advertise  it  so  that  the  people  may  know 
that  he  makes  it,  and  that  he  has  it 
for  sale.  At  first  there  seem  to  be  many 
ways  which  might  be  adopted  with  advantage 
all  being  capable  of  creating  a  demand  for  his 
preparation.  It  is  best  to  discard  all  doubtful  or 
untried  ways,  and  be  satisfied  with  the  methods 
known  to  be  successful.  When  a  retail  druggist 
makes  a  preparation  of  his  own  and  tries  to  induce 
sales  by  means  of  advertising,  he  becomes  a  patent 
medicine  proprietor  in  a  small  way,  and,  occuptving 
a  position  of  this  kind,  he  cannot  do  better  than  to 
imitate  in  a  general  way  the  methods  of  the  larger 
proprietors  which  have  proved  to  be  successful  and 
profitable.  I  would  not  advise  beginning  with  a  large 
expenditure  of  money,  but  rather  to  keep  within  a 
definite  amount  set  aside  for  advertising  purposes. 
I  think  a  good  many  druggists  are  learning  to  do 
their  advertising  in  a  business-like  way,  and  that 
they  make  an  estimate  of  how  much  money  per  year 
they  intend  to  spend  for  advertising  of  all  kinds.  I 
would  not  advise  spending  more  than  this  estimated 
amount  whether  it  be  much  or  little. 

Having  decided  how  much  money  is  to  be  spent, 
the  next  thing  is  to  decide  how  to  spend  it.  There 
are  two  ways  of  procedure  that  seem  to  me  the 
surest,  the  easiest  and  the  best  for  the  druggist.  The 
one  will  take  the  most  of  the  yearly  allowance  and 
the  other  will  require  very  little.  These  two  ways 
are:  Newspaper  advertising  and  advertising  in 
the  drug  store  window  by  means   of  displays. 

A  spring  medicine  is  good  for  so  many  ills  that 
it  is  a  fruitful  subject  for  advertising.  The  subject 
can  be  presented  in  so  many  different  ways  and 
from  such  widely  varying  standpoints  that  an  almost 
endless  chain  of  advertising  might  be  conducted  on 
this  one  subject  alone.  There  are  more  good  things 
to  be  said  about  an  honestly  made  spring  medicine 
of  your  own  than  you  will  ever  have  occasion  to 
mention  in  advertising.  Do  not  try  to  use  big 
words  or  say  smart  things  about  it.  but  simply  use 
your  ordinary  every-day  language,  writing  your  ad- 
vertisements as  you  talk,  so  that  people  will  know 
that  you  write  your  own  advertisements.  Let  the 
style  be  all  your  own.  For  instance,  if  you  were 
trying  to  sell  a  customer  a  bottle  of  your  "Spring 
Medicine,"  and  he  should  ask  you  the  question,  "Is 
it  good  for  the  blood?"  Vou  would  try  to  convince 
him  that  the  medicine  would  purify  and  enrich  his 
blood.  You  would  do  this  at  that  time  because 
you  wanted  to  sell  him  a  bottle.  When  you  write 
,your  advertisement  about  the  blood-purifymg  quali- 
ties of  your  spring  medicine,  try  .to  write  as  you 
would  answer  your  customer,  in  the  same  spirit 
and  with  the  same  desire  to  make  sales.  This  is 
the  way  to  write  business-bringing  advertisements. 
In  writing  an  advertisement  imagine  yourself  an- 
sxyering  the  question  of  a  customer.  Many  titles 
will  suggest  themselves,  such  as  Stomach  Troubles, 
Dyspepsia,  Indigestion.  Constipation.  Kidney  Trouble, 
Liver  Complaint.  Good  Health,  Skin  Trouble,  and  so 
forth. 

In  putting  up  a  Spring  medicine  of  your  own 
it  is  advisable  to  put  up  a  larger  bottle  than  other 
manufacturers.  The  medicine  itself  is  not  so  ex- 
pensive that  you  cannot  afford  to  be  liberal  with  it. 
A  few  ounces  more  in  each  bottle  will  not  involve 
any  great  additional  expense.  Nor  will  a  little 
larger  bottle  cost  much  more.  I  put  19  ounces  in 
my  bottle  of  Sarsaparilla  with  Celery.  When  wrap- 
ped in  a  strawboard  carton  with  yellow  wrapper 
printed  with  black  ink.  it  makes  a  large  and  imposing 
package,  and  is  in  itself  a  good  argument  when  talk- 
ing to  a  customer,  and  also  is  a  fruitful  subject  for 
convincing  advertising.       When   a  druggist   makes   a 


Hay  15,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


4:9 


Spring  medicine  up  himself,  he  is  sure  to  make  it 
good,  and  the  people  like  to  get  a  lot  of  a  good 
thing  for  their  money.  With  this  in  view,  I  have 
employed    the    following    advertisement: 


As  Much  as 
Possible  for  a  Dollar 

The  keynote  of  business  today 
is  to  give  as  much  as  possible 
for  a  dollar.  You  will  find  this 
true  of  our  business  when  you 
come  to  buy  a  bottle  of  our  Sar- 
saparilla  with  Celery,  the  best 
medicine  to  take  in  the  spring. 
It  is  a  very  large  bottle  of  the 
best  spring  medicine  for  $l.  It 
will  make  you  feel  better  and 
take  away  that  tired  feeling.  Try 
it.     Get  it  from 

J.  T.  PEPPER, 

DRUCGIST. 

IF    vol'    GET   IT   .\T   PEPPER'S 
IT'S  Gl)OI>. 


Window  Advertising. 

Although  the  retail  druggist  cannot  afiford  to 
do  so  much  newspaper  advertising  as  the  large  man- 
ufacturers, he  has  one  very  important  and  distinct 
advantage  over  him,  namely,  the  means  of  making 
displays  of  his  medicines  in  his  drug  store  windows. 
The  manufacturers  are  very  glad  to  get  a  retail 
druggist  to  make  a  display  of  their  goods  in  his 
window.  The,3'  know  it  is  good  advertising,  and 
often  induce  the  retail  druggist  to  make  displays  of 
their  goods  by  offering  cards  and  other  display  mat- 
ter to  help  make  the  window  attractive.  The  drug- 
gists show  window  is  valuable  space  and  he  ought 
to  advertise  his  own  goods  in  it.  Window  adver- 
tising is  not  nearly  so  expensive  as  newspaper  ad- 
vertising. Some  simple  displays  may  be  prepared 
as   follows: 

Cover  the  floor  of  the  window  with  yellow  paper, 
or  paper  as  near  the  color  of  the  wrapper  on  your 
package  as  possible.  Arrange  bottles  in  a  semi- 
circle in  the  front  portion  of  your  window.  In  the 
center  of  the  wnidow-,  at  the  back,  suspend  a  sign. 
.\ttach  ribbons  of  different  colors  to  each  bottle  and 
leading  up  and  fastened  to  the  central  sign,  on  which 
have  printed  in  easily  legible  letters:  "These  all 
lead  to  Good  Health."  Strips  of  colored  paper 
about  an  inch  or  more  wide  will  answer  instead  of 
ribbons,  and  cost  much  less.  This  makes  a  beauti- 
ful and  attractive   displa.y. 

Make  as  large  and  imposing  a  display  of  your 
preparation  as  possible.  Some  druggists  seem  to 
like  to  make  displays  of  this  kind  on  the  level  floor 
of  the  \vindovv,  but  for  goods  of  this  kind  I  think 
that  this  method  makes  the  display  look  larger  and 
more  imposing,  if  the  goods  can  be  arranged  on 
shelves  of  a  pyramidal  form.  Some  druggists  use 
a  set  of  steps  upon  which  to  make  displays  of  this 
kind.  Over  the  display  hang  up  a  large  sheet  of 
white  paper,  on  which  is  printed  with  rubber  letters 
an  advcrtisemeiTt  as   follows: 


GOOD  HEALTH. 
Every  bottle  you  take  of  Blank's  Sar- 
saparilla  means  belter  health.  It  makes 
better  blood — purer  blood — richer  blood. 
It  will  create  and  maintain  good  health. 
It  builds  up  the  system,  tones  up  the 
nerves,  and  strengthens  the  muscles. 
Price,  $1.00  per  bottle. 

.\  rhore  elaborate  and  more  complete  display'  may 
be  made  in  the  following  manner:  On  the  floor 
of  the  window  near  the  glass,  on  square  white  sheets 
of  paper,  a  small  quantity  of  some  of  the  ingredients 
entering  into  the  composition  of  the  spring  remedy 
is  placed.  Each  is  plainly  labelled  with  its  common 
name.  Behind  the  drugs  display  a  long  narrow- 
sign  bearing  the  following  words:  "Some  of  the 
drugs  that  enter  into  Blank's  Sarsaparilla."  To- 
wards one  side  of  the  window  place  a  large  per- 
colator. If  in  operation  it  will  make  the  show  more 
effective.  The  percolator  can  easily  be  placed  in 
position  by  taking  the  cover  of  a  packing  case  of 
suitable  size  and  cutting  a  round  hole  in  one  end 
for  the  percolator  to  rest  in.  Fasten  a  card  to  the 
packing  case  so  that  it  can  be  read  easily  outside  the 
window  containing  the  following  .-advertisement: 
"This  is  the  large  percolator  by  means  of  which  the 
medicinal  virtues  of  the  drugs  are  extracted  for 
Blank's  Sarsaparilla."  At  the  other  side  of  the 
window  display  the  large  pan  in  which  the  drugs  are 
mixed  and  moistened  with  the  menstruum  previous 
to  packing,  in  the  percolator,  and  attach  a  card  read- 
ing as  follows:  "The  large  pan  in  which  the  drugs 
are    mixed." 

I  had  this  large  pan  made  by  a  tinsmith  from 
two  tin  barrels,  in  which  Norwegian  cod  lived  oil 
comes  to  us.  The  cod  liver  oil  is  sealed  up  in  a 
heavjj'  tin  barrel  around  which  is  a  wooden  barrel 
made  of  Norway  pine  or  spruce.  The  tin  in  these 
cod  liver  oil  containers  is  heavy  and  strong  and  is 
excellent  for  this  purpose.  At  the  other  end  of  the 
window  and  directly  behind  the  display  of  crude 
drugs,  as  large  an  exhibit  of  the  sarsaparilla  as  pos- 
sible is  made,  all  ready  put  up  for  sale,  with  a  card 
stating  the   price. 


FRESH  FRUIT  SYRUPS  AND  THE  MEAT 
CHOPPER. 

E,y  WALLACE   O.   DRAKE,   Cleveland. 

It  is  desirable  to  employ  fresh  fruits  for  flavoring 
syrups  to  be  used  at  the  soda  fountain  when 
they  are  in  season  and  can  be  obtained  at  rea- 
sonable prices.  Such  syrups  cost  less  and  are 
of  much  finer  quality  and  flavor  than  those  made 
from  preserved  fruits  or  juices. 

Having  used  during  last  season  a  few  devices 
which  seemed  to  lessen  the  labor  and  to  simplify 
the  process  of  preparing  crushed  fresh  fruits  for 
fountain  use,  I  have  thought  that  perhaps  my  meth- 
ods might  be  of  some  interest  to  n-.f,'  fellow  drug- 
gists. 

The  most  important  utensil  on  the  permanent  shelf 
or  table  where  the  syrups  for  my  fountain  are  pre- 
pared is  a  "LTniversal"  food  chopper,  an  apparatus 
designed  for  mincing  meat  and  vegetables,  but  which 
we  have  adapted  to  the  work  to  be  described.  In 
fact,  my  principal  purpose  in  writing  this  article  is 
to  call  the  attention  of  those  interested  to  the  use- 
fulness of  this  little   machine. 

Two  Useful  Machines. 
The  machine  is  made  of  tinned  iron,  and  consists 
of  a  longitudinal  barrel  with  a  bell-shaped  hopper  on 
the  top.  \\'orking  inside  the  barrel  is  a  screw- 
shaped  core.  Attached  to  one  end  of  this  core  is  a 
set  of  knives,  and  to  the  other,  a  handle  or  crank. 
When  anything  to  be  chopped  is  put  into  the  chop- 
per and  the  crank  turned,  it  is  forced  by  the  screw 
to  the  revolving  knives  and  is  cut  into  small  particles. 


•Western  Druggist. 


480 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  15,  1903. 


CHARLES  H.  KIMBERLY. 

Charles  H.  Kimberly  was  recently  elected  instructor 
of  pharmacy  in  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  ^o^th 
Dakota  Agricultural  College,  at  Fargo.  Mr.  Kimberly 
is  a  native  of  North  Fairfield,  Ohio,  graduating  froni  the 
high  school  at  that  place  in  1895  and  entering  the  Ohio 
State  University  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year.  After 
devoting  two  years  to  classical  study,  he  entered  the 
College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  university  and  finished  the 
four  years'  course  in  that  department  in  1900,  taking  the 
degree  of  B.  Sc.  (in  pharmacy.)  The  following  year  he 
was  given  a  fellowship  in  chemistry  and  later  obtained 
the  degre  of  M.  S.  In  1900  he  passed  the  Ohio  Board 
of  Pharmacy  as  a  registered  pharmacist.  He  was  asso- 
ciated for  several  years  with  Dr.  J.  H.  Hanes  in  the 
drug  business  at  Columbus,  Ohio,  and  on  completion  of 
his  college  course  went  into  the  prescription  department 
of  the  Columbus  Pharmacal  Co.  In  1901  he  decided  to 
follow  teaching  and  accepted  a  position  at  Bellefontame, 
Ohio  where  he  has  had  charge  of  the  branches  of  science 
taught  in  the  high  school  at  that  pace.  He  will  enter 
upon  his  new  work  at  the  beginning  of  the  college  year. 

The  knife  has   blades   to   cut   coarse   or   fine,   as   de- 
sired. ,     ^   VI 

I  have  fastened  to  the  edge  of  my  work  table  a 
small  frame,  consisting  of  two  upright  pieces  about 
four  inches  high  and  six  inches  apart,  connected  by 
a  cross-piece  at  the  top.  To  this  cross-piece  the 
machine  is  secured  hy  a  thumb-screw.  The  object 
of  the  frame  is  to  elevate  the  machine  above  the 
table,  so  that  a  container  may  be  placed  underneath 
to  receive  the  crushed  fruit  and  juice.  For  contain- 
ers I  use  ordinary  hotel  ice  pitchers  holding  about 
two  quarts.  Thejy  are  of  porcelain  and  cost  about 
twentv-five  cents   each. 

As' the  hopper  of  the  machine  is  of  limited  capac- 
ity, I  have  had  made  a  large,  tin  funnel-shaped  hop- 
per flat  on  one  side,  so  as  not  to  interfere  with  the  ac- 
tion of  the  crank.     This  is  detachable. 

One  season's  use  has  proved  this  chopper  to  be 
a  labor-saving   device   of   great   value. 

Another  labor-saver  on  one  table  is  an  "Enter- 
prise" cherry-stoner.  You  turn  the  crank  and  the 
machine  does  the  rest.  A  cone-shaped  tin  strainer 
should  also  be  a  part  of  the  outfit.  Five  dollars  will 
probably  procure  all  the  things  I  have  mentioned. 
How  to  Prepare  the  Crushed  Fruit  Syrups. 

I  will  now  briefly  describe  my  method  of  making 
syrups  from  fresh  fruits  for  use  at  the  soda  water 
fountains. 

Fresh  Cheny  Syrup. 

Stem  and  wash  one  quart  of  cherries.  Pass  them 
through  the  cherry-stoner.       Pass  the  pitted  cherries 


through    the    chopper   and   add    syrup    to    make   two 
quarts. 

The  chopper  can  be  applied  to  other  fruits,  par- 
ticularly peaches,  to  advantage. 

Cleanliness  should  be  observed  in  all  the  pro- 
cesses. Utensils  and  machine  should  be  washed  be- 
fore tht-.  ne.Kt  fruit  is  prepared,  and  when  the  work 
is  finished,  all  utensils  and  machines  should  be  care- 
fully washed  and  dried. 

Fresh  Pineapple   Syrup. 

Select  a  choice  pineapple  of  good  quality,  and 
ripe.  One  costing  about  thirty  cents  in  proper  sea- 
son will  make  a  gallon  of  syrup.  Wash  it  thoroughV; 
then  with  a  sharp  knife  remove  the  outer  skin  in  a 
thin  peeling.  This  is  discarded.  Now  take  a  thicker 
slice  from  the  outside  of  the  fruit,  just  deep  enough 
to  include  the  eyes,  and  retain  these  in  one  of  the 
pitcher  containers.  Now  slice  the  remainder  of  the 
fruit  down  to  the  core,  and  retain  these  slices  in  an- 
other pitcher.  The  slices  containing  the  eyes  and 
the  core  are  now  passed  through  the  chopper,  using 
the  fine  knives.  A  large  amiount  of  juice  and  pulp  is 
obtained.  Place  in  cheese  cloth  to  strain,  squeeze 
the  pulp  until  it  is  free  from  juice  and  reject  it.  The 
second  slicing  is  passed  through  the  fine  knives  of 
the  chopper  and  mi.xed  with  the  juice  already  ob- 
tained. To  the  whole  is  then  added  enough  rock 
candy  syrup  to   make   a   gallon. 

Fresh  Strawberry  Syrup. 

Remove  the  hulls  from  a  quart  of  strawberries 
and  wash  the  berries,  in  a  strained.  Pass  them 
through  the  chopper,  using  the  coarse  knives,  and  add 
rock  candy  syrup  to  make  two  quarts. 


The  object  of  thils  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sufb- 
scribers  ajid  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription    work,    dispensing    diflSculties,    etc. 

Requests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
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department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to  Information 
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may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Compound  Syrup  of  Hypophosphites  /Cloudy V 

(R  G.  S.)      Try  the  following: 

Calcium   hypophosphite 352       grains. 

Sodium    hypophosphite 176       grains. 

Potassium  liyiiopliosphite.  . .  .176       grains. 

Manganosr    iiyiiophosphite. .  .   22       grains. 

Iron    hypophosphite 22       grains. 

Potassium     citrate 50       grains. 

Quinine  hydrochloride 12       grains. 

Citric  acid 25       grains. 

Strychnine    sulphate 3  l-5grains. 

Sugar  56  Av.  ounces. 

Iron   pyrophosphate 40       grains. 

Water,  enough  to  make.... 64  fl.  ounces. 
Into  a  wide-mouthed  half-gallon  bottle  introduce 
the  hypophosphites  of  calcium,  sodium  and  potas- 
sium, the  quinine  hydrochloride,  the  sugar  and  some 
water.  Dissolve  with  the  aid  of  heat,  the  potassium 
citrate  and  the  chric  acid,  in  about  2  fluid  ounces  of 
water,  and  pour  into  the  bottle,  together  with  the 
solution  of  the  strychnine  sulphate  (best  made  in  a 
test  tube).  Now,  add  enough  water  to  made  one- 
half  gallon;  tie  over  the  bottle  well  with  parchment 
paper  and  shake  frequently  to  dissolve  the  salts  and 
sugar;  then  strain,  if  necessary.     This  still  perfectly 


May  15,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


481 


clear  syrup  is  now  superstratified  (preferably  in  the 
same  wide-mouthed  bottle)  with  the  concentrated 
aqueous  solution  of  the  iron  pyrophosphate,  and  set 
aside  for  I2  hours.  It  will  then  be  found  that  a  deli- 
cate, flocculent  precipitate  has  formed,  which  extends 
through  the  entire  syrup  and  deposits  but  gradually. 
Shaking  distributes  it  so  finely  that  the  liquid  ap- 
pears only  turbid.  Attention  should  be  called  to  one 
point:  Since  iron  pyrophosphate  U.  S.  P.  is  known 
to  be  by  no  means  of  uniform  chemical  composition, 
it  will  be  well  to  add  to  its  solution  a  J4  per' cent, 
solution  of  ferric  chlorid  until  the  developing  precipi- 
tate no  longer  dissolves;  then  filter  and  add  the 
filtrate  to  the  ftvrup.  Thus  may  be  obtained  a  imi- 
form  quantity  of  the  desired  precipitate  in  the  syrup. 


Liquid  Rouge. 

(P.  R.) 

(1)  Carmine    30  grains. 

Ammonia  water 1  M.  dram. 

Rose    water :.  .      1   fl.   ounce. 

Spirit  of  rose 1  fl.  dram. 

Mix,  set  aside  24  hours,  agitating  frequently,  and 
filter. 

(2)  Eosin     16  grains. 

Water    1^2   A-   dram. 

Glycerin    1.2   11.   dram. 

Alcohol    o  fl.   ounces. 

Cologne    water 2V2  A-  ounces. 

Mi.x  and  dissolve. 

Rouge  in  tablets  or  cakes  may  be  prepared  as  fol- 
lows, (Dieterich) : 

Carmine    90  grains. 

Ammonia    water 3  fl.  drams. 

Talcum   powder 3   av.   ounces. 

Dextrin 1  av.  ounce. 

Oil    of    bergamot 6  drops. 

Oil  of  rose 2  drops. 

Oil    of    sassafras 1   drop. 

Simple  syrup sufficient. 

Mix  the  talcum  and  dextrin,  add  the  oils,  then  in- 
corporate the  carmine  previousljy  dissolved  in  the  am- 
monia, now  add  enough  syrup  to  make  a  stiff  mass 
and  form  into  cakes. 


Polish  for  Russet  Shoes. 

(Polish.) 

Liquid. 

Yellow    beeswax 2  ounces. 

Linseed    oil 3  ounces. 

Oil  of  turpentine 10  ounces. 

Dissolve  by  means  of  a  water  bath  in  a  closed  ves- 
sel, and  add: 

Hard  soap  (yellow)  in  shavings. I14  ounces. 
Dissolve  the  soap  by  the  aid  of  heat  in  14  ounces 
of  water  and  add  the  solution  to  the  solution  of  yel- 
low wax  and  linseed  oil.  A  russet  brown  color  may 
be  imparted  to  the  polish  by  incorporating  about  3 
grains  of  Bismarck  brown  to  each  ounce  of  pol- 
ish. 

Paste. 

Yellow    wax    (dark) 1  ounce. 

Palm  oil 1  ounce. 

Oil    of    turpentine 3  ounces. 

Melt  together  on  a  water  bath  and  color,  if  de- 
sired, with  Nankin  brown  (5  grains)  dissolved  in  a 
little  spirit. 


Keeping  Flies  Off  Horses  and  Cattle. 
(T.  L.  E.)  Infusions  of  bitter  substances  like 
quassia,  gentian,  smartweed,  etc.,  have  been  tised,  it 
is  claimed  with  satisfactory  results.  They  are  applied 
fctV  means  of  a  sponge  or  brush.  Preparations  like 
the  following  have  also  been   recommended: 

(1)  Carbolic   acid 1  ounce. 

Oil  of  pennyroyal 2  ounces. 

Spirits  camphor 2  ounces. 

Oil  tar 4  ounces. 

Glycerin    2  ounces. 

Lnrd    oil 4  ounces. 

(2)  Pine    tar 1   part. 

Fish  oil 2  parts. 


The  oil  is  used  to  keep  the  tar  from  sticking;  if 
fish  oil  cannot  be  obtained,  lard  oil  may  be  used.  An 
addition  of  2  ounces  of  crude  carbolic  acid  to  the  gal- 
lon of  paste  will  improve  it.  Paint  the  mixture  on 
when  necessary. 

(3)  Melt  50  parts  of  tallow  or  other  cheaper  fat 
with  25  parts  of  resin;  add  50  parts  of  crude  soda  and 
25  parts  borax,  boil  with  water;  add  75  parts  carbolic 
acid  and  30  parts  calcium  sulphide  solution,  and  fi- 
nally 80  parts  extract  of  tobacco. 


Tincture  Cimicifuga  Compound. 
(G.   R.  A.)   The  American  Dispensatory  gives  the 
following  formula: 

Tincture  black  cohosh S14   fl.   ounces. 

Tincture  blood  root (J       H.  ounces. 

Tincture   poke   root 1%   fl.  ounces. 

The  preparation  is  said  to  be  a  valuable  alterative 
and  expectorant  and  useful  in  pulmonary  affections, 
hemoptysis,  hepatic  diseases,  dyspepsia,  laryngitis, 
etc.  Its  most  frequent  employment  is  by  eclectic 
practitioners. 

Essence  of  Anise 

(W.  D.)  We  know  of  no  better  formula  than  that 
given  in  the  Pharmacopoeia  under  "spirit  of  anise." 
Another  formula  directs: 

Oil  of  star  anise Vi   H-   ounce. 

Aniseed,     frcslily     ground....  1   a  v.   ounce. 

.\leohol,   deodorized IG  fl.  ounces. 

Macerate  for  several  days,  agitating  occasionally, 
and  filter. 


Malt  Sugar. 

(Clerk.)  Boil  for  half  an  hour  over  a  moderate 
fire,  2  pounds  of  brown  sugar  and  2  pounds  of  sugar- 
house  molasses:  then  add  154  ounces  of  extract  of 
malt  and  i  dram  tincture  vanilla.  Allow  the  mixture 
to  boil  up  once  more,  and  then  pour  it,  while  in  a 
liquid  state,  upon  a  marble  slab,  mi.xed  with  a  mod- 
erate quantity  of  oil  of  almonds.  When  half  cold  the 
sugar  is  cut  into  strips  and  these  twisted  into  spirals. 


MUIRA-PUAMA.— This  drug,  which  was  first 
brought  to  the  notice  of  European  pharmacists  by 
E.  Merck,  has  been  minutely  studied  by  Th.  Peckolt, 
according  to  whose  investigations  it  contains  a  crys- 
talline substance  of  the  nature  of  an  alkaloid  called 
muira-puamine,  besides  an  amorphous  bitter  sub- 
stance, some  fat  and  two  resinous  acids.  The  muira- 
puama  is  highl»y  esteemed  by  the  aborigines  of  Brazil 
as  an  aphrodisiac,  and,  while  being  taken  internally 
for  tliis  purpose,  is  also  preferably  employed  in  con- 
centrated decoctions  for  locally  bathing  the  genital 
organs.  The  infusion  (15.0  gram  per  240  Cc.  of  the 
colature)  is  moreover  administered  in  table-spoonfuls 
in  the  treatment  of  dysentary.  menstrual  colic,  etc.  A 
tincture  (1:5)  prepared  by  means  of  alcohol  of  spe- 
cific gravity  0.847  is  administered  in  doses  of  5  to  8 
drops  given  three  times  daily,  in  paralysis  and  rheu- 
matism. This  tincture  mBy  be  applied  concurrently 
in  the  form  of  frictions.  In  cases  of  impotence,  10 
to  16  drops  should  be  administered  three  times  daily 
and  local  baths  containing  120.0  grams  of  muira-pu- 
ama  tincture  per  630  Cc.  of  water  should  be  pre- 
scribed twice  daily.  The  fluid  extract  should  be  or- 
dered in  doses  of  10  to  20  drops  to  be  taken  three 
limes  daily.  An  anti-f'iyspeptic  and  tonic  is  obtamed 
in  the  form  of  Vinum  Muirae-puamae.  of  which  a 
small  tumblerful  should  be  taken  at  each  meal.  This 
wine  is  prepared  according  to  the  following  formula: 

Alcoholic  extract  of  muira-puama     4  parts. 
Pissovie  in 

Alcohol    (90    per    cent.) 25  parts. 

Add 

Sherry    wine 075  parts. 

(E.  Merck's  Annual  Report,  1902). 


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NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


[May  15,  1903. 


DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


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persons  connected  with  the  drug  trade. 

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of  the  prizes  will  be  announced  monthly. 

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do  not  enclose  any  other  communications  with  your 
answers  to  these  problems. 


ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XVI. 

No.  151. — A  uniform  lever  10  feet  long  balances 
about  a  point  one  foot  from  the  end,  when  loaded  at 
that  end  with  50  pounds.  Find  the  weight  of  the 
lever. 

Ans. — 12J/2    lbs. 

No.  152. — A  druggist  possesses  a  wagon,  with  a 
mechanical  contrivance  by  which  the  difference  of 
the  number  of  revolutions  of  the  wheels  on  a  journey 
may  be  determined.  It  is  known  that  each  of  the 
fore  wheels  is  5,'4,  and  each  of  the  hind  wheels  71-i 
feet  ii  circumference.  Now,  when  in  a  journey  the 
fore  wheel  has  made  2,000  revolutions  more  than 
the  hind,  one,  how  great  was  the  distance  traveled? 

Ans. — 39,900  feet. 

No.    153. — A   piece   of  g(ypsum  weighs,   when   sus- 
pended  in    water,   644   grains,    and   an    equal   bulk   of 
water    weighs    500    grains.      What    will    the    gypsum 
weigh  in  air? 
Ans. — 1,144  grains. 

No.  154. — If  a  druggist  coinmences  trade  with  a 
capital  of  $5,000,  and  gains  so  much  that  after  paying 
all  expenses  his  capital,  each  year,  is  increased  by 
a  tenth  part  of  itself  wanting  $100.00,  how  much  will 
he  be  worth  at  the  end  of  20  years? 
Ans. — $27,910,  very  nearly. 

No.  155, — A  person  went  to  four  taverns  in  suc- 
cession; upon  entering  each  of  which,  he  borrowed 
as  much  money  as  he  carried  to  it;  and  upon  leaving 
them  he  paid  the  landlords  one  dollar  each;  which 
done,  he  finds  himself  without  money.  What  sum  of 
money  did  he  carry  to  the  first  tavern? 

Ans. — 93.}<J  cents. 


PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XX. 

No.  171. — A  and  B  enter  into  a  copartnership,  A 
putting  in  $500  and  B  contributing  $300.  Some  time 
afterwards,  a  third  person.  C,  pays  $800  for  a  third 
interest  in  the  business,  with  the  understanding  that 
all  shall  be  equal  partners.  How  shall  .\  and  B 
divide  the  $800? 

No.  172. — Two  litres  of  hydrogen,  one  litre  of 
nitrogen,  and  two  litres  of  carbonic  anhjydride  are 
mixed  together.  What  is  the  specific  gravity  of  the 
mixture,  the  specific  gravity  of  hydrogen  being   i? 

No.  173. — Suppose  there  be  a  round  column  of 
equal  size  .  throughout,  being  one  foot  in  diameter 
and  20  feet  high,  and  a  bean  vine  entwines  itself 
around  it  just  12  times  at  equal  distances,  in  passing 
from  the  foot  to  the  top.  How  long  will  the  vine 
be? 

No.  174.— What  would  be  the  height'  of  a  barome- 
ter   constructed    of    sulphuric    acid,    specific    gravity 


1.843,  the  mercury  barometer  standing  at  750  m.  m.? 
No.  175. — A  canal  boat  weighing,  with  its  cargo, 
15  tons  has  to  pass  an  aqueduct  of  doubtful 
strength  the  water  is  four  feet  deep  and  the  aqueduct 
15  feet  wide,  and  a  waste  weir  adjacent  to  it  prevents 
any  rise  in  the  water  from  the  motion  of  the  boat. 
How  much  will  the  pressure  upon  the  aqueduct  be 
increased   bjy   the   boat   passing   over   it? 


TINCTURA  BL.\TTARUM  ORIENTALIUM. 
■ — This  tincture  is  derived  from  Periplaneta  orientalis, 
an  Orthopteron  commonly  known  as  the  "black 
Tarakane  cockroach."  Tarakanes  have  for  ages  been 
esteemed  in  Russia  as  a  household  remedy  for  dropsy, 
a  view  which  has  been  substantiated  hy  the  clinical 
experiments  of  Kaprianow  and  Bogomolow.  The 
Blatta  is  moreover  highly  valued  in  the  West  Indies 
as  an  antispasmodic  and  has  been  used  as  such  in 
Bermudas  for  the  treatment  of  whooping  cough. 
In  recent  times  Beni  Madlup  Basu  has  reported  on 
the  astounding  efficacy  of  tlie  blatta  tincture  in 
whooping  cough,  after  all  the  usual  remedies  had 
failed.  This  author  administered  one  or  two  drops 
of  the  tincture  in  sugar  water  at  intervals  of  two 
hours. 


DIPHENYLCARBAZIDE  TEST  FOR  CHRO- 
MIC ACID-M.  P.  Cazeneuvc  (Bull.  Soc.  Chim.)  finds 
diphenylcarbazide  an  extremely  delicate  reagent  for 
the  detection  of  chromic  acid,  showing  the  presence 
of  one  part  of  this  substance  in  a  million.  The  ad- 
dition of  a  small  quantity  of  the  reagent  to  any  acid 
solution  containing  chromic  acid  immediately  pro- 
duces an  intense  violet  color.  For  testing  cotton 
goods  the  material  is  placed  in  a  test-tube  with  i 
Cc.  of  a  .1  per  cent,  solution  of  potash.  In  case  the 
dye  contains  lead  chromate  or  chrome  yellow,  the 
threads  are  at  once  bleached,  .\fter  rendering  the 
liquid  strongly  acid  with  acetic  acid,  and  adding  a  few 
particles  of  phenylcarbazide,  a  violet  color  indicates 
the  presence  of  chromic  acid. 


IRIS  PIGMENT. — The  chemically  pure  iris  pig- 
ment of  the!)  ovine  eye  is  a  brown  powder  insoluble 
in  water,  ether,  alcohol  and  chloroform.  This  body, 
which  is  one  of  the  nrelanines,  has  been  used  by  Nie- 
den  for  tattooing  corneal  opacities.  The  method  is 
applied  by  triturating  the  pigment  with  water  in  a 
mortar  so  as  to  make  an  extremely  fine,  barely  fluid 
liquid,  holding  the  pigment  in  suspension,  which  with 
the  tattooing  needle  is  rubbed  into  the  punctures 
formed  for  this  purpose. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


PIVE  NEW  MEMBERS  FOR  THE  EASTERN  BRANCH 
OF  THE  NEW  YORK  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

Owing  to  tlie  conflicting  or  ambiguous  statements  in 
the  amended  pharmacy  law,  recently  signed  by  the 
Governor,  there  has  been  considerable  speculation  as  to 
the  exact  status  of  the  present  members  of  the  East- 
ern branch  of  the  Board  under  the  new  provisions.  In 
reply  to  a  request  from  Sidney  Faber,  secretary  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  to  interpret  the  new  law, 
Attorney-General  Davise  submitted  the  following  opin- 
ion, which  says  in  effect  that  an  entire  new  branch  of 
the  board  must  be  elected  in  the  coming  month  of  June. 

Attorney-General's  Office,  Albany,   May  7,  1902. 
Mr.    Sidney    I'aber,    Secretary     State   Board   of    Phar- 
macy: 

Dear  Sir — I  have  received  your  letter  of  the  26th 
inst.,  calling  attention  to  chapter  218  of  the  laws  ot 
1902,  which  amends  the  provisions  of  section  190  of  the 
Public  Health  law.  relating  to  the  election  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  making  inquiry  as  to  whether 
in  view  of  the  new  law  the  five  members  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  from  the  Eastern  branch  are  to  be 
regarded  as  legislated  out  of  office  by  the  amendment 
and  an  entire  new  Board  elected  in  said  section,  in  the 
coming  month  of  June,  or  as  to  whether  only  one  mem- 
ber should  properly  be  elected  in  place  of  Mr.  Bigelow, 
whose  term  of  ofi'ice  you  state  expires  January  next. 

A  casual  consideration  of  the  provisions  of  law  in- 
volved is  sufficient  to  disclose  a  striking  instance  of  pe- 
culiar legislation,  to  say  the  least. 

Under  section  190  of  the  Public  Health  law,  as  it 
existed  prior  to  the  amendment,  the  State  Board  ot 
Pharmacy  consisted  of  fifteen  members,  five  being 
chosen  from  each  of  the  three  sections  into  which  tlie 
State  is  divided  for  such  purpose. 

Under  sub-division  3  of  said  section,  at  the  first 
election  of  the  State  Board  the  members  of  each  sec- 
tion determined  by  lot  as  to  the  length  of  their  respec- 
tive terms — from  one  to  five  years,  and  b.v  said  section 
after  such  determination,  the  term  of  office  is  specifical- 
ly fixed  for  five  years. 

It  will  be  seen,  therefore,  that  under  this  provision 
one  member  of  each  section  would  go  out  of  office  each 
year  and  only  one  could  be  elected  in  each  section  year- 
ly, and  the  Board  be  continued  within  the  statutory 
number  of   fifteen. 

T'nder  sub-division  4  it  was  provided  that  the  elec- 
tion uf  tlie  members  for  the  Eastern  section  should  oc- 
cur in  the  month  of  June,  "two  of  them  shall  be  elected 
,by  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association,  two  by 
the  Kings  Count.v  Pharmaceutical  Society,  and  one  by 
the  New  York  German  Apothecaries'  Society."  While 
this  sub-division  was  somewhat  inartistic  in  form  when 
considered  in  connection  with  sub-division  3,  yet  view- 
ing the  two  provisions  together  the  conclusion  is  com- 
pelled that  sub-division  4  did  not  mean  that  there 
should  be  elected  yearly  five  members  in  said  sec- 
tion from  the  above  societies  referred  to.  but  that  there 
should  be  elected,  as  prescribed  in  sub-division  3.  only 
one  member  yearly,  and  that  the  ratio  of  representation 
of  the  Eastern  section  upon  said  Board  should  be  as 
regulated  by  sub-division  4;  that  is,  there  should  be  at 
all  times  two  members  of  said  section  elected  by  the 
Manhattan  Association,  two  by  the  Kings  County  So- 
ciety and  one  by  the  New  York  German  Society,  and 
that  in  electing  a  member  for  any  one  year  a  persou 
should  be  elected  who  would  preserve  the  representa- 
tion upon  said  Board  from  the  Eastern  section  as  pre- 
scribed in  said  sub-division  4. 

By  chapter  218  of  the  laws  of  1902  said  sub-division 
4  was  amended  so  as  to  provide  for  the  election  of  the 
members  of  the  State  Board  for  the  Eastern  section, 
in  the  month  of  June  in  each  year,  at  a  place  and  upon 
a  date,  in  the  bnro\ighs  of  Manhattan  and  Brooklyn, 
designated   by  the   Board. 

The  amendment  then  provides:  "At  the  time  and 
place  so  designated  in  tlie  borougli  of  JIanhattan  three 
members  for  said  section  shall  be  elected  *  *  *  at 
the  time  and   place  designated  as  aforesaid   in  the  bor- 


ough of  Brooklyn,  two  members  for  said  section  shall 
be   elected     *     *     *."  . 

It  is  therefore  apparent  that  in  order  to  comply  with 
the  new  amendment  there  must  be  elected  each  year 
from  the  Eastern  section  five  members  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy.  No  other  construction  can  be 
placed  upon  the  section,  for  it  permits  of  none  other. 

It  cannot  be  contended  that  the  amendment  is  to 
be  construed  in  the  same  manner  as  was  the  sub-di- 
vision prior  to  its  change;  that  is,  that  it  actually  means 
that  there  shall  be  elected  each  year  only  one  mem- 
ber, the  representation  upon  the  Board  to  be  in  the 
ratio  of  three  from  Manhattan  and  two  from  Brook- 
lyn, for  the  reason  that  the  amendment  specifically  di- 
rects the  election  of  three  each  year  from  Manhattan 
and   two   from   Brooklyn. 

It  is  plainlv  in  direct  conflict  with  the  terms  and 
meaning  of  sub-division  3,  for  the  reason  that  under 
that  sub-division  the  terms  of  oS'ice  of  the  members  of 
this  Board  is  to  be  five  years,  while  under  the  amend- 
ment the  term  of  office  of  the  members  from  the  East- 
ern section  can  be  but  one  year.  If  viewed  otherwise, 
and  the  term  of  office  of  those  five  to  be  elected  yearly 
from  the  Eastern  section  is  to  be  regarded  as  five  years, 
after  the  lapse  of  five  years  there  would  be  upon  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  representing  the  Eastern 
section  alone  twenty-five  members,  and  the  provisions 
of  sub-division  2  which  directs  that  the  Board  shall 
consist  of  fifteen  members,  five  from  each  section, 
would  be  of  course  overridden. 

There  are  now  upon  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
from  the  Eastern  section  five  members  elected  for  the 
term  of  five  years  each,  only  one  of  whom,  Mr.  Bigelow, 
as  I  understand  from  your  letter,  goes  out  of  office 
this  year,  unless  legislatively  forced  out  by  this  amend- 
ment. Such  plainly  must  be  the  case,  however,  for  it 
is  evident  th.Tt  five  members  cannot  be  elected  from  the 
Eastern  section  in  the  coming  month  of  June,  and  any 
of  the  present  members  of  said  section  continue  in  of- 
fice, otherwise  the  statutory  number  of  the  members  ot 
the  State  Board  and  of  the  representation  from  eacti 
section  would   be  violated. 

The  conclusions,  therefore,  are  reached  that  under 
this  amendment  the  present  members  of  the  State 
Board  of  Pharmacy  previously  elected  from  the  Eastern 
section  are  to  be  regarded  as  having  been  legislated  out 
of  office  bv  this  amendment,  and  that  at  the  coming 
election  in  June,  and  during  each  year  thereafter  there 
must  be  elected  from  said  section  five  members  whose 
term  of  office  respectively  shall  be  for  one  year. 

This  is.  of  course  plainly  in  conflict,  as  already  sug- 
gested, with  the  provisions  of  sub-division  3  of  the  sec- 
tion, which  permits  the  election  of  only  one  member 
from  each  section  yearly,  whose  term  of  office  shall  be 
for  five  years,  and  this  condition  necessitates  resort 
for  relief  to  the  subleties  contained  in  the  various 
ru'es  of  statutory  construction  relating  to  these  ques- 
tions. '  ,._ 

Endlich  on  the  Interpretation  of  Statutes  says:  In- 
consistencv  between  two  statutes,  in  order  to  avoid 
a  repeal  by  implication,  is  sometimes  so  treated  that 
the  later  statute  or  provision  is  regarded  as  modifying 
the  earlier  in  some  particular  respect,  or  taking  cer- 
tain things  out  of  its  operation."     (Sec.  215). 

And  again,  "it  is  obvious  that  the  terms  of  a  later 
special  act  must  control  those  of  a  prior  general  one. 
and  that  where  they  are  positively  repugnant,  not 
merely  cumulative  or  auxiliary,  the  former  must  re- 
peal the  latter  to  the  extent  of  such  repugnaucy  and 
within  the  limits  assigned  to  the  operation  of  the  spe- 
cial law."  (Sec.  21iit.  Also,  "where  there  are  in  an  act 
specific  provisions  relating  to  a  particular  subject  they 
must  govern  in  respect  to  that  subject,  as  against  gen- 
ernl  provisions  in  other  parts  of  the  statute,  although 
the  latter  standing  alone  would  be  broad  enough  to  in- 
clude the  subject  to  which  the  more  particular  provi- 
sions relate."  (Sec.  21G).  ,  ,.  .  .  „ 
Within  these  rules  we  may  regard  sub-division  6, 
fixing  the  term  of  office  for  five  years,  and  providing 
for  the  election  of  one  member  each  year,  as  modified 
or  repealed  bv  sub-division  4,  as  amended,  so  far  as  sub- 
division 3  has  anv  application  to  the  election  of  mein- 
i.ois  from  the  Easter"  section  or  their  term  of  office. 
We  may  regard  sub-division  3  as  a  general  provision 
ap|ilical)le  as  it  stood  alone  generally  to  tlie  election  of 
members    from    all    of    the    sections,    and    their    term 


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[May  15,  1902. 


of  o£Eice,  and  therefore  repealed  or  modified  by  the  en- 
actment contained  in  the  amended  sub-division  4,  so 
far  as  sub-division  3  relates  to  the  Eastern  section. 

JOHN  O.  DAVISE.  Attorney-General. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  NOTES. 

Chicago,  May  10. — The  disposition  of  druggists  in  a 
certain  part  of  the  country  to  trade  with  a  house  an- 
tagonistic to  the  interests  of  the  National  Association 
and,  therefore,  antagonistic  to  their  own  interests,  is 
distinctly  harmful  to  the  trade  in  all  its  branches  and 
should  be  frowned  upon  by  every  retailer,  every  whole- 
saler and  every  manufacturer  in  the  country.  The 
old  Southern  saying  about  "Saving  at  the  .spigot  and 
losing  at  the  bung"  is  applicable  in  this  case.  A  few 
hundred  druggists  save  5  per  cent.,  for  instance,  on  the 
proprietaries  they  buy  and  enable  a  house  whose  in- 
terests are  avowedly  in  opposition  to  their  interests  as 
expressed  by  the  policy  of  their  association,  to  keep  all 
the  aggressive  cutters  in  the  country  supplied  with 
goods.  This  house  will  not  sell  an  entire  order  of 
tripartite  goods,  but  will  sell  only  in  connection  with  an 
order  for  other  goods  on  which  it  can  malie  a  profit. 
It  should  not  be  a  long  nor  a  ditHcult  matter  for  the 
druggists  of  the  section  in  which  this  firm  does  business 
to  get  it  to  change  its  methods  and  conform  to  the  terms 
of  the  tripartite  agreement.  In  fact,  we  think  it  could 
be  done  within  a  week,  if  the  druggists  were  sincere  and 
earnest  about  it.  The  amazing  cupidity  of  some  drug- 
gists in  small  things  and  their  disregard  of  larger  in- 
terests is  often  most  astonishing.  By  welding  them- 
selves together  in  good  faith  and  sticking  to  a  policy  for 
a  week,  they  could  secure  whatever  concessions  they 
might  demand.  To  see  this  requires  no  genius — just 
plain,  old-fashioned  "horse  sense."  "Saving  at  the 
spigot  and  losing  at  the  bimg"  in  this  case  means  that 
the  druggists  are  helping  to  make  competition  against 
themselves.  They  are  providing  the  enemy  with  am- 
munition. 

E.  A.  Morrison  of  Petersburg,  Va.,  writes  that  the 
anxiliary  association  at  that  place  is  making  very  sat- 
isfactory progress  and  tlioro  is  no  complaint  among  the 
members. 

The  following  comes  from  the  secretary  of  a  local 
association  where  an  active  cut-rate  war  is  being  waged 
on  account  of  a  grocer,  who  has  undertaken  to  demor- 
alize conditions  in  that  section: 

"Our  cutter  received  a  supply  of  goods  by  express 
April  25.  I  have  reason  to  believe  that  this  is  the 
first  shipment  he  has  received  or  been  able  to  obtain 
since  March  2T,  though  I  think  he  has  since  purchased 
a  few  items  from  a  department  store  in  Chicago  at  re- 
tail. He  made  the  assertion  that  he  would  stay  by 
the  druggists  here  even  if  he  had  to  purchase  at  retail 
in  Chicago  from  State  street  houses.  He  also  stated  to 
a  friend  of  his  that  he  felt  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  was  pretty 
strong,  because  he  had  tried  Minneapolis,  Detroit,  In- 
dianapolis, Terre  Haute  and  Cincinnati,  besides  Chi- 
cago." 

The  following  case  is  cited  as  an  illustration  of  the 
loyalty  of  the  jobbers  of  the  contra!  west: 

A  very  prominent  manufacturer  of  perfumes  re- 
cently wrote  the  secretary  that  one  of  his  agents  took 
a  couple  of  orders  from  small  dealers  in  a  town  in 
one  of  the  Central  States  and  notified  the  house  that 
one  of  the  dealers  was  an  aggressive  cutter.  The  man- 
ufacturer's comment  was,  "This  shows  the  jobbers  have 
their  eyes  open." 

The  members  of  the  Toledo  (Ohio)  Retail  Druggists' 
Association  have  come  to  an  understanding  and  every- 
thing is  serene.  The  whole  city  is  under  a  price  sched- 
ule, depart niciit  store,  cutters  and  all,  and  the  sched- 
ule is  the  lifst  liilTeroMtial  in  existence  anywhere  in  the 


country.  It  is  3,  2  and  1  cent  on  ?1.00,  50-cent  and 
25-cent  articles  respectively.  Mr.  Walding  of  the 
Walding,  Kinnan  &  Marvin  Co.,  and  president  of  the 
N.  W.  D.'  A.,  was  instrumental  in  bringing  the  agree- 
ment about. 

The  Atlanta,  Ga.,  Association  is  reported  to  be  in 
good  condition.  Regular  meetings  are  held  and  ths 
members  are  loyal  to  the  X.  A.  R.  D.  Since  the 
Supreme  Court  of  the  United  States  decided  the  anti- 
trust law  case  they  do  not  fear  the  Georgia  State  law. 
An  opinion  is  expected  soon  from  the  State  Supreme 
Court  on  the  association's  appeal  in  the  Jacobs  injunc- 
tion case. 

The  Georgia  Wholesale  Grocers'  Association  has  just 
been  reorganized,  each  member  putting  up  $500  forfeit. 

Wholesale  druggists  of  Georgia  are  signing  the  re- 
bate contracts  and  the  general  tone  of  business  is  good. 


BUFFALO  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Buf- 
falo, in  conjunction  with  the  Medical  College  of  tho 
same  institution,  held  its  commencement  exercises  at 
Teck  Theatre  May  2.  The  candidates  for  the  degree 
of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy  were  presented  by  Dr.  John 
B.  Gray,  who  also  announced  the  honors  and  prizes 
falling  to  the  different  graduates.  The  degrees  wer<i 
conferred  by  Chancellor  Putnam  of  the  university.  Fol- 
lowing is  a  list  of  the  graduates: 

Frank  May  Baldwin,  Charles  Alfred  Bender,  David 
William  Briggs,  Charles  Augustus  Brown,  Earl  Thomas 
Bryant,  Clementine  Chapin,  Harry  B.  Ecker,  Andrew 
H.  Fisk,  Wade  Edward  Gayer,  Walter  Erastus  Gorrie, 
Frederick  Orrin  Henry,  W^illis  Clayton  House,  Elbridge 
Gerry  Hunton,  Lewis  Edgar  Jones,  Thomas  Llewellyn 
Jones,  Helena  S.  Katsmayer,  George  William  Keopka, 
James  Garfield  Lloyd,  Willis  Lee  Merkley,  Jay  Daniel 
Morton;  Vincent  Guard  Newell,  Katherine  Cooley  Quick. 
Max  Charles  Salchow.  Walter  Franklin  Sanford,  Lucy 
Cecelia  Schorp,  William  Lennie  Snow,  Robert  Raikes 
Street,  George  E.  Swanson,  Harry  Martin  Wise,  Her- 
bert Gladstone  Wright,  Eugene  Rhodes  Wolfrom. 

Certificates  of  examination  only  were  given  to  the 
following  students  who  on  account  of  lack  of  age  were 
Ineligible  for  the  degree  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy: 
Frank  Oswold  Brickman,  Charles  John  Engelhardt, 
Michael  Moses  Harris,  Lewis  Johnson.  Edward  S. 
Loge,  William  Harris  McCoach,  Carl  Joseph  Nies,  Net- 
tie Inez  Sheridan,  Albert  Warren  Wagner,  Carl  George 
Westling. 

The  Wm.  H.  Peabody  prize  of  ?50  was  awarded  to 
Vincent  G.  Newell  of  Warren,  Pa.,  who  also  headed  the 
honor  roll  with  an  average  of  96.7.  Eda  H.  Bennett  of 
Howard,  N  Y..  captured  the  faculty  prize  with  an  aver- 
age at  87.25;  and  honorable  mention  was  granted  Walter 
D.  Nash  of  Morrisville,  N.  Y.,  with  an  average  of  87.'_'0. 

At  the  conclusion  of  the  commencement  exercises,  the 
Ahunni  Association  held  its  14th  annual  banquet  in  the 
dining-room  of  the  Ellicott  Club.  The  toasts  and  re- 
sponses were  as  follows:  "Miscibility,  Pharmacy  and 
Law."  John  W.  Fisher;  "The  College."  Dr.  Ernest 
Wende;  readings,  Allen  E.  Day;  "Political  Therapeu- 
tics." Thomas  Stoddart;  Class  of  1902.  valedictorian, 
Walter  E.  Gorrie,  Ph.  G.;  "Ethics  of  the  Mortar,"  the 
Rev.  William  P.  Hellings,  D.  D. 

The  following  officers  of  the  Alumni  Association 
were  elected:  Edward  J.  Koepe,  M.  D.,  1891,  presi- 
dent; W.  E.  Lemon.  '99,  first  vice-president;  G.  D. 
Spenzcr,  '90.  second  vice-president;  L.  P.  Young,  1900. 
third  vice-president;  W.  F.  Cool,  '97,  secretary;  Charles' 
II.  Gauger,  '90,  treasurer;  J.  G.  Meidenbauer,  'OG.  his- 
torian. Executive  committee.  E.  B.  Walker,  '01,  chair- 
man; II.  G.  Beiitz,  'S9,  S.  A.  Grove,  '93. 


]\Iay  15,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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PROPRIETARY  ASSOCIATION  OF  AMERICA, 

Reports  Show  Tripartite  Plan  to  Be  Generally  Satisfactory — Memorial  from  N.  A.  R.  D — Election  of  Officers— Din- 
ner,  Smoker  and   Entertainment. 


The  twentietli  annual  meeting  of  the 
Prorietary  Association  of  America,  held 
in  the  Manhattan  Hotel,  Madison  avenue 
and  42d  street,  this  city,  Wednesday  and 
Thursday,  May  7  and  S,  was  not  attend- 
ed by  as  many  members  as  usual  in 
recent  years.  There  appeared  to  be  little  business  re- 
quiring any  action  by  the  association,  and  while  four 
.sessions  had  been  announced  on  the  programmes,  only 
three  were  required.  The  speeches  of  the  prominent 
members  of  the  association  and  of  delegates  from  the 
N.  W.  D.  A.  and  N.  A.  R.  D..  indicate  that  the  tripartite 
plan  is  considered  the  best  at  present,  and  no  member 
ventured  to  suggest  any  new  plans  to  lessen  the  price 
cutting  among  the  retail  druggists  of  the  country.  A 
memorial  presented  by  J.  C.  Gallagher,  a  delegate  and 
member  of  the  executive  committee  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D., 
suggesting  a  method  for  stopping  the  cut  rate  evil,  was 
before  the  executive  committee,  but  did  not  receive 
favorable  consideration.  The  detailed  report  of  the 
meeting  follows: 

FIRST   SESSION,  WEDNESDAY,   MAY   8. 

President  E.  C.  De^A'itt  called  the  first  session  of  the 
twentieth  annual  meeting  of  the  Proprietary  Association 
of  America  to  order  at  2:30  o'clock.  The  roll  call  was 
dispensed  with  and  delegates  were  received  from  other 
organizations.  Credentials  were  received  from  the  offi- 
cers of  the  X.  W.  D.  A.  naming  C.  P.  Shoemaker,  W.  J. 
Walker,  William  S.  Mersereau  and  Albert  Plant  as  dele- 
gates and  from  the  X.  A.  R.  D.,  represented  by  John 
C.  Gallagher  and  F.  E.  Holliday.  Mr.  Plant,  the  only 
delegate  of  the  N.  W.  D.  A.  present,  made  a  brief 
address.  He  referred  to  the  Proprietary  Association  as 
an  offspring  of  his  own  and  said  he  hoped  the  delibera- 
tions would  benefit  the  trade,  the  interests  of  the  pro- 
prietor and  distributer  being  identical.  He  said  the 
N.  W.  D.  A.  would  cheerfully  help  the  Proprietar.v  Asso- 
ciation in  any  way  possible.  Horace  M.  Sharp  of  Phila- 
delphia replied  to  Mr.  Plant  on  behalf  of  the  associa- 
tion. Jolm  C.  Gallagher  of  Jersey  City  was  the  next 
speaker  and  extended  fraternal  greetings  from  the  N.  A. 
It.  D..  which  organization  he  said  had  increased  in  mem- 
bership since  the  paid  organizers  had  been  working. 
He  extended  tlie  thanks  of  the  Retail  Association  to 
those  proprietors  who  had  lived  up  to  the  tripartite 
agreement  and  said  he  believed  those  who  had  not 
would  have  reason  to  regret  it.  He  spoke  of  the  reduc- 
tion of  the  tax  on  alcohol  and  said  the  X.  A.  R.  D. 
would  co-operate  as  far  as  means  would  permit  In  a 
movement  to  have  a  lower  tax.  He  then  presented  the 
following  oommunication  from  the  executive  committee 
of  the  X.  A.  K.  n.: 


N.  A.  R.  D.  Executive  Committee  Communication. 

To  the  Proin-iotary  Association  of  America:  The 
oxecufivc  comniitteo  of  the  Xational  Association  of 
Retail  I)rus?.'ists.  which  organization  represents  the 
great  majority  of  the  legitimate  retail  druggists  and 
liandlers  uf  pr.)prietnry  nipilicines  in  tliis  countrv,  bogs 
leave  to  submit  to  you  in  cunvciition  assembled,  the 
following  statement : 


"It  is  a  fact  well  known  to  you  that  for  many  years 
the  retail  prices  of  the  articles  that  you  control  have, 
as  the  result  of  the  cut-rate  plan  (using  standard  pro- 
prietaries, sold  at  cost  or  less,  as  a  means  of  attracting 
patrons);  made  the  dealing  in  these  articles  absolutely 
profitless  to  a  large  portion  of  the  retail  trade.  Your 
petitioners  believe  that  it  is  in  your  power  to  do  much 
toward  remedying  these  unfortunate  conditions,  and 
believe  that  you  are  in  a  position  to  establish  through 
your  distributers,  the  recognized  jobbers,  such  contrac- 
tual relations  with  the  retail  trade  as  will  not  only  be 
legal,  but  will  restore  retail  prices.  We  feel  satisfied 
that  if  the  plan  we  submit  should  meet  with  your 
approval  it  would  bring  you  not  only  increased  returns 
for  your  advertising,  but  place  your  products  in  a  posi- 
tion to  be  sold  'without  argument,'  resulting  without 
doubt  in  increased  business  and  more  cordial  relations 
with  the  retail  distributers. 

"We  recognize  that  for  a  time  increased  burdens  in 
the  way  of  clerical  labor  would  be  placed  upon  the 
jobbers,  but  no  more  than  they  now  have  in  the  distribu- 
tion of  calendars,  special  offers,  almanacs,  etc.,  which 
work  they  willingly  do  each  season.  After  the  retailers 
were  under  contract  this  portion  of  the  labor  would  be 
reduced  to  the  minimum,  it  being  only  necessary  to 
require  the  signature  of  new  patrons.  Besides  if  the 
jobbing  trade  is  properly  grateful  for  the  advantages 
which  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  has  voluntarily  given  them  it  is 
hardly  to  be  questioned  that  they  would  willingly  under- 
take the  little  labor  that  the  proposed  plan  would  make 
necessary. 

"If  any  jobbers  should  object  or  refuse  their  patrons 
would  know  this  fact,  and  all  the  blame  would  rest 
where  it  properly  belonged,  upon  the  jobbers.  We 
believe  that  a  dispo.sition  upon  the  part  of  your  honor- 
able body  to  use  every  effort  to  restore  retail  prices 
would  be"  appreciated  by  your  natural  friends — the  re- 
tailers— and  such  as  would  adopt  these  contractual 
relations  would  be  the  beneficiaries.  We  recognize  that 
in  the  adoption  of  the  tripartite  plan  you  must  have 
sacrificed  the  direct  patronage  of  some  patrons,  but  it  is 
an  established  fact  that  goods  sold  at  cost,  or  less,  never 
made  one  additional  sale,  while  the  lack  of  profit  has 
been  most  effective  in  inducing  retail  druggists  to  dis- 
courage the  sale  of  standard  proprietaries  and  push 
either  non-secrets  or  goods  of  their  own  manufacture. 

"It  is  an  established  fact  that  stores  using  standard 
proprietaries  for  advertising  purposes  are  the  stores 
that  sell  the  great  bulk  of  the  non-secrets  and  'just-as- 
good'  preparations,  and  it  is  our  wish  to  place  all  of 
the  retail  trade  upon  the  same  footing  as  to  retail 
prices,  which  we  think  is  possible  under  the  plan  we 
suggest.  It  is  a  fact  well  established  in  law,  that 
what  is  lawful  for  one  to  do,  many  can  do.  The  sys- 
tem we  suggest  does  not  necessitate  any  co-operation, 
it  is  not  an  effort  to  advance  prices  over  what  the  in- 
ventor, discoverer  or  owner  of  the  product  claims  that 
his  article  is  worth;  it  is  a  plan  that  is  now  operative 
in  some  individual  cases,  not  only  in  tho  proprietary 
medicine  line  but  other  articles  of  merchandise,  and 
the  results  have  been  satisfactory  to  all  concerned. 
The  plan  we  suggest  is  as  follows: 

"There  are  about  five  hundred  recognized  distributers 
at  present  in  this  entire  country.  To  these  the  pro- 
prietors would  send  blank  contracts,  and  with  the  first 
invoice  that  went  o.it  from  the  jobber  to  the  distributer, 
for  the  products  of  this  special  manufacturer,  there 
would  be  sent  one  of  these  contracts  advising  him — the  . 
distributer — that  the  contract  must  be  signed  and 
returned  to  the  jobber  if  he  wishes  additional  supplies 
of  these  goods.  The  contract  will  require  that  full 
prices  must  be  demanded  to  go  into  effect  on  and  after 
July  1,  1902. 

"This  would  give  ninety  days  for  the  purpose  of 
getting  their  contracts-  signed  and  tabulated  by  the  job- 
bers. After  one  contract  was  signed  for  any  particular 
proprietor's 'line  of  goods,  no  additional  contract  for  this 
line  would  be  required  by  this  particular  jobber.  The 
coiiti'aet  could  set  out  the  consideration,  the  price  anr! 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  15,  1903. 


HEUBEKT  B.   HARDING,  President. 


profit,  and  could  also  set  forth  that  the  sale  of  the  goods 
to  other  dealers,  who  subsequently  sold  the  goods  at  less 
than  contract  prices,  would  act  as  a  violation  of  the 
original  contract  and  would  be  enforced,  or  resale  abso- 
lutely prohibited. 

"Many  of  the  local  associations  would  undertake  the 
expense  of  enforcing  the  rontrnct.  and  if  violated  at  all 
the  violators  w..uM  s.i,.ii  !„■  :ii.|a-chcn.l.  .1.  While  this 
is  true  to  sdiiir  extent  Willi  the  W'ni-.rsi.i-  plan,  the 
plan  here  propusud  avoiils  all  the  cuiiiljroiis  machinery 
of  the  former,  and  if  the  jobbers  are  as  sincere  as  they 
would  have  us  believe,  they  should  willingly  undertake 
the  distribution  and  signing  of  the  contracts.  As  for  the 
proprietors,  their  business  wimld  be  aliimst  immediately 
increased,  as  the  assm-cl  pi-Miit  im.l.'r  tliis  (-..utract  would 
more  than  equal  the  pi-.ilil  imw  r.^.-.-ivd  ,,u  non-secrets 
at  present  prices,  ami  weiild  certainly  enlist  the  active 
support  of  every  retailer." 

Mr.  Gallagher  closed  his  remarks  with  an  appeal  to 
the  proprietors  not  to  forgot  the  man  behind  the  coun- 
ter, his  success  was  their  success,  and  all  he  asked 
was  a  fair  margin  of  profit.  F.  E.  Holliday  said  he 
would  corroborate  the  statements  of  Mr.  Gallagher  and 
added  that  in  a  great  many  places  the  retail  druggist 
is  obtaining  better  prices  than  formerly.  He  consid- 
ered that  better  retail  prices  would  take  away  the  in- 
centive for  substitution.  A.  H.  Beardsley,  of  the  Dr. 
Miles  Medical  Co.,  Elkhart,  Ind.,  in  replying  to  the  N. 
A.  R.  D.  delegates  said  he  believed  all  members  of  the 
Proprietary  Association,  the  men  who  made  the  goods, 
wanted  to  satisfy  the  retailers  and  that  his  Association 
was  with  the  retailers  first,  last  and  all  the  time.  Clar- 
ence G.  Stone  reported  for  the  entertainment  commit- 
tee and  announced  a  beef  steak  dinner,  smoker  and 
vaudeville  performance  for  Thursday  evening. 

H.  B.  Harding  called  upon  Tresident  E.  C.  De  Witt 
for  his  address.  The  president  said  he  had  a  happy 
surprise  for  the  members  as  he  had  no  address  to  de- 
liver. He  had  foimd  very  little  to  do  as  president  and 
the  work  of  the  committee  had  gone  along  very  smooth- 
ly. The  report  of  the  commitlee  on  nunnbership  was 
then  read  by  Secretary  Leeming  as  the  committee's 
chairman,  Joseph  R.  Kathrcns,  of  Milwaukee,  was  not 
present.     Five  names  were  pr(>posed  for  membership.     , 

Trea!5iirer  H.  B.  Harding  reported  Ihe  receipts  for 
the  year,  including  the  balance,  .$14,n.'j.'?  and  the  expen- 
ditures $10,730,  leaving  a  balance  of  .f4,223  in  the  treas- 
ury. Mr,  Harding  said  he  had  served  the  Association 
as  troasm-er  for  several  years  and  asked  to  be  relieved 
of  his     duties.     Secretary     Joseph      I.eeming's     report 


showed  the  present  membership  to  be  159.  He  said 
that  since  the  last  annual  meeting  the  work  of  the  As- 
sociation had  progressed  to  more  definite  ends  than  ever 
before.  The  relations  with  the  Proprietary  Articles 
Trade  Association  of  Canada  had  been  most  cordial 
during  the  year  and  many  members  were  also  allied 
with  the  Canadian  society.  Mr.  Leeming  took  occasion 
to  refer  to  the  decease  of  A.  B.  Merriam,  secretary  of 
the  N.  W.  D.  A. 

D.  S.  Chamberlain  of  the  Chamberlain  Medical  Co., 
Des  Moines,  Iowa,  and  chairman  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee of  the  Association,  presented  a  report  of  the 
work  of  his  committee  during  the  past  year,  and  from 
which  we  take  the  following  abstracts: 

REPORT   OF   COMMITTEE    ON   LEGISLATION. 

Alcohol   Tax  Reduction. 

The  heavy  tax  on  alcohol  constitutes  a  serious  bur- 
den upon  all  branches  of  manufacture  in  which  alcohol 
is  used.  It  bears  with  especitil  weiLrht  upon  the  drug 
trade.  During  the  early  days  of  the  present  session  of 
Congress  your  committee,  in  conncelion  with  the  Legis- 
lative Committee  of  the  iS'.  W.  D.  A.,  took 
steps  to  ascertain  the  prospects  of  a  reduc- 
tion of  this  tax  by  the  present  Congress,  and 
we  were  prepared  to  co-operate  to  the  fullest 
extent  with  other  business  organizations  simi- 
larly afEected,  and  especially  with  the  retail  druggists, 
to  secure  a  reduction  of  this  tax  to  a  more  reasonable 
figure.  But  ililiL;iiit  itiquiry  seemed  to  indicate  the  im- 
probability  111    ■   lieini.'  able  to  secure  such  action  at 

the  present  s.-.shiii  ,.i  ("ungress.  Your  committee  there- 
fore did  n.il  li'.'l  justified  in  inaugurating  and  carrying 
on  a  cMiii|i:iiun.  It  is  earnestly  In  be  heped,  however, 
that  ('.iii^i.s^  iii.iy  soon  recognizi'.  not  only  the  injustice 
but  the  qiiesiiuiKible  policy,  from  a  revenue  standpoint, 
of  perpetuating  the  enormous  tax  now  levied  upon  an 
article  so  largely  used  in  the  arts  as  alcohol.  A  bill  for 
reduction  of  the  tax  is  pending  in  the  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives and  your  committee  stands  ready  to  aid  to 
the  extent  of  its  ability  in  urging  the  bill  whenever  the 
situation  will  justify  such  work.  The  present  taiX  is 
excessive,  burdensome  and  unjust  and  should  be  reduced 
to  70c  per  gallon,  which  figure  competent  judges  affirm 
would  produce  as  much  revenue  as  the  present  tax  of 
?].10. 


Tin 
amend 


National    Pure   Food    and    Drug    Bills, 

wnrk  iloiie  two  v 


wo  yenrs  ;ttco  in  securing  reasonable 
pure  fo. Ill  .inil  drug  bills  then  jjeud- 
ing  in  ( 'niii^riss  Ims  liMi-ne  hisiitig  fruit.  New  bills  upon 
this  snbjert  liMve  been  inti'nilnred  in  the  present  Con- 
gress and  have  been  considered  by  committees  and  re- 
ported in  both  Houses;  but  there  .seems  to  be  no  dispo- 
sition in  any  direction  to  reproduce  the  objectionable 
features  which  were  eliminated  from  the  former  bills, 
and  I  am  pleased  to  report  that  the  bills  now  on  the  Con- 
gressional calendars  appear  to  be  unobjectionable  from 
our   standpoint. 

Proposed  Change  in  Postal  Law. 

Representative  Wm.  H.  Ryan  of  New  York  has 
been  instrumental  in  securing  the  passage  by  the  House 
of  Representatives  of  his  bill  to  amend  Section  4  of  the. 
act  of  June  13,  ISOS,  making  appropriations  for  the 
Postal  service.  The  bill  Avas  passed  by  the  House  May 
1  and  is  now  pending  in  the  Senate.  Should  it  pass  the 
Senate  and  be  approved  by  the  President,  it  will  effect 
a  change  in  the  Postal  law  of  considerable  interest  to 
large  advertisers  who  use  the  mail  service  for  distribut- 
ing advertising  matter.  Under  the  present  law  mail 
matter  of  the  siToiiil.  third  and  fourth  classes,  undeliver- 
able  to  the  piii-tirs  .ulilressed,  cannot  be  delivered  to  an 
agent  of  the  simler  without  a  new  payment  of  jiostage, 
Th  Ryan  bill  is  intended  to  remedy  this  injustice  and 
to  afford  the  sender,  if  known,  an  opportunity  to  accept 
delivery  of  the  undelivered  mail  matter  at  the  office 
where  it  is  held.  It  is  hoped  that  the  Senate  will  pass 
the  bill  as  it  came  from  the  House,  and  our  members 
should  write  to  their  Senators  promptly  and  urge  them 
to  give  it  their  active  support. 

State  Legislation. 
With  the  exception  of  certain  proposed  Congressional 
legislation   for  the   District  of   Columbia,   the  attention 
of  voiu-  committee  during  the  last  six  months  has  been 


May  15,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


487 


mainly  directed  to  matters  of  State  legislation.  Four- 
teen Legislatures  have  been  in  session  and  the  Louisiana 
Legislatuve  is  scheduled  to  meet  next  month.  While  the 
labor  imposed  upon  your  committee  is  not  always  in 
exact  proportion  to  the  number  of  Legislative  bodies  in 
session,  yet.  other  things  being  equal,  it  is  less  difficult 
to  follow  the  proceedings  of  fourteen  Legislatures  than 
of  the  forty  which  require  our  attention  each  alternate 
year. 

In  Massachusetts  three  objectionable  bills  have  de- 
manded attention.  Our  members  in  that  State  are  capa- 
ble of  doing  such  efficient  work  that  they  are  gener- 
ally able,  by  their  own  efforts,  to  prevent  the  enactment 
of  any  unjust  local  legislation.  One  of  the  bills  above 
referred  to  ostensibly  related  only  to  "Face  bleaches  and 
other  similar  preparations  containing  poisonous  ingre- 
dients." Upon  examination,  however,  it  was  found  to 
be  so  worded  as  to  cover  a  great  variety  of  ointments, 
liniments,  plasters  and  even  soaps,  and  your  committee 
took  prompt  steps  to  furnish  active  assistance  to  our 
Massachusetts  members  in  preventing  its  passage.  The 
Massachusetts  Legislature  is  likely  to  remain  in  session 
for  some  weeks  longer,  but  the  indications  now  are  that 
neither  of  the  three  bills  is  likely  to  pass. 

In  New  York  numerous  bills  opposing  changes  iu  the 
Public  Health  Law  affecting  drugs,  medicines,  foods, 
etc.,  received  the  closest  attention  from  day  to  day;  but. 
so  far  as  the  committee  is  advised,  no  bills  were  passed 
injurious  to  Proprietary  interests. 

The  Maryland  Legislature  for  the  first  time  enacted 
a  pharmacy  law  and  a  general  poison  law. 

The  Kentucky  Legislature  enacted  a  law  regulat- 
ing the  sale  of  chloral,  opium,  morphine  and  cocaine  and 
compounds  thereof. 

In  Ohio,  where  we  have  experienced  much  trouble 
for  several  years  past,  a  bill  designed  to  bring  a  large 
■class  of  medicines  under  jurisdiction  of  the  Food  Com- 
missioner was  unanimously  reported  by  the  House  Com- 
mittee on  Medical  Colleges  and  Societies.  The  injus- 
tice of  this  measure  was  pointed  out  and  it  was  de- 
feated by  a  decisive  vote. 

A  bill  to  regulate  the  sale  of  poisons  was  prepared 
«arly  in  the  session  by  Prof.  Beal,  the  well-known  Ohio 
pharmacist,  who  is  also  a  member  of  the  Legislature. 
The  bill  differed  in  some  very  material  respects  from 
any  poison  law  with  which  we  are  familiar.  It  was 
introduced  in  the  Senate  by  Mr.  Krause  of  Cleveland. 
As  soon  as  it  was  received,  your  committee  had  copies 
printed  and  mailed  to  members  of  the  Association,  with 
a  letter  requesting  that  the  bill  be  examined  carefully 
and  the  committee  informed  if  the  bill  was  deemed  in- 
jurious to  the  business  of  the  member  addressed.  Rea- 
sonable delay  in  action  upon  said  bill  was  obtained  in 
order  that  the  interests  affected  might  be  heard  from. 
The  various  objections  received  were  then  presented  to 
the  Senate  Committee  in  charge  of  the  bill  and  certain 
amendments  were  urged,  intended  to  meet  all  specific  ob- 
jections presented  by  our  members.  These  amendments 
were  finally  agreed  to  and  were  embodied  in  a  substitute 
bill,  which  after  full  consideration  was  reported  by  the 
Senate  Committee  and  passed  by  the  Senate.  It  was 
subsequently  reported  without  amendment  in  the  House 
and  passed  that  body  and  became  a  law,  to  take  effect 
January  I,  1903.  The  new  law  has  no  connection  what- 
ever with  the  pure  food  law  of  Ohio,  nor  does  it  con- 
fer any  jurisdiction  upon  the  Food  Commissioner.  It 
repeals  existing  poison  statutes,  which  have  given  rise 
to  much  trouble  in  the  past  and  which  have  involved  the 
subject  in  doubt  and  uncertainty.  The  new  statute  is 
reasonably  definite  and  certain  and  yom-  <-<>nimittee  hopes 
it  will  have  a  tendency  to  set  at  rest  the  agitation  in 
that  State  for  legislation  on  the  subject  of  poisons. 

With  increasing  legislative  activity  and  the  growing 
tendency  to  extend  State  "regulation"  in  nearly  all  di- 
rections, there  is  increasing  necessity  for  this  Associa- 
tion to  assume  and  maintain  a  sound  and  wholly  de- 
fensible position  upon  all  legislative  questions.  As  em- 
phasized in  former  reports  of  this  committee,  it  is  sound 
policy  to  present  and  argue  in  good  faith  the  merits  of 
every  proposition.  It  is  not  sufficient  merely  to  say  that 
a  bill  we  object  to  is  bad:  we  must  show  why  it  is  bad; 
and  when  it  is  demonstrated  that  any  measure  is  es.sen- 
tially  unjust,  the  honest  element  in  the  State  Legis- 
lature can  be  relied  upon  to  oppose  it.  In  all  cases  a 
full  and  fair  prcsenlation  of  facts  and  arguments  fur- 
nishes our  friends  with  the  best  weapons,  both  of  of- 
fense and   defense. 

It  is  extremely  difficult  to  find  an  antidote  for  dam-, 
flging  legislation   after   it   has  once  reached   the  chronic 


E.  C.  De  WITT,  Retiring  President. 


stage  or  become  a  law.  Reason  and  justice  have  been 
our  most  effective  weapons  in  securing  just  amend- 
ments to  proposed  bills,  and  it  has  been  successful  in 
all  eases. 

The  report  of  the  Committee  on  Trademarks,  H.  L. 
Kramer,  chairman,  showed  conditions  to  be  practically 
the  same  as  in  former  years.  Harry  H.  Good  presented 
a  report  for  the  committee  on  infringements  and  simu- 
lations of  trade  marks  and  gave  an  account  of  a  ease 
of  simulation  of  the  name  of  a  preparation  made  by  a 
member  of  the  Association. 

A  committee  on  nominations  was  appointed  as  fol- 
lows: M.  N.  Kline,  H.  M.  Sharp,  A.  H.  Beardsley,  W. 
A.  Talbott,  H.  R.  Liudsey,  D.  S.  Chamberlain,  Charles 
M.  Stoweil.  A  motion  to  adjourn  was  carried  at  3:30 
o'clock. 


SECOND  SESSION,  THURSDAY  MORNING,  MAY  8. 
The  attendance  Avas  small  at  the  opening  of  the  sec- 
ond session.  The  report  of  I.  S.  Coffin,  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  memorials  of  deceased  members,  was  re- 
ceived and  then  President  De  Witt  welcomed  the  dele- 
gates from  the  N.  W.  D.  A.  who  had  not  been  present 
at  the  first  session  and  called  upon  C.  F.  Shoemaker, 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  proprietary  goods  of  the 
X.  W.  D.  A.,  who  said  when  he  first  assumed  the  posi- 
tion of  chairman  of  the  committee  the  tripartite  plan 
liad  just  been  placed  in  operation.  Ho  favored  the 
plan  as  the  most  reasonable  for  lessening  the  troubles 
of  the  retail  drug  trade  that  had  ever  been  proposed 
and  approved  of  it  on  account  of  its  reasonableness  and 
because  it  seeks  to  supplant  force  b.v  diplomacy.  Fail- 
ure to  produce  expected  results  was  not  due  to  any 
lack  of  impracticability  of  the  plan  but  to  personal 
antipathies  and  antagonisms,  and  to  ignorance  on  the 
part  of  those  refusing  to  adopt  it.  The  practical  results 
of  the  plan  could  be  pointed  to  with  pride,  not  only  in 
small  towns  and  cities,  but  in  man.v  of  the  larger  cities. 
He  gave  Pittsburg  as  an  example  and  said  the  increase 
in  profits  received  b,v  the  retail  druggists  in  that  city 
during  the  last  fiscal  year  amounted  to  over  f200,000 
and  he  fully  believed  the  tripartite  plan  to  be  a  success 
and  that  it  is  today  stronger  than  ever  before. 


488 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[May  15,  1902. 


Speaking- of  tlie  sKuatiou  iu  the  wholesale  trade  Mr. 
Shoemaker  said  he  believed  few  proprietors  realised  the 
extent  of  the  assistance  rendered  Ijy  the  wholesale  trade 
in  carrying  proprietary  goods  and  he  was  satisfidd  that 
in  the  case  of  the  larger  proprietors  the  amount  of  stock 
of  their  goods  carried  by  wholesalers,  and  paid  for,  is  in 
amount  amply  sufficient  to  provide  them  with  a'  work- 
ing capital  to  conduct  their  business.  He  made  Special 
reference  to  the  contract  or  rebate  plan  and  urged  upon 
all  who  sold  goods  under  it  the  necessity  of  bein^  inter- 
ested in  the  plan  itself  and  not  to  simply  carry  out  its 
provisions  in  a  perfunctory  manner.  He  said  the  turn- 
ing down  of  an  order  did  not  necessarily  mean  loss  of 
trade  and  gave  instances  of  his  own  firm  turning  down 
orders.  The  great  mass  of  proprietors  and  jobbers  are 
adhering  to  their  tripartite  contracts  according  to  their 
obligations.  There  is  only  one  class,  as  far  as  he 
knew,  that  steadfastly  opposes  the  tripartite  plan  and 
that  is  a  limited  number  of  large  retailers  who,  as  a 
rule,  have  not  objected  to  forming  price  agreements  with 
their  competitors,  but  have  complained  at  not  being  al- 
lowed to  buy  certain  goods  at  best  prices.  Mr.  Shoe- 
maker closed  with  the  statement  that  during  his  occu- 
pancy of  the  chairmanship  of  the  committee  on  proprie- 
tary goods  of  the  N.  W.  D.  A.  he  had  made  an  earnest 
effort  to  hamper  the  proprietor  as  little  as  i^ossible  and 
to  be  liberal  in  facilitating  the  proper  distribution  of  his 
goods. 

William  ,T.  Walker,  of  Albany,  said  he  vras  interested 
in  the  work  done  by  the  Proprietary  Association  and 
in  its  deliberations  and  felt  pleased  that  such  pleasant 
relations  existed  between  that  body  and  the  N.  W.  D.  A. 
He  did  not  want  to  ask  for  any  further  discounts  on 
proprietors'  goods  but  believed  as  jobbing  druggists  the 
distribution  of  goods  should  be  entrusted  to  them.  He 
urged  that  those  using  the  contract  plan  should  see  that 
all  signed  contracts  w-ere  adhered  to.  W.  S.  Mersereau 
was  called  upon  and  said  he  could  not  agree  with  Mr. 
Shoemaker  on  one  point.  He  did  not  believe  the  tripar- 
tite plan  was  as  successful  in  New  York  city  as  it  should 
be  and  thought  the  proprietors  should  take  some  action 
to  try  and  better  conditions  here. 

J.  M.  Knox,  of  Lyman,  Knox  &  Co.,  Montreal,  and 
president  of  the  Canadian  Wholesale  Druggists'  Asso- 
ciation, made  a  short  speech  referring  to  the  friendly 
relations  existing  between  the  proprietors  and  whole- 
salers. George  L.  Douglass,  counsel  for  the  Associa- 
tion, reviewed  the  legislative  work  done  during  the  year. 
He  was  followed  by  Dr.  Charles  M.  Stowell,  of  the  .T. 
C.  Ayer  Co.,  who  urged  closer  relations  between  mem- 
bers and  united  action  to  prevent  the  passage  of  obnox- 
ious legislation.  H.  M.  Sharp  of  Dr.  D.  Jayne  &  Son,  and 
President  I)e  Witt  also  spoke  about  the  necessity  for 
vigilance.  Mr.  De  Witt  expressed  the  belief  that  two 
years  without  looking  after  the  interests  of  proprietary 
men,  as  the  Association  docs,  would  bar  many  of  the 
proprietors  from  doing  business  in  a  majority  of  the 
States. 

M.  N.  Kline  called  attention  to  the  report  of  the 
committee  on  infringements  and  simulation  of  trade 
marks  and  asked  that  some  action  be  taken  on  it.  A 
motion  to  have  it  taken  out  from  the  executive  commit- 
tee, passed,  as  did  also  a  resolution  discouraging  the 
sale  of  preparations  put  up  as  infringements  of  goods 
marketed  by  members.  The  resohition  also  provided 
that  notice  be  given  the  N.  W.  D.  A.  and  N.  A.  1{.  D. 
of  infringements  on  trade  marks,  with  a  request  that 
members  be  asked  to  discourage  sales  of  such  goods. 
The  session  ailjnnrnid  at  1 1 :4.">. 


THIRD  SESSION,  THURSDAY  AFTERNOON,  MAY  8. 

Tlie  session  opened  behind  closed  doors.  Various  re- 
ports were  received,  including  one  from  the  committee 
on  trade  interests,  which  provoked  no  discussion,  and 
one  from  the  committee  on  advertising,  suggesting  that 
a  committee  be  appointed  to  establish  means  of  fur- 
nishing the  daily  press  with  articles  on  substitution,  said 
committee  to  meet  with  a  committee  of  the  American 
Advertisers'  Association.  The  following  resolution  was 
passed  in  reference  to  the  memorial  from  the  N.  A.  R. 
D.,  which  had  been  presented  by  Mr.  J.  C.  Gallagher: 

"Resolved.  That  after  careful  consideration  of  the- 
communication  presented  by  a  committee  of  the  Na- 
tional Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  proposing  a  plan 
for  the  restoration  of  prices  for  proprietary  articles,  it 
is  the  sense  of  the  executive  committee  that  in  the 
present  state  of  trade  throughout  the  country  it  w'ould 
.be  a  matter  of  impossibility  to  bring  about  a  general 
return  to  prices  originally  fixed  by  proprietors  for  their 
goods  at  retail.  Therefore,  without  expressing  an  opin- 
ion as  to  the  feasibility  of  their  methods  proposed  to  ac- 
complish such  an  end  under  existing  conditions,  we  feel 
that  it  would  be  useless  to  recommend  its  adoption. 
The  tripartite  plan,  which  has  been  favorably  passed 
upon  by  the  Association  provides  for  tlie  retailers  of 
each  locality  fixing  a  minimum  price  for  proprietary  ar- 
ticles that  shall  obtain  in  their  several  territories,  and 
this  method  if  carried  out  will  in  a  measure  remedy  the- 
evil  of  cut  rates." 

The  election  of  four  new  members  was  the  first  busi- 
ness before  the  session  when  the  doors  were  opened.^ 
The  following  firms  were  elected:  Garfield  Tea  Co., 
Brooklyn;  William  Radam  Microbe  Killer  Co.,  New 
York;  West  Disinfecting  Co.,  New  York,  and  Matthew 
J.  Johnson  Co.,  St.  Paul.  M.  N.  Kline  spoke  on  the- 
question  of  the  reduction  of  tax  on  alcohol,  giving  an 
account  of  the  work  done  by  various  associations  to  try 
and  have  the  desired  reduction  made.  He  said  distillers 
had  given  notice  that  they  favored  a  bill  to  reduce  th& 
tax  from  $1.10  to  70c.  Mr.  Kline  said  a  bill  of  this 
kind  should  hove  the  support  of  the  Proprietary,  Whole- 
sale and  Retail  Associations. 

OfBcers  Elected. 

The  election  of  officers  was  the  next  business  and 
resulted  as  follows:  H.  B.  Harding,  president;  D.  S. 
Chamberlain,  first  vice-president;  William  H.  Gove. 
second  vice-president;  Joseph  Leeming,  secretary;  C. 
W.  Gi'ifBth,  treasurer.  Executive  committee — E.  C.  De- 
Witt,  A.  H.  Beardsley,  V.  Mott  Pierce,  George  A.  New- 
man, Charles  M.  Stowell,  H.  M.  Sharp. 

Mr.  De  Witt  in  leaving  the  chair  thanked  the  mem- 
bers for  their  support  during  his  term  of  office  and  said 
his  interests  in  the  Association  would  be  as  great  in 
the  future  as  they  had  been  heretofore.  Mr.  Harding 
in  accepting  office  said  he  would  do  the  best  he  could 
to  conduct  affairs  in  the  proper  manner  and  if  he  had 
the  support  of  as  good  committees  as  Mr.  De  Witt  had 
enjoyed  he  did  not  doubt  everything  would  run  along 
smoothly.  A  motion  of  Mr.  Leeming  to  tender  a  vote  of 
thauks  to  the  entertainment  committee  passed,  also  one 
of  Mr.  Sharp  to  continue  the  services  of  Mr.  Douglass. 

The  meeting  adjourned  subject  to  the  call  of  the 
chair. 


JOINT  MEETING  OF  THE  PROPRIETARY  AND  AD- 
VERTISERS' ASSOCIATIONS. 

The  meeting  called  by  E.  C.  DcWitt,  president  of 
the  Proprietary  Association  of  America  and  C.  W.  Post, 
president  of  the  As.sociation  of  American  Advertisers, 
for  the  purpose  of  discussing  the  subject  of  substitution 
and  formiilating  plans  to  conduct  a  campaign  against 
the  practice,  was  held  in  the  Manhattan  Hotel,  Madi- 
son avenue  and  42d  street,  Friday,  May  9,  and  attended 
by  a  number  of  tlie  prominent  proprietary  and  adver- 
tising men  of  the  United  Slates.     ,T.  F.  Wclhcrnld  of  tha 


May  15,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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Lydia  E.  Piukham  Mediciue  Co.  was  made  chairman  of 
the  meeting  and  T.  E.  Grossman  of  New  York,  secre- 
tary. 

Dr.  V.  Mott  Pierce  of  the  World's  Dispensary  Medi- 
cal Association,  Buffalo,  was  the  first  speaker  and  said 
the  Proprietary  Association  had  passed  a  resolution  at 
its  recent  nicetinc:  to  have  a  committee  appointed  to  pro- 
vide material  for  the  daily  press  against  substitution. 
He  believed  the  time  was  coming  when  very  radical 
measures  would  be  taken  to  stop  the  practice  and  told 
of  a  plan  suggested  by  Mr.  W.  H.  Hooker  and  himself 
to  form  among  the  principal  advertising  men  a  dis- 
tributing company  which  would  undertake  to  get  drug- 
gists in  the  various  cities  and  towns  to  adopt  a  uniform 
rate  at  which  to  sell  their  goods;  in  those  cities  where 
substitution  is  most  prevalent  and  druggists  could  not 
be  induced  to  adopt  a  uniform  rate,  stores  were  to  be 
started   where   the   genuine   goods   could   be   purchased. 

F.  Ij.  Scely  of  the  Paris  Medicine  Co.  said  he  con- 
sidered that  a  campaign  of  advertising  in  the  daily 
papers  would  be  a  good  plan,  as  it  would  educate  the 
public  against  the  evils  of  substitution.  He  advocated 
a  combination  of  the  prominent  advertisers  which  should 
employ  a  man  who  could  prepare  suitable  articles  on 
substitution  and  send  them  to  the  newspapers  through- 
out the  country.  Several  other  speakers  endorsed  Mr. 
Seely's  plan.  Horace  M.  Sharp  of  Dr.  D.  Jayne  &  Son, 
Philadelphia;  Mr.  Sharon  of  Warner  Safe  Cure  Co., 
Rochester,  and  otliers  spoke  on  the  subject  and  thought 
the  work  could  be  expedited  by  working  througlV 
some  organized  body  like  the  Association  of  Ameri- 
can Advertisers.  The  following  motion  of  Dr.  Pierce 
was  passed  and  the  meeting  adjourned: 

"Kesolved.  That  it  is  the  sense  of  this  meeting, 
with  the  foUdwiii^  linns  irprcsiiiicil.  that  the  Associa- 
tion of  Amerir.iii  Ai|\  ■  iiiv.  r<  I..'  r..|ucsted  to  take  up 
the  matter  of  sulisi  ii  iii  n.u  ;Mii\il\  :uh1  that  they  give 
prospective  meiiilpi]-s  assurance  iIj.mI  the  question  of  sub- 
stitution shall  be  one  of  the  issues  which  shall  be  given 
favorable    consideration." 

The  Association  of  American  Advertisers  has  about 
G5  members. 


The  dinner,  smoker  and  entertainment  given  at 
Shanley's,  Thursday  evening,  was  even  more  success- 
ful than  had  been  anticipated.  The  committee,  Clar- 
ence G.  Stone,  chairman,  J.  G.  Patton  and  Harry  H. 
Good,  were  highly  complimented  on  the  arrangements, 
every  detail  being  all  that  could  be  desired.  The  menu 
was  printed  on  cheap  brown  wrapping  paper  and  mad« 
a  good  souvenir  in  addition  to  the  britannia  mug,  bear- 
ing a  copper  seal  of  the  association,  given  to  each  diner. 
About  a  score  of  posters,  each  with  a  "take-off"  on  pro- 
prietaries made  by  members  of  the  association,  hung 
around  the  walls.  The  vaudeville  performance  was 
first  class  and  closed  a  pleasant  event  and  the  social 
feature  of  the  twentieth  annual  meeting  of  the  Pro- 
prietary  Association    of   America. 


California  Board  of  Pharmacy. 
The  Calfnruia  State  Hoard  of  Pliarmacy,  at  a  meet- 
ing held  in  Los  -Vngeles,  registered  the  following  li- 
centiates, by  examination:  E.  Michaelis,  D.  W.  Irvine, 
F.  Endert,  W.  L.  Waterman,  J.  C.  Neill,  F.  G.  Booth, 
A.  J.  Fouch,  P.  H.  Lane,  F.  J.  Blackburn,  J.  C.  Hil- 
dreth,  J.  D.  Elliot,  W.  T.  Hearns,  Jr.,  O.  A.  Longley, 
W.  E.  Calahan,  E.  Towson,  W.  B.  Brazelton,  R.  A. 
Whidden,  N.  G.  Dockery,  D.  Crain,  J.  Steen,  W.  K. 
Styan,  J.  J.  Horgau,  E.  J.  Matthews,  A.  B.  Edgar,  J.  W. 
Foley,  H.  Blackburn,  M.  ('.  Rust.  .T.  H.  (Jucdet,  E. 
Schutz,  J.  A.  McFaddeu,  A.  G.  Hanson  and  W.  A.  S. 
Virmillion. 

Assistants  by   exaiuinatidu;      F.   ,1.   Leigli   and   V.    10. 
Squire. 


ILLINOIS  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

At  the  oxiiiniiiatiuu  held  by  the  Illinois  Board  of 
Pharmacy,  in  ('hicago  April  22-24,  the  following  passed 
as  registered  pharmacists:  G.  A.  Breuke,  C.  E.  Der- 
land,  W.  D.  Dunlop,  L.  Eicher,  F.  Fikcnkoeter,  W.  V. 
Hall,  H.  A.  Henry,  D.  M.  Jones,  F.  E.  Q.  Jungk,  C.  J. 
Clough,  Downers  Grove;  E.  J.  Faurer,  La  Salle;  G. 
R.  D.  Lane,  T.  J.  Leitch,  P.  E.  M.  Linnman,  M.  O. 
Marshke,  R.  W.  A.  Meinung,  L.  E.  Moore,  C.  L.  Pat- 
tison,  C.  Pans,  W.  R.  Phillips,  O.  L.  Prohaska,  I.  L. 
Quales,  F.  W.  Richardson,  I'.  Salvesen,  H.  A.  Sauer- 
berg,  W.  H.  Schroeder,  J.  Schweitzer,  A.  F.  Schuellen- 
berger,  A.  W.  Smiley,  B.  H.  Stoddard,  W.  E.  Stille,  S. 
Suchei-man,  W.  F.  Voge,  J.  B.  Wojtalewicz,  F.  Zeidner, 
all  of  Chicago.  L.  T.  Barrick,  Woodstock;  J.  L.  Ben- 
nett, Bloomington;  I.  C.  Bradley,  Coal  City;  W.  R. 
Clough,  Downers  Grove;  E.  J.  Faurer,  La  Salle;  G. 
Haas,  Danville;  F.  H.  Heidbreder,  Quincy;  C.  L.  KrafEt, 
Lake  Forest;  J  E.  Lienhart,  Taylorvillo;  E.  D.  Man- 
ning, Ladd;  H.  Marshall,  Jr.,  Monmouth;  J.  A.  Meyers, 
Elgin;  C.  W.  Morton,  Kankakee;  H.  F.  Mueller,  Mo- 
line;  H.  P.  Rinker,  Bloomington;  R.  Schneiter,  Olney; 
C.  J.  Skelly,  Sparta;  E.  J.  Slauter,  Danville;  R.  W. 
Snider,  Peoria;  A.  C.  Sprowls,  Elgin;  S.  W.  Taliaferro, 
Roseville;  .T.  C.  Wheatcroft,  Grayville.  Assistant  Phar- 
macists: J.  E.  Austin,  C.  F.  Buschick,  F.  J.  Cartier, 
H.  N.  Calhoim,  E.  R.  Clause,  T.  J.  Comer,  S.  A.  Denis, 
M.  B.  Fyfe,  T.  Cessner,  S.  V.  Justus.  C.  B.  Kirby, 
C.  J.  Keller,  Jr.,  E.  W.  D.  Laufer,  D.  H.  Luuneen, 
J.  L.  Nicolai,  A.  E.  Obnland,  O.  J.  Oldendorph,  B.  H. 
Overton,  O.  J.  Pelikan,  A.  Pettersen,  W.  G.  Peters,  O. 
Purcell,  A.  Rottberg,  E.  J.  Sauders,  E.  E.  Schart,  M. 
A.  Shebleske,  J.  R.  Shisnick,  M.  Silverberg,  G.  A. 
Stokes,  C.  N.  Storkan,  F.  C.  Walz,  all  of  Chicago.  J.  D. 
Charters,  Oregon;  C.  A.  Dickerson,  East  St.  Louis; 
W.  F.  Dieterich,  Sandwich;  C.  E.  Ericson,  Quincy; 
W.  H.  Hagemann,  Quincy;  J.  H.  Lambert.  Kankakee; 
S.  C.  Lester,  Blue  Island;  C.  E.  Milne,  Morrison;  M. 
M.  0'Connell,East  St.  Louis;  G.  W.  Pulford,  Savanna; 
C.  F.  Reinhardt,  Roberts;  G.  A.  Schwitzer,  Riverside; 
F.  J.  Wenban,  Lake  Forest. 

The  next  meeting  for  examination  will  be  held  in 
Room  3,  State  House,  Springfield,  May  27,  1902;  the  one 
following,  at  144  East  39th  street,  Chicago,  Aug.  19, 
1902,  9  a.  m.  New  applications  must  be  on  file  in  the 
office  at  Springfield  at  least  10  days  previous  to  the 
above  date. 

L.  T.  HOY,  Secretary,  Springfield. 


New  Jersey   Board  of  Pharmacy. 

Th  New  Jersey  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  granted  cer- 
tificates of  registration  to  the  following  applicants  who 
successfully  passed  the  examination  held  in  April  at 
Trentou.  Registered  Pharmacist:  Benjamin  A.  Betts, 
Bayonne;  Cecil  Parker  Beach,  Newark;  Earl  N.  Candow, 
New  York,  N.  Y.;  Emma  Chess,  New  York,  N.  Y.;  Wil- 
liam L.  Dannheimer,  Iloboken;  Richard  D.  Garben, 
Perth  Amboy;  Henry  Adam  Hotz,  Newark;  Raymond 
Hendrickson,  Philailelphia.  Pa.;  James  Rudolph  Laird, 
Jersey  City;  William  Fletcher  Murdy,  New  York.  N.  Y'. ; 
Louis  Reich,  Newark;  Joseph  Cuttell Roberts, Noriistown, 
Pa.;  George  Carroll  Thomas,  Lima,  Pa.;  Horatio  Nelson 
Webster,  Newark;  John  Waldniann,  New  Y'ork,  N.  Y. 
Registered  Assistants:  Joseph  Battiato,  Newark;  Cor- 
nelius Carhart,  Keyport;  John  Ileisler  Ilolcombe,  Bridge- 
ton;  John  C.  Proscli,  Newark;  Morris  J.  Schutzman, 
Newark. 

The  next  meeting  for  examination  of  applicants  will 
1)0  held  in  Trenton  July  17  and  IS.  George  W.  Parisen 
of  Perth  Amboy  has  been  rea[ipointed  a  member  of  the 
board  to  succeed  himself. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  15,  1902. 


NEW  YORK  AND  VICINITY. 


EIMER  &  AMEND  SUE  THE  ERA  FOR  PRINTING 
THAT   ANTIKAMNIA   ADVERTISEMENT. 

The  president  of  the  eorporatiou  of  D.  O.  Haynes  & 
Co.,  publishers  of  the  Phamaceutical  Era,  has  beet: 
sued  for  criminal  libel  by  Eimer  &  Amend  of  New  York 
for  the  publication  of  that  adyertisement  of  the  Anti- 
kamnia  Chemical  Co.  in  the  Bra  of  April  24th,  in  which 
Eimer  &  Amend  were  accused  of  substitution. 

In  the  advertisement  lef erred  to,  the  Aatikamnia 
Chemical  Co.  over  the  signature  of  its  president,  Frank 
.  A.  Ruf,  stated  that  prescriptions  calling  for  antikamnia, 
.  written  by  Dr.  Walter  M.  Fleming,  Hotel  Victoria ;  Dr. 
John  H.  Girdner,  31  West  45th  street;  and  Frank  S. 
Grant,  220  Broadway,  were  filled  from  a  bottle  contain- 
ing fraudulent  antikamnia. 

In  response  to  the  complaint  Mr.  Haynes  voluntarily 
appeared  in  court  last  Saturday,  the  10th  inst.,  was 
paroled  in  the  custody  of  his  counsel,  and  the  examina- 
tion set  for  Friday,  May  16th. 

The  case  is  an  interesting  one,  in  that  it  will  prob- 
ably determine  the  amount  of  responsibility  which  rests 
upon  a  publisher  for  printing  such  advertisements,  also 
the  responsibility   of   the   druggist   who  substitutes. 

The  Antikamnia  people  claim  to  have  positive  proot 
of  the  substitution,  and  this,  together  with  the  reasons 
why  action  was  brought  against  the  publisher  of  the 
paper  which  printed  the  advertisement,  instead  of 
against  the  manufacturer,  who  makes  the  statements 
over  his  own  signature,  will  probably  be  dete"mined  by 
subsequent  proceedings. 


B.  C.  P.  Commencement  Tonight. 

The  eleventh  annual  commencement  exercises  of  the 
Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy  will  take  place  this 
evening.  May  15,  in  the  Brooklyn  Academy  of  Music. 
Five  post-graduates  will  receive  the  degree  of  Doctor 
of.  Pharmacy  and  the  degree  of  graduate  in  pharmacy 
will  be  conferred  upon  74  members  of  the  senior  class. 
The  names  follow: 

Post-graduates. — Miss  Frances  Grant,  Isaac  Leaf, 
Frederick  E.  Xiece,  Philip  Shappiro  and  Mr.  Wolf. 

Graduates  in  Pharmacy. — J.  J.  Buckley,  L.  Burkard, 
.7.  Burns,  Emma  Chess,  A.  H.  Coller,  N.  Criss,  C. 
Dowling,  .T.  Dunieff,  J.  Ehrenwald,  E.  Ellison,  H. 
Fee.ser,  L.  Friedman,  A.  E.  Golding,  J.  S.  Gutkin,  A. 
Han.sen,  H.  J.  Harkavy,  J.  R.  Hatten,  J.  Herzenberg, 
W.  H.  Hollings,  F.  Horuecker,  Chas.  Horni,  A. 
Iluether,  J.  Klein,  Mary  Krohn,  A.  H.  Bowe,  Samuel 
Leifert,  B.  Rosenhouse,  Miss  C.  Segall,  I.  J.  Selkowitz, 
F.  Schnibbe,  I.  Sohval,  I.  Shiwam,  M.  Squirsky,  Bertha 
Wallaeh,  Max  Wollison,  L.  Van  Deinse,  P.  Weber,  J. 
Wallach,  L.  Averett,  H.  Baylinson,  A.  Becker,  B.  Bloch, 
H.  Bookstauber,  E.  Boorn,  H.  Bossong,  J.  Bram,  J.  G. 
Brown,  G.  de  Walthoff,  I.  Bernstein,  A.  Herman,  J. 
J.  Kolb,  Wm.  Kruskal,  A.  Jersawitz,  T.  Failmezger, 
Wm.  Lindemann,  J.  McGarr,  Wm.  Meister,  J.  Mc- 
Namara,  S.  Norman.  M.  Patterson,  F.  Pearlstein,  E. 
Pobe,  A.  C.  Rave,  H.  Rich.  J.  Rabinowitz,  A.  Rosen, 
S.  Rosoff,  I.  Rothman,  I.  Sookne,  C.  J.  Stark,  Jr.,  S. 
Stile,  W.  S.  Strawgate,  M.  Mishkni,  W.  E.  Bueller. 


day.  An  excellent  lunch  added  much  to  the  entertain- 
ment of  the  customers.  Each  visitor  left  the  store 
laden  with  some  souvenir,  and  many  of  the  well-known 
drug  proprietary  and  cigar  houses  took  this  occasion 
to  advertise  their  goods  to  the  public  by  means  of  ap- 
propriate .samples. 

About  l-,000  people  visited  the  store  during  the  day. 
Nearly  twice  the  usual  number  of  employes  were  kept 
busy  during  the  day  and  it  required  three  policemen  to 
keep  the  crowd  moving. 

The  three  members  of  this  firm  are  young  men  and 
have  in  two  years  built  up  a  drug  business  which  is 
equal  to  that  of  many  of  the  older  and  more  widely 
known  retail  drug  houses.  R.  J.  Reid,  a  graduate  of  the 
Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy,  had  charge  of  the  phar- 
macy at  Thirty-fourth  street  and  Third  avenue  five 
years  previous  to  entering  the  firm.  A.  G.  Yeomans  also 
an  Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy  graduate,  had  charge 
of  the  drug  department  at  Hegeman  &  Co.'s,  No.  196 
Broadway,  for  five  years.  C.  T.  Cubit,  a  graduate  of 
the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  was  with  Fraser  & 
Co.,  Fifth  avenue,  two  years,  and  managed  the  prescrip- 
tion department  of  Hegeman  &  Co.,  No.  196  Broadway 
for  seven  years.  The  firm  also  owns  a  store  at  Union 
street  and  Sixth  avenue,  Brooklyn. 


Reid,  Yeomans  &  Cubit  Celebrate  Their  Second  Anni- 
versary. 
R<>id,  Yeomans  iV:  Cubit,  druggists  at  No.  140  Nas- 
sau street,  Manhattan,  celebrated  the  second  anniver- 
sary of  the  opening  of  their  store,  on  Wednesday,  May 
7.  The  pharmacy  was  tastefully  decorated  and  an  or- 
chestra   of    seven    pieces,    fMi-nishcd    music    during    the 


NEW  YORK  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  Eastern  Section  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
examined  107  applicants  for  pharmacist's  license  at  the 
New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  Wednesday,  April  16. 
Of  this  number  the  following  were  successful:  Louis 
Addlestone,  Charles  L.  Barthen,  Cecil  P.  Beach,  Camilla 
Beck,  Henry  Blum,  John  Bradshaw,  William  H.  Britton, 
Charles  Bronstein,  Leroy  Braswell,  James  G.  Brown, 
Wm.  G.  Brown,  Louis  Burkard,  Ira  B.  Canter,  Miss 
Lena  Canter,  Max  Canter,  Louis  Carell,  Richard  J.  Car- 
roll, Eugene  P.  Carman,  Wilson  B.  Chandler,  William  T. 
Creagan,  Thomas  Curamings,  Charles  E.  Daniels,  Ed- 
mond  F.  G.  Daniel,  Charles  F.  Daub,  Abraham  Dorb, 
Edwin  Dieckmanu,  Miss  Minnie  B.  Doyle,  Joesiph 
Dunieff,  William  .T.  Durkin.  Harry  J.  Epstein,  Ambrose 
Faas,  Aug.  M.  Gifford,  Abraham  Glueckmann,  Raphael 
Grassi,  Ed.  W.  Gross,  Benedict  S.  Guardian,  Mugur- 
ditch  Hagopian,  Adam  Hamm,  Carl  Hanson,  E.  F,. 
Hawkins,  J.  Alfred  Hilliard,  James  R.  Hodge,  William 
G.  Huebner,  George  Kellermann,  Morris  Kassel,  Israel 
Kaess,  Isaiah  Kopelowitz,  Arthur  A.  Kopf,  Henry  J. 
Kopf,  Abraham  Kramer,  Joseph  Kronacher,  Max 
Kuenstler,  Abraham  Lerner,  Aaron  H.  Levine,  Samuel 
B.  Levine,  Max  Lipkind,  Fred.  LoPinto.  .Tames  J.  Mad- 
den, Miss  Flora  Mamelok,  Eugene  A.  McCaffrey,  Albert 
R.  McConihie.  Harry  M.  Morrell.  Miss  Edith  M.  Morris, 
William  F.  Murdy.  Ernst  Palmieri.  Joseph  J.  Parentini, 
Frank  Pearlstein,  Fred.  W.  Poindexter.  Fred.  S.  Porter, 
Pinkus  Reiss,  James  M.  Robinson,  David  A.  Rosow, 
Isaac  Rothman,  Albert  E.  C.  Roy,  Miss  Athelia 
Schaefcr.  Ferd.  F.  Scherpich,  F.  W.  Schoonmaker, 
Jacob  Sher,  E.  O.  Simpson,  Aaron  Singer,  Nicholas 
Soskin,  Moses  Squirsky.  Charles  E.  Stahlin,  Harry 
Sterling,  M.  J.  Sturges,  DeRoy  Thomas,  Charles  P. 
Thornton.  William  A.  Uhler,  John  Waldmann,  E.  R. 
Weinspach,  Miss  Sophia  Wilkes,  Curt  P.  Wimmer, 
William  Wolfe,  Lawrence  Zurlo,  Fi-ed.  L.  Anderson, 
Richard  Berry,  Xavier  D'Ambrosio,  Otto  C.  Everhart, 
James  L.  Fahey,  Edward  M.  Gannon,  Hyman  Harkavy, 
James  A.  G.  Klein,  Miss  Mary  Krohn.  Morris  Lewin, 
W.  H.  Lindemann,  William  E.  Payne.  .Jacob  Rabino- 
witz. Wilbiu-  J.  Rasli,  Tianict  RoscnlHUise.  Thomas  L, 
Sherman,  .laml,  Walla. -Ii,  riiili|.  WcImt.  Henry  Zlinkoff. 


May  15,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


491 


NEW  ^ORK  NOTES. 

George   J.    Seabury   expects   to   sail   for   Europe   on 

the  "Oceanic"  May  28.  While  abroad,  he  intends  to 
study  the  Foreign  Steamship  Subsidy  laws,  particu- 
larly those  of  England,  Germany  and  France.  He  will 
also  make  a  study  of  the  rules  and  regulations  under 
which  pharmacists  serve  in  the  different  military,  naral 
and  marine  hospital  establishments  of  the  various  coun- 
tries, and  from  the  information  thus  obtained  he  will  draft 
a  bill  which  he  proposes  to  have  introduced  into  Con- 
gress at  its  next  session.  During  his  trip,  it  is  possi- 
ble that  he  will  attend  the  coronation  ceremony  of  King 
Edward  VII.,  as  many  of  his  friends  here  believe  that 
he  has  received  special  invitation  to  be  present  at  this 
interesting  event.  During  the  festivities  following  the 
coronation  he  will  go  to  Carlsbad  to  remain  six  weeks. 

The    American    Therapeutic    Society,    organized    in. 

May,  1900,  as  one  of  the  component  societies  of  the 
Congress  of  American  Physicians  and  Surgeons  is  hold- 
ing its  annual  meeting  this  week  at  the  New  York 
Academy  of  Medicine,  17  West  43d  street,  this  city. 
The  sessions  began  Tuesday  morning  with  an  address 
by  the  president.  Dr.  Reynold  W.  Wilcox,  followed  by 
a  report  presented  by  Dr.  F.  E.  Stewart,  of  San  Fran- 
cisco. Dr.  Xohle  P.  Barnes  of  Washington,  D.  C  is 
the  secretary   of  the  society. 

Walter  S.  Roekey,  the  well-known  New  York  drug- 
gist, with  stores  at  No.  481  Eighth  avenue  and  No.  581 
Ninth  avenue,  has  just  published  a  book  of  information 
Avhich  he  is  distributing  among  residents  in  the  vicin- 
ity of  his  stores.  The  book  contains  some  good  views 
of  interesting  places  in  and  around  New  Y'ork,  gives  a 
list  of  hotels,  places  of  amusement,  high  buildings,  etc., 
and  incidentally  tells  the  reader  where  to  take  prescrip- 
tions and  buy  drugs,  toilet  articles,  cigars,  etc.,  at  right 
prices. 

At  a   stockholders'   meeting  of  the  Grape  Capsule 

Co.  of  Allentown,  Pa.  (with  a  New  York  office  at  1.3.3 
William  street),  held  at  Allentown  Monday,  May  12, 
Carl  B.  Franc,  until  recently  of  the  firm  of  R.  W.  Phair 
&  Co.,  16  Piatt  street.  New  York,  was  elected  a  director. 
Mr  Franc  sails  for  Europe  in  June,  to  spend  a  few 
months  touring  the  Continent;  on  his  return  in  the  Fall 
Mr.  Franc  will  become  actively  identified  with  the  man- 
agement of  the  Grape  Capsule  Co. 

Frederic    P.   Tuthill,    Phar.   D.,   secretary    of   the 

Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  and  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  pharmacy  and  queries  of  the  New 
Y'ork  State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  has  just  been 
elected  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Governors  of  the 
Union  League  Club,  of  Brooklyn,  for  a  term  of  three 
years.  This  is  one  of  the  most  important  offices  in  the 
well-known  club  and  Dr.  Tuthill  is  receiving  congratu- 
lations from  his  many  friends. 

George  Washington  Busteed.  a  retired  pharmacist 

who  was  well  known  in  New  Y'ork  fifty  years  ago  as 
the  originator  of  "Sun  Cholera  Mixture,"  died  at  the 
home  of  his  daughter,  Mrs.  E.  C.  Mann,  No.  15  East 
128th  street,  last  week.  He  was  in  his  eighty-fourth 
year  and  left  a  son  and  a  daughter. 

Hazzard,  Ha/.zard  &  Co.'s  drug  store,  on  Broadway 

between  25th  and  2Gth  streets,  was  recently  sold  at 
auction  and  the  place  is  being  remodeled  for  a  jewelry 
firm.  This  notes  the  closing  of  the  business  career  of 
one  of  the  oldest  and  best-known  retail  drug  firms  in 
the  I'nited   States. 

C.   W.   Bartlett  has  resigned  his  position  with  Hey- 

deiireich  Bros..  Atlantic  avenue  and  Clinton  street, 
Brooklyn,  and  gone  with  Reid.  Yeomans  &;  Cubit,  No. 
140  Nassau  street,  Manhattan.  Arthur  Decker  has 
been  transferred  from  the  firm's  Brooklyn  store  to  New 
York. 


V.    CHAPIN    DAGGETT. 

Mr.  Daggett  is  the  principal  stockholder  in  the  cor- 
poration of  Daggett  iV  Ramsdell  and  manages  their  well 
conducted  pharmacy  at  No.  17  West  34th  street.  New 
Y'ork.  He  is  also  a  director  of  the  Pharmacists' 
Manufacturing  Co.,  a  member  of  the  Manhattan  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  American  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation and  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy.  He 
graduated  from  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy 
in  1883  and  was  valedictorian  of  his  class.  He  was 
manager  of  tlie  pharmacy  at  34th  street  and  Broadway 
several  years  previous  to  his  founding  the  firm  of  Dag- 
gett &  Ramsdell.  The  firm  has  19  employes  and  the 
pharmacy,  which  is  opposite  the  Waldorf-Astoria,  is  one 
of  the  best  equipped  in  the  city. 


Salvador  Lehey,  a  druggist  at  No.  62  Spring  street, 

Manhattan,  was  filed  $35  in  the  Court  of  Special  Ses- 
sions Friday,  Slay  9.  for  permitting  an  unlicensed  clerk 
to  compound  when  not  under  the  supervision  of  a  quali- 
fied pharmacist. 

• -Emil  Eisentrager  and  J.  E.  Whitney,  of  New  York 

and  C.  J.  Lafflin  of  Pleasant  Valley,  N.  J.,  are  directors 
of  a  corporation  recently  formed.  The  company  will  be 
known  as  the  Australian  Remedy  Co.  It  is  capitalized 
at  ?25,000. 

L.   E.   Michel,   a    former   clerk   of   Druggist  H.   E. 

Steinhilber,  144th  street  and  Amsterdam  avenue,  Man- 
hattan, sails  today  for  an  extended  European  trip.  He 
will  visit  Paris,  France,  Germany,  Switzerland  and 
Austria. 

.1.  E.  Carpentier,  until  a  few  months  ago  proprietor 

of  the  Peoples'  Pharmacy  at  Eighth  avenue  and  123d 
street,  is  soon  to  open  a  store  in  the  Bronx,  at  No.  1732 
Webster  avenue,  near  174th  street. 

Prof.  J.  A.  Koch,  of  the  Pittsburg  College  of  Phar- 
macy, and  Dr.  E.  A.  Schaeffer,  a  prominent  Fifth  ave- 
nue (Pittsburg),  pharmacist,  sailed  from  Brooklyn  on 
May  10  for  Porto  Rico. 

John  J.  Ledwith.  Michael  J.  Ledwith  and  William 

McC.  Smith  are  incorporators  of  the  Newark  Pharma- 
cial  Co.,  of  Newark,  N.  J.  The  new  company  is  capi- 
talized  at  $100,000. 

Wilbur  F.  Rawlins'  pharmacy  at  No.  2.536  Eighth 

avenue,  corner  135tli  street,  Manhattan,  will  be  moved 
across  the  street  to  No.  2539,  between  135th  and  136th 
streets. 

Henry  J.  Swoboda.  formerly  at  Swann's  Pharmacy, 

52d  street  and  Sixth  avenue,  Manhatton,  has  accepted 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  15,  1902. 


a  position  witli  J.  A.  Proben's  Amsterdam  avenue  store. 

Robert   Dunn  of  Burwell   &  Dunn   Co.,   Charlotte, 

N.  C,  and  George  P.  Chandler  of  T.  Sisson  &  Co.,  Hart- 
ford. Conn.,  were  visitors  in  the  drug  section  last  week. 

• Joseph  Priest,  the  Princeton,  N.  J.,  pharmacist,  is 

about  to  open  his  Summer  store  at  Bay  Head,  N.  J. 

Mrs.  J.  A.  Griffing  has  acquired  the  pharmacy  of 

J.   A.   Gladhill  in   South  Orange,   N.  J. 

— — M.  F.  Benjamin's  Sons'  drug  store  at  River  Head, 

L.  I.,  was  damaged  by  fire  last  week. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


SENATE  PASSES  THE  SUNDAY  SODA  AND  CANDY 
BILL. 

Boston,  May  10. — In  the  Massachusetts  Senate  this 
week,  a  main  topic  of  interest  has  been  the  Sunday 
soda  water  and  candy  bill,  upon  which  the  question 
was  on  ordering  to  a  third  reading.  Two  amendments 
were  put  before  the  Senate.  One  motion  was  that 
the  bill  be  amended  to  allow  the  sale  of  fruit,  and 
the  other  motion  restricted  the  retail  sale  of  soda  wa- 
ter, confectionery  and  ice  cream  to  druggists  and 
<?ommon  victuallers.  The  house  bill  included  licensed 
innholders  and  newsdealers.  The  point  of  order  was 
raised  that  the  insertion  of  the  word  "fruit"  in  the 
bill  was  not  germane.  One  Senator  reminded  the  Sen- 
ate that  the  recent  strict  enforcement  of  an  old  law 
was  applied  only  to  druggists.  He  favored  the  bill,  in 
the  committee,  merely  understanding  that  it  legalized 
the  common  practise  of  selling  soda  and  ice  cream  by 
druggists.  He  found  out  afterward  that  the  scope  of 
the  bill  was  broader  than  this,  and  thought  there 
was  danger  in  the  bill  as  proposed,  and  that  it  would 
open  the  way  for  the  keeping  open  of  stores  which 
would  not  otherwise  be  opened.  He  did  not  believe 
newsdealers  should  be  included,  but  he  thought  that 
common  victuallers  might  properly  be  allowed  to  sell 
soda   and   ice  cream. 

Another  Senator  thought  the  restriction  to  druggists 
only  was  questionable.  The  question  was  whether  or 
not  soda  water  should  be  sold  on  Sunday,  and  the 
bill,  he  thought,  should  be  passed  without  amendments. 
The  law,  he  said,  lags  behind  public  sentiment.  He 
believed  the  distinction  which  was  proposed  was  un- 
sound. The  enforcement  of  the  law  was  not  in  accord- 
ance with  the  public  desire,  which  had  become  ac- 
customed to  the  general  sale  of  candy  and  soda  on 
Sunday.  The  committee  believed  that  it  was  best  to 
make  the  law  conform  to  the  will  of  the  people,  rather 
than  have  many  people  put  in  the  position  of  law- 
breakers. 

Without  roll-call  or  division,  the  Senate  later  ordered 
to  a  third  reading  the  House  bill  to  permit  the  sale  of 
soda  water,  confectionery  and  ice  cream  on  the  Lord's 
Day  by  licensed  innholders,  common  victuallers,  drug- 
gists and  newsdealers.  On  the  question  of  rejecting 
the  amendment  to  limit  the  application  of  the  act  to 
druggists  and  common  victuallers,  the  vote  stood  11 
to  22  against  the  amendment. 


Plant  of  New  England  Druggist  Damaged  by  Fiie. 
Boston,  May  K). — An  early  morning  fire,  this  week, 
requiring  three  alarms  to  be  rung  in,  badly  damaged, 
among  other  places,  the  plant  of  the  New  England  Drug- 
gist Publishing  Company,  in  the  building  at  1-11-145 
High  street,  owned  by  the  Perkins  estate.  Various  busi- 
ness concerns  occupied  the  building.  The  principal 
damage  was  on  the  third  floor,  occupied  by  the  New 
England  Druggist.     The  cause  of  tlie  fire  is  a  mystery. 


but  the  old  theory  of  "electric  wires"  is  partly  borne  out 
from  the  fact  that  the  worst  damage  was  near  the  elec- 
tric mjtor,  which  has  given  rise  to  the  opinion  that  the 
tire  started  in  that  way.  Tons  of  water  were  poured 
into  the  building,  causing  much  damage  to  linotypes, 
presses  and  the  general  equipment  of  the  printing  office. 
The  company  prints  a  number  of  papers,  and  the  night 
before  the  fire  men  were  at  work  until  about  2  o'clock. 
The  Watchman,  a  Baptist  weekly  paper,  had  just  been 
printed  and  all.  of  the  copies  were  destroyed.  The 
forms  were  saved  intact,  making  possible  another  edition, 
issued  from  some  other  oflice.  The  publishers  of  the  New 
England  Druggist  state  that  their  May  number  will  be 
forthcoming  very  shortly,  although  the  entire  edition  was 
destroyed  by  tire. 


Report  of  Retail  Drug  Syndicate  Lacks  Foundation  So 
Far  as  Boston  Interests  Are  Concerned. 

Boston,  May  10. — A  report  coming  to  this  city  which 
appears  to  have  had  its  origin  in  Providence,  R.  I.,  re- 
garding the  formation  of  a  retail  drug  trust  embracing 
leading  drug  trade  interests  of  Boston,  seems  to  lack 
all  foundation,  so  far  as  local  houses  are  concerned.  The 
report  stated  that  there  is  a  plan  on  foot  to  organize  the 
best  line  of  the  pharmacy  trade  in  New  England  into  a 
syndicate,  and  says  that  the  Eastern  Drug  Company 
of  Boston  would  be  one  of  the  three  wholesale  concerns 
(the  other  two  being  in  New  York)  which  intended  to  ab- 
sorb all  the  best  drug  stores  in  New  England.  The  story 
further  stated  that  this  proposal  to  combine  the  different 
stores  in  dift'erent  localities  embraced  a  plan  to  retain  the 
present  owners  in  the  business,  guaranteeing  sis  per 
cent,  for  five  years,  when  any  of  the  druggists  might 
witlidraw  at  option.  It  was  further  stated  that  under 
this  plan  drugs  could  be  bought  by  the  representatives 
of  such  a  syndicate  from  15  to  20  per  cent  lower  than 
the  prices  paid  at  present. 

Charles  A.  West,  vice-president  of  the  Eastern  Drug 
Co.,  says  that  there  is  not  the  slightest  founda- 
tion for  the  statement,  and  that  it  is  absolutely  absurd 
and  a  shame  to  give  publicity  to  such  a  statement.  He 
says  emphatically  that  there  is  not  a  word  of  truth  in 
it  all.  Charles  F.  Cutler,  treasurer  of  the  same  com- 
pany, corroborates  Mr.  West's  statement  and  declares 
that  the  report  has  no  foundation. 


Little  Change  in  Business  Conditions. 
Boston,  May  10. — Conditions  have  shown  little 
change  during  the  present  week,  which,  as  a  whole, 
has  been  good  in  a  business  way.  Druggists  find  the 
demand  for  various  articles  keeps  steady  and  they  are 
beginning  to  feel  in  some  quarters  the  early  symptoms 
of  the  coming  vacation  season.  The  first  among  those 
to  start  away  for  the  summer  are  supplying  themselves 
with  the  many  necessities  which  are  found  in  drug 
stores.  With  the  uncertain  temperature,  many  people 
are  wearing  heavy  winter  clothing  and  the  sales  of 
moth  preventives  continue  among  belated  ones  who,  from 
day  to  day,  are  packing  away  their  goods  and  chattels. 


NEW  ENGLAND   NOTES. 

.\prupos  of  the  recent  attack  on  t'amlu'idge,  Mass., 

druggists,  brought  about  through  consideration  of  their 
.■ipplications  for  sixth-class  licenses,  there  was  intro- 
duced by  one  alderman  an  order,  which  was  adopted, 
asking  the  committee  on  legislative  affairs  to  consider 
the  advisability  of  asking  the  Legislature  for  an  act 
making  the  fee  for  druggist's  licenses  in  no-license  cities 
,$100.  In  urging  this  order,  the  alderman  asserted  that 
on  an  average  there  are  nearly  1.000  liquor  sales  a  day 
in  the  Cambridge  drug  stores  wliich  are  not  recorded, 
and  about  .'jOO  recorded  sales.     He  did  not  object  to  the 


jSIay  15,  1!)03.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


493 


sales,  but  thought  the  druggists  should  pay  more  for  the 
privilege  than  merely  one  dollar,  the  present  fee. 

The  candidacy  of  J.  A.  Thompson  of  Roxbury  for 

appointment  to  membership  of  the  Massachusetts  Board 
of  Registration  in  Pharmacy  has  been  made  the  subject 
of  some  comment  by  James  E.  JIcKeon  of  Medford,  in 
a  recent  issue  of  the  Xew  England  Druggist.  As  Mr. 
Thompson  will  not  have  au  opportunity  to  reply  to  the 
letter  through  the  same  medium  before  the  meeting  of 
the  Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  North- 
ampton June  2-4,  he  asks  the  pharmacists  of  the  Old 
Bay  State  to  suspend  judgment  on  the  comment  in 
question  untiT  they  have  read  his  reply,  which  he  will 
send  to  anyone  on  receipt  of  postal  card  request.  His 
address  is  303  Warren  street,  Roxbury. 

A  recent  surprise  in  Andover.  Mass.,  was  the  arrest 

of  Edward  M.  Allen,  a  well-known  druggist,  who  was 
ordered  held  for  the  Grand  Jury  by  the  court,  on  the 
charge  of  ringing  in  a  false  alarm  of  fire  early  one  morn- 
ing. At  the  preliminary  hearing,  Allen  denied  all 
knowledge  of  the  affair,  but  the  chief  of  police  produced 
circumstantial  evidence  whicli  the  court  decided  would 
warrant  holding  the  young  man.  Bail  of  $500  was  fur- 
nished. There  was  more  than  usual  interest  in  the  case, 
because  of  the  prominence  of  Mr.  Allen  and  because  of 
the  fact  that  false  alarms  have  been  so  numerous  in  An- 
dover the  past  few  years.  Allen  belongs  to  the  drug 
firm  of  E.  M.  and  W.  A.  Allen. 

Weeks  &  Potter  Company,  because  of  the  fact  that 

it  is  about  to  go  into  liquidation,  is  making  ofCort  look- 
ing to  the  future  welfare  of  its  employes  who 
thereby  will  be  throw-n  out  of  positions.  There  are 
errand  boys,  porters,  shippers,  counter  clerks,  chemists, 
salesmen,  stock  clerks,  book  clerks,  etc.,  some  of  whom 
have  been  with  this  house  from  20  to  30  years.  The 
company  makes  well-known  their  competency  and  the 
fact  that  its  employes  can  be  highly  recommended.  Re- 
tirement from  business  on  the  part  of  this  firm,  with 
comfortable  bank  accounts,  comes  hardest  on  old-time, 
trusted  employes,  who  have  worked  faithfully  year  in 
and  year  out. 

Decision  has  been  given  by  the  Massachusetts  State 

Board  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy  in  the  cases  of  L.  J. 
Laporte  and  R.  R.  Vincent,  the  Holyoke  druggists,  in 
whose  favor  the  board  has  decided,  as  against  the  pro- 
tests of  a  leading  clergyman  of  their  city  who  did  not 
wish  licenses  granted  them.  The  Holyoke  license  com- 
missioners have  been  notified  by  the  State  Board  that 
they  find  no  cause  for  not  granting  the  licenses  to  these 
two  druggists.  The  only  druggists  in  Holyoke  who  have 
not  secured  licenses  are  those  who  were  prosecuted  in  the 
recent  crusade  of  the  same  clergyman,  and  whose  cases 
are  now  pending  under  appeal  to  the  Superior  Court. 

Everyone  of  the  drug  stores  in  North  Adams,  Mass., 

is  represented  in  the  Drug  Clerks'  Union,  recently  or- 
ganized with  a  large  membership.  It  is  thought  that 
general  mutual  benefit  will  result  from  the  organization. 
The  officers  are  as  follows:  President,  Joseph  Malone; 
first  vice-president,  John  Farley;  second  vice-president, 
Malcom  Bryson;  financial  secretary,  C.  E.  Montague; 
treasurer,  Fred  L.  Bradford;  recording  and  eorresp- 
ponding  secretary,  Alphonse  Girard;  guide,  Claredce 
Benjamin:  sentinel,  Archie  Pratt.  Just  what  the  duties 
of  the  "guide"  and  "sentinel"'  are  is  hard  to  comprehend. 
During  the  recent  visit  in  Boston  of  Governor  San- 
ford  B.  Dole  of  the  Territory  of  Hawaii,  a  luncheon 
party  was  given  in  his  honor  at  Young's  Hotel  by  Hon. 
Gorham  D.  Gilman,  long  the  Hawaiian  consul-general 
at  this  port  and  for  the  New  England  States,  of  the 
drug  firm  of  Cilujan  Bros.  The  affair  was  wholly  in- 
formal, and  was  planned  for  the  purpose  of  giving  a 
number  of  the  representative  men  of  Boston  and  a  few 
especially  interested  in  Hawaiian  affairs  an  opportunity 


of  meeting  the  governor,  and,  through  him  familiarizing 
themselves  with  the  existing  conditions  in  the  islands. 
Special  permission  has  been  granted  to  F.  O.  Swal- 
low to  hang  three  projecting  signs  from  the  front  of 
his  drug  store  in  Center  street,  corner  of  Park  .street. 
West  Roxbury  district.  In  Boston,  it  may  not  be  gen- 
erally known,  it  is  against  the  city  ordinance  to  have 
any  hanging  signs  above  the  sidewalks  without  special 
permits,  such  as  must  be  had  for  the  large  gilded  mor- 
tars so  commonly  used  by  druggists.  In  some  of  the 
principal  thoroughfares  no  projecting  signs  at  all  are 
allowed.  Swinging  signs  are  forliidden  everywhere,  in 
all  parts  of  tEe  city. 

Invitations   have  gone   out   from   the   Masschusetts 

College  of  Pharmacy  and  its  class  of  1002  for  the  Com- 
mencement and  Class  Day  exercises,  on  Thursday,  May 
15.  These  will  take  place  in  the  college  building  in  St. 
Botolph  street.  The  evening  previous  will  come  the  an- 
nual reception,  to  take  place  in  Pierce  Hall,  Copley 
Square,  with  dancing  from  8  until  12  o'clock.  This 
always  is  a  jolly  affair,  with  a  large  attendance. 

Because  they  violated  the  law  relating  to  Sunday 

sales  of  things  not  "necessities,"  two  Boston  druggists 
have  been  fined  in  the  Municipal  Criminal  Court,  this 
city.  Isaac  Katz,  of  7  Tremont  Row,  and  E.  T.  Hatch 
have  each  paid  $10  for  violating  the  so-called  blue  laws. 
They  were  the  first  to  be  arraigned  and  fined  since  the 
recent  crusade.  Mr.  Katz  sold  soda  on  Sunday  and 
Mr.  Hatch  sold  candy. 

President  Heinrieh  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation delivered  an  address  at  the  quarterly  meeting 
of  the  Hampshire  County  Druggists'  Association,  held  at 
Northampton.  Mr.  Heinrieh  spoke  on  the  benefits  to 
be  had  from  State  Association  meetings.  Members  from 
Easthampton  and  Amherst  were  among  those  present. 

Lawrence,  Mass.,  is  to  have  a  new  drug  store — that 

of  Albert  B.  Kelley,  who  has  been  head  clerk  at  C.  H. 
Beedle  &  Company's  store  in  that  city.  The  new  store 
will  be  in  the  Buxton  Block,  corner  of  Broadway  and 
Haverhill  streets. 

The  management  of  the  Haverhill  Drug  Company's 

store  at  the  corner  of  Merrimack  and  Emerson  streets 
in  Haverhill,  Mass.,  is  now  in  the  hands  of  William 
H.  Smiley,  formerly  a  druggist  having  his  own  store. 

A  new   drug  store  at   Natick,   Mass.,   will  be  that 

which  is  to  be  opened  by  Arthur  Kimball. 


Annual  Meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 
The  "Old  Bay  State"  pharmacists,  evidently  actuated 
by  a  love  for  the  beautiful,  have  selected  for  the  21st 
annual  meeting  of  the  Massachusetts  Pharmaceutical 
Association  to  be  held  .Tune  3-5  the  picturesque  and  his- 
toric spot  of  Northampton,  Mass.,  dear  to  New  England 
hearts  for  its  associations.  The  meeting  will  open  at  3 
p.  m.,  Tuesday,  June  3,  at  Masonic  Hall,  and  promises 
to  be  very  interesting  and  well  attended.  A  lively  dis- 
cussion may  be  expected  on  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  and  three 
prizes  will  be  offered  for  the  best  papers  on  the  following 
topics:  Professional  Pharmacy,  Business  Pharmacy 
and  Practical  Pharmacy.  At  the  first  session  the  re- 
ports of  the  various  committees  will  be  read,  and  in  the 
evening  a  musical  entertainment  will  follow.  The  pro- 
gramme for  the  following  day  includes  visits  to  the 
Clark  Sjliool  for  Deaf  and  Dumb,  Smith  College  and  the 
Stockinet  Mill.  In  the  evening  a  reception  of  the  pres- 
ident will  take  place,  followed  by  a  banquet.  On  the 
last  day,  Thursday  a  pleasant  trolley  trip  is  anticipated 
to  the  Agricultural  and  Amherst  Colleges,  at  Amherst, 
where  the  installation  of  officers  will  take  place  at  the 
latter  institution. 


494 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  15,  1902. 


MISS  LILLIAN  ROSENHECK. 

Miss  Rosenlieck  !■-  anotluT  exaiuplo  showing  the  place 
•omau     1  111     ."cn|n      in     iiliarmac-y,     as     well     as     iu 
various  other  walks  of  life, 
wheu  given  the  opportunity 
to  develop  her  abilities  and 
choose    her    calling.        She 
has  been  iu  her  present  po- 
sition,       with        Druggist 
i  Charles  M.   DuGay,  Third 
lavenue,  corner  34th  street, 
J  New     York     city,     over     a 
I  year,,    evidencing    a    ready 
[adaptability   for  the   work, 
which   she   says   is  natural 
in  her  family,  her  brother, 
Charles    Rosenheck,    being 
also    a    successful    licensed 
pharmacist.       Miss  Kosen- 
heck   was  born  in  Austria, 
and  came  to  this  country  when  a  child. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

p.  A.  R.  D.  NOTES. 
Philadelphia,  May  10. — This  month  has  ushered  in  a 
renewal  of  activity  and  a  general  desire  for  results 
among  the  members  of  the  local  Association.  New  blood 
has  been  infused  into  committees  and  both  old  and  new 
members  are  taking  an  active  part  in  the  plans  for  in- 
creasiug  membership  and  the  making  of  a  vigorous  cam- 
paign for  better  prices.  For  some  reason,  there  has 
been  a  noticeable  lack  of  interest  in  the  Association's 
work  among  members  of  late,  many  apparently  con- 
cluding that  better  prices  were  out  of  the  question  here, 
as  they  also  seemed  to  be  in  New  York,  and  that  both 
the  "Tripartite"  and  "Worcester"  plans  wouldn't  work 
in  big  cities,  consequently  many  were  disappointed  in 
the  results  of  luocal  organization.  The  coming  of  or- 
ganizer Vincent  and  the  splendid  work  done  by  him  and 
Secretary  Strunk  in  waking  up  members  and  getting  in 
many  new  ones  and  in  arousing  renewed  interest  and 
enthusiasm  has  caused  a  great  change,  the  attendance  at 
last  week's  meeting  was  the  largest  for  some  time  and 
the  spirit  of  those  present  was  both  enthusiastic  and  ag- 
gressive. The  Executive  Committee  was  instructed  to 
appoint  a  sub-committee  to  draw  up  a  price  schedula 
and  to  make  every  possible  effort  and  honorable  conces- 
sion to  reach  a  working  agreement  with  the  prominent 
"cutters,"  the  prices  to  be  finally  fixed  after  every  in- 
terest had  been  consulted  and  to  be  those  all  would  agree 
on  and  would  maintain.  Charles  Rehfuss,  J.  Eppstein 
and  Thos.  Potts  compose  the  "price  schedule"  commit- 
tee, and  they  earnestly  request  assistance  from  every 
druggist  to  further  this  work,  by  suggestion,  advice  or 
co-operation. 

PROSPECTIVE  COLLAPSE  OF  THE  ICE  CREAM 
TRUST. 
Philadelphia,  May  10. — News  of  considerable  im- 
portance is  the  prospective  collapse  of  the  "ice  cream 
trust,"  which  has  run  the  price  of  ice  cream  up  to  a 
figure  that  leaves  no  profit  on  ice  cream  soda  at  five 
cents.  The  Crane  Company,  Bassett  Ice  Cream  Com- 
pany, E.  J.  Bahle  &  Co.,  C.  A.  Douglass  and  .T.  D. 
Y''oung  compose  the  "trust"  and  practically  control  the 
trade  and  prices,  as  they  supply  most  of  the  ice  cream 
sold  here  at  wholesale.  A  few  days  ago  the  "trust" 
announced  that  prices  would  be  advanced  from  20c  a 
quart  to  22c  for  large  lots,  and  from  20c  to  25c  in  small 
lots,  giving  the   excuse  that  cream  had   gone  up  6c  a 


quart  and  that  other  materials  were  also  higher.  Their 
circular  caused  wide-spread  indignation  and  dismay  to 
hundreds  of  dealers,  the  increase  in  price  falling  heav- 
iest on  the  small  drug  stores  selling  Ice  cream  soda  ia 
a  small  way.  The  promptness  of  retailers  in  arrang- 
ing for  supplies  with  outside  manufacturers  and  the 
raising  of  money  to  equip  several  concerns  for  large  op- 
erations has  badly  scared  the  manufacturers  in  the 
combination,  and  they  are  making  secret  overtures  in  th& 
way  of  "rebates"  to  large  buyers  to  get  back  their  trade. 
The  ouly  reason  for  the  advance  in  prices  is  the  greed 
of  the  "trust"  concern  taking  advantage  of  the  general 
cry  of  advanced  prices;  there  is  absolutely  no  increased 
cost  of  making  ice  cream  warranting  a  cent's  advance. 

BUSINESS  DULL  AND  QUIET. 

Philadelphia,  May  10. — Trade  has  been  unusually 
dull  and  quiet  throughout  the  city  generally  this  week, 
only  a  favored  few  giving  the  cheerful  "too  busy  to- 
talk."  The  week  of  April  27-May  3d,  was  so  much  bet- 
ter than  its  predecessors  that  the  retailers  chirked  up 
and  began  to  have  hopes.  But  these  were  futile,  it  has 
been  a  long  time  since  the  condemnation  "business  rot- 
ten" has  been  so  general,  and  there  seems  to  be  little 
prospect  of  a  change  unless  conditions  alter.  Prices 
have  been  "cut"  lower  of  late  than  before  and  each  man 
seems  to  be  striving  to  divert  the  few  pennies  to  be  made- 
from  his  neighbor;  even  prescription  prices  have  suf- 
fered. The  sudden  turn  of  the  negotiations  between  the 
miners  and  the  operators  making  a  strike  in  the  coal 
regions  seem  inevitable  has  had  a  bad  effect  on  jobbers' 
trade  from  that  section;  dealers  will  carry  only  the 
smallest  stocks  knowing  that  the  miners  will  buy  only 
necessities  and  that  later  they  will  lose  heavily  if  they 
give  credit.  Locally,  the  strike  will  affect  every  one, 
coal  will  be  a  luxury  and  doctor  and  druggist  will  have- 
to  wait  on  the  coal  bills. 

The  drug  market  is  rather  quiet  and  prices  steady^ 
jobbing  requests  and  values  about  balancing.  Heavy 
chemicals  and  dyestuffs  are  slow  and  prices  unchanged. 


THREATEN  TO  ARREST  ADVERTISERS. 

Philadelphia,  May  10. — The  so-called  "newspapers" 
gotten  up  by  advertising  firms  to  evade  the  city  ordi- 
nance against  the  distribution  of  "dodgers"  have  been 
declared  "advertising  circulars"  and  not  bona  fide  news- 
papers by  several  magistrates  (one  case,  however,  has 
been  appealed  to  a  higher  court)  and  the  police  are  act- 
ing vigorously  to  enforce  the  law  and  many  arrests  have 
been  made.  Quite  a  number  of  druggists  here  adver- 
tise in  these  sheets,  but  as  Director  English  has  threat- 
ened to  arrest  advertisers  instead  of  the  distributers, 
who  are  mostly  boys  or  petty  clerks,  it  would  seem 
cheaper  for  the  druggists  to  quit  than  to  pay  expenses  of 
probable  arrest  and  fines.  These  "newspapers"  are 
unique.  Usually  the  first  two  pages  contain  remnants 
of  the  old  "patent  insides,"  short  paragraphs  on  any  old 
thing  just  so  it  fills  the  space,  the  third  and  fourth 
pages  contain  price  lists  and  advertisements  of  the  firm 
which  ostensibly  are  the  "publishers."  All  have  high 
sounding  titles,  are  "Vol.  1  to  III,  No.  G  to  6666"  in 
newspaper  style,  "circulation"  anything  from  10,000  to- 
100,000,  and  the  price  is  declared  to  be  one  cent,  fifty 
cents  yearly.  A  bolder  or  more  bare-faced  attempt  to 
evade  a  law  attempting  to  prevent  the  littering  of  the 
streets  and  peoples'  vestibules  has  seldom  been  seen. 


The  Telephone  Situation. 
Philadelphia,  May  10. — Although  the  week  has  been 
rather  quiet  in  the  way  of  business  and  happenings  sev- 
eral matters  of  importance  to  druggists  have  transpired. 
First  in  importance  of  these  is  the  refusal  of  the  United 


May  15,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


49:, 


States  Circuit  Court  to  grant  an  injunction  against  the 
use  of  certain  devices  and  appliances  essential  to  the 
modern  telephone  "exchange"  by  the  Keystone  Tele- 
phone Company  asked  for  in  equity  proceedings  by  the 
Western  Electric  Company  of  Chicago.  This  means 
that  the  Keystone  Telephone  Company  can  give  a  real 
competitive  service  of  efficiency  unhampered  by  court 
suits,  etc.  The  devices  in  question  are  absolutely  essen- 
tial to  the  operating  of  a  telephone  "exchange"  of  any 
size,  as  they  enable  the  operators  to  make  connections, 
answer  calls  and  make  rapid  switching  with  the  least 
work,  one  operator  attending  to  a  switch-board  that 
formerly  required  four.  The  communicating  with  call- 
ers without  "cutting  in"  the  connections  is  one  of  the 
important  improvements.  The  Keystone  Company  won 
the  case  on  the  ground  of  defective  and  prior  patents. 


BALTIMORE. 


Board  of  Underwriters  Reduce  Rates. 
Philadelphia,  Slay  10. — The  successful  tests  of  the 
new  high  pressure  fire  mains  in  the  so-called  "congested 
district"  has  caused  the  underwriters  to  make  a  reduc- 
tion of  fifteen  cents  on  the  "pink  slip"  in  the  territory 
protected,  promising  to  take  off  the  remaining  ten  cents 
when  the  pumping  station  is  completed.  This  affects 
most  of  the  wholesale  druggists  and  relieves  them  from 
an  unjust  burden  they  are  carrying  because  the  depart- 
ment stores  are  such  "extra  hazardous"  risks.  Mahlon 
N.  Kline  and  Howard  B.  French  have  rendered  very 
important  service  in  the  recent  insurance  difficulties. 


PHILADELPHIA    NOTES. 

The  regular  Wednesday  botanical  excursions  of  the 

Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy  under  the  guidance  of 
Professor  Kraemer  began  on  the  7th  instant.  These  ex- 
cursions are  open  to  matriculates,  students  and  gradu- 
ates of  the  college  and  to  others  desirous  of  joining  in 
the  work.  The  newer  classification  of  plants  will  be 
given  special  attention  this  year,  the  work  of  Engler 
and  Prentel  in  Germany  and  Dr.  Britten  in  America  be- 
ing the  topic  of  next  Wednesday's  lecture  by  Professor 
Kraemer. 

Graduating   exercises   of    the    Training   School  for 

Nurses  of  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  will  be  held  Mon- 
day evening  in  Princeton  Presbyterian  Church,  Powel- 
ton  and  Saunders  avenues.  Diplomas  will  be  presented 
to  ten  graduates  by  Rev.  Charles  A.  Dickey.  D.  D., 
seven  of  the  class  being  from  Pennsylvania,  one  each 
from  Virginia.   North   Carolina   and   Alabama. 

A  tank  of  nitro-glycerine   exploded   at  the   Barrett 

Chemical  Works.  Frankford.  Thursday,  causing  con- 
siderable excitement  and  damage.  One  side  of  the 
building  used  as  a  storeroom  was  blown  out  and  some 
of  the  workmen  nearby  were  injured  by  flying  glass  and 
fragments.  The  fire  which  followed  the  explosion  was 
quickly  extinguished  by  the  company's  men. 

The  case  of  the  Sawyer  Medicine  Co.  against  Mr. 

Froehlich  to  recover  for  goods  alleged  to  have  been  sold 
and  delivered  was  this  week  decided  in  favor  of  the  de- 
fendant. 

A.  C.   Smith  has  withdrawn   from  the  Miller  Drug 

Co.,  after  many  years  connection  with  that  firm.  Mr. 
Smith  has  not  as  yet  made  known  his  plans  for  the 
future. 

Bonner  &  Pennypacker  of  71st  and  Woodland  ave- 
nues. West  Philadelphia,  will  soon  open  a  new  drug 
store  at  Sixth  and  Main  streets,  Darby,  Delaware  coun- 
ty. Pa. 

Heckler's  drug  store   on   the   corner  of   Sixth   and 

Dickinson  streets  has  been  bought  by  Dr.  Hickman,  who 
also  owns  a  drug  store  on  South  Second  street. 


MARYLAND  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

Baltimore,  Md.,  May  9. — The  new  Board  of  Phar- 
acy  appointed  by  Governor  Smith  under  the  law  passed 
by  the  Legislature  at  its  regular  session  in  March  met 
yesterday  at  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  and 
organized  by  electing  Dr.  Charles  B.  Henkel  of  Anna- 
polis president,  W.  C.  Powell  of  Snow  Hill  treasurer  and 
David  R.  Millard  of  Baltimore  secretary.  Besides  these 
members  the  board  is  composed  of  J.  Webb  Foster  of 
Baltimore  and  W.  E.  Turner  of  Cumberland. 

It  will  be  the  duty  of  the  board  to  examine  all 
persons  who  want  to  practice  ph'armacy  in  the  State 
of  Maryland,  the  statute  being,  of  course,  applicable 
only  to  future  applicants.  No  person  in  business  prior 
to  its  enactment  is  affected  by  the  law. 

It  was  resolved  at  the  meeting  yesterday  to  notify 
all  druggists  in  Maryland  who  are  engaged  in  business, 
either  as  proprietors  of  stores  or  as  clerks,  that  they 
must  register  on  or  before  July  1.  Neglect  will  expose 
delinquents  to  punishment  by  fine.  An  examination  will 
be  held  at  the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  on  the 
28th  inst,  when  nearly  all  the  graduates  of  the  college 
this  year  will  come  up  to  qualify  for  the  exercise  of 
their  chosen  profession.  As  long  as  four  years  of  prac- 
tical experience  was  a  requisite  to  graduation  from  the 
college  it  was  not  necessary  for  students  who  had  com- 
pleted the  course  of  study  to  undergo  examination.  But 
since  this  provision  was  dropped  graduates  must  go  be- 
fore the  board  if  they  wish  to  establish  themselves  in 
Maryland.  By  the  new  law  the  requirement  is  ex- 
tended to  all  parts  of  the  State  except  Talbot  county. 


With  the  Bowlers. 

Baltimore,  May  10. — Although  Sharp  iS:  Dohme  as  a 
firm  have  dropped  out  of  the  Baltimore  Drug  Trade 
Bowling  Club  contests,  its  place  being  taken  by  a  quin- 
tet made  up  of  Sharp  &  Dohme  men  and  others,  the  race 
for  the  silver  cup  is  not  allowed  to  lag,  and  the  balls 
are  sent  rolling  and  the  pins  tumbling  on  two  evenings 
of  each  week.  The  team  filling  the  vacancy  caused  by 
the  withdrawal  of  Sharp  &  Dohme  is  known  as  the 
Lafayettes  and  is  composed  of  some  very  good  material, 
among  the  members  being  Mr.  Kornmann  and  Mr.  Dick- 
son, both  Sharp  &  Dohme  men.  They  have  run  up 
some  very  creditable  scores. 

Last  Tuesday  night  the  Root  and  Herbs  met  the 
Armstrong  Cork  Co.  and  made  it  three  straight.  The 
totals  were:  Root  and  Herbs,  763.  826  and  749;  Arm- 
strong Cork  Co.,  707,  714  and  708.  Last  night  Mc- 
Cormick  &  Co.  had  for  their  opponents  the  Stanley  & 
Brown  Drug  Co.  men  and  the  result  was  three  defeats 
for  the  latter,  the  scores  being  839,  743  and  835,  against 
701,  740  and  798. 

Business  More  Active. 
Baltimore,  May  12. — Reports  as  to  the  volume  of 
business  during  the  past  week,  as  compared  with  the 
previous  six  days,  were  more  encouraging.  Consid- 
erable activity  prevailed,  and  while  the  demand  did 
not  attain  exceptional  proportions,  it  gave  reason  for 
encouragement.  The  office  forces  were  kept  moving 
lively  most  of  the  time,  and  this  state  of  affairs  was  re- 
flected in  the  laboratories  of  the  manufacturers  of 
pharmaceuticals,  where  operations  were  also  brisk.  The 
state  of  the  market  for  botanicals  is  in  the  main  un- 
eventful, with  certain  products  commanding  high  values, 
and  with  dealing  rather  moderate  as  to  volume.  The 
movement  of  heavy  chemicals  is  normal  and  devoid  of 
flurries,  and  the  conditions  appertaining  to  this  branch 
of  the  trade  are  considered  promising.  Retailers  re- 
port some  increase  in  the  prescription  trade. 


496 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  15,  1903. 


Dr.  Oscar  E.  Ross  Buys  Property. 
Baltimore  May  10. — Dr.  Oscar  E.  Ross,  proprietor 
of  the  drug  store  at  108  East  Baltimore  street,  which 
he  purchased  several  years  ago  from  Alonzo  Lilly,  has 
purchased  the  building  in  which  the  pharmacy  is  located 
from  Lawrence  B.  Kemp  and  Christian  Devries,  trus- 
tees of  the  estate  of  Mr.  Lilly,  the  consideration,  it  is 
said,  having  been  $60,000.  The  actual  transfer  is  to 
take  place  next  week.  The  property  is  a  handsome 
four-ssory  structure,  with  pressed  brick  front,  broken 
by  terra  cotta  trimmings.  It  was  erected  a  number  of 
years  ago  and  has  been  occupied  by  the  pharmacy  ever 
since.  When  Mr.  Lilly  failed,  some  years  ago.  Dr. 
Ross  purchased  his  retail  pharmacy  on  North  avenue, 
near  Charles  street,' and  afterward  the  Baltimore  street 
store.  The  former  he  disposed  of  recently,  preferring 
to  devote  his  attention  to  the  down-town  place  rather 
than   divide  his  time  between  the  two   pharmacies. 


CINCINNATI. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

A  summary  of  the  finances  of  the  Kretol  Company, 

engaged  in  business  at  Alexandria,  Va.,  was  made  public 
in  the  Corporation  Court  there  on  the  7th  inst.  Receiver 
Knox  reports  the  assets  to  be:  Warehouse,  $9,600; 
machinery,  $5,762.50;  personal  accounts  subject  to 
credits,  $10,039.40;  cash  received,  none.  Captain  R.  F. 
Knox,  the  receiver,  was  continued  in  charge. 

Among   the     visiting   druggists   in    Baltimore    last 

week  were  William  E.'  Turner,  W.  C.  Powell  and  Dr. 
Charles  B.  Henkel,  the  newly  appointed  commissioners 
of  pharmacy;  D.  M.  Ragan,  Conowingo,  Md. ;  J.  Hal 
Bohbitt,  Raleigh,  N.  C;  R.  L.  Gardner,  Hampton,  Va., 
and  Dr.  P.  D.  P^ahrney,  Frederick,  Md. 
Dr.  Richard  C.  Massenberg  of  Towson  has  con- 
veyed to  his  wife,  Carrie  L.  Massenberg,  a  lot  of  ground 
on  the  north  side  of  Pennsylvania  avenue,  Towson,  and 
likewise  all  his  right,  title  and  interest  in  his  drug  store, 
stock  and  fixtures,  together  with  other  property,  includ- 
ing household  furniture. 

Joseph  Carr,  formerly  of  Norfolk,  but  for  a  number 

of  years  engaged  in  the  drug  business  at  Newport  News, 
Va.,  died  there  last  week  after  a  long  illness  of  asthma. 
He  was  about  60  years  old  and  leaves  a  widow  and 
several  children. 

The  drug  store  of  Samuel  Bachrach,  479  I  street, 

northwest,  Washington,  was  entered  recently  and  $60 
was  stolen  from  the  cash  drawer.  The  burglar  or 
burglars  got  into  the  building  through  the  coal  chute. 

Frederick  Dietrich  has  left  the  employ  of  Druggist 

Charles  L.  Meyer,  Madison  avenue  and  McMechen 
street,  and  taken  a  position  with  Paul  C.  Hauser,  Pop- 
pleton  and  Fayette  streets. 

The  Indiana  Pharmaceutical  Association  has  al- 
ready under  way  preparations  for  its  annual  meeting 
to  be  held  at  Anderson,  June  17-19.  Secretary  A. 
Timberlake  writes  that  a  new  feature  this  year  will 
be  to  give  to  the  five  traveling  men  bringing  the  great- 
est number  of  applications  for  membership  to  the  meet- 
ing, a  big,  fat  order,  estimated  at  from  three  to  five 
thousand  dollars.  A  number  of  prominent  members 
of  the  association  have  agreed  to  bring  want  lists  to 
the  meeting  in  order  to  swell  the  orders.  The  drug- 
gists of  Anderson  and  surrounding  territory  are  work- 
ing to  make  the  gathering  a  success. 


The  Antikamnia  Chemical  Co.  are  after  the  sub- 
stitutor  with  a  sharp  stick,  and  they  make  the  announce- 
ment in  this  issue  that  they  are  going  to  expose  every 
druggist  caught  refilling  old  Antikamnia  cans  with  a 
spurious  article. 


OTTO  STEIN. 
Otto  Stein  is  the  president  of  the  Stein-Gray  Drug 
Co.,  recently  organized  in  Cincinnati  to  do  a  wholesale 
drug  business.  Mr.  Sten  was  born  in  Stuttgart,  Ger- 
many, in  1852.  He  entered  the  wholesale  drug  business 
in  1867,  serving  four  years'  apprenticeship  with  the  large 
house  of  Fridr.  Jobst  of  Stuttgart.  In  1871  he  came  to 
the  United  States  and  entered  the  firm  of  Vogeler,  Wag- 
ner &  Co.  as  bookkeeper,  later  becoming  a  partner  of 
the  firm  succeeding  the  latter  house,  F.  Vogeler  &  Co. 
In  1888  this  firm  was  transformed  into  a  stock  company 
under  the  name  of  The  Stein- Vogeler  Drug  Co.  of  which 
Mr.  Stein  was  elected  presdent,  which  office  he  occupied 
until  June,  1901,  when  he  severed  his  connection  with 
that  firm  and  organized  The  Stein-Gray  Drug  Co.  in  Feb- 
ruary of  this  year. 


New  Chemical  Company  Organized. 

Cincinnati,  May  8. — -The  National  Cheiuical  Co., 
with  a  capital  of  $150,000,  was  incorporated  at  Colum- 
bus last  week  by  M.  B.  Farrin,  O.  L.  Emerson,  R.  M. 
Barbour,  Chester,  F.  Korn  and  Enw.  Ritchie.  They  will 
manufacture  chemicals,  especially  those  made  by  th* 
distilling  of  wood.  The  new  structure  the  company  will 
erect  will  be  next  to  that  of  the  Farrin-Korr  Lumber 
Company  at  Winton  Place.  It  will  be  of  brick  and 
stone  and  will  represent  a  first  outlay  of  $50,000.  The 
company  will  employ  a  new  and  secret  process  of  dis- 
tilling sawdust  and  shavings. 


CINCINNATI  NOTES. 

George  Budde,  for  the  past  ten  years  manager  of 

the  Stein-Vogeler  Drug  Co.'s  sundry  department,  has 
severed  his  connection  with  that  company  and  accepted 
a  similar  position  with  the  newly  organized  Stein-Gray 
Drug  Co. 

Milton    Franklin,   for   many   years   clerk  at  W.   J. 

Hall's  Pharmacy,  has  purchased  the  drug  store  for- 
merly owned  by  A.  L.  Boehmer  at  Eighth  street  and 
Central  avenue,  this  city. 

Weatherhead    Co.    will   remodel   its   drug   store   at 

Sixth  and  Vine  streets,  putting  in  new  fixtures  of  the 
latest  design. 


(t.  B.  Kent  &  Sons,  London,  England,  have  been 
building  a  very  extensive  plant,  which  will  be  ready 
about  June  1.  This  new  factory  will  greatly  increase 
their  facilities  for  making  Kent's  brushes,  and  the  trade 
in  this  country  need  have  no  fear  that  there  will  be  any 
trouble  in  supplying  their  orders  in  future. 


May  15,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


497 


CHICAGO. 


DRUGGISTS  IN  POLITICS. 

Chicago,  May  8. — The  Cook  county  Republican 
political  pot  is  boiling  merrily  this  week  and  several 
well-known  druggists  are  slated  for  political  honors. 
Of  course,  the  figure  that  has  occupied  the  center  of 
the  arena  during  the  week  is  Thomas  N.  Jamieson. 
himself  a  druggist  and  a  politician  of  truly  Machiavellian 
ability.  While  William  Lorimer,  variously  called  the 
"blond  boss,"  "William,  the  Silent,"  and  "The  Sphinx," 
is  supposed  to  be  the  controlling  factor,  it  is  well  under- 
stood by  those  on  the  inside  that  the  man  who  really 
works,  the  machinery,  the  real  Warwick  of  the  Cook 
County  Republican  machine,  is  the  short  man  of  smil- 
ing visage  and  curly  gray  hair,  who  got  his  training 
behind  the  drug  store  counter  and  in  organizing  drug- 
gists' associations.  Jamieson,  the  astute,  who  never 
was  known  to  tell  a  falsehood,  yet  who  knows  and 
foresees  every  move  on  the  political  chessboard,  and 
who  knows  all  the  openings,  answers  and  end  games, 
got  his  early  training  in  a  drug  store  and  can  call 
"checkmate"  more  moves  ahead  on  the  political  board 
than  any  other  player  in  Cook. 

John  P.  Garner,  who  was  nominated  yesterday 
-afternoon  for  member  of  the  Board  of  County  Commis- 
sioners, is  of  the  firm  of  J.  P.  Garner  &  Co.,  druggists, 
of  Austin.  He  is  president  of  the  new  Twenty-third 
District  Auxiliary,  and  is  not  unknown  in  the  local 
politics  of  his  ward — -the  Thirty-fifth.  Mr.  Garner 
is  a  yoimg  man,  tall,  clean-shaven,  deliberate  and  force- 
ful of  speech,  with  a  vein  of  humor  in  his  make-up  that 
^ives  a  characteristic  flavor  to  his  remarks.  In  appear- 
ance Mr.  Garner  is  ingenuous  to  the  point  of  innocence, 
and  when  he  begins  speaking  one  wonders  if  he  is  going 
to  come  out  all  right,  but  in  a  moment  one  discovers 
that  he  is  making  his  points  and  hitting  hard. 

Albert  J.  Kettering,  who  has  just  been  nominated 
for  State  Senator  from  the  Third  district,  is  a  druggist 
at  2601  South  Halsted  street.  Four  years  ago  he  was 
first  elected  to  the  lower  House  of  the  Illinois  Legis- 
lature and  was  re-elected  two  years  later.  He  has  had 
sutHcient  legislative  experience  to  make  him  a  sseful 
member  of  the  upper  House.  He  was  born  in  Mattoon, 
111.,  and  got  his  education  principally  in  Chicago.  He 
was  chief  clerk  in  the  office  of  the  South  Town  Col- 
lector some  five  or  six  years  ago,  and  has  been  in  the 
drug  business  for  himself  about  twelve  years. 


Chicago  Shows  Activity. 
Chicago,  May  10. — Drug  lines  generally  show  very 
little  change  iu  conditions,  all  the  jobbers  reporting 
country  trade  as  brisk  and  city  business  a  good  second. 
Heavier  chemicals  are  strong  and  are  moving  in  large 
quantities.  There  is  a  good  demand  for  pharmaceu- 
ticals and  seasonable  goods,  and,  of  course,  considera- 
ble call  for  soda  fountain  supplies.  The  manufacturers 
jire  all  busy  and  no  one  is  complaining. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

Mrs.   Maria   Gottwald  has  brought  suit  for  $5,000 

damages  in  the  Superior  Court  against  Archibald  E. 
Rutherford,  a  druggist  at  168  22d  street.  She  declares 
that  he  gave  her  poison  by  mistake  when  she  made  a 
purchase  at  the  store  in  January.  She  says  she  was 
badly  injured  by  taking  the  drug,  which  she  had  bought 
for  a  medicine. 

Andrew  J.  Benson,  receiver  for  the  defunct  Illinois 

Drug  Co.,  has  brought  suit  against  the  United  States 
Fidelity  and  Guaranty  C"o.  to  recover  $10,000.  for  which 


sum  the  Guaranty  Company  bonded  E.  F.  Littlefield, 
who  is  alleged  to  have  left  with  his  accounts  short. 

The    Executive   Committee      of    the    Retail      Drug 

Clerks'  Union  has  decided  to  surrender  its  State  charter 
and  continue  as  a  society.  It  is  said  that  this  action 
is  made  necessary  by  the  difficulty  the  organization  had 
with  S.  T.  Hart,  the  former  secretary. 

It  is  reported   that  druggists  and   their  clerks   are 

being  demoralized  by  the  distribution  of  racing  score- 
cards  throughout  the  drug  stores  of  Chicago,  and  that  an 
effort  will  be  made  to  stop  the  practice  at  the  next  meet- 
ing of  the  C.   R.  D.   A. 

The    following    officers    have    been    elected    by    the 

Madison  County  (III.)  Retail  Druggists'  Association: 
S.  H.  Wyss,  Alton,  president;  D.  E.  Burroughs,  Ed- 
wardsville,  secretary;  A.   F.   Barth,  Alton,  treasurer. 

Dr.  Bazinch's  Curative  Bitter  Wine  Co.  of  Chicago 

was  recently  incorporated  for  $2,500  to  manufacture 
proprietary  remedies;  incorporators:  Joseph  C.  Marson, 
Julius  Rubinstein  and  Joseph  Staab. 


"5  Drops"  and  Its  Plant. 

A  representative  of  the  Era  had  the  pleasure  not 
long  since  of  a  visit  to  the  laboratory  of  the  Swanson 
Rheumatic  Cure  Co.,  and  was  conducted  through  the 
plant  and  general  offices  by  Mr.  H.  A.  Swanson,  pro- 
prietor. The  "5  Drops"  preparations  which  they  make 
have  come  to  the  front  in  a  remarkably  short  time,  and 
our  representative  was  surprised  to  find  that  even  with 
the  large  plant  on  Lake  street  and  the  warehouses  on 
the  north  side,  they  had  been  obliged  to  secure  additional 
room  and  that  they  now  use  nearly  double  the  space 
occupied  a  year  ago.  In  addition  to  the  large  business 
which  has  been  built  up  in  this  country  and  Canada, 
they  have  pushed  steadily  toward  foreign  countries, 
and  now  have  an  established  and  increasing  trade  in 
most  European  countries,  as  well  as  in  South  America, 
Cuba  and  Porto  Rico.  Mr.  Swanson  is  a  young  man, 
and  a  fair  type  of  the  hustling,  pushing,  wide-awake 
Chicago  busmess  man,  but  he  is,  beyond  and  above  all 
this,  a  firm  believer  in  the  merits  of  his  remedies  and 
in  the  efficacy  of  advertising  them.  Mr.  Swanson  be- 
lieves in  fair  play,  and  when  Congress  put  the  tax  on 
proprietary  medicines  he  felt  that  although  it  would 
be  a  serious  burden  to  him,  it  was  hardly  fair  to  make 
the  retail  druggist  assume  this  tax,  and  he  promptly 
notified  his  jobbing  and  retail  trade  that  he  would  pay 
the  tax  on  his  preparations  himself. 

Swanson's  "5  Drops"  is  both  an  internal  and  external 
remedy.  It  has  given  general  satisfaction  as  a  cure 
for  rheumatism,  lumbago,  sciatica,  neuralgia,  grip,  etc. 
A  druggist  who  sells  "5  Drops"  not  only  has  the  satis- 
faction of  knowing  that  he  is  supplying  a  reliable  remedy 
to  his  patrons  and  at  a  good  profit  to  himself,  but  he  may 
know  that  he  has  in  stock  something  which  will  sell 
readily,  for  at  the  present  time  Mr.  Swanson  is  spending 
over  $20,000  monthly  in  advertising  his  preparations, 
and  is  planing  to  spend  double  this  sum  the  coming 
season. 


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498 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  15,  1902. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

Gets  an  Assistant  Pharmacist. 

St.  Paul,  Minn..  May  lU. — Charles  WuUing,  a 
leading  j-ouug  druggist  of  Little  Falls,  Minn.,  and 
brother  of  Prof.  F.  J.  Wulling,  dean  of  the  College  of 
Pharmacy,  University  of  Minnesota,  was  always  a 
happy  man,  but  now  his  cup  of  delight  cannot  hold 
another  drop  without  running  over.  He  has  taken  unto 
himself  a  wife  in  the  person  of  Miss  Maude  Buckman, 
daughter  of  Hon.  C.  B.  Buckman  of  Little  Falls,  a 
member  of  the  State  Senate  and  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent men  politically  in  that  part  of  the  State.  The 
ceremony  was  performed  at  the  home  of  the  bride's 
parents  by  Rev.  W.  Walton,  Episcopal.  Miss  Mabel 
Buckman  of  Sauk  Center  was  maid  of  honor  and  Fred 
L.  Hoffman  of  St.  Paul  best  man.  It  was  probably  the 
most  ornate  function  of  the  sort  ever  boasted  by  Little 
Falls.  Among  the  guests  were,  of  course,  the  brother. 
Prof.  Wulling,  and  his  wife,  and  Miss  Wulling.  the 
bridegroom's  sister,  of  Minneapolis.  The  bridal  couple 
received  a  choice  array  of  presents  and  departed  on  their 
wedding  trip.     They  will  be  "at  home"  after  June  1. 


ST.  LOUIS. 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

New:    Wilkinson   &  Jackson,   Idaho   Falls,   Idaho; 

H.  S.  Conger,  Ogilvie,  Minn.;  James  F.  Murray,  Malta, 
Mont.;  Thomas  Hoban,  Bowbells,  N.  D. ;  Thermopolis 
Pharmacy,  Thermopolis,  Wyo. ;  Lee  Bros.,  Wilson 
Creek,  Wash. 

Successions:  Perry  &  Merry  man,  Rhodes,  Iowa,  by 
Harmon  &  Merryman;  John  Dahlin,  Brocket,  N.  D.,  by 
Dahlin  &  Nordby;  R.  Botner  &  Co.,  St.  Paul,  by  J.  C. 
Henning;  L.  W.  Guiss,  Woodburn,  Ore.,  by  H.  L. 
Moore. 

The    following   have    sold:      William    C.    Coppock, 

Mason  City,  Iowa;  J.  C.  Whiteman,  New  Rockford, 
N.  D.;  the  D.  A.  Kerr  Drug  Co.,  Keokuk,  Iowa;  the 
J.  M.  Kennedy  Drug  Co.,  Anaconda,  Mont.,  and  Louis 
Elg,  Idaho  Falls,  Idaho. 

William   Littau  has   again  taken   up   his  abode   in 

Wisconsin.  He  is  now  in  charge  of  the  Cumberland 
Drug  Co.'s  store  at  Cumberland,  succeeding  H.  A. 
Pilipp,  now  living  in  this  city. 

— — The  stock  and  fixtures  of  Callahan  &  Butts,  Lake 
Mills,  Iowa,  have  been  sold  to  the  mortgagee. 

J.    A.   Thornton   has    sold    half   of   his   interest   in 

Jockey  &  Thornton,  Correctionville,  Iowa. 

.1.    W.    Bowdon   has   gone   to   Lanesboro  to  relieve 

William  Littau  in  Moline's  drug  store. 

E.  Z.  Emmert  of  St.  Paul  returned  from  a  vacation 

trip  to  his  old  home  in  Missouri. 

Mark  Perrin   has  sold   his  interest  in  the  Hoover 

Drug  Co.,  Truman,  Minn. 

George  Selover  of  Lakefield  has  gone  to  work  for 

L.  S.  Waller,  Belgrade. 

McGregor  &  Goodrich.  Audubon,  Minn.,  have  re- 
tired from  business. 

The  South  Milwaukee  (Wis.)  Drug  Co.  has  in- 
corporated. 

Lief  L.   Larsen  has  gone  to  Springfield.  Minn.,  to 

work. 

Anderson  &  Kuhl  expect  to  start  at  Hoskins,  Neb. 

Jensen  &  Hurlbut,  Cameron.  Wis.,  have  assigned. 

John  Marriott  has  been  burned  out  at  Gratiot,  Wis. 


The  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association  of  the  South 

Atlantic  States  elected  the  following  officers  at  its 
recent  meeting  held  in  Columbia,  S.  C:  President,  Dr. 
W.  J.  Murray,  Columbia;  vice-president,  T.  A.  Solomons, 
Savannah;  secretary  and  treasurer,  John  M.  Scott,  Char- 
lotte. 


Annual  Meeting  of  Retail  Druggists'  Association. 

St.  Louis,  May  10. — The  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion of  St.  Louis  held  its  annua!  meeting  and  election 
of  officers  at  the  Liederkrantz  Hall  last  Wednesday 
night,  the  attendance  beiug  the  largest  ever  recorded  at 
a  meeting  of  the  organization.  The  question  of  estab- 
lishing the  slot-machine  telephones  in  all  drug  stores  was 
taken  up  and  discussed,  and  a  committee  was  appointed 
to  ascertain  the  wishes  of  the  druggists  of  the  entire 
city  in  regard  to  such  an  innovation.  The  telephone 
business  has  become  such  a  nuisance  and  expense  that 
it  is  apparent  something  must  soon  be  done  to  check 
the  imposition  upon  the  druggists.  It  was  decided  to 
raise  the  annual  dues  from  $1.50  per  year  to  $2.50.  to 
be  collected  at  the  first  of  each  year,  and  to  pay  the 
secretary  $50  per  year.  The  board  of  trustees  were 
not  forgotten  and  will  be  allowed  $1  for  each  executive 
board  meeting  they   attend. 

The  officers  elected  were  as  follows:  President, 
Theo.  F.  Hagenow;  vice-president,  Wm.  F.  Ittner;  treas- 
urer, H.  F.  Hassebrock;  secretary,  Chas.  W.  Hahn; 
Board  of  Directors — Otto  tide,  H.  W.  Friedewald,  Louis 
Schurk  and  L.  F.  Grewe.  After  the  election  a  ban- 
quet was  held,  nearly  every  one  present  taking  part  in 
the  speech  making.  The  association  will  give  an  even- 
ing boat  excursion  June  18. 


College  of  Pharmacy  Elect  Officers. 
St.  Louis,  May  10. — The  annual  meeting  of 
the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  at  the 
college  building  last  Tuesday  afternoon,  about  half  of 
the  100  members  being  present.  The  reports  of  the 
retiring  officers  were  read  and  approved.  In  substance 
the  reports  showed  that  the  attendance  at  the  college 
had  been  larger  than  for  any  previous  year.  The  per- 
centage made  on  examinations  by  the  students  was  also 
higher  than  any  previous  year,  showing  that  a  better 
class  of  students  were  entering  the  profession  than  for- 
merly. Treasurer  Sol.  Boehm's  report  showed  the  col- 
lege to  be  in  a  prosperous  condition,  and  that  it  had 
netted  nearly  $3,000  above  all  general  running  expenses. 
Officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were  elected  as  follows: 
President,  Theo.  F.  Hagenow;  vice-president,  Henry 
Fischer;  treasurer,  Sol.  Boehm;  recording  secretary.  Dr. 
J.  C.  Falk;  corresponding  secretary,  Louis  Schurk;  new 
members  on  board  of  trustees — H.  F.  A.  Spilker,  E. 
P.   Walsch  and  H.  T.   Rohlfing. 


J.  B.  &  S.  M.  Knowles  Co.  want  every  druggist  in 

the  United 
States  to  know 
that  the  Red 
Ooss  Medicine 

-1! ~~        .-,-'~'  Spoon     is     the 

greatest  selling  siKTi:il   s| i  un  earth.       They  tell  us 

they  are  selling  them  about  as  fast  as  they  can  make 
them.  This  spoon  is  unique  and  original;  the  illustra- 
tion will  show  what  it  is,  but  the  picture  cannot  show 
its  handsome  appearance.  It  is  made  of  sterling  silver 
with  a  gold  lined  bowl,  and  its  peculiar  shape  protects 
the  teeth  and  lips  from  the  medicine  it  contains;  but 
what  will  interest  the  druggist  more  is  the  fact  that 
there  is  money  in  this  spoon  for  him.  Messrs.  Knowles 
Co.  are  going  to  send  a  sample  to  any  druggist  who 
will  ask  for  it.  All  that  care  for  such  sample  are  re- 
ferred to  their  advertisement  in  this  issue. 


May  15,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


499 


PATENTS.   TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


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PATENTS. 
Issued  May  6,  1902. 

099,198. — George  Lispenard.  Brooklyn.  N.  Y.,  assignor 
of  one-half  to  Charles  L.  Curtis,  Brooklyn, 
N.   Y.     Bottle-stopper. 

699,255. — Ernest  Stevens.  Philadelphia,  Pa.     Inhaler. 

699,367. — Harry  S.  Brewington.  Baltimore,  Md.,  assign- 
or of  one-half  to  William  F.  Seim,  Baltimore, 
Md.     Bottle-washing  machine. 

699,422. — Wilhelm  Sternberg,  Berlin,  Germany,  assignor 
to  Chemische  Fabrik  auf  Actien,  (vorm.  E. 
Sehering)  Berlin,  Germany.  Methylene  citric 
acid   and   process   of   making   same. 

699,423. — Wilhelm  Sternberg.  Berlin.  Germany,  assignor 
to  Chemische  Fabrik  auf  Actien  (vorm.  E. 
Sehering).  Berlin.  Germany.  Dimethylene  tar- 
trate and  method  of  making  same. 

099. .581. — Paul  Deidel.  Ludwigshafen,  Germany,  assign- 
or to  Badische  Anilin  &  Soda  Fabrik,  Ludwigs- 
hafen. Germany,  a  corporation  of  Baden.  In- 
digo-diacetie  acid  and  process  of  making  same. 

699.600.— Allen  F.  Wilson.  Clayton.  N.  .T.,  assignor  of 
one-half  to  ,Tohn  Wesley  Webb,  Clayton,  N.  J. 
Nock  and  cover  for  closing  bottles  or  jars. 

099,609. — Joseph  Zangel.  Battlecreek,  Mich.,  assignor 
of  one-half  to  William  A.  Jacobs  and  George 
L.  Sloan,  Battlecreek,  Mich.  Non-refillable 
bottle. 

099.620. — .James  R.  Latham.  New  York,  N.  Y.,  assignor 
of  one-half  to  Robert  Millbank,  New  York, 
N.  Y.     Non-refillable  bottle. 


9,130.— Title:  "Little  Indian  Pile  Ointment."  (For 
Ointment.)  The  Chemical  Specialty  Co., 
Newark,  N.  J.     Filed  April  15,  1902. 


PRINTS. 

Registered  April  29,  1902. 

490. — Title:      "Katriua    Knickerbocker"      (For      a' 
Medicine).     Dr.   Miles   Medical   Co.,   Elkhart, 
Ind.     Filed  April  2,  1902. 
497. — Title:     "Dorothy   Quincy"   (For  a   Medicine). 
Dr.   Miles  Medical  Co.,   Elkhart,  Ind.     Filed 
April  2,  1902. 
498. — Title:     "Alexander"   (For  a  Medicine).       W. 
W.  Alexander  &  Co.,  Akron,  Ohio.     Filed  April 
2,  1902. 


LABELS. 
Registered  May  6,  1902. 
9,124.— Title;     "Roro-Quinine  Hair  Tonic."  (For  Hair 

Tonic.)     W.     .\.     Amsberry,     Bussey,     Iowa. 

Filed  Feb.  19.  1902. 
9,125. — Title:     "The   S.    &    G.    Hair   Grower."     (For 

Hair  Tonic.)  Susanna  Garske,  St.  Paul,  Minn. 

Filed  M.TTch  13.  1902. 
9,120.— Title:     "Mrs.     White's     Hair     Grower     and 

Tonic."    (For  Hair  Grower  and  Tonic.)    Mary 

A.  White,  Washington,  D.  C.     Filed  April  12, 

1902. 
9,127. — Title:     "Kola    Celery    and    Pepsin."     (For    a 

Tonic.)     .Jacob     F.     (Joldschmidt,     Cincinnati, 

Oliio.     Filed  March  18.  1902. 
9.127. — Title:     "Kennedy's     Sweet    Castor    Oil."     (For 

Castor    Oil.)     J.    J.    Kennedy,    Collins,    Ga. 

Filed  April  9.  1002. 
9.129. — Title:     "Laxacura."     (For 

F.    Spenco,    Lisbon.    Ohio. 

1902. 


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[May  15,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

MARKETS  FAIRLY  STEADY. 

New  York,  May  13. — Business  in  a  jobbing  way 
continues  moderately  active  and  fluctuations  in  values 
are  somewhat  more  numerous,  but  the  changes  are 
largely  the  outcome  of  a  general  revision,  rather  than 
actual  advances  and  declines.  The  market  has  devel- 
oped no  important  features,  but  the  undertone  is  fairly 
steady. 

OPIUM. — The  easier  feeling  noted  for  several 
weeks  past  has  resulted  in  a  decline  in  jobbing  quota- 
tions to  $3.00((i'3.25  for  9  per  cent,  and  $3.10@3.35  for 
11  per  cent.  Powdered  also  is  lower  and  the  revised 
figures  are  $3.95@4.20  for  13  per  cent,  and  $4.45@4.70 
for  16  per  cent. 

MORPHINE. — Consuming  channels  are  absorbing 
a  liberal  amount  of  strj'k  and  prices  continue  steady  at 
$2.40@2.50  for  eighths  in  1-oz.  boxes.  f2.35((7)2.4.5  in 
2y2-oz.  boxes,  $2.15@2.25  in  ounce  vials  and  $2.10@ 
2.20  in  5-oz.  cans,  according  to  size  of  order. 

QUININE. — A  dull  featureless  market  is  reported 
■with  jobbing  quotations  nominally  steady  at  28c.  for 
bulk  in  100-oz.  tins.  28i4c.  in  50-oz.  tins,  29c.  in  25-oz. 
tons.  30e.  in  5  or  10-oz.  tins  and  35c.  in  ounce  vials. 

BUCHU  UEAVES.— Short  are  firmer  with  quota- 
tions for  jobbing  quantities  showing  a  further  advance 
to  35fa45c.  for  whole  and  40@45c.  for  powdered. 

OIL  LEMONGRASS.— Available  supplies  are  light 
and  the  market  is  firmer  with  jobbing  prices  advanced 
to  2.35^2.00. 

SAL  AMMONIAC. — Primary  markets  are  stronger 
owing  to  increased  cost  of  raw  material,  and  jobbers 
have  advanced  quotations  to  14(f?10c.  for  lump. 

CASTOR  OIL. — Manufacturers  have  reduced  quo- 
tations V'C.  per  lb.  and  the  revised  jobbing  figures  are 
12Vj'<('13e.  for  "AA"  or  Western  in  bbls.,  13V>(f?14c. 
in  rases  and  14@14%c.  in  cans.     "Crystal"  Ic.  higher. 

THYJIOL. — Small  speculative  holdings  have  been 
bought  up  and  the  market  is  firmer  with  jobbing  quo- 
tations advanced  to  $3.25(f?3.50. 

CELERY  SEED.— A  slightly  firmer  feeling  has  de- 
veloped and  jobbers  have  advanced  quotations  to  13@ 
16c.  for  whole  and  lSfff20c.  for  powdered. 

EEECHWDOD  CREOSOTE.— The  market  is  a 
shade  easier  with  quotations  for  jobbing  quantities  re- 
duced to  .$1.00F''1.10. 

NITRATE  OF  SILVER.— Manufacturers'  prices 
are  lower  in  sympathy  with  silver  and  the  revised  job- 
bing quotations  are  40@45c.  for  crystals  and  42@47c. 
for  fused. 

OIL  PEPERMINT.— .lobbing  quotations  have  been 
revised  and  show  a  lower  range,  Wavne  Co.  being 
quoted  at  $2.T0(a2.35.  Western  .1:2.00^2.25,  H.  G.  H. 
?2.30ff72..50  and  Redistilled  .$2.40(a 2.60. 

GUM  BENZOIN. — Jobbers  have  reduced  quotations 
to  40(S45c.  for  extra.  35@40c.  for  good  and  50@55c. 
for  powdered. 

OIL  CEDAR. — A  somewhat  easier  market  is  noted 
and  jobbers  are  willing  sellers  at  85c.f(7'$1.00  for  red, 
85c.(f7.?1.00  for  white  pure,  05@75c.  for  ordinary  and 
45(f755c.   for  cedar  wood. 

LOBELIA  SEED. — Continued  scarcity  has  caused 
a  further  advance  in  jobbing  quotations  to  $1.40@1.60 
for  whole  and  .'*1.50frj'1.70  for  powdered. 

Blil'E  VITRIOL. — There  is  an  improved  inquiry 
and  jciIiImms  li.ivo  marked  up  quotations  to  5V4@5%c. 
in  barrels  and  7ff710c.  for  less. 

OLEIC  ACID. — Crude  is  slightly  lower  and  the  re- 
vised  iobliing  range  is  12(Si]5c.,  as  to  quantitv. 

CArMINE  no.  40. — .lobbing  quotations  have  been 
reduced  to  $2.40@2.00  in  pounds  and  20@25c.  in 
ounces. 

SPANISH  SAFFRON.— .Tobbers  have  reduced  quo- 
tations to  $7..50@8.00  for  Valencia  and  !i!6.00@7.00  for 
Alicante. 

OIL  WINE. — Heavy  is  slightly  lower  with  jobbers 
quoting  .$6.00(?i0.25  in  pounds  and  45(f7'50c.  in  ounces. 

VANILLA  BEANS.— ifedium  grailes  of  Mexican 
show  a  dooline  in  prices  to  .$10.50f(j)n..50  and  Bourbon 
to   .$7. 2.5ft  .S. 00.   but   other   descriptions   are   unchanged. 

GUM  CHICLE. — The  market  is  easier  and  jobbing 
parcels  are  offered   at  40(ff4.5e. 

SPERM  OIL. — Values  are  higher  in  sympathy  with 
primary  markets  and  jobbers  have  advanced  quotations 
to  .?1.00(?7il.20. 

L.VRD  OIL. — Increased  cost  of  raw  material  has 
caused  an  advance  in  jobbing  prices  of  $1.00@1.20. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Acid,    Chromic,    Test, 482 

Gly conic    478 

Advertising,   Spring  Medicine 478 

ASSOCIATIONS,  CLUBS,  ALUMNI,  etc.— Amer. 
Advertisers,  488;  American  Therapeutic  Society, 
491;  Chicago  Retail  Drug  Clerks,  497;  Indiana 
Pharmaceutical,  496;  Massachusetts  Pharma- 
ceutical, 493;  National  Association  Retail  Drug- 
gists, 484;  Philadelphia  Retail  Druggists,  494; 
Proprietary  Association  of  America,  485;  St. 
Louis    Retail    Druggists,    498;    South    Atlantic 

Wholesale  Druggists   498 

BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY.— California,  489; 
Illinois,  489;  Maryland,  495;  New  Jersey,  489; 

New  York 483,  490 

BOWLING,   DRUG  TRADE.— Baltimore 495 

COLLEGES  OF  PHARMACY.— Brooklyn,  490; 
Buffalo,  484;  Massachusetts,  493;  Philadelphia, 

495;   St.   Louis,    498 

DRUG    STORE    PROBLEMS    482 

EDITORIALS. — Amendment  to  the  New  York 
Pharmacy  Law,  475;  Drug  Problems,  476;  Meet- 
ing of  the  Proprietary  Association,  475;  Origin- 
ality, 477;  Remedy  for  Substitution,  476;  "The 
Confessions   of   a   Druggist,"   477;   The   Danval 

Affair 477 

Essence  Anise  481 

Extract  Nux  Vomica 477 

Flies,  To   Keep  from   Stock 481 

Iris   Pigment   482 

Malt   Sugar    481 

MARKET    REPORT    500 

Muira   Puama ^ 481 

New  England  Druggist   492 

NEWS  LETTERS.— Baltimore,  495;  Chicago,  497; 
Cintinnali.  -lOO;  New  England,  492;  New  York, 
490;I'liiladflphia,  494;  St.  Louis,  498;  The  North- 
west      498 

Paste,  Shoe,  Russet 481 

PATENTS,  TRADEMARKS,   etc 499 

Pepsin,    Alcoholic    Solutions 478 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Per- 
sonal Interest,  etc., — Busteed,  Geo.  W.,  491;Dag- 
gett,  V.  Chapin,  491;  De  Witt,  E.  C.  487:  Eimer 
&  Amend,  490;  Franc,  Carl  B.,  491;  Garner, 
•Tohn  P.,  497;  Harding.  Herbert  B.,  480;  Jamie- 
son,  Thomas  N..  497;  Kettering,  Albert  J.,  497; 
Kimberly,  Charles  H.,  480:  National  Chemical 
Co.,  49G;  Reid,  Yeomans  &  Cubit,  490:  Rosen- 
beck,  Miss  Lillian,  404;  Ross,  Dr.  Oscar  E.,  496; 
Seabury,  Geo.,  J.,  491;  Stein,  Otto,  496;  Thomp- 
son, J.  A.,  493;  Wulling,  Charles, 498 

Polish,    Shoe,    Russet 481 

QUESTION  BOX  480 

Retail  Drug  Syndicate   492 

Rouge.     Liquid 481 

SHOP  TALK 478 

Syrup.   Cherry 480 

Hypophosphites    Compound    (Cloudy) 480 

Pineapple    480 

Strawberry     480 

Syrups.  Fresh  Fruit 479 

Tincture  Blatta   Orientalis 482 

Cimicifuga    Compoimd    481 

"The  Making  of  a  Man" 
A  beautifully  printed  and  illustrated  brochure  re- 
cently issued  by  the  George  R.  Fuller  Co.,  the  well- 
known  manufacturers  of  artificial  limbs,  Rochester,  N. 
Y.,  is  called  "The  Making  of  a  Man,"  being  a  description 
of  artificial  limbs  and  how  they  may  be  adapted  by  those 
who  have  suffered  loss  of  their  natural  limbs.  The 
front  cover  bears  a  portrait  of  Peter  Stuyvesant,  the 
last  Dutch  director-general  of  New  Netherlands,  who, 
as  is  generally  known,  wore  a  wooden  leg  luitil  his  death 
in  New  York  in  1082.  However,  times  have  changed 
since  his  day  and  one  has  to  only  read  this  story  to  be- 
come convinced  of  what  a  manufacturer  of  artificial 
limbs  in  these  times  can  do  for  the  afflicted.  Druggists 
especially  will  be  interested  in  this  liook,  which  should 
form  a  part  of  their  business  libraries.  A  perusal  of 
"The  Making  of  a  Man"  will  suggest  ways  and  means 
of  increasing  a  druggist's  income  by  taking  orders  from 
those  needing  artificial  limbs,  trusses,  elastic  stockings 
and  the  like. 


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EVERY   THURSDAY. 


VOL.   XXVII. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


IMPORTANT  POST  OFFICE  DECISION 
REGARDING   PRICE  LISTS. 

The  PostofYice  Department  has  ruled  that  drug- 
gists' price  lists,  like  the  so-called  "Era  Blue  Book." 
cannot  hereafter  be  issued  as  a  "Supplement"  or  as 
a  "Section"  of  a  regular  second  class  publication,  but 
must  be  bound  in  with  the  regular  reading  matter  of 
the  journal,  the  whole  forming  one  single  publication. 

This  decision  means  that  the  ERA  Price  List  must 
hereafter  be  bound  in  as  a  part  of  the  regular  ER.-^, 
and  we  shall  issue  such  PRICE  LIST  EDITIONS 
of  the  ERA  in  February,  June,  and  October  of  each 
year.     The  next  edition  will  be  issued  in  June. 

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The  value  of  education  as  an  asset  in  business  is 
daily  rising. 

Probably  50  per  cent,  of  the  business  men  who  have 
not  enjoyed  the  advantage  of  college  training  regret  this 
fact. 

Of  the  millions  of  American  citizens  only  a  com- 
paratively few  thousand  can  spend  from  two  to  four 
years  of  their  lives  in  college. 

.\mong  the  millions  who  cannot  attend  college,  there 
are  thousands  who  are  trying  to  make  up  for  this  dis- 
advantage by  means  of  home  study  and  self  culture. 

These  ambitious  students  are  laboring  under  a  great 
disadvantage  in  not  knowing  exactly  what  to  study  and 
how  to  proceed. 

The  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  is  intended  to  help 
those  who  are  anxious  to  help  themselves  to  a  pharma- 
ceutical education. 

Send  your  name  and  address  to  the  Pharmaceutical 
Era.  390  Broadway,  New  York,  for  a  new  Prospectus 
which   will   tell   you   all  about   it. 


The  interpretation  of  the  new  pharmacy  law  given 
by  Attorney-General  Davise  seems  to  have  been  ac- 
cepted by  the  druggists  of  Greater  New  York  with- 
out much  ado.  Movements  are  alreadjy  on  foot  for  the 
election  of  five  members  of  the  Eastern  branch  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy.  A  number  of  candidates  have 
already  been  placed  in  the  field.  The  new  law  extends 
the  franchise  to  the  members  of  several  societies  not 
formerly  honored  with  the  elective  power,  and  the 
present  indications  promise  a  very  pretty  pharmaceu- 
tico-political  campaign.  If  the  amended  law  remains 
in  force  members  of  the  board  will  serve  only  one 
year,  and  there  will  probably  be  an  interesting  elec- 
tion each  year.  Campaigns  and  elections  are  gener- 
ally supposed  to  be  bad  for  business,  but  we  predict 
that  in  the  drug  trade  a  (yearly  gathering  of  the  clans 
will  on  the  whole  be  a  good  thing.  It  will  bring 
druggists  into  closer  contact  and  lead  them  to  take 
greater  interest  in  matters  which  concern  them  all  in 


In  the  correspondents'  column  of  the  present  issue 
we  print  a  letter  in  which  one  of  our  readers  bewails 
the  manner  in  which  the  retail  druggist  is  being  be- 
labored these  days  by  the  proprietary  advertiser  and 
his  agents.  He  encloses  a  clipping  from  the  New  York 
Journal  containing  an  article  on  substitution,  which 
may  be  considered  a  fair  sample  of  the  material 
which  is  to  be  used  in  educating  the  public  to  a  real- 
zation  of  the  wickedness  of  the  druggist  and  the  evils 
of  the  art  of  persuasion  as  applied  to  the  drug  busi- 
ness. The  article  in  question  is  not  new,  and  con- 
tains nothing  new;  and  there  seems  to  be  little  that 
can  be  done  about  it.  The  only  thing  our  correspon- 
dent can  do  is  to  be  as  calm  as  possible  under  the 
circumstances  and  await  developments.  We  fear  that 
there  is  likely  to  be  a  great  deal  of  this  sort  of  thing 
for  some  time  to  come.  It  is  unwise  to  blame  the 
writer  of  the  Journal  article  too  much.  He  evidently 
followed  instructions  faithfully,  without  unduly  exer- 
cising his  mind  about  it.  The  article  contains  all  the 
stock  arguments  with  which  we  are  so  painfully  fa- 
miliar, and  the  usual  mystification  about  the  meaning 
of  the  word  "substitution."  This  sort  of  composition 
may  have  a  slight  effect  upon  the  people  who  cannot 


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[May  2-3,  1903. 


be  expected  to  understand  these  things  fully  at  once, 
but  the  honest  druggist  need  not  fear  any  serious  in- 
terference with  his  trade.  What  efifect  this  campaign 
will  have  upon  price  cutting  remains  to  be  seen. 


It  is  not  the  intention  of  the  Era  to  advocate  or 
defend  substitution  in  any  form.  '"Substitution"  is  a 
harsh  word  which  carries  with  it  the  idea  of  deceit 
and  misrepresentation.  Furnishing  one  article  when 
another  is  asked  and  paid  for,  without  acquainting 
the  purchaser  with  the  nature  of  this  action,  is  fraud 
pure  and  simple,  and  as  such  is  punishable  by  law.  It 
is,  however,  utterly  unjust  to  accuse  a  druggist  of 
substitution  when  he  merely  follows  a  practice  com- 
mon in  all  branches  of  trade,  in  persuading  a  cus- 
tomer to  buy  an  article  which  yields  him  a  profit  in- 
stead of  goods  which  he  can  supply  only  at  a  loss. 
The  druggist  has  quite  as  much  right  to  urge  the  pur- 
chase of  his  own  preparations  in  preference  to  those 
of  another,  as  a  shoe  dealer  has  to  show  shoes  of 
different  quality  than  those  asked  for.  To  character- 
ize the  druggist's  exercise  of  his  salesman's  instinct 
as  theft  and  swindling,  is  grossly  misrepresenting 
things.  The  pharmacist  is  under  no  obligations  simply 
because  the  manufacturer  advertises  his  own  goods. 
The  retail  druggist  renders  quite  as  valuable  service 
to  the  manufacturer  by  keeping  his  goods  in  stock. 
If  business  were  merely  the  filling  of  orders  without 
solicitation  or  persuasion,  the  e.xpert  salesman  would 
not  occufi/  the  important  position  in  commerce  which 
he  fills  today.  Whether  it  pays  the  druggist  to  dis- 
courage the  purchase  of  well-known  proprietary  rem- 
edies is  another  question.  Many  think  that  the 
apothecary  and  the  physician  should  merely  supply 
the  wants  of  suffering  humanity,  but  at  present  it 
seems  to  be  necessary  to  create  the  wants  as  well.  In 
making  people  feel  that  they  need  medicine  the  pro- 
prietary manufacturers  have  shown  the  we(y,  and  they 
should  not  complain  if  their  distributers  prove  to  be 
apt  pupils. 


A  bill,  known  as  the  Lovering  bill,  now  under 
consideration  h(f  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee  is 
of  considerable  importance  to  the  drug  trade.  It  is 
intended  to  revise  a  section  of  the  Dingley  act  which 
provides  for  a  drawback  of  duties  paid  by  American 
manufacturers  upon  materials  used  in  the  preparation 
of  products  afterwards  sold  in  foreign  markets.  Un- 
der this  law  the  manufacturer  enjoys  the  advantage 
of  cheap  imported  raw  material  used  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  export  goods.  This  principle  has  become  an 
established  feature  of  the  protective  policy  of  the 
United  States,  and  has  stimulated  the  export  trade  in 
many  articles  of  domestic  manufacture.  A  portion 
of  the  Lovering  bill  has  for  its  object  the  extension 
of  this  privilege  to  the  consumers  of  domestic  alcohol 
in  the  manufacture  of  export  goods.  Under  the  pres- 
ent law  an  exporting  manufacturer  receives  a  draw- 
back on  the  duty  paid  on  imported  alcohol,  but  is 
compelled  to  pay  the  equivalent  of  the  full  internal 
revenue  tax  on  alcohol  purchased  in  this  country, 
which  practically  compels  him  to  import  the  alcohol 
he  requires.  There  is  no  provision  in  the  Internal 
Revenue  law  for  a  rebate  on  exported  alcohol  which 
lias  been  used  in  the  arts,  but  there  is  a  provision  for 


a  rebate  on  alcohol  exported  in  original  packages.  It 
is  evident  that  this  anomalous  condition  is  not  in 
harmony  with  the  rebate  policy  and  requires  correc- 
tion. It  may  not  be  the  policy  of  our  Government 
to  stimulate  the  manufacture  of  alcohol,  but  it  is- 
manifestly  contrary  to  its  principles  to  place  the  con- 
sumers of  domestic  alcohol  at  such  an  obvious  disad- 
vantage. 


Among  the  problems  answered  in  our  problem  de- 
partment this  week  is  one  for  which  the  problem 
editor  should  be  compelled  to  apologize.  It  concerns 
the  identity  of  a  substance  supposed  to  be  arsenic 
pentoxide,  and  is  apparently  intended  to  be  answered 
by  a  direct  "yes"  or  "no."  It  is  an  interesting  prob- 
lem, but  it  seems  to  be  somewhat  out  of  place  in  our 
department.  As  a  question  it  would  have  been  far 
more  appropriate  in  a  village  debating  club,  for  it 
may  be  answered  correctly  in  a  number  of  different 
ways,  and  still  leave  abundant  food  for  discussion. 
The  problem  is  unfortunate  in  that  it  does  not  state 
definitely  what  sort  of  solution  is  required.  If  the 
question  involved  merely  the  calculation  of  the  theo- 
retical quantity  of  arsenic  in  a  chemically  pure  pre- 
cipitate, it  would  admit  of  only  one  solution,  but  un- 
fortunate'ry  the  substance  selected  is  not  a  pure  com- 
pound. Those  who  answered  that  it  probably  con- 
tained a  certain  proportion  of  arsenic  pentoxide  are 
therefore  correct,  and  also  those  who  found  that  it 
could  not  have  been  this  body,  at  least  not  in  a  state 
of  purity.  We  regret  to  say  that  the  person  who 
prepares  these  problems  is  extremely  human,  and 
that  when  considering  a  question  from  his  particular 
point  of  view,  he  is.  like  other  people,  very  apt  to  for- 
get that  there  may  also  be  other  sides  which  are 
more  apparent  to  others. 


The  Charles  Rice  Memorial  Committee  seems  to 
be  altogether  too  modest.  We  have  heard  and  read 
so  frequently  about  the  efforts  of  the  committee's- 
friends  to  raise  money  for  the  fund,  and  so  seldom 
about  the  work,  aims  and  intentions  of  the  parent 
committee,  that  many  have  gathered  the  impression, 
that  there  are  several  distinct  movements  on  foot, 
each  intended  to  prepare  a  separate  memorial  for  the 
father  of  our  pharmacopoeia,  .^s  a  matter  of  fact, 
there  is  only  one  Charles  Rice  Memorial  Committee, 
and  only  one  general  fund,  both  national  in  scope,  and 
both  intended  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  a  suitable 
memorial  which  shall  represent  all  the  pharmacists  of 
.\merica.  The  Era  and  other  journals  have  been  col- 
lecting money  for  this  one  common  fund,  and  differ- 
ent associations  and  societies  have  set  aside  contribu- 
tions for  the  same  object.  The  New  York  College 
of  Pharmacy  has  made  arrangements  for  erecting  a 
tablet  to  the  memory  of  Dr.  Rice  in  its  own  building. 
This  is  a  distinct  undertaking,  for  which  no  contri- 
butions have  been  solicited.  .-Xs  far  as  we  are  able  to 
learn,  all  otlier  subscriptions  for  the  memorial  are 
meant  to  go  into  the  pharmacopoeial  committee  fund. 
We  hear  very  little  about  the  Memorial  Committee, 
and  what  it  intends  to  do,  which  is  unfortunate  for 
many  would  be  more  ready  to  contribute  if  they 
knew  just  what  is  to  become  of  the  fund. 


May  22, 1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


503- 


Mr.  George  J.  Seaburjy,  who  wishes  to  make  the 
Rice  Memorial  a  fitting  one,  and  is  willing  to  loosen 
his  purse-strings  liberally  for  this  purpose,  says  that 
the  memorial  should,  above  all,  be  national.  He 
thinks  that  the  committee  should  make  it  known 
that  it  is  not  to  be  a  sectional  movement,  and  that 
the  intentions  should  be  clearly  stated,  and  if  neces- 
sary modified  so  as  to  interest  every  druggist  and 
graduate  in  pharmacy.  Mr.  Seabur^y  thinks  that  the 
movement  should  not  be  left  to  be  directed  by  profes- 
sors exclusively.  He  is  in  favor  of  a  national  com- 
mittee composed  of  professors  and  business  men,  one 
from  each  State  of  the  Union  with  25  members  at 
large. 

The  pharmacist  as  a  student  of  nature  has  been 
greatly  interested  in  the  mighty  demonstration  of  the 
force  of  compressed  gases  as  exhibited  in  the  recent 
eruption  of  Mount  Pelee  in  Martinique.  In  this  age 
of  chemical  and  mechanical  development  we  are  fond 
of  boasting  of  our  wonderful  control  over  the  forces 
of  nature.  Man  has  after  years  of  labor  managed 
to  harness  an  infinitesimal  fraction  of  Niagara's 
power,  but  how  puny  are  his  efforts  in  comparison 
with  the  titanic  stores  of  energy  which  Nature  occa- 
sionally converts  into  kinetic  action.  Imagine  the 
millions  of  foot-tons  of  power  necessary  to  lift  a 
mass,  a  thousand  feet  high,  from  the  top  of  a  moun- 
tain and  scatter  it  over  miles  of  sea  and  land.  Al- 
though the  explosion  of  Pelee  is  the  most  mighty  and 
disastrous  eruption  during  the  memory  of  man.  it  is 
probably  insignificant  in  comparison  with  similar  dis- 
plays of  volcanic  energy  in  earlier  periods  of  the 
earth's  history.  A  correspondent  of  the  New  York 
Times,  who  w'itnessed  the  eruption  in  Martinique  and 
miraculously  still  lives,  thus  describes  the  appalling 
spectacle: 

"On  May  8  at  6  o'clock  in  the  morning  the  sun 
was  shining  brightly.  To  the  north  of  the  roadstead 
of  St.  Pierre  Mont  Pelee  was  smoking.  The  wind 
was  coming  from  the  east  and  driving  the  smoke 
westwardly.  The  sky  was  completely  darkened  by  it. 
At  about  6:30  seven  columns  of  white  smoke  burst 
suddenly  from  what  was  apparentV  a  new  crater  and 
the  mountain  appeared  to  be  torn  from  top  to  bot- 
tom. The  whole  crest  disappeared.  At  7:50  there 
was  a  terrible  roar  and  Mont  Pelee  vanished  in  a 
huge  volume  of  black  smoke.  Then  something 
enormous  and  without  form,  but  moving  with  terrible 
rapidity,  buried  all  of  St.  Pierre.  The  ships  in  the 
roadstead  rocked,  their  masts  and  spars  were  broken, 
and  they  almost  simultaneously  burst  into  flames. 
There  was  an  incessant  rain  of  lava,  mud,  and  stones 
on  the  town  and  the  surrounding  country.  The  air 
whistled  and  cracked  as  if  a  heavy  fusillade  was  being 
fired.  By  9  o'clock  Mont  Pelee  had  been  reduced  in 
height  at  least  300  meters  and  the  crater  had  wid- 
ened." 


The  dispensing  pharmacist's  wages  are  gradually 
rising  among  our  cousins  across  the  .^tlantic  as  upon 
our  side  of  the  pond,  but  employers  in  mar,y  cases 
still  seem  to  be  ignorant  of  the  changed  conditions. 
One  of.  our  exchanges  tells  a  story  about  the  board 
of  an  institution,  presumably  more  or  less  public  in 
character,  who  advertised  for  a  dispenser,  offering  as 
a  salary  eighty  pounds,  or  about  four  hundred  dol- 
lars a  year.  The  advertisement  brought  a  letter  from 
a  sarcastic  pharmacist,  stating  that  the  wages  were 
about  equal  to  those  of  a  dock  laborer,  and  suggest- 


ing 180  pounds  as  much  nearer  the  mark.  The  only 
other  applicant  for  the  position  proved  to  be  an  un- 
married woman  pharmacist.  Our  exchange  adds  that 
the  replies  "quite  upset  the  mental  equilibrium  of  the 
board,  who  referred  the  subject  to  a  committee." 


Lord  Kelvin,  the  English  man  of  science,  evident- 
ly believes  in  making  himself  useful  wherever  he  may 
happen  to  be.  During  his  recent  visit  to  Washington 
he  appeared  before  the  Committee  on  Weights  and 
Measures  and  urged  the  adoption  of  the  metric  sys- 
tem. _  He  said  that  it  had  long  been  his  hope  that 
England  would  lead  in  this  reform,  but  if  it  would 
not.  he  hoped  that  the  honor  would  fall  to  the  United 
States,  believing  that  the  mother  country  would  fol- 
low suit.  He  never  wearies  of  showing  the  folly  of 
the  system  of  money,  weights  and  measures  which 
still  prevails  in  his  country.  America  has  outgrown 
the  pounds,  shillings  and  pence  foolishness,  but  still 
persists  in  using  the  equally  ridiculous  pounds,  grains 
and  yards.  Those  who  have  had  occasion  to  compare 
our  method  of  calculating  in  decimal  currency,  with 
the  puzzle  of  pounds  and  pence,  should  have  no  diffi- 
culty in  seeing  the  advantages  of  a  decimal  system  of 
weights  and  measures. 


Australian  students  of  pharmacy  do  not  seem  to  be 
fond  of  mathematics.  A  report  of  the  Melbourne- 
School  of  Pharmacy  shows  that  the  addition  of  geom- 
etry and  algebra  to  the  list  of  studies  required  in  the 
preliminary  examinations  caused  a  remarkable  reduc- 
tion in  the  number  of  students.  During  the  first  year 
the  number  fell  from  182  to  94  and  the  second  year  a 
still  smaller  number  is  expected. 


The  British  and  Colonial  Druggist  has  engaged  in- 
an  enterprise  which  must  be  considered  an  innovation- 
in  pharmaceutical  journalism.  It  has  become  a  pur- 
veyor of  tickets  for  the  "greatest  show  on  earth"— 
the  coming  coronation.  It  announces  that  it  has  made- 
arrangements  with  a  firm  who  make  it  a  business  to 
afford  people  a  peep  at  the  imposing  spectacle,  by 
which  its  subscribers  can  obtain  seats  at  reduced' 
rates. 


ORRIS  ROOT,  reduced  to  grains  and  colored 
blue,  red,  green,  yellow,  etc.,  is  exported  from  Leg- 
horn to  Germany  and  Austria,  where  it  is  used  to 
throw  upon  fires  in  order  to  give  saloons  and  en- 
trance halls  an  agreeable  odor.  Orris  root  in  the 
form  of  tiny  chips  is  said  to  be  chewed  by  men  ser- 
vants, coachmen,  grooms,  etc.,  to  remove  the  smell' 
of  tobacco  or  garlic:  while  the  filings  and  shavings 
•  of  orris  root  are  stated  to  be  responsible  for  the- 
"bouquet"  in  many  varieties  of  wine,  the  bitter  in 
some  beer,  and  the  savor  in  feveral  soups.  (Pharm. 
Journ  ) 


OCHNA  ALBO-SERRATA.— Dr.  M.  Greshoff 
(Notizbl.  Bot.  Gart..  Berlin)  has  examined  the  bark 
of  Ochna  Albo-Serrata,  a  tree  native  in  German  East 
Africa.  The  bark  is  yellow  and  has  an  astringent, 
slightly  acid  taste.  It  was  found  to  contain  no  alka- 
loid. The  yellow  coloring  matter  is  an  amorphous 
orange  yellow  resin,  easily  soluble  in  alcohol,  amyl 
alcohol,  ether  or  glacial  acetic  acid  and  alkaline  solu- 
tions, but  only  slightly  soluble  in  boiling  water.  It 
appears  to  belong  to  the  class  of  phlobaphene  color- 
ing materials  formed  by  the  oxidation  of  tannin  pres- 
ent in  the  bark. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  22,  1902. 


OUR  LETTER  BOX. 

We  wlsU  It  distinctly  tinderstood  that  this  de- 
partment is  open  to  everyboily  for  tlie  dis- 
casHion  of  any  subject  of  interest  to  tlie 
drni^  trade,  bat  tbnt  tvc  accept  no  resiional- 
billty  for  tile  yiews  and  opinions  expressed 
by    contributors. 

Please  be  brief  and  always  sif^n  your  name. 

"SUBSTITUTION   IN   DRUG   STORES." 

New  York,  Majy  13.  1902. 

To  the  Editor:  I  enclose  a  clipping  from  the  New 
York  Journal  on  substitution  in  drug  stores,  which 
is  scandalous  and  in  many  respects  absolutely  false. 
What  redress  have  we  against  these  slanders?  Big 
advertisers  pay  these  papers  well,  and  this  is  the  way 
they  treat  us  small  dealers  who  have  no  cause  (or 
means)  for  advertising.  As  to  our  pushing  our  own 
goods,  is  it  any  wonder  when  a  certain  department 
store  last  week  sold  Coke  Dandruff  Cure  for  49  cents, 
in  less  than  twenty  minutes  one  dozen  bottles  being 
disposed  of  to  my  own  knowledge?  I  think  every 
druggist  in  the  country  should  refuse  to  have  any- 
thing to  do  with  the  Journal.  T.  J.  BARNABY. 

Accompanying  the  letter  is  a  clipping  containing 
the  following  article,  which  appear?  under  the  head- 
ing "Substitution  in  Drug  Stores,  It  Robs  the  Manu- 
facturer and  Swindles  the   Public:" 

"We  again  call  attention  to  the  dishonest  practice 
of  substituting  an  inferior  article  for  that  which  is 
demanded,  on  the  ground  that  the  one  substituted  is 
'just  as  good.' 

"The  druggist  who  indulges  in  the  game  of  sub- 
stitution is  open  to  criticism  from  many  points  of 
view. 

"In  the  first  place,  he  is  ungrateful  to  the  men 
who  manufacture,  and  who,  through  widespread  pub- 
licity, promote  the  druggist's  business  and  profits. 

"If  a  man  spends  hundreds  of  thousands  in  adver- 
tising, and  as  a  result  sends  customers  to  a  druggist, 
it  is  extremely  ungrateful  as  well  as  dishonest  for  the 
druggist  to  prevent  the  normal  sale,  and  for  the  sake 
of  a  few  extra  pennies  to  substitute  an  inferior  arti- 
cle. 

"Substitution  is  dishonest  toward  the  public.  The 
druggist  is  asked  for  a  certain  remedy  or  other  well 
known  and  valuable  article. 

"He  replies  that  he  has  something  else  'just  as 
good'  or  better,  and  often  adds: 

"  'I  make  this  myself  and  know  just  what  it  con- 
tains.' 

"As  a  matter  of  fact,  he  rarely  or  never  makes  it 
himself,  he  does  not  know  what  it  contains.  He  sim- 
ply patronises  one  of  the  numerous  concerns  that 
make  a  business  of  putting  on  the  market  cheap  sub- 
stitutes to  deceive  the  public. 

"If  a  druggist  oflfers  you  something  'just  as  good,' 
you  ma^y  be  sure  that  he  has  not  a  very  high  opinion 
of  your  intelligence  or  of  your  importance.  He  does 
not  tell  his  best  customers  what  they  want  to  buy,  he 
does  not  tell  them  that  they  don't  know  what  they 
want.  He  takes  good  care  to  give  them  just  what 
they  ask  for,  because  he  wants  to  keep  their  custom. 

"For  those  whom  he  considers  inferior  or  tran- 
sient customers  he  reserves  his  phrases  about  some- 
thing 'just  as  good'  that  he  makes  himself. 

"If  you  ask  a  druggist  for  a  certain  article  and  he 
ofTers  you  something  else  'just  as  good,'  tell  him  that 
ifou  know  what  you  want,  and  that  you  will  patronize 
a  drug  store  that  gives  you  credit  for  ordinary  intel- 
ligence. • 

"You  might  ask  the  clerk  who  wants  you  to  take 
something  'just  as  good'  whether  he  will  accept  a  but- 
ton in  place  of  the  half  dollar  owing  him,  on  the 
ground  that  the  button  is  'just  as  good,'  and  that  you 
know   personally   what   it   contains. 

"The  substituting  druggist  who  wants  a  dollar  will 
not  accept  anything  else  as  'juf«;  as  good.'  He  reflects 
on  your  intelligence;  he  thinks  that  you  don't  know 
what  you  want,  or  believes  that  you  will  not  insist  on 
liaving  it. 


"The  sc'stem  of  substitution  encourages  adultera- 
tion of  goods,  and  encourages  dishonesty.  It  dis- 
courages the  work  of  energetic  men.  It  is  the  duty 
of  the  public  to  stop  the  practice,  and  that  it  can 
easily  do  by  patronizing  merchants  who  keep  and  sell 
what  the  public  wants." 


CHICAGO  "YELLOWS"  ALSO  PREACHING  ABOUT 
SUBSTITUTION. 

The  following  letter  has  been  received  with  a  clip- 
ping from  the  Chicago  publication  of  the  New  York 
Journal  publishers,  containing  the  same  article  on 
substitution  reprinted  upon  this  page.  The  letter  pre- 
sents in  a  common-sense  and  business-like  way  the 
druggists'   view  of  the  situation. 

Chicago,  May  15.  1902. 

To  the  Editor: — I  enclose  a  clipping  containing  an 
editorial  which  appeared  in  the  Chicago  American  of 
the  13th  instant.  A  similar  article  has  appeared,  it  is 
said,  in  another  local  paper  and  your  correspondent 
was  told  by  a  druggist  in  a  position  to  know  some  in- 
side facts  that  these  articles  are  the  result  of  action 
on  the  part  of  the  members  of  the  Proprietary  Asso- 
ciation toward  getting  editorial  recognition  in  the 
daily  papers  in  which  they  advertise;  that  such  recog- 
nition is  a  part  of  the  advertising  proposition  on  the 
part  of  the  manufacturers.  To  such  a  deal  the  retail 
drug  trade  has  no  objection  if  the  case  is  fairly  stated; 
but  such  editorials  as  the  one  enclosed  are  obviously 
unfair  and  detrimental  to  the  entire  trade,  because 
they  by  inference  brand  all-  druggists  as  substituters 
without  regard  to  whether  they  are  cutters  or  non- 
cutters.  It  is  a  well-known  and  oft  demonstrated  fact 
that  aggressive  cutters  resort  with  avidity  to  the 
practice  of  substitution,  because  they  sell  the  regular 
patents  at  cost  or  less  and  must  substitute  or  charge 
up  a  large  part  of  their  business  to  the  profit  and 
loss  account.  The  salesmen  in  cut  rate  drug  stores 
and  cutting  department  stores  are  guaged  by  their 
capacity  to  sell  substitutes.  That  is  the  one  qualifi- 
cation they  must  have  or  acquire.  They  must  get 
people  to  buy  something  the  store  puts  on  the  mar- 
ket, and  the  salesman  who  gets  the  most  "P.  Ms.," 
as  they  are  called,  gets  the  most  pay.  The  one  who 
sells  simply  the  goods  called  for  gets  nothing  but  his 
very  meager  salary  and  soon  loses  that  along  with 
his  job. 

Those  druggists  who  do  sell  at  or  near  the  regular 
rates  are  not  confronted  with  a  loss  and  have  little  or 
no  object  in  recommending  substitutes.  It  is  a  matter 
of  dollars  and  cents,  not  of  ethics,  and  must  be  settled 
upon  the  money  basis  or  not  at  all. 

There  may  be  a  few  people  in  Chicago  from  whose 
eyes  will  gush  tears  of  sympathy  for  the  poor  patent 
medicine  men  whose  philanthropic  efforts  on  behalf  of 
the  druggists  are  rewarded  with  such  base  ingratitude 
— but  there  are  not  many.  Nearly  every  adult  per- 
son knows  that  business  is  done  for  what  there  is  in 
it.  The  manufacturers  will  pay  out  advertising  money 
to  "promote  the  druggists'  business  and  profits"  just 
as  long  as  it  pays  the  manufacturers  to  do  so,  and 
they  will  stand  by  the  retail  druggists  just  as  long  as 
there  is  money  in  that  attitude — and  no  longer.  It 
is  passing  strange  that  any  grown  man  in  full  pos- 
session of  his  faculties  could  make  use  of  some  of  the 
statements  in  the  editorial  in  question  and  in  good 
faith  expect  them  to  be  believed.  This  is  not  a  ques- 
tion of  gratitude  or  ingratitude.  The  retail  druggists 
never  found  any  philanthropists  until  they  could  swing 
a  club  big  enough  to  make  philanthropy  pay." 

X.  Y.  Z. 


QUININE  CAMPHORATE.  —  T.  G.  Joyce 
(Chcm.  and  Drug.)  has  succeeded  in  preparing  a 
compound  of  quinine  and  camphoric  acid.  The  salt 
is  said  to  have  sedative  tonic  properties.  It  is  solu- 
ble in  460  parts  of  water,  and  crystallizes  in  beautiful 
needles  which  melt  at  184  degrees  C,  decomposing 
to  form  a  yellow  liquid. 


May  22, 1903. 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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DEODORIZED  TINCTURE  OF  OPIUM.— A 
E.  Ebert  (Am.  Journ.  Pharm.)  recommends  the  use 
of  a  high  grade  gasoline  instead  of  ether  in  the  prep- 
aration of  deodorized  tincture  of  opium.  The  use 
of  ether  possesses  the  disadvantage  of  removing  the 
narcotine  of  the  drug,  which  the  author  thinks  should 
be  allowed  to  remain  in  the  drug  and  its  prepara- 
tions. Petroleum  ether  has  been  employed  as  a 
substitute  for  ether  but  gasoline  is  considered  pref- 
erable because  is  leaves  no  disagreeable  odor  in  the 
finished  product.  In  the  improved  process,  mioist 
opium  is  sliced  and  e.xhausted  by  maceration  with  hot 
water,  followed  h;/  maceration  with  dilute  acetic  acid. 
The  acetic  acid  extract  is  evaporated  to  dryness  and 
the  residue  added  to  the  aqueous  extract.  The 
mixture  is  concentrated  and  an  equal  volume  of  gaso- 
line added.  After  standing  12  hours  the  aqueous 
liquid  is  separated,  filtered  and  further  concentrated 
by  evaporation.  The  extract  is  then  assayed  and  the 
strength  adjusted  so  as  to  be  equivalent  to  24  grains 
of  opium  in  each  fluid  ounce.  Four  fluid  parts  of 
this  liquid  correspond  to  one  part  by  weight  of  opium 
used,  the  preparation  retaining  the  narcotine  in  solu- 
tion. It  can  be  used  for  the  preparation  of  the 
tincture  and  other  liquid  preparations  of  opium.  The 
author  prefers  as  an  official  preparation  a  de- 
odorized granular  opium,  prepared  by  treating  the 
powdered  drug  with  gasoline  to  remove  the  wa.x, 
resin,  oil  matter,  etc. 


PAPAYOTIN.— The  digestion  of  albumin  Iv 
papayotin,  a  proteolytic  enzyme  obtained  from  the 
fruit  of  the  papaw  tree,  has  been  made  a  subject  of 
investigation  by  O.  Emmerling  (Ber.).  Many  of  the 
higher  plants  secrete  enzymes  capable  of  dissolving 
proteid,  but  most  of  these  substances  have  found  no 
practical  application.  One  of  these  enzymes,  that 
found  in  various  parts  of  the  papaw  tree  (Carica 
papaya)  and  called  papayotin,  is  employed  in  the 
manufacture  of  certain  meat  preparations.     The  auth- 


or has  endeavored  to  determine  the  nature  of  this  en^ 
zyme  by  a  study  of  the  products  formed  in  the  diges- 
tion of  blood  fibrin  by  a  commercial  preparation  of 
papayotin.  The  action  of  the  enzyme  on  the  fibrin 
was  found  to  be  extremely  slow,  and  frequent  ad- 
ditions of  fresh  papayotin  were  necessary  before  any 
considerable  quantity  of  fibrin  was  digested.  It  was 
established  that  the  action  was  favored  by  an  alkaline 
condition  of  the  liquid,  but  even  then  the  digestion, 
after  a  month,  had  not  proceeded  very  far.  The 
formation  of  large  proportions  of  albumoses  and 
peptones  led  to  the  conclusion  that  the  enzyme  is  of 
a  tryptic  nature. 


INFLUENCE  OF  ALKALOIDS  UPON 
CHEMICAL  REACTIONS.— S.  W.  Young  (Journ. 
Am.  Chem.  Soc.)  has  further  investigated  the  cu- 
rious inhibitory  action  of  small  quantities  of  alkaloids 
and  other  substances  upon  certain  processes  of  oxi- 
dation. He  now  finds  that  only  oxidation  by  free 
oxygen  is  subject  to  inhibition  bjv  foreign  substances, 
and  that  probably  all  organic  substances  possess  the 
inhibitor)'  power.  Potassium  cyanide,  hydroxylamine 
and  ammonium  salts  also  etifect  the  speed  of  the  re- 
action. The  inhibitive  efifect  is  not  instantaneous  but 
develops  slowly  with  the  oxidation  of  the  solution. 
The  dilution  at  which  the  effects  may  be  observed 
differs   for  different  substances. 


A  NEW  SODIUM  PHOSPH.\TE.— H.  Giran 
(Comptes  rend.")  finds  that  the  criystals  which  form 
upon  commercial  metaphosphoric  acid,  when  kept  in 
partially  closed  bottles,  are  not  a  peculiar  form  of 
pyrophosphoric  acid,  as  stated  by  E.  Zetnow,  but  are 
composed  of  a  new  salt  of  sodium  and  phosphoric 
acid.  This  compound  is  monosodic  diorthophosphate, 
and  corresponds  with  the  formula  NaHsPsOs.  This 
body  is  formed  by  the  combination  of  one  molecule 
of  water  with  H  P  Oa+Na  P  Os,  present  in  the  sticks, 
or  by  a  combination  of  Na  H«P  O*  and  H.P  O*. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  22,  1902. 


MODES  OF  MONEY  MAKING. 

By  MYROX  PUFF,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

TWO  pharmacists,  A  and  B,  both  conscientious 
men  in  business,  their  credit  good,  are  both 
making  money,  but  B  is  evidently  making  more 
money  than  A.  While  A  maintains  his  credit, 
makes  a  fair  living  and  at  the  end  of  the  year  has  a 
moderate  balance  in  his  favor,  B  has  had  twice  the 
amount  of  business  that  A  has,  his  books  showing  a 
clear  profit  of  not  double  but  three  times  that  of  A. 
A  look  at  the  facts  in  the  case  would  show  the  cause 
of  this  difference  to  be  that  A  has  moved  along  in 
the  old  rut,  while  B,  by  more  progressive  methods, 
has  passed  and  beaten  him. 

There  are  representatives  of  B  in  every  town  or 
city;  they  are  well  known,  while  men  like  A  are  found 
only  bv  searching.  In  other  words,  the  resident  or 
new  comer  in  a  town,  city  or  section  of  a  large  city, 
has  no  trouble  in  locating  the  busy,  up-to-date  stores 
which  are,  because  of  their  pushing  methods,  known 
as   leaders. 

Marc.'  pharmacists  may  readily  make  their  daily 
cash  represent  more  profit  and  its  amount  may  also 
be  increased.  This  result  may  be  obtained  in  various 
ways,  a  few  of  which  I  propose  to  discuss  briefly. 
'  iVIany  pharmacists  devote  much  time,  thought, 
window'  and  store  room  to  the  display  and  sale  of 
proprietary  goods,  from  which  they  derive  little  or  no 
real  profit,  considering  the  expense  of  handling.  For 
leadership  in  business  it  is  absolutely  necessary  to 
carry  as  complete  a  stock  of  these  goods  as  possible, 
drawing  people  to  your  store  by  making  and  main- 
taining a  reputation  for  having  that  which  is  in  de- 
piand.  but  it  is  not  profitable  to  give  space  and  effort 
to  help  introduce  an  article  whch  must,  as  soon  as  a 
demand  for  it  is  fairly  created,  be  sold  at  a  price 
which  does  not  pay  handling  expenses. 

The  pharmacist  is  too  much  inclined  to  depend 
upon  the  thought  of  others;  he  too  often  buys  ready- 
made  that  which  should  be  the  product  of  his  own 
laboratory.  He  too  often  relies  upon  the  printer  to 
furnish  a  label,  carton  or  wrapper  which  would  be 
■worth  more  to  him  if  the  style  and  matter  were  of 
his  own  originating.  It  is  necessary  in  order  to  get 
the  most  benefit  from  the  production  of  your  own 
goods  that  they  have  merit  and  originality,  and  that 
they  carry  a  style  that  is  distinctive  and  business-like. 
Do  not  imitate  your  neighbor's  style  or  that  of  some 
well  known  preparation.  On  the  contrary,  you  will 
be  the  gainer  \:,y  creating  a  style  exclusively  your 
own  and  by  putting  out  goods  which  will  make  people 
think  of  you  when  they  see  the  goods,  and  think  of 
:the  goods  when  they  see  you. 

An  important  matter  is  the  method  of  advertising 
_your  own  goods.  It  is  not  enough  to  originate  your 
own  formulas,  label  and  wrappers  and  displsty  the 
goods  on  your  counters  and  in  the  windows.  It  pays 
well  to  distribute  samples  within  a  territory  extend- 
ing five  or  six  blocks  or  more  in  all  directions  from 
the  store.  Another  scheme  is  to  have  printed  neat 
circulars — a  separate  one  for  each  preparation.  It  is 
poor  economy  to  try  to  advertise  several  articles  on 
one  page.  These  circulars  should  be  to  the  point, 
and  short  enough  to  be  easily  read.  They  are  used 
to  the  best  advantage  in  the  following  suggestive 
way:  You  make  a  child's  cough  cure,  wrap  with  it  a 
cough  plaster  circular;  with  your  cologne  lotion  dis- 
pense a  cold  cream  circular;  with  a  wine  of  ho'po- 
phosphites,  a  bronchial  lozenge  circular,  etc.  Keep 
everlastingly  at  it  along  these  lines.  Put  out  the 
right  goods  in  the  right  way;  you  w-ill  be  worthy  of 
success,  and  success  will  be  yours. 

The  man  best  fitted  for  preparing  the  physician's 
prescriptions  and  furnishing  his  supplies,  is  rapidly 
giving  place  to  the  large  pharmaceutical  manufactur- 
ing firms  and  is  really  becoming  their  agent.  There 
'is  more  money  to  be  made  in  other  watys  than  by 
acting  as  agent  for  ready-made  goods.  The  pharma- 
cist may  cut  out  a  field  for  himself  by  having  one  of 
'his  clerks  call   upon  physicians   in   his  neighborhood 


regularly,  talk  to  them  regarding  the  good  quality  of 
some  special  preparation  which  he  makes,  and  leave 
them  a  generous  sample.  You  may  not  see  imme- 
diate returns  resulting  from  every  call,  but  this; 
method  will  stamp  (>'0U  as  a  progressive  man  who  has 
confidence  in  himself  and  his  ability  to  originate  and 
prepare  that  which  the  physician  needs  for  his  patient. 
Some  one  of  your  preparations  may  possibly  have 
special  merit  or  may  be  put  out  in  a  style  sufficiently 
attractive  to  warrant  an  extension  of  territory  for 
distribution.  Y'ou  mzfj  (in  the  parlance  of  the  day) 
make  a  hit  which  will  produce  more  income  than  you 
ever  expected  to  get  from  the  drug  business. 

There  are  other  sources  of  trade  that  must  not  be 
neglected  by  the  man  who  would  make  the  most.  The 
dentist  uses  many  chemicals  and  preparations  which 
might  be  supplied  by  the  retail  pharmacist  instead 
of  the  dental  supply  company.  Let  your  man  call  on 
the  dentist  occasionally.  You  may  not  sell  him 
goods  every  time  but  you  will  stamp  yourself  upon  his 
memory  as  a  man  who  is  looking  for  his  trade  in  a 
business-like  way.  You  will  eventually  get  business 
from  him  and  through  his  influence. 

The  barber  needs  goods,  such  as  bay  rum,  eau  de 
cologne,  Florida  water,  vaseline,  cosmetics,  etc.  You 
can  furnish  him  with  these  as  cheaply  as  the 
barbers'  supply  house  and  make  money.  Let  your 
detail  man  see  the  barbers  and  get  from  them  all  that 
it  is  possible  for  the  pharmacist  to  get.  Bakers  use 
large  quantities  of  flavoring  extracts,  coloring 
materials,  ammonium  carbonate,  etc.  Why  not  try 
for  some  of  their  business? 

It  may  appear  difficult  to  spare  a  clerk  from  the 
store  long  enough  to  do  detail  work  of  this  kind,  but 
there  is  always  a  dull  day  or  two  each  week  a  portion 
of  which  could  be  used  for  this  purpose.  A  part  of 
one  day  each  week  devoted  to  physicians  and  den- 
tists and  the  same  to  barbers  and  bakers  would  be  suf- 
ficient to  produce  an  agreeable  increase  in  trade. 

Y'ou  may  already  have  some  of  the  best  formulas 
in  the  world,  yet  it  is  possible  that  some  of  the  fol- 
lowing mzff  be  of  use  to  you  in  following  the  plans 
outlined  above: 
A   Laxative   Carminative   for  Infants  and   Children. 
Fennelett. 

Oil  of  anise  seed 1  Cc 

Oil  of  fennel  seed 1  Cc 

Fluid  extract  of  eascara  aromatic. .  .30  Ce. 

Fluid  extract  of  senna 8  Ce. 

Sodium  bicarbonate U  grams 

Syrup  ISO  Cc. 

Aleoliol  'JO  Ce. 

Water,  to  make 500  Ce. 

A  Headache  Remedy  for  Application  or  Inhalation. 
Headache    Cologne. 

Chloroform S  Cc. 

Mentliol   !.■>  grams 

Eau  de  cologne,  q.  s 500  Ce 

This  saline  laxative  may  be   sold  in  powder  form 
or  granular,  the  latter  being  produced  by  moistening 
with  alcohol  and  rubbing  through  a  hair  sieve. 
Fruit    Laxative. 
Magnosinm  sulpliate,  exsiccated.  .60  grams. 

Tartaric  .-uid    150  grams. 

Sodium  Ipicarlicuiate   120  grams 

Potassium   liitartrate 120  grams. 

Sugar,  powdered 120  grams 

Y'ou  can  easile,'  get  a  reputation  for  supplying 
housewives  with  a  superior  baking  powder  by  selling 
the    following: 

Baking   Powder. 

Cream  tartar 10  parts. 

Corn  starch  10  parts 

Sodium  bicarbonate 4%  parts. 

Sea  Foam. 

Salts  of  tartar f>0  grams 

Eau  de  cologne 00  Cc. 

Alcohol    250   Ce. 

Water,  enough  to  make 1(K)0  Ce. 

Golden   Tooth   Wash. 

Fluid  oxtraef  of  hydrastis  can 4  O. 

Moiitliol  1  gram. 

Tlivniol   1  gram. 

lli'nzoic  acid   1  gram 


May  22,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


507 


Kuc.-ilyptul    1   Cc. 

Sodium  lidiMli' 2  firaiiis. 

SaccliariiK' 2  docifjriuns. 

Extnut  I.a  France  ruse 4  ("o. 

Powdered  castile  soa|i 20  grams. 

Alcohol ISO  t'o. 

■Water.  <i.  s .">00  Cc. 


AN  ANALYTICAL  SCHEME  THAT  PAID. 

By  JUSTIN   S.   BREWER,    PHAR.    D.,    New    York. 

Fellow  pharmacists,  are  you  located  in  a  territory 
where  the  majority  of  druggists  and  drug 
stores  are  behind  the  times;  where  window 
displays  are  changed  but  once  in  six  months, 
and  where  such  a  thing  as  advertising  is  seldom,  if 
ever  practiced?  If  this  query  fits  your  situation  and 
you  are  drifting  along  in  the  same  channel  with  the 
rest  of  your  compatriots,  doing  nothing  to  better  your 
condition  and  wasting  .your  spare  moments  in  idleness, 
then  \-ou  have  no  right  to  the  title  of  pharmacist,  and 
you  should  withdraw  from  active  labor  tO'  make  room 
for  some  poor  fellow  who  has  a  little  of  that  enervat- 
ing substance  called  "push." 

Among  just  such  a  lot  of  druggists  as  I  have  de- 
scribed above  I  found  myself  compelled  to  live  a  short 
time  ago,  and  being  impressed  with  their  utter  lack  of 
originality  and  the  large  nimiber  of  physicians  in  the 
vicinity,  it  occurred  to  me  that  anyone  possessed  of 
the  requisite  knowledge  and  having  sufficient  energy, 
would  find  a  bonanza  by  setting  up  a  sort  of  analyti- 
cal laboratory  for  the  examination  of  urine,  milk, 
water,  blood,  sputum,  etc.  Accordingly,  acting  on  the 
principle  "to  do  is  to  dare"  and  knowing  that  the  ex- 
periment, even  though  it  failed,  would  cost  me  very 
little,  I  started  out  to  equip  a  small  laboratory.  Be- 
ing in  the  employ  of  a  wholesale  house,  my  hours  of 
work  were  comparatively  short  and  I  had  ample  time 
at  my  disposal.  The  scheme  I  had  mapped  out  must, 
of  course,  be  executed  at  home,  and  after  due  con- 
sideration I  hit  upon  the  corner  of  the  basement  as 
the  best  place  in  which  to  set  up  my  apparatus.  I  se- 
lected a  space  where  a  large  window  would  give  all 
the  light  necessary  and  where  a  convenient  tap  sup- 
plied running  water.  This  space  I  separated  from  the 
rest  of  the  cellar  by  a  thin  partition  of  matched 
boards.  Now.  having  a  distinct  and  spacious  room,  I 
prepared  to  fit  up  the  interior.  Some  of  the  matched 
boards  which  remained,  with  the  edges  plained  off, 
made  excellent  shelves,  and  an  old  carpenter's  bench 
of  hard  wood,  with  some  slight  alterations,  furnished 
me  with  a  working  table.  For  reagent  holders  I  ob- 
tained from  one  of  the  druggists  in  the  town  a  lot  of 
old  perfume  bottles  with  glass  stoppers,  which  he 
"fished"  up  from  his  cellar  and  let  me  have  at  almost 
a  nominal  price.  The  dry  chemicals  which  I  was  com- 
pelled to  purchase  were  left  in  the  original  containers, 
thus  obviating  any  unnecessary  expense  for  bottles. 
An  old  microscope,  preserved  from  college  days,  was 
still  sufficiently  good  to  be  of  service,  and  this  with 
flasks,  test  tubes,  a  burette.  Bunsen  burner,  etc., 
completed  my  outfit. 

I  might  mention  that  an  analytical  balance  can 
hardly  be  dispensed  with  in  many  of  the  operations 
connected  with  milk  and  water  analyses,  but  is  hard',y 
necessary  in  the  estimation  of  urinary  constituents. 
As  I  had  decided  to  devote  my  first  efforts  to  urine 
analysis,  I  did  not  trouble  about  a  balance,  knowing 
that  I  would  be  able  to  borrow  the  use  of  one  if  it 
became   necessary. 

Having  thus,  at  a  very  small  cost,  fitted  up  a  place 
sufficient  for  my  needs.  I  began  to  make  my  useful- 
ness known  to  the  physicians  in  the  town.  I  began 
by  writing  them  individually,  a  persuasive,  but  not 
exaggerated  letter,  telling  them  that  their  extensive 
practice  and  busy  life  did  not   permit   of  much   time 


for  such  work  as  urine  analysis,  and  also  exploiting 
my  accomplishments  as  a  chemist;  saying,  that  inas- 
much as  I  did  this  kind  of  work  every  day  I  had  be- 
come very  proficient  in  it.  In  closing  I  gave  my  as- 
surance that  each  sample  submitted  to  me  would  re- 
ceive prompt  and  careful  attention,  and  added  an 
earnest  appeal  for  the  physicians'  cooperation.  En- 
closed with  each  letter  was  a  printed  card,  stating  the 
charge  for  a  complete  analysis  of  any  one  sample  or 
for  the  detection  of  aro'  one  constituent.  Not  content 
with  this  alone,  a  little  later,  I  called  on  those  physi- 
cians to  whom  I  had  written  and,  by  good,  sound 
reasoning,  explained  to  them  that  I  could  do  their 
analytical  work  at  less  expense  to  them — time  being 
considered — than  they  themselves  could  do  it. 

I  will  confess  that  my  success  was  not  instantane- 
ous. A  physician's  confidence  is  a  hard  thing  to  cul- 
tivate, and  various  other  obstacles  presenting  them- 
selves, I  felt  like  abandoning  my  project.^  At  this 
juncture  good  fortune  came  to  ray  assistance  in  the 
person  of  a  young  physician,  whose  acquaintance  I 
had  gained  by  a  former  dealing  in  drugs.  Taking  a 
friendly  interest  in  nv  scheme  he  gave  me,  at  differ- 
ent intervals,  samples  of  urine  and  finding  that  the 
reports  from  my  analysis  were  rendered  to  him 
promptly  and  correctly,  he  called  the  attention  of  sev- 
eral brother  physicians  to  my  work.  Although  some 
of  them  were  at  first  rather  skeptical  concerning  my 
ability,  I  at  length  gained  their  confidence,  and  by 
careful  attention  to  ever.y  sample  I  received,  I  began 
to  add  materially  to  my  income. 

I  was  not  satisfied,  however,  with  the  result,  but 
began  to  look  toward  the  various  milk  dealers  as  an- 
other field  for  my  operations.  With  these  I  followed 
the  same  plan  as  with  the  physicians,  sending  each  of 
them  a  letter,  saying  that  it  would  be  a  good  thing  to 
know  if  they  were  getting  pure  milk.  I  also  men- 
tioned the  fact  that  the  Board  of  Health  is  very  par- 
ticular about  the  subject  of  milk,  and  hinted  that  it 
would  be  most  inconvenient  for  the  dairyman  to  have 
an  inspector  call  with  his  lactometer  and  find  an 
aqueous  extract  from  some  farmer's  well  in  his  milk 
cans.  After  devoting  a  great  deal  ot  time  and  energy 
to  vain  attempts  to  secure  samples  of  milk  for  analy- 
sis, I  concluded  that  this  part  of  nv/  scheme,  at  least, 
'was  impracticable  and  I  gave  up  milk  in  favor  of  the 
more  profitable  urine  analysis,  for  in  spite  of  all  my 
efforts  I  succeeded  in  getting  but  three  samples. 

From  one  physician,  connected  with  the  Health 
Department,  I  received  an  occasional  sample  of  drink- 
ing water,  which,  added  to  the  urine  analysis,  used 
up  all  my  spare  time  and  brought  me  in  very  satisfac- 
tory results. 

In  concluding.  I  will  say  that  in  many  cases  where 
it  was  desired  to  know  the  presence  of  one  single 
constituent,  such  as  albumen,  for  instance,  in  urine, 
the  work  was  performed  gratis;  thus  gaining  the 
good  will  of  the  physician  and  insuring  his  continued 
patronage.  In  all  cases  where  the  physician  desired 
examination  of  the  sample  for  more  than  one  sub- 
stance a  moderate  charge  was  always  made. 

From  experience,  extending  over  a  period  of  more 
than  twelve  months.  I  think  I  can  authoritatively  as- 
sert that  any  pharmacist,  having  an  established  busi- 
ness and  an  intimate  acquaintance  with  the  physicians 
of  his  neighborhood,  can  add  extensively  to  his  profits 
by  engaging  in  work  of  this  nature,  at  very  little  ex- 
pense to  himself.  With  his  knowledge  of  chemistry, 
and  the  aid  of  a  good  text  book,  he  should  be  able  to 
carry  out  any  of  the  operations  involved  in  urine 
analysis  and  with  a  little  practice  he  ought  even  to 
become  proficient  in  it.  At  this  period  of  keen  com- 
mercial competition,  the  pharmacist  should  eagerly 
welcome  any  additional  source  of  financial  gain,  and 
should  neglect  no  opportunity  of  adding  to  his  bank 
account.  It  is  my  opinion  that  there  is  no  other  side 
line  from  which  so  large  a  profit  will  accrue  with  as 
little  expenditure  of  time  and  labor  as  urine  analysis. 
A  pharmacist  engaging  in  this  work  with  persistence 
will  find  at  the  expiration  nf  a  year  a  neat  sum  credi- 
ted to  his  analytical  account  on  the  right  side  of  the 
ledger. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  23,  1903. 


J.  M.  McCANN. 

J.  M.  McCnim  of  Toledo,  Ohio,  winnei'  of  the  second 
prize  in  the  March  series  of  Drug  Problems,  modestly 
states  that  the  only  claim  he  can  make  to  fame  and 
reputation  consists  entirely  of  negative  characteristics, 
for  although  he  was  born  and  raised  in  Kentucky,  "he 
never  saw  a  horse  race,  cannot  drink  whiskey  and  never 
voted  the  Democratic  ticket  in  his  life."  Mr.  McCann 
was  born  in  Paris,  Ky.,  in  1S51  and  obtained  his  early 
education  in  the  village  schools,  later  attending  for  a  year 
the  University  at  Urbana,  Ohio.  He  never  attended 
a  school  of  pharmacy,  but  nevertheless  has  always  made 
an  effort  to  keep  in  touch  with  the  scientific  side  of 
the  drug  business.  For  three  years  he  was  connected 
with  the  U.S. Weather  Bureau  and  in  October,  1SS4,  was 
ordered  to  Toledo,  He  resigned  shortly  after,  went  into 
the  drug  business  and  is  at  the  present  operating  two 
stores.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ohio  and  Toledo  Pharma- 
ceutical Associations,  He  is  justly  proud  of  his  record 
in  the  latter  organization  as  he  is  the  only  member  on 
its  rolls  who  has  been  present  at  every  meeting  for  the 
past  ten  years. 


THE  CHARLES  RICE  MEMORIAL  COMMITTEE. 

The  Board  of  Trustees  in  conjunction  with  the 
Committee  of  Revision  of  the  United  States  Pharma- 
copoeia, have  appointed  a  Memorial  Committee  whose 
duty  it  is  to  solicit  funds  for  the  purpose  of  placing 
a  suitable  monument  over  the  unmarked  grave  of  our 
beloved  former  chairman  the  late  Dr.  Charles  Rice, 
and  to  defray  the  expenses  of  preparing  a  Memorial 
Volume,  to  contain  his  portrait  and  a  sketch  of  his 
life  and  labors. 

It  is  the  purpose  of  this  Special  Committee  to  call 
attention  through  the  columns  of  the  various  Phar- 
maceutical and  Medical  Journals  to  its  subscription 
list,  which  thus  far  embraces  an  appropriation  made 
by  the  Board  of  Trustees  and  the  subscriptions  of  the 
individual  members  of  the  Committee  of  Revision,  in 
addition  to  such  funds  as  have  been  independently  col- 
lected by  the  several  pharmaceutical  journals. 

We  invite  all  to  contribute  to  this  fund,  who  ap- 
preciate the  labors  of  this  great  genius  who  sacrificed 
so  much  in  the  cause  of  medicine  and  pharmacy,  di- 
recting three  decennial  revisions  of  the  United  States 
Pharmacopoeia,  the  latter  of  which,  as  an  authorita- 
tive and  model  work  is  unequalled  by  that  prepared 
by  any  other  committee. 

All  contributions  should  be  sent  to  either  of  the 
following:  Virgil  Coblentz,  115  West  68th  street, 
New  York  city;  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  1129  Washington 
street,  Boston,  Mass. 

The  Memorial  Committee  consists  of  the  following: 
Prof.  James  H.  Beal,  Scio,  Ohio:  Prof.  Virgil  Cob- 
lentz, New  York  City,  N.  Y.;  Charles  E.  Dohme, 
Philadelphia,  Pa.;  Samuel  A.  D.  Sheppard,  Boston, 
Mass.;  Prof.  Reynold  W.  Wilcox,  New  York  City, 
N,  Y, 


The  object  of  this  department  Is  to  furnish  our  sulj- 
scribers  and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription    work,    dispensing    difficulties,    etc. 

Requests  tor  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mall,  and  ANONYMOtJS  COMMUNICATIONS  RECEIVB 
NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer  queries  In  this 
department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this  department 
frequent  reference  Is  necessarily  made  to  informa-tlon 
pulbdished  In  previous  Issues  of  the  Era,  Copies  of  these 
may  he  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 


Barber's  Witch  Hazel  Cream. 

(E.  L.)     Try  one  of  the  following: 

(1)  Glycerin   4  fl,  ounces 

Quince  seed 1/2  dram 

Alcohol  5  fl.  ounces 

Oil  rose  geranium 1(5  minims 

Hot  water 16  fl.  ounces 

Distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel. 7  fl,  ounces 

Pour  8  ounces  of  the  water  upon  the  quince  seed, 
agitate  well  until  a  mucilage  is  formed,  and  strain 
through  muslin.  Pour  the  remainder  of  the  hot 
water  into  a  bottle,  add  the  oil  of  rose,  and  shake 
well.  .A.dd  the  alcohol,  glycerin,  and  distilled  extract 
of  witch  hazel  and  mix  with  mucilage  first  formed, 

(2)  Quince  seed 3  ounces 

Boric  acid 1%  drams 

Carbolic  acid 1  fl.  dram 

Distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel,  .2  fl.  ounces 

Glycerin   6  fl,  ounces 

Perfumed  extract 2  fl,  ounces 

Water,  enough  to  make 4  pints 

Pour  32  ounces  of  boiling  water  upon  the  quince 
seed,  add  the  acids,  macerate  for  several  hours,  stir- 
ring occasionally,  decant  the  liquid;  upon  the  residue 
pour  16  fluid  ounces  of  boiling  water,  macerate  again 
and  decant  as  before.  Mix  and  strain  the  two  liquids, 
add  the  gycerin,  distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel  and 
perfume,  and  finally  the  remainder  of  the  water. 
The  quantity  of  distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel  rmiy 
be  increased  if  desired,  omitting,  of  course,  a  cor- 
responding quantity  of  the  water. 

(.".)    Menthol 5  grains 

Tragacanth,  powdered ^2  dram 

Alcohol '2  dram 

Glycerin    2  drams 

Distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel,  , ,  .4  ounces 

Water 4  ounces 

Dissolve  the  menthol  in  the  alcohol,  and  add  to 
the  tragacanth  contained  in  a  dry  bottle;  add  the 
witch  hazel,  water  and  glycerin,  and  thoroughly  shake. 


Lilac  Water, 

(E.  L.) 

(1)    Extract  of  tuberose 1  pmt 

Extract  of  orange  flower Vi  piut 

Oil  of  bitter  almonds 3  drops 

Extract  of  civet V2  ounce 

This  can  be  diluted  with  cologne  spirit  and  water 
to  the  desired  strength.  The  peculiar  odor  of  lilac 
flowers  is  due  to  a  liquid  principle  called  terpineol, 
which  also  exists  in  many  of  the  essential  oils,  _  It 
is  obtainable  in  the  market  under  the  name  of  lilacine. 
This  is  probably  used  in  the  manufacture  of  some  of 
the  cheaper  lilac  odors  upon  the  market,  either  alone 
or  in  connection  with  other  ingredients,  in  alcohol 
of  the  required  strength. 

(2>     Oil  of  rose   1.0 

Oil  of  borgamot   1-0 

Oil  of  orniigo  flower 1.0 

Coumarin 10 

Tinetui-e  musk   5.0 


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509 


Ksseuee  of  bitter  almuiuls 5.0 

Tiuctuiu  civet 10.0 

Triple  extract  jasmin 300.0 

Terpiueol,   (Selnmmell    10 

Alcohui,  fSO  i<ev  cent 070.0 

Dissolve  the  terpineol  in  the  alcohol  before  add- 
ing to  the  other  ingredients. 

Wild  Cheny  Phosphate. 
(I.  S.  G.)  A  "pho.sphate"  syrup  may  be  made  by 
simp'j>-  adding  2  to  4  fluid  ounces  of  solution  of  acid 
phosphate  to  one-half  gallon  of  wild  cherry  syrup 
(as  prepared  for  fountain  use),  and  then  drawing  the 
latter  into  the  glass  without  the  further  addition  of 
acid   solution.     Here  are   some   other   formulas: 

(1)    Almond  essence 2tl.  drams 

Solution  of  acid  phosph.ite  ...  .2  H.  omices 
Compound  tincture  ol  cudbear.  .  .1  fl.  dram 

Syrup,  enough  to  make 1  quart 

(2.)    Oil  of  bitter  almonds  (deprived  of 

hydrocyanic  acidj 4  drops 

Alcohol   2  fl.  drams 

Dilute  phosphoric  acid 2  fl.  ounces 

Syrup Iti  fl.  ounces 

Glucose  syrup,  enough  to  make.32  fl.  ounces 
Caramel,  sutiicient  to  color. 
(3)    Fluid  extract  of  wild  cherry  .  . .  .2  fl.  drams 

Tincture  of  cudbear 2  fl.  drams 

Port  wine 4  fl.  drams 

I  'ogTino  brandy 4  fl.  drams 

Solution  of  acid  phosphates  ...  .2  fl.  ounces 

Syrup,  enough  to  make 32  fl.  ounces 

Various  other  formulas  may  be  found  in  previous 
volumes  of  the  Era.     Consult  the  indexes. 

Cement  for  Mending  Pestles. 

(W.  D.)  Plaster  of  Paris  is  ordinarily  used  for 
fastening  loose  handles.  It  is  made  into  a  moderately 
thick  paste  with  water,  run  into  the  hole  in  the  head 
of  the  pestle,  the  handle  inserted  and  held  in  place  till 
the  cement  hardens.  Some  add  sand  to  the  paste,  and 
claim  to  get  better  results. 

(2)  Boil  together  I  part  caustic  soda,  3  parts  resin 
and  5  parts  water  till  homogeneous  and  add  4  parts 
plaster  of  Paris.  The  paste  sets  in  half  an  hour  and 
is  but  little  affected  by  water. 

(3)  The  Era  Formulary  gives  this  one:  Equal 
quantities  of  gulta  percha  and  shellac  are  melted 
together  and  well  stirred.  This  is  best  done  in  an 
iron  capsule  placed  on  a  sand-bath  and  heated  either 
over  a  gas  furnace  or  on  the  top  of  a  stove.  It  is  a 
combination  possessing  both  hardness  and  tough- 
ness, qualities  that  make  it  particular'^/  desirable  in 
mending  mortars  and  pestles.  In  using,  the  articles 
to  be  cemented  should  be  warmed  to  about  the  melt- 
ing point  of  the  mixture  and  retained  in  proper  posi- 
tion until  cool,  when  they  are  ready  for  use. 

BOOK  REVIEWS. 

FIRST    BOOK    OF    QrALITATIYE    CHEMISTRT. 
For   Studies   of   \Yater   Solution    and   Mass   Action, 
by    Albert    B.    Prescott.    Ph.    D..    Director    of    the 
Chemical  Laboratory,  and  Eugene  C.  Sullivan.  Ph. 
D..  Instructor  in  Analytical  Chemistry,  in  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan.     Eleventh   edition,   entirely  re- 
written. 12  mo..  147  pasres.  cloth,  net  .?1.50.     Xew 
York.     D.  A'an  Xostrand  Company. 
This   well-known   text-book  designed   for   the  use  of 
students  trfking   a   short  course   in  qualitative  analysis 
was   first   published   by   Prof.   Prescott   in   1S79.     It  has 
always    been    highly    esteemed    both    for    the   carefully 
selected  material  which   it  contains,  and  the  admirable 
classification  of  the  data  presented.  The  paragraphs  are 
so  arranged  and  the  type  so  chosen  that  the  most  im- 
portant  facts  are   given   the  proper  emphasis,   and   the 
student  can  at  once  grasp  the  relative  analytical  value 
of  the  various  phenomena.     In  the  eleventh  edition  the 
features  which  rendered  the  older  editions  valuable  have 
been  retained,  and  considerable  matter  intended  to  bring 
the  book  into  harmony  with  luore  recent  teachings  of 
chemical  science  has  been  added.     The  avowed  purpose 


of  the  book  is  not  so  much  the  teaching  of  analysis  as 
chemistry;  not  detective  method  for  its  own  sake  so 
much  as  a  personal  acquaintance  with  the  character 
of  the  chemical  elements  and  the  nature  of  chemical 
change.  In  view  of  this  object,  a  brief  discussion  of 
certain  theories  now  in  vogue  in  the  chemical  world 
is  not  so  obviously  out  of  place  in  this  volume  as  in 
a  number  of  other  recent  works  in  analytical  chemis- 
try. 


PLATTXER-S  MAXUAL  OF   QfALITATIYE   AXD 
QUAXTITATJYE       AXALYSIS       WITH      THE 
BLOWPIPE,  translated  by  Henry  B.  Cornwall,  E. 
M.,   Ph.,   D.,   Professor  of  Applied  Chemistry   and 
Mineralogy    in    Princeton    University,    assisted    by 
John   H.   Caswell,   A.   M.     Eighth   edition,   revised 
after  the  sixth  German  edition  by  Professor  Fried- 
rich  Klobeek,   of  the  Mining  Academy  at  Freiberg. 
Saxony.     With     eightv-seven    wood    cuts;     octavo. 
463  pages,  cloth:  price,  ?4.00  net.     New  York;  D. 
Van  Xostrand  Company. 
This   new   edition    of   Plattner's    classical   work   re- 
quires no  extended  introduction  to  the  public.     Jlodem 
blowpipe  practice  may  be   said   to   date  from  the  first 
edition  of  this  exhaustive  work  more  than  thirt.v  years 
ago.     The  present  edition  has  been  thoroughly  revised 
after  the  latest  German  edition,  which  brings  the  volume 
well  up-to-date.     Besides  the  addition  of  many  new  min- 
erals,  and   of  the  latest  approved  tests,  the  work  has 
been    improved    by    adopting   modern    notation,   by   the 
omission   of   superfluous   and   antiquated   tests,   as  well 
as   some   less   important     quantitative     determinations. 
Also  by  the  omission   of  spectroscopic  methods,  which 
do  not  properly  belong  to  blowpipe  analysis.     The  stu- 
dent will  find  in  this  book  all  the  latest  accepted  methods 
of  analysis  by  means  of  the  blowpipe  and  lamp. 


A  MAXUAL  OF  TOXICOLOGY.     A  concise  presenta- 
tion of  the  principal  facts  relatiug  to  poisons,  with 
detailed  directions  for  the  treatment  of  poisoning. 
Also   a  table  of  doses  of  the   principal  and  many 
new    remedies.     By    Albert   H.    Brimdage.    A.    M.. 
M.  D.,  Phar.  D..  professor  of  toxicology,  physiology 
and  hygiene  in  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy; 
vice-president   of   the   Board    of   Pharmacy   of  the 
State  of  New  York,  also  examiner  in  toxicology  and 
posologv.  etc.,  etc.     16  mo.,  pocket  size.  354  pages, 
cloth,    $2.     Brooklyn — Xew      York,      N.      Y.     The 
Henry  Harrison  Co. 
According  to  the  author  this  manual  has  been  pre- 
pared to  provide  for  the  "apparent  demand"'  for  a  booL; 
which  should  ''serve  as  a  ready  means  of  review  of  the 
salient  points  of  the  subject,  and  as  a  convenient,  con- 
densed   emergency   reference."     These      desiderata      he 
seems  to  have  accomplished  and  has  very  satisfactor- 
ily condensed  his  matter  into  available  form.    The  ar- 
rangement of  the  text  is  excellent,  important  words 
and    phrases   for   emergency   and   other   purposes   being 
emphasized  by  printing  them  in  capitals  and  full-face 
to'pe  throughout  the  work.     Included  in  the  book  are 
a   dose  table  of  about  "00  preparations,   abstracts   of 
the  Xew  Y'ork  State  laws  relating  to  poisons  and  sets  of 
questions  for  self-examination.  The  study  of  this  work 
will  not  make  a  toxicological  expert  of  a  pharmacist,  but 
it  will  give  him  much  general  information  of  a  kind  he 
wants,  if  he  wants  it  at  all,  on  short  notice. 


TThe  proceedinga  of  the  National  'WTiolesale  Druggists' 
Associatiion.  in  convention  at  Old  Point  ComPort,  Va., 
October  15  bo  19,  1901,  forms  an  attractive  ^■olume  which 
is  emibeJIisheid  with  portraits  of  the  president,  secretary 
and  treasurer  of  the  association  and  a  pretty  vieiw  of 
Hv>t€l  Chaimberlin,  where  the  meeting  was  held.  The  roll 
contains  the  names  oif  228  active  members  and  173  asso- 
ciate members  and  shows  a  grain  during:  the  year  of  0 
Active  members  and  a  loss  of  15  associate  ■memibers.  Th» 
convention  covered  In  this  report  Is  the  twenty-seventh 
annual     nifOUng  of  the  association. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  22,  1902. 


DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


In  this  Department  will  be  printed  each  week  aseries  of  problems  of  special  educational  value  to  all 
persons  connected  with  the  drug  trade.  i     "l 

CASH  PRIZES  to  the  amount  of  $7S.oo  will  be  distributed  each  month  to  the  subscribers  sending 
us  the  largest  number  of  correct  answers  to  theproblems  printed  during  the  preceding  month,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  given  below.    This  sum  will  be  divided  into  twenty-four  prizes,  as  follows: 

1st  PRIZE,  $25.00  3fd  PRIZE,  $J0.00 

2nd  PRIZE,  $15.00  4th   PRIZE,   $5.00 

and  20  PRIZES  OF  $J.00  EACH. 


NOTE  THESE  CONDITIONS. 


1.— All  answers  to  problems  must  reach  the  Problem  Edi- 
tor within  four  weeks  of  the  date  of  the  Era  In 
which  they  appeared. 

2.— Answers  should  be  sent  In  promptly.  In  case  of  a  tie 
the  award  will  depend  upon  the  jfeneral  excellence 
of   the    answers. 

3. — All  contestants  must  be  subscribers  to  the  Era. 

4. — Use  note-size  paper.  Cut  out  the  problem  and  paste 
at  top  of  sheet  and  write  your  answer  below,  using 
both  sides  of  the  paper  If  necessary. 

6.— Be  sure  to  write  your  name  and  full  address  on  each 
sheet— at  the  bottom.. 


0 — All  answers  must  be  written  In  Ink. 

7.— The  correct  answers  to  the  problems  of  ea<^  weekly 
installment  will  be  printed  in  the  Era  iflour  weeks 
later. 

8. — The  names  of  suece=sful  contestants  and  the  winners 
of  the  prizes  will  be  announced  monthly. 

9.— Address  all  answers  to  Problem  Editor.  The  Pharma- 
ceuticaJ.  Era.  396  Broadway.  New  York,  N.  T.,  and 
do  not  enclose  any  other  communications  with  your 
answers  to  these  problems. 


ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XVII. 

No.  156.' — A  druggist  engages  an  apprentice  at  the 
rate  of  $20  for  the  first  month,  $25  for  the  second,  $30 
for  the  third,  etc.,  thus  increasing  his  salary  by  $5  per 
month.  How  long  must  the  boy  retain  his  situation 
so  as  to  receive  on  the  whole  as  much  as  he  would 
have  received  had  his  salary  been  fixed  at  $52.50  per 
month? 

Ans. — T4  months. 

No.  157. — 0.3951  gram  of  a  substance,  supposed  to 
be  arsenic  pentoxide,  was  dissolved  in  dilute  ammonia, 
and  precipitated  as  magnesium-ammonium-arseniate. 
After  drying  at  iio  degrees,  the  precipitate  weighed 
0.6544  gram.     Was  the  substance  As20s? 

Ans. — 0.3951  grain  of  substance  gave  0.6544  gram 
of  NHiMgAsO.,  H20=o.378i  gram  AsiO^;  hence  the 
substance  contained  95.70  per  cent  arsenic  anhydride. 

No.  158. — If  a  man  were  to  buy  30  bottles  of  sar- 
saparilla,  giving  2  cents  for  the  first  bottle,  4  cents  for 
the  second,  8  cents  for  the  third,  etc.,  what  would 
be  the  price  of  the  last  bottle? 

Ans. — $10,737,418.24. 

No.  159. — A  druggist  owes  a  debt  due  in  four  equal 
installments,  at  the  end  of  4,  9,  12  and  20  months,  re- 
spectively and  he  finds  that  discount  being  allowed  at 
5  per  cent.,  $750  will  pay  the  debt.  How  much  did  he 
owe? 

Ans.— $784.74. 

No.  160. — A  young  man  was  required,  as  the  condi- 
tion of  obtaining  his  devoted,  that  he  should  obtain  a 
number  of  apples,  half  of  which  and  half  an  apple 
more  he  should  give  to  the  father;  half  the  remainder 
and  half  an  apple  more  to  the  mother;  half  the  re- 
mainder and  hall  an  apple  more  to  the  daughter;  and 
retain  half  the  remainder  and  half  an  apple  more  for 
himself.  None  of  the  apples  are  to  be  cut.  Required 
the  smallest  number  that  will  answer  the  purpose. 

Ans. — 15  apples. 

PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XXI. 

No.  176. — How  much  water  is  there  in  a  mixture 
of  100  gallons  of  wine  and  water,  worth  $1.00  per 
gallon,  if  100  gallons  of  the  wine  cost  $120.00? 

No.  177. — If  a  proprietary  medicine  cost  $.80  per 
bottle,  at  what  price  shall  it  be  marked  that  the  drug- 
gist may  sell  it  at  10  per  cent  less  than  the  marked 
price,  and  still  make  20  per  cent? 

No.  178.— Two  pints  of  each  of  the  following  gases 
are  mixed  together— marsh  gas,  hydrogen,  and  nitro- 
gen.    What  is  the  specific  gravity  of  the  mixture? 

No.  179.— If  a  man  six  feet  in  height  travel  round 
the  earth,  how  much  farther  must  his  head  travel  than 
his  feet? 


No.  180. — Three  men  met  at  a  caravansary  or  inn 
in  Persia  and  two  of  them  brought  their  provision 
along  with  them,  according  to  the  custom  of  the 
country;  but  the  third  not  having  provided  any,  pro- 
posed to  the  others  that  they  should  eat  together, 
and  he  would  pay  the  value  of  his  proportion.  This 
being  agreed  to,  A  produced  five  loaves,  and  B  three 
loaves,  all  of  which  the  travelers  ate  together,  and  C 
paid  eight  pieces  of  money  as  the  value  of  his  share, 
with  which  the  others  were  satisfied,  but  quarreled 
about  the  division  of  it.  Upon  this  the  matter  was 
referred  to  the  judge  who  decided  impartially.  What 
was  his  decision? 


THE   SODA  WATER   FORMULARY.     A   Guide  for 
Modern   Soda   Water  Dispenser  and  a  compilatiou 
of  the  most  recent  reliable  formulas  for  dispensing 
hot  and  cold  soda.     Collected  by  E.  G.  Eberle,  Ph. 
G.,    12    mo.    231    page,    cloth,    $1.     Dallas,    Texas 
Drug   Co. 
This   little  book   is  attractively   gotten  up  and   con- 
tains much  valuable  information  for  the  soda  dispensing 
druggist,  the  confectioner,  and  others.     While  the  com- 
piler can  lay  no  claim  to  originality  in  this  field  it  must 
be  said  that  he  has  shown  discrimination   in  the  selec- 
tion  of   the  material   he  has   chosen   and  the   practical 
suggestions  that  he  makes  relative  to  the  management  of 
tlie  fountain,  how  to  advertise,  what  to  do  and  what  not 
to   do,    etc.     The   book   contains   over   a   thousand   for- 
mulas. 


In  the  Mineral  Resourcea  of  the  United  States  foT  1900, 
thie  U.  S.  GeoloKlca!  Survey  'has  returned  to  its  orlglnial 
convenient  octavo  form.  This  change  will  be  an  accept- 
able one  to  those  who  keep  a  file  of  tlnese  valuable  publl- 
cartUons  upon  their  shelves.  The  yuarto  size  is  not  only 
Inconveniemt  to*  ihandle,  but  Is  also  poorly  adapted  for  or- 
diinary  library  storage.  The  arrangement  and  scope  of 
this  voluime  are  practically  the  samie  ae  dn  tlie  sixteen 
preceding  re.ports  of  the  series.  Each  report  records  the 
d-evelopment  of  the  country  since  th>©  time  covered  by 
the  preceding  number  of  the  series.  Kach  cha,pt^r  is  a 
census  of  the  productive  featu-refi  of  fhe  Industry,  as 
complete  a^  possible  with  the  means  at  commajid. 


ALKALOIDS  OF  MANDRAGORA  ROOT— O. 
Hesse  (Journ.  Prakt.  Chem.)  found  in  air-dried  man- 
dragora  root  .417  per  cent  total  alkaloids  separated 
by  means  of  soda.  This  mixed  alkaloid  con- 
tained hyoscine,  Ci-HuN  O4;  pseudo  hyoscyamine, 
CtHsN  O,:  and  madragorinc,  C,r,H,„N  0=.  The  base 
mandragorine,  when  subjected  to  hydrolysis,  is  de- 
composed, atropic  acid  being  formed. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


NEW   YORK   AND  VICINITY. 


MANHATTAN    PHARMACEUTICAL   ASSOCIA- 
TION. 


Discuss  Election  of  Board   of  Pharmacy   Members  and 

Decides  to  Call  for  Conference  of  Local  Associa- 
tions— Committees   Appointed   and   By-Laws 
Suspended  to  Give  Association  Chance 
to    Increase    Its    Membership. 

The  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at  the 
regular  monthly  meeting  held  in  the  College  of  Phar- 
macy, Monday  evening,  May  19,  decided  to  issue  a  call 
to  all  of  the  pharmaceutical  societies  in  the  boroughs  of 
Manhattan  and  the  Bronx  asking  for  a  conference  to 
consider  a  candidate  or  candidates  for  election  to  mem- 
bership on  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  next  month.  This 
conference  will  probably  be  attended  by  committees  of 
three  from  each  incorporated  pharmaceutical  society, 
which  requires  its  members  to  be  licensed  pharmacists 
or  druggists,  and  will  be  held  next  week,  probably  Thurs- 
day. Several  members  of  the  Manhattan  Association 
expressed  a  desire  to  learn  the  wants  of  other  societies 
in  regard  to  a  candidate  or  candidates  and  thought  some 
steps  should  be  taken  so  that  an  agreement  could  be 
reached  and  not  have  too  many  candidates  in  the  tield. 
In  making  the  motion  for  the  association  to  receive  a 
call  for  a  conference  A.  Bakst  said  that  to  get  the  best 
men  on  the  Board  it  was  imperative  tliat  the  different 
organizations  should  unite  and  agree  upon  candidates 
tlioy  would  support.  George  Kleinau  argued  that  as  the 
election  would  be  held  so  soon  there  would  be  little  time 
for  a  conference  and  some  action  should  be  taken  at 
once. 

Charles  S.  Erb,  the  newly  elected  president  of  the 
Association,  in  calling  the  meeting  to  order  thanked  the 
members  for  the  honor  given  him  and  made  several 
suggestions  as  to  how  the  work  of  the  Association  could 
benefit  the  profession  more.  He  said  there  should  be  a 
membership  of  500  and  hoped  to  see  that  number  in  a 
sliort  time.  He  pointed  out  the  importance  of  legisla- 
tion and  said  it  was  to  the  druggists'  interest  to  watch 
it  closely.  He  also  suggested  a  change  in  tlie  by-laws 
reducing  annual  dues,  many  pharmacists  thinking  §5.00 
too  much  to  pay  for  membership  in  a  trade  organization. 
The  minutes  read  by  Secretary  Swann  were  adopted  and 
Treasurer  Hitchcock  reported  a  balance  of  $37.50,  hav- 
ing received  $42.50  in  dues  and  paid  out  $5.00. 

The  following  appointments  by  the  president  were 
announced;  Committee  on  legislation:  Felix  Hirseman, 
A.  Bakst.  R.  U.  Smith.  Committee  on  finance:  A.  C. 
Searles,  C.  O.  Bigelow.  W.  Falkiner.  Committee  on 
trade  interests:  F.  O.  Collins,  W.  H.  Porr,  Thos.  Latham. 
Committee  on  grievances:  W.  C.  Alpers,  Oscar  Goldman, 
Vt'.  E.  Faber.  Press  committee:  J.  M.  Tobin,  Charles 
Wylie,  E.  J.  Emelin.  Committee  on  entertainment:  Fred 
Borggreve,  C.  O.  Grube,  F.  N.  Pond.  R.  Timmerman, 
F.  Wichelns,  G.  Kleinau,  W.  F.  Rawlins,  J.  Lewin, 
J.  H.  Rogers.  Joseph  Aquaro.  Committee  on  member- 
i<hip:  F.  W.  Carpenter,  .Joseph  Welnstein,  W.  H.  Ebbitt. 
Delegates  to  Connecticut  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tion; George  E.  Diekraan.  H.  A.  Herold,  L.  F.  W. 
Seifert.     Delegates  to  New  Jersey  Association:   W.   C. 


Alpers,  J.  M.  Tobin,  J.  H.  Rogers.  Delegates  to  New 
York  State  Association;  C.  O.  Bigelow,  B.  R.  Dauscha, 
M.  Marlamson,  S.  Y.  B.  Swann. 

The  question  of  storing  combustibles  under  the  new 
permits  being  issued  by  the  fire  department  was  dis- 
cussed at  some  length.  Mr.  Swann  said  he  had  written 
to  the  fire  commissioner  about  the  matter  and  received 
a  reply  stating  that  as  all  permits  would  not  expire  until 
January  1,  1903,  the  new  regulations  would  not  be 
strictly  enforced  until  that  date.  Several  members  gave 
accounts  of  their  experiences  with  the  fire  department 
and  said  they  could'not  carry  benzine,  gasoline,  etc.,  in 
stock  without  violating  the  regulations  of  the  new  per- 
mits. The  discussion  brought  out  the  fact  that  under 
the  new  permits  no  druggist  can  keep  any  gasoline,  ben- 
s.ine,  naphtha,  etc.,  or  preparations  made  of  such,  on  his 
premises  if  the  building  is  occupied  In  part  as  a  dwell- 
ing. It  was  said  the  fire  department  expects  to  abolish 
the  sale  of  such  substances  within  the  city  limits. 

W.  C.  Alpers,  chairman  of  the  committee  appointed 
to  communicate  with  the  medical  associations  of  the 
County  and  State  to  learn  if  druggists  could  become 
members  of  the  materia  medica  section  of  the  bodies, 
said  he  had  been  informed  that  only  practitioners  were 
eligible  to  membership  but  If  desired  he  would  try  and 
have  it  arranged  so  that  druggists  would  be  admitted 
to  the  section  at  the  meeting  of  the  American  Medical 
Association  at  Saratoga  in  June. 

P.  Diamond,  of  the  New  York  Retail  Druggists  As- 
sociation, spoke  on  the  pharmacy  law  and  asked  the 
Manhattan  Association  to  endorse  the  nommation  of 
Joseph  Welnstein  for  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy Mr  Diamond's  speech  started  a  long  discussion 
on  the  amended  pharmacy  law.  A.  C.  Searles  said 
when  the  Associations'  committee  went  to  Albany  to  oj?- 
pose  the  amendment  the  idea  that  five  members  would 
be'elected  on  the  Board  was  not  entertained  and  it  was 
not  intended  by  any  of  its  supporters  that  the  amend- 
ment should  provide  for  anything  except  the  election  of 
one  member.  It  was  here  stated  that  the  opinion  signed 
bv  the  Attorney  General  had  been  prepared  by  his  as- 
sistant and  it  was  probable  he  would  reconsider  the 
matter  and  possibly  render  another  opinion.  Consider- 
ing the  intent  of  the  bill  it  may  be  that  only  one  member 
of  the  eastern  section  of  the  Board  will  be  elected  this 

''^Before    adjournment    the    following    resolution    was 

"'''"Resolved,  that  the  third  section  of  article  three  be 
suspended  on  the  evening  of  June  16  (the  date  of  the 
regular  meeting!  in  so  far  as  it  relates  to  the  committee 
on  membership  and  that  said  committee  be  ««tructed 
and  empowered  to  report  on  all  candidates  who  shall 
have  been  proposed  up  to  and  Including  said  meetmg. 

Mr  Erb  said  this  resolution  was  passed  to  give 
everv  pharmacist  who  wanted  to  vote  for  a  member  of 
the  Board  of  Pharmacy  a  chance  to  join  the  Associa- 

*'™Two  new  members,  Charles  Augustus  Stecher  and 
Charles  King  Crowell.  were  elected,  and  forty-five  ap- 
plications were  received.  It  was  decided  to  have  re- 
freshments served  at  the  close  of  the  business  session 
of  the  June  meeting. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[May  22,  1902. 


KINGS  COUNTY  PHARMACEUTICAL  SOCIETY 


Annual  Reports  of  Officers  and  Committees  and  Officers 
Re-Elected. 

The  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  met  in  an- 
nual couference  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy, 
Tuesday,  May  13,  and  the  following  officers  were  re- 
elected: President,  Oscar  C.  Kleine,  Jr.;  first  vice- 
president,  Walter  B.  Averre;  second  vice-presideut,  Ed- 
■n-ard  G.  Kave;  third  vice-president,  Andrew  E.  Hege- 
man;  secretary.  Frederic  P.  Tuthill;  treasurer,  Peter  W. 
Ray.  Three  elective  trustes  were  elected  to  serve  until 
1905,  viz.:  William  Muir,  Clarence  O.  Douden  (both  re- 
elected) and  William  Busseuschutt.  The  censors,  Wil- 
liam F.  Maass,  Henry  E.  Mclntire  and  Beuj.  Rosenz- 
■weig,  were  re-elected.  William  Schroeder,  Jr.,  was 
chosen  librarian  and  William  L.  Perkins  will  be  con- 
tinued as  counsel  for  the  society.  F.  P.  Tuthill,  W.  C. 
Anderson  and  A.  H.  Brundage  were  asked  to  represent 
the  society  at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  New  Jersey 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association,  Wm.  C.  Anderson 
at  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  meeting  and  William  Muir,  W  .C. 
Anderson  and  A.  H.  Brundage  were  chosen  as  delegates 
to  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
The  delegates  to  the  conference  of  the  American  Phar- 
maceutical Association  are:  Elias  H.  Bartley,  W.  C. 
Anderson,  F.  P.  Tuthill,  A.  P.  Lohness  and  Walter 
Bryan. 

Oscar  C.  Kleine,  Jr.,  called  the  meeting  to  order  and 
after  secretary  Tuthill  had  read  tlie  minutes  the  follow- 
ing new  members  were  elected:  A.  Goldberg,  George  A. 
Grunbok,  Jr.,  G.  A.  Lewis,  Bernard  Handt,  J.  H.  Mar- 
tin, C.  W.  Race  and  E.  M.  Raeder.  In  his  annual  ad- 
dress to  the  society  President  Kleine  spoke  of  the  neces- 
sity for  organization  and  the  growth  of  the  Kings  Coun- 
ty Society,  referring  to  the  excellent  work  of  Secretary 
Tuthill  in  securing  new  members  and  interesting  phar- 
macists in  the  society's  work.  He  said  the  society 
owed  much  to  the  legislative  committee  and  to  Dr.  Muir, 
its  chairman,  for  the  invaluable  aid  rendered  during  the 
past  session  of  the  Legislature.  He  also  called  atten- 
tion to  the  papers  that  had  recently  been  read  before  the 
society  and  said  he  trusted  more  time  and  attention 
would  be  devoted  to  original  papers  which  would  benefit 
members.  Referring  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D..  Mr.  Kleine 
said  he  regretted  it  had  not  met  with  success  in  this 
section.  He  thanked  the  pharmaceutical  press  for  the 
complete  and  accurate  accounts  given  of  the  society's 
proceedings  and  referred  to  the  new  building  to  be 
erected  by  the  college,  closing  his  remarks  with  thanks 
to  the  members  for  their  support  during  his  term  of 
office. 

Secretary  Tuthill  in  his  annual  report  said  the  society 
began  the  year  with  348  members  and  had  elected  109 
new  members;  two  deaths  were  reported,  one  resigna- 
tion was  accepted  and  four  names  were  dropped  from 
the  roll.  The  Icings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  is 
now  the  largest  local  incorporated  pharmaceutical  so- 
ciety in  this  country.  Nine  hundred  and  fifty-two  dol- 
lars were  received  for  dues  and  initiations  during  the 
year  and  the  society  held  ten  regular  meetings  with  an 
average  attendance  of  46.  Treasurer  P.  W.  Ray  re- 
ported a  balance  of  $7,899  in  the  society's  treasury  and 
$2,184  in  that  of  the  college.  Dr.  Ray  said  this  was  the 
twelfth  time  he  had  made  the  annual  report  to  the 
society  as  treasurer. 

Dr.  Muir  presented  the  report  of  the  legislative  com- 
mittee and  gave  a  detailed  account  of  all  bills  of  inter- 
est to  pharmacists  that  had  appeared  in  tlie  Legislature 
during  the  last  session.  He  spoke  of  the  year  as  a 
record  breaker  and  said  in  no  year  in  the  history  of  the 
society  had  the  importance  of  organized  effort  been  so 
manifest.     The  report  was  received  and  ordered  to  be 


OSCAR  C.  KLEINE,  Jr.,  President. 

placed  on  file  and  the  committee  was  tendered  a  vote  of 
thanks  for  the  work  done  on  behalf  of  the  society.  On 
motion  of  Dr.  Muir  a  resolution  was  passed  thanking 
Senator  Artliur  J.  Audett  for  his  assistance  to  the  legis- 
lative committee  during  the  year. 

Dr.  William  Schroeder,  Jr.,  reported  for  the  com- 
mittee appointed  to  consider  the  advisability  of  publish- 
ing a  journal  for  the  society.  The  report  was  received 
and  the  committee  discharged.  The  election  of  officers 
was  then  taken  up  and  resulted  as  given  in  the  opening 
paragraph.     The  meeting  adjourned  at  4:50  o'clock. 


Commencement  Exercises,  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy 
— Eighty  Graduates  in  Pharmacy,  Five 
Doctors  of  Pharmacy. 
The  commencement  exercises  of  the  Brooklyn  College 
of  Pharmacy,  held  in  the  Brooklyn  Academy  of  Music, 
Montague  street.  Thursday  evening.  May  15,  closed  the 
eleventh  and  most  successful  year  of  that  institution. 
The  Academy,  tastefully  decorated  with  flags  and  bunt- 
ing, was  filled  with  friends  and  relatives  of  the  facult.v 
and  graduates.  The  programme  opened  with  an  over- 
ture by  the  orchestra,  conducted  by  Mr.  S.  G.  Lambert, 
followed  by  the  entrance  of  the  president,  faculty,  trus- 
tees and  graduating  class  to  the  music  of  Lambert's 
"The  Class  of  1902."  Professor  Elias  H.  Bartley,  B.  S. 
M.  S.,  Ph.  G.,  conferred  the  degrees  of  Graduate  in 
Pharmacy  and  Doctor  of  Pharmacy  and  presented  the 
diplomas  and  certificates.  [The  names  of  the  graduates 
appeared  in  the  Era  last  week.]  August  J.  Huether, 
Jr.,  was  valedictorian  and  made  an  excellent  address. 
Ex-Congressman,  Hon.  Edmund  H.  Driggs  delivered  the 
address  to  the  graduates  and  President  Oscar  C.  Kleine, 
Jr.,  awarded  the  prizes.  August  J.  Huether,  Jr.,  re- 
ceived the  gold  medal  for  the  highest  average  and  best 
examination  in  all  subjects  with  an  average  of  9S  2-10 
per  cent,  tlie  highest  percentage  ever  attained  by  a 
graduate  of  the  college.  Miss  B.  Wallach  was  awarded 
the  second  prize.  Miss  E.  Chess,  the  third  and  A.  Rosen 
received  the  Alumni  prize.  The  A.  H.  Brundage  medal, 
for  the  best  examination  in  pharmacy  was  won  by  J.  R. 
Hatten.  The  winner  of  the  Junior  prize  was  Bernard 
Miller.  Professor  Elias  H.  Bartley  read  the  roll  ol 
honor  for  both  senior  and  junior  classes.  The  seniors 
are:  I.  Bernstein,  J.  Burns,  Miss  Emma  Chess,  3. 
Dunieff,  J.  R.  Hatten,  J.  Hertzenberg,  J.  J.  Kolb, 
Charles  Horni,  A.  Huether,  T.  Fuilmezger,  A.  Rosen  and 
Miss  Bertha  Wallach.  Juniors:  O.  Gilbert.  P.  Halpin, 
E.  Hesse,  H.  Klatzko,  G.  A.  Meyer,  Jr.,  B.  Miller,  Miss 
Anna  Weindrug  and  M.  §ieger. 


May  22.  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


513 


J.  H.   Withers.     L.    W.    DeZeller.  M.     Judge.  A.    Scrimshaw. 


H.   C.   Lovis,    (Capt.)  W.     J.     Caughey. 

SEABURY      &      JOHNSON'S      WINNING      BOWLING     TEAM,     PRESENT     HOLDERS     OF     THE   BOWLING    CHAMPIONSHir    CUP 
NEW    YORK    WHOLESALE    DRITG    TRADE    BOiVLING    ASSOCIATION. 


The  balance  of  the  programme  consisted  of  selections 
by  the  orchestra,  songs  by  the  Metropolitan  Male  Quar- 
tette, humorous  selections  by  William  F.  Macy,  tenor 
solo  by  Nelson  \V.  Doyle,  solo  by  Miss  Maud  Lambert 
and  a  cornet  solo  by  Frank  U.  Seltzer. 

The  officers  of  the  class  of  1002  are:  James  E.  Mc- 
Namara,  president;  Abraham  Herman,  vice-president; 
Miss  Emma  Chess,  second  vice-president;  Joseph  A. 
Herzenberg,  recording  secretary;  Charles  Horni,  finan- 
cial secretary;  Leonard  Averett,  treasurer;  Morris 
Sookne,  sergeant-at-arms. 


N.  Y.  C.  P.  Alumni  Outing. 
The  Alumni  Association  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy 
of  the  city  of  New  York  will  have  its  annual  outing  at 
Donnelly's  Pleasure  Palace,  College  Point,  L.  L,  on 
"Wednesday.  June  11.  The  committee  in  charge,  of 
which  Edward  F.  Pfafif  is  chairman,  has  made  arrange- 
ments for  the  excursion  boat,  music,  dinner,  etc.  The  or- 
chestra will  go  on  the  boat  leaving  East  09th  street  at  2 
o'clock.  Donnelly's  can  also  be  reached  by  taking  the 
Long  Island  Ferry  boat  at  34tli  street.  There  will  be 
bowling  and  shooting  in  the  afternoon,  a  dinner  at  Don- 
nelly's at  (j  p.  m.,  at  which  President  Charles  S.  Erb 
■will  award  prizes  to  the  winners  in  the  different  contests, 
and  the  evening  will  be  devoted  to  dancing. 

Graduates  of  the  college  who  wish  to  take  part  in  the 
class  bowling  for  the  custody  of  the  Alumni  Cup  for  the 
year  1002  should  send  their  names  to  George  E.  Schwein- 
furth.  No.  8CG  Sixth  avenue,  corner  49th  street,  Manhat- 
tan.    The  contestants  will  meet  at  Donnelly's,  June  11. 


New  Yo;k  Retail  Druggists'  Association. 
At  a  special  meeting  held  in  Odd  Fellows'  Hall.  Tues- 
day, May  13,  the  New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion formally  nominated  Joseph  Weinstein  for  election 
as  member  of  the  Eastern  branch  of  the  New  York 
Board  of  Pharmacy.  P,  Diamond  occupied  the  chair 
and  J.  Bakst,  chairman  of  the  committee  on  nomination 
made  the  nominating  address.  He  reported  that  Mr. 
Weinstein  had  been  selected  after  careful  consideration 
and  conference  with  the  Drug  Clerks'  Circle.  He  called 
attention  to  the  candidate's  high  qualifications  for  the  im- 
portant position,  his  earnest  labor  in  the  interests  of 
pharmacy,  and  stated  that  he  would  receive  the  support 
of  three  societies.  Charles  Bernstein  moved  that  the 
report  be  accepted,  the  motion  being  seconded  by  S. 
Bakst.  The  motion  was  carried  with  enthusiasm,  and 
the  candidate  was  immediately  hailed  as  a  future  mem- 
ber of  the  Board  of  Phariliacy.  Mr.  Weinstein  accepted 
the  nomination  with  a  few  fitting  remarks.  After  the 
election  of  twenty-seven  new  members  among  others 
Miss  Krohn  of  TSth  street  and  First  avenue,  the  assem- 
bly decided  to  set  aside  fuuds  for  the  coming  campaign. 
The  campaign  committee  was  then  enlarged  to  include 
five  members,  and  the  meeting  adjourned. 

The  .imerican  Buchu  Co.  has  secured  a  judgment  of 

over  9500  against  Henry  P,  Crosher,  No,  166  Greenwich 
street.  New  York.  This  goes  to  show  that  there  is  one 
proprietor  at  least  who  does  not  read  the  Era.  If  this 
one  did  he  would  have  obtained  the  money  before  he 
shipped  the  goods. 


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THE  PHARMACElITrCAI.  F.TRA 


[May  22,  1902. 


DRUG  TRADE  CLUB  OF  NEW  YORK. 

A  new  edition  of  tlie  Constitution  and  By-laws  of 
the  Drug  Trade  Clulj  of  New  York,  togetlier  witli  a 
list  of  its  officers  and  members,  has  just  been  issued. 
Upon  its  crimson  morocco  cover  is  stamped  in  gold  the 
new  emblem  of  the  club,  and  the  general  appearance 
of  the  publication  is  typical  of  the  present  prosperity 
of  this  organization.  The  list  of  active  members  in- 
cludes 303  names,  while  111  enjoy  non-resident  mem- 
bership, the  latter  representing  the  drug  trade  of 
nearly  every  State  in  the  Union.  But  these  lists  do 
not  show  the  daily  attendance,  averaging  1.50,  nor  the 
growing  list  of  applicants  for  membership  waiting  fur 
somebody  to  get  out  so  they  may  get  in.  Like  Gov- 
ernment employes,  may  be  said  of  members  of  the  Drug 
Club  that  few  die  and  none  resign,  so  the  waiting  list 
steadily  grows. 

But  it  was  not  always  thus.  A  glance  through 
this  booklet  will  carry  the  older  members  back  to  that 
day  at  the  Astor  House  when  the  club  was  born,  some 
still  further  back  to  the  little  restaurant  m  Fulton  street 
where  a  few  congenial  souls  were  wont  to  congregate 
at  lunch  time,  and  where  the  present  club  was  proposed. 
Nor  has  it  always  been  smooth  sailing  for  the  Club,  as 
those  members  who  sat  around  the  big  table  in  the 
John  street  quarters  will  testify.  But,  notwithstanding 
some  troublous  times  through  which  it  has  passed,  since 
1895,  in  which  year  Mr.  Thomas  P.  Cook  was  elected 
president,  the  club  has  steadily  prospered. 

The  new  emblem  of  the  club  deserves  some  remark. 
Just  why  a  snake  should  be  used  as  an  emblem  of  the 
drug  business  nobody  seems  to  know,  but  it  has  been 
used  as  a  medical  symbol  ever  since  the  god  /Esculapius 
appeared  in  Rome  in  the  form  of  a  serpent  during  tlie 
plague  then  ravaging  the  city.  Some  say  the  serpent 
is  used  because  it  symbolizes  prudence,  quite  a  necessary 
quality  in  medicine;  others  wisdom.  Does  not  the  Bible 
say  "Wise  as  serpents"?  Still  others  say  that  it  sym- 
bolizes rejuvenescence,  not  a  bad  idea  either,  for  does 
not  the  snake  shed  its  skin  and  renew  its  youth,  so  to 
speak?  Be  all  this  as  it  may,  the  fact  remains  the 
serpent  is  a  recognized  symbol  of  this  trade. 

The  caducous,  or  winged  staff  of  Mercury  has,  too, 
long  been  used  in  the  same  connection,  although  wrongly, 
as  it  is  more  properly  a  symbol  of  commerce.  Still, 
Milton,  in  Paradise  Lost,  does  style  it  "his  opiate  rod" 
because  with  it  Mercury  was  said  to  be  able  to  produce 
sleep.  The  .Escnlapian  rod  or  staff  with  the  entwined 
serpent  probably  became  the  conventional  sign  through 
the  statue  of  /Esculapius  at  Pergamus.  In  it  the  god 
was  made  to  carry  in  his  right  hand  a  staff  around  which 
a  serpent  was  entwined. 

But  the  designer  of  this  emblem  has  combined  the 
caduceus  of  Mercury,  the  symbol  of  commerce,  with 
the  serpent-wreathed  rod  of  ^Esculapius  and  a  bunch 
of  poppies,  to  make  an  appropriate  and  most  beautiful 
emblem  for  the  Drug  Trade  Club  of  New  York  . 


Cut  Rate  War  On  in  Syracuse. 

A  cut-rate  war  wliicli  is  likely  to  be  the  most  ex- 
tensive ever  known  in  the  drvig  trade  of  Syracuse  was  Iie- 
gun  in  that  city  Ma.v  (3.  The  local  association  held  a 
meeting  to  discuss  the  situation,  charges  and  counter 
charges  being  made  by  members  against  each  other  rela- 
tive to  violations  of  the  schedule  of  prices.  President 
Geo.  E.  Thorpe  of  the  association  has  expressed  the  hope 
that  the  time  will  come  when  differences  can  be  adjusted 
and  the  organization  continued  with  benefit  to  all  its 
members.  Among  the  Syracuse  druggists  who  announce 
a  scale  of  cut-prices  are:  H.  W.  Dwight  &  Co.,  Larned 
&  Barker,  Kufus  E.  Smith,  Brown  &  Dawson,  William 
Muench,  W.  B.  Bissell,  the  South  Side  Pharmacy,  P.  C. 
Joslyn  &  Co.  and  (J.  A.  Heyne  of  North  Snlina  street. 


JOSEPH    WEINSTEIN. 

Joseph  Weinsteiu  is  the  nominee  of  the  New  York 
Retail  Druu^'ists'  Association  and  the  Drug  Clerks' 
Circle  of  ininili.  r^lii|)  in  the  Eastern  Section  of  the 
State  Board  <:l'  I'liainiacy.  He  is  a  successful  pharma- 
cist, condui-liiiu  .1  sii.i-r  at  No.  7.5  Bast  Broadway.  He 
was  born  in  Kurlaud,  a  German  province  of  Russia,  in 
1860.  After  graduating  from  the  gymnasium  in  1878, 
he  entered  a  pharmacy  in  Vilna.  He  received  his 
first  pharmacenticnl  degree  in  1.SS2  from  the  Imperial 
University  of  Klinrkoff  and  in  1SS7  lic^nn  a  more  ad- 
vanced ciiurse  in  the  Iinpcri.-il  University  of  Moscow, 
from  which  ho  graduated  in  ISOO  witli  the  degree  of 
Provisor.  Mr.  Weinstein  came  to  the  United  States 
in  1891  and  settled  in  New  York,  purchasing  his  present 
store  shortly  after  his  arrival.  He  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Associa- 
tion in  1897  and  has  served  as  its  president  several 
terms,  holding  the  office  at  the  present  time.  He  is 
also  .■>  niembev  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical 
Assepiation.  Manhatt.in  Ph.irmacentical  Association  and 
the  East  Side  Physicians'  Club. 


Joint  Meeting  at  Chemists'  Club. 
The  New  York  sections  of  the  Society  of  Chemical  In- 
dustry, American  Chemical  Society  and  Vereiu  Deutscher 
Chemiker  will  hold  a  joint  meeting  at  the  Chemists' 
Club,  No.  108  West  .^.jth  street,  to-morrow  (Friday) 
evening  at  8  o'clock.  The  following  papers  will  be  read: 
Clarence  B.  Schultz,  "The  Goldschmidt  Aluminothermic 
Inventions,  Demonstration  of  Jletallurgic  and  Welding 
Processes."  Stanger  and  Blount,  "On  the  Analysis  of 
Portland  Cement."  S.  F.  Peckham,  "Further  Notes  on 
Cement  Testing."  Durand  Woodman,  "A  Chemical 
Method  for  Detecting  Defective  Welding  in  Boiler- 
tubes."  By  title  only:  .lames  Brakes,  "The  Volume- 
tric Determination  of  Molybdenum  in  Molybdenum  Steel 
and  Ferro-Molybdenum."  F.  B.  Carpenter,  "Analysis 
of  Crude  Brimstone."  A.  H.  Gill  and  S.  B.  Miller,  "The 
Specific  Heat  of  (Jlycerine  Waste  Lyes  and  Crude  Gly- 
cerine." 


Bushwick  Pharmaceutical  Association. 
The  Bushwick  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  a 
regidi.r  meeting  at  Sigmund's  Hall.  Hamburg  avenue  and 
Woodbine  street,  Brooklyn.  Jlonday  evening.  May  12. 
In  the  absence  of  President  Wagner,  Mr.  O.  C.  ICleine, 
Jr.,  called  the  meeting  to  order.  Otto  Edler  read  the 
minutes  of  the  previous  meeting.  The  entertainment  com- 
mittee reported   ou  the  affair  held  on  April  28.     Four 


May  23,  1003. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT., 


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new  members  were  elected.  At  the  close  of  the  ■business 
session  a  collation  was  served  and  the  members  enjoyed 
a  social  hour.  The  attendance  at  the  meetings  has  been 
increasing  and  the  officers  say  the  social  features  prove 
good  drawing  cards. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

Daniel    R.    Noyes,    ex-president    of    the    National 

Wholesale  Druggists'  Asssociation  and  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Xoyes  Bros.  &  Cutler,  St.  Paul,  is  in  the  city 
this  week  attending  the  annual  meeting  of  the  General 
Assembly  of  the  Presbyterian  Church. 

Henry  Thornton,  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  attended 

the  meetings  of  the  Susquehanna  Dental  Association  at 
Wilkesbarre,  Pa.,  last  week  and  is  at  the  convention  of 
the  Connecticut  Dental  Association  at  Hartford  this 
week. 

J.   C.   Ubert,   a   retired   pharmacist  who   conducted 

a  store  at  Division  street  and  Lee  avenue,  Brooklyn,  for 
many  years,  is  now  owner  of  a  small  hotel  at  Broad 
Channel,  on  the  road  to  Rockaway  Beach,  L.  I. 

Frutchey   &   Hathaway   have   purchased   the   drug 

store  of  William  B.  Laird  at  No.  ISO  Duncan  avenue, 
Jersey  City.  George  W.  Frutchey  also  owns  a  drug 
store  at  Boonton,  N.  J. 

Emil  Castka  has  purchased  the  drag  store  of  E.  J. 

Schevick  at  First  avenue  and  73d  street,  Manhattan. 
Jlr.  Castka  has  been  employed  in  the  store  several  years. 
Frees  &  Co.,  have  purchased  the  old  Ihlefeld  phar- 
macy at  Eighth  avenue  and  45th  street,  of  which  H.  G. 
Fritting  was  the  owner  in  recent  years. 

George  Goetting,  Jr.,  has  acquired  the  drug  business 

of  his  father  at  No.  720  Third  avenue,  corner  45th 
street,  Manhattan. 

Col.  E.  W.  Fitch,  manager  of  the  New  York  brapch 

of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  has  returned  from  a  trip  to  the 
Detroit  office. 

Otto  Kley  has  succeeded  L.  J.  Levine  in  the  drug 

store  on  Third  avenue,  between  72d  and  73d  streets, 
Manhattan. 

Frank  Horowitz  is  opening  a  pharmacy  at  No.  1680 

Park  avenue,  corner  138th  street,  Manhattan. 

Ralph  B.  Channel  has  succeeded  ,L  T.  Shillinglaw  at 

No.  294  Seventh  avenue,  Brooklyn. 

James  F.  Paisley  has  opened  a  drug  store  at  High- 
wood  Ferry,  Weehawken,  N.  J. 


The  Indiana  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  granted  cer- 
tificates to  the  following  persons  who  successfully  passed 
the  examination  held  at  La  Fayette,  April  10  and  11: 
Registered  Pharmacists — Harry  S.  McDonald,  New 
Albany;  Charles  D.  Schreiber.  Tell  City;  Ralph  M.  Stor- 
mant.  La  Fayette:  John  W.  Connors.  La  Fayette; 
George  H.  Hollis.  West  La  Fayette;  Herman  W.  San- 
ders. Frankfort;  Ralph  E.  Dorland,  Peoria.  111.;  Nelson 
K.  Berger,  South  Bend;  William  C.  Freund,  Indianapo- 
lis; Albert  M.  Hopper,  La  Fayette;  Daniel  M.  .Tones. 
Lebanon.  Registered  Assistant  Pharmacists — William 
P.  Johnson,  Greenfield;  Robert  C.  King,  La  Fayette; 
W.  E.  Bixler,  La  Fayette:  Arthur  B.  Metcalf,  Indian- 
apolis; Erie  K.  Bartholomew,  Ada,  Ohio;  Charles  V. 
Hanna,  Idaville;  S.  M.  Davis,  Hillsboro:  Charles  M. 
Fox.  La  Fayette;  Otto  C.  McCarty,  Carthage;  Harry 
L.  Wilt,  Portland;  Karl  S.  Case.  La  Grange. 

Secretary  Theo.  E.  Otto  of  Columbus,  whose  term 
expired  May  1.  has  just  received  notice  from  the  Gov- 
ernor of  his  reappointment  as  a  member  of  the  Board 
for  the  term  of  four  years.  The  next  meeting  for  ex- 
amination of  applicants  for  registration  will  be  held  at 
Fort  Wayne  July  10  and  11.  Applications  for  exami- 
nation should  be  filed  with  the  secretary  10  days  be- 
fore the  meeting. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


PHARMACISTS   RECEIVE   THEIR   DEGREES. 

Boston,  May  17. — The  annual  commencement  and 
class  day  exercises  of  the  Massachusetts  College  of 
Pharmacy,  were  held  last  Thursday  in  the  hall  of  the 
building  at  the  corner  of  St.  Botolph  and  Garrison 
streets.  The  college  building  was  very  prettily  decorated 
with  national  colors  and  Hags.  A  musical  programme 
was  giveu  by  an  orchestra,  as  a  part  of  the  class  day 
exercises.  The  address  of  welcome  was  given  by  Her- 
man Francis  Hawthorne,  president  of  the  class.  The 
class  history  was  by  Morris  Veuner  Paddock;  the  oration, 
by  Arthur  Paul  Jenkins;  prophesy  by  James  Masterson 
Sullivan;  and  farewell  address  by  Elwyn  Frank  Hatcli. 
The  commencement  exercises  followed,  opening  with  a 
musical  selection.  Rev.  T.  Erving  Reese,  of  Milton,,  jde- 
livered  the  address.  He  scored  the  Christian  Scientists 
who  scorn  all  drugs.  It  is  a  singular  fact  that  the  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  is  situated  in  the  very  heart  of 
the  home  of  this  cult,  near  the  Christian 
Science  Church.  Secretary  Wheeler  also  spoke,  and 
called  the  roll.  President  William  H.  Tupper  of  the 
college  then  delivered  the  de,grees. 

Members  of  the  graduating  class  of  1902  are  as  fol- 
lows: Degrees  of  Graduate  in  Pharmacy — Herbert 
Tompkins  Blake,  Bertram  Crocker  Cutler,  Bertram  Al- 
lison Dexheimer,  Victor  B.  Dion,  Charles  Clinton  Drake, 
.John  Henry  Gardella,  Herbert  Franklin  Gerald,  Percy 
Armitt  Hall,  John  Jacob  Hammers.  Elwyn  Frank  Hatch, 
Herman  Francis  Hawthorne,  Arthur  Paul  Jenkins,  Ed- 
ward James  Kivlin,  John  Patrick  Lyston,  Wilder  Xerxes 
Macurda,  Stephen  Tuttle  Marshall,  Thomas  Franklin 
Mayo,  Mary  Quinn  Phelan,  Bertha  Pinkham,  James 
Masterson  Sullivan  and  Mary  A.  F.  Whitmarsh.  De- 
,gree  of  Pharmaceutical  Chemist — Howard  Dickinson 
Brewer,  Victor  Hayleigh  Chase,  Arthur  Adams  Jackson, 
Morris  Veimer  Paddock,  Franklin  Horton  Stacey  and 
Arthur  Brooks  Wood. 

The  alumni  association  of  the  college  had  its  annual 
dinner  at  the  Hotel  Brunswick  in  the  evening,  after 
commencement  exercises.  James  O.  .Jordan  was  toast- 
master.  Brief  addresses  wore  made  by  the  Hon.  Joseph 
O'Neil,  Robert  O.  Harris.  Dr.  Thomas  J.  Bryan,  Wil- 
iiam  H.  Tupper,  Charles  F.  Nixon,  Amos  K.  Tilden  and 
M.  V.  Paddock. 

The  senior  class  of  the  college  held  its  annual  re- 
ception and  dance  hi  Pierce  Hall  on  the  evening  before 
class  day.  Professors,  instructors  and  trustees  attended 
and  with  the  students  had  a  most  enjoyable  time. 


DRUGGISTS  GET  BOARD'S  RECOMMENDATIONS 

FOR  LICENSES. 

Boston,  May  15. — The  Massachusetts  Board  of 
Registration  in  Pharmacy  has  just  gone  through  its  an- 
nual work,  which  is  by  no  means  easy,  of  considering  the 
responsibility  and  respectability  of  the  druggists  in  all 
parts  of  the  State,  as  relates  to  their  fitness  to  possess 
sixth-class  liquor  licenses.  The  applications  for  certifi- 
cates of  registration  have  come  in  from  fully  1,200 
druggists,  and  each  has  to  receive  individual  considera- 
tion on  the  part  of  the  members  of  the  board,  before  the 
druggist  is  recommended  to  the  license  commissioners 
of  his  city  or  town  as  worthy  of  receiving  from  the 
last-named  a  license.  Many  druggists,  of  course,  need 
no  more  than  a  moment's  consideration,  inasmuch  as 
their  past  record  is  such  that  there  is  not  the  slightest 
doubt  of  their  being  given  the  necessary  papers  and 
their  applications  are  formally  put  in  merely  to  conform 
to  the  law  in  the  matter.  With  others  it  is  not  so  easy 
to  secure  the  coveted  certificates,  until  after  a  thorough 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  22,  1902. 


investigation  of  their  individual  cases.  Out  of  the  1,200 
applications,  fully  1,100  were  granted  the  necessary  pa- 
pers, and  about  100  were  refused  the  certificates.  Each 
has  the  right  to  be  given  a  hearing  by  the  board,  and 
many  have  already  taken  advantage  of  this  opportun- 
ity and  in  a  few  instances  this  careful  inquiry  has  re- 
sulted in  the  board's  reconsideration  of  its  decision  and 
the  druggists  have  come  away  triumphant,  with  the 
certificate  desired.  Still  others  have  not  stood  the  or- 
deal of  inquiry  well  enough  to  be  given  certificates,  and 
they  cannot,  therefore,  receive  any  licenses  to  sell  liquor 
under  a  druggist's  restriction. 


Business  Good  and  Everybody  Satisfied. 
Boston,  May  17. — A  good  week,  with  everybody  satis- 
fied with  conditions  of  trade  and  getting  as  much  busi- 
ness at  this  time  as  in  all  reason  could  be  expected. 
This  tells  the  story  of  the  week  in  this  city.  There  has 
been  nothing  in  particular  to  give  unusual  impetus  to 
business,  but  it  simply  has  been  good.  Fine  weather 
throughout  the  week  undoubtedly  played  some  part  in  the 
satisfactory  results  of  trade,  and  the  fact  that  a  large 
number  of  people  are  suffering  now  from  some  sort  of 
cold  has  helped  to  swell  the  total  sales  in  most  stores. 
Soda  fountain  trade  has  begun  to  "look  up"  and  with 
the  sunny  days  the  thirst  of  the  average  man  has  been 
manifested  and  slaked  at  drug  stores  about  town. 


Sunday  Soda  Bill  in  Its  Present  Form  Not  Favored  by 
the  Governor. 
Boston,  May  17. — An  attempt  this  week  to  enact  the 
Sunday  soda  water,  candy  and  ice  cream  bill,  which  was 
passed  last  week  by  the  Massachusetts  Senate,  met  with 
a  little  setback.  The  president  of  the  Senate  held  back 
this  bill  by  request  of  the  governor,  so  it  is  understood. 
It  is  said  that  the  last-named  high  official  will  ask  that 
it  be  recallpd  and  certain  amendments  added.  These 
are  now  being  drawn  by  the  attorney-general  for  early 
consideration. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

In   honor   of   the   return   to   Boston    of   George   F. 

Kellogg,  secretary  of  the  Eastern  Drug  Company,  from 
an  extended  trip  West  to  as  far  as  California,  where  his 
wife  accompanied  him,  a  reception  was  planned  by  the 
parishioners  of  St.  Mark's  Church,  Brookline,  where 
Mr.  Kellogg  resides.  He  is  as  popular  in  social  and  pri- 
vate life  as  he  is  in  the  business  world  and  there  was  a 
general  desire  to  give  him  a  cordial  welcome  home. 
■ In  the  Equity  Court  at  Springfield,  Mass.,  a  deci- 
sion has  just  ben  reached  in  the  case  of  Honora  Manning 
against  T.  F.  Murphy,  of  Holyoke.  The  case  involved 
a  misunderstanding  between  the  parties  when  they  had 
a  partnership  in  the  drug  business.  Their  affairs  have 
been  pending  settlement,  in  the  hands  of  a  receiver 
wlioii  the  court  directs  to  pay  to  the  plaintiff  the  sum  of 
$841  and  to  the  defendant,  $501. 

• The  new  City  Pharmacy  to  be  conducted  at  Law- 
rence for  the  benefit  of  all  who  come  within  the  city's 
beneficence,  is  now  open,  under  the  management  of 
Pharmacist  Edward  L.  Barrett.  The  pharmacy  is  situa- 
ted in  temporary  quarters  in  the  basement  of  the  City 
Hall.  It  is  planned  to  keep  the  office  open  every  week  day 
from  9to  12  a.  m.,  2  to  5  p.  m.  and  7  to  0  in  the  evening, 
and  also  on  Sunday  afternoons  from  2  to  4  o'clock. 
In  response  to  a  strong  request,  the  license  commit- 
tee of  the  Board  of  Aldermen  of  Beverly,  Mass.,  has 
given  a  hearing  regarding  the  remonstrance  of  several 
clergymen  and  others  against  granting  liquor  licenses 
to  the  druggists.  Several  prominent  speakers  appeared 
against  granting  the  licenses  and  no  one  appeared  in 
favor  of  them,  in  behalf  of  the  druggists. 
Like    an    entirely    new    store    is    the    reconstructed 


Priraeau  I'iiarmacy  at  Fitchburg,  Mass.,  of  which  J.  C. 
Ouellett  and  C.  A.  Fournier  are  proprietors.  About  all 
the  fixtures  are  new.  The  prescription  desk  is  remark- 
ably well  planned  and  new  show  cases,  counters  with 
plate  glass  fronts,  shelves  and  other  fittings  make  the 
store  handsome  in  apearance. 

A  building  of  brick,  130  by  72  feet  and  three  stories 

high,  is  to  be  erected  at  Fall  River,  Mass.,  by  Borden 
&  Itemington,  wholesale  dealers  in  drugs,  chemicals  and 
other  supplies.  It  will  be  used  as  an  office  building  and 
warehouse.  A  railroad  siding  will  enable  the  firm  to  un- 
load freight  from  the  cars  directly  into  their  building. 

New  Bedford,  Mass.,  has  a  fine  new  store  in  the- 

Michaud  Drug  Company's  pharmacy  just  opened,  situa- 
ted in  Purchase  street,  that  city.  In  the  matter  of  fit- 
tings it  is  up-to-date,  with  all  the  modern  improvements. 
A  fine  tile  soda  fountain  is  a  feature.  Plate  glass  show 
cases  greatly  add  to  the  looks  of  the  store. 

A  new  enterprise  is  the  "Shaw  Remedy"  Company, 

organized  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing  drugs  and 
medicines,  with  a  capital  of  $200,000,  of  which  there 
has  been  paid  in  $150.  Abner  Shaw  of  Boston  is  pres- 
ident, and  John  Anslow  of  Boston  treasurer  of  the  com- 
pany. 

For    the   alleged   larceny   of   drugs    valued   at   $10 

from  the  Walker-Rintels  Drug  Company,  244  Boylston 
street,  Boston,  at  various  times,  three  young  men  have 
been  arrested.  One  of  them  was  employed  by  the  firm. 
The  property  was  recovered. 

George  A.   Loring,   a   Boston  druggist  formerly  in 

Quincy,  is  a  voluntary  petitioner  in  bankruptcy  with 
liabilities  of  a  little  more  than  $1,100.  The  nominal  as- 
sets are  about  $3,100  and  of  this  sum  $3,000  represents 
a  life  insurance  policy. 

The  drug  business  of  A.  H.  Standish,  in  Taunton, 

Mass.,  has  been  moved  to  the  place  formerly  occupied,  in 
Washington  street,  that  city.  More  recently  it  has  been 
conducted  at  the  store  on  the  corner  of  Washington  and 
High  streets. 

It    is    probable    that    the    Standley    drug    store    at 

Beverly.  Mass.,  will  be  sold,  owing  to  the  recent  death 
of  Mr.  Standley.  Thomas  Ingoldsby  of  Salem  is  now 
in  charge  of  the  place,  with  Nelson  Murray  still  there 
as  clerk. 

Messrs.  Carmody  and  Priest,  of  Lee  and  Sheffield, 

Mass.,  respectively,  have  bought  the  Corliss  Drug  Store 
at  Sheffield  and  are  now  in  possession  of  the  place, 
which  hereafter  is  to  be  known  as  Priest's  Pharmacy. 

Walter  A.  Kneeland,  formerly  in  the  drug  basiuess 

in  Maiden,  Mass.,  has  become  associated  with  Andrew  J. 
Casey  of  Newburyport  in  a  drug  business  in  the  last- 
named  cit.v. 

At  Three   Rivers,   near   Palmer,   Mass.,   work  has^ 

been  started  on  a  new  building  to  be  occupied  by  L.  L. 
Keith,  as  a  pharmacy,  when  finished. 


FRANCIS  M.  PEASE,  who,  nearly  twenty  years- 
ago,  was  president  of  the  Massachusetts  State  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  has  died  at  his  home  in  Lee,  Mass., 
aged  64.  Mr.  Pease  was  born  in  Granville,  Mass. 
When  quite  a  young  man  he  opened  a  drug  store  in  his 
town,  in  18G0.  He  was  several  times  elected  president 
of  the  Lee  Business  Men's  Association,  and  had  also 
been  chief  engineer  of  the  Lee  fire  department.  Mr. 
Pease  was  quite  prominent  in  Masonic  circles. 


The  22d   annual  meeting  of  the  Chemung  Co.   (N. 

y.)  Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  at  Elmira  Mar 
1,  the  following  officers  being  elected  for  the  ensuing 
year:  Edgar  L.  Mayo,  president;  A.  S.  Hamilton, 
vice-president;  J.  P.  Kelly,  secretary;  and  Jas.  R.  Spil- 
lan,  treasurer.  The  secretary's  address  is  438  Penn- 
sylvania avenue,  Elmira. 


May  23,  1902. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


5ir 


PHILADELPHIA. 


PLANKED  SHAD  DINNER  OF  THE  P.  A.  R.  D. 

Philadclpliiti.  May  17. — The  annual  planked  shad  din- 
ner of  the  Philadelphia  Association  of  Retail  Druggists 
was  held  at  Wcstville,  N.  J.,  on  Tuesday,  May  13.  The 
party  met  at  the  Chestnut  street  ferry  house  at  2  o'clock 
and  took  the  boat  for  Gloucester,  and  from  there  pro- 
ceeded by  ear  to  Washington  Park  where  a  stop  was 
made  to  see  a  haul  of  shad.  The  party  arrived  just  too 
late  to  see  the  net  brouglit  in,  but  the  shad  were  seen 
and  after  light  refreshments  the  druggists  proceeded  on 
their  way  to  Westville,  where  they  were  joined 
by  several  late  arrivals.  Dr.  Grove,  proprietor  of  Dr. 
Grove's  Anodyne,  has  a  splendidly  appointed  cottage  at 
Westville  and  he  entertained  the  party  most  royally. 
A  dancing  pavillion  with  an  orchestra  of  four  pieces,  a 
baseball  grounds,  several  boats,  besides  cards,  quoits, 
etc.,  etc.,  were  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  visitors. 

At  G  o'clock  dinner  was  served  at  the  Falls  Hotel 
after  which  the  party  returned  to  the  cottage  of  Dr. 
Grove  who  extended  to  his  guests  an  invitation  to  visit 
him  at  any  time  and  it  is  possible  that  a  basket  party 
will  be  arranged  to  go  to  Westville  at  some  future  date. 


General  Business  Dull;  Soda  Fountain  Trade  Good. 
Philadelphia,  Jlay  17. — Business,  generally,  appears 
to  be  rather  quiet,  although  here  and  there  can  be  found 
a  man  who  reports  "fair  to  middling."  The  weather 
conditions  have  been  ideal  and  it  is  therefore  not  surpris- 
ing that  business  is  rather  dull.  Some  of  the  stores  in 
the  better  parts  of  the  city  are  already  beginning  to  feel 
the  effects  of  the  regular  Summer  exodus  of  their  cus- 
tomers. Gradually,  however,  these  stores  are  coming  to 
hold  a  large  part  of  their  trade  all  through  the  hot  sea- 
son by  means  of  the  mail  order  system.  It  is  surprising 
that  greater  efforts  are  not  made  along  this  line,  because 
the  success  of  the  system  has  become  an  acknowledged 
business  fact.  Many  of  the  department  stores  aud  some 
of  the  larger  drug  stores  carrying  important  sidelines, 
derive  a  large  part  of  their  business  from  oiit-oftown 
customers  who  order  by  mail.  The  redeeming  feature  of 
the  slow  condition  of  business  is  that  the  soda  water 
season  appears  to  be  on  in  full  blast  and  several  of  the 
druggists  report  that  while  trade  is  generally  slow  they 
can  keep  going  as  long  as    soda  is  booming. 


Fire  Hazards  From  Chemicals. 

Philadelphia.  May  17. — At  a  session  of  the  conven- 
tion of  the  National  Fire  Protective  Association  held  on 
Thursday,  May  15,  William  McDevitt,  a  fire  inspector 
of  Philadelphia,  discussed  the  different  classes  of  dan- 
gerous chemicals,  chlorates,  nitrates,  etc.,  collectively, 
aud  later  showed  individually,  by  practical  experiment, 
the  danger  of  some  of  the  more  commonly  stored  chem- 
icals, such  as  potassium  chlorate  and  potassium  nitrate. 
He  proved  that  the  strongly  explosive  action  of  oxidiz- 
ing agents  in  a  case  of  fire  was  due  principally  to  the 
liberation  of  oxygen  in  a  smoke-laden  atmosphere  heavily 
charged  with  carbonaceous  gaseous  matter,  which  pro- 
duced the  ideal  conditions  required  for  an  explosion. 

The  ordinances  recently  passed  by  the  City  Councils 
bearing  on  the  storage  of  explosive  and  inflammable 
chemicals  are  being  rigidly  enforced  and  druggists  should 
make  themselves  familiar  with  their  requirements  be- 
cause in  case  of  fire  where  the  law  has  not  been  complied 
with,  the  insurance  would  not  be  paid. 


south  of  Pittsburg  on  the  main  line  of  the  Panhandle 
Road,  and  the  change  is  made  that  they  may  better 
serve  the  interests  of  their  patrons. 

President  W.  J.  Walding  of  the  National  Wholesale 

Druggists'  Association  has  appointed  Joseph  E.  Toms, 
515  Arch  street,  this  city,  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused  by 
the  death  of  A.  B.  Merriam,  for  many  years  secretary 
of  the  association.  Mr.  Toms  will  likewise  continue  to 
serve  as  secretary  of  the  Committee  on  Proprietary  Goods 
of  the  N.  W.  D.  A. 

H.  J.  Batdorff  of  Sixteenth  and  Dauphin  streets  Is 

one  of  the  few  Philadelphia  druggists  who  have  adopted 
the  plan  of  closing  on  Sunday  afternoon.  He  closes 
from  1  o'clock  until  5  and  states  that  he  has  not  lost 
any  trade  so  far  as  he  is  aware,  and  that  several  of  his 
customers  have  expressed  decided  approval  of  the  plan. 

A.  ,J.  Frankberger,  Thirteenth  and  Dauphin  streets, 

has  recently  put  in  a  complete  new  set  of  fixtures  and  is 
now  awaiting  the  arrival  of  a  Ijippincott  fountain  which 
will  make  his  store  one  of  the  most  attractive  in  Phila- 
delphia. 

W.  D.  WlTite  &  Co.,  druggists  at  Wilkesbarre,  Pa., 

have  had  their  store  remodeled  and  new  fixtures  placed. 
They  had  an  opening  last  week  and  dispensed  free 
soda  to  the  ladies  and  gave  the  gentlemen  visitors 
cigars. 

Charles  Sweeney,  aged  29  years,  a  druggist  at  4544 

Wayne  avenue,  died  suddenly  on  Saturday,  May  10, 
shortly  after  eating  dinner.  His  death  was  investigated 
by  Coroner  Dugan,  and  found  to  be  from  natural  causes. 

The  nominating  committee  of  the  P.  A.  R.  D.,  which 

consists  of  the  ward  chairmen,  will  meet  on  Tuesday 
May  27,  for  the  purpose  of  nominating  twelve  delegates 
to  the  annual  meeting  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 

The  regular  Friday  bargain  sale  of  the  department 

drug  store  includes  Bland's  pills,  gelatin  coated,  in  bot- 
tles of  100  at  12  cents  a  bottle.  Druggists  are  wonder- 
ing where  the  pills  are  obtained. 

John    I.    Watson,    of    Twenty-seventh    street    and 

Montgomery  Avenue,  who  was  recently  married,  returned 
from  his  wedding  trip  seriously  ill  and  has  since  been 
confined  to  his  bed. 

^John  Hibish,  P.  C.  P.,  '00,  who  had  been  with  Dr. 

Pollard  for  some  time  past,  took  a  position  with  John 
Wyeth  &  Bro.,  on  May  1,  as  assistant  stock  accountant. 

F.   P.   Sehwaemmle  has  resigned  his  position  with 

E.  C.  Eccles  at  Broad  and  South  streets,  and  is  looking 
for  an  opening  to  go  into  business  for  himself. 


Golden  Jubilee  of  the  A.  Ph.  A. 

W.  L.  ClifEe,  local  secretary,  announces  that  the 
committee  of  arrangements  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.  are  at 
present  engaged  upon  a  plan  for  financing  the  coming 
meeting  in  Sept.,  at  Philadelphia.  On  account  of  the 
specially  elaborate  programme  for  the  Golden  Jubilee, 
as  the  coming  50th  anniversary  has  been  termed,  a  re- 
turn postal  card  has  been  sent  out  to  every  member, 
asking  a  prompt  reply  as  to  the  possibility  of  attendance 
and  also  the  number  of  persons  who  will  probably  ac- 
company each  member.  It  is  hoped  that  there  will  be 
prompt  replies  in  each  case. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

^The   Saltsburg   Bottle  Works  Co.,   Limited,   whose 

offices  have  been  for  some  time  at  219  Sixth  street, 
Pittsburg,  Pa.,  will  remove  to  their  factories  at  Mc- 
Donald, Pa.,  on  June  1.       McDonald  is  about  18  miles 


Successfully  Passed  Examination. 
"I  am  a  graduate  of  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  and 
have  just  passed  the  examination  of  the  Kentucky  Board 
of  Pharmacy,  for  which  I  wish  to  thank  the  Directors  of 
the  Era  Course.  I  think  it  excellent  instruction  for  any 
young  man  desiring  to  prepare  himself  for  the  State  ex- 
amination. MARVIN  EARL  PATE." 
Slaughterville,  Ky. 


..-,18 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  23,  1902. 


BALTIMORE. 


WOOD  ALCOHOL  CASE  IN  COURT. 

Baltimore,  May  20. — The  first  of  the  so-called  wood 
alcohol  cases,  in  which  plaintiffs  ask  for  damages  on 
the  allegation  that  they  were  made  l)Iind  or  suffered 
other  injuries  as  the  result  of  drinking  .Tamaica  ginger 
Ijrepared  with  wood  alcohol  and  made  by  Gilbert  Bros. 
&  Co.,  North  Howard  street,  Baltimore,  was  taken  up 
before  Judge  Wright  and  a  jury  in  the  Superior  Court 
last  Thursday.  The  plaintiff  in  this  case  was  Henry  W. 
Jackson,  of  Keswick,  Albemarle  county,  Va.,  who  told 
on  the  witness-stand  that  he  had  been  on  a  spree  and 
had  tajien  Jamaica  ginger  to  settle  his  stomach.  The 
■drug,  he  said,  was  part  of  a  consignment  of  goods  bear- 
ing the  label  of  Gilbert  Bros.  &  Co.,  and  had  been  sold  to 
him  by  a  man  representing  himself  as  an  agent  of  the 
firm.  Shortly  after  taking  the  ginger,  he  said,  he  became 
unconscious  and  that  when  he  regained  his  senses  he  dis- 
covered that  his  eye-sight  was  impaired.  At  the  present 
time  he  was  able  only  to  distinguish  between  day-light 
and  night.  I'or  instance,  he  could  perceive  where  there 
was  a  window  or  an  open  door,  but  faces  and  other 
details  were  unrecognizable.  Mrs.  Jackson  and  Dr. 
Francis  Lee  Thurman,  who  has  been  Mr.  Jackson's 
family  physician  for  seven  years,  also  testified,  the  latter 
stating  that  he  believed  the  loss  of  eyesight  to  be  direct- 
ly due  to  the  imbibing  of  wool  alcohol.  It  was  also 
testified  that  tlie  other  articles  in  the  consignment  of 
goods  mentioned,  and  which  included  peppermint,  hot 
drops  and  camphor,  had  been  analyzed  and  had  been 
found  to  contain  wood  alcohol.  The  attorneys  for  the 
defense  objected  to  the  admission  of  this  statement  on 
the  ground  that  .Jamaica  ginger  alone  was  the  issue,  but 
the  objection  was  overruled  and  an  exception  was  noted. 

Mr.  Jackson  testified  that  during  the  interval  be- 
tween Saturday  and  Monday  morning,  in  July,  1899,  he 
had  taken  three  bottles  of  an  ounce  and  a  half  each. 
A  number  of  other  witnesses  were  put  on  the  stand  and 
various  exceptions  were  taken,  which  will  probably  serve 
as  the  basis  for  an  appeal. 

The  second  day  was  largely  taken  up  with  conten- 
tions between  the  respective  attorneys  in  the  case  as 
to  the  admission  of  testimony  and  in  sparring  over  legal 
points.  The  defense  objected  to  the  introduction  of 
testimony  as  to  the  analysis  made  by  Dr.  Herbert  Har- 
lan of  Baltimore,  of  samples  submitted  to  him  six 
months  after  Mr.  Jackson's  experience  with  Jamaica 
ginger,  and  Judge  Wright  finally  ruled  such  statements 
out.  Mr.  James  Carey  .of  James  Baily  &  Sons  was  put 
on  the  stand  to  tell  about  the  manufacture  of  Jamaica 
ginger  and  to  state  what  ingredients  the  compound 
contains.  A  portion  of  Dr.  Harlan's  testimony  was 
first  admitted  and  afterward  stricken  out  because,  as 
attorneys  for  the  defense  contended,  no  connection  be- 
tween it  and  the  Jackson  case  had  been  shown. 

On  Saturday,  the  third  day,  a  surprise  was  sprung 
by  the  plaintiff,  whose  attorneys  moved  to  dismiss  the 
case  and  then  immediately  entered  a  new  suit  for  $50,- 
000  damages.  In  the  declaration  of  the  original  suit, 
it  was  alleged  that  the  Messrs.  Gilbert  knowingly  and 
willfully  used  wood  alcohol  in  preparing  Jamaica  gin- 
ger. In  addition  to  this  allegation  the  new  suit  charges 
that  they  used  the  wood  alcohol  negligently  and  care- 
lessly, which  gives  the  matter  a  broader  scope  and  is 
intended  to  enable  the  plaintiff  to  get  damages  if  the 
jury  finds  that  the  wood  alcohol  was  cither  wilfully 
and   deliberately   or   negligently    and   carelessly   used. 

The  attorneys  for  the  defendant  firm  claimed  the 
usual  15  days  to  plead  to  the  amendment  and  the  case 
may  not  be  reached  until  the  January  term  of  next  year. 


MARYLAND  COLLEGE  GRADUATES. 

Baltimore,  May  17. — As  a  result  of  the  examinations 
conducted  by  the  faculty  of  the  Maryland  College  of 
Pharmacy  at  the  close  of  the  college  year  yesterday, 
the  following  were  announced  as  constituting  the  grad- 
uating class: 

Maryland — W.  D.  Campbell,  Frederick  Esslinger, 
Sidney  Hollander,  C.  H.  Klingel,  Benjamin  Klein,  R. 
L.  Mitchell,  W.  L.  Miller,  H.  I.  Smith,  J.  H.  Smith,  J.  H. 
Whitehurst,  W.  H.  Beck,  Jr.,  and  Michael  Bottinger. 

North  Carolina — A.  E.  Adams,  A.  F.  Blue,  J.  G. 
Ballew,  W.  M.  Cook,  J.  A.  Henderson,  E.  H.  Hand, 
S.  R.  Home,  E.  F.  Kelly. 

West  Virginia — .1.  R.  Beller,  Virginia  T.  Mankin, 
Rose  P.  McGlone. 

South  Carolina — R.  B.  Harman,  M.  D.  Huiet,  R. 
L.  Mayes. 

Virginia — W.  G.  Cousins,  C.  G.  Lehr,  C.  H.  Goody- 
koontz. 

Pennsylvania — Emma  M.  Davis  and  C.  A.  Trout. 

Mississippi — J.  E.  Jones. 

Texas— A.  T.  Hunt. 

Louisiana — A.  L.   Soulier. 

The  prize-winners  and  those  entitled  to  honorable 
mention,  the  prizes  being  gold  medals: 

General  Prizes — First,  Evander  I'Tank  Kelly;  sec- 
ond, Clarence  Andred  Trout  r  third,  William  D.  Camp- 
bell; analytical  chemistry,  Clarence  Andrew  Trout; 
practical  pharmacy,  Evander  Frank  Kelly,  microscopy, 
Clarence  Andrew  Trout;  junior,  A.  Calhoun  Doyle. 

Graduates  Honorably  Mentioned — Robt.  L.  Mayes, 
Benjamin  Klein,  Virginia  Turner  Mankin,  Rice  Boozer 
Harman,  James  Edward  Jones. 

Juniors  Honorably  Mentioned — A.  Calhoun  Doyle, 
J.  M.  Young,  Jr.,  Garley  Moose,  Joseph  M.  Evans,  A. 
D.  Little,  Frank  L.  McCartney. 

The  commencement  will  take  place  next  Tuesday 
afternoon  at  Ford's  Opera  House,  the  banquet  of  the 
Alumni  Association  following  at  night  at  the  Eutaw 
House. 


Bowling  Season  Ends. 
Baltimore,  May  17. — The  prize  contest  season  of 
the  Baltimore  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Club  came  to  a 
close  with  last  night's  games,  the  team  of  McCormiek 
&  Co.  being  in  the  lead  with  James  Baily  &  Son  second 
and  the  Root  and  Herb  third.  As  previously  stated, 
Sharp  «&  Dohme  did  not  finish  out  the  season,  a  team 
calling  themselves  the  Lafayettes  and  made  up  of  Sharp 
&  Dohme  men  and  other  players,  taking  its  place.  What 
decision  will  be  reached  with  regard  to  this  change 
mains  to  be  seen,  but  there  seems  to  be  no  doubt  that 
McCormiek  &  Co.  have  a  valid  claim  upon  the  cup  and 
will  be  its  custodian  for  the  coming  year.  Had  Sharp 
&  Dohme  come  out  ahead  the  trophy  would  have  be- 
come their  private  property,  but  as  it  is  the  uncer- 
tainty as  to  the  permanent  proprietorship  has  been 
prolonged,  which  circumstance  should  go  far,  to  secure 
a  continuation  of  the  sport. 


Business  More  Active. 
Baltimore,  May  19. — The  wholesale  and  jobbers 
reported  business  last  week  to  be  considerably  improved. 
The  number  of  orders  increased  and  the  quantities 
called  for  were  larger.  Activity  also  prevailed  in  the 
laboratories  of  the  manufacturers  of  pharmaceuticals, 
and  the  efforts  of  the  salesmen  met  with  gratifying  re- 
sults. The  market  for  botanicals  is  practically  un- 
changed, with  the  scarcer  articles  commanding  high 
prices.  There  is  some  prospect  now  that  a  decline  may 
occur  in  certain  directions  before  many  weeks  hav« 
elapsed.  The  movement  in  heavy  chemicals  is  about 
tlie  same,  with  prices  satisfactory. 


May  22, 1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


519' 


BALTIMORE   NOTES. 

In    accordance    with    au    established    custom,    the 

wholesale  and  manufacturing  drug  houses  in  Baltimore 
have  begun  to  close  at  5  p.  m.,  which  arrangement  will 
remain  in  force  from  May  10  to  Sept.  5,  inclusive.  On 
Saturdays  the  closing  hour,  as  heretofore,  is  2  p.  m. 

R.   E.  Lee  Hall,  who,  besides  being  a  druggist,  is 

also  a  doctor  and  a  lawyer,  has  sold  his  pharmacy  at 
Homestead  to  \\'.  J.  Sawyer,  formerly  a  clerk  with  Far- 
row Bros.,  Walbrook. 

• 'Rawley  T.  Lilly  has  sold  his  retail  drug  store  at  the 

corner  of  St.  T'aul  and  20th  streets  to  J.  I.  WesthoCt. 

Among   the   visitors   from   out   of   town   last   week 

was  J.  P.  Weisel  of  Cumberland,  JId. 


MICHIGAN. 


Detroit,  Hay  17. 

Among  the  out-of-town  representatives  who  visited 

Detroit  the  past  week  were:  Thos.  B.  Cook  and  W. 
G.  Cook  of  the  New  York  Quinine  and  Chemical  \Yorks; 
Jno.  W.  Rossiter,  Powers  &  Weightman,  Philadelphia; 
Morris  Sloman,  Crown  Distilling  Co.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio; 
L.  N.  Limbert,  C.  E.  Hires  Co.,  Philadelphia;  Otto 
Rosenheim,  Mihalovitch,  Fletcher  &  Co.  of  Cincinnati, 
Ohio;  Wm.  Kunz,  Herf  &  Frerichs,  St.  Louis;  C.  M. 
Badgley,  Chas.  Pfizer  &  Co.,  New  York;  Adolph  Klahre. 
Roessler  &  Hasslacher,  New  York;  A.  G.  Rosengarten, 
Rosengarten  vV:  Sons,  Philadelphia ;  Geo.  L.  Ringel, 
Fritzsche  Bros.,  New  Y'ork;  D.  C.  Mahoney,  A.  A.  Still- 
well,  New  York;  R.  S.  Johnston,  Merck  &  Co.,  New 
York. 

F.  E.  Aucutt,  Prentiss  McKenzie  and  F.  M.  Sprague, 

representatives  of  Parks,  Davis  &  Co.  in  Australia, 
Chicago  and  Utah,  respectively,  visited  the  home  office 
last  week.  J.  C.  Spratt  of  the  same  company  is  visit- 
ing at  his  old  home  in  Poughkeepsie,  N.  Y.,  and  J.  C. 
Henton  of  the  shipping  department  leaves  May  15  for 
Sydney,  New  South  Wales,  where  he  will  take  charge 
of  a  similar  position  in  the  branch  house  of  P.  D.  &  Co. 
at  that  point. 

Seventy-five  students  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of 

the  University  of  ilichigan,  Ann  Arbor,  in  charge  of 
I'rof.  Schlotterbeck,  paid  a  visit  to  the  laboratory  of 
Frederick  Stearns  &;  Co.  one  day  last  week.  An  in- 
spection of  the  pharmaceutical  and  biological  depart- 
ments was  made,  and  at  the  end  of  the  trip  the  party 
was  served  with  luncheon. 

One  afternoon  last  week  was  devoted  by  245  mem- 
bers of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  Detroit  College 
of  Medicine  to  an  inspection  of  the  biological  depart- 
ment of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  In  the  evening  a  course 
banquet  was  served  to  the  association  at  the  Russell 
House  by   the  firm. 

During   the   past   week   E.    E.    Judson   and    B.    T. 

Mason  of  the  Taylor  Drug  Co.,  Ltd.,  Leeds,  England, 
visited  Detroit,  as  part  of  a  general  tour  of  the  interest- 
ing points  in  the  United  States.  The  Taylor  Drug 
Co.  operates  about  80  drug  stores  in  England. 

At  the  Fellowcraft  Club  May  8.  Frederick  Stearns 

&  Co.  gave  a  complimentary  luncheon  to  the  Alumni 
Association  of  the  Detroit  College  of  Medicine.  About 
250,  including  the  faculty,  were  present.  The  affair 
was  an  extremely   pleasant  one. 

-F.  Stearns  &  Co.  have  recently  acquired  a  piece  of 

property  on  the  west  side  of  Bellevue  avenue  and  di- 
rectly north  of  their  laboratory  which  will  be  utilized  in 
the  expansion  of  the  present  plant. 

W.  .T.  W'alding  of  the  wholesale  drug  firm  of  Wald- 

ing,    KiiHi.iii    &   Marvin,   Toledo,   and   president   of   the 


National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association,  made  a 
flying  trip  to  Detroit  last  week. 

J.  F.  McKibbin,  for  a  long  time  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness at  785  Dix  avenue,  Detroit,  intends  soon  to  re- 
move to  Chenook,  Mont.,  where  he  will  continue  in  his 
chosen  profession. 

Nelson,  Baker  &  Co.  entertained  the  members  of  the 

Alumni  Association  of  the  Detroit  College  of  Medicine 
at  the  annual  meeting  held  in  Detroit  last  week. 

Chas.    McCarger,      druggist   at   Milliken,     arrested 

some  time  ago  for  violation  of  the  liquor  law,  was  ac- 
quitted in  Circuit  Court  last  week. 

Frederick  Stearns,  who  has  been  visiting  in  Egypt 

for  about  nine  months,  has  returned  to  his  home  at 
Detroit  much  improved  in  health. 

Mrs.    W.    K.    West,    a    prominent    pharmacist    of 

Toledo,  Ohio,  paid  a  visit  to  Detroit  the  past  week, 
combining  business  and  pleasure. 

Henry  Haigh,   one  of  the  old-time  apothecaries  of 

Detroit,  but  recently  a  resident  of  Yonkers,  N.  Y.,  died 
at  that  place  a  few  days  ago. 

Forest  Macham,  for  some  time  employed  by  C  A. 

Wright,  pharmacist  at  Adrian,  has  taken  a  position  in  a 
drug  store  in  Chicago. 

— — Edward  S.  Navarre  has  sold  his  drug  store  in  De- 
troit and  states  that  he  will  probably  not  re-engage  in 
the  same  business. 

C.  E.  Martzloff.  a  prominent  pharmacist  of  Buffalo, 

N.  Y.,  and  Dr.  L.  B.  Dorr  of  the  same  place,  recently 
visited    Detroit. 

• The  firm  of  Barth  &  Warren  of  Grand  Rapids  has 

been  dissolved  and  will  be  succeeded  by  Barth  & 
Stonehouse. 

Col.  E.  W.  Fitch,  manager  of  the  New  York  office 

of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  has  been  in  Detroit  the  past 
week. 

Dr.   E.   E.   Hendershot  has  sold   his  drug  store  at 

Britton  to  Charles  Maynard,  formerly  of  Gagetown. 

Albert  Hartenstein  of  Detroit  recently  disposed  of 

his  drug  business  and  intends  to  enter  other  fields. 

Robert  Fulton,  druggist  of  Detroit,  recently  sailed 

for  Glasgow,  Scotland,  for  an  extended  visit. 

The  store  of  O.  A.  Fanckboner  of  Grand  Rapids  will 

be  thoroughly  remodeled  in  the  near  future. 

W.  M.  Warren,  general  manager  for  Parke,  Davis 

&  Co.,  is  in  New  York  city  on  business. 

S.  S.  Evans  has  succeeded  to  the  drug  business  of 

T.  O.  Patterson.  Millbrook. 

E.  J.  Shepherd  &  Co.,  of  Adrian,  recently  suffered 

a  severe  loss  by  fire. 

B.  D.  Vaughan  of  Albion  has  been  succeeded  by  H. 

H.  Sheldon. 


The  retail  druggists  of  Oil  City,  Pa.,  vicinity  have 

organized  the  A'enango  County  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists  as  a  branch  of  the  X.  A.  R.  D.  The  fol- 
lowing are  the  officers:  President,  E.  J.  Griffith:  vice- 
president,  Theo.  W.  Renting;  secretary,  Joseph  Risen- 
man;  treasurer.  Dr.  F.  P.  McCarty;  trustees,  N.  S. 
Clark  and  G.  W.  Brown. 


S.  FRANK  SMITH,  a  prominent  business  man  of 
Chestertown,  Md.,  died  there  on  Monday  of  last  week  of 
a  stroke  of  paralysis  suffered  a  few  weeks  before  and 
from  which  he  never  recovered.  He  was  67  years  old. 
One  of  his  children  is  Owen  C.  Smith,  a  popular  Bati- 
niore  druggist  at  Pennsylvania  avenue  and  Hoffman 
street,  and  secretary  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  22,  1902. 


CHICAGO. 


DEFENDS  THE  BOARD. 

Chicago,  May  17. — A  news  story  appeared  in  tlie 
Chicago  American,  some  days  ago,  criticizing  the  action 
of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  in  the  conduct  of  cases 
brought  against  violators  of  the  law.  Here  is  a  drug 
clerk's  reply: 

As  a  rule,  persons  who  violate  any  law  revolt  when 
punished  for  so  doing,  and  are  always  ready  to  abuse 
the  officers  who  enforce  the  law. 

As  for  the  law  regulating  pharmacy,  public  policy 
requires  that  there  be  some  means  of  protecting  the 
general  public,  and  particularly  those  who  are  more 
or  less  illiterate,  from  the  sale  of  poisons  and  compound- 
ing of  drugs  by  incompetent  and  unscrupulous  persons. 
Having  the  law,  it  should  be  obeyed.  Those  who  do 
not  obey  it  should  be  forced  to  do  so.  Public  welfare 
alone  is  to  be  considered;  those  who  know  no  better  than 
to  buy  drugs  where  incompetent  persons  might  dispense 
a  poison  for  a  harmless  drug  would  be  prevented  from 
so  doing  by  preventing  the  incompetent  from  dealing  in 
or  working  for  one  who  deals  in  drugs  and  medicines. 

The  way  to  accomplish  this  is  to  enforce  the  law — 
the  law  requires  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  enforce  the 
law  by  prosecuting  the  violators,  through  the  State  s 
Attorney's  office.  . 

Why  should  the  cases  be  tried  where  it  would  be 
nearest  the  offender  or  most  convenient  to  him?  Let 
him  obey  the  law.  If  his  business  will  not  afford  a 
competent  relief  while  he  is  at  his  meals,  then  he  has  a 
store  where  it  is  not  needed,  for  if  the  community  needs 
the  store,  the  business  must  support  the  store's  ex- 
penses. ,    , 

The  law  is  not  for  the  benefat  of  the  proprietor,  nor 
is  it  for  the  clerk,  by  forcing  the  proprietor  to  pay  for 
the  clerk's  services  where  they  are  not  needed  other- 
wise, but  the  general  public  requires  that  no  incom- 
petent person  be  allowed  to  compound  or  sell  drugs  or 
poisons.  Therefore,  the  public  requires  that  the  board 
enforce  the  law. 

The  drug  dealers  require  that  the  board  keep  un- 
scrupulous and  incompetent  persons  from  entering  the 
business  and  competing  with  tlieni.  The  Drug  Clerks 
Association  ask  ihat  the  board  enforce  the  law,  so  as 
to  keep  incompetent  clerks  from  competing  with  its 
members. 


CHARLES   TRUAX  DELIVERS  LECTURE. 

Chicago,  May  17.— On  Friday  evening.  May  0, 
Charles  Truax,  of  Truax,  Grooii  tV  Co.,  delivered  an  iu- 
teresting  and  instructive  lecture  at  the  Chicago  Drug 
Trade  Club  on  the  subject  of  the  Yellowstone  National 
Park.  Mr.  Truax's  lecture  was  illustrated  with  stereopti- 
con  views,  many  of  the  photographs  for  which  he  had 
taken  himself.  The  lecture,  though  scientific,  was  high- 
ly interesting  and  held  the  entire  attention  of  those 
present  for  over  an  hour.  The  talk  and  illustrations 
were  on  scenic  and  geological  lines.  The  principal 
geysers  were  described  and  shown  in  action.  Mr.  Truax, 
however,  failed  to  describe  Alum  Creek,  the  waters  of 
which,  according  to  a  story  current  in  the  press,  had 
the  remarkable  property  of  puckering  up  everything 
with  which  they  came  in  contact.  A  road  IS  miles  long 
was  sprinkled  with  the  waters  of  this  wonderful  stream 
and  was  shortened  up  four  miles  as  a  result,  and  girls 
from  Chicago  wearing  No.  7  footgear  had  but  to  bathe 
their  pedal  extremities  in  Alum  Creek  to  return  wear- 
ing No.  2  shoes  with  ease  and  comfort.  About  150 
ladies  and  gentlemen  were  present. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

Chicago  Council  No.  30.  United  Commercial  Trav- 
elers of  America,  held  its  annual  meeting  at  Litchfield, 
111.,  May  10  and  17.  The  following  gentlemen  from 
Chicago  went  down  in  a  private  car:  Ed.  F.  Mallory 
of  Lazell,  Dallcy  &  Co.;  James  A.  Davidson,  Harry 
S.  McCracken,  Bandolph  Box  &  Label  Co.;  W.  W. 
Hinckley,  the  Searle  &  Hereth  Co.;  Mark  L.  Landeker, 


the  Greek- American  Sponge  Co.;  J.  Hugh  Foster,  the 
American  Filter  Co.;  D.  K.  Clink,  the  Northwestern 
Traveling  Men's  Association;  Henry  Heilbronner,  James 
S.  Kirk  &  Co.;  W.  K.  Sullivan,  the  Soapine  Co.;  J.  F. 
Holliday,  W.  L.  Mohr  &  Co.;  J.  S.  Carpenter,  Armour 
&  Co.;  G.  Herbert  Wright,  the  J.  Ellwood  Lee  Co.; 
Oscar  Leistner,  William  L.  Strauss  &  Co.;  O.  H.  Harri- 
son, the  Beckton-Dickinsou  Co.;  George  W.  B.  Hart, 
the  Winterburn-Shaw  Printing  Co.;  and  J.  J.  McCorkrell 
of  Bunte  Bros.  &  Spohr.  There  was  a  grand  reception, 
dance  and  banquet  last  evening  and  to-day.  May  17, 
the  visitors  will  inspect  the  glass  factory.  During  the 
meeting  officers  will  be  elected  for  the  ensuing  year. 

Free  ice  cream  was  the  magnet  that  drew  hundreds 

of  persons  one  night  last  week  to  the  opening  of  a  drug 
store,  the  Crescent,  at  Fifty-ninth  and  Halsted  streets. 
The  crowd  was  so  large  that  the  Englewood  police  were 
called  upon  to  clear  the  street  so  that  electric  cars  could 
be  operated.  A  brass  band  tooted  airs  from  a  stand 
on  the  sidewalk,  and  all  the  business  houses  in  the 
neighborhood  were  decorated  with   flags. 

The  store  formerly  occupied  by  Rogers  &  Diamond, 

and  known  as  the  Great  Northern  Pharmacy,  at  Jack- 
son Boulevard  and  Dearborn  street  has  been  moved  from 
that  location  and  the  premises  are  now  occupied  by  th« 
Washington  Shirt  Co. 

The  E.   L.   Stahl  Drug  Co.  has  moved  from  Van 

Buren  street  and  Fifth  avenue  to  153  Van  Buren  street, 
in  the  Rialto  Building. 

Yergen's   Pharmacy   has   succeeded   C.   C.   Cook  at 

150  Pine  street.  Mr.  Y'ergen  was  formerly  a  clerk  for 
George  R.  Baker  &  Co. 

■ W.   W.  Peck  has  bought  the  drug  store  of  C.   S. 

TirroU   at     California     avenue    and     West   Van   Buren 

street. 

• — — J.   B.   Stone  &  Co.  have  opened  a   handsome  new 

drug  store  at  787  North  Halsted  street. 

• E.  J.  Painter  has  moved  his  drug  store  from  1355 

Wabash  avenue  to  5501  State  street. 


The  retail  druggists  of  Madison,  Wis.,  and  the  fac- 
ulty of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  at  Wisconsin  University 
gave  a  banquet  at  the  Capital  House  April  22  for  the 
Wisconsin  State  Board  of  Pharmacy.  The  function 
was  in  the  nature  of  a  farewell  to  E.  B.  Heimstreet  of 
Janesville,  who  retires  after  a  service  of  20  years  as  a 
member  of  the  board.  Thirty-four  covers  were  spread. 
H.  G.  Ruenzel  of  Milwaukee,  who  succeeds  Mr.  Heim- 
street, was  present,  as  was  also  H.  O.  Frank  of  Mil- 
waukee, a  former  member  of  the  board.  Professor  W. 
C.  Richardson  of  the  University  School  of  Pharmacy 
acted  as  toastmaster  and  responses  were  made  by  Mr. 
Thompson,  Acting  President  E.  A.  Birge  of  the  univer- 
sity, A.  H.  Hollester  of  Madison,  Professor  Edward 
Kremers  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy,  Edwin  Summer  of 
Madison,  Mr.  Menges  and  Mr.  Heimstreet.  About  75 
applicants  took  the  examination  held  in  the  assemply 
room  of  the  Capitol  April  23  and  24. 


As  an  indication  of  the  enormous  volume  of  adver- 
tising being  done  for  Wine  of  Cardui  and  Thedford's 
Black  Draught  by  the  Chattanooga  Medicine  Co.,  we 
quote  a  couple  of  announcements  which  have  recently 
appeared: 

"We  are  painting  1,000,000  square  feet  of  the  best 
wall  signs  in  the  South  and  West  for  the  Chattanooga 
Medicine  Co." — Hole's  National  Advertising  Service. 

"The  Wine  of  Cardui  cards  are  now  being  placed  by 
us  in  8,000  street  cars  in  the  West  and  South." — Con- 
solidated Railway  Advertising  Co. 


May  22, 1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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THE  NORTHWEST. 


Once  More  the  Gentle  "Spotter." 
St.  Paul,  Sliiiu.,  M.1J-  17. — He  has  again  been  con- 
tributing his  share  to  "the  gaiety  of  nations"  over  in  the 
prohibition  state  of  North  Dakota — this  same  old 
"spotter."  Fargo  is  the  scene  of  his  latest  operations. 
The  other  night  the  proprietors  of  the  Waldorf  pharm- 
acy, operated  in  one  of  the  store  rooms  of  the  Waldorf 
hotel,  were  served  with  papers  charging  violation  of  the 
"dry"  law.  The  place  was  not  closed,  however.  It  was 
the  first  move  against  a  Fargo  drug  store  made  in  many 
months  and  the  "spotter"  responsible  for  it  was  a  new 
specimen  of  his  class  in  that  town.  Being  a  stranger, 
it  was  less  difficult  for  him  to  secure  evidence  of  in- 
fractions of  the  unpopular  law  than  would  have  been 
the  case  had  he  worn  the  "mug"  of  one  of  the  familiar 
spies.  It  is  not  believed  the  proprietors  of  tliis  pharm- 
acy will  be  prosecuted  very  hard,  if  at  all. 


Demand  for  Builders'  Materials. 
St.  Paul,  Minu.,  May  17. — Perhaps  the  most  notable 
feature  of  trade  just  now  is  the  demand  for  those  vari- 
ties  of  builder's  materials  that  are  distributed  by  whole- 
sale drug  houses.  This  demand  is  well  sustained,  in 
spite  of  the  strike  in  St.  Paul,  for  it  comes  from  the 
■entire  adjacent  country.  Prices  of  paints,  oils  and  glass 
are  steady  and  so  far  as  can  be  forseen  will  remain 
so  indefinitely.  The  manufacturers'  advance  on  glycer- 
ine has  not  yet  been  adopted  by  the  wholesale  trade 
here,  but  may  be  at  any  time.  As  to  general  conditions, 
all  that  can  be  done  is  to  repeat  the  story,  grown  so 
familiar  this  Spring,  of  an  almost  unexampled  volume 
of  business  for  this  season  of  the  year. 


J.  C.  Hening  succeeds  R.  Botner  &  Co.,  and  E.  N. 

Weed  is  clerking  there. 

J.   G.   Butler  of  Mankato  is  at  Warren  Potter  & 

Co.'s  store  at  Aitkin. 

Fred  Tilford  is  going  into  business  in   North   Da- 
kota very  soon. 

Harry   B.  Felts  has  left  Minneapolis  and  gone  to 

Merrill,    Wis. 

M.     H.    Mammer,    Lester,    la.,    has    admitted    a 

partner. 

Henry   Phipp   has   gone   to   Mountain    Lake   for   a 

lime. 

C.  T.  Gilbert,  Boise  City,  Idaho,  has  sold. 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

Successions:     Edsall    &    Hart,    Bradley    S.    D..    by 

G.  W.  Hart  &  Co.;  H.  Lewreaux,  Grafton,  N.  D.,  by 
The  Grafton  Drug  Co.;  J.  P.  Meeker,  Nichols,  la.,  by 
Dr.  F.  F.  Carl;  Harrison  Drug  Co..  Harrison,  Idaho, 
by  S.  W.  Cope;  Theodore  Natchwey,  Lansing,  la.,  by 
Natchwey  &  Co.;  Meier  &  Hauge,  Benson,  Minn.,  by  E. 
Meier;  Daniel  R.  Jones,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  by  the  D.  R. 
Jones  Co.;  F.  Cogswell,  Oakesdale,  Wash.,  by  C.  H. 
Smith;  Frank  B.  Downs,  Lewis,  la.,  by  G.  L.  Richard- 
son; Purdy  &  Mitchell,  Neola,  la.,  by  Purdy  &  Schaff; 
Downs  &  Roberes,  Portsmouth,  la.,  by  H.  A.  Scarr  & 
Co. 

New  drug  stores  have  been  springing  up  thick  and 

fast  in  the  Northwest  the  past  week.  Here  is  a  list  of 
all  that  failed  to  escape  the  reporter's  vigilance:  C.  D. 
Harrington,  Scanlon,  Minn.;  George  Negaard,  New 
London,  Minn.;  W.  S.  Whitman,  Erie,  N.  D.;  P.  B. 
Fitch,  Hemingford,  Neb.;  Wilson  &  Arnson,  Edinburg, 
N.  D.;  Kuyl  &  Anderson,  Hoskins.  Neb.;  R.  G.  Lund  & 
Co.,  White  Earth,  Minn. 

Two  druggists — F.  H.  Rozzelle  and  A.  D.  White — 

were  among  the  losers  by  fire  at  St.  Edwards,  Neb., 
this  week,  and  both  were  partially  insured. 

M.  M.  Colbert,  who  recently  returned  from  Mexico, 

is  now,  with  his  wife  and  newly-arrived  boy,  at  St. 
Cloud,   Minn. 

The    Portland     Soap    &    Chemical    Co.,    Portland, 

Ore.,  has  increased  its  capital  stock  to  $50,000. 
O.  A.  Weaver,  Curlew,  la.,  has  fallen  by  the  way- 
side.    His  store  is  in  the  sheriff's  keeping. 

The   Imperial   Chemical   &   Stock   Food   Co.,    is   to 

incorporate  at  Milwaukee,  Wis. 

p.  E.  Dowling  has  sold  his  interest  in  the  Virginia 

Pharmacy,  Virginia,  Minn. 


TEXAS  DRUGGISTS. 

The  23d  annual  convention  of  the  Texas  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  was  held  in  Dallas,  April  22-24. 
A  large  number  of  delegates  were  in  attendance  from 
all  parts  of  the  State,  many  of  whom  were  present  to 
join  the  reunion  of  the  Confederate  Veterans  who  held 
their  annual  meeting  at  the  same  time  and  place. 

The  address  of  welcome  in  behalf  of  the  city  of  Dal- 
las was  delivered  by  the  Hon.  W.  H.  Patterson,  and 
the  address  of  welcome  in  behalf  of  the  druggists  of 
Dallas  was  made  by  Mike  Lively.  In  his  annual  ad- 
dress. President  B.  G.  Eberle  called  attention  to  the 
weakness  of  the  present  pharmacy  law  and  urged  the 
members  of  the  association  to  support  a  new  bill  which 
will  be  introduced  into  the  Legislature.  He  reported 
the  condition  of  the  drug  business  in  Texas  as  having 
been  in  the  main  quite  satisfactory;  that  the  influx  of 
population,  the  striking  of  oil,  and  other  factors  had  been 
conducive  to  good  trade  generally.  Cut  prices  have 
bothered  the  trade  but  little. 

The  most  important  business  of  the  meeting  was 
the  withdrawal,  after  a  heated  discussion  among  the 
members,  of  the  Texas  Association  from  the  National 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists.  At  the  annual  election  all 
of  the  old  ofliicers — with  the  exception  of  the  third  vice- 
president — Were  re-elected  as  follows:  President,  E.  G. 
Eberle  of  Dallas;  vice-president,  J.  P.  Hayter  of  Decatur; 
second  vice-president,  C.  E.  Craycroft  of  Sherman;  third 
vice-president,  Miss  Virginia  Brooks  of  Waelder;  secre- 
tary-treasurer, R.  H.  Walker  of  Gonzales;  and  local 
secretary,  R.  N.  McKnight  of  Waco. 

Executive  Committee — E.  G.  Eberle,  J.  P.  Hayter, 
R.  H.  Walker  and  R.  M.  McKnight. 

The  proposed  amendment  to  the  pharmacy  law  finally 
adopted  by  the  association  embodies  nearly  all  the  points 
in  the  present  law,  with  a  number  of  additional  clauses. 
It  was  recommended  that  the  State  be  divided  into  four 
pharmaceutical  districts  and  that  the  Governor  appoint 
a  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  having  five  members.  Waco 
was  selected  as  the  place  of  the  next  meeting,  the  data 
to  be  decided  by  the  Executive  Committee. 


Diug  Clerks  Obtain  Shorter  Working  Hours. 

Kansas  City,  May  11. — The  Kansas  City  Drug 
Clerks'  Association  has  won  the  first  battle  in  its  fight 
for  shorter  hours.  J.  W.  Hardacre,  the  druggist  at 
Southwest  Boulevard  and  Penn  street,  has  brought  about 
this  desirable  reform  in  his  store;  his  employes  will  here- 
after work  ten  instead  of  sixteen  hours  a  day.  A  dozen 
other  druggists  have  followed  his  lead  and  have  either 
adopted  the  association  recommendations  or  will  put 
them  into  effect  during  the  coming  week.  The  drug 
clerks'  organization  is  affiliated  with  the  labor  unions 
of  the  city,  and  are  working  to  obtain  a  ten-hour  work- 
ing day,  six  hours'  work  on  Sunday,  and  the  placing  of 
all  drug  stores  in  charge  of  registered  pharmacists. 


52,'; 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  23,  1902, 


ST.  LOUIS. 


Prominent  Pharmacist  Dead. 

St.  Louis,  May  IT. — This  city  has  just  hjst  oue  of  its 
most  prominent  pharmaeist.s  in  the  death  of  August  P. 
Kaltwasser.  For  many  years  he  conducted  a  drug 
store  at  Pestalozzi  and  Salina  streets.  During  the  cut- 
rate  war  he  always  met  the  prices  of  the  most  radical 
down-town  cutters,  though  lie  was  one  of  the  strongest 
advocates  of  and  one  of  the  first  to  enter  a  combination 
to  abolish  cutting  prices.  Mr.  Kaltwasser  began  his 
career  in  a  small  store  on  the  south  side.  Soon  after 
graduating  from  the  St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  he 
started  in  business  for  himself.  One  year  ago  his  health 
failed  so  tliat  he  sold  his  business  to  his  chief  clerk, 
Chas.  Eenuer,  and  since  spent  much  of  his  time  at 
prominent  health  resorts  but  to  no  avail.  He  leaves  a 
widow  and  two  sons. 


Annual  Meeting  of  the  M.  P.  A. 
St.  Louis,  May  17. — The  Missouri  Pharmaceutical 
Association  Mill  1  old  its  twent.v-fourth  annual  meeting 
at  Pertle  Springs  (Warrensburg),  Juue  10-13,  inclusive, 
This  will  be  the  fifth  time  the  association  has  convened 
at  this  interesting  place.  Secretary  Whelpley  announces 
that  the  various  committees  now  have  their  work  well 
in  hand,  and  the  indications  are  that  the  convention 
will  be  not  only  largely  attended,  but  ono  of  special  in- 
terest. The  entertainment  feature  and  the  scientific  work 
are  carefully  balanced  at  these  meetings.  The  Missouri 
Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Association  will,  as  usual, 
meet  at  the  same  time  and  place.  A  special  and  ex- 
ceedingly low  rate  is  assured  by  the  railroads. 


ST.  LOUIS  NOTES. 

George  H.  Busch,  employed  as  chief  clerk  at  A.  W. 

Pauley's  pharmacy.  Fourteenth  and  Madison  streets, 
committed  suicide  by  taking  morphine  at  a  down-town 
hotel  last  Monday  afternoon.  He  was  a  cheerful,  bright 
young  man  and  a  first-class  drug  clerk  up  to  about  six 
months  ago  when  he  became  interested  in  hypnotism. 
Since  that  time  he  had  been  acting  peculiarly  and  his 
intimate  associates  believe  that  he  become  mentally  un- 
balanced. 

The  College  of  Pharmacy  Alumni  excursion  will  be 

held  on  the  evening  of  May  29.  President  Wm.  H.  La- 
mont  has  announced  the  following  committees  to  assist 
in  looking  after  the  welfare  of  the  guests:  Reception, 
Louis  Schurk,  E.  H.  Burgherr,  O.  F.  Bousch,  Chas. 
Lipps  and  Harry  Seversou;  Floor — Theo  F.  Hagenow, 
L.  A.  Seitz,  E.  H.  Miller  and  R.  S.  Vitt. 

The  retail  druggists  of  this  city  are  endeavoring  to 

form  a  baseball  league.  E.  H.  Burgherr  is  the  prime 
mover  in  the  affair  and  reports  that  prospects  are  very- 
good  for  getting  up  at  least  four  teams.  He  is  assisted 
in  his  work  by  L.  A.  Seitz,  Theo.  F.  Hagenow,  E.  C. 
Bauer,  Wm.  H.  Lament  and  E.  A.  Bernius. 

Examinations  at  the  various  medical  colleges  have 

been  in  progress  here  for  the  past  10  days.  There  are 
a  large  number  of  graduates  in  pharmacy,  among  the 
medical  students  and  with  hardly  an  exception  they 
show  the  advantage  of  their  former  training  by  ranking 
among  the  very   best   in   their  classes 

The  first  meeting  of  the  new  board  of  trustees  of  the 

St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  early  this  week. 
The  entire  faculty  were  re-engaged  for  the  ensuing 
year.  Chas.  Gietner  was  elected  chairman  of  the  board. 
The  prospectus  for  the  year  will  be  ready  for  distribu- 
tion W'ithin  a  few  days. 

St.  Louis  will  send  a  delegation  to  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Association  to  be  held 


at  Jacksonville  next  week.  Among  those  who  will  go  are: 
Dr.  O.  F.  Clans,  president  of  the  Missouri  State  Asso- 
ciation, Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley,  R.  S.  Vitt,  C.  C.  May  and 
Bruno  Batt. 

E.  J.  Schall,  in  charge  of  the  patent  medicine  de- 

patment  of  the  Meyer  Bros.  Drug  Co.,  attended  the 
annual  meeting  of  the  Proprietary  Association,  held  in- 
New  York  last  week. 

Chas.    Sittle,   for  many  years  chief  pricer  for  the 

Moffit-West  Drug  Co.,  has  accepted  a  position  with  the 
Lyman  -Eliel  Drug  Co.,  of  Minneapolis,  Minn. 

H.  C.  Stegner  of  the  Stegner  Drug  Co.,  Grand  and 

Franklin  avenues,  has  gone  with  his  family  to  Boonville 
to  spend  a  couple  of  months. 

Max    Heinrichs   of   the   Heinrichs    Pharmacy    Co., 

Fourteenth  street  and  Clark  avenue,  has  been  very- 
ill  for  the  past  ten  days. 

Williams  &.  Co.,  of  Macon,  Mo.,  have  purchased  the 

L.  Jones  Pharmacy  and  have  consolidated  this  with 
their  old  store. 

• Theo.   F.   Wurmb,  proprietor  of  the  Water  Tower 

Pharmacy  has  returned  from  a  month's  visit  in  the 
Soutli. 

The  Delmar- Walton  Drug  Co.,  at  Delmar  and  Wal- 
ton avenues,  went  into  bankruptcy  last  Wednesday. 

-Dr.  Enno  Sander  has  just  returned  from  California 

where  he  has  been  sojourning  for  the  past  month. 

• L.  T.  Lester  has  purchased  the  drug  store  from  H. 

Osdieck  at  Garrison  and.  Bell  avenues,  this  city. 
Herman  Frank  has  purchased  H.  A.  Hall's  phar- 
macy at  Grand  street  and  Franklin  avenue. 

Emil    Fehling    has    purchased    the    Temple    Place 

Pharmacy  at  5G33  Easton  avenue. 

■ A.  S.  Ludwig  has  bought  the  store  of  J.  P.  Renter 

at  4115  Prairie  avenue. 

J.  L.  Diggs  has  sold  his  drug  store  at  Glasgow,  Mo., 

to  D.  M.  Cooper. 

H.  C.  Brenner  is  opening  a  new  drug  store  at  Wells- 
ton,  Mo. 


At  the  meeting  of  the  Kentucky  Board  of  Pharma- 
cy held  in  Louisville  April  8th,  a  class  of  49  were  ex- 
amined, 24  of  whom  were  successful,  as  follows:  Robert 
S.  Berry  man,  Versailles;  Dr.  W.  O.  Bourland,  Earles; 
Samuel  E.  Carr,  Jeffersonsville,  Ind.;  H.  Rudolph 
Diebel,  Jeffersouville,  Ind.;  Jas.  N.  Ebler,  Louisville; 
J.  G.  Ellison,  Hickman;  Carl  R.  Heiurich,  Middlesboro; 
Geo.  H.  Hollis,  La  Fayette;  Jas.  H.  Jeffries,  Ford; 
Thos.  S.  Jesse,  Louisville;  Miss  Maud  B  Adams,  Day- 
ton; Leonard  A.  Johnson,  Bowling  Green;  Paul  J. 
Kranz,  Louisville;  W.  F.  Landrum,  Beech  Grove;  Jos. 
H.  Lex,  Louisville;  Earnest  H.  Menar,  Louisville;  Ben 
J.  Mitchell,  Midway;  Thos.  L.  Newberry,  Hiseville; 
Marvin  E.  Pate,  Slaughtersville;  H.  G.  Reid,  Edmonton; 
C.  D.  Schreiber,  Tell  City;  Jesse  Stroud,  Glennville; 
Frank  J.  Smith,  Louisville;  Jno.  F.  Stailey,  Albany. 

A  resolution  was  adopted  instructing  the  inspection 
committee  to  take  vigorous  steps  to  enforce  at  once  the 
cocaine  law  passed  by  the  recent  Legislature,  and  to 
also  enfoi"oe  the  restriction  of  the  sale  of  abortive  prep- 
arations, patent  or  otherwise,  to  physicians  prescriptions. 
An  inspector  is  to  be  at  once  put  to  work  under  this 
resolution.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Henderson 
July  8.  Applications  should  be  in  the  hands  of  the 
secretary,  J.  W.  Gayle,  Frankfort,  Ivy.,  at  least  10 
days  before  the  time  of  meeting. 


Dr.   Adolph   G.    Schmied   of  Marysville.  Kan.,  'hns  "been 

gT*a.nt.ed  letters  ipatenit  on  a  mattress  or  cushion  and 
hduMivg:  atitaohiinent  ihe  has  iravenited  and'  -wthioh  he  has 
named  the  "excelsior  self-acting  body  warmer."  Drug- 
gist David  von  Rieson  of  Marj-svlUe  owns  a  one-fifth 
Unitcrest  in   the  invention. 


i\Iay  -25,  190-2.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


523 


THE  SOUTH. 


CALIFORNIA. 


TRAVELING  MAN  MURDERED. 

Memijliis,  Tenu.,  May  lo. — A.  T.  Sliarpe,  a  traveling 
salesman  for  I'arke,  Davis  &  Co.,  with  territory  in  Mis- 
sissippi, was  murdered  in  Court  Square,  Memphis, 
Tenu,,  on  the  evening  of  April  12.  He  was  seen  to  be 
in  apparently  angry  discussion  with  another  man,  and 
the  pair  walked  for  some  distance  without  attracting 
more  than  passing  notice,  when  suddenly  Sharpe  was 
seen  to  stagger  and  then  fall.  When  several  passers- 
by  reached  the  prostrate  man  he  was  gasping  for  breath 
and  died  before  a  physician  could  be  obtained.  His 
assailant  had  stabbed  him  in  the  side  and  in  the  neck. 
Tiie  affair  was  a  complete  mystery  as  the  man  who  did 
the  killing  ran  as  soon  as  he  saw  what  he  had  done,  but 
on  the  following  day  a  man,  who  gave  the  name  of  Lacey 
Chase,  gave  himself  up  and  confessed  that  he  struck  the 
blow. 

He  said  that  Sharpe  had  insulted  his  wife,  and  that 
nhile  demanding  satisfaction  Sharpe  struck  him  in  the 
face,  and  that  he  had  to  use  his  knife  in  self-defense. 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  were  notified  of  the  occurrence  and 
J.  S.  Tobin,  also  one  of  their  representatives,  took 
•charge  of  the  remains,  shipping  them  to  Ottawa,  Kan., 
the  home  of  the  dead  man.  As  far  as  can  be  learned, 
Mr.  Sharpe  was  a  man  of  good  habits  and  a  salesman  of 
ability.  He  leaves  a  wife  in  Ottawa,  and  her  letters 
to  him  formed  a  pathetic  part  of  the  investigations  of 
the  man's  murder. 


New  Drug  Company  in  Memphis. 
Memphis,  Tenn.,  May  15. — W.  N.  Wilkerson  &  Co., 
■doing  a  wholesale  drug  business  at  334  Main  street, 
have  sold  out  to  Dr.  J.  W.  McCarley,  J.  B.  Ramsey, 
T.  .T.  Corbett  and  several  other  gentlemen  identified  with 
the  wholesale  drug  trade  of  Memphis.  W.  N.  Wilker- 
son and  T.  J.  Chilton,  composing  the  firm  of  W.  N.  Wil- 
kerson &  Co.,  have  been  engaged  in  the  wholesale  drug 
business  in  this  city  for  the  past  thirty-eight  years,  and 
there  is  not  a  better  known  mercantile  house  in  the 
State.  The  purchasers  of  the  stock  will  file  an  appli- 
cation for  a  charter,  and  when  this  is  granted,  organi- 
zation of  the  company  will  be  effected.  It  is  understood 
that  Dr.  McCarley,  who  has  been  connected  with  the 
Hessig-Ellis  Drug  Co.,  will  be  president  of  the  new  or- 
ganization. He  came  to  Memphis  a  year  ago  from  Rip- 
ley,  Miss. 


Out  of  the  Ordinary. 

Memphis.  Tenn..  May  l.">. — On  the  Seaboard  Air  Line 
Railway  in  North  Carolina  are  three  towns  within  a 
short  distance  of  one  another.  Southern  Pines,  Aber- 
deen and  Pine  Bluff.  Each  of  these  towns  has  a  lead- 
ing drug  store,  of  course:  and  each  of  these  drug  stores 
is  conducted  and  owned  b.v  a  charming  young  lady,  two 
1)eing  named  Johnson.  Women  as  pharmacists  are  not 
as  rare  as  they  once  were,  but  it  is  doubtful  if  there 
<'an  be  found  anywhere  else  three  who  are  proprietors, 
within  a  distance  of  seventy-five  miles  and  on  the  same 
railroad,  too. 


SOUTHERN  NOTES. 

Jacksonville,    Fla.,    is    a    worthy    monument    to    the 

energy  of  the  drug  trade.  Less  than  a  year  ago,  al- 
most all  the  drug  stores  in  that  cit.v  were  destroyed  by 
fire — not  simply  damaged,  but  wiped  out  of  existence  by 
a  fire  that  laid  low  five-sixths  of  the  city.  Today  the 
drug  stores,  new,  handsome  and  up-to-date,  are  running 
as  if  nothing  had  happened,  and  it  is  hard  to  believe 
that  they  were  out  of  business  even  for  a  day. 

The   Christie-Groover   Drug  Co.   has  gone  back  to 

.Jacksonville,  Fla.,  from  Waycross.  Ga..  where  it  had 
been  located  since  the  big  fire.  This  firm  was  among 
the  sufferers  occasioned  by  the  fire  and  since  their  build- 
ing was  destroyed  the  business  was  carried  on  at  Way- 
cross.  They  are  now  in  their  commodious  new  building 
in  Jacksonville. 

A.    J.    Geer.    President     of     the     Geer    Drug    Co.. 

Charleston,  S.  C  recently  made  a  visit  to  his  old  home. 
Belton,  S.  C.  The  occasion  was  a  family  reunion  and 
to  say  good-bye  to  Mr.  Geer's  brother,  who  has  em- 
barked for  the  Philippines  where  he  is  connected  with 
the   medical    service. 

The  Charleston  Drug  &  Manufacturing  Co.,  is  the 

name  of  a  new  firm  that  will  do  a  strictl.v  wholesale 
business  in  Charleston,  S.  C.  It  occupies  the  building 
on  Meeting  street,  until  recentlv  occupied  by  the  late 
Dr.   Baer. 


Druggist's  Wife  Obtains  Divorce. 

San  Francisco,  May  12.— Mrs.  Elvira  Calegaris  has 
obtained  a  divorce  from  her  husband,  Joseph  Calegaris 
on  the  ground  of  desertion.  Calegaris  is  the  leading 
druggist  in  the  Itali.an  quarter  of  San  Francisco  and  is 
a  Chevalier  by  the  grace  of  tlie  King  of  Italy.  Mrs. 
Calegaris  testified  that  she  was  married  to  Calegaris 
twenty-seven  years  ago,  and  that  about  two  years  ago 
he  left  her  and  refused  to  live  with  her.  Her  daughter, 
Anita,  testified  as  to  the  desertion. 

Her  attorney  said  that  a  division  of  the  property 
had  been  arranged  by  her  and  her  husband.  She  was 
given  $30,000  in  cash  and  Italian  Government  bonds  and 
awarded  th  custody  of  the  five  minor  children.  Two 
of  the  sons  are  of  legal  age,  one  remains  with  his 
mother,  and  the  other,  Arnold  Calegaris,  continues  in 
charge  of  the  drug  store. 


California  College  of  Pharmacy. 
San  Francisco.  May  15. — The  following  are  the  grad- 
uates in  pharmacy  of  the  California  College  of  Phar- 
macy, who  have  been  given  degrees:  Graduates  in 
Pharmacy:  Harry  Willard  Armour,  Frederic  John  Black- 
burn, Harriet  Louise  Blackburn,  Fred  George  Booth, 
^^'a^ren  Buck  Brazelton.  Andrew  William  Cochran, 
Delia  Grain,  Frank  D.  Curtis,  Nellie  Georgiaua  Dock- 
ery,  James  David  Elliot,  John  William  Foley,  Arthur 
John  Fouch,  Rolla  Dane  Fuller.  Joseph  Henry  Guedet, 
Arno  Gus  Hansen,  William  Thomas  Hearne,  James 
.Joseph  Horgan.  Bessie  Hutchins,  Paul  Hunt  Lane,  Gus 
S.  Levy,  Ernest  Michaelis,  Walter  Frederick  Anderson 
Moltzen,  Otto  Julius  Mouron,  John  Clinton  Neill,  James 
C.  Reher,  Madge  Coghlan  Rust,  Leo  Adelmo  Schroeder, 
Julius  Steen,  William  Earnshaw  Styan,  Everett  Tow- 
son,  William  Louis  Waterman,  Ray  Allen  Whidden. 
Doctor  of  Pharmacy,  George  Glasgow  Burnett,  Ph.  G.; 
Raymond  Elwood  Ilenkle,  Ph.  G.  The  post-graduate 
course  next  year  will  have  many  members  as  several  of 
this  year's  graduates  intend  to  return. 


War  on  Druggists  Who  Sell  Narcotics. 
San  Francisco,  May  12. — As  the  direct  result  of  sensa- 
tional disclosures  by  the  Bulletin — the  leading  evening 
paper  here — a  war  is  being  waged  by  the  municipal  au- 
thorities on  druggists  who  sell  narcotics  without  com- 
plying with  the  law  whicii  requires  a  prescription,  the 
labeling  of  all  poisonous  packages,  the  recording  of  the 
name  of  the  prescribing  physician,  etc.  Three  promi- 
nent duggists  have  been  arrested.  They  are  Di\  J.  T. 
Reese,  of  Bailey's  Central  Drug  Store;  Eugene  Porier, 
of  the  Schmitz  German  Pharmacy,  and  A.  Seymour,  of 
Simpson's  Pharmacy.  Others  are  to  be  taken  into  cus- 
tody, and  there  is  considerable  excitement  among  the 
druggists  of  this  city. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

XEAV  YORK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


524 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  22,  1902. 


Well-Known  Druggist  Married. 
S.in  Francisco,  May  12. — Harry  O.  Trowbridge,  a 
prominent  druggist  of  tliis  city  and  Oakland,  across  the 
bay  from  here,  has  suddenly  married  at  Reno,  Nevada, 
Miss  Georgie  Shaw,  a  dry  goods  clerk  in  Sacramento. 
Three  months  ago  he  was  divorced  from  his  wife  who 
sued  him  on  the  grounds  of  desertion.  She  was  the 
daughter  of  Frederick  Delger,  a  capitalist,  and  her 
wedding  to  Trowbridge  in  18S5  was  a  society  affair  ot 
magnitude.  The  groom  was  then  a  member  of  the  drug 
firm  of  Kirkland  &  Trowbridge,  which  sold  to  the  Owl 
Drug  Company.  She  was  a  physician.  She  charged 
that  Trowbridge  spent  much  of  the  community  property 
which  amounted  to  about  $-400,000.  His  new  matri- 
monial ventm-e  is  a  surprise  to  his  acquaintances  . 

CALIFORNIA  NOTES. 

The  proprietor  of  Caiesch's  drug  store,   San  Jose, 

may  be  sued  for  heavy  damages  by  the  victims  of  a 
curious  accident.  A  five-gallon  carbo.v  of  sulphuric  acid 
which  was  being  conveyed  into  the  store  from  a  wagon 
was  broken  and  the  acid  flowed  over  the  sidewalk  in 
front  of  the  pharmacy.  Miss  Hattie  Miller,  a  steno- 
grapher, was  passing  by  a  few  minutes  later  when  she 
slipped  and  fell  prone  on  the  pavement.  Her  cheek, 
right  arm  and  side  were  frightfully  burned,  and  she  is  in 
a  serious  condition.  Shortly  afterward  a  letter  carrier 
named  J.  M.  Singleton  also  fell  on  the  sidewalk  and  bad- 
ly burned  his  right  hand.  The  druggist  is  severely 
blamed  for  not  washing  the  acid  away  or  notifying  pass- 
crsby  of  the  danger. 

J.   J.    Crowley,   a   member  of  the   State   Board   of 

Pharmacy,  is  recovering  from  injuries  received  while 
attempting  to  jump  from  a  moving  train  at  Twenty-fifth 
and  Valencia  streets,  San  Francisco.  Crowley  is  an  ac- 
tive member  of  the  Board,  and  has  been  in  the  southern 
part  of  the  State,  looking  after  the  enforcement  of  the 
laws  relative  to  drug  stores.  He  was  returning  from 
Los  Angeles  on  the  regular  express,  which  does  not  stop 
at  the  Valencia  street  depot.  Mr.  Crowley,  however, 
sighted  his  home,  and  stepped  off.  He  suffered  a  lacera- 
tion of  the  left  leg,  and  broke  two  bones  in  his  right 
hand. 

"Jack"  Ryan,  head  oC  the  country  sales  depart- 
ment of  Redington  &  Company,  wholesale  druggists 
of  San  Francisco,  returned  from  Hawaii,  a  few  days 
ago.  He  reports  a  successful  business  trip.  Ryan 
visited  Hilo,  Honolulu  and  other  points. 

Clayton  K.  Smith,  a  druggist  at  Eighth  and  Peralta 

streets,  Oakland,  had  his  arm  broken  by  being  thrown 
from  his  bicycle.  He  tried  to  avoid  running  down  a 
pedestrian  and  in  making  a  quick  turn  was  precipitated 
to  the  pavement. 


$200.00  IN  CASH  PRIZES. 


Arrested  for  Supplying  Human  Skulls. 
Osaka,  Japan.  April  2.". — Hanamiite  Yoshiye  and 
her  son  have  been  arrested  fur  supplying  druggists  with 
human  skulls.  In  Japan  apotheparies  use  charred  skulls 
for  medicine,  there  being  three  grades  known  to  the 
trade.  A  charred  head  complete  costs  about  ten  yen. 
Most  of  them  are  sold  in  Hokuriku  and  Kiushu  prov- 
inces. The  woman  confessed  that  she  dug  the  skulls 
from  a  neighboring  cemetery.  She  had  a  specially  con- 
structed oven  for  charring  them. 


Establish  First  Branch  Store  in  Hawaii. 
Honolulu.  Hawaii.  April  20.— TIio  Ilobn.n  Drug  Co., 
of  this  city,  will  move  from  its  present  location  next 
month  and  will  also  open  the  first  branch  suburban 
drug  store  at  the  corner  of  Fort  and  Beretania  streets,  in 
the  now  Sacchs  building,  just  outside  of  the  city  limits. 
Both  the  main  and  branch  stores  will  be  newly  equipped 
throughout.  The  store  fittings  will  include  show  cases 
especially  designed  for  the  business  and  the  color  scheme 
of  the  interior  and  exterior  painted  work  will  be  in 
green  and  yellow. 


Offered  for  Good  Window  Displays — A  Contest  That  Is 
Creating  No  End  of  Interest. 

Neat,  tasteful,  original  window  displays  always  pay. 
They  attract  trade.  The  whole  character  of  a  retail 
store,  nine  times  out  of  ten,  is  judged  by  the  front  it 
presents  to  the  public.  And  a  store's  front  is  its  win- 
dows. If  they  are  up-to-date  they'll  prove  one 
of  the  best  methods  the  dealer  can  adopt  to  advertise  his 
wares  and  business. 

To  increase  the  interest  in  good  window  dressing 
Jno  Lucas  &  Co.,  the  well-known  paint  manufacturers 
are  conducting  a  window  display  contest  that  is  creating 
a  lively  interest  throughout  the  retail  drug  trade.  Two- 
hundred  dollars  are  offered  in  cash  prizes.  There  are 
eleven  prizes,  ranging  from  $50.00  to  $10.00,  divided 
as  follows:  First  prize,  §50.00;  second  prize,  $25.00: 
third  prize,  $25.00;  fourth  prize,  $15.00;  fifth  prize, 
$15.00;  sixth  prize,  $15.00;  seventh  prize,  $15.00;  eighth 
prize,  $10.00;  ninth  prize,  $10.00;  tenth  prize,  $10.00; 
eleventh  prize,  $10.00. 

It  is  easy  for  the  dealer  or  any  of  his  assistants  to 
make  an  attractive  Lucas  window  display.  They  have 
everything  at  their  command  to  help  them  do  it.  Lucas 
advertising  is  up-to-date,  liberal  and  attractive,  while  the 
Lucas  Paint  and  Varnish  packages  are  among  the 
handsomest  lines  of  their  kind  placed  on  the  market. 
They're  all  neatly  and  artistically  labelled,  and  gotten  up- 
especially  to  make  attractive  store,  shelve,  counter  and 
window  displays.  Every  dealer  selling  Lucas  Paints 
is  eligible  to  compete  in  the  contest.  The  windows  must 
be  trimmed  or  finished  entirely  with  one  or  more  of  the 
Lucas  Home  Helps,  or  part  Lucas  Home  Helps  and  part 
with  household  articles,  furniture,  etc.,  that  have  been 
decorated  with  Lucas  Home  Helps.  Competitors  will 
be  allowed  to  submit  photos  of  as  many  different  dis- 
plays as  they  desire.     Each'jjhoto  will  count  for  itself. 


New  Suppository  Mass. 
According  to  Ed.  Crouzel  (Apoth.  Ztg.,  xvii,  p.  46), 
the  preparation  of  a  homogeneous  mixtui-e  of  cacao  but- 
ter and  active  substances,  such  as  extracts,  alkaloids, 
salts,  powdered  vegetable  drugs,  etc.,  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  suppositories  is  nearly  always  effected  with  diffi- 
culty. If  a  base  composed  of  one  part  of  solid  paraffin 
and  three  parts  of  anhydrous  Lanoline  be  employed, 
however,  any  and  all  ingredients  may  be  readily  incor- 
porated. The  substances  soluble  in  water  are  easily  re- 
tained because  of  the  well  known  power  of  anhydrous 
Lanoline  to  mix  with  a  large  proportion  of  water. 
— Therapeutic  Progress,  May,  1902. 


THE  ERA  COURSE  OF  GREAT  BENEFIT. 

Permit  me  to  say,  at  this  time,  that  the  instruction  I 
derived  from  taking  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  has 
renewed  a  waning  familiarity  with  its  various  subjects, 
and  has  proven  to  be  of  great  benefit.  Wishing  the  pro- 
gressive nature  of  the  Era  future  success,  I  am,  very 
respectfully  yours.  CHARLES  B.  WOOD. 

Pullman,    Ills. 


The  bound  volume  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Massachu- 
setts State  Pharmaceutical  Association  for  1901.  differs 
from  the  usual  annu.al  reports  ot  .=!tate  associations  in 
containing  a  comprehensive  digest  of  tihe  state  la'ws  re- 
lating to  t'-ie  pharmacist  and  the  practice  of  phanmiacy. 
Massachusetts  pharmacy  and  liquor  laws  seem  to  be 
somewhat  complicated,  and  have  caused  endless  litigation 
tLvfA  friction.  Marpy  of  'tIhe  rc'gT-ilations  are  doubtless  dif- 
ficult to  understand,  but  the  druggist  who  has  at  hand  th» 
compact  and  convenient  digest  found  in  tthis  volume  can- 
not rcaiioinably  plead  ignorance  as  an  excuse  for  viola- 
tions of  the  Sitatutes. 


May  23,  1902.  J 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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PATENTS,   TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


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699,944.- 

700.043.- 
700,070.- 


PATENTS. 
Issued  May  13,   1902. 

-William  Howell,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  Cliiltl's 
teething-nipple. 

-Hubbard  H.  Uphaui,  New  York,  N.  Y.  Water- 
ling. 

-Hartwig  Bf.  A.  Harriers,  Milwaukee,  Wis. 
Means  for  carrying  bottles. 

-Charles  Leftler,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.  Bottle-label- 
ing machine. 

-George  J.  Atkins.  London,  England.  Electro- 
lytic apparatus  for  manufacturing  certain  salts 
suitable  for  the  subsequent  production  of 
chloriu. 

-Henry  Gruenebaum,  New  York.  N.  Y.  Bot- 
tling machine. 

-Ringgold  W.  Carman  and  Frederick  M.  Law- 
i-ence.  Flushing,  N.  Y.  Formaldehyde-gas 
generator. 

-.Tohn  Heard,  Strathroy,  Canada,  Bottle-stop- 
per. 

-James  F.  McConaghy  and  George  E.  Dud- 
dles.  Wellington.  New  Zealand.  Bottle  for 
preventing  refilling. 

—Christian  J.  Siebenhaar,  Wallington,  N.  .T. 
Safety  Attachment  for  poison-bottles. 


cal  Co.,  Boston,  Ma.ss.  The  hyphenated  word 
"Es-Ke-Mo,"  and  the  picture  of  a  standing 
Eskemo  represented  as  holding  a  cup  in  one 
hand  into  which  he  is  dropping  liquid  from  a 
bottle  held  in  his  other  hand,  the  hyphenated 
word  "Es-K"  appearing  on  the  bottle. 


Hair-Tonic). 
N.   Y.     Filed 


LABELS. 

Registered  May  13,  1902. 

9,140.— Title:      "Minervaline."        (For 

Thomas   B.   Bowles,    Brooklyn, 

April  17,  1902. 
9,141. — Title:    "Cure  All  Liniment."     (For  Liniment). 

Lewis    E.    Wood,    Bellingham,    Mass.      Filed 

April  21,  1902. 
9,142. — Title:    "The  Unique  Rheumatic  Foot  Plaster." 

(For  Plasters.)      .Tames  Williams,  Lynn,  Mass. 

Filed  .Ian.  25,  1902. 


REISSUES. 

Granted  May  13,  1902. 

-Richard  P.  Kuhn.  Alexandria.  Va..  assignor 
to  the  Kulm  Formaldehyde  Generating  Co., 
a  Corporation  ot  Virginia.  Formaldehyde- 
lamp. 


TRADE  MARKS. 
Registered  May  13,  1902. 

38,24.5. — Medicine  for  Cure  of  Itlicuniafism.  Neuralgia 
and  Headache.  R.  C.  Knipe  t'C-  Son.  Brooklyn. 
N.  Y.  A  rectangular  fignrr  having  thereon  in 
the  foreground  the  representation  of  a  sailor 
leaning  against  the  upright  stock  of  an  anchor 
partly  buried  in  the  sand,  the  background 
showing  the  sea. 

.'^8.246. — Remedies  for  Certain  Named  Diseases.  The 
Brown  Chemical  Co..  Nashville.  Tenn.  The 
letters  "E.  T.  B."  and  a  border  inclosing  the 
same. 

38.247. — Certain  Named  Toilet  Preparations.  The 
Yirgilina  Mfg.  Co..  New  York.  N.  Y.  The  rep- 
resentation of  two  cornucopias  facing  each 
other  and  overflowing  with  powder,  upon 
whicli  a  swan  appears  to  rest. 

38.240. — Oil  for  Medicinal  Purposes.     Eskemo  Chemi- 


COMBINATION     CASES. 

ALL  THE  MODERN  STYLES  AND  FINISHES. 

DO  YOU  NEED  ONE? 

WE  MAKE  THEM. 

WRITE   FOR  LARGE  CATALOGUE  AND  PRICES. 
NASHVILLE  SHOW   CASE   CO.,         Nashville.  Tenn. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  22,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

GENERAL  MARKET  CONTINUES  STEADY. 

New  York,  May  20. — Continued  steadines.s  prevails 
tbrougUout  tlie  general  market,  with  the  aggregate  vol- 
ume of  business  showing  fairly  satisfactory  proportions, 
but  the  developments  during  the  past  week  are  of  only 
minor  importance,  and  there  are  very  few  noteworthy 
changes  in  values. 

OPIUM. — A  continued  easy  feeling  pervades  the 
market  partly  owing  to  keen  competition  among  import- 
ers and  lack  of  important  deniand,  l)ut  there  is  uo 
further  change  in  jobbing  prices  and  the  ruling  figures 
are  $3.00@3.25  for  9  per  cent,  and  .^a.lOfViJi.oS  for  11 
per  cent.  Powdered  continues  to  move  moderately  on 
jobbing  orders  at  $3.95@4.20  for  13  per  cent,  and  $-1.45 
@4.70  for  16  per  cent.  ^  .  ^ 

MOIII'IIINE. — A  moderately  active  movement  into 
consumiiiu'  cluiuucls  is  noted  with  jobbing  quotations 
steadily  maiutained  at  .'?2.40f()  2.50  for  eighths  in  1-oz 
boxes, '$2.;rif<('2.45  in  2I2-0Z  boxes,  ?2.15@'2.25  in  ounce 
vials,  and  !f2.10(g)2.20  in  5-oz  cans,  according  to  size  ot 

QUININE. — The  market  remains  dull  and  feature- 
less, with  jobbing  quotations  nominally  steady  at  28c 
for  bulk  in  100-oz  tins,  28y2C  in  50-oz  tins,  29c  in  25- 
-oz  tins,  30c  in  5  or  10-oz  tins.and  35c  in  ounce  vials. 

CANNABIS  INDICA.— Gradually  Hardening  mar- 
kets at  primary  sources  of  supply  and  also  in  Europe 
have  caused  a  firmer  feeling  among  local  holders,  and 
-spot  jobbing  quotations  have  been  advanced  to  85@J5c, 
as  to  quantity.  The  general  improvement  is  due  to  the 
fact  that  the  stock  imported  previous  to  the  imposition 
■of  an  export  due  in  the  producing  country,  are  becoming 
exhausted.  ,       .  ..  ,, 

ARROWROOT.— Owing  to  volcanic  eruptions  and 
■consequent  terrible  disaster  in  the  producing  country, 
the  market  is  decidedly  stronger  in  tone,  with  the 
iprincipal  holders  inclined  to  offer  -very  sparingly.  Job- 
bers have  advanced  quotations  to  lb@lSc,  as  to  quan- 

'  ^WORMSEED. — A  firmer  feeling  has  developed,  ow- 
ing to  scarcity  both  here  and  in  Europe  and  jobbing 
quotations  for  Levant  have  been  advanced  to  1(@— c 
for  wholu  :ind  21  ri(  20c  for  powdered. 

BV1S\M  PKltr — A  slow  demand  and  more  or 
less  ke.-'n  'cimpctitiuii  anions  importers  have  resulted  m 
an  easier  market  and  a  decline  in  jobbing  quotations 
to  $1.55r((!l.80  as  to  quantity.     ,      .        ^  „i,,„„,i : 

CARAWAY  SEED.— Dutch  is  stronger  abroad  j 
owing  to  unfavorable  crop  reports  and  spot  jobbing 
quotations  have  been  advanced  to  10@12c  for  whole  and 
15(S)17c  for  powdered.  „  -,  ^     1 

POPPY  SEED.— Supplies  in  Europe  are  said  to  be 
nracticallv  exhausted.  Stocks  here  are  very  light  and 
much  higher  prices  are  expected  before  another  crop 
will  be  available.  Jobbers  have  marked  up  their  quo- 
tations to  12@16c  as  to  quantity.  . 

ELDER  FLOWERS.-^The  market,  is  firmer  on  ac- 
count of  extreme  scarcity  and  quotations  for  Jobbing 
quantities  have  been  advanced  to  20@28c,  according  to 
size  of  order^  SEAL  ROOT.— Primary  markets  are 
hidi^r  under  light  available  stocks  and. local  dealers  are 
firmw  in  their  views,  jobbing  quotations  showing  an 
advance  to  6-(<Ti77c  for  whole,  70@80c  for  ground  and 
'i'^(n'S2c  for  powdered.  _      „        ,.  .  .,„ 

SERPENT  ARIA  ROOT.— Supplies  are  more  abun- 
dant and  with  the  consuming  demand  comparatively 
^Cw  the  mnrk..t  is  easier  with  jobbers'  prices  recliiced 
?o  49(fi54c  for  whole,  51@56c  for  ground  and  54ri/Ctc 
for  pwodered. 


rphe  twenty  or  more  Oriental  druggisits  who  dispense 

alleged  h6a,Ung  herbs  and  other  medicameiits  fro.m  their 

,,my  little  shops    In  Chinatown,   Los  Angeles.    Cal..    have 

been  summoned  before  the  State  Boa;rd  of  Pharmacy  to 
explain  their  pharmaeopoeia.  It  has  been  hinted  that 
■n-ith  few  exceptions  these  so-called  pharmacists  are  more 
familiar  witlh  the  service  ot  intio^xlcating  dnnks  to  thirsty 
customers  than  the  fiUimg  of  'medical  prescriptrons.  Rec- 
ords of  the  health  office  show  that  some  twenty  licenses 
have  been  issued  to  Chinese  druggists  tor  which  a  tee 
ot  $24  each  is  charged.  Ai  the  regular  Jlqiuor  license  Is 
$60  a  mKmth,  a  motive  for  deception  is  apparent. 


INDEX  TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Alcohol,     Wood ^1** 

ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs.  Alnimii.  Etc.— American 
Chemical  Society,  Ncav  York  Section,  ol4; 
American  Piiarmaceutical,  517;  Bushwiek 
Pharmaceutical,  514;  Chemung  Co.,  (N.  Y.I 
Pharmaceutical,  510;  Chicago  Drug  Trade  - 
Club,  520;  Kansas  City  Drug  Clerks",  a21; 
Kings  County  (N.  Y.)  Pharmaceutical  Societ.v, 
512;  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical,  511;  Missou- 
ri Pharmaceutical,  522;  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy  Alumni,  513;  New  York  Drug  Trade 
Club,  514;  New  York  Retail  Druggists'.  513; 
Philadelphia  Retail  Druggists,  517;  Society  of 
Chemical  Industry,  524;  Texas  Pharmaceuti- 
cal, 521;  Venango  Co.   (Pa.)  Retail  Druggists, 

519;    Verein    Deutscher  Chemiker 514 

Baking    Powder *J<"J 

BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY. — California.  520;  Illi- 
nois. 520;  Indiana,  515;  Kentucky,  522;  Mas- 
sachusetts  515 

BOOK  REVIEWS. — Brundage.  Manual  of  Toxi- 
icologv,  509;  Eberle,  Soda  Water  Formulary, 
510;  Mineral  Resources  of  the  U.  S.  for  1900, 
510;  Plattner,  Blanual  of  Qualitative  and  Quan- 
titative Analysis  With  the  Blowpipe,  509; 
Prescott  and  Sullivan,  First  Book  of  Qualita- 
tive Chemistry,  509;  Proceedings  Massachu- 
setts Pharmaceutical  Association,  1901,  5li4; 
Proceedings    National      Wholesale      Druggists' 

Association    509 

BOWLING,    DRUG     TRADE.— Baltimore,     518; 

New    York 513 

Cement,    Mending   Pestles 509 

COLLEGES  OF  PHARMACY.— Brooklyn,  512; 
California,  523;  Maryland.  518;  Massachusetts, 

51.';    Wisconsin    University    520 

Colosiie.    llen.laclie    50G 

CORnESP(  )X1  lENCE     504 

Cream,    Witli    Hazel,    Barbers'    508 

DRUG    STORE    PROBLEMS    510 

EDITORIALS. — Drug  Problems,  502;  Eruption  of 
Mont  Pelee,  503;  Interpretation  of  the  New 
York  Pharmacy  Law-.  501;  Lord  Kelvin  and 
the  Metric  System,  503:  Pharmacists'  Wages 
Across  the  Atlantic,  503;  Preliminary  Exam- 
inations in  Australia,  503;  Rebate  on  Exported 
Alcohol  Used  in  the  Arts,  502;  Rice  Memorial 

Committee.    502;    Substitution    501 

MARKET  REPORT   52G 

Urinalysis  for   Druggists   507 

Monev    Making.    Modes    506 

NEWS  LETTERS.— Baltimore,  518;  California, 
523;  Chicago,  520;  Michigan,  519;  New  Eng- 
land, 515;  New  York,  511;  Philadelphia,  517; 
St.    Louis,    522;    The    Northwest,      521;      The 

South    523 

PATENTS,  TRADEMARKS,  etc 525 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Per- 
sonal Interest,  etc. — Bnsch,  Geo.  H.  522; 
Calegaris,  Joseph,  523;  Caughey.  W.  J.,  513; 
Christie-Groover  Drug  Co.,  .523;  Crosher.  H.  P., 
513:  De  Zeller,  L.  W.,  513;  Gilbert  Bros.  & 
Co.,  518;  Heimstreet,  E.  B.,  520;  Hobron  Drug 
Co.,  524:  Judge,  M.,  513;  Kaltwasser,  August 
P.. 522;  Kleine,  Oscar  C,  Jr.,  512;  Lovis,  H.C., 
513:  McCann,  J.  M.,  308:  Pease,  Francis  M.. 
516;Reid.  Y'eomans  and  Cubit,  505;  Scrimshaw. 
A.,  513:Sharpe,  A.  T.,  523;  Shaw  Remedy 
Co.,  516;  Smith,  S.  Frank,  519;  Sweeny, 
Charles,  517;  Toms.  Joseph  E.,  517;  Trow- 
bridge, Harry  O.  524;  Weinstein,  Joseph  514; 
Wilkerson  &  Co.,  W.  N.,  523;  Withers,  J.  H.  .   513 

QUESTION     BOX 508 

Rice   Memorial   Committee 508 

Substitution    in    Drug    Stores 504 

Tlie  California  Board  of  Pharmacy  at  a  meeting  re- 
cently held  in  San  Francisco,  registered  the  following: 
Licentiates,  by  examination,  D.  P.  Siebert,  C.  H.  Y'oung, 
W.  E.  Wisnier,  R.  J.  Peck,  R.  S.  Moffitt,  H.  A.  Shellen, 
J.  C.  Matthissen.  R.  D.  Laing,  E.  L.  Madden,  J.  E. 
Johnson.  R  H.  Blose,  G.  P.  Halls,  W.  P.  Nye,  V.  A. 
Griswold,  J.  H.  Poage,  R.  S.  Petter,  D.  B.  Steen,  H.  A. 
McKenna,  G.  P.  Brown  and  C.  F.  Story.  Assistants,  by 
examination,  B.  D.  Stapleton,  E.  C.  McGoodwin,  I.  L. 
Hinckley,  R.  E.  Flanders.  C.  li.  Parsons,  J.  M.  Becker, 
A.  Maa.ss,  H.  C.  Hopkins,  G.  Siegner,  H.  G.  Tubbs. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  San  Francisco  July  8. 


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In  the  United  States  as  well  as  in  England  and  the 
British  Colonies  there  seems  to  be  a  general  scarcity  of 
qualified  drug  clerks. 

Competent  observers  say  that  qualified  assistants  are 
plentiful  in  the  Kaiser's  realm  because  the  number  of 
pharmacies  is  limited. 

In  this  country  there  is  nothing  to  prevent  an  enter- 
prising pharmacist  from  opening  a  new  store,  and  mak- 
ing it  pay. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  demand  in  our  various 
States  and  Territories  is  for  "qualified  clerks." 

There  is  no  scarcity  of  men  who  have  not  received 
the  training  necessary  to  pass  the  board  examinations. 

There  is  no  reason  why  an  ambitious  young  man  who 
does  not  belong  to  the  qualified  class,  should  not  acquire 
a  thorough  training  and  thus  make  his  services  more 
valuable. 

The  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  has  helped  many  to  a 
pharmaceutical  education.     It  is  ready  to  help  others. 

Write  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Era,  396  Broadway, 
NcT\-  York,  for  a  new  prospectus. 


The  Hepburn  pure  food  bill  now  under  considera- 
tion by  Congress  is  of  great  importance  to  all  con- 
sumers of  foods  and  drugs,  as  well  as  to  the  dealers 
in  these  articles,  and  is  so  far-reaching  in  its  possi- 
l)ilities  that  it  is  not  remarkable  that  it  does  not 
meet  with  universal  approval.  It  has  been  receiving 
a  great  deal  of  attention  from  the  press  during  the 
past  few  weeks,  and  the  criticisms  have  not  all  been 
favorable.  This  bill  was  framed  by  the  National 
Pure  Food  Congress  containing  representatives  of 
many  influential  societies  and  associations  through- 
out the  United  States.  Its  object  is  the  regulation 
of  interstate  commerce  in  manufactured  foods  and 
drugs,  and  provides  for  the  examination  of  these 
products  and  the  difficult  duty  of  fixing  standards  of 
purity  and  quality.  It  places  the  selection  of  authori- 
tative standards  and  the  determination  of  whether 
preservatives  and  other  substances  are  wholesome 
or  unwholesome  when  added  to  foods,  in  the  hands 
of  the  Secretary  of  Agriculture,  who  will  naturally 
require  a  great  deal  of  assistance  in  performing  this 
difficult  task. 

It  is  in  its  provisions  for  performing  the  extremely 
important  and  difficult  task  of  determining  the  sani- 
tary standards  of  foods  and  medicines,  that  the  Hep- 
burn bill  is  most  severely  criticized.  To  aid  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  in  reaching  just  decisions 
in  such  matters,  the  bill  authorizes  him  to  "call 
upon  the  Director  of  the  Bureau  of  Chem- 
istry and  the  chairman  of  the  committee  on  food 
standards  of  the  Association  of  Official  Agricultural 
chemists,  and  such  physicians,  not  less  than  five,  as 
the  President  of  the  United  States  shall  select,  three 
of  whom  shall  be  from  the  Medical  Departments  of 
the  army  and  navy,  and  the  Marine  Hospital  Service, 
and  not  less  than  five  experts,  to  be  selected  by  the 
Secretary  of  Agriculture  by  reason  of  their  attain- 
ments in  physiological  chemistry,  hygiene,  commerce 
and  manufactures,  to  consider  jointly  the  standards 
of  all  food  products,  and  to  study  the  effect  of  the 
preservatives  and  other  substances  added  to  food 
products  on  the  health  of  the  consumer,  and  when  so 
determined  and  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  Agri- 
culture such  standards  shall  guide  the  chemists  of 
the    Department   of   Agriculture   in   the    performance 


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[May  29,  1902. 


of  the  duties  imposed  upon  them."  The  enemies  of 
the  bill  claim  that  it  gives  the  chief  chemist  of  the 
Agricultural  Department  practical';;'  powers  of  life 
and  death  over  manufacturing  establishments  repre- 
leiiling  a  capitalization  of  billions  of  dollars,  and 
that  the  arbitrary  exercise  of  this  power  will  lead  to 
erdless  corruption  and  injustice.  We  must  confess 
that  we  are  unable  to  discover  all  this  evil  in  tlie 
bill,  which  has  certainly  been  framed  with  -^reat 
care.  It  does  place  a  terrible  weapon  against  cer 
t.iin  rrjar.ufacturers  in  the  hands  of  some  on".  It 
does  net,  however,  provide  that  the  bureau  chemists 
shall  fix  the  standards,  but  that  they  shall  merely 
apply  the  tests.  Whether  these  duties  are  or  are 
not  properly  functions  of  the  Department,  of  Agri- 
culture  is   another  question. 

A  writer  in  a  recent  issue  of  the  Western  Drug- 
gist traces  the  cut-rate  evil,  substitution  and  all  of 
the  imumerable  evils  rampant  in  the  drug  business, 
to  a  single  source — the  sorrowful  condition  of  the 
drug  clerk  in  the  matter  of  working  hours.  Long 
hours  of  labor  lead  to  dissatisfaction;  dissatisfaction 
leads  the  clerk  to  enstr  business  for  himself  pre- 
maturely; this  leads  to  overcrowding;  overcrowding 
leads  to  price-cutting,  and  price-cutting  leads  to  sub- 
stitution, misrepreseali'tion,  incapacity,  unworthin'-ss, 
etc.,  etc.  This  reminds  one  of  the  "House  that  Jack 
built,"  but  the  reasoning  seems  to  be  logical. 

Here  is  a  new  method  of  encouraging  punctuality 
at  association  ^meetings.  The  New  York  County 
Medico-Pharmaceutical  League  offers  a  prize  con- 
sisting of  a  rebate  of  one-third  of  next  year's  dues 
to  the  member  who  first  reaches  its  meetings.  In 
view  of  the  high  value  usually  placed  upon  punctuali- 
ty, this  sum  does  not  seem  to  be  exorbitant. 

The  committees  of  the  various  sections  of  the 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association  are  displaying 
great  industry  in  stimulating  interest  in  the  work  of 
the  different  departments.  There  is  evidently  a  very 
general  determination  to  make  the  Golden  Jubilee 
Meeting  to  be  held  in  September,  golden  in  results 
as  well  as  in  name.  We  are  constantly  receiving  cir- 
culars and  letters  about  the  plans  and  intentions  of 
the  various  sections.  This  week  brought  a  letter 
from  the  chairman  of  the  Section  on  Education  and 
Legislation,  and  from  a  member  of  the  Section  on 
Commercial  Interests,  soliciting  papers  upon  suita- 
ble subjects.  Members  are  requested  to  contribute 
papers  and  discussions,  and  also  to  use  their  influence 
to  induce  others  to  prepare  articles  or  material  {  jT 
the  coming  meeting. 

An  Italian  capitalist  has  founded  a  commercial 
university  and  has  presented  it  to  the  city  of  Milan 
with  an  endowment  of  a  million  francs.  Its  object  is 
a  scientific  preparation  for  commercial  life.  The 
curriculum  will  include  courses  in  political  economy, 
linance,  state  accounts,  statistics,  the  history  of  com- 
merce, courses  in  law  and  banking,  and  a  number  of 
special  courses  not  yet  fixed  upon.  The  different 
iirrirches  of  natural  science  do  not  seem  to  be  included 
among  the  courses  of  instruction,  the  object  appar- 
cnt'y     being     more     the     scientific     study       of     com- 


merce than  a  commercial  study  of  science.  It 
now  seems  that  commerce  may  soon  become  one  of 
the  recognized  subjects  of  special  study.  Not  so  long 
ago,  people  pooh-poohed  the  idea  of  obtaining  a 
knowledge  of  business  practice  in  any  way  except  by 
the  orthodox  "years  of  experience,"  but  now  several 
of  our  colleges  are  offering  commercial  courses.  Our 
ideas  about  education  are  rapidly  changing,  and  it 
seems  that  the  days  of  the  time-honored  classical 
and  general  scientific  college  course  are  numbered. 
College  study  pursued  merely  as  a  means  of  culture 
is  now  considered  an  expensive  luxury,  and  there  is 
a  constantly  increasing  demand  for  training  which 
prepares  students  for  the  practical  affairs  of  life. 

Since  the  discriminating  action  of  the  German 
Government  against  American  meats,  the  sanitary 
effects  of  the  use  of  boric  acid  in  foods  has  become 
an  important  question.  It  seems  probable  that  this 
subject  will  receive  the  attention  of  numerous  com- 
missions and  boards  for  some  time  to  come.  We 
have  already  spoken  of  the  extreme  difficulty  of 
obtaining  any  decisive  results  in  studies  of  the  effects 
of  foods  upon  the  human  body,  and  the  question  of 
boric  acid  seems  to  be  the  miost  difficult  of  all.  Thou- 
sands have  eaten  foods  prepared  with  boric>acid  with- 
out any  apparent  deleterious  effect,  yet  a  commission 
of  scientific  men  in  Germany  declares  such  materials 
harmful  and  even  dangerous.  The  great  difficulty  of 
this  question  seems  to  lie  in  the  fact  that  they  involve 
the  study  of  physiological  effects  upon  the  human 
body,  and  in  observing  symptoms  in  the  human  sub- 
ject the  "personal  equation"  plays  an  altogether  dis- 
proportionate part.  The  doctors  tell  us  that  no  one 
is  quite  normal,  some  slight  irregularity  always  being 
present.  This  fact  renders  it  comparatively  easy  to 
discover  symptoms  to  prove  anything  whatever,  and 
this  is  a  source  of  immense  revenue  to  the  patent 
medicine  advertiser.  Neither  the  physician  nor 
the  scientific  investigator  seems  to  be  proof  against 
this  universal  source  of  error,  and  it  does  not  seem 
likely  that  this  uncertainty  will  ever  be  entirely  elimi- 
nated from  sanitary  and  medical  practice.  The  pros- 
pects for  long  discussions  and  grievous  differences  of 
opinion  upon  the  boric  acid  question  are  therefore 
very  bright. 

Readers  of  our  weekly  reports  of  the  trade  condi- 
tions in  various  parts  of  the  country  must  have  no- 
ticed the  contrast  between  the  cheerful  attitude  of  the 
Western  druggists  and  the  sombre  views  of  those  of 
the  East.  Business  in  the  West  seems  to  be  flourish- 
ing, while  nearer  the  Atlantic  coast  there  is  always 
more  or  less  cause  for  complaint.  In  the  sections 
farthest  removed  from  New  York  the  work  of  the  N. 
A.  R.  D.  also  seems  to  be  most  effective  and  highly 
esteemed.  These  observations  suggest  some  rather 
important  questions.  Is  the  relation  of  the  N.  A.  R. 
D.  with  prosperity  merely  a  coincidence,  or  is  it  a  mat- 
ter of  cause  and  effect,  and,  if  so,  which  is  the  cause 
and  which  the  effect?  Is  the  success  of  the  N.  A.  R. 
D.  the  cause  or  the  effect  of  prosperity? 

In  Philadelphia  and  Eastern  Pennsylvania  trade 
is  suffering  from  the  effects  of  the  strike  in  the  an- 
thracite coal  region.     When  working  people  refuse  to 


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work  their  wages  cease,  and  they  are  obliged  to  econ- 
omize, even  in  the  purchase  of  the  druggist's  wares. 
Most  people  recognize  the  evils  of  strikes,  and  these 
unweIcom«  disorders  of  our  industrial  system  are  uni- 
versally deplored,  h(,'  the  working  man  no  less  than 
his  employer.  The  laborer  probably  deplores  the  nec- 
essity of  resorting  to  disagreeable  measures,  while  the 
mine  owners  worry  more  about  the  present  situation 
than  about  the  conditions  which  cause  the  trouble. 
I,et  us  hope  that  we  shall  soon  find  a  remedy  for  these 
sources  of  suffering  and  loss,  even  more  specific  than 
Mark  Hanna. 

The  shorter  hours  agitation  among  the  drug  clerks 
has  not  been  without  effect  during  the  past  few  weeks. 
Last  week  we  recorded  the  success  of  the  clerks  in 
Kansas  City  in  securing  a  shorter  working  day,  and 
the  news  columns  of  the  present  issue  contain  ac- 
counts of  further  successes  in  other  parts  of  the  coun- 
try. In  Springfield,  Mass.,  the  clerks  are  striving  for 
a  reduction  of  the  working  hours  to  sixty-four  per 
week,  and  the  prospects  seem  good  for  at  least  a  par- 
tial victory.  The  Holyoke  Drug  Clerks'  Protective 
Association  has  also  been  waging  a  war  of  freedom 
from  too  long  continued  drudgery.  This  association 
contains  fifty  members,  representing  every  drug  store 
in  the  town.  It  seems  that  the  clerks  were  prepared 
to  resort  to  heroic  doses,  for  a  general  strike  was 
threatened  unless  the  hours  of  work  were  reduced  to 
sixty-four  per  week.  A  conference  with  the  local 
druggists'  association  resulted  in  an  agreement  to 
make  the  weekly  hours  sixty-four  and  seventy-two, 
the  clerks  to  have  one-half  day  and  evening  each 
week  and  every  alternate  Sunday  or  its  equivalent 
during  the  week. 

The  druggists  of  Massachusetts  have  succeeded  in 
securing  the  amendment  of  an  "old  blue  law"  which 
prohibits  the  sale  of  soda,  confectionery,  etc.,  "upon 
the  Lord's  Day."  This  curious  old  law  was  recently 
rescued  from  oblivion  and  applied  by  the  police,  to 
the  serious  inconvenience  of  some  Boston  druggists. 
The  pharmacists  complained  that  it  did  not  pay  to 
sell  drugs  only,  and  that  if  they  were  compelled  to 
keep  open  on  the  first  day  of  the  week  without  some 
revenue  from  the  sale  of  other  goods,  they  would 
suffer  serious  loss.  Since  they  could  not  afford  to  do 
a  purely  philanthropic  business,  they  requested  the 
Legislature  to  amend  this  ancient  relic  of  a  Puritan 
age.  The  amendment  was,  however,  not  secured  with- 
out lively  discussions,  the  passing  of  resolutions  and 
the  expenditure  of  much  rhetoric.  The  Bostonians 
may  now  resume  their  Sunday  soda  and  bon-bons, 
and  the  entire  country  will  again  breath  freely. 

.\  paragraph  about  the  Charles  Rice  Memorial 
in  these  columns  last  week,  has  brought  us  a  letter 
from  a  member  of  the  Memorial  Committee,  expres- 
sing surprise  at  our  failure  to  correctly  interpret  the 
purposes  of  this  body.  Our  correspondent  thinks 
the  intentions  of  the  committee  are  given  with  suf- 
ficient definiteness  and  fullness  in  the  circular  pub- 
lished in  the  Era  last  week  in  which  it  is  stated  that 
the  funds  are  to  be  used  "in  preparing  a  memorial 
volume    and    erecting    a    suitable    monument."     This 


circular  has  been  widely  read  and  its  statement  con- 
cerning the  purposes  of  the  fund  has  probably  satis- 
fied a  great  many  people,  but  in  others  it  has  aroused 
a  very  justifiable  curiosity  as  to  how  these  things 
are  to  be  done.  Is  the  memorial  volume  to  be  issued 
as  an  edition  de  lu.xe  with  illuminated  pages, 
or  as  a  ten-page  pamphlet  in  paper  covers?  Is  the 
monument  to  be  a  modest  marble  slab  or  a  bronze 
bust  to  be  unveiled  with  imposing  ceremonies?  These 
questions  do  not  seem  to  be  unreasonable,  and  they 
are  of  considerable  importance  to  the  growth  of  the 
fund.  No  one  has  ever  thought  of  questioning  the 
motives  of  the  committee.  Our  paragraph  was  in- 
spired merely  by  a  very  healthy  interest  in  the  fund 
and  an  unsatisfied  desire  to  know  more  about  it. 

Another  letter  about  the  Rice  Memorial  Fund, 
which  appears  on  this  page,  explains  in  a  measure  how 
the  confusion  of  the  pharmacopoeial  committee  fund 
with  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  fund  has 
arisen.  While  these  two  funds  are  entirely  separate 
and  distinct,  it  seems  that  members  of  the  New  York 
College  of  Pharmacy  faculty  are  instrumental  in  the 
collection  of  both  funds.  It  thus  happens  that  calls 
for  contributions  for  both  funds  were  sent  out  from 
the  same  source,  the  similarity  of  the  superscriptions 
added  to  the  similarity  of  the  requests  rendering  it 
somewhat  difficult  to  keep  the  differences  of  purpose 
in  mind.  The  matter  has  also  been  somewhat  ob- 
scured by  the  methods  employed  by  some  of  our 
journals,  which  have  been  collecting  funds  apparently 
upon  their  own  initiative,  without  making  any  refer- 
ence to  the  Pharmacopoeial  Revision  Memorial  Com- 
mittee. We  sincerely  hope  that  there  will  be  no 
further  doubts  about  the  destination  of  the  various 
funds  now  being  collected  for  the  Rice  Memorial, 
and  that  misunderstandings  will  no  longer  interfere 
with  a  hearty  and  generous  support  of  the  movement. 


OUR  LETTER  BOX. 

Vf'e  Trlsb  It  distinctly  understood  that  this  db> 
pa'''*njent  Is  open  to  every ovdy  for  tl>e  dl»« 
ciL»slon  of  any  subject  ox  interest  to  ttat, 
dlas  trade,  but  that  we  "ccept  no  responsi- 
bility for  the  vleTTs  an  Julnlons  expresseii 
by    contributors. 

Please  be  brief  and  alTvays  sign  your  name. 


The  Charles  Rice  Memorial  Committee. 

New  York  May  23. 
To  the  Editor: — My  attention  has  been  called  to  the 

fact  that  some  misunderstanding  has  arisen  as  to  the 
announcement  of  the  Charles  Rice  Memorial  Com- 
mittee, some  having  confused  this  with  the  fund 
which  is  being  collected  by  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy  for  the  erection  of  a  bronze  tablet  in 
memory  of  Dr.  Chas.  Rice.  This  call,  printed  in 
your  last  issue,  emanates  solely  from  a  special  com- 
mittee appointed  by  the  committee  of  Revision  of  the 
U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia  in  conjunction  with  its  Board 
of  Trustees.  It  seemed  desirable  to  the  committee, 
that  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy — the  home 
of  Dr.  Rice — should  be  public'y  recognized  as  an 
active  participant  in  this  noble  undertaking,  hence  the 
circular  was  so  issued. 

MEMBER  OF  THE  COMMITTEE. 


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lAbi 


"These  Germans  are  not  so  slow,"  remarked  an 
enterprising  druggist  the  other  day,  as  he  held  up  a 
circular  extracted  from  the  covers  of  one  of  his  for- 
.eign  journals.  "Here  is  an  apotheker  who  has  in- 
vented a  sort  of  'first  aid  to  the  injured'  package  for 
the  kitchen.  The  package  is  a  small,  neat  box  which 
may  be  placed  upon  a  shelf  or  in  a  drawer  near  the 
stove,  the  scene  of  most  kitchen  accidents.  It  con- 
tains liniment,  bandages,  court  plaster,  etc.,  all  ready 
to  apply.  Not  a  bad  idea  for  an  American  druggist 
to  follow.  Accidents  in  the  kitchen  usually  happen 
when  everybodfif  about  the  house  is  busy.  Many  a 
housewife  goes  about  with  burns,  scalds  and  other 
injuries,  unprotected  simply  because  it  is  too  much 
trouble  to  skirmish  about  the  house  for  a  suitable 
piece  of  old  cloth  or  the  family  package  of  court 
plaster  which  is  always  mislaid.  The  lady  of  the 
'house  will  usually  sufTer  considerable  pain  rather  than 
leave  her  dinner  to  burn  or  spoil  while  she  ransacks 
the  bedrooms  and  closets  for  proper  dressings.  I 
think  I  shall  appropriate  this  idea  and  see  if  I  cannot 
improve  upon  it.  I  shall  secure  some  very  attractive 
little  boxes  which  will  not  look  out  of  place  upon  the 
shelf  beside  the  flavoring  extract  bottles.  I  shall  then 
make  a  little  study  of  kitchen  accidents  and  find  out 
which  remedies  are  needed.  I  shall  pack  the  boxes 
■with  precisely  those  articles  which  are  so  frequently 
wanted  when  there  are  no  children  available  to  send 
to  the  drug  store.  These  packages  I  shall  advertise, 
and  if  I  am  not  mistaken  mary  mothers  of  farnilies 
-will  'arise  and  call  me  blessed.'  Feminine  gratitude 
and  appreciation  mean  a  shower  of  dimes  and  quar- 
ters for  the  druffgist,  and  this  drug  store  needs  a 
shower  of  that  kind." 

"Now,  I  should  like  to  know  what  'B  three  tirries 
■a  day'  means."  said  the  new  clerk,  frowning  at  an  in- 
^comprehensible  character  which  to  more  experienced 
-eyes  indicated  "fluidram"  very  plainly.  "However,  I 
guess  the  old  jay  (meaning  the  doctor)  knows  what 
he  wants — here  goes,"  and  he  carefully  wrote  the 
label  directing  the  patient  to  take  the  mixture  "B 
-three  times  a  day."  What  the  patient  said  to  the 
doctor  the  next  time  he  called,  and  what  the  doctor 
said  to  the  druggist,  can  be  imagmed,  as  well  as  what 
the  druggist  said  to  the  clerk,  who  the  next  day 
walked  the  streets  looking  for  a  job,  still  wondering 
-about  the  meaning  of  "B  three  times  a  day." 

It  seems  that  a  calamity  of  unmeasured  propor- 
tions awaits  the  vast  army  of  busy  men  that  manu- 
factures and  deals  in  proprietary  goods.       The  first 

Tiint  of  this  pending  disaster  fell  from  the  lips  of 
one  of  the  traveling  agents  for  a  well-known  Eastern 
house  as  he  dropped  into  a  drug  store  in  St.  Paul 
the  other  day.  In  all  apparent  seriousness  he  asked 
of  the  "boss":       "What  will  the  patent  medicine  men 

•do  when  their  stock  of  'symptoms'  finally  gives  out?" 


EMETINE  HYDROCHLORIDE  —  Maurel 
■(Merck's  Berichte)  has  further  examined  the  phar- 
anacological  properties  and  the  toxic  action  of  emetinei 
hydrochloride  upon  cold  and  warm  blooded  animals. 
1-Ie  finds  that  the  smallest  fatal  dose  in  the  case  of 
the  conger  eel,  pigeon  and  rabbit  is- 2  1-3  grains  per 
kilogram.  In  the  case  of  the  rabbit  it  acts  as  a  local 
anaesthetic.  In  medical  practice  emetine  induces  v;i,- 
cular  constriction  and  raises  the  normal  circulation. 
'This  stimulating  action  has  been  noted  even  when  cir- 
culation is  retarded  by  artificial  means;  it  is  possiblj 
•10  revive  circulation  with  pure  emetine  hydrochlo;-ide, 
.-after  it  has  tee-n  stopped. 


DANGEROUS  CHEMICAL  SUBSTANCES.* 

At  a  meeting  of  the  London  Section  of  the  Society 
of  Chemical  Industry,  held  at  Burlington  House, 
Piccadilly  W.,  May  5,  Mr.  Oscar  Guttmann  read  a 
tabulated  list  of  chemicals  which  might  be  consid- 
ered dangerous.  He  explained  that  some  years  ago 
a  committee  was  appointed  by  the  society  to  report 
on  the  precautions  necessary  in  storing  and  handling 
dangerous  chemicals,  and  the  paper  he  had  prepared 
would,  he  hoped,  form  a  basis  for  the  committee's 
report.  Mr.  Guttmann  said  that  it  was  impossible 
to  enumerate  every  single  chemical  compound  which 
was  inflammable,  explosive  or  otherwise  dangerous, 
and  that,  further,  by  far  the  greater  number  of 
dangerous  substances  were  never  m'et  with  in  the 
ordinary  trade. 

The  precautions  necessary  in  storing  and  handling 
dangerous  goods  would  be  obvious  from  the  headings 
according  to  which  he  was  going  to  classify  them. 
Substances  likely  to  take  fire  on  coming  in  contact 
with  others  must  be  strictly  guarded  from  any  such 
continguity.  Inflammable  substances  that  are  likely 
to  spread  fire  should  be  kept  in  fire-procrf  rooms,  or 
so  placed  in  the  open  that  it  becomes  impossible  for 
a  fire  to  extend. 

In  lighting  stores  containing  such  inflammable 
substances  he  recommended  electric  light  as  in  almost 
every  case  absolutely  safe,  when  the  ordinary  in- 
candescent lamp  was  surrounded  by  an  outer  glass 
globe  of  not  less  than  5  inches  in  diameter,  fixed  to 
the  fitting  by  means  of  a  tightly  closing  washer  of 
rubber  or  other  suitable  material.  With  some  sub- 
stances, however— ethylic  ether,  for  instance — even 
electric  light  is  unsafe.  Davy's  safety  lamp,  though 
an  excellent  means  for  entering  stores  of  inflammable 
goods,  was  unsafe  in  a  carbon  disulphide  atmos- 
phere,  and   probably   also   in   ether,   benzine,   etc. 

In  case  of  fire,  some  substances  required  special 
precautions.  Thus  saltpetre  in  a  burning  store  would 
melt,  and  the  danger  would  be  increased  if  water 
were  thrown  on.  Nitric  acid,  when  decomposing  and 
firing  a  store  of  carboys,  should  not  be  extinguished 
by  impure  sand  or  ashes,  as  poisonous  and  even 
fatal  nitrous  compounds  might  be  formed.  In  any 
large  conflagration  of  dangerous  substances  it  was 
generally  useless  to  attempt  extinction,  and  all  efforts 
should  be  directed  to  saving  surrounding  stores  or 
property. 

He  divided  the  dangerous  chemical  substances  into 
seven  classes: 

1.  Those  that  were  easily  combustible  and  liable 
to  spread  fire,  comprising  all  combustible  volatile 
liquids,  also  liquid  and  solid  fats  and  oils;  aniline, 
liquid  anthracene,  toluene,  toluidine,  naphthalene, 
paraffin  wax,  ceresine,  resin,  turpentine,  acetate  of 
lime  (soda,  lead,  aluminium) ;  phosphorus,  sulphur, 
nitrate  of  potash;  barium  peroxide;  sodium  pero.xide; 
dusty  carbonaceous  matter  (powdered  charcoal,  sugar, 
lampblack,  flour,  starch) ;  metallic  dust  (bronze  powd- 
ers);   zinc   oxide   (commercial). 

2.  Such  that  were  liable  to  spontaneous  combus- 
tion or  decomposition,  as  acetate  of  lime,  phosphorus, 
charcoal,  lampblack,  impure  super-phosphates,  nitric 
acid,  metallic  sulphides,  the  ethyl  (methyl  and  propyl) 
compounds  of  metals. 

3.  Those  presenting  risk  of  fire  when  in  contact 
with  other  substances. 

Class  3  comprises  ammonia,  oil  of  turpentine, 
phosphorus,  potassium  chlorate,  bleaching  powder, 
potassium  permanganate,  barium  peroxide,  sodium 
peroxide,  lead  peroxide,  chromic  acids,  chromates, 
nitric  acid,  chlorine,  lead  chlorate,  stannous  oxide, 
calcium  phosphide,  magnesium,  naphthalene. 

4.  Those  that  were  liable  to  explode,  either  by 
themselves  or  in  contact  with  other  substances,  com- 
prising, among  others,  pure  hydrogen  peroxide,  sulph- 
retted  hydrogen,  potassium,  sodium,  sulphur  dust, 
metallic  dust,  bronze  powder,  calcium  carbide,  acety- 
lene, picric  acid,  picrates,   potassium  chlorate,   dyna- 

*A'i«ti'iiot    of    a    report    in    the    British    and    Colonial 
Druggist. 


jNIay  29,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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niito,    lead    chromate,    ammonium    nitrite,    potassuim 
nitrite,  ethyl  nitrite,  sodium  nitrite. 

5.  Such  that  emit  inflammable  or  explosive  gases, 
as  combustible  volatile  liquids,  camphor,  calcium 
phosphide. 

6.  Such  that  emit  corrosive  gases,  or  are  them- 
selves corrosive,  as  strong  acids,  iron  chloride,  iron 
xiitrate,  carbolic  acid,  bromine,  iodine,  caustic  potash 
and  soda,  bleaching  powder,  etc. 

7.  Those  that  emit  poisonous  gases,  or  are  them- 
selves poisonous.  This  class  comprises  ammonia, 
phosphorus,  carbon  disulphide,  nitrobenzene,  chlcro- 
form.  cyanides,  mercurjy,  mercuric  chloride,  bromine, 
arsenic,  arsenious  acid,  hydrofluoric  acid,  nitric  acid, 
nitrous  acid,  carbolic  acid,   oxalic  acid. 

Many  substances,  said  the  lecturer,  call  for  special 
remarks — for  instance,  acetic  acid  and  acetates,  when 
mixed   with  chromic  acid   exploded. 

Nitric  acid  was  liable  to  decomposition  by  the  sun 
or  heat,  and  strong  acids  in  general  set  fire  to  cellu- 
lose matter,  such  as  hay,  straw,  etc. 

The  nitrous  acid  formed  when  nitric  acid  decom- 
posed in  contact  with  organic  matter  was  dangerous 
to  inhale,  serious  accidents  of  this  kind  having  hap- 
pened at  Elberfeld  and  Berlin. 

Alcohol,  even  when  diluted,  gave  off  inflammable 
vapors,  30  per  cent,  alcohol  being  inflammable  at  29.5 
degrees. 

Methylic  alcohol  was  more  easily  inflammable  than 
.ethylic  alcohol,  while  its  vapors  were  explosive  at  or- 
dinary temperature. 

Agitation  of  textile  fabrics  in  benzine  generated 
electricity,  which  caused  explosions;  the  addition  of 
soap  solution  had  proved  a  good  remedy. 

Cloth  impregnated  with  camphor  vapors  burns  like 
tinder. 

Fine  dust  mixed  with  air  was  explosive. 
Chlorate  of  potassium  in  large  quantities  ex- 
ploded by  heat,  especially  when  carbonaceous  matter 
was  present.  Mixed  with  phosphorus,  sulphur,  cyan- 
ides or  metallic  sulphides,  even  small  quantities  ex- 
ploded. 

Chlorate  of  siodium  is  still  more  sensitive  than  pot- 
assium chlorate. 

The  vapors  of  ethers  generally  are  explosive  in 
the  cold.     Vessels  should  not  be  filled  completely. 

Naphthalene  dust  and  vapors  are  explosive.  Ex- 
plosions occurred  in  stills  through  the  choking  of  the 
outlet.  Textile  matter  preserved  with  naphthalene 
l)urnt  like   tinder. 

Ammonium  nitrate,  when  slightly  heated  with 
acetic  acid,   took  fire. 

Nitrates  of  potassiuin  and  sodium  exploded  when 
melted  in  presence  01  carbon.  Large  explosion  of 
saltpetre  took  place  at  the  Tooley  Street  fire  in  1861. 
Water  poured  on  molten  saltpetre  might  produce  con- 
flagration. 

Ammonium  nitrate  exploded  on  heating,  and  by  a 
blow. 

Potassium  permanganate  ground  with  sulphur  or 
phosphorus  caused  detonations.  Concentrated  solu- 
tion in  alcohol  was  also  liable  to  explode. 

Calcium    phosphide,    in    contact    with    water,    pro- 
duced  sell-inflammable   phosphoretted   hydrogen. 
The  dust  of  sulphur  was  explosive. 
Carbon-disulphide  was  explosive  with  air. 
Many   substances,    said     Mr.    Guttmann,    were    not 
mentioned   in   the  paper  because   theo'   were   so   obvi- 
ously noxious  that  it  was  unnecessary  to  draw  special 
attention   to  them.     The  poisonous  alkaloids   for  ex- 
ample.    Carbonate   of   soda   in   the   form   of  fine   dust 
destroyed  vegetation  for  miles   around,   and   sulphur- 
ous smoke  from  chimneys  was  equally  harmful. 

In  the  discussion  which  followed  the  secretary  read 
.  some  comments  sent  in  by  Dr.  Dupre.  in  which  the 
learned  professor  criticised  somewhat  severely  the 
attitude  taken  by  the  lecturer.  He  complained  that 
Mr.  Guttmann,  in  his  anxiety  to  be  concise,  had  not 
been  quite  accurate  in  many  of  his  statements.  He 
had  made  it  appear  that  many  substances  which  had 
hitherto  been  regarded  as  harmless  under  ordinary 
conditions  were  fraught  with  danger.     The  classifica- 


"I  wish  you  would  weigh  your  words  more  carefully," 
said  the  Graduated  Glass  to  the  Scales. 

"I   don't   see  why   you   should   set   yourself  up   as  a 
critic."  replied  the  Scales. 

"You  know  that  I  am  a  Graduate,  wliile  the  best 
that  can  be  said  of  .vou  is  that  you  are  well-balanced." 

After  thinking  for  some  moments,  in  search  of  au 
adequate  retort,  the  Scales  decided  to  remain  silent  and 
be  dignified  rather  than  inform  the  Graduated  Glass 
that  he  was  often  full  of  prune-juice. 


tion  was,  in  his  opinion,  at  fault.  Was  it  fair  to  class 
saltpetre   with  dynamite? 

In  the  opinion  of  one  of  the  members  present  the 
danger  of  combustion  caused  by  nitric  acid  and  straw 
was  not  so  great  as  Mr.  Guttmann  seemed  to  wish 
to  make  it  appear,  nor  was  he  aware  that  camphor 
had  done  anything  to  merit  its  being  stigmatized  as 
dangerous. 

Another  member  thought  the  title  of  the  paper 
was  unsatisfactory — he  had  always  considered  paraf- 
fine  wax  a  most  innocent  article.  He  was  surprised 
to  find  flour  among  the  dangerous  chemical  sub- 
stances. Would  it  be  necessary  to  have  a  magazine 
in  which  to  store  the  bread  in  every  household? 
Then  why  was  not  ordinary  coal  gas  on  the  list? — 
and  surely  cork  dust  was  more  liable  to  explode  than 
sulphur  dust.  Another  member  suggested  as  an  addi- 
tion to  Classes  6  and  7  those  plants  which  had  a 
poisonous  action  when  in  contact  with  human  skin, 
for  instance,  the  handling  of  Rhus  vernicifera  caused 
abscesses  on  the  arm. 

After  further  criticism,  Mr.  Guttmann  said  that 
he  was  pleased  to  hear  the  comments  made,  but  mem- 
bers must  bear  in  mind  that  he  had  compiled  the  list 
at  the  suggestion  of  the  Council  of  the  society.  He 
had  no  doubt  that  it  could  be  improved  on,  and  that 
it  would  be  more  useful  if  elaborated,  but  he  had  en- 
deavored to  make  it  more  concise  by  dividing  the  sub- 
stances into  a  limited  number  of  classes.  It  was 
hardly  necessary  to  discuss  flour  and  petroleum.  Ex- 
plosions of  flour  mills  w-ould  be  in  the  memory  of  all 
of  them,  and  petroleum  was  evidently  considered  a 
dangerous  substance  by  government  inspectors.  He 
said  further  that  none  of  these  articles  were  danger- 
ous in  the  hands  of  experts,  but  the  list  when  pre- 
pared would  not  be  for  the  information  of  experts, 
but  for  the  guidance  of  those  whom  it  miight  "in- 
dustrially" concern. 

The  chairman,  in  summing  up.  remarked:  "We 
are  told  in  the  paper  that  acetic  acid  when  mixed  with 
chromates  exploded.  Then  why  on  earth  mi.x  them 
unless  you  want  an   explosion?" 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  29.  1902. 


A  MOTH  PREVENTIVE  AS  A  MONEY  MAKER. 

By   M.   A.    LADDON,   New   York. 

IN  recent  years  camphor — which  is,  and  has  been, 
the  public's  favorite  safeguard  against  moths  in 
laying  aside  furs  and  other  winter  garments  for 
the  warm  season — has  been  steadily  advancing 
in  price,  and  is  now  somewhat  beyond  the  reach  of 
the  general  public.  I  have  also  found  during  my  ex- 
perience as  pharmacist  that  a  serious  objection  to  the 
so-called  "camphor  balls,"  "naphtha  flakes,"  etc.,  is 
the  disagreeable  odor  of  naphthalin  emitted  by  these 
preparations. 

To  remedy  these  defects  I  have  devised  the  fol- 
lowing simple  formula  which  may  interest  some  of 
my  fellow  druggists: 

Oil  of  cedar 2  ounces 

Naphtha  flakes 15  pounds 

Mix  thoroughly. 

This  I  have  named  "Cedarine,"  and  as  the  formula 
shows,  it  is  simply  a  mixture  of  oil  of  cedar  and 
naphtha  flakes,  the  former  being  in  itself  an  effective 
preventive  for  moths,  and  furthermore  it  destroys, 
to  a  marked  degree,  the  objectionable  naphthalin 
odor.  It  costs  less  than  three  cents  per  pound  and  is 
easily  sold  for  fifteen  cents  per  pound  or  two  pounds 
for  twenty-five  cents,  the  price  at  which  I  am  selling 
it. 

At  this  time  of  the  year,  when  the  demand  for 
the  preparations  is  especially  large,  Cedarine  finds 
a  reade/  and  profitable  sale.  To  bring  it  to  the  atten- 
tion of  my  customers  I  have  placed  a  large  wooden 
box  containing  about  IS  pounds  of  the  preparation  in 
a  conspicuous  part  of  the  store.  To  this  I  have  at- 
tached a  neatly  printed  sign  bearing  the  price.  Along 
the  sides  of  the  box  I  have  arranged  in  pyramidal 
form  a  quantity  of  one  and  two-pound  packages  put 
up  in  attractive  cartons.  I  find  that  this  preparation 
for  moths  is  not  only  an  excellent  seller  but  also  a 
good   advertiser. 

EXTERMINATION  OF  GOPHERS  AND  ANTS. 

Druggists  receive  from  time  to  time  requests  for 
information  as  to  the  best  method  of  exterminating 
these  pests.  Recently  the  University  of  Arizona  Agri- 
cultural Experiment  Station  has  been  conducting  ex- 
periments along  this  line.  Of  the  various  poisons  tried 
strychnine  gave  the  best  results.  The  first  few  attempts 
with  it.  however,  were  not  at  all  satisfactory.  The 
partial  failure  was  decided  to  be  due  to  two  causes — 
the  inability  to  administer  the  poison  in  a  sufficiently 
concentrated  form,  and  the  extreme  bitterness  of  the 
strychnine,  which  prevented  the  animals  taking  the 
poisoned  crain  in  any  large  quantity.  The  habits  of 
the  animal  must  be  considered  it  the  results  are  to  be 
satisfactory.  The  gophers  are  great  providers  for  the 
future.  They  probably  eat  at  the  time  onlj'  a  very 
small  portion  of  the  grain,  roots,  etc..  which  they 
collect.  It  follows,  therefore,  that  in  order  to  accom- 
plish the  desired  result,  it  is  necessary  to  have  the 
poisoned  grain'  sufficiently  saturated  with  the  death- 
dealing  agent,  so  that  a  very  small  portion  will  be 
effective. 

Strychnine  is  only  very  slightly  soluble  even  in  hot 
water,  only  about  thirty  grains  dissolving  in  one  gallon. 
It  is  readily  soluble,  however,  in  acidulated  water.  The 
acid  most  easily  within  the  reach  of  the  farmer  or 
gardener  is  acetic  acid  in  the  form  of  vinegar.  One 
pint  of  strong  vinegar  when  heated  to  boiling  will  readily 
dissolve  one  and  one-half  ounces  of  strychnine.  The 
masking  of  the  bitterness  of  the  poison,  which,  as  has 
been  said,  is  highly  desirable,  may  be  partially  accom- 
plished by  the  use  of  sugar  syrup  and  a  small  amount 
of  the  oil  of  anise,  the  latter,  froni  its  spicy  odor,  being 
very  attractive  to  mice,  rats,  squirrels,  etc. 

The  method  or  formula  worked  out  is  as  follows: 
One-half  ounce  of  strychnine  is  added  to  one  pint  of 
hot  vinegar— more  if  the  vinegar  is  of  poor  grade— 
and  after  the  strychnine  has  all  dissolved,  the  vinegar 
solution  is  mixed  with  three  quarts  of  water.  In  this 
solution  ten  pounds  of  wheat  are  soaked  for  eighteen 
or  twenty  hours,  by  which  time  the  solution  will  be 
entirely   absorbed  \)y   the   grain.     The   wheat   is   then 


spread  in  the  sun  to  dry.  Frequent  and  vigorous  stir- 
ring is  necessary  while  the  wheat  is  soaking,  in  order 
that  the  grain  may  be  uniformly  saturated  with  the 
poison.  If  properly  prepared  according  to  this  form- 
ula, each  kernel  of  grain  will  contain  a  fatal  dose  fpr 
one  gopher. 

Ne.xt  dissolve  three  pounds  of  sugar  in  one  gallon  of 
water  and  boil  down  to  one-half  gallon.  This  gives  a 
good,  thick  syrup.  When  cold,  stir  in  one  teaspoonful 
of  oil  of  anise.  When  the  poisoned  wheat  is  dry,  or 
nearly  so,  the  syrup  is  poured  over  it  and  thoroughly 
stirred  untd  each  grain  of  wheat  is  more  or  less  cov- 
ered with  a  coating  of  the  syrup.  It  is  then  thoroughly 
dried.  A  few  grains,  one-quarter  to  one-half  teaspoon- 
ful, are  buried  near  each  burrow.  A  word  of  caution, 
however,  is  necessary.  Wheat  so  poisoned  is  a  dan- 
gerous preparation  and  should  be  kept  out  of  the  reach 
of  fowls  and  animals.  It  should  be  labeled  poison 
and  put  in  some  place  where  there  is  no  possible 
danger  of  its  being  used  for  any  other  purpose  than 
that  for  which  it  is  intended.  When  using,  it  is  advis- 
able to  bury  it  to  prevent  the  destruction  of  useful 
birds. 

The  e.xtermination  of  some  species  of  the  ant  is  easily 
accomplished,  others,  owing  to  their  wandering,  nom- 
adic habits,  are  very  difficult  to  deal  with.  The  large 
red  and  black  ants  which  burrow  into  the  ground  and 
whose  well-known  and  characteristic  mounds  of  loose 
earth,  surrounded  by  husks  of  dried  grass  seed,  may  be 
seen  dotting  the  mesas  of  southern  Arizona,  may  be 
killed  comparatively  easily  by  the  use  of  carbon  bisul- 
phide. To  be  entirely  successful,  however,  the  habits 
of  the  ants  must  be  taken  into  consideration.  Imme- 
diately after  a  rain  is  the  accepted  time  to  attempt 
their  destruction,  for  it  is  then  that  the  ants  are  very 
active,  bringing  out  into  the  sun  to  be  dried  any  of 
their  stored-up  food  supply  which  may  have  become 
damp.  A  half  leacupful — more  if  the  nest  is  a  very  large 
one — of  the  carbon  bisulphide  poured  into  the  nest  at 
this  time  will  usually  accomplish  the  result.  The 
ground  being  damp  and  cool  is  also  another  decided 
advantage  in  that  it  prevents  the  too  rapid  absorption 
or  volatilization  of  the  carbon  bisulphide;  consequently 
a  less  quantity  of  the  chemical  is  required.  It  must  at 
all  times  be  borne  in  mind  that  carbon  bisulphide  is 
highly  inflammable  and  under  certain  conditions  ex- 
plosive. Matches,  pipes,  etc..  are  to  be  left  at  home 
when  this  chemical  is  to  be  used.  It  is  probable  that 
the  remedy  is  not  practicable  upon  any  very  large 
scale,  owing  to  the  cost  of  material,  but  it  frequently 
happens  that  these  ants  select  for  their  home,  from  our 
point  of  view,  most  undesirable  places,  such  as  public 
walks,  or  near  one's  door.  In  such  cases  a  sure  meani 
of  eradicating  the  pest  is  well  worth  knowing. 

SODIUM  STEARIN.'VTE,  NaCsHs^O^,  is  a  whit* 
powder  of  a  soap-like  touch,  soluble  in  water.  T.  G 
Unna  emplcjys  sodium  stearinate  for  the  preparation 
of  alcohol  pencils  (Styli  spirituosi)  compounded  as 
follows: 

Sodium    stearnate 6      parts. 

Glycerine     2.5  parts. 

Alcohol     100      parts. 

The  pencils,  which  are  dispensed  in  tin-foil  envel- 
opes, serve  for  the  ambulant  treatment  of  parasitic 
skin-diseases,  especially  of  superficial  forms  of  im- 
petigo, e.  g.,  parvi-pustulous  forms  of  sycosis,  acne 
pustidosa  and  rosacea  pustulosa.  The  patient  should 
be  directed  to  touch  the  blisters  or  pustules  with  the 
pencil  several  times  during  the  day.  This  treatment 
may  go  hand  in  hand  with  any  other  effective  meth- 
od: the  latter  should,  however,  in  this  case  be  re- 
served for  the   night  time. 

THE  CONSUMPTION  OF  TOBACCO.— Ac- 
cording to  recent  statistics  the  average  annual  con- 
sumption of  tobacco  by  each  person  in  the  various 
countries  in  the  world  is  as  follows:  Netherlands,  3,- 
400  grams;  ITnited  States.  2,110  grams;  Belgium,  i,- 
552  grams;  Germany,  1,485;  Australia.  1,400;  Austria 
and  Hungary,  T.350;  Norway.  1,335;  Denmark.  1.T25; 
Canada,  1,050;  Sweden,  940;  France,  933;  Russia.  910; 
Portugal,  850;  England,  6S0;  Italy,  635;  Swtzerland, 
610;  and  Spain,  550.— (British  and  Colonial  Druggist.) 


May  29,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


The  object  of  this  tiepartuiont  is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
scribers .ind  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription  work,  dispensini;  difficulties,  etc. 

Requests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
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CEIVE  NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer 
queries  in  this  department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this 
department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  the  Era. 
Copies  of  these  may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

"Cheap"    Flavoring    Extracts. 

(F.  I.  C.)  The  following  formulas  are  types  of  the 
so-called  "cheap"  flavoring  extract:-,  inasmuch  as  they 
can  be  diluted  with  water,  their  strength  depending 
upon  the  elasticity  of  the  manufacturer's  conscience. 
They  are  not  recommended  to  take  the  place  of  the 
regular  official  extracts,  but  they  are  much  superior 
to  the  ordinar;/  extracts  sold  by  pedlars,  in  that  they 
contain  no  deleterious  substances. 
Lemon. 

Oil  of  lemon li/4  A-  ounces 

Jlafmesium   carbonate    2   ounces 

Alcohol 12  fl.  ounces 

Water,  sufficient  to  make 2  pints 

Dissolve  the  oil  of  lemon  in  the  alcohol  and  rub 
it  with  the  carbonate  of  magnesium  in  a  mortar,  pour 
the  mixture  into  a  quart  bottle  and  fill  the  bottle  with 
water;  allow  to  macerate  for  a  week  or  more,  shaking 
every  day;  then  filter  through  paper,  adding  enough 
water  through  the  filter  to  make  2  pints. 

A  soluble  extract,  i.  e.,  one  which  can  be  diluted 
with  water^  may  be  made  as  follows:  One  ounce  of 
lemon  oil  in  12-ounce  glass  separator  with  a  stop- 
cock, is  mi.xed  with  10  ounces  of  dilute  alcohol  (50 
per  cent.)  and  well  shaken.  Aiter  about  twenty-four 
hours  separate  the  oil  from  the  diluted  alcohol,  when 
the  latter  will  be  found  to  be  a  saturated  solution  of 
the  soluble  parts  of  the  lemon  oil,  containing  about 
16  grains  of  citral  and  citroneUal.  Lemon  water  is 
prepared  by  mixing  J-i  to  i  ounce  of  the  alcoholic 
solution  so  made  with  a  gallon  of  distilled  water  and 
filtering,  if  necessarj',  through  purified  talcum.  (The 
use  of  carbonate  of  magnesia  is  thus  avoided).  If 
a  stronger  solution  of  oil  in  water  is  desired,  larger 
quantities  of  the  essence  must  be  made.  To  produce 
a  clear  solution,  add  to  each  gallon  of  water  i  ounce 
of  polysolve  (ammonium  sulphoricinoleate). 

The  formula  you  submit  contains  too  much  water 
and  too  little  alcohol.  The  oil  of  lemon  forms  a  layer 
at  the  top  of  the  mixture  because  it  is  insoluble  in 
the  water  you  have  used.  Read  what  the  Pharmaco- 
poeia has  to  say  about  the  solubility  of  oil  of  lemon 
and  you  will  understand  your  difficulty. 

A  so-called  "cheap"  or  artificial  "extract  of  pine- 
apple" may  be  made  from  this  formula: 

Chloroform   1  fl.  dram 

Acetic  aldehyde 1  fi.  dram 

Amyl  butyrate 10  fl.  drams 

Glycerin  

Alcohol,   deodorized, 

enouRh  to  make It!  fl.  ounces 

This  mixture  may  be  colored  yellow,  if  desired, 
with  some  suitable  coloring. 

Banana  Bronze  Liquid. 

(O.  F.  G.)  See  this  journal  .\pri!  3,  1902,  page  339. 
For  an  ordinary  "gold  print"  you  might  try  one  of  the 
following: 

Stir  fine  metallic  gilding  powder  into  copal  varnish 
previously  thinned   down   to   the   proper     consistency 


DR.  CHAS.  B.  HENKEL. 
Dr.  Charles  Bernard  Ilenkcl,  recently  elected  pres- 
ident of  the  newly  created  Maryland  Board  of  Phar- 
macy, besides  being  a  successful  medical  practitioner,  is 
])ropr;etor  .".ud  manager  of  the  Maryland  .\venue  Phar- 
macy at  Annapohs.  Dr.  Henkel  has  worked  for  many 
years,  with  other  members  of  the  Maryland  Pharma- 
ceutical Association,  to  secure  a  much-needed  pharmacy 
law  for  the  State.  He  is  in  sympathy  with  every  move- 
ment for  the  advancement  of  scientific  pharmacy,  is  a 
member  of  a  number  of  pharmaceutical  and  medical  as- 
sociations, and  is  also  medical  examiner  for  a  number 
of  large  life  insurance  companies.  He  was  born  in 
.Tersey  City,  N.  J.,  of  German  parents,  and  while  young 
removed  to  Annapolis.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Jersey  City  and  Annapolis,  attended  St. 
John's  College,  and  while  serving  as  apprentice  in  the 
pharmacy  of  W.  H.  Pullman,  at  the  latter  place,  pur- 
sued private  courses  in  theoretical  and  analytical  chem- 
istry, under  Professors  Terry  and  Sanger,  at  the  United 
States  Naval  Academy.  He  then  began  the  study  of 
medicine  at  the  University  of  Maryland,  receiving  his 
degree  in  1SS9.  He  has  been  engaged  in  business  on 
his  own  account  for  about  thirteen  years,  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  City  Council,  and  holds  the  record  of  being 
the  first  Republican  to  carry  his  ward  in  eighteen 
years. 


with  turpentine.  (2)  Brannt  gives  the  following:  Melt 
dammar  with  an  alkaline  carbonate  and  .expose  the 
melted,  finely  powdered  mass  for  several  months  to  a 
temperature  of  about  122  degrees  F.  The  alkaline 
resin  thus  obtained  is  dissolved  in  a  hydrocarbon  be- 
low 302  degrees  F.  Any  acid  contained  in  the  hydro- 
carbon is  previously  neutralized  by  the  introduction 
of  dry  ammonia  gas.  The  mi.xture  of  this  lacquer 
with  the  bronze  powder  keeps  for  a  long  time.  (3) 
Pour  over  too  parts  of  dammar  and  a  few  pieces  of 
glass  in  a  bottle  900  parts  of  benzine.  Pour  off  the 
solution  from  the  fine  sediment  and  glass,  and  suspend 
in  it  300  to  400  parts  of  bronze  powder.  Fill  in  small 
bottles. 

A  gold  paint  or  varnish  may  be  made  as  follows: 
(i)  Digest  shellac,  16  parts;  gum  sandarach,  mastic, 
of  each  3  parts;  gum  gamboge,  2  parts,  all  bruised, 
with  alcohol,  T44  parts.  (2)  Artificial  alizarine  or  gar- 
ancine  is  to  be  digested  in  a  glass  vessel  in  three  times 
its  weight  of  alcohol  for  12  hours,  and  pressed  and  fil- 
tered. A  solution  of  clear  orange-colored  shellac  in 
alcohol  is  ne.xt  filtered  and  evaporated  until  it  has  the 
consistency  of  syrup.  The  latter  is  now  covered  with 
a  layer  of  tincture  of  garancine,  which  permeates  it. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  29,  1903. 


The  slight  brownish  tinge  of  this  varnish — a  tinge  ab- 
sent from  gold — may  be  corrected  by  a  tincture  of 
saffron.  (3)  Pulverize  i  dram  of  saffron  and  J/2  dram 
of  dragon's  blood,  and  put  them  into  i  pint  of  90  per 
cent,  alcohol;  add  2  ounces  of  gum  shellac  and  2 
drams  of  socotrine  aloes,  dissolve  the  whole  by  gentle 
heat.  Yellow  painted  work  varnished  with  this  mix- 
ture will  appear  almost  equal  to  gold. 


Emulsion  of  Cod  Liver  Oil. 

(W.)  "I  enclose  a  book,  an  advertising  scheme  of 
an  'up-to-date  druggist,'  which  contains  an  article  on 
emulsion  of  cod  liver  oil.  In  the  book  he  advertises 
and  claims  to  have  a  50  per  cent,  emulsion,  which  he 
says  is  made  for  him  by  a  reliable  New  York  house. 
A  little  further  down  on  the  page  where  he  makes 
this  statement  he  says  that  he  wants  to  tell  a  pharma- 
ceutical secret  and  goes  on  to  state  that  it  is  a  physical 
impossibiliy  to  make  a  permanent  emulsion  contain- 
ing more  than  33  1-3  per  cent,  of  cod  liver  oil.  He 
calls  himself  the  20th  century  druggist  and  advertises 
that  he  is  twentjy  years  ahead  of  his  fellow  druggists 
in  the  town  in  which  he  lives  and  yet  he  does  not 
make  his  own  emulsions.  The  statement  that  an 
emulsion  containing  more  than  33  1-3  per  cent,  of  cod 
liver  oil  cannot  be  made  is  to  me  very  surprising." 

We  do  not  think  you  need  v/orry  over  the  evi- 
dences of  pharmaceutical  training  and  knowledge  dis- 
played in  the  booklet  which  appears  to  have  been 
written  by  one  who  is  not  a  graduate  in  pharmacy  nor 
a  registered  pharmacist,  notwithstanding  his  claim 
that  he  is  a  "20th  century  druggist."  His  expose  of 
the  "little  pharmaceutical  secret"  about  50  per  cent, 
emulsions  will  not  harm  ar.iy  reputable  druggist  who 
does  and  can  make  his  own  preparations.  The  Na- 
tional Formulary  gives  a  number  of  formulas  for  the 
preparation  of  50  per  cent,  emulsions  of  cod  liver  oil 
with  the  remark  that  "if  the  simple  conditions  and  di- 
rections are  carefully  observed,  and  particularly  of  the 
proportions  by  weight  are  accurate,  perfect  emulsions 
may  be  obtained  with  certainty  and  rapidity."  It  may 
also  be  noted  that  the  same  work  gives  a  formula  for 
an  "85  per  cent  emulsion  of  cod  liver  oil."  It  is  quite 
likely  "twentieth  century's"  advertising  writer  over- 
looked this  source  of  information  in  getting  up  "copjy" 
for  his  booklet. 


Cordials  for  the  Soda  Fountain. 
(H.   L.   S.)   The  following  formulas   will  probably 
answer  your  purpose: 

Calisaya  Cordial. 

Elixir  of  calisaya 8  fl.  ounces 

Orange  syrup,  red  or  white.  ..  .24fl.  ounces 
Coca   Cordial. 

Cocoa  wine 8  fl.  ounces 

or 

Elixir  of  coca 4  fl.  ounces. 

Orange  syrup,  enough  to  make.  .32  fl.  ounces 
Kola  Cordial. 

Fluid  extract  of  kola 2  fl.  ounces 

'  Vanilla  extract 2  fl.  drams 

Rose  essence 2  fl.  drams 

'  Cinnamon  essence 2  fl.  drams 

Simple  syrup,  enough  to  make.  .32  fl.  ounces 
'  Coca  Tonique. 

Fluid  extract  of  kola %  fl.  ounce 

Wine  of  coca 6  fl.  ounces 

Sherry  wine 2  fl.  ounces 

Blackberry  brandy 1  fl.  ounce 

Lime  juice 1  fl.  ounce 

Raspberry  juice .4  fl.  ounces 

Syrup,  enough  to  make 32  fl.  ounces 

Serve  "solid"  in  an  8-ounce  glass,  adding  a  small 
amount  of  shaved  ice.  By  "frothing  mixture"  in  the 
formula  you  quote  is  meant  any  of  the  so-called 
"liquid  foam"  extracts  added  to  soda  beverages  to 
make  them  retain  a  certain  proportion  of  gas  in  the 
forms  of  foam.  Among  the  more  common  substances 
used  for  their  gas-retaining  or  foam-holding  qualities 
are  gelatin,  white  of  egg,  and  quillaja. 


Antiseptic  Solution. 
(Subscriber.)     We  cannot  give  the  formula  for  the 
priprictary  preparation.     Under  the   title   of  "Liquor 
Antisepticus''  the  following  is  given  in  the  formulary 
of  the  Cincinnati  Academy: 

Boric  acid 13  grams 

Sodium  bicarbonate 8.5  grams 

Benzoic  acid 17  grams 

Thymol 3  grams 

Oil  of  gaultheria 1.34  grams 

Oil  of  eucalyptus  (21  drops) 0.6  grams 

Tincture  of  baptisia  (450  drops) 9  Cc 

Alcohol  400  Cc 

Distilled    water,    a    sufficient    quantity    to 

make 1,000  Cc 

Dissolve  the  sodium  bicarbonate  and  the  boric  acid 
in  300  Cc.  of  water.  Dissolve  the  remaining  ingredi- 
ents in  the  alcohol.  Add  the  first  solution  to  the 
second,  and  then  add  sufficient  distilled  water  to  make 
1000  Cc.  Filter  if  necessary.  The  solution  may  be 
colored  any  desired  shade. 


Formula  for  Skin  Food. 
(Z.  Z.)     Any  of  the  cold  creams  may  be  dispensed 
under  the  name  of  "skin  food,"  or  the  following  may 
be  used: 

Petrolatum,  white 14  av.  ounces 

Paraffin  wax 1  av.  ounce 

Lanolin 4  av.  ounces 

Water  6  fl.  ounces 

Oil  of  rose 5  drops 

Vanillin 4  grains 

Alcohol   2  fl.  drams 

Melt  the  wax,  add  the  petrolatum  and  lanolin,  pour 
into  a  warm  miortar,  and,  with  constant  stirring,  in- 
corporate the  water.  When  nearly  cold,  add  the  oil 
and  vanillin  dissolved  in  the  alcohol.  This  prepara- 
tion may  be  tinted  red  by  means  of  alkanet  root. 

Other  formulas  of  this  character  have  appeared  in 
previous  issues  of  the  Era.     Consult  the  indexes. 


Preservative  for  Stove  Polish. 

(C.  W.  S.)  The  addition  of  alum  to  mixtures  of 
stove  polish  is  said  to  not  only  improve  the  polish 
but  also  to  preserve  the  mixture  from  becoming 
mouldy.  Boric  acid,  thymol,  and  other  antiseptics 
may  also  be  suggested  but  the  quantities  necessary 
depend  upon  the  substances  employed  in  the  manu- 
facture of  the  "polish"  and  must  be  worked  out  by 
practical  experiment. 


Coloring   Pearl   Buttons. 

(H.  B.)  The  Scientific  American  Cyclopedia  of 
Receipts  gives  the  following  formula  for  dyeing  pearl 
buttons:  Wash  the  buttons  with  a  lukewarm  solution 
of  potash,  then  place  in  a  strong  aqueous  solution  of 
the  desired  color  and  allow  them  to  stand,  with  fre- 
quent stirring,  in  a  warm  place.  To  cause  the  color 
to  penetrate  an  immersion  of  two  weeks  may  be 
needed.     Use  aniline  dves  of  the  desired  shades. 


Kaline. 


(Arkansan.)  In  further  reply  to  your  inquiry,  this 
journal  May  8,  1902,  page  459,  John  C.  Hiaton,  Cuero, 
Texas,  suggests  that  possibly  "Kaline  compound  pills" 
may  be  what  you  want.  He  states  that  these  pills  are 
used  by  the  physicians  in  his  locality  as  an  anti-peri- 
odic and  substitute  for  quinine.  They  are  manufac- 
tured by  J.  P.  Watkins  &  Co.,  Nashville,  Tenn. 

Ginseng  on  the  Pacific  Slope. 

(J.  W  .A.)  asks  "in  what  parts  of  Oregon  and 
Washington  near  the  Pacific  coast  is  ginseng  to  be 
found  growing  wild?"  Perhaps  some  reader  living  in 
one  of  the  States  named  can  give  the  information. 

Bordeaux  Mixtures. 
(W.  D.  H.  S.)    See  Era  of  May  16,  last  year,  page 
536. 


May  29,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


53o 


PHARMACY. 

NEW  METHOD  OF  PREPARING  OXYGEN. 
— George  F.  Jaubert  (.Bulletin  Comm.)  describes  a 
new  method  of  preparing  oxygen  in  industrial  quanti- 
ties. The  peroxides  of  sodium  and  potassium  are 
very  rich  in  active  oxygen,  that  is  in  oxygen  which 
is  capable  of  being  evolved  in  gaseous  form.  Per- 
oxide of  sodium  contains  20.5  per  cent,  that  of  sodium 
and  potassium  29.09  per  cent,  while  the  peroxide  of 
potassium  alone  may  be  made  to  liberate  33.8  per 
cent  of  the  gas.  The  author  utilizes  these  bodies  for 
the  industrial  preparation  of  oxygen  and  for  facilitat- 
ing its  transportation  in  a  latent  solid  form,  from 
which  it  is  readily  separated  in  the  cold  by  the  action 
of  water.  The  material  is  put  up  in  rectangular 
blocks  weighing  about  100  grams.  One  kilogram  of 
the  sodium  peroxide  is  capable  of  liberating  158  liters 
of  o.xygen,  while  an  equal  weight  of  the  potassium 
<:ompound  and  the  mixture  evolve  250  liters  and  224 
liters,  respectively.  The  sodium  peroxide  is  agglo- 
merated by  means  of  pressure  after  being  mixed  with 
a  suitable  quantitjy  of  a  soluble  permanganate  or  hypo- 
chlorite, or  a  trace  of  a  salt  of  nickel  or  copper,  in 
order  to  decompose  the  hydrate  of  the  peroxide,  a 
stable  compound  formed  by  the  action  of  water  in  the 
cold.  The  permanganate  does  not  act  merely  as  a 
catalytic  agent,  but  enters  into  the  reaction.  The  gas 
prepared  by  this  miethod  is  very  free  from  impurities. 

PREPARATION  OF  FLUID  EXTRACTS.— 
"Warin  has  published,  as  a  thesis,  a  comparative  sf.idy 
of  the  preparation  of  certain  fluid  extracts,  in  whicli 
he  compares  the  fluid  extracts  obtained  by  the  pro- 
•cesses  of  the  British,  United  States,  German,  French 
and  Swiss  pharmacopoeias.  The  following  are  the 
drugs  dealt  with  by  Warin:  Burdock,  cascara,  coca, 
condurango,  ergot,  grindelia,  hamamelis,  hydrastis, 
cola,  sarsaparilla,  and  viburnum.  The  results  are  in- 
teresting, but  the  author  fails  to  show  that  the  best 
of  the  processes  tried  is  in  itself  a  good  one.  Thus, 
Avhile  the  process  of  the  German  Pharmacopoeia  is 
•commended  as  the  best  for  the  preparation  of  liquid 
extract  of  ergot,  it  must  be  observed  that  the  finished 
product  contains  only  .048  per  cent,  of  ergotinine, 
Avhereas  the  drug  itself  would  probably  (it  was  not 
assayed)  contain  about  five  times  as  much.  In  other 
words,  in  this  particular  case  only  one-fifth  of  the  al- 
kaloid in  the  drug  appears  in  the  fluid  extract.  A  sim- 
ilar result  was  obtained  by  Meulenhof.  Thus  the  best 
of  the  processes  compared  is  not  necessarily  a  good 
■one.     (Pharm.  Journ.). 


ATOMS  AND  ELECTRONS.— G.  Martin  (Cham. 
News)  thinks  atoms  may  be  broken  up  into  three  dis- 
tinct kinds  of  particles;  positively  and  negativ':'-/ 
charges  particles  or  electrons,  which  are  influenced 
"by  magnetic  and  electric  conditions,  and  inactive  par- 
ticles composed  of  unelectrified  particles  which  make 
lip  the  larger  portion  of  the  atom.  He  points  out  that 
T^ockyer's  observations  on  the  spectra  of  some  ?tars 
seem  to  show  that  elements  are  broken  up  by  heat, 
and  that  the  radiant  matter  of  Crookes  is  supposed  ■ 
"to  consist  of  atoms  which  have  been  shattered  by  an 
■electric  discharge,  some  of  the  fragments  having  b;.'n 
proved  to  be  eltctrons  by  Thomson.  Becquerel  and 
others.  M.  and  Mme.  Curie  have  also  shown  that 
radio-active  matter  gives  oflf  electrons,  and  there  is 
strong  evidence  that  hot  bodies  generally  emit  elec- 
trons, for  gases,  carbon,  etc.,  increase  in  conductivity 
at  high  temperatures. 

MICROCHEMICAL  TESTS  FOR  ALKA- 
LOIDS.-— E.  Pozzi-Escot  (Comptes  rend.)  disagrees 
with  the  statement  of  Popoff  that  picric  acid  is  a  use- 
ful microchemica!  reagent  for  distinguishing  between 
the  alkaloids.  In  a  series  of  experiments  with  differ- 
ent solutions  of  salts  of  strychnine,  cocaine,  brucin, 
atropine,  morphine,  codeine  and  quinine,  under  objec- 
tives of  different  powers,  he  finds  that  strychnine  is 
the  only  alkaloid  which  forms  a  picrate  having  a 
characteristic   appearance. 


SAMUEL    HOPKINS. 

Samuel  Hopkins,  of  Providence,  R.  I.,  winner  of  the 
fourth  prize  in  the  March  series  of  Drug  Problems,  is 
a  native  of  the  State  of  Maine,  where  he  was  born  in 
Xorridgewock  in  1867.  After  completing  his  education 
at  the  Eaton  school  in  his  native  town  he  removed  to 
Providence  in  1885  and  entered  the  employ  of  Geo.  L. 
•  'lafiin  &  Co.,  witli  whom  he  is  still  engaged.  Mr.  Hop- 
kins passed  the  examination  of  the  Rhode  Island  Board 
of  Pharmacy  in  January,  1889. 


GELON  AND  TEGON  are  forms  of  glycerine  gel- 
atine plasters  recommended  by  Dr.  Bauer  (Ther. 
Month.).  Gelon  consists  of  two  layers;  one  an  insol- 
uble covering  composed  of  an  elastic  and  very  tough 
agar  mass,  and  the  other  a  soluble  adhesive  material. 
The  latter,  a  gelatinous  compound,  is  entirely  non- 
irritant,  adhesive  in  a  high  degree,  and  absorbent, 
and  may  be  incorporated  with  a  great  variety  of  re- 
medial agents.  In  use  the  adhesive  side  of  the  plas- 
ter is  moistened  and  gently  pressed  upon  the  wound. 
After  moistening  the  outer  covering  the  body  of  the 
plaster  may  be  removed  without  pain  or  injury  to  the 
underlying  tissues,  the  residue  left  upon  the  skin  be- 
ing easily  removed  by  washing  with  water.  Tegon 
is  used  as  a  non-adhesive  dressing  in  which  the  re- 
medial agent  is  mixed  directly  with  the  agar  mass. 


CALCIUM        SULPHO-ICHTHYOLATE.  —  A. 

Hegland  (Pharm.  Zeit.)  prepares  calcium  sulpho- 
ichthyolate  by  treating  the  ammonium  salt  with  cal- 
cium chloride  and  lime  water.  100  parts  of  ammo- 
nium sulpho-ichthyolate  are  dissolved  in  100  parts  of 
water  and  a  solution  of  20  parts  of  calcium  chloride 
in  200  parts  of  lime  water  poured  into  it,  with  con- 
stant stirring.  The  precipitate  thus  formed  is  allowed 
to  subside,  the  liquid  removed  by  decantation  and  the 
residue  washed  twice  with  water,  and  dried  upon  the 
water  bath.  The  dry  mass  is  then  purified  by  wash- 
ing with  petroleum  ether  which  removes  the  odor 
of  ichthyol,  and  again  dried.  The  powder  may  be 
formed  into  tablets  with  cacao  butter. 


ACETYLTROPIC  ACID— According  to  O.  Hesse 
(Journ.  Prakt.  Chem.)  acetyltropic  acid  is  easily  ob- 
tained by  treating  tropic  acid  with  acetic  anhydride, 
and  allowing  the  mixture  to  evaporate  at  50  or  60 
degrees  C.  The  compound  remains  in  the  form  of  a 
mass  of  crystals.  It  forms  white,  leaf-life  crystals 
which  melt  at  80  degrees,  and  are  easily  soluble  in 
ether,  alcohol  and  chloroform,  slightly  soluble  in 
benzol  and  almost  insoluble  in  water. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  29,  1902. 


DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


In  this  Department  will  be  printed  each  week  a  series  of  problems  of  special  educational  value  to  all 
persons  connected  with  the  drug  trade. 

CASH  PRIZES  to  the  amount  of  $75.00  will  be  distributed  each  month  to  the  subscribers  sending 
us  the  largest  number  oi  correct  answers  to  the  problems  printed  during  the  preceding  month,  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  given  below.     The  sum   will  be  divided  into  twcntv-four  prizes,  as  follows: 

J  St  PRIZE,  $25.00  3rd  PRIZE,  $10.00 

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and  20  PRIZES  OF  $1.00  EACH. 


2. 


1. — All  answers  to  problems  must  reach  the  Problem 
Editor  within  four  weeks  of  the  date  of  the  Era  in 
which  they  appeared. 
Answers  should  be  sent  in  promptly.  In  case  of  a 
tie  the  award  will  depend  upon  the  general  excel- 
lence of  the  answers. 

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4. — Use  note-size  paper.  Cut  out  the  problem  and  paste 
at  the  top  of  the  sheet  and  write  your  answer  be- 
low, using  both  sides  of  the  paper  if  necessary. 

5. — Be  sure  to  write  your  name  and  full  address  on  each 
sheet — at   the   bottom. 


NOTE  THESE  CONDITIONS. 

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7. — Tlie  correct  answers  to  the  problems  of  each  weekly 
installment  will  be  printed  in  the  Era  four  weeks 
later. 

S. — The  names  of  successful  contestants  and  the  win- 
ners of  the  prizes  will  be  announced  monthly. 

9. — Address  all  answers  to  Problem  Editor,  The  Phar- 
maceutical Era,  396  Bi-oadway,  New  York,  N.  Y., 
and  do  not  enclose  any  other  communications 
with  your  answers  to  these  problems. 


ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XVIII. 

No.  161.- -Which  will  yield  the  greater  per  cent, 
on  the  investment,  a  6  per  cent,  stock  at  125,  or  a 
4'/2  per  cent,  stock  at  go,  no  allowance  being  made  for 
brokerage? 

Answer. — ^A  4^  per  cent,  stock  at  90. 

No.  162. — A  cubical  piece  of  lead,  whose  entire 
surface  is  13.5  sq.  decimeters,  is  melted  and  formed 
into  a  cone  the  radius  of  whose  base  is  15  Cm.  Find 
the  altitude  of  Che  cone  in  meters. 

Answer. — .1432+ni. 

No.  163. — Required  the  weight  of  limestone 
needed  to  convert  50  tons  of  soda  crystals  into  bi- 
carbonate. 

Answer. — 17.474   tons   of   limestone. 

No.  164. — A  wholesale  establishment  is  divided  in- 
to 32  shares,  and  owned  equally  by  8  persons,  A,  B, 
C,  D,  etc.  A  sells  3  of  his  shares  to  a  ninth  person, 
who  thus  becomes  a  member  of  the  firm,  and  B  sells 
2  of  his  shares  to  the  company,  who  pay  for  them 
from  the  common  stock.  After  this,  what  proportion 
of  the  whole  stock  does  A  own? 

Answer. — 1/30  left. 

No.  165. — A  young  lady  being  asked  her  age,  re- 
plied: 

My  age  if  multiplied  by  3, 
Two-sevenths    of   that   product   tripled    be; 
The  square  root  of  2/9  of  that  is  4, 
Now  tell  my  age  or  never  see  me  miore." 

Answer. — 28  years. 


PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XXIL 

No.  181. — A  tree  80  feet  in  height  stands  on  a 
horizontal  plain;  at  what  height  from  the  ground 
must  it  be  broken  off,  so  that  the  top  of  it  may  fall 
on  a  point  40  feet  from  the  bottom  of  the  tree,  the 
end  where   it   was   broken   off  resting  on   the   stump? 

No.  182. — How  much  potassium  chlorate  is  needed 
to  furnish  one  pound  of  oxygen? 

No.  183. — If  a  man  weighing  160  pounds  rest  on  the 
end  of  a  lever  10  feet  long,  what  weight  will 
he  balance  on  the  other  end,  supposing  the  prop  to 
be  one  foot  from  the  weight? 

No.  184. — According  to  Boussingault,  a  square 
meter  of  leaf  will  decompose  in  sunlight  1.108  liters 
of  carbon  dioxide  in  an  hour.  Calculate  in  tons  the 
amount  of  carbon  assimilated  in  an  hour  by  a  million 
trees,  each  possessing  100,000  leaves,  and  each  leaf 
containing  25  square  centimeters. 

No.  185. — A  young  lady  entered  a  drug  store  and 
presented  a  dollar  bill,  requesting  its  value  in  stamps 


in  the  following  denominations  and  proportions: 
Four  times  as  many  two-cent  stamps  as  ones,  and  the 
balance  in  threes.  How  many  of  each  denomination 
did  she  receive? 


ANAESTHESIN.— According  to  Prof.  Carl  v. 
Noorden  (Berlin  Klin.  Wchschr.)  anaesthesin  is  a 
non-poisonous  local  anaesthetic  first  prepared  and 
employed  by  Dr.  Ritsert.  Since  orthoform,  an  ester 
of  amido  oxy  carbonic  acid,  has  been  put  to-  therapeu- 
tic use,  the  value  of  a  similar  compound  of  amidoben- 
zoic  acid  has  been  suggested.  Investigations  extend- 
ing over  a  period  of  two  years  have  led  to  the  intro- 
duction of  this  substance  under  the  name  anaesthesin. 
This  body  is  a  white,  odorless  and  tasteless  powder 
which  produces  a  sensation  of  numbness  upon  the 
tongue.  It  dissolves  with  great  difificulty  in  cold  wa- 
ter, and  very  readiljy  in  alcohol,  ether,  chloroform, 
acetone,  fats  and  oils.  It  is  easily  distributed  and 
formed  into  salves,  etc.,  with  fats,  without  suffering 
decomposition.  According  to  experiments  by  Bing 
and  Robert,  it  is  entirely  non-poisonous,  causing  a 
slight  methemaglobinemia  only  in  enormous  doses 
never  employed  in  therapeutic  use.  Internally  it  is 
employed  in  doses  of  .3  to  .5  gram  two  or  three  times 
a  day,  in  hyperesthesia  of  the  stomach.  With  sugar, 
in  the  form  of  lozenges  and  bonbons,  it  is  effective  as 
a  remedy  for  coughs.  It  is  also  employed  in  supposi- 
tories in  the  treatment  of  hemorrhoids  and  in  salves 
and   ointments   in  pruritus,   etc. 


GLYCOSAL  is  the  glycerine  ether  of  monosalicy- 
lic  acid  (Journ.  de  Pharm.  de  Anvers).  It  is  a  white 
crystalline  powder,  which  is  fusible  at  76  degrees  C, 
soluble  in  100  parts  of  cold  water,  less  soluble  in  hot 
water  and  slightly  soluble  in  alcohol,  ether  and  chlo- 
roform. It  mixes  readily  with  glycerine,  and  is  easily 
saponified  with  alkalis  and  alkaline  carbonates.  It 
possesses  antiseptic  properties  and  is  employed  as  a 
remedy  for  rheumatism,  as  a  substitute  for  salicylic 
acid  and  salicylic  acid  compounds  and  preparations. 
For  this  purpose  it  offers  the  advantage  of  produc- 
ing very  little  derangement  of  the  stomach  and  being 
free   from  disagreeable  effects  upon  the  ears. 

ATOXYL. — The  anilide  of  meta-arsenic  acid  has 
been  introduced  as  a  new  arsenical  remedy  under  the 
name  "atoxyl"  (Chemist  &  Druggist.  It  has  the  com- 
position C'H°NH.'\sO"  and  contains  57.6  per  cent,  of 
arsenic.  It  is  a  white,  odorless  powder  with  a  strong 
saline  taste,  and  is  soluble  in  cold  water  to  the  extent 
erf  about  2  per  cent.,  and  in  hot  water,  to  20  per  cent.- 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


NEW   YORK   AND   VICINITY. 


NEW  ASSOCIATION  PROPOSED  FOR  GREAT- 
ER NEW  YORK. 

Attorney-General's  Interpretation  of  the  Hill  Amend- 
ment to  Pharmacy  Law  Subject  of  Much  Discussion. 
Further  Organization  of  Druggists  Necessary. 
Since  the  Attorney-General  handed  down  his  opinion 
on  the  recent  Hill  amendment  to  the  State  pharmacy 
law,  which  he  interprets  as  requiring  the  election  of  the 
whole  five  members  of  the  board  for  the  Eastern  sec- 
tion instead  of  the  election  of  one  member  as  intended 
by  t'!'»  pharmacists  who  supported  the  bill,  there 
has  been  more  actirity  in  pharmaceutical  circles  in  New 
York  than  for  some  time,  and  organization  work  has  been 
stimulated.  The  president  of  the  Manhattan  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  has  sent  a  circular  to  all  of  the 
registered  pharmacists  in  Manhattan  urging  them  to  join 
the  association  so  they  may  be  able  to  participate  in  the 
election  of  board  members  in  June.  The  other  organ- 
izations in  Manhattan  hare  also  been  working  to  secure 
new  members  and  have  added  a  number  of  names  to 
their  rolls. 

The  complications  that  seem  to  have  arisen  since 
the  Hill  amendment  to  the  pharmacy  law  was  passed 
have  been  much  discussed  and  many  of  the  prominent 
pharmacists  of  the  city  have  expressed  a  desire  to  know 
how  it  is  that  a  law  was  passed  requiring  the  election  of 
five  members  of  the  board  of  pharmacy  when  it  was  only 
intended  that  one  should  be  elected.  No  accusation  of 
conspiracy  has  been  made  as  all  the  parties  who  aided 
the  passage  of  the  bill  have  long  been  known  as  most 
generous  workers  in  an.vthing  proposed  for  promoting  the 
interests  of  pharmacists  and  elevating  the  profession. 

"Whatever  the  causes  of  the  peculiar  phraseology  in 
the  bill  it  must  be  conceded  that  it  has  stirred  matters  up 
in  pharmaceutical  circles,"  said  one  New  York  druggist 
to  an  Era  representative  last  Saturday.  "It  is  time 
the  druggists  of  this  city  should  get  together  and  have 
some  system  of  organization  by  which  all  matters  relat- 
ing ti:  their  welfare  can  be  handled  in'  a  thorough  man- 
ner; so  that  in  all  questions,  whether  legislative  or  other- 
wise, they  can  show  their  strength  and  get  the  con- 
sideration justly  due  them.  I  think  if  some  of  the  lead- 
ing men  in  the  various  pharmaceutical  organizations  in 
Greater  New  Y'ork  would  get  together  and  consider  a 
plan  to  form  one  association  for  Greater  New  York, 
with  a  nominal  fee  for  membership,  and  provision  for 
the  members  of  the  local  associations  now  existing  to  go 
in  as  charter  members,  much  more  coulu  be  accomplished. 
My  idea  is  to  see  one  grand  association  in  Greater  New 
York  with  a  membership  of  over  a  thousand  mem-- 
bers  so  that  when  we  have  occasion  to  go  before  the 
legislature,  the  Mayor,  fire  commissioners,  board  of 
health,  etc.,  we  can  show  that  the  druggists  represent 
a  good  number  of  voters  and  are  united.  The  associa- 
tion need  not  in  any  way  interfere  with  the  associations 
now  existing.     It  could  be  to  Greater  New  Y'ork  what 


the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  is  to  the  State  of 
New  York.  Meetings  could  be  held  once  a  quarter,  or 
oftener  if  necessary,  and  possibly  the  members  could  all 
meet  in  a  social  gathering  of  some  kind  once  a  year.  I 
believe  there  are  great  possibilities  for  an  association  of 
this  kind  in  the  great  city  of  New  York.  There  would 
be  little  difficulty  experienced  in  forming  such  an  or- 
ganization once  the  active  men  in  each  local  association 
got  together.  Each  association  has  some  able  men  and 
if  their  efforts  in  the  interests  of  pharmacy  can  be 
united,  the  benelits  to  iharmacists  in  the  city  can  hardly 
be  over  estimated." 

The  speaker  was  asked  to  suggest  a  name  for  such 
an  organization  and  replied:  "Well,  people  do  not  usual- 
ly name  a  baby  before  it  is  born  and  a  name  could  easily 
be  agreed  upon.  I  think  the  Association  of  Pharmacists 
of  Greater  New  York  or  Greater  New  Y'ork  Pharmaceu- 
tical Society  would  be  appropriate  names  for  such  an  or- 
ganization." 


COMPLIMENTARY  DINNER  TO  THOMAS  MABEN. 
Thomas  Maben,  Ph.  0.,  F.  C.  S,  of  Glasgow,  Scot- 
land, the  Scottish  representative  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co., 
and  one  of  the  best  known  men  in  British  pharmacy, 
was  the  guest  of  honor  at  a  dinner  given  by  prominent 
local  pharmacists  at  the  New  York  Yacht  Club,  37  West 
44th  street,  Saturday  evening.  May  2-±.  Caswell  A. 
Ma.yo,  editor  of  the  American  Druggist,  as  toastmaster, 
introduced  Mr.  Maben  and  said  that  he  had  contributed 
very  largely  to  the  success  of  the  meetings  of  the  Brit- 
ish Pharmaceutical  Society  by  his  original  work  on  the 
chemistry  of  the  fixed  oils.  Mr.  Maben  responded 
thanking  tliosc  present  for  the  honor  conferred  upon  him 
and  then  proceeded  to  the  subject  assigned  him  by  the 
toastmaster — "America's  Contributions  to  Pharmacy." 
He  said,  among  other  things,  that  America  had  taught 
the  older  country  a  good  deal  about  education,  and  in 
some  respects  Americans  were  far  ahead  of  England  in 
equipment  for  teaching  pharmacy.  The  Materia 
Medica  Meseum  at  Bloomsbury  Square  was, 
however,  superior  to  anything  of  the  kind  in  the 
United  Slates,  if  not  in  the  world.  Among  America's 
contributious  to  pharmacy  he  mentioned  as  worthy  of 
note,  "Remington's  Practice  of  Pharmacy,"  newer  forms 
of  drugs  and   pharmaceutical  machiner.v. 

The  programme  included  the  following  speakers  and 
their  toasts:  Prof.  .Joseph  P.  Remington,  "Pliarmacy's 
De'jt  to  Soitland;"  Samuel  W.  Fairchild,  "International 
Relations;"  Prof.  E.  H.  Bartley,  "What  Medicine  Owes 
to  Pharmacy;"  Eustace  H.  Gane,  "The  American  Inva- 
sion;" Prof.  Virgil  Coblentz,  "The  Brotherhood  of 
Chemistry,"  Prof.  H.  H.  Rusby,  "Our  Materia  Medica 
Collections;"  Dr.  Wra.  Muir,  "The  Benefits  of  Getting 
Together;"  F.  M.  Fisk,  "American  Pharmaceuticals 
Abroad;"  Prof.  W.  C.  Anderson,  "Our  Country;"  Thom- 
as J.  Keenan,  "The  Pharmaceutical  Press."  Besides 
the  speakers  named  there  were  present  Col.  E.  W.  Fitch 
and  Dr.  B.  T.  Whitmore  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  and 
E.  J.  Kennedy,  editor  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


Have  you  seen  the  new  bottle,  the  Charleroi  Oval? 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  29,  1902, 


EXHIBIT    AT    50TH    ANNUAL    MEETING    OF    THE 
AMERICAN    PHARMACEUTICAL    ASSOCIATION. 

The  American  I'liarmaceutical  Association  will  hold 
its  semi-centennial  meeting  at  Philadelphia  the  week 
beginning  Sept.  !>.  Thomas  P.  Cook,  No.  11-t  William 
street,  New  York,  chairman  of  the  Exhibition  Com- 
mittee, has  issued  a  circular  giving  particulars  of  the 
exhibition  to  be  held  in  conjunction  with  the  meeting 
and  a  diagram  of  the  hall  to  be  used  for  it.  The 
exhibit  of  chemicals  and  pharmaceutical  preparations 
at  the  meeting  last  year  was  the  first  to  be  held  for 
about  ten  years  and  it  proved  successful.  The  com- 
mittee has  secured  the  ground  floor  of  Horticultural 
Hall,  directly  opposite  the  entrance  to  Hotel  Walton, 
for  exhibition  purposes  and  hopes  to  secure  a  collection 
of  a  scientific  and  practical  character  that  will  be  of 
interest  to  pharmacists.  Exhibitors  will  include  large 
and  small  manufacturers,  colleges  and  progressive  re- 
tailers. Provision  has  also  been  made  for  an  exhibit 
of  rare,  curious  and  interesting  relics  that  relate  to 
pharmacy  and  which  will  give  illustration  of  how  the 
profession  has  advanced  in  the  last  fifty  years  or  more. 
All  manufacturers,  pharmacists  and  colleges  are  invited 
to  loan  what  they  may  have  that  would  properly  add 
to  the  interest  of  such  a  collection  and  are  asked  to 
communicate  with  the  committee  giving  a  description 
of  items. 


NEW    JERSEY    PHARMACEUTICAL    ASSOCIATION. 

The  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  will 
hold  its  thirty-second  annual  meeting  at  the  Hotel  Isles- 
worth,  Atlantic  City,  on  Wednesday  and  Thursday, 
June  4  and  5.  Members  will  be  given  a  special  rate  of 
?3.00  a  day  at  the  hotel  and  entertainment  tickets  will 
cost  3!2.00  each.  The  programme  of  entertainment  in- 
cludes an  evening  of  progressive  euchre  at  the  hotel  on 
Tuesday,  concert  by  an  Italian  band  Wednesday  morn- 
ing, trolley  and  boat  ride  in  the  afternoon,  programme 
of  amusements  on  the  steel  pier  in  the  early  part  of  the 
evening  and  "a  night  in  Bohemia"  in  the  palm  garden 
of  the  hotel  later.  Thursday  morning  there  will  be  a 
sailing  party  from  the  Inlet  and  a  promenade  concert 
and  dance  in  the  evening. 

The  local  committee  in  charge  of  the  entertainment 
is  coi.iposed  or  v.e\\  known  druggists:  W.  F.  Ridgway, 
clini'-man;  H.  II.  Deakyne,  A.  D.  Cuskaden  and  Charles 
J.   IJrownley. 


German  Apothecaries'  Society. 

A  special  meeting  of  the  German  Apothecaries'  So- 
ciety was  held  in  the  hall  at  No.  194  Third  avenue, 
Thursday  evening.  May  22.  President  Charles  F. 
Schleussner  cailed  the  members  to  order  and  stated  that 
the  meeting  had  been  called  in  order  to  give  the  mem- 
bers an  opportunity  to  discuss  the  amendment  to  the 
Pharmacy  law  and  the  opinion  recently  given  by  the 
Attorney-General.  The  attendance  was  good,  and  the 
discussions  indicated  great  interest  in  the  election 
soon  to  be  held.  Nothing  definite  was  done  in  regard 
to  what  nominations  would  receive  the  support  of  the 
society  but  the  general  sentiment  seemed  to  be  in  favor 
of  the  re-election  of  the  present  Board.  A  communica- 
tion from  the  JIanhattau  Pharmaceutical  Association 
asking  for  a  conference  was  considered,  and  Oscar 
Goldman,  E.  E.  Goetting  and  H.  A.  Herold  were  ap- 
pointed to  represent  the  Society  at  the  conference. 


The  N.  W.  D.  A.  Meeting  at  Monterey. 

William  I'.  Kedingtoii  of  Iledington  it  Co.,  wholesale 
druggists,  San  Francisco,  was  in  New  York  last  week. 
Mr.  Redington  is  chairm.m  of  the  entertainment  com- 
mittee of  the  National  Wholesale  Druggists'  Association 
and  while  here  conferred  with  Eastern  members  of  the 


committee  and  with  members  of  the  committee  on 
passenger  rates  and  routes  about  the  next  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  society  in  California.  The  itinerary  of  the  trip 
and  the  arrangements  for  entertainment,  will  soon  be 
made  known  to  the  trade  by  means  of  a  circular  to 
be  issued  by  one  or  both  of  these  committees.  The 
various  trunk  lines  are  sending  out  pamphlets  contain- 
ing illustrations  of  scenery  in  California  and  the  pros- 
pects promise  a  good   meeting  at  Monterey. 

To  the  Druggists  of  the  United  States  and  Canada. 

Mr.  Lewis  C.  Hopp,  chairman  of  Committee  on 
Membership,  offers  a  prize  of  a  $5  gold  piece  to  the 
druggist  giving  the  best  ten  reason  why  a  druggist 
should  be  a  member  of  the  American  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 

Write  your  ten  reasons  on  a  slip  of  paper,  sign  with 
a  pseudonym,  place  the  slip  in  a  plain  envelope,  en- 
close in  another  envelope,  and  send  to  Lewis  C.  Hopp, 
256  Euclid  avenue,  Cleveland,  Ohio,  before  June  20. 

The  president  of  the  association.  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley, 
has  kindly  consented  to  act  as  judge  in  deciding  this 
contest. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

The  Apothecaries'  Bicycle  Club  run  to  Coney  Isl- 
and last  week  was  enjoyed  by  about  fourteen  members. 
The  ride  from  the  Broadway,  Brooklyn,  ferry,  through 
Bedford  avenue  and  along  the  excellent  cycle  path  to  Co- 
ney Island  was  made  in  about  one  hour  and  a  half,  in- 
cluding the  numerous  stops  necessary  to  quench  the  ine- 
vitable thirst  developed  on  a  bicycle  run.  After  a  dinner 
at  Tilyou's  Steeple  Chase  restaurant  the  party  took 
in  the  various  amusements,  including  "a  trip  to  the 
moon"  and  a  visit  to  "the  upside  down  house."  These 
club  runs  are  becoming  popular  and  will  probably  be 
continued  each  Thursday  throughout  the  season. 

T.  J.  Backes  has  had  the  building  on  the  northeast 

corner  of  Broadway  and  Forty-sixth  street  remodeled 
and  made  into  a  first  class  pharmacy.  He  conducted 
the  drug  store  on  the  corner  of  Forty-fifth  street  and 
Broadway  until  the  building  was  torn  down  last  Janu- 
ary, and  had  temporary  quarters  in  a  private  house 
while  his  present  store  was  being  altered.  M.  J.  Sturges, 
N.  Y.  C.  P.  '02,  formerly  with  Dougan  &  Merritt,  No. 
37  Columbus  avenue,  is  now  clerking  for  Mr.   Backes. 

Paul   Roemer,    manager   of  Kostka's   pharmacy   at 

48th  street  and  Ninth  avenue,  is  confined  to  his  home 
with  injuries  received  in  an  accident  while  on  an  auto- 
mobile trip  on  the  Hoffman  Boulevard.  While  he  and 
a  party  of  friends  were  crossing  the  Long  Island  Rail- 
way tracks  about  five  miles  from  Long  Island  City,  they 
were  run  down  by  a  passenger  train.  His  injuries  con- 
sist of  severe  bruises  and  a  fractured  rib. 

Joseph  Plant,  of  Lehn  &  Fink,  sailed  on  the  Kaiser 

Wilhelm  der  Grosse,  Tuesday,  May  20,  for  Europe.  He 
was  accompanied  by  his  wife  and  family  and  expects 
to  spend  three  months  visiting  the  prominent  places 
in  Europe,  spending  some  time  at  Wildunger  Springs  in 
Germany.  This  is  Mr.  Plant's  first  vacation  trip  in 
several  years  and  many  of  his  friends  were  at  the  pier 
and  wished  him  "bon  voyage." 

Dr.  T.  A.  Klebs,  who  recently  sold  his  pharmacy  at 

63d  street  and  Third  avenue  is  now  practising  medicine 
in  Baltimore.  J.  B.  Rasher,  former  manager  of  Dr. 
Kleb's  store  has  been  relieving  M.  Rafter  of  25th  street 
and  Fourth  avenue,  the  past  few  weeks.  Mr.  Rafter 
has  been  ill  with  pneumonia  but  is  now  convalescing. 

Several   changes   in   drug   stores   in   Ithaca,   N.   Y. 

have  been  announced  recently.  Lattimore  &  Co.  have 
acquired  the  business  of  Fred  H.  Blackmer  on  North 
Cayuga  street.  Egbert  &  Blackmer  succeed  Egbert  & 
Merrill  at  No.  88  Eddy  street  and  Isaac  H.  Merrill  has 
opened  a  new  store  on  Huestes  street. 


May  29,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


539 


Daggett  «fc  Ramsdell,  druggists  on  3-lth  street,  op- 
posite the  Waldorf-Astoria,  have  recently  added  a  side 
line  of  cameras,  kodaks  and  photographic  supplies.  An 
experienced  photographer  is  in  charge  and  does  develop- 
ing, printing,  etc.  The  firm  allows  customers  free  use  of 
a  dark  room. 

• Robert  S.  Maffet,  formerly  manager  of  the  Knicker- 
bocker pharmacy,  Broadway  aud  3Sth  street,  Mauhattau, 
has  returned  from  a  trip  to  Los  Angeles  and  is  now  en- 
gaged in  the  wine  business  as  a  partner  with  his  father- 
in-law,  Jacques  Pacheteau,  No.  276  Seventh  avenue. 

Frank  J.   Tynan   has   closed   his  pharmacy   at   No. 

508  Court  street,  Brooklyn,  and  opened  one  at  No.  371 
Broadway,  between  Franklin  and  White  streets,  Man- 
Imttan.  The  new  store  is  in  the  building  adjoining  the 
«tore  formerly  occupied  by   Wilson's  pharmacy. 

The   Levy   Pharmacal   Co.   of   New    Haven,   Conn., 

Jias  filed  a  certificate  of  incorporation  with  an  author- 
ized capital  stock  of  .¥200,000.  The  incorporators  are: 
Frank  H.  Wheeler,  Chauucey  S.  Lamb.  Benjamin  L. 
Lambert,  Jr.,  and  Edward  K.  Roberts. 

Herbert    Turrell,    of    Parke,    Davis    &    Co.,    spent 

last  Sunday  at  Saratoga  and  enjoyed  the  sights  in  the 
neighborhood  of  the  spouting  spring  of  the  Saratoga 
Carlsbad  Spring  Co.  He  is  at  the  firm's  Detroit  labora- 
tories this  week. 

Charles  Loonen,  the  brush  manufacturer  of  Paris, 

France,  was  in  New  York  last  week  en  route  home  from 
Japan  where  he  has  been  establishing  a  branch  factory. 
Loonen's  brushes  are  now  being  sold  all  over  the  world. 
Louis  Leither,  formerly  with  Gebhardt  &  Gold- 
man, is  now  manager  of  the  drug  store  at  Amsterdam 
avenue  and  07th  street,  Manhattan,  owned  by  the  es- 
tate of  James  E.   Brannigan 

Frank  1\L  Schindler,  formerly  manager  of  Balluff's 

pharmacy,  Sixth  avenue  and  37th  street,  is  now  em- 
ployed in  Wilson's  pharmacy,  Broadway  and  42nd 
street. 

John    Rcynders    &    Co.,    No.    303    Fourth    avenue, 

corner  23d  street,  one  of  the  oldest  surgical  instrument 
houses  in  this  country  was  recently  sold  out  at  auction. 

Hollis  M.   Barnes  is  now  located  at   No.   02   West 

Broadway,  two  doors  below  his  former  store  on  the  cor- 
ner of  Chambers  street  and  West  Broadway. 

H.   L.    Pauwels,   formerly   with    Charles   Nason   at 

28th  street  and  Lexington  avenue  is  now  clerk  for  S. 
Y.  B.  Swann,  Sixth  avenue  and  52nd  street. 

Hill  &  Co.,   proprietors  of  a   drug  store  at  Coney 

Island,  have  pvirchased  Walter  E.  Knight's  pharmacy 
at  Sheepshead   Bay.   L.  I. 

Herbert  D.  Robbius  of  McKesson  &  Robbins,  sailed 

from  Cherbourg,  France,  on  the  St.  Paul.  Saturday, 
May  24. 

Radara's  Microbe  Killer  Co.  has  removed  its  offices 

from  No.  1210  Broadway  to  No.  59  West  30th  street. 

J.  II.  Leggett  of  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  is  now  managing 

the  Coleman  pharmacy  at  Asbury  Park,  N.  J. 
N.   E.   Noxen   has  opened  a  drug  store  in   Middle- 
town,  N.  Y. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


JOSEPH   HOFFMAN. 

Joseph  Hoffman,  for  the  past  eight  years  representa- 
tive in  New  York  city  for  Hance  Brothers  &  White, 
died  Friday,  May  16,  at  his  home  No.  983  West  169th 
street,  New  York.  He  had  been  in  bad  health  about  two 
and  one-half  years,  but  had  attended  to  business  more 
or  less  regularly  up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  Mr. 
Hoffman  was  well  and  favorably  known  to  a  large 
number  of  New  York  druggists,  especially  to  those  of 
German  sympathies.  He  was  born  in  Philadelphia  52 
years  ago,  but  went  to  Germany  with  his  parents  when 
only  three  years  old,  and  received  his  education  there. 
At  the  age  of  23  he  returned  to  New  York  and  eight 
years  ago  took  liis  position  with  Hance  Brothers  & 
White.     A  wife  aud   daughter  survive  him. 


DRUG  CLEP.KS  OF  HOLYOKE  SECURE  SHORTER 
HOURS. 

Boston,  May  24. — Drug  clerks  of  Holyoke  are  elated 
over  the  victory  in  their  fight  against  their  employers 
for  a  lessening  of  working  hours  in  a  week.  These  have 
ranged  from  seventy-five  to  ninety,  according  to  store 
and  conditions.  The  recent  organizing  of  the  Drug 
Clerks'  Protective  Association  in  Holyoke,  with  fifty  or 
more  members  representing  every  drug  store  in  that 
city,  had  its  inception  in  the  general  desire  to  obtain 
shorter  hours.  The  officers  of  this  association,  which  is 
chartered  in  regular  form,  are:  President,  Thomas  Con- 
nor: vice-president,  Joseph  Campagna;  treasurer,  Thomas 
Ash;  financial  secretary,  Joseph  Herbert;  recording  sec- 
retary, William  Herbert. 

The  clerks  held  several  meetings  to  discuss  the 
situation  as  did  their  employers,  and  both  sides  were 
firm  in  the  resolve  not  to  yield.  The  druggists  offered 
t'lie  maximum  of  seventy-two  hours  a  week,  to  which  the 
clerks  objected.  Their  original  idea  was  to  demand 
sixty-four  hours  a  week,  which  they  modified  to  sixty- 
eight  hours.  The  clerks'  union  stuck  on  a  claim  for 
68  hours  a  week,  and  voted,  unless  the  druggists  agreed 
to  give  the  hours  desired,  to  walk  out  and  not  report 
for  duty  until  an  agreement  was  reached.  Thus  the 
trouble  resolved  itself  into  a  threatened  strike.  This, 
fortunately  for  all  concerned,  has  been  avoided.  A 
proposition  drawn  by  the  Druggists'  Association  was 
unanimously  accepted  by  the  drug  clerk's  union.  This 
called  for  the  minimum  working  hours  for  a  week  to  be 
sixty-six  and  the  maximum  seventy-two  hours.  The 
clerks  are  to  have  a  half-day  and  evening  every  week 
as  well  ^s  half  of  every  legal  holiday.  The  clerks  also 
are  to  be  given  every  other  Sunday  or  its  equivalent  at 
some  other  time. 

The  presidents  of  the  Central  Labor  Union  and  the 
Retail  Clerks'  Union  of  Holyoke  pledged  the  support  of 
their  organizations,  both  morally  and  financially,  to  the 
drug  clerks  in  their  movement. 


NO  MORE  "BLUE  LAWS"  RESTRICTIONS  OF  THE 
SALE  OF  SODA,  CANDIES,  ETC.,  ON  SUNDAY. 

Boston,  May  24. — That  there  is  sometimes  "A  slip 
twixt  the  cup  and  the  lip"  was  in  part  illustrated  by  the 
recent  action  in  regard  to  the  now-famous  Sunday  soda- 
candy  bill.  Having  gone  triumphantly  through  the 
House  of  Representatives  and  the  Senate,  it  was  later 
held  up  under  suggestion  of  the  governor,  and.  with  an 
amendment  tacked  on  it,  was  sent  again  to  the  House  for 
reconsideration  and  action.  The  bill  as  originally  passed 
gave  newsdealers  who  have  their  places  open  for  the 
sale  of  papers  on  Sunday  equal  rights  with  the  druggists 
and  licensed  victuallers  in  the  matter  of  Sunday  privil- 
eges. There  seems  to  be  considerable  objection  to  this 
provision,  and  in  ^a  sense  this  was  not  unreasonable, 
since  it  is  well  understood  that  druggists  are  expected  to 
keep  open  for  the  preparing  of  prescription  and  sale  of 
medicines  as  an  accommodation  to  the  public  and  medical 
profession — an  accommodation  that  in  itself  by  no  means 
pays  the  druggist.  His  only  real  benefit  from  opening 
on  the  Lord's  Day  is  derived  from  sales  of  soda  water, 
candies,  etc.  This  revenue  is  a  decidedly  important  fac- 
tor in  the  week's  total  receipts.  Cut  off  from  it,  the 
druggists  become  really  philanthropists  in  opening  their 
places  on  Sunday.  Therefore,  the  amendment  to  the 
soda  bill,  throwing  out  newsdealers'  privileges,  makes  it 
all  stand  far  more  favorably  for  the  druggists.  News- 
dealers, as  a  class,  usually  keep  open  only  a  portion  of 
Sunday   forenoon,   anyway,   whereas  druggists  have  to 


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[May  29,  1902. 


remain  open  all  day  and  until  late  into  the  niglit,  with 
expense  of  lighting,  attendance  of  clerks,  etc.  The  House 
took  very  little  time  as  did  the  Senate  for  reconsideration 
and  enactment  under  the  amended  form,  and  the  Govern- 
or signed  the  bill  late  in  the  afternoon  of  Thursday, 
May   22. 


Curtain  Rung  Down  on  the  License  "Farce-Comedy"  in 

Salem. 

Boston,  May  24. — After  considerable  wrangling  and 
much  opposition,  the  license  "farce-comedy"  in  Salem 
has  closed  with  the  curtain  rung  down  on  an  imaginary 
tableau  in  which  the  druggists  must  figure  as  happy 
mortals  because  they  have  been  granted  licenses,  with 
the  board  of  aldermen  posing  collectively  as  the  good 
fairy  who  maketh  all  things  possible,  and  with  the 
Mayor  as  the  disappointed,  foiled  character  of  the  piece. 
By  a  single  vote  of  five,  as  against  two,  the  Salem 
board  of  aldermen  has  granted  sixth-class  liquor  licenses 
to  all  druggists  that  filed  applications.  It  is  contended 
by  temperance  people  that  such  action  of  the  aldermen  is 
illegal.  The  city  council  refused  to  concur  in  the  order 
authorizing  the  payment  of  the  bills  presented  by  the 
mayor  for  expense  of  counsel  fees  contracted  in  con- 
testing the  legality  of  druggists'  licenses  and  the  police 
investigation  connected  therewith. 


General  Business  Fair;  Prescription  Trade  Normal. 

Boston,  May  24. — Deliglitful  weather  with  warm  days 
which  make  all  mankind  thirsty  and  eager  for  ices  have 
combined  to  give  some  impetus  to  drug  store  general 
trade  and  to  help  daily  receipts.  A  noticeable  call  for 
many  articles  needed  for  use  when  people  are  away 
for  the  summer,  perhaps  where  drug  stores  are  unknown 
■  quantities,  also  has  added  to  the  business  life  of  the 
week.  Comparatively  speaking,  the  community  is  in  a 
rather  healthy  condition,  with  no  special  prevalence  of 
illness  of  any  kind.  Prescription  trade  and  the  sales  of 
medicines  and  like  things,  have  been  merely  normal  in 
character. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

A  Boston  drummer  by  the  name  of  O'Connor  has 

brought  suit  for  $10,000  damages  against  Oliver  T.  Os- 
borne, professor  of  materia  medica  and  therapeutics 
in  the  Yale  Medical  School,  and  who  is  also  a  practicing 
physician  in  New  Haven.  O'Connor  was  recently  "iden- 
tified" by  Professor  Osborne  as  the  man  who,  as  he 
alleged,  had  left  some  worthless  pills  and  other  medi- 
cines at  the  professor's  home,  collecting  $2  from  a  ser- 
vant for  the  same.  The  bearer  of  the  pills  left  them 
on  the  alleged  authority  of  Professor  Osborne.  O'Con- 
nor was  discharged,  when  heard  in  the  police  court,  be- 
cause of  lack  of  evidence.  He  now  sues  for  false  im- 
prisonment. 

Through  the  purchase  by  Chambers  and  Azhderian, 

druggists  of  Williamstown,  Mass.,  of  a  strip  of  land 
eight  feet  wide  adjoining  their  store,  a  dispute  of  fully 
thirty  years'  standing,  regarding  the  division  line  of 
the  two  properties,  is  definitely  settled.  The  sellers  of 
the  land  claimed  that  the  block  owned  and  occupied  by 
the  druggists  intruded  fully  two  feet  beyond  the  bound- 
ary line.  All  parties  sensibly  decided  to  settle  the  dis- 
pute out  of  court,  with  the  aid  of  a  civil  engineer 
called  into  the  matter.  The  druggists  bought  a  strip 
eight  feet  wide  and  on  this  will  extend  their  building. 

The   drug   store   at  308   Broadway,   South   Boston, 

which  has  been  under  the  management  of  R.  C.  Crocker, 


is  now  to  be  conducted  by  J.  A.  S.  Woodrow,  who  was 
formerly  head  clerk  for  Kelley  &  Durkee,  the  Boston 
druggists  in  Boylston  street.  Mr.  Woodrow  has  had 
complete  experience  in  his  profession,  gained  by  several 
years'  association  with  some  of  the  leading  apothecaries 
in  Massachusetts  and  in  the  laboratories  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts College  of  Pharmacy. 

In  Lawrence,  Mass.,  fifteen  druggists'  licenses  have 

been  awarded  to  local  pharmacists  by  the  license  com- 
missioners, at  a  special  meeting  held  for  that  purpose. 
Those  to  whom  the  licenses  were  granted  are:  John  J. 
Sullivan,  Albert  S.  Arthur,  Charles  H.  Beedle,  Edward 
A.  Bower,  Harry  B.  Call,  Jeremiah  J.  Desmond,  Rosaire 
Dubrule,  James  F.  Flynn,  John  J.  Forest,  Narcisse  E. 
Miville,  Otto  Mueller,  James  H.  Scannel,  W.  H.  Glover 
&  Co.  and  John  H.  Green. 

Upson's  Pharmacy,  at  the  corner  of  Brookline  street 

and  Putnam  avenue,  Cambridge,  Mass.,  was  raided  by 
officers  this  week  and  a  considerable  quantity  of  wines, 
whiskey,  ale  and  other  liquors  secured.  The  raid  was 
made  as  the  result  of  a  complaint  made  by  a  patrolman 
on  that  beat.  The  goods  seized  made  a  good-sized  load 
for  the  patrol  wagon.  Alvin  Upson  was  arested  on  the 
charge  of  making  an  illegal  sale  of  liquor  and  was 
later  admitted  to  bail. 

The   Metropolitan  Thymoleum   Company  is  a  new 

enterprise  incorporated  to  undertake  the  distribution  of 
disinfectants.  The  capital  stock  is  $100,000,  of  which 
there  has  been  paid  in  $5.  Josiah  C.  Ward  and  Benja- 
min G.  Ward,  both  of  Portland,  Me.,  are  president  and 
treasurer,  respectively. 

George  A.  Foster  of  Lawrence,  Mass.,  as  president, 

and  James  C.  Chase  of  Harwich,  as  treasurer,  are  in- 
terested in  the  promotion  of  the  Violetta  Company,  just 
organized  for  the  purpose  of  manufacturing  medicines. 
The  capital  stock  has  been  placed  at  $10,000. 

-The  Federal  Square  Pharmacy  in  Lynn,  Mass.,  has 

been  bought  by  James  S.  Barry,  who  has  a  drug  store 
in  Houghton  Square.  He  has  engaged  Frank  T.  Man- 
ning, for  many  years  with  C.  Sargent  Bird  in  Market 
Square,  to  be  the  manager  of  the  new  store. 

With  liabilities  amounting  to  a  little  more  than  $1,- 

500  and  assets  of  $800,  Fred  S.  Taft,  a  Cambridge  drug- 
gist, is  a  voluntary  petitioner  in  bankruptcy.  The  princi- 
pal creditor  is  a  woman  who  claims  $1,000  on  account  of 
a  loan.  

Springfield  drug  clerks  are  striving  to  fix  their  week's 

work  to  the  limit  of  sixty-four  hours,  instead  of  the 
uncertain  number  of  hours  which  has  been  their  lot. 
The  union  of  clerks  in  that  city  has  taken  up  the  mat- 
ter. 

A  new  building  is  in  process  of  erection  at  Glouces- 
ter, Mass.,  on  what  is  known  as  the  Isaac  Patch  estate, 
East  Main  street,  the  first  floor  of  which  is  to  be  fitted 
up  for  drug  store  purposes. 

In  removing  his  pharmacy  from  its  old  location  in 

Fall  River  to  the  corner  of  Tremont  and  Bedford  streets, 
A.  J.  Giguerre  gets  what  he  believes  to  be  a  much  bet- 
ter place  for  general  trade. 

Alexander  E.  Sunter  and  John  A.  McManus,  drug- 
gists at  Springfield,  Mass.,  have  dissolved  partnership. 
Mr.  Sunter,  however,  will  continue  to  carry  on  the 
business. 

E.xtensive  alterations  and   improvements  are  under 

way  at  Ett's  drug  store,  known  as  the  Bay  State  Phar- 
macy, Washington  and  Medford  streets,  Somerville. 


May  29,  im'l 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


541 


PHILADELPHIA. 


PhiladeliiUia.  May  24. — The  regular  monthly  phar- 
maceutical meeting  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy was  held  in  the  museum  of  the  college  on  Tuesday 
afternoon,  May  20.  A  most  interesting  paper  on  "Cof- 
fee— Its  History  and  Commerce."  was  presented  by  Wil- 
liam B.  Jl^rshall  who  descr.oed  the  derelopment  of  the 
coffee  industry  and  spoke  in  detail  of  the  various  places 
and  methods  of  culture,  and  the  consequent  variety  in 
grades  and  qualities  of  the  product.  Dr.  A.  W.  Miller 
described  a  recent  visit  which  he  had  made  to  the 
Madeira  Islands  where  he  visited  several  pharmacies  and 
found  that  French  was  the  language  most  largely  used, 
although  all  the  stores  handled  American  patent  medi- 
cines. Tne  prices  obtained  are  remarkably  good,  so 
good  in  fact  as  to  almost  make  the  American  Pharma- 
cist green  with  envy.  The  principal  products  are 
Madeira  wine,  pineapple  and  bananas  and  these  are  al- 
most entirely  sent  to  the  European  market.  The  flow- 
ers of  the  country  are  more  numerous  and  beautiful  than 
in  any  other  place.  The  doctor  also  stated  that  it  was 
supposed  that  at  one  time  the  Madeira  Islands  were  con- 
nected with  America,  this  supposition  being  suggested 
by  the  fact  that  there  are  six  species  of  ferns  found 
there  which  are  natives  of  America  but  not  of  Europe. 

M.  I.  Wilbert  of  the  German  Hospital  read  a  very 
comprehensive  paper  on  the  progress  of  pharmacy  in  the 
last  Quarter.  The  meeting  was  presided  over  by  Wal- 
lace Procter,  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Tustees. 


Medico  Chi's  Commencement. 
Philadelphia,  May  26. — The  annual  commencement 
of  the  Medico  Chirurgical  College  was  held  in  the 
Academy  of  Music  on  Saturday,  May  24.  In  addition 
to  eighty-five  graduates  in  medicine  and  thirty-two  in 
dentistry  there  were  twenty-sis  in  pharmacy.  The 
alumni  banquet  was  held  on  Friday  evening  and  on  this 
occasion  W.  P.  Grady,  P.  C.  P.  '99,  a  graduate  in  the 
medical  department,  responded  to  the  toast  "The  Grad- 
uating Class."  Mr.  Grady  is  the  representative  of  the 
class  to  the  Alumni  Association.  The  members  of  the 
class  in  pharmacy  who  received  degrees  are  as  follows. 
Pennsylvania — Henry  G.  Bille,  H.  F.  Brunhouse, 
Lloyd  W.  Conrad,  .John  H.  Davis,  George  W.  Eyster, 
H.  A.  Feather,  .Joseph  T.  Fisher,  Charles  T.  Maclay, 
I:.  W.  McJIurtrie.  Joseph  B.  Mitchell,  Theodore  L. 
Morgan.  Howard  C.  M.  Ott.  Elmer  O.  Prosser,  Tolbert 
Prowell,  Herbert  Lee  Quickel.  Elmer  E.  Riley,  Floyd 
A.  Shimer,  M.  J.  A.  Simmons,  John  H.  Stiteler;  New 
Jei'sey — Harold  Bayard  .\llen.  Maryland — Joseph  Mas- 
se.? Armstrong.  Ohio — <^harles  Henry  Hargreaves. 
Georgia — George  Lyman  Lilly.  England — Alfred 
Griggs,   Clarence   Scholl   Hain. 

Business  Slightly  Improved. 

Philadelphia,  May  24. — The  retail  trade  reports  this 
week  a  slight  improvement  in  business,  particularly  in 
the  demand  for  soda  water.  The  warm  weather  of  the 
past  few  days  accounts  for  this  increase  and  that  the 
trade  hopes  it  will  keep  warming  up  goes  without  say- 
ing. Prescription  trade  has  been  particularly  dull  all 
Spring,  and  although  it  is  slightly  improved,  this  by  no 
means  indicates  that  it  is  good.  As  one  druggist  put  it; 
"We  have  had  no  typhoid  fever,  scarlet  fever,  grippe  nor 
anything  excepting  smallpox  this  Spring,  and  the  small- 
pox did  good  only  for  the  Municipal  Hospital." 

Jobbing  trade  is  without  exception  dull,  and  this 
state  of  things  is  felt  particularly  by  the  wholesalers 
having  business  with  the  coal  region.  The  question  of 
getting  coal  is  without  doubt  a  serious  one,  but  it  is 
not  nearly  so  serious  as  the  loss  of  trade  which  is  a 
consequence  of  the  strike. 


Pure  Food  Law  Again. 
Philadelphia,  May  24. — Tliat  something  will  now  be 
done  in  the  way  of  a  national  pure  food  law  is  very  evi- 
dent because  of  the  repeated  agitation  of  the  subject. 
Alexander  G.  Wedderburn,  corresponding  secretary  of 
the  National  Pure  Food  Congress  visited  the  city  re- 
cently for  the  purpose  of  interviewing  prominent  grocers 
and  druggists,  with  a  view  of  creating  a  more  active  in- 
terest in  the  Hepburn  Pure  Food  Bill.  The  question  as 
to  whether  the  use  of  boric  acid  as  a  meat  preservative 
is  injurious  has  again  been  given  prominence  by  a  com- 
munication published  by  Dairy  and  Food  Commissioner 
Cope  of  Pennsylvanit  and  he  is  of  the  opinion  that  it  can 
only  be  decided  by  a  jury  receiving  the  testimony  of  ex- 
perts. Several  cases  in  which  this  use  of  this  preserva- 
tive is  involved  will  come  up  for  trial  next  month. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

S.   L.   Hart,   a  representative  of  the  Drug  Clerks' 

Journal,  is  in  Philadelphia,  making  an  effort  to  organ- 
ize a  drug  clerks'  association.  He  is  doing  the  prelimi- 
nary work  and  will  be  followed  in  a  few  weeks  by  Prof. 
Judd  of  the  Pittsburg  College  of  Pharmacy,  who  is  sec- 
retary of  the  association  in  Pittsburg. 

The  Water  Bureau  of  Philadelphia  is  displaying  in 

a  number  of  public  places  bottles  of  filtered  Schuyl- 
kill water,  which  are  samples  taken  from  one  of  the 
filters  at  the  Spring  Garden  Testing  Station.  The  wa- 
ter is  claimed  to  contain  but  10  bacteria  per  cubic  centi- 
metre. 

A  question  of  the  duty  to  be  imposed  on  wolfram, 

which  was  raised  by  O.  H.  Hempstead  &  Co.,  has  been 
decided  by  Judge  McPherson,  who  sustained  the  action 
of  the  General  Board  of  Appraisers  in  imposing  a  duty 
of  20  per  cent. 

B.  F.  Wolfenden,  who  was  for  a  number  of  years 

head  clerk  at  the  William  Procter,  Jr.,  store  at  Ninth 
and  Lombard  streets,  has  opened  a  new  store  at  Up- 
land. 

W.  Nelson  Stem,  registrar  of  the  college  who  has 

recently  recovered  from  a  serious  illness  visited  Profes- 
sor Remington  at  Longport  for  a  few  days  this  week. 
It    is    proposed    that    Bartram's    Garden,    Philadel- 
phia's famous  old  botanical  garden  be  used  as  a  source 
of  botanical  specimens  for  the  public  schools. 

It  is  rumored  that  John  Wyeth,  head  of  the  firm  of 

John  Wyeth  &  Bro.  is  a  member  of  the  syndicate  which 
recently  purchased  the  Philadelphia  Record. 

The  scarcity  of  drug  clerks  is  becoming  a  serious 

matter,  at  least  half  a  dozen  first  class  positions  being 
vacant  at   this   time. 

Arthur   Elliot   with    Lamar   &   Co.,   60   Broadway, 

New  York,  visited  his  friends  in  Philadelphia  this 
week. 


John  Lucas  &  Co.,  Gibbsboro,  N.  J.,  in  order  to  in- 
crease the  dealers'  interest  in  good  window  dressing, 
will  repeat  their  window  display  competition  of  last 
year,  and  are  offering  $200  in  cash  prizes  ranging  from 
!f50  down  to  510  each.  The  details  of  the  offer  are  set 
forth  in  their  advertisement  in  this  issue,  but  further 
particulars  about  it  and  their  paints  in  general  may 
be  found  in  the  May  number  of  "Good  Paint"  a  copy 
of  which  will  be  sent  to  any  one  who  will  write  for  it 


That  fountain  pays  best  where  the  Chocolate  pleases 
best,  and  that  Chocolate  pleases  best  which  has  the 
finest  Uavor  when  mixed  with  ice-cold  soda.  There 
is  only  one  Chocolate  made  expressly  for  use  with  ice- 
cold  soda— HANCE  BROTHERS  &  WHITE'S  KOKO. 
A  free  sample  for  the  asking,  and  also  the  book  "Fizz 
Bizz". 


542 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  29,  1903. 


BALTIMORE. 


MARYLAND  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 

Baltimore,  May  21. — Tlie  graduation  exercises  of  the 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy  at  Ford's  Opera  House 
yesterday  afternoon  attracted  a  large  attendance.  At  the 
request  of  the  faculty  there  were  no  flowers,  but  every 
other  features  of  commencement  exercises  was  in  evi- 
dence. An  orchestra  under  the  direction  of  Professor 
Farson,  of  the  Lyceum  Theatre,  discoursed  music  and  the 
IJrogramme  was  of  an  interesting  character. 

The  proceedings  began  with  an  invocation  by  Rev.  R. 
S.  Wood,  after  which  Prof.  Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  the 
dean  of  the  faculty,  announced  the  list  of  graduates. 
n.  A.  Elliott,  vice-president  of  the  board  of  trustees, 
conferred  the  degrees  and  Prof.  William  Simon  award- 
ed the  prizes.  The  orator  of  the  day  was  Congressman 
■  Charles  R.  Soliirm,  of  the  fourth  Maryland  district,  who 
gave  the  graduates  some  excellent  advice. 

"Know  something  more  than  drugs,"  he  said.  "Do 
not  become  pieces  of  furniture  in  your  places  of  business. 
Take  an  interest  in  politics.  Vote — no  matter  what  you 
vote.  Be  known  as  the  business  man  who  takes  ad- 
vantage of  his  prerogatives  as  a  citizen  of  our  great  and 
glorious  country.  Be  an  American  in  fact  as  well  as 
in  name.-' 

Professor  Simon  paid  a  high  tribute  to  the  standing 
of  this  year's  class  and  in  particular  to  the  fine  work  of 
the  honor  men.  He  likewise  commented  upon  the  fact 
that  the  class  included  three  young  women,  this  being 
the  second  time  tliat  women  have  figured  on  the  roll  of 
students,  a  Miss  Johnson,  several  years  ago,  having 
been  the  pioneer. 

James  E.  Jones  read  the  class  history,  C.  H.  Goody- 
koontz  the  prophecy  and  E.  Frank  Kelly  delivered  the 
valedictory.  The  degrees  conferred  were  of  two  kinds — 
doctor  of  pharmacy  and  graduate  in  pharmacy.  Those 
who  received  the  former  were:  Maryland — William  D. 
Campbell,  Sidney  Hollander,  Jesse  Herbert  Whitehnrst, 
Benjamin  Klein,  Clarence  Herbert  Klingel,  Robert 
Levis  Mitchell.  North  Carolina — Samuel  Ruffin  Home, 
Walter  Miller  Cook,  James  Gordon  Ballew,  Albert 
Floyd  Blue,  Edgar  Hall  Hand,  James  Alexander  Hen- 
derson, Evander  Frank  Kelly.  Texas — Andrew  Thom- 
as Hunt.  South  Carolina^Rice  Boozer  Harman,  Rob- 
ert L.  Mayes,  Moses  Davenport  Huiet.  West  Virginia 
— Roje  Patricia  McGlone,  Virginia  Turner  Mankin, 
Clyde  P.  Miller.  Louisiana — Alfred  Leonard  Soulier. 
Pennsylvania — Clarence  Andrew  Trout,  Emma  May 
Davis.  Virginia — Charles  Henry  Goodykoontz.  Mis- 
sissippi— James  Edward  Jones. 

The  recipients  of  the  degree  of  graduate  in  pharmacy 
were:  Maryland — William  H.  Beck,  Jr.,  Frederick  Ess- 
linger,  Michael  Bottiger,  William  Leanda  Miller,  How- 
ard T.  Smith.  North  Carolina — Embray  Eli  Adams. 
Virginia — Willis  Greene  Cousins,  Clarence  Garfield  Lehr. 
West  Virginia — John  Rowan  Beller. 

The  names  of  the  honor  men  have  already  been  given. 
In  accordance  with  a  long  established  custom  the 
graduates  also  become  members  of  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion of  the  college  and  most  of  them  attended  the  ban- 
quet and  annual  meeting  of  that  organization  in  the  even- 
ing at  the  Eutaw  House.  The  menu  cards  were  taste- 
fully gotten  up  and,  as  the  commencement  invitations 
showed  the  college  colors,  so  the  menu  cards  displayed  on 
the  front  cover  the  class  colors,  with  the  additional 
decoration  of  a  gilded  wishbone. 

The  toasts  drank  and  responded  to  were  as  follows: 
"Raw  Material — Juniors,"  Mr.  Clarence  Clapp,  vice- 
president.  "Impelling  Force — Pharmacy  Laws,"  Mr.  D. 
R.   Millard,   secretary.        "Precipitant — Faculty,"   Prof. 


DAVID  R.   MILLARD. 

David  R.  Millard,  the  well-known  druggist  of  Bal- 
timore, has  been  recently  elected  secretary  of  the  Mary- 
land Board  of  Pharmacy,  appointed  by  Gov.  Smith 
under  the  new  law.  Mr.  Millard  is  not  a  novice  in  this 
position,  having  previously  served  as  secretary  of  the 
board  of  pharmacy  under  the  old  law  whose  provisions 
applied  only  to  the  city  of  Baltimore.  He  was  born  on 
a  plantation  in  eastern  North  Carolina,  and  entered  the 
drug  business  early  in  life,  serving  an  apprenticeship  of 
three  years  in  the  firm  of  Miller  &  Shannon,  Goldsboro, 
N.  C.  He  then  attended  the  Wake  Forest  College  (N. 
C),  taking  a  course  in  chemistry,  on  completion  of  which 
he  returned  to  Goldsboro,  where  he  clerked  until  he  left 
for  Baltimore,  in  1889.  At  the  latter  place,  he  attended 
the  Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy,  and  worked  for  John 
A.  Davis.  After  graduating  in  1801  he  served  a  two- 
years'  engagement  with  W.  C.  Downey  &  Co.,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.,  and  later  became  a  traveling  salesman  for 
John  Wyeth  &  Bro..  a  position  he  retained  until  he 
went  in  business  for  himself,  in  189.5.  Mr.  Millard  has 
made  a  successful  career  by  dint  of  perserverance  and 
close  application.  He  was  first  appointed  on  the  phar- 
macy board  by  Gov.  Smith  in  1900. 


Charles  Caspari,  Jr.,  dean.  "(CaHPCCaCOj),-,"  Prof. 
B.  Holly  Smith,  D.  D.  S.  "Fresh  Precipitate — Class 
'02,"  Dr.  Robert  L.  Mayes,  president.  "Best  Results 
— Prize  Winners,"  Dr.  William  D.  Campbell,  One-of- 
them. 

The  election  of  officers  resulted  as  follows:  Pres- 
ident, J.  Edwin  Hengst;  vice-president,  W.  C.  Lowery; 
second  vice-president,  W.  C.  Campbell;  treasurer,  J.  W. 
Westcott. 


BOWLERS  WILL  HOLD  SMOKER. 

Baltimore,  May  27. — The  percentages  of  the  winners 
in  the  Baltimore  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Club  contests 
this  season  have  not  yet  been  figured  out,  but  enough  is 
known  to  show  that,  as  already  stated,  McCormick  & 
Co.  are  ahead  and  get  the  silver  cup,  with  James  Baily 
&  Son  second  and  the  Root  and  Herbs  third.  The  for- 
mer team  has  won  41  out  of  the  54  games  bowled.  An- 
drew Baunigartner  is  entitled  to  the  prize  for  the  high- 
est average,  with  Smuck  of  the  same  team  second.  Dr. 
A.  R.  L.  Dohme  bowled  only  some  1.5  games,  owing 
to  protracted  illness  of  typhoid  fever,  which  left  him  for 
a  long  time  in  a  weakened  state,  but  he  will  probably 
get  the  prize  for  the  highest  percentage  of  strikes. 


May  29,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


543 


The  general  showing  during  the  season  was  very 
much  better  than  last  year  Individual  bowlers  did  them- 
selves credit  and  n  number  of  high  scores  were  made. 
The  total  of  254  stands  as  the  highest  individual  score 
of  the  season.  There  are  two  others  of  240,  two  of  230 
or  more  and  various  lower  down  in  the  scale.  Thus  it 
Tvill  be  seen  that  there  has  been  a  positive  advance  in- 
stead of  retrogression.  The  season  will  be  formally 
ended  next  Friday  evening  with  a  smoker. at  the  Dia- 
mond, when  the  prizes  are  to  be  awarded.  The  outlook 
for  next  season  seems  to  be  excellent.  It  is  predicted 
that  Sharp  &  Dohme  will  be  again  found  in  line. 


MICHIGAN. 


Trade    Moderately    Active. 

Baltimore.  May  20. — Business  was  reported  active 
out-of-town  by  the  jobbing  druggists  last  week,  with  the 
local  demand  only  moderate.  No  special  developments 
occurred  in  the  market,  and  the  manufacturers  also 
found  nothing  of  an  unusual  nature  to  report.  Sassa- 
fras bark,  wild  cherry  bark  and  sassafras  oil  have 
weakened  in  price  owing  to  increased  arrivals.  Oils  of 
sweet  birch  and  oil  of  pennyroyal  are  still  firm  at  prices 
previously  quoted.  Lobelia  seed,  sassafras  pith,  Craw- 
ley root,  golden  seal  root.  Virginia  snake  root  and  lady 
slipper  root  are  scarce  and  high.  The  movement  of 
heavy  chemicals  is  about  as  usual  and  the  business  of 
the  retailers  is  without  special  features. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

Holmes  S.  Chipman,  who  excepted  to  the  auditor's 

account  of  the  distribution  of  the  Charles  A.  Vogeler 
Company  assets,  has  brought  suit  against  the  company 
for  $30,000,  alleging  breach  of  the  agreement  under 
which  he  was  made  manager  sole  representative  of  tlie 
company  for  Australia,  Tasmania  and  New  Zealand,  for 
the  sale  of  St.  Jacob's  Oil.  He  avers  that  the  company 
permitted  indirect  importations  of  the  oil  into  his  terri- 
tory and  failed  to  deliver  the  quantities  of  the  oil  or- 
dered and  specified  in  the  contract.  The  committee 
some  time  ago  passed  into  the  hands  of  trustees  and  the 
assets  have  been  disposed  of. 

J.  R.  Smith,  who  has  been  traveling  in  the  Southern 

territory  for  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemical  Company,  of  St. 
Louis,  has  been  appointed  as  permanent  Baltimore  rep- 
resentative and  arrived  here  last  week  with  his  family 
to  take  up  his  residence.  Mr.  Smith  is  a  most  genial 
companion  and  the  change  in  his  business  relations  is  re- 
garded as  a  decided  acquisition  to  Baltimore  drug  trade 
circles. 

J.  H.  Sincindiver,  who  was  until  recently  in  the  re- 
tail business  at  Baltimore,  has  been  appointed  as  repre- 
sentative of  Henry  C.  Wampole  &  Co..  Philadelphia,  as 
the  firm's  agent  ,with  headquarters  at  Lynchburg,  Va. 

Among  the  visiting  druggists  here  last  week  were: 

H.  M.  P.  Clark,  Davis,  W.  Va.;  Edward  Helb,  Railroad, 
Pa.;  J.  B.  Seitz,  Glen  Rock.  Pa.;  W.  S.  Smith,  Lapidum, 
Md. 

F.  R.  Richardson  &  Co..  have  succeeded  Edmonds  & 

Williams  as  proprietors  of  the  retail  pharmacy  at  Penn- 
sylvania avenue  and  Third  street,  N.  W.,  Washington. 

Ernest  T.   Fearnn.   formerly   at  6  North   avenue,   is 

clerking  for  L.  E.  Fuld  &  Bro.,  Park  avenue  and  Mc 
Mechen  street. 

Clarence    Wagner    has    purchased    the    retail    drug 

store  of  J.  B.  Scott,  of  Catonsville,  a  suburb  of  Balti- 
more. 

The  purchasers  of  the  retail  pharmacy  at  St.  Paul 

and  Twenty-first  streets,  are  Westhoff  &  Craft. 


Detroit,  May  24. 

Among  the  representatives  from  out-of-town  housesi 

who  were  in  Detroit  during  the  past  week  were  W.  E. 
Barker,  representing  S.  V.  &  F.  P.  Scudder,  Brooklyn; 
C.  N.  Smith,  the  Michigan  Chemical  Co.,  Bay  City;  Mr. 
Moore  with  Dodge  &  Olcott,  New  York,  and  A.  Hat- 
rum,  with  A.  Magnus,  Son  &  Co.,  Chicago. 
F.  M.  Fisk,  manager  of  the  London,  England,  of- 
fices and  laboratories  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  accom- 
panied by  N.  IS.  Rudolf,  manager  of  the  Simla,  India, 
branch  of  the  same  firm,  and  Thomas  Maben,  scientific 
retail  traveler,  have  arrived  in  Detroit  on  a  business 
trip  which  will  occupy  several  weeks. 

• The  scarcity  of  drug  clerks  in  Detroit  still  continues. 

There  are  a  great  many  positions  vacant  in  first 
class  stores,  and  the  proprietors  are  wondering  whether 
they  will  get  their  Summer  vacations  this  year. 

Walter     S.    Dupont,     for  some    time   with    Parke, 

Davis  ifc  Co.,  recently  resigned  to  take  charge  of  the 
drug  business  of  his  father,  Wm.  Dupont,  182  Michi- 
gan avenue. 

Norman   McBain   has   severed   his   connection   with 

Doty's  Drug  Store  to  take  charge  of  the  drug  depart- 
ment of  J.  L.  Hudson,  Detroit. 

The   Fourth    Annual    Moonlight   Excursion    of   the 

Drug  Clerks'  Association  of  Michigan  will  be  held  June 
26  on  the  steamer  Promise. 

The   mother   of   George   J.    Billing,    pharmacist   at 

Woodward  and  Milwaukee  avenues,  Detroit,  died  re- 
cently at  Los  Angeles,  Cal. 

Mr.  Perkins,  clerk  for  A.  S.  Parker  up  to  the  time 

of  the  sale  of  his  drug  store,  has  accepted  a  position  with 
Chas.   F.   Mann,   Detroit. 

— — J.  Cassady,  for  some  time  in  the  employ  of  Doty 
Bros.,  Detroit,  has  been  forced  to  relinquish  his  position 
on  account  of  Til  health. 

L.  J.  O'Connor  has  left  Charles  F.  Mann  to  ac- 
cept a  position  with  Grunow  &  Patterson,  238  Ran- 
dolph street,  Detroit. 

J.  M.   Early,  city  salesman  for  Farrand,  Williams 

&  Clark,  this  city,  will  shortly  leave  for  a  month's  va- 
cation in  England. 

Charles  Markell,  of  Charles  Markell  &  Co.,  Syd- 
ney, N.  S.  W.,  has  been  visiting  in  Detroit  for  the  past 
few   weeks. 

Forty  members  of  the  Detroit  College  of  Pharmacy 

visited  the  laboratories  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  one  day 
last  week. 

F.   Meade    has  resigned   his    position  with   F.    A. 

Conke.  113  Michigan  avenue,  Detroit,  on  account  of  fail- 
ing health. 

F.  Ream  has  left  the  employ  of  Frank  E.   Sniall- 

idge,  701  Jefferson  avenue,  Detroit,  for  a  position  in 
California, 

^George  A.  I/etson.  chief  clerk  for  Messrs.  Kuhn  & 

Co.,  Omaha.  Neb.,  visited  Detroit  during  the  past  week. 

Frederick  K.  Stearns  returned  to  Detroit  last  week 

from  an  extensive  business  trip  through  the  East. 

Dr.    F.    O.    Northoy.    formerly   of   Nashville.   Tenn., 

has  accepted  a  position  with  Parke.  Davis  &  Co. 

A.   L.   Weeks  has  left  Dr\iggist  W.  H.  McAllister 

and  accepted  a  position  with  Parke.  Davis  &  Co. 

Chas.   C.   Eberhardt,   one  of  Detroit's  drug  clerks, 

has  left  the  city  for  a  position   in  Mexico. 
A.    W.    Herrick.    druggist    of   Bay   City,    was   suc- 
ceeded some  time  ago  by  Henry  Gagner. 

Doty  Bros,   have  moved   their   Willis  avenue  store 

in  Detroit  directl.v  across  the  street. 

S.  T.  Hart,  of  the  Drug  Clerks'  Journal,  Chicago. 

was  in  Detroit  last  week. 


54-1 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  29,  1902 


CHICAGO. 


ILLINOIS  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION 
MEETS. 

C'liica^o,  May  24. — One  r>t  tlie  most  harmonious  and 
successful  meetings  of  tlie  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation -nas  that  held  at  Jacksonville  on  May  20,  21  and 
22.  This  -was  the  twenty-third  annual  meeting  of  the 
association  and  a  good  attendance  was  present.  The 
first  session  convened  at  10;00  a.  m.  on  Tuesday  in  Con- 
servatory Hall.  Many  druggists  had  arrived  during  the 
previous  night  and  when  President  Walter  M.  Gale  step- 
ped upon  the  platform  he  was  greeted  by  a  goodly  num- 
ber of  familiar  faces. 

The  Hon.  John  R.  Davis,  Mayor  of  Jacksonville, 
delivered  the  address  of  welcome  which  was  responded 
to  in  a  few  well-chosen  words  by  First  Vice-President 
H.  Swaunell  of  Champaign.  After  the  reading  of  the 
minutes  of  the  previous  meeting,  the  annual  address  of 
President  Gale  was  read.  Owing  to  a  temporary  weak- 
ness of  the  voice  due  to  a  hard  cold  contracted  on  the 
way  to  Jacksonville  Mr.  Gale  was  unable  to  make  him- 
self heard,  so  the  secretary  read  the  address. 

President's  Address. 
In  his  opening  words  the  president  called  attention  to 
the  prosperous  condition  in  which  the  association  finds 
itself  at  this,  the  close  of  its  official  year.  The  balance 
in  the  treasury  is  a  creditable  one  and  many  new  mem- 
bers have  been  added  to  the  roll.  He  called  for  unflag- 
ging persistency  in  action  and  dwelt  upon  the  importance 
of  the  work  of  local  associations. 

"It  would  seem  that  the  way  lies  straight  before  us 
and  that  we  should  bend  every  energy  to  the  study  of 
such  conditions  as  confront  us  and  to  the  utilization  of 
such  remedies  as  we  have  at  hand.  Let  us  not  chase 
rainbows  and  harbor  dreams  of  the  impossible,  but  dog- 
gedly, presistently  and  unitedly  take  advantage  of  every 
opportunity  to  get  a  little  nearer  to  the  ideal  condition. 
There  are  those  who  drop  fifty  cents  into  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
slot  and  then  sit  back  and  wait  for  the  curtain  to  rise 
and  disclose  the  millenium.  These  contribute  fifty  cents 
and  expect  forthwith  to  increase  their  profits  ten,  fifteen 
twenty  per  cent,  presto!  How  absurd!  The  N.  A.  R.  D. 
can  not  help  you  unless  you  help  yourselves." 

Continuing,  the  president  referred  to  the  illegal  sale 
of  liquor  by  some  druggists  ,aud  said: 

"In  Rhode  Island  many  druggists  have  recently  been 
convicted  of  the  illegal  sale  of  intoxicants.  In  our  own 
State  such  things  are  by  no  means  infrequent.  As  long 
as  such  practices  prevail  they  can  not  fail  to  cast  a  deep 
odium  upon  the  profession.  The  present  laws  would 
seem  ample  to  combat  this  evil  were  they  properly  en- 
forced. Such  is  not  the  case,  however,  regarding  the 
sale  of  narcotics.  More  stringent  laws  are  required  and 
I  wish  to  reiterate  the  same  suggestion  I  made  in  my 
annual  address  last  year  that  the  passage  of  a  law  be 
urged  similar  to  that  proposed  by  the  Pennsylvania  as- 
sociation, which,  to  my  mind,  is  the  best  plan  yet  devised 
to  minimize  this  disgraceful  practice.  The  proposed  law 
is  as  follows:  'No  person  shall  sell  or  furnish  morphine 
or  its  salts;  cocaine  or  its  salts;  or  any  preparation  con- 
taining ten  (10)  per  cent  or  more  thereof;  or  chloral 
hydrate,  to  any  person  known  to  be  addicted  to  the 
habitual  use  of  any  of  these  articles  as  a  narcotic,  nor  to 
any  person  when  written  notice  has  been  given  to  the 
proprietor  or  manager  of  the  store  or  pharmacy  that 
such  person  is  addicted  to  the  habitual  use  of  any  such 
articles  as  narcotics.' 

"I  should  like  some  expression  of  opinion  from  this 
association  on  this  matter  and  most  earnestly  hope  some 


practical  action  will  be  taken  along  the  lines  herein  sug- 
gested." 

President  Gale,  adverted  to  the  subject  of  early  and 
Sunday  closing  of  drug  stores  and  recommended  that 
some  action  be  taken  by  the  association  favorable  to  the 
early  and  Sunday  closing  movement. 

The  organization  of  drug  clerks  along  correct  lines 
is  to  be  encouraged.  The  interests  of  the  clerk  and  his 
employer  are  identical,  and  clerks,  in  the  work  of  their 
organizations,  gain  the  experience  which  later  on  will 
help  them  in  such  work  when  they  too  become  the  pro- 
prietors of  drug  stores. 

Attention  was  called  to  the  paragraph  in  the  phar- 
macy law  requiring  the  registration  of  apprentices.  Every 
apprentice  should  be  registered  before  July  1.  Pharma- 
cists should  afford  their  apprentices  every  educational 
facility  in  their  power,  should  enueavor  to  teach  them 
the  profession  along  correct  lines,  remembering  that  in 
their  hands  lies  the  honor  and  credit  of  pharmacy  in 
coming  times. 

The  question  of  the  annual  dues  to  the  State  board 
for  registration  is  one  of  importance,  the  settlement  of 
which  demands  the  best  considerations  of  the  association. 
It  is  suggested  by  many  that  the  annual  dues  should  be 
abolished  and  that  the  board  of  pharmacy  should  be 
placed  upon  the  same  basis  as  the  board  of  health,  with 
an  appropriation  from  the  State  for  its  support.  On  the 
other  hand  it  is  argued  that  without  a  provision  in  the 
law  requiring  the  payment  of  annual  dues  for  re-regis- 
tration the  board  of  pharmacy  can  not  keep  track  of 
the  certificates  it  issues,  thus  opening  the  door  for  fraud. 
President  Gale  suggested  that,  in  the  event  the  legisla- 
ture would  grant  an  annual  appropriation  for  the  support 
of  the  board  the  dues  for  re-registration  be  reduced  to 
twenty-five  cents  a  year.  He  urged  that  the  association 
discuss  the  matter  fully  and  devise  a  definite  and  prac- 
tical way  out  of  the  difficulty. 

The  indiscriminate  distribution  of  samples  of  medi- 
cines was  condemned  and  it  was  urged  that  the  asso- 
ciation, through  its  committee  on  legislation,  bring  before 
the  next  general  assembly  a  bill  to  regulate  such  distribu- 
tion. 

Mr.  Ebert's  History  of  the  Drug  Trade  of  Chicago 
and  the  State  is  progressing  favorably  and  all  druggists 
should  send  him  any  information  whatever  that  they 
may  deem  pertinent  to  the  subject. 

It  is  a  significant  fact  and  a  matter  for  congratula- 
tion that  the  two  members  of  the  board  of  pharmacy 
appointed  by  our  present  Governor  were  both  selected 
from  the  list  recommended  by  the  association.  In  taking 
this  course  Governor  Yates  has  displayed  good  judg- 
ment and  has  done  a  very  gracious  act  in  recognizing  the 
influence  wielded  by  our  association.  I  suggest  that  we 
show  our  appreciation  of-  his  action  by  passing  a  vote 
of  thanks  at  this  meeting  and  forwarding  him  a  copy  of 
the  same. 


Secretary's  Report. 
T!ie  seci'etar>  in  his  report  congratulated  the  associa- 
tion upon  the  good  condition  in  whic  hit  finds  itself  at 
the  close  of  tlie  official  year.  The  voting  on  the  appoint- 
ments to  the  Board  of  I'harmacy  and  the  Advisory 
Hoard  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  the  State  Univer- 
sity was  much  larger  this  year  than  ever  before,  an 
increase  of  48  per  cent,  being  shown.  The  membership 
roll  numliers  S32  persons.  111  of  whom  have  not  paid 
dues  for  l!)l)l-]002,  and  98  of  whom  are  in  arrears  for  the 
current  year.  Since  the  date  of  the  last  report  13 
members  have  died  and  seven  have  withdrawn.  Since 
the  date  of  the  last  report  63  new  members  have  been 
added.  The  receipts  for  the  year  were  $1,156.15  and 
the  disbursements  $1,007.35. 


May  29,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


Si.l 


The  Committee  on  Legislation  made  a  shortr  eport 
commending  the  new  pharmacy  law,  and  suggesting  that 
the  regulation  of  the  sale  of  patent  and  proprietary 
iiK'dicines  is  a  subject  worthy  of  investigation  and  care- 
lul  thought.  An  appropriation  for  the  Board  of  Phar- 
ni!u-y  from  the  funds  of  the  State  is  desirable. 

The  treasurer  reported  a  good  balance  in  the  treas- 
ury and  conditions  satisfactory,  praising  the  active  and 
efficient  work  of  the  secretary  in  bringing  about  this 
result.     He  reported  cash  on  hand,  $1,105. 

The  Executive  Committee  made  a  full  report,  after 
which  the  prize  essays  were  read  and  referred  to  a 
committee  to  decide  which  one  should  receive  the  $15.00 
cash  prize.  Two  essays  were  presented  for  the  com- 
petition, one  by  Wilhelm  Boderaann  of  Chicago  and  the 
other  by  Thomas  Knoebel  of  East  St.  Louis,  111. 

Second  Session. 
The  second  session  was  called  to  order  at  the  hour 
appointed.  The  Board  of  Pharmacy  Records  were  re- 
ported upon  by  the  committee  appointed  for  that  purpose. 
The  report  of  the  committee  on  deceased  members  gave 
practically  the  same  data  that  was  contained  in  the  re- 
port of  the  secretary,  but  more  in  detail.  The  State 
board  of  pharmacy  reported  the  work  done  during  the 
year  and  gave  a  detailed  account  of  the  receipts  and  dis- 
bursements. Mr.  Ebert  read  the  report  of  the  advisory 
board  of  the  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University 
df  Illinois,  giving  a  full  and  detailed  account  of  the 
work  of  the  college  during  the  year  and  touching  upon 
the  future  prospects  and  desires  of  the  school  in  its 
relation  with  the  central  educational  institution  of  the 
State.  The  report  of  the  committee  on  rade  interests. 
by  William  Bodcmann,  chairman,  completed  the  work 
of  the  afternoon  session.  On  this  report  there  was  much 
interesting  discus.sion. 

In  the  evening  a  banquet  was  tendered  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  association  and  visiting  druggists  at  the 
Duulap  House.  The  menu  was  good,  and  the  speakers 
were  witty.  Walter  H.  Gale  was  the  toastmaster,  but 
he  soon  resigned  his  post,  owing  to  the  hoarseness  of  his 
voice,  and  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley  of  St.  Louis,  succeeded 
him.  Invocation  was  pronounced  by  the  Rev.  T.  H. 
Marsh.  Dr.  Whelpley  responded  to  the  toast,  "The 
American  Pharmaceutical  Association,"  in  an  appro- 
priate manner.  The  subject  matter  of  Mr.  Bodemann's 
toast  was  very  broad.  It  was  "The  Committee  on  R. 
H.,"  and  Mr.  Bodemann  was  selected  as  the  man  most 
competent  to  describe  how  it  was  done.  "The  Allied 
Association"  was  responded  to  in  a  very  apt  manner  by 
E  .E.  Crabtree  of  Jacksonville,  while  the  Hon.  O.  P. 
Thompson  responded  to  the  toast,  "Unlawful  Substitu- 
tion." Mr.  Wootjen  spoke  upon  his  favorite  topic,  "The 
N  .A.  R.  D.,"  and  R.  A.  Kuechler  of  Jacksonville  dis- 
tributed verbal  bouquets  to  "The  Jacksonville  Retail 
Druggists."  The  speechmaking  continued  until  a  late 
hour  and  everyone  declared  that  the  banquet  alone  was 
worth  coming  to  the  convention  for. 


SECOND  DAY. 
The  second  day's  session  convened  at  9:30  a.  m.,  Vice- 
President  Swannell  in  the  chair.  On  motion  of  Mr. 
Bartells  the  report  of  the  secretary  of  the  board  of 
pharmacy  was  accepted  an  approved.  Mr.  Bodeman 
read  the  report  of  the  committee  on  the  reports  of  the 
secretary  and  treasurer.  The  committee  concurred  in 
the  recommendations  of  the  officers  and  congratulated 
them  upon  the  success  of  their  work.  On  motion  the 
report  of  the  committee  was  received  and  approved.  The 
committee  on  prize  essays  reported  that  after  careful 
consideration,  and  much  difficulty  in  reaching  a  decision, 
so  nearly  equal  were  the  merits  of  the  two  essays  pres- 


ented, they  had  awarded  the  prize  to  Thomas  Knoebel 
of  East  St.  Louis  and  recommended  that  this  and  the 
excellent  paper  of  Mr.  Bodemann  be  printed  in  the  pro- 
ceedings.    The  report  was  accepted. 

Mr.  Wooten  read  a  number  of  communications  re- 
ceived from  proprietary  concerns  with  regard  to  the 
restoration  of  prices  since  the  repeal  of  the  stamp  tax. 
A  large  number  of  letters  had  been  sent  out  but  the 
replies  had  been  very  unsatisfactory.  But  a  compara- 
tively few  replied  at  all  and  many  who  did  answer  the 
communication  did  so  in  an  ambiguous  way.  A  number 
of  replies  of  various  tenor  were  read,  however,  and  com- 
mented upon  by  the  speaker.  On  motion  of  Mr.  Gale 
Mr.  Wooten's  report  as  presented  was  ordered  printed  in 
the  proceedings  of  the  association. 

The  committee-  on  the  president's  address  reported, 
concurring  with  all  of  the  recommendations  of  the  pres- 
ident. This  report  evoked  much  discussion.  Views 
were  exchanged  on  the  subject  of  Sunday  and  early  clos- 
ing and  it  was  decided  to  be  best  to  leave  the  matter 
to  local  associations,  with  a  mere  expression  of  opinion 
from  the  State  body  advising  that  wherever  practicable 
a  plan  of  early  closing  be  devised.  The  renewal  fee  was 
quite  exhaustively  discussed  and  it  developed  that  the 
druggists  of  the  State  regard  the  annual  re-registration 
fee  as  an  unjust  and  unnnecessary  burden.  It  was 
finally  decided  that  in  the  event  the  legislature  should 
decide  to  grant  an  appropriation  for  the  support  of  the 
board  of  pharmacy  it  should  also  be  asked  to  reduce  the 
annual  re-registration  fee  to  25  cents,  so  that  the  board 
could  still  keep  track  of  the  certificates  issued.  On  mo- 
tion of  Mr.  Gale  the  incoming  legislative  committee  were 
instructed  to  take  action  on  the  subject  of  annual  dues 
and  fees  in  accordance  with  the  action  of  the  association 
just  recorded. 

The  recommendation  of  the  president  favoring  the 
passage  of  a  law  to  prevent  the  free  distribution  of  sam- 
ples was  not  concurred  in,  it  being  the  opinion  of  the  as- 
sociation that  such  a  law  is  unnecessary  and  might  be 
made  the  engine  of  oppression  by  the  doctors  and  manu- 
facturers against  the  small  druggist  who  may  attempt  to 
introduce  a  meritorious  article.  The  public  is  not 
thought  to  be  in  great  danger  from  this  source. 

On  motion  the  report  of  the  committee  was  adopted 
as   amended. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Straw  the  legislative  committee 
was  instructed  to  bring  before  the  coming  legislature  an 
amendment  to  the  present  pharmacy  law  striking  out 
that  section  of  the  law  under  which  the  supreme  court 
held  that  patent  medicines  sold  in  original  packages  are 
excluded  from  the  operation  of  the  law,  and  defining 
what  are  drugs,  medicines  and  poisons. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  the  revision  of  the 
constitution  and  by-laws  was  next  heard  and  discusled 
and  after  some  changes  was  adopted. 

Mr.  Ebert  called  attention  to  the  fact  that,  tlirough 
the  influence  of  the  proprietary  medicine  manufacturers, 
the  newspapers  of  the  country  are  publishing  editorials 
against  substitution,  wherein  they  do  not  make  distinc- 
tion betv\-een  the  aggressive  cutters  who  do  practice  sub- 
stitution and  the  non-cutting  druggists  who  do  not  prac- 
tice it.  He  suggested  that  the  association  take  some  ac- 
tion calling  the  attention  of  proprietors  to  this  matter 
and  requesting  them  in  the  future  to  make  a  distinction 
between  those  who  do  and  those  who  do  not  substitute. 

The  report  of  the  committee  on  resolutions,  Thomas 
V.  Wooten,  chairman,  was  next  heard.  The  resolutions 
reaffirmed  the  unwavering  loyalty  of  the  association  to 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  and  called  upon  retailers  to  strengthen 
in  every  available  way  the  hands  of  the  national  execu- 
tive committee;  that  the  retailers  should  use  their  best 
endeavors  to  detect  and  suitably  punish  violators  of  the 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  29,  1902. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  plan,  and  that  they  make  their  respective 
State  and  local  organizations  thoroughly  effective  auxil- 
iaries of  the  national  association.  Manufacturers  were 
called  upon  to  mark  their  goods  in  such  a  manner  as  to 
assist  in  detecting  violations  of  the  agreement  entered 
into,  and  that  jobbers  should  refuse  all  supplies  of  what- 
ever character  to  lited  aggressive  cutters.  Delegates  to 
the  Cleveland  convention  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  should  be 
instructed  to  impress  upon  the  assembled  delegates  the 
necessity  of  adopting  such  a  financial  system  for  the  use 
of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  that  the  organization  shall  not  con- 
tinue to  be  handicapped  in  its  future  work. 

The  resolutions  were  adopted  by  the  association. 
Officers  Elected. 

The  following  officers  were  elected:  President.  H. 
Swannell,  Champaign;  first  vice-president,  Thomas 
Knoebel,  East  St.  Louis;  second  vice-president,  Herman 
Fry,  Chicago;  third  vice-president,  R.  A.  Kuechler, 
Jacksonville;  secretary,  R.  N.  Dodds,  Springfield;  treas- 
urer, George  C.  Bartells,  Camp  Point.  The  selection  of 
the  executive  board  was  left  to  the  incoming  president. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  offered  to  the  superintendents 
of  the  three  State  institutions  in  Jacksonville,  that  for 
the  insane,  the  blind  and  the  deaf  and  dumb,  for  the 
very  excellent  facilities  afforded  for  inspecting  each  and 
for  the  entertainment  afforded  at  the  institution  for  the 
blind  and  the  deaf  and  dumb,  both  of  which  entertain- 
ments were  interesting  and  of  an  unusually  high  order. 
Thanks  were  also  tendered  to  the  citizens  of  Jacksonville, 
to  the  Mayor  and  the  members  of  the  local  committees 
for  their  efforts  to  promote  the  comfort  and  welfare  of 
the  city's  guests  and  for  the  elegant  banquet  tendered 
the  visitors  at  the  Dunlap  House. 

On  motion  the  salary  of  the  secretary  was  fixed  at  the 
same  figure  as  obtained  last  year  and  the  time  and  place 
of  the  next  annual  meeting  was  left  to  the  incoming  exe- 
cutive committee  to  decide.  The  association  then  ad- 
journed. 

THIRD  DAY. 

Thursday  morning's  session  opened  as  a  general  con- 
ference meeting.  Speeches  on  organization  were  made 
by  Messrs.  Straw.  Gale,  Bodemann,  Knoebel  and  oth- 
ers. These  were  followed  by  addresses  from  visiting 
delegates.  The  secretary  reported  that  the  following 
five  persons  received  the  largest  number  of  votes  in  the 
poll  for  nominations  to  be  sent  to  the  Governor  for 
selection  and  appointment  to  the  Board  of  Pharmacy: 
Albert  E.  Ebert,  Chiea",-o;  Franz  Thomas,  Cairo;  Joseph 
Schreve,  Jacksonville;  W.  M.  Benton,  Peoria,  and  G. 
H.  Solivbcck,  Moline.  For  recommendation  to  the  Gov- 
ernor on  the  Advisory  Board  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy 
the  following  received  the  most  votes  and  were  duly 
nominated:  Walter  H.  Gale,  Fritz  Lueder,  Peoria;  M. 
H.  Green,  Bloomington;  A.  E.  Holmes,  Aurora;  T.  S. 
CanipbeJI.  Pinckneyville. 

The  incoming  officers  were  requested  to  arrange  the 
programme  for  the  next  meeting  so  as  to  cover  but  two 
days  of  business   session. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

Robert  T.  Sill,  an  old  resident  of  Chicago,  who  for 

many  years  kept  a  drug  store  at  Paulina  and  Lake 
streets,  died  Thursday,  May  22.  at  St.  Charles,  111.  He 
was  60  years  old  and  a  veteran  of  the  civil  war.  A 
widow  and  three  grown  daughters  survive  him.  The 
funeral  was  held  at  St.  Charles. 

John  W.  Kask  and  family,  5727  Wentworth  avenue, 

who  went  1o  California  some  weeks  ago  for  the  benefit 
of  Mrs.  Kask's  health,  have  returned  enthusiastic  over 
the  country  and  the  climate.  Mrs.  Kask  is  greatly  im- 
proved in  health. 


DR.  HARRY  M.  GORDIN. 

The  School  of  Pharmacy  of  Northwestern  Univer- 
sity is  to  have  the  services  of  another  specialist  of  Na- 
tional repute,  who  has  just  been  appointed  professor  of 
chemistry. 

Dr.  Harry  Mann  Gordin  was  born  in  St.  Peters- 
burg, Russia,  in  1860.  He  studied  pharmacy  in  St. 
Petersburg  and  Moscow,  graduating  from  the  Univer- 
sity of  JIosoow  in  1884.  He  then  emigrated  to  the 
United  States  and  established  himself  in  San  Francis- 
co as  a  i.ractising  pharmacist  and  after  a  few  years  of 
successful  business  returned  to  Europe,  where  he 
studied  chemistry  at  Paris,  Geneva,  Munich  and  Berne. 
He  graduated  with  the  degree  of  doctor  of  philosophy 
at  the  University  of  Berne,  Switzerland,  in  1897.  and 
the  same  year  was  engaged  at  the  University  of  Mich- 
igan, by  the  Committee  of  Revision  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia "of  the  United  States,  remaining  at  the  Univer- 
sity of  Michigan  three  years,  during  which  time  he  was 
engaged,  jointly  witli  Dr.  Albert  B.  Prescott,  upon  re- 
.  search  work  connected  with  the  Pharmaeopoeial  Re- 
vision. 

During  the  past  four  years  Dr.  Gordin  has  contrib- 
uted a  large  number  of  original  papers  to  the  various 
chemical  and  pharmaceutical  journals,  ten  of  these  pa- 
pers being  read  before  the  meetings  of  the  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association. 


W.  H.  Clongh,  manager  of  the  city  department  of 

Peter  Van  Schaack  &  Sons,  accompanied  by  his  wife, 
has  gone  to  Kentucky  and  will  remain  a  week  or  ten- 
days. 

A  NEW  GLUCOSIDE  IN  SAPONARIA.— Bar- 
ger  (Berichte)  has  separated  a  new  glucoside  from' 
Saponaria  officinalis.  This  body,  which  appears  to 
have  been  mistaken  for  starch  in  microchemical  ex- 
aminations, has  been  named  saponarin.  It  is  only 
slightV  soluble  in  cold  water  and  alcohol,  and  easily 
soluble  in  alkaline  solutons.  It  yields  a  sugar  on  hy- 
drolysis, and  one  or  more  bodies  not  identified.  From 
an  examination  of  its  decomposition  products,  the 
author  concludes  that  it  is  a  glucoside  of  the  flavone 
series. 


Dvviggists  who  are  ambitious  of  being  down-to-date 
in  all  particulars  should  write  to  H.\NCE  BROTHERS 
&  WHITE,  Philadelphia,  for  their  Catalogue  of  Soluble 
Elastic  Filled  Capsules.  Under  the  name  of  "Solules"' 
II.  K.  A-  W.  market  a  very  large  and  fine  line  of  these- 
good^;.     Catalogue  sent  on  request. 


May  29,   1902.1 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


5-ir 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

Summer  Trade  Active. 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  May  24. — This  month  has  just  closed 
its  most  active  week  in  the  wholesale  trade.  The  num- 
ber of  stores  being  established  in  territory  tributory  to 
St.  Paul  is  unusually  large.  The  retail  druggists  of  the 
Xorthwcst  are  sending  in  unwontedly  liberal  orders  for 
summer  and  the  wholesale  concerns  are  kept  on  the 
jump  to  meet  requirements.  The  call  for  soda  fountain 
goods  of  all  kinds  has  opened  on  a  more  extensive  scale 
than  ever.  There  is  a  very  strong  demand  for  painters' 
goods  and  the  movement  of  window  glass  is  active. 
Prices  generally  are  somewhat  firmer,  but  no  radical 
■changes  have  taken  place  nor  are  any  expected. 


NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

Successions:     F.  E.  Sellers,  Council  Bluffs,  la.,  by 

T.  H.  Arnett;  W.  L.  Hoover  Drug  Co.,  Truman,  Minn., 
by  Foster  &  Hoover;  JI.  V.  Wetzel,  Royalton,  Minn.,  by 

A.  H.  Kramps;  William  M.  Bamford,  Plymouth,  Neb., 
by  W.  A.  Turner;  Belknap  Drug  Co.,  Prairie  City,  Ore., 
Tiy  B.  F.  Miller;  A.  F.  Lane,  Howells,  Neb.,  by  Lane  & 
Balabiin;  G.  W.  Howe,  Wisner,  Neb.,  by  Ho£E  &  Deily; 
R.  J.  Saraey,  Janesville,  Wis.,  by  William  Pfenning. 

New:     G.  W.  Knight,  Velva,  N.  D.;  H,  A,  Langlie, 

Haunaford.  N.  D. ;  Sarchett  &  Swanson,  Renville,  N.  D.; 
J.  T.  Jensen,  Avoca,  Minn.;  F.  M.  Cudebec,  Mullen, 
Neb.;  Hoban  Bros.,  Bowbells,  N.  D. ;  Christensen  Bros., 
Milnor,  N.  D.,  James  Butler,  Ephraia,  Wash.;  A.  W. 
ilcMoran,  Spokane,  Wash. 

Hy  Phillipp,  formerly  of  New  Prague,  but  recently 

«f  Cumberland,  \,is.,  has  gone  to  Mountain  Lake  to 
relieve   J.   A.   Thro,   who   is  sick. 

Among  St.  Paul's  visiting  druggists  this  week  was 

•G  .S.  Spaulding,  of  Alexandria,  recently  returned  from 
:a  lengthy  trip  in  California. 

-Gustav  Dickman,  with  Fred  A.  Conger,   St.  Paul, 

bas  put  in  an  enjoyable  fortnight  for  recreation  in  and 
around  Rochester,  Jlinn. 

J.    E.    Murray,   who   is   putting   a   new   stock   into 

Malta,  Mont,  was  in  the  city  this  week  buying  his 
fancy  goods  supply. 

Contrary  to  previous  report,  the  sale  of  J.  F.  An- 
derson &  Co's.  business  at  Grafton,  N.  D.,  has  not  yet 
been  consummated. 

The  Belknap  Drug  Co.,  Prairie  City,  Ore.,  and  the 

Yahr  &  Lange  Drug  Co.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  have  been 

damaged  b.v  fire. 

The  following  have  sold:     C.  C.  Becks,  Marion,  la.; 

B.  H.  Schroeder,  West  Point,  la.;  Rowland  &  Shields, 
Washington,  la. 

H.  P.Herman,  of  Glenville,  has  been  to  Wisconsin 

•on  a  little  business  trip  and  intends  to  make  others  soon. 

The  senior  member  of  McDonald  &  Geiger,  Spokane, 

Wash.,  is  to  sell  half  of  his  interest  to  his  partner. 

A.  E.  Timmerman  has  abandoned  the  drug  business 

iit  Stella.  Neb.,  to  run  a  saloon  at  Waterloo. 

J.  E.   Williams  of  Williams  &  Hart,   Brookings,   S. 

I).,  has  given  a  bill  of  sale. 

H.  P.  Peterson,  Ivanhoe,  Minn.,  is  invoicing  pre- 
paratory to  selling  out. 

T.   W.   Bastyr  has  begun  work  in  Dr.  E.  E.  Jones' 

pharmacy,  at  Frazee. 

.L  T.  Burress,  Elk  Creek,  Neb.,  will  soon  sell  to  S. 

Howard  &  Co. 

F.  J.  Kovorak  is  now  working  for  J.  J.  Remes,  of 

New  Prague. 

George  Trent  will  before  :i)ng  start  at  Long  Prairie, 

ilinn. 


NEW  ORLEANS  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  second  annual  commencement  of  the  New  Or- 
leans College  of  Pharmacy  was  held  at  the  Athenaeum. 
New  Orleans,  May  15.  The  exercises  were  presided 
over  by  Dr.  Philip  Asher,  dean  of  the  faculty,  who,  in 
an  address,  said  that  the  college  attendance  had  increased 
more  than  100  per  cent  during  the  past  year.  At  the  ses- 
sions just  closing  there  were  enrolled  sixty  students 
against  thirty  for  the  previous  year.  The  program 
included  music  by  an  orchestra,  the  salutatory  by  Joseph 
Charles  Gross,  the  valedictory  by  John  J.  Grasser  and 
the  annual  address  by  Dr.  Fred.  J.  Mayer,  of  Scott,  Pa. 
He  addressed  the  graduates  as  business  men  and  said 
in  part: 

"That  the  entire  South  is  on  the  eve  of  a  great 
commercial  development  is  recognized  by  everyone.  That 
development  will  require  good  chemists.  For  years  this 
section  has  been  industrial  slaves  to  the  East  and  the 
North  and  to  Europe.  While  we  have  had  ninety  per 
cent,  of  many  of  the  raw  materials,  we  have  possessed 
only  twenty  per  cent,  of  the  wealth  of  the  country,  be- 
cause we  had  only  ten  per  cent  of  the  factories.  With 
this  raw  material,  and  now  with  cheap  fuel  at  our 
gates,  if  we  starve  to  death  it  will  be  no  one's  fault 
but  our  own. 

"It  is  time  for  the  young  men  of  the  South  to  learn 
other  trades  besides  the  raising  and  handling  of  cotton. 
We  must  diversify  our  trades.  There  was  a  time  when 
we  exhibited  to  the  world  that  we  could  wage  a  four 
years'  war  without  the  sinews  of  war. 

"The  time  has  come  when  every  Louisiana  town  can 
have  a  skilled  pharmacist." 

Geo.  D.  Feldner,  president  of  the  college,  awarded 
the  diplomas  with  appropriate  words  to  the  following 
graduates:  Rudolph  John  Anderson,  John  Joseph 
Grasser,  Joseph  Charles  Gross  and  John  Joseph  Metzger. 

During  'the  coming  Summer  the  laboratories  of  the 
college  will  be  very  much  enlarged  and  other  improve- 
ments made.  Hereafter  the  lectures  will  be  given  in  the 
daytime  instead  of  at  night,  as  it  has  been  found  by 
experience  that  better  work  can  thus  be  done.  The  Board 
of  Directors  at  its  last  meeting  decided  to  establish  the 
Scheele  free  scholarship,  to  be  awarded  yearly  to  such 
poor  deserving  young  man  as  may  be  selected  by  a 
competitive  examination,  the  scholarship  to  be  for  two 
years'  complete  courses  of  lectures  and  laboratory  ex- 
ercises. 


Our  contemporary  ,the  Wisconsin  Druggists'  Ex- 
change, formerly  published  by  E.  B.  Heimstreet,  Janes- 
ville, Wis.,  and  known  as  the  official  paper  of  the  Wis- 
consin Pharmaceutical  Association,  has  been  transferred 
to  the  Chapin  Publishing  Co.  of  Minneapolis,  publishers 
of  the  Northwest  Druggist  and  several  other  trade  pa- 
pers. Mr.  Heimstreet  will  be  retained  as  the  Wiscon- 
sin representative  of  the  combined  journals,  and  we  are 
sure  that  the  news  of  interest  to  Badger  druggists  will 
be  well  looked  after  by  him.  The  new  publication  will 
be  issued  monthly. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

XEAV  YORK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


548 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[May  29,  190?. 


Somnos. 

Somnos,  CgHiiClo,  a  new  synthetic  product  of  the 
H.  K.  Mulford  Go's,  laboratory  and  formed  by  the 
synthesis  of  chloraethanal  with  a  polyatomic  alcohol 
radical,  is  recommended  as  a  safe  and  reliable  hypnotic 
and  cerebral  sedative,  free  from  depressing  effects  upon 
the  heart,  respiration  or  vasomotor  centres.  It  produces 
sound,  dreamless  sleep  of  several  (average  six  to  eight) 
hours'  duration,  from  which  the  patient  awakens  re- 
freshed and  without  headache,  languor,  mental  con- 
fusion and  intoxication  like  symptoms  which  commonly 
follow   the   usually   employed   hypnotics. 

Extensive  experiments  upon  the  lower  animals  have 
proven  that  Somnos  is  a  much  safer  hypnotic  than 
chloral  and  that  its  administration  produces  no  dele- 
terious effect  upon  the  heart,  circulation  and  respiration. 
It  is  also  claimed  to  be  free  from  effect  upon  digestion, 
the  bowels  and  kidneys.  An  effective  general  sedative, 
it  possesses  a  peculiar  calming  influence  upon  the 
condition  of  nervous  irritability  usually  present  in  neuro- 
tic, neurasthenic  and  hysterical  patients,  and  is  indicated 
in  sleeplessness  and  nervousness,  from  whatever  cause. 
The  average  hypnotic  dose  of  Somnos  is  from  one  des- 
sertspoonful to  one  tablespoonful  in  water  or  milk,  re- 
peated once  or  twice  if  necessary.  As  a  seda- 
tive, one  to  two  teaspoonfuls,  repeated  at  in- 
tervals of  three  or  four  hours.  For  children,  one-half  to 
one  teaspoonful.  according  to  age;  repeated  once  if  neces- 
sary It  is  advisable  to  administer  the  remedy  several 
hours  before  the  desired  advent  of  sleep;  this  may  be 
in  the  afternoon,  early  evening,  or  accordmg  to  circum- 
stances. 

While  the  proprietors  of  Fellows  Syrup  desire  to  be 
absolutely  fair  in  all  their  dealings  with  the  drug  trade, 
they  have  reached  a  point  where  they  must  insist  upon 
their  rights    under   their   trade   mark.      They   have    ex- 
pended  a   great   deal   of  time  and  money  in  acquainting 
physicians  with  their  preparation  and  in  this  way  have 
made  a  legitimate  demand  for  it.     They  have  exploited 
their  preparation  strictly  along  ethical  lines,  have  never, 
we    believe,    advertised    it    directly    to    the    consumer, 
and  have  never  sold  it  to  physicians  who  are  not  pro- 
prietors   of    drug    stores.      They    have    endeavored    to 
absolutely  protect  the  retailer  and  the  jobber,  and  they 
make  the  claim   that   their   goods   are   sold   at   a   retail 
price  which  enables  the  dealer  to  get  a  good  profit  for 
it  if  he  is  so  disposed.     But  the  Fellows  Jledical  Mfg. 
Co.  feels  called  upon  to  warn  the  wholesale  and  retail 
drug  trade  against  buying  or  selling  colorable  imitations 
of  Fellows'    Compound   of   Hypophosphites,    even   those 
that  bear  a  different  name  than  Fellows'.     The  highest 
courts  have    decided    that   if    a    preparation    is    offered 
for  sale  which  so  much  resembles  another  that  an  inno- 
cent purchaser   may   be   deceived   by   this   resemblance, 
the  dispenser  lays  himself  liable  to  damages  for  infring- 
ment.     Of   course   nothing   can   be    said    in   defense   of 
those  dishonest  druggists  who  dispense  some  other  prep- 
aration  ou    prescriptions   calling   for   Fellows',   but   the 
warning  which  the  Fellows  Medical  Mfg.  Co.  feel  called 
upon  to  give  applies  to     preparations  which,  although 
not  sold  strictly  as  Fellows',  lead  the  customer  to  be- 
lieve be  is  getting  Fellows'. 

Whitall  Tatum  Co.  have  issued  their  1902  catalogue 
of  soda  fountain  requisites.  We  don't  know  how  many 
they  have  issued  previously  but  it  has  been  a  regular 
thing  with  them  for  many  years  and  this  year's  edi- 
tion is  about  as  complete  an  illustrated  list  of  the  uten- 
sils and  requisites  necessary  to  make  a  soda  fountain 
business  successful  as  we  have  ever  seen.  The  list 
includes  everything  from  a  julep  straw  to  an  ice 
shaver, — tumblers,  spoons,  lemon  squeezers,  ice  cream 
utensils,  soda  checks,  crushed  fruit  bowls,  acid  phos- 
phate bottles,  etc.,  etc.  The  list  will  be  sent  to  any 
druggi.st  who  is  interested. 


Ice  Cream  Cabinets. 
The  Bradley  Mfg.  Co.  are  making  a  special  sale  of 
a  few  shop-worn  Cabinets,  which  they  are  offering  at 
ridiculously  low  prices.  In  moving  into  their  large- 
new  factory  at  Xo.  441  Chapel  street.  New  Haven, 
Conn.,  which  they  did  a  few  months  ago,  there  were 
quite  a  number  of  Cabinets  slightly  damaged  in  moving, 
and  also  a  few  sample  Cabinets,  which  they  are  dis- 
posing of.  They  have  been  put  in  first-class  condition, 
and  special  prices  will  be  made  on  these  shop-worn 
Cabinets  for  immediate  sale.  This  is  an  opportunity 
to  get  a  high  grade  Cabinet  at  an  exceptionally  low 
price.  There  are  no  better  Cabinets  on  the  market 
today  than  the  "Bradley"  Counter  Cabinets,  as  is  evi- 
denced by  the  tremendous  sale  they  have  had  of  these 
Cabinets  this  season.  Make  them  an  offer  at  once,  if 
you  can  use  one. 

H.  Gamse  &  Bro.'s  New  Plant. 
H.  Gamse  &  Brother,  lithographers  and  manufac- 
turers of  pill  and  powder  boxes,  commemorate  the  open- 
ing of  their  new  plant  at  No.  .315  West  German  street. 
Baltimore,  Md.,  by  means  of  a  very  handsome  booklet 
in  two  colors  which  they  are  distributing  among  their 
customers. 

They  have  entirely  outgrown  their  old  location  at 
No.  301  Exchange  place,  and  have  established  at  their 
present  address  a  most  complete  plant  for  the  produc- 
iton  of  labels,  as  well  as  pill  and  powder  boxes.  The 
little  booklet  referred  to  is  illustrated  with  half  tone 
pictures  of  different  parts  of  the  plant,  and  closes  with 
a  history  of  the  discovery  of  lithography.  It  is  a  very 
beautiful  and  interesting  work,  and  every  druggist 
should  have  a  copy. 


Louisiana  State  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

The  Louisiana  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  its  last  ex- 
amination on  May  2  and  3,  in  New  Orleans,  twenty-one 
applicants  participating,  of  which  there  were  only  three 
failures.  This  is  a  somewhat  unusual  occurrence,  for  it 
is  rarely  that  more  than  fifty  per  cent,  swim  across 
successfully.  The  following  passed  as  Registered  Phar- 
macists: Gordon  Holcombe,  Jackson;  L.  Ganoux.  New- 
roads;  C.  C.  Hcbert,  Newroads;  L.  D.  Ketchens,  Ber- 
nice;  J.  F.  Gugbehns,  New  Orleans;  E.  C.  Vocke,  New 
Orleans;  C.  W.  Outbroat,  Arkansas;  R.  P.  De  Geny, 
New  Orleans;  E.  D.  Cire.  New  Orleans;  G.  J.  Paquette, 
New  Orleans;  J.  M.  Levy,  Marksville;  J.  E.  Galle,  New 
Orleans.  Qualified  Assistants:  C.  K.  De  Pie,  Mande- 
ville;  H.  Reeling,  Jr.,  New  Orleans;  J.  E.  Billion,  Welsh; 
W.  Hawkins,  Shreveport;  P.  W.  Porter,  New  Orleans; 
and  P.  A.  Culotta,  New  Orleans.  Mr.  De  Monbren  of 
Amite  City  failed  to  appear  on  the  second  day,  and 
forfeited  his  examination  fees.  The  next  examination 
will  take  place  in  New  Orleans,  August  1  and  2. 


The  Nebraska  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  its  regular 

quarterly  meeting  at  Superior  May  14.  Thirty-four  can- 
didates for  registration  took  the  examination,  the  fol- 
lowing seventeen  being  successful:  G.  E.  Armour,  Emer- 
son; John  Bauer.  Ponca;  C.  I.  Bemard.  Fairfield;  N. 
H.  Blakely,  Elk  Creek;  W.  J.  Braasch,  Madison;  M.  S. 
Chipperfield,  Beatrice;  Fred.  R.  Daily,  Omaha;  G.  P. 
Ericson,  Holdrege;  Carl  A.  Ferguson,  Orleans;  H.  P. 
Griffen,  Grcely  Center;  J.  M.  Keating,  Wakefield;  L.  R. 
King,  Geneva;  D.  R.  McCleery,  Pawnee  City;  V.  P. 
Unitt,  Seward;  E.  L.  Uptegrove,  Peru;  F.  D.  G.  Walker, 
Gibbon;  Chas.  R.  Woodworth,  Geneva.  There  will  be 
an  adjourned  meeting,  for  examinations  only,  at  Colum- 
bus, Tuesday,  June  3.  The  next  regular  meeting  will 
be  held  at  Omaha,  August  13.  Applications  for  ex- 
amination should  be  filed  in  advance  of  date  of  meeting 
with  J.  H.  Schmidt,  Secretary,  Omaha. 


May  29,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


5\0' 


PATENTS,   TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


7oo.hi><^ 


yoo.  s-/Zy 


•ear 


?00.i/3i 


700.191. 

700.249. 
70(t.20S, 
700.312 
700.34-4 

700,370. 
700.438. 

700,4i;2. 
700,404, 

700.499. 
700..">12. 


700.518. 
71X1.528, 
700.537 


PATENTS. 
Issued  May  20,  1902. 
— Ludwig  Grote.  London,  England,  assignor  to 
Grote    Bottle    Machine    Co.,    Jersey    City,    N. 
,T.,   a   Corporation   of   New   Jersey,      Machine 
for  making  bottles. 
— Anicdee  M.   G.   Sebillot.   Paris,   France.     Ap- 
paratus for  making  sulfuric  acid. 
— John    A.    Wesener,    Chicago,    111.      Chemical 

apparatus. 
— Daniel    A.    Farrell    and    Herman   E.    Kresse, 

Anniston,  Ala.     Non-refi!lable  bottle, 
— George  I.ispenard,   Brooklyn,   N.   Y.   assignor 
to  Chas.  L.  Ciirtis,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.       Bottle- 
stopper. 

■William   Rabich,    St.    Louis,      Mo.       Pill-ma- 
chine, 
— Nelson  Muslar,  Worcester,  Mass.,  assignor  of 
one-half    to    Julia    E.    Hackett,     Worcester, 
JIass.       Bottle-labeling  machine. 
, — James  M.   Van  Meter,   Cambridge  City,  Ind. 

Bottle-closure. 
. — Theodor    Weyl,    Charlottenburg.    near   Berlin, 
Germany,     assignor     to     Siemens  &  Halske, 
Aktien-Gesellschaft,    Berlin.    Germany.      Man- 
ufacture   of    sterilized    carbonated    waters. 
— David    H.   Irring.   Boston,   Mass.,   assignor   of 
one-half    to    Jonathan    Chase,    Boston,    Mass. 
Bottle-cleaner. 
— Constantin  Krauss  and  Rudolph  M.  von  Ber- 
neck,  Hochst-on-the-Main.  Germany,  assignors 
to  Farbwerke.  vorm.  Meister,  Lucius  &  lirun- 
ing,    Hochst-on-the-Main,    Germany,    a    Corp- 
poration    of    Germany.        Process    of    making 
sulfuric  acid  and  sulfuric  anhydrid. 
■Charles    H.    i^oew,    Cleveland,    Ohio,     Bottle- 
soaking    and    washing    machine. 
— George  H.  Maurer,  Washington,  D.  C,       In- 
haler  with    nasal   attachment. 
, — .Tohn    D.    Moore.    New    York,    and    Fred    M. 
Martin.  Brookl.vn.  N.  Y.,  said  Moore  assignor 
to   the   Clayton    Fire   Extinguishing   it    Disin- 
fecting Co..   a   Corporation   of   West   Virginia. 
Aiiimratus   for   generating  sulfur  dioxid. 
. — Winfifld  S.  Rowley  and  T.anrens  B.  Freeman. 
Indianapolis.  Ind.       Medical  cabinet. 


38,297. — Medicated    Tablets   for   the   Cure   of   Certain 

Named  Diseases.       Joseph  D.  Glass,  Pueblo, 

Colo.       The  word   "Lithron." 
38,298. — Toilet  Creams,  Ointments  and  Soaps,     Irvmg 

R,   McEwen   &  Co,,   Escanaba,   Mich,       The 

word   "Lanazoin", 
38,299. — Antiseptics.      Societe   Anonyme   des   Produits 

Chimiques    Speciaux,    Lyons,    France.        The 

word  "Hermophenyl". 


LABELS. 
Registered  May  20,  1902. 
9,151. — Title:     "Euca  Lene."       (For  Medicine.)  Irwin 
McGregor  Adams,   New  York,  N.  Y.       Filed 
March   19,   1902. 
9,152. — Title:     "Salalgin."       (For  Medicine.)       Dinet 
it   Delfosse,    Chicago,    111.       Filed   AprU   26, 
1902. 


TRADE  MARKS. 
Registered  May  20,  1902. 
38,290.— Liquid  Remedy  for  the  Cure  of  Piles.  Charles 
A.  Perrin.  Helena,  Mont.      The  letters  "C.  .V. 
P."  arranged  in  monogram  form. 


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[May  29,  1903. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

INCREASED  ACTIVITY  IN  SEASONABLE  LINES. 

New  York,  May  27. — -Warmer  weatlier  has  caused 
increased  activity  in  tlie  more  seasonable  descriptions 
of  drugs  aud  cliemicals  but  general  business  continues 
mainly  of  a  routine  character,  aud  aside  from  a  sharp 
decline  in  caffeine,  the  price  changes  are  of  no  special 
significance. 

OPIUM. — Reports  of  drouth  in  growing  sections  of 
Turkey  and  a  revival  of  speculative  activity  iu  Smyrna 
have  resulted  iu  strengthening  the  local  market,  but 
there  is  no  improvement  iu  the  consuming  demand, 
and  jobbing  quotations  remain  unchanged  at  So.OOCa,' 
3.25  for  V)  per  cent  and  ^3.10@3.35  for  11  per  cent. 
Powdered  is  selling  moderately  in  a  jobbing  way  at 
if!3.!)5fti4.'J0  for  13  per  cent  and  $4.45^4.70  tor  16  per 
■cent. 

MORPHINE. — -Business  continues  fairly  active  with 
jobbing  quotations  steadily  maintained  at  $2.40@2.50 
for  eighths,  in  1-oz.  boxes,  .f2.35@2.45  in  2i^-oz.  boxes, 
$2.15(gi2.25  iu  ounce  vials,  and  $2.10@2.20  in  5-oz. 
-cans,  according  to  size  of  order. 

QUININE. — Dealers  report  a  slow  consuming  de- 
mand and  a  consequent  dull  aud  featureless  market  with 
quotations  nominally  unchanged  at  28c  for  bulk  in  100- 
■oz.  tins,  2S%c  in  50-oz.  tins,  29c  iu  25-oz.  tins,  30c 
inS  or  10-oz.  tins  and  35c  in  ounce  vials. 

CAFFEINE. — A  sharp  decline  in  manufacturers' 
prices,  due  to  competition,  has  caused  jobbers  to  reduce 
quotations  to  $4.25@4.50  for  alkaloid  by  the  pound, 
38@45e  iu  ounces  and  58@65c  in  eighths.  Citrated  has 
declined  to  $2.70@3.00  in  pounds.  Ounces  and  eighths 
of  the  latter  remain  unchanged  at  27@30c  and  47@50c 
respectively. 

CALENDULA  FLOWERS.— Supplies  are  more 
abundant  aud  the  tone  of  the  market  easier,  with  job- 
bing quotations  reduced   to  SoC'i  65c  as  to  quantity. 

GOLDEN  SEAL  ROOT.— Stocks  are  light  and  job- 
bers have  advanced  quotations  to  07@77c  for  whole, 
70@80c  for  ground,  and  72(f(  82e  for  powdered. 

SERPENTARIA  ROOT.— Slow  trading  has  caused 
an  easier  market  and  a  slight  reduction  in  jobbing 
prices  to  49(g54c  for  whole,  51@.56c  for  ground  anil 
54@61c  for  powdered. 

CARAWAY  SEED.— Dutch  is  firmer,  owing  to  un- 
favorable crop  reports  and  the  revised  jobbing  quota- 
tions are  10(Q)12c  for  whole  and  15@17c  for  powdered. 

OIL  CAR.VWAY. — All  grades  are  higher  in  sym- 
pathy with  tlie  seed  and  jobbers  quote  $1.35@1.60  for 
ordinary  and  .^l.S5f(/)2.10  for  prime  quality. 

OIL  SPEARMINT.— Primary  markets  are  firmer 
and  spot  jobbing  quotations  have  been  advanced  to 
$1.75@1.95. 

JIENTHOL. — Values  are  higher  both  here  audi 
abroad  and  jobbers  have  advanced  quotations  to  $4.65 
@  4.85  bv  the  pound  and  35@40c  by  the  ounce. 

P.\RIS  GREEN.— Quotations  show  a  slight  decline 
from  last  s.-ns..iis  figure  aud  the  revised  joM'ini.'  iaii^'c 
is  12'.'<(l.'li  |..r  arsenic  kegs  of  3011  lbs,  ]'.\<ii  )  U-  fur 
100-11.  kcus.  1  I'll  15c  for  56,  28  and  14-lli  tul.s.  1  I',,  lilc 
for  2  ami  .j-lb  pkgs.  14Vo(a)10V2C  for  pounds.  lO^jfiii 
19V>c  for  halves  and  16i^f?Ji21VjC  for  quarters. 

PRUSSIATE  OF  POTASH.— Yellow  is  firm  and 
jobbing  prices  show  an  advance  to  '20(a>25c. 

BALSAM  TOLU. — The  market  is  slightly  easier 
with  a  decline  in  jobbing  quotations  to  30@32c  for 
tins  and  .35^7  45c  for  less. 

G.VR.VNTOSE. — Manufacturers'  prices  are  lower 
and  the  n-viscil  jol)bing  prices  are  $3.00@3.25  per  lb. 
and  2."i'i/:i(le  per  oz. 

SOAl'  BAUK. — Values  are  a  shade  lower  and  job- 
bers now  (juote  9if7il2c  for  whole,  ll@14c  for  ground 
and  13f<;1  fie   for  powdered. 

SIM.\RUBA  B  ARK. — Owing  to  scarcity  jobbers 
have  advanced  quotations  to  30@35c  for  whole  and  35 
@40c  for  powdered. 

.lUNIPER  BERRIES.— Supplies  are  light  and 
holders  are  firmer  in  their  views  with  jobbing  quota- 
tons  advanced  to  6@8c  for  whole  and  8(ff)10c  for 
powdered. 

JEANNA.— -Small  flake  is  scarce  and  firmer  with  an 
advance  in  jobbing  quotations  to  ■iSffJSOc. 

SPERM  Oily. — Primary  markets  are  stronger  and 
jobbers    have    advanced    prices    to    .$1.15((J)1.25. 

SPIRITS  TURPENTINE.— Jobbing  quotations 
have  been  marked  up  to  5](f?52c  by  the  barrel  and  56 
@60c  for  less. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Alkaloids,   Microcliemical  Tests 535 

Anaesthesin    536 

Ants  and  Gophers,   Extermination 532 

ASSOCIATIONS,,  CLUBS,  ALUMNI,  Etc.— 
American  Pharmaceutical,  538;  Apothecaries' 
Bicycle  Club,  539;  German  Apothecaries,  538; 
Greater  New  Y'ork  Pharmaceutical  Society 
(Proposed),  537;  Holyoke  Drug  C'erks  Protec- 
tive, 539;  Illinois,  Pharmaceutical,  544;  Na- 
tional  Wliolesale   Druggists,   538;   New   Jersey 

Pharmaceutical     538 

BOARDS     OF     PHARM.\CY.— Louisiana,      548; 

Nebraska     548 

BOWLING,   DRUG  TRADE.— Baltimore 542 

C-ilciiim    Sulplio-Ichthyolate 535 

("ocn-Tniiiquc   534 

COLLE(a-:S  OF  PHARMACY.— Maryland,  542; 
.M.-dirc-ChiL-uruic-Ml,     .")11:     New     Orleans,     547: 

Phil.-Klc^lMiin.  .",41  :  Scio  (0» TCO 

Cuiiiliiistilili'    Sul.sraiicc's 530 

CORUESI'U.MJKNCE    529 

DRUG  STORE   PROBLEMS 530 

Emulsion  Cod  Liver  Oil 534 

BDITORI.\LS.— Boric  Acid  as  a  Preservative, 
528;  Clerks  and  Shorter  Hours,  528;  Coming 
Meeting  of  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  .528;  Hepburn  Pure 
Food  Bill,  527;  Method  of  Encouraging  Punc- 
tuality at  Association  Meetings,  528;  Prepara- 
tion for  Commercial  Life,  528;  Rice  Memorial, 

529;  The  Coal  Strike 528 

Extracts,   Flavoring,   Cl^eap 533 

Gelon 535 

Glycosal .536 

Kaline   53-1 

MARKET  REPORT  . 550 

Moth   Preventative    532 

NEWS  LETTERS.— Baltimore,  542;  Chicago,  544; 
Michigan,  543:  New  England.  539;  New  York, 

537;  Philadelphia,  541;  The  Northwest 546 

Oxygen,   New  Method   of  Preparation 5.35 

Paint,  Gold  533 

PATENTS,  TRADE  MARKS,   Etc 549 

Pearl    Buttons,   Coloring 534 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Per- 
sonal Interest.  Etc. — Gordiu.  Dr.  Harr.v  M., 
546;  Henkel,  Dr.  Charles  B..  533:  Hoffman,  Jo- 
seph 5.39;  Hopkins.  Samuel,  535;  Maben,  Thom- 
as, 5.37;  JllHard,  David  R.  545:  Sill.  Robert  T..  546 

QUESTION  BOX   533 

Rice  Memorial   .529 

SHOP  TALK    530 

Skin   Food    534 

Sodium  Steariuate   .532 

Solution,   Antiseptic    534 

Tobacco,  C^onsumption  .5.32 

Varnish,  Gold   533 

Wisconsin   Druggists'   Exchange 547 

A  New  Pharmacy  Building  for  Scio  College. 

For  rears  Scio  College,  Scio  O.,  has  been  justly  proud 
of  lier  (bpartment  of  pharmacy,  and  the  friends  of  the 
institulion  everywhere  will  be  rejoiced  to  learn  that  this 
department  is  soon  to  be  provided  with  a  new  and  up- 
to-date  building  which  will  be  located  to  the  west  of 
the  present  campus,  and  will  have  a  frontage  of  62  feet. 
The  front  will  be  ornamental  in  design,  and  will  have  an 
imposing  tower,  which  may  possibly  contain  a  modern 
tower  clock. 

The  inside  will  be  conveniently  arranged  into  lecture 
halls,  laboratories,  offices,  library,  museum,  etc.  All 
will  be  equipped  in  the  most  complete  manner.  Large 
import  orders  have  been  given,  and  tlie  new  apparatus 
will  be  ready  to  be  placed  when  the  building  is  completed. 
It  is  hoped  to  have  it  ready  for  occupancy  by  the  opening 
of  the  Fall  term,  September  3.  The  lawn  in 
front  of  the  building  and  the  larger  space  in  the  rear 
will  be  devoted  to  the  purpose  of  a  botanical  garden 
wherein  will  be  grown  for  the  purposes  of  instruction 
all  such  medicinal  plants  as  can  be  grown  in  the  open 
air  in  this  climate,  while  an  inside  conservatory  will  be 
provided  for  plants  of  a  tropical  nature. 

The  Department  of  Pharmacy  of  Scio  College  has 
always  borne  a  good  reputation  and  its  register  of 
Alumni  shows  that  its  graduates  are  successful  pharma- 
cists and  chemists  in  various  parts  of  the  country. 
Started  in  1889  in  a  very  modest  way,  with  few  students 
and  a  rather  limited  equipment,  the  department  has 
steadily  grown  in  efficiency  and  is  now  one  of  the  lead- 
ing schools  of  its  kind  in  the  United  States. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


EVERY   THURSDAY. 


VOL.   XXVII. 


XEW  YORK,  JUNE  s,  1902. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


IMPORTANT  POST  OFFICE  DECISION 
REGARDING   PRICE  LISTS. 

The  PostofTice  Department  has  ruled  that  drug- 
gists' price  lists,  like  the  so-called  "Era  Blue  Book," 
cannot  hereafter  be  issued  as  a  "Supplement"  or  as 
a  "Section"  of  a  regular  second  class  publication,  but 
must  be  bound  in  with  the  regular  reading  matter  of 
the  journal,  the  whole  forming  one  single  publication. 

This  decision  means  that  the  ERA  Price  List  must 
hereafter  be  bound  in  as  a  part  of  the  regular  ERA, 
and  we  shall  issue  such  PRICE  LIST  EDITIONS 
of  the  ERA  in  February,  June,  and  October  of  each 
year.    The  next  edition  will  be  issued  June  I2. 

THE  PUBLISHERS. 


In  the  United  States  as  well  as  in  England  and  the 
British  Colonies  there  seems  to  be  a  general  scarcity  of 
qualified  drug  clerks. 

Competent  observers  say  that  qualified  assistants  are 
plentiful  in  the  Kaiser's  realm  because  the  number  of 
pharmacies  is  limited. 

In  this  country  there  is  nothing  to  prevent  an  enter- 
prising pharmacist  from  opening  a  new  store,  and  mak- 
ing it  pay. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  demand  in  our  various 
States  and  Territories  is  for  "qualified  clerks." 

There  is  no  scarcit.v  of  men  who  have  not  received 
the  training  necessary  to  pass  the  board  examinations. 

There  is  no  reason  why  an  ambitious  young  man  who 
does  not  belong  to  the  qualified  class,  should  not  acquire 
a  thorough  training  and  thus  make  his  services  more 
valuable. 

The  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  has  helped  man.v  to  a 
pharmaceutical  education.     It  is  ready  to  help  others. 

Write  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Era,  39G  Broadway, 
New  York,  for  a  new  prospectus. 


We  wish  to  direct  the  attention  of  our  readers  to 
a  letter  in  this  issue  by  Mr.  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  chair- 
man of  the  Charles  Rice  Memorial  Committee.  It 
contains  information  about  a  number  of  things  which 
we  have  long  wished  to  know  and  which  it  will  be 
good  for  the  public  to  know.  The  letter  explains 
what  the  committee  has  done  and  what  it  hopes  to  do. 
Everyone  must  think  well  of  the  members  of  the  com- 
mittee for  the  dignified  manner  in  which  the  work  has 
been  conducted.  These  gentlemen  have  all  given  free- 
ly of  their  own  means  to  the  fund,  and  their  reluc- 
tance to  say  Inuch  about  it  is  not  surprising  when  one 
considers  the  spirit  in  which  the  work  was  under- 
taken. We  do  not  expect  the  doer  of  good  deeds  to 
publish  his  virtues  to  the  world  with  a  flourish  of 
trumpets.  Cut  in  this  case  too  great  reticence  is  not 
desirable.  .'\s  Mr.  Sheppard  says  Dr.  Rice  was  so 
modest  and  retiring  that  his  work  is  comparatively 
unknown  to  the  public,  and  the  success  of  the  memo- 
rial fund  requires  that  his  services  to  pharmacy  should 
become  more  generally  known.  If  his  friends  and  col- 
leagues are  all  too  retiring  to  speak  of  his  merits  and 
the  esteem  in  which  they  hold  him,  the  public  is  like- 
ly to  remain  ignorant  of  his  work.  Mr.  Sheppard  has 
done  both  the  memorial  committee  and  the  public  a 
real  service. 

Another  pharmaceutical  bubble  has  been  pricked. 
A  correspondent  in  this  issue  shovv-s  in  a  few  very 
sensible  remarks,  the  folly  of  wasting  time  in  deci- 
phering illegible  prescriptions.  From  time  immem- 
orial the  practical  prescription  clerk  has  lorded  it  over 
the  less  fortunate,  and  demanded  the  respect  of  the 
uninitiated  because  he  possesses  the  rare  gift  of  being 
able  to  decipher  the  mysterious  marks  which  doctors 
occasionally  use  in  writing  directions  for  the  prepara- 
tion of  their  patients'  medicine.  This  ability,  being 
a  chief  claim  to  popular  distinction,  has  naturally 
been  prized  very  highly,  and  it  is  not  surprising  that 
pharmacists  sometimes  delight  to  show  their  prowess 
by  the  exhibition  of  unusual  feats  of  deciphering,  just 
as  athletes  are  fond  of  the  particular  exercises  in 
which  they  happen  to  excel.  The  reproductions  and 
interpretations  of  illegible  prescriptions  which  appear 
from  time  to  time  in  the  journals  are  undoubtedly  in- 
teresting to  many  readers,  but  we  agree  with  our  cor- 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  5,  1903. 


respondent  in  saying  that  the  vahie  of  this  sort  of 
literature  has  been  overestimated.  Decipherings 
scrawls  is  an  interesting  exercise  of  skill,  but  it  does 
not  seem  wise  to  encourage  any  one  to  depend  upon 
his  own  skill  and  imagination  to  remove  uncertain- 
tics  from  improperly  written  prescriptions.  It  may 
sometimes  be  best  to  withhold  from  a  patient  all 
knowledge  of  the  remedies  which  his  ailments  may 
require,  but  it  is  both  foolish  and  dangerous  to  encour- 
age habits  which  can  only  lead  to  doubt  and  blunders. 
The  hand-writing  expert  is  out  of  place  in  pharmacy. 
It  is  the  duty  of  the  dispensing  pharmacist  to  demand 
plainly  written  prescriptions  which  leave  none  of  the 
directions,  so  important  to  the  patient,  to  be  guessed 
at  or  imagined. 

The  secretary  of  the  New  York  Board  of  Phar- 
macy has  issued  a  notice  for  the  election  of  one 
member  of  the  Eastern  branch  of  that  body  in .  ac- 
cordance with  the  provisions  of  that  portion  of  the 
pharmacy  law  which  is  not  amended  in  the  Hill 
amendment.  It  seems,  therefor,  that  the  interpreta- 
tion of  the  amended  law  published  in  the  Era  a  few 
weeks  ago  is  not  accepted  as  conclusive  proof  that 
five  members  must  be  chosen.  This  action  on  the 
part  of  the  board  has  occasioned  some  surprise  for 
Attorney-General  Davies'  opinion  seems  to  permit  of 
only  one  interpretation.  Statements  have  recently 
been  made  to  the  effect  that  the  opinion  is  entirely 
unnecessary,  that  the  matter  is  within  the  jurisdic- 
tion of  the  board  of  pharmacy.  It  has  also  been  re- 
ported that  the  attorney-general  is  re-considering  his 
opinion,  and  that  since  it  is  generally  believed  that 
the  law  was  passed  with  no  intention  of  disturbing 
the  members  now  in  office,  his  forthcoming  interpre- 
tation will  in  all  probability  uphold  the  intention  and 
not  the  letter  of  the  amendment. 

Mr.  Bodemann's  prize  essay  on  "How  to  Increase 
Profits"  which  is  one  of  the  Era's  attractions  this 
week,  is  practically  an  essay  on  the  advantages  of  con- 
solidation and  combination.  The  writer  marshals  a 
startling  array  of  reasons  why  druggists  should  com- 
bine and  divide  the  administration  of  their  stores. 
Very  little  is  said  about  competition  and  the  mitiga- 
tion of  its  evils,  but  no  doubt  the  writer  had  this  also 
in  mind.  Competition  and  co-operation  are  two  pret- 
liy  nearly  opposite  forces,  and  we  fancy  that  it  will  be 
difficult  to  bring  business  rivals  who  have  for  years 
been  striving  to  get  a  firm  grip  on  one  another's 
throats  to  live  in  peace  and  harmony.  Yet  there  is 
little  doubt  that  the  age  of  competition  is  passing 
away,  and  that  an  era  of  combination  will  take  its  place. 
Many  of  our  readers  are  probably  already  convinced 
of  the  desirability  of  union,  and  most  of  thcni  would 
like  to  do  business  under  the  attractive  conditions 
described  in  Mr.  Bodemann's  essay.  He  must  be  a 
strange  druggist  who  would  not  prefer  to  attend  only 
to  those  duties  for  which  he  is  best  fitted  and  which 
he  consequently  finds  most  agreeable.  The  arrange- 
ment of  this  division  of  labor  will,  however,  not  be  a 
simple  matter.  Most  combinations  will  not  have  the 
nicely  balanced  variety  of  talents  and  inclinations 
described  in  the  paper.  There  will  always  be  enough 
members  who  will  be  willing  to  undertake  the  buying 
and  banking,  but  collectors  of  bad  debts  are  likely  to 
be  scarce.  We  are  told  that  the  details  will  be  easily 
arranged  if  the  druggists  will  only  agree.    Just  here 


is  the  difficulty — if  they  will  agree.     This  might  be  a 
delightful  world  if  people  would  only  agree. 

The  tendency  toward  syndicates  and  combinations 
is  not  confined  to  the  drug  business,  nor  to  railroading 
and  the  steel  industry.  Reports  from  Pittsburg  and 
Allegheny  announce  the  formation  of  a  "barbers' 
trust"  which  is  to  combine  all  the  principal  barber 
shops  of  these  two  neighboring  cities.  The  bosses  of 
the  various  shops  are  to  have  a  share  in  the  trust,  and 
will  continue  to  manage  their  own  shops.  Each  will 
be  a  manager  and  stockholder.  Both  to  them  and 
their  employes  the  new  system  seems  to  offer  many 
advantages.  A  great  saving  in  the  cost  of  supplies  is 
expected.  It  seems  quite  probable  that  in  the  near 
future  the  public  chin  will  be  submitted  to  a  syndicate 
shave,  administered  with  a  syndicate  razor  and  agree- 
zh'.ff  concluded  with  syndicate  bay  rum  and  syndicate 
towels.  Now  the  New  York  papers  are  discussing 
the  formation  of  a  great  restaurant  combine,  which 
will  supply  the  hungry  and  thirstty  with  syndicate 
steaks,  coffee  and  sandwiches.  At  the  present  stage 
of  development  we  are  no  longer  surprised  when  we 
hear  of  fresh  extensions  of  the  syndicate  principle. 
There  is  merely  a  mild  curiosity  as  to  which  of  the 
ordinary  and  necessary  industries  will  next  feel  the 
influence  of  the  universal  tendency.  There  is  no  say- 
ing where  this  movement  will  stop  or  whether  it  will, 
ever  stop  until  all  of  Mr.  Mason's  predictions  are  ful- 
filled. 

As  announced  in  an  advertisement  in  our  first 
column  for  a  number  of  weeks  past,  the  "Era  Blue 
Book"  can  no  longer  be  issued  as  a  supplement  or 
section  of  the  journal.  The  Postoffice  Department 
has  ruled  that  druggists'  price  lists  must  hereafter  be 
bound  with  the  regular  reading  matter,  the  whole 
forming  one  publication.  Our  readers  will  therefor 
receive,  instead  of  the  regular  copy  of  the  Era  and 
the  price-list  separately  bound  a  special  copy  contain- 
ing the  price  list  as  an  integral  part  of  the  journal. 
As  the  value  of  a  price-list,  unless  constantly  kept  up- 
to-date  by  the  insertion  of  corrected  prices,  rapidly 
diminishes  after  its  apoearance,  the  publishers  of  the 
Era  have  decicLed  to  issue  a  copy  of  this  kind  three 
times  a  year  instead  of  only  twice  as  heretofore. 
This  will  bring  our  readers  a  carefully  corrected 
price-list  of  drugs,  chemicals  and  proprietary  medi- 
cines every  four  months.  Druggists  who  have  been 
accustomed  to  hanging  their  Copies  of  our  price-list 
supplement  upon  a  hook  or  nail  in  a  convenient  place 
for  reference,  can  continue  to  follow  this  practice  with 
the  combined  issue,  the  convenient  shape  and  size  of 
the  regular  publication  rendering  it  suitable  for  this 
purpose.  The  most  important  features  of  the  price- 
list  will  remain  unchanged,  our  present  system  of  in- 
dexing having  proved  eminentljy  satisfactory.  The 
work  of  revising  the  prices  of  the  thousands  of  ar- 
ticles included  in  the  list  has  gone  on  steadily  since 
its  last  issue  in  February.  Some  divisions  of  the  list 
have  been  enlarged  by  many  additions  and  all  of  the 
matter  has  been  brought  thoroughly  up-to-date.  The 
Era  of  next  week,  June  12,  will  be  a  special  issue  in- 
cluding the  revised  list. 

The  pessimists  who  believe  that  pharmacy  as  a  no- 
ble and  dignified  profession  is  in  process  of  decay, 
really  have  some  cause  for  their  grievous  worries.  It 


June  5,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


does  seem  as  if  pharmacists  were  at  present  more 
given  to  frivolitiy  than  is  quite  becoming  to  grave  and 
scientific  men.  If  we  are  correctly  informed,  the 
meeting  of  the  Missouri  State  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation to  be  held  at  Pertle  Springs  will  be  largely 
given  up  to  sport,  the  art  of  pharmacy  occupying  an 
almost  invisible  position  in  the  background.  The  pro- 
gram of  the  meeting  contains  a  long  list  of  contests 
mostly  promising  to  be  more  diverting  than  instruc- 
tive. The  greater  portion  of  the  list  is  made  up  of 
such  interesting  events  as  "wooden  shoe  race,"  "nail- 
driving  contest  for  ladies,"  "hat  trimming  contest  for 
men,"  etc.,  while  at  the  very  end,  almost  conspicuous 
in  its  loneliness,  and  the  only  evidence  that  pharmacy 
has  anything  to  do  with  the  festivities  is  the  announce- 
ment of  a  contest  in  identifying  powders  and  herbs. 

A  New  England  patent  medicine  drummer  re- 
cently performed  a  feat  which  either  marks  him  as  a 
remarkably  brave  man  or  proves  him  to  be  recklessly 
indiscreet.  He  delivered  a  box  of  cure-all  pills  at  the 
house  of  a  physician  who  is  also  a  Yale  professor  of 
materia  medica..  collected  $2.00  in  paj^ment,  and  es- 
caped with  his  life.  The  professor  secured  the  arrest 
of  a  man  whom  he  suspected  of  having  committed  the 
offense,  but  the  courts  found  no  evidence  against  him, 
and  the  prisoner  was  released.  Xow  the  professor 
has  been  sued  for  damages  caused  by  false  imprison- 
ment. 

The  enterprise  of  the  prepared  food  advertisers 
has  long  been  a  source  of  amusement  and  entertain- 
ment to  the  nations  of  the  earth.  Nothing  is  too 
high  or  too  low,  too  magnificent  or  too  trivial  to 
serve  as  a  medium  for  exploiting  the  virtues  of  some 
one  of  the  many  starch  and  milk  products  now  on 
the  market.  Reports  from  across  the  Atlantic  an- 
nounce the  first  appearance  of  the  air-ship  in  the 
advertising  field.  London  will,  during  the  coming 
Summer,  enjoy  the  novel  sight  of  a  dirigible  bal- 
loon of  the  Santos-Dumont  type  circling  about  over 
its  ancient  chimnef.'-pots  and  decorated  with  huge 
signs  proclaiming  the  iinportance  of  a  certain  food 
to  the  welfare  of  infant  humanity. 

We  announce  this  week  the  Era  Problem  De- 
partment's fourth  award  of  prizes.  The  work  of  the 
contestants  was  of  unusual  excellence  during  the 
month  of  April,  no  less  than  four  of  our  readers  an- 
swering all  of  the  20  problems  correctly.  The 
problem  editor  has,  therefore,  had  the  very  disagree- 
able and  difficult  task  of  deciding  which  of  these 
four  series  of  solutions  exhibits  the  most  superla- 
tive excellence.  He  has  carefulljy  considered  the 
mart/  points  in  favor  of  each  contestant,  and  has 
made  his  decision  as  printed  upon  another  page. 
He  is  not  without  misgivings,  but  he  hopes  that  no 
one  has  been  treated  unfairly,  and  that  his  decision 
will  be  satisfactory  to  a  reasonable  number  of  our 
readers. 


DULCITE.  a  member  of  the  carbo-hydrate  group, 
has  been  separated  from  Salacia  fluniinensis,  one  of 
the  Hippocrataceae  of  Rio  Janeiro,  by  Thomas  (.\pot. 
Zeit.).  It  was  identified  by  means  of  its  composition, 
melting  point  and  the  formation  of  a  hexacetyl  deriva- 
tive, melting  at  171  degrees  C. 


OUR  LETTER  BOX. 

AVe  «i.sli  it  distiiiotly  uiKlvi-Mtood  that  this  depart- 
uieiit  is  oiien  to  everybody  for  the  discussion 
of  any  subject  of  interest  to  the  drug:  trade, 
but  tlint  we  nceeiit  no  resiionsibility  for  the 
vieivs     and    opinions     expressed     by     contrlbn. 


Pleas 


be  brief  and  all 


sign  your  name. 


Plans   of   the   Rice   Memorial   Committee. 

Boston,  May  29. 
To    the    Editor: 

In  your  editorial  column  in  the  Era  of  May  22, 
you  say  "The  Charles  Rice  Memorial  Committee 
seems  to  be  altogether  too  modest."  You  also  in- 
timate that  the  public  would  probably  be  interested 
to  hear  directly  from  us.  As  chairman  of  that  com- 
mittee, I  am  more  than  pleased  to  tell  the  story  of 
our   work   thus    far   and  our   hopes   for  the   future. 

The  general  plan  is  as  follows:  To  raise  as  large 
a  sum  of  money  as  we  can.  We  have  reason  to^ 
expect  that  this  will  be  not  less  than  $2,000,  and 
we  hope  it  will  be  $5,000.  A  monument  will  be 
erected  to  the  memory  of  Dr.  Rice  and  a  memorial 
volume  prepared  and  sent  out. 

We  have  three  sub-committees:  First,  on  monu- 
ment. Prof.  Coblentz.  Dr.  Wilcox,  Mr.  C.  E.  Dohme; 
second,  on  memorial  volume,  Prof.  Beal,  Prof. 
Kraemer.  Prof.  Remington;  third,  on  general  public 
subscription.  Prof.  Coblentz.  The  simple  mention  of 
the  names  of  these  gentlemen  is  sufficient  guarantee 
that  the  work  they  are  to  do  will  be  well  done.  At 
the  present  time  the  total  subscriptions  concerning 
which  we  have  definite  report  amount  to  something 
over  $1,300. 

The  sub-committees  on  monument  and  memorial 
volume  cannot  report  definite  plans  until  we  know 
how  much  money  we  are  to  have.  It  is  desired  that 
the  general  pharmaceutical  public  shall  have  a  large 
share  in  this  good  work.  Dr.  Charles  Rice  was 
one  of  those  grand  men  who  are  so  modest  and  re- 
tiring in  disposition  that  the  general  public  cannot 
know  them  well.  But  those  who  do  know  such 
men  intimately  always  appreciate  them.  How  much 
Dr.  Rice  was  appreciated  bj'  those  who  knew  him 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that  there  is  on  our  subscription 
list  at  the  present  time  the  name  of  every  member 
of  the  Committee  of  Revision,  every  officer  of  the 
Pharmacopoeial  Convention  of  1900  and  ever,y  mem- 
ber of  the   Board  of  Trustees. 

Dr.  Rice's  character  is  one  that  will  shine  brightly 
and  still  more  brightly  as  the  years  go  on,  and  his 
many  public  services  are  more  widcV  known  and 
understood. 

We  hope  that  the  pharmacists  of  this  country, 
all  of  whom  owe  him  far  more  than  they  realize,  will 
give  the  Rice  Memorial  Committee  such  an  amount 
of  money  as  will  enable  us  to  erect  such  a  monument 
and  issue  such  a  memorial  volume  as  shall  be  worthy 
of  the  man  whose  memory  we  all  revere. 

S.  A.  D.  SHEPPARD. 
Chairman  Rice  Memorial  Committee. 


In  Regard  to  Illegible  Prescriptions. 

Bradford,  Pa.,  May.  26. 

To  the  Editor: — Occasionally  there  appear  in  drug 
journals  fac-similes  of  illegible  prescriptions,  accom- 
panied by  an  article  by  some  druggist  explaining  wdiat 
they  mean. 

The  writer  usually  says  the  prescription  came  to- 
his  store  while  he  was  unavoidably  at  dinner  (or 
elsewhere)  and  that  the  boy  who  washes  the  mortars, 
and  the  porter,  and  the  soda-water  girl,  and  the 
"Q.  C."  could  make  neither  head  nor  tail  of  it.  Then 
he  tells  how  he  hurried  in  and  after  an  hour's  study 
made  it  out  and  filled  it. 

The  reproduction  of  the  Ti  as  it  appears,  might  be 
taken  for  almost  anything,  from  a  map  of  China  to  a 
design  for  Battenberg  lace.  The  druggist  explains  at 
length  that  it  is  written  partly  in  Latin  and  partly  in 


S54: 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  5,  1902. 


English,  with  a  little  German  thrown  in  to  make  it 
more  scientific.  He  shows  that  the  extra  quirk  on 
the  5  mark  is  simply  an  expression  of  the  latent 
energy  in  the  doctor  who  made  it,  and  doesn't  mean 
what  it  means  at  all;  therefore  it  means  drachms. 
Then  he  goes  on  to  show  how  easy  it  is  for  the  porter 
to  make  mistakes  if  he  tries  to  grapple  with  difficult 
prescriptions,  and  incidentally  pats  himself  on  the 
hack  for  being  a  past-miaster  in  the  noble  art  of  evolv- 
ing something  out  of  the  next  thing  to  nothing. 

In  my  humble  opinion,  nothing  of  benefit  can  ac- 
crue to  the  druggist  who  spends  his  time  puzzling  over 
illegible  prescriptions.  Wait  until  the  doctor  has  had 
time  to  feel  better,  and  then  go  to  him  and  ask  him 
frankly  what  he  wishes  to  prescribe.  If  he  can  read 
liis  own  writing  after  it's  cold,  he  will  feel  flattered, 
and  will  write  you  a  neat,  legible  copy. 

The  time  has  passed  when  a  doctor  who  is  ignor- 
ant, can  scrawl  directions  for  medicine,  and  have  it 
pass  for  eccentricity,  or  an  overplus  of  learning. 
Don't  waste  your  time  over  illegible  precriptions! 

"KEYSTOXE." 


If  "it  takes  all  sorts  of  people  to  make  a  world," 
it  also  takes  all  sorts  of  experiences  to  fill  out  life 
in  a  drug  store  to  well-rounded  symmetrical  pro- 
portions. So,  thought  a  pill-mixer  at  Winona,  Minn., 
a  few  days  ago  when  a  customer  called  for  tooth- 
brushes and  the  sequel  of  this  common,  every-day 
occurrence  worked  itself  out  with  startling  etTect. 
The  druggist  showed  the  man  his  stock  of  brushes 
and  the  to-be  purchaser  concluded  that  what  would 
best  suit  him  was  a  manicure  brush.  This  was 
something  like  a  man  calling  for  a  cigar  and  con- 
cluding to  take  a  tablet  instead.  But  a  sale  was  in 
sight  and  the  druggist  said  nothing — whatever  he 
may  have  thought  of  the  surprising  shift  in  the  pur- 
chaser's preferences  from  a  tooth-brush  to  a  mani- 
cure brush — and  handed  over  the  desired  article. 
"Now,"  said  the  buyer,  "gimme  some  Sapolio."  The 
latter,  too,  was  instantty  his.  Then  out  came  all  the 
customer's  teeth  and  their  owner  proceeded  then  and 
there  to  cleanse  the  "grinders"  with  his  Sapolio  and 
manicure  brush.  "I  tell  you,"  he  remarked,  in  the 
lisping,  swoshy  accents  due  to  toothless  gums,  "there 
ain't  nothin'  on  airth  to  clean  store  teeth  like  these 
"'ere  things!"  And  never  before  was  druggist  or 
devil  so  jarred  as  the  proprietor  of  that  Winona 
■"shop." 

LIQUID  SOAP.— M.  I.  Wilbert  (Am.  Journ. 
Pharm.)  offers  the  following  formula  for  a  liquid 
soap  suitable  for  surgical  purposes:  Cottonseed  oil, 
300  parts,  alcohol,  300  parts;  water,  325  parts;  sodium 
hydroxide,  45  parts;  potassium  carbonate,  10  parts; 
ether,  15  parts;  and  carbolic  acid,  25  parts.  The  oil 
is  placed  in  a  bottle  of  suitable  size,  together  with  100 
parts  of  water,  200  of  alcohol  and  the  sodium  hydrox- 
ide. The  bottle  is  then  shaken  until  saponification 
is  effected,  after  which  the  remaining  alcohol  is 
added.  Next  the  potassium  carbonate  is  dissolved 
in  the  remaining  water  and  added  to  the  contents  of 
the  bottle,  the  carbolic  acid  and  ether  being  added 
last,  and  the  bottle  again  shaken.  The  soap  should 
be  kept  in  carefully  stoppered  bottles  in  order  to 
prevent  evaporation  of  alcohol,  and  it  should  be  kept 
at  temperatures  above  10  or  12  degrees  C.  to  avoid 
solidification. 


"So,  you  are  engaged  to  Charlie  Mixum,  the  drug 
clerk.  What  on  earth  do  you  want  to  marry  that  callow 
youth  for? 

"I  don't  want  to  marry  him,  but  you  know  Charlie 
has  charge  of  the  soda  fountain  this  summer." 

KAURI  RESIN  is  derived  from  a  conifer,  Dam- 
mara  australis,  found  in  Australia,  New  Caledonia  and 
neighboring  islands  (Form,  des  med.  nouv.).  The 
resin  occurs  in  two  varieties,  one  a  fossil  resin  highly 
valued  in  commerce  under  the  name  gum  kauri,  and 
the  other  the  resin  as  recently  gathered  from  the  tree. 
The  resin  obtained  from  trees  is  soluble  in  90  per  cent, 
alcohol  and  ether,  and  slightly  soluble  in  turpentine. 
By  dry  distillation  it  is  found  to  contain  an  oil  called 
dammarol,  an  acid  resin,  dammaric  acid  which  occurs 
in  the  form  of  crystalline  salts,  and  a  neutral  resin, 
dammaryl.  The  resin  is  recommended  by  Forne  in 
cutaneous  affections  as  a  substitute  for  collodion  and 
traumatin.  It  is  also  given  internally  in  vesical  ca- 
tarrh, with  favorable  results.  The  syrupy  alcoholic 
solution  mfiiv  replace  collodion  in  the  treatment  of 
wounds,  and  tincture  of  benzoin  in  the  treatment  of 
dental  caries.  A  solution  of  this  resin  in  its  essential 
oil  may  be  used  in  histology,  insteady  of  Canada  bal- 
sam. 


PROTEIN  MOLECULE.— T.  B.  Osborne  (J. 
Amer.  Chem.  Soc.)  has  studied  the  basic  nature  of 
the  protein  molecule  and  the  behavior  of  edestin 
with  definite  quantities  of  acids  and  bases.  The  cryst- 
als of  edestin  seem  to  be  isomorphous  with  those  of 
its  salts,  the  mass  influence  of  protein  molecule 
preventing  any  change  by  the  combined  acid.  In  thil 
it  behaves  like  globulin.  The  solvent  action  of  hydro- 
chloric acid  on  free  edestin  suspended  in  water  cor- 
responds closely  to  a  complete  reaction  between 
one  molecule  of  base  and  two  molecules  of  acid.  'The 
fact  that  edestin,  and  its  salts  with  strong  acids, 
are  soluble  in  neutral  solutions  of  sodium  chloride 
shows  that,  contrary  to  the  opinion  of  Starke,  the 
solubility  of  globulin  does  not  depend  upon  the 
presence  of  an  alkali. 


June  5,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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umbus  Ave  ,   New  York.     The  decorations  and  fixtures  are  in  white  marble  and  enamel 


ORIGINALITY  IN  THE  DRUG  BUSINESS. 

By  J.   T.    PEPPER,   Woodstock,   Ont. 

TO  be  eminently  successful  in  the  drug 
business  today  you  must  be  original  in 
your  business  methods,  and  rely  upon 
yourself  and  your  own  eflforts.  Suc- 
cess in  the  drug  business  is  not  to  be  reached 
nowadays  by  the  easy  going  methods  thaH 
obtained  a  generation  or  two  ago.  Times  have 
changed  and  the  people  have  changed,  and  progress 
has  been  made.  Originality  and  push  are  the  only 
qualities  that  will  carry  a  druggist  ahead,  and  the 
more  original  he  is,  and  the  harder  he  pushes,  the 
more  quickly  does  he  achieve  success.  He  must  get 
out  of  the  beaten  track  of  his  forefathers  in  pharma- 
cy. He  must  adopt  newer  business  methods.  He 
must  adapt  himself  to  the  changing  conditions  of 
business.  He  must  broaden  out  in  his  views  of  com- 
mercial life.  He  must  add  to  the  drug  business 
profitable  side  lines.  The  methods  of  conducting  a 
drug  store  helped  the  forefathers  in  pharmacy  to  suc- 
cess and  wealth,  but  those  same  methods  if  employed 
at  present  would  not  produce  to  any  extent  very  bril- 
liant results. 

It  is  impossible  for  a  young  druggist  to  distin- 
guish himself  or  make  a  success  of  his  business 
against  the  tremendous  competition  of  the  present 
day  unless  he  has  some  originality  in  his  methods, 
or  his  means  of  attracting  trade.  What  the  people 
demand  and  admire  is  something  new  and  original. 
They  want  change,  variety,  novelty.  The  people  ad- 
mire the  druggist  who  has  the  ingenuity  and  the 
courage  to  introduce  new  nietliods  of  attracting  their 
trade.  At  no  time  in  the  history  of  the  drug  busi- 
ness was  originally  so  much  at  a  premium.  It  takes 
a  very  strong  minded  man  with  a  good  many  orig- 


inal ideas  to  push  to  the  front  in  the  drug  business 
today  and  attract  the  attention  and  the  patronage  of 
the  public. 

Originality  may  be  shown  in  the  arrangement  of 
the  furniture  in  the  drug  store,  its  system  of  light- 
ing, or  the  kind  of  wood  used  in  the  fittings.  We 
see  these  differences  now  oftener  than  formerly,  but 
they  are  stil!  too  rare.  Application  of  original 
thought  to  the  planning  of  the  drug  store  interior 
will  produce  an  agreeable  variety. 

In  putting  up  his  own  preparations  the  druggist 
finds  abundant  opportunity  for  displaying  his  orig- 
inality. He  can  endeavor  to  have  his  own  prepara- 
tions different  from  those  of  his  competitor.  He  can 
use  bottles  of  different  shapes.  He  can  have  his  la- 
bels, wrappers,  cartons  and  circulars  of  directions 
gotten  up  in  a  st,yle  distinctly  his  own.  He  can  also 
have  his  preparations  entirely  different  from  the  reg- 
ular advertised  patents,  so  that  they  can  in  no  way 
be  said  to  be  an  imitation  of  them. 

It  requires  considerable  printed  matter  to  run  a 
drug  store  successfully,  and  when  this  matter  comes- 
up  for  consideration,  most  pharmacists  seem  to  lose 
sight  of  the  fact  that  quality  has  its  value.  The  prin- 
cipal aim  seems  to  be  to  get  it  as  cheaply  as  possi- 
ble. Many  druggists  look  at  the  two  or  three  dol- 
lars they  may  be  able  to  save,  and  forget  that  it  is 
saved  at  the  expense  of  effectiveness.  Did  you  ever 
notice  how  ordinary  all  the  printed  matter  in  the 
aveage  dug  store  looks?  There  is  nothing  individu- 
al about  it — nothing  attractive — nothing  to  make  it 
look  different  from  that  of  all  other  drug  stores. 
They  all  look  alike.  This  sameness  can  be  ac- 
counted for  in  a  measure  by  the  fact  that  druggists 
have  so  many  little  things  to  look  after,  and  neglect 
to  look  after  this  "little  thing,"  taking  what 
the    label    printers    have    supplied    them.      The    label 


55G 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  5,  1902. 


men  go  all  over  the  country  calling  on  the  druggists, 
or  send  label  catalogues,  and  the  druggists  order 
by  number.  In  this  way  it  comes  about  that  a  great 
many  druggists  have  the  same  kinds  of  labels. 

It  is  wise  to  spend  a  little  more  money  on  printed 
matter  than  most  druggists  do.  A  certain  amount 
will  be  spent  ano'way,  and  the  adding  of  just  a  little 
more  makes  a  wonderful  difference  in  the  appearance 
of  a  label,  circular  or  booklet.  Labels  for  everyday 
use  might  easily  be  made  to  diflfer  more  than  they 
do.  Of  course,  some  are  printed  and  some  are  lith 
ographed,  but  they  might  be  printed  on  paper  of  dif- 
ferent colors,  or  exhibit  a  greater  variety  of  type, 
and  there  might  be  a  much  greater  variety  of  shapes 
and  designs.  Individuality  in  labels  is  good  advertis- 
ing. 

Distributing  poor!y  gotten  up  circulars  or  book- 
lets is,  in  these  days  of  business  rivalry,  a  waste  of 
time  and  money.  It  costs  very  little  more  to  do  the 
whole  thing  in  a  proper  manner.  Unless  your  adver- 
tising matter  attracts  attention  and  arouses  sufTicient 
interest,  it  has  failed  of  its  purpose  and  is  carelessly 
thrown  away. 

Card   Salesmen. 

Sometimes  customers  come  into  your  store  who 
do  not  seem  to  realize  or  understand  all  the  good 
things  that  tyou  tell  them  regarding  some  preparation 
that  jyou  are  trying  to  sell.  There  are  people  who 
can  understand  a  thing  about  which  they  can  read 
far  better  than  explanations  by  word  or  mouth.  For 
customers  of  this  kind  cards  can  be  printed  with 
black  ink  on  yellow  cardboard,  size  about  five  by 
eight  inches.  The  matter  on  these  cards  should  be 
plainly  stated,  and  tell  the  most  important  points 
about  the  preparation.  You  will  find  that  cards  of 
this  kind  will  often  help  to  make  a  sale  when  a  per- 
sonal talk  would  have  failed.  There  are  so  many 
difTerent  kinds  of  people,  and  different  people  require 
different  treatment.  The  cards  can  be  placed  about 
the  store  among  your  goods  and  will  continually  be 
on  duty  as   "silent  salesmen." 


HOW  TO  INCREASE  PROFITS.* 

BcV  \VM.   bODEMAXN.   Chicago,   111. 

SUCH  is  the  title  selected  for  this  year's  prize 
essay  in  the  I.  P.  A.  meeting.  First  and  fore- 
most, jv'ou  will  increase  your  profits,  if  you  sue- 
in  avoiding  losses.  No  individual  recipe  for 
the  disease  can  be  formulated.  This  is  a  case 
where  everybody  is  his  own  best  doctor.  Secondly, 
you  will  most  assuredly  increase  your  profits  il 
you  charge  better  prices  for  your  goods.  When 
this  is  said — and  who  could  successfully  contradict 
these  two  propositions — I  might  close  the  argument 
and  dismiss  the  case,  but  your  rule  for  a  "Prize 
Essay"  demands  fifteen  hundred  words.  So  here 
goes  for  the  fifteen  hundred  words. 

We  druggists  are  somewhat  in  the  same  position 
as  the  ancient  Jews  were  in  Egypt.  They  were  in  a 
pitiful  condition  of  abject  slavery,  until  Moses  arrived 
on  the  scene  and  led  his  people  from  bondage 
to  the  promised  land  where  milk  and  honey  abounded. 
Is  it  true?  Have  we  druggists  had  our  Moses? 
Where  and  who  is  he?  I  can^  tell  you,  and 
I  am  not  going  to  whisper  it  into  your  ears 
cither.  On  the  contrary,  I  shall  proclaim  it 
as  loud  as  I  can  from  all  the  house  tops— 
our  Moses  has  come,  and  it  is — the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
Moses  went  to  the  bush  and  when  he  came  back  he 
brought  his  people  the  ten  commandments,  the  one 
law  underlying  all  laws  of  ancient  and  modern  na- 
tions. 

When  we  went  to  St.  Lnuis  in  October.  1898,  we 
returned  with  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  nothing  can  keep 
us  from  winning  out  on  that  line,  if  we  on'y  keep  on 
I)reaching  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  gospel  until  the  drug  trade 
of  America  is  a  stone  wall,  against  all  our  enemies. 
l)c  thr,v  cutter,  jobber  or  manufacturer.     The  gospel 


*Prize  essay  rpiid  .it  tl^ 
niiis  Pliarmaceutieal  Assoc 
<'onlrlbntcd  by  the  author. 


anniinl  nici'tiuf;  of  tlio  llli- 
ilioM    at    .T.-ifksonvillc.    IIIi.^. 


of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  is  organization,  and  if  you  study 
the  question  of  profits,  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  is  the  only 
solution.  Live  up  to  the  rule  laid  down  by  our 
N.  A.  R.  D.,  start  your  home  associations,  and  what 
is  the  first  thing  you  find?  Where  you  slaughtered 
goods  at  almost  cost  price,  fooled  away  your  time 
for  nothing,  lost  money,  temper  and  honor,  you  came 
together  with  j-our  neighbors  and  the  first  thing  you 
did  was  to  get  up  a  schedule  of  prices,  and  lo!  it  was 
possible  to  agree  on  an  increase  of  profits,  as  if  by 
the  hand  of  a  magician. 

Let  everybody  agree  to  agree,  and  the  details  are 
easily  arranged.  Before  you  realize  it  you  will  find 
that  the  "shopper"  disappears;  you  sell  your  goods 
out  at  an  increased  profit  and  remain  firm  to  the 
behests  of  the  "shopper,"  knowing  that  your  neigh- 
bors will  remain  as  firm  as  you  are. 

The  foundation  and  fundamental  principle  of 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.  is  the  district  organiza- 
tion. Is  this  doctrine  a  new  invention  or 
a  revelation?  It  seems  to  be  but  it  is  in  fact 
as  old  as  the  hills,  my  friends.  If  you  doubt  it,  do 
as  I  did — study  the  bible.  Whenever  I  get  thorough- 
ly tired  from  the  day's  labor  of  raising  the  standard 
and  a  living,  I  lock  iryself  up  in  my  den  and  pick  up 
the  bible  for  comfort  and  strength,  and  I  never  yet 
missed  it.  The  other  day  I  picked  up  St.  Paul's  Epis- 
tle to  the  Corinthians.  Here  is  what  I  found — "How 
lovely  and  sweet  it  is,  when  brethren  dwell  in  unity." 
Paul  must  have  been  a  mind  reader,  he  must  have  had 
N.  A.  R.  D.  district  organization  in  mind,  and  for  all 
we  know  he  may  have  been  on  a  mission  into  a  dis- 
trict to  get  the  boys  together  as  we  send  forth  our 
organizers.  At  all  our  recent  state  association  meet- 
ings, the  N.  A.  R.  D.  doctrine  has  been  the  chief 
topic  of  deliberation,  and  I  will  not  prolong  the  theme 
at  present. 

Now  to  another  remedy  for  better  profits.  Some 
ten  years  ago,  a  number  of  Chicago  druggists  got 
together  and  endeavored  to  do  what  Morgan,  Hill 
and  others  have  been  doing — we  tried  to  syndicate 
a  number  of  stores.  I  was  vividly  reminded  of  this 
our  first  attempt  the  other  day  when  I  had  the  pleas- 
ure of  meetng  a  Los  Angeles  druggist  who  had  done 
the  very  thing  we  had  planned  at  that  time.  In  Los 
Angeles  the  syndicating  of  stores  by  their  owners 
has  been  a  glorious  success,  so  much  so  that  they  al- 
most hope  cutting  will  not  be  abated,  simply  because 
it  is  their  best  card — it  brings  patrons  to  their  stores 
and  gives  them  a  chance  to  boom  their  own  profit 
winning  preparations.  But  that  is  a  matter  of  local 
peculiarity  and  does  not  apply  everywhere.  Let  us 
see  what  the  conditions  in  our  cities  are.  Take  twelve 
successful  stores,  combine  them  into  one  corporation 
and  what  is  the  benefit?  In  the  first  place  you  can  go 
into  the  market  and  buy  the  bulk  of  your  goods  at  such 
a  discount  as  you  are  now  satisfied  to  sell  them  at. 
That's  profit.  You  make  more  by  buying  cheaply 
than  you  do  now  in  selling,  and  you  double  and  treble 
your  profits  at  once. 

In  the  second  place  your  new  corporation  can 
successfully  place  on  the  market  a  line  of  remedies 
that  bring  you  not  only  a  handsome  profit,  but  are 
introduced  in  the  twelve  stores  belonging  to  the 
corporation  in  so  prominent  a  way,  that  your  line  of 
remedies  will  soon  become  a  marketable  product  and 
in  time  will  be  a  valuable  piece  of  property. 

A  third  advantage  is  that  your  corporation  can  be 
run  at  a  much  lower  rate  of  business  expense.  Where 
a  single  store  is  now  obliged  to  run  almost  a  double 
shift  of  clerks  to  permit  days  and  nights  off  for  the 
force,  you  could  in  your  corporation  have  one  man 
(or  more)  for  the  express  purpose  of  jumping  in  and 
helping  out  wherever  extra  help  is  needed  for  a 
rush,  or  a  day  ofif  for  a  clerk. 

Here  is  another  advantage.  Take  twelve  men  be- 
longing to  this  syndicate  and  you  will  find  that  each 
individual  is  cut  out  for  one  particular  line.  At  pres- 
ent the  druggist  has  such  a  multitude  of  <lifTerent  pur- 
suits that  he  hard'y  finds  it  possible  to  do  full  justice 
to  his  ruling  duties.  In  a  combination  of  twelve 
talents  you  will  find  that  A  has  a  particular  gift  for 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


making  pharmaceutical  preparations.  So  A  is  the 
manufacturer  for  the  combine  and  relieves  the  other 
eleven  of  that  part  of  the  work.  Mr.  B  is  best  equip- 
ped to  select  perfumes  and  toilet  goods,  so  B  is  the 
superintendent  of  that  branch.  Mr.  C  is  an  excellent 
judge  of  cigars,  and  we  put  him  down  for  that  branch. 
Mr.  D  is  a  good  collector,  and  where  now  every  single 
stores  loses  heavily  on  account  of  negligent  collec- 
tions, D  could  manage  the  collections  for  the  com- 
bine and  relieve  the  managers  of  the  other  eleven 
stores  of  the  unpleasant  duty  of  pressing  a  personal 
friend   for   more   prompt   payment. 

Can  you  think  of  a  better  way  to  increase  your 
profits  than  by  avoiding  heavy  losses  on  ledger  ac- 
counts? Mr.  E  is  a  good,  smooth  "con"  man,  and  E 
is  put  down  as  the  man  to  call  on  the  doctors  patron- 
izing the  corporation  stores.  Not  everybody  is  adept 
in  the  art  of  putting  up  a  pleasing  front  to  the  medical 
profession.  Mr.  F  is  a  genius  on  drafting  catchy  ad- 
vertisements and  he  draws  up  the  circulars  that  are 
distributed  by  all  the  stores  making  up  the  combina- 
tion. Mr.  G  knows  all  about  leases  and  contracts 
and  he  is  the  man  that  looks  after  all  the  leases,  in- 
surance policies,  losses,  real  estate  deals,  etc.  H  has 
the  best  judgment  on  fixtures,  glassware,  boxes,  etc.; 
that  is  his  department.  I  has  the  proprietary  medi- 
cines in  charge,  on  account  of  having  good  taste  for 
attractive  labels  and  packages.  K  is  the  scientific 
brother  of  the  concern  and  he  does  all  the  test  work, 
absolutely  essential  to  first  class  pharmacy.  L  has  a 
wide  acciuaintance  among  young  pharmacists;  he 
looks  after  employing  the  right  kind  of  help.  M  runs 
into  figures,  is  what  is  now  called  a  "Napoleon  of 
finance;"  he  looks  after  banks  and  banking — what  a 
relief  it  would  be  if  eleven  men  did  not  have  to  bother 
with  seeing  the  bank  about  extending  loans.  But — 
I  have  got  up  to  the  twelfth  man  in  distributing  the 
work  now  expected  of  one  poor  mortal  individual. 
And  the  success  that  w-ould  follow  the  plan  of  com- 
bination is  so  absolutely  certain,  that  loans  of  a  bank 
would  be  the  least  of  our  troubles. 

I  am  so  confident  that  this  plan  is  not  a  dream 
that  I  urge  a  most  thorough  investigation  of  the  poss- 
ibilities for  carrying  out  such  a  scheme  in  your  differ- 
ent localities.  I  consider  this  remedy  so  sure  a  cure 
that  all  other  ways  to  increase  the  profits  in  business 
dwindle  down  to  nothing  in  comparison. 

I  will  not  close,  however,  without  mentioning  one 
other  method  to  increase  profits.  Study  the  pro- 
grammes of  the  various  state  associations,  and  when- 
over  you  find  a  call  for  a  "prize  essay,"  with  a  big  prize 
held  out,  as  in  our  I.  P.  A.,  follow  my  advice  and 
pitch  in.  If  you  carry  off  the  prize  money,  it  is  all 
clear  profit,  if  you  don't  win  the  prize,  well,  then  you 
have  your  money's  worth  of  fun  in  penning  the  essay, 
and,  in  either  case,  profit  or  fun.  you  are  the  gainer. 
Can  you  ask  for  more?  Yes,  for  one  privilege  you 
may  hold  out  in  addition,  and  that  is  what  I  am  doing 
now.  I  move  that  this  essay  be  referred  to  a  com- 
mittee of  one.  of  which  I  shall  be  the  chairman,  for 
the  purpose  of  awarding  the  prize. 

It  is  up  to  you  pharmacists   of  Illinois. 

Remember  this  is  not  a  dunner  from  L.  T.  Hoy. 

He  generally  asks  you  for  a  dollar  and  fifty; 

I  multiply  by  ten  smooth  and  swiftly. 

All  I  hold  out  for  is  15  in  currency, 

As  a  reward  for  my  labors  in  eloquency. 

I   make  no  claims  for  being  a  Shakespeare, 

But  in  case  I  win  I'll  set  up  the  beer. 

The   prize   will   be   on    show   in   the    committee    of 

raising  h — 1. 
Award  it — join  the  committee  and  all  will  be  well. 
Follow   my   advice   a.s   to   profits; 
You  will  surely  win  and  steer  clear  of  pure  fits. 


A  NEW  CHLORAL  COMPOUND.— The  Chem- 
ist and  Druggist  reports  the  formation  of  a  new  com- 
pound by  the  condensation  of  one  molecule  each  of 
urea,  chloral  and  bromal.  It  is  a  crystalline  com- 
pound of  all  three  bodies,  and  is  proposed  as  a  remedy 
in  cases  requiring  a  sedative  in  certain  modified  forms. 


ITraiinUded  fur  the  Era.) 

NEW  REMEDIES.* 

ACETANILID  ZINC  PASTE.— Prepared  by  rub- 
bing acetanilid,  3.75  parts;  zinc  oxide,  II  parts,  starch 
iodide  (5  per  cent.),  15  parts  into  a  paste,  with  water 
or  olive   oil.     Employed   in  skin   diseases. 

AGURIN. — Emnloyed  in  dropsical  conditions  in 
doses  of  I  gram  three  times  a  day. 

AMYLOFORM.— Mixed  with  equal  parts  of  rice 
starch;  used  as  a  snuflf. 

AN-^BANUM.— A  remedy  for  certain  forms  of  ec- 
zema. A  mixture  of  a  number  of  astringent  and  an- 
tiseptic substances. 

ANTI-CATARRH  PASTILLS.  —  See  Pectoral 
Pastilles. 

ARISTOCHININ.— Di-quinine  ester  of  carbonic 
acid. 

.A.RRHENAL.— Sodium  methyl  arsenite  (O 
.^sCHaOiNa.H.-O).  Prepared  by  treating  sodium 
arsenite  with  methyl  iodide  in  the  presence  of  an  ex- 
cess of  alkali.  Colorless  crystals  containing  34  per 
cent,  of  arsenic,  easily  soluble  in  water,  with  difficulty, 
in  alcohol. 

ATOXYL. — Anilin  metarsenate.  Employed  instead 
of  inorganic  arsenic  compounds  in  subcutaneous  in- 
jections. 

AURIN  PRO  INJECTIONE— A  remedy  for  gon- 
orrhoea. Formula:  Aurin  I  part;  rub  with  distilled 
water,  5  parts,  and  glycerine,  5  parts;  add  gradually 
enough  water  to  make  200  parts. 

BROMOCOLL — Employed  in  epilepsy  instead  of 
potassium  bromide,  in  gradually  increasing  doses. 

BROMOF.'\RINA— A  meal  containing  bromides, 
emploved  for  baking  medicated  bread. 

BROMIDE.  EFFERVESCENT— See  Sal  broma- 
tum   effervescens. 

BOTOT  MOUTH  WASH  TABLETS— Tablets 
prepared  from  a  mass  containing  sodium  bicarbonate, 
3,000  parts:  alcohol.  500  parts:  anethol,  40  parts;  oil 
of  cinnamon.  5  parts;  oil  of  cloves,  5  parts:  infusion 
of  vanilla,  40  parts;  and  tincture  of  myrrh,  40  parts. 

COCLOIN — A  milky  liquid  known  as  vegetable 
milk,  an  aqueous  extract  of  fresh  Indian  corn,  as  free 
as  possible  from  cellulose. 

DIONIN — Employed  as  a  cough  remedy  and 
anodyne  subcutaneously,  in  asthma  and  dyspnoea  and 
insomnia.     Also  as  an  application  in  toothache. 

E^IULSION  OF  COD  LIVER  OIL— Contains 
cod  liver  oil.  250  parts;  tragacanth.  i  part:  saccharin, 
.2  parts;  sodium  bicarbonate,  .1  part;  the  yolks  of  two 
eggs:  tincture  of  benzoin,  3.5  parts;  chloroform,  2 
parts;  essential  oil  of  bitter  almonds,  10  drops;  alco- 
hol, 10  parts:  sodium  hypophosphite,  10  parts;  and 
calciuni  hvpophosphite.  10  parts. 

F.\CHINGER  SALT.  ARTIFICIAL— A  mixture 
of  sodium  bicarbonate,  finely  powdered,  210  parts;  so- 
dium sulphate,  finely  powdered  and  anhydous,  .25 
part;  sodium  phosphate,  .33  part;  sodium  chloride,  .30 
part. 

FANGHI  DI  SDAFANI— A  Sicilian  earth  of  vol- 
canic origin.  A  strongly  acid,  yellow  powder  con- 
taining 80  per  cent,  sulphur.  Employed  in  acne 
rosacea. 

FRUTIL — A  non-alcoholic  carbonated  beverage 
prepared   from   the  juice   of  apples. 

G.ALLI.\NIN — A  liquid  said  to  contain  four  vol- 
umes of  ozone  dissolved  in  one  volume  of  a  harmless 
vehicle.  Employed  in  veterinary  practice  in  the  form 
of  injections  in  the  jugular  vein  in  pneumonia,  pulmo- 
narv  conErestion,   influenza,   etc. 

GELON  PREPARATIONS— Glycerin  gelatin 
masses. 

MERCURIC  lODOCACODYLATE  —  Prepared 
by  dissolving  i  part  of  mercury  cacodylate  and  2  parts 
of  cacoc'ylic  acid  in  75  parts  of  distilled  water,  adding 
a  solution  of  one  part  of  sodium  iodide  in  3  parts  of 
water,  neutralizing  wth  sodium  hydrate,  filtering,  di- 
luting to  100  parts  and  sterilizing.  Employed  in  the 
form  of  iniections  in  syphilis. 

JABORANDI     HAIR-WASH— Contains    quinine 


*l'"'roni  n   list  cuniiiili'il   li, 
.\li()tlickiM-  /.("it Mil);. 


I'lof.   i-r.   II.   Boekiirts  in 


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[June  5,  1902. 


sulphate,  1.25  parts;  tincture  of  jaborandi,  30  parts; 
cologne  water,  60  parts;  glycerin,  30  parts;  bay  rum, 
60  parts  and  rose  water,  330  parts. 

lODOFORMPLOMBE— Contains  iodoform  ,  30 
or  60  parts;  spermaceti,  40  parts;  oil  of  sesame,  20 
parts.  Used  in  treating  cavities  caused  by  caries  or 
necrosis. 

lODOLENUM  EXTERNUM— A  combination  of 
albumin  with  36  per  cent,  of  iodol.  Employed  as  a 
substitute  for  iodoform. 

lODOLENUM  INTERNUM— A  combination  of 
albumin  with  9  or  10  per  cent,  of  iodol.  Used  as  a 
substitute  for  potassium  iodide  and  other  iodine 
preparations. 

CROTON  OIL  PENCILS— A  mixture  of  croton 
oil,  4  parts  and  yellow  wax,  1.5  parts. 

LECITHIN  SIRUP— Prepared  by  mixing  300 
parts  of  egg  yolk  with  60  parts  of  water,  and  adding, 
without  heat,  10  parts  common  salt,  180  parts  sugar, 
SO  parts  cherr,y  laurel  water  and  300  parts  of  glycerin. 

LECITHOL — An  aromatic  haemoglobin  prepara- 
tion containing  iron  and  glycerinophosphoric  acid. 

BOURGET,  AROMATIC  SALICYLATE  LINI- 
MENT— An  embrocation  for  grippe,  containing  4 
parts  of  salicylic  acid.  10  parts  of  methyl  salicylate,  5 
parts  of  eucalyptus  oil,  3  parts  of  oil  of  sage,  5  parts 
oil  of  mace,  30  parts  of  oil  of  camphor,  and  120  parts 
of  juniper  spirit. 

MARSYLE — .A  French  preperation  containing 
cacodylate  of  iron. 

METHOROL.— A  local  application  used  in  tuber- 
culosis of  the  upper  air  passages. 

MORRHUAL — An  emulsion  of  cod  liver  oil,  con- 
taining .05  per  cent,  of  iodine  in  the  form  of  iodipin 
and  calcium  and  sodium  hypophosphites. 

MOUSSETE'S  PILLS.— Each  pill  is  said  to  con- 
tain .0002  gram  aconitine  and  .05  gram  extract  of  cin- 
chona. Employed  as  a  remedy  for  neuralgia, 
migraine,  etc.,  one  or  two  per  day. 

AROMATIC  MOUTH  WASH  TABLETS— Tab- 
lets prepared  from  a  mixture  of  3.000  parts  of  sodium 
bicarbonate,  500  parts  of  rectified  spirit,  40  parts  of 
anethol,  60  parts  of  peppermint  oil,  30  parts  of  oil  of 
calamus,   and   10  parts   of  thymol. 

OBERSALZBRUNNEN,  KRONENQUELLE, 
SALT,  ARTIFICIAL— A  mixture  of  finely  powdered 
sodium  chloride,  59  parts;  potassium  sulphate,  40 
parts;  sodium  bicarbonate,  978  parts;  parts;  lithium 
Ijicarbonate,  12  parts;  and  anhjydrous  magnesium  sul- 
phate. 237  parts. 

ODOS — A  substitute  for  extract  of  beef. 

OREXINUM  TANNICUM— -A  preventive  for 
sea-sickness;  taken  in  doses  of  .3  to  .5  gram  in  J4  liter 
of  water  three  hours  before  sailing,  followed  by  a 
hearty  meal. 

PARAMOL — A  photographic  developer. 

PECTORAL  PASTILLES— One  hundred  pas- 
tilles contain  sulphurated  antimony.  3  parts;  extract 
of  senega,  3  parts;  glycyrrhizin.  15  parts;  tragacanth. 
S  parts;  sugar,  87.5  parts  and  10  per  cent,  solution  of 
balsam  of  tolu,  7.5  parts. 

PERTUSSIN — See  syrup  of  thyme  compound. 

PEPPERMINT  MOUTH  WASH  TABLETS— 
Formed  from  a  mass  containing  sodium  bicarbonate, 
3,000  parts;  alcohol,  500  parts;  menthol,  40  parts;  oil 
of  peppermint,   30  parts   and  boric   acid,   20  parts. 

PROTEINUM  PYOCYANEUM— An  extract  of 
cultures  of  bacillus  pyocyaneus.  A  greenish  yellow, 
slightly  alkahne  liquid  having  an  odor  resembling 
tilia  flowers.  Employed  as  a  dressing  in  ulcera  cru- 
ris. 

MERCURIC  BENZOATE— A  subcutaneous  in- 
jection in  syphilis.  Mercuric  benzoate.  3  gram;  am- 
monium benzoate,  1.5  gram;  cocaine  benzoatc,  .075 
to  .15  gram,  and  sterilized  distilled  water,  enough  to 
make  30  Cc. 

SALA  PERLES — Perlcs  containing  salacetol  and 
santeol. 

SAL  BROM.ATUM  EFFERVESCENS— Effer- 
vescent bromide  salts.  Contain  potassium  bromide, 
800  parts;  sodium  bromide.  800  parts;  ammonium  bro- 
mide, 400  parts;  sodium  bicarbonate,   1,000  parts;  cit- 


ric acid,  380  parts;  tartaric  acid,  445  parts,  and  sugar, 
175  parts. 

SEL  DE  PARIS,  THYME  ROUGE— A  meat  pre- 
servative of  French  origin  containing  zinc  sulphate 
and  thymol  colored  red. 

SELENINUM  HYDROGENIO  PEROXYDA- 
TO  PARATUM — A  toxin  prepared  from  diplococcus 
semilunaris  by  means  of  hvdrogen  peroxide. 

SOLUBLE  SILVER  PARANUCLEIN  COM- 
POUND— Prepared  by  dissolving  100  grams  of  para- 
nuclein  in  1,000  Cc.  of  a  3.5  per  cent,  sodium  hydrate 
solution,  treating  the  mixture  with  1,000  Cc.  of  a  10 
per  cent,  silver  nitrate  solution,  and  neutralizing  the 
brown  liquid  with  acetic  acid.  The  precipitate  thus 
formed  is  washed,  suspended  in  water,  boiled  and  dis- 
solved in  40  per  cent,  sodium  hydrate  solution.  After 
filtration  the  solution  is  evaporated. 

SIRUPUS  KOLAE  CUM  FERRO  ET  STRYCH- 
NINO — Quinine  ferro-citrate,  10  parts;  strychnine,  ni- 
trate, .3  part;  fluid  extract  of  cola,  100  parts;  sodium 
glycero-phosphate,  100  parts;  syrup  of  orange  peel, 
enough  to  make  1,000  parts. 

SIRUPUS  THYMI  COMPOSITUS.  PERTUS- 
SIN— Contains  infusion  of  thyme,  prepared  from  15 
parts  of  the  herb;  glycerin,  30  parts;  sodium  bromide, 
3  parts;  oil  of  thyme,  2  drops;  simple  syrup,  enough 
to  make  250  parts. 

TAVEL  TABLETS— Sodium  carbonate,  purified, 
2.5  parts  and  sodium  chloride,  purified,  7.5  parts.  For 
the  preparation  of  Tavel's  infusion  liquid:  One  tablet 
in  one  liter  of  water. 

THEBAINUM  HYDROCHLORICUM— Ci.Ha 
NOsHCl.  White  crystals  soluble  in  water.  Em- 
ployed in   severe  cases   of  neurasthenia. 

THIGENOL— The  sodium  salt  of  the  sulphacid  of 
a  synthetic  sulpho  oil,  containing  10  per  cent,  of  com- 
bined sulphur.  Employed  as  a  substitute  for  ichthyol; 
soluble  in  all  proportions  of  water  and  alcohol. 

THYME  ROUGE— See  Sel  de  Paris. 

TINCTURE  OF  BLATTA  ORIENTALIS— 
Remedy  for  whooping  cough.  Used  in  doses  of  one 
to  two  drops  in  sugar  water. 

TINCTURA  LAMII  ALBI— A  styptic  used  in 
doses  of  40  drops  every  two  hours. 

VASOLIMENTUM  lODATUM— Prepared  by 
dissolving  10  parts  of  iodine  in  40  parts  of  oleic  acid, 
and  adding  40  parts  of  yellow  vaseline  oil  and  10  parts 
of  an  alcoholic  solution  of  ammonia. 


SILVER  NITRATE  TEST  FOR  OLIVE  OIL. 
— L.  M.  Tolman  (Journ.  Am.  Chem.  Soc.)  suggest* 
that  the  silver  nitrate  test  for  distinguishing  between 
olive  oil  and  cottonseed  oil  may  be  improved  by  sub- 
jecting the  oils  to  a  preliminary  process  of  purifica- 
tion. He  finds  that  nearly  all  samples  of  salad  oil 
give  a  brown  coloration  with  silver  nitrate,  unless 
purified,  which  in  the  case  of  olive  oils  is  probably 
due  to  the  presence  of  free  fatty  acids  and  other 
products  of  rancidity.  These  products  are  removed 
by  the  following  purifying  process:  About  25  Cc.  of 
the  oil  is  treated  with  25  Cc.  of  95  per  cent,  alcohol; 
the  mixture  heated  gently  and  allowed  to  stand  until 
the  liquids  separate.  As  much  as  possible  of  the  al- 
coholic solution  is  then  decanted,  and  the  residue 
washed  first  with  2  per  cent,  nitric  acid  and  finally 
with  water.  Cottonseed  oils  treated  in  this  way  are 
said  to  react  with  silver  nitrate  with  undiminished 
strength,  while  olive  oils— which  before  treatment 
gave  deep  brown  colorations — show  no  coloration 
after  treatment  and  do  not  reduce  silver  nitrate  at  all. 
The  treatment  with  alcohol  does  not  seem  to  effect 
the  reducing  principle  in  cottonseed  oil  while  it  re- 
moves the  reacting  substances  in  olive  oil.  The  re- 
agent is  prepared  by  dissolving  2  grams  of  silver  ni- 
trate in  200  Cc.  of  95  per  cent,  alcohol,  to  which  40 
Cc.  of  ether  and  2  drops  of  nitric  acid  arc  added.  In 
applying  the  test.  10  Cc.  of  oil,  10  Cc.  of  amyl  alco- 
hol and  5  Cc.  of  the  reagent  are  mixed  in  a  test- 
tube,  half  the  mixture  being  reserved  and  the  other 
half  heated  for  ten  minutes  in  a  boiling  water  bath, 
and  compared  with  the  unheated  portion. 


June  5,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


559 


PREVENTIVE  MEDICATION  FOR  SOME  DRUG 
TROUBLES." 

By  ERNST  STAHLHUTH,   Columbus,  Ind. 

WE  meet  once  a  year,  discuss  our  troubles, 
pat  each  other  on  the  back,  read  papers 
telling  what  ought  to  be  done,  what  others 
should  do,  and  lament  the  fact  that  the 
pharmacist  has  not  the  standing,  in  the  eyes  of  the 
public  that  the  profession  deserves.  And  when  we 
return  home  to  our  duties,  despite  our  resolves,  we 
find  that  the  next  chapter  in  our  existence  is  but  a 
repetition  of  the  one  before.  There  may  be  some 
causes  which  we  have  overlooked,  else  our  efforts 
would  have  had  better  results. 

The  cause  found  and  removed,  the  trouble  ceases. 
To  prevent  the  cause  would  be  my  aim,  and  for 
this  reason  I  mention  some  causes  we  might  pre- 
vent. It  is  not  intended  to  insinuate  that  a  body 
of  pharmacists  like  this,  which  meets  for  the  purpose 
of  encouraging  its  members  and  devising  ways  and 
means  to  remove  our  troubles  or  to  modify  them, 
would  be  guilty  of  any  act  which  would  injure  his 
fellow  pharmacist,  but,  gentlemen,  we  are  not  all 
here.  If  all  druggists  of  this  great  Hoosier  State 
would  take  interest  in  these  meetings  and  would  ex- 
press their  views,  then  we  would  come  nearer  getting 
an  average  sentiment  and  might  devise  an  universal 
remedy. 

But  too  many  are  indiflferent  as  to  the  welfare  of 
their  neighbors.  We  cannot  exclude  these,  we  cannot 
draw  the  line  of  distinction.  If  we  did,  the  public 
would  have  its  misgivings,  for  some  of  these  may 
be  more  successful  in  business  than  we;  they  may  be 
more  genial  and  have  more  friends  than  those  who 
are  working  hard  to  keep  the  standing  of  the  pro- 
fession at  par  with  others.  Therefore  I  speak  of  the 
druggist  as  the  public  sees  him  w'hen  I  say  that  the 
druggist   might   prevent   some   drug   troubles. 

One  reason  why  we  do  not  have  the  standing  we 
should,  is  because  we  have  that  universal  failing  of 
jealousy.  We  have  a  professional  and  personal 
jealousy.  If  we  could  rid  ourselves  of  this  we  would 
be    happier. 

This  feeling  is  more  apparent  in  smaller  towns 
than  in  the  larger  cities.  In  the  cities  it  exists  usually 
between  the  nearest  neighbors,  and  diminishes  in  pro- 
portion to  the  square  of  the  distance.  It  is  this  dis- 
position which  retards  the  advance  of  the  profession 
and  finally  leads  to  a  degeneration  of  it,  and  to  cut- 
ting of  prices.  Take  for  example  a  small  town  in 
which  two  druggists  do  business.  If  one  talks  sneer- 
ingly  of  the  other,  belittles  him  in  every  way,  ridicules 
him  whenever  possible,  and  the  other  does  the  same 
of  his  neighbor,  then  we  have  two  disreputable  drug- 
gists in  the  public  opinion;  the  only  difference  is 
that  they  are  divided  in  their  opinion  as  to  which  is 
the  worst  of  the  two. 

If,  on  the  other  hand,  the  first  druggist  drops  that 
jealousy  and  speaks  well  of  his  competitor  (and 
there  are  but  a  few  druggists  whom  we  cannot  speak 
well  of)  and  tells  his  customers  that  druggist  No.  2 
is  a  reliable  man,  does  not  substitute,  thinks  he  is 
honorable  in  his  dealings,  as  every  druggist  should 
be,  the  public  will  have  more  confidence  in  the  first 
druggist;  they  will  feel  that  he  is  not  jealous,  that 
he  is  not  being  hurt  by  No.  2;  they  will  think  more 
of  him  and  will  trust  him  more.  .'\nd  druggist  No.  2 
will  hear  of  the  good  words  spoken  of  him;  he  will 
not  have  the  heart  to  attack  an  honorable  competitor: 
he  will  return  the  compliment;  he  will  speak  well  of 
the  first  druggist. 

The  business  for  both  will  be  increased,  for  the 
public  will  think  more  of  both  and  will  recognize  the 
fact  that  the  druggist  is  an  honorable  man  and  not 
a  commercial  prodigy,  and  the  standing  of  the  pro- 
fession has  been  elevated  many  degrees.  It  may  not 
be  so  e&sff  to  overcome  this  feeling,  and  the  smaller 

*Rend  before  the  Indian.!   Pharmaceutical   Association 
and  reprinted  from  West.  Dr. 


the  town  and  the  fewer  the  competitors  the  harder 
it  is  to  overcome;  but  let  us  drop  it.  For  this  same 
reason  it  is  better  to  send  our  customers  to  a  com- 
petitor when  we  are  out  of  certain  goods,  instead  of 
sending  them  to  a  department  store;  for  if  we  do 
this,  our  competitor  will  do  it,  and  if  we  have  many 
competitors,  the  department  store  will  require' little 
other    advertising. 

It  is  no  crime  to  push  goods  which  yield  the 
largest  profit,  but  such  goods  should  be  sold  in  good 
faith;  we  should  be  conscientious;  we  should  feel  that 
the  article  recommended  will  answer  the  purpose. 
For  if  what  we  recommend  does  not  answer  the  pur- 
pose, then  we  have  lost  a  customer  and  lowered  our- 
selves in  the  estimation  of  the  qublic.  It  is  poor 
policy  to  induce  a  customer  to  take  something  else 
when  he  calls  for  an  article  which  an  adv-ertisement 
has  made  him  feel  he  wants.  It  is  not  right,  for  the 
advertiser  should  have  the  benefit  of  the  business  he 
has  developed.  It  is  poor  policy,  because  advertisers 
tell  the  public  that  the  druggist  will  try  to  substitute 
something  on  which  he  makes  a  bigger  profit.  The 
advertiser  is  wrong  about  this,  but  if  we  do  push 
something  else  ahead  of  the  article  called  for,  we 
prove  to  our  patron  that  the  advertiser  was  right, 
and  our  word  will  not  have  the  weight  with  our 
patron.  It  is  poor  policy  also  because  if  a  party 
reads  an  advertisement  so  much  as  to  call  for  an 
article  advertised,  he  is  thoroughly  convinced  that 
that  preparation  will  benefit  him.  If  induced  to  take 
something  else,  he  will  imagine  it  is  not  doing  the 
good  the  other  might  have  done,  even  if  what  he  is 
using  be  much  superior.  But  the  mind  has  much  to 
do   with   symptoms,   and  symptoms   are   easily  found. 

Every  tub  should  stand  on  its  own  bottom,  and 
for  this  reason  our  own  preparations,  if  they  have 
any  virtue,  can  be  sold  on  their  own  merits,  and 
need   not   travel   incognito. 

It  is  better  policy  to  put  up  our  own  preparations 
as  much  different  from  those  we  would  like  to  dis- 
place as  possible.  Better  for  the  reason  that  if  our 
own  proves  superior,  the  other  will  not  be  so  apt 
to  be  substituted  for  ours,  and  better,  too,  because  the 
public  will  realize  that  we  have  confidence  in  ourselves 
and  our  prepartions,  and  need  not  attempt  to  gain  by 
another's  reputation.  Another  thing  we  should 
avoid  is  that  while  we  are  fighting  cut-rate  drug 
stores  we  should  not  buy  our  wares  of  cut-rate  deal- 
ers in  other  lines.  What  is  good  for  the  goose  is 
good  for  the  gander.  We  should  encourage  all  le- 
gitimate business  of  any  kind. 

It  is  poor  encouragement  for  a  legitimate  dealer 
if  his  dishonest  rival  gets  the  support  of  the  honor- 
able druggist.  It  is  poor  encouragement  for  a  whole- 
sale house  which  refrains  from  selling  goods  to 
cutters,  if  we  send  our  orders  to  those  who  supply 
them,  even  if  we  could  buy  a  little  cheaper.  It  is 
poor  encouragement  for  the  manufacturer  who  pro- 
tects us,  if  we  do  not  appreciate  his  eflforts,  but  re- 
tard the  sale  of  his  goods.  It  is  poor  encouragement 
for  our  competitor  to  do  an  honorable  business,  if 
we  fight  him  worse  than  we  do  those  who  are  not 
so  conscientious.  It  is  poor  encouragement  for  the 
professional  physician  to  write  prescriptions,  and 
charge  for  his  knowledge,  if  we  ourselves  employ  or 
recommend  the  medicine  peddler  called  the  dispensing 
doctor.  In  short,  we  should  not  complain  if  our  com- 
petitor speaks  ill  of  us  if  we  never  have  a  good  word 
for   him. 

We  should  not  complain  if  our  patrons  go  to  a 
cut-rate  drug  store,  if  we  patronize  other  cut-rate 
dealers,  or  jobbers  who  supply  them.  We  should  not 
complain  about  reduced  prescription  business  if  we 
do  not  encourage  the  legitimate  physician.  Neither 
should  we  complain  about  grocers  and  general  stores 
increasing  their  line  of  crude  drugs,  if  we  continually 
push  ready-made  packages  of  quinine  pills,  salts, 
borax,  insect  powder,  etc.,  under  the  false  idea  that 
we  are  up  to  date,  as  the  manufacturers  of  cartons 
would  have  us  believe,  but  which  lead  to  increased 
competition  and  cut  prices. 


660 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  5,  1903. 


DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


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A.  E.  Hiss,  Chicago,  111.;  Chas.  Heimerzheim,  Brook- 
lyn. N.  Y.;  A.  E.  Schmidt,  Baltimore  Md. 

ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS   SERIES  XIX. 

No.  166. — A  drug  store  and  its  stock  are  worth 
$6,370.  What  sum  must  be  insured,  at  2  per  cent., 
to  cover  both  property  and  premium? 

Ans.  $6,500. 

No.  167. — A  piece  of  marble  weighs  in  water  10.51 
grams  and  in  another  liquid  9.335  grams.  Weight  of 
marble  28.377  grams.  Find  the  specific  gravity  of 
the  liquid? 

Ans. — 1,065  Specific  Gravity. 

No.  168. — ^A  certain  weight  of  air  measures  3  litres 
at  10  degrees  C.  What  will  it  measure  on  being 
heated  to  100  degrees  C.  ? 

Ans. — 3.954  litres. 

No.  169. — A  druggist  bought  a  horse  for  30  per 
cent,  less  than  his  real  worth.  The  animal  having 
become  injured,  he  sold  him  for  25  per  cent.  less  than 
what  he  cost,  and  thereby  lost  $55  of  his  original 
value.      What  did  he  get  for  the  horse? 

Ans.— $60.78  18-19. 

No.  170.  A  cut-rate  druggist  sells  30  bottles  of  a 
proprietary  remedy  at  one  counter  at  the  rate  of  two 
for  $1:  and  at  another  counter  30  more  at  the  rate  of 
three  for  $1,  receiving  in  all,  for  60  bottles.  $25.  Find- 
ing this  price  satisfactory,  he  sells  60  bottles  more  at 
what  seems  to  him  the  same  rate — s  bottles  for  $2, 
but  receives  only  $24.  What  becomes  of  the  other 
dollar? 


Ans. — The  second  selling  price,  five  bottles  for 
$2.00,  is  not  the  same  as  the  first,  which  is  60  bottles 
for  $25.00  or  five  bottles  for  $2  1-12.  Hence  the  other 
dollar  remains  in  the  customers'  pockets. 


PROBLEMS    SERIES   XXIII. 

No.  186. — A  wheel  6  ft.  in  diameter  is  turning  at 
the  rate  of  800  revolutions  a  minute.  At  the  rate  of 
how  many  miles  an  hour  is  a  point  on  the  rim  of  the 
wheel  moving.'' 

No.  187. — From  what  height,  in  meters,  must  a 
block  of  ice  at  o  degrees  C  fall  that  the  heat  generated 
■  by  its  collision  with  the  earth  shall  be  just  sufficient 
to  melt  it? 

No.  188. — In  a  rectangular  courtyard  there  are  laid 
12,800  paving  stones,  the  number  in  the  length  being 
twice  the  number  in  the  width.  What  is  the  number 
each  way? 

No.  189. — how  many  strokes  does  a  regular  clock 
strike  in  a  year? 

No.  190. — A  boy  remarked  that  when  he  counted 
over  his  basket  of  nuts  two  by  two,  three  by  three, 
four  by  four,  five  by  five,  or  six  by  six,  there  was  one 
remaining;  but  when  he  counted  them  by  sevens  there 
was  no  remainder.     How  many  had  he? 


FORMULAS  FOR  TREATING  DISEASED 
SEED  POTATOES.— Press  Bulletin  No.  12  of  the 
Colorado  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  contains  a 
discussion  of  potato  crop  failures.  The  cause  of 
the  plants'  lack  of  vigor  is  ascribed  to  the  presence  of  a 
fungus  which  remains  in  the  soil  and  upon  the  tubers 
during  the  winter.  In  order  to  destroy  this  fungus 
it  recommends  a  careful  disinfection  of  the  seed  po- 
tatoes by  soaking  in  one  of  the  following  solutions: 

(i)   Corrosive   sublimate.. i    ounce. 

Water    8  gallons. 

Dissolve  the  corrosive  sublimate  in  one  gallon  of 
hot  water,  then  dilute  with  seven  gallons  of  water. 
Allow  the  potatoes  to  soak  one  and  one-half  hours. 
When  drjy,  they  may  be  cut  and  planted,  though  it 
has  been  found  to  be  good  practice  to  treat  the  pota- 
toes a  week  or  more  before  planting,  since  the  treat- 
ment may  retard  germination  if  done  just  before 
planting. 

(2)   Formalin    8   ounces 

Water   15  gallons 

Soak  the  potatoes  two  hours  in  this  solution,  pre- 
ferably a  short  time  before  planting. 

The  fungus  thrives  best  in  heavy,  poorly-drained 
land,  therefore  such  soils  should  be  avoided. 


June  5,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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The  object  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
■scribers  and  their  clerlis  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription   work,   dispensing   dilHculties,    etc. 

Requests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  RE- 
CEIVE NO  ATTENTIO.-:  neither  do  we  answer 
queries  in  this  department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this 
department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  the  Era. 
Copies  of  these  may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Effervescing  Soda  Water  Tablets. 

(B.)  We  cannot  give  the  formula  for  the  pro- 
prietary article.  EfTervescing  tablets  of  the  above 
character  are  best  made  by  compression,  using  such 
powders  as  lemon  kali,  etc.,  which  have  not  been 
dried  before  mi.xing;  or,  if  so,  they  should  be  damped 
with  2  drams  of  proof  spirit  to  each  pound  of  powder. 
These  make  the  familiar  thirst-quenchers.  A  simi- 
lar article,  intended  for  putting  into  a  tumblerful  of 
water,  is  made  by  mixing  S  ounces  of  icing  sugar 
with  I  ounce  each  of  sodium  bicarbonate  and  tartaric 
acid  and  lo  drops  of  oil  of  lemon;  make  this  powder 
into  a  paste  with  a  sufficiency  of  rectified  spirit,  roll 
out  the  mass  to  the  thickness  of  }i  inch  upon  paraf- 
fin-paper, divide  into  squares,  and  dry  at  a  gentle 
heat.       Other  flavors  than  lemon  ma^y  be  used. 

The  following  is  the  formiula  for  lemon  kali,  men- 
tioned above: 

White  sugar 4  pounds. 

Tartaric  acid 2  pounds. 

Sodium  bicarbonate 2  pounds. 

Oil  of  lemon 2  drams 

Efifervescent  pastilles  are  also  made  with  acid  and 
alkali  separate,  but  they  are  not  popular,  and  the 
method  suggested  for  making  them  is  objectionable. 
This  is  shown  by  the  following  directions  for  rasp- 
berry pastilles   (Pharmaceutical   Formulas): 

(1)      Bicarbonate  of  soda 2  scruples. 

Powdered   sugar 1    scruple 

Raspberry    essence 1    drop. 

Solution  of  carmine q.  s. 

Mucilage  of  acacia .q.  s. 

To  make  a   pastille. 

'(2)     Tartaric  acid i/^  dram 

Powdered   sugar i/>   dram 

Mucilage  of  acacia q.  s. 

To  make  a  pastille. 

We  cannot  give  the  formula  for  the  other  tablets 
you  name. 

Blaud's  Versus   Vallet's  Mass. 

(X.  Y.  Z.)  ".\re  we  justified  in  using  'Vallet's 
mass'  for  'Blaud's  mas  =  '  in  filling  a  prescription 
calling  for  the  latter  substance  and  several  other 
ingredients?  The  text  seems  to  be  somewhat  inco- 
herent on  this  subject  and  we  should  like  some  defi- 
nite   information." 

No.  It  is  presumed  the  prescriber  knew  what 
lie  wanted,  and  therefore  ordered  Blaud's  mass,  the 
iriass  for  pills  of  carbonate  of  iron,  U.  S.  P.,  which 
should  be  used.  Practically,  however,  this  pill 
mass  is  never  kept  on  hand  on  account  of  the 
tendency  to  rapid  oxidation  of  the  ferrous  salt.  The 
Pharmacopoeia  directs  that  the  pills  should  be  freshly 
prepared,  when  wanted.  Each  pill  is  intended  to 
contain  about  I  grain  of  ferrous  carbonate.  The 
ferrous  carbonate  in  this  preparation  is  produced  by 
Ihe  reaction  between  ferrous  sulphate  and  potassium 


carbonate,  pottassium  sulphate  being  also  formed. 
Upon  the  other  hand,  Vallet's  mass  is  a  mixture 
of  ferrous  carbonate,  sugar  and  honey,  the  official 
product  being  supposed  to  contain  about  42  per 
cent,  of  ferrous  carbonate.  In  manufacturing,  how- 
ever, the  washing  process  is  responsible  for  consid- 
erable loss,  the  finished  preparation  rarely  contain- 
ing more  than  35  per  cent,  of  ferrous  carbonate.  In 
Great  Britain  the  mass  for  Blaud's  pills  is  officially 
recognized  as  "iron  pill,"  the  ferrous  carbonate,  how- 
ever, being  produced  by  the  reaction  between  ferrous 
sulphate  and  sodium  carbonate  instead  of  potassium 
carbonate  as  in  our  own  pharmacopoeia.  You  will 
notice  that  "Blaud's  mass"  contains  either  potas- 
sium or  sodium  sulphate,  according  to  the  formula 
used  in  making  the  pills,  and  sugar,  tragacanth, 
althaea,  etc.  In  preparing  Vallet's  mass  the  sodium 
sulphate  is  entirely  removed  by  washing,  the  re- 
sulting ferrous  carbonate  being  mixed  with  clarified 
honey  and  sugar,  the  whole  being  then  evaporated 
to  the  proper  consistency. 


The  Cwt.  As  a  Unit  of  Value. 

{A.  ].  L.)  The  laws  of  most  of  the  States  and 
common  practice  at  the  present  time  make  the  hun- 
dred weight  (cwt.)  100  avoirdupois  pounds.  For- 
nrerly,  112  pounds  were  allowed  to  make  a  hundred 
weight,  and  2,240  pounds  a  ton,  as  is  still  the  standard 
of  the  United  States  Government  in  collecting  duties 
at  the  custom  houses.  There  is  also  an  older  hun- 
dred weight,  known  also  as  the  "long  hundred,"  of 
120  or  "six-score"  pounds.  The  latter  is  not  used 
at  the  present  time.  The  value  of  the  avoirdupois 
pound  was  c+efined  by  law  in  England  in  1824  to  be 
7,000-5,760  of  the  old  standard  troy  pound,  a  brass 
weight  made  in  1758,  which  is  now  in  the  custody 
of  the  British  Board  of  Trade.  The  word  "avoir- 
dupois" was  first  used  in  the  English  statutes  in 
133s.  but  it  had  been  in  use  a  long  time  before  that 
date,  having  been  intoduced  into  the  country  by 
foreign  merchants.  We  are  unable  to  state  exactly 
when  the  value  of  the  hundred  weight  was  first 
placed  at   100  pounds. 

The  standard  avoirdupois  pound  of  the  United 
States  is  the  weight,  taken  in  air,  of  27  7.015-10,000 
cubic  inches  of  distilled  water  at  its  maximum  densi- 
ty, or  when  at  a  temperature  of  39  83-100  degrees  P., 
the  barometer  being  at  30  inches.  It  is  the  same  as 
the  Imperial  pound  avoirdupois  of  Great  Britain, 
which  is  the  weight  of  27  7,274-10,000  cubic  inches 
of  distilled  water   at  62   degrees   F. 


Fragrant  Pastilles. 
(W.    W.    S.)     The    Era    Formulary    gives    the    fol- 
lowing: 

(1)  Roasted   coffee 7.5  parts. 

Wood   charcoal 2.5   parts. 

Boric  acid 2.5  parts 

Sugar  GO  parts. 

Pulverize  each  separateV.  and  very  fine;  mix;  add 
vanillin  to  flavor  and  mucilage  of  tragacanth  to 
form  a  mass.       Divide  into  pastilles. 

(2)  Powdered  casearilla 8  ounces. 

Benzoin   4   ounces. 

Yellow  saunders 2  ounces 

Sfyrax  calamita 2  ounces. 

Olibanura   2  ounces 

Charcoal    C  ounces. 

Mucilage  of  Tragacanth q.  s. 

Reduce  the  substances  to  powder  and  form  into 
a  paste  with  the  mucilage,  and  divide  into  small 
cones  with  a  tripod  base. 

(3)  Benzoin   125  parts. 

Cascnrilla  bark 125  parts. 

Myrrh    41.5   parts. 

Wood   charcoal T.50  parts. 

Oil  of  nutmeg '25  parts. 

Oil  of  cloves '25  i)arts. 

Saltpetre    60.5   parts. 

And  the  necessary  quantity  of  solution  of 

gum  tragacanth. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  5,  1902. 


Vanilla  Crystals. 

(B.)  We  know  of  no  formula  under  the  above 
title.  A  drjy  vanilla  flavoring  used  in  confectionery 
is  prepared,  according  to  Schiinmel,  in  the  form  of  a 
2}^-per  cent,  vanillin  sugar  which,  weight  for  weight, 
equals  in  aroma  the  best  vanilla  and  should  be  used 
in  precisely  the  same  manner.  To  prepare  it  take 
of  crystallized  vanillin  25  grams,  dissolve  it  in  100 
grams  deodorized  alcohol,  pour  this  solution  upon 
975  grams  of  sugar,  and  mix  it  thoroughly.  After 
having  evaporated  the  alcohol  in  a  warm  place,  and 
when  the  sugar  has  become  thoroughly  dry,  it  should 
be  powdered  in  an  earthenware  mortar  and  sifted. 
It  is  then  ready  for  use  and  may  be  kept  an  indefinite 
time  without  losing  aroma.  The  yellow  spots  which 
occur  on  the  sugar  after  drying  are  caused  by  the 
vanillin.  This  vanillin-sugar  should  not  be  con- 
founded with  the  vanillin-sugar  used  by  confectioners. 
The  latter  may  be  prepared  by  adding  the  necessary 
amount  of  sugar  to  the  above  2y2  per  cent,  vanillin- 
sugar. 

Preparation  of  Citrine  Ointment. 
(M.  D.  B.)  In  making  citrine  ointment,  accord- 
ing to  the  official  process,  care  should  be  taken  not 
to  raise  the  temperature  over  100  degrees  C,  and 
the  acid  used  should  be  of  official  strength.  The 
effervescence  produced  proceeds  quietly,  and  a  soft, 
solid  mass  is  obtained  on  cooling.  After  the  addi- 
tin  of  the  mercuric  nitrate  the  mass  should  be  stirred 
constantly  until  cold,  when  it  will  have  assumed  a 
bright  yellow  color.  Most  of  the  trouble  in  the 
preparation  of  this  ointment  arises  from  the  use  of 
too  much  heat.  The  heat  of  a  boiling  water-bath 
only  should  be  used,  as  over  a  direct  fire  the  tem- 
perature cannot  well  be  controlled,  and  as  a  result 
the  fat  is  decomposed  and  a  dark  brown  compound 
is  produced.  After  the  oil  has  been  properly  oxidized 
and  cooled  down,  the  solution  of  nitrate  of  mercury 
will  not  be  reduced  when  added,  and  an  ointment 
of  a  satisfactory  color  will  be  produced. 


Cement  for  Pestle  Handles. 

(W.  D.)  In  further  reply  to  your  query,  this 
journal,  May  22,  1902,  page  509,  Paul  L.  McConomy, 
2,000  Callowhill  street,  Philadelphia,  contributes  the 
following  formula  for  a  cement  for  pestle  handles 
which  he  s.-;,ys  he  has  used  for  many  years  with 
satisfaction:  Make  a  smooth,  moderately  soft  paste 
with  litharge  and  glycerin:  fill  the  hole  in  the  pestle 
with  the  cement  and  firmly  press  the  handle  in 
place.  The  pestle  should  then  be  wedged  under  a 
shelf  of  other  convenient  place  for  three  or  four 
days   until  dry. 


(B.) 


Ink  for  Rubber  Stamps. 

See  July  18,   1901,  Era,  Page  76. 


SOLUTION  OF  MERCURIC  CHLORIDE.--H. 
G.  Greenish  and  F.  A.  U.  Smith  (Pharm.  Journ.),  in  a 
study  on  the  action  of  the  causes  of  certain  changes 
observed  in  solutions  of  mercuric  chloride,  reached  the 
followiag  conclusions:  (i)  That  a  solution  of  mercuric 
chloride  in  distilled  water  will  keep  satisfactorily  in 
white,  green  or  blue  bottles  for  a  reasonable  length 
of  time,  if  not  exposed  to  direct  sunlight.  (2)  That 
even  in  direct  sunlight  it  will  keep,  if  protected  by  the 
use  of  amber  glass.  (3)  That  the  ordinary  white  glass 
bottles,  as  sold  to  pharmacists,  do  not  appreciably 
diflfer  in  their  action.  (4)  That  the  minute  deposit 
gradually  formed  is  partly  or  wholly  mercurous 
chloride,  (s)  That  mercuric  chloride  with  tap  water 
gives  a  copious  precipitate  in  blue,  green  or  white 
glass  bottles;  the  precipitate  will  no.  form,  however,  in 
amber  bottles  or  in  darkness.  (6)  That  in  diffused 
light  amber  bottles  preserve  the  s'^lution  better  than 
blue,  green  or  white  bottles.  (7)  That  in  strong  light 
the  amber  glass  alone  is  satisfactory.  (8)  That  strong 
light  effects  more  decomposition  than  diffused  light, 
especially  with  tap  water. 


GEORGIA  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  Georgia  Board  of  Pharmacy  met  in  the  State 
Capital,  in  the  Hall  of  Representatives,  at  8  o'clock 
A.  M.  on  Monday,  March  24,  for  the  examination  of 
applicants  for  license  to  practice  pharmacy.  The  fol- 
lowing were  sueeccssful:  Pharmacists — Guy  Darrell 
Ayer,  Mcintosh,  Fla.;  Edgar  L.  Brown,  Richland;  Ed- 
ward R.  Carter,  Jr.  (colored),  Atlanta;  Garnett  McMil- 
lan Chandler,  Atlanta;  Arno  Albertus  Coleman,  Green- 
ville, S.  C;  Charles  Clement  Davison,  Macon;  I.  C.  H. 
Garst,  Sand  Hill;  Jesse  A.  Horseley,  Albany;  Miss 
Martha  Emily  Hunnicutt,  Atlanta;  Elbert  Carter  Jack- 
son, Glen  wood,  Ala.;  Miss  Alexandria  Ethel  Lloyd,  In- 
verness, Fla.;  William  Lee  Lovett,  Sparks;  Joe  Henry 
Muenster,  Atline,  Tex.;  Piero  Lee  Provano,  Atlanta; 
George  Alden  Wight,  Cairo. 

Apothecaries — Wilfred  Poultney  Adams,  Scottsville, 
Va.;  William  Mauson  Brannon,  Paro;  Dempsey  Brown, 
Grovania;  R.  Burt  Brown,  Macon;  Alvia  Thurman 
Chandler,  Atlanta;  Philip  Pointer  Cresap,  Lakeland, 
Fla.;  Egbert  Mills  Donaldson,  Primrose,  Miss.;  Charles 
O.  Fox,  Macon;  John  Nathaniel  Hallum,  Liberty;  Calvin 
Milton  Hitch,  Quitman;  Samuel  James  Johnston,  At- 
lanta; DeLacy  Law,  Gainesville;  Lorick  P.  Longino, 
Fairburn;  J.  M.  McKenzie,  Thomaston;  J.  M.  Madden, 
Jr.,  Brunswick;  Eunice  Lee  Marchman,  Villa  Rica; 
Samuel  Robert  Methviu,  Jefferson ville;  Lawrence  Joseph 
Moseley,  Cedar  Springs;  W.  H.  Quillian,  Athens;  Wayne 
Riley,  Butler;  Eli  Franklin  Sapp,  Cairo;  Snow  Skelton, 
Hartwell;  Luther  Gilbert  Smith,  Palmetto;  James 
Franklin  Ward,  Garrant. 

Druggists — E.  J.  Brinson  (colored),  Americus;  Thos. 
Baker  Bush,  Lawreneeville;  Theodore  Albert  Coueh, 
Pelham;  Sidney  Austin  Fouche,  Augusta;  Claude  H. 
Murray,  Macon;  Clarence  Elmore  Tinsley,  Baconton. 

The  Board  adjourned  to  meet  in  Brunswick  on 
Monday,  May  19. 


Alabama  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

The  .-Mnbama  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  met  in 
Pirmingham  May  9,  when  an  examination  was  held, 
the  following  passing  successfully  as  registered  phar- 
macists: D.  H.  Fulton,  Bessemer;  A.  H.  Sims,  Tus- 
cumbia;  \.  L.  Parke,  Henderson;  C.  W.  Schereher, 
John  Leland  and  Chas.  F.  Gesinger  of  Mobile;  and 
E.  M.  Di.naldson,  Primrose,  Miss.  Several  matters 
oC  importance  were  discussed  at  the  meetin.g,  and  a 
rtsoliiUon  was  passed  that  after  July  1,  1902,  every 
appliean;  for  examination  must  have  had  at  least  two 
years'  pviictical  experience.  It  was  also  decided  that 
t'.ie  next  meeting  of  the  Board  will  be  held  at  Hunts- 
viile  July  IC  and  17.  and  one  following  that  at  Tusca- 
loosa, Ocioler  15  and  10. 


The  third  semi-annual  meeting  of  the  Nevada  Board 

of  Pharmacy  was  held  at  the  Riverside  Hotel,  Reno, 
May  7,  1902,  with  all  the  members  present.  There 
were  no  applications  for  registration  by  examination, 
and  but  little  business  was  transacted.  Permanent  cer- 
tificates of  registration  Avere  granted  to  Edwin  R.  Keen, 
Tonopah;  Horace  W.  Chittenden,  Tonopah;  Thomas 
Woodliff,  Jr.,  Virginia;  W.  D.  McLeod,  Virginia,  and 
Frederick  Webley,  San  Francisco,  Calif.  Up  to  the 
present  time  forty-three  druggists  have  been  granted 
certificates  as  practicing  pharmacists.  The  report  of 
the  Secretary  showed  the  finances  of  the  Board  to  be 
in  a  healthy  condition.  Little  difficulty  has  been  ex- 
perienced in  securing  compliance  with  the  present  State 
pharmacy  law.  The  place  of  the  next  meeting  was  left 
to  the  decision  of  the  President.  F.  J.  Steinmetz,  Sec- 
retary. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  NOTES. 

Chicago,  May  31,  1902. 

The  National  Association  has  laid  its  plans  to  work 
for  the  reduction  of  the  alcohol  tax  from  $1.10  to  70 
cents  per  gallon.  Its  success  in  this  endearor  means 
from  $50  to  $5,000  a  year  saved  to  every  druggist  in  the 
land.  The  committee  has  taken  the  matter  up  aggres 
sivel.v  and  is  distributing  literature  and  all  other  things 
necessary  to  be  used  for  the  purpose  of  bringing  influence 
to  bear  on  congressmen.  The  following  petition  has  been 
sent  to  Congress: 

To  the  House  of  Representatives  of  the  United 
States: — On  behalf  of  the  National  Association  of  Re- 
tairl  Druggists  and  speaking  for  the  43,000  retail  drug- 
gists scattered  throughout  our  country,  we  earnestly  pe- 
tition you  for  a  reduction  of  the  internal  revenue  tax  on 
alcohol. 

In  the  preparation  of  medicines  and  drugs,  and  in 
the  compounding  of  nearly  all  the  remedies  used  in  the 
healing  art,  the  use  of  alcohol  in  a  considerable  quantity 
is  an  absolute  necessity,  the  average  retail  druggist  be- 
ing compelled  to  emplo.v  in  his  business  from  Lu  to  100 
gallons  a  .vear,  an  average  estimate  of  the  amount  thus 
required  being  50  gallons,  and  this  has  no  connection 
whatever  with  the  manufacture,  sale,  or  use  of  alcoholic 
beverages. 

We  respectfully  represent  that  a  tax  of  $1.10  on 
this  article,  which  is  a  prime  necessity  in  our  branch  of 
business,  is  excessive  and  burdensome  in  the  extreme 
and  can  only  be  justified  in  case  of  great  public  emer- 
gency and  upon  the  theory  that  the  benefit  thereof 
inures  to  the  Government  in  its  time  of  urgent  need. 

We  believe  it  to  be  well  understood  that  the  present 
tax  is  far  in  excess  of  the  figure  most  productive  of  reve- 
nue and  that  a  large  part  of  the  burden  placed  upon  our 
business  by  this  tax  results,  not  to  the  benefit  of  the 
Government,  but  to  the  benefit  of  the  "moonshiners"' 
and  illicit  manufacturers.  It  is,  in  our  opinion,  certain 
that  a  reduction  of  the  tax  to  the  former  rate  of  70 
cents  a  gallon  would  materially  lighten  the  burden 
which  the  retail  druggists  are  now  bearing,  without 
impairing  to  any  great  extent,  if  at  all,  the  public  revenue. 
The  principal  effect  of  such  reduction  would  be  to  cut 
off  a  premium  whic  .  the  government  has  unintentional- 
ly placed  on  the  violation  of  the  law  and  to  relieve  citi- 
zens engaged  in  legitimate  industries  of  an  unjust  and 
excessive  burden. 

In  view  of  the  foregoing,  we  earnestl.v  petition  the 
honorable  House  of  Representatives  for  early  and  favor- 
able action  upon  the  bill  now  pending  for  the  reduction 
of  the  tax  on  alcohol  from  .$1.10  per  gallon  to  70  cents 
per  gallon. 

Verv  respectfullv  vours. 

.1.  W.  SEELEY,  President. 
THOMAS  V.  WOOTEX.  Secretary. 

The  following  hearty  endorsement  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
plans  and  work  has  been  received  from  M.  L.  Walley  & 
Company,  wholesale  and  retail  oruggists,  Aubwtt, 
N.  Y.: 

"We  heartily  endorse  the  plan  adopted  by  the  Chi- 
cago Retail  Druggists'  Association,  or  any  other  plan 
conducing  to  the  increase  of  manhood,  independence, 
material  prosperity  and  fraternal  feeling  among  retail 
druggists.  In  our  own  opinion  the  retailer  is  entitled  to 
the  lion's  share  of  profit  on  goods.  We  believe  that 
those  who  cannot  see  in  combination  of  effort  the  most 
effectual  remedy  for  the  aemoralization  of  prices  would 
be  unable  to  solve  the  simplest  proposition.  Trusting 
your  labor  of  love  will  bear  abundant  fruit,  we  are. 
Respectfully  yours, 

M.  L.  WALLEY  &  CO. 

The  general  organizer  recently  received  the  follow- 
ing letter,  wh —  shows  the  proper  interest  in  the 
work: 

"Dear  Sir: — The  Osceola-Orange  and  Lake  Counties 


Retail  Druggists'  Association,  previously  organized  by 
your  Mr.  Schodde,  held  a  meeting  at  Orlando  (Fla.)  on 
May  13.  The  association  is,  I  believe,  a  success  and 
will  support  the  tenets  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  while  forming 
a  staunch  little  local  association.  Some  of  our  mem- 
bers came  from  as  far  as  Leesburg,  which  is  about 
forty  miles  away.  We  hope  to  have  a  strong  associa- 
tion with  our  sixteen  members  and  three  more  to  be- 
come members,  when  every  proprietor  m  the  counties 
mentioned  will  be  with  us." 

While  the  majority  of  proprietary  manufacturers 
will  do  the  square  thing  by  the  retailers,  there  are  others 
who  would  take  advantage  of  them  and  shove  up  their 
prices  did  they  not  know  that  there  is  an  organization  of 
25,000  men  to  deal  with.  While  in  all  cases  the  Nation- 
al Association  has  not  been  able  to  cope  with  the  cut- 
rate  problem.  Heaven  only  knows  what  the  conditions 
would  have  been  today  had  it  not  been  for  the  influence 
of  that  body.  It  would  be  as  fair  to  argue  that  because 
there  is  rate  cutting  going  on,  therefore  do  away  with 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  as  it  is  to  argue  that  because  there  are 
still  crime  and  criminals,  we  should  therefore  do  away 
with  the  law.  Were  it  not  for  the  restraining  influence 
the  N.  A.  R.  D.  is  exerting  over  the  cut-rate  evil  condi- 
tions would  be  ten  times  worse  than  they  are  today. 
To  those  who  begrudge  the  payment  of  fifty  cents  a  year 
for  the  support  of  a  National  Association  we  can  but 
say,  in  the  words  of  the  old  song,  "You  never  miss  the 
water  'till  the  well  runs  dry." 

The  latest  addition  to  the  number  of  publications 
devoting  themselves  to  the  interests  of  the  cause  of  or- 
ganization in  the  drug  field  is  "The  Organizer,"  the 
publication  of  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  Association. 
The  May  issue  was  number  two.  It  has  sixteen  pages 
filled  with  interesting  news  and  matter  for  the  atten- 
tion of  thoughtful  druggists. 


Oklahoma    Pharmacists. 

The  Oklahoma  Pharmaceutical  Association  held  its 
annual  meeting  at  Enid,  May  14.  President  Fred  Reed 
of  Norman  read  his  annual  address  and  the  Secretary 
read  his  report,  which  showed  the  addition  of  twenty- 
four  new  members.  A  number  of  papers  on  various  sub- 
jects were  presented  and  discussed.  The  following 
names  of  members  of  the  Association  were  selected  to 
be  presented  to  the  Governor,  from  which  he  is  to 
choose  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy:  Marshall 
Tucker,  Lawton;  F.  M.  Weaver,  Oklahoma  City:  Felix 
Jones,  Enid;  C.  A.  Dow,  Pond  Creek;  C.  L.  Cook,  Wa- 
tonga;  C.  R.  Miller,  El  Reno;  F.  B.  Lillie,  Guthrie; 
J.  C.  Burton,  Strond;  Fred  Reed,  Norman,  and  J.  F. 
Seyforth,  Oklahoma  City. 

A  banquet  was  spread  in  the  evening  by  the  ladies 
of  the  Presbyterian  church.  The  officers  elected  for  the 
ensuing  year  are  as  follows:  J.  C.  Burton,  Stroud,  presi- 
dent: J.  F.  Seyforth,  Oklahoma  City,  1st  vice  president; 
A.  B.  Clark,  Watonga,  2d  vice  president;  F.  M.  Weaver, 
Oklahoma  City,  secretary;  F.  Dinkier,  Hennessey,  as- 
sistant secretary;  John  Wand,  Oklahoma  City,  tre.isuret. 
The  Association  will  meet  in  May  of  next  year  at  Ok- 
lahoma City. 


The  1!>02  edition  of  Whitall  Tatum  Co.'s  price  list 
of  labtvalory  glassware  has  just  come  to  hand.  It 
is  gotten  up  in  their  usual  style,  is  copiously  illustrated, 
and  should  be  a  very  valuable  reference  book  to  the 
chemist  and  laboratory  worker. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  5,  1902. 


NEW   YORK   AND  VICINITY. 


BOARD  OF  PHARMACY  ELECTION. 

Motice  Issued  Calling  for  Election  of  One  Member — 
Tuesday,  June   17   the  Date   Fixed. 

Secretary  Sidney  Faber  of  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy has  issued  the  following  notice  to  the  registered 
pharmacists  in  New  York  and  Westchester  counties: 

Pursuant  to  sub-division  4  of  Chapter  21S  of  the 
laws  of  1902,  notice  is  hereby  given  that  an  election 
is  to  be  held  on  Tuesday,  June  17,  1002,  at  2:30  p.  m., 
in  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy,  for  the  purpose 
of  electing  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy, 
Eastern  Branch  thereof,  in  place  of  Mr.  Clarence  O. 
Bigelow,  whose  term  of  office  will  expire  in  January 
next. 

All  licensed  pharmacists  or  licensed  druggists  re- 
siding in  the  counties  of  New  York  and  Westchester, 
who  are  members  of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical 
Association,  or  who  are  members  of  pharmaceutical 
associations  duly  incorporated  in  said  counties  and 
which  rcciuire  their  members  to  be  licensed  pharmacists 
or  licensf'd  druggists,  are  entitled  to  vote  at  such  elec- 
tion, provided  such  persons  be  citizens  of  the  State 
of  New  York. 

By  dii'cction  of  the  president  of  the  State  Board  of 
I^harniaey. 

Aft(  r  reading  the  opinion  recently  sent  out  over 
tilt  sij;ni;tur(  of  Attorney-General  Davies,  and  published 
in  the  Era  of  May  15,  this  notice  has  come  as  a  sur- 
prise to  many  of  the  druggists  in  the  Eastern  section, 
the  majority  of  them  having  taken  it  for  granted  that 
the  Board  would  accept  the  Attorney-Generars  inter- 
pcetation  of  the  law,  and  issue  notices  calling  for  the 
election  of  the  whole  five  members  of  the  Eastern  sec- 
tioii  of  the  Board.  Probably  there  is  not  a  druggist 
in  the  Sft'te  who  will  deny  the  statement  that  the  Hill 
bill  was  intended  to  provide  for  the  election  of  one 
member  tf  the  Board  only  in  the  month  of  June,  1902, 
and  it  stems  the  Board  in  issuing  the  notice  has  con- 
sidered the  intent  and  not  the  letter  of  the  law. 

Several  conferences  between  prominent  "members 
of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
members  of  the .  Board  of  Pharmacy  have 
been  held  since  the  opinion  of  the  Attorne.v-General 
was  given  out,  and  it  is  concluded  that  the  law  has 
received  careful  consideration  before  the  notice  was 
issued.  Thomas  Stoddart,  president  of  the  New  York 
State  Pharmaceutical  Association  and  chairman  ©f 
the  I,(  jT'sIative  Committee  of  the  body;  Byron  M.  Hyde, 
president  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy;  Judson  B. 
Todd,  secretary  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  Associa- 
tiou  and  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  and  Felix 
Hirsoman,  S.  V.  B.  Swann  and  William  Muir,  mem- 
bers of  the  Legislative  Committee  of  the  State  Phar- 
i..aceutical  Association,  met  in  the  Imperial  Hotel, 
Broadway,  and  32d  street,  Monday,  May  26.  Mr. 
Stoddiirt  wa^  seen  by  a  representative  of  the  Era  just 
as  they  were  leaving  the  hotel  and  was  asked  if  the 
Attorney  General  had  given  out  another  opinion  of  the 
Hill  bill  since  he  had  learned  the  intent  of  the  measure. 
He  replied-  "We  do  not  ask  for  any  opinion;  the  mat- 
ter is  nnder  the  jurisdiction  of  the  Board  and  one  mem- 
ber win  be  elected  for  the  Eastern  Branch  in  June." 

Alumni  Outing  Next  Wednesday. 

The  outing  of  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  New 
York  College  of  Pharmacy  will  be  held  at  Donnelly's 
Pleasure  Palace,  College  Point,  L.  I.,  next  Wednesday, 
June  11.  Edward  F.  Pfaff,  chairman  of  the  com- 
mittee in  charge,  says  all  that  is  needed  is  fine  weather 
to  get  the  largest  gathering  and  best  time  ever  known 
at  one  of  the  association  outings.  The  graduates  and 
friends  of  the  college  are  expected  to  be  out  in  large 
numbers.  The  orchestra  leaves  on  the  boat  at  East 
99th  street  at  2  o'clock. 


NEW  YORK  STATE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSO- 
CIATION. 

Twenty -fourth  Annual  Meeting  to  Be  Held  at  Elmira, 
June  24,  25,  26  and  27. 

The  2rltb  annual  convention  of  the  New  York  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  to  be  held  in  Elmira 
June  24,  25,  26  and  27,  promises  to  be  one  of  the  most 
ii.tercsting  in  the  history  of  that  body,  and  many  mem- 
bers predict  a  record-breaking  attendance.  Among  the 
many  interesting  topics  that  will  probably  be  discussed 
arc  amendments  to  the  Excise  law  governing  the  sale  of 
alcohol  s.ud  liquors  in  drug  stores,  and  amendments 
to  th:!  pharmacy  law.  The  election  of  officers  may  also 
pr('Ve  an  interesting  part  of  the  programme.  Thomas 
Stoddart,  the  present  president,  will  probably  be  re- 
elected. It  is  said  that  some  of  his  friends  have  pre- 
vailed upon  him  to  accept  the  nomination,  and  promi- 
nent U'cmbers  say  he  will  have  no  opposition.  George 
EI.  Hiichcoek,  second  vice-president,  will  doubtless  be 
a  candidate  for  the  first  vice-presidency,  and  friends 
of  Prof.  W.  C.  Anderson  are  anxious  to  have  him 
accept  a  nomination  for  the  same  office.  It  is  under- 
stood th.'it  Secretary  Judson  B.  Todd  will  not  accept  a 
lenom'iiation,  and  friends  of  S.  V.  B.  Swann  are  de- 
sirous that  he  should  be  made  secretary.  He  will  likely 
ha\e  oip"sition,  as  Edward  S.  Dawson,  Jr.,  of  Syra- 
c'lsp,  is  spoken  of  as  a  candidate  for  the  office. 

George  Reimann,  chairman  of  the  Committee  on 
Transportation,  says  the  meeting  bids  fair  to  become 
the  banner  gathering  of  the  association.  The  com- 
mittee has  succeeded  in  getting  a  uniform  rate  of  a 
fare  and  a  third  for  the  round  trip  on  roads  that 
belo"g  to  the  Trunk  Line  Association.  When  the  fare 
is  7.")  cents  01  more  this  rate  is  granted  on  the  certificate 
plan  which  has  been  in  vogue  at  previous  meetings.  To 
get  the  reduced  fare  members  will  buy  a  ticket  to 
FIrnira,  paying  full  fare,  and  obtain  a  certificate  from 
the  ticket  agent,  which  must  be  presented  to  Secretary 
Todd  on  or  before  Thursday,  June  26,  to  be  counter- 
signed. The  return  ticket  can  then  be  purchased  from 
the  local  ticket  agent  at  Elmira  within  three  days  after 
adjournment  for  one-third  the  regular  fare.  It  is 
suggested  tliaL  members  notify  the  ticket  agent  in  ad- 
vance oC  the!:'  intention  to  apply  for  a  certificate,  and 
if  such  ccnnot  be  procured  purchase  a  ticket  to  nearest 
station  whcte  it  can  be.  Elmira  is  reached  by  the 
Lackawanna  and  Erie  Railroads,  both  of  which  are 
members  of  the  Trunk  Line  Association.  Any  informa- 
tion about  ariival  or  departure  of  trains  can  be  had 
froni  any  member  of  the  Committee  on  Transportation: 
George  Reimann,  Buffalo,  chairman;  Clay  W.  Holmes, 
Elmira:  JI.  R.  Mandelbaum,  A.  B.  W.  Firman,  New 
Y'ork;  Charles  I'.  Brown,  Cortland;  R.  J.  Strasenburgh, 
Rochester;  Riifus  E.  Smith,  Syracuse;  T.  R.  Lawrence, 
Poughkeepsie;  Ij.  P.  Monroe,   Dunkirk. 


Conference  to  Consider  Nomination. 
The  conference  called  by  the  Manhattan  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  to  consider  nominations  for  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Eastern  Section  of  the  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy, will  be  held  in  the  New  York  College  of  Phar- 
macy, No.  115  West  6Sth  street,  this  (Thursday)  after- 
noon. George  E.  Schweinfurth,  Otto  Boeddiker  and 
W.  C.  Alpers  will  represent  the  ilanhattan  Association: 
A.  C.  Searles,  F.  N.  Pond  and  W.  E.  Faber  tlie  Alumni 
Association  of  the  New  York  College;  Oscar  Goldman. 
E.  C.  Goetting  and  H.  A.  Herold.  the  German  Apothe- 
caries' Society:  .\.  ly.  Goldwater.  Albert  Firman  and 
D.    Kaiitor,    the    Greater    Now    York    Society,    and    M. 


June  5,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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Zeitlin,  Joseph  Kohn  and  Beujamiu  Halprin,  the  Drug 
Clerks'  Circle.  Other  assooiatious  will  probably  be 
represented,  but  the  names  of  delegates  could  not  bo 
obtained    at   the   time    of   writing. 


SYRACUSE  DRUGGISTS  WANT  THE  EXCISE  LAW 
CHANGED. 

The  Syracuse  Druggists"  Association  recently  held 
a  meeting  for  the  purpose  of  discussing  the  provisions 
and  requirements  of  the  present  Excise  law,  as  it 
-affects  the  druggists.  Several  members  spoke  against 
the  law  and  said  they  thought  the  time  was  at  hand 
for  concerted  action  on  the  part  of  licensed  pharma- 
■cists  throughout  the  State  to  obtain  relief  from  the 
oppression  of  the  Excise  department.  It  was  agreed 
that  a  modified  store-keepers'  license,  for  registered 
pharmacists  only,  would  be  desirable,  and  the  associa- 
tion favored  a  change  in  the  law  as  follows: 

"Amend  section  2  of  chapter  11'2  of  the  laws  of 
1896  by  adding  a  new  sub-division  which  shall  provide 
for  a  modified  store-keepers'  license  that  shall  be  issued 
to  licensed  pharmacists  only,  by  the  provisions  of  which 
alcohol  and  liquors  may  be  sold  without  a  physician's 
prescription,  in  quantities  not  to  exceed  32  ounces,  no 
part  of  which  shall  be  drunk  on  the  premises  and  all 
sales  of  which  shall  be  made  within  the  prescribed 
liours.  The  fee  for  such  licenses  to  be  as  follows:  In 
-cities  or  places'  which  by  the  last  census  showed  a 
population  of  5,000  or  more,  $100.  In  places  of  less 
than  5,000  and  more  than  1,200  population,  $75.  Any 
other  place,  $50." 

It  is  understood  that  the  association  will  be  repre- 
sented at  the  coming  meeting  of  the  State  Pharma- 
■ceutical  Association  at  Elmira  and  these  suggested 
•changes  in  the  Excise  law  will  be  placed  before  that 
body.  Opinions  are  divided  as  to  the  desirability  of 
A  law  as  suggested  by  the  Syracuse  druggists.  Several 
Isew  York  druggists  say  they  think  it  would  be  useless 
to  ask  for  a  law  allowing  the  sale  of  32  ounces  of 
liquor  without  a  prescription,  and  they  do  not  think 
they  will  favor  such  a  change  as  suggested  by  the 
Syracuse  association. 


•WHOLESALE  DRUG  TRADE  BOWLING  ASSOCIATION 

OUTING. 

The  Wholesale  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Association 
will  have  an  outing  at  Whitestone  Landing,  L.  I., 
Saturday  afternoon,  June  21.  A  steamer  will  be  char- 
tered and  leave  the  foot  of  Beekman  street  shortly 
after  1:30  o'clock.  The  afternoon  will  be  devoted  to 
"bowling,  baseball,  races  and  other  field  sports,  and 
-a  dinner  at  Stimmel's  will  conclude  the  day's  sport.  The 
"following  prizes  will  be  awarded  on  that  day:  Johnson 
&  Johnson,  handsome  silver  cup  for  first  prize  in  the 
tournament;  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  second  prize;  Colgate 
&  Co.  and  Dodge  &  Olcott  tied  for  third  place  and  will 
roll  a  deciding  game;  Lester  C.  Stevens,  high  individual 
average  prize;  R.  K.  Storm,  first  spare  prize;  C.  A. 
McCormick,  second  spare  prize;  J.  L.  Carberry,  third 
■spare  prize;  H.  A.  Howe,  high  score  prize.  The  special 
prize  awarded  the  team  showing  the  greatest  increase 
in  average  score  by  George  J.  Seabury,  goes  to  the 
■General  Chemical  Co.'s  team.  Prizes  will  also  be 
■awarded  for  high  individual  average  on  each  team. 


Druggists  have  the  satisfaction  of  knowing  that 
when  they  order  products  of  the  Mallinckrodt  Chemical 
"Works,  they  are  getting  the  best  goods  that  can  be 
made.  The  "M.  C.  W."  chemicals  have  always  been 
held  in  high  favor  with  dispensing  pharmacists. 


JUSTIN  S.  BREWER,  PHAR.  D. 

Mr.  Ere  wer.  one  of  tlie  recent  successful  post  gr:\du- 
ate  students  of  the  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  of  the 
city  of  New  Y'ork,  is  a 
product  of  the  Pine  Tree 
State,  having  been  born 
and  having  received  his 
early  education  and  prac- 
tical drug  store  experi- 
ence in  Maine.  He  is 
an  active  member  of  the 
Alumni  Association  and 
Kappa  Psi  Fraternity, 
N.  Y.  C.  P.,  and  during 
his  college  course  served 
as  president  of  his  class. 
Mr.  Brewer  is  a  frequent 
contributor  to  pharma- 
ceutical literature  and  is 

at  present  employed  on  the  editorial  staff  of  the  Drug 
Topics. 

Brooklyn  College  Faculty  and  Committee  of  Supervision 
Entertained. 
A  joint  meeting  of  the  faculty  of  the  Brooklyn  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy  and  the  committee  of  supervision  of 
examination  was  held  in  the  college.  No.  329  Franklin 
avenue,  Brooklyn,  Thursday  evening.  May  29,  for  the 
purpose  of  arranging  a  prospectus  of  the  coming  year's 
work.  Shortly  after  11  o'clock.  Prof.  W.  C.  Ander- 
son, the  newly  elected  dean  of  the  college,  moved  an 
adjournment  for  a  short  period,  and  asked  those  pres- 
ent to  accompany  him  upstairs.  Here  they  were  sur- 
prised to  find  a  large  table  laden  with  delicacies  for 
the  inner  man.  Although  the  dinner  came  as  a  sur- 
prise to  all  but  the  genial  professor,  it  was  none  the  less 
enjoyed.  The  guests  called  for  _  a  speech  from  the 
host,  and  Prof.  Anderson  responded  in  a  pleasant  man- 
ner. Oscar  C.  Kleine,  Jr.,  president  of  the  college,  and 
William  Muir,  chairman  of  the  committee  of  super- 
vision,  also   made   short   speeches. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

A  unique  display  was  shown  recently  in  the  window 

of  Oliver  A.  Colvin's  drug  store,  Sodus,  X.  Y'.  The 
large  corner  window  was  converted  into  a  minature 
swamp  with  moss-covered  logs  and  trees,  and  pools  of 
water.  The  "swamp"  was  inhabited  by  a  live  alliga- 
tor and  a  frog  weighing  16  ounces.  Around  the 
swamp  were  placed  bottles  of  "swamp  root"  with  ap- 
propriate display  signs.  The  exhibit  received  favorable 
comment  and  was  instrumental  in  creating  a  satisfactory 
demand   for  the  remedy  thus  advertised. 

Alfred   B.   .Jacobs,   manager  for  the   A.   H.    Smith 

Drug  Co.,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  has  been  in  New  York 
the  past  few  days  and  called  upon  several  of  the  large 
drug  houses  in  the  down-town  district.  Mr.  Jacobs 
visited  the  Itctail  Druggists'  Bowling  Association  at 
Starr's  alleys  and  expressed  surprise  at  the  sociability 
among  the  retail  pharmacists  in  a  city  where  he  thought 
there  was  such  a  lively  competition  for  trade. 

The  Smith  Pharmacy  Co..  composed  of  S.  R.  King 

and  G.  C.  Lindo.  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  at  No. 
49  Broad  street,  Manhattan.  Theodore  E.  Pundt,  Phar. 
D..  N.  Y.  C.  P..  '02,  formerly  with  S.  A.  Osbom, 
Brooklyn,  is  chief  clerk,  'i.ie  company  also  owns  a 
drug  store  at  Seventy-seventh  street  and  Madison  avenue 
and  expects  to  open  another  one  uptown  in  the  near 
future. 

Elias  H.  Hartley.  B.   S.,  JI.  D..  Ph.  G.,  dean  and 

professor  of  organic  chemistry  in  the  Brooklyn  College 


56G 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  5,  1903. 


RETAIL  DRUGGISTS'  BOWLING  ASSOCIATION'S  POVERTY  NIGHT. 


The  oaptain  of  the  Retail  Dnifjgists"  Bowliug  As- 
sociation of  New  York  issued  a  proclamation  to  the 
effect  that  the  last  of  the  season's  bowling  nights  should 
be  a  "poverty  night."  He  requested  the  members  to 
"wear  old  clothes,"  and  this  photograph  of  the  assembly 
which  gathered  at  Starr's  alleys  on  Tuesday  evening, 
May  27,  shows  that  many  of  the  members  complied 
Avith  the  request.  Some  of  the  costumes  provoked  a 
great    deal    of    merriment    among    the    druggists.        A 


lilueheou  was  served  after  the  first  game  had  been  rolled, 
and  several  members  entertained  with  music,  stories, 
etc.  Prizes  were  awarded  as  follows:  George  B. 
S>-hweiufurth,  captain,  gold  medal  for  highest  average 
score  for  the  season,  and  Otto  Boeddiker,  gold  medal 
fur  greatest  improvement  in  bowling  during  the  season. 
George  H.  Hitchcock  received  the  prize  for  the  highest 
score  rolled  that  evening,  and  Max  Mariamson,  Mr. 
Mears  and  B.  R.  Dauscha  captured  the  "booby"  prizes. 


of  Pharmacy,  has  resigned.  At  a  meeting  of  the  trus- 
tees of  the  college  held  on  Tuesday,  ..^ay  27,  William 
C.  Anderson,  Pu.  G.,  Phar.  D.,  professor  oi  theory  and 
practice  of  piiarmacy,  was  appointed  to  succeed  Dr. 
Bartley  as  dean. 

• A  plant  is  being  erected  at  Niagara  Falls  by  the 

Oleo-Naphthol  Co.  of  that  city  for  the  manufacture 
of  a  non-toxic  liniment  and  antiseptic  dressing.  Everard 
Steel  of  San  Francisco  the  inventor  of  the  process  of 
manufacture,  which  is  partl.v  an  electrolytic  one  has 
assigned   his   rights   to   the   above   company. 

The  Empire   State  Drug  Co.,   Buffalo,   N.   Y.,   has 

recently  added  four  new  machines  to  the  tablet  manu- 
facturing department.  Carl  W.  Schultze,  who  grad- 
uated from  the  Northwestern  School  of  Pharmacy, 
Chicago,  in  1S93.  has  charge  of  the  department. 

• J.   R.  Cheesman  Co.,   Burlington,   N.   J.,   is  a   new 

proprietary  medicine  corporation.  Frank  H.  Cheesman, 
C.  J.  H.  Cheesman,  Joseph  R.  Cheesman.  Harry  J. 
Arnold,  Oscar  Donnelly  and  George  A.  Enright  are  the 
incorporators  and  $125,000  is  the  capitalization. 
Joseph  Jacobs,  Atlanta,  Ga.;  J.  S.  Anistaki,  Tren- 
ton, N.  J.;  W.  J.  Phelps.  Bridgeport,  Conn.:  W.  E. 
Grube.  Freeport,  L.  I.;  J.  P.  Walker,  Freehold.  N. 
J.,  and  T.  E.  Hayes.  Middletown,  N.  Y.,  were  among  the 
recent  visitors  in  New  York  drug  circles. 

Dr.    F.    Engelhorn.    proprietor   of  the  house   of  C. 

r.  Boehringcr  &  Sochnc,  Mannheim,  Germany  and  A. 
llaliM    nf    tlie    Brunswick    Quinine   Works,    Brunswick, 


Germany,  arrived  in  New  York  on  the  Kronprinz  Wel- 
hclm   last  week. 

The   German    Apothecaries'    Society   outing   will    be 

at  Gleuwood,  L.  I.,  Thursday,  June  ]9.  A  steamer  has 
been  chartered  for  the  occasion,  and  with  Paul  Arndt 
chairman  of.  the  committee  in  charge  a  good  time  is 
anticipated. 

J.    H.    Allen,   Jr.,   a   druggist   of   Millbrook,    L.    I., 

formerly  at  Nineteenth  street  and  Second  avenue,  Man- 
hattan, recently  returned  from  an  extended  Europeati 
tour.  The  change  proved  beneficial  to  Mr.  Allen's 
health. 

: The  National  Disinfectant  Co.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J., 

was  recently  incorporated  with  a  capital  stock  of  $600,- 
000.  Rollo  W.  Brown,  Rowland  N.  Hazard  and  Sam- 
uel S.  Hawk  are  the  incorporators. 

The  .-Vlbany  College  of  Pharmacy  will  give  a  course 

in  phyyjcs  and  pharmaceutical  mathematics  commencing 
with  ;iie  Fall  term  of  1902.  Theodore  J.  Bradley, 
I'll.  G.,  will  be  the  lecturer. 

Thomas  D.  McElhenie  of  No.  259  Ryerson  street, 

Brooklyn,  has  sold  his  Twilight  Park  Pharmacy  at 
Haines  Falls,  N.  Y.,  to  A.  E.  Marsland  of  No.  19  Greene 
avenue,   Brooklyn. 

Willis  L.  Mix,  the  well  known  New  Haven  Pharma- 
cist and  a  member  of  the  Connecticut  Board  of  Phar- 
macy,   visited    several    of   the   down-town    drug    houses 
Monday. 
A.    F.    Iladdad.   M.    D.,   brother   of   druggist    S.    F. 


June  5,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


567 


Hadiiiid,  No.  Si,  _>ro,'ni  stvcet,  Jlauhattan,  recently  re- 
turned from  an  eigiit  months'  trip  around  the  world. 

Alexis  P.  Bartlett,  Benjamin  P.  Treacy  and  John 

J.  Treacy  are  incorporators  of  the  Carbon-Hydrate 
Chemical  Co..  Jersey  City,  N.  J.     Capital.  Ifl'iO.OOO. 

Hugo  Alueller,   a  druggist  at  No.  500  Washington 

street,  Hoboken.  N.  J.,  announces  his  remoral  to 
Throop  avenue  and  Pulaski  street,  Brooklyn. 

P.  Leonard,  formerly  with  J.  Jungmann  at  No.  1028 

Third  avenue  has  taken  a  position  in  Colion's  pharmacy 
at  112tli  street  and  Lenox  avenue. 

Dr.   F.   D.   Clum  has  renewed  his  connection  with 

McKesson  &  Robbins  after  a  few  years  spent  in  prac- 
ticing medicine  near  Albany,  N.  Y. 

The  Brandreth-Hill  Manufacturing  Co.  has  incor- 
porated "to  manufacture  drugs"  at  Ossining,  N.  Y., 
with  a  capital  stock  of  $150,000. 

E.    Perraioli,    druggist   at    lOSth    street   and    First 

avenue,  Manhattan,  died  Tuesday  evening,  May  27.  He 
had  been  ill  for  some  time. 

The  driig  store  owned  by  the  estate  of  the  Iat.>  W. 

T.  Ganung,  Brewster,  N.  Y.,  has  been  sold  to  .Tohu 
T.  Too'jmey. 

Herbert  Kobbins  of  McKesson  &  Robbins  iias  ar- 
rived li'^.me  from   Europe  much  benefited  by  the  trip. 

John  S.  Lane,  Eastern  representative  of  Schieffelin 

&  Co.,  was  in  New  York  last  week. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


FIXED    SALARIES    RECOMMENDED    FOR    SECRE- 
TARY OF  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

Boston  May  31. — As  recommended  some  time  ago 
by  Governor  Crane  in  his  inaugural  address,  the  Com- 
mittee on  Public  Service  has  officially  considered  and 
voted  to  report  a  bill  abolishing  the  per  diem  system 
of  compensation  existing  with  respect  to  the  State 
Boards  of  Registration  in  Medicine,  Pharmacy  and  Den- 
tistry. Heretofore,  members  of  the  first-named  board 
have  been  paid  at  the  rate  of  ten  dollars  for  every  day 
of  actual  service,  and  the  two  other  boards  five  dollars 
per  day.  Under  this  system,  for  instance,  the  secretary 
of  the  Board  of  Medicine  for  the  past  year  or  two  has 
•  charged  for  313  working  days,  and  received  $3,130. 
Governor  Crane's  recommendation  was  not  intended 
to  be  personal  to  any  official.  The  committee  voted 
to  report  a  bill  establishing  salaries  as  follows:  Sec- 
retary of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy,  $1,000;  other  mem- 
bers, $200  each.  Chairman  and  secretary  of  Board  of 
Dentistry,  $400  each;  other  members,  $200  each.  Sec- 
retary of  Board  of  Medicine,  $2,500;  other  members, 
$300  each.  The  bill  has  been  submitted  to  the  attorney 
general   for   perfecting   amendments,   if  any. 


Lawrence  Medicine-Dnig  Cases  Come  to  Trial. 
Boston,  May  31. — In  the  Essex  Superior  Criminal 
Court,  this  week,  in  session  at  Salem.  Narcisse  E. 
Miville,  a  druggist,  ex-alderman  and  former  overseer  of 
the  poor  at  Lawrence,  and  Dr.  Michael  F.  Sullivan  of 
Lawrence,  w'ere  called  on  an  indictment  charging  them 
with  violating  the  law  "against  a  city  official  being  in- 
terested in  a  contract  with  the  city  while  being  a 
member  of  the  city  government."  Dr.  Sullivan  was  a 
member  of  the  board  of  overseers  of  the  poor.  The 
indictments  grew  out  of  the  discovery  of  alleged  ir- 
regularities in  the  accounts  of  the  overseers  of  the 
poor  in  regard  to  State  cases..  Dr.  Lewis,  of  the  State 
Board  of  Charity,  after  investigation,  refused  to  settle 
the  bill  of  the  City  of  Lawrence  for  the  year  1900, 
until  it  had  been  practically  cut  in  two.  It  was  claimed 
that  Dr.  Sullivan  sold  goods  to  the  city  while  holding 
office,  as  against  the  city  ordinances.     Dr.  Sullivan  has 


always  maintained  that  this  Lawrence  bill  was  not 
an  exhorbitant  one,  and  that  there  was  absolutely  noth- 
ing wrong  with  the  transaction.  Mr.  Miville  claims 
substantially  the  same.  Both  pleaded  not  guilty  and 
desired  time  to  prepare  for  trial.  Something  more  defi- 
nite, so  their  counsel  said,  was  desired  as  to  the  time 
of  the  oft'ences  and  the  alleged  contracts.  Each  was 
held  in  $500. 


Women  Active  in  Pharmacy. 
Boston,  Ma.v  31. — Women  are  gradually  coming  to 
the  front  in  pharmaceutical  fields,  as  a  means  of  live- 
lihood. This  was  emphasized  in  part  by  the  fact  that 
five  women  were  members  of  this  year's  senior  class 
at  the  Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy.  Only  three, 
liowever,  received  diplomas,  the  other  two,  who  are 
residents  of  Boston,  not  having  had  sufficient  practical 
work  outside  the  college,  will  have  to  wait  another  year 
to  fulfill  the  requirements  for  graduation.  Each  is  al- 
ready filling  an  important  position  in  a  large  and  well- 
known  establishment,  where  they  are  getting  valuable 
experience.  Those  to  receive  diplomas  were:  Mrs.  Mary 
A.  F.  Whitmarsh,  who  owns  a  successful  drug  store 
in  Roxbury  District;  Miss  Mary  Quinn  Phelan,  who 
has  had  several  years  of  study  and  practical  experience 
and  who  is  at  present  conducting  the  pharmacy  in  the 
dispensary  of  the  Homeopathic  Hospital  in  this  city, 
and  Miss  Bertha  Tinkham,  wno  also  is  well  experi- 
enced in  practical  and  theoretical  pharmacy. 


COMPETENT  TO  FILL  PRESCRIPTIONS. 

Boston,  May  31. — Forty-one  candidates  were  exam- 
ined on  the  four  Tuesdays  in  this  month  by  the  Mas- 
sachusetts iioard  of  Registration  in  Pharmacy.  Of 
these,  the  following-named  thirteen  candidates  passed 
successfully:  William  H.  Walsh,  Boston;  Wilder  X. 
Macurda.  Boston;  Albert  F.  Male,  Somerville;  Edward 
P.  Bigelow,  Blackstone;  Alfred  Davidson,  ^^ambridge; 
Bertha  Pinkham,  Portland,  Maine;  Eugene  Verrier, 
Waterbury,  Conn.;  Herbert  T.  Blake,  New  Bedford; 
John  M.  Donoghue,  Haverhill;  Leon  x'hatcher  Foster, 
Exeter,  N.  H.;  Addison  Howard  Hastings,  Hinsdale; 
Lucien  J.  Levesque,  Holyoke,  and  James  M.  Sullivan, 
Fall  River. 


Trade  Conditions  Satisfactory. 
Boston,  May  31. — Trading  conditions  have  proved  on 
the  whole  satisfactory,  with  considerable  life,  and  with 
druggists  finding  no  cause  at  all  for  complaint  of  dull 
times.  Warm  weather  early  in  the  week  followed  by 
a  sharp  contrast  in  rather  cold  weather  is  sure  to 
create  a  demand  for  remedies  for  coughs  and  colds 
when  these  complaints  have  had  time  to  develop.  In 
general  lines  of  goods  carried  by  druggists  there  has 
been  fairly  good  trade. 


NEW   ENGLAND    NOTES. 

The  license  commissioners  of  Haverhill  adopted  an 

original,  practical  way  of  studying  the  situation  as  to 
druggists  who  applied  for  sixth-class  licenses.  On  the 
evening  of  one  of  their  meetings  the  commissioners,  in- 
stead of  merely  talking  over  matters,  made  a  tour  of  in- 
spection of  the  drug  stores  of  the  city,  visiting  each  drug- 
gist who  applied  for  a  sixth-class  license  and  inspecting 
each  place  with  the  same  care  they  have  given  the 
saloons.  They  had  received  some  complaints,  in  one 
way  or  another,  that  the  druggists  have  not  been  careful 
in  their  observance  of  the  law  ,and  they  paid  spe- 
cial attention  to  the  facilities  some  of  the  druggists  were 
reported  to  have  for  looking  after  a  back-door  trade. 
For  the  most  part  the  commissioners  found  the  stores 
well  equipped  and  well  cared  for  without  indications  of 
facilities  or  desire  to  disobey  or  evade  the  law. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  0,  1902. 


Unfortunately  for  George  Waters,  a  clerk  in  Thomp- 
son's drug  store  at  E  and  Seventh  street,  South  Boston, 
the  recent  abolishment  of  the  Sunday  "Blue  Laws"  was 
not  brought  about  quite  soon  enough  to  prevent  his 
being  fined  $5  m  court  for  selling  soda  water  on  the 
Lord's  Day,  while  the  law  was  still  in  force. 
Louis  Ruder,  who  conducts  a  pharmacy  in  North- 
ampton, Mass.,  has  just  been  granted  a  druggist's  liquor 
license  by  the  license  ommissioners  of  that  city.  The 
board  in  granting  this  license  gave  all  sorts  of  warnings 
as  to  strictly  keeping  within  the  limitations  of  the 
provisions   of  the  license. 

Trial  has  begun  in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court 

of  the  case  of  Alexander  Boudrot  against  the  Cochrane 
Chemical  Company,  Boston,  to  recover  $20,000  damages 
for  personal  injuries  received  in  December,  1899,  while 
the  plaintiff  was  at  work  in  the  defendant's  factory  in 
Everett. 

With     the     intention     of    manufacturing     chemical 

products,  the  Muco-Hubricans  Company  has  been  or- 
ganized under  the  laws  of  Maine  with  a  capital  stock 
of  $10,000.  H.  B.  Dunham,  of  Rutland,  Massachusetts, 
is  president,  and  ^.  D.  Putnam,  of  Worcester,  is  treas- 
urer of  the  company. 

■ The    drug   business    of    William    Dunn,    which   has 

been  conducted  at  a  store  on  Waverly  street,  South 
Framingham,  luass.,  i.as  been  closed  out.  Mr.  Dunn 
has  stored  his  stock  of  goods,  pending  a  decision  as  to 
his  future  plans. 

After  spending  three  years  or  so  in  the  employment 

of  H.  L  Johnson,  who  has  a  drug  store  in  Waltham, 
Mass.,  J.  Perley  Staples  has  given  up  his  position  there 
in  order  to  go  into  the  .same  business  on  hij  own  account 
in  Allston. 

W.'lh  liabilities  of  nearly  $4,400  and  assets  of  about 

$2,000,  Frank  W.  Simard,  a  Clinton,  Mass.,  druggist, 
has  voluntarily  filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy.  His 
debts  up  to  the  amount  of  $1,500  are  secured. 

• Basset's  drug  store  at   Surfside,   Hull,   Mass.,   has 

been  opened  for  the  Summer  season,  as  has  been  the 
custom  during  the  months  when  Summer  cottagers  and 
tourists  flock  to  the  place. 

The  Taunton  Drug  Company  which  has  occupied  a 

store  in  City  Square,  Taunton,  Mass.,  has  gone  out  of 
business  and  now  has  become  a  matter  of  past  history. 

Ernest    Dalton,    a    Chicopee,    Mass.,    druggist,    has 

moved  his  business  from  lower  Exchange  street,  that 
city,  to  a  place  better  situated  m  the  same  street. 

An   early  morning  fire  at  Worcester,  one  day  this 

week,  caused  some  damage  to  the  drug  store  of  George 
E.  Fairbanks,  in  the  Day  block.  Main  street. 

L.  L.  Keith's  new  drug  store  at  Three  Rivers,  Mass., 

is  rapidly  getting  toward  completion.  The  fixtures  and 
fi*^tings  for  the  store  were  secured  in  Boston. 

By  fire  at  Norwood,  Mass.,  recently,  the  Walpole 

Chemical  Company  suffered  a  loss  of  $1,700,  covered  by 
insurance. 

■ Work   is   progressing  well   on  the  new  building  at 

East  Gloucester,  Mass.,  for  Austin  E.  Martin's  drug 
store. 


Mother  Tinctures. 

These  are  made  from  the  fresh,  green  living  plant. 
The  homeopathic  physician  uses  these,  also  the  eclectic 
physician.  You  cannot  afford  to  ignore  their  trade  and 
influence  in  the  community.  Boericke  &  Runyon,  11 
West  42d  St.,  New  York,  can  furnish  everything  in  the 
homeopathic  line.  It  will  be  to  your  interest  to  com 
municate  with  them.     They  are  thoroughly  up-to-date. 


PHILADELPHIA. 

LAWS   AFFECTING   PHARMACISTS. 

Philadelphia,  May  30. — At  various  times  during  the 
past  few  years  Philadelphia  pharmacists  have  had 
quite  a  stirring  up  over  the  enforcement  of  particular 
laws  effecting  them,  and  the  authorities  have  invariably 
found  quite  a  number  who  were  entirely  unaware  that 
such  laws  existed.  The  Bulletin  of  the  Philadelphia 
Association  of  Retail  Druggists  for  June  contains  quite 
a  review  of  the  laws  druggists  should  know,  written  by 
the  local  secretary,  IT.  W.  Strunk.  The  laws  mentioned 
are:  The  poison  law,  the  registered  bottle  law,  the 
cigarette  law,  e.  g.,  for  selling  to  children  under  sixteen 
years  a  fine  not  to  exceed  $300,  or  imprisonment  for 
thirtyd  ays  or  both,  may  be  imposed.  The  tobacco  law, 
e.  g.,  same  as  cigarette  save  hue  is  $100.  The  old  blue 
law  ,e.  g.,  regarding  Sunday  selling,  the  second-hand 
bottle  and  jar  law  and  the  mercantile  tax  law.  The 
latter  is  reported  by  some  inspectors,  who  have  been 
looking  into  the  matter  to  be  very  largely  violated  as 
similar  laws  exist  in  a  great  many  States  and  it  applies 
especially  to  Pennsylvania  at  large,  the  act  is  here 
quoted: 

"Act  118,  Laws  1899,  Section  11,  commonly  called 
the  mercantile  licence  and  tax  law: 

"Each  dealer  affected  by  the  provisions  of  this  act 
shall  cause  to  be  placed  permanently  at  the  entrance  to 
his  or  their  business,  a  sign  describing  the  business  in 
which  the  party  is  engaged,  with  his  or  their  name  or 
names  upon  such  sign.     Penalty  $10.00." 


Retail  Clerks  Organize. 

Philadelphia,  May  30.— S.  L.  Hart  of  Chicago  has 
succeeded  in  forming  the  drug  clerks  of  this  city  into  an 
organization.  The  initial  meeting  was  held  at  Green's 
Hotel,  Wednesday  evening.  May  28.  About  fifteen 
members  enrolled  their  names  and  the  following  officers 
were  elected:  President,  L.  S.  Kemp,with  Shinn  & 
Baer  at  Broad  and  Spruce  streets;  vice-president,  Rob- 
ert C.  Pursell,  F.  Otis  Lewis,  J.  K.  Aughimbaugh,  and 
L.  W.  Moyer;  secretary  and  treasurer,  W.  Judson 
Thomas.  This  week  Professor  Judd  of  Pittsburg  is  to 
be  here  when  a  definite  outline  of  work  will  be  planned 
and  the  organization  perfected.  The  success  thus  far 
achieved  is  not  generally  known  among  the  clerks;  how- 
ever, when  the  application  blanks,  which  have  been  or- 
dered, are  distributed  it  will  be  realized  that  a  good 
foundation  is  being  laiu  and  a  desirable  organization 
well  started.  i.'he  officers-elect  are  all  hustling  fellows 
and  holding  good  positions,  wuich  argues  well  for  the 
success  of  this  movement. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

A  number  of  West  Phlidalphia  stores  have  agreed 

to  keep  their  blinds  down  on  Sundays  and  will  place  a 
sign  in  the  window:  "Please  ask  for  medicines  only." 
They  propose  to  adhere  strictly  to  selling  medicines  on 
that  day. 

Lawson  C.  Funk,  druggist  of  Forty-first  and  Lan- 
caster avenues  who  has  been  manufacturing  specialties 
with  success,  has  recently  introduced  a  line  of  homeo- 
pathic preparations  for  the  use  of  physicians  in  medicat- 
ing pellets. 

Philadelpnia  now  stands  as  the  greatest  exporting 

point  for  oil  in  the  world.  This  position  is  very  soon  to 
be  further  strengthened  by  the  erection  of  a  large  refinery 
at  Marcus  Hook  by  the  Pure  Oil  Company. 

Alfred  Heineburg,  class  of  '99,  P.  C.  P.,  graduated 

from  Jefferson  Jledical  College  at  the  commencement 
Thursday  May  20,  carrying  off  one  of  the  prizes,  con- 
sisting of  a   fine  case  of  ■nstrumeuts. 


June  5,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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Dr.  C.  B.  Lowe,  H.  L.   Stiles,  Theodore  Campbell 

and  J.  C.  Perry,  will  represent  riiiladelphia  at  tlie  meet- 
ing of  the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association  at 
Atlantic  City  June  4  and  5. 

1.  D.  Meals,  formerly  with  L.  P.  Reimann  at  Fifth 

and  Poplar  streets  has  accepted  a  position  with  D.  F. 
Schul  &  Co.,  403S  Market  street,  this  city. 
The  trustees  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Phar- 
macy   will    hold    their    final    session    for    this    year    on 
Tuesday  afternoon  June  3. 

The  executive  board  of  the  P.  C.  P.  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation will  hold  an  important  meeting  Thursday  after- 
noon June  5. 

Geo.     B.  Evans  opened  another  large  drug  store  at 

1012  Market  street,  Monday. 


BALTIMORE. 


DRUG   TRADE  BOWLERS  END   SEASON. 

Baltimore,  May  31. — The  season  of  contests  for  the 
Baltimore  Drug  Trade  Bowling  Club  was  formally  closed 
at  the  Diamond  last  night  with  a  smoker  and  the  award- 
ing of  prizes.  The  occasion  was  distinguished  for  a 
large  attendance  and  a  number  of  impromptu  but  ap- 
propriate addresses  were  made.  The  prizes  and  win- 
ners were  as  follows: 

First — High  average,  178  8-27,  $5,  Andrew  Baum- 
gartner. 

Second— High  average,  1711/2,  ¥2.50,  W.  Smuck. 

First  spare  prize — 722  per  cent,  $5,  Bruno  Fairly. 

First  strike  spare — 28.66  6-10  per  cent,  $2,50,  Dr. 
A.  R.  L.  Dohme. 

First  high  score — 254,  $5,  B.  Fairly  and  L.  W.  Da- 
vis.    On  roll-off  Davis  won. 

Five  200  irames,  .?2,  Dr.  Kabernagle. 

Tie  for  split  spares,  Mackall  and  E.  Smuck,  $1  each. 

High  team  score.  Root  and  Herbs,  869,  $5. 

Individual  scores. — Frank  Byre  Byers  of  James 
Baily  &  Son.  155  1-54,  $1;  Col.  Brent  Waters,  of  Root 
and  Herbs,  152,  44-45,  $1;  Harry  Brauer  of  the  Stanley 
&  Brown  Drug  Company,  159  34-45,  $1;  Tim  Goldsbor- 
ough  of  Sharp  &  Dohme,  102  4-7.  $1;  James  Coyne  of 
the  Armstrong  Cork  Company,  145,  $1;  Charles  EUicott 
of  the  Ferrell  &  Kellam  Drug  Company,  130,  $1. 

The  standing  of  the  teams  was  as  follows: 
Games      Games. 
Teams.  Won.         Lost.  Pet. 

McCormick  &  Co 41  13  .759 

James  Baily  &  Son 38  16  .704 

Root  and  Herbs 37  17  .685 

Stanley  &  Brown  >jrug  Co 28  26  .519 

Sharp  &  Dohme 25  29  .463 

Armstrong  Cork  Co 18  36  .334 

Ferrell  &  Kellam  Drug  Co....       2  52  .033 

According  to  the  table  compiled  by  Secretary  Cann, 
the  standing  of  the  various  members  of  the  club  at  the 
close  of  the  season  is  as  follows: 

Games    Total         Average 
Bowled,    pins.  per  game. 

Baumgartner  54         9.412         174     8-27 

W.  Smuck    54         9,261         1711/2 

Fairley    .51         8.568        108 

Dohme   15         2.483         165     8-15 

Davis   51         8,323         163  10-51 

Goldsborough  21         3,414         162     4-7 

Brauer   45         7.186         159  31-54 

Kabernagle   36         5,7.32         159     2-9 

Mullcr 47         7,319         1.55  34-47 

Rvers    54         8,317  1.^.4     1-.54 

Kornman   48         7,377         l.'')^  11-16 

Armour  51         7.843         153  40-51 

Waters    45         6.884         152  44-45 

Mackall 48         7,2.37         1,50  37-48 

Holzernian    54         8,1.50         1 .50  25-27 

Vordermberg 54         8.0.56         149     2-9 

Blumner... 27         4,032         149     1-3 


S.  Smuck 51  7,523  146  26-51 

Milbourn   45  6,537  145  12-45 

Durmock   9  1,344  149     1-3 

Covne 54  7,830  145 

Cann    54  7,783  154     7-54 

Saltier   39  5,578  143     1-39 

Dickson    54  7,634  14110-27 

W.  Wahle  51  7,077  138  13-17 

Siiedden 48  6,679  139     7-4S 

Vanderpleed    9  1,257  139     2-3 

Winkleman    33  4,543  137     2-3 

Baker  33  4,500  136  12-33 

Trible    29  3,835  132     7-29 

Wickert    0  792  132 

Tvson    54  7.227  133  15-18 

Ailes    51  6,694  13113-15 

Hoffman   52  l>,ol2  131 

Melntyre  42  5,417  128  41-42 

Richards    3  386  128     2-3 

Branner 2  239  128 

Elliott   52  6,784  130     6-13 

Roeth   33  3,873  119  11-32 

Brooks   39  0,705  95 

Bond    17  1,635  95  15-16 

Stagmer    14  1,695  121     1-4 

Parkhurst    32  3,819  119  11-32 

Dierker   17  1,799  105     4-11 

C.  Wahl   6  t»15  1021/2 

FIFTY-EIGHT  CANDIDATES  EXAMINED. 

Baltimore,  May  27. — The  new  State  Board  of  Phar- 
macy had  its  first  business  session  yesterday,  when 
5S  candidates  for  registration  as  pharmacists  were  put 
throut;h  the  prescribed  form  of  examination.  The  result 
will  be  announced  in  a  few  days.  Among  the  applicants 
were  a  ni-.mber  of  this  year's  class  graduated  from  the 
Maryland  College  of  Pharmacy.  Among  the  applicants 
were  four  colored  men,  who,  if  they  pass,  will  endeavor 
to  establish  themselves  in  business  here,  it  is  said.  The 
sable  applicants  are  graduates  from  Howard  University 
at  Washington,  and  they  have  been  encouraged  to  come 
here,  it  is  believed,  by  the  success  of  one  druggist,  who 
has  been  established  in  Baltimore  for  some  time  past, 
and  by  another,  who  has  recently  opened  a  retail  drug 
store. 

The  report  of  the  board  of  the  result  of  the  examina- 
tions has  not  yet  been  made,  but  it  is  learned  on  good 
authority  that  of  the  68  applicants  examined  only  two 
failed.  This  would  indicate  either  that  the  candidates 
were  unusually  proficient  or  that  the  board  was  not 
very  exacting  in  its  requirements. 

Business  Without  Special  Feature. 
Baltimore,  June  2. — Business  last  week  was  without 
special  features.  It  being  the  end  of  the  month,  the  re- 
tail druggists  curtailed  their  orders  to  keep  down  bills, 
and  the  volume  of  transactions  as  a  consequence  was 
rather  small.  The  wholesalers  as  well  as  the  manufac- 
turers of  pharmaceuticals  were  affected  by  this  condi- 
tion and  the  prevailing  tone  was  one  of  marked  quiet. 
Better  things  are  expected  this  week,  when  the  reduc- 
tion in  stocks  must  be  made  up  by  correspondingly  larger 
buyings.  The  market  for  botanicals  was  practically  un- 
changed, no  pronounced  variations  being  noted  in  prices 
and  the  demand  for  the  diffirent  articles  being  about 
the  same.  The  movement  in  heavy  chemicals  was  up  to 
the  average  and  prices  ruled,  if  anything,  a  shade  higher. 
According  to  many  retailers,  business  leaves  much  to 
be  desired,  but  complaints  are  always  heard,  and  it 
may  be  taken  for  granted  that  the  trade  has  suffered  no 
marked  contraction. 

Wedgewood   Club   Dines. 

Baltimore,  May  30. — The  Wedgewood  Club,  which  is 
composed  of  lending  wholesale  and  retail  druggists  of 
this  city,  held  its  monthly  dinner  at  the  Eutaw  House 
last  night,  the  event  proving  as  successful  as  the  other 
similar  functions  of  the  organization  that  have  gone 
before.     In  accordance  with  the  established  custom  of 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  5,  1903. 


choosing  a  new  chairman  for  every  session,  John  Wiesel 
was  elevated  to  this  dignity  last  night  and  discharged 
the  duties  devolving  upon  him  to  the  entire  "satisfaction 
of  the  company.  The  guests  of  the  evening  were:  Dr. 
E.  Miller  Reid,  Dr.  John  D.  Blake,  Judge  Littig  and 
E.  R.  Roth.  It  was  decided  during  the  business  session 
to  join  the  Fliut  Club,  a  similar  organization  of  physi- 
cians, in  an  excursion  down  the  bay  on  July  2,  when 
the  next  dinner  will  be  given. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

Ferdinand  Ulman,  a  traveling  salesman  for  Parke, 

Davis  &  Co.,  in  the  Eastern  States,  whose  family  are 
residents  of  Salisjury,  Md.,  and  who  is  a  Hebrew,  went 
with  Miss  Minnie  Mae  Mowbray,  a  Gentile,  of  633  North 
Fremont  avenue,  to  Lynchburg,  Va.,  on  Wednesday 
and  was  married  there  in  the  evening  by  Rev.  F.  T. 
McFadden.  The  young  couple  have  returned  to  Balti- 
more and  are  receiving  the  congratulations  of  friends. 
Preparations  for  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Mary- 
land Pharmaceutical  Association,  which  will  be  held  this 
month  at  the  Blue  Mountain  House,  are  being  made 
and  the  proceeding.?  should  be  very  interesting  in  view 
of  the  important  results  accomplished  during  the  last 
session  of  the  legislature. 

E.  A  .E.  Schmidt  ,of  the  retail  drug  firm  of  Schmidt 

&  Dorman.  has  purchased  the  pharmacy  of  Charles  P. 
Trapp,  Ann  and  Aliceanna  streets. 

A.  C.  Huthwelker  will  shortly  remove  from  Sara- 
toga and  Pearl  streets  to  218  North  Greene  streets. 


MICHIGAN. 


Detroit,  May  31. 

■ General  G.  B.  Schoeffel  of  New  York,  who  is  largely 

interested  in  a  number  of  prominent  proprietary  articles, 
paid  Detroit  a  visit  last  week  and  was  entertained  by 
Parke,  Davs&  Co.,  and  also  by  Mayor  Maybury  and 
the  heads  of  the  municipal  departments. 

Representatives  of  out-of-town  houses  who  visited 

Detroit  recently  are:  Jno.  Gleichmann,  Rosengarten  & 
Sons,  Philadelphia,  Pa.;  J.  C.  M.  Gates,  Corning  &  Co., 
Peoria,  III.;  and  L.  R.  Dronberger,  Mallinckrodt  Chem- 
ical Works,  St.  Louis,  Mo. 

R.   s.   Johnson,  representative  of  Merck   &  Co.   of 

New  York,  has  left  St.  Louis,  accompanied  by  his  wife 
for  an  extended  trip  to  the  West.  Before  returning  he 
will  also  visit  the  Hawaiian  Islands  both  on  pleasure 
jind  business. 

The   following   representatives   of   Parke,   Davis   & 

Co.,  were  in  Detroit  during  the  past  week:  Herbert 
Turrell,  New  York;  P.  W.  Fisher  and  I.  R.  Mower, 
Ohio;  and  J.  C.  Kemme,  Georgia. 

A.  C.  Pilkenton,  a  prominent  pharmacist  of  Green- 
field, Ind.,  has  been  in  Detroit  the  past  week  attending 
a  meeting  of  the  National  Association  of  Corrections 
and  Charities. 

• ^A  party  of  twenty-five  nurses  from  the  University 

Hospital,  Ann  Arbor,   paid  a  visit  to  the  laboratory   of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  Wednesday  afternoon.  May  28. 
C.  F.  Unterkirchner,  pharmacist  at  Saline,  has  dis- 
posed of  his  business  at  that  place.     He  has  not  decided 
what  line  of  work  he  will  take  up  iu  the  future. 

H.  J.  Bernard,  employed  in  the  Coleman  Drug  Store 

at   Kalamazoo,  recently   underwent  an  operation,   from 

which  he  is  slowly  recovering. 

• — -The  firm  of  Walton  &  A'oorheis  of  Onaway  has  been 

dissolved  and  the  business  in  the  future  will  be  carried 

on  by  Voorheis  &  Co. 

Casper  E.  De  I'ny,  iiliarniacist  of  Stockbridgo,  has 


been  succeeded  in  business  there  by  the  firm  of  De  Puy 
&  Brown.  — 

H.  E.  Mclntyre,  druggist  at  Trumbull  and  Merrick 

avenues,   Detroit,   has   left   for   a   trip   to   England   and 
Scotland. 

The  employes  of  Parke,  Davis  &  Co.,  will  hold  their 

12th  annual  picnic  Wednesday,  June  11,  at  Bois  Blanc 
Park. 

T.   O.  Pattison  has  gone  out  of  the  drug  business 

at  Millbrook. 

Wm.    F.    ICretzolmier   has   sold   his   drug   store   at 

Saginaw. 


CHICAGO. 


CHICAGO  DISTRICT  OFFICERS  MEET. 
Chicago,  May  31. — A  meeting  of  the  officers  of  the 
auxiliary  districts 'of  the  Chicago  Retail  Druggists'  As- 
sociation was  held  at  the  Sherman  House  on  the  after- 
noon of  May  27.  The  only  new  organization  reported 
was  that  of  the  Twenty-third  District,  which  has  al- 
ready been  reported  in  these  columns.  Chairman 
Straw  stated  that  the  next  territory  to  be  organized 
is  that  lying  south  of  Seventy-ninth  street.  After  this 
is  done  the  entire  county  will  be  covered.  It  was  re- 
ported from  the  First  District  that  conditions  are  very 
satisfactory  and  that  there  are  very  few  complaint  on 
the  price  schedule.  No  advertising  of  the  listed  goods  is 
done.  There  is  what  is  called  a  free  list,  which  in- 
dues listerine  and  other  toilet  articles,  rubber  goods, 
etc.,  but  even  in  these  there  is  little  price  cutting.  The 
big  department  stores  in  this  district  find  the  schedule 
a  good  business  proposition  and  are  living  up  to  it.  Now 
the  trade  is  naturally  dull  owing  to  the  season,  but 
when  the  summer  advances  and  fall  approaches  there  is 
a  good  prospect  of  a  further  advance  in  the  listed  prices. 

Mr.  Avery  said  that  in  the  Fourth  District  the  drug- 
gists are  getting  practically  full  prices.  Another  mem- 
ber, the  president  of  the  Fourth  District,  called  atten- 
tion to  the  meeting  held  recently  and  referred  to  the 
action  taken  by  the  district  with  regard  to  overcrowd- 
ing and  the  prompt  and  cordial  response  that  was  re- 
ceived from  the  jobbers.  Meution  was  also  made  of  the 
proposed  meeting  with  the  physicians  of  the  district  to 
discuss  ways  and  means  of  bringing  about  more  profit- 
able relations.  It  was  agreed  that  this  is  the  sort  of 
work  which  should  be  carried  on  throughout  the  city. 

Nearly  all  the  districts  reported  themselves  to  be  in 
good  condition  with  price  schedules  working  satisfactor- 
ily. But  one  district  reported  a  serious  disturbance  of 
prices  and  there  it  was  said  that  the  druggists  were  of 
a  philosophical  temperament  and  were  uisposed  to  take 
matters  coolly  until  they  could  be  satisfactorily  ad- 
justed. 

It  was  moved  and  seconded  that  it  is  the  sense  of 
the  meeting  that  manufacturers  should  reduce  their 
prices  to  a  uniform  schedule  of  $2,  $4  and  $8  and 
that  the  matter  be  recommended  for  general  discussion 
at  the  next  regular  meeting  of  the  association.  The 
motion  was  carried. 

It  was  explained  during  the  course  of  the  meeting 
that  it  had  been  found  desirable  to  grant  the  large 
department  stores  on  Milwaukee  avenue  the  same 
schedule  as  that  enjoyed  by  the  department  stores 
down  town,  and  the  same  might  be  desirable  with  the 
department  stores  on  ^outh  ij.alsted  street,  but  these 
concessions  are  not  so  large  as  to  endanger  the  success 
of  the  plan  in  the  least  and  as  soon  as  the  down  town 
scale  is  raised  these  too  will  be  elevated  to  correspond 
with  the  down  town  schedule. 

On  motion  the  secretary  was  instructed  to  address  a 
comnuinication  to  each  of  the  district  officers  with  re- 


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gard  to  the  payment  Oj.  dues  aud  furuish  such  officers 
with  a  list  of  those  who  have  paid. 

The  matter  of  the  sale  of  p.iarmaceuticals  by  the 
pharmaceutical  manufacturing  houses  to  listed  aggres- 
sive cutters  was  referred  to  the  executive  board  for  dis- 
<?ussion   and   action. 

It  was  aiuiounced  that  the  -twolftli,  Thirteenth  and 
Twenty-second  Districts  would  hold  a  union  meeting 
the  first  Monday  in  June  next  to  which  all  druggists  are 
■cordially  invited. 

Secretary  Wooten  called  the  attention  of  the  meeting 
to  the  articles  on  substitution  appearing  editorially  in 
the  columns  of  the  daily  press  and  objected  seriously  to 
the  implication  contained  in  the  said  articles  that  all 
druggists  are  guilty  of  the  practice  of  substitution.  On 
motion  the  matter  was  referred  to  the  next  general 
meeting  for  discussion. 

After  the  transaction  of  some  matters  of  routine 
the  meeting  adjourned. 


YEOMAN'S  DRUG  STORE  ROBBED. 

Chicago,  May  31. — T'sing  a  sewer  pipe  as  an  en- 
trance. Paul  Shiepan,  17  years  old,  has  been  robbing 
the  drug  store  of  Sidney  Yeomans  at  3360  State  street 
for  months,  baffling  efforts  to  capture  him. 

He  was  caught  on  May  24  and  made  a  confession. 
As  a  result  of  the  confession,  Leo  Levy,  19  years  old, 
living  at  51  Thirty-first  street,  and  George  Polizorous, 
3456  State  street,  were  arrested  as  accessories.  John 
Corrigan,  who  has  a  notion  store  at  3304  State  street, 
was  arrested  on  the  charge  of  receiving  stolen  property. 
Shiepan  is  the  son  of  Herman  Shiepan,  saloonkeeper  at 
Thirty-fifth   and    State   streets. 

For  five  months  \eomans  has  been  missing  stock 
from  his  drug  store.  Cigars  principally  were  taken, 
although  on  several  occasions  the  cash  till  was  rifled. 
At  least  $1,000  worth  of  goods  has  been  stoleti.  To 
catch  the  thief  the  proprietor  resorted  to  all  sorts  of 
•devices.  He  watched  in  front  the  store  at  night  time, 
tried  sleeping  in  the  store,  had  the  place  guarded  by 
two  dogs,  and  rigged  up  a  system  of  burglar  alarms. 
For  two  weeks  a  policeman  from  the  Stanton  avenue 
station  was  stationed  in  the  store.  All  these  plans 
failed,  and  last  week  Mr.  Yeomans  decided  that  the 
thief  operated  in  the  daytime.  Searching  about  the 
basement,  he  found  behind  a  pile  of  rubbish  a  section 
of  sewer  pipe  which  had  been  used  at  one  time  to  drain 
water  from  the  basement  next  door.  The  pipe  was 
fitted  with  a  wooden  cover,  and  it  occurred  to  Mr. 
Yeomans  that  this  might  be  the  entrance  u.sed  by  the 
tliief.  He  applied  a  burglar  alarm  to  this.  Yesterday 
noon  the  bell  soundeu  in  the  drug  store.  While  the 
proprietor  ran  down  stairs,  A.  C.  Caldwell,  one  of  the 
clerks,  ran  into  the  alley  in  the  rear,  while  another 
clerk  telephoned  to  the  police. 

When  Mr.  Yeomans  reached  the  cellar  the  cover  had 
been  removed  from  the  sewer  pipe.  He  went  into  the 
next  basement  and  saw  a  man  disappearing  through  a 
door.  He  followed  till  the  fugitive  ascended  a  stairway 
leading  to  the  alley  in  the  rear  of  the  Mecca  building, 
where  Caldwell,  the  clerk,  met  him,  and  the  intruder 
was  caught. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

The    drug    firm    of    Tinder    &    Holt    of    Monticello, 

In.,  has  dissolved  partnership.  We  restrain  ourselves 
from  remarking  on  the  peculiar  nomenclature  of  the 
combination  with  an  effort.  Mr.  Ilott  has  bought  F.  H. 
Chenowith's  drug  store  at  the  same  place. 

• E.  T.  Hlettner  has  opened  a  new  drug  store  at  the 

corner  of  Wilson  and  Evanston  avenues  at  the  terminus 

of  the  Northwestern  Elevated  Railroad. 

E.   M.    Warhanik,   a    popular  druggist  at   Twenty- 


second  and  Leavitt  streets,  has  gone  to  Northern  Wis- 
consin on  a  three  weeks'  fishing  trip. 

All    the   wholesale   druggists    and    sundries    houses 

will  close  next   Saturday  afternoon  at  1  o'clock  p.   m., 
beginning  the   Summer  schedule. 

-Fred    Ii.    Camp,    a    former   druggist   of   Galesburg, 

111.,  has  filed  a  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy. 
G.  L.  Tanzer,  proprietor  of  the  Ogden  Grove  Phar- 
macy at  96  Sheffield  avenue,   has  sold  out. 

Walter  T.   Reed,   a   former   Chicago   druggist,    has 

filed  a  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy. 

^George  E.  Pickering's  drug  store  at  411  Sedgwick 

street,   is  reported   to  be   closed. 

W.  A.  Ponder  &  Company  have  opened  a  new  drug 

store  at  1309  Sheridan  Road. 

O.  O.  Otrich,  a  druggist  of  Anna.  111.,  has  sold  out. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

In  Chief  Demand. 
St.  I'aul,  Jlinn.,  May  31. — In  the  orders  for  goods 
that  reach  wholesalers  here,  soda  water  supplies  seem  to 
lead.  A  close  second  is  found  in  painters'  goods,  of 
which  large  sales  are  being  made.  The  demand  for 
paints  and  oils  is  uniforml.v  heav.v,  and  the  move- 
ment of  window  glass  reveals  not  a  little  strength. 
In  adc'itiou  pretty  nearly  every  branch  of  the  trade  is 
in  such  good  shape  that  unreasonable  indeed  would 
be  the  jobber  who  could  complain.  Retailers  here  have 
noc  yet  begun  reaping  their  soda  fountain  harvest, 
due  to  the  backwardness  of  the  season.  A  week  or 
10  days  niore  however,  will  prob.-ibly  usher  in  settled 
Summer  weather. 


NORTHWESTERN    NOTATIONS. 

Sutr-c!-sions:        F.    Oulton   &   Sou.   Faulkton,    S.   D., 

by  C.  C.  Carpenter;  Meyer  &  Hauge,  Benson,  Minn., 
by  E.  Meyer  &  Co.;  H.  S.  Tubbs  &  Co.,  Glenwood, 
Li..  by  W.  W.  DeWitt  &  Co.;  George  Larson,  West 
Superior,  Wis.,  by  I.  E.  Bullis;  John  Trueblood,  Central 
C'ty,  la.  by  John  Trueblood  &  Sons;  C.  L.  Mead, 
Struble.  la.,  by  M.  A.  Mammey. 

William   Plantz,    formerly   employed   as   messenger 

boy  in  A.  T.  Hall's  drug  store,  St.  Paul,  is  under  ar- 
rest, charged  with  larceny.  The  lad  is  17  years  old, 
and  in  the  one  month  he  worked  for  Mr.  Hill  filched 
181,  a--'Cording  to  his  employer. 

New:     H.   Smith,   Lind,   Wash.;   S.   Dean,   Mohier, 

Wash.;  Turner  Drug  Co.,  Donnybrook,  N.  D.;  Dr.  Bridg- 
man,  Kaper,  Neb.;  Clifton  Spicer,  Richfield,  TJtah; 
Joseph  Schaieh,  Spokane,  Wash.; -Kurtz  Bros.,  Omee- 
mee.   N.    D. 

S.   H.   Brownlee,   Sandstone,   Minn.,   is  reported  to 

have  purchased  a  stock  at  Hudson,  Wis.  F.  G.  Dan- 
ielso  1  of  Hudson  is  said  to  have  sold.  It  has  not 
tr;inr-piri>d  whether  the  two  transactions  are  related. 

R-    Brauns   has   left   Wheatland,   N.   D.,    and   gone 

to  Valley  City,  to  take  the  place  of  Andrew  .Johnson  in 
Proctfr  &  Fish's  store,  while  Johnson  takes  a  little 
va(aiiou. 

Henry    Heinzel    was   down    from    Royalton    yester- 
day  and    made    a    brief   visit   to    Hudson,    Wis. 
A.   \.   Gunz  has  accepted  the  position  of  pharma- 
cist at  the  City  Hospital,  Minneapolis. 

A.  Peterson,  in  the  vacation  of  medical  college,  will 

be  in  ArCfrson's  drug  store,  Wadena. 

An  attachment  for  ¥0,200  has  been  issued  against 

F.  A.  Golden.  Marshfield,  Ore. 

H.    p.    Peterson,    Ivanhoe,    Minn.,    aiul    Nichols    & 

Marr,  Belle  Plaine,  la.,  have  sold. 

Hoff  S-  Dcily.  Wisner.  Neb.,  have  filed  a  certificate 

of   <i'-p:iitnrrsliip. 

1.   B.   Ross.   Talmage,   Neb.,   was  slightly  damaged 

by  fire  tli;s  week. 


573 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  5,  1903. 


Kali'.oisch   &  Miller,   Omeeraee,   N.   D.,   have  given 

a  liill  of  sale. 

EJ  lUle  is  coming  to  St.  Paul  again  to  work. 


ST.  LOUIS. 

COMING    ANNUAL    MEETING    TO    BE    A    RECORD- 
BREAKER. 

St.  Louis.  JIa.v  29. — One  of  the  principal  topics  ot 
interest  at  present  among  a  great  many  of  the  local  drug- 
gists is  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Missouri  Pharmaceu- 
tical Association  ivhich  will  be  held  at  Pertle  Springs, 
June  10  to  13  inclusive.  The  officers  and  members  are 
determined  to  make  this  a  record  breaking  meeting  and 
prospects  look  very  favorable  for  the  success  of  their 
plans.  Chairman  Francis  Hemm  of  the  committee  on 
papers  and  queries  says  several  very  excellent  papers 
have  already  been  turned  in  and  several  others  reported. 
He  is  very  desirous  of  having  all  the  papers  sent  in  so 
that  They  may  be  printed  for  distribution  at  the  meeting. 
A  gold  medal  is  offered  for  the  best  paper  on  commercial 
pharmacy,  and  also  a  silver  medal  for  the  second  best 
paper  on  the  same  subject.  There  is  also  offered  a 
gold  medal  for  the  best  scientific  contribution  of  any 
kind,  and  a  silver  medal  for  the  second  best.  There 
will  be  a  vacancy  on  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  within 
the  next  few  months  and  the  association  will  quite  likely 
follow  its  old  custom  of  recommending  one  or  more  of  its 
members  to  the  Governor  for  appointment  to  fill  the  va- 
cancy. The  railroads  have  agreed  to  make  a  rate  of 
one-half  fare  for  the  meeting.  Rates  at  the  hotel  will 
be  the  same  as  last  year,  $2.00  per  day. 

The  business  and  scientific  sessions  will  be  held  from 
9:30  a.  m.  to  12,  and  from  2  to  4  p.  m.  Outside  of  these 
hours  the  entertainment  committees  will  have  charge  of 
affairs.  They  have  arranged  an  elaborate  programme 
with  many  elegant  and  valuable  prizes  for  the  winners. 

Thursday  will  be  "Travelers  Day,"  the  Missouri 
Pharmaceutical  Travelers'  Association  having  full  charge 
of  the  programme.  W  .0.'  Johnson,  president  of  the  lat- 
ter organization,  has  issued  a  call  to  his  fellow  mem- 
bers to  be  out  in  full  force  and  to  help  make  the  1002 
meeting  the  most  successful  ever  held. 


Sunday  Excursion  for  Local  Druggists. 
St.  Louis.  May  29.— John  T.  Millikin  &  Co.  have 
ari-anged  to  take  a  party  of  local  druggists  with  their 
families  out  to  the  Mossgeil  Farm,  at  Crescent,  Mo. 
The  party  in  charge  of  Bruno  Batt  will 
leave  at  8:30  a.  m.  and  return  at  7:30 
p.  m.  next  Sunday.  The  firm  pays  all  the  expenses 
and  guarantees  a  good  time.  '  The  following  local 
druggists  have  announced  that  they  will  join  the  party. 
R.  S.  Viti.  C.  C.  May,  L.  A.  Seitz,  Dr.  O.  F.  Clans, 
Louis  Schurk,  H.  F.  Fricke,  Chas.  Hahn,  A.  W. 
Pauley,  H.  F.  A.  Spilker,  Gustave  Koch,  C.  W. 
Smith,  Tbeo.  F.  Hagenow,  Wm.  K.  Ilhardt,  H. 
F.  Iliissehrock,  B.  J.  Otto,  Wm.  F.  Kahre,  E.  W. 
Daudt,  Wm.  Angermueller,  J.  H.  Scherzinger  and 
Theo.  F.  Hermann. 


ST.    LOUIS   NOTES. 

• — ■ — Tlie  Alumni  Ass')ciation  of  the  St.  Louis  Colic.i;e 
of  Pharmacy  gave  its  I'.rst  evening  boat  excursion  ln>t 
Thursday  night  on  the  City  of  Providence,  there  being 
over  2,000  people  in  attendance.  The  cool  evening 
made  it  very  pleasant  for  the  great  crowd  who  enjoy(?d 
dancing.  The  association  will  give  anothf;r  f-xcursioii 
on  the  evening  of  Juu"  ](J,  and  an  afternoou  and  evening 
ouiing  at  Forest  Park  Highlands  on  June  IS. 


At  a  recent  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Trustees  of  the 

St.  Louis  College  of  Pharmacy,  the  office  of  registrar 
was  created,  and  Dr.  O.  A.  Wall,  Jr.,  was  elected  to 
fill  it.  He  will  have  charge  of  all  the  correspondence 
connected  ■«  ith  the  college,  which  was  formerly  attended 
to  by  the-  dean. 

The  Tuesday  Monr.ng  Club — formerly  the  Satur- 
day Night  Club — will  meet  at  the  Mercantile  Club  next 
Tuesday.  Tiie  subjec*  of  abolishing  free  telephones 
in  the  diug  stores  will  be  brought  up  and  considered. 
The  question  of  early  closing  will  probably  be  laid  over 
ui.ti'  the  early  Fall. 

So  far  nothing  definite  has  been  done  towards  the 

early  closing  movement  brought  up  by  some  of  the 
down  town  druggists.  It  looks  now  as  though  the 
movement  would  receive  no  further  attention  until  Fall. 

L.  A    Seitz,   M.  C.   Arendes  and  Dr.   O.   F.  Clans 

are  arra'iging  to  go  to  Pertle  Springs  early  next  week 
to  couq  lete  arrangements  for  the  meeting  of  the  Mis- 
souri Pharmaceutical  Association. 

• -A.    J.    Zimmersheid,    formerly    chief   clerk    for    W. 

E.  Bard  &  Co.,  of  Sedalia,  Mo.,  has  come  to  the  city 
to  accept  a  similar  position  with  Wm.  K.  Ilhardt,  Del- 
mar  and  Taylor  avenues. 

F.  W.  Sennewald  of  E.  A.  Sennewald  &  Co.,  Eighth 

and  Hickory  streets,  this  city,  expects  to  leave  with 
his  family  next  week  for  a  month's  vacation  at  Eureka 
Springs,  Ark. 

■ -Fred  W.  Luyties,  formerly  a  local  drug  clerk  but  of 

late  in  the  wholesale  grocery  business,  has  departed  for 
a  trip  around  the  world.  He  expects  to  be  gone  about 
three   years. 

J.  ISi.ion  has  closed  his  store  at  Neustead  and  Elm- 
bank  avciiues,  this  city,  and  gone  into  the  life  insurance 
business.       Ill  health  was  the  cause  of  bis  change. 

Bert  Iteves  of  Easi  St.  Louis  is  enlarging  his  store 

to  tVi'ico  iti>  former  capacity,  and  fitting  it  up  with  a 
now  soda  fountain  and  ntw  fixtures. 

A.    E.    Brown,    formerly   with   Mangus   Bros.,    has 

gone  into  central  Illinois  to  boom  business  for  the  J.  S. 
Merrell   Drug  'Co.   of  this  city. 

Dr.    A.    J.    Endede   is   making   very   extensive   im- 

priveiiK'iity  in  the  store  which  he  recently  purchased  at 
Broadway  rnd  Market  street. 

J.  M.  Northrop,  a  prominent  druggist  of  Welleetka, 

I.  T.,  has  been  spending  a  week  in  the  city  buying  stock 
and  taking  in  the  sights. 

C.  W.  Booker,  druggist  at  Vandaventer  and  Fin- 
ney rvciuiPE,  has  gone  to  his  old  home  in  Tennessee  to 
siiend  a  couple  of  weeks. 

W.  B.  Pilkington,  proprietor  of  the  Garrison  phar- 

mac.v,  has  gone  with  his  family  to  spend  a  week  fish- 
ing at  Arlington,  Mo. 

■ F.  P.  Soldan,  of  the  Norris,  Soldan  &  Co.,  Macon, 

Mo.,  is  in  the  city  buying  new  fixtures  and  a  large 
stock  of  drugs. 

■ J.  P.   Graff,  chief  clerk  for  Wm.  F.  Kahre,  3,400 

Olive  street,  this  city,  has  just  been  operated  on  for 
appendicitis. 

W.    F.    Skinner,    druggist    at    Easton,    and   Taylor 

avenues,  has  left  St.  Louis  for  a  mouth's  vacation  in 
Ciilibivnia. 

D.   W.  Emery  of  Armstrong,  Mo.,  has  bought  out 

Dr.  C.  C.  Firth  of  Moberly. 


-Vi  the  sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  North  Carolina 

Section  of  the  American  Chemical  Society  held  in 
Raleigh,  May  21,  the  following  officers  were  elected: 
President.  Charles  E.  Brewer;  vice-president,  G.  S. 
I-'vaps;  secretary  and  treasurer,  C.  B.  Williams,  ani 
counselor.  B.  W.  Kilgore. 


June  5,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


573 


A   POPULAR  FOOD  WELL  AD- 
VERTISED. 

The  cut  presented  herewith  shows  the 

jiew  and  handsome  window  display  now 

being  offered  to  the  retail  drug  trade  by 

the  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.  of  Phila- 
delphia, proprietors  of  Eskay's  Albumeu- 

ized  Food.     Every  druggist  in  the  coun- 

ti'y   has   probably   noticed   tlifi   extensivi' 

advertising  done  on  this  popular  food  and 

many  retailers  have  taken  advantage  of 

some  offers  made  by  the  firm.     The  offer 

now  presented  is  most  liberal   and  will 

doubtless  be  accepted  by  a  large  number 

of  druggists.     With  an  order  for  Eskay's 

food   amounting   to   $12   or   $25   will   be 

given  a  discount  of  5  per  cent  and  one- 
half  dozen  small-sized  packages  free.     A 

$2,5  order  entitles  the  dealer  to  a  discount 

of  5  per  cent  and  one  and  one-half  dozen 

small-sized    packages,    or    its    equivalent 

in  any  other  size,  free.     In  either  case 

the  dealer  receives  physicians'  samples, 

advertising  matter,  including  a  handsome 
framed  window  sign  28x34  inches  in  .size,  and  the  window 
■display  as  illustrated,  free.     These  liberal  offers  are  sub- 
ject to  the  following  conditions: 

1.  The  druggist  to  give  the  house  a  window  display 
If  desired  "by  it. 

2.  He  will  give  his  co-operation  in  bringing  Eskay's 
Food  to  the  attention  of  his  customers  when  and  where 
he  can  find  an  opportunity  consistently  to  do  so. 

3.  He  promises  not  to  sell  the  food  below  the 
■schedule  agreed  upon  by  the  druggists  of  the  town  or 
•city  in  which  he  does  business. 

The  display,  which  is  sent  directly  from  the  house, 
(the  goods  are  supplied  by  wholesalers)  consists  of  three 
or  five  enlarged  photographs  of  "Eskay's  Food  Babies  ' 
and  one  embossed  window  sign  22x32  inches.  The  size 
of  the  display  depends  upon  the  window.     If  the  drug- 


gist has  a  large  window  in  a  position  where  an  excep- 
tionally large  display  could  be  given  to  advantage  then 
the  house  sends  the  material  for  such  but  if  the  window 
is  small  fewer  pictures  will  be  sent.  These  pictures  are 
framed  in  black  and  gold  and  mounted  under  glass  so 
that  their  usefu.ness  does  not  cease  with  the  window 
display.  They  make  ornaments  hung  anywhere  in  tne 
store. 

Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.  announce  that  all  Eskay's 
Food  in  old  style  packages  can  be  exchanged  for  the 
new  style,  glass  containers,  entirely  free  of  cost.  The 
druggist  need  only  send  the  firm  a  memorandum  of 
stock  on  hand  and  the  name  of  his  jobbing  house  when 
an  order  will  be  sent  the  latter  for  the  equivalent  of  new- 
stock  and  the  druggist  will  receive  instructions  how  to 
return  the  old  stock. 


The  Liberty  Chemical  Co.  of  Philadelphia  is  doing  a 
.constantly  growing  business.  This  is  due  not  only  to 
;the  superior  excellence  of  the  products  of  their  labora- 
rt;ory,  but  to  the  exceedingly  attractive  advertising  which 
they  are  doing  in  the  medical  journals.  The  June  12th 
Price  List  Edition  of  the  Era  will  contain  a  handsome 
insert  published  by  this  company,  which  has  appeared  in 
several  of  the  leading  medical  journals.  The  purpose  of 
.the  Liberty  Chemical  Co.  in  publishing  this  insert  in  the 
Era  is  to  set  before  the  druggists  of  tiie  country  a  sam- 
ple of  their  advertising  to  the  medical  profession.  The 
insert  is  one  of  the  handsomest  we  have  ever  seen.  The 
Liberty  Chemical  Co.  are  spending  a  great  deal  of  money 
in  creating  a  prescription  demand  for  their  products. 
Their  operations  are  all  of  a  strictly  ethical  character 
and  more  physicians  every  day  are  becoming  acquainted 
with  the  fact  that  these  preparations  may  be  depended 
upon  to  produce  definite  results.  Druggists  should  be 
posted  in  regard  to  these  various  preparations  so  that 
when  they  receive  a  prescription  or  an  inquiry  regarding 
them  from  a  physician,  they  will  be  in  a  position  to  deal 
intelligently  with  such.  For  descriptive  literature,  ad- 
dress The  Liberty  Chemical  Co.,  2555  Sydenham  St., 
Philadelphia,  Pa.     See  their  advertisement  in  this  issue. 

Wampole's  new  Price  List  of  Pulverous  Pills,  Com- 
pressed and  Hypodermic  Tablets,  Fluid  Extracts,  Elix- 
irs. Gelatin  Capsules,  etc.,  etc.,  will  interest  every  phar- 
macist, and  their  announcement  in  this  issue  is  made 
•simply  to  call  the  attention  of  every  dispenser  to  this 
mew  list,  which  will  lie  sent  free  on  application. 


The  Cuprigraph  Still. 
The  many  uses  to  which  a  good  still  can  be  put  make 
it  almost  a  necessity  in  every  well  regulated  drug  store. 
With  one,  distilled  water  is  always  at  hand,  and  any 
druggist  who  knows  his  business  can  make  such  a  still 
pay  for  itself  the  first  year.  There  are  many  who  not 
only  use  the  Cuprigraph  Still  in  their  laboratories,  but 
take  orders  for  them  from  their  customers,  particularly 
in  cities  where  the  municipal  water  supply  is  unsatisfac- 
tory. The  Cuprigraph  Sanitary  Still,  set  upon  a  stove 
or  over  a  gas  flame,  furnishes  aqua  distillata  with  little 
or  no  trouble.  With  it  the  druggist  can  distill  his  own 
essential  oils,  can  recover  alcohol  -n-hich  otherwise  would 
be  wasted,  and  can  put  it  to  a  dozen  uses  which  w..l  occur 
to  every  quick-witted  pharmacist.  The  manufacturers. 
The  Cuprigraph  Co.,  127  N.  Green  St.,  Chicago,  111.,  fur- 
nish a  booklet  which  will  tell  all  about  it. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

:N^EAV  YORK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


574 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


[June  5,  1902. 


The  Arkansas  Board  of  Pharmacy  met  in  Little 
RocIj,,  May  16,  for  the  semi-annual  examination.  There 
were  present:  Juo.  B.  Bond,  president;  J.  W.  Beidel- 
man,  secretary;  E.  F.  Klein,  Hot  Springs;  and  L.  J. 
Kosminsky,  Texarkana.  Twenty-three  applicants  passed 
a  very  satisfactory  examination  and  three  were  regis- 
tered on  their  diplomas  from  recognized  colleges  of  phar- 
macy. This  being  the  date  for  the  annual  reorganization 
of  the  board.  Dr.  Jno.  B.  Bond  was  re-elected  president 
and  J.  W.  Beidelman  was  re-elected  secretary.  The 
names  of  the  successful  candidates  are: 

Herman  ^orst,  Ulm;  M.  B.  Feyton,  New  Lewisville; 
W.  B.  Rutherford.  Magazine;  H  .B.  McGee,  Austin; 
W  .G.  Owenby.  Springdale;  R.  E.  L.  Brown,  Corning; 
N.  J.  Latimer,  Corning;  H.  W.  Carnahan,  Rogers;  Lon 
C.  Peel,  Bentonville;  James  Lyon,  Russellville;  R.  W. 
Clark,  Bald  Kno  ;  Jno  E.  Goode,  Magnolia;  Geo.  R. 
Robey,  Hot  Springs;  E.  A.  !>  riend.  Fort  Smith;  W.  A. 
Benton,  Lonoke;  J.  W.  Decker,  Sulphur  Rock;  T.  E. 
Bneton,  Lonoke;  J.  W.  Decker,  Sulphur  Rock;  J.  F. 
Rupert,  McAimont;  F.  C.  Berbig,  Little  Rock;  Dolphus 
Whitten,  Prescott;  J.  ^.  Mitchell,  Osceola;  J.  W.  Webb, 
Stuttgart.  Upon  presentation  of  diploma:  T.  M.  Leibig, 
Camden;  W.  A.  Koehke.  Fort  Smith;  J.  A.  Tillar,  Pig- 
gott.  Vne  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Little  Rock 
Wednesday,  Nov.  IJ. 

Til.!    West   Virginia    Board   of   Pharmacy    held    its 

ani;u.;l  meeting  at  Parkersburg  May  22-23  and  elected 
the  f.jl!ov,ing  officers:  President,  F.  B.  Haymaker, 
Clarksburg:  vice-president.  J.  T.  Crider,  Huntington; 
secrelarj  and  treasurer.  Alfred  Walker,  Sutton.  Many 
applJcanis  for  certificates  to  practice  pharmacy  were 
prcseut  to  take  the  examination,  the  class  being  the 
largest  that  ever  appeared  before  the  Board  since  the 
latter's  organization.  The  successful  applicants  were: 
Frank  L.  M.  Courtney,  Hinton;  P.  E.  Minor.  Sisters- 
ville:  W.  R.  Skeeu,  Pittsburg;  J.  D.  Arbukle,  Cass; 
A^'.  S.  Herderson,  Buckhannon;  Otto  Schreft.  Wheeling; 
C.  H.  Beagle,  Marietta;  J.  I.  Wilson,  Marietta;  J. 
R.  aiallory  Parkersburg;  Albert  Mosher,  Marietta; 
L.  W.  Autacre,  New  Martinsville;  B.  E.  Downs,  Green- 
gap.  Ky.:  John  B.  Tracey,  Charleston;  H.  C.  Whistler, 
Smilhfield;  L.  E.  Summa,  Wheeling;  Thos.  O.  Moore, 
Morgantown;  Jas.  Evans,  ^-iorgantown ;  J.  M.  Park, 
Uiintiugton.  R.  S.  Sample,  Huntington;  G.  H.  Barks- 
da. e.  Orange,  Va.;  R.  E.  L.  Humphrey,  Greenville; 
P,  S.  Leebo,  Colored,  Keystone;  E.  R.  McNabb,  Bel- 
lalre,  Ohio;  P.  D.  Phillips,  St.  Marys;  E.  P.  Wheeler, 
Huntiigton;  M.  H.  Prondfoot,  Rowelsburg;  E.  M.  Wil- 
son, Clarksburg;  E.  J.  Roth,  Charleston;  F.  A.  Rush, 
Fr.uuroy.  H.  B.  Stoller,  Clarksburg;  H.  H.  Howard, 
Cameron;  W.  T.  Boyd,  Keyser;  G.  H.  Stansbury,  Mid- 
dlepjrt,  Ohio;  J.   E.   McQuade,  Charleston. 


The    North    Carolina    Pharmaceutical    Association 

has  made  arrangements  to  hold  its  23d  annual  meet- 
ing in  Teachers'  Assembly  Hall,  Morehead  City,  June 
19  and  20.  The  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  hold  its  meet- 
ing for  the  examination  oi  candidates  at  the  same  place 
on  June  17 — two  days  before  the  meeting  of  the  asso- 
ciation. Applicants  are  notified  to  be  on  hand  promptly 
at  0  a.  m.,  on  June  17,  or  they  will  lose  the  opportunity 
of  being  examined  until  another  meeting  of  the  board. 
This  arrangement  of  dates  will  enable  successful  can- 
didates to  join  the  association  at  this  meeting,  if  they 
choose  to  do  so,  and  will  also  enable  the  members  of  the 
board  to  take  part  in  the  proceedings  of  the  associa- 
tion. The  Atlantic  Hotel,  one  of  the  most  popular 
seaside  resorts  of  the  South,  with  accommodations  for 
1,000  guests,  will  be  headquarters.  A  special  rate  of 
$2.00  per  day  has  been  made.  C.  D.  Bradham,  New 
Bern,  is  local  secretary. 


Good  Things  to  Drink. 
The  Duroy  &  Haines  Co.,  Sandusky,  Ohio,  advertise 
in  this  issue  a  lot  of  good  things  to  drink,  and  their 
announcement  is  .iust  the  advertisement  to  interest  the 
soda  water  man  who  is  looking  for  juices,  flavors,  or 
novelties  to  interest  his  trade.  They  supply  fruit  syrups, 
the  best  that  can  be  made,  in  one  gallon  jugs;  crushed 
fruits  from  native  ripe  fruits,  highly  concentrated,  in 
half-gallon  jars;  unfermented  grape  juice  which  they  say 
is  the  only  brand  made  especially  for  soda  fountain  use, 
and  a  non-sparkling  champagne  wine  which  not  only  is 
good  in  itself  but  makes  some  delicious  flavors  for  the 
fountain.  Soda  water  dispensers  who  want  the  very  best 
of  everything  should  correspond  with  them. 


Seheriuf    &    Glatz,    58    Maiden    Lane,    New    York, 
have   made   the   following  additions   to   their   price   list 
of  line  chimicals: 
Chintropin  Tablets,  "iV^  grains  each,  25  tablets  in 

tuoe,  2  tubes  in  box  inch,  per  box $2.25- 

Glycero-Phosphate  if  Iron  Tablets,  5  grains  each, 

boxes  of  50  inch,  per  box 45 

Glycero-Phosphate  of  Lime  Tablets,  5  grains  each, 

boxes  of  50  inch,  per  box 45 

Glycero-Phosphate   of   Strycnnia,   in   %-oz.   and   1- 

oz.   0.   V.    inch    per   oz 2.50 

Sublamine     Tablets      (mercury      sulphate-ethyleue- 

diamine),   15  grains  each,  20  tablets  in  tube,   5 

tubes  in  box,  per  box 2.50 


An  Era  representative  called  recently  at  the  Chicago 
office  of  the  Meyercord  Co.,  and  found  Mr.  G.  R.  Meyer- 
cord,  the  genial  treasurer  and  general  manager,  in  a  very 
jubilant  mood  over  the  condition  of  this  concern's  busi- 
ness. The  company  is  flooded  with  orders.  The  Meyer- 
cord  opalescent  decalcomauia  transfer  signs  are  unques- 
tionably the  most  popular  signs  of  the  kind  on  the  mar- 
ket. Proprietary  medicine  manufacturers  and  manufac- 
turers of  specialties  of  all  kinds  are  using  them  in  im- 
mense quantities.  The  signs  are  artistic  and  very  ef- 
fective, besides  being  the  most  permanent  method  of 
advertising  to  the  consumer  known.  Large  manufactur- 
ers are  advised  to  write  for  samples  and  prices  to  The 
Meyercord  Co.,  Chamber  of  Commerce,  Chicago,  111. 


Westfield,  N.  Y.,  May  27,  1902. 

To  the  Editor: — It  has  come  to  our  notice  that 
rumors  are  being  circulated  to  the  effect  that  The 
Chautauqua  1'  ruit  &  Grape  Juice  Co.  is  going  out  of 
business,  and  we  wish  to  assure  our  patrons  through 
the  columns  of  the  Era  that  we  are  not  going  out  of 
business  but  are  in  a  position  to  fill  all  orders,  and  this 
season  will  press  a  sufficient  quantity  of  Fenner's 
Grape  Juice  to  supply  all  demands  for  next  year. 
Thanking  you  in  advance  we  are, 
Very  truly  yours, 

CH.\L"TAUQUA  FRUIT  &  GRAPE  JUICE  CO. 


The  Tennessee   State   Druggists's  Association   will 

hold  its  seventeenth  annual  meeting  at  Bon  Aqua 
Springs,  July  lb-17.  Summer  railroad  rates,  which  are 
equal  to  about  one  and  one-third  fare,  have  been  guar- 
anteed from  all  sections  of  the  State.  An  interesting 
programme  has  been  provided  and  a  series  of  prizes  are 
offered  by  the  association  and  individuals  for  the  best 
papers  to  be  presented  at  the  meeting.  On  July  15  thfe 
Tennessee  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  hold  a  meeting  at 
the  same  place  and  those  attending  it  will  be  accorded 
the  same  railroad  and  hotel  rates  as  those  attending 
the  meeting  of  the  State  association.  Secretary  Eve  of 
the  Board  of  Plmrniacy  announces  that  he  is  now  ready 
to  issue  rene\v;ils  uf  certificates  for  next   year. 


June  5,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


575 


PATENTS.   TRADE   MARKS,   ETC 


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PATENTS. 
Issued  May   27,   1902. 

701X754. — Daniel  M.  Fitzgerald,  Paul  M.  Seifert  and 
Moses  Kimmel.  Walkerton,  Ind.;  said  Seifert 
assijinor  oue-lialf  of  his  right  to  William  L. 
Wallace.  Walkerton,  Ind.,  and  Ira  J.  Kreigh- 
baum,  Tyner.  Ind.     Xon-refillable  bottle. 

700,770. — Frederick  J.  Harrington,  Pittsburg,  Pa.  Non- 
refillable   bottle. 

"Or.'.SOo. — George  H.  Paine,  Germantown,  Pa.,  as- 
signor to  Benjamin  T.  Babbitt  Hyde,  New 
lork.       Capsule. 

7O0.SCv;. — George  H.  Paine.  Germantown.  Pa.,  as- 
signor to  Benjamin  T.  Babbitt  Hyde,  New 
Yorfk,  N.  Y.       Manufacture  of  Capsules. 

7c)'I.S;'.'^. — Cjrus  J.  Seltzer,  Philadelphia.  Pa.,  assignor 
to  Rhodes  Lockwood,  William  N.  Lockwood 
tmd  Rhodes  G.  Lockwood  co-partners  under 
film  name  of  Davidson  Rubber  Co.,  Boston, 
Jjass.        Atomizer. 

70O,92.'''.- -Georges  Heurteaux,  Paris,  France.  Ap- 
paratus for  rinsing  Ijottles. 

70{\9.''i,S. — Robert  W.  Johnson,  New  Brunswick,  X.  J. 
Bandage. 

7f)0.03fi. — Robert  W.  Johnson.  New  Brunskick.  N.  J. 
Surgical  absorbent  dressing. 

"OO.JMO. — Robert  W.  Johnson,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 
Bandage. 

701.0J-J. — Benno  Homolka.  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  and 
Nicolaus  Schwan.  Hochst-on-the-Main.  Ger- 
many, assignors  to  Farbwerke,  vorm.  Jleister. 
T.ucius  &  Bruning.  Germany,  a  Corporation 
of  Germany.  Process  of  making  Phenyl- 
.imidoacetonitrile. 

701.070. —  .lohn  J.  Minwegan,  Chicago,  111.  Nursing 
bottle. 

701.084. — Anders  A.  Pindstofte.  Copenhagen,  Denmark. 
Brush   for  cle.'ining  bottles. 

701. 129.— Hiram  T>.  Belknap,  Chicago,  III.,  assignor 
10  the  Cre.nmery  Package  Manufacturing  Co.. 
Chicago.  111.,  a  Corporation  of  Illinois.  Bot- 
tle-washing machine. 

701,18.?.— William  P.  Fisher  and  Harley  P.  Ludington, 
Mincie.   Ind.        Fruit-jar  or  bottle  machine. 

701,274. — Loui«  Schwartz.  New  York.  N.  Y".,  assignor 
to  Eagle  Chemical  Works.  Secaucus,  N.  J., 
a  Corporation  of  New  Jersey.  Receptacle 
for  ethylchlorid. 


TRADE  MARKS. 

Registered  May  27,  1902. 

3>S,;v4S. — Remedies  for  Certain  Named  Diseases. 
Thomas  N.  Kenjon,  Minneapolis,  Minn.  A 
l)ictorial  represeutntion  of  the  head  of  a  Ut- 
ile girl  inclosed  m  a  circular  frame. 

38,349. — Internal  Remedy  for  a  Certain  Named 
Disease.  Anna  B.  Sherman,  New  York,  N. 
Y.       The  hyphenated  word  "Caso-Juo." 

5(8.350. — I,a  Gripp.^  and  Kidney  Cure.  Green  B. 
Mayberry,  I.lorganfield,  Ky.  The  words 
"Worid's  ^Vonder."  in  connection  with  the 
pliolograpli  of  the  registrant. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  5,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 

NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

AVERAGE  TRADE  AND  NO  RADICAL  CHANGE  IN 
VALUES. 
New  York,  June  3. — Business  in  a  general  way  has 
been  somewhat  smaller  in  volume,  partly  owing  to  the 
intervention  of  a  legal  holiday,  but  conditions  are  ol' 
a  satisfactory  character,  and  there  is  a  fair  average 
trade  in  seasonable  descriptions,  without  radical  change 
jn  values. 

OPIUM. — Nothing  further  has  developed,  and  the 
market  remains  quiet  with  jobbing  quotations  nominally 
steady  at  $3.00C(ii3.25  for  9  per  cent,  and  $3.10@3.35 
for  11  per  cent.  Powdered  continues  to  sell  moderately 
in  small  lots  at  the  old  range  of  ¥3.95@4.20  for  13  per 
cent,  and  !<;4.45@4.70  for  Hi  per  cent. 

MOKPHINE. — There  is  no  abatement  of  demand, 
and  the  market  continues  moderately  active,  with  job- 
bing prices  ruling  steady  at$2.40@2.50for  eighths  iul-oz. 
boxes,  $2.35@2.45  in  2%-oz.  boxes,  ?2.15@2.25  in 
ounce  vials,  and  ?2.10@2.20  in  5-oz.  cans,  according  to 
size  of  order. 

QUININE. — There  is  a  continued  slow  consuming 
ili'mand,  but  the  undertone  is  somewhat  steadier.  In- 
creased interest  is  manifested  on  the  part  of  dealers, 
owing  to  the  fact  that  leading  foreign  makers  are  in 
the  city,  and  their  presence  has  given  color  to  the 
rumor  that  efforts  are  being  made  to  bring  about  a 
more  satisfactory  understanding  with  domestic  manu- 
facturers. Meanwhile,  jobbing  quotations  are  nomi- 
nally unclianged  at  28c  for  bulk  in  100-oz.  tins,  2Si/2C 
in  50-oz.  tins,  29c  in  25-oz.  tins,  30c  in  5  or  10-oz.  tins, 
and  o5c  in  ounce  vials. 

MANNA. — Small  flake  is  firmer,  owing  to  scarcity 
and  stronger  markets  abroad,  and  jobbers  have  ad- 
vanced quotations  to  50((7)55c. 

BALSAM  TOLU. — The  tone  of  the  market  is  a 
shade  easier  but  jobbers  continue  to  quote  the  old  range 
of  30@32c  by  the  can  and  35@45c  for  less. 

BALSAM  PERU. — Keen  competition  among  im- 
porters and  a  slow  consuming  demand  have  caused  a 
weaker  market,  and  jobbing  quotations  have  declined 
to  $1.55r(fll.80,  as  to  quantity. 

CALENDULA  FLOWERS.— Supplies  are  more 
abundant  and  the  market  is  easier,  with  jobbing  quo- 
tations reduced  to  C0@70c,  as  to  the  size  of  order. 

ELM  BARK. — Owing  to  scarcity,  jobbers  have  ad- 
vanced quotations  for  select  slabs  in  .50-lb.  bundles  to 
ISfTMOc.  and  in  5-lb.  bundles,  22C«)24c.  Broken  lots 
are  quoted  20fi;'22c. 

A'ALERIAN  ROOT. — Belgian  is  easier,  with  job- 
bing lots  obtainable  at  24@29c  for  whole,  26@31c  for 
cut,  and  29@34e  for  powdered. 

BALM  OF  GILEAD  BUDS.— New  crop  have 
begun  to  arrive,  and  with  the  stringency  of  the  market 
relieved,  jobbing  quotations  have  been  reduced  to  43@ 
4Sc. 

.TAPAN  WAX. — Supplies  are  light,  and  the  market 
is  firmer,  with  jobbing  prices  showing  an  advance  to 
13((/li>c. 

WORMSEBD. — Owing  to  extreme  scarcity,  holders 
of  American   have   advanced   their  quotations   to   19c. 

CELERY  SEED. — Foreign  markets  are  cabled  de- 
cidedly stronger  and  snot  qiiotations  for  jobbing  quan- 
tities have  been  advanced  to  15(S)18c  for  whole  and 
20(ff  25c  for  powdered. 

IPECAC. — There  is  no  change  in  quotations  for 
whole,  but  powdered  has  been  reduced  to  $3.00@3.25 
for  Rio. 

B.\LSAM  COPAIBA. — Para  is  firmer  under  steadily 
diminishing  spot  supplies  and  jobbers  have  advanced 
quotations   to   G3(J7)73c. 

.TALAP. — Owing  to  the  recent  decline  in  prices  of 
whole,  quotations  for  powdered  have  been  reduced  to 
22W.S2C. 

SPIRITS  TURPENTINE. — The  market  is  slightly 
firmer,  with  an  advance  in  jobbing  quotations  to  52f?7) 
53c.  in  barrels,  and  5G@60c  for  less. 


The  twent.v-sixth  annual  meeting  of  the  Connecti- 
cut Pharmaceutical  Association  will  bo  held  at  thePequot 
House.  New  London,  Tuesday  and  Wednesday,  .Tune  17 
and  18.  The  business  sessions  will  be  held  on  Tues- 
day, and  Wednesday  will  be  largely  devoted  (o  enter- 
tainment. Horace  tl.  Daboll  of  New  London,  chair- 
man of  the  entertainment  committee,  will  shortly  issue 
a  programme  giving  full  information  about  the  ar- 
rangements for  the  meeting. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 
ASSOCIATIONS,  Clubs  Alumni,  Ktc„  Chicago  Re- 
tail Druggists,  570;  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical, 
570;  German  Apothecaries,  500;  Manhattan 
Pharmaceutical,  504;  Maryland,  Pharmaceutical, 
570;  Missouri  Pharmaceutical,  572;  National  Re- 
tail Druggists,  503;  New  Y'ork  College  of  Pharm- 
acy Alumni,  504;  North  Carolina  Pharmaceutical, 
574;  Oklahoma  Pharmaceutical,  503;  Philadel- 
phia Retail  Drug  Clerks,  508;  Syracuse  Drug- 
gists,   505;     Tennessee     State     Druggists,     574; 

Wedgewood  Club,  509 

Blaud's  Mass 501 

BOARDS  OF  PHARMACY.— Alabama,  502;  Ar- 
kansas, 574;  Georgia,  502;  Maryland,  569; 
Massachusetts,    507;    Nevada,   502;    New    York, 

504;  West  Virginia 574 

BOWLING,  DRUG  TRADE.— Baltimore,  509;  New 

York,   565,  560 

Cement,  Pestle  Handles 534 

Chloral,  New  Compound  557 

COLLEGES      OF      PHARMACY.— Albany,      560; 

Brooklyn 565 

CORRESPONDENCE   553 

DRUG  STORE   PROBLEMS 560 

Drug  Trade  Troubles,  Preventive  Medication 559 

Dulcite    553 

EDITORIALS. — Enterprise  of  Prepared  Food  Ad- 
vertisers, 553;  Era  Price  List  Supplement,  552; 
How  to  Increase  Profits,  552;  Illegible  Prescrip- 
tions, .551;  New  Y'ork  Board  of  Pharmacy  Elec- 
tion, 552;  Priie  Winners  Era  Problem  Contest, 
553;  Rice  Memorial,  551;  Sports  at  Pharmaceuti- 
cal Meetings,  552;  Tendency  Toward  Syndicates,  552 

Hundredweight,  Value, .561 

Kauri  Resin,   554 

Lemon  Kali    .561 

MARKET  REPORT 576 

Mercuric  Chloride  in  Solutions 562 

New  Remedies 557 

NEWS  LETTERS. — Baltimore,  509;  Michigan,  570; 
New  England,  567;  New  Y'ork,  564;  Philadelphia, 

508;  St.  Louis,  572;  The  Northwest, 571 

Oil,  Olive,  Test 558 

Ointment,  Citrine  554 

Originality    557 

Pastilles,  Fragrant 561 

PATENTS,  TRADEMARKS,  etc .575 

PERSONALS,  Including  Obituaries.  Items  of  Per- 
sonal Interest,  etc. — Brewer,  Justin  S.,  .565:  Cas- 
vi-ell,  Massey  &  Co.,  557;  Taunton  Drug  Co.,  568; 

Y'eomans,  Sidney 571 

Potatoes.   Seed.  Treatment 560 

Prescriptions,  Illegible 5.53 

Profits,  How  Increase 556 

Protein.   Molecule    554 

QUESTION  BOX  561 

Rice  Memorial  Committee's  Plans .5.53 

SHOP  TALK   554 

Soap   Linuid 554 

Tablets,  Soda  Water -561 

Vallpt's    Mass 561 

Vanilla  Crystals 562 

Welch's  Grape  Juice. 

The  name  "Welch"  on  a  bottle  of  grape  juice  is  a 
guarantee  of  the  contents,  and  it  is  recognized  as  such 
throughout  the  drug  trade,  a  druggist  knows  when  he 
buys  Welch's  he  is  getting  something  of  a  superior  qual- 
ity. Welch's  Grape  Juice  is  of  a  deep  red  color,  with  a 
rich,  heavy  body  possessed  by  few  grape  juices,  and  these 
qualities  are  obtained  without  concentration  and  without 
sugar.  In  very  few  grape  juices  is  the  natural  grape 
aroma  and  flavor  retained  in  such  a  marked  degree. 
Every  bottle  is  full  mea.sure  and  without  sediment. 
Grape  Juice  makes  a  delicious  soda  fountain  drink, 
either  plain  or  in  combination;  it  also  enters  into  domes- 
tic economy,  and  can  be  used  in  a  dozen  different  ways 
to  make  delicious  deserts  and  beverages.  It  costs  but  lit- 
tle more  than  other  kinds,  in  many  cases  no  more,  and 
when  your  customer  buys  Welch's  you  know  what  he  is 
getting. 


The  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


EVERY   THURSDAY. 


VOL.   XXVII. 


NEW  YORK,  JUNE  12,  1902 


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ERA  PRICE  LIST  EDITIONS. 

We  preseut  in  this  issue  the  first  Era  Price  List 
Edition  in  its  present  form.  The  Postoffice  Depart- 
ment having  decided  that  Price  Lists  like  the  Era  Blue 
Book  are  not  entitled  to  second-class  mail  privileges, 
we  have  been  obliged  to  publish  this  Price  List  ma- 
terial in  the  Era,  and  the  present  number  is  .the  result. 
Containing  as  it  does  complete  lists  of  Drugs,  Chemi- 
cals, Jlineral  Waters,  Paints  and  Oils  and  Proprietary 
Preparations,  it  is  probably  the  most  comprehensive 
list  of  the  kind  ever  offered  to  the  drug  buyer. 

The  different  lists  will  be  found  on  the  following 
pages: 

Drugs    and    Clii'micals I'ago  2."). 

Mineral    Waters     77. 

Faiiils   and   Oils    79. 

Pr.iprii'lar.v     1 'reparations     ..  .S1_. 

Manulacturers'   List    177. 

We  have  continued  onr  plan  of  indicating  in  the  list 
■of  Proprietary  I'reparatious  the  manufacturer's  name 
and  auuress  by  means  of  a  key  number  after  each  item, 
referring  to  the  list  on  page  177. 

We  shall  liegin  immediately  the  compilation  of  the 
next  edition,  which  will  appear  in  Octulier,  and  manu- 
facturers of  proprietary  preparations  which  prnperl.v 
helong  in  this  list,  are  roquesfed  to  send  us  their  lists 
promptly,  and  subscribers  are  invitid  to  call  onr  atten 
tion  to  aiiv  errors  or  omissi<]iis  in  tl)i'  list.  It  is  our 
intention  to  make  each  sncceedin-  rditinu  better  than 
its  predecessor. 

Particular  attention  is  called  tn  tlir  Cl.issifiiMl  Index 
■of  Goods  in  this  number,  which  will  be  valuable  to  an> 
buyer  desiring  to  know  the  manufacturer  of  any  goods 
which  he  wants. 

These  Prire  List  Editions  are  inihlished  for  the  ben- 
efit of  suliscrilpcrs  t.i  'I'l:.'  rii.-irinar.MilU'al  Era.  and  one 
copy  will  be  siMil  to  I'.oli  s\d.s(Tilier  free  of  charge.  For 
those  wild  dcsh-p  an  cNtr.-i  i-oii.v.  \vi'  have  printed  a  lim- 
ited  nnnihcr   which    will   he  supplii'd   at  $L00  per  cop.v. 

P"'*'^"'''-  THE  PUBLISHERS. 


The  unusual  size  and  appearance  of  the  present  is- 
sue requires  no  extended  explanation.  Our  readers  are 
already  familiar  with  the  ruling  of  the  Postoflfice 
Department  which  forbids  the  mailing  of  separately 
bound  price  list  editions  at  regular  publication  rates, 
and  the  decision  of  the  publishers  to  make  the 
Pharmaceutical  Era  price  list  more  valuable  and  in- 
dispensable by  revising  and  issuing  it  at  intervals  of 
four  months  instead  of  six  months  as  heretofore. 
The  semi-annual  price  list  has  long  been  one  of  the 
most  valuable  features  of  the  Era,  and  has  always 
been  highly  appreciated  by  our  subscribers.  Its  care- 
ful revision  and  reissue  every  four  months  renders 
it  possible  for  our  readers  to  have  upon  their  desks 
a  dictionary  of  price  information  requiring  little  or 
no  correction  to  keep  it  strictly  up-to-date.  Aside 
from  its  usefulness  in  supplying  the  druggist  with 
authoritative  prices  of  the  thotisands  of  articles  which 
make  up  his  stock  in  trade,  the  list  is  interesting  to 
the  thoughtful  reader  in  that  it  shows  in  a  compre- 
hensive manner  the  remarkable  development  of  the 
trade.  The  present  list  contains  upward  of  9,000 
naines  of  drugs  and  chemicals  28,000  proprietarjy  arti- 
cles, and  the  names  of  about  3,000  manufacturers  of 
proprietary  remedies.  If  some  of  the  ills  of  mankind 
are  still  uncnred,  this  is  certainly  not  from  lack  of 
variety  or  number  of  remedies. 

The  price  list  of  the  present  issue  contains  five 
separate  lists — drugs  and  chemicals,  mineral  waters, 
paints  and  oils,  proprietary  preparations,  and  manu- 
facturers of  proprietary  preparations.  Each  of  these 
lists  is  a  dictionary  of  infortnation.  The  Drug  and 
Chemical  list  is  so  arranged  that  the  druggist  can 
write  with  ink  or  pencil,  beside  the  printed  prices  all 
changes  which  may  occur,  and  which  are  furnished 
each  wcelc  in  the  regular  market  report  of  the  Era. 
In  the  gencr.il  arrangemeni  and  classification  of  this 
list  two  systems  have  been  followed.  In  the  case  of 
crude  drugs  or  natural  products,  the  articles  are  placed 
in  the  alphabetical  order  of  the  common  names.  Thus 
arnica  flowers  are  listed  under  "Arnica,"  not  under 
"Flowers."  In  the  case  of  manufactured  articles,  such 
as  acids,  tinctures,  syrups  and  the  like,  the  class  sys- 
tem has  been  followed.     By  adopting  these  me.thods  it 


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[June  13,  1903. 


has  been  possible  to  eliminate  some  of  the  errors  which 
have  been  perpetuated  and  have  become  familiar 
through  long  usage  in  drug  trade  lists.  Thus,  both 
Aloes  and  Opium  are  commonly  listed  as  "Gums," 
yet  neither  of  these  substances  properly  belong  to  the 
class  of  gums.  The  prices  given  in  this  list  are  for 
quantities  usually  purchased  by  the  retail  druggist. 

The  Price  List  of  Proprietary  Preparations  contains 
an  astonishing  number  of  names,  and  a  preparation 
which  cannot  be  found  in  its  columns  must  be  very  ob- 
scure, indeed.  The  problem  of  giving  the  retail  drug- 
gists within  reasonable  compass,  a  price  list  contain- 
ing other  information  besides  the  mere  price,  has 
been  successfully  solved  in  this  list.  Each 
article  in  the  list  is  given  a  refer- 
ence number  or  key  number,  which  refers  to  the  list 
of  .manufacturers'  names  and  addresses.  By  means  of 
these  numbers  information  about  the  maker  of  a  par- 
ticular preparation  and  the  means  of  communicating 
with  him — information  which  is  frequently  required — 
is  readily  obtained.  In  a  few  cases  the  key  number 
is  omitted,  which  indicates  that  the  manufacturer  is 
unknown  to  the  compiler.  In  order  to  make  future 
issues  of  this  list  more  complete,  we  invite  our  readers 
to  send  us  any  information  which  will  aid  in  filling 
these  gaps.  The  prices  are  based  upon  lists  furnished 
by  manufacturers  and  are  authoritative.  The  system 
adopted  in  this  list  possesses  one  great  advantage — 
that  of  asembling,  as  far  as  possible,  all  preparations 
made  by  one  manufacturer  in  one  place  under  his 
name. 

A  very  serious  objection  to  some  of  the  price  lists 
prepared  by  other  pharmaceutical  journals,  is  the  un- 
wieldy size  of  the  page  and  the  inconveniently  bulky 
form  of  the  issue.  Lists  of  this  kind  are  both  unhandy 
for  reference  and  troublesome  in  storage.  They 
cannot  be  hung  upon  a  hook,  for  their  great  size 
brings  them  constantly  in  the  way,  and  makes  it  im- 
possible to  quickly  consult  their  columns  without 
tearing  or  injuring  the  leaves.  They  are  in  the  way 
upon  a  desk,  and  no  ordinary  library  shelf  will  con- 
veniently hold  them.  Although  these  lists  are  pre- 
pared with  care  and  at  great  expense,  they  are  ab- 
solutely useless  in  many  stores  because  there  is  no 
place  where  they  can  be  conveniently  kept  and  con- 
sulted. The  form  and  dimensions  of  this  journal  re- 
lieves the  Era  price  list  of  all  these  objections.  This 
issue  can  be  conveniently  held  in  the  hand,  hung  upon 
a  hook  and  stored  upon  an  ordinary  book  shelf.  Those 
who  prefer  to  keep  it  within  easy  reach  upon  the  desk 
will  not  find  its  edges  protruding  beyond  those  of  all 
other  books  and  pamphlets  and  interfering  with  the 
movements  of  all  who  come  near  it.  The  matter  of  a 
volume's  size  may  not  always  be  of  serious  impor- 
tance, but  in  the  case  of  a  price  list,  which  must  be 
convenient  if  useful  at  all,  it  may  easily  make  or  de- 
stroy the  entire  value  of  an  issue  which  is  excellent 
and  admirable  in  every  other  way. 

At  the  end  of  June  nearly  all  of  our  schools  and 
colleges  close  their  doors,  and  the  student  prepares  to 
put  all  thought  of  study  far  from  his  mind.  There 
are  a  few  unusual  people  who  would  rather  study  out 
something  difficult  that  "go  a-fishing,"  but  such  per- 
sons are  fortunately  rare.    We  have  probably  all  heard 


of  the  man  of  such  phenomenal  brain  capacity  that  he 
sought  recreation  in  performing  difficult  feats  in  the 
higher  mathematics.  Many  of  us  may  admire  such 
uncomfortable  industry  in  others,  but  most  of  us  pre- 
fer to  relieve  our  minds  occasionally  of  all  unneces- 
sary formulas  and  problems.  The  head  of  the  Era 
Problem  Department  declares  that  problems  are  not 
very  agreeable  sport  for  hot  weather,  and  wishes  to 
announce  that  no  new  problems  will  be  submitted  to 
our  readers  after  the  end  of  June.  How  long  the  va- 
cation will  continue  has  as  yet  not  been  decided,  but 
it  is  quite  probably  that  with  the  return  of  cold 
weather  in  the  Fall,  the  contests  will  be  resumed,  per- 
haps in  some  modified  form. 

The  pharmaceutico-political  or  politico-pharma- 
ceutical pot  is  boiling  merrily  in  New  York  City. 
Last  Thursday's  conference  of  the  several  societies 
about  the  selection  of  a  candidate  or  candidates  for 
the  Board  of  Pharmacy  resulted  in  nothing  but  a  bril- 
liant display  of  oratorical  lire-works  and  considera- 
ble excitement.  No  candidate  was  selected,  and,  al- 
though many  questions  were  brought  forward,  the 
meeting  cannot  be  said  to  have  produced  anything 
definite,  except  perhaps  a  conviction  that  there  are 
several  factions,  each  pulling  in  a  different  direction, 
and  that  the  coming  election  will  be  a  very  interest- 
ing battle  of  ballots.  Several  things  may  happen, 
but  the  signs  are  so  uncertain  that  no  prophet  has 
ventured  a  prediction  about  the  outcome. 

Lord  Kelvin  in  his  recent  tour  through  the  United 
States  was  more  deeply  impressed  by  an  electric 
process  of  manufacturing  nitric  acid  and  nitrates  from 
atmospheric  nitrogen  which  is  now  one  of  the  indus- 
tries of  Niagara,  than  by  the  beauty  and  grandeur  of 
the  great  cataract  at  that  place.  He  declares  that  in 
his  entire  trip  he  saw  nothing  more  interesting.  "It 
has  been  the  chemists'  dream  for  a  century,"  he  is 
reported  to  have  said,  "and  its  realization  is  a  tri- 
umph." As  the  pharmacist  well  knows,  our  supply  of 
the  nitrogen  compounds  which  are  so  important  in 
the  arts  and  in  the  processes  of  animal  and  vegetable 
life,  has  until  very  recently  been  derived  entirely  from 
limited  stores  of  these  materials  which  have  been  ac- 
cumulated by  relatively  slow  natural  processes.  The 
importance  of  the  use  of  explosives  and  the  fact  that 
nitrogen  compounds  in  some  form  are  absolutely  nec- 
essary to  the  gowth  of  our  food  cereals,  render  a 
permanent  supply  of  these  compounds  well-nigh  in- 
dispensable. The  nitrate  beds  of  Chili  from  which  the 
world's  supply  has  been  chiefly  drawn  for  some  time 
are  rapidly  approaching  exhaustion,  and  the  use  of  ni- 
trogen compounds  as  fertilizers  upon  the  wheat  lands 
of  the  West  is  becoming  more  and  more  necessary. 
It  is  therefore  not  surprising  that  men  of  science 
look  upon  the  production  of  these  compounds  direct- 
ly from  the  air  as  an  achievement  of  supreme  impor- 
tance. To  many  people  the  scientists'  way  of  looking 
at  things  seems  pitifully  narrow,  but  eyes  which  have 
been  trained  to  observe  by  a  lifetime  of  study  un- 
doubtedly see  more  than  those  of  ordinary  mortals, 
and  although  they  may  be  blind  to  the  external  beau- 
ties of  nature,  they  may  discover  far  greater  wonders 
which  are  entirely  invisible  to  more  superficial  observ- 
ers. 


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57!) 


Men  who  have  grown  gray  in  the  pursuit  of 
Nature's  truth  see  many  things  which  are  hidden 
from  ordinary  ef/es.  Their  training  gives  them  a  view 
point  from  which  they  can  see  over  the  heads  and 
bejyond  the  mass  of  humanity  which  is  not  accustomed 
to  enquiring  into  the  reasons  for  things.  Thought- 
ful people  always  delight  in  the  conversation  of  such 
men,  for  it  gives  them  glimpes  of  matters  with  which 
they  are  usually  not  familiar.  A  man  who  enjoys 
an  unusually  wide  view  of  American  pharmacy  is 
Dr.  Frederick  Hoffmann  who  will  preside  at  the 
Golden  Jubilee  Meeting  of  the  American  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  in  Philadelphia  next  September. 
Dr.  Hoflfmann  celebrates  his  70th  birthday  on  the 
20th  of  June,  and  has  devoted  the  greater  portion  of 
his  active  life  to  the  study  and  pursuit  of  pharmacy 
and  pharmaceutical  science  in  the  United  States.  He 
was  for  many  years  the  editor  of  the  Pharmaceutische 
Rundschau,  and  contributed  an  immense  number 
of  scientific,  professional  and  literary  papers  to  peri- 
odicals, encyclopedias  and  standard  works,  embrac- 
ing pharmacy,  chemistry,  botany  and  materia  medica, 
besides  history  and  popular  literature.  During  the 
past  few  years  he  has  spent  much  time  in  the  field 
of  medical  and  pharmaceutical  history.  The  amount 
of  interesting  lore  which  must  have  lodged  in  his 
active  mind  during  the  past  50  years  must  be  enor- 
mous. Pharmacy  needs  men  like  Dr.  Hoffmann. 
Maty  he  live  to  see  and  enjoy  the  20th  of  June  for 
many  years  to  come. 

Prof.  Virchow's  powers  of  observation  should 
be  as  keen  in  the  field  of  medicine  as  those  of  Lord 
Kelvin  are  in  the  domain  of  physics,  and  those  of 
Dr.  Hoffmann  in  pharmacy.  This  eminent  man  of 
medicine  does  not  seem  to  agree  with  the  German 
Government's  decision  about  the  harmfulness  of 
boric  acid  products.  According  to  recent  newspaper 
reports,  he  has  been  "eating"  considerable  quantities 
of  bora.x,  presumably  to  show  his  disapproval  of  the 
official  report. 

An  English  exchange  gravely  announces  that  "the 
faculty  of  the  Syracuse,  New  Jersey,  College  of 
Medicine  has  issued  orders  for  the  expulsion  of  any 
student  found  playing  ping  pong."  Strange  things 
happen  in  New  Jersey,  as  we  all  know,  but  we  have 
never  heard  of  this  strange  New  Jersey  institution 
and  its  strange  regulations.  If  it  were  not  for  the 
startling  information  furnished  by  foreigners,  we 
should  never  fully  appreciate  the  wonders  and  possi- 
bilities of  our  land. 

If  the  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy  continues 
to  prosper  as  it  has  for  the  past  five  years,  it  will 
be  entirely  out  of  debt  before  the  end  of  the 
current  year.  The  floating  debt  of  the  institution 
which  was  more  than  $20,000  in  1897,  has  now  been 
reduced  to  less  than  $700.  May  all  of  its  ghaduates 
enjoy  an  equal  measure  of  prosperity. 

ADULTERATED  CREAM  OF  TARTAR.— J. 
White  (Analyst)  describes  a  sample  of  cream  of  tartar 
which  contained  about  37  per  cent,  of  calcium  super- 
phosphate and  S  per  cent,  of  starch.  This  mixture 
gives  an  acid  figure  equivalent  to  90  per  cent,  of  potas- 
sium acid  tartrate.  The  author  suggests  that  the  offi- 
cial test  should  contain  a  test  for  bases. 


FREDERICK  HOFFMANN,  Ph.D. 


TEST  FOR  SOLUBILITY  OF  ALKALOIDS. 
—Dr.  R.  A.  Hatcher  (Am.  Journ.  Pharm)  determmes 
the  solubility  of  the  alkaloids  which  are  not  readily 
soluble  in  water,  by  the  following  method:  One  tenth 
gram  of  the  substance  is  rubbed  with  water  to  a 
smooth  paste,  and  more  water  added  until  a  smooth 
mixture  of  about  9  Cc  is  obtained.  The  suspended 
alkaloid  is  treated  with  standard  sulphuric 
acid  from  a  burette,  until  entirely  con- 
verted into  the  sulphate,  and  diluted  with 
water  to  IQ  Cc.  This  mixture  is  divided  into  por- 
tions of  I  Cc.  each,  diluted  with  water  and  treated 
with  a  slight  excess  of  standard  sodium  hydrate,  and 
the  solubility  is  estimated  from  the  amount  of  preci- 
pitate formed.  By  comparing  portions  which  have  been 
diluted  to  different  volumes  before  preciptation,  the 
point  of  saturation  and  the  solubility  may  be  deter- 
mined. This  method  is  also  suggested  for  testing  alka- 
loids of  known  solubility.  Thus,  morphine  is  soluble 
in  4,350  parts  of  water;  and  if  .1  gram  of  this  alkaloid 
be  rubbed  with  water  and  treated  as  described.  ar>d 
two  portions  of  I  Cc.  each  be  diluted  to  43  and  44  Cc, 
including  the  requisite  amount  of  sodium  hydrate,  a 
slight  turbidity  or  precipitate  should  form  in  the  first, 
but  none  in  the  second. 


ERA  COURSE  !N   PHARMACY. 

LIST   OF  GRADUATES   FOR   MAY,   1902. 
Matriculation  No.  Grade 

C.130     C.  E.  Vous,  Minburn,  Iowa 92  per  cent. 

3,180     Samuel  L.  Donaldson,  Kittanning, 

Pa 98  per  cent 

3,110     Bert  L.  Breithaupt,  1,113  S.  Adams 

St.,  Peoria,  111 96  per  cent 

3,178     Sister  M.  Gonzaga,  Charity  Hospi- 
tal. Cleveland,  0 98  per  ceni 

The  above  graduates  will  receive  diplomas  within  a 
short  time.  A  large  and  very  handsome  engraved 
diploma,  printed  on  artificial  parehraent,  with  the  grad- 
u.ite's  nanie  engrossed,  especially  suited  for  framing, 
will  be  furnished  to  all  who  request  it  for  the  sum  of 
.f2.  Those  who  desire  the  latter  should  forward  the  ne- 
cessary fee  at  once  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Era. 


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[June  13,  1903. 


"If  Uncle  should  die  and  leave  you  all  that  money, 
what  would  be  the  first  thing  you  would  buy  me?" 
"A  tub   full  of  ice-cream   soda." 


CAFFEINE  IODIDE.— A  Faucon  (Journ.  Phar. 
Chim.)  finds  that  the  ordinary  iodide  of  caffeine  is 
a  very  unstable  compound  always  containing  a  con- 
siderable proportion  of  free  iodine,  the  irritating  ac- 
tion of  which  is  often  undesirable.  He  suggests  that 
until  a  stable  compound  is  obtained  it  would  be  better 
to  use  in  pharmacy  a  mi.xture  of  alkali  iodide  and 
caffeine. 


lAbi 


The  druggist  with  an  eye  for  present  day  demands 
taxes  his  ingenuity  to  supply  them,  by  artistic  window 
dsplays.  Why  not  attempt  the  instructive  as  well,  and 
join  art  and  knowledge  in  happy  harmoniy?  Thus, 
we  may  yet  have  what  may  be  termed  educational 
windows.  As  an  instance,  a  drug  store  in  Philadel- 
phia (our  kind  "Friends"  have  often  given  us  a  good 
suggestion)  launched  forth  into  business,  the  other 
day,  with  a  splendid  window  display  of  crude  drugs, 
some  in  the  original  containers  and  others  in  attrac- 
tive porcelain  jars.  To  add  to  the  interest,  bottles 
containing  pharmaceutical  preparations  of  these  drugs 
were  plentifully  interspersed  among  them,  the  whole 
skillfully  arranged  and  distinctly  marked  with  the 
Latin  and  common  names.  Naturally  this  window  is 
exciting  a  good  deal  of  curiosity  on  the  part  of 
passersby,  for  man — yea.  even  men — has  ever  been, 
from  the  time  of  Eve  (or  is  it  the  Greek  Pandora?), 
prone  to  dabble  in  the  unknown;  and  it  will  be  re- 
membered that  the  apothecary's  art  is  still  a  matter 
of  profoimd  mystery  to   the  uninitiated. 

Brother  druggists  look  upon  such  displays  with  a 
sigh  of  admiration,  but  as  something  beyond  their 
ability  and  possibility.  Why?  The  thing  is  easily 
done;  niar,y  of  the  articles  were  obtained  for  this 
special  purpose  from  the  manufacturer  and  whole- 
saler. Any  house  you  deal  with  would  gladly  lend 
its  hand  in  a  similar  manner.  'Tis  the  man  behind 
the  idea! 


A  STARTLING  METAMORPHOSIS. 

By   lAMINO. 

In  a  town  not  over  a  tiiousand  miles  from  the 
gilded  dome  of  the  chief  bean  city  in  the  world 
there  lived  a  humble  disciple  of  Galen,  whose  drug 
store  was  well  located  near  one  of  the  principal 
theatres,  and  whose  soda  fountain  and  confectionery 
department  had  a  fair  share  of  patronage  from  the 
gushing   matinee    girls. 

After  a  time,  however,  this  trade  began  to  de- 
cline, and  casting  about  him  for  the  cause  the  drug- 
gist discovered  that  another  store,  farther  away  on 
a  side  street,  had  installed  behind  its  soda  counter  a 
perfect  Romeo  as  a  dispenser,  with  raven  locks,  bold 
black  eyes,  and  a  certain  dashing,  mysterious  air 
that  hinted  deliciously  of  a  dark  past — banditti,  pi- 
rates, abduction  of  missionaries — anything,  in  short, 
romantic  and  terrible  that  the  brains  of  the  admir- 
ing maidens  who  flocked  to  his  fountain  might  con- 
jure up. 

Now  our  Phi  G.  had  a  deal  of  common  sense 
and  not  a  scrap  of  vanity.  He  fully  appreciated  the 
fact  that  he  was  middle-aged,  with  a  shiny  spot  on 
his  crown  and  a  double  chin,  and  that  for  him  to 
try  to  do  the  bandit  would  be  about  as  ridiculous 
as  for  a  Methodist  deacon  to  pose  as  a  ballet  dancer. 
So,  after  looking  over  the  ground,  he  decided  there 
was  only  one  thing  for  him  to  do 
and  that  was  for  him  to  go  his  rival  one,  and 
find  a  handsomer  dispenser.  He  thought  this  de- 
cision finally  disposed  of  the  difficulty,  and  went  to 
bed  in  a  very  satisfied"  frame  of  mind. 

But  when  he  came  to  look  about  for  his  man 
he  found  he  was  up  against  it  in  earnest.  He  had 
plenty  of  applicants  for  the  job,  but  at  the  end  of  a 
week  he  decided  that  all  the  homely  men  in  town 
must  have  banded  together  to  learn  this  particular 
business,  for  there  wasn't  enough  beauty  in  tha 
whole  batch  to  make  even  one  fairly  good-looking 
article. 

He  was  almost  in  despair,  but  one  night  while 
thinking  hard  a  bright  idea  came  to  him,  and  he 
gleefully  rubbed  his  hands  and  thought  that  after 
all  he  might  prove  master  of  the  situation.  It  took 
some  time  to  consummate  his  plans,  and  necessitated 
a  trip  into  the  country  to  get  the  party  he  had  settled 
on,  but  at  the  end  of  about  a  week  there  appeared 
at  his  fountain  a  o'outh  with  a  surprisingly  hand- 
some face,  with  an  abundance  of  light,  curly  hair,  a 
comple.xion  like  peach-bloom:,  and  blue  eyes  that 
sparkled    with    fun. 

By  this  time  the  pirate-eyed  dispenser  had  staled 
on  some  of  the  girls,  especially  as  he  had  done 
nothing  desperate  to  sustain  the  reputation  of  his 
face,  and  when  a  few  of  them  turned  to  this  new 
Adonis,  of  course,  the  rest  followed,  like  sheep  go- 
ing through  a  gap. 

Well,  for  a  time  it  simply  rained  nickels  and 
dimes  on  our  shrewd  druggist,  and  the  ice-cream 
soda  and  bon-bons  that  slipped  between  pretty  lips 
was  a  caution.  The  new  dispenser  was  a  treasure 
beyond  rubies.  He  seemed  to  know  just  how  to 
strike  the  happy  medium  between  deferential  polite- 
ness and  cordiality.  Moreover,  there  was  an  inde- 
finable something,  at  once  refined  and  dainty,  about 
the  way  he  served  every  drink,  and  the  winning  smile 
that  always  accompanied  it,  that  carried  the  hearts  of 
all  the  soulful  maidens  by  storm,  and  .made  the 
piratical  dispenser  by  comparison  look  like  three 
dimes. 

But  Fortune  is  a  fickle  jade,  and  she  finally  plajyed 
our  pharmacist  a  shabby  trick.  Moreover,  the  agent 
she  used  to  work  liim  woe  was  notliing  more  nor 
less  than  an  insignificant  little  mouse.  Burns  hit 
the  nail  squarely  on  the  head  in  his  little  couplet 
about  "the  plans  of  men  and  mice,"  but  when  mice 
undertake  to  interfere  in  the  plans  of  men  there  is 
sure   to  be  an   awful   mix-up. 

It  happened  in  tliis  wise.  The  matinee  was  just 
over,  the  afternoon  was  warm,  and  a  bevy  of  pretty 
girls    flocked   into    the    drug   store,    and    stood    chat- 


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tering  like  magpies  and  quaffing  delicious  draughts 
of  soda.  All  at  once  a  series  of  shrieks  of  "A 
mouse!  A  mouse  1"  arose,  as  a  tiny  rodent  darted 
across  the  floor. 

Now,  of  course,  this  brave  dispenser  rushed  to  the 
rescue  of  the  imperilled  maidens,  and  laid  the  intruder 
low  with  a  well-directed  blow.  Alas,  how  diiTerent 
is  truth  from  fiction!  With  cjves  st^irting  witlt 
terror  and  a  shrill  feminine  shriek  he  grasped  his 
pantaloons  in  a  way  decidedly  suggestive  of  familiari- 
ty with  skirts  and  jumped  upon  the  counter.  The 
counter,  slippery  with  soda,  proved  a  treacherous 
refuge,  and  he  shot  headforemost  across  the  floor, 
when,  presto!  off  flew  the  wig  of  blonde  curls  re- 
vealing underneath  a  demure  brown  coiffure  neatly 
coiled  up  in  the  most  approved  feminine  fashion. 

We  will  draw  a  veil  of  silence  over  what  followed; 
suffice  it  to  say  that  the  mouse  had  to  take  a  back 
seat  when  the  curtain  was  rung  up  on  this  new  act, 
for  the  dispenser  as  "leading  lady"  was  the  whole 
play   with   the   audience. 

"Well,"  said  one  of  the  spectators  afterwards, 
"I  had  read  all  about  Cinderella  when  a  child,  you 
know,  and  about  the  mice  and  the  pumpkins  turned 
into  horses  and  carriages  and  all  that,  but  the  fairy 
godmother  wasn't  in  it  with  what  this  mouse  did— 
turned  a  man  into  a  maiden-  before  our  very  eyes. 
Men  may  be  'deceivers  ever,'  but  I  can  forgive  them 
all  that  if  they  will  only  stay  men." 


SOME  UNSETTLED  QUESTIONS  IN  COMMER- 
CIAL PHARMACY/^ 

By  WILLIAM  BODEMANN,  Chicago,  111. 
Sale  of  Poisons. 
Before  we  had  any  poison  laws,  all  reasonable 
druggists  did  exactly  what  is  now  required  by  such 
laws,  and  far  more  than  this;  namely,  used  the 
utmost  caution  to  keep  out  of  trouble  by  investi- 
gating whether  the  customier  knew  the  nature  of 
the  poison  article  delnanded,  and  recommended  to 
the  customer  the  greatest  care  in  handling  same, 
and  by  keeping  a  record  of  such  sales,  a  mighty 
handy  thing  to  have  for  a  coroner's  inquest.  This 
question  grows  in  importance  as  time  goes  on,  and 
the  public  becomes  more  familiar  with  poisons.  Do 
you  realize  that  in  selling  poisons  promiscuously 
you  may  become  guilty  of  murder,  not  of  a  body, 
but  of  a  soul?  If  you  for  the  paltry  profit  of  a  few 
miserable  silverings,  sell  cocaine,  morphine,  etc.,  to 
persons  who  do  not  need  this  stufif  for  medicine 
(and  if  they  did,  their  ph,ysicians  should  administer 
the  poisons),  you  may  become  a  murderer  of  a 
soul,  or  lend  aid  to  a  criminal  who  wants  to  entrap 
an  innocent  victim  into  vice,  worse  than  murder  to 
the  body.  The  wisest  counsel  is  needed  to  check 
this  hideous  practice  and  you  should  all  join  in  ex- 
pressing  a   view   on   this    topic. 

The  Drug  Clerk  Question. 

All  over  the  country  clerks  are  forming  associa- 
tions for  the  lawful  and  desirable  purpose  of  better- 
ing the  condition  of  the  clerks.  To  a  careful  ob- 
server, it  must  be  evident  that  the  condition  of  the 
clerk  of  today  is  far  superior  to  what  it  was  25  years 
ago.  Salary  was  then  lower,  time  for  work  longer, 
time  for  rest  less.  You  older  druggists  will  re- 
member that  $50  was  a  good  salary,  and  you  were 
lucky  if  you  had  an  afternoon  ofif  every  two  weeks 
and  every  third  Sunday.  .A,ll  that  has  changed,  and 
yet.  the  clerks  ask  for  more.  They  ask  for  better 
sleeping  quarters,  for  less  working  hours  and  for 
more  salary.  I  do  not  believe  that  the  large  ma- 
jority of  clerks  take  any  stock  whatever  in  the 
threats  heard  now  and  then  of  a  general  strike. 
That,  is,   and  always   has   been,   the   pet  argument  of 


*From  the  report  of  the  Committee  on  Trade  In- 
terests, read  before  the  Illinois  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, May  20-22,  1002. 


"walking  delegates"  who  never  do  a  day's  honest 
work  and  are  anxious  to  make  an  easy  living  on 
discontent  and  misery  of  others.  The  clerks  should 
do  just  what  we  are  doing,  organize  and  again  or- 
ganize and  we  organized  druggists  should  meet  them 
as  business  men  meet  business  propositions.  If 
you  survey  the  situation  calmly,  you  must  come  to 
the  conclusion  that  the  clerks  are  in  a  better  position 
than  the  proprietors.  Clerks  arc  scarce,  proprie- 
tors are  just  the  reverse,  and  in  consequence  of 
unhealthy  competition  a  large  number  of  druggists 
are  hardly  able  to  pay  for  help  even  at  a  moderate 
compensation.  What  can,  what  should,  we  do  to 
meet  the  situation?       Let  the  jury  decide! 

Relations  to   Physicians. 

This  is  a  fruitful  subject  for  discussion,  and  can 
easily  be  subdivided  into  numerous  chapters;  for 
instance,  such  as  dispensing  by  physicians,  counter- 
precribing  by  druggists,  repeating  prescriptions,  etc.; 
all  these  items  have  been  treated  so  often  that  I 
will  only  touch  them,  and  suggest  to  you  what  the 
Hyde  Park  druggists  have  been  doing  and  are  con- 
templating again  to  do.  This  district  association 
at  its  last  meeting  appointed  a  committee  to  bring 
about  a  social  gathering  with  the  physicians  of  that 
section.  Meeting.-,  of  that  sort  cannot  be  but  helpful 
to  settle  all  open  questions  and  bring  about  reforms 
of  mutual  advantage.  Get  acquainted  with  the  men 
of  whom  you  expect  prescriptions,  do  missionary 
work,  tell  them  about  the  National  Formulary  and 
join  hands  with  the  men  behind  the  guns  to  kill 
the  common  enemy,  the  nostrum  factory. 
Relations  with   Jobbers. 

Here  is  a  field  of  most  excellent  opportunities. 
And  again  I  must  tell  you  what  the  Hyde  Park 
District  Association  has  been  and  is  now  doing. 
Whenever  there  is  a  rumor  afloat  of  the  coming  of 
an  unnecessary  new  store  in  an  already  over- 
crowded section,  the  jobbers  of  Chicago  are  respect- 
fully but  earnestly  requested  to  do  all  they  possibly 
can  to  discourage  such  competitors,  and  the  result 
of  such  petitions  have  been  so  flattering  that  a  more 
general  adoption  of  this  method  cannot  be  too 
strongly  urged.  The  jobbers  know  that  six  stores 
in  a  ce'rtain  section  can  better  meet  their  payments 
than  12  stores  for  the  same  region  would  be  able 
to  do.  Since  we  have  formed  the  N.  A.  R.  D., 
doctrine  of  buying  all  quantity  goods  through  the 
jobbers,  we  should  expect  a  helping  hand  from  the 
jobber,  and  unite  our  efforts  to  obtain  better  dis- 
counts' for  prompt  pryment  than  we  are  allowed  now. 
A  prompt  paying  retailer  ought  to  be  encouraged 
to  be  prompt  and  not  discouraged  by  cutting  down 
cash  discounts,  as  has  been  done  in  the  last  few 
years.  Return  of  empties  should  not  be  made  an 
object  of  harrasing  difficulties  and  obstacles,  such 
as  are  now  prevailing  in  larger  cities. 
Relations  with  Trained  Nurses. 

A  good-trained  nurse  is  unquestionably  a  bless- 
ing that  cannot  be  too  highly  commended;  but  a 
meddlesome,  quarrel-brewing,  ill-informed,  over-  pre- 
tending, discount  demanding,  go-between  nurse,  is  an 
unmitigated  curse,  and  it  behooves  us  to  take  steps 
to  protect  us  against  this  evil.  Most  druggists  of 
my  experience  have  a  sorrowful  crop  of  bones  to 
pick  with  this  unpleasant  new  acquisition.  In  many 
cases  the  nurse  pretends  to  know  more  than  the 
physicians  or  druggists,  and  poisons  the  minds  of 
patients  and  phvsicians,  if  the  abused  pharmacist 
has  the  courage  to  insist  that  his  knowledge  of 
pharmacy  is  entitled  to  recognition.  What  are  you 
going  to  do  about  it?  Let  the  case  go  to  the 
jury! 

Relations  with  Salesmen. 

It  will  be  unnecessary  to  wasts  any  words  about 
the  regular  salesman,  representing  your  regular 
wholesale  dealers  and  manufacturers.  If  they  call 
to  collect  bills,  the  best  way  to  get  along  with  them 


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[June  12,  1902. 


is  to  pay  up  if  you  have  the  money,  if  you  have  not, 
set  up  the  cigars  and  jolly  them  along  the  best  you 
can.  But  the  salesman  trying  to  introduce  "a  new 
thing"  invites  our  consideration.  He  wants  you  to 
help  him.  That's  his  business!  Your  business 
should  be  to  make  him  show  proof  that  he  or  his 
concern  wants  to  help  us.  Ask  him  for  the  N.  A. 
R.  D.  ticket,  that  is  proof  of  good  intention,  if  he 
has  not  got  this  document,  invite  him  to  close  the 
door  from  the  outside  and  go  about  your  work.  This 
is  an  era  of  Christianity,  and  whosoever  is  not  with 
us  is  against  us.       Matthew  5:13. 

Side  Lines. 

Much  has  been  said  and  more  written  on  this 
topic,  than  on  all  others  combined.  No  rule  can  be 
established,  locality  and  individual  make  up,  must 
govern  the  side-line  question.  Nevertheless,  an  ex- 
change of  views  may  bring  out  new  view  points. 
The  one  tale  of  woe,  found  in  the  majority  of  an- 
nual convention  addresses  and  at  graduating  ex- 
ercises, is  the  postage  sale.  And,  a  foolish  plaint 
at  that;  nothing  pleases  your  patron  so  much  as 
the  fact  that  in  your  place  of  business  he  can  be 
accommodated  in  almost  every  want.  Let  it  be 
your  strong  card  that  your  store  is  the  best  place 
to  go  to  for  general  information  and  accomnnoda- 
tion,  and  you  will  tind  that  it  pays  you  to  hand  out 
a  stamp  with  a  pleasant  smile,  even  if  you  make 
not  over  100  per  cent  on  the  deal. 

Retailing  by  Jobbers. 

It  would  be  unreasonable  to  expect  from  jobbers 
to  refuse  legitimate  wholesale  purchases  from  other 
bliyers  than  druggists.  But  complaints  from  re- 
tailers against  jobbers  for  out  and  out  retailing  are 
so  numerous  that  your  attention  is  invited.  If  we 
retailers  sold  all  goods  in  our  line  that  belong  to 
our  trade,  we  would  be  in  far  better  position  than 
we  are  noiv.  It  cannot  be  claimed  that  a  dollar's 
worth  of  goods  less  would  be  consumed,  we  would 
make  a  legitimate  profit,  the  jobber  would  furnish 
us  the  goods  at  a  legitimate  profit,  and  in  some  cases 
that  came  to  my  notice,  jobbers  have  sold  to  con- 
sumers a  I-I3  of  a  dozen  of  a  proprietary  article 
at  a  lower  figure  than  I  would  have  to  pay  the 
jobber.  The  employes  of  most  wholesale  grocery, 
dry  goods  and  hardware  houses  in  Chicago  can  ob- 
tain their  drugs  from  the  jobbers  at  less  cost  than 
we  pay  the  jobber.  The  jobbers  make  no  bones  of 
this  practice  and  oflfer  no  excuse.  It  should  be 
our  duty  to  formulate  a  plan_  that  would  put  a 
stop   to    this   homicidal   policy   game. 

What  Should  We  Do  with  Goods  Returned. 

Don't,  is  my  advice!  Don't  take  them  back. 
You  cannot  vouch  for  your  goods,  if  they  have  left 
your  store  for  five  minutes:  if  it  is  only  a  package 
of  Epsom  salt,  by  inadvertness  or  by  malice,  some- 
thing may  have  been  mi.xed  into  it,  and  you  have 
to  stand  responsible  for  somebody  else's  negligence 
or  evil  purposes.  The  dear  public  has  either  poor 
judgment  or  the  gall  of  a  reservation  mule,  and  has 
often  no  scruples  to  return  to  you  an  atomizer  "as 
no  good"  after  it  has  done  service  in  a  diptheria 
house.  Do  you  care  to  have  your  customers  put 
you  down  as  a  second-hand  store?  Would  this 
same  patron  dare  to  buy  an  atomizer  from  you  if 
he  knew  that  you  were  in  the  habit  of  taking  back 
second  hand  goods?  Let  me  tell  you  what  the 
Hyde  Park  druggists  do.  Of  course,  you  cannot 
blame  me  for  quoting  Hyde  Park  so  much — since 
the  last  Republican  convention.  Hyde  Park  has  be- 
come famous  as  the  home  of  harmony  and  reform, 
and  the  Hyde  Park  druggists  have  caught  on  badly 
and  are  in  for  all  things  pertaininp-  to  pharmaceuti- 
cal harmony  and  reform.  The  Hyde  Park  Associa- 
tion has  a  lot  of  slips  printed  for  distribution 
among  its  members,  giving  the  reason  why  goods 
cannot  be  taken  back,  this  slip  is  packed  with  ato- 
mizers, syringes,  clinical  thermometers,  and  in  that 
way   we    educate   tlie    people    in    the    proper   applica- 


tion of  the  principles  of  sound  business  doctrine  and 
fair   dealing. 

Apprentice  Question. 
Before  we  take  up  the  question  itself,  see  to  it 
that  your  apprentice  is  registered  before  July  i. 
Write  to  the  secretary  of  the  board  at  once.  We 
claim  progress  in  education,  and  never  hear  the  last 
of  how  high  we  raised  the  standard.  Is  it  true  in 
regard  to  the  apprentice?  How  many  of  you  have 
such  a  commodity  as  an  apprentice?  You  may  have 
an  errand  boy,  but  is  he  of  the  right  material  to 
become  a  pharmacist?  You  are  justly  proud  of  the 
clause  in  your  pharmacy  law  establishing  educa- 
tional requirements  for  the  apprentice.  I  consider 
this  clause  as  the  most  important  one  in  the  law; 
the  future  of  pharmacy  depends  on  the  new  recruits 
that  enter  the  army  and  rank  and  file  of  pharma- 
cy. Years  ago,  when  we  did  not  talk  so  much 
about  raising  the  standard,  we  raised  pharmacists 
by  the  old-fashioned  apprentice  system,  compelling 
a  young  boy  to  work  steadily  for  his  preceptor  for 
three  or  four  years,  and  for  business  reasons  if  not 
for  standard-raising  motives,  the  preceptor  instructed 
the  young  man  in  handling  merchandise,  making  prep- 
arations, and  reading  in  text  books  during  lull  hours 
in  business.  It  is  not  complimentary  to  our  era  of 
colleges,  lecture  courses  and  boasted  progress  that 
we  find  the  brightest  lights  in  pharmacy,  indeed,  the 
galaxy  of  our  profession  among  men  who  never  saw 
a  college,  but  had  the  benefit  of  an  old-fashioned  ap- 
prentice service.  What  splendid  work  could  our 
colleges  do,  had  they  material  that  had  been  raised 
in  the  pharmaceutical  atmosphere  of  the  apprentice 
of  years  ago.  Let  us  call  the  roll  and  see  who  of 
us  bothers  himself  with  an  apprentice. 

Syphon  Trade. 

Every  druggist  who  deals  in  syphons  is  confronted 
with  the  question  of  charging  or  not  charging  for  the 
empty  .""ryphon.  Would  it  not  be  well  to  establish 
a  flat  rule,  to  charge  a  customer  the  exact  price 
that  your  syphon  manufacturer  charges  you?  It 
seems  queer  that  such  has  not  been  the  rule  in  the 
past,  we  might  as  well  not  charge  for  bottles  of  any 
kind,  if  we  feel  charitably  disposed,  but  is  that  busi- 
ness? 

Protection  Against  Professional  Dead  Beats. 

Many  druggists  come  to  financial  wreck  through 
uncollectable  accounts.  As  our  system  of  district 
organization  spreads,  would  it  not  be  wise  to  es- 
tablish a  bureau  of  information,  a  sort  of  Bradstreet, 
on  a  small  scale?  Mr.  Druggist  on  the  north  cor- 
ner is  tickled  to  death  to  see  a  certain  prominent 
gentleman  walk  into  his  store,  who  has  for  years 
traded  at  the  south  corner.  He  says  to  himself, 
I  got  that  customer  through  my  winning  ways,  etc. 
After  a  year  has  gone  by,  and  the  prominent  new 
customer  has  stuck  him  for  a  good  round  sum,  he  in- 
quires of  the  north-corner  druggist  and  finds  out 
that  he  got  the  new  customer  because  the  old  drug- 
gist shut  down  on  his  credit.  Can  we  not  head  off 
such  losses  by  extending  association  work  into  the 
credit  field? 

Exchange  of  Unsalable  Goods. 

This  offers  another  opportunity  for  association 
help.  What  is  dead  stock  with  you  may  be  moving 
briskly  in  your  next  neighbor's  store  and  vice  versa. 
Bring  your  lists  of  "unsalables"  to  your  district 
meetings  and  instead  of  swapping  lies  with  your 
neighbors,  swap  goods  with  them  and  combine  the 
useful  with  the  decorative. 

What  Do  You  Sell  for  Sweet  Oil. 

Under  this  head  almost  anything  is  sold  from 
lard  oil  to  sweet  almond  oil. 

If  time  permits,  you  might  take  up  the  subject 
of  druggists'  insurance;  the  question  of  prescription 
ownership;  the  existence  or  non-existence  of  com- 
missions to  doctors. 


June  12,  1903.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


583 


THE  TRAINING  OF  GERMAN  PHARMACISTS.* 

By  an  English  Student  in  Germany. 

THE  practice  of  pharmacy  in  Germany,  as  with 
everything  else  in  that  country,  is  regulated  by 
law  in  quite  a  fatherly  way.  It  meets  the  ap- 
prentice on  the  threshold  of  his  career,  and 
does  not  forsake  him  when,  as  a  fully-fledged  apothek- 
•er,  he  has  acquired  permission  to  open  a  pharmacy  of 
his  own.  As  the  whole  educational  system,  up  to  and 
including  the  universities,  is  carried  on  and  supervised 
ty  the  State,  the  exact  amount  of  education  to  be 
acquired  by  each  individual  is  regulated  according  to 
the  purpose  for  which  he  requires  it,  and  the  elasti- 
city or  individualism  does  not  obtain  such  wide  limits 
as  in  England. 

The  apprentice,  that  is  to  be,  must  have  been  edu- 
cated in  some  school  in  which  Latin  is  a  compulsory 
subject — that  is,  in  a  gymnasium  or  real  gymnasium, 
including  Greek,  English,  French,  mathematics,  and 
science  among  the  subjects  of  instruction.  He  must 
also  possess  the  certificate  qualifying  for  the  one  year 
voluntary  military  service  (Einjahrig  freiwilligen  i\lili- 
tardienst.)  That  certificate  he  obtains  in  the  Unter- 
•secunda  class.  That  is  the  only  preliminary  training 
required,  but  it  is  very  thorough,  and  the  main  point 
about  it  is  that  it  has  all  been  accomplished  while  the 
youth  is  at  school,  so  that  when  he  begins  business  he 
is  able  to  devote  himelf  entirely  to  it.  Having  thus 
•qualified  himself,  and  being  in  good  health,  he  enters 
on  an  apprenticeship  of  at  least  three  years.  If,  on 
the  other  hand,  he  has  stayed  at  school  three  years 
longer  (until  he  is  in  the  Oberprima,  and  has  obtained 
the  Reifezeugniss — which  corresponds  to  a  university 
matriculation  examination — he  is  only  compelled  to 
serve  a  two  years'  apprenticeship  (Lehrzeit.)  The 
principal  of  the  business  is  supposed  to  give  the  pupil 
lessons  in  the  theory  and  practice  of  pharmacy.  That 
is,  of  course,  usually  the  case,  for  the  apotheker  is  a 
man  of  good  education  and  social  position  and  na- 
turally takes  pride  in  his  apprentices  doing  well.  Dur- 
ing the  period  of  apprenticeship  a  journal  (Labor- 
ations  Journal)  has  to  be  kept  of  all  the  pharmaceu- 
tical work  carried  on  under  the  supervision  of  the 
principal  or  the  assistant,  and  it  must  also  contain  a 
short  description  of  the  operations  undertaken  and 
•of  the  theory  of  the  corresponding  chemical  process- 
es. 

Having  served  his  apprenticeship,  the  would-be 
apotheker  is  now  at  liberty  to  enter  his  name  for  the 
Prufung,  or  Gehilfene.xamine,  which  qualifies  him  to 
tict  as  an  assistant.  On  entering  his  name  for  the 
examination,  which  is  held  four  times  a  year,  the  can- 
didate has  to  send  his  certificate  of  qualification  for 
the  one  year  voluntary  army  service,  a  certificate  from 
liis  principal  as  to  the  length  of  his  apprenticeship, 
and  his  laborations  journal.  If  these  fulfill  the  re- 
quirements, his  name  is  entered  for  the  examination 
and  the  necessary  fees  paid.  The  Prufung  is  divided 
into  three  parts — written,  practical  and  oral. 

In  the  written  part  he  is  supposed  to  be  able  to 
■express  his  thoughts  clearly  and  correctly,  and  show 
that  he  would  be  fully  capable  of  dealing  with  any  of 
the  materials  which  might  be  laid  before  him.  Three 
things  are  given — (a)  pharmaceutical  chemistry;  (b) 
Ijotany  or  pharmacognosy;  and  (c)  physics.  The  three 
exercises  or  questions  are  selected  by  lot  from  a  given 
schedule,  which  appears  to  contain  nothing  but  what 
an  apprentice  from  a  good-class  dispensing  business 
should  know. 

The  practical  part,  which  is  intended  to  show  that 
lie  has  acquired  the  skill  necessary  for  an  assistant, 
consists  also  of  three  parts — (a)  the  reading,  prepara- 
tion and  pricing  according  to  the  legal  price  list  of 
three  prescriptions  for  various  forms  of  medicaments; 
(b)  to  make  an  easily  preparable  galenical  and  a 
chemical-pharmaceutical  preparation  of  the  German 
Pharmacopoeia,  and  (c)  to  test  the  purity  of  two  chem- 
ical preparations   according  to   the   directions   of  the 

•Pharmaceutical  Journal. 


P.  G.  For  the  last  two  sections  schedules  of  sub^^ 
stances  which  may  be  given  are  published. 

For  the  third,  or  oral,  part  of  the  test  the  candidal^ 
has  to  submit  a  herbarium  prepared  by  himself  during 
his  apprenticeship,  and  has  to  undergo  a  viva  voce  ex- 
arnination  in  every  subject,  to  recognize  fresh  and 
dried  plants,  various  drugs  and  preparations,  and  to 
show  an  acquaintance  with  the  laws  relating  to  the 
apotheke.  .    T 

If  the  apprentice  is  successful  in  passing  the  exam- 
ination, he  is  qualified  to  act  as  an  assistant;  if  unsuc- 
cessful, he  is  sent  back  for  some  definite  period,  from 
six  to  fifteen  months,  before  being  allowed  to  repeat 
the  test.  If  he  fails  at  the  second  attempt,  he  is  not 
allowed  to  present  himself  again,  but  this  is  said  t(4 
be  very  seldom  necessary.  | 

As  an  assistant  he  must  spend  three  years  in  th$ 
practice  of  pharmacy,  and  two  at  least  must, be  spent 
in  Germany:  the  third  may  be  passed  in  some  phar- 
macy abroad  (that  is,  outside'  Germany),  but  only  in 
certain  countries.  At  the  end  of  that  time  he  enters 
a  university  for  the  completion  of  his  studies,  and  has 
to  submit  to  a  most  thoroughly  scientific  curriculum, 
for  which  three  semesters  (eighteen  months)  are  nec- 
essary. To  finish  the  course  in  that  period  requires 
the  closest  application  to  work.  The  examination  is 
usually  taken  in  the  fourth  or  fifth  semester. 

During  his  university  course  he  is  supposed  to  at- 
tend all  the  lecture  dealing  with  his  various  subjects, 
and  to  put  in  practical  work  in  every  subject.  In  chem- 
istry he  has  a  long  series  of  qualitative  analyses  to 
perform,  beginning  with  simple  mixtures,'  ascending 
to  more  complex  and  finally  ending  with  the  analyses 
of  minerals;  he  makes  a  few  spectral  analyses  and 
then  goes  to  quantitative  work.  The  volumetric  con- 
sists of  the  usual  methods,  involving  the  prin- 
ciples of  acidimetry,  o.xidiziation,  iodimetry, 
precipitation  and  some  sugar  analyses.  The  gravi- 
metric includes  the  estimation  of  both  consti- 
tuents of  various  simple  salts  and  various  quantitative 
preparations,  such  as  Ca  and  Mg.  In  pharmaceutical 
chemistry,  various  pharmaceutical  preparations  are 
made,  and  foods,  such  as  bread,  milk,  beer,  coffee, 
etc.,  are  qualitatively  and  quantitatively  analyzed  for 
various  metallic  poisons.  He  has  also  to  be  capable 
of  detecting  impurities  in  the  various  materials  used 
in  pharmacy  (Die  Priifung  der  Arzneimittel).  During 
two  semesters  the  physics  lectures  are  attended,  and 
at  least  one  day  a  week  spent  in  doing  practical  work. 
The  study  of  botany  and  pharmacognosy  is  also  thor- 
ough, both  theoretical  and  practical  work  receiving  at- 
tention. 

Having  finished  the  necessary  work,  the  candidate 
presents  himself  for  examination,  which,  as  before,  is 
written,  practical  and  oral.  He  is  tested  in  all  the 
branches  of  his  studies,  and  in  the  practical  part  is 
usually  given  something  to  do  which  he  has  already 
done  during  the  course.  If  successful  in  the  examina- 
tion he  becomes  a  fully  qualified  apotheker,  and  is  now 
qualified  to  keep  a  pharmacy.  He  is  not  permitted  to 
do  this  when  and  where  he  likes,  without  let  or  hin- 
drance, but  must  either  acquire  a  business  by  purchase 
or  else  obtain  the  necessary  license  to  open  a  new 
one.  The  number  of  pharmacies  is  regulated  by  the 
State  in  proportion  to  population,  and  it  averages 
perhaps  one  for  every  ten  or  twelve  thousand  inhabi- 
tants. 

The  law  still  continues  to  look  after  the  apotheker 
and  the  apotheke.  All  the  prices  are  fixed  by  a  lega/ 
tariff,  and  they  must  be  marked  on  the  prescriptions 
in  plain,  legible  figures.  His  premises  are  always 
liable  to  supervision  by  a  Government  inspector  who 
looks  into  the  minutest  details,  sees  that  his  drugs, 
etc.  are  pure,  that  his  bottles  are  properly  labelled, 
and  that  he  has  a  proper  stock  of  apparatus.  If  he 
neglects  the  orders  of  this  official  there  is  trouble  in 
store  for  him,  which  may  even  lead  to  the  loss  of 
the  concession. 

The  writer  of  this  short  note  wishes  to  thank  Herr 
Apotheker  Colland.  of  Leipzig,  for  kindly  giving  him 
much  information,  and  to  say  that  any  errors  in  it  are 
due  to  the  writer  alone. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  12,  1902. 


A    PARISIAN    LADY    PHAEMACIST. 

The  illustrations  presented  herewith  are  believed 
to  be  the  first  ever  published  showing  a  French  lady 
pharmacist  behind  her  own  counter.  In  the  larger 
photogaph,  Mile.  Diamantberger.  the  third  (and 
up  to  the  present  time  the  last)  lady  who  has  set  up 
a  pharmacy  of  her  own  in  Paris,  has  been  snapshotted 
with  her  hand  on  her  cash  register.  In  the  smaller 
view,    some    interesting    details    of    new    art    fitments 


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may  be  noticed.  This  is  one  of  the  newest  and 
most  originally  fitted  pharmacies  in  Paris;  and  the 
"modern  style"  of  the  counter,  cases  and  furniture 
is   something  quiet   out   of   the   common. 


LARGE  GRASS  SEEDS.— The  Pharmaceutical 
Journal  describes  some  specimens  of  grass  seed  re- 
cently exhibited  before  the  Linnaean  Society  by  Dr. 
Otto  Stapf.  These  seeds  were  obtained  from  a  huge 
grass  Melocanna  bambusoides,  a  species  of  bamboo, 
and  measured  five  inches  long  and  three  inches  in 
diameter,  forming  a  pear-shaped  mass  containing  a 
great  store  of  nutriment  for  the  germinating  plant. 


The  object  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
scribers and  their  clerks  with  reliable  and  tried  formulas 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription   work,   dispensing   difficulties,    etc. 

Requests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
mail,  and  ANONYMOUS  COMMUNICATIONS  RE- 
CEIVE NO  ATTENTION,;  neither  do  we  answer 
queries  in  this  department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this 
department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  the  Era. 
Copies  of  these  may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Cleaning   and   Sharpening   Files. 

(A.  F.  L.)  A  technical  journal  gives  the  follow- 
ing instructions:  Files  and  rasps  used  for  working 
tin  and  lead  can  be  cleaned  and  sharpened  in  the  fol- 
lowing manner:  Dip  the  file  for  a  few  seconds  into 
concentrated  nitric  acid  until  reddish  brown  vapors 
commence  to  ascend  lively,  then  rinse  in  water,  rub 
with  a  sharp  brush  and  imbed  the  file  in  sawdust  or 
coal  dust  or  dry  it  quickly  for  immediate  use.  A 
file  clogged  up  by  iron  filings  should  be  dipped  into 
a  watery  solution  of  copper  vitriol  by  which  the 
filings  are  dissolved  and  copper  precipitated  in  the 
form  of  a  slimy  sediment  while  the  body  of  the  file 
is  attacked  but  little.  Afterwards  rinse  the  file  in 
water,  brush  off,  dip  into  nitric  acid  and  conclude 
treatment  as  above.  Files  dulled  by  zinc  filings  are 
given  a  bath  in  diluted  sulphuric  acid,  otherwise  they 
are  subjected  to  the  same  treatment.  Clean  all 
files  used  for  working  copper  by  means  of  nitric 
acid,  but  repeat  the  process  several  times,  because 
the  first  time  much  copper  is  precipitated  that  ad- 
heres tenaciously  to  the  body  of  the  file.  Files  used 
for  working  wood  are  first  put  into  hot  concentrated 
sulphuric  acid,  rinsed,  brushed,  then  dipped  into  lye 
of  potash,  rinsed  and  brushed  again  and  finally  dried. 
Drying  can  be  accomplished  best  and  quickest  by 
pouring  alcohol  over  the  file  and  burning  it  off. 


Deliquescence  of  Headache  Powders. 

(W.  H.  R.)  "Several  times  I  have  put  up  head- 
ache powders  after  the  following  formula: 

Acetanilid    3   grains. 

Caffein    1    grain. 

Sodium    bromide 7    grains. 

A  short  time  after  compounding,  the  powders  as- 
sume the  delinquescent  state.  How  can  I  prevent 
this   change?" 

Your  difficulty  is  due  to  the  somewhat  hygroscopic 
character  of  sodium  bromide.  We  suggest  you  em- 
ploy a  salt  which  comes  within  the  pharmacopoeia! 
requirements  as  to  limit  of  moisture  (3  per  cent.) 
and  dispense  your  powders  in  waxed  (paraffinl  paper. 
We  can  do  no  better  than  to  refer  you  to  the  Na- 
tional Formulary  for  another  formula  for  headache 
powders.  See  "compound  powder  of  acetanilid"  in 
the   work   named,   page   117. 


Cleaning  Granite  and  Marble. 

(R.  N.  J.)  For  the  removal  of  stains  of  varied 
character  from  granite,  we  suggest  that  you  use 
strong  lye,  or  make  a  hot  solution  of  three  pounds 
common  washing  soda  in  one  gallon  of  water.  Lay 
this   on  the  granite  with   a   paint  brush. 

Marble,  especially  in  tombstones,  is  generally 
cleaned  with  dilute  hydrochloric  or  oxalic  acid,  and 
polished  afterwards.  Here  are  a  couple  of  processes 
which  may  serve  you: 


June  12,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


58t 


1.  Wash  the  marble  thoroughly  with  soda  and 
warm  water  to  remove  any  grease,  then  apply  oxalic 
acid  by  lajying  a  piece  of  white  cotton  cloth  saturated 
upon  the  spots  for  a  short  time.  If  it  destroys  the 
polish,  repolish  with  oxide  of  tin  and  water  applied 
with  a  cloth.  If  the  stains  are  not  deep,  rub  the  sur- 
face only  with  oxalic  acid  and  water  upon  a  small 
piece  of  cloth  quickly,  and  wash  to  free  the  marble 
of  acid.  To  give  the  marble  a  gloss,  rub  with 
chalk  wet  with  water. 

2.  Cover  the  soiled  part  with  a  paste  of  quick- 
lime moistened  with  a  strong  aqueous  solution  of  sal 
soda  for  several  hours:  then  remove  the  paste,  wash 
the  parts  thoroughly  and  polish  if  necessary. 


Syrup  of  Hypophosphites  with  Wild  Cherry. 

(M.   E.   P.)     Try  the  following: 

Calcium    hypophosphite l^/i    ounces. 

Sodium  hypophosphite i»2   ounce. 

Potassium    hypophosphite %    ounce. 

Sugar    22   ounces. 

Glycerin     2    ounces. 

Hot  water 16  ounces. 

Syrup   of  wild   cherry 6   ounces. 

Essence    of   bitter    almond q.    s. 

Make  a  solution  of  the  hypophosphites  in  the  hot 
water,  filter,  dissolve  the  sugar  in  the  filtrate,  strain, 
and  add  the  remainder  of  the  ingredients. 


Gray  Dye  for  Leather. 

(D.  D.  C.)  The  Scientific  American  Cyclopedia 
of  Receipts  is  authority  for  the  following  formula  for 
dyeing  leather  gray:  Dissolve  155  grains  of  tannin 
in  35  fluid  ounces  of  water  and  brush  over  the  leather. 
Then  app'y  a  solution  of  30  grains  of  copperas  in 
35  fluid  ounces  of  water.  If  not  dark  enough,  re- 
peat. Dry  and  rub  with  rye  meal.  Another  formula 
directs  the  application  of  a  mixture  of  I7J4  pounds 
of  decoction  of  willow  bark  and  Vz  pound  of  decoction 
of  logwood. 

Balsam  of  Honey. 
(Licensed  Druggist.)     Under  the  above  title  Par- 
rish    ("Treatise   on    Pharmacy")    gives   the   following 
formula: 

Balsam  of  tolu 1   ounce. 

Benzoic   acid 1^2    drams. 

Honey    G    ounces. 

Powdered    opium 2   drams. 

Cochineal    1   dram. 

French   brandy 3   pints. 

Mix,  and  digest  together  for  a  few  days,  then 
fiher. 


Information  Wanted. 

(H.  S.  R.)  wants  to  know  where  and  at  what 
price  he  may  obtain  "p.yretine  tablets?"  Who  can 
give  the  information? 


FREPAR.\TION  OF  PAPAIN.— Francis  Watts 
(Agricultural  News)  describes  the  preparation  of  pa- 
pain from  the  papaw  tree,  Carica  papaya.  The  juice 
is  obtained  from  the  green  fruits,  the  skin  being 
scratched  or  slightlf,-  cut  with  a  bone  or  wooden  knife. 
No  iron  knives  or  utensils  can  be  used,  for  the  juice 
is  rapidly  blackened  by  contact  with  this  metal.  The 
milky  fluid  flows  freely  from  the  wounded  fruit  and  is 
collected  in  cups.  After  a  time  the  flow  diminishes, 
and  the  liquid  coagulates  about  the  incisions;  this  is 
carefully  removed  and  added  to  the  collected  juice. 
The  fruit  is  not  removed  from  the  tree,  and  may  be 
tapped  several  times  at  intervals  of  two  or  three  days. 
The  juice  rapidly  coagulates,  and  in  this  condition  re- 
sembles a  snow-white  curd,  possessing  a  pungent  but 
not  putrid  odor.  It  is  dried  as  quickly  as  possible  to 
prevent  decomposition.  The  drying  is  effected  either 
by  exposure  to  the  sun  or  by  means  of  a  gentle  arti- 
ficial heat.  When  thoroughly  dry,  the  material  is 
ground,  the  finished  product  being  a  white  or  slightly 
cream-colored  powder. 


ILLINOIS  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

At  the  examination  held  by  the  Illinois  lioard  of 
Pharmacy  in  Springfield,  Room  3,  State  House,  May  27- 
28,  the  following  passed: 

Registered  Pharmacists. — A.  C.  Clancy,  A.  Jackson, 
A.  Kepert,  P.  Krieger,  H.  A.  Hunsterman,  J.  J.  Soren- 
sen,  F.  W.  Stahl,  I.  E.  Trace,  K.  R.  Vasumpaur,  all  of 
Chicago;  A.  M.  Barker,  Sparta;  J.  F.  Becker,  Freeburg; 
H.  Blu,  DauvUle;  J.  J.  Brinckerhoff,  Minooka;  R.  E. 
DoUauiI,  P(i.r;a-  C.  L.  DuflE,  Clay  City;  O.  Gibian,  I'r- 
bana;  J.  F.  Henricks,  Ludlow;  O.  B.  Humma,  Metropo- 
lis; A.  E.  Kring,  East  St.  Louis;  J  .H.  Lambert,  Kan- 
kakee; A.  P.  Meriwether,  Shipman;  H.  .7.  Miller,  Bloom- 
ington;  E.  C.  Paul,  Alton;  J.  R.  Powers,  Jersey ville; 
N.  E.  Prince,  Enfield;  C.  C.  Shewmaker,  Ridgway;  G. 
H.  Steingoetter,  Belleville;  H.  A.  Suggitt,  Buda;  F.  W. 
Tate,  Greenville;  F.  F.  Torrey,  Cairo;  C.  A.  Uzzell, 
Venice;  C.  J.  Weimer,  Pekin;  T.  S.  Whitley,  Eldorado.  . 

Assistants. — C.  E.  Bourne,  W.  J.  Clark.  R.  F.  Curry, 
L.  Feldslier,  A.  R.  Rietz,  all  of  Chicago;  C.  Atterbery, 
Oakford;  J.  W.  Baillie,  Effingham;  B.  E.  Chapman, 
Mattoon;  O.  E.  Carter,  Ipava;  O.  B.  Cissell,  Toulon;  H. 
J.  Eckert,  East  St.  Louis;  L.  D.  Fern,  Tunnell  Hill; 
T.  A.  Gulick,  Champaign;  J.  H.  Hartman,  Forreston; 
A  .T.  Krammerer,  Springfield;  S.  B.  Kerr,  Roodhouse; 
C.  Kuewitz,  Jr.,  East  St.  Louis;  C.  W.  Long,  Goleonda; 
F.  Mercer,  Liberty;  F.  D.  M.  Monroe,  East  St.  Louis; 
C.  W.  Moyer,  Shannon;  W.  McXabb,  Hardin;  F.  A.  Nea- 
ter, East  St.  Louis;  P.  C.  Reed,  Lincoln;  W.  P.  Ross, 
Champaign;  C.  W.  Towse,  East  St.  Louis;  R.  F.  Valen- 
tine, Granite  City;  C.  E.  Walker,  Quincy;  J.  F.  Wallace, 
Decatur.  The  next  meeting  of  the  board  of  examina- 
tion will  be  held  at  144  East  Thirty-ninth  street,  Chicago, 
August  19,  at  9  a.  m.  The  examinations  following  will 
be  held  at  144  East  Tihrty-uiuth  street,  Chicago,  Octo- 
ber 7,  1902,  and  November  IS. 


The  Kansas  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  its  first  quar- 
terly meeting  at  Wichita  May  29.  There  were  forty-four 
applicants  present  for  the  examination.  Following  are 
the  names  of  those  who  passed  the  examination  and 
were  registered:  Edward  L.  Campbell,  Wichita;  How- 
ard G.  Jones,  Hill  City;  Ott  E.  Paullin,  Wichita;  H.  B. 
Fladd,  Frankfort;  Lee  Austin  Perry,  Wichita;  J.  J.  Free- 
man, Parsons;  Robert  F.  Suapp,  Halstead;  Albert  F. 
Leverenz,  Mound  Valley;  Michael  Valerius  EUinwood; 
James  L.  Murra.v.  Kingman;  A.  J.  Wedel,  Mound  Ridge; 
Charles  C.  Bradley,  Rover;  W.  D.  Mo  wry.  Cherry  vale; 
F.  E.  Butin,  Fredonia;  George  L.  Morton,  P^ort  Scott; 
John  L.  Clark,  Summerlield;  Milton  W.  Strawn,  Elk 
City;  Fred  S.  Brown,  Keighley;  Clarence  Lytle,  Wichita; 
J.  R.  Gardiner,  Clearwater.  Assistant  Pharmacists: 
Roy  V.  Constable,  Ludell;  Fred  Burnett,  Hazelton;  D.  C. 
Cashman,  Herndon.  Registered  by  virtue  of  being 
graduates  of  recognized  schools  of  pharmacy:  James  O. 
Graves,  Abilene;  Charles  F.  Towusend,  Abilene;  Frank 
D.  Gates,  Rosedale;  Alexis  T.  Gibler,  Topeka;  William 
N.  Simpson,  Kansas  City;  Charles  C.  Malcom,  Longford; 
W.  V.  Ingham,  Atchison.  Restored  to  the  register  since 
the  last  meeting  of  the  board:  Frank  Hardesty,  Cha- 
nute;  C.  F.  Brownfind,  Parsons;  S.  R.  Swan,  Gas  City. 
The  next  meeting  will  be  held  at  Ellsworth,  August  27, 
at  9  o'clock  a.  m. 


CLAUSENA  ANIS.\TA.— Dr.  Engler  (Notizbl. 
Hot.  Gart.,  Berlin)  states  that  the  leaves  of  clausena 
anisata,  variety  mollis,  are  used  by  the  natives  of 
Usambara  as  a  remedy  for  fever.  The  remedy  is  ad- 
ministered by  boiling  the  leaves  in  water  and  inhaling 
the  steam.  The  plant  belongs  to  the  Rutaccae,  and 
seems  to  possess  properties  similar  to  those  of  Zan- 
thoxylon  and  Pilocarpus. 


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[June  12,  1903. 


DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 

In  this   Department  will  be  printed  each  week  a   series  of  problems  of  special  educational  value  to  all 
persons  connected  with  the  drug  trade. 

CASH  PRIZES    to  the  amount  of  $75.00  will  be  distributed    each   month   to   the    subscribers    sending 
us  the  largest  number  of  correct  answers  to  the  problems   printed   during  the  preceding  month,   in   ac- 
cordance with  the  conditions  given  below.     The  sum   will  be  divided  into  twenty-four  prizes,  as  follows: 
Jst  PRIZE,  $25.00  3rd  PRIZE,  $J0.00 

2nd  PRIZE,  $J5.00  4th   PRIZE,   $5.00 

and  20  PRIZES  OF  $1.00  EACH. 


1. — All  answers  to  problems  must  reach  the  Problem 
Editor  within  four  weeks  of  the  date  of  the  Era  in 
which  they   appeared. 

2. — Answers  should  be  sent  in  promptly.  In  case  of  a 
tie  the  award  will  depend  upon  the  general  excel- 
lence of  the  answers. 

3. — All  contestants  must  be  subscribers  to  the  Era. 

4. — Use  note-size  paper.  Cut  out  the  problem  and  paste 
at  the  top  of  the  sheet  and  write  your  answer  be- 
low, using  both  sides  of  the  paper  if  necessary. 

5. — Be  sure  to  write  your  name  and  full  address  on  each 
sheet — at  the  bottom. 


NOTE  THESE  CONDITIONS. 

C. — All  answers  must  be  written  in  ink. 


7. — The  correct  answers  to  the  problems  of  each  weekly 
installment  will  be  printed  in  the  Era  four  weeks 
later. 

8. — The  names  of  successful  contestants  and  the  win- 
ners of  the  prizes  will  be  announced  monthly. 

9. — Address  all  answers  to  Problem  Editor.  The  Phar- 
maceutical Era,  396  Broadway,  New  York,  N.  Y., 
and  do  not  enclose  any  other  communications- 
with  your  answers  to  these  problems. 


ANSWERS   TO   PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XX. 

No.  171. — A  and  B  enter  into  a  copartnership,  A 
putting  in  $500  and  B  contributing  $300.  Some  time 
afterwards,  a  third  person.  C,  pays  $800  for  a  third 
interest  in  the  business,  with  the  understanding  that 
all  shall  be  equal  partners.  How  shall  A  and  B 
divide  the  $800? 

Ans. — A,  $700;  B,  $100. 

No.  172. — Two  litres  of  hydrogen,  one  litre  of 
nitrogen,  and  two  litres  of  carbonic  anhydride  are 
mixed  together.  What  is  the  specific  gravity  of  the 
mixture,  the  specific  gravity  of  hydrogen  being   i? 

Ans. — 12  specific  gravity. 

No.  173.. — Suppose  there  be  a  round  column  of 
equal  size  throughout,  being  one  foot  in  diameter 
and  20  feet  high,  and  a  bean  vine  entwines  itself 
around  it  just  12  times  at  equal  distances,  in  passing 
from  the  foot  to  the  top.  How  long  will  the  vine 
be? 

Ans. — 42.6756. 

No.  174. — What  would  be  the  height  of  a  barome- 
ter constructed  of  sulphuric  acid,  specific  gravity 
1.843,  the  mercury  barometer  standing  at  750  m.  m.? 

Ans.—  5534.4  m.  m. 

No.  175. — A  canal  boat  weighing,  with  its  cargo, 
15  tons  has  to  pass  an  aqueduct  of  doubtful 
strength  the  water  is  four  feet  deep  and  the  aqueduct 
15  feet  wide,  and  a  waste  weir  adjacent  to  it  prevents 
any  rise  in  the  water  from  the  motion  of  the  boat. 
How  much  will  the  pressure  upon  the  aqueduct  be 
increased  by  the  boat  passing  over  it? 

Ans. — Not  any. 

PROBLEMS,   SERIES   XXIV. 

No.  191. — A  cannon  ball  six  inches  in  diameter  is  to 
be  melted  and  cast  into  balls  two  inches  in  diameter; 
allowing  no  wastage  of  metal,  required  the  number  it 
will  make. 

No.  192, — How  much  carbon  could  be  completely 
burned  by  10  lbs  of  air? 

No.  193. — At  what  time  between  12  and  I  o'clock, 
do  the  hour  and  minute  hands  of  a  common  clock  or 
watch  point  in  directions  directly  opposite? 

No.  194. — How  much  hydrochloric  acid,  strength 
32  per  cent,  can  be  obtained  from  48  ozs  of  chloride 
of  sodium? 

No.  195. — B  delivers  to  C  $1,200,  to  be  invested  in 
trade  for  one  year,  on  condition  that  if  C  added  $500 
to  it,  and  gave  his  time  as  manager,  he  should  have. 
2/5  of  the  gain.  What  was  C's  time  valued  at  in 
capital? 


INDIAN   TERRITORY   PHARMACEUTICAL   ASSOCI- 
ATION. 

The  eighth  annual  convention  of  the  Indian  Territory 
Pharmaceutical  Association  was  held  in  Checotah  May 
20.  Mayor  W.  A.  Reid  delivered  the  address  of  wel- 
come, and  in  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Checotah 
opened  the  gates  of  the  city  to  the  visitors.  The  ad- 
dress was  responded  to  by  J.  A.  Williamson  of  Kansas 
City.  President  Matthews'  annual  address  was  received 
with  an  applause  that  showed  thorough  appreciation  of 
the  work  done  to  further  the  association's  interests. 
Fifty-two  applications  for  membership  were  read,  and 
at  a  later  session  the  applicants  were  received  as  mem- 
bers. On  Wednesday  the  convention  engaged  itself  with 
hearing  the  reports  of  the  committees  and  receiving 
communciations.  An  interesting  paper  was  read  by 
Moody  Tiawell  of  Miami  on  Manutactu  mg  our  Phar- 
maceutical Preparations."  N.  F.  Hancock,  represent- 
ing the  standing  committee  on  legislation,  said  that  early 
in  December  the  committee  had  met  and  framed  a 
pharmacy  bill,  which  had  been  introduced  in  Congress 
and  he  had  the  promise  that  it  would  be  passed  as  soon 
as  the  legislative  body  could  take  time  to  consider  it, 
F.  C.  Savage  of  Hartshorn,  read  a  paper  on  "Require- 
ments to  Make  a  Good  Drug  Establishment,"  which 
was  followed  by  an  open  discussion.  The  association 
decided  to  meet  in  joint  session  next  May  with  the 
Oklahoma  Pharmaceutical  Association  at  Oklahoma 
City.  At  this  point  the  committee  on  applications 
brought  in  a  favorable  report  on  eleven  more  applica- 
tions for  membership,  which  was  received  and  the  names 
ordered  placed  on  the  membership  roll,  making  a  total 
of  sixty-three  members  received  at  this  session. 

Officers  for  the  ensuing  year  are:  President,  N.  F. 
Hancock,  Muscogee;  vice-presidents,  F.  C.  Savage, 
Hartshorn,  Edward  Shanahan,  Vinita,  J.  E.  Stevens, 
Allen;  secretary  and  treasurer,  H.  D.  Kniseley,  Checo- 
tah; corresponding  secretary,  Ira  JIarsh,  Checotah;  dele- 
gates appointed  to  the  various  pharmaceutical  associa- 
tions, are:  Texas,  H.  D.  Kniseley,  Checotah;  Arkansas, 
L.  C.  Swicegood,  Muskogee;  Missouri,  M.  J.  Campbell, 
Fairland;  Kansas,  W...  Z.  Newton.  Welch:  American 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  L.  Matthews,  Miami;  Na- 
tional Association  Retail  Druggists,  C.  C.  Jenkens,  Blue 
Jacket,  I.  T. 

Tlie  next  meeting  will  be  held  in  Oklahoma  City, 
the  date  to  be  set  by  the  Oklahoma  Pharmaceutical 
Association. 


June  12,  1903.] 


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17: 


Merck's  Chemiceds 


For  Diarrheas.  Tan- 
nail  lin  is  particniarly 
sncrtsslul  in  tht-  tri-at- 
inL-nt  111  diarrheas.  Pro- 
curable as  Powder  and 
in  Merck's  5  grn. 
Tablets. 

Stops  Bleeding.  Styp- 
ticin  is  employed  as  a 
uterine  sedative  and 
hemostatic  ;  also  useful 
in  dental  practice.  May 
be  had  as  Powder;  in 
Merck's  J4  grn.  S.  C. 
Tablets;  in  Merck's  54' 
grn.  Hypodermic  Tab- 
lets; and  in  Merck's 
Dental  Tablets. 

Alterative.  lodipin  (io- 
dized sesame  oil )  is 
used  with  excellent  re- 
sults in  scrofula  and 
syphilis.  Two  strengfths: 
10  per  cent,  for  internal 
use ;  25  per  cent,  for 
hypodermic  use. 

Tasteless  Quinine. 
Euquinine  —  perfected 
quinine  —  is  practically 
tasteless.  Appears  as 
fleecy  needles  ;  also 
marketed  as  Merck's  2 
grn.  and  5  grn.  Tablets. 


mHE  chemicals  and  drugs  appear- 
ing under  the  Merck  label 
practically  cover  the  entire  materia 
medica.  They  are  in  the  hands  of 
wholesale  druggists  everywhere. 
We  do  not  have  special  agents  iu  a 
few  cities  only.  Every  druggist  in 
the  United  States  can  readil}'  pro- 
cure our  products  from  his  own 
jobber.  And  Merck's  Chemicals 
cost  no  more  than  other  makes. 

The  Merck  line  of  chemicals  rep- 
resents faithful  development  of 
every  detail  ;  experience  handed 
from  one  generation  to  another  ; 
and  traditions  preserved  regarding 
the  purity  and  reliability  of  every 
chemical  carrying  the  Merck  label. 

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stimulate  sales. 

Other  products  now  at- 
tracting attention  from 
physicians  are: — 

Bromipin,  sedative  and 
nervine;  Thiocol, anti- 
tubercular ;  Tan  no- 
form,  against  e.vces- 
sive  and  ofifensive 
perspiration,  also  in 
veterinary  practice ; 
Dormiol,  hypnotic  ; 
Orexine,  appetizer; 
Formin,  urinary  anti- 
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EXTRAORDINARY! 

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front  rank  of  American  made 
Havana  cigar>.  For  nearly  fifteen  years 
has  been  recognized  for  its  sterling 
merit.  Indeed  like  our  "Las  Palmas"  brand, 
no  better  cigar  is  possible  at  the  price,  and 
would  be  good  value  for  fifty  per  cent,  more 
money.     Why  not  give  them  a  trial  ? 

REMEMBER,  YOU  RUN  NO  RISK 


See  Our  Special  Offer  Noticelon  Page  598. 

<B.  P.  3.) 


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[June  12,  1902. 


A  safe  ftnd  reliable  HYPNOTIC  and  CEREBRAL 
SEOATiVE.  free  from  depressing  effects  upon  the 
heart,  respir&tion  or  v&so-motor  centres 


SOMNOS  (Chemical  formula  Cg  H„  Oe  CI, ) 
is  a  definite  synthetic  compound,  formed  by 
the  synthesis  of  chloraethanal  with  a  poly- 
atomic alcohol  radical.    It  is  free  from  local 
irritation   to  mucous  membranes  and   is  not 
changed  in  the  stomach. 

SOMNOS  produces  natural  sleep,  from  which 
the  patient  awakens  refreshed  and  free  from  the 
unpleasant  after-effects  noted  after  other 
hypnotics.  It  is  safer,  more  reliable  and  in  every 
way  preferable  to  chloral  hydrate.  Its  sedative 
effects  upon  the  nervous  system  excel  those 
of  the  bromides. 

SOMNOS  is  indicated  in  sleeplessness,  from 
whatever  cause;  in  hysteria,  neurasthenia,  acute 
infectious  diseases,  and  in  chronic  organic  disease. 


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NO  AGREEMENT  REACHED. 


Delegates  of  Incorporated  Associations  at  Conference 
Meeting  Fail  to  Agree  Upon  a  Nominee  for  Member 
of  Board  of  Pharmacy — Election  to  Be  Held  June 
17  Between  the  Hours  of  9  A.  M.  and  3  P.  M. 
The  German  Apothecaries'  Society,  Manhattan  Phar- 
maceutical Association,  New  York  Retail  Druggists' 
Association,  Greater  New  York  Pharmaceutical  So- 
ciety, Drug  Clerks'  Circle,  Italian  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation, Westchester  Pharmaceutical  Association  and 
the  Alumni  Association  of  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy  were  all  represented  at  the  conference  held 
in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  Building,  No.  115  West 
<5Sth  street,  Thursday  afternoon,  June  5.  The  con- 
ference was  called  (as  announced  in  these  columns  last 
week)  for  the  purpose  of  considering  nominations  for 
a  member  of  the  Eastern  Section  of  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy.  Possibly  some  of  the  delegates  to  the 
conference  went  there  with  an  idea  tnat  one  candidate 
would  be  agreed  upon,  and  that  they  could  report  and 
recommend  to  their  organizations  that  the  nominee 
should  receive  the  rotes  of  members.  It  is  also  pos- 
sible that  some  delegates  went  to  the  conference  witli 
the  intention  that  it  should  result  just  as  it  did — in  a 
lengthy  discussion,  with  nothirg  accomplished  in  the 
tud.  xiie  meeting  lasted  from  about  2:20  unt  5  p. 
m.,  and  the  only  names  mentioned  as  candidates  for 
election  were  Clarence  O.  Bigelow  and  Joseph  Wein- 
stein.  At  times  the  arguments  used  in  the  various 
discussions  brought  up  were  very  "warm."  About  5 
o'clock  some  of  the  delegates  saw  that  it  would  be 
impossible  to  agree  upon  one  candidate  and 
moved  to  adjourn,  and  the  motion  was  carried.  De- 
spite the  spirited  discussions  during  the  conference, 
it  was  evident  after  adjournment  that  good  feeling 
prevailed  among  those  present. 

"The  fact  that  the  conference  did  not  result  in  the 
selection  of  one  candidate  should  not  prevent  the  call- 
ing of  a  similar  conference  on  any  subject  at  any 
time,"  said  one  present.  "I  am  in  favor  of  harmony 
as  much  as  any  one,  but  this  seemed  to  be  a  case 
where  an  agreement  was  impossible.  Let  the  ballots 
tell  the  story  on  June  17." 

A.  C.  Seai'les  was  appointed  chairman  of  the  meet- 
ing and  V.  Wieseudanger  of  Yonkers,  secretary.  After 
the  chairman  announced  the  purpose  of  the  conference, 
Oscar  Goldmann  of  the  German  Apothecaries'  Society 
nominated  Clarence  O.  Bigelow  to  succeed  himself  as 
a  member  of  the  board.  He  made  a  short,  pointed 
speech  eulogizing  Mr.  Bigelow  and  referred  to  his 
record  on  the  board,  which,  he  said,  could  not  bo 
questioned  in  any  way.  George  E.  Schweinfurth  of 
the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association  seconded 
the  nomination,  endorsed  Mr.  Goldraann's  remarks  and 
icild  why  he  thought  Mr.  Bigelow  should  be  reelected. 
P.  Diamond  of  the  New  Y'ork  itetail  Druggists' 
Association  was  the  next  speaker,  and  before  naming 
any  candidate  he  called  the  attention  of  those  present 
to    tlie   notice    of   election    issued    by   the   board.        He 


claimed  that  the  notice  should  call  for  the  election 
«t  three  members.  a.s,  according  to  the  opinion  rendered 
by  Attorney-General  Davics,  the  whole  Eastern  Section 
of  the  Board  would  need  to  be  elected  to  comply  with 
the  requirements  of  the  new  law.  He  suggested  that 
in  order  to  avoid  any  misunderstanding  or  complica- 
tions that  might  arise  if  only  one  member  is  elected  on 
June  17,  the  members  of  the  conference  should  ballot 
for  three  candidates  reelecting  the  two  who  were  not 
intended  to  be  legislated  out  of  office.  .,.r.  Diamond 
was  here  informed  that  it  was  only  necessary  to  elect 
one  member,  that  when  the  Attorney-General  signed  the 
opinion  prepared  by  one  of  Lis  assistants  anu  sent  out 
from  his  office,  he  was  not  familiar  with  the  intent  of 
the  bill.  Several  delegates  tried  to  assure  h.m  that 
the  election  of  one  member  would  comply  with  the  law. 
but  Mr.-  Diamond  <^id  not  appear  to  be"  so  convinced! 
He  dropped  the  matter  then,  and  critized  the  notice 
in  regard  to  the  time  of  the  election,  saying  that  it 
would  be  a  physical  impossibility  for  all  the  druggists 
entitled  to  vote  to  cast  their  ballots  at  j::30  o'clock 
If  all  voted,  say  about  1,50.  it  would  take  a  minute 
for  each  voter,  makmg  1,500  minutes  or  25  hours.  He 
thought  the  conference  committee  should  ask  the  board 
to  name  certain  hours  within  which  druggists  could 
vote. 

-Another  question  taken  up  by  Mr.  Diamond  was 
relative  to  the  clause  in  tue  notice  sent  out  by  the 
board  "provided,  such  persons  be  citizens  of  the  State 
of  New  York."  He  contended  that  it  was  not  neces- 
sary to  be  a  citizen  to  become  a  licensed  pharmacist, 
and  all  licensea  oharmacists,  members  of  incorporated 
organizations  requiring  its  members  to  be  licensed  phar- 
macists, were  entitled  to  a  vote  at  the  coming  election. 
If  it  is  necessary  to  be  a  citizen  of  tne  State  of  New 
York  to  vote  for  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Pharma- 
cy, then  the  present  board  is  illegal,  saia  Mr.  Dia- 
monu.  Just  here  Mr.  Goldmann  suggested  that  the 
conference  was  called  to  consider  candidates  to  fill 
the  vacancy  on  the  board,  and  the  chairman  ruled  that 
Mr.  Diamond  was  out  of  ord  r,  and,  if  he  wished,  could 
bring  the  matter  up  for  discussion  later  on.  '  Mr. 
Diamond  then  nominated  Joseph  Weinstein  as  a  candi- 
date for  the  office,  stating  that,  as  he  was  a  man  so  well 
known  to  pharmacy,  it  would  not  be  necessary  to 
take  time  to  eulogize  him.  A.  Bakst  seconded  the 
nomination. 

The  chairman  then  called  for  other  nomina- 
tions, but  none  were  forthcoming.  Dr.  A.  L.  Gold- 
water  of  the  Greater  Aew  York  Pharmaceutical  So- 
ciety stated  that,  while  he  was  glad  to  be  at  the  con- 
ference, he  was  not  in  a  position  to  state  what  candi- 
dates would  receive  the  support  of  his  society,  and,  as 
far  as  the  candidates  named  at  the  conference  were 
concerned,  he  was  "neutral." 

Mr.  Diamond  introduced  a  resolution  to  have  a 
committee  from  the  conference  meet  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy  and  ask.  first,  that  the  election  be  held  for 
five  members  instead  of  one:  semnd.  that  the  time 
for  election  be  from  8  a.  m.  till  S  p.  m.;  third,  tiiat  the 
clause  requiring  voters   to   be   citizens  of  the   State  of 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  12,  1903. 


New  York  be  withdrawn,  and  fourth,  that  one  member 
of  each  association  be  aslied  to  assist  the  board  at  the 
election.  The  first  and  third  parts  of  the  resolution 
were  defeated,  ana  A.  C.  Searles  and  v.^uarles  S.  Erb 
were  appointed  a  committee  to  try  and  liare  the  board 
change  the  hours  of  election,  and  offer  the  assistance 
of  one  member  of  each  association  to  aid  the  board 
members  on  June  17. 

Board  Election  June  17,  from  9  A.  M.  Till  3  P.  M. 

Secretary  Sidney  Faber  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
announces  a  change  in  tlie  liour  of  election  for  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Eastern  Section  of  the  Board  on  June  17. 
Votes  can  be  polled  between  the  hours  of  9  a.  m.  and 
3  p.  m.  A.  H.  Brundage,  first  vice-president  of  the 
board,   will   preside   at  the  election. 

Mr.  Faber  was  asKed  by  a  representative  of  the 
Era  if  pharmacists  who  are  not  citizens  would  be  al- 
lowed to  vote,  and  he  replied  that,  as  it  was  an  election 
for  an  officer  of  the  istate,  only  citizens  were  entitled 
to  vote. 


Election    for   Member    of    Board    of    Pharmacy,   Middle 
Branch — More  Pharmacists  in  That  Section. 

Warren  L.  Bradt,  secretary  of  the  middle  branch  ot 
the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  has  issued  the  following 
notice:  "The  election  of  a  member  for  the  Middle 
Branch  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  will  be  held 
at  the  annual  meeting  of  the  State  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation at  Elmira,  Thursday,  June  26.  at  noon.  All 
licensed  pharmacists  and  druggists  residing  in  the  mid- 
dle section  are  entitled  to  vote." 

Mr.  Bradt  says  the  Middle  Branch  has  two  inspec- 
tors at  work  and  they  have  secured  evidence  against 
fifteen  or  twenty  druggists  who  were  violating  the  phar- 
macy law.  Two  Syracuse  druggists  have  paid  fines  of 
$25  each  for  failure  to  renew  their  store  licenses  and 
cases  against  several  druggists  in  Elmira  and  Bing- 
hamton  will  shortly  be  brought  to  trial.  One  general 
storekeeper  in  Broome  county  has  paid  a  fine  of  $25  for 
selling  drugs  and  poisons  without  a  permit  and  similar 
cases  against  others  are  pending. 

The  Middle  Branch  examined  thirty-nine  candidates 
for  license  last  month  and  the  following  sixteen  were 
successful. 

Pharmacists — Fred  A.  Peck,  Coxsackie;  Clinton  D. 
Turner,  Utica;  Walter  W.  Janser,  Albany;  G.  A.  Par- 
tridge, Troy;  Fred  W.  Sauer.  Herkimer;  Georgianna  R. 
Slad^  Saratoga;  Edwin  F  Stewart,  Oswego;  Wm.  A. 
Burton.  Lowell,  Mass.;  Winifred  M.  Miller,  Boonville; 
Myatt  E.  Goring,  Wappingers  Falls;  James  T.  O' Sulli- 
van, Troy;  Mary  Carroll,  Rochester;  Louis  Lang,  Roch- 
ester; Edward  C.  Tracy,  Waverly;  George  J.  Kysor, 
Hornellsville. 

Druggist — John  E.  Osborne,  Ausable  Forks. 


BANKRUPTCY     PETITION     AGAINST     GEORGE    B. 
WRAY  DRUG  CO. 

A  petition  in  invobintary  bankruptcy  has  been  filed 
in  the  United  States  Circuit  Court  against  the  George 
B.  Wray  Drug  Co.  of  Yonkers  by  Bruen,  Ritchy  &  Co., 
with  claims  for  $2,349.59,  Samuel  Hayward,  $630.62. 
and  Winsen  &  x/orwitzer,  .$40.88.  It  is  alleged  that 
the  Getty  Square  Drug  Co..  recently  organized  and 
now  said  to  be  conducting  the  business  profitably,  is 
composed  of  .-editors  of  the  old  company,  and  the  pe- 
titioners complain  that  their  rights  are  being  ignored. 
The  Wray  Co.  was  dissolved  last  February,  and  Henry 
R.  Hicks  of  the  i  .tizens'  National  Bank  of  Yonkers  was 
appointed  receiver.  Various  meetings  of  the  creditors 
were  held,  and  on  April  22  the  three  stores  of  the  com- 
pany were  sold  for  $23,600. 


CLARENCE  0.  BIGELOW. 

Mr.  Bigelow  is  the  member  of  the  Eastern  Section 
of  the  New  York  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  whose 
term  expires  in  Jan.  1903,  and  the  election  at  the 
New  Y'ork  College  of  Pharmacy  next  Tuesday  is  for  a 
member  to  succeeu  him.  A  large  number  of  his 
friends  have  requested  him  to  become  a  candidate  for 
reelection,  giving  as  their  strongest  argument,  his  past 
record.  Mr.  Bigelow  was  president  of  the  old  Greater 
New  Y'ork  Board  from  Jan.  1,  1898.  until  1901,  and 
has  been  chairman  of  the  Eastern  Branch  of  the  alt 
State  Board  since  then.  He  is  one  of  the  most  suc- 
cessful pharmacists  in  New  York,  being  proprietor  of 
the  store  at  No.  102  Sixth  avenue  since  1880.  He 
has  always  taken  a  great  deal  of  interest  in  associa- 
tion affairs,  and  has  done  much  for  the  New  Y^ork 
College  of  Pharmacy,  of  which  he  has  been  a  member 
20  years,  and  treasurer  the  past  six  years.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  American,  New  York  State  and  Man- 
hattan Pharmaceutical  associations,  German  Apothe- 
caries' Societ.v.  Aldine  Association  and  is  one  of  the 
Sons  of  the  Revolution.  He  is  also  a  trustee  of  the 
West  Side  Savings  Bank,  and  chairman  of  the  Building 
Committee  for  the  new  bank  building  at  sixth  avenue 
and  Ninth  street. 


TRUSTEES  OF  COLLEGE  OF  PHARMACY  MEET. 

A  meeting  of  tlie  trustees  of  the  New  York  College 
of  Pharmacy  was  held  at  the  college  Tuesday  evening, 
.Tune  3,  and  was  well  attended,  M.  J.  Breitenbach.  W. 
.T.  Schieffelin  and  Carl  Schur,  three  of  the  recently 
elected  trustees,  being  present.  The  report  of  the  treas- 
urer showed  tlie  college  to  be  in  an  excellent  financial 
condition,  there  being  a  debt  of  $647.94  only,  after  all' 
bills  were  paid.  The  floating  debt  of  the  college  in 
1897  was  $20.S83.39  and  such  a  reduction  in  five  years 
was  commented  upon  by  the  trustees  present  who 
agreed  that  it  made  a  record  worth  noting. 

Anton  Vorisek,  Phar.  D.,  a  recent  graduate  and 
prize  winner  of  the  college,  was  appointed  instructor  iu 
pharmac.v,  to  succeed  William  A.  Hoburg,  Jr.,  re- 
signed. 

Dr.  George  C.  Diekman.  Prof.  H.  H.  Rusby,  Prof. 
George  A.  Ferguson,  C.  O.  Bigelow  and  Dr.  H.  B. 
Ferguson  were  appointed  delegates  to  the  annual  meet- 
ing of  the  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association 
at  Elmira,  June  24-27.  The  following  new  members 
were  elected:      Herbert   B.   Harding,   F.   Lennig,   Max 


June  13,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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Mariamson,  George  Le  Sage,  George  Decker  and  J.  L. 
La  scoff. 


Passed  the  Examination  Last  Month. 
The  following  successfull.v  passed  the  examination 
given  by  the  Eastern  Branch  of  the  State  Board  of 
Pharmac.v,  at  the  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  Wed- 
nesday, May  21:  Giuseppe  Baculo,  Elias  Barbari.  Max 
J.  Block,  John  J.  Buckley,  Julius  Bram,  Gerald  De- 
Waltoff,  Albert  Ford.  H.  F.  Fordham,  Sigmund  Gard- 
ner, Harry  Greenbaum,  Hans  Steinmetz.  Henry 
A.  Hotwet,  Luigi  Janucelli,  Guido  Lagomag- 
giore,  Joseph  Landes,  Max  Leman,  Sam  A, 
Lewin,  Minnie  B.  McAvoy,  Fred  ileyer,  Samuel  Nor- 
man, Chas.  E.  Pobe,  Albert  C.  Rave,  Eli  Rosenstein, 
David  Schott,  Leo  Schwartz,  Charlotte  Segall,  Isaac 
Shiwam,  Wm.  S.  Strawgate,  Christoplier  Supple,  Julius 
Tietze,  Chas.  C.  Treat,  Anton  Veprowsky,  Carl  Wipper- 
manu,  Wm.  Wisendanger.  Max  Wollison. 


Asked  for  an  Injunction. 
The  Carter  Medicine  Co.  of  this  city  has  petitioned 
the  Superior  Court  in  Atlanta,  Ga.,  to  grant  it  an 
injunction  restraining  the  proprietors  of  the  Hammack 
Pharmacy  of  that  city  from  selling  any  more  of  the 
alleged  Carter's  pills  they  now  have  on  hand,  and  also 
asking  that  all  of  the  spurious  pills  in  the  possession 
of  the  pharmacy  be  delivered  to  the  order  of  the  court 
for  destruction.  In  addition.  Sl.OOO  damages  is  asked, 
$500  from  the  pharmacy  selling  the  alleged  counterfeit 
pills  and  $500  for  damages  alleged  to  have  been  done 
the  reputation  of  the  genuine  pills.  Harry  Good,  a 
representative  of  the  Carter  Medicine  Co.,  is  in 
Atlanta,   assisting  the  attorneys  in  the  prosecution. 


S.  A.  Grove  New  Member  of  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

The  election  of  a  member  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
for  the  Western  .Section  to  succeed  R.  K.  Smither  of 
Buffalo,  whose  term  expires  next  January,  was  held 
Wednesday,  June  4.  S.  A.  Grove  of  Xo.  887  Prospect 
avenue,  Buffalo,  was  declared  elected,  he  having  re- 
ceived more  votes  than  either  of  th6  other  candidates, 
Messrs.    Smither   and   Lockie. 


Connecticut  Association  Meets  Next  Week. 
The  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical  Association  meets 
in  annual  conference  next  week  at  the  Pequot  House, 
New  London.  Tuesday,  the  17th,  will  be  taken  up 
with  the  business  sessions,  and  Wednesday  will  be 
given  to  entertainment.  Horace  H.  Daboll  of  New 
London  is  chairman  of  the  Committee  on  Entertain- 
ment. 


Harry  C.  Hebbard. 
Harry  C.  Tlebbard.  secretary  of  the  Carter  Medi- 
cine Co.  for  tlie  past  twenty-three  years,  died  Friday. 
June  6.  He  was  58  years  of  age  and  leaves  a  widow 
and  two  children.  Mr.  Hebbard  was  well  known  to 
the  press  and  drug  trade  of  the  United  States  for  his 
blunt  straightforwardness,  integrity  and  probity. 

NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

The  last  n.ecting  of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical 

Association  before  the  Summer  vacation  will  be  held 
in  the  College  of  Pharmacy  Building,  No.  115  West 
68th  street,  next  iuon..?--  evening,  june  16.  This  is 
expected  to  be  an  interesting  meeting,  as  it  is  prob- 
able the  election  of  a  member  tn  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy will  be  considered,  and  certain  recommenda- 
tions made.  A  number  of  new  members  will  be 
elected.  The  entertainment  committee  has  arranged 
for  a  collation  at  the  close  of  tne  meeting,  and  a  good 
attendance   is   anticipat'^d. 


— — The  Apothecaries'  Bicycle  Club  \rill  wheel  to  Pomp- 
ton,  N.  J.,  today  (Thursday)  leaving  tae  Erie  R.  R. 
Ferry  on  West  23d  street,  at  8:50  a.  m.  The  members 
will  dine  at  the  Norton  House  at  1  p.  m.  There  will 
be  no  runs  within  the  next  two  weeks,  on  account  of 
the  New  xork  Deutscher-Apotheker-Verein's  outing  at 
Glenwood.  L.  I.,  on  t..e  19th.  and  the  N.  j..  S.  P.  A. 
meeting  at  Elmira  on  tHe  26th. 

O.    J.    Griffin,    assistant    secretary    of    the    New 

York  College  of  Pharmacy,  is  confined  to  his  home  in 
Flatbush  with  a  broken  leg.  Mr.  Griffin  was  visiting 
Prof.  Coblentz  in  Mount  Vernon  and  was  sitting  in  a 
chair  with  the  proferror's  son  on  the  arm  of  it,  when 
the  chair  upset  and  caused  the  accident. 

Dr.  H.  H.  Deakyne.  a  popular  pharmacist  with  a 

store  at  the  corner  of  Pacific  and  Kentucky  avenues, 
Atlantic  City,  in.  J.,  was  married  to  Miss  B.  Mabelle 
Copeland,  ^  ottsville.  Pa.,  Wednesday,  June  4.  Dr. 
Deakyne  was  a  member  of  the  mmraittee  in  cnarge  of 
the  New  Jersey  Association  this  year. 

.Joseph   Dahlbender  has  opened  his  new   pharmacy 

in  Brooklyn  at  the  corner  of  Broadway  and  Kociuszko 
street.  It  is  handsomely  fitted  and  will  be  conducted 
as  a  first  class  modern  pharmacy.  Mr.  Dahlbender 
was  formerly  with  George  Kneupper,  Broadway,  Man- 
hattan. 

• Clarence  D.   Bowman,   manager  of  the  drug  store 

of  Lewis  A.  Bates.  No.  739  Sixth  avenue,  was  recently 
fined  $50  in  the  Court  of  Special  Sessions  for  having 
used  another  preparation  in  a  prescription  calling  for 
Fairchild  Bros.  &  Foster's  essence  of  pepsine. 

Col.   J.   W.   George   was  absent   from   his  desk   at 

Schieffelin  &  Co.'s  several  days  recently,  owing  to  an 
attack  of  erysipelas,  which  kept  him  indoors.  Tuesday 
morning  found  the  Colonel  at  his  post  again  and  receiv- 
ing congratulations  on  his  speedy  recovery. 

• Dr.    P.    A.    M.    Rovitti, .  a    recent   graduate   of   the 

Baltimore  University  of  Medicine,  and  formerly  man- 
ager of  Saladino's  Pharmacy,  at  No.  387  Broome 
street,  Manhattan,  is  opening  a  drug  store  in  Wilming- 
ton, Del. 

• Henry  Fluegel,  druggist  at  Second  avenue,  between 

69th  and  70th  streets,  has  the  sympathy  of  uis  friends 
for  the  loss  of  his  father  who  was  buried  June  1,  with 
Grand  Army  honors.  He  was  a  veteran  of  Gettys- 
burg. 

■ C.  H.  Landell,  president  of  the  Bayonne,  N.  J.,  Re- 
tail Druggists'  Association,  presented  John  T.  Peterson, 
ex-president  of  the  body,  with  a  gold  plated  onyx  stand 
on  tlie  occasion  of  his  marriage,  Thursday,  May  29. 

• G.   S.  Mariager  of  Parke,  Davis     Co.'s  New  Y'ork 

branch,  left  last  Saturday  for  Louisville,  Ky.,  where 
he  attended  the  convention  of  the  National  Credit 
men's  Association  this  week. 

Reid,  Yeomans  v^  Cubit  are  looking  for  a  hustling 

drug  clerk  to  work  on  tne  floor  in  their  Nassau  street, 
Manhattan,  store.  it  is  a  good  position  for  a  com- 
petent man. 

• H.  G.  Fritting,  formerly  proprietor  of  a  pharmacy 

at  Eighth  avenue  and  45th  street,  Manhattan,  has 
opened  an  up-to-date  drug  store  at  Seventh  avenue  and 
119th  street. 

Spangenberg  &  Boyd,  proprietors  of  the  pharmacy 

at  Columbus  avenue  and  S2d  street,  Manhattan,  have 
opened  their  store  at  Arverne,  N.  Y.,  for  the  Summer. 

• Henry  Leonard,  formerly  with  H.  A.   Weiugarten, 

Third  avenue  and  .^^st  street,  Manhattan,  is  now  clerk- 
ing for  Edgar  Weigren,  Stapletou,  S.  I. 
— — -M.    Rafter,    druggist   at    Fourth    avenue   and    25th 
street,   returned    from   a    trip   to   the   Adirondacks   last 
week  much  improved  in  health. 

J.   D.   Mabie  has  purchased   the  drug  store  of  H. 

B.  Smith,  at  No.  880  Manhattan  avenue,  Brocklyn. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


[June  12,  1902. 


NEW     JERSEY     PHARMACEUTICAL    ASSO- 
CIATION. 

About  45  members,  accompauied  by  tlieir  wives  and 
daughters,  were  present  at  the  32d  annual  meeting  of 
the  New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  at 
Atlantic  City,  June  4  and  5.  The  programme  was 
arrranged  by  tBe  local  committee,  consisting  of  Messrs. 
Wm.  F.  Ridgway,  H.  H.  Deakyne,  Dr.  A.  D.  Cuska- 
den  and  Chas.  J.  Brownley,  who  had  selected  Hotel 
Islesworth  as  headquarters,  where  the  business  sessions 
of  the  association  were  held. 

FIRST  DAY. 

The  first  session  was  called  to  order  by  President 
James  Foulke  of  Jersey  City.  After  an  invocation  by 
the  Rev.  Dr.  Yeatman,  tlie  president  announced  the  un- 
avoidable absence  of  the  secretary,  Frank  C.  Stutzlen. 
of  Elizabeth,  who  had  been  detained  on  account  of  the 
death  of  a  near  relative.  David  Strauss  of  Elizabeth 
was  made  secretary  pro  tempore,  and  then  Mayor  T. 
P.  Stoy  was  introduced,  who  welcomed  the  association 
to  Atlantic  City.  J.  W.  Cole  responded  on  behalf  of 
the  association,  and  the  president  then  proceeded  to 
read  his  annual  address,  which  was  characterized  as 
a  most  able  paper  by  all  present.  After  giving  a  sy- 
nopsis of  the  work  he  had  done  in  his  executive  capacity 
during  the  past  year,  and  presenting  an  argument  in 
favor  of  extending  the  time  of  the  annual  meetings  so 
that  the  association  might  have  more  business  sessions, 
he  recommended  that  the  county  committees  should  be 
continued  and  that  the  association  should  adopt  means 
by  which  the  commercial  side  of  the  calling  would  re- 
ceive more  attention,  this  to  be  done  either  by  creating 
a  commercial  section  or  by  setting  aside  one  session  of 
the  meeting  for  the  consideration  of  the  practical  phases 
of  pharmacy.  He  thought  an  arrangement  of  this  sort 
might  result  in  an  increased  attendance  and  interest  in 
the  meeting.  The  recent  interview  with  the  president 
of  the  New  Jersey  Medical  Society  had  encouraged  him 
to  hope  that  closer  relations  would  be  established  be- 
tween the  two  associations,  and  he  thought  it  would  be 
■well  to  appoint  delegates  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the 
section  on  materia  medica,  pharmacy  and  therapeutics 
of  the  Medical  Society,  should  such  a  section  be  created. 

The  finances  of  the  association  do  not  seem  to  be  in 
an  encouraging  condition,  and  he  reported  that  the  an- 
nual expenses,  at  a  rough  estimate,  exceeded  the  re- 
ceipts by  about  $200,  and  he  thought  something  should 
be  done  to  provide  for  this  deficiency.  The  amount 
contributed  to  defray  the  expenses  of  the  scholarship  in 
the  New  Jersey  College  of  Pharmacy  was  insufficient, 
and  he  hoped  some  way  would  be  found  to  continue  the 
scholarship.  The  National  Association  of  Retail  Drug- 
gists had  done  much  good  work,  and  it  should  continue 
to  receive  the  moral  support  of  the  New  Jersey  Asso- 
ciation. The  proposed  reduction  of  the  revenue  tax 
on  spirits  from  $1.10  to  70  cents  per  gallon  should  be 
considered  by  the  association.  Referring  to  the  as- 
sassination of  the  late  President  McKinley,  and  the  part 
taken  by  local  pharmacists  in  supplying  medicines  and 
surgical  appliances  for  the  distinguished  sufferer,  Mr. 
Foulke  said:  "And  when  the  sad  ending  of  his  life 
came  none  were  more  sincere  in  tlieir  sorrow  and  sym- 
pathy than  the  pharmacists  of  this  land;  many  of 
whom  closed  their  places  of  business  during  the  hours 
of  the  funeral  services,  an  action  perhaps  unprecedented 
in  the  annals  of  the  trade." 

Regarding  the  hours  of  labor,  the  president  said: 
"With  a  few  exceptions  in  some  localities  in  our  large 
cities,  the  hours  of  business  might  be  reduced  on  Sun- 
day and  during  the  week  without  loss  to  the  owner  or 
inconvenience  to  the  community,  with  the  advantage 
gained  of  greater  safety."  Reporting  the  results  of  an 
investigation  of  the  hours  of  labor  in  one  of  our  West- 


HERMAN  J.   LOHMANN,     President. 

ern  States,  he  said  he  hoped  "a  more  humane  and 
Christian  showing  could  be  made  for  New  .Jersey  phar- 
macists." He  thought  this  matter  would  be  appro- 
priate work  for  the  county  committees. 

Discussing  the  scarcity  of  clerks  and  the  future  of 
pharmacy,  he  thought  there  would  be  an  advance  in 
wages  and  the  increase  of  capital  now  required  to  carry 
on  a  successful  business  would  disourage  many  from 
engaging  in  it.  and  as  a  result  pharmacies  would  not 
multiply  as  in  the  past.  He  thought  the  community 
would  be  better  served  with  one  store  conducted  by  two 
competent  pharmacists  than  by  two  stores  with'  but 
one  registered  pharmacist  to  each.  This,  he  argued, 
was  in  line  with  the  trend  of  modern  business  methods 
towards  centralization,  resulting  in  an  improved  product 
at  less  cost. 

Referring  to  the  standards  of  pharmacy.  President 
Foulke  said:  "In  view  of  the  high  standard  to  which 
pharmacy  has  been  raised  mainly  for  public  safety, 
should  we  not  ask  something  in  return  from  the  pub- 
lic? Impress  upon  the  public  the  desirability  of 
patronizing  the  drug  store  in  their  neighborhood  rather 
than  the  distant  department  store:  in  fact,  the.v  should 
make  every  effort  to  support  the  pharmacy,  in  view  of 
the  many  favors  the  public  expects  from  druggists: 
for  instance,  in  emergency  cases,  cashing  of  checks  and 
in  many  other  ways.  Explain  to  tlie  public  that  phar- 
macy is  in  a  way  a  profession  which  its  members  have 
to  be  especially  educated  for.  Try  to  persuade  the 
press  to  discontinue  publishing  matter  giving  the  im- 
pression that  the  profits  of  pharmacists  are  enormous, 
and  give  the  little  corner  apothecary  a  chance  to  re- 
cover from  the  effects  of  their  jokes." 

The  president  reported  that  seven  members  had 
died  during  the  year,  and  recommended  that  the  as- 
sociation sliould  take  suitable  action  in  recognition  of 
the  valued  services  of  the  late  Dr.  Charles  Rice  of 
New  York. 

The  address  was  referred  to  a  committee  composed 
of  E.  P.  N.  Stein,  Jersey  City:  W.  T.  Brown,  Jladi- 
son,  and  George  S.  Campbell  of  Milburn. 

James  C.  Field  of  Somerville.  treasurer  of  the  as- 
sociati(]n.  sul>mittod  his  report,  showing  that  the  total 
receipts  for  the  year  amounted  to  $3,105.54,  incbiding 
a  balance  from  the  preceding  year  of  $2,503.40.  Ex- 
penses of  the  year  have  been  $032.05,  leaving  a  balance 
of  $2,472.89. 


June  12,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


591 


Henry  O.  Jorden  of  Bridgoport,  secretary  of  the 
Board  of  Pharmacy,  reported  that  the  board  had  been 
very  active  during  the  past  year,  and  its  efforts  to  en- 
force the  pharmacy  law  were  uniformly  successful. 
Two  hundred  and  eighty-five  applicants  were  examined 
during  the  year,  of  which  88  were  successful. 

-•i-t  the  evening  session,  routine  matters  were  taken 
up,  and  nearly  all  of  the  questions  discussed  were  finally 
referred  to  the  Publication  Committee  for  action. 
The  secretary  was  directed  to  comply  with  the  request 
■of  the  New  York  Public  Library  for  a  set  of  the  annual 
proceedings  of  the  association.  The  resignations  of 
•Chas.  P.  Britton  and  Eldridge  E.  Barnett  as  members 
were  accepted,  and  delegates  from  various  associations 
then  addressed  the  meeting.  The  Trade  Interests' 
Committee  reported  tliat  11  counties  in  the  State  have 
■organizations.  H.  J.  Lohman  read  an  abstract  of  his 
paper  on  a  "Comparison  of  the  British  Pharmacopoeia 
with  the  U.  S.  P.,  back  to  1860." 

A  resolution  was  passed  instructing  the  Legislative 
committee  to  Iiereafter  take  cognizance  of  all  bills  of- 
fered in  the  Legislature  effecting  the  drug  trade,  di- 
rectly or  indirectly,  and  to  arrange  with  the  bill  clerk 
of  the  Legislature  to  supply  the  committee  with  copies 
«f  all  bills. 

SECOND  DAY. 

The  first  order  of  business  at  the  Thursday  ses- 
sion was  the  consideration  of  the  report  of  the  Com- 
mittee on  a  Revision  of  the  Constitution  and  By-laws. 
After  much  discussion,  that  part  of  the  report  relating 
to  the  election  of  local  secretar.v  was  adopted,  and  the 
remainder  of  the  recommendations  were  laid  on  the 
table.  The  Committee  on  the  President's  Address  re- 
ported in  favor  of  the  recommendations  to  continue  the 
■county  committees,  that  the  association  arrange  to  pay 
more  attention  to  trade  interests,  and  that  suitable 
resolutions  be  adopted  relative  to  the  death  of  the  late 
Dr.  Chas.  Rice,  who  was  an  honorary  member  of  the 
association. 

G.  M.  Beringer  of  Camden  then  presented  a  draft 
of  the  Rice  memorial  resolutions,  which  was  adopted 
and  ordered  engrossed,  the  engrossed  copy  to  be  pre- 
sented to  the  ^ew  York  College  of  Pharmacy. 

The  Executive  Committee  reported  that  it  had  found 
the  accounts  of  the  secretary  and  treasurer,  presented 
at  the  first  session,  to  be  correct.  The  Committee  on 
Names  to  be  sent  to  the  Governor,  from  which  to  ap- 
point a  member  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  reported  the 
following  names:  George  L.  White,  Jersey  City: 
David  Strauss,  Elizabeth  and  George  M.  -^etinger  of 
Camden.  The  latter  declined,  saying  that  he  could  not 
possibly  accept  the  position  should  he  be  chosen  by  the 
Governor,  and  the  name  of  H.  H.  Deakyne  of  Atlantic 
City  was  substituted.  The  names  of  seven  applicants 
for  membership  were  presented  and  electe«,  making  a 
total  of  36  received  during  the  meeting. 

The  place  of  next  meeting  was  left  to  the  Executive 
Committee,  with  the  recommendation  that  Lake  Hopat- 
■cong  be  cnesen,  if  suitable  arrangements  could  be  made. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing 
vear:  President,  H.  J.  Lohmann,  Jersey  City;  vice- 
presidents,  George  P.  Campbell,  Melburn.  and  Wm.  ,F. 
Kidgway,  Atlantic  City;  secretary.  Frank  C.  Stutzlen, 
Elizabeth;  treasurer,  .Joseph  C.  Fi<;ld,  Somerville;  local 
secretary,  W.  T.  Brown.  Madison.  Henry  j..  Thorn 
of  Medford  and  George  T.  Fitzgeorge  of  Trenton  were 
elected  to  fill  the  vacancies  on  the  Executive  Commit- 
tee. 

The  entertainmeut  programme  include<l  a  progres- 
sive euchre  at  the  Hotel  Islesworth  on  Tuesday  even- 
ing; a  band  concert  Wednesday  morning:  a  trip  to 
Longport  by  trolley  and  a  night  in  Bohemia  with 
■"Pipes  and  Tobacco"  in  tlie  Palm  Garden  of  the  hotel 


in  the  afternoon  and  evening.  A  promenade,  concert 
and  dance  concluded  the  formal  entertainments  Thtirs- 
day  evening. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


MASSACHUSETTS   DRUGGISTS   IN   ANNUAL 
CONVENTION. 


FIRST  DAY. 

Boston,  June  7. — Among  the  druggists  of  this  city 
and  State,  the  chief  theme  of  interest  this  week  has  been 
the  21st  annual  convention  of  the  Massachusetts  States 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  held  at  Northampton, 
where  the  sessions  began  on  Tuesday,  attended  by 
members    of    the    trade    from    all    parts   of    the    State. 

The  headquarters  of  the  association  were  at  the 
Hotel  Norwood.  By  the  local  committee  in  Northamp- 
ton, great  preparations  were  made  for  the  reception 
and  entertainment  of  the  visiting  druggists,  who  on 
arrival  were  met  by  a  reception  committee,  comprising 
George  D.  Clarke.  W.  A.  Coburn,  H.  A.  Wiswell,  0. 
B.  Kingsley,  W.  W.  Farrar,  F.  A.  Brandle  and  L.  S. 
Davis,  druggists  of  Northampton;  C.  J.  tmith  of  East- 
hamptou  and  Henry  ^vdams  ot  Springfield.  At  the 
Norwood,  a  committee  made  up  of  the  wives  of  local 
druggists  received  the  visitors.  This  committee  in- 
cluded Jlrs.  L.  S.  Davis,  Mrs.  W.  A.  Cobiu-n,  Mrs.  G. 
D.  C.ark,  Mrs.  H.  A.  Wiswell  and  Mrs.  C.  B.  Kings- 
ley. 

President's  Recommendations. 

At  the  first  session,  President  L.  G.  Heinritz  of 
Holyoke,  presiding,  Mayor  H.  C  Hallett  welcomed  the 
association  to  Northampton,  and  former  president, 
James  A.  Curran  of  Holyoke  responded  to  this  wel- 
come. <^harles  E.  Ball  of  Holyoke  extended  to  the 
State  Association  the  congratulations  of  the  Ameri- 
can Pharmaceutical  Association.  The  president  of  the 
association  gave  his  annual  address,  reviewing  the 
work  of  the  year  and  making  various  recommenda- 
tions, as  follows:  "That  a  committee  of  five  be  ap- 
pointed to  bring  in  three  names  to  be  recommended  to 
the  Governor  for  the  selection  of  a  member  of  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy  next  .year;  that  the  asso- 
ciation renew  its  membership  in  the  National  Associa- 
tion of  Retail  Druggists  and  send  delegates  to  the  meet- 
ing in  Cleveland  in  September;  that  W.  \>  .  Bartlet  be 
presented  a  life  membership  for  his  good  work  oa  the 
Legislative  Committee;  that  the  Committee  on  Mem- 
bership be  authorized  to  appoint  a  sub-committee  in 
each  county;  that  a  page  of  the  recorus  be  devoted  to 
a  memorial  of  Frank  M.  Pease,  late  of  Lee,  who  is  the 
only  one  of  the  past  21  presidents  who  has  died;  that 
prizes  be  ofi:ered  for  papers  on  the  professional,  busi- 
ness and  pharmaceutical  sides  of  the  occupation  of 
druggist:  that  resolutions  be  passed,  pledging  support 
to  the  interests  of  pharmacists  in  the  regular  army,  and 
that  this  matter  be  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Con- 
gressional  Legislation." 

Officers  and  Committees  Report. 
The  secretary,  James  F.  Guerin  of  Worchester,  made 
a  report  showing  the  association  to  be  in  a  flourishing 
condition,  with  a  membership  of  672.  There  were 
about  150  applicai  ons  for  membership  which  later 
reached  over  200.  U..e  report  of  Treasurer  Thomas 
B.  Nichols  of  Salem,  snowed  the  balance  in  the  treas- 
ury to  oe  $1,600.  ^n  motion  of  Treasurer  Nichols, 
it  was  voted  that  ....  members  who  iiad  not  paid  dues 
since        1890        be   dropped.        A        report        of       the 


593 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  12,  1902. 


committee  on  local  organizations  was  made 
by  E.  H.  Manning  of  Holyoke,  and  showed 
good  progress  in  organizing  among  druggists  about 
tlie  State.  Tlie  report  of  tlie  Committee  on 
Trade  Interests  was  made  by  J.  G.  Kilbourn  of  New- 
ton ,and  tliat  of  the  Committee  on  Papers  and  Queries 
by  Charles  F.  Nixon  of  Lenox.  William  D.  Wheeler 
of  Boston,  delegate  to  the  National  Convention,  made  a 
report  ,and  James  J.  Curran  of  Holyoke,  chairman  of 
the  Committee  on  Nomination  for  a  Position  on  the 
State  Board  of  Pharmacy,  reported  for  that  commit- 
tee in  favor  of  Fred.  A.  Hubbard  of  Newton,  William 
F.  Sawyer  of  Boston  and  Cornelius  P.  Flynn  of  South 
Boston.  The  board,  as  is  known,  consists  of  five 
members,  one  of  whom  retires  each  year,  the  vacancy 
being  tilled  by  the  Governor  from  a  list  of  three  names 
presented  by  the  association.  The  retiring  member 
this  year  is  itmos  K.  Tilden.  who  has  been  a  valued 
member  since  1891,  before  the  enactment  of  the  law 
providing  for  the  retirement  of  a  member  each  year. 
Mr.  Tilden  later  gave  a  most  interesting  account  of 
his  experi  tices  in  that  position.  It  was  listened  to 
with  the  closest  attention. 

At  the  evening  session,  W.  W.  Bartlett,  for  the 
Committee  on  Legislation,  gave  an  original  paper  by 
Mr.  Nixou  on  "Antitoxin  Serum  and  Vaccine  Virus," 
and  papers  were  read  by  Mr.  Nixou  on  "Chemistry 
of  Minerals,"  written  by  H.  R.  Mason,  and  on  "Labora- 
tory Notes  of  Prof.  Scoville."  A  resolution,  offered 
by  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard,  against  the  custom  of  the 
State  Boaru  of  Health  to  manufacture  and  distribute 
vaccine  points  was  adopted.  The  ladies  held  a  re- 
ception Tuesday  evening  at  the  hotel,  where  the  Am- 
herst College  Mandolin  Club  furnished  a  musical  pro- 
gramme. 

SECOND  DAY. 

To  open  the  second  day's  session.  President  Fleisch- 
man  of  the  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical  Association 
extended  the  greetings  of  that  organization  to 
the  visitors.  A.  E.  Lerche  of  Northampton  reported  on 
behalf  of  tlte  Connecticut  Valley  Association,  E.  F. 
Leonaru  for  the  Springfield  Association,  J.  J.  Curran 
for  the  Holyoke  Association,  H.  E.  Heebner  of  Lee 
for  tlie  Berkshire  Association  and  P.  B.  Moriarty  for 
the  Worcester  Association.  S.  A.  D.  Sheppard  of 
Boston  made  for  his  committee  a  favorable  report  on 
all  of  the  recommendations  of  the  presiuent,  and  they 
were  all  adopted.  S.  W.  Cobb  of  Newton  Center  read 
a  paper  on  the  "Commercial  Side  of  Pharmacy." 

In  the  afternoon.  Col.  John  W.  Lowe  of  New  Haven, 
ex-president  of  the  Connecticut  Pharmaceutical  Asso- 
ciation, and  who  has  aided  greatly  in  securing  national 
legislation  of  importance  to  pharmacists  and  in  raising 
pharmacists  in  the  navy  to  the  rank  and  pay  of  lieu- 
tenant,  made  an  address. 

Election  of  Officers. 

'j.'he  election  of  officers  resulted  as  follows:  Presi- 
dent W.  J.  Bullock  of  New  Bedford;  first-vice-presi- 
dent, Cornelius  P.  Flynn  of  South  Boston;  second  vice- 
president,  L.  A.  Lamson  o^.  Hopedale;  third  vice-presi- 
dent, C.  E.  Bardwell  of  Holyoke;  secretary,  James  F. 
Guerin  of  Worcester;  treasurer,  Thomas  B.  Nichols 
of  Salem;  trustees  of  the  permanent  fund,  Henry  Can- 
ning of  Boston  F.  ^.  Mole  of  Adams  and  J.  F.  Whit- 
ney of  Great  Barrington.  The  president,  vice-presi- 
dents and  secretary  ere  made  the  directors  of  tue 
association. 

Continues  Membership  in  N.  A.  R.  D. 

A  motion  was  made  that  the  association  continue 
its  memberslilp  in  the  National  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists;    that    L.    G.    Ileinritz    and    W.    J.    Bullock 


be  tue  delegates  to  the  annual  meeting  of  that  associa- 
tion, and  that  the  president  be  authorized  to  appoint 
alternates.  There  was  a  long  discussion  over  the  ques- 
tion. President  Heiuritz  strongly  urgtd  continuing 
membership,  and  it  was  finally  voted  to  do  so.  The 
opposition  was  due  to  the  alleged  neglect  of  the  Na- 
tional Association  to  work  in  behalf  of  Massachusetts, 
and  it  was  voted  to  try  to  secure  more  interest  and 
help.  Dr.  Garst  of  Worcester,  proprietary  manu- 
facturer, made  some  good  suggestions  as  to  the  methods 
of  securing  the  aid  of  proprietors  against  price-cutters. 

A  special  feature  of  the  convention  was  a  banquet 
at  the  Norwood  Hotel  Wednesday  evening,  at  which 
there  were  150  guests.  President  Heinritz  presided 
and  carried  out  this  programme  of  speeches:  "The 
Ladies,"  responded  to  by  W.  W.  Bartlet  of  Boston; 
"Past  Presidents,"  F.  A.  Hubbard  of  Newton,  who 
stated  that  there  were  10  past  presidents  present; 
"Massachusetts  College  of  Pharmacy,"  W.  F.  Sawyer, 
past  president  of  the  college  and  of  the  association; 
"Board  of  Pharmacy,"  Prof.  C.  F.  Nixon  of  Leominster. 
Dr.  J.  M.  Fay,  Rev.  J.  C.  Breaker  and  Rev.  C.  E. 
Holmes  of  Northampton,  Prof.  C.  F.  Heebner,  dean  of 
Ontario  College  of  Pharmacy  of  Toronto,  and  President- 
elect W.  J.  Bullock  of  New  Bedford,  also  were  among 
the   speakers. 

Prize  Winners. 

The  association  has  a  happy  custom  of  giving  prizes, 
and  these  were  awarded  as  follows:  For  the  man 
coming  the  longest  distance — first  prize,  A.  G.  Guyer 
of  Hyannis;  second  prize,  W.  J.  Bullock  of  New  Bed- 
ford; man  weighing  the  most,  T.  F.  Fallon  of  Hyde 
Park;  men  weighing  the  least,  first  prize,  John  B. 
Beauvare  of  Holyoke;  second  prize,  H.  A.  Wiswell  of 
Northampton:  men  who  have  been  members  of  the 
association  longest,  first  prize,  W.  W.  Bartlet  of  Bos- 
ton; second  prize,  F.  j_i.  Butler  of  Lowell;  man  voted 
into  the  association  last,  C.  N.  Larrabee  of  Melrose; 
tallest  member,  J.  F.  Hood  of  Turners  Falls;  short- 
est member,  R.  E.  Morgan  of  Charlestown;  oldest  mem- 
ber, first  prize.  G.  E.  Clark  of  Northampton;  second 
prize,  N.  W.  Farrar  of  Northampton;  youngest  mem- 
ber, Arthur  L.  Gavin  of  Boston;  best  paper,  Prof. 
Scoville  01  Boston. 

The  third  day  was  taken  up  by  the  installation  of 
officers,  followed  by  general  sightseeing  in  and  near 
Northampton,  w-^ere  are  many  points  of  great  interest. 


North  Adams  Drug  Clerks  Victorious  in  Sunday  Short 
Hour  Movement. 
Boston,  June  7. — The  North  Adams  drug  clerks  have 
been  making  earnest  endeavors  to  bring  about  shorter- 
hours  on  Sunday.  The  stores  till  now  have  been  open  all 
day  and  the  clerks  feel  that  all  business  could  be  at- 
tended to  just  as  well  within  a  few  hours,  as  was 
formerly  the  rule,  years  ago.  The  clerks  are  gradually 
getting  the  backing  of  leading  citizens  in  this  movement 
for  fewer  working  hours.  The  union  of  clerks  has 
brought  some  good  results,  for  several  of  the  drug  firms 
have  now  signed  an  agreement  with  the  union  accepting 
the  shorter  work  hours  and  agreeing  to  keep  their  stores 
open  on  Sundaj's  only  between  the  hours  of  10  a.  m.  and 
2  p.  m.  The  firms  whicli  have  signed  this  agreement 
are:  Edward  Blossom,  T.  C.  Farley,  J.  H.  O.  Pratt, 
John  Rice,  C.  A.  Pinsonnault  and  P.  J.  Maloue.  The 
Wilson  House  drug  store  has  refused  to  come  into  the 
game  and  Fanlcy  vV:  Hastings  will  not  do  so  while  the 
Wilson  firm  is  out.  There  was  an  attempt  on  the  part 
of  the  druggists  to  make  the  time  for  opening  four  hours 
in  the  afternoon  and  two  in  the  evening,  but  this  plan 
was  not  at  all  satisfactory  to  the  clerks. 


June  12,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


593 


Outlook  Favorable  and  No  Cause  for  Complaint. 

Boston,  June  7. — This  week  started  in  with  the  hot- 
test day  of  the  year  thus  far,  and  many  people  who  were 
thinking  of  going  to  the  shore  or  mountain  resorts 
soon,  made  up  their  minds  in  a  hurry,  packed  up  and 
left.  The  result  was  an  almost  unprecendented  demand 
upon  drug  stores  for  all  such  articles  as  are  necessary, 
or  at  least  useful,  in  a  summer  resort.  The  soda  foun- 
tain did  a  rushing  trade,  for  with  the  temperature  93 
degrees  in  the  cool  weather  bureau  office  it  was  a  hot 
and  dusty  life  for  pedestrians  or  for  those  cut  off  from 
cool  breezes.  In  addition  to  the  liveliness  from  these  two 
causes,  there  was  an  increase  in  wholesale  trade,  espe- 
cially, because  it  was  the  first  of  the  month,  when  drug- 
gists get  in  their  supplies  in  a  great  many  cases.  Alto- 
gether, the  druggists  have  no  cause  for  complaint  at 
the  outlodk  and  they  seem  to  feel  that  a  good 
Summer  is  ahead. 


Chemical  Company  as  Defendant  in  a  Suit  for  $20,000 
Wins  a  Verdict  in  Its  Favor. 
Boston.  June  7. — On  a  third  trial,  the  last  being  in 
the  United  States  Circuit  Court,  a  decision  has  been 
given  this  week  by  Judge  Lowell  in  favor  of  the  Coch- 
rane Chemical  Company,  defendants  in  a  suit  for  $20,- 
000  brought  by  Alexander  Boudrot  for  personal  injuries 
which  he  sustained,  through  causes  for  which  he  held  the 
company  to  be  responsible.  Boudrot,  while  employed  in 
the  defendant's  factory  in  Everett,  was  injured  by  an  al- 
leged defective  chemical  burner,  resulting  in  his  hand 
being  crushed.  In  the  first  and  also  the  second  trials 
the  plaintiff  was  given  a  verdict  by  the  jury,  but  these 
verdicts  were  set  aside  by  Judge  Putnam. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

After  a  comparatively  short  widowhood,  Mrs.  Ed- 
ward Carroll,  whose  husband,  a  druggist,  lost  his  life  by 
accident,  has  again  been  married,  this  time  to  T.  J. 
McLaughlin.  Their  engagement  was  announced  only  six 
weeks  after  Mr.  Carroll's  death.  This,  it  may  be  re- 
called was  caused  through  asphyxiation  by  gas  leakage 
in  the  liasement  of  the  drug  store  at  the  corner  of 
Columbus  avenue  and  Dartmouth  street,  last  Thanks- 
giving. Mr.  Carroll  was  chief  clerk  there  and  formerly 
had  a  store  of  his  own  in  Jamaica  Plain. 

The  interest  which  Charles  Whitney  has  had  in  the 

drug  business  of  Whitney  &  Noll,  in  Maynard,  has  been 
sold  to  H.  J.  Dwinell.  Mr.  Whitney's  cousin,  who  comes 
from  Vermont.  Mr.  Dwinell  and  Mr.  Noll  will  carry  on 
the  business.  The  last-named  has  mauaged  it  practically 
alone  in  the  past,  while  Mr.  Whitney  was  giving  his 
attention  to  still  another  pharmacy  in  Concord  Junc- 
tion, to  which  place  he  will  now  give  his  entire  time. 
The  Oriental  Remedies  Company  has  been  organ- 
ized with  a  capital  stock  of  $150,000.  of  which  nothing  is 
paid  in  for  the  purpose  of  dealing  in  patent  medicines. 
The  president  is  Louis  A.  Burleigh  and  I.  L.  Fairbanks 
is  ihe  treasurer.  Both  are  JIaine  men.  The  directors 
are  Edward  O.  Howard.  Edward  D.  Allen,  and  Augustus 
E.  Alden  of  Boston;  W.  Henry  Cotley  of  Revere,  Mass., 
and  Francis  M.  Cragin  of  Norwood,  Mass. 

For   the   second    time    within   a    few   weeks,   J.    J. 

Keefe's  drug  store  on  Lafayette  street,  South  Wortester, 
Mass.,  has  been  raided.  The  officers  secured  several 
cases  of  beer.  When  the  place  first  was  raided  the  court 
imposed   a  fine  of  $50  on  the  proprietor. 

A   part  of   tlie  big   buihling   long  occupied   at  360 

Washington  street  by  the  Weeks  &  Potter  Company, 
wholesale  and  retail  druggists,  now  in  process  of  re- 
tiring from  business,  has  been  leased  by  the  Canadian 
Pacific  Railway  Company. 


After    considerable    debate    over    the    matter,    the 

board  of  aldermen  of  Beverly  has  voted  not  to  grant  any 
licenses  to  druggists  of  that  city.  Three  members  of  the 
board  favored  giving  the  licenses,  as  against  four  alder- 
men opposed  to  doing  so. 

The  G.  C.  Hines  Company  has  been  organized  to 

manufacture  and  deal  in  syrups  and  cordials.  The  capi- 
tal stock  will  be  $125,000.  Horace  Mitchell  of  Kittery, 
Me.,  is  president,  and  George  W.  Putnam  of  Lowell, 
Mass.,  the  treasurer. 

• In  the  court  at  Cambridge,  this  week,  Alvin  L.  Up- 
son, a  druggist  of  that  city,  whose  store  recently  was 
raided  for  liquors,  has  been  heard  on  the  charge  of  ille- 
gal selling.     He  was  fined  $100  and  from  this  appealed. 

Dr  Duquet  of  Fitchburg.  who  ha.s  just  closed  up  his 

pharmacy  in  that  city,  has  associated  himself  with  J.  E. 
Mulroy,  a  druggist  having  a  store  not  far  from  the  tor- 
mer  Duquet  store. 


PHILADELPHIA- 

RETAIL  DRUGGISTS'  ASSOCIATION  NOTES. 

Philadelphia,  June  l!. — The  regular  monthly  meet- 
ing of  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  was  held  at  the  Philadelphia 
College  of  Pharmacy  Eriday.  June  6.  The  principal 
business  was  the  election  of  12  delegates  to  the  N. 
A.  R.  D.  Convention,  to  be  held  in  Cleveland  this 
Fall.  Their  names  follow:  Charles  Rehfuss,  W.  H. 
Poley,  Thomas  H.  Potts,  S.  W.  Strunk,  H.  C.  Blair, 
M.  A.  Cozens,  Jacob  Eppstein,  S.  W.  Fehr,  D.  J. 
Reese,  W.  F.  Lee,  Chas.  Leedom,  John  W.  Frey.  Al- 
ternates: C.  W.  Stull,  C.  H.  Campbell.  W.  A.  Rum- 
sey.  W.  T.  Myers.  Clement  B.  Lowe,  Harry  Cox,  S.  C. 
Henry.  C.  A.  Eckles,  C.  A.  Harbold,  H.  J.  Batdorff, 
J.  H.  Harrigan,  A.  R.  Hersks.  Delegates  were  also 
elected  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  Pennsylvania 
Pharmaceutical  Association,  to  be  held  in  conjunctioQ 
with  the  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  Association,  at 
Bnena  Vista  Hotel,  June  24.  The  delegates  are: 
Chas.  Leedom.  D.  J.  Reese.  S.  E.  R.  Harsinger. 

A  price  schedule  was  submitted  by  a  committee  ap- 
pointed for  the  purpose,  but  the  schedule  was  so  un- 
popular that  it  was  immediately  referred  back  to  the 
committee  for  further  consideration. 


TWENTY-FIFTH  ANNUAL  MEETING. 

Philadelphia,  June  0. — The  Pennsylvania  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  will  hold  its  2r)th  annual  meet- 
ing in  the  Beuna  Vista  Spring  Hotel,  Franklin  county. 
June  20,  the  first  session  beginning  on  Tuesday  after- 
noon at  4  o'clock.  Buena  Vista  is  a  station  on  the 
Western  Maryland  Railroad,  and  the  most  direct  route 
from  Philadelphia  is  by  the  way  of  Baltimore.  There 
are  through  connections  also  from  Philadelphia,  by  the 
Philadelphia  and  Reading  Railroad,  by  way  of  Har- 
risburg  and  Gettysburg,  connecting  at  the  latter  place 
with  the  Western  Maryland  Railroad  for  Buena  Vista. 
The  Trunk  Line  Association  has  authorized  the  sale  of 
tickets  at  excursion  rates  (2  cents  per  mile),  and  mem- 
bers will  be  entertained  at  a  rate  of  $2.50  to  $3.00  per 
day  at  the  hotel.  The  Maryland  Pharmaceutical  As- 
sociation will  also  hold  its  annual  meeting  at  the  same 
time  in  the  Blue  Mountain  House,  a  short  distance 
from  the  Buena  Vista  Hotel,  and  in  the  State  of  Mary- 
land. H.  J.  Mentzer,  Waynesboro,  Pa.,  is  the  local 
secretary. 


Dr.  Kennedy  Succeeds  Dr.  Morison. 

Philadelphia.  June  C. — At  the  meeting  of  the  Board 
of  Trustees  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of  Pharmacy 
last  Tuesday  afternoon.  Dr.  E.  Russell  Kennedy  was 
elected   to   succeed    Dr.   J.    L.   D.   Morison   as   instructor" 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  12,  1903. 


JOSEPH  M.  BAER. 

The  senior  member  of  tlic  tirm  Baer  &  Kirk,  doing 
business  under  tlie  name.  Sliinn  &  Baer,  at  Broad  ana 
Spruce  streets,  Pliiladelphia,  Josepli  M.  Baer,  began  the 
practice  of  pharmacy  in  1882  in  the  store  of  J.  L. 
Emlet  at  Hanover,  Pa.  In  1884  he  entered  tlie  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  and  after  three  years  of 
study  and  practice,  graduated  uitli  the  class  of  '87. 
While  a  student  he  served  as  assistant  in  the  pharmacy 
of  James  F.  Shinn,  and  upon  graduation  he  acquired 
an  interest  in  his  employer's  business.  The  firm  is 
now  conducting  a  business  which  is  recognized  as  prob- 
ably the  largest  and  most  successful  strictly  professional 
pharmacy  in  the  country,  the  business  being  devoted  al- 
most exclusively  to  prescriptions  and  surgical  supplies. 
Mr.  Baer  is  an  ..ctive  member  of  the  Philadelphia  Col- 
lege of  Pharmacy,  the  P.  A.  R.  D.,  the  A.  Ph.  A. 
and  the  P.  P.  A. 


in  physiology  and  materia  medica.  Dr.  Jlorison,  who 
resigned  last  April  in  order  to  pursue  advanced  work 
in  the  physiological  action  of  drugs,  is  at  present  in 
England.  Dr.  Kennedy  is  a  graduate  of  the  Phila- 
delphia College  of  Pharmacy  and  of  the  Jefferson  Medi- 
cal College,  and  has  for  some  time  past  been  an  in- 
structor at  Jefferson  Medical  College. 


Varying  Business  Conditions. 
Philadelphia,  June  (>. — Ueports  of  Inisiness  condi- 
tions in  different  sections  of  the  city  during  the  past 
week  vary  greatly,  and  the  variations  can  easily  he 
attributed  to  the  season  of  the  year.  Stores  in  the 
central  residence  portion  report  business  dull,  and  in 
some  instances  the  clerks  were  heard  to  say:  "We're 
glad  of  it;  it  is  too  hot  to  work  so  hard."  Stores  in 
the  onfer  portions  report  an  improvement  in  business 
during  the  past  week,  not  only  in  soda  (which  is  boom- 
ing), but  in  all  lines.  The  wh(desalers  are  complaining 
of  dullness. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

James    J.    Ottinger.    for    'JO    y.'ars    nn    impoi'tf^r    ff 

drugs  and  chemicals  at  2001  Spruce  street,  this  city, 
lias  taken  William  IT.  Short  into  business  with  him. 
He  has  recently  enlarged  his  building,  and  reports  a 
flourishing  business.  Both  Mr.  OKiiigi'r  and  Mr.  Sliort 
are  prominent  members  of  the  I'.  .\.   K.   O. 


Local  druggists  who  attended   the  meeting  of  the 

New  Jersey  I'harmaceutical  Association,  at  Atlantic 
City,  report  a  very  lively  and  interesting  time.  The 
meeting  closed  Thursday,  June  5,  with  a  promenade 
concert  and  dance. 

Lawson    C.    Funk   is    chairman    of    the    committee 

which  will  bring  back  the  Liberty  Bell  from  Charles- 
ton on  Tuesday,  June  10.  Mr.  Funk  also  conducted  the 
committee  which  had  charge  of  the  bell  on  its  south- 
ward journey. 

E.   Fulerton  Cooke,   who  is  assisting  Prof.   Joseph 

P.  Remington  on  the  revision  work  of  the  Pharma- 
copoeia at  Longport,  N.  J.,  is  in  the  city  for  a  few 
days  on  business. 

D.   Milton   Knalb,   who   has  been   witli   .T.   R.   Mc- 

Irtir.?.    Xo.   442.H   Frankford   avenue,    1liis    cuy,    h.-is    n- 
iiiii.'d  to  his  home  in  Reading,  on  ace>'iit  of  i.'ness. 
II.  L.  Stiles  of  33d  and  Haverford  streets  has  re- 
turned from  a  few  days'  fishing  trip  at  Barnagat  Bay, 
where  he  has  an  interest  in  a  new  steam  launch. 

Geo.     D.   Feidt    &   Co.,     successors   to   Bullock    & 

Crenshaw,  have  just  moved  into  the  new  buildoing 
they  have  added  to  their  establishment. 

J.  R.  Smyser  is  another  pharmacist  member  -it  the 

committee  which  is  escorting  the  old  Liberty  Bell  home- 
ward. 


BALTIMORE. 

TO  ORGANIZE  DRUG  CLERKS. 

Baltimore,  June  3. — Tlie  Washington  retail  drug 
clerks  who  effected  an  organization  some  time  ago  for 
mutual  protection  and  as  a  means  of  securing  the  abate- 
ment of  what  they  considered  abuses,  are  not  content 
to  confine  their  activities  to  their  own  town,  but  have 
developed  an  ambition  to  extend  the  beneficent  influence 
of  their  endeavors  to  Baltimore.  With  this  end  in  view 
a  committee  will  visit  Fialtimore  shortly  and  endeavor 
to  form  an  association  here  and  bring  about  an  affilia- 
tion with  the  American  Federation  of  Labor.  The  mat- 
ter has  been  discussed  by  the  Retail  Drug  Clerks'  As- 
sociation of  Washington,  which  aims  especially  to  se- 
cure shorter  hours  for  its  members  and  an  increase  of 
pay.  W.  S.  Klemroth  is  president  of  the  local  organi- 
zation, which  is  said  to  embrace  about  two-thirds  of  all 
the  drug  clerks  in  the  National  capital.  According  to 
those  interested,  drug  clerks  were  worked  fifteen  and 
sixteen  hours  a  day  prior  to  the  formation  of  the  so- 
ciety, and  an  improvement  in  their  position  has  already 
been  accomplished,  although  there  is  no  fixed  time. 
Many  druggists,  it  is  said,  have  voluntarily  granted  a 
reduction,  while  pressure  has  been  brought  to  bear  upon 
others.  A  bill  is  now  pending  before  Congress  to  fix 
the  hours  for  drug  clerks  in  the  District  of  Columbia. 
Baltimore  and  Philadelphia  are  said  to  be  the  only 
cities  in  which  the  drug  clerks  are  not  organized. 


Trade  Fairly  Active. 
Baltimore,  June  9. — Business  has  been  fairly  active 
during  the  past  week,  especially  among  the  jobbing  drug- 
gists, who  were  kept  busy  filling  orders.  The  activity 
also  extended  to  the  manufacturers  of  pharmaceutical 
preparations,  one  reason  for  this  state  of  affairs  being 
the  fact  that  the  week  included  the  first  part  of  the 
month,  when  increased  buyings  are  always  noted.  This 
applies  largely  to  the  local  trade.  With  respect  to 
the  out-of-town  business,  no  decided  changes  are  noted, 
tlio  demand  being  more  regular  and  the  volume  of 
movement  steady.  The  market  for  botanicals  is  with- 
out special  features,  nor  has  any  other  development  of 
exceptional  interest  taken  place.  The  trade  in  heavy 
eliemicals  is  about  the  same,  with  the  call  for  articles 
ill    the   main   normal. 


June  12,  1902,] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


595 


Druggist  Married. 
Baltimore.  June  5; — J.  Harry  Farrow,  a  retail  drug- 
gist at  the  corner  of  North  avenue  and  Tenth  street, 
Walbrook,  and  Miss  Anna  Blanche  Summers,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  Darid  Summers,  1C29  East  Preston  street, 
were  married  last  evening  at  the  parsonage  of  the 
Third  English  Lutlieran  Church  by  Rev.  I.  C.  Burke. 
Only  the  immediate  relatives  were  present.  The 
young  couple  have  gone  to  Atlantic  City  for  several 
\yeeks  and  will  on  tlieir  return  live  at  North  avenue 
and  Tenth  street. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

1..  Wister  White,  a  young  drug  clerk  of  Danville, 

Va.,  was  assaulted  and  badly  hurt  on  the  night  of  .Tune 
3  at  the  store  where  he  is  employed.  Frantz  Martin, 
well  •connected  in  the  town,  rang  him  up  and  induced 
him  to  open  the  door  on  the  pretext  of  having  a  pre- 
scription filled.  An  altercation  occurred  and  White 
was  knocked  senseless  with  a  beer  bottle.  His  condi- 
tion is  considered  serious. 

- — ^J.  T.  Harris,  colored,  one  of  the  applicants  who 
recently  passed  the  examination  before  the  State  Board 
of  Pharmacy,  will  open  a  retail  drug  store  at  Presstman 
and  Brunt  streets.  He  is  a  graduate  of  Howard  Uni- 
versity, and  will  be  the  third  negro  to  establish  himself 
in  this  city.       Others  are  expected  to  follow. 

Nelson  Marye  and  George  C.  Stokes  of  Baltimore; 

.Toseph  C.  Whitney,  Harold  Walsh  and  Arthur  Stuart 
have  incorporated  the  Pine  Oil  Liniment  Co.  of  Balti- 
more, witli  a  capital  of  $10,000.  The  company  will 
uianufaeture  a  new  liniment. 

The   ShocEoe  Drug    Co.  has  been  incorporated    in 

Richmond.  Va.,  with  T.  N.  Curd  as  president,  W.  F. 
Warriner  as  vice-president  and  Joseph  Vaughau  as  sec- 
retary-treasurer. The  capital  stock  of  the  company 
is  to  be  ?25,000. 

A.  C.  Huthwelker,  who  intends  to  remove  shortly 

from  Saratoga  and  Pearl  streets  to  218  North  Greene 
street,  has  ordered  new  fixtures  of  handsome  design 
and  will  have  the  place  handsomely  furnished  through- 
out. 

.T.  H.  Stewart,  a  retail  druggist  of  Suffolk,  Va.,  has 

made  an  assignment  for  the  benefit  of  creditors.  His 
liabilities  are  estimated  at  $7,000  and  his  assets  at  $5,- 
OOtP. 

Eugene  DeFries  has  gone  to   Saratoga,   N.   Y.,   to 

attend  the  American  Medical  Association  convention, 
as  tlie  representative  of  Sharp  &  Dohme. 

The  Chase  City  Mineral  Co.   of  Chase  City,   Va., 

has  given  notice  of  a  purpose  to  increase  its  capital 
stock   $1:5,000. 

Thomas   Lewis   is  now   clerking   for  M.   B.   Blum, 

Madison    avenue   and   McMechen   street. 

-; Arthur  Gimpel  has  left  Lang's  Pharmacy,   Fulton 

and  Frederick  avenues. 


"Keepclean." 
This  is  not  so  commanding  as  it  is  descriptive.  It  is 
the  title  of  a  new  Hair  Brush  that  is  bound  to  revolu- 
tionize the  fiair  brush  trade  on  account  of  its 
"Keepclean"  qualities.  It  is  the  clean  brush  for 
people  who  keep  clean.  Its  "Keepclean"  feat- 
ures are  plain  as  A  B  C.  The  back  is  solid 
wood — no  veneer  to  warp  off  or  to  absorb  mois- 
ure:  no  holes  to  collect  dirt;  the  face  is  made  of  alumi- 
num, which  sheds  dirt,  dandruff,  etc.,  readily,  and  the 
bristles  are  set  in  waterproof  composition — no  glue  to 
loosen  and  let  the  bristles  drop  out.  It  is  by  all  odds 
the  easiest  hair  brush  to  keep  clean  and  hereafter  no  one 
can  have  the  faintest  excuse  for  using  an  unclean  hair 
brush.  The  trade  is  stocking  it  heavily,  finding  that 
especially  amongst  the  more  intelligent  class  of  people, 
"Keepclean"  is  fast  getting  to  be  the  standard.  Pro- 
gressive druggists  will  order  a  few  of  the  brushes  in 
anticipation  of  the  demand  which  is  sure  to  come.  They 
are  made  by  the  Florence  Mfg.  Company  of  Florence, 
Mass. 


PITTSBURG  AND  VICINITY. 

Getting  Into  Line. 
Pittsburg,  June  7. — At  a  meeting  of  the  representa- 
tive druggists  held  at  the  Hotel  Marion,  Jeannette,  Pa., 
last  weelc,  an  organization  to  be  known  as  tlie  West- 
moreland County  Retail  Druggists'  Association  was  ef- 
fccto''.  The  association  will  be  affiliated  with  the 
Nat'oual  Association  of  Retail  Druggists,  by  virtue  of 
which  they  expect  to  soon  see  an  end  of  many  of  the 
abuses  now  prevailing  in  this  county.  The  officers' 
elected  were  as  follows:  President,  S.  C.  Dauglierty, 
Jeannette;  vice-president,  J.  W.  Freeman,  Derry;  secre- 
tary. C.  A.  Thompson,  Irwin;  treasurer,  W.  A.  Show.il- 
tcr,  Latrobe. 

PITTSBURG  NOTES. 

W.    F.    Eberliardt,    prescription    clerk    for    W.    A. 

Showalter,  Latrobe,  Pa.,  has  been  confined  to  his  room 
for  several  days  as  a  result  of  an  accident  in  which 
his  leg  was  badly  strained. 

T.     L.     Greenfield,     fcu-merly     proprietor     of     the 

Duquesne  Pharmacy.  Pittsburg,  has  purchased  the  drug 
store  of  Geo.  Minnick,  corner  Federal  street  and  North 
avenue,  Allegheny. 

H.    S.    Dersheimer,    for   several    years    chief   clerk 

for  W.  J.  Sturgeon  at  Kittanning,  Pa.,  has  purcliased 
the  drug  store  of  J.  R.  Murray  at  that  place. 

S.    C.    Daugherty    of   Jeannette.    Pa.,    is   having   a 

handsome  new  store-room  built  for  him,  into  which  he 
expects  to  move  about  July  1. 

Dr.  J.  R.  Miller,  a  well  known  druggist  of  Barues- 

boro.  Pa.,  is  confined  to  his  home  with  a  severe  case 
of  smallpox. 


MICHIGAN. 


The  Prescott  Portrait. 
Detroit,  June  7. — J.  W.  T.  Knox,  secretary  of  the 
Prescott  Portrait  Fund  Committee  of  the  Alumni  Asso- 
ciation of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  Michigan  Univer- 
sity, reports  that  all  the  plans  of  his  committee  have 
been  successfully  carried  out.  and  the  portrait  of  Dr. 
Prescott  will  be  presented  to  the  university  Wednesday, 
June  is,  at  4  p.  ni.  The  exercises  will  be  held  in  Sarah 
Caswell  Angell  Hall.  A.  S.  Parker,  '79,  will  make  the- 
presentation  speech,  and  Professor  Edward  Kremers  of 
the  University  of  Wisconsin  will  deliver  an  address,  in, 
which  Dr.  Prescott's  influence  on  pharmacy  and  phar- 
maceutical education  will  be  appreciatively  considered. 
Professor  Stevens  will  entertain  the  alumni  and  guests 
at  his  home,  915  Oakland  avenue,  Ann  Arbor,  at  6 
o'clock.  Mr.  Knox  also  reports  that  the  souvenir  repro- 
duction of  the  portrait  is  nearly  finished  and  will  proba- 
bly be  distributed  to  members  of  the  Alumni  Associatioii 
in  ten  or  twelve  days.  He  anticipates  a  large  attend- 
ance and  hopes  to  have  the  biggest  alumni  reuilion  ever 
held  in  the   pharmacy   department. 


MICHIGAN  NOTES. 

Miss  Ida  M.  Covey  is  the  proprietress  of  an  up-to- 
date  and  prosperous  pharmacy  at  208  Warren  avenue, 
W.,  Detroit.  In  a  recent  interview  she  stated  she  could 
see  no  reason  why  a  woman  was  not  able 
to  run  a  pharmacy  as  well  as  a  man.  She  has  had 
several  years'  experience  in  the  drug  business  and  i» 
very  enthusiastic.  In  this  connection  it  may  be  noted 
that  there  are  more  than  fifty  women  who  earn  a  liveli- 
hood in  the  practice  of  pharmacy  in  Michigan  at  the 
present  time. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  13,  1902. 


Among  the  representatives  of  out-of-town  houses  in 

Detroit  during  the  past  week  were  L.  N.  Dronberger, 
Mallinckrodt  Chemical  Works,  St.  Louis;  C.  A.  Rindell, 
Jr.,  Commonwealth  Manufacturing  Co.,  Boston;  Wil- 
liam Kunz,  Herf  &  Frerichs,  St.  Louis;  Morris  H.  Slo- 
tnan,  Crown  Distilling  Co.,  Cincinnati,  and  B.  A. 
O'Neill  of  the  Schutz-O'Neill  Co.,  Racine,  Wis. 
The  Michigan  Chemical  Co.  of  Bay  City,  manufac- 
turers of  alcohol  from  the  refuse  of  beet  sugar  fac- 
tories, has  paid  the  Government  $525,425  for  revenue 
stamps  since  February  1.  The  alcohol  of  this  con- 
cern is  used  by  the  largest  pharmaceutical  manufactur- 
ers in  the  country. 

Dr.  Jokichi  Takamine  has  returned  from  his  trip  to 

Japan  and  last  week  paid  a  visit  to  the  laboratories  of 
Parke,  Davis  &  Co.  Other  representatives  who  paid 
the  home  office  a  visit  were  J.  M.  Bull  of  Kentucky  and 
W.  C.  Maginnes. 

The  town  of  Ravenna  was  recently  visited  by  a  very 

disastrous  lire,  which  completely  destroyed  the  princi- 
pal business  places,  including  the  drug  store  of  F.  E. 
Thatcher,  whose  loss  was  $4,000,  with  insurance  of 
but  $1,500. 

L.  E.   Clapp,   for   some  time  a   clerk  at  the   West 

drug  store.  Grand  Rapids,  has  left  for  Seattle,  Wash., 
■where  he  intends  to  open  a  pharmacy.  Mr.  Clapp  has 
been  in  business  for  himself  in  Kalamazoo  for  several 
months. 

! Frank  Cridton,  manager  of  the  pharmacy  of  Fettig 

&  Son,  Delray,  has  been  compelled  to  relinquish  his  po- 
sition on  account  of  failing  health  and  has  returned  to 
his  old  home  in  Philadelphia  for  recuperation. 

C.  S.  Andrus,  located  at  Jefferson  and  Mt.  Elliott 

avenues,  Detroit,  for  a  great  many  years,  has  moved 
his  stock  to  the  old  stand  recently  vacated  by  J.  F.  Mc- 
Kibbin  at  Dix  and  Military  avenues. 

The   drug   clerks   of    Detroit  are   looking    forward 

with  pleasant  anticipation  to  their  Fourth  Annual 
Moonlight  Excursion,  which  is  scheduled  to  take  place 
Thursday,  June  26. 

J.  A.  McDonald,  in  business  for  some  time  at  the 

corner  of  Canfield  and  Beaubien  streets,  Detroit,  has 
moved  his  stock  to  the  corner  of  Chene  and  Monroe 
streets. 

Charles  J.  Winans,  formerly  chief  clerk  for  V.  E. 

Schratz,  Detroit,  has  accepted  a  position  as  manager 
of  Fettig  &  Son's  drug  store,  Delray. 

Morse  and  Weinman    have  been  succeeded  in    the 

drug  business  at  Lansing  by  the  Butler  Block  Phar- 
macy. 

The  Dow  Chemical  Co.  in  operation  at  Midland  is 

producing  bleaching   powder  in   large  quantities. 

Mrs.  C.  Reece,  pharmacist  at  Caro,  has  disposed  ot 

her  drug  business  at  that  place. 


CHICAGO. 


Annual    Banquet    of    Alumni. 

San  Francisco,  June  4. — The  annual  banquet  given 
by  the  Alumni  Association  of  the  pharmacy  department 
of  the  University  of  California  to  the  outgoing  1902 
class  was  held  at  a  down-town  rotisserie.  President 
Dr.  Hayden  M.  Simmons  was  toastmaster.  The  fol- 
lowing responded  to  toasts:  Prof.  Searby,  "The  Fac- 
ulty of  the  Pharmdcy  Department";  G.  E.  Bacon,  "The 
Progress  of  Pharmacal  Education";  Prof.  F.  T. 
Greene,  '  Uur  University";  Mr.  Wiley,  "The  Legal 
Status  of  the  Pharmacist";  Dr.  G.  G.  Bennett,  "The 
Post-graduate  in  Pharmacy";  O.  Mouron.  "The  Ladies"; 
F.  A.  Beckett,  "The  Alumni  Association."  There  were 
vocal  solos  by  Dr.  T.  Rottanzi  and  Mrs.  J.  J.  Argenti 
and  piano  selections  by  Ernest  Michaels. 


HOW  CHICAGO  WAS  ORGANIZED. 

Chicago,  June  5, — When  all  the  facts  are  known 
concerning  the  organization  work  of  the  Chicago  Retail 
Druggists'  Association  during  the  past  year  it  will 
prove  to  be  a  most  interesting  and  instructive  story. 
The  work  was  mapped  out  and  a  line  of  action  decided 
upon  much  as  a  general  plans  a  campaign.  It  is  a  fa- 
vorite axiom  in  military  tactics  that  it  is  much  easier 
to  conquer  an  enemy  piecemeal  than  it  is  to  meet  his 
army  as  a  whole  and  give  it  battle.  In  conquering  the 
Chicago  drug  situation  those  in  charge  of  the  fight  in- 
sisted on  the  proposition  that  there  must  be  organization 
before  there  could  be  action,  hence  the  city  was  divided 
into  districts  and  each  district  was  organized  in  turn 
as  a  separate  auxiliary.  The  organization  at  the  out- 
lying districts  with  the  exception  of  a  few  on  the  out- 
skirts of  the  city  was  the  first  thing  done.  This  gave 
the  association  definite  form  and  backing;  it  represented 
somebody  and  had  a  definite  commercial  proposition  to 
offer  as  each  new  district  in  turn  was  entered  and  or- 
ganized. 

When  the  work  was  begun  in  the  First,  or  down- 
town district,  it  was  expected  that  insuperable  obsta- 
cles would  be  encountered  at  the  hands  of  the  depart- 
ment stores  and  the  aggressive  cutters,  but  such  was  not 
the  case. 

In  brief,  the  plan  was  to  take  the  enemy  first  at  his 
weakest  point — to  do  those  things  first  in  which  the 
least  opposition  would  be  encountered  and  for  this  rea- 
son the  outlying  districts  were  first  organized.  In  these 
districts  there  was  the  least  price  cutting;  to  these  drug- 
gists, as  among  themselves,  the  proposition  to  raise 
prices  a  few  cents  on  proprietaries  and  to  maintain  a 
list  of  agreed  prices  seemed  neither  a  hardship  nor  an 
impossibility,  so  that  they  more  readily  fell  in  with  the 
plan.  After  they  were  organized  and  had  met  a  few 
times  and  become  acquainted  they  found  that  it  was, 
save  in  a  few  very  exceptional  cases,  an  easy  matter 
to  maintain  the  agreed  list.  The  aid  of  the  N.  A.  R. 
D.  was  called  in  to  bear  down  on  the  few  malcontents 
and  very  soon  most  of  these  had  had  enough  and  were 
clamoring  to  get  into  the  band  wagon. 

As  each  new  district  was  formed  the  organization  as 
a  whole  gained  in  prestige  and  strength  more  and  more 
as  the  various  auxiliaries  converged  toward  District 
No.  1,  down  town,  which  was  regarded  as  the  really 
important  field  to  be  conquered.  Another  matter  of 
importance  which  grew  as  the  work  progressed  was  the 
perfection  of  the  method  of  organization,  and  the  proper 
plan  to  be  pursued.  Finally,  the  whole  force  of  the 
work  converged  in  the  First  District.  The  organizers 
came  into  the  district  with  a  fund  of  experience  and  a 
definite,  reasonable  commercial  proposition  to  present 
to  the  down-town  stores.  After  much  discussion  and 
personal  work  tlie  department  stores  and  down-town 
cutters  were  induced  to  accept  what  was  deemed  a  fair 
differential  schedule  for  sixty  days.  They  found  as  a 
result,  that  while  their  gross  sales  had  fallen  off  in  their 
drug  departments  their  profits  had  increased  by  the 
hundreds  and  the  thousands  of  dollars,  and  now  some 
of  the  warmest  supporters  of  the  plan  are  those  very 
cutters  and  department  stores  whose  co-operation  it 
was  at  first  thought  impossible  to  get. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

Herman   Kirschstein,   a  druggist  at  GOl   West  G3d 

street,  committed  suicide  by  poison  ou  June  2.  Be- 
fore swallowing  the  poison  he  wrote  to  his  father,  Dr. 
Herman  Kirsclistoin,  2941  South  Park  avenue,  of  his 
intention  to  commit  suicide  on  account  of  the  death  of 
his   wife,   an   event   which   occurred   some   months   ago. 


June  12,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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and  over  which  the  druggist  had  priered  until  it  is 
thought  liis  mind  gave  way.  Dr.  Kirschstein  received 
the  letter  and  hurried  to  his  son's  store,  where  he  found 
him  unconscious.  The  druggist  was  taken  to  Engle- 
wood  Union  Hospital,  where  he  died  soon  after. 
George  Young,  a  druggist  at  418  East  North  ave- 
nue, died  in  Milwaukee  on  June  4  after  a  surgical  opera- 
tion. He  was  the  proprietor  of  the  Wieland  Pharmacy 
at  the  above  address.  His  wife,  a  bride  of  two  weeks, 
survives  him.  The  fatlier  of  the  deceased  has  a  drug 
store   in   Port   Washington,   Wis. 

A  very  successful  union  meeting  of  the  12th,  13th 

and  22d  district  of  the  C.  R.  D.  A.  was  held  this  week 
in  Schoenhofeu  Hall  on  Milwaukee  avenue.  Otto 
Hartwig  presided.  Several  druggists  from  other  dis- 
tricts were  present,  among  them  being  Charles  H.  Avery 
and  John  I.   Straw. 

A.   W.   Schultz,  259  Webster  avenue,  has  sold   his 

drug  store  at  that  address  to  Adolph  Umenhofer,  who 
was  formerly  manager  of  Herman  Fry's  Halsted  street 
store. 

Isaac  Harris,  the  genial  Chicago  representative  of 

Johnson  &  Johnson,  has  just  returned  from  West 
Baden.  Ind.,  very  much  improved  in  health. 

The   Chicago   wholesale   druggists   have   agreed   to 

make  a  charge  for  boxing  and  cartage  on  all  orders 
under   $5. 

Rusch  &  Schmid,  3022  Archer  avenue,  have  dis- 
solved partnership,  Louis  A.  Schmid  continuing  the 
business. 

Frank  R.  Jones,  secretary  of  the  J.  Ellwood  Lee 

Co.,  paid  a  visit  to  Chicago  recently. 
F.   H.   Franzlau  has  sold  his  drug  store  in  Nash- 
ville, 111.,  to  L.  Martinis. 

D.  B.  King,  a  well-known  druggist  of  Elwood,  Ind., 

has  one  out  of  business. 

S.  D.  Sample  of  Greensfork,  Ind.,  has  sold  out. 


New  Member  of  the  Faculty  of  Northwestern  University. 
David  Charles  Eccles,  recently  appointed  instructor 
in  chemistry  of  the  School  of  Pharmacy  of  Northwest- 
ern Universit.v  is  the  only  son  of  Dr.  R.  G.  Eccles  of 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y.,  where  he  was  bom  in  1877.  His  study 
of  chemistry  began  under  the  care  of  his  father  in  1891, 
was  continued  later  under  Professor  Hale,  secretary  of 
the  American  Chemical  Society,  and  finally  under  Pro- 
fessors Chandler,  Bogert  and  others  at  Columbia  Uni- 
versity. After  graduating  from  the  high  school  in  1895 
he  passed  the  examination  of  the  Regents  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  the  State  of  New  Y'ork  and  received  the  ad- 
vanced academic  diploma.  In  1897  he  passed  the  Board 
of  Pharmac.v  of  the  City  of  New  Y'ork  with  a  high 
marking,  and  in  1900  was  graduated  from  Columbia 
University  witTi  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Science  in 
Chemistry.  His  thesis  won  him  much  praise  because  of 
its  completeness.  It  gave  every  step  in  the  methods  of 
producing  antipyrine,  the  theoretical  considerations  in- 
volved and  the  history  of  the  successive  steps.  When 
presenting  it,  later,  to  the  American  Chemical  Society, 
he  exhibited  samples  of  all  tlie  intervening  bodies  be- 
tween aniline  and  antipyrine,  each  one  of  which  he  had 
personally  synthetized.  He  later  produced  a  wholly 
new  synthetic  organic  substance  which  on  theoretical 
grounds  promises  to  be  a  valuable  addition  to  the  ma- 
teria medica.  It  is  a  condensation  product  of  valeri- 
anic aldehyde  with  antipyrine.  This  body  will  be  re- 
ported at  the  Pittsburg  meeting  of  the  American  Chemi- 
cal Society.  In  1901  he  received  the  degree  of  Master 
of  Arts  from  Columbia  University,  and  the  following 
Winter  of  1901-02  served  as  instructor  of  chemistry  at 
the  Washington  State  College  at  Pullman,  Washing- 
ton, under  Professor  Fulmer,  dean  of  the  college. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 

ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION  ELECTS  OFFICERS. 

Minneapolis,  June  6. — The  annual  meeting  of  the 
Alumni  Association  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the 
University  of  Minnesota  was  held  June  4  and  the  fol- 
lowing officers  elected:  President,  A.  G.  Eckle;  vice- 
president,  A.  S.  Kellam;  secretary,  Mae  Nisbit;  treas- 
urer, S.  F.  Sanderson;  toastmaster,  Gustave  Bachman. 
In  the  evening  the  association  held  its  annual  banquet 
at  the  Nicollet  Hotel,  forty  people  being  present.  The 
following  speakers  took  part  in  the  exercises,  N.  J. 
Johnson,  acting  as  toastmaster;  M.  T.  Bolton,  A.  S. 
Kellam,  O.  W.  Porter,  E.  F.  Netzer,  C.  H.  Zander,  S. 
F.  Sanderson,  B.  Heber  Nichols  and  Dean  Frederick  J. 
Wulling. 

NORTHWESTERN  NOTATIONS. 

New:     J.   C.   Patterson,   Hubbell,   Neb.;   Dr.   F.  B. 

Strauss,  Glen  Ullen,  N.  D.;  A.  L.  Severin  &  Co.,  Fort 
Dodge,  la.;  Sylvester  S.  Wilson,  Edinburg,  N.  D.;  J.  M. 
Batton,  Hatton,  Wash.;  Thiol  &  Co.,  Rirzvill,  Wash.; 
J.  R.  Creighton,  Spokane,  Wash. 

Dr.    E.    Lohrbauer,   having   graduated   in   medicine, 

has  gone  to  Northwood,  N.  D.,  to  locate  where  he  for- 
merely  was  in  the  drug  business. 

The  place  of  F.  M.  Hammer  of  Mitchell,  S.  D.,  is 

in  the  possession  of  tlie  mortgagee — perhaps  a  case  of 
too  much  "knocking.". 

Languess  &  Son,  Baltic,  S.  D. ;  Samuel  Loe,  North- 
wood,  N.  D.,  and  the  F.  C.  Lawyer  Drug  Co.,  Belt, 
Mont.,  hae  sold. 

J.  S.  Huhn,  formerly  of  Iowa,  but  now  of  Grafton, 

N.  D.,  was  in  the  city  on  a  brief  visit  this  week. 

Miss  A.  M.  Schmidt  was  here  for  a  brief  visit  a  few 

days  ago,  but  has  returned  to  Lindstorm. 
O.  W.  Holcomb,  this  year  studying  medicine  in  Chi- 
cago, is  home  for  the  holidays. 

David  M.  Kenney  of  R.  L.  Kenney  &  Co.,  Mayville, 

N.  D.,  is  a  voluntary  bankrupt. 

— — Curran    &   Co.,    St.    Anthony,    Idaho,    will   open   a 

branch   at  Teton. 

W.  E.  Horton  has  bought  out  Wilson  &  Kelley  at 

Beaver  City,  Neb. 

G.  S.  Spaulding,  of  Alexandria,  is  spending  a  few 

days  in  the  city. 

• W.    R.    Nelson   of   Wiuthi-op   was   in   the   city    one 

day  this  week. 

The  Monarch  Chemical  Co.  has  been  incorporated  in 

St.  Paul. 

Swized  &  Dalziel,  Wakonda,  S.  D,  have  gone  out  of 

busiuess. 

Charles  G.  Barnard,  the  Des  Moines,  la.,  druggist, 

is  dead. 

R.   M.    Duncan   is   now   in    Benson's   Pharmacy   at 

Tower. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  SONS 

KEW  YORK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


598 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  12,  1902. 


ST.  LOUIS. 


THE  M.  P.  A.  MEETING  AT  PERTLE  SPRINGS. 

St.  Louis,  Juue  7. — The  annual  meeting  of  tlie  Mis- 
souri Pliarmaceutical  Association  at  Pertle  Springs  is 
tlie  absorbing  topic  of  conversation  in  drug  circles  just 
now.  Several  members,  accompanied  by  their  wives, 
leave  tonight.  Others  will  go  tomorrow,  while  the 
Monday  night  train  will  probably  carry  the  largest  dele- 
gation from  this  city.  Everything  is  in  readiness  for 
a  successful  meeting.  All  the  old-timers  will  be  there, 
and  also  many  of  the  younger  members  of  the  trade. 

ST.    LOUIS   NOTES. 

At  the  competitive  examination  for  interne  physi- 
cians at  the  City  Hospital,  held  a  short  time  ago,  the 
following  physicians,  formerly  drug  clerks  in  this  city, 
were  among  the  successful:  E.  H.  Mills,  P.  T.  Knapp 
and  A.   N.   Collins. 

Adolph    Finke  of  the    Hoefflen-FinTie    Laboratory 

Co.  was  married  last  Wednesday  night  to  Miss  Olga 
Bredemeyer,  daughter  of  the  well-known  Grand  avenue 
druggist. 

Dr.   F.   C.   Robinson  has  opened  a  new  drug  store 

at  Eads  and  Jefferson  avenues.  He  lias  another  store 
at  Nebraska  avenue  and  Cherokee  street. 

Dr.  R.  E.  Schlueter,  formerly  a  drug  clerk,  leaves 

tonight  to  attend  the  annual  meeting  of  the  American 
Medical  Association  at   Saratoga. 

• Henry  A.   Huegel,  in  charge  of  the  Donnell  M'f'g 

CO.,  will  be  married  on  June  11  to  Miss  Laura  Schmidt. 

B.   C.   Nieman,  2700  Gravois  avenue,  has  been  to 

Washington,  D.  C,  on  legislative  business. 

J.   M.   Taylor  is  establishing  a  new  drug  store  at 

Huntsville.  Mo. 

• L^zzel  iV.  Ward  are  opening  a  new  store  at  Granite 

City,   111.  


CALIFORNIA. 


Graduates  Go  to  Work. 

San  Francisco,  June  4. — Of  the  graduates  of  the 
Califomia  College  of  Pharmacy  this  year,  the  foUowmg 
have  planned  their  near  future  as  follows:  A.  Cochran 
will  be  head  clerk  in  Sebrell's  pharmacy.  Riverside, 
Gal.;  Otto  .Mouron  will  m;inage  Mrs.  Mouron's  drug 
store  at  Sonora,  Cal.;  Henry  Armour  will  clerk  for  his 
father,  a  lending  druggist  of  Pomona,  Cal.;  Leo  SchroJ.n- 
will  take  a  post-graduate  course;  Arno  Hansen,  who 
has  been  clerking  for  Frank  Greene  here  during  h:s 
studies,  w-ill  remain  with  him;  Frederick  Blackburn 
will  study  medicine,  his  sister,  Harriet  Blackburn,  will 
clerk  at  Paso  Bobles,  Cal.  Of  the  pharmacy  students 
who  will  graduate  next  year,  Harry  Dutton  has  left 
his  job  Avifli  Druggist  Dugan  and  will  enter  the  employ 
of  the  Tanner  Drug  Co.:  Leo  Farran  will  continue  witli 
the  Snake  Diug  buTe:  Charles  Phoenix:  will  work  in 
Arroyo  Grande  Cal.,  until  he  resumes  his  studies;  C.  L. 
W.   Lillard   will   wo'-k   tor   S.   W,   Cartwright,   Bei-ke'ey, 

Cal.  

Wants  an  Active  Organization. 

Sau  Francisco,  June  4.— Druggist  Chas.  M.  Morse 
wants  the  retail  druggists  of  California  to  get  togoihci- 
in  an  active  organizaiion  He  is  making  an  effort  t) 
arouse  iuterest  in  this  line  and  says:  "Activity  and 
(Icvelopnient  seem  now  to  be  much  in  evidence  in  other 
way,3  throughout  the  State,  and  organization  is  tlie 
watch  .voi-.l  in  all  departments  of  life  except  among 
retail  druggists,  and  even  among  them  in  the  Kast 
there  is  much  activity.  Let  us  join  the  procession,  even 
if    it    be    at    the    tail    end.        Our    clerks    and    the   hod- 


carriei-s  are  there.  Why  stand  we  here  idle  and 
alone.  We  have  every  incentive  if  not  actually  pressed 
by  necessity  to  join  hands  for  protection,  for  progress, 
for  perpetuity.  There  is  plenty  to  do  for  the  beueSt 
of  both  the  business  side  and  the  scientific  side  of  our 
occupation." 

CALIFORNIA  NOTES. 

Treasurer  D.  W.  Kirkland,  of  the  Owl  Drug  Com- 
pany, of  San  Francisco,  goes  to  Europe  sooir  for  a 
lengthy  trip.  He  and  Manager  R.  E.  Miller  of  the 
compauy"s  San  Francisco  business,  will  be  in  New  York 
in  about  a  foi'tnight. 

Edward  Eggers,  a  perfumery  maker  of  New  York, 

has  written  to  the  San  Francisco  Chamber  of  Commerce, 
to  interest  California  flower  growers  in  furnishing  him 
raw  material  for  extracts. 

The  Stockton  Street  Pharmacy  is  the  new  name  of 

the  Gates  Drug  Store  at  Stockton  and  O'Farrell  streets, 
San  Francisco,  which  has  been  bought  by  Dr.  A.  J.  Vil- 
lain. 

The  owner  of  the  Corner  Drug  Store,  of  Woodland, 

Cal.,  Mrs.  George  O'Connor,  has  married  Attorney  Har- 
riman,  of  Missouri  ,and  will  live  in  that  State. 

N.   Wynne,   representing   Eigaud   &  Chapoteaut  of 

Paris,  on  the  Pacific  coast,  was  with  the  Owl  Drug 
Company,  of  San  Francisco,  for  many  years. 

Dwight  M.  Blaisdell,  formerly  with  Off  &  Vaughan, 

Los  Angeles  druggists,  has  been  appointed  druggist  at 
the  Soldiers'  Home  in  Southern  California. 

The  Union  Distilling  Company  has  bought  the  Lick 

Mill  Company's  plant  at  Agnews,  Cal.,  and  will  make 
alcohol  from  beet  sugar  refuse. 

Frank  Gay  has  opened  a  drug  store  at  Fillmore  and 

Sutter  streets,  San  p'rancisco.  He  formerly  clerked  for 
S.  A.  McDonnell,  of  that  city. 

Thomas    Logic,    late   with    George    Dahlbender,    is 

employed  by  the  Statuary  Drug  Store,  Third  and  Fol- 
som  streets,  San  Francisco. 

M.  Poggi  and  H.  A.  Thatcher  have  formed  a  part- 
nership at  Oxnard,  Cal.  Thatcher  was  formerly  at 
Pomona,  Cal. 

J.  Young,  druggist  at  Seventh  and  Folsom  streets. 

San  Francisco,  takes  a  trip  to  Europe  lasting  several 
months. 

W.  B.  Hutchinson,  formerly  with  Tubb  &  Co.,  of 

Santa  Ana  is  now  with  Ben  Bear,  of  Phoenix,  Ariz. 

Mitchell   it   Merrill   succeeds   Mitchell   at   Willows, 

Cal.     Paul  Merrill  is  the  new  partner. 

Druggists  of  Red  Bluff  close  by  ageement  at  9  p. 

m.   instead  of  10. 


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Humidifier" 
w  h  i  c  h  is 
li  e  r  e  illus- 
trated. It  is 
wit  h  o  u  t  a 
parallel  for 
cigar  moist- 
pur  poses, 
vi^v—  The  case  has 
a  capacity  of  5,000,  is  made  of  hardwood,  zinc-lined, 
and  worth  .?15.00.  Chas.  Jacobs  &  Co.,  353  East  78tb 
St.,  New  York,  will  give  one  free  to  auy  firm  ordering 
5,000  Havana  Specials  within  five  months  from  date  of 
first  shipment.     See  their  advertisement. 


June  12,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


590' 


Patents,  Trade  Marks,  Etc 


TUl,T5G. — Joel     P.     JleAbee,     Tiedmont,     Ala,     Foot- 

waimer. 
701,791. — Kandall   B.   Andros,   Boston,   Mass.,   assignor 

of    one-half    to    Charles    A.    liideout,    Boston, 

JIass.     Automatic   corkscrew. 
701, SIG. — August  Heinle,  Baltimore,  Md.     Showcase. 


7of-71/ 


7<3/.V3?^ 


70/.  3  3  J' 


PATENTS. 

Issued  June  3,  1902. 

701,318. — Irvin  K.  Fenner  and  William  D.  Fenner,  San 
Francisco,  (.'al.     Artificial  limb. 

701,335. — Lucien  H.  Handy,  San  Francisco,  Cal.,  assign- 
or to  American  Faucet  Co.,  San  Francisco, 
Cal.,  a  corporation  of  California.  Device  for 
drawing  liquids. 

701,352. — William  T.  Kendrick,  Montgomery,  Ala.,  and 
William  T.  Kendrick,  administrator  of  George 
W.  Dixon,  deceased.  Process  of  making  dis- 
infectants. 

701,357. — Isidor  Kitsce,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Pyroxylin 
compound. 

701,373. — James  W^  McLean,  Joplin,  Mo.     Water-filter. 

701,435. — Arthur  Weinberg.  Franfort-on-the-Main,  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  Leopold  Cassella  &;  Co,, 
Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Germany.  Brown- 
violet  sulfur  dve  and  process  of  making  same. 

701,438, — Robert  M,  Whyte,  Jersey  City,  N.  J.,  as- 
signor to  Schieffelin  &  Co.,  New  York.  N.  Y., 
a  Co-partnership.     Compressed  tablet. 

701,450. — Henry  Y'earsley,  Xorth  Manchester,  England, 
.\rtificial  limb, 

701,452, — Stephen  Y'oung,  Glasgow,  Scotland,  Drawing- 
off  tap  for  aerated  liquids, 

701,485. — Louis  E,  .Tones,  Conshobocken,  Pa,,  assignor  to 
J,  Ellwood  Lee  Company,  Conshohocken,  Pa., 
a  Corporation  of  Pennsylvania,  Disinfecting 
device, 

701,501, — Charles  E,  Parker,  Orange,  N,  J.  Catgut 
ligature  and  suture,  and  method  of  preparing 
same, 

701,523, — Heinrich  Thron,  Frankfort-on-tbe-Main,  Ger- 
many, assignor  to  Vereinigte  Chininfabriken, 
Zimmer  &  Co,,  Gessellschaft  mit  Beschraenk- 
ter  Haftung,  Frankfort-on-the-Main,  Ger- 
many, a  Firm.  Process  of  making  alkyl  ethers 
of  cinchona-alkaloid  carbonic  acids. 

701,538, — Thomas  Carence,  Kansas  City,  Mo.  Nasal 
shield. 

701,604.— George  Ottermann,  Vienna,  Austria-Hungary. 
Process  of  making  cyanids. 

701,600. — Carl  Paal.  EHangen,  Germany,  assignor  to 
Kalle  &  Company.  Bicbrich,  Germany,  a  Firm. 
Manufacture  of  colloidal  gold. 

701,606, — Carl  Paal,  Eriangen,  Germany,  assignor  to 
Kalle  &  Company.  Biebrich,  Germany,  a  firm. 
Manufacture  of  colloidal  silver. 

701,620, — Julius  Rother,  Katscher.  Germany,  Process 
of  making  disinfectant  powder, 

701,622. — William  J.  Ruff,  Quincv,  111,     Pasteurizer. 

701,671. — John  X.  Billings,  Rockland,  Mass  Hypoder- 
mic syringe. 

701,704. — Delbert  O.  Freeman,  Binghamton.  N,  Y,,  as- 
signor to  the  Rex  Acetylene  Generator  Co., 
Binghamton,  N,  Y,,  a  Corporation  of  New 
Y'ork,     Gas  purifier, 

701,711. — Hermann  Goltermann,  New  York,  N,  Y, 
.Vtoniizer. 

701,726. — George  F.  Hodkinson,  Chicago,  III.     Filter. 
701,742, — .Toseph    Lambert,     Battlecreek.    Mich.     Gran- 
ular   malted    biscuit   and    method    of    making 
same. 


38,390.- 
38,391,- 
38,392.- 

9,193.- 
9.194. 
9.195. 
9,198. 


TRADE  MARKS. 

Registered  June  3,   1902. 

-Certain  named  Drugs.  Wm.  J,  Schieffelin, 
New  York,  N.  \'.     The  word  "Laminoid." 

-Medical  Compound  for  Treatment  of  Obesity. 
Raymond  D,  Sleight,  Maple  Rapids,  Mich. 
The  representation  of  a  slate  and  pencil. 

-Medical  Preparation  made  from  Herbs.  O. 
Porsch  Chemical  Co,,  New  York,  N,  Y',  The 
word  "Vitalonga," 

-Remedy  for  Feverish  Disorders.  Samuel  Hen- 
ry W.ard.  Nottingham,  England.  The  word 
"Febrisum." 

-Remedy  for  Certain  Named  Diseases.  Josephine 
P^anger,  Blythesdale,  Pa.  The  word  "Curma- 
tism"  hyphenated  into  the  syllables  "Cur-Ma- 
Tism,"  and  arranged  upon  a  shield, 

-Remedies  for  Certain  Named  Diseases,  August 
T,  Wainwright,  Algiers,  La,  The  hyphen- 
ated word  "Coal-Roller,"  and  the  representa- 
tion of  a  man  rolling  a  wheelbarrow  filled  with 
coal. 

-Remedy  for  Certain  Named  Diseases.  William 
Edwards,  Jr.,  London,  England,  The  word 
"Fumeline." 

-Liniment,  Albert  G,  Groblewski.  Plymouth. 
Pa.  The  representation  of  the  figure  of  a 
man  engaged  in  the  act  of  spearing  a  snake. 

-Salves  or  Ointments  Richard  P.  Marks, 
Jacksonville,  Fla,     The  word  "Brestoria." 


LABELS. 
Registered  June  3,   1902. 

-Tittle:  "XXX  Pepsin,  Kola  and  Celery," 
(For  Liquid  Compound.)  David  S.  Gates,  Chi- 
cago, 111,     Filed  May  12,  1002. 

-Title:  ■"Phospbo."  (For  Medicinal  Prepara- 
tion.J  George  P.  L,  Reid,  Marion,  Ala,  Filed 
Jlay  12,   1902, 

-Title:  "Dr.  Daniels'  Colic  Cure."  (For  a 
Medicine.)  Dr,  A,  C.  Daniels,  Inc,  Boston, 
Mass,     Filed  May  7.  1902, 

-Title:  "Roman  Face  Cream  Massage."  (For 
Face  Cream  Massage.)  Otto  C.  Berchtold, 
Cl.-velana.  Ohio.     Filed  Jlay  12,  1902, 


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MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

BUSINESS  OF  A  ROUTINE  CHARACTER. 

New  York,  June  10.— Aside  from  a  sharp  advance 
in  cod  hver  oil  the  changes  in  prices  Iiave  been  of  only 
ordinary  importance,  and  general  business  during  the 
period  under  review  has  continued  of  a  routine  charac- 
ter. The  market,  however,  retains  a  fairly  steady  un- 
dertone and  prevailing  conditions  are  considered  sea- 
sonable. 

OPIUM.— Lack  of  important  demand  has  had  a  de- 
pressing effect  on  the  market,  and  buyers  in  a  large  way 
have  been  able  to  secure  a  slight  concession,  but  for 
jobbing  quantities  former  prices  are  retained,  and  the 
quoted  figures  are  $3.00@3.25  for  9  per  cent  and  $3.10 
@3.35  for  11  per  cent.  Powdered  is  moving  in  a  rout- 
ine way,  with  business  of  average  volume,  and  prices 
are  maintained  at  $3.95@4.20  for  13  per  cent  and  $4.45 
@4.70   for   16   per   cent. 

MORPHINE. — A  continued  moderately  active  mar- 
ket is  reported,  with  a  good  jobbing  business  in  progress 
and  prices  rule  steady  at  the  old  range  of  $2.40@2.50 
for  eighths  in  1-oz  boxes,  $2.35@2.45  in  2y2-oz  boxes, 
$2.15^2.25  in  ounce-vials,  and  $2.10@2.20  in  5-oz  cans, 
according  to  size  of  order. 

QUININE.— Nothing  has  yet  transpired  to  change 
the  general  condition  of  affairs  regarding  this  article 
and  the  consuming  demand  continues  light  and  unimpor- 
tant. Consumption  thus  far  this  vear  is  said  to  be 
considerably  below  the  average,  and  there  is  nothing 
in  the  outlook  to  indicate  an  early  improvement.  Job- 
bers continue  to  quote  28c  for  bulk  in  100-oz  tins,  28V>c 
'"  J  o^^  *'°^'  -^'^  '"  -S'oz  tins,  30c  in  5  or  10-oz  tins 
and  35c  in  ounce-vials. 

ISINGLASS. — American  is  firmer,  manufacturers 
having  advanced  their  quotations  10c  per  lb,  and  the 
revised  jobbing  prices  are  80@90c,  as  to  quantity.  The 
tendency  is  still  upward  and  further  improvement  is 
considered  probable. 

MENTHOL. — Cable  advices  of  higher  foreign 
markets  have  stimulated  a  firmer  feeling  among  local 
dealers,  and  jobbing  quotations  have  been  advanced  to 
$4.  i5w'5.00  per  pound  and  37@42c  per  ounce 

WILD  CHERRY  BARK.— New  crop  has  begun  to 
arrive,  and  the  market  is  somewhat  easier,  with  jobbing 
quotations  reduced  to  ll@14c  for  select  whole,  13<a)18<; 
for  ground  and  18@23c  for  powdered. 

COD  LIVER  OIL. — Values  have  advanced  sharply 
during  the  past  week  owing  to  a  strong  upward  ten- 
dency abroad,  due  to  confirmed  reports  of  a  small  yield, 
compared  with  previous  seasons,  together  with  a 'good 
demand  in  producing  markets,  and  some  speculative 
manipulation.  Jobbers  have  marked  up  quotations  for 
leading  brands  to  $40.00(ff)42.00  per  bbl  and  $l.S5(ni2:25 
per  gallon  for  smaller  quantities.  Newfoundland^  has 
been  advanced  to  $1.10(?('1.25. 

OIL  GERANIUM. — Turkish  is  easier  in  sympathy 
with  primary  markets,  and  jobbing  quotations  have 
been  reduced  to  $4.00@4.50  per  lb  and  45fai70c  per  oz. 

OIL  CASSIA. — Foreign  markets  are  easier,  and  the 
demand  for  round  lots  continues  light  and  unimportant. 
Jobbers  have  reduced  quotations  to  95c@.$1.00,  accord- 
ing to  quality  and  quantity. 

OIL  OF  \\^NE. — Heavy  is  firmer,  with  an  advance 
in  jobbing  prices  to  $7.00@7.75  per  lb  and  50@55c  per 
oz. 

SERPENTARIA  ROOT.— Increased  offers  from 
producing  markets  and  a  light  consuming  demand  have 
caused  an  easier  feeling  here,  and  a  decline  in  jobbing 
quotations  to  48@53c  for  whole,  50@55c  for  ground 
and   53f?7i(iOc   for   powdered. 

BENZOATE  OP  SODA.— The  market  is  a  shade 
easier,  and  jobbers  have  reduced  quotations  to  50@58e, 
as  to  quantity. 

IPEC.VC. — Easier  markets  abroad  have  had  a  weak- 
ening inlliiciifc  on  the  local  siliiatioii,  and  spot  quota- 
tions for  iobbing  rpinntitios  have  doclinod  to  .S2.S5(?7) 
3.20  for  whole,  .'t;2.90(<7  3.15  for  ground  and  $2.95ra:3.20 
for    powdered. 

SPIRITS  TURPENTINE.— The  market  is  .tfealn 
firmer,  with  a  further  advance  in  iobbing  quotations  to 
52V2ffJ.'i4VoC  by  the  barrel  and  57rt((r>c  for  smaller 
quantities. 


INDEX  TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

ASSOCIATIONS,  (?LUBS.  ALUMNI,  etc.— Apothe-^*' 
caries'  Bicycle  Club,  589;  California  University 
Department  of  Pharmacy  Alumni,  596;  Chicago 
Retail  Druggists,  596;  Connecticut  Pharmaceu- 
tical, 589;  Indian  Territory,  586;  Manhattan 
Pharmaceutical,  589;  Massachusetts,  591;  MiCx.i- 
gan  University  School  of  Pharmacy  Alumni,  595; 
Minnesota  University  College  of  Pharmacy 
Alumni,  597;  Missouri  Pharmaceutical,  598; 
New  Jersey  Pharmaceutical,  590;  North  Adams, 
(Mass.)  Drug  Clerks,  592;  Pennsylvania  Phar- 
maceutical, 593;  Philadelphia  Retail  Druggists, 
593;     (vashington    (D.    C.)    Drug    Clerks,    594; 

Westmoreland  Co.   (Pa)  Retail  Druggists 595 

Balsam   Honey    585 

BOARDS  .  F  PHARMACY.— Illinois,  585;  Kansas, 

585;  Mar.vland,  600;  New  York 587,  589 

COLLEGES  OF  PHARMACY— New  York 383 

Drug   Store   -  roblems 586 

Dye,   Gray   for   Leather 585 

EDITORIALS. — Dr.  Frederick  Hoffmann,  579; 
Drug  Store  Problems,  Ol8;  Era  Price  List 
Edition,  577;  New  York  College  of  Pharmacy's 
Indebtedness,  579;  Pharmaceutical  Campaign  in 
New  iork,  i.78;  Production  of  Nitric  Acid  and 
Nitrates  from  Air,  578;  Prof.  Virchow  Disap- 
proves  German   Government's   Decision 579 

Era  Course  in   Pharmacy   Graduates 579 

Files,    Cleaning   and    Sharpening 584 

Marble,    Cleaning     584 

MARKET  REPORT    600 

NEWS  LETTERS.— Baltimore,  594;  California, 
598:  Chicago.  596;  Michigan,  595:  New  England, 
591;  New  Y'ork,  587;  Philadelphia,  593;  Pitts- 
burg, 595;  St.  Louis,  598;  The  Northwest 597 

PATENTS,   TRADEAiARKS,   etc 599 

PERSONALS.  Including  Obituaries,  Items  of  Per- 
sonal Interest,  etc.;  Baer,  Joseph  M.,  599; 
Bigelow,  Clarence  O.,  588;  Carter  Medicine  Co., 
5e.  •  Can-oil,  lurs.  Eaward.  593:  Cochrane 
Chemical  Co.,  593-  ^ovey.  Miss  Ida  M.,  595; 
Diamantberger,  Mile.,  584;  Eccles,  David  C, 
597;  Farrow,  J.  Karrv.  o:  Grove,  S.  A..  jrf9; 
Hebbard,  Harry  C,  589;  Hines  Co.,  The  G.  C, 
593;  Hoffmann,  Dr.  Frederick,  579;  Kennedy, 
Dr.  E.  Russell,  593;  Kirchstein,  Herman,  596; 
Lohmann,  Herman  J.,  5li0;  Morison  Dr.  J.  L. 
D.,  593;  Oriental  Remedies  Co..  oU3:  Pine  Oil 
Liniment  Co.,  595:  Y'oung,  George    .597;  White, 

L.  \vister,  595:  Wray  Drug  Co.,  Geo.  B 588 

Pharmacists.    German.    Training 583 

Pharmacy.    Commercial,    Unsettled    Questions 581 

QUESTION  BOX  584 

SHOP  TALK  580 

Startling  Metamorphosis 580 

Syrup  Hypophosphites,  with  Wild  Cherry 585 

Asks  Court  to  Direct  Board  to  Issue  Notice  for  Election 
of  Five  Members. 

The  New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Association, 
through  its  president,  Joseph  Weinstein,  has  made  an 
application  to  the  Supreme  court  for  a  writ  of  man- 
damus against  t.ie  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  show  cause 
why  the  latter  should  not  issue  a  notice  calling  for  an 
election  of  five  "itmbers  on  the  Eastern  branch  of 
the  Board,  also  asking  that  the  clause  referring  to 
citizenship  Le  left  out  of  the  notice,  and  that  reasona- 
ble hours  be  allowed  for  electors  to  poll  their  votes. 
The  applicaticj  was  made  Tuesday  afternoon,  June  10, 
and  the  case  was  slat  u  for  Wednesday  morning,  but 
was  postponed  until  Friday,  when  it  will  be  argued 
before  Judge  Blanchard  in  Part  1,  Special  Term  of 
the  Supreme  Court. 

In  all  probability  this  application  for  a  writ  of  man- 
damus will  necessitate  the  postponement  of  the  election, 
for  it  is  quite  llkeiy  that  which  ever  way  the  case  is 
decided  an  appeal  will  oe  made.  Fifteen  days'  notice 
is  necessary  before  the  election  can  be  held. 

President  Thomas  Stoddart  of  the  t^tate  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  and  Senator  Hill,  who  introduced 
the  amendment  under  which  the  notice  of  election  must 
be  issued,  w  11  probably  be  present  at  the  hearing 
Fri.lav. 


I 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


THE  ERA  PRICE  LIST  EDITION. 

The  I'rioe  List  Edition  of  the  Kr.i  issued  last  week 
^^"ill  spoak  for  itself.  It  contains  a  complete  list  of 
Drugs,  Chemicals,  Jlineral  Waters,  Paints,  Oils,  and 
Proprietary  I'rtparations,  prohably  the  most  comprehen- 
sive list  of  tho  kind  ever  offered  to  the  drug  buyer.  A 
roost  important  feature  of  the  edition  is  the  list  of  manu- 
facturers' names  and  addresses,  by  which  a  drug  buyer 
can  lind  in  almost  every  case  the  manufacturer's  name 
of  .-rny  proprietary  preparation  he  may  want. 

We  have  already  begun  the  revision  of  the  next  edi- 
tion, which  will  be  out  in  October,  and  it.  like  this  one, 
will  be  issue  free  to  all  Era  subscribers.  We  have  a  few 
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supplying  while  they  last,  to  those  who  desire  them,  at 
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In  the  United  States  as  well  as  in  England  and  the 
British  Colonies  there  seems  to  be  a  general  scarcity  of 
qualified  drug  clerks. 

Competent  observers  say  that  qualified  assistants  are 
plentiful  in  the  Kaiser's  realm  because  the  number  of 
pharmacies  is  limited. 

In  this  country  there  is  nothing  to  prevent  an  enter- 
prising pharmacist  from  opening  a  new  store,  and  mak- 
ing it  pay. 

It  will  be  noticed  that  the  demand  in  our  various 
States  and  Territories  is  for  "qualified  clerks." 

There  is  no  scarcity  of  men  who  have  not  received 
the  training  necessary  to  pass  the  board  examinations. 

There  is  no  reason  why  au  ambitious  young  man  who 
does  not  belong  to  the  qualified  class,  should  not  acquire 
a  thorough  training  and  thus  make  his  services  more 
valuable. 

The  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  has  helped  many  to  a 
pharmaceutical  education.     It  is  ready  to  help  otliers. 

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The  length  of  the  drug  clerk's  working  day  has  in 
all  probability  always  been  a  favorite  topic  of  con- 
versation among  members  of  the  trade,  but  druggists 
while  willing  to  talk  about  it,  have  commonly  con- 
sidered the  shortening  of  the  hours  of  duty  as  some- 
thing eminently  desirable  but  hopelessly  unattaina- 
ble in  this  selfish  world.  The  matter  has  usually 
been  discussed  solely  from  the  point  of  view  of  the 
unfortunate  victimi  of  the  prevailing  system,  the  ar- 
guments employed  being  mostly  such  as  would  ex- 
cite sympathy  for  the  poor  clerk.  No  doubt  these 
arguments  are  good  and  valid,  but  they  have  never 
produced  any  very  conspicuous  results,  probably  be- 
cause people  are  too  busy  thinking  of  their  own 
troubles  to  be  greatly  affected  by  the  complaints  of 
others.  Of  late  we  have,  however,  been  hearing  a 
great  deal  about  another  reason  wh^f  the  dispensing 
pharmacist  should  not  remain  on  duty  sixteen  or 
eighteen  hours  in  succession.  This  argument  which 
is  probably  as  old  as  pharmacy  itself  is  in  effect,  that 
too  long  continued  drudgery  renders  the  clerk  unfit 
for  duty,  and  makes  his  impaired  service  dangerous 
to  the  public.  This  reason  is  in  no  way  better  than 
the  usual  complaint,  and  is  not  nearly  so  true,  but 
it  has  set  people  and  newspapers  to  thinking,  and  has 
created  considerable  sentiment  in  favor  of  a  reduc- 
tion of  working  hours.  The  shorter  hours  move- 
ment is  at  present  more  vigorous  than  it  has  ever 
been  before.  This  may  be  due  in  part  to  better  or- 
ganization of  the  clerks,  but  much  of  the  success  is 
undoubtedljy  due  to  the  skilful  presentation  of  this 
altruistic  argument. 

In  many  parts  of  the  country  the  drug  clerks  are 
organizing  for  the  correction  of  the  long  hours  evil, 
and  in  many  cases  the  local  societies  are  becoming 
affiliated  with  the  labor  unions.  Some  of  the  organ- 
izations have  done  much  good,  the  clerks  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C,  having  in  a  comparatively  short  time 
secured  the  introduction  of  a  bill  in  Congress  for 
shortening  the  pharmacists'  working  day.  The  pur- 
pose of  affiliating  with  labor  unions  is  somewhat  of 
a  mystery,  for  the  clerks  as  a  rule  disclaim  any  in- 
tention of  resorting  to  boycotts,  strikes  and  similar 
tactics.     Many   druggists   regret   that   pharmaceutical 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  19,  1902. 


societies  of  any  kind  should  become  associated  with 
labor  organizations,  which  in  their  opinion  can  only 
result  in  a  lowering  of  the  standard  of  pharmacy  as 
a  profession.  Although  the  pharmacist  works  quite 
as  arduously  as  anyone,  he  has  very  little  in  common 
with  the  man  who  depends  upon  manual  labor  for 
his  daily  bread.  The  druggist's  livelihood  depends 
more  largely  upon  his  knowledge  of  science  than  up- 
on a  mere  manual  dexterity  in  rolling  pills.  It  is 
difificult  to  understand  what  the  clerks  can  expect  to 
gain  by  affiliating  with  a  class  to  which  they  do  not 
belong.  Their  grievances  are  sufficiently  real  to 
command  the  attention  if  not  the  sympathy  of  the 
public,  and  thorough  organization  combined  with  a 
judicious  agitation  should  go  far  toward  bringing 
about  any  necessarj'  reform. 


The  annual  meeting  of  the  National  Association 
of  Retail  Druggists  for  1902  will  be  held  at  Cleve- 
land, Ohio  the  third  week  of  September.  The  Exec- 
utive Comimittee  expects  a  large  attendance.  Much 
has  happened  since  the  last  meeting  at  Buffalo,  and 
there  will  be  much  to  report  and  much  to  discuss. 


There  is  a  vast  difference  between  the  duties  ex- 
pected of  the  retail  pharmacist  by  the  medical  pro- 
fession, and  those  demanded  by  the  patent  medicine 
advertiser.  The  proprietary  manufacturer  seems 
to  consider  the  retail  druggist  merely  a  distributer 
of  goods  for  which  he  is  to  find  a  demand  already 
formed,  and  which  he  is  to  receive  and  supply  to  the 
advertiser's  customers  without  asking  disagreeable 
questions.  Viewed  from  the  physician's  standpoint, 
however,  the  position  of  the  pharmacist  is  of  vastV 
greater  importance  than  that  of  the  mere  agent  for 
advertised  goods,  and  his  responsibility  is  also  cor- 
respondingly greater.  American  Medicine,  a  journal 
which  probably  reflects  the  opinion  of  a  large  pro- 
portion of  the  medical  profession  in  this  country, 
thinks  the  druggist  should  be  held  strictly 
responsible  for  the  quality  of  the  drugs  which  he 
dispenses  even  of  the  secret  preparations  which  the 
advertisers  and  the  public  expect  him  to  sell. 


may,  of  course,  seek  satisfaction  from  the  manufac- 
turer whose  dupe  he  has  been.  The  licensed  drug- 
gist should,  however,  be  held  to  strict  responsibility 
for  the  quality  of  every  drug  dispensed  and  the  sale 
of  drugs  should  be  restricted  to  qualified  men,  as  is. 
already  supposed  to  be  the  case.  Now  let  the  drug- 
gist shoulder  his  responsibility  and  insist  upon  hav- 
ing full  knowledge  of  every  preparation  that  leaves- 
his  hands.  Let  him  refuse  to  sell  proprietary  reme- 
dies as  to  the  ingredients  of  which  he  is  ignorant 
and  as  to  the  quality  of  which  he  is  prevented  froni 
satisfying  himself.  This  will  throw  the  responsibilitjr 
for  nostrums  where  it  belongs,  on  the  manufacturer 
and  the  non-licensed  vendors,  and  will  lead  to  the  re- 
quirement that  other  proprietary  remedies  shall  be 
accompanied  by  an  exact  formula  and  a  guarantee 
of  the  purity  and  activity  of  the  incorporated  drugs." 


For  many  years  the  mosquito  has  been  regarded 
as  something  in  the  nature  of  a  disagreeable  practi- 
cal joke,  but  of  late  he,  or  rather  she,  has  been  ac- 
cused of  all  sorts  of  evil  doing.  Since  the  discovery- 
that  these  fragile  but  enterprising  insects  are  largely- 
responsible  for  the  spread  of  malaria  and  yellow- 
fever,  medical  commissions  and  congresses  have 
passed  resolutions  about  them,  and  health  authorities 
have  proclaimed  against  them  in  all  parts  of  the 
world.  The  mosquito  has  now  been  accused  of 
still  another  atrocity,  the  latest  offense  being  inter- 
ference between  capital  and  labor.  A  force  of  Italian 
laborers  engaged  in  building  a  railroad  in  Wisconsin 
have  struck,  because  the  tuneful  pests  rendered  sleep- 
and  peace  of  mind  absolutely  out  of  the  question  in 
the  Northern  woods.  The  emplcjyers  resorted  to- 
the  use  of  the  latest  approved  ointments  and  lo- 
tions, but  the  best  that  pharmacy  could  do  seems  to 
have  been  of  no  avail.  The  men  had  no  grievance 
against  their  employers,  but  the  strike  seems  to  be 
the  natural  remedy  for  all  evils,  and  work  was 
promptly  suspended.  In  spite  of  his  great  fondness 
for  mankind,  the  mosquito  has  at  present  very  little 
reputation  left.  We  shall  not  be  surprised  to  hear 
that  he  is  also  the  prime  cause  of  the  prevailing  high 
price   of  beef. 


We  commend  the  following  quotation  from  the 
paragraph  in  question  to  the  consideration  of  our 
friends  who  are  constantly  complaining  about  the 
wicked  interference  of  the  druggist  with  the  adver- 
tisers customers: 

"The  restriction  to  certain  men  of  the  right  to 
sell  certain  drugs  carries  with  it  the  responsibility 
that  the,y  shall  guarantee  the  quality  of  the  drugs 
sold.  The  physician  relies  upon  the  drug  to  bring 
about  certain  physiological  effects,  and  human  life 
depends  upon  it  having  a  normal  efficiency.  Hence 
the  physician  looks  to  the  pharmacist  for  a  guaran- 
tee that  every  drug  dispensed  is  possessed  of  its  full 
potency.  The  plea  often  made  by  the  retail  phar- 
macist that  he  has  relied  upon  the  manufacturer  or 
jobber  and  is  ignorant  of  the  actual  quality  of  the 
drugs  dispensed,  is  invalid  and  should  in  no  case 
shield  him  from  legal  penalty  or  public  contumely. 
In  cases  where  he  is  called  to  account  for  the  inert- 
ness or  unaccountable   behavior  of  a  given   drug,   he 


A  comparison  of  the  programmes  of  the  meetings 
of  the  various  State  pharmaceutical  associations  is 
an  interesting  pastime.  At  present  no  meeting 
seems  to  be  complete  without  a  distribution  of  prizes, 
but  the  qualities  or  achievements  which  are  con- 
sidered worthy  of  reward  vary  curiously.  Ap- 
parent'y,  the  druggists'  idgals  are  very  different  in 
the  different  States.  The  Illinois  association  this 
year  awarded  prizes  for  essays  upon  practical  ques- 
tions in  commercial  pharmacy;  at  the  Missouri  meet- 
ing there  were  competitions  in  curious  forms  of  semi- 
athletic  sports;  while  at  the  Massachusetts  meeting 
personal  peculiarities  of  the  members  present  were 
honored  with  prizes,  the  members  weighing  the  most 
and  the  least,  etc.,  receiving  awards.  The  Illinois 
prizes  brought  out  some  vc-y  instructive  papers;  the 
Missouri  contests  probably  furnished  the  most 
amusement,  while  the  Massachusetts  awards  involved 
the  least  possible  expenditure  of  mental  or  physical 
energy. 


Tune  19,   1002.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


60.j: 


The  Stale  association  meetings  appear  to  be  un- 
usually well  attended  this  year.  The  controversies 
about  the  plans  of  the  X.  A.  R.  D.  and  the  dis- 
cussions of  the  many  questions  of  trade  interest  have 
apparently  had  a  beneficial  effect.  Pharmacists  in 
all  parts  of  the  country  are  beginning  to  realize  the 
necessity  of  organization,  and  the  value  of  united 
eilort  directed  against  a  common  enemy.  The  Kan- 
sas meeting  held  at  Wichita  surpassed  all  previous 
gatherings  both  in  the  number  of  pharmacists  pres- 
ent and  in  the  interest  displayed.  At  the  opening 
meeting  187  names  were  registered  and  104  new 
members  were  elected  during  the  session.  Other 
State  associations  also  show  remarkable  gains  in 
membership.  There  may  be  other  causes  for  the 
druggists'  awakened  interest  in  pharmaceutical  af- 
fairs, but  none  has  been  more  potent  than  the  work 
of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  If  the  national  organization 
had  accomplished  no  other  result  than  bringing  the 
druggists  together,  it  would  have  amply  justified 
its  existence.  It  has,  however,  accomplished  far 
more  than  this,  and  has,  moreover,  gained  the  con- 
fidence of  a  large  proportion  of  the  drug  trade,  es- 
pecially in  the  Western  States.  The  State  pharma- 
ceutical associations  of  both  Kansas  and  Arkansas 
have   heartily   endorsed   the    N.    A.    R.    D. 

The  reproach  that  colleges  of  pharmacy  do 
not  derive  much  benefit  from  the  refreshing  shower 
of  gold  which  other  colleges  are  enjoying,  is  no 
longer  true.  The  Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy 
has  received  a  number  of  donations  from  its  friends 
and  alumni  during  the  past  week.  A  prominent 
firm  of  manufacturing  pharmacists  presented  this 
institution  of  pharmaceutical  learning  with  $1,000, 
while  several  members  and  alumni  have  given  $100 
each.  The'  benefits  of  pharmaceutical  education 
are  receiving  more  hearty  appreciation  every  year, 
and  it  is  difficult  to  decide  which  is  most  agreeable, 
the  willingness  of  the  friends  and  alumni  to  uphold 
the  work  of  the  college  with  substantial  gifts,  or 
the  prosperit}'  which  enables  them  to  contrrbtVte 
so  liberally.  Prosperous  alumni  are  the  best  rec- 
commendations  any  institution  of  learnmg  can  pos- 
sibly   have. 

The  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy  is  sending 
circulars  to  its  alumni  inquiring  whether  they  ex- 
pect to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  .\merican  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  in  Philadelphia,  and  inviting 
them  to  participate  in  a  college  reunion.  .Alumni 
gatherings  as  side  lines  to  the  more  serious  business 
of  the  organization  promise  to  become  one  of  the 
pleasant  features  of  future  meetings  of  the  associa- 
tion, and  the  thought  from  which  this  movement 
originated  seems  to  have  been  a  peculiarly  happy 
inspiration.  There  are  many  circumstances  which 
should  render  these  reunions  profitable  and  success- 
ful. The  .American  association  is  preeminently  the 
organization  of  scientific  pharmacy  in  this  country, 
and  its  meetings  attract  those  interested  in  the  pro- 
fessional side  of  the  calling,  and  these  are  naturally 
educated  men,  the  graduates  of  the  various  colleges 
of  pharmacy.  There  is  nothing  more  likely  to  draw 
an  alumnus  to  the  annual  meeting  than  an  assurance 
that   he   will  there  meet   some   of  his  college   fellows. 


We  are  not  familiar  with  the  circumstances  which 
led  to  the  first  reunion  of  this  kind,  but  the  move- 
ment seems  to  have  originated  at  the  St.  Louis 
meeting  last  year.  A  number  of  alumni  of  the  Uni- 
versity of  Michigan  met  at  this  meeting  and  held  a 
reunion,  much  to  their  mutual  stimulation  and  bene- 
fit. They  found  the  incident  so  satisfactory  that  they 
immediately  resolved  to  hold  similar  reunions  at 
future  conventions. 

The  pharmaceutico-political  atmosphere  of  Greater 
Xevv  York  has  cleared  perceptibly  since  the  last  ap- 
pearance of  the  Era.  The  election  of  a  member  to 
the  Eastern  branch  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy 
is  still  a  subject  of  lively  discussion,  but  the  uncer- 
tainty as  to  whether  one  member  was  to  be  elected 
or  whether  five  were  to  be  chosen  has  been  removed. 
The  action  of  the  Board  in  issuing  a  call  for  the 
election  of  one  member  of  the  Board,  while  in  the 
opinion  of  the  Attorney-General,  all  five  members 
should  be  elected,  elicited  a  vigorous  protest  fro.m 
some  members  of  the  trade.  In  order  to  test  the 
legal  status  of  the  law  and  the  Board's  action,  the 
New  York  Retail  Druggists'  Association  applied  to 
the  Supreme  Court  for  a  writ  of  mandamus  to  com- 
pel the  Board  to  issue  a  new  notice,  on  the  ground 
that  the  notice  was  improper  in  calling  for  the 
election  for  only  one  member,  in  not  allowing  suf- 
ficient time  for  voting  and  in  restricting  the  fran- 
chise to  citizens  of  the  State.  The  case  was  argued 
before  Judge  Blanchard,  who  refused  the  writ,  con- 
sidering a  new  notice  unnecessary.  The  decision 
upholds  the  Board  in  calling  for  the  election  of  only 
one  member,  and  also  states  that  the  modified  notice 
allows  sufficient  time  for  casting  votes,  but  declares 
the  portion  of  the  notice  which  restricts  the  franchise 
improper  because  the  statute  contains  no  restric- 
tion of  this  kind.  At  the  coming  election  one  mem- 
ber of  the  Eastern  branch  of  the  Board  of  Pharmacy 
will,  therefore,  be  chosen,  and  the  candidate  receiv- 
ing the  greatest  niimber  of  votes,  whether  from: 
citizens  of  the  State  or  not,  will  be  declared  elected. 

Last  week's  Era  contained  a  portrait  of  a  promi- 
nent Philadelphia  pharmacist,  and  under  this  portrait 
the  name  "Joseph  M.  Baer."  This  name  should 
have  read  "Jacob  M.  Baer,"  as  most  of  our  readers 
doubtless  know.  We  feel  certain  that  this  substi- 
tution has  caused  no  serious  harm,  for  there  was  a 
time  when  Jacob  had  good  reason  to  feel  proud  of 
Joseph. 


A      NEW      SPECIES      OF      COFFEE.    —    Dr. 

Walter  Busse  (Tropenpfl.)  has  discovered  in 
German  East  Africa  a  new  species  of  coffee, 
which  he  has  named  Coffea  Schumanniana. 
It  is  a  shrubby  tree  of  irregular  growth, 
the  larger  branches  being  bent  and  drooping, 
and  the  smaller  twigs  slender  and  flexible.  The 
bark  is  brown  and  smooth.  The  ovate  leaves  are 
thin  and  smooth  and  of  a  bright  color.  The  oval 
fruits  are  10  to  11  mm.  long  and  5  to  6  mm.  thick. 
The  small  hemi-spherical  seeds  are  5  to  7  mm.  long, 
5  to  6  mm.  wide,  and  3  to  3.5  mm.  thick.  Frequently 
only  one  of  the  two  seeds  is  developed.  The  ordi- 
nary CofTea  arabica  is  distinguished  from  this  species 
in  having  thicker  leaves,  supplied  with  more  nume- 
rous veins  it  blossoms  more  freely  and  has  larger 
fruits  and  more  elongated  seeds  than  Coffea  Schu- 
manniana. 


■C04 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  19,  1903. 


Who  says  Dame  Superstition  has  breathed  her 
last?  She  has  but  lulled  herself  into  a  gentle  slum- 
ber, and  at  the  slightest  opportunity  boldly  raises 
her  head,  open-eyed  and  wide  awake.  A  rare  oc- 
casion presented  itself  the  other  day  when  one  of 
St.  Louis'  popular  druggists  displayed  in  his  store 
a  mass  of  lodeslone  from  the  shores  of  the  Black 
River,  200  pounds  in  weight.  With  attractive  em- 
bellishments in  the  shape  of  horseshoes,  nails,  knife 
blades  and  the  like,  as  a  demonstration  of  its  power, 
the  old  proverbial  stone  lay  enveloped  in  its  mys- 
teries, exhaling  the  mystical  atmosphere  made  famous 
in  myth  and  story.  Curious  passersby  looked  in  to 
examine__  the  stone  of  charms,  while  a  venerable 
"darkey,"  completely  overcome  by  a  feeling  of  piety 
and  awe.  timidly  begged  for  a  piece  to  be  worn  as 
an  amulet.  Well,  perhaps  'tis  excusable  in  an  Afri- 
can, but  what  will  we  say  to  one  of  our  own  kin, 
the  same  age  and  color  (his  being  a  chronic  patent 
medicine  man  may  account  for  it — who  knows?), 
who  has  convinced  himself  that  if  an  electric  belt 
could  be  produced  from  pieces  of  the  stone  all  the 
aches  and  pams  that  "flesh  is  heir  to"  would  be  at 
an  end?  This  gentleman,  ever  on  the  alert  for 
a  new  preparation,  has  offered  a  large  price  for  the 
compondmg  of  the  latter  prescription.  If  the 
undertaking  proves  successful— why,  Greece  had  her 
Prometheus  and  his  beneficial  fire  for  man,  and  we 
Tnay  yet  have  our  Titan  and  his  "curall"  stone! 

Mr.  Bodemann  in  his  report  of  the  Committee  on 
Trade  to  the  I.  P.  A.  recently,  gave  the  druggists 
some  sound  advice.  Speaking  of  advertising  dis- 
plays and  circulars,  he  said: 

"I  have  seen  a  good  assortment  of  such  circulars, 
and  It  seems  to  be  the  general  opinion  that  brevity 
IS  the  spice  of  wit.  Short,  concise  ads.  on  a  piece 
of  paper  of  about  6x3  inches  are  easily  distributed 
by  slipping  them  into  envelopes  when  bills  or  receipts 
are  sent  out.  If  kept  handy  and  the  help  punched 
up  every  now  and  then,  such  slips  can  be  widely 
distributed  with  outgoing  packages.  I  saw  a  unique 
circular  recently,  showing  that  the  plant  of  organiza- 
tion has  taken  root  and  produced  a  healthy  growth 
of  confidence  in  druggists  among  themselves.  A  drug- 
gist living  in  a  section  where  occupants  of  houses 
change  often,  coming  from  all  sections  of  the  city, 
distributed  a  circular  house  by  house,  calling  atten- 
tion to  his  place  of  business  and  gave  as  references 
for  his  reputation  the  ex-druggists  of  the  new  comers. 
This  shows  that  the  man  has  confidence  in  himself 
and  in  the  spirit  of  fairness  of  his  colleagues. — So 
mote  it  be." 


At  the  pharmacy  of  F.  H.  Putnam.  School  street 
and  City  Hall  .Avenue,  an  old-time  Boston  place,  a 
fine  window  decoration  just  now  well  emphasizes  the 
fact  that  the  season  for  enioying  grape  juice  as  a  re- 
freshing drink  is  now  on.  Mar.v  bunches  and  clusters  of 
artificial  grapes  with  their  full  foliage  hang  grace- 
fully in  the  window.  The  grapes  look  fit  to  eat.  so 
beautifully  natural  are  they.  The  idea  is  one  that 
any  druggist   anywhere   might   well   make  use   of. 

ARCEMONE  MEXICANA.— J.  O.  Schlotterbeck 
(Journ.  .\mer.  Chem.  Soc.)  finds  no  morphine  in  Ar- 
genionc  mexicana,  a  member  of  the  Papavcraceac. 
This  plant  is  found  to  contain  berberine  and  proto- 
pine.  the  latter  being  identical  with  the  so-called  .A.rgo- 
monine  of  Peckolt.  The  ash  of  the  plant  contains 
notable  fiuantities  of  nitrate  of  potassium. 


fWrittcii   for  the  Era.) 

ROYALTY  AND  PHARMACY. 

MOXARCHS  nowadays  are  usually  expected 
by  their  subjects  to  take  an  intelligent 
interest  in  the  arts  and  sciences  generally, 
but  they  seldom  have  the  leisure  (even  had 
they  the  inclination)  to  personally  attempt  Or  super- 
vise scientific  research.  In  the  earlier  days  of  science, 
however,  it  was  not  an  uncommon  occurrence  for 
those  of  royal  rank  or  connection  to  dabble  in  medi- 
cine or  pharmacy;  their  relations  with  the  phar- 
macists and  chemists  were  sometimes  (like  Sam 
Weller's  knowledge  of  London)  "extensive  and  pe- 
culiar."   This  was  especially  the  case  in  ancient  times. 

In  Oriental  Lands. 

It  is  stated  that  Solomon  wrote  many  phar- 
maceutical formulas  which  his  grandson,  Asa,  de- 
stroyed on  account  of  the  abusive  use  to  which  they 
were  put  by  the  Jews.  It  is  certainly  a  fact  that 
the  books  of  Proverbs,  Ecclesiastes  and  Solomon's 
Song  teem  with  allusions  to  the  ointments  and 
balms,  in  the  preparation  of  which  the  Jews  excelled 
all  their  contemporaries;  and  it  is  distinctly  stated 
(Chronicles  XVI — II)  that  Asa  was  cremated  "with 
sweet  odours  and  divers  kinds  of  spices  prepared 
by  the  apothecaries"  art." 

Among  the  monarchs  and  kinglets  of 

Ancient   Egypt   and  Asia  Minor 

many  other  names  might  be  cited.  Cleopatra's  well- 
known  experiments  with  poisons  on  slaves  (imme- 
diately preceding  her  suicide)  were  perhaps  com- 
menced just  a  little  too  late  in  life  to  permit  us  to 
claim  her  as  the  legitimate  forerunner  of  our  charm- 
ing modern  lady  pharmacists.  As  to  her  real  or 
pretended  authorship  of  the  work  "De  Medicamine 
Facisi,"  we  will  charitably  suggest  that  the  proof 
that  it  was  written  by  the  fair  (or  dusky)  queen  in 
question  disappeared  with  the  destruction  of  the  great 
library  of  Alexandria.  The  Artemisia  vulgaris,  fa- 
miliar alike  to  botanists  and  pharmacists,  is  said  to 
perpetuate  the  name  of  another  Eastern  queen  who 
(380  B.  C.)   studied  materia  medica. 

Among  the  sterner  sex  may  we  be  allowed  to  claim 
Alexander  the  Great?  The  "Myrouel  des  Appothi- 
quaires"  (a  fourteenth  century  French  dispensary) 
declares  that  the  famous  Macedonian  conqueror  "was 
a  great  apothecary  and  cured  Ptolemy,  who  had  been 
mortally  wounded,  by  the  virtue  of  a  herb  he  dis- 
covered, and  this  herb  cured  all  who  had  been  wound- 
ed in  battle."  Certainly  a  wonderful  remedy!  One 
feels  that  our  boasted  modern  medicaments  are  but 
"feeble  folk"  in  comparison!  Cambyses,  of  Persia, 
turned  his  knowledge  of  the  apothecary's  art  to  more 
systematic  account,  preparing  ointments  and  selling 
them  largely  in  Egypt.  Antiochus  Philometor  and 
Nicodemus.  King  of  Bithynia,  are  claimed  to  have 
invented  various  remedies,  while  Attala  Philometor, 
King  of  Perganus,  cultivated  aconite,  hemlock,  hen- 
bane and  hellebore,  and  "studied  their  effects" 
(probably  upon  some  of  their  luckless  slaves,  like 
the  Egyptian  Queen  already  mentioned).  Galen  men- 
tions two  medicaments  bearing  the  name  of  the 
latter  monarch.  Agrippa's  ointment  is  said  to  have 
been  invented  by  the  King  of  Judea  whom  Saint  Paul 
"almost  persuaded"  to  become  a  Christian;  but  other 
origins  of  the  Greek  name  have  been  put  forward. 

The  most  famous  of  the  royal  apothecaries  of  the 
Oriental   past,   however,   was   undoubtedly 

Mithridates  Eupator,  King  of  Pontus, 

who  fought  so  long  and  valiantly  against  the  Rom- 
ans; whose  electuary  (the  famous  Theriaca)  figured 
in  every  pharmacopoeia  until  a  very  recent  epoch, 
and  still  exists  in  some  in  a  modern  form.  Living, 
like  mar,y  contemporary  monarchs,  in  daily  fear  of 
being  poisoned,  he  not  only  e.xperiniented  with  toxic 
substances  on  his  slaves,  but  even  on  himself.  We 
are  assured  that  he  finally  became  so  impervious  to 
the    action    of    the    deadlest    drugs    then    known    that 


June   19,   190-:?.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA 


60  > 


KING  HENRY  VIII  OF  ENGI^AND. 


when,  in  the  agony  of  defeat,  he  swallowed  the 
violent  poison  he  always  carried  on  his  person,  it 
did  not  have   the  desired  effect. 

Pompey's  first  action,  after  the  death  of  Mith- 
ridates,  was  to  hunt  through  the  King's  papers  for 
the  formula  of  the  electuary;  he  discovered  at  the 
same  time  another  formula,  claimed  to  be  its  antidote 
(rue  leaves,  salt,  almonds  and  figs).  The  whole  of 
Mithradates's  formulae  were  translated  by  Pompey 
(or  rather  b(V  his  freedman  Loenus)  and  carried  by 
him  to  Rome  to  figure  among  the  trophies  of  the 
victory. 

But  we  need  not  further  ransack  the  dim  and  dis- 
tant recesses  of  history  to  find  curious  and  interest- 
ing cases  on  the  connection  of  royalty  with  phar- 
macy. Passing  over  some  fifteen  centuries,  and  quit- 
ting the  East  for  the   British   Isles,   we   may  cite 

King  Henry  VIII  of  England, 

whose  "Book  of  Plaisters,  Sparadrops,  Ointments 
and  Poultices,"  etc.,  has  already  been  described  in 
detail  in  the  Era,  some  time  ago.  The  hundred  pre- 
scriptions contained  in  the  old  Tudor  MSS.  at  the 
British  Museum  were  mostly  "dev.ysed  by  the  King's 
Majestic"  for  his  own  personal  relief  during  the  few 
years  which  preceded  his  death.  The  following  may 
be  cited  as  the  only  one  designed  for  any  of  his  six 
queens;    for 

Anne  of  Cleves, 

who  will  be  remembered  as  the  "Flanders  Mare" 
whom  Henry  married  in  1540  and  repudiated  shortly 
afterwards. — his  fourth  spouse.  "A  plaster  for  my 
Ladye  Anne  of  Cleves,  to  mollifie  and  resolve,  corn- 
forte  and  cease  payne  of  cold  and  wyndie  causes," 
reads  as  follows:  "Take  the  muscillage  of  fenigrec 
feminis  liii^  radicis  althic  an  ij ;  oleorum  chamomille 
anidi  an  5  iiij:  lythargiri  auri  3  iiij.  Preparetur 
et  pulverisa  subtilissimi.  tacapa  pulveris  radicis  yr 
.5  vj;  armoniar  edelles  an  ,1  iij;  myrrhi  3  ij ;  baccaru 
lauri.  florum  camomille  an  3  j.  Dissolve  yor  gumtues 
in  viniacre  and  make  thereof  a  plaster  sum  artem." 
.'\nother  of  Henry  VTH's  consorts.  Queen  Anne 
Bullcyn.  or  Bolcyn.  (orthography  was  a  trifle  lax  in 
Tudor  days)  will  be  familiar  to  all  of  us  as  the  fair 
and  luckless  second  wife  of  this  much-married  mon- 
arch.    But    it    is    not   perhaps    generally    known    that 


ANNE  OF  CLEVES. 


her  cousin, 

William  Bulleyn, 
was  a  prominent  apothecary  and  wrote  a  most  curious 
book  on  his  art,  entitled  "Bullein's  Bulwarke  of 
Defence  against  all  Sickness,  Soreness  and  Woundes' 
that  dooe  Daily  Assaulte  Mankinde.  Doen  by  Wil- 
liyam  Bullej'n  and  Ended  this  Marche  Anno  Salutaris 
1562."  It  is  a  black-letter  volume,  but  printed  in 
English,  and  is  supposed  to  have  been  partially  or 
wholly  composed  in  prison.  In  the  first  part  or 
"Book  of  Simples,"  Hillarius.  the  gardener,  explains 
to  Marcillus  the  nature  and  properties  of  plants; 
some  curious  engravings  of  plants,  distilling  appa- 
ratus, etc.,  adorn  this  portion  of  the  work.  Then  we 
have  a  dialogue  between  "Soreness"  and  "Chirugie" 
regarding  wounds;  thirdly,  a  "Book  of  Compounds 
(where  "Sickness"  questions  and  "Health"  replies). 
Finally  there  is  "The  Book  of  the  Use  of  Sick  Men 
and  Medicines,"  from  which  we  cannot  refrain  from 
quoting  these  quaint  old 

Rules  for  the  Apothecary. 

"Muste  first  feare   God,   foresee  the  end,   etc. 

That  he  neither  buie  nor  sell  rotten  drugges. 

That  he  peruse  often  his  wares  that  thei  corrupt 
not. 

That  he  put  not  in  quid  pro  quo*  without  aduise. 

That  he  maie  open  well  a  Veine  for  to  help  the 
pleurisie. 

That  he  medle  onely  in  his  vocacion. 

That  he  delite  to  rede  Nicolaus  Myrepsi;  Valerius 
Cordus,  Johannes  Placationy  Lubik.  (These  were  the 
Pharmacopoeia  and  Era  Formulary  of  Tudor  times). 

That  he  doe  remember  his  office  is  onely  to  be 
the  Physician's  Coke   (Cook). 

That  he  use  true  measure  and  weight. 

To  remember  his  ends  and  the  judgment   of  God, 
and  then  I  doe  commende  hym  to  God,  if  he  be  not 
covetous    or    craftie    sekying    his    owne    lucre    before 
other  mennes  health,  succour  and  comforte." 
A  High  Standard. 

Jean  de  Renou,  doctor  to  Henry  IV  of  France, 
wrote  very  much  in  the  same  strain  forty  years  later: 
"He  who  will  be  reaHy  worthy  of  the  name  of  phar- 
macist must  be  as  honest  as  a  philosopher  in  life 
and  manners,  for  he  holds  man's  life  and  death  in 
his  hand.  But  this  is  not  all.  he  must  fear  God,  have 
a  good,  ripe  judgment,  be  indefatigable  in  work,  a 
good  grammarian,  and  with  some  knowledge  of  the 
humanities;  live  without  avarice  or  meanness,  and 
have   some   little   means." 

Before  leaving  the  Tudors,  we  may  name 


'Substitute. 


(h)0 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  19,  1902. 


KING  L0UI8  XIV  OF  FKA.NCE. 

Mary,  Queen  of  Scots'  Apothecary, 

11  Frenchman  named  Gorion.  When  the  unhappy 
•queen  was  beheaded  in  1857,  she  confided  a  letter  to 
this  faithful  attendant  who  hid  it  among  his  drugs 
.and  conveyed  it  safely  to  Bernardino  de  Mendoza, 
•  Spanish  Ambassador  at  Paris.  It  was  a  simple 
■  epistle  i:i  the  queen's  own  handwriting,  expressing 
■some  of  her  dying  wishes  and  recommending  some 
•of  her  devoted  retainers  to  the  bounty  of  the  Span- 
ish monarch.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  we  learn  that 
Gorion  was  pensioned  by  Philip  II;  Mary's  physi- 
cian, Bourgoiug,  also  received  some  verbal  or  writ- 
ten messages,  but  seems  to  have  been  less  careful 
in  delivering  them. 

Passing  to  the  Stuart  Period, 

Gideon  Faunce  de  Laune, 
apothecary  to  Anne  of  Denmark,  Queen  of  James 
I  of  England,  must  be  mentioned  as  one  of  the 
founders  of  Apothecaries'  Hall,  the  fine  old  building 
familiar  to  dwellers  in  the  city  of  London,  where  a 
high  class  drug  business  has  been  carried  on  for 
three   centuries. 

We  purposely  omit  all  reference  to 
King  Charles  II  and  His  Chemical  Laboratory, 
as  this  subject  would  entail  a  study  of  the  origin  of 
chemical  and  physical  research  in  England,  which, 
though  interesting  enough,  would  be  too  lengthy  and 
out  of  place  in  a  sketch,y  article.  We  would  merely 
remark  the  fact  that  Charles  evidently  formed  his 
taste  for  chemistry,  like  most  other  points  of  his 
character  and  habits,  during  his  exile  at  the  French 
Court.  It  may  possibly  be  new  to  most  of  our  read- 
ers that 

King  Louis  XIV  of  France, 

actually  handled  the  pestle  and  mortar,  and  found 
time  to  compound  medicaments.  The  following  para- 
graph from  the  "Memoirs  of  Philibert  de  la  Mare" 
seems  explicit  enough;  the  concluding  sentences  are 
especiallv  amusing. 

"The' King  Louis  XIV  has  a  pharmacy  (  apothi- 
cairerie')  at  Versailles,  where  he  works  alone  to 
make  a  remedy  for  hernia,  which  is  said  to  be  in- 
fallible. For  fear  that  ar,y  one  should  know  the 
remedy  he  orders  an  infinity  of  drugs  useless  to  cure 
this  disease,  simplv  to  hoodwink  those  who  would 
like  to  know  the  secret.  He  will  publish  it  in  due 
time,  as  he  has  already  published  the  English  Doc- 
-tor's  secret,  so  that  it  may  be  made  after  his  death. 


He  works  alone  at  these  remedies  which  smell  hor- 
ribly nastily." 

We  should  perhaps'  explain  that  this  "English 
Doctor's  secret"  was  simply  quinine.  In  1679  an 
Englishman  (named  Robert  Talbot,  Tabor  or  Talbor) 
cured  King  Louis  XIV  of  an  intermittent  fever,  and 
the  King  bought  his  secret  for  48,000  livres,  a  life 
pension  of  2,000  livres  and  the  title  of  Chevalier. 
Three  (years  later  appeared  the  description  of  this 
tincture  of  quinine,  under  the  title  "The  English 
Remedy  for  Curing  Fevers,  published  by  the  King's 
Order."  The  fine  set  of  pharmacy  jars  which  King 
Louis  presented  to  the  hospital  at  Versailles  are  still 
to  be  seen  at  the  Central  Hospital  Pharmacy  at 
Paris.     His   nephew,   tire   dissolute 

Duke  of  Orleans,  Regent  of  France, 

during  the  minority  of  Louis  XV,  appears  to  have 
had  a  chemical  laboratory  at  Palais  Royal.  It  was, 
we  believe,  in  this  laboratory  that  Berthollet,  in  later 
.-■ears,  made  some  of  his  first  chemical  experiments. 
One  of  the  bas-reliefs  on  the  great  chemist's  monu- 
ment at  Annecy  (France)  is  supposed  to  represent 
him   working  in   the   Regent's   laboratory. 

One  of  the  Regent's  daughters,  Louise,  Abbess  of 
Chelles,  had  some  reputation  as  a  skilful  pharmacist 
among  the  poor  of  the  little  place  where  she  was  the 
Lady  Botmtiful.  Some  very  handsome  drug-pots, 
bearing  the  Orleans  Arms,  and  brought  from  the 
Abbey  in  question,  are  shown  in  some  of  the  Parisian 
museums. 

Every   detail   connected   with   the    captivity   of 

Louis  XVII, 

(the  poor  little  royal  orphan  who  died  or  disap- 
peared during  his  imprisonment  in  the  Temple  in  the 
days  of  the  Revolution),  is  eagerly  sought  for  and 
found  intensely  interesting  by  historians.  M.  Ernest 
Daudet,  brother  of  the  world-famed  French  novelist, 
has  unearthed  an  old  police  report  concerning  a  cer- 
tain Marthurin  Bordeau,  one  of  the  many  persons 
who  tried  to  pass  ofT  as  Louis  XVII  after  the 
Restoration.     One   paragraph   is    worth    quoting: 

"The  police  agent  says  that  a  Vendee  woman 
(whom  he  describes)  says  she  smuggled  the  Dauphin 
out  of  the  Temple  on  June  30,  1797.  To  this  version 
(which  he  considers  a  lying  one)  he  opposes  the 
statement  of  an  apothecary  in  whose  arms  the  royal 
child  died.  He  is  astonished  that  this  apothecarfy 
is  not  put  face  to  face  with  the  impostor;  this  would 
prevent   madmen  troubling  the  public  peace." 

It  was  indeed  a  great  pity.  This  worthy  apothe- 
cary could  have  given  details  which  would  have 
cleared  up  one  of  the  profoundest  mysteries  of  mod- 
ern history. — whether  Louis  XVII  really  died  in  the 
Temple   and   what   became   of   his   body. 

Turning  from  one  of  the  last  Bourbons  to  the 
first  of  the  Bonapartes,  it  may  be  noted  that  the 
ruler  who  organized  French  pharmacy  and  its  laws, 
as   they   exist   to-day,   was 

Napoleon  I, 
who  had  some  knowledge  of  chemistry.  He  began, 
however,  too  late  in  life  to  extend  his  studies  very 
far,  but  it  is  characteristic  of  the  restless  energy  of 
the  future  Emperor  that  after  his  Italian  campaign 
of  1796-7.  General  Bonaparte  asked  Berthollet  (with 
whom  he  was  then  on  very  friendly  and  familiar 
terms)  to  give  him  lessons  on  practical  chemistry. 
Berthollet  chose  to  aid  him  in  the  illustrative  ex- 
periments  which   accompanied  these   lessons, 

Bouillon-Lagrange, 
then  a  master  apothecaivy  of  the  city  of  Paris,  and 
chemistry  preparator  at'  the  famous  _  Polytechnic 
School.  Bonaparte  was  so  gratified  with  Bouillon 
Lagrange's  skill  that  he  appointed  him.  some  years 
later,  pharmacist  to  himself  and  the  Empress  Jo- 
sephine, and  named  him  (in  1S03)  professor  of  Chem- 
istry at  the  Paris  School  of  Pharmacy.  The  portrait 
which  we  reproduce  is  from  a  painting  in  the  Board 
Room  of  the  School,  of  which  he  became  Director 
in   t8,^2. 


June   lil,   1!I02.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


607 


M.  BEKTHOLLET.    M.  UOUILLOX-LAGRANGE. 


Napoleon's  Attempt  to  Poison  Himself, 

alter  his  defeat  and  abdication  is  historical,  but  the 
details  differ.  Thiers  says  the  attempted  suicide  took 
place  at  Fontainebleau  in  1814,  and  that  the  drug 
%vas  a  strong  opium  pill  made  specially  for  the  Em- 
peror during  the  imminent  danger  of  the  fearful  re- 
treat from  Moscow.  But  General  Thicbault  has  a 
diiTerent  tale,  which  he  says  was   related  to   him  by 

Cadet  de  Gassicourt  (Charles  Louis), 

the  Emperor's  pharmacist.  According  to  this  ver- 
sion, it  was  on  the  night  of  June  2ist-22d,  1815,  (i.  e. 
three  days  after  Waterloo)  that  Cadet  was  summoned 
to  the  Elysee  Palace  (where  President  Loubet  now 
lives),  in  hot  haste,  and  told  that  Napoleon  had 
swallowed  poison.  What  the  poison  was  Thiebault 
does  not  tell  us.  but  Cadet  knew  only  too  well,  for 
the  Emperor,  before  leaving  Paris  for  his  last  cam- 
paign, had  summoned  de  Gassicourt  and  ordered  him 
to  prepare  secretly  "an  infallible  poison."  put  up  in 
as  small  a  compass  as  possible  and  closed  by  a  secret 
spring.  The  pharmacist  had  protested  in  vain,  and 
had  finally  handed  the  preparation  to  Napoleon  'ere 
his  departure  to  Belgium.  But  when  he  learned  that 
the  Emperor  had  really  swallowed  his  deadly  drug 
Cadet's  "hair  stood  on  end  and  he  broke  into  a  cold 
sweat."  However,  the  Emperor  had  evidently 
changed  his  mind  about  dying  and  asked  for  an  an- 
tidote. Cadet  administered  an  emetic  and  vomiting 
vyas  successfully  provoked.  For  the  time  Napoleon's 
life  was  saved:  but  when  Cadet  learned,  years  after- 
wards, of  the  Emperor's  death  at  St.  Helena  caused 
by  a  malady  of  the  stoinach,  he  insisted  ever  after 
that  some  particles  of  the  poison  must  have  remained 
in   the   svstem. 


EAST  AFRICAN  ARROW  POISON.— Brieger 
(Berl.  Klin.  Wchschr.)  has  examined  a  number  of 
arrow  poisons  from  German  East  Africa  From 
the  poisons  having  a  rapid  action  he  isolated  a  snow- 
white  crystalline  glucoside  and  an  uncrystallizable 
glucosidc.  both  cardiac  poisons.  Both  of  these 
poisonous  bodies  were  unknown  to  science.  The 
amorphous  glucoside  is  probably  obtained  from 
Acocanthra  abessinica.  the  seeds,  twigs  and  leaves 
containing  small  quantities  of  this  bod.y,  while  the 
fruit  is  not  poisonous.  This  plant  also  seems  to 
contain  a  crystalline  cardiac  poison.  The  amorphous 
glucoside  resembles  ouabin,  described  by  Lewin,  but 
differs  from  this  body,  in  that  it  is  a  miyotic  and 
has  no  anaesthetic  action  upon  the  cornea.  Be- 
sides these  acute  poisons,  the  author  fotmd  a  more 
slowly  acting  poison,  which  causes  infiltration  and 
necrosis.  This  body  is  in  part  prepared  from  a 
Euphorbia.  It  resembles  the  products  of  bacteria, 
and  may  be  extracted  from  the  plant  by  means  of 
nmmnnium  sulphate. 


INCREASING  BUSINESS  AND  PROFIT.* 

l!y   THOMAS   KNOEBEL,   East   St.    Louis,   III. 

THIS  subject  at  all  times  interesting,  at  all 
times  the  "Paramount  Issue",  is  never  too 
old  nor  decrepit  to  come  boldly  to  the  front. 
The  wording  of  the  phrase  indicates  that  the 
author  of  it  was  aware  that  an  increase  in  business 
does  not  always  yield  its  proportionate  share  of  profit, 
and  that  suggestions  for  increasing  business  must  be 
I>rofit  producing  at  the  same  time.  Hence,  the  writer 
will  aim  to  offer  only  such  suggestions  as  will  yield, 
Willi  proper  execution,  wholesome  profits. 
Advertising. 

.\dvertising,  that  is,  judicious  advertising,  pays  as 
well  m  the  drug  business  as  in  any  other  business, 
Init  il  must  be  of  an  original  and  taking  character. 
Ihc  annual  distribution  of  neat  and  artistic  calendars, 
bearing  only  the  imprint  of  your  firm,  has  been  found 
to  yield  rich  returns.  The  calendars  must  be  deliv- 
ered to  lady  custoiners  only,  and  must  be  sufficiently 
attractive  to  make  them  worthy  of  preservation.  In 
this  way,  the  advertisement  gets  into  the  homes 
of  the  best  friends  and  patrons  of  the  druggist,  for  at 
least  one  year,  at  a  trifling  cost. 

Permit  me  to  utter  a  word  of  caution.  Do  not 
under  any  circumstances  mail  the  calendars,  for  fear 
of  overlooking  some  of  your  best  patrons  and  losing 
the  prime  object  of  the  advertisement,  that  of  bring- 
ing people  to  your  store.  Make  known  the  fact, 
through  the  columns  of  the  local  paper,  that  at  a 
stated  time  each  and  every  lady  calling  at  your  place 
of  business  will  be  presented  with  a  calendar.  The  re- 
sult will  be  surprising  as  well  as  satisf,ying.  The  oc- 
casional distribution  of  pocket  memorandum  books 
for  the  men,  of  cheap  foot  rules  for  the  children  and 
small  needle  cases  for  the  mothers,  has  proved  to  be 
good  advertising  as  well  as  a  business  and  profit  pro- 
moter. 

Keep  your  name  prominently  before  the  people 
by  the  liberal  use  of  the  columns  of  the  local  papers, 
calling  attention  to  such  seasonable  remedies  and 
supplies  as  the  times  and  conditions  may  indicate. 
Let  your  "ads."  be  concise  and  well  displayed,  never 
flippant  or  humorous.  Sick  people  do  not  appreciate 
jokes  readily,  while  well  people  might  lose  confidence 
in  your  place  if  ,your  advertisements  were  in  delicate 
or  double-meaning.  Newspapers,  when  properly  used, 
will  bring  trade,  but  often  in  such  an  indirect  way 
that  they  do  not  receive  proper  credit  for  the  good 
accomplished. 

Soda  Fountain. 

Should  conditions  and  competition  compel  the  run- 
ning of  a  soda  fountain,  let  the  outlay  for  apparatus 
be  moderate  and  see  to  its  practicability  and  utility. 
Dispense  wholesome  soda  water;  permit  the  use  of 
only  the  best  and  purest  syrups  and  flavors.  Avoid 
the  dispensing  of  too  many  fantastic,  barbaric  and 
semi-saloon  concoctions,  the  habitual  use  of  which 
converts  the  human  stomach  into  a  sewer  or  a  chem- 
ical laboratory.  Good  soda  water,  even  at  this  late 
day.  is  a  rarity:  and.  while  ice  is  so  plentiful,  it  is 
used  too  sparingly  by  many  soda  water  dispensers. 
A  soda  fountain  with  intelligent  treatment  will  yield 
satisfactory  profits,  but  at  no  time  should  it  take  the 
precedence  over  the  drug  business  proper. 
Laboratory. 

There  is  no  department  of  the  drug  store  of  great- 
er importance  that  the  laboratory,  and.  humiliating 
to  confess,  the  drug  store  laboratory  of  today  is  too 
often  merely  a  pretense.  In  many  cases  the  most 
ordinary  utensils,  needed  for  the  plainest  of  manipu- 
lations, are  wanting.  No  order,  no  system — no  hope. 
Equip  your  laboratory  with  such  needed  appliances 
and  devices  as  will  enable  you  to  compound  prescrip- 
tions and  turn  out  products  which  show  excellence 
and  polish.     Such  products  will  give  standing  to  your 

*EKsay  rp.Til  before  tlip  Illinois  Pliarni.TCPiitieal  As- 
soeiation.  .nnrl   .TW.-irdcil   tlio  first  prize. 


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drug  store,  and  will  instil  that  confidence  into  the 
mind  of  the  public  without  which  no  business  can  ex- 
ist and  no  merchant  can  succeed. 

Prescription  Department. 
Make  the  prescription  department  the  especial  pet 
of  your  pharmaceutical  household.  Treat  it  as  a  pet 
deserves  to  be  treated — nothing  too  good  fr  it.  Let 
it  be  known  that  in  the  compounding  of  prescriptions 
nothing  but  the  best  is  used,  no  sophistication  per- 
mitted and  no  slovenV  methods  nor  guess-work  al- 
lowed. It  seems  passing  strange  that  the  very  thing 
for  which  the  pharmacy  student  prepares  himself 
during  his  collegiate  course,  the  very  thing  which  con- 
stitutes the  essence  of  the  drug  business,  the  very 
thing  toward  which  the  bulk  of  his  training  is  wisely 
directed,  should  be  the  most  foully  abused  and  the 
least  clierished — that  is,  the  art  of  dispensing.  Let 
me  admonish  you  to  guard  your  prescription  depart- 
ment with  Argus  efyes,  and  your  reward  will  be  ample 
and  commensurate  with  your  watchfulness. 
I  Own  Remedies. 

Nothing  will  increase  a  druggist's  business  and 
profits  more  than  a  line  of  his  own  remedies.  Not 
the  class  of  quasi-patent  medicines,  manufactured  by 
the  so-called  non-secret  houses,  but  remedies  pre- 
pared by  the  druggist  personally,  or  under  his  imme- 
diate super\-ision.  Let  the  beginning  be  small,  con- 
fined to  such  simple  remedies  as  cough  syrups,  blood 
purifiers,  cathartics  and  toilet  preparations.  The  de- 
mand will  soon  prove  the  advisability  of  increasing 
the  number.  The  packages  must  be  of  a  neat  and 
distinctive  design.  Fix  the  retail  price  not  higher 
than  fifty  cents,  for  it  has  been  conclusively  demon- 
strated that  the  purchasing  public  will  prefer  to  buy 
four  fifty  cent  packages  to  one  costing  one  dollar. 
Never  force  your  remedies,  nor  recommend  them  as 
a  substitute  for  any  proprietary  remedy.  Advertise 
them  bty  small  circulars  wrapped  with  each  and  every 
parcel  leaving  your  store,  excepting,  of  course,  phy- 
sician's prescriptions.  It  will  be  but  a  short  time 
until  a  steady  demand  for  the  remedies  will  be  cre- 
ated. Exercise  the  utmost  care  in  selecting  formulae 
for  your  preparations,  and  do  not  try  to  see  how 
cheaply  they  can  be  prepared.  Let  quality  be  the 
first  consideration  and  success  will  be  yours.  The 
advantages  accruing  from  the  preparation  of  your 
own  remedies  are  numerous.  It  will  insure  steady  em- 
ployment to  the  clerks,  keeping  them  busy  and  out 
of  mischief.  Your  supplies,  purchased  through  regu- 
lar channels,  gives  the  jobber  the  benefit  of  your 
increased  purchases,  thereby  increasing  your  prestige 
and  desirability.  And  who  does  not  appreciate  the 
advantage  of  being  considered  a  preferred  customer? 
The  public  will  not  be  slow  in  recognizing  the  value 
of  your  medicines,  and  besides  increasing  trade  it 
will  also  increase  the  number  of  your  friends,  and 
well-wishers  are  ofter  more  desirable  than  the  al- 
mighty  dollar. 

Should  .your  remedies  prove  a  success  in  your  lo- 
cality, do  not  permit  this  success  to  turn  your  head, 
and  lead  you  to  the  belief  that  they  are  superior  to 
anything  on  the  face  of  this  sphere,  and  that  a  for- 
tune awaits  you  if  you  place  them  upon  a  larger 
market.  Don't  do  it,  stick  to  ryour  remedies  and  to 
your  locality.  Compel  all  who  want  them  to  call  at 
your  store.  Whenever  you  permit  your  remedies  to 
get  into  the  hands  of  the  jobber  they  at  once  lose 
caste  and  drift  into  the  category  of  patent  nostrums. 
Clerks. 
A  good  clerk  is  one  of  the  druggist's  best  paying 
investments.  The  dividends  will  be  in  accordance 
with  the  interest  the  proprietor  takes  in  his  clerk's 
ambitions  and  advancement.  Remember  that  victory 
largely  depends  upon  the  "man  behind  the  pestle". 
Experience  has  taught  us  that  proprietors  usually 
get  the  clerks  they  deserve.  Treat  clerks  with  kind- 
ness and  firmness;  aid  them  in  their  studies  and  hold 
their  rights  and  privileges  sacred.  The  result  wdj 
be  satisfactory  from  both  a  moral  and  a  financial 
point  of  view. 


Side  Lines. 

As  a  rule,  side  lines  are  highly  recommended  as 
trade  stimulants,  where  the  pharmacy'  proper  has 
fallen  of?  sufficiently  to  alarm  the  druggist.  In  many 
cases  these  additions  to  the  druggist's  stock  in  trade 
have  proved  a  success,  and  have,  temporarily  at 
least,  prevented  a  financial  collapse.  It  is  the  humble 
opinion  of  the  writer  that  by  the  addition  of  these 
side  lines,  the  druggist  professionally  lowers  his 
standard  in  the  exact  proportion  to  the  number 
added.  If  all  of  the  time  devoted  to  the  care  of  the 
multiplicity  of  lines  were  given  with  the  same  zeal 
to  the  proper  management  of  the  drug  business  pure 
and  simple,  sfde  lines  would  be  entirely  unnecessary. 
While  the  druggist  may  be  considered  in  the  light  of 
a  merchant,  yet  his  calling  is  generally  conceded  to 
be  a  profession;  and,  by  dabbling  in  various  mercan- 
tile ventures,  the  professional  side  is  bound  to  suffer 
severely  and  he  will  be  classed  in  the  minds  of  the 
public  as  a  tradesman.  As  a  tradesman  he  'Aall  not 
be  able  to  cope  with  the  men  whose  experience  and 
training  in  their  individual  lines  evtended  over  many 
years  of  hard  fought  battles.  Sooner  or  later  the 
druggist  will  awaken  to  the  realization  of  the  fact 
that  he  is  neither  a  pharmacist  in  the  professional 
sense,  nor  a  tradesman  in  the  commercial  sense.  The 
time  is  fast  approaching  when  there  will  be  two  dis- 
tinct classes  in  the  drug  business,  the  professional 
druggist  and  the  merchant  druggist.  It  lies  entirely 
within  the  power  of  each  and  every  druggist  to  make 
his  own  choice  between  these  lines  of  work.  Which 
does  he  prefer;  which  one  is  better  suited  to  his 
abilities  and  training?  It  behooves  the  drugKist  to 
be  sincere,  cautious  and  unbiased  in  miaking  his  se- 
lection. 

Local  Organizations. 

Too  much  cannot  be  said  in  praise  of  local  organi- 
zations of  druggists.  Many  an  evil  can  be  corrected 
by  associations,  many  trade  abuses  abolished  and 
many  petty  jealousies  wiped  away.  An  increase^  of 
good-fellowship  and  confidence  among  the  druggists 
invariably  follows  in  the  wake  of  the  formation  of 
tiliese  local  organizations.  These  societies  are  the 
nucleus  of  all  other  organizations  and  form  the  only 
reliable  safeguard  against  trade  abuses  and  perni- 
cious practices. 

Conduct  Your  Business. 

Conduct  your  business  upon  a  broad  and  liberal 
plane,  be  generous  to  the  needy,  courteous  but  not 
cringing  to  the  rich.  Treat  your  patrons  with  re- 
spect, avoiding  familiarity.  Hold  their  confidences 
sacred.  Live  up  to  the  Golden  Rule  as  far  as_  is 
consistent  with  the  laws  of  self-preservation  during 
these  times  of  combinations  and  trusts.  Even  a 
partial  compliance  with  these  suggestions  will  yield 
rich  returns  in  both  business  and  profit. 
In  Conclusion. 

In  conclusion  it  may  be  said  that  while  some  of 
these  statements  may  appear  a  trifle  optimistic,  espec- 
ially to  those  who  cultivate  the  habit  of  viewing  thnigs 
from  the  dark  side,  yet  is  it  not  for  more  encouraging 
to  look  upon  the  bright  side  of  even  the  drug  business? 

EDINOL.— Science,  Arts,  Nature  describes  the 
use  of  edinol,  a  photographic  developer,  a  hydrochlo- 
rate  of  p.-amino-benzylic  alcohol.  The  hydrochlorate 
of  the  methyl  ether  of  the  same  alcohol  is  known 
as  paramol.  Edinol  in  its  action  resembles  metol 
and  radinol.  With  sodium  carbonate  the  develop- 
ment is  slightly  less  rapid  than  with  metol,  but  the 
film  is  more  sharply  defined.  With  potassium  car- 
bonate the  film  is  somewhat  harder,  this  mixture 
being  suitable  for  developing  positives  in  gelatin 
bromides.  The  use  of  caustic  alkalis  renders  in- 
stantaneous development  possible.  The  action  of 
bromide  is  not  so  marked  upon  edinol  as  upon  metol, 
but  concentrated  solutions  of  sodium  bichromate 
serve  as  retarding  agents,  and  make  is  possible  to 
correct  over, exposures.  Moderate  heat  has  little  in- 
fluence upon  edinol. 


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The  object  of  this  department  is  to  furnish  our  sub- 
scribers and  their  clerljs  with  reliable  and  tried  formuhis 
and  to  discuss  questions  relating  to  practical  pharmacy, 
prescription    work,   dispensing  difficulties,    etc, 

Requests  for  information  are  not  acknowledged  by 
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CEIVE NO  ATTENTION;  neither  do  we  answer 
queries  in  this  department  from  non-subscribers.  In  this 
department  frequent  reference  is  necessarily  made  to 
information  published  in  previous  issues  of  the  Era. 
Copies  of  these  may  be  obtained  at  ten  cents  each. 

Solution  of  Hypophosphites  Compound  Without  Sugar, 

(O.  R.)  Formula  No.  225  of  the  National  For- 
mulary produces  a  preparation  of  the  character  you 
name.       Here   are   some   others: 

(1)  Calcium   hypophosphite 64  grains. 

Sodium  hypophosphite 16  grains. 

Potassium  hypophosphite 64  grains. 

Solution  of  ferric  hypophosphite, 

N.    F 192    minims. 

Manganese    hypophosphite 16  grains. 

Quinine     16  grains. 

Dilute  hypophosphorous  acid,  N. 

F ^2  fl-  ounce. 

Strychnine     1.2   grain. 

Potassimu  citrate 20  grains. 

Citric   acid 8  grains. 

Glycerin   2  ounces. 

Alcohol   2  ounces. 

Oil    of    bitter    almond 4  minims. 

Water,  enough  to  make.. 16  fi.  ounces. 
Dissolve  the  manganese  hypophosphite  with  the 
potassium  citrate  and  citric  acid  in  i  fluid  ounce  of 
water,  and  add  the  solution  of  ferric  hypophosphite. 
Dissolve  the  remaining  hypophosphites  in  8  fluid 
ounces  of  water,  and  the  alkaloids  in  the  dilute  hypo- 
phosphorous  acid,  glycerin  and  the  alcohol  in  which 
the  bitter  almond  oil  has  been  dissolved.  Mix  these 
solutions  with  the  manganese  and  iron  solution  first 
formed,  and  add  enough  water  to  make  the  whole 
measure   16  fluid  ounces.       Filter. 

(2)  Calcium   hypophosphite 384  grains. 

Sodium  hypophosphite 128  grains. 

Potassium  hypophosphite 64  grains. 

Iron  phosphate,  soluble 64  grains. 

Hypophosphorous  acid,  diluted. 3  fl.  ounces. 
Water,  enough  to  make 16  fl.  ounces. 

Triturate  the  hypophosphites  to  fine  powder  and 
dissolve  in  12  fluid  ounces  of  water;  dissolve  the 
iron  salt  in  l  fluid  ounce  of  hot  water  and  add  to 
previous  solution;  then  add  the  acid,  and  after  stand- 
ing 24  hours,  filter,  adding  enough  water  through 
the  filter  to  make   16  fluid  ounces  of  product. 


Remedies  for  Perspiring  Hands  and  Feet. 
(H.)     The    following    preparations    arc    suggested 
bv     Shoemaker     ("Heredity,     Health     and     Personal 
Beauty")  for  the  treatment  of  excessive  perspiration: 

(1)  Beta-naphthol    , 20   grains. 

Salicylic   acid 1    dram. 

Pow,d  impure  carbonate  of  zinc.   2  ounces. 

Dust  over  the  parts. 

(2)  Hydrastin    hydrochlorate 5    grains. 

Cologne    4   ounces. 

Apply    frequently    to   the   surface. 

(3)  Oleate  of  zinc %   ounce. 

Powdered  starch 1  ounce. 

Salicylic  acid 1  scruple. 

Dust  over  the  parts. 

Here  are  some  other  formulas  from  Pharm.  Post.: 

(1)     A  mixture  of  formaldehyde  and  water  in  equal 

parts  is  applied  mornings  and  evenings.       It  should  not 


be  used  if  the  skin  is  sore,  (2)  As  a  specific  for  ex- 
cessive perspiration  of  tlie  feet  and  other  parts  of  the 
body  and  for  removing  the  disagreeable  odor  of  per- 
spiration, tannoform  dusting  powder  has  been  placed 
upon  the  market.  Tannoform  may  be  al.so  used  for  the 
same  purpose  as  a  10  per  cent,  ointment  or  soap.  (3) 
1  >r.  F.  Kis  recommends  rubbing  the  feet  with  boric  acid 
aftiT  washing  and  also  dusting  the  powder  into  the 
shoes  and  stocKings.  In  light  cases  a  single  application 
of  the  acid  is  stated  to  suffice  for  months.  (4)  Bal- 
sam-Peru, 1.0;  formic  acid,  50;  chloral  hvdrate,  5.0;  ab- 
solute alcohol.  89.0.  To  be  applied  with  a  wad  of 
absorbent  cotton.  (5)  Alumnol,  aristol,  of  each,  4 
parts;  starch,  15  parts.  (6)  Solution  of  ferric  chlo- 
ride or  a  1  per  cent,  solution  of  borax  with  tincture 
of  benzoin  or  myrrh  is  recommended  for  bathing  the 
feet. 


Witch  Hazel  Liniment. 

(J.  S.  F.)  We  know  of  no  specific  formula  under 
this  title.  Distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel  is  often 
used  either  alone  or  in  combination  as  a  lotion  or 
embrocation,  and  sometimes  the  tincture  or  fluid 
extract  is  combined  directly  with  other  liniments. 
Here    are    some    formulas: 

(1)  Spirit   of  ammonia 5  p.arts 

Camphor     2  parts. 

Tincture  of  capsicum 5  parts 

Alcohol    34  parts. 

Distilled  extract  of  witch  hazel.. 10  parts. 

(2)  Fluid    extract    of    witch    hazel.  .   2  ounces. 
Soap  liniment.   U.   S.    P 14  ounces. 

(3)  Fluid  extract  of  witch  hazel 1  ounce. 

Laudanum     1  ounce. 

Liniment    balladonna 3  ounces. 

Dilute    alcohol 3  ounces. 

The  preparations  made  from  the  first  two  formu- 
las may  be  used  for  internal  administration  in  doses 
(diluted)   of  ten  to  thirty  minims. 


Piano   Polish. 

(F.    J.    G.,    Jr.)     The    Era    formulary    gives    these 
formulas: 
(1)        Butter    of    antiraonv IV,  ounces 

Alcohol   ......_. 1%  ounces'. 

Kaw  linseed   oil 8       ounces 

,o.        Pure  cider  vinegar 8       ounces! 

(-')         Kaw    linseed    oil 2V>    pints. 

Spirits    of   turpentine 10     "ounces 

Benzine 5       ounces! 

i^leohol 5       ounces. 

W  ater  of  ammonia 5       ounces. 


CORN  OIL.— Corn  oil  and  corn-oil  cake  are  by- 
products from  the  manufacture  of  corn  into  glucose 
and  grape  sugar.  The  oil  is  of  a  reddish-jy-ellow 
color  and  of  pleasant  taste.  It  is  used  in  the  manu- 
facture of  paints,  leather  dressing,  various  kinds  of 
soap  and  rubber  substitute.  Corn-oil  cake,  the  resi- 
due after  expressing  the  oil,  is  valuable  as  an  ani- 
mal   food,    especially    for    dairy   cattle. 

A  considerable  foreign  demand  has  sprung  up 
recently  for  both  these  products.  Exports  of  corn 
oil  have  increased  from  2,646,560  gallons  in  1898,  when 
this  oil  was  first  separately  specified  in  statements  of 
exports,  to  4,808.545  gallons  in  1901.  Estimated 
by  values,  the  increase  during  the  period  has  been 
from  $576,646  to  $1,831,980.  These  exports  have 
been  directed  almost  exclusively  to  Europe,  Belgium 
taking  steadily  about  one-half  the  total.  Exports  of 
corn-oil  cake  increased  from  2,202,680  pounds,  valued 
at  $20,286,  in  1898,  to  4.888  776  pounds  in  igoo,  valued 
at  $48,783.  France  is  the  principal  purchaser  of 
this  product. 

Only  the  germs  of  corn  are  used  in  oil  extraction, 
these  being  separated  from  the  rest  of  the  grain  by 
mechanical  process.  They  are  ground  into  a  pow- 
dery meal,  heated,  and  the  oil  expressed  by  a  process 
similar  to  that  of  expressing  linseed  oil  from  flax- 
seed. The  residue  of  the  corn,  after  separating  the 
germs,  is  utilized  in  the  manufacture  of  a  starch  from 
which,  in  turn,  is  derived  a  great  variety  of  products, 
such  as  special  starches,  dextrincs,  gums,  glucose  and 
grape  sugars. — Crop  Reporter. 


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DRUG  STORE  PROBLEMS 


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ANSWERS  TO  PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XXI. 

No.  176. — How  much  water  is  there  in  a  mixture 
of  100  gallons  of  wine  and  water,  worth  $1.00  per 
gallon,  if  100  gallons  of  the  wine  cost  $120.00? 

Ans. — 16  2-3  gallons. 

No.  177. — If  a  proprietary  medicine  cost  $80  pel 
bottle,  at  what  price  shall  it  be  marked  that  the  drug- 
gist may  sell  it  at  10  per  cent,  less  than  the  marked 
price,   and  still  make  20  per  cent? 

Ans. — $1.06  2-3. 

No.  178. — Two  pints  of  each  of  the  following  gases 
are  mixed  together — marsh  gas,  hydrogen  and  nitro- 
gen.     What  is  the  specific  gravity  of  the  mixture? 

Ans. — 7.6. 

No.  179. — If  a  man  six  feet  in  height  travel  round 
the  earth,  how  much  farther  must  his  head  travel  than 
his  feet? 

Ans. — 37.6992  feet. 

No.  180. — Three  men  met  at  a  caravansary  or  inn 
in  Persia  and  two  of  them  brought  their  provision 
along  with  them,  according  to  the  custom  of  the 
country;  but  the  third  not  having  provided  any,  pro- 
posed to  the  others  that  they  should  eat  together, 
and  he  would  pay  the  value  of  his  proportion.  This 
being  agreed  to,  A  produced  five  loaves,  and  B  three 
loaves,  all  of  which  the  travelers  ate  together,  and  C 
paid  eight  pieces  of  money  as  the  value  of  his  share, 
with  which  the  others  were  satisfied,  but  quarreled 
about  the  division  of  it.  Upon  this  the  matter  was 
referred  to  the  judge  who  decided  impartially.  What 
was   his  decision? 

Ans. — 7  to  I. 

PROBLEMS,  SERIES  XXV. 

No.  196. — A  druggist  has  four  different  measures; 
the  first  contains  4  quarts,  the  second  6  quarts,  the 
■third  10  quarts,  and  the  fourth  12  quarts.  How 
large  is  a  vessel,  that  may  be  filled  by  each  one  of 
these,  taken  a  certain  number  of  times  full? 

No.  197. — 100  Cc.  of  hydrogen  are  measured  at  100 
degrees  C.  How  mare,r  cubic  centimeters  will  the 
gas  occupy  at — loc  degrees  C? 

No.  108.— The  half-dollar  of  the  United  States 
coinage  weighs  192  grains  Troy,  and  consists  of  9 
parts  pure  silver  and  i  part  of  copper.  How  much 
pure  silver  and  how  much  copper  in  20  half-dollars? 

No.  199. — Calculate  the  temperature  at  which  air 
possesses  a  density  equal  to  that  of  hydrogen  at  0 
degrees  C. 

No.  200. — Suppose  a  ball,  9  feet  in  diameter,  to  be 
dressed  down  to  a  cube;  what  would  be  its  size? 


ARKANSAS  ASSOCIATION  OF  PHARMACISTS. 

The  Arkansas  Association  of  Pharmacists  held  its 
annual  meeting  at  Little  Rock,  May  13  to  15.  The  ad- 
dress of  welcome  was  delivered  by  Hon.  E.  W.  Win- 
field.  The  annual  address  of  the  President  contained 
many  suggestions  and  much  timely  advice  upon  the  up- 
lifting of  pharmacy.  The  annual  reports  of  the  secre- 
tary and  treasurer  were  read,  that  of  the  latter  stating 
that  the  collection  of  dues  was  better  than  had  been 
for  many  years  past.  The  report  showed  a  good  bal- 
ance on  hand. 

During  the  evening  the  visiting  druggists  and  dele- 
gates were  entertained  by  local  druggists  by  a  trolley 
ride  and  theater  party  at  Glenwood  Park. 

On  Wednesday  morning  fifty-five  new  applicants  for 
membership  were  elected,  and  the  following  papers  were 
read:  "The  Duties  and  Responsibilities  of  a  Dispenser^' 
by  Leon  J.  Kosminsky,  of  Texarkana;  "Why  Stand  Ye 
Here  All  the  Day  Boosting  Some  Other  Fellow,"  W. 
F.  Blocker,  Fort  Smith:  "Pharmacy,"  L.  H.  Dancy, 
Clarendon;  "The  Drug  Clerk,"  R.  B.  King,  Helena. 

In  the  afternoon  members  of  the  association  attend- 
ed a  ball  game  at  West  End  Park,  and  in  the  evening 
a  moonlight  excursion  up  the  Arkansas  Rivei^.  On 
Thursday  morning  letters  of  greeting  were  received  from 
the  Medical  Association,  the  "Question  Box"  was  open- 
ed, and  many  of  the  questions  submitted  were  discussed 
by  the  members  present.  The  association  voted  its  an- 
nual contribution  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  and  passed  a  reso- 
lution of  its  allegiance  and  co-operation  with  that  or- 
ganization. Resolutions  thanking  various  Jirms  for 
their  kindness  in  assisting  and  providing  for  the  enter- 
tainment were  passed,  and  Miss  Mary  Fein,  the  a-sso- 
ciation's  stenographer  for  the  past  five  years,  was  pre- 
sented with  a  handsome  gold  locket  and  chain  as  a 
token  of  the  esteem  in  which  she  is  held  by  the  mem- 
bers. The  face  of  the  locket  was  set  with  diamonds, 
emeralds  and  rubies,  and  was  received  with  much  appre- 
ciation on  the  part  of  Miss  Fein. 

The  officers  were  all  re-elected  as  follows:  Wm.  R. 
Appleton,  Eldorado,  president;  O.  Halliburton,  Little 
Rock,  first  vice-president;  L.  K.  Snodgrass,  Little  Rock, 
secretary;  J.  A.  Jungkind,  Little  Rock,  treasurer.  A 
banquet  wound  up  the  exercises,  Dr.  John  D-  Bonn,  Sr.. 
acting  as  toa.stmaster.  The  next  meeting  will  be  held 
in  Little  Rock,  May  S,  1903. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  NOTES. 

Chicaeo.  June  14. — The  retail  Jru^.ists  of  the  Mo- 
■nonpihcla  Valley  have  been  organized  by  Mr.  Hoffman. 
At  a  meeting  held  recently  in  Washington,  Pa.,  an  as- 
sociation was  formed  affiliated  with  the  N.  A.  R.  D. 
Eighteen  members  were  secured  and  the  following  of- 
ficers were  elected:  President,  Carey  Piper,  Charleroi; 
"vice-president,  E.  L.  Saltzer,  Monessen;  secretary,  J. 
W.  Mullen,  Donera;  treasurer,  F.  W.  Allison,  Charleroi. 

The  dues  should  be  raised.  This  is  a  flat,  out  and 
•out  statement  of  an  obvious  truth.  Fifty  cents  a  year 
for  membership  in  tJie  National  Association  is  too  lit- 
tle. Some  say  it  is  too  cheap  to  ue  good.  Business 
•can't  be  done  in  the  right  way  on  a  50-cent-a-year  ba- 
sis. It  is  interesting  to  study  some  of  the  organiza- 
tions of  laboring  men  who  get  from  two  dollars  a  day 
■up  and  find  out  what  membership  in  their  organiza- 
tions costs.  We  read  over  a  list  the  other  day  and 
found  that  the  cost  of  membership  in  such  organiza- 
tions as  the  painters'  association,  plumbers',  carpen- 
ters' and  other  like  associations,  ranges  from  $30  a 
year  up.  We  believe  that  to  be  a  member  of  the 
painters'  union  costs  about  $50  a  year.  If  these  men 
appreciate  the  necessity  of  enough  money  witli  which  to 
run  their  organization,  the  druggists  certainly  ought 
not  to  be  parsimonious  with  theirs.  The  reward  of 
parsimony  is  scant  results.  The  National  Association 
Tias  every  thing  with  which  to  succeed  except  money 
«nough  to  pay  the  bills.  There  is  nothing  the  matter 
with  the  plans  of  the  association;  they  are  practical 
and  have  worked  wherever  they  have  been  earnestly 
applied.  The  officers  are  conscientious  and  enthusi- 
astic. It  is  now  "up  to"  the  druggists  to  raise  enough 
money  with  wliich  to  release  their  servants  from  the 
•embarrassment  of  having  to  accept  gifts  from  outside 
sources  with  which  to  run  the  affairs  of  the  associa- 
tion. 

The  following  letter  shows  how  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  has 
"helped  some  Michigan  druggists: 
"Thos.  V.  Wooten,  secretary,  Chicago,  111., 

"Dear  Sir — I  have  the  pleasure  to  inform  you  that 
our  cutter  has  joined  our  county  association  and  has 
■stopped  cutting.  The  N.  A.  R.  D.  has  rendered  the 
Gratiot  county  druggists  one  more  splendid  service,  for 
which  every  one  of  them  extends  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  his 
lieartiest  thanks.  Your  truly,       C.  E.  GOODWIN, 

"Secretary. 

"Gratiot   County    (Mich.)    R.    D.    Association." 

A  representative  "of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  writes  that 
conditions  in  Topeka.  Kan.,  and  St.  Joseph,  Mo.,  are 
very  satisfactory.  They  have  money  in  the  treasuries 
and  are  earnest  supporters  of  the  National  plans.  It 
is  directly  due  to  the  efforts  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  that 
full  prices  are  now  being  obtained  in  St.  Joseph, 
jinu  the  retailer,  there  fully  appreciate  the  value  of 
their  membership  and  of  the  power  their  affiliation 
"n-ith  the  National  Association  gives  them. 

The  following  incident  is  interesting,  even  if  it  is  a 
little  complicated;  we  use  no  names,  because  we  don't 
like  to  hurt  the  feelings  of  innocent  people: 

A.  B.  &  Co.,  in  a.  neighboring  State,  are  aggressive 
•cutters.  They  mailed  an  order  for  patent  medicines 
to  a  wholesale  grocery  house  in  Chicago  for  some  patent 
medicines,  using,  without  authorization,  the  name  of 
■C.  D.  &  Co.  of  their  city,  who  are  wholesale  grocers. 
A.  B.  &  Co.  are  good  customers  of  C.  D.  &  Co.  in  the 
wholesale  grocery  line.      About  the  time  the  goods  were 


due  to  arrive,  A.  B.  informed  C.  D.  of  what  he  had 
done.  C.  D.  said  nothing,  but  thought  something  about 
a  nuisance,  and  later  on  a  draft  was  presented  and 
taken  over  to  A.  B.  for  payment.  Now,  this  is  a 
nuisance  to  the  wholesale  grocer,  who,  however,  en- 
dures it  because  he  does  not  like  to  lose  A.  B.'s  grocery 
trade.  A.  B.  gave  a  traveler  for  another  jobbing  house 
an  order  for  patents  to  be  billed  to  C.  D.  The  job- 
bing house  in  Chicago  replied  that  they  did  not  carry 
them  in  stock  and  were  unable  to  get  them.  As  this 
was  the  first  intimation  C.  D.  had  received  of  what  was 
going  on.  they  took  the  letter  over  to  A.  B.  He  said 
that  he  had  ordered  that  way  because  it  was  becoming 
very  difficult  for  him  to  get  patent  medicines.  He 
was  obliged  to  use  all  kinds  of  methods  to  get  them 
at  all.  The  grocery  house  is  in  an  awkward  position. 
There  is  no  money  in  getting  patents  and  the  house 
would  be  glad  to  be  relieved  of  the  responsibility.  Since 
notice  has  been  received,  it  is  said  that,  for  some  reason 
or  other,  it  has  become  still  more  difficult  for  the  cutter 
to   get   patent   medicines. 

It  has  been  definitely  decided  that  the  Cleveland 
Convention  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  will  be  held  Tuesday, 
Wednesday  and  Thursday,  Sept.  23.  24  and  25.  From 
the  large  number  of  inquiries  being  received  concerning 
the  meeting,  the  Executive  Committee  is  confident  this 
year's  convention  will  be  well  attended.  Chairman  of 
the  Transportation  Committee  Lingan,  is  completing  ar- 
rangements for  excursion  rates  from  all  points,  and 
within  a  short  time  a  circular  letter  announcing  full 
particulars  as  to  the  meeting  will  be  issued. 

It  is  observed  that  the  Jersey  City  papers  are  pub- 
lishing formal  notices  of  the  dissolution  of  the  corpora- 
tion known  as  the  Universal  Publicity  Co.,  whose 
headquarters  have  been  at  61  Beekman  street.  New 
York  City.  This  incident  is  of  interest  to  the  mem- 
bers of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  because  the  former  Execu- 
tive Committee  of  the  association  entered  into  a  con- 
tract with  this  company  for  the  publication  of  the 
U.  P.  Co.  monthly  of  a  folder  to  be  known  as  "N. 
A.  R.  D.  Notes."  The  fact  that  this  arrangement 
had  been  made  was  reported  to  the  association  at  its 
Buffalo  meeting  by  tlie  national  secretary.  No  issue 
of  the  folder  mentioned  ever  appeared,  and  a  few  weeks 
ago  the  present  Executive  Committee  annulled  the 
contract. 

Another  organizer  has  been  engaged  to  relieve  N. 
W.  Hoffman  in  Pennsylvania,  while  he  goes  to  Mas- 
sachusetts at  the  request  of  the  Massachusetts  Phar- 
maceutical Association.  He  will  arrive  there  before 
July  1.  This  State  has  been  long  neglected,  but  the 
delay  has  been  unavoidable.  The  United  States  is 
large  and  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  has  had  many  obstacles 
to  contend  with,  chief  of  which  has  been  the  difficulty 
in  securing  good  men  to  do  the  organization  work. 
The  name  of  the  new  organizer  for  Pennsylvania  is 
J.  C.  Singer.  He  has  been  sent  to  Bay  City,  Mich., 
on  a  special  mission  and  will  go  from  thence  to  Penn- 
syhania. 

The  Dr.  Kilmer  Co.  of  Biughampton,  N.  \'.,  and 
the  Elk  Drug  Co.,  jobbers  of  the  same  place,  gave 
.*i50  and  $25  respectively  to  the  National  Association 
when  Organizer  Bottume  was  there  recently,  and  the 
retailers  of  the-  city  gave  $127.  Sir.  Bottume  is  meet- 
ing with  but  little  trouble  in  organizing  central  New 
York,  notwithstanding  the  cut-rate  conditions  that  pre- 
vail   in    that    section. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  19,  1903. 


NEW   YORK  AND   VICINITY. 


MANDAMUS  DENIED. 


Judge  Decides  That  Law  Requires  Only  One  Member  of 
Board  to  be  Elected  This  Year. 

As  announced  in  the  Era  last  i^'eek  the  New  yorii 
Ketail  Uvuggists'  Association  made  an  application  to  tho 
Supreme  Court  for  a  peremptory  writ  of  mandamus  to 
comp-l  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  to  issue  a  call  for 
an  election  this  month  of  the  five  members  for  the  East- 
en  Section.  The  case  was  heard  before  Judge  Blanch- 
ard  in  Part  I  of  the  special  term  of  the  Supreme  Court, 
Friday  morning,  June  13,  and  the  mandamus  was  denied. 
Ex-Judge  Duly  appeared  for  the  association  and  Wil- 
liam L.  Perl-ins,  of  Perkins  &  Butler,  for  the  Board  of 
Pharmacy.  The  former  contended  that  the  Board  of 
Ph'irmacy  had  not  complied  with  the  law  in  issuing  the 
notice  for  an  election  on  June  17  and  said  the  law  as 
amended  this  year  provided  for  the  election  of  five  mem- 
bers in  the  Eastern  Section  and  referred  to  the  opinion 
of  Atmrney-General  Uavies  published  in  the  Era  of  May 
l.j.  He  also  complained  that  the  time  given  in  the  no- 
tice w  as  not  sufficient  for  all  who  were  entitled  to  vote  to 
do  so  and  that  the  notice  was  improper  in  restricting  the 
qualifications  of  the  voters  to  citizens  of  the  State  of  New 
York.  Mr.  Perkins  in  defense  of  the  notice  said  the 
amende.!  part  of  the  law  should  be  read  with  that  pre- 
ceding or  subdivision  3  and  cited  judicial  decisions  ren- 
di»red  in  similar  cases  to  uphold  his  contention.  He  con- 
teadod  that  the  notice  sent  out  by  the  Board  was  proper 
since  the  time  for  the  election  had  been  changed  to  the 
hours  between  9  a.  m.  and  3  p.  m.  The  judge  decided 
that  the  motion  should  be  denied  without  costs.  He  said, 
however,  that  any  pharmacist  otherwise  complying  with  • 
the  statute  would  not  be  disqualified  if  not  a  citizen  of 
the  State  of  New  York. 

The  opinion  handed  down  by  Judge  Blanchard  reads 
as  follows: 

"The  first  claim  advanced  by  the  relator  is  that  the 
notice  calls  for  the  election  of  but  one  member  of  the 
State  board,  whereas  it  should  provide  for  the  election  of 
five.  The  solution  of  this  question  involves  a  construc- 
tion of  chapter  218  of  the  Laws  of  1902.  This  act 
amended  subdivisions  2  and  4  of  section  190  of  the  Pub- 
lic Health  I-aw.  By  subdi\ision  3  of  the  Public  Health 
Law  It  wa-;  provided  that  there  should  be  five  members 
elected  from  what  is  in  the  act  designated  the  Eastern 
District,  and  it  was  therein  further  provided  that  those 
elected  the  hrst  year  should  by  lot  choose  the  length  of 
the  term  of  each  member,  so  that  the  term  of  one  mem- 
ber should  be  for  one  year,  the  term  of  another  for  two 
.vears,  one  for  three  years,  one  for  four  years  and  the 
last  for  five  years.  It  is  the  relator's  contention  that  the 
amendatory  act  of  1902  is  complete  in  itself  and  provides 
for  a  new  plan  of  election  of  members  of  the  State  Board 
from  t'jo  Eastern  District,  and  that  if  there  are  incon- 
sistent or  conflicting  provisions  remaining  in  the  old  act 
they  must  necessarily  give  way  to  the  new.  Without 
entering  upon  a  detailed  discussion  of  the  provisions  ol 
tlie  act  and  the  amendments  adopted  at  the  last  session 
of  the  Legislature  it  is  sufficient  to  say  that,  if  the  con- 
struction urged  by  the  relator  is  adopted,  it  would  be  in 
effect  a  determination  that  the  term  of  office  of  the  mem- 
bers of  tho  board  was  shortened  to  one  year  ,thus  repeal- 
ing by  implioation  sulidivisinn  3  of  section  190  of  the 
Public  IleaKli  I/.-iw.  This  subdivision  is  not  referred  to 
in  the  ai-.^endnient  of  subdivisions  2  and  4  by  the  law  of 
1902.  The  original  statute  and  tlie  amendments  must 
be  read  as  one  act,  as  though  passed  at  one  time  (Gold- 
man y.  O'Kennedy,  49  Hun,  160;  Lyon  v.  Man.  R'y,  142 
jM.  Y..  oOHi.  I  think  that  it  was  not  intended  by  the 
amendment  to  subdivision  4  to  change  the  terms  of  office 
of  the  members  of  the  State  Board  as  is  provided  for  by 
subdivision  S.  To  construe  this  otherwise  would  be  a 
violation  of  well-settled  principles  of  the  law  applicable 
In  the  cjr.stfuclinn  of  statutes^(Davis  v.  Supreme  Lodge, 
105  N.  Y.   160,  107)  and  a  repeal  by  implication  of  a  por- 


tion of  the  statute  which  can  be  reconciled  with  the  new 
fuactmenls.  I  conclude,  therefore,  tliat  it  was  not  in- 
tended to  make  any  change  in  the  term  of  office  of  the 
members  of  the  board  and  that  the  term  of  but  one  mem- 
ber expiring  this  year,  the  election  of  one  member  is  all 
that  is  csUed  for.  It  is  further  contended  by  the  relator 
that  a  new  notice  is  necessary  under  subdivision  4  as 
amended,  because  the  meeting  is  called  for  2:30  p.  m., 
and  tnat  that  hour  would  not  afford  opportunity  for  the 
<i.."iOO  pharmacists  qualified  to  vote  to  cast  their  votes. 
It  appears,  however,  that  this  has  been  remedied  by  an 
amended  notice  to  the  effect  that  the  election  would  be 
held  between  9  a.  m.  and  3  p.  m.  This  would  seem  a 
sufficient  laid  reasonable  time  for  the  election.  The 
lelator  fir.-iher  complains  that  the  notice  is  improper  in 
that  it  restricts  the  qualification  of  those  entitled  to  vote 
to  citizens  of  the  State  of  New  Y'ork.  I  think  that  por- 
tion of  the  notice  improper,  for  no  such  restriction  is  con- 
tained in  Ihe  statute,  and,  if  otherwise  qualified  to  vote 
as  provided  by  the  statute,  this  would  not  act  as  a  dis- 
qualification. However,  the  act  simply  provides  for  a 
notice,  statmg  the  time  and  place  of  the  meeting,  and 
the  restrictions  voluntarily  inserted  in  the  notice  may  be 
regarded  as  mere  surplusage  and  as  having  no  binding 
force.  I  am,  therefore,  of  the  opinion  that  the  notice,  as 
sent,  is  a  sufficient  compliance  with  the  statute  and  no 
new  call  is  necessary.  The  motion  should  be  denied, 
without  costs. 


KINGS'  COUNTY  PHARMACEUTICAL 
SOCIETY. 


Votes  to  Pay  Dues  to  N.  A.  R.  D.  Receives  Subscriptions 

to  Equip  New  College  Biulding.    Presents  Diamond 

Locket  to  Senator  Audett. 

The  Kings  County  Pharmaceutical  Society  held  its 
last  regular  meeting  before  the  Summer  vacation  at  the- 
Brooklyn  College  of  Pharmacy,  Tuesda.v  afternoon, 
June  10.  Oscar  C.  Kleine,  Jr.,  presided.  Treasurer  P. 
W.  Ray's  report  gave  a  balance  in  the  society's  treas- 
ury of  $491.75  and  the  college  had  $2,932.10  on  hand- 
May  20.  New  members  were  elected  as  follows:  W. 
Bryan,  A.  W.  Cole,  F.  E.  Crispin.  O.  J.  N.  Dieckmann. 
William  J.  Lindemann,  Paul  Nicolai  and  C.  S.  Ramee. 

Dr.  William  Muir,  chairman  of  the  committee  of 
supervision,  reported  that  the  annoimcement  of  the  col- 
lege was  somewhat  delayed  this  year  on  account  of  re- 
cent changes  in  the  college  staff,  etc.,  but  that  the  book 
would  be  ready  for  distribution  in  a  short  time.  He 
also  annoimeed  that  bids  for  the  erection  of  the  new 
college  building  would  be  opened  on  Thursday,  June  12. 

President  Kleine  announced  the  following  commit- 
tees for  the  ensuing  year:  Legislative  Committee — 
William  Muir,  T.  J.  France,  Adrian  Paradis,  A.  E. 
Hegeman,  C.  O.  Douden;  Committee  on  Trade  Mat- 
ters—W.  C.  Anderson,  J.  G.  Wischerth,  J.  H.  Dahlben- 
der;  Committee  on  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia — Dr. 
J~ohn  F.  Golding,  A.  F.  Lohness,  Dr.  H.  W.  Schimpf, 
Dr.  D.  C.  Mangan,  Dr.  John  Ketterle;  Library  Com- 
mittee—Dr.  E.  H.  Bartley,  J.  A.  Schelling,  Dr.  J. 
H.  Droge,  Andrew  Myur,  \j.  A.  Kunkle;  Committee  on 
Affairs  Pertaining  to  Pharmacy — W.  P.  DeForest, 
Joseph  E.   Reia,  F.  E.  Niece. 

Dr.  Muir  presented  a  communication  from  the  Syra- 
cuse Druggists'  Association,  in  which  the  members 
made  complaint  against  the  operation  of  the  present 
excise  law.  The  Syracuse  druggists  want  the  excise 
law  amended,  and  enclosed  with  the  communication 
was  a  copy  of  the  proposed  amendment  printed  in  the 
Era  of  June  5.  A  short  discussion  followed  the  read- 
ing of  the  letter  and  several  members  said  they  thought 
it  would  be  useless  to  ask  any  legislature  to  pass  a  law 
giving  the  privileges  asked   for  by  the   Syracuse  drug- 


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gists.  Some  said  the  amendment  might  be  modified, 
and  presented  at  the  State  association  meeting  in  EI- 
mira.  It  was  refened  to  the  Legislative  Commit- 
tee. 

The  question  of  paying  tlie  N.  A.  R.  D.  dues  was 
then  brought  up.  and  Dr.  JIuir  said  he  thought  the 
society  should  not  secede  from  the  N.  A.  R.  I).,  but, 
as  all  of  the  members  did  not  care  to  pay  dues  pro  rata, 
he  would  move  that  the  Kings'  County  Society  subscribe 
.f26  as  duos  to  the  N.  A.  R.  D.  The  motion  passed 
unanimously. 

.  Dr.  Ray  called  the  attention  of  the  members  to  sev- 
eral trading  stamp  companies  that  were  operating  in 
Brooklyn  and  spoke  of  their  business  system.  Sev- 
eral members  said  a  representative  of  a  trading  stamp 
company  had  visited  them,  but,  as  their  plan  took  5 
per  cent,  of  the  profits  on  goods,  they  refused  to  adopt 
it.  A  motion  placing  the  society  on  record  as  dis- 
approving of  the  stamp  system  was  passed,  and  the 
secretary  was  requested  to  notify  each  member  of  the 
action. 

Dr.  Muir  fhen  addressed  the  members  on  the  de- 
sirability- of  attending  the  coming  meeting  of  the  State 
Pharmaceutical  Association  to  be  held  in  Elmira  June 
2-lr-27.  He  said  many  important  questions  would  be 
discussed  at  the  meeting,  and  there  was  an  under- 
standing among  the  local  associations  that  all  prospec- 
tive legislation  should  there  be  considered  and  agreed 
upon.  Dr.  Tuthill  spoke  at  considerable  length  con- 
cerning the  new  building  to  be  erected  for  the  college. 
He  explained  that  each  member  of  the  society  was  a 
shareholder  in  the  college,  and.  as  such,  should  work  for 
its  interests.  In  addition  to  the  money  already  voted, 
a  few  thousand  dollars  more  would  be  required  to  prop- 
erly equip  the  building,  and  the  committee  had  decided 
to  solicit  subscriptions  from  friends  in  the  drug  trade, 
and  would  be  glad  to  hear  from  the  members.  Cards 
with  blanks  for  subscriptions  were  distributed  and  over 
S1..500  were  pledged  at  the  meeting.  This  included 
jilOO  each  from  Dr.  F.  W.  Ray,  Prof.  W.  C.  Ander- 
son and  Dr.  A.  D.  Lindemann.  The  latter  is  a  post 
graduate  of  the  class  of  1001,  and  said  he  felt  as  he 
had  derived  so  much  benefit  from  the  college  he  would 
give  what  assistance  he  could  to  improve  it,  so  that 
other  young  men  could  be  better  fitted  for  pharmacy. 
Senator  Arthur  J.  Audett  was  present  and  received 
a  handsome  gold  locket  with  a  large  diamond  set  in  the 
front  and  the  following  inscription  on  the  back:  "Pre- 
sented to  Senator  Arthur  J.  Audett  by  the  Kings'  Coun- 
ty Pharmaceutical  Society,  1002."  Dr.  Muir  made 
the  presentation  and  spoke  of  the  efforts  put  forth  on 
behalf  of  pharmacy  by  the  Senator  at  the  last  session 
of  the  Legislature.  Mr.  Audett  made  a  brief  reply, 
saying  that  he  had  not  worked  for  any  reward,  but 
for  the  right.  The  legislation  approved  by  the  so- 
ciety ^.  as  necessary  and  right,  and  if  it  had  not  been 
for  the  chairman  of  the  Legislative  Committee,  who 
had  been  in  almost  constant  attendance  at  Albany  so 
much  could  not  have  beeen  accomplished. 

Before  adjournment,  Dr.  Muir  was  nominated  as 
another  delegate  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  N.  A. 
R.    D. 


American  Chemical  Society. 

The  twenty-sixtli  gcuiTal  niei'ting  of  the  American 
Chemical  Society  will  he  held  in  Pittsburg,  Pa.,  in  con- 
nection with  the  meeting  of  Section  C  of  the  American 
Association  for  the  Advancement  of  Science.  The  meet- 
ings will  begin  Jtonday,  .lune  30,  and  close  Thur.sday, 
July  .3,  and  the  sessions  will  be  hold  in  the  chapel  of 
the  Bellfield  Presbyterian  Church.  Hotel  Schanley,  has 
been   selected  as  headonarters. 


CH1RLES  F.  LORD. 

Charles  F.  Lord  celebrated  the  twenty-fifth  anniver- 
sary of  his  connection  with  the  drug  store  now  conducted 
by  himself  and  Frank  E.  Eely,  as  Lord  &  Eely,  on  the 
corner  of  Seventh  avenue  and  Thirty-sixth  street,  New 
York,  Thursday.  June  12.  He  started  as  junior  clerk 
in  the  store  in  1877  and  has  been  connected  with  it  ever 
since.  He  graduated  from  the  New  York  College  of 
Pharmacy  with  honors  in  the  class  of  1881  and  is  a 
member  of  the  college,  also  of  the  Manhattan  Pharma- 
ceutical Association  and  the  German  Apothecaries'  So- 
ciety. Mr.  Lord  was  born  in  Jledusa,  Albany  county, 
N.  Y. 


MANHATTAN    PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIA- 
TION. 


Fifty  Six  New  Members  Elected — Endorsed  Candidacy  of 
C.  0.  Bigelow  for  Re-election  to  Board  of  Pharmacy. 

The  Manhattan  Pliannaceutical  Association  elected 
fifty-six  new  members  at  the  meeting  held  in  the  College 
of  Pharmacy,  Monday  evening  June  10.  This,  the  last 
meeting  before  the  Sunmier  vacation,  was  well  attended, 
despite  the  fact  that  the  night  was  rainy. 

President  Charles  S.  Erb  called  the  meeting  to  order 
shortly  after  9  o'clock.  S.  V.  B.  Swann  read  the  min- 
utes and  George  H.  Hitchock  reported  $167.10  in  the 
treasury  having  received  $103.7.5  and  paid  out  .$34.15 
since  the  la.st  meeting.  The  committee  on  membership, 
through  W.  H.  Ebbitt,  reported  71  applications  for  mem- 
bership, these  names  were  balloted  for  and  fifty-six  were 
elected. 

A.  C.  Searfes,  of  the  committee  appointed  at  the  con- 
ference, said  the  Board  had  made  satisfactory  arrange- 
ments for  the  election  on  Tuesday  and  was  pleased  to 
note  the  harmony  existing  between  the  Board  and'  the 
association  Secretary  Swann  read  a  communication 
from  the  Syracuse  Druggists'  Association  asking  the  co- 
operation of  the  Manhattan  Association  in  securing  a 
better  excise  law.  This  caiised  a  discussion  of  some 
length.  Felix  Ilirseman  said  he  thought  the  present  law 
very  satisfactory  to  druggists  and  if  an  attempt  were 
made  to  get  the  right  to  sell  liquor  at  retail,  pharmacists 
would  lose  the  present  privileges,  the  liquor  dealers  were 
opposed  to  the  sale  of  liquor  by  druggists  in  any  quanti- 
ty. On  motion  of  A.  C.  Searles  the  subject  was  referred 
to  the  legislative  committee.     Mr.  Swann  moved  that  a 


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[June  19,  1902. 


committee  of  tliree  be  appointed  to  take  up  tlie  by-laws 
of  the  association  and  consider  any  changes  thought  nec- 
essary and  report  at  the  first  meeting  In  the  Fall.  This 
was  passed.  Sidney  P''aber  asked  if  anything  had  been 
done  in  the  cases  of  the  excise  department  against  the 
druggists  and  was  informed  that  nothing  had  been  re- 
ported to  the  officers  of  the  association. 

A  motion  made  by  A.  C.  Searles  to  endorse  the  can- 
didacy of  Clarence  O.  Bigelow  for  re-election  to  the 
Eastern  Branch  of  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy  was 
passed  unanimously  and  Oscar  Goldman  said  Mr.  Bige- 
low's  candidacy  had  also  been  unanimously  endorsed  by 
the  German  Apothecaries'  Society.  Before  adjournment 
A.  C.  Searles  in  an  appropriate  speech  offered  the  use  of 
an  endowed  bed  in  the  Presbyterian  Hospital  for  mem- 
bers of  the  Manhattan  Pharmaceutical  Association 
whenever  it  might  be  needed. 

At  the  olose  of  the  business  session  the  members  ad- 
journed to  the  pharmacognosy  room.  An  elaborate 
luncheon,  a  surprise  to  all,  especially  to  those  who  had 
not  attended  the  last  alumni  ball,  had  been  tastefully 
arranged  upon  tables  prepared  by  the  entertainment 
committee,  with  the  indefatigable  Fred  Borggreve  as 
chairman.  There  was  plenty  to  eat,  drink  and  smoke,  and 
the  R.  D.  B.  A.  Glee  Club  sang.  Everybody  declared 
the  entertainment  a  most  enjoyable  ending  for  a  phar- 
maceutical meeting,  and  the  committee  in  charge  was 
tendered  a  risiug  vote  of  thanks. 


JAMES  HARTFORD. 

The  neu's  of  the  death  of  James  Hartford,  vice-pres- 
ident of  the  Schoellkopf,  Hart- 
ford &  Hanna  Co.,  at  the  Ger- 
man Hospital,  Thursday  night, 
June  12,  came  as  a  shock  to  his 
many  friends  in  the  drug  trade. 
Although  he  had  been  complain- 
ing of  ill-health  for  some  time  it 
was  not  thought  in  the  trade  that 
his  condition  was  serious.  Satur- 
day, June  7,  Mr.  Hartford  at- 
tended to  business  as  usual  and 
lunched  at  the  Drug  Club.  He 
was  removed  to  the  German  Hos- 
pital on  the  advice  of  his  physi- 
cian on  Sunday  and  the  following  day  an  operation  was 
performed  which  was  followed  by  gradual  decline  and 
death  Thursday  night. 

Mr.  Hartiord  was  well  known  and  esteemed  by  the 
prominent  men  in  the  drug  and  allied  trades  in  New 
York.  One  friend  described  him  as  "a  hero  among 
men."  He  was  born  in  Queens  county,  Ireland,  in  18-16, 
and  served  his  apprenticeship  in  the  drug  business  with 
Boileau  &  Bcyd  in  Dublin.  He  passed  the  examination 
of  the  Pharmaceutical  Society  of  Ireland  in  187S  and  the 
following  year  was  employed  as  buyer  for  Burgoyne, 
Burbidges  &  Co.  He  came  to  New  York  in  188.3  and  en- 
gaged with  McKesson  it  Bobbins.  The  firm  of  Schoell- 
kopf, Hartford  &  McLagan  was  formed  in  1888  and  was 
succeeded  in  1900  by  the  present  firm. 

Mr.  Hartford  was  not  only  a  thorough  and  respected 
business  and  scientific  man  but  he  was  popular  in  social 
circles.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  the  New  York 
Drug  Trade  Club  and  a  governor  and  member  of  the 
finance  committee  at  the  time  of  his  death;  a  member 
of  the  New  York  Athletic  Club;  a  trustee  of  the  Chem- 
ists Club;  originator  of  the  American  branch  of  the  So- 
ciety of  Chemical  Industry,  a  member  of  the  American 
Chemical  Society  and  of  the  Drug  Trade  Section  of  the 
New  York  Board  of  Trade  and  Transportation.  He  was 
a  Mason  and  an  enthusiastic  supporter  of  St.  George's 
Society.    Mr.  Hartford  left  a  widow  and  one  child. 

The  funeral  was  held  on  Sunday,  June  15,  at  St.  Agnes' 


church.  West  Ninety-second  street,  and  was  attended  by 
a  number  of  the  deceased  man's  former  friends  in  the 
drug  trade.  The  remains  were  cremated  on  Monday, 
June  10. 


N.  Y.  C.  P.  ALUMNI  OUTING. 

The  disagreeable  weather  on  Wednesdav,  .Tune  11, 
somewhat  marred  the  pleasure  of  the  annual  .lutiiig 
of  the  Alun'ni  Association  of  the  New  Y.iric  College  of 
Pharmacy  at  College  Point,  L.  I.,  but,  notw'tiis'ai.diug 
the  downpour  of  rain,  over  100  partook  of  the  ex- 
ctileut  dinner  served  at  Donnelly's  shor-.ly  after  6 
p.   in. 

Fred.  Borggreve  won  the  first  prize  in  the  gentle- 
nifnh'  bowling  contest,  making  a  possible  score.  r>0 
>iut  of  50.  Edward  F.  Pfaff  got  "^econd  prize;  George 
E.  Schweinfurth,  third;  L.  W.  DeZeller,  fourth,  and  J. 
!'•  geis,  fifth.  The  first  prize  in  the  ladies'  liowliua 
contest  was  captured  by  Miss  D.  Van  Bremen;  second, 
Mrs.  G.  E.  Schweinfurth;  third.  Miss  Sanchez;  fourth, 
Miss  Finch;  fifth.  Miss  Finch,  and  sixth,  Mrs.  F.  P. 
Tuthill.  The  class  of  1896  secured  the  custody  of 
the  alumni  cup  for  the  coming  year.  Messrs.  Zimmer- 
mann  &  Diehl  were  the  winners.  Messrs.  Scheppe. 
and  Bruns  v.ero  prize  winners  in  the  shooting  con- 
test for  gentlemen,  and  Mrs.  LascofE  and  Miss  Finch 
for  ladies. 

After  dinner  speeches  were  made  by  President 
Charles  S.  Erb  of  the  Alumni  Association,  George  E. 
Schweinfurth,  Edward  F.  Pfaff,  T.  Bruce  Furnival, 
Fred.  Borggreve,  A.  C.  Searles,  J.  Rogers  and  L.  W. 
DeZeller. 

The  Success  of  the  outing  was  largely  due  to  the 
efforts  of  Edward  F.  Pfaff  and  George  E.  Schweinfurth 
of  tlie  committee  in  charge. 


NEW  YORK  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY  ELECTION 


Clarence  0.  Bigelow  Defeats  Joseph  Weinstein  by  a 
Majority  of  Six  Votes. 
At  the  election  of  a  member  of  the  Eastern  branch 
of  the  New  York  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  Tuesday, 
April  17,  Clarence  O.  Bigelow  defeated  Joseph  Wein- 
stein by  the  narrow  margin  of  six  votes,  receiving  210 
of  the  total  414  ballots  cast.  The  election,  which  ends 
the  campaign  carried  on  with  considerable  warmth  by 
the  druggists  of  Greater  New  York  for  the  past  few 
weeks,  was  held  at  the  New  YorK  College  of  Pharmacy, 
and  — r.s  marked  by  gr  nt  enthusiasm  or  the  rival  can- 
didates. The  polls  were  opened  promptly  at  9  o'clock, 
and  the  balloting  was  watched  with  great  interest  from 
beginning  to  end.  The  contest  was  very  close,  the  re- 
sult being  in  doubt  imtil  the  very  last.  Mr.  Bigelow, 
tlie  successful  candidate,  succeeds  himself  as  member 
of  the  Board,  the  present  election  being  for  the  purpose 
of  filling  the  vacancy  caused  by  the  expiration  of  his 
present  term,  January  1,  1903. 

Celebrate  Twenty-Fifth  Anniversary. 
Lord  .V  Etly,  proprietors  of  the  prescription  pharmacy 
at  the  Northeast  corner  of  Seventh  avenue  and  Thirty- 
sixth  street.  New  York,  celebrated  the  twenty-fifth  an- 
niversary of  Mr.  Lord's  connection  with  the  business 
last  Thursday  June  12.  The  store  is  one  of  the  best 
known  prescription  pharmacies  in  that  section  of  the  city 
and  is  patronized  by  a  large  number  of  physicians.  The 
business  was  established  by  J.  M.  Burdge  in  1853  on  the 
northeast  corner  of  Thirty-srixth  street  and  Seventh  ave- 
nue and  moved  into  the  present  building  in  1874.  Charles 
1'.  Lord  entered  as  junior  clerk  June  12.  1877,  became 
manager  when  Mr.  Burdge  died  and  later  purchased  the 
business.  He  says  he  lias  taken  orders  from  some  very 
well  known  people  .-uul   still  has  some  written  by  Mrs. 


June  19,  190-2.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


615 


Henry  Ward  Beeclier.  Frank  E.  Eoly  was  admitted 
as  a  partner  in  1899.  The  members  of  the  tirm  received 
<-ongratulations  from  a  large  number  of  friends  in  the 
.trade  on  the  occasion  of  the  anniversary. 


NEW  YORK  NOTES. 

Maurice  D.  Cadman,  one  of  Broolilyn's  most  suc- 
cessful young  pharmacists,  proprietor  of  the  store  at 
the  junction  of  Thompkins  avenue,  Fulton  and  Decatur 
streets,  was  married  to  Miss  Estelle  Edwards  of  No. 
4  Decatur  street,  Wednesday,  June  11.  The  ceremony 
was  performed  at  the  home  of  the  bride.  Rev.  A.  Parker 
■Cadman,  brother  of  the  groom,  officiating.  Uae  couple 
■will  visit  Albany,  Niagara  Falls  and  Canadian  points, 
and    will    return    about    July    1. 

Invitations  are  out  for  the  wedding  of  Irving  Mc- 
Kesson of  McKesson  &  Robbins,  to  Miss  Mary  Hen- 
•derson,  daughter  of  Mrs.  Robert  Jones  Henderson, 
Nyack-on-the-IIudson,  on  Wednesday,  June  25,  in 
•Crace  Church,  Nyack.  Right  Rev.  Bishop  Coleman  of 
Delaware  will  officiate.  The  honeymoon  will  be  spent 
in  traveling  in  Europe.  Donald  McKesson,  brother  of 
the  groom,   is  to  be  best   man. 

Dr.    J.    Takamine,    tlie   well    known   chemists,    has 

returned  from  his  trip  around  the  world,  on  which  Mrs. 
Takamine  and  her  sister  accompanied  him.  Dr.  Taka- 
ki,  who  has  been  studying  in  London  for  several  years 
past,  came  to  this  country  with  Dr.  Takamine,  and, 
after  a  visit  in  different  parts  of  the  United  States, 
■expects  to  sail  for  Japan,  where  he  will  practice  medi- 
•cine. 

Max  Mariamson,  one  of  the  best  known  druggists 

in  the  Bronx,  will  open  a  new  store  at  165th  street 
and  Union  avenue  about  the  first  of  July.  He  says 
he  has  postponed  the  opening  until  this  date  in  order 
to  be  able  to  attend  the  meeting  of  the  State  Asso- 
ciation in  Elmira  June  24-27,  where  he  looks  for  an 
interesting    and    enjoyable    time. 

G.    S.   Mariager  of   Parke,   Davis   &   Co.   was   one 

of  the  delegates  to  the  Credit  Men's  Association  in 
Louisville,  Ky.,  last  week.  He  returned  on  Saturday, 
■with  wonderful  accounts  of  the  trip.  He  declares 
he  never  had  a  finer  time,  and  waxes  enthusiastic  when 
-speaking  of  the  "continuous  performance"  on  the  special 
■cars    of   tlie    New    York    party. 

Parke,  Davis  &  Co.'s  interests  were  well  cared  for 

at  the  convention  of  the  American  Medical  Association 
in  Saratoga  last  week.  Among  others,  the  following 
representatives  were   present:       Dr.   J.   Takamine,   Dr. 

E.  A.  Larned,  Dr.  W.  A.  Dixon,  Dr.  George  F.  Sea- 
born, S.  H.  Carragan,  Henry  Thornton,  A.  G.  Bissell 
and  Nathaniel  Nicolai. 

The  Union  Chemical  Co.  of  Jersey  City.  N.  J.,   is 

a  recent  corporation.  It  is  capitalized  at  $1,000,000, 
and  the  incorporators  are:  E.  M.  Love,  Thomas  Hick- 
man, R.  C.  Dolson,  George  C.  Hough,  G.  A.  Scott, 
Thomas  J.  Madden,  W.  M.  Fagan,  W.  L.  Simpson  and 

F.  L.    Powell. 

Charles  M.  DuGay,  pharmacist  at  34th  street  and 

Third  avenue,  Manhattan,  left  Thursday,  June  12, 
for  his  home  in  Three  Rivers,  Quebec,  where  he  will 
remain  a  short  time,  looking  over  a  farm  in  which  he 
has  an  interest. 

Willard    M.    Lewis,    for    the    past    five    years    clerk 

with  Lewis  A.  Bates  &  Co.,  No.  739  Sixth  avenue, 
has  forsaken  {he  drug  business.  With  a  partner,  ho 
will  conduct  a  gents'  furnishing  store  at  No.  741  Sixth 
.avenue. 

T.     Bruce     Furnival,     representative     of     Hall     & 

Euckel.  and  formerly  on  assistant  instructor  at  the  New 


FRANK  E.  EELY. 

Frank  E.  Eely  of  the  retail  drug  firm  Lord  &  Eely, 
Seventh  avenue  and  Thirty-si.xth  street.  New  York,  is 
one  of  the  few  men  who  have  forsaken  another  profes- 
sion for  pharmacy  and  have  been  successful.  He  left 
his  duties  as  a  ped.igogue  in  1890  and  entered  the  drug 
store  of  M.  M.  Snyder  in  Pender,  Nebraska.  He  came 
to  New  York  in  1S92  and  took  a  course  at  the  College 
of  Pharmacy,  graduating  in  1894  when  he  went  with  Mr. 
Lord  and  was  admitted  as  a  partner  in  1899.  He  was 
born  in  Jlanusville,  Jefferson  county,  N.  Y. 


York  College  of  Pharmacy,  has  decided  to  join  the 
ranks  of  the  benedicts,  and  is  receiving  congratulations 
from   his   numerous   friends. 

The  Byrd  Sarsaparilla  Planting  Co.  has  incor- 
porated, "to  raise  sarsaparilla  plants,"  at  Jersey  City, 
N.  J.,  with  a  capital  stock  of  $100,000.  R.  Lee  Byrd, 
George  R.  Allison  and  John  W.  Avery  are  the  incor- 
porators. 

R.   J.   Reid,  treasurer  of  the  corporation   of  Reld, 

Yeomaus  &  Cubit,  Nassau  street  druggists,  leaves  on 
Saturday  for  a  two  weeks'  visit  to  Toronto  and  other 
Canadian   points. 

George  W.  Evans,  who  formerly  conducted  a  dru;; 

store  at  Greenwich  and  West  10th  streets,  Manhattan, 
is  now  clerking  for  the  Flower  Drug  Co.,  Hudson  and 
Barrow  streets. 

JIcKesson   &   Bobbins'   baseball   team   will   play   a 

match  game  with  the  team  from  the  Pittsburg  Plate 
Glass  Co.  on  Jasper  Oval  next  Saturday,  June  21,  at 
4   o'clock. 

Dr.    Wolf  Tulschinsky,   who  formerly   conducted   a 

store  at  Canal  and  Orchard  streets,  has  purchased  I. 
B.  Meyer's  drug  store  at  No.  533  Hudson  street. 

C.   E.   Meek   of  the   National   Lead   Co.   was  made 

a  director  of  the  National  Credit  Men's  Association  at 
the   recent   meeting   in   Louisville,   Ky. 

F.  L.   Seely  of  the  Paris  Medicine  Co.,  St.  Louis, 

was  in  New  Y'ork  last  week,  and  was  a  guest  of 
Clarence  G.  Stone,  at  the  Drug  Club. 

Miss    M.    E.    Tucker   of   the    New   York    office   of 

I'arke,  Davis  &  Co.,  expects  to  take  a  trip  abroad 
some   time   in   August. 

Adolph    G.    Rosengarten    of    Rosengarten    &    Sons, 

Inc.,   IMiiladelphia,   was   in   the  city   early  in  the  week. 


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[June  19,  1902. 


NEW  ENGLAND. 


■  A  DRUGGIST'S  LONG,  HONORABLE  CAREER. 

Boston,  June  14. — Recent  celebration  of  the  SOth 
birthday  of  Hon.  Gorham  V.  Gilmau,  senior  partner  of 
the  firm  of  Gilman  Bros.,  wholesale  druggists,  brought 
forth  many  cordial  congratulations  to  this  well  known 
man,  who,  it  may  be  said,  by  no  means  looks  the  four- 
score years  which  he  claims.  As  consul-general  in  New 
England  for  the  Hawaiian  Government  for  seven  years 
terminalmg  with  annexation  in  1901,  as  a  prominent 
Newton  resident  since  1865,  and  a  wholesale  druggist 
of  Boston  for  40  years,  Mr.  Gilman  has  acquired  a 
prominent  position  in  the  ranks  of  the  well  known  men 
of  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Gilman  was  born  in  Hallowell, 
Me.  As  a  representative  of  the  Boston  Druggists'  As- 
sociation, Mr.  Gilman  has  been  a  member  of  the  State 
Board  of  Trade  since  its  organization.  He  has  served 
as  a  member  of  the  Massachusetts  Legislature,  of  the 
Board  of  Aldermen  in  Newton  and  as  president  of  the 
Young  Men's  Chri.stian  Association  of  that  city.  He 
is  an  active  member  of  various  church  and  fraternal  or- 
ganizations and  probably  has  the  largest  collection  of 
books  on  the  Hawaiian  Islands  in  tiis  part  of  the  coun- 
try, his  library  being  quite  a  little  museum  of  Hawaiian 
curios,   paintings  and  photographs. 


Forgotten  Treasures  Discovered. 
Boston)  June  14. — In  the  general  preparation  for  re- 
moval of  the  Theo.  Metcalf  Company  from  the  place 
at  39  Tremont  street,  occupied  for  more  than  three- 
score years  b.y  this  old-time  drug  house,  many  things 
are  brought  to  light.  Some  of  these  almost  forgotten 
treasures  in  the  cellar  of  the  old  building,  where  goods 
began  to  be  stored  and  to  accumulate  so  long  ago  in- 
cluded three  cases  of  Tokay  wine  labeled  "1S73."  This, 
when  looked  up,  was  found  to  be  a  part  of  a  consign- 
ment secured  by  order  of  the  late  poet,  Dr.  Oliver  Wen- 
dell Holmes,  for  whom  Dr.  Metcalf  was  accustomed  to 
import  a  dozen  cases  of  Tokay  at  a  time.  The  wine 
was  found  in  absolutely  perfect  condition.  Not  long 
ago  a  barrel  of  Medford  rum,  put  into  the  cellar  in  1850, 
was  unearthed.  The  Metcalf  Company  will  occupy 
the  store  at  30  Court  street,  opposite  Scolley  Square 
subway  station,  into  which  place  it  already  has  moved. 


Sussiness  of  a  Satisfactory  Character. 
Boston,  June  14. — There  is  nothing  out  of  the  ordi- 
nary to  mark  the  trade  conditions  of  the  week  in  this 
city,  which,  as  a  whole,  have  been  of  satisfactory  char- 
acter, witli  fairly  good  business,  even  if  there  is  not  any 
special  impetus  shown.  Women  continue  to  run  about 
among  the  shops  to  lay  in  a  supply  of  to;let  requisites 
needed  for  a  Sunmier  campaign  away  from  town,  and 
this  forms  no  small  part  of  the  general  trade  with  drug 
stores. 


NEW  ENGLAND  NOTES. 

The  druggists  of  Salem,  Mass.,  to  receive  licenses 

tills  year  are  the  following:  Charles  W.  Brooks,  Jo- 
seph H.  M.  Edwards,  Frank  P.  Fitzgerald,  James  E. 
Fitzgerald.  Edward  W.  Full,  Pierre  L.  M.  Gaudette, 
Matthew  A.  Korman,  William  B.  Lusconib,  Thomas  B. 
Nichols,  C.  H.  and  J.  Price.  Edward  L.  Rogers,  Ropes' 
Drug  Co..  P.  Eoulier  &  Co.,  Arthur  H.  Sinclair,  Wal- 
ter P.  Upton,  Vpton  &  Frisbie,  Upton  &  Hennessey 
and  Charles  S.  Cogley.  The  last-named  is  an  addition 
to  the  list  of  last  year,  and  the  names  of  Joseph  I. 
Moulton  and  Sumner  W.  Upton,  which  were  on  the 
list  a  year  ago,  do  not  appear  among  the  names  of  ap- 
plicants  this   year. 


The  sign   which   in   New  England   is  now  familiar 

enough,  "Sold  out  to  Raymond,"  seems  a  bit  strange 
when  posted  regarding  this  syndicate's  present  purchase 
and  sale  of  the  general  stock  of  the  Weeks  &  Potter 
Drug  Co.,  which  has  long  had  a  store  adjoining  the 
Raymond  store  in  Washington  street.  Fortunqtely,  the- 
proximity  of  the  two  stores  is  of  great  advantage  as  a 
special  disposal  sale  has  gone  on  without  removal  of 
goods  from  the  Weeks  &  Potter  store,  which,  adjoining^ 
the  Raymond  place,  has  really  seemed  to  be  part  and 
parcel  of  it.      The  sale  has  attracted  large  crowds. 

A  great  addition  to  the  business  interests  of  Fall 

River  is  the  new  drug  store  of  George  T.  Wilcox.  The 
store  is  well  situated  in  a  most  desirable  business  place 
and  has  plate  glass  windows,  interior  cases  of  mahog- 
any wood  finish,  and  a  large  up-to-date  soda  fountain. 
The  store  is  easily  one  of  the  most  attractive  in  that 
part  of  Massachusetts.  Mr.  Wilcox,  who  has  had  near- 
ly a  quarter  of  a  century's  experience,  personally  looks 
after  the  prescription  department,  leaving  the  other 
branches  under  charge  of  Thomas  H.  Nadd. 

Sumner  W.  Upton  and  Henry  K.  Mansfield,  both 

of  Salem,  have  formed  a  partnership  to  continue  dur- 
ing five  years,  under  the  firm  name  of  "Upton,  the 
Druggist."  Tliis  selection  will  prevent  confusion  with 
other  drug  stores  in  Salem  conducted  by  Mr.  Mansfield, 
who  is  a  special  partner  and  has  contributed  in  actual 
cash  the  sum  of  $1,375  to  the  firm's  general  capital. 
Mr.  Upton,  the  general  partner,  will  manage  the  store- 
of  the  firm. 

■ A  large  party  of  Massachusetts  Institute  of  Tech- 
nology students,  twenty  or  thirty  in  all,  are  planning 
to  make  a  tour  of  some  of  the  most  important  manufac- 
turing plants  in  Pennsylvania,  under  the  leadership  of 
Prof.  Talbot  and  Prof.  Thorn.  Carbonated  water 
plants,  sugar  refineries,  fertilizer,  varnish,  cement,  zinc- 
and  ashes  mills,  petroleum  refineries  and  steel  and  pot- 
tery works  are  among  the  places  to  be  visited. 

Many    improvements    which   have   taken   place    at 

Hunking  &  Christie's  pharmacy  in  Haverhill  make  that 
place  now  one  of  the  best  drug  stores  in  that  city.  The- 
changes  were  all  planned  by  Mr.  Christie,  the  junior 
partner.  Large  plate  glass  windows  have  been  adde(£ 
and  the  interior  has  been  fitted  with  floor  show  cases, 
which  are  four  feet  high  and  of  glass,  giving  a  fine  ap- 
pearance to  the  store. 

Lowell   has   just   had   a   horse   fair   in   aid   of   the- 

Lowell  General  Hospital,  at  which,  among  many  beau- 
tiful pairs  on  exhibition,  was  one  pair  of  marked  beau- 
ty to  which  the  blue  ribbon  went.  This  was  the  hand- 
some pair  of  hackneys  owned  by  C.  I.  Hood,  the  pro- 
prietary  medicine   manufacturer. 

The  Gray  Laboratory  has  been  incorporated  for  the- 

purpose  of  manufacturing  chemicals  and  proprietary 
articles.  It  is  to  have  a  capital  of  $1,000,000.  Ernest 
L.  Cheney,  of  Kittery,  Me.,  is  president,  and  the  treas- 
urer is  William  P.  Henlin,  also  of  Kittery. 

William  W.  Dedrick  of  the  Fall  River  Pharmacy 

owes  his  creditors  $6,500  or  more,  against  which  hia 
stock,  valued  at  about  $1,000,  forms  the  principal  as- 
sets.     He  has  voluntarily  filed  a  petition  in  bankruptcy. 

A  part  of  the  A.  F.  Rivard  store  in  Taunton,  Mass., 

has  been  fitted  up  for  occupancy  by  the  Taunton  Drug- 
Co.,  until  recently  in  a  store  in  City  Square,  whioh  it 
closed  up  and  from  which  the  stock  was  removed. 

A  new   drug  store  in   Fisherville,   near   Worcester,. 

is  that  of  Joseph  E.  Giroux,  formerly  of  this  last  named, 
place.      The  pharmacy  is  in  the  Kempton  Block. 
With   assets  set  nominally  at  $100  and   debts  ag- 
gregating  more  than  $2,200  Henry   L.   Hill,   a   Boston; 
drug  clerk,  is  a   petitioner  in  bankruptcy. 


Time  m.  100-2. 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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PHILADELPHIA. 

THE  DRUG  CLERKS'  ASSOCIATION. 

Philadelphia,  June  13. — Thus  early  in  its  history  the 
Drug  Clerk.s'  Association  of  I'hiladelphia  has  encoun- 
tered a  serious  problem  and  the  members  have  shown 
that  they  have  the  proper  s[)irit  by  taking  the  bull  by 
the  horns  and  are  in  the  business  to  stay.  The  bull  in 
this  particular  case  was  S.  L.  Hart,  editor  of  the  Drug 
Clerks'  .lournal  of  Chicago  and  professional  organizer 
of  drug  clerk  associations. 

Several  weeks  ago  he  blew  into  staid  old  Philadelphia 
from  the  Windy  City  to  organize  an  association  and  as 
everybody  was  willing  lie  hadn't  the  least  bit  of  trouble 
getting  his  men  together  and  forming  a  temporary  or- 
ganization. This  had  no  sooner  been  done  than  L.  S. 
Kemp,  who  had  been  elected  president  of  the  association 
began  to  receive  inquiries  from  prominent  manufactiu*- 
ers  about  an  advertisement  solcitor  who  had  asked  them 
to  advertise  in  his  publication  and  was  using 
Mr.  Kemp's  name  for  reference.  As  neither 
he  nor  any  of  the  other  drug  clerks  had  heard 
anything  about  advertisements  or  a  book  this  informa- 
tion was  rather  startling  and  naturally  Kemp  warmed 
up  a  bit,  so  that  the  next  time  he  saw  Mr.  Hart,  who 
proved  to  be  the  solicitor,  there  was  something  doing. 
The  upshot  of  the  whole  matter  was  that  there  was  a 
meeting  of  the  association  called  for  last  Monday  even- 
ing at  11:30  o'clock  and  just  what  happened  is  some- 
what uncertain,  but  certain  it  is  that  Mr.  Hart  went 
away  again  as  suddenly  as  he  came.  The  drug  clerks — 
well  they  have  started,  and,  now  they  say  they  are  going 
to  have  the  largest  association  in  the  country  before 
long. 


PURE  DRUGS  IN  NEW  JERSEY. 

Philadelphia,  Jime  13. — The  Xew  Jersey  Board  of 
Health  is  hard  at  work  trying  to  stop  the  sale  of  adul- 
terated drugs  and  food  in  Camden.  Summonses  were 
served  upon  a  numl)er  of  Camden  druggists  yesterday  to 
appear  before  Judge  Bergen  in  the  District  Court.  The 
maximum  penalty  is  n  fine  of  S50  and  costs  and  the  fol- 
lowing druggists  have  been  accused:  Wendell  P.  Win- 
gender  and  William  H.  Bvaddock,  charged  with  using 
impure  distilled  water;  Warren  S.  Thompson,  charged 
with  using  inipxu'e  tincture  of  iodine  and  John  E.  L. 
Vausciver  charged  with  using  impure  tincture  of  opium. 
The  new  pure  food  law  of  New  Jersey  is  very  sweeping 
in  its  effect  and  it  looks  as  though  there  was  serious 
trouble  in  store  for  Jersey  druggists  and  grocers  who 
are  not  careful  of  the  quality  of  goods  they  handle. 


Business  Dull. 
Philadelphia,  June  13. — The  complaint  as  to  the  con- 
dition of  business  seems  to  be  very  general  this  week. 
Wholesalers  attribute  the  unsatisfactory  condition  to  the 
coal  miners'  strike  up  the  State  and  this  is  probably  a 
partial  explanation  as  far  as  they  are  concerned.  How- 
ever, the  decrease,  not  so  much  in  the  number  as  in  the 
size  of  orders,  from  all  quarters  indicates  that  the  trade 
is  generally  dull.  The  retail  men  who  have  devoted  a 
part  of  their  energy  to  building  up  a  good  soda  water 
trade  are  reaping  their  reward  and  can  consider  them- 
selves fortunate  that  they  are  thus  enabled  to  make  good 
the  loss  in  regular  trade. 


PHILADELPHIA  NOTES. 

.\t  the  last  meeting  of  P.  A.  R.  D.  it  was  resolved 

to  submit  to  the  Governor  of  Pennsylvania  the  following 
names  of  iharmacists  as  being  full.v  qualified  to  fill  the 
prospective  vacancy  in  the  State  Board  of  Pharmacy: 
W.  L.  Cliffe,  Henry  C.  Blair.  Warren  M.  Poley.  Walter 


A.  Rumsey,  Charles  Kehfuss,  Thomas  H.  Potts,  Dr. 
Clement  B.  Lowe. 

A  number  of  men  prominent  in  pharmaceutical  cir- 
cles have  been  in  attendance  at  the  meeting  of  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Association  in  Saratoga  this  week.  Among 
these  are  Prof.  Joseph  P.  Remington,  H.  K.  Mulford, 
G.  W.  England  and  Charles  H.  LaWall. 
Charles  Snyder,  who  was  formerly  in  the  drug  busi- 
ness in  Philadelphia  and  well  known  to  the  trade,  died 
at  his  resdence  2115  N.  Eighteenth  street  on  Tuesday, 
June  10.  He  served  as  an  apothecary  in  the  army  during 
the  civil  war. 

Some  fifteen  or  twenty  couples  including  representa- 
tive members  of  the  P.  A.  R.  D.  have  made  up  a  basket 
party  to  picnic  at  Westville,  N.  J.,  next  Tuesday.  The 
cottage  of  Dr.  Grove  will  be  the  headquarters  for  the 
day. 

Ray  W.  Kottka  formerly  with  James  Buckman  at 

Eighth  and  Green  streets  has  opened  a  new  store  at 
Carlisle  and  Clearfield  streets.  Charles  Blair  succeeds- 
Jlr.  Kottka  at  Buckman's. 

Rolland   H.    French   who  has  for  some  time  been 

connected  with  Smith,  Kline  &  French  Co.,  has  accepted 
a  position  with  the  William  S.  Merrell  Chemical  Co.  at 
Cincinnati. 

Dr.  G.  C.  Moore  has  purchased  the  store  at  Fifth 

and  Jefferson  streets  from  the  estate  of  the  late  Gustav 
Werckshagen. 

It    is    reported    that   the   store  of   Dr.    Randall   at 

Xineteenth  and  Diamond  streets  has  been  sold. 


BALTIMORE. 


RETURN  OF  TWO  GLOBE  TROTTERS. 

Baltimore,  June  14. — Two  Baltimore  globe  trotters 
prominent  in  the  drug  trade  returned  this  week  from  a 
tour  around  the  world.  One  of  these  travelers  was  Isaae 
E.  Emerson,  president  of  the  Emerson  Drug  Company, 
the  other  Henry  D.  Croft,  of  Croft  &  Conlyn,  retail  drug- 
gists at  the  corner  of  Park  avenue  and  Madison  street. 
The  latter  has  been  away  from  home  the  better  part  of 
a  year,  while  Mr.  Emerson's  absence  has  been  of  shorter 
duration.  Both  visited  many  foreign  countries  and 
viewed  numerous  strange  scenes,  from  the  pyramids  of 
Egypt  to  China  and  Japan.  But  while  Mr.  Emerson's 
trip  was  undertaken  solely  for  pleasure  and  instruction, 
Mr.  Croft  went  largely  on  account  of  his  health,  which 
had  suffered  from  close  attention  to  business.  He  comes 
back  fully  restored  to  physical  vigor  and  with  ideas  en- 
larged, and  will  apply  himself  to  business  with  addi- 
tional vim.  Mr.  Emerson  was  accompanied  by  several 
friends  and  the  journey  was  made  in  large  part  on  hia 
private  yac'.it  Margaret  which  flies  the  pennant  of  the 
New  York  Yacht  Club,  while  Mr.  Croft  depended  upon 
such  means  of  locomotion  as  the  established  land  and 
water  routes  afford. 

Mr.  Croft  reached  New  Y'ork  day  before  yesterday, 
being  received  at  the  pier  by  Thomas  A.  Conlyn,  his 
partner,  and  left  immediately  for  home.  Yesterday  he 
was  once  more  in  harness  and  visited  a  wholesale  drug 
house  to  make  purchases.  He  had  another  purpose 
besides  recuperation  in  making  the  globe-girdling  trip. 
His  second  object  was  to  visit  his  friend.  Dr.  T.  Hay- 
ward  Hayes,  a  former  Baltimorean,  who  went  to  Siam 
as  a  medical  missionary,  attracted  the  attention  of  the 
King,  became  the  latter's  physician  and  eventually  rose 
to  the  position  of  surgeon-general  of  the  Siamese  army. 
Dr.  Hayward  resides  at  Bangkok,  the  capital,  in  great 
state.  He  was  hero  ahout  two  years  ago  and  after  a 
brief  visit  returned  to  his  Asiatic  home.  Mr.  Croft 
brouglit  with  him  a  trunk  full  of  curios. 


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[June  19,  1902. 


Business  More  Active. 
Baltimore,  .Tune  IG. — Business  last  week  was  decided- 
ly more  active  than  the  week  previous,  and  the  volume  of 
orders  attained  large  proportions.  The  jobbers  report 
that  they  are  finding  much  to  engage  their  attention, 
and  that  the  prevailing  state  of  trade  is  in  the  main 
very  satisfactory.  The  manufacturers  of  pharmaceuti- 
■cals  are  also  busy,  work  in  the  laboratories  continuing 
regularly  and  the  distribution  being  of  aruple  proportions. 
The  demand  is  fair  all  along  the  line.  No  developments 
of  moment  are  noted  in  the  market  for  botanicals,  values 
being  in  the  main  unchanged.  The  movement  of  heavy 
■chemicals  is  continuous  and  moderately  large.  Retail 
■druggists  are  kept  busy  appeasing  the  thirst  of  patrons 
with  soda  water  and  similar  decoctions  and  the  receipts 
from  this  source  materially  augment  their  income. 


New  Enterprise  for  Baltimore. 

Baltimore,  June  13. — This  city  is  to  have  a  new  en- 
terprise in  the  shape  of  an  establishment  for  the  manu- 
facture of  "Rheumacide,"  a  remedy  turned  out  on  a 
limited  scale  for  some  time  past  by  J.  Hal  Bobbitt,  of 
Raleigh,  N.  C.  A  company  has  been  formed  and  will  be 
incorporated  under  the  laws  of  Delaware,  with  a  capital 
stock  of  $300,000.  The  company  is  to  occupy  quarters 
for  the  present  in  the  building  being  erected  for  the 
Resinol  Chemical  Co.,  on  Lombard  street,  near  Greene, 
Mr.  Bobbitt  is  now  in  Raleigh  making  arrangements  to 
bring  his  family  to  Baltimore,  and  has  taken  a  home  on 
Fremont  avenue. 


BALTIMORE  NOTES. 

Cliarles  L.   Baker  for  many   years  connected   with 

J.  J.  Thomsen's  Sons  and  well  known  in  the  trade,  has 
become  the  representative  for  this  territory  of  Merck  & 
Co.,  of  New  York.  His  field  of  activity  will  extend  from 
Harrisburg,  Pa.,  to  Virginia,  embracing  all  the  towns. 
As  he  has  had  a  thorough  training  in  the  commercial  end 
•of  the  drug  trade  and  is  otherwise  well  qualified  for  the 
position  he  will  doubtless  be  most  successful. 

The  annual  meeting  of  the  Maryland  Pharmaceuti- 

■cal  Association  will  be  held  at  the  Blue  Mountain  House 
June  24  to  27  and  is  confidently  expected  to  attract  a 
large  attendance.  The  programme  for  the  meeting  is 
about  complete  and  will  include  besides  the  discussion  of 
matters  pharmaceutical,  ample  provision  for  recreation. 
As  the  Pennsylvania  Association  assembles  about  the 
same  time,  a  joint  session  is  contemplated. 


The  Maryland  Bo:,  d  of  Pharmacy  has  granted  cer- 
tificates of  registration  to  the  following  applicants  who 
■successfully  passed  the  examination  held  May  28:  Clar- 
ence H.  Klingel,  Shepperd  Drain,  R.  L.  Mitchell. 
Thomas  B.  Emory.  George  W.  Fifer,  Harry  A.  Rider, 
J.  H.  Johnston,  Frank  L.  McCartney,  George  P.  Grau, 
J.  G.  Onnen,  .James  Herbert  Gray,  .1.  Turner  Keenan, 
Henry  J.  Schireson,  Charles  E.  Noland,  W.  Franklin 
Jones,  William  Paulus,  Clarence  Clapp,  James  Stanley 
Falck,  R.  B.  Stewart  (colored),  Clarence  G.  Lehr,  Frank 
A.  Hancock,  Philip  I.  Heuisler,  Nathan  S.  Healy,  I.  C. 
Dickson,  Chas.  T.  Gallagher,  P.  M.  Briggs  (colored), 
George  W.  Otto,  George  J.  Waltz,  Hillary  H.  Reid, 
J.  T.  Harris  (colored),  W.  H.  Pryor,  G.  F.  Baker,  H.  E. 
Bosley,  W.  F.  Ryan,  Samuel  .7.  King,  Fred  R.  Hall, 
Leon  B.  Robinson,  W.  F.  Sullivan,  Milton  M.  Frank, 
Henry  Otto  Hershey.  Benjamin  Klein,  Melville  Stras- 
liurger,  Karl  H.  Graham,  J.  Harry  Renner,  Wm.  A. 
Steinwedel,  A.  E.  Bowman,  William  G.  Lauer,  Charles 
M.  Blaney,  George  Maurice  Lee,  Sidney  Hollander,  J. 
Noble  Warren,  E.  E.  Adams,  Parke  P.  McCubbin,  John 
A.  Russell,  J.  R.  Beller.  David  R.  Millard,  the  secre- 
tary of  the  board  states  that  the  new  law  will  be  vigor- 
ously enforced  after  July  1. 


CHICAGO. 


N.  A.  R.  D.  ACTS  ON  ALCOHOL  REDUCTION. 

Chicago,  June  14. — The  following  petition  letter  has 
just  been  sent  out  from  the  secretary's  office  of  the 
National  Association  of  Detail  Druggists: 

To    the    Honorable    Committee    on    Ways    and    Means, 
House  of  Representatives,   Washington,   D.   C: 

We,  the  undersigned,  retail  druggists  using  alcohol 
in  the  manufacture  of  medicinal  and  other  preparations, 
respectfully  ask  that  you  favor  the  enactment  of  the 
Joy  Bill  (H.  R.  178),  providing  for  the  reduction  of  the 
tax  on  alcohol  to  70  cents  per  proof  gallon.  In  sup- 
port of  the  proposed  tax  reduction,  we  would  submit 
the  following  facts  for  your  consideration: 

Alcohol  is  indispensably  necessary,  either  as  a  sol- 
vent or  preservative,  in  the  manufacture  of  drugs  and 
pharmaceutical  extracts,  and  enters  into  nearly  all 
medicinal  preparations.  The  use  of  considerable  quan- 
tities of  alcohol  by  retail  druggists  in  compounding 
medicines  is,  therefore,  imperative,  the  total  annual 
consumption  for  this  purpose  being  estimated  to  amount 
to   several    million    gallons. 

We  would  respectfully  submit  that  a  tax  as  great 
as  that  on  alcohol,  levied  on  a  material  generally  and 
necessarily  used  by  so  large  a  number  of  mdividual 
manufacturers,  is  excessive  and  burdensome  in  the  e.x- 
treme,  and  can  not  be  justified  by  the  existing  condi- 
tions in  the  public  revenues.  The  increased  cost  of 
the  preparations  in  the  manufacture  of  which  alcohol 
is  used  is  in  effect  a  tax  on  the  sick  and  afflicted,  and 
the  Government  certainly  does  not  need  to  thus  add 
to  the  burdens  which  sickness  entails  upon  the  poorer 
classes. 

We  believe  it  to  be  an  established  fact  that  a 
tax  of  70  cents  per  gallon  on  alcohol  would  yield  as 
much  revenue,  if  not  more,  than  under  the  present 
high  tax  rate.  That  the  tax  of  $1.10  offers  such  in- 
ducements to  illicit  distillers  that  the  amount  of  spirits 
unlawfully  distilled  and  sold  is  now  very  large,  is  be- 
yond  question. 

It  is  also  true  that,  owing  to  the  present  excessive 
rate  of  tax,  the  use  of  alcohol  for  manufacturing  pur- 
poses is  very  much  less  than  it  would  be  under  a 
lower  tax,  as  the  effect  of  the  present  heavy  tax  has 
beeu  to  force  many  industries  to  use  inferior  substi- 
tutes for  taxed  grain  alcohol.  From  our  knowledge 
of  the  alcohol-using  industries,  we  are  certain  that,  with 
the  decreased  cost  of  alcohol  which  would  follow  tax 
reduction,  greatly  increased  quantities  would  be  used 
in  the  arts  and  manufactures.  With  cheaper  raw 
material,  these  industries  would  sell  their  products  at 
lower  prices,  thus  bringing  them  within  the  reach  of  a 
very  large  number  of  consumers  who  are  now  pre- 
vented from  using  these  articles  because  of  their  ex- 
cessive price. 

As  the  effects  of  reducing  the  tax  to  70  cents  per 
gallon  would  be  a  reduction  In  the  cost  of  articles  in 
which  alcohol  is  an  important  material,  the  relief  of 
many  thousands  of  citizens  engaged  in  legitimate  in- 
dustries from  an  unjust  and  excessive  tax  burden,  with- 
out causing  any  loss  of  revenue  to  the  Government, 
we  earnestly  ask  your  committee  for  earl.v  and  favora- 
ble action  upon  the  bill  reducing  the  tax  on  alcohol  now 
under  consideration  by  you. 

The  p  itlon  is  accompanied  by  the  following  circular 
letter,  which  is  signed  by  Secretarv  Wooten: 

June  12.  1902. 

Brother  Druggists — Our  Executive  Committee  re- 
quests you  to  give  immediate,  careful  consideration  to 
the  enclosed  petition.  We  are  confident  you  fully  ap- 
preciate 1he  injustice  of  requiring  retail  druggists  to 
pay  .$1.10  tax  per  i  rom  ^allon  (.$2.07  per  wine  gallon) 
on  the  alcohol  which  they  use  In  the  manufacture  of 
medicinal  preparations,  especially  when  it  Is  considered 
that  practically  every  drueclst  In  the  country  is  com- 
pelled to  iiay  annuall.v  .$25  revenue  tax  as  "retail 
liquor  dealers,"  no  matter  how  little  alcohol  he  may 
use. 

The  proposed  reduction  from  $1.10  to  70  cents  per 
proof  gallon  will  save  tb"  retail  dnicgls*"s  of  the  TTnited 
States  between  three  and  four  million  dollars,  annually 
on  the  alcohol  whicli  thoy  themselves  use,  and  there  Is 
no  reason  why  we  should  not  secure  this  great  bene- 
fit. It  can  be  done  if  every  druggist  will  do  his  part 
The  first  step  is  to  have  this  petition  signed  by  all 
the  druggists  iri  your  locality,  and  forward  it  promptly 
to  the  congressman  who  represents  your  district,  ad- 
dressed   "    House   of   Representatives.    Washington,    D. 


June  19,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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Your  forwarding  the  petition  without  also  sending 
a  letter  -n-ill,  without  doubt,  result  in  the  petition's 
being  handed  to  the  Ways  and  Means  Committee, 
but,  if  you  will  write  a  personal  letter  to  your  con- 
gressman, asking  him  to  do  you  the  favor  of  using  his 
influence  to  have  the  petition  gireu  proper  attention, 
this  will  be  infinitely  more  effective.  Whatever  yon 
do.  don't  lay  tlie  petition  aside  to  receive  attention  at 
another  time;  attend  to  it  right  away,  because  we  have 
only  a  little  time  in  which  to  accomplish  our  purpose, 
and    we    must    succeed. 

That  the  Executive  Committee  may  know  you  have 
received  this  letter  and  have  done  as  requested,  please 
write  me  (a  postal  card  will  suffice),  and  be  assured 
of  our  sincere  appreciation  of  your  help. 

Yours,  on  behalf  of  better  profits  for  retail  druggist.^;, 

June   12.    It»02. 


CHICAGO  NOTES. 

Fifteen-year-old  Emil  Hubka  of  738  West  Division 

street  was  the  star  witness  on  whom  the  Government 
relied  the  other  day  to  convict  Arthur  Johnson  and  Hans 
Stadelman  of  stealing  a  registered  letter.  The  jury 
found  the  defendants  guilty.  The  place  from  whence 
the  letter  was  stolen  was  a  postal  sub-station  in  Ernest 
Heiss'  drug  store,  at  736  West  Division  street,  where 
Hubka    is   a   clerk. 

Valuable    chemicals    and    powders    were    stolen    on 

June  13  from  the  drug  store  of  John  Hieland  at  West 
Madison  and  DesPlaines  streets.  As  the  robbers  ig- 
nored other  property  of  value,  it  is  believed  that  they 
wanted  the  chemicals  for  some  criminal  purpose.  The 
burglary  was  committed  in  the  early  morning.  The 
store  is  within  a  block  of  the  DesPlaines  street  police 
sation. 

M.  D.  Morris,  a  well  known  and  popular  druggist 

of  Delavan,  Wis.,  died  recently  in  Nashville,  Tenn., 
on  his  way  home  from  North  Carolina,  where  he  had 
gone  on  a  pleasure  trip.  He  was  manager  for  many 
years  of  a  drug  store  at  Racine  Junction.  Later  on 
he  went  into  business  on  his  own  account  in  Delavan. 
He  was  about  5G  years  old,  and  leaves  a  wife  and  one 
son. 

• The   Telephone   Committee   of   the    Chicago   Retail 

Druggists'  Association,  appointed  at  the  last  annual 
meeting  to  make  the  most  advantageous  deal  possible 
for  the  druggists  with  the  telephone  company,  report 
that  they  have  reached  a  saatisfactory  settlement  with 
the  company  and  the  druggists  will  get  5-cent  'phones. 

Thieves    broke    into   the   store   of   W.    P.    Knoche, 

61st  and  Halsted  streets,  last  week;  took  what  money 
there  was  in  the  cash  drawer  and  stole  cigars,  soap  and 
perfumes,  and  before  leaving  helped  themselves  to 
candy  and  soda  water.  Mr.  Knoche  now  sleeps  with 
a  bull  dog  tied  to  the  front  door. 

The    many    friends    of    W.    H.    Armbrecht,    a    well 

known  druggist  at  328  West  Madison  street,  will  regret 
to  learn  of  the  death  of  his  wife,  Grace  Whalen  Arm- 
brecht, who  died  at  East  Orange,  N.  J.,  on  June  7,  at 
the  age  of  28  years.  Mr.  Armbrecht  has  the  sympa- 
thy of  a  large  circle  of  friends. 

H.   H.    Eaton   &   Son,   who  have  been  in   business 

for  a  number  of  years  at  Boyne  Falls,  Mich.,  recently 
suffered  a  loss  by  fire,  in  which  their  store  was  de- 
stroyed. They  have  opened  a  new  store  at  Cadillac, 
using,  with  new  stock,  some  of  the  salvage  from  the 
old   store. 

The  Colonial  Drug  Co.  is  the  name  of  a  new  con- 
cern which  is  soon  to  open  up  in  the  new  hotel  in 
South  Haven,  'Mich.  The  proprietors  of  the  store  are 
Messrs.  Nevins  and  Bruin.  The  former  was  manager 
of  Van  Ostrand's  drug  store  in  South  Haven  for  some 
time. 

The  druggists  of  the  Fourth  (Hyde  Park)  District 

held  a  very  pleasant  meeting  this  week.  About  fifteen 
members  were  present.       They  assembled  in  n  Summer 


garden,  had  liquid  refreshments  and  a  Dutch  lunch,  and 
talked  over  their  business  affairs  for  some  time. 

F.  L.  Brown  has  just  opened  a  new  drug  store  in 

Knox,  Ind.  Mr.  Brown  has  managed  several  different 
stores  there  for  the  past  ten  years,  and  is  well  known, 
to  the  drug  trade.  He  has  opened  a  modern,  well- 
equipped  store  in  his  own  building. 

■ Edward   Jankowski,    formerly   with    Dinet   &   Del- 

fosso    on    Armitage    avenue,    has    bought   the    store    of 
Charles  P.  Gieraltowski  at  2578  Milwaukee  avenue. 
Albert  H.  Kremer,  a  druggist  at  5226  West  Chicago- 
avenue,  has  filed  a  voluntary  petition  in  bankruptcy. 

Dr.    A.    Schapman    has    bought   the   drug   store   of 

L.    Tanzer   at   9G   Sheffield    avenue. 

J.   A.   Reibeholz   has   opened   a   new   drug   store  at 

411    Sedgwick    street. 


THE  NORTHWEST. 


DRUG  CLERK  CAUSES  A  STIR. 

St.  Paul,  June  14. — Henry  Wainous,  aged  eighteen 
years,  clerk  iu  Rietzke  &  Go's,  drug  store  at  Selby  and- 
Western  avenues,  has  just  been  the  hero  of  a  remarkable 
performance  that  for  a  few  days  made  him  the  talk  of 
the  town  and  conjured  up  all  sorts  of  dire  spectres  of 
"murder  most  foul."  The  drug  store  is  in  the  Albion 
Hotel  block.  Wainous'  unconscious  body  was  found  in 
the  basement  between  11  and  12  o'clock  at  night  with  a 
bad  cut  on  the  head.  He  regaineid  his  wits  long  enough  to 
avow  that  somebody  had  struck  him.  Then  he  relapsed 
into  unconsciousness  and  was  taken  to  a  hospital.  It  was 
feared  that  he  would  die,  and  several  "suspects"  were 
booked  for  arrest.  The  next  day  Henry  "Came  to"  and 
gave  a  version  of  his  adventure — gave  several  versions, 
in  fact.  One  was  that  he  delivered  two  glasses  of  soda, 
water  to  the  engineer  and  fireman  of  the  building,  in  the 
basement;  that  when  he  was  returning  through  the  un- 
derground passage  the  lights  were  turned  out  and  a, 
man — presumably  one  of  the  colored  waiters  of  the  hotel. 
— approached  him,  and  saying:  "Now,  I've  got  you,. 
Billy!"  dealt  the  young  druggist  a  murderous  blow. 
The  supposition  was  that  the  assailant  struck  Henry  in 
mistake  for  another  against  whom  he  had  a  grudge. 
Henry's  pocketbook  was  found  nearby,  and  the  youn& 
man,  in  another  version,  conveyed  the  impression  that 
robbery  was  the  motive  of  the  attack.  Then,  too,  there 
were  vague  hints  of  "a  woman  in  the  case"  and  a  jealous- 
rival — which  hints  young  Wainous  made  no  effort  to  dis- 
countenance. In  fine,  nearly  every  possible  story  that 
human  ingenuity  could  conceive  was  told  and  printed  in 
the  daily  papers.  But  as  the  young  man  recovered  rap- 
idly and  was  out  of  the  hospital  within  three  days,  the- 
police  investigation  was  dropped. 

Then  the  truth  come  out — came  from  Henry's  own. 
lips.  There  was  no  mystery  about  the  matter  at  all — no- 
mystery  after  the  mysterious  had  been  weeded  out  by  a 
simple,  straightforward  statement.  Henry  confessed 
that,  having  heard  a  great  deal  about  "dope,"  he  decided 
to  experiment  with  it.  He  did,  in  the  basement,  and  it 
was  too  much  for  him.  He  fell  in  a  half-stupor  from  the- 
drug  used  and  bumped  his  head.  He  was  removed  from 
the  hospital  to  his  boarding  house  and  will  again  be  at 
work  in  a  few  days.  Wainous  came  here  from  his  old. 
home  at  Ellsworth,  Wis. 


PHARMACEUTICAL  PRODUCTS. 

St.  Paul,  Minn.,  June  14. — The  tenth  annual  course- 
of  Uie  College  of  Pharmacy  of  the  University  of  Min- 
nesota has  concluded.  At  the  annual  commencement, 
at  the  armory.  President  Cyrus  Northrop  of  the  nniver- 


i;-20 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  19,  1902.^ 


sity  delivered  an  address  to  the  graduates  and  the  con- 
ferring of  degrees  followed. 

The  following  graduated  as  Pharmaceutical  Chem- 
ists: 

Carl  C.  J.  Anderson,  Anna  F.  Aubrecht,  Frank  F. 
Boldman,  Charles  F.  Clough,  Walter  F.  Dreis,  Arthur 
G.  Erkle,  Paul  C.  Fuller,  Cecile  I.  Harr,  Alex.  S. 
Kellaui.  Arthur  M.  Ivuhn,  Herbert  N.  Morse,  Edward 
F.  Netzer,  Niels  M.  Nielsen,  Oliver  M,  Porter,  Belle 
Rubeek,  Charles  F.  Rutherford,  Thomas  Torgerson,  Lea 
A.  Whittemore,  Charles  H.  Zander. 

The  master's  degree  in  pharmacy  was  bestowed  upon 
Charles  J.  O'Connell. 

The  alumni  banquet  occured  on  the  evening  preceding 
commencement,  at  the  Nicollet  House,  Minneapolis.  It 
^vas  well  attended  and  was  an  enjoyable  affair. 


Squaring  Up. 
St.  Paul,  Minn.,  June  17. — The  condition  of  the  drug 
trade  in  the  territory  tributary  to  St.  Paul  was  never  bet- 
ter than  now,  if  as  good.  Druggists  are  apparently 
growing  in  strength  and  are  paying  off  all  debts  with 
seeming  ease.  The  most  satisfactory  feature  of  the 
situation  is  the  fact  that  there  are  so  few  failures  among 
tlie  retailers.  Prices  are  firm  and  some  articles  are  low- 
er here  than  their  fair  market  value,  so  some  changes 
are  naturally  expected.  At  present  prices  this  seems  a 
good  time  for  the  retailers  to  buy,  and  most  of  them  are 
improving  the  opportunity. 


NORTHWEST   NOTATIONS. 

Now:     Barton  &  Bisiiop,  A'cMen,   8.  D. ;  Sarset  & 

Dilly,  Granville,  N.  D.;  E.  D.  Strong,  Bradley,  S.  D.; 
Dr.  George  L.  Blanchard,  Craig,  Neb.;  H.  A.  Bridges 
(paints  and  oils),  Hildreth,  Neb.;  L.  S.  Perkins,  Kose- 
burg,   Ore. 

Successions:     I.  X.  L.  Remedy  Co.,  Eldora,  la.,  by 

John  &  Charles  Hess;  S.  F.  Woodard,  Boelus,  Neb.,  by 
M.  J.  Morrow;  De  Ford  Bros.,  Iowa  Falls,  la.,  by  Downs 
Drug  Co. 

Max   &  Jones,   Scotland,   S.   D.,   and   F.   Oulton  & 

Sons,  Faulkton,  S.  D.,  Iiave  sold. 

Gust  Evander,  Wheaton.  Minn.,  has  sold  his  inter- 
est in  the  Wheaton  Drug  Co. 

A  receiver  has  been  appointed  for  the  Rainies  Chem- 
ical Works,  Seattle,  Wash. 

The  Wright  Drug  Co.,  Milwaukee,  Wis.,  has  been 

damaged  by  tire. 

W.  A.   Nikel,  Chetek,   Wis.,  has  been   burned  out. 


NEBRASKA  BOARD  OF  PHARMACY. 

The  Nebraska  Board  of  Pharmacy  held  an  adjournefl 
meeting  for  the  examination  of  candidates  at  Columbus 
June  3d.  There  was  a  class  of  twenty-nine  of  which 
the  following  seventeen  were  successful: 

Louis  I.  Bogen,  Ashton;  Sidney  Burston,  Fullerton; 
John  W.  Buswell,  Beatrice;  Ella  B.  Cook,  Red  Cloud; 
George  Cooiiey,  Piatt  Center;  John  P.  Duncan,  Fremont; 
Sidney  Eastman,  Creston;  Andrew  L.  Edlund.  Axtell; 
Charlton  Jay,  Fullerton;  Alvin  L.  Jeppsou,  Mead;  A. 
Iver  Johnson,  Broken  Bow;  Joseph  R.  Koza,  Clarkson; 
Frank  C.  Kubik,  Progue;  Jay  G.  Roberts,  Hastings; 
Peter  F.  Sullivan,  Randolph;  Mrs.  Rinnie  Wilson,  At- 
kinson; Daniel  J.  Cronin,  Piatt  Center.  The  next  reg- 
ular meeting  will  be  held  at  Omaha  College  of  Pharmacy, 
Omaha,  Wednesday,  August  13,  at  8  o'clock  a.  m.  All 
candidates  should  file  their  applications  with  J.  H. 
Schmidt,  Secretary,  Omaha,  ten  days  previous  to  the 
oxamination. 


Cincinnati  College   of   Pharmacy. 

The  Cincinnati  College  of  Pharmacy  lield  its  30th 
annual  commencement  at  Zoological  Gardens,  Thursday 
afternoon,  June  5.  The  address  on  behalf  of  the  fac- 
ulty was  delivered  by  Prof.  Adolph  Leue,  A.  M.,  Ph. 
D.,  and  the  degrees  were  conferred  by  the  president  of 
the  college,  John  Ruppert.  At  the  banquet  held  by  the 
Alumni  Association  toasts  were  responded  to  by  the 
following  speakers:  "Law,"  Judge  Carl  L.  Nippert; 
"Medicine,"  Dr.  E.  Gustav  Zinke;  "Pharmacy,"  Julius 
Greyer,  Esq.;  "Journalism,"  E.  G.  Burkam,  Jr.,  Esq.; 
"Women  in  Pharmac.v,"  Mrs.  Anna  Hare,  Ph.  B.; 
"American  and  Foreign  Pharmacy,"  Fred  Weissmann, 
Ph.  G.,  Ph.  D. 

Following  are  the  graduates:  Bachelors  of  Phar- 
macy (Ph.  B.) — Geo.  H.  Arkenau,  Louis  A.  Becker, 
Harold  O.  Brower,  Chas.  F.  Buchanan,  John  W.  Dils, 
Jr.,  Herman  Durand,  Harry  G.  Gansz,  Walter  G.  Gar- 
ber,  Anna  Hare,  Arthur  Hendricks,  F.  C.  Langfritz, 
Jr.,  Ward  H.  Lee,  H.  C.  McKim,  J.  R.  Martin,  A.  V. 
Monter,  N.  P.  Meinhart,  Geo.  A.  Nees,  Jas.  M.  Riffe, 
O.  E.  Schaich,  Eugene  Schenck,  W.  C.  Schuler,  Jr., 
Gordon  Strawn,  Brady  G.  Williams.  Pharmaceutical 
Chemists  (Ph.  C.)— Maud  B.  Johns,  Ph.  B.;  Wm.  H. 
Ganz,  I'h.  B.;  Edward  A.  Ohm,   Ph.  B. 

The  Tennessee  State  Druggists'  Association  has  is- 
sued its  official  announcement  and  programme  for  the 
seventeenth  annual  meeting  to  be  held  at  Bon  Aqua 
Springs,  July  10  and  17.  A  number  of  interesting  papers 
have  been  promised  and  will  be  read  by  well  known 
druggists  of  the  State  at  the  meeting.  The  association 
and  individual  firms  offer  a  number  of  prizes  for  the  best 
papers  on  various  subjects.  Reduced  railroad  and  hotel 
rates  have  been  secured  for  the  meeting  of  the  Tennessee 
Board  of  Pharmacy  which  begins  July  15  at  the  same 
place.  

RADIUM  IN  OPHTHALMIC  PRACTICE.— 
M.  Javal  (La  Medicine  Moderne)  shows  that  radium 
emits  rays  which  are  capable  of  affecting  the  retina 
after  passing  through  different  tissues.  Applied  to 
the  temple,  the  radiations  of  this  body  reach  the 
optic  nerve  and  produce  the  sensation  of  light.  Radi- 
um may,  therefore,  be  employed  to  distinguish  be- 
tween two  different  forms  of  blindness,  that  in  which 
the  loss  of  sight  is  caused  by  lesions  of  the  retina  or 
optic  nerve,  and  blindness  caused  by  opacity  of  the 
cornea  or  the  anterior  portions  of  the  eye. 


Square  Pill  Boxes. 
By  the  consolidation  of  the  Clark  &  Dorman  paper 
box  factory  of  Batavia,  N.  Y.,  with  that  of  the  Wm. 
Koehl  Co.  of  Jamestown,  N.  Y.,  the  latter,  according 
to  the  statement  they  make  in  their  advertisement  in 
last  week's  issue,  becomes  the  only 'house  in  the  United 
St.Ttes  that  manufactures  all  kinds  of  paper  boxes. 
They  make  paper  boxes  of  every  description,  and  in  ad- 
dition to  this  branch  of  their  business,  they  are  also 
druggists'  printers  and  jobbers  in  corks,  tin  boxes, 
turned,  wood  boxes  and  homeopathic  vials.  One  of 
their  specialties  is  their  new  st.vle  29.  30  and  31  square 
pill  boxes.  It  is  difficult  to  write  directions  in  the 
small  space  given  on  the  round  pill  box.  This  objection 
is  entirely  obviated  in  the  square  box,  which  gives  lots 
of  room.  They  will  be  glad  to  send  a  sample  of  this 
box  to  any  druggist  who  is  interested. 


Dr.  Graves'  Tooth  Powder  now  comes  in  tin  cans, 
as  well  as  in  bottles,  with  which  the  trade  has  been  so 
long  familiar.  The  powder  is  now  advertised  in  all 
the  leading  magazines,  and  the  demand  is  rapidly  ex- 
tending into  parts  of  the  country  where  the  powder 
has  hitherto  not  bo<^n  in  general  use.  Any  druggist 
who  wants  to  see  a  sample  box  or  can,  can  get  one  by 
sending  10c  to  cover   postage. 


June  19,  1903.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


621 


MISSOURI  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 


TIio  24tli  annual  meeting  of  tlie  llissoun  Pharraa- 
<eutical  Association,  held  at  Pertle  Springs,  Juno  10 
!••  jj,  inclusive,  wis  net  characterized  by  any  siieeial 
feature  unless  it  was  for  the  proportionatetly  large  num- 
ber attending  the  sci<'ntific  and  busines.i  meetings. 
Then;  were  about  Jf-O  members  registered  during  the 
wi'i!;.  A  great  many  of  the  old,  familiar  faces  were 
hot  seen  this  time,  bur  their  owners  wevo  nearly  all 
heard  trom  in  one  wav  or  another,  sending  their  regrets 
itiid  e->-cuses.  On  the  other  hand,  there  v.-ere  a  very 
large  number  of  members  present  who  seldom  ever 
attend   any  of  the  uiocDiigs. 

The  entertainment  features  of  the  meeting  were  simi- 
lar to  those  of  other  years,  and  they  in  no  way  con- 
lliinea  with  the  sciei  tilic  sessions.  Jlan/  haudsonje 
prizes  were  awarded  to  the  successful  contesants.  The 
sraud  ball  Wednesday  evening  was  quite  a  social  suc- 
cess. .'La  lasted  un'il  feaily  morning.  llofresinicnts 
of  all  kinds  were  served  free  during  the  meeting,  and 
there  was  not  a  single  trace  of  over-indulgence  on  the 
part  of  any  one. 

The  meeting  was  called  to  order  Tuesday  at  10 
a.  ni.  by  President  Dr.  Otto  F.  Clans  of  St.  Louis. 
Prayer  was  offered  by  the  Rev.  Frank  Y.  Campbell 
of  Warreusburg.  Col.  W.  C.  Coleman  of  Warrens- 
burg,  on  behalf  of  the  citizens  of  Warreusburg  and 
Pertle  Springs,  extended  a  hearty  welcome  to  tlie 
members  of  the  convention  and  their  friends.  R.  L. 
Hope  of  Centralia  responded  on  behalf  of  the  associa- 
tion. 

President  Claus  next  read  his  address,  which  showed 
much  work  and  careful  consideration.  He  impressed 
upon  the  druggists  the  importance  of  keeping  up  witli 
the  times.  He  compared  the  prosperous  times  of 
today  with  the  drouth-stricken  times  in  Missouri  one 
year  ago.  He  called  attention  to  the  good  work 
Tjeing  done  by  the  colleges  of  pharmacy  in  the  countr.r 
and  urged  the  members  to  give  these  institutions  their 
liearty  support.  He  paid  his  respects  to  the  National 
Formulary  and  recommended  that  the  members  as- 
sist the  committee  to  make  the  new  edition  as  perfect 
and  serviceable  as  possible.  He  briefly  reviewed  the 
work  of  the  N.  A.  R.  D.,  and  called  special  at- 
tention to  what  that  association  had  already  accom- 
plished, especially  in  St.  Louis.  He  urged  the  mem-- 
bers  to  give  this  organization  their  hearty  support.  He 
laid  much  stress  upon  the  good  will  of  the  pharmaceu- 
tical journals  of  the  country;  the  good  work  they  are 
•doing  in  behalf  of  the  retail  druggists  and  pharma-- 
ceutical  organizations,  and  expressed  his  appreciation 
of  the  services  rendered  by  the  traveling  men  in  help- 
ing make  the  meeting  a  success,  getting  new  mem- 
bers, and  furnishing  entertainment. 

Treasurer  Wm.  Mittelbach  made  his  annual  re- 
port, showing  a  balance  of  .?298  on  hand  up  to  June 
1.  It  also  showed  that  there  were  325  members  on 
the  books  m  good  standing. 

Secretary  H.  M.  Whelpley  read  his  annual  report. 
It  had  prmcipaily  to  do  WiL.i  the  issuing  of  the  pro- 
ceedings, showing  how  many  were  issued,  their  cost, 
etc.,  and  also  explained  the  method  of  distributing 
them.  He  requested  the  association  to  instruct  the 
secretary  wheflier  or  not  to  solicit  advertisements  for 
the  proceedings.  This  was  taken  up  and  discussed 
at  length,  and  it  was  finally  decided  that  no  advertise- 
ments should   be  jjublished   with   the   proceedings. 

The  greetings  of  the  association  were  ordered  wired 
to  the  Colorado  Pharmacal  Association  then  in  session. 

Prof.  Francis  Hemm,  chairman  of  the  Committee 
■on  Papers  and  Queries,  reported  the  following  papers, 
which  were  all  read  and   thoroughly  discussed   in  subse- 


quent sessions:  "Indian  Pharmacy,"  F.  J.  Llewellyn; 
■'T'ranium  Acetate."  Carl  G.  Hinrichs;  "Immunity,"  Dr. 
F.  .].  Llewellyn:  "Modei-n  Substitution  Should  Ue  Justly 
dealt  With,"  Francis  Hemm;  "Demonstrations  of  Mic- 
roscopical Mounting,"  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley;  "Methyl 
Salicylate  in  our  U.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,"  Gustavus  Hin- 
richs; "Notes  on  Pure  Food  and  Drug  Legislation," 
Wm.  Mittelbach. 

The  following  new  members  were  elected  during 
the  meeting:  J.  S.  English,  Paris;  C.  W.  Bartells, 
Gallatin;  E.  G.  Bauer,  St.  Louis;  Wm.  Jj.  Eilbrecht, 
Waterloo,  111.;  Harry  C.  Glover,  Sullivan.  111.;  F.  A. 
Moses,  St.  Louis;  Frank  O'Reilly,  Kansas  City;  R. 
T.  Zimmerscheid,  Sedalia;  C.  C.  May,  St.  Louis;  O. 
W.  Tritschler,  St.  Louis;  H.  L.  Lucke,  BuUier;  H. 
C.  Lindall.  Blue  Springs;  G.  W.  Comstock,  Plattsburg; 
J.  C.  Wartheim,  Kansas  City;  Wm.  Eisel.  Kansas 
City;  Dr.  F.  W.  Dailey.  May  View;  W.  R.  Ashbrook, 
Jamesport;    August    Eyssel,    Kansas    City. 

The  Committee  on  Deceased  Members  reported  thf. 
following  deaths  occuring  during  the  past  year,  and 
submitted  suitable  resolutions,  which  were  adopted, 
ordered  engrossed  and  sent  to  the  families  of  the  de- 
ceased: A.  P.  Kaltwasser,  St.  Louis;  A.  H.  Rester, 
St.  Joseph;  Miss  Ida  Samms,  Clinton;  J.  C.  Power, 
Los  Angeles.  Cal. ;  A.  P.  Gino,  Kansas  City. 

Wm.  Mittelbach  and  Prof.  Francis  Hemm  reported 
for  the  Committee  on  National  Formulary.  They 
said  the  committee  was  at  work  on  the  new  edition, 
and  asked  the  members  to  send  in  any  suggestions  they 
had  to  offer.  Prof.  Hemm  said  that,  in  getting  up 
this  revised  edition,-  great  attention  was  being  pa'd 
not  only  to  the  practicability  of  the  formulas,  but  also 
to   the   permanency   of   the    resulting   preparations. 

W.  B.  Kearns  of  Bunceton  was  unanimously  in- 
dorsed by  the  association,  and  recommended  to  the 
Governor  for  re-appointment  on  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy. 

A.  Brandenberger.  secretary  of  the  Board  of  Phar- 
macy, reported  that  42  candidates  had  successfully 
passed  the  Board  and  had  been  granted  certificates 
of  registration  duriifg  the  past  year,  and  that  54  cer- 
tificates had  been  granted  on  diplomas  from  approved 
colleges  of  pharmacy.  He  said  that  a  very  large 
number  of  those  who  took  the  examination  during  the 
past  year  had  failed  simply  because  they  were  incom- 
petent. The  members  of  the  Board  had  gone  over 
old  papers  and  questions  for  years  back  and  compared 
them  with  the  ones  of  this  year,  and  found  that  the 
old  papers  were  much  better  and  the  grading  more  se- 
vere. He  said  that  a  great  many  applicants  go  before 
the  Board  without  having  ever  made  any  preparation 
whatever.  One  man  had  been  working  in  a  drug  store 
12  years  and  could  not  tell  alum  from  borax.  At  the 
request  of  the  members  of  the  association,  he  gave 
many  of  the  questions  asked  by  the  Board,  and  they 
were  unanimously  conceded  to  be  very  fair  and  easy. 
Mr.  Brandenberger  also  said  the  Board  was  at  a  loss 
to  find  questions  easy  enough  so  that  any  of  the  ap- 
plicants could  pass.  Before  the  new  law  went  into 
effect  about  50  per  cent,  of  the  graduates  in  pharmacy 
passed  the  examination  at  the  first  trial,  and  the 
Board  wac  then  more  strict  and  used  harder  ques- 
tions than  it  now  does.  He  urged  the  members  to 
take  more  care  in  training  their  clerks,  and  to  not  al- 
low them  to  come  up  for  the  examination  before  they 
were  competent.  In  the  examination  held  a  few 
days  before  the  meeting,  only  three  out  of  27  passed, 
and  these  would  not  have  passed  if  the  Board  had 
not  graded  the  papers  very  liberally.  The  personal 
appearance  of  the  candidates  as  a  rule  was  far  better 
than  that  of  candidates  of  former  years,  and  nearly 
any  one  of  the  applicants  could  easil.v  secure  a  posi- 
tion.  ;is   tlioy   all   looked   intelligent   and   as   though   tliey 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  19,  1903. 


ought  to  be  competent.  It  seemed  as  though  many  of 
the  young  men  thought  if  they  merely  put  in  three  or 
fotir  years  in  a  drug  store,  selling  this  and  that  froii 
the  labeled  bottle  or  drawer  and  assisted  in  filling 
simple  prescriptions  without  ever  looking  at  a  book, 
they  felt  themselves  competent  to  go  before  the  Board 
and  pass  satisfactorilly.  When  Mr.  Brandenberger 
was  asked  in  what  special  line  they  were  the  most  in- 
efficient, he  said  it  was  easy  to  answer,  as  they  were 
inefficient  in  ererything. 

Dr.  H.  JI.  Whelpley  spoke  for  the  A.  Ph.  A.,  anl 
urged  the  members  to  attend  the  approachmg  meeting 
in  Philadelphia,  for  the  honor  of  Missouri  was  at 
stake.  Missouri  had  been  honored  by  the  A.  Ph.  A. 
during  the  past  year,  and  he  wanted  the  Missourians 
to  muster  their  forces  and  attend  in  as  large  a  body 
as  possible.  Messrs.  Mittelbach,  Gains,  Pettit  and 
others  also  spoke  on  the  A.  Ph.  A.;  what  it  had  done 
for  the  profession  in  this  country;  the  value  and  ad- 
vantages of  being  a  member  and  attending  the  meet- 
ings, and  of  the  honor  which  that  organization  had 
conferred  upon  the  druggists  of  this  State  at  its  last 
meeting. 

Theo.  F.  Hagenow  of  St.  Louis  spoke  on  the  N. 
A.  R.  D.,  and  his  trip  to  the  last  annua!  meeting. 
He  pointed  out  what  that  organization  had  done  for 
the  retail  druggists,  especially  of  St.  Louis.  Prof. 
Francis  Hemm  drew  a  few  simple  comparisons 
of  the  conditions  of  affairs  in  that  city  to- 
day with  those  of  five  or  ten  years  ago.  He 
said  the  radical  cutters  and  the  other  druggists 
began  by  making  sacrifices,  and  in  the  short  space  of 
one  year  they  had  seen  one  of  the  worst  cut-rate  wars 
in  the  country  brouht  to  a  peaceable  close,  and  all 
the  participants  united  and  working  together,  all  mak- 
ing more  money  than  for  years  past;  all  the  disagree- 
able past  forgotten;  uniform  prices  tnroughout  the 
city,  and  with  good  prospects  of  having  full  prices  re- 
stored within  the  next  year. 

Towards  the  latter  part  of  the  meeting,  word  was 
received  of  the  death  of  Mrs.  P'aul  Nake  of  St.  Louis, 
wife  of  one  of  the  association's  most  prominent  mem- 
bers, and  the  sympathies  of  the  organization  were  at 
once   wired   to   the   bereaved   husband. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  and  duly  in- 
stalled at  the  last  session:  President,  R.  L.  Hope, 
Centralia;  first  vice-president,  J.  F.  Llewellyn,  Mexi- 
co; second  vice-president,  Louis  Schurk,  St.  Louis; 
third  vice-president,  W.  D.  Powell,  Excello;  recording 
secretary.  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley,  St.  Louis;  correspond- 
ing secretary,  H.  C.  Wessner,  Windsor.  Council — 
H.  M.  Pettit,  Carrollton;  Dr.  O.  F.  Claus,  St.  Louis; 
Theo.  F.  Hagenow,  St.  Louis;  Paul  L.  Hess,  Kansas 
City,   and   A.    Brandenberger,   Jefferson   City. 

After  the  installation  of  officers  on  Friday  morning, 
the  new  president,  R.  L.  Hope,  announced  the  follow- 
ing chairmen  of  the  various  committees,  which  were 
duly  approved  by  the  council:  Trade  Interests.  J. 
Griffiths,  Kansas  City;  Papers  and  Queries,  Francis 
Hemm,  St.  Louis;  Legislation,  A.  Branderberger,  Jef- 
ferson City;  TT.  S.  Pharmacopoeia,  Carl  Hinrichs,  St. 
Louis;  National  Formulary,  Dr.  H.  M.  Pettit,  Carroll- 
ton;  Deceased  Members,  C.  E.  Loehr,  Kansas  City; 
Transportation,  C.  I-.  Wright,  Webb  City;  Drug  Adul- 
teration, A.  Mueller,  Webster  Grove;  Exhibits,  T.  W. 
Miller,  Warrensberg;  Entertainment,  Paul  L.  Hess 
and  La  A.  Seitx;  Membership,  Ed.  G.  Orear,  Carroll- 
ton;  Attendance,  T.  A.  Hosely,  Harrisonville;  Delegates 
to  N.  A.  R.  D.,  Mr.  Feddermann,  Kansas  City;  Dele- 
gate to  Illinois  Association,  Dr.  H.  M.  Whelpley;  Del- 
egate to  A.  PTi.  A.,  Paul  L.  Hess,  Kansas  City;  Del- 
egate to  Nebraska  Association,  J.  P.  Raymond,  Kan- 
sas City. 


KANSAS  PHARMACEUTICAL  ASSOCIATION. 

With  one  huudred  and  eighty-seven  members  in  at- 
tendance, the  Kansas  Pharmaceutical  Association  began 
its  twenty-third  annual  meeting  at  Wichita  May  27.  Af- 
ter President  F.  A.  Snow,  of  Topeka,  had  called  the 
meeting  to  order,  Hon.  Paul  Brown  made  a  neat  little- 
speech,  in  which  he  welcomed  the  druggists  and  "turned 
over  the  combination  of  the  city's  gates"  to  them. 

The  annual  address  of  the  president  discussed  the- 
Pharmacy  laws  of  the  State,  the  competition  of  depart- 
ment stores  and  cutting,  and  the  work  of  the  N.  A.  R. 
D.  The  annual  report  of  Secretary  E.  E.  Lair,  of  To- 
peka, showed  the  condition  of  the  association  to  be  most 
prosperous.  One  hundred  and  four  new  members  were- 
elected,  and  but  very  few  names  were  dropped  from 
the  membership  roll. 

In  the  evening  a  banquet  was  given  at  Garfield  Hall 
to  the  visiting  druggists.  W.  E.  Sherriff,  secretary  of 
the  Kansas  Board  of  Pharmacy,  reported  that  the 
Board  had  inspected  five  hundred  drug  stores  within 
the  State  during  the  year.  It  had  examined  one  bun- 
dled and  forty-eight  applicants  for  registration,  and  had 
registered  eighty-seven  of  them.  One  hundred  phar- 
macists were  registered  as  graduates  of  schools  of  phar- 
macy and  fifteen  assistant  pharmacists  were  also  regis- 
tered. Prof.  L.  E.  Sayre,  of  Lawrence,  reported  for 
the  Committee  on  the  Revision  of  the  Pharmacopoeia, 
and  papers  were  read  by  W.  S.  Amos,  of  Atchison,  on 
"Trade  Interests;"  Miss  Dora  C.  Fisher,  of  Leaven- 
worth, "Progress  in  Pharmacy."  Prof.  Sayre  also  read 
a  paper  on  the  "Immaterial  Versus  the  Material  in 
Medicine."  The  "Query  Box"  brought  out  a  variety  of 
interesting  and  helpful  hints  to  druggists.  Considerable- 
discussion  arose  over  the  question  "Does  the  Soda  Wa- 
ter Business  in  the  Drug  Store  Affect  the  PrescriptioQ 
Trade?" 

i''.  E.  HoUiday,  of  the  Executive  Committe  of  tlie 
N.  A.  R.  D.,  spoke  on  the  progress  of  the  national  or- 
ganization, and  a  resolution  was  passed  strongly  en- 
dorsing the  latter  association. 

The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing 
year:  President,  J.  W.  Cookson,  Kingman;  vice-presi- 
dents, M.  S.  Ingalls,  Halstead,  and  G.  Gehring,  Wichi- 
ta; secretary  (re-elected),  E.  E.  Lair,  Topeka;  assist- 
ant secretary.  Miss  Dora  C.  Fisher,  Leavenworth;  treas- 
urer, W.  S.  Henrion,  Wichita;  librarian,  L.  E.  Sayre, 
Lawrence;  Executive  Committee,  W.  S.  Amos,  Atchi- 
son; George  Seitz,  Ellsworth;  Frank  B.  Lovett,  Madi- 
son; A.  R.  Holgschuler,  Junction  City,  and  Carl  Engle, 
Manhattan. 

A  resolution  was  passed  favoring  a  raise  in  rank  and. 
pay  of  marine  hospital  stewards.  Chanute  was  chosen 
as  the  next  place  of  meeting,  the  date  selected  being 
May  26  to  28,  1903,  At  the  close  of  the  session  the 
traveling  drug  salesmen  present  presented  W.  S.  Hen- 
rion with  a  handsome  gold  ring  in  token  of  their  ap- 
preciation of  his  services  during  the  past  year  as  local 
secretary. 

Following  the  meeting  the  Board  of  Pharmacy  heldx 
an  examination  in  the  Normal  School  Room  of  the  City 
Hall. 

F.  A,  Thompson  &  Co.  Will  Build. 
Detroit,  June  14. — F.  A.  Thompson  &  Co.,  manufac- 
turering  chemists  of  this  city  have  recently  completed 
arrangements  for  the  erection  of  a  large  additional  fac- 
tory building,  00x100  feet,  and  three  stories  high,  at  the 
corner  of  Trombley  avenue  and  Widman  place.  The  new 
building  will  be  of  the  slow-burning,  mill  construction 
type  and  the  entrance  will  be  of  Bedford  stone.  The 
building  will  be  lighted  from  within  by  means  of  a  cen- 
tral shaft.  The  offices  are  to  be  placed  on  the  second 
floor  and  will  be  finished  in  oak.  The  building  will  cost. 
jpiCOOO. 


June  Ifl,  1902.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


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New  Skin. 
Fow  picpaiatious  liave  "taken  hold"  so  quickly  as 
Kew  Skin.  Although  it  has  been  on  the  market  but  a 
short  time,  it  is  on  sale  in  nearly  every  town  in  this 
country,  every  wholesale  druggist  has  it  in  stock,  and  in 
England  it  is  coming  to  the  front  with  rapid  strides. 
Two  letters  which  follow,  show  what  is  thought  of  it  by 
large  consumers: 

Fulton.  N.  Y..  .Tan.  lU,  1902. 
Douglas  Mfg.  Co., 

New  York  City. 
Gentlemen: — Answering  your  favor  of  tlie  lotli  inst., 
•we  can  say   that  "New-Skin"   is  well  liked  by  our  men 
and  bv  ourselves  as  well,  it  seeming  to  give  excellent  re- 
sults. '  Yours  truly.  HEXRI  NESTLE. 

The   Pennsylvania    Railroad   Company,    United    Rail- 
roads of  New  Jersey  Division. 

Philadelphia.  March  10.  1002. 
To  Douglas  Mfg.  Co. 

107  Fulton  St.,  N.  Y.: 
Please  furnish   this  Company   the  following  articles 
and  send  bill  and  shipping  receipt  or  bill  of  lading  for 
«ach    consignment    direct   to   the   inidersigned:     *     *     * 
lOne  dozen  2-oz.  bottles  New  Skin  Liquid  Court  Plaster. 
D.  S.  NEWIIALL. 
Per  J.  IT.  W.  Purcliasing  Agent. 


Pompeian  Massage  and  Skin  Food. 
One  of  the  newer  manufacturers  of  toilet  prepara- 
'tions  is  the  Pompeian  Mfg.  Co.,  Cleveland,  O.,  of  which 
"Sir.  Fred  W.  Steeher  is  sole  proprietor.  This  business 
was  started  about  a  year  ago  by  Mr.  Steelier,  who  had 
previously  conducted  a  successful  retail  drug  business, 
which  he  still  continues.  Pompeian  Massage  Cream 
:and  Skin  Food  apparently  supplies  a  public  need,  as  its 
sales  have  increased  wonderfully  each  month  dviring  the 
•comparatively  short  time  it  has  been  on  the  market.  Tt 
possesses  such  peculiar  skin  curative  anil  cleansing  qual- 
ities that  it  soon  commands  a  popular  sale  wherever 
introduced.  Its  package  is  very  attractive,  in  both  2 
and  (!-onnce  glass  stoppered  jars.  The  manufacturer 
is  spending  a  considerable  amount  of  money  in  popu- 
lar advertising,  and  thus  creating  a  demand  for  Pom- 
peian Massage  Cream  and  Skin  Food.  Druggists 
.should  be  prepared  to  supply  this  demand,  and  will  ob- 
tain much  satisfaction  in  supplying  this  article  to  their 
trade.  It  both  pleases  the  customer  and  pays  a  good 
lirofit.  Order  of  your  jobber,  and  if  you  desire  at- 
tractive advertising  literature,  address  the  Pompeian 
Mfg.  Co..  Cleveland.  O. 


The  Freck  Tablet  Machine. 
One  of  the  leading  pharmaceutical  journals  of  Lou- 
•don  writes  as  follows  to  (jue  of  its  correspondents:  "In 
a'esponse  to  ai;  ordinary  druggist  who  solicits  comments 
or  suggestions  for  the  preparation  of  compressed  tab- 
lets. I  can  testify  that  the  Freck  Tablet  Slachiuc  is 
imquestionaV.ly  a  very  ingeniously  constructed  machine. 
When  properly  set,  the  dosage  is  worked  out  with  al- 
most mathematical  precision."  This  is  only  one  of  many 
similar  expressions  in  pharmaceutical  journals  regard- 
ing the  merit  of  this  uiachinQ,  and  it  would  seem  to  be 
proof  positive  that  the  Freck  Tablet  Machines  are  all 
that  are  claimed  for  them.  These  machines  were 
br.iuglit  prominentl.v  to  the  notice  of  the  editors  of  these 
journals  by  tlie  prominence  which  they  attained  at  t'le 
Pans  Exposition,  and  since  that  event  pharmaceutic-il 
.journals  of  London.  Paris,  Berlin  and  other  European 
<;npita1s  have  devoted  considerable  space  to  the  ma- 
chines. TLc  manufacturers.  The  Wm.  Freck  Co.,  120 
S.  Clinton  St.,  Chicago,  will  furnish  circulars  and  any 
information  desired   upon,   application. 


The  Age  of  Novelties. 

This  is  the  age  of  novelties.  We  have  reached  that 
stage  in  our  commercial  career  where  the  ordinary,  or 
commonplace,  fails  to  arouse  much  interest.  We  are  re- 
minded of  this  by  the  way  the  American  Beauty  Hair 
Brush  is  taking  with  the  trade.  Ifs  the  hair  brush 
novelty  of  today  in  that  it  is  entirely  different  from  any 
other  brush.  The  back  is  solid  wood,  ebony  finish;  in- 
stead of  bristles  there  are  round  steel  wires,  set  in  » 
gently  yielding  rubber  base.  The  points  claimed  for  it 
are  longest  wear;  greatest  utiliy;  health  to  the  hair: 
death  to  dandruff.  The  steel  wires  exercise  the  hair  and 
stimulate  increased  circulation  at  the  root,  which  it  is 
claimed  prevents  baldness,  dry,  scaly  scalp,  etc. 

The  demand  for  this  hair  brush  novelty  is  immense: 
it  seems  to  take  wherever  shown  on  account  of  its  unique 
design  and  mechanical  perfection.  It  is  illustrated  on 
another  page  of  this  issue. 


The  Texas  Respirator. 
This  respirator,  illustrated  on  the  cover  of  this 
issue,  consists  of  a  wire  gauze  screen  lined  with  a 
removable  piece  of  heavy  Turkish  toweling.  Addi- 
tional protection  is  afforded  by  wetting  the  toweling,  '.  • 
which,  when  wet,  catches  all  particles  of  dust.  The  '  ' 
respirator  is  easily  cleaned,  and  extremely  effective.  Jt 
is  an  entirely  new  device,  and  as  it  protects  absolutely 
the  throat  and  lungs  from  dust  and  impurities,  is  just 
the  thing  for  drug  millers,  threshing  machine  men, 
flour  millers  and  elevator  men — in  fact,  all  who  work 
in  dust  or  noxious  gases.  It  isn't  a  bad  thing  for  th(! 
drug  clerk  himself  to  have  at  times.  It  is  one  of 
the  cheapest  respirators  on  the  market,  and  is  sold  to 
the  druggist  at  $2.00  a  dozen,  with  the  retail  price 
open  so  that  he  can  charge  any  price  he  wants  to  for 
it.  Some  of  the  respirators  on  the  market  retail  as 
high    as    .$10.00    each. 


Soda  Water  Checks. 
The  consecutively  numbered  check  system  adver- 
tised by  the  Boston  Envelope  Co.,  298  Congress  street, 
Boston,  is  adaptable  to  almost  every  branch  of  the 
retail  drug  business.  They  can  be  used  as  soda  checks, 
cigar  checks,  trading  stamps,  rebate  tickets,  etc.,  etc. — 
in  fact,  almost  every  customer  of  theirs  has  some 
original  idea  for  adapting  these  checks  to  his  trade. 
They  are  used  by  the  best  stores  from  Maine  to  Cali- 
fornia. Five  thousand  checks  numbered  consecutively 
are  furnished  for  JfS.OO.  The  terms  are  cash  with 
order,  delivery  prepaid,  and  sataisfactiou  is  guaran- 
teed. II  sent  c.  o.  d.,  the  price  is  $3.50  for  5,000 
checks. 


Nailitza. 
A  very  striking  advertisement  is  that  of  llie  Nailitz."> 
Co..  71  Wall  street,  New  Y'ork.  on  page  193  of  last 
week's  issue.  Nailitza  is  a  liquid  preparation  de- 
signed to  remove  spots  from  all  kinds  of  fabrics,  and 
the  manufacturers  claim  it  to  be  infallible  for  the  pur- 
poise  for  -nhicli  it  is  intended.  Wholesale  druggists 
keep  it  in  stock. 


E.  R.  SQUIBB  &  80N8 

XEW  TORK 


Compound  Alum  Powder 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  19.  1903. 


RANDALL'S   GRAPE   JUICE. 

The  "blood  of  the  grape"  has  been  celebrated 
in  song  and  story  for  ages  pa-st.  but  it  remainiMl 
for  a  few  wide-awake  business  men  in  the  great 
Cliavtau(iua  fruit  belt,  which  extends  for  miles 
along  the  shores  of  Lake  Erie,  to  demonstrate  a 
scientific  and  practicable  method  of  preparing  the 
valuable  portion  or  juice  of  the  famous  Concord 
grapes  for  the  use  of  invalids  and  others  during 
any  season  of  the  year.  A  glass  of  pure,  unadul- 
terated Concord  grape  juice  represents  the  healtli- 
giving  fniit  of  the  vine,  without  the  seeds,  skins 
and   unpalatable  portions  of  the  grape. 

The  world  owes  a  debt  of  gratitude  to  the 
men  who  have  made  possible  the  production  of  a 
product  of  this  character,  and  in  this  work  the 
efforts  of  .Vr.  F.  N.  Kandall,  better  known  as  the 
Chautauqua  Fruit  Co.,  Ripley,  N.  Y.,  a  view  of 
whose  vineyards  is  shown  in  the  photograph  repro- 
duced herewith,  are  well  known. 

Mr.  Randall  has  long  been  a  scientific  studeiit 
of  the  Concord  grape,  and  has  also  been  for  many 
years  one  of  the  central  figures  in  the  grape  grow- 
ing industry.  His  plant  for  producing  Randall's 
grape  juice,  which  secvn-ed  the  Gold  Medal  at  the 
recent  Charleston  Exposition  for  "pm-ity,  strength 
and  natural  flavor,"  is  a  model  of  cleanliness  and 
system.  Every  step  in  the  manufacture  of  Ran- 
dall's grape  juice  is  under  the  direct  supervisiim 
of  one  po.ssessing  a  high  order  of  technical  knoAvl- 
edge  and  trained  by  long  experience  in  growing 
and  preparing  Concord  grapes  for  the  manufacture  of 
a  brand  of  juice  which  is  really  the  natural  edible  por- 
tion of  the  luscious  Concord  grade,  containing  no  sugar, 
no  tannin,  no  coloring  matter.       It  is  the  right  kind  of 


pride  which  causes  the  Chautauqua  Fruit  Co.  to  pro- 
claim the  fact  that  its  product  secured  the  only  Gold 
Medal  ever  awarded  a  brand  of  grape  juice. 


Metal  Tube  Chairs  and  Tables. 

Tiie  Yosbera  ilfg.  Co.,  Toledo,  O.,  had  a  full  page 
advertisement  in  the  June  12th  Price  List  Edition  de- 
voted entirely  to  their  Metal  Tube  Chairs,  Stools  and 
Tables.  The.se  goods  are  entirely  new  this  season,  and 
have  already  bounded  into  popular  favor.  The  grace- 
ful lines,  the  excellent  finish,  the  durable  construction, 
and  the  cleanly  and  sanitary  results  obtained,  all  com- 
bine to  make  this  metal  tube  furniture  delightful  and 
in  every  respect  desirable.  The  metal  parts  are  of  a 
high  grade  bicycle  tubing,  which  makes  possible  an  ex- 
ceedingly desirable  finish,  whether  it  be  in  Chinese 
copper,  oxydize  or  nickel,  and  no  piece  goes  out  of  the 
factory  unless  it  is  properly  finished.  The  manufactur- 
ers suggest  Chinese  copper  as  being  the  most  likely  to 
please.  The  cliair  seats,  stool  and  table  tops  are  quar- 
tered oalc  or  mahogany  finish  as  desired.  The  stools, 
up  to  30  inches  inclusive,  are  $2.50  each;  the  chairs  are 
.f.'i.50  each,  while  the  tables  run  from  $5.00  to  $7.25 
each,  according  to  size.  These  prices  are  net,  f.  o.  b. 
Toledo.  They  make  a  special  proposition  to  send,  by 
express  prepaid,  as  a  sample,  a  stool  in  the  size  wanted 
if  order  is  given,  or  a  chair  if  preferred,  provided  the 
expense  does  not  exceed  $1.25.  Any  one  to  whom  a 
sample  is  sent  can  either  keep  the  sample  and  remit  for 
it.  or  return  promptly  at  their  expense.  They  are  satis- 
fied that  no  piece  of  furniture  thus  sent  out  will  he 
reliirncil. 


The  American  Soda  Fountain  Co.  are  out  with  an- 
other advertisement  which  they  are  mailing  to  retail 
druggists,  and  which  fully  maintains  their  reputation  for 
getting  out  novel  aunouncemeuts.  It  is  a  clever  conceit, 
and  is  designed  to  tell  all  about  their  concentrated  syr- 
ups, crushed  fruits,  and  other  specialties  for  the  sod.a 
fountain.  It  is  hard  to  describe  it,  it  should  l)e  seen  to 
be  appreciated.  They  will  mail  one  to  any  druggist  who 
has  not  already  received  one. 


GOOD  PAINT. 

We  have  before  us  No.  1,  Volume  1,  of  "Good  Faint." 
an  attractive  little  journal  published  by  John  Lucas  & 
Co.  in  the  interests  of  Lucas  dealers.  In  their  annoitnce- 
ment  they  say  that  they  have  not  yet  decided  how  often 
it  will  be  issued,  but  it  will  probably  appear  quarterly. 
They  believe  that  Good  Paint  can  lie  read  by  the  dealer 
and  his  clerks  with  good  results  to  them  and  to  .lohn 
Lucas  &  Co.  Tlie  little  journal  is  designed  to  give  valu- 
able pointers  regarding  paints  and  varnishes,  and  there 
are  up-to-date  facts  and  practical  suggestions  relating  to 
the  selling  of  paints.  We  have  been  sa.ving  in  these 
c<ilunms  for  the  past  two  years  that  a  druggist  suffers  no- 
loss  of  dignity  by  advertising  paint  as  a  side  line,  parti- 
cularly the  kind  of  paint  that  John  Lucas  &  Co.  sell.. 
These  paints  are  not  the  dirty,  greasy  kinds  that  one 
naturally  thinlis  of,  but  nice,  attractive  little  paclcages- 
all  ready  to  hand  out  to  the  customer.  They  servt- 
two  purposes;  they  pay  you  a  good  profit,  and  they  keep 
customers  in  your  store  that  otherwise  you  would  have  ti> 
send  to  the  hardware  store  or  to  the  paint  store  around 
the  corner.  It  will  pay  every  druggist  to  get  copy  of 
Good  I'aint,  which  may  be  had  for  the  asking. 


Dovetailed  Wood  Boxes. 

The  average  manufacturer  is  probably  not  aware 
th.'it  dovetailed  wood  boxes  can  he  obtained  from  f. 
C.  Bulls,  407  North  Broadway,  St.  Louis,  cheaper  than 
lie  can  buy  them  of  his  local  manufacturer,  in  some 
cases  fully  50  per  cent,  cheaper,  and  actually  at  about 
the  same  prices  as  most  manufacturers  charge  for  paper 
lioxes  of  the  same  size.  It  is  not  necessary  to  order 
a  large  quantily  unless  desired,  all  you  have  to  do  is 
to  order  500  or  more.  On  this  quantity  the  freiglit 
is  paid,  and  delivery  is  guaranteed  inside  of  two  weeks. 
No  extra  charge  is  made  for  printing  the  boxes,  even 
in  two  colors.  A  sample  box  will  be  sent  to  any 
nianulacturcr  interested. 


June  VJ.  1002.] 


NEWS  DEPARTMENT. 


625 


PATENTS,   TRADE   MARKS,   ETC. 


/0  2j.  ZC2j 


70/.9^^ 


70Z./3I 


PATENTS. 
Issued  June    lo,    1902. 

TOl.Syy. — Henry  B.  Kent.  New  Brunswick.  N.  .1.  Top 
lor  tooth-powder  bottle  or  cans  or  other  con- 
tainers. 

701 .950.— Frank  X.  Spitzuagel,  Buffalo,  N.  Y.  Bottle- 
washing  machine. 

701,968. — Domeuico  Tognarini,  Cecina,  Italy.  Bottle 
for   aerated   liouids. 

701,987. — Urban  S.  Mi.,  Baltimore.  Md.,  assignor  of 
thirteen-twentieths  to  Augustus  M.  Denhard, 
Frederick  Denhard  and  William  R.  Engel, 
Baltimore.   Md.       Nou-refilUiLile  bottle. 

702.00(1. — (Jonrge  Ferguson,  Ke\v  York,  N.  Y.  Xon-re- 
fillable  bottle. 

702.001.— Herbert  H.  Ham,  Xew  York,  N.  Y.  Cork  ex- 
tracted-. 

7(12,010. — .Toseph  Kayser.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Bottle- 
washing  machine. 

702.063.— .Toseph  Kay=er.  Philadelphia,  Pa.  Bottle- 
wasirTng  nnu-hine. 

702.12C. — PliilipiH'  Cliuit  and  Fritz  Baehofen,  Geneva, 
Switzerland,  .-issignors  to  Chuit,  Naef  &  Co.. 
C.eneva.  Switzerland,  a  Firm.  Process  of  nuik- 
ing   alpha-ionone. 

702. IMl. — Uobprt  M.  Green..  Jr.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  as- 
signor to  Robert  JI.  Green  &  Sons,  Philadel- 
phia, Pa.,  a  Firm.  Syrup-cock  for  soda  water 
fountains. 

7(12.132. — Robert  M.  Green,  Jr.,  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  as- 
signor to  Robert  JI.  Green  &  Sons,  I'hiladel- 
phia.  Pa.,  a  firm.     Soda  water  apparatus. 

702,133. — Robert  M.  Green  and  Robert  M.  Green,  Jr., 
Philadelphia.   Pa.      Soda   water  apparattis. 

702.144. — Edward  M.  Morgan,  Westmount,  Canada.  In- 
haler. 

702,162. — Alexander  Straus,  Xew  Y'ork,  X.  Y.  Method 
of  forming  sponge  substitutes. 

702.171. — Augustus  Bischler.  Basle,  Switzerland,  as- 
signor to  Basle  Chemical  Works,  Basle, 
Switzerland,  a  Firm.  Process  of  making  py- 
thalic  and  benzoic  acids. 

702.202. — Stephen  B.  Tily.  .John  G.  Rehfuss  and  Mar- 
tin O.  Rehfuss.  Philadelphia,  Pa.,  assignors  to 
,Tohn  Wanamaker.  Philadelphia.  Pa.  Ma- 
chine for  inserting  and  fastening  strings  in 
labels. 

702  3."0 — George  E.  Howard.  Washington.  P.  C.  liabel. 

702.3S7. — .Tay  F.  Windolph  and  Richard  C.  Stofer.  Nui- 
wieh,  X.  Y.     Cliniial  thermometer. 


TRADE  MARKS. 
Registered  June  10,  1902. 

38,433. — Certain  Xamed  Toilet  Preparations.  Theo.  A. 
Kochs  Company,  Chicago,  111.  The  word  "Em- 
moline." 

38,434. — Balm  or  Lotion.  Alfred  E.  Cox,  Toronto, 
Province  of  Ontario,  Canada.  A  fanciful  pic- 
ture of  a  young  woman  with  bared  shoulders, 
with  her  back  toward  the  observer,  but  with 
her  head  turned  to  show  her  face  in  profile. 
This  portrait  is  displayed  on  a  dark  back- 
ground surrounded  by  curved  scrolls. 


COMBINATION     CASES, 

ALL  THE  MODERN  STYLES  AND  FINISHES. 

DO  YOU  NEED  ONE? 

WE  MAKE  THEM. 

WRITE   FOR  LARGE  CATALOGUE  AND  PRICES. 
NASHVILLE  SHOW   CASE   CO.,         Nashville,  Tenn. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  19,  1902. 


MARKET  REPORT. 


NEW  YORK  MARKETS. 

GENERAL  MARKET  QUIET. 

Xow  York.  June  17. — Seasdiiatily  quiet  conditions 
Smve  prevailed  tlirougliout  the  gemeral  market,  with  buy- 
ers, p.s  a  rule,  pursuing  a  liand-to-moutli  policy,  and 
limiting  (heir  purchases  to  actual  current  necessities, 
fluctuations  in  values  have  been  within  narrow  limits 
and  of  no  special  significance  with  most  of  the  changes 
in  favor  of  l)uyers. 

OI'lUM. — Very  little  interest  is  manifested  on  the 
jiart  of  either  buyers  or  sellers  of  round  lots,  and  the 
market  is  exceedingly  dull  with  values  somewhat  de- 
pressed, partly  on  account  <if  reports  from  Smyrna  that 
the  current  crop  will  ju-obahly  be  large.  In  a  jobbing 
way  also,  trading  is  slow  with  quotations  nominally  un- 
fhanged  at  $3.00(53.25  for  9  per  cent,  and  $3.10@3.35 
for  11  per  ceut.  according  to  size  of  order.  Powdered 
continues  to  move  in  a  routine  way  with  prices  main- 
tained at  $3.95r(74.20  for  13  per  cent,  and  $4.45@4.70 
for  16  per  cent. 

MORPHINE. — Jobbing  quantities  are  moving  freely 
into  channels  of  consumption  afld  the  market  continues 
moderately  active  with  values 'steady  at  the  old  range  ot 
$2.40@2.50  for  eighths  in  1-oz  boxes,  $2.35@2.45  in  214- 
oz  boxes,  $2.15@2.25  in  ounce  vials  and  ?2.10@2.20  in 
5-oz  cans,  according  to  size  of  order. 

QUININE. — There  is  no  improvement  in  demand  and 
a  continued  tame  market  is  reported  with  the  undertone 
rather  easy  under  the  influence  of  heavy  bark  shipments 
from  Java.  Jobbing  quotations,  however,  remain  un- 
changed at  28c  for  bulk  in  100-oz  tins,  28i^c  in  50-oz 
tins,  29c  in  2o-oz  tins,  .30c  in  0  or  10-oz  tins  and  35c  in 
•ounce  vials. 

COCAINE. — Keen  competition  among  manufacturers 
Tias  caused  a  further  reduction  of  25c  per  oz  in  quota- 
tions, and  jobbing  prices  are  correspondingly  lower,  the 
revised  figures  being  if4.o5@4.50  for  large  crystals  and 
^i.lOCa -i.'Io  for  small,  as  to  quantity. 

SERPENTARIA  ROOT.— Under  the  influences 
noted  last  week,  jobbing  quotations  have  further  de- 
clined to  45(5'50c  for  whole,  47ft/52c  for  ground  and  50 
<g60c  for  powdered. 

OIL  CUBEBS. — Values  are  easier  in  sympathy  with 
the  berries  and  the  revised  jobbing  range  is  .$1.25(5,1.40. 

NITRATE  OF  STRONTIUil.— An  increasedf  con- 
suming inquiry  has  stimulated  a  firmer  feeling  aniong 
holders  and  jobbing  quotations  have  been  advanced  to 
SV''^'''-'''i4c  iu  barrels  and  12((T;10c  for  less. 

NITRATE  OF  BARIUaL— Under  a  similar  influ- 
«>nce  jobbers  have  marked  up  their  quotations  to  6%@7c 
in  barrels  and  ll@10o  for  smaller  quantities. 

SAL  SODA. — Manufacturers'  prices  are  slightly 
liichcr  and  iohbing  quotations  have  been  advanced  to 
iCfij.fl.o.-i  iu  barrels,  .fl.05(?/ 1.15  in  kegs  and  $2.00(8' 
;!.IM)  f.ir  less. 

THYMOL.— The  tone  of  the  marker  is  cnsier  and 
jobbing  quotations  have  been  reduced  ti>  s:;.!  11 1',/ :;,■_'."■,. 

IPECAC. — Foreign  markets  are  low.r  .iwm-  t^  lil, 
oral  stocks  and  a  slow  demand,  and  iiniMn-iri-s  ;in'  uiurc 
.-inxicpus  tcp  sell.  .Toliliini:  qinitatinus  liave  been  reduceil 
1..  ii-J.stii,i::.iC,  fnr  vliol,..  .«-J.S."i'(). •;.!()  for  ground  and 
^J.IMK'/;!.!.')    lui-    iH,w(lii'c(l.    as    tu    quantity. 

STliOrilAXTHUS  SEED. — The  market  is  easier 
luider  increased  supplies  and  continued  light  trading. 
:ind  jolibiiig  prices  show  a  decline  to  $1.25(?|1.35  per  lb 
and  14'(/  17c  per  oz. 

HEMP  SEED. — Russian  is  very  scarce  both  on  spot 
and  in  producing  markets  and  jobbers  have  advanced 
vin"tiiti'>iis  to  3% (54c  by  the  bag  and  5(a6c  for  smaller 
<iuan(ilies!. 

CH.VJIOMILE  FLOWERS.- Values  are  somewhat 
easier  and  tlie  revised  jobbing  i|notations  are  28((7  33c 
for  new  Roman  and  24((/ 29c  for  old,  27(((32c  for  new 
German  and  22(f727c  for  old. 

.VRSENIC. — Powdered  white  is  slightly  lower  willi 
•ellers  in  a  jobbing  way  at  8(5  lie,  as  to  quantity. 


INDEX   TO   THIS   NUMBER. 

Page. 

Alcohol.    Reduction    of    Tax    618 

ArgeMi.piic    :\lixi(ana    604 

ASSOCI.VTIOXS.  Clubs,  Alumni,  Etc. — American 
Cli.'i  iir;,!  Society,  G13;  Arkansas,  610;  Chi- 
r.\ii'<  I'.etail  Druggists.  619;  Kansas,  622; 
Kings  County  (N.  Y.)  Pharmaceutical  Society, 
1112:  Manliattan  Pharmaceutical,  613;  Mary- 
land IMiarniaeeutical.  (.!1S;  Missouri  Pharma- 
ceutical. (;21:  National  Asscceiation  Retail 
Druggists,  i;il:  New  Ynrk  C.dlege  of  Pharma- 
cy Alumni,  614;  New  York  Retail  Druggists, 
612;  Philadelphia  Drug  Clerks,  617;  Philadel- 
phia   Retail    Druggists,    617;   Tennessee    State 

Druggists 620 

BOARDS    OF    PHAR5IACY.—    Maryland,    618; 

Nebraska,    62(l;    New    York     612 614 

Business  and   Profit.   Increasing 607 

COLLEGES   OF   I'HARMAl^'Y.- Cincinnati.   620; 

Minnesota    University 619 

DRUG    STORE    PROBLEMS    610 

Edinol    608 

EDITORIALS. — Alumni  Gatherings  at  Associa- 
tion Meetings,  (503;  Decision  of  Court  in  New 
York  Board  of  Pharmacy  Election  Contest, 
603;  Distribution  of  Prizes  at  Association 
Meetings.  002;  Donations  to  Colleges  of  Phar- 
macy, 603;  Drug  Cerks'  Working  Day,  601; 
Increased  Membership  in  Associations,  603; 
Mosquito's  Latest  Offense,  602;  Organization 
of  Drug  Clerks,  601;  Pharmacists'  Responsibil- 
ity for  the  Quality  of  Drugs  He  Sells   602 

Liniment,    Witch    Hazel    609 

MARKET   RKPORT   626 

NEWS  LETTl'^US.—  Baltimore,  617;  Chicago, 
61S;  New  England,  616;  New  York,  612;  Phil- 
adelphia,   617;   The   Northwest    619 

Oil.    Corn    609 

Opium.  Kwai 60.3 

PATENTS.    TRADEJIARKS.    Etc 625 

PERSONALS.  Inclndiug  Obituaries,  Items  of  Per- 
sonal Interest,  Etc. — .Vane  of  Cleves.  605; 
Armbrecht.  Mrs.  W.  IL.  619;  Baer.  Jacob  M., 
603;  Berthollet,  M.,  (507;  Bouillon  Lagrange.  M. 
607;  Cadman.  JIaurice  D.,  615;  Cojonial  Drug 
Co.,  619;  Croft,  Henry  D.,  617;  Eely.  Frank 
E.,  615;  Emerson.  Isaac  E..  617;  Gilman,  Gor- 
ham  D.,  (516;  Gray  Labaratory,  616;  Hartford, 
James.  614;  Henry  VIII  of  England,  605; 
Lord.  Charles  F..  613;  Lord  and  Eely,  614; 
Louis  XIV  of  France,  606;  McKesson,  Irving, 
(515;  Jletcalf  Co.,  Theo.,  616;  Morris,  M.  D., 
(519;  Takamine.  Dr.  J.,  615;  Thompson  &  Co., 
F.  A.,  622 i  Union  Chemical  Co..  615;  Walnous, 

Henry.  619;  Weeks  &  Potter  Drug  Co 616 

Perspiration,    fexcessive,    Treatment     609 

Pharmacy    and    Royalty    604 

Polisli.    Piano    609 

(JUESTION    BOX 609 

SHOP  TALK    604 

Solution  liypophosphites  Compound  Without  Su- 
gar 609 

:slv.  i-\r.\<.  A.lolf  Wolff.  32  Park  Place.  New  York,  is 
igeut     for    a    number    of    European 
manufacturers.     For   the   drug  trade 
he  handles  the  Johann  Schmidt  Wafer 
Jfl'  ^\^1  bnes.  Cachets.  Powder  Wafers,  Sheet 

i  \i\\\  ■V:ir,.i'^,  Fishfood  Wafers,  etc.,  and  is 

-o    rxiilniiing   through    the   jobbing 
f  nd  MinL;L;i<ts'  simdry  trade  a  Screw- 

'■*■'  ip    Icebag.     One   of   them   is   shown 

in  the  illustration.  These  bags  are 
made  of  first-class  material,  and  are 
^cdd  on  a  year's  guarantee  that  they 
ire  absolutely  waterproof.  They  are 
■UVfl^Vl  wound  with  wire,  not  with  twine. 
(.,l_  r  'Piiey  come  in  several  sizes,  from  7- 
inch  up  to  14-inch,  and  the  caps  are 
Hige  .tnd  meduim  sized,  nickel-plated  as  well  as  imita- 
tion marble.  Mr.  Wolff  says  that  he  can  sell  these  bags 
at  lower  prices  than  usually  obtained,  notwithstanding 
tlu'ir  supcuor  quality,  because  his  principals  do  their  onT. 
rublier  coating.  In  addition  to  this  standard  icebag.  Mr.  ■ 
Wolff  is  also  able  to  supply  other  varieties,  such  as  extra 
heavy  rubber  coating,  outside  red  and  inside  white  rub- 
ber coated  etc.,  etc. 


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BUSINESS  NOTICES. 


THE  ERA  PRICE  LIST  EDITION. 

The  Price  List  Edition  of  tlie  Era  issueil  June  12 
■will  speak  for  itself.  It  contains  a  complete  list  of 
Drugs,  Chemicals,  Mineral  Waters,  Paints,  Oils,  and 
Proprietary  Preparations,  probably  the  most  comprehen- 
sive list  of  the  kind  ever  offered  to  the  drug  buyer.  A 
most  important  feature  of  the  edition  is  the  list  of  manu- 
facturers' names  and  addresses,  by  which  a  drug  buyer 
<an  find  in  almost  every  case  the  manufacturer's  name 
•of  any  proprietary  preparation  he  may  want. 

We  have  already  begun  the  revision  of  the  next  edi- 
tion, which  will  be  out  in  October,  and  it,  like  this  one, 
■nill  be  issued  free  to  all  Era  subscribers.  We  have  a  few 
titra  copies  of  the  June  12  issue  on  hand  which  we  are 
supplying  while  they  last,  to  those  who  desire  them,  at 
$1.00  each,  postpaid. 


The  two  highest  records  ever  made  at  Ohio  Board  of 
Pharmacy  examinations  were  made  by  graduates  of  the 
Era  Course  in  I'liarmacy. 

"The  proof  of  the  pudding  is  in  the  eating"  or,  in 
modern  business  innguage:     "What  we  want  is  results." 

The  pMrpcpsc  of  |iliarmaeeutical  education  is  to  fit 
■students  for  Ilio  praitice  of  pharmacy. 

The  fitness  of  candidates  to  practice  pharmacy  is 
determined  at  the  State  Board  examination. 

Does  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  answer  the  pur- 
pose of  pharmaceutical  education?  Does  it  produce 
results? 

These  questions  are  answered  in  the  first  paragraph 
above. 

Graduates  of  the  Era  Course  do  pass  State  Board 
•examinations. 

Information  about  fees,  time  of  study,  etc..  may  be 
•obtained  by  addressing  the  Pharmaceutical  Era,  396 
Uroadway,  >>ew  York. 


The  fifty-two  numbers  of  the  Pharmaceutical  Era 
which  reach  our  readers  each  year  ar^  divided  into 
two  volumes,  each  volume  containing  twenty-six  is- 
sues. The  present- issue  completes  the  twenty-seventh 
\olume,  and  this  week's  index  is  therefore  enlarged  so 
as  to  include  references  to  all  the  matter  published 
during  the  first  half  of  IQ02.  This  general  index  con- 
tains an  appropriate  title-page,  and  is  intended  to  be 
bound  with  the  numbers  making  up  volume  XXVII 
of  the  Era,  immediately  following  the  first  cover.  To 
druggists  who  throw  aside  their  journals  after  reading, 
this  index  is  of  little  value,  but  to  those  who  preserve 
the  Era  for  reference,  neatly  bound  upon  the  library 
shelf,  it  is  of  great  importance.  The  most  valuable 
reference  librarj-  is  a  file  of  technical  journals,  and  a 
collection  of  periodicals  without  an  index  is  absolutely 
useless.  The  index  is  to  a  volume  what  a  librarian  is 
to  a  library.  The  reader  comes  to  the  volume  wish- 
ing to  read  about  a  certain  subject,  the  index  directs 
him  where  to  find  it  at  once. 

Reports  of  the  doings  at  the  meeting  of  the  New 
York  State  Pharmaceutical  Association  now  being 
held  at  Elmira  are  not  yet  available.  If  we 
may  judge  from  the  number  of  members  in  attendance 
and  the  many  important  matters  which  are  to 
receive  attention,  there  will  be  no  lack  of  interest, 
and  time  will  not  seem  long  between  events.  Consi- 
derable time  will  undoubtedly  be  spent  in  the  discus- 
sion of  legislative  matters.  It  seems  to  be  necessary 
now-  a  days  for  the  druggist  to  keep  a  sharp  watch 
upon  the  proceedings  of  the  law-makers  at  Albany. 
During  the  past  year  the  association's  committee  on 
legislation  has  been  very  active,  and  the  report  of  this 
committee  will  be  interesting  to  say  the  least.  There 
are  a  number  of  matters  which  will  require  attention 
at  Albany  during  the  coming  year,  and  plans  for  the 
campaign  will  doubtless  be  discussed.  The  peculiar 
wording  of  the  pliarmacy  law  amendment  renders 
some  slight  change  desirable,  although  alteration  no 
longer  seems  absolutely  necessary.  The  injustice  of 
the  present  excise  law  must  be  apparent  to  all  drug- 
gists, and  the  association  will  in  all  probability  adopt 
some  measure  for  obtaining  relief  from  this  burden- 
some law.  That  the  National  Association  of  Retail 
Druggists  will  receive  attention,  goes  without  saying. 


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[June  36,  1903-. 


but  what  action  will  be  taken  remains  to  be  seen. 
The  national  organization  still  has  many  friends  in 
New  York,  but  there  are  also  many  who  have  grown 
indififerent.  Let  us  hope  that  the  meeting  wHl  result 
in  a  renewed  interest  in  N.  A.  R.  D.  affairs,  and  a 
determination  to  turn  some  of  its  benefits  to  the  ad- 
vantage of  New  York  druggists. 

There  is  a  saying  somewhere  to  the  effect  that 
"there  is  no  great  evil  without  some  little  good."  The 
high  prices  of  meats  are  worrying  a  great  many  peo- 
ple now  a  days,  but  this  same  disturbing  circumstance 
has  filled  the  hearts  of  the  cereal  food  advertisers 
with  joy  and  gratitude,  for  it  has  given  them  a  verjy 
pretty  opening  through  which  to  thrust  their  wares  in- 
to public  attention.  Everybody  must  eat,  and  few 
people  like  to  do  without  meat  or  are  able  to  pay  an 
exorbitant  price  for  it  without  some  inconvenience  to 
their  minds  or  purses.  But,  say  the  cereal  folks,  are 
we  not  eating  too  much  meat,  anyway?  The  doctors 
tell  us  that  a  diet  of  flesh  food  is  harmful.  Then  why 
eat  these  distressingly  expensive  foods  when  others  of 
unsurpassed  excellence  and  cheapness  can  be  had  at 
any  grocer's,  etc?  This  is  no  doubt  good  advertis- 
ing, and  will  probably  be  immensely  remunerative,  but 
the  writer  of  the  cereal  ad.  should  be  a  little  more 
careful  to  hide  his  glee.  The  small  boy  seldom  en- 
joys the  measles,  even  though  his  temporary  retire- 
ment may  be  profitable  to  the  doctor  and  the  drug- 
gist. 

Another  example  of  "one  man's  loss,  another  man's 
gain"  m?y  be  observed  in  the  cod  liver  oil  industry. 
Norwegian  fishermen  have  been  complaining  that  the 
cod  captured  this  year  have  "lean  livers"  which  yield 
little  oil.  NewFoundland  producers  of  oleum  morrhuae 
have  pounced  upon  this  complaint  and  turned  it  to 
good  account  in  calling  attenton  to  the  superior 
merits  of  their  own  products.  A  recent  issue  of  a 
Canadian  journal  contains  an  article  expressing  aston- 
ishment at  the  poor  business  policy  displayed  by^the 
Norwegian  producers  in  admitting  that  the  livers 
which  they  employed  were  lean,  and  therefore  by  in- 
ference diseased,  while  the  oil  should  be  obtained  only 
from  fat  and  healthy  livers  such  as  the  American  cod 
carry  about  with  them.  The  article  is  illuminated  by 
two  illustrations  which  recall  the  "before  taking"  and 
"after  taking"  advertisement.  One  shows  a  Norwe- 
gian cod,  so  slender  in  that  part  of  his  anatomy  where 
his  liver  is  supposed  to  be  concealed,  that  he  has 
every  appearance  of  having  worn  tight  stays,  while 
the  waist-line  of  his  American  rival  is  positively  alder- 
manic.  No  one  who  sees  these  illustrations  can  es- 
cape the  conviction  that  it  is  best  to  do  business  with 
the  portly  fish  from  American  waters,  and  to  leave 
the  sickl^'-looking  specimen  from  over  seas  severely 
alone. 

In  this  age  of  cynicism  and  self-seeking  the  purity 
and  nobility  of  ideals  shown  by  the  leaders  of  the 
American  medical  profession  arc  very  refreshing,  and 
should  go  far  to  restore  one's  faith  in  human  nature. 
We  are  wont  to  smile  and  look  wise  when  we  hear 
that  overworked  phrase  about  the  office  seeking 
the  man,  for  the  world  no  longer  expects  anyone  to 
be  sincere  in  matters  which  concern  office,  either  in 


Stale,  Church  or  society.  In  professional  associations- 
as  well  as  in  politics  it  is  generally  understood'  that 
one  gets  nothing  without  working  for  it.  The  usual 
protestations  about  preferring  not  be  chosen  for  office 
are  commonly  regarded  as  merely  a  harmless  form 
through  which  all  candidates  must  pass  in  conducting 
a  successful  campaign,  it  is.  therefore,  somewhat 
startling  as  well  as  extremely  gratifyina;  to  learn  that 
in  the  great  medical  associations  of  the  country,  seek- 
ing the  office  is  now  the  most  certain  method  of  not 
getting  it.  The  Kentucky  Medical  Association  in 
adopting  a  constitution  inserted  a  clause  about  the 
election  of  officers  which  provides  that  if  it  is  known' 
that  any  person  is  presenting  himself  as  a  candidate 
for  office,  he  thereby  becoms  ineligible.  In  this  ac- 
tion the  Kentucky  physicians  are  only  following  a 
precedent  established  by  the  .American  Medical  AssO'- 
ciation.  This  resolve  on  the  part  of  the  profession'.? 
leaders  to  Iiave  done  with  medical  politicians  and  of- 
fice-seekers, would  seem  to  prove  the  assertion  fre- 
quently heard,  to  the  effect  that  the  medical  pro- 
fession contains  the  most  unselfish  and  sincere  seekers 
after  truth  in  our  community.  A  little  of  the  same 
spirit  in  American  pharmacy  would  do  no  harm. 


Everybody  is  probably  ready  to  admit  that  the 
business  of  the  miodern  pharmacist  is  much  less  pure- 
ly professional  than  that  of  the  physician.  In  pharma- 
ceutical associations  and  societies,  and  in  educational 
institutions  the  commercial  side  of  the  calling  is  re- 
ceiving more  and  more  attention.  Among  the  insti- 
tutions which  will  add  commercial  courses  to  their 
regular  curricula  are  the  Scio  College  of  Pharmacy 
and  the  University  of  Michigan  School  of  Pharmacy. 
Purely  scientific  training  no  longer  seems  to  meet 
the  requirements  of  the  times.  And  even  the  most 
conservative  must  admit  that  commerce  is  quite  as 
worthy  of  study  as  science  or  history.  It  is  high  time 
the  ancient  idea  that  commerce  as  -a  pursuit  is  less 
honorable  or  less  wojthy  ofi  respect  than  the  so-called 
learned  professions  were  replaced  by  a  more 
rational  belief.  Many  of  the  conservative  ideas 
of  our  educated  people  have  been  handed  down 
from  the  time  when  only  the  few  could  read 
or  write,  and  when  a  man  possessing  a  fraction 
of  a  modern  school-boy's  knowledge  demanded  the 
respect  of  the  common  herd.  Education  is  no  longer 
found  only  among  members  of  the  professions.  Lib- 
erally educated  men  are  now  almost  as  common  in 
tlie  business  world  as  in  the  professions,  for  pro- 
fessional study  is  at  present  so  exacting  that  a  phy- 
sician or  a  lawyer  is  apt  to  be  somewhat  narrow. 
He  no  longer  has  time  for  the  study  of  history,  lan- 
guage and  general  science. 


The  invasion  of  sacred  halls  of  learning  by  com- 
merce is  not  confined  to  American  schools  of  pharm- 
acy. In  England  much  attenion  is  given  to  education- 
al training  for  a  business  career.  In  Birmingham 
there  seems  to  be  an  institution  which  even  confers 
the  degree  of  Bachellor  of  Commerce,  and  what  is 
even  more  surprising,  this  movement  is  accepted 
among  the  conservative  Britons  as  a  promdsing  sign. 
In  speaking  of  the  tendency  of  modern  education  one 
of  our  English  exchanges  says: 

"The  new  spirit  of  our  educationalists  is  excellent 


June  26,  1903.] 


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The  provision  of  well-equipped  laboratories,  where  the 
great  industries  and  sciences  can  be  practically  ex- 
pounded in  the  most  thorough  manner,  is  one  of  the 
most  hopeful  of  signs  for  the  future  of  this  country, 
but  why  must  the  silly  bauble  of  letters  be  dangled  at 
the  end  of  it?  London  University  is  to  abolish  Latin 
as  an  essential  subject  for  its  matriculation.  This, 
too,  is  a  sign  of  sense.  What  is  needed  in  technical 
education  is  that  it  should  be  fitted  to  the  student,  not 
that  the  student  should  be  made  to  fit  one  of  a  half- 
dozen  cast-iron  molds,  which  are  called  curricula. 
Let  brains  have  every  chance  of  getting  training; 
but,  at  the  same  time,  trust  brains  to  choose  the 
training  the.y  especially  require." 


there  are  correspondence  schools  and  correspondence- 
schools,  as  there  are  also  colleges  of  pharmacy  and 
coUges  of  pharmacy.  Each  class  has  its  good  and  its 
bad  representatives,  and  the  prospective  student  will 
do    well    to   inquire    into   these   things. 


OUR  LETTER  BOX. 


■\Ve  Tvisli  It  aistinetly 
meiit  is  open  to  t 
of  any  subject  ol 
but  tbnt  Tie  iicoe 
viei^-s     and     oiiini 


inilerstooil  that  this  depnrt- 
it-rybody  lor  tlie  discussion 
interest  to  the  drug  trade. 
It  no  resiionsiblllty  for  the 
lus     expressed     by     coutribu- 


lys  sign 


line. 


The  demand  of  brains  for  special  training  has  pro- 
duced that  novelty  in  editcation,  the  correspondence 
school.  The  number  of  correspondence  schools,  good, 
bad  and  indifferent,  now  flourishing  in  this  country 
shows  how  great  is  the  demand  for  training  which 
shall  meet  the  technical  requirements  and  still  involve 
no  great  sacrifice  of  time  from  the  very  serious  busi- 
ness of  earning  a  living.  This  kind  of  instruction 
naturally  does  not  enjoy  the  approval  of  all  educators. 
It  is  too  great  a  departure  from  time-honored  meth- 
ods. People  are,  however,  beginning  to  understand 
that  the  true  field  of  correspondence  instruction  is 
quite  distinct  from  that  of  the  college  where  the  stu- 
dent is  under  the  personal  guidance  of  an  instructor. 
The  mail  course  is  not  intended  to  take  the  place  of 
college  instruction  but  rather  to  supplement  it.  Its  pe- 
culiar province  is  to  supply  technical  information  to 
those  who  need  it  in  their  business.  Such  instruction 
as  that  given  by  the  Era  Course  in  Pharmacy  supplies 
the  special  knowledge  which  the  pharmacist  needs  in 
the  daily  conduct  of  his  business.  It  does  not  pretend 
to  give  him  a  liberal  training,  as  this  term  is  under- 
stood in  the  larger  colleges  and  universities. 


An  objection  which  has  been  raised  against  cor- 
respondence instruction  is  that  it  fills  the  student 
with  a  notion  that  when  his  course  is  finished  his  edu- 
cation is  complete.  It  is  scarcely  necessary  to  state 
that  it  does  nothing  of  the  kind.  On  the  contrary, 
it  gives  him  an  insight  into  how  very  many  things 
there  are  to  learn,  and  stimulates  him  to  greater 
eflforts  to  extend  his  knowledge.  It  is  safe  to  say 
that  no  mail  course  has  ever  kept  a  student  out  of 
college,  and  it  is  equally  safe  to  add  that  many  have 
been  led  to  seek  college  instruction  by  the  prelimin- 
ary training  received  from  correspondence  schools. 
Unfortunately,  instruction  b-  mail  seems  to  ofler  un- 
scrupulous persons  an  easy  way  of  gaining  a  livelihood. 
A  number  of  callow  drug  clerks  with  little  experience 
and  less  education  will  meet  and  found  a  correspon- 
dence school.  The  lectures  will  be  prepared  by  mak- 
ing brief  and  hurried  extracts  from  standard  text- 
books. The  addition  of  a  few  questions  and  the 
preparation  of  a  flamboyant  advertisement  completes 
the  institution  of  learning.  As  yet  the  public  has  no 
protection  against  sharks  of  this  kind,  and  it  is  often 
diflficult  to  judge  from  circulars  which  schools  really 
mean  to  instruct  and  which  are  sincere  only  so  far  as 
fees  are  concerned.     The  public  has  yet  to  learn  that 


MORE  PRACTICAL  FORMULAS  WANTED. 

Cliieago,  III,  June  14,  1902. 
To  the  Editor. — "With  malice  toward  none  and 
charitty  for  all" — I  would  like  to  plead  for  more  prac- 
tical formulas  in  the  next  edition  of  our  Pharmaco- 
poeia. Take  the  formula  for  Basham's  Mixture  witb 
Remington's  figures  for  apothecaries   weights: 

Tincture  of  iron 32.5  minims. 

Diluted  acetic  acid 1  ounce  7  minims. 

Solution  of  ammonium  ace- 
tate   G  ounces,  3G6  minims. 

Aromatic  elixir   3  ounces,  183  minims 

Glycerine 4  ounces,  28  minims. 

Water,         enough         to 

make  33  ounces,  390  minims. 

Whoever  got  up  this  formula  surely  landed  a  holy 
fright  for  awkwardness!  If  the  Revision  Committee 
wants  to  make  the  metric  system  disliked — such  for- 
mulae as  the  above  will  do  the  job  to  perfection. 
We  have  to  fill  prescriptions  as  written,  not  as 
they  ought  to  be  written.  For  the  present,  nine  pre- 
scriptions out  of  one  hundred  are  written  in  "ounces", 
and  physicians  will  call  lor  four,  eight  or  sixteen 
ounces  of  Basham's  Mixture.  Let  anyone  try  to  fill 
a  prescription  calling  for  four  ounces  of  this  mixture 
by  our  present  formula  and  I  venture  to  say  he  will 
be  glad  to  go  back  to  the  formula  of  the  1880  Phar- 
macopoeia for  quick  work.  Let  us  have  handy  for- 
mulas for  work  as  called  for;  it  is  easy  to  work  any 
formula  into  the  metric  system,  but  not  so  handy  the 
other  way  for  easy  division  of  quantities.  Take  the 
1880  formula  for  Basham's  Mixture;  it  is  very  prac- 
tical for  quantities  of  four,  eight  or  sixteen  ounces, 
and  if  transposition  into  the  metric  system  is  de- 
sired, one  can  easily  work  out  the  metric  formulas  in 
the  Pharmacopoeia  so  that  they  will  split  evenly  ac- 
cording to  ounces,  etc.  In  this  way  we  will  get  into 
metric  figures  by  and  by. 

WM.    BODEMANN. 


Mr.  Lord's  Quarter  Century   Record  Broken. 

We  have  all  smiled  at  the  good-natured  memory 
contests  of  a  town's  oldest  inhabitants.  One  ancient 
worthy  will  call  another  a  mere  boy  if  his  memory 
does  not  recall  certain  happenings  of  the  Mexican 
War.  The  letter  given  below,  was  probably  com- 
posed in  a  similar  spirit.  Twenty-five  years  of  phar- 
macy in  one  building  may  not  be  remarkable  in  some 
places,  but  in  ever-changing  New  York,  the  records 
of  Mr.  Lord  and  Mr.  McElhenie  are  certainly  note- 
worthy. 

Brooklyn,  June  20. 

Mr.  Lord— Go  to,  young  man,  go  to!— I  began  on 
my  own  account  at  DeKalb  avenue  and  Ryerson 
street,  March  27,  1876,  and  am  still  at  it.  Married 
in  September.  1876,  and  moved  over  the  store  in  May, 
1877,  where  we  are  still  living.  No  fuss  was  made 
about  my  25th  anniversary  of  business  or  marriage. 
Go   to — thou   youth! 

THOMAS  D.  McELHENIE. 


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THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  2G,  1903. 


Druggist  Tones,  whose  name  is  not  Jones  nor 
Smith,  is  very  suspicious,  and  like  all  suspicious  per- 
sons, he  has  great  confidence  in  his  own  craft.  Jones 
has  recently  been  troubled  with  doubts  about  some 
of  his  clerks  who  show  greater  prosperity  than  their 
salaries  seem  to  warrant.  He  has  been  spending 
the  small  hours  of  the  night  devising  a  scheme  to 
verify  his  suspicions.  The  other  morning  our  en- 
terprising druggist  left  the  breakfast  table  with  an 
unusually  cheerful  face,  and  betook  himself  to  a 
hotel  not  far  from  his  thriving  place  of  business. 
Summoning  a  messenger  boy,  he  handed  this  stolid 
specimen  of  humanity  a  list  of  goods  and  a  ten- 
dollar  bill  with  directions  to  purchase  the  articles  at 
his  own  store  where  the  unsuspecting  clerks  were 
already  piling  up  profits.  When  the  boy  in  blue  re- 
turned with  his  arms  full  of  packages  and  four  dol- 
lars in  change,  Jones  quickly  made  his  way  to  his 
pharmacy  and  glanced  at  the  cash  register.  The 
six  dollars  had  not  been  rung  up!  His  suspicions 
were  confirmed!  "Who  made  the  sale  a  few  minutes 
ago?"  No  one  in  the  place  knew  anything  about  the 
sale  in  question.  Hurrying  back  to  the  hotel  Jones 
called  for  the  bey  who  made  his  purchases.  After 
innumerable  delays  which  taxed  the  poor  druggist's 
patience  sorely,  the  youth  was  found.  "Didn't  you  get 
these  things  for  me?"  "Yes.  suh.  They  ain't  nuthin' 
de  matter  w'd  dem,  is  they?"  "No,  but  at  the  store 
they  sa.y  you  didn't  get  them,  at  all."  "Wot  store? 
I  didn't  git  'em  at  dat  store.  I  got  'em  ofif  de  other 
druggist  around  de  corner.  He  gives  a  feller  a  rake- 
ofif."  Our  pharmaceutical  Sherlock  Holmes  had  in- 
creased his  rival's  sales  to  the  extent  of  six  dollars. 


"His  standard  of  ethics  may  not  have  measured 
up  to  that  of  some  men,  but  he  was  a  successful 
business  man  and  a  druggist,  and  I  could  not  help 
but  listen  to  his  story  of  how  he  became  convinced 
that  it  paid  to  patronize  church  people.  A  few 
months  ago  he  decided  to  attend  church  on  a  'mis- 
sionar.y  Sunday.'  The  good  pastor,  whose  annual 
salary  could  be  written  with  three  figures,  made  an 
eloquent  appeal  for  contributions  'to  spread  the  truth 
for  which  the  martyrs  bled,'  and  the  plate  was  passed. 
It  was  carried  up  one  aisle  and  down  another,  coins, 
which,  from  the  sound  they  made,  might  have  been 
anything  from  an  old-fashioned  cent  to  a  silver  quar- 
ter, being  dropped  into  it.  The  plate  finally  reached 
the  druggist  who  was  awake  to  his  opportunity.  Tak- 
ing a  brand  new  dollar  bill  from  his  waistcoat  pocket, 
he  carefully  smoothed  it  out  and  deliberately  dropped 
it  into  the  plate  under  the  eyes  of  the  pastor  and 
those  of  his  flock.  The  sequel  showed  that  the 
druggist  had  scored  a  coup.  On  the  Monday  fol- 
lowing the  pastor  called  upon  him  and  purchased 
si.x  or  seven  dollars'  worth  of  goods,  paying  him  in 
part  with  the  very  dollar  bill  he  had  placed  to  the 
credit  of  the  heathen  the  day  before."  "Yes,"  said  the 
man  who  told  the  story,  "it  pays  to  'let  your  light 
shine'  if  you  only  do  it  in  the  right  way.  and  my 
druggist  friend's  experience  is  an  exemplification  of 
Mark  Twain's  statement  that  'we  ought  never  to  do 
wrong — when   people  are  looking'.   " 


OPIUM  FROM  KWAL— Thoms  (Notizb.  bot. 
Gart.  Berlin)  has  examined  a  sample  of  opium  pro- 
duced in  Kwai.  The  moist  material  contained  5.37 
per  cent  moisture,  and  the  dried  substance  yielded 
14. ,^9  per  cent   morphine. 


(.Wi-iltcn   for   the   Era.} 

THE  ANOINTMENT  OF  KING  EDWARD  VII. 

London,  June  19,  1902. — The  term  "Coronation 
Day"  would  seem  to  imply  that  the  chief  act  of  the 
gorgeous  pa.geant  which  will  take  place  in  this  city  on 
the  26th  of  June  is  the  placing  of  the  crown  on  the 
head  of  the  new  monarch.  Such  an  assumption,  how- 
ever, is  erroneous. 

The  Ceremony  of  Anointment 

(which  takes  place  place  immiediately  after  the  King 
has  taken  the  oath)  is  not  only  the  first  but  the  most 
ancient,  the  most  essential  act,  dating,  as  it  does, 
from  the  days  of  Saul  and  David.  In  some  modern 
constitutional  monarchies  (Spain,  for  example)  the 
Oath  on  the  Constitution  suffices;  while  in  Prussia  a 
theory  exists  that  the  first  king  having  been  duly 
anointed,  a  repetition  of  the  ceremony  is  unnecessary. 
But  in  many  of  the  most  ancient  and  powerful  realms 
of  Europe  the  custom  is  religiously  adhered  to;  we 
need  only  cite  Russia,  Austria  and  Great  Britain. 
France  restored  the  function  for  a  time  after  the  great 
Revolution,  Napoleon  I  having  been  anointed  by  the 
Pope,  and  the  "Sacre"  of  Charles  X  having  been 
celebrated  in  a  poem  by  Victor  Hugo.  The  French 
title  of  "Sacre"  (a  consecration),  by  the  way,  seems 
to  be  more  expressive  and  accurate  than  the  English 
word  "Coronation"  to  describe  the  day's  ceremony, 
more  especially  as  a  supernatural  origin  is  claimed  for 

The  Anointing  Oil. 

The  actual  substance  used  has  varied  at  different 
epochs.  Up  to  the  close  of  the  sixteenth  century 
both  oil  and  chrism  were  used 
in  England.  The  latter  was  a 
mixture  of  oil  and  balm.  Later 
on  the  chrism  appears  to  have 
been  exclusively  used,  but  for 
the  last  two  centuries  it  is  said 
that  pure  olive  oil  has  sufficed. 
At  the  coronation  ceremony  the 
oil  is  extracted  from  the  Ampulla 
(or  eagle  shaped  vessel)  by  a 
golden  spoon  of  ancient  date. 
Thousands  of  models  of  this 
anointing  spoon"  are  being  sold  in  London  jewelry 


T/^£  yJnoLfiiiny  S^o 


shops  just  now  in  fact,  they  are  perhaps  the  most 
popular  souvenirs  of  the  Coronation. 

A   Miraculous   Origin 

is  ascribed  to  the  Chrism  used  in  various  countries. 
The  legend  in  England  is  that  St.  Thomas  a  Becket, 
Archbishop  of  Canterbury,  (the  "holy  blessful 
martyr"  of  Chaucer's  "Canterbury  Tales")  was 
engaged  in  prayer  during  his  exile  in  France, 
when  an  eagle  descended  from  Heaven  bearing 
in  its  beak  a  vial  of  chrism,  which  the  Archbishop 
was  bidden  to  carry  to  England  and  use  for 
the  anointment  of  future  kings.  This  also  explains 
the  form  of  the  Ampulla.  It  is,  however,  worthy  of 
remark  that  the  French  have  a  legend  of  very 
similar  character.  The  "Sainte  Ampoule",  or  Holy- 
Vial,  which  Czar  Nicolas  II  went  to  see  at  Rheims 
Cathedral  during  one  of  his  recent  visits  to  France, 
and  which  contains  a  balm  similar  in  color  and  con- 
sistency to  marmalade,  claims  the  same  supernatural 
character.  We  are  told  that  when  St.  Rcmi  was 
about  to  consecrate  Clovis,  the  first  Christian  king  of 
France,  he  found  the  Chrism  had  not  arrived:  but  a 
shining  dove  appeared  with  the  precious  vial  in  its 
licak,   uliich   it  dropped  iiUo  St.   Remi's  hands. 


June  26,  1902.] 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


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The  original  vial  at  Rheinis,  by  the  way,  was  des- 
troyed during  the  Revolution,  but  it  is  claimed  that 
some  of  the  balm  was  preserved  in  a  piece  of  paper 
and  placed  in  the  present  receptacle.  At  the  royal 
"Sacre"  a  drop  of  the  balm  was  drawn  from  the 
Sainte  Ampoule  by  a  golden  needle,  and  mixed  with 
oil  on  a  golden  platter.  Philippe  in  his  "Histoire 
des  Apothicaires,"  says  it  was  scented  with  benzoin. 

At  English  Coronations 
the  anointing  oil  appears  to  be  usually  supplied  by 
the  Royal  Apothecary  or  Chemist  to  the  King.  For 
the  consecration  of  King  James  II — a  very  gorgeous 
function— we  read  that  the  Royal  Apothecary  supplied 
an  oil  of  such  exceeding  richness  and  fragrance  thai 
the  King  directed  he  should  receive  a  fee  of  200 
pounds  ($i.ooo)  from  the  Lord  Chamberlain,  as  a 
token   of  his   Royal   satisfaction. 

The  parts  anointed,  like  the  substance  used,  have 
varied,  and  as  a  pall  or  canopy  is  held  by  the  nobles 
over  and  around  the  sovereign  during  the  ceremony, 
even  the  privileged  classes  can  see  but  little  of  the 
act.  King  Edward  VII  is  anointed  on  the  head, 
breast  and  hands.  Queen  Victoria  was  anointed  on 
the  head  and  hands  only.  The  Queen  Consort  is 
usually  anointed  on  the  head  and  bosom. 

There  is  a  natural  tendency  to  simplify  matters; 
ancient  anointments  were  most  elaborate  affairs. 
Charles  II,  for  instance,  was  anointed  on  the  head, 
breast,  back,  shoulders  and  armjoints.  and  the  French 
Kings  went  through  an  exactly  similar  ceremony, 
the  robes  being  prepared  especially  to  facilitate  op- 
erations. Equally  complete  was  the  anointment  of 
Czar  Nicolas  II  at  Moscow  in  1896,  when  the  Metro- 
politan dipped  a  golden  branch  in  the  sacred  oil  and 
touched  the  Emperor's  eyelids,  forehead,  lips,  ears, 
nostrils,  eyes  and  hands. 


A  SPECIAL  SALE  OF  TOOTH  BRUSHES. 

Py  EDWIX  R.  MOHLER,  Ephrata,  Pa. 

FOR  the  purpose  of  advertising  our  tooth  brush 
stock  and  other  goods,  we  arranged  a  special 
sale.  This  sale  lasted  two  weeks.  In  order 
to  make  it  more  interesting  we  gathered  up 
some  odds  and  ends  in  our  tooth  brush  stock,  rang- 
ing from  fifteen  to  twenty-five  cents,  and  placed  them 
in  a  neat  basket  together  with  a  large  lot  of  ten  cent 
brushes.  At  the  back  of  the  basket  was  fastened  a 
neatly  printed  card,  about  7  by  11  inches  in  size,  bear- 
ing the  following  inscription: 


A  DR.VE  ON 

TOOTH    BRUSHES 


Some  of  our  25c 
Goods  are  Id  ihe  Lot. 


Your  Choice,  lOc 


The  basket  was  placed  upon  a  show-case  at  the 
entrance  of  the  store,  so  as  to  attract  the  attention  of 
those  entering  or  leaving  the  store.  About  the  basket 
were  also  placed  higher  priced  brushes  contained  in 
glass  jars.  During  the  sale  we  allowed  a  discount 
of  20  per  cent,  on  all  brushes.  We  also  agreed  to 
give  free  with  each  tooth  brush  purchased,  a  sample 
tube  of  tooth  paste.  The  distribution  of  this  sample, 
as  well  as  the  low  price,  sold  a  number  of  brushes 
and  at  the  same  time  advertised  the  tooth  paste  and 
the  store  in  general. 

We  advertised  this  special  sale  in  two  ways;  by 
making  a  window  display  of  tooth  brushes  and  all 
requisites  for  the  teeth,  and  by  means  of  an  advertise- 
ment in  the  local  paper. 

A  WINDOW  DISPLAY 
was  prepared  by  fastening  ordinary  wrapping  twine 
to  the  top  of  the  window,  the  lower  end  reaching  to 
the  bottom.  These  cords  were  placed  across  the  en- 
tire width  of  the  window,  about  six  inches  apart  and 
a  foot  from  the  glass.  To  the  cords  were  fastened 
tooth  brushes  by  making  a   simple  loop  in   the   cord 


and  passing  the  brush  through  it.  In  this  manner 
the  brushes  were  fastened  the  entire  length  of  the 
cords,  the  top  of  each  brush  reaching  the  bottom  of 
the  one  above.  Tooth  powder^  pastes,  liquids  and 
other  requisites  for  the  teeth  were  displayed  in  the 
bottom  of  the  window.  On  each  side  were  heaps  of 
tooth  paste  samples  with  a  small  card  attached  an- 
nouncing that  a  free  sample  would  be  given  with  each 
brush  sold.  Several  green  plants  were  placed  in  the 
background  so  as  to  blend  the  colors  of  the  window. 
producing   a   pleasing   efifect. 

The  following  advertisement  appeared  in  the  news- 
papers  of  the   town  during  this  sale: 


Tooth  Brush  ChaDce. 


For  2  Weeks  Only. 


We  are  going  to  close  out  a 
lot  of  fine  tooth  brushes  rang- 
ing from  15  cents  to  25  cents 
each,  at  10  cents  each,  and  in 
addition  will  give  you  a  small 
tube  of  tooth  paste  with  each 
brush.  These  goods  are  worth 
all  we  ever  asked  for  them  but 
we  are  carrying  too  large  a 
stock  of  them  and  want  to 
dispose  of  them  fast. 

This  Sale  lasts 
2  weeks  only. 
Come  early  and 
get  a  25  cent 
brush   for   loc. 


Spring  Headaches. 

For  spring  headaches  use 

BLANK'S 

Instantaneons 
Headache  Cure. 

Cures  a  headache  for  2  cents. 


^  G.  S.  BLANK,  0 

\  Druggist,  |/ 

\  Blankville,  Pa.  V 

This  sale  proved  to  be  the  means  of  selling  more 
tooth  brushes  then  had  been  sold  for  some  time,  as 
well  as  closing  out  a  lot  of  odds  and  ends.  It  was 
also  a  good  advertisement  for  the  store  and  caused 
the  sale  of.  other  goods. 

VOLCANIC  DUST— The  following  analysis  of 
the  dust  which  fell  at  Barbados  on  May  8,  and  sup- 
posed to  be  derived  from  the  volcano  La  Soufriere, 
appeared   in   in   the   Chemical    News: 

SiO.    51.60 

AljO,     21  12 

Fe,0,    9.28 

CnO    9.07 

MkO     3.9P, 

N.1.0    59 

K=0     81 

SO,     Undetermined 

P2O5    Undetermined 


<■<r^2 


THE  PHARMACEUTICAL  ERA. 


[June  26,  1902. 


NOTE  ON  ICHTHYOL* 

THE  word  ichthyol  is  derived  from  the  Greek 
word  ichthus — a  fish,  and  when  we  know 
that  the  substance  is  obtained  from  a  min- 
eral oil  distilled  from  a  bituminous  quartz  con- 
taining fossil  deposits — chietliy  fish — we  see  the  sig- 
nificance. The  mineral  oil  is  treated  with  sulphuric 
acid  and  neutralized  with  ammonia — the  product  be- 
ing ammonium  sulpho-ichthyolate — a  complex  sul- 
phur compound,  the  formula  for  which  is  said  to  be: 
(NHO^sCosHecSnOj.  This  is  the  preparation  which 
is  distinctively  known  as  ichthyol,  although  there  are 
other  similar  combinations  of  sulpho-ichthyolates 
prepared  with  lithium,  sodium  or  zinc.  It  is  a  semi- 
liquid,  dark-brown,  tarry-looking  substance  with  a 
strong,  disagreeable  odor.  On  heating,  it  readily 
loses  bulk,  puffing  up,  liberating  gaseous  vapors,  and 
carbonizing;  in  fact,  in  appearance  and  smell  it  is 
very  similar  to  boiling  pitch  or  asphalt.  On  ex- 
posure to  the  at.mosphere  it  thickens  and  sets  like 
a  varnish ;  this  msf/  be  noticed  when  a  drop  is  left 
on  the  side  of  the*  stock  bottle.'  It  is  worthy  of 
note  that  it  is  one  of  the  few  substances  which  is 
freely  soluble  in  water,  and  at  the  same  time  quite 
readily  miscible  with  fats  and  oils.  During  the 
last  few  years  it  has  been  praised  by  various  Ger- 
man authorities  as  an  external  remedy,  and  also 
for  internal  administration,  and  we  have  to  deal 
with   it   in  various   forms   at   the   dispensing   counter. 

Ointments. — -This  is  the  most  common  form  in 
which  the  drug  is  used.  It  forms  an  ingredient  of 
ointments  and  pastes  in  many  combinations.  An 
ointment  containing  as  much  as  40  per  cent,  of 
ichthyol.  made  up  with  lanoline,  makes  a  satisfactory 
preparation. 

Aqueous  Solutions,  sometimes  with  the  addition 
of  glycerin  or  alcohol,  for  use  as  gargle,  injection, 
lotion,    spray,    etc.,    are    common. 

Ichthyol  Collodion  as  a  paint  is  used,  and  the 
substance  itself  is  recommended  for  the  same  pur- 
pose. 

Pessaries  containing  10  per  cent,  are  often  or- 
dered, and  they  are  now  generally  prepared  with 
cacao  butter  as  a  base.  When  introduced  several 
years  ago  they  were  made  with  gelatin:  but  these 
were  found  Unsatisfactory  on  account  of  their  in- 
solubility, and  a  note  read  by  Mr.  Hill  at  a  meet- 
ing here  (see  Pharmaceutical  Journal,  March  18, 
1899),  gives  proofs  that  the  combination  of  ichthyol 
and  gelatin  was  not  all  that  could  be  desired.  In 
reference  to  this  point  a  query  appeared  in  the 
Chemist  and  Druggist  for  Nov.  23,  1901.  Probably 
the  degree  of  solubility  of  the  gelatin  and  ichthyol 
is  affected  by  the  length  of  time  the  pessaries  are 
kept,  and  the  conditions  of  hospital  practice  are 
usually  very  different  from  individual  cases  where  a 
patient  may  procure  a  supply,  and  perhaps  keep 
them  for  some  time  before  use.  Pessaries  of  the 
same  strength  made  with  cacao  butter  are  very 
satisfactory,  and  give  little  or  no  trouble  in  mak- 
ing— as  little  heat  as  possible  being  used. 

Suppositories  are  not  often  prescribed,  but  they 
can  be  prepared  in  the  same  manner  as  the  pes- 
saries. Martindale  suggests  the  addition  of  a  little 
wax  to  give  firmness,  but  a  suppository  containing 
1wo  grains  of  the  drug  and  cacao  butter  alone  an- 
swers very  well.  The  melting  point  of  cacao  butter 
and  wax  mixtures  is  usual!,y  higher  than  the  tem- 
perature of  the  body,  but  it  is  said  to  be  consid- 
erably  lowered   by   the    addition    of   ichthyol. 

Dusting  Powders,  Plasters  and  Soaps  are  other 
forms   in   which   it   is   exhibited   for   skin   medication. 

For  Internal  Administration   a  usual   prescription 

Ichthyol  Vj-ounpp 

Distilled  wnter 1%  ounces 

Dose — 20  to  2.5  drops. 

'Ucail  before  the  Edinburgh  Chemists'.  Assistants' 
MuiI  .\piirentices'  Association,  by  David  Harley. — (Re- 
laiiitcd  from  National  Druggist.^ 


This  forms  a  clear  brown  solution  with  a  slightly 
acid  reaction.  It  is  astonishing  to  find  that,  al- 
though both  Martindale's  "Extra  Pharmacopoeia" 
and  Squire's  "Companion"  mention  that  ichthyol  is 
entirely  soluble  or  readily  miscible  in  water,  the 
".\rt  of  Dispensing,"  even  in  the  last  edition,  gives 
it  as  a  substance  insoluble  in  water.  A  mixture 
containing: 

Ichthyol 1  dram 

Potassium  bromide 2  drams 

Water,  enough  to  make 3  ounces 

requires  a  little  care.  On  mixing  the  two  solu- 
tions a  turbid  brown  precipitate  falls,  and  eventually 
settles  as  a  sticky  mass.  This  may  be  a  sulpho- 
ichthyolate  of  potash  formed  which  is  not  so  so- 
luble as  the  ammonia  compound,  and  is  thrown 
out.  The  addition  of  a  little  mucilage  makes  a 
more   presentable   preparation. 

Pills  containing  two  or  three  grains  are  some 
times  ordered.  Equal  parts  of  ichthyol  and  licorice 
powder  rubbed  up  together,  and  set  aside  for  an  hour 
or  two  before  being  rolled  off  makes  a  fair  pill.  To 
make  a  small  pill,  spread  the  ichthyol  on  a  slab, 
and  heat  gently  for  a  little,  until  a  suitable  con- 
sistency is  acquired,  when  the  mass  m?,y  be  rolled 
off  without  any  addition  whatever.  The  sodium 
compound  might  be  preferred  in  this  combination, 
but  in  the  heating  necessary  the  ichthyol  does  not 
appear    to    suffer,    water    merely    being  "driven    ofj. 

Capsules  and  Tablets  are  other  convenient  forms 
for  administration.  Judging  by  the  many  forms  in 
which  this  substance  has  been  used  and  the  variety 
of  cases  in  which  it  has  formed  treatment,  it  would 
appear  to  be  held  in  good  repute  h(f  the  medical 
faculty,  and  it  would  be  interesting  to  know  wherein 
its  therapeutic  value  lies.  It  is  said  to  contain 
from  10  to  15  per  cent,  of  sulphur  in  an  easily 
assimilable  condition. 

Antiseptic  and  alternative  properties  are  attributed 
to  it.  and  in  chronic  eczema,  lupus  and  various  skin 
affections,  gout,  rheumatism,  gastric  catarrh,  coH' 
stipation  and  even  phthisis,  beneficial  results  have 
been  reported  from  its  use. 

(To  the  above,  Mr.  F.  A.  Upshur  Smith,  in  a 
communication  to  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal  of  a 
subsequent  date,  contributes  the  following  additional 
note  on  "Ichthyol  in  Solution") : 

In  a  recent  note>  on  ichthjvol,  Mr.  David  Harley 
draws  attention  to  the  miscibility  of  ichthyol  with 
water.  .A.s  he  points  out,  this  fact  is  not  generally 
known.  He  points  out,  also,  that  potassium  bro- 
mide causes  the  formation  of  a  turbid,  brown  precipi- 
tate, which  eventually  produces  a  sticky  mass.  There 
appeared  last  year,  in  the  Pharmaceutical  Journal, 
page,  701,  an  abstract  of  a  paper  in  the  Revue  Med. 
Pharm.,  wherein  it  was  stated  that  ichthyol  should 
not  be  prescribed  with  alcohol;  acids  decompose  it; 
alkaline  hydrates  and  carbonates  set  free  ammonia. 
As  it  is  desirable  that  our  knowledge  of  the  in- 
compatibilities of  drugs  should  be  extended.  I  have 
thought  it  well  to  place  on  record  a  few  simple  ex- 
periments that  I  set  on  in  June,  1900,  with  the  object 
of  finding  out  whether  ichthyol  was  easily  dispensed 
in  the  form  of  mixtures.  Ammonium  ichthyol  or 
ammonium  sulpho-ichthyolate  was  taken  and  mixed 
with  water  in  the  proportion  of  i  drachm  in  l^ 
fluid  ounces.  The  resulting  brown  solution  was 
bright  and  was  apparently  unaltered  after  being 
kept  for  a  year.  To  other  solutions  so  prepared 
were  added  in  one  case  i  fluid  drachm  of  dilute  hy- 
drochloric acid,  and  in  another  case  i  fluid  drachm 
of  aromatic  spirit  of  ammonia.  The  acid  solution  formed 
a  greenish,  resinous  film  on  the  bottle  after  a  few 
hours;  ultimately,  all  the  coloring  matter  was  pre- 
cipitated as  a  black  precipitate,  leaving  a  perfectly 
clear  solution  devoid  of  the  characteristic  odor  of 
ichthyol.  The  alkal